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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-02-22

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"it N bad practice to be continually
setting watch by the stem setter"
observed n watch rcpalrer 10 report
or, for II has "A tendency 10 wear out
the band that attaches the hands to
the plnion. The hands are frightened
to the plnion MS firmly rs they can be,
and every setting looscns them some
what. There Is Il class OF persons who
set their watches every day rather
than give little attention to the mat
ter of regulating them. They llnd that
the watch gains ur loses n minute or
n few minutes IN each twenty four
hours, and instead of curing This by
the regulator, which il put in the
watch for that purpose and no other
they force baek or forward the hands
by the stem-setlel' or by n key IF the
hand pinion wears out which II fire.
quently does, ii Is considerable OF II job
to put ia II new one or place new hands
on II, and the work necessarily costs
something, for watch repnircrs have 10
charge for their work. If a person
knows that Il watch gains or loses
II certain amount IN each day, II Is
better TO calculate back or forward
than 10 be continually settling II. A
little study of the regulator VIII do the
work much better without the risk of
wearing out anything.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-02-22

TopoHu AMIN ON PIXIES PEAK.
for coastlng dawn the track, The aver.
nge descent oi which Is Sll.s feet per
mile. The toboggnn is supposed to be
used only for pleasure purposes. no
employe being authorized to uSr il
while in discharge u. his duties
The device consists essentially of
plank l. inches wide aud 3 feet in
length. along the middle Of the under
side OF which there is Il clrat which
runs between The rack bars ana holds
the tDboggan thereon. ON either side
Of the middle elcat there are brake
shoes bottled to the plank at one end
and bearing against the outside sur.
faces of the rack bars or cog teeth.
These brake shoes are applied by
clamps bent over the sdcs Of the plank
aud operated by lever which, as ap-
pears In the illustrations. the rider holds
within his grasp
The plank bears upon the upper
edges Of the cog teeth by steel runners.
which consist of two straps bent over
the ends of the plank. 70 hold the
device IN balance n bar or pole Is
holted 10 the top Of the plank. cross.
wise, extending over the track rail on
either Side. Across the front end OF
the plank there Is bottled resi- For the
Elders feet
The method OF operating the device
is simply 10 plnee the toboggan on the
track, sit down and attend 10 the
brake.
The speed attninable with this tobog-
gan depends upon the pleasure of the
rider a record of II fraction under
mile minute has been made on the
particular toboggan shown in this IL
lustration, there being many Of them
in use on the road
The entire stretch of track from the
top of the peak, down to Manitou. nine
miles, is used. except at four points
where the track rails dlverge ut sid
| irSr. - tnese points the rider uunt
come TO II stop and curry his toboggan
about 40 feet. II is officially stated
| that Oh one occasion an cinploSc of the
company mHde the entire trip over the
nine miles In II minutes.
The high friction created by the con
tact OF the runners with the rack rails
causes the former TO heat and on the
lighter grades of . 10 II per cent the
heated runners have been known to
adhere 10 the rack rail aud stop the
tobOBgan.
For the purpose of fabrication and to
prevent the runners from unduly heat
ing the rider carries Il bar of soap
which he applies TO the top of the rack
teeth by reaching over In front of the
tobogguu. Even then the friction is so
great that NJ very high speed on the
long grades streams Of FIRE follow the
tobuggnn.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-02-22

Capt DreSlGs IL not the only man 80
unfortunate as To he shut up IN u eng.
Al the Castle OF PleSsls lex Tours one
Is shown a dark and gloomy place IN
der stairway, where they tell us
Cardinal La Blauc spent twelve years
in an iron cage So constructed that
he could neither stand nor He In it,.
He had HE singular good fortune H."
probably would question the adjective
of undergoing II punishment unique
In history.
In Copenhagen about 1910 there was
living an Engllshman who had spent
eleven years in Il cage. He was gen
tlcman Of Lancashire In the service OF
Charles XII of Sweden, and was ar.
rested for some alleged act Of treason.
He escaped from prison, took refuge ia
Hamburg. where he was safe, but I'm
prudently ventured back, was again
arrested and this time, for greater safe
~, was put in an iron cage and stayed
there eleven years, when lie WAS re
moved TO a prison room. He. had not
been i'll any OF the time, was quite
81 cerful. wrote volume Of anecdotes,
tanned 4 mouse for amusement and
never LOST his hope Of ultimate release.
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spring to and shut them off from all the
bright hopes they labored for
sick man cannot be happy; he cannot
accomplish the work he has To do i'll this
world lie loses the very money he is striv-
ing fol his ambition defeats itself Any
man who discovers that his strength and
energy are giving way has an unfailing
means of feganing his physical health aud
stamina in the simple yet all-potcnt restor-
alive power of that wonderful Golden
Medical Discovery originated by DIR. X. V.
Pierce. of Buffalo. n. " the world famous
specialist in diseases of the nutritive or
ganism
Among the thousands who have consulted him
by mail the case of Mr.. Newton II. Blake, of
riplersville, rippah Co. Miss, as shown in the
following letter indicates the remarkable efficacy
of his treatment IN December 1895 my health
began to fail / tried many different kinds of
medicines aud the more took the worse the dis
ease grew. Finally in April when l was busy
with The farm work my health got so bad that l
could not hold ont to work one hour, MY breath
became short and | was weak and nervous. ana
oftentimes would spit blood was unable TO
work tried one of the doctors in the vicinity
but failed to obtain relief / seemed to grow
worse My father received book from Or
Pierce in which read OF q case similar 10 nine
and decided 10 write to DE- Pierce. He recoiR-
mended me to take his Golden Medical Discov-
erv' After taking six bottles OF tins remedy !
can recommend ii one OF the best meuisines
10 build up the system. | am now ENJOYING
good health
Torpid liver and constipation are surely
and speedily cured by DIR. Pierce's Pleasant
Pellets. They never gripe. They regulate,
tone up and invigorate the liver, stomach
and bowels No substitute urged by mer-
cenary dealers is as good.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-02-22
SAVAGE AND FEROCIOUs.


The real SInghalesc devil dancers
In Ceyl0n are ferocloup aud savage
fellows. Their dances are revolving
and horrible. But their profession Is
popular and affords II royal living for
the men who go into IL. There Is n
superstition among the Singhalcsc That
when man falls sick he Ii supposed
To be AFFLICTED by the devil In order
10 rid him OF the disease the devil
dancers are called IN 10 propiliale the
demon. Two or more Of them go by
night To The sick mans house in front
of which sman, squire Enclosure,
about six feet high. has been mnda
or grasses and palm leaves This nm
swefs the purpose of the green room
nj a theatre. The men appear At first
without masks and with long yellow
grass steamers hanging from their
heads and waists The only light east
on the scene IL by torches made Of
sticks, round which pieces Of cloth are
wrapped. dipped IN oil. 70 the music
Of tam tam. kept UP ON one note, tile
dancers sing peculiar, wild funeral
dirgc in which the spectators often
Join.
The dancers begin by slowly moving
about, stretching the right foot and
bringing the left up to II, and appear
AS If they were searching for some
thing, during which the singing sounds
like crying They are then asking the
devil to appear. There are twenty four
different sorts Of devils, and after the
first part, the dancers are constantly
changing their clothes TO represent the
entire species some wear masks, some
don jaws "nd terrible teeth reaching
30 the ears The jaws open and close
In a very realistic manner
A dance .asts over two nights. AZ the
whole twenty -four devils have all TO
be pcrsonatcd before the particular do
mon who Is afiicting lne sick man "
pitched on When he gives signs ~
his presence the dancers go into n sort
Of frenzy, which increases as he takes
possession of them; the iam.tam beats
faster ana faster the chanting grows
into yells, the men whirl and stamp
and the bells on their ankles Jingle and
clash.
At this stage the dancers appear to
be looking for some object TO give the
devil in sacrifice. and into which he
may pass. A chicken Is usually offered
by the friend OF the sick man, and this
unfortunate bird Is seized upon, twist
ed and tormented and bitten between
the false teeth, until the dancers, worn
out, move slower and slower, and the
chicken sinks into sort OF trance,
which IL the sign that the devil has
accepted the sacrifice, and IL willing
to pass from the man into the bird.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-02-22

The influence of the geomancers ex-
tends from the King to his humblest
subjects, and illustrates The cunning
and simplicity which are combined In
the Corenn character These profes-
sional oraclcs are consulted on all oc-
cnslons by all sorts of people. The
King never thinks of doing anything
without first asking their opinion
They are more important TO him than
legal advisers To railways and other
corporations that employ them. and
they are VIGOROUSLY corrupt, and their
advice Is always Influenced by the Day
ment of money
II any one desires To obtain ii favor
from the King, he usually endcayors Ia
secure the good Offices OF the geom-
ANGER who is likely 10 he consulted, and
the amount of HE bride corresponds to
the importance of the matter While
the geomanccr prciends TO consult the
spirits and observe the movements Of
the stars, his client knows that II Is
the money that governs his action
Nevertheless, when the client Is re-
Qnired to perform some official act, he
cOnsults the same old humbug, VINO
has been bribcd by some one else TO
influence his decision and he IL per-
fcctly aware of The fact.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-02-22

in the Philippine Islands. The plant,
called by the natives "abaca." throws
up q cluster of sheatlng leaf stalks to
a height of twenty or thirty feet, which
spread out at the top into crown of
huge, undivided leaves. When 1t Ia
three years old il is cut down, and the
stalks are torn into strips. These
strips. while still fresh are drawn be-
tween knife and u wooden block. AMI
the soft celluious matter Is removed.
The fibre is then hung up to dry in the
open air until IL is fit for use Each
stalk gives about Il pound of fibre, and
two natives will turn out about twenty
five pounds day. The inside fibre,
which Is thin and weak, is used by the
natives for making articles of dress
The familiar Manila rope is made from
the fibre of the outer layer, which IL
hard and strong. The whole supply Of
Manila hemp practically comes from
the Philippines, and the United States
consume Al per cent OF it. Last year
this country took ALI .4T3 bales out of
the 30, O20 bales exported. Great Brit
ain coming next with 3S5.lS2 bales.
The continent of Europe took 22,3T3
bales
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-02-22

II Paris IL ever beseiged again, It
will in all probability be spared the
horrors of famine. y committee ap.
pointed Jointly by the minister of war
aud the municipal council has just mp
proved scheme for building large
stores for preserving supplies Of frozen
meat.
Paris In time of war needs 200 tons
of meat n day. AT this rate all the
flock OF sheep aud heads OF oxen
that could he brought together at the
last moment would last but few
weeks, aud II might he impossible -
feed them. The stores about to be erect
ed will contain even In time of peace
large supplies of meat, aud immediate
ly upon n declaration of war viii r"-
ceive 80, 900 tons Of beer and mutton.
This represents fifty days railons or
100 days half-rations. II he forts round
Paris have sufficient food TO last three
year No war Is likely to last this
length Of time
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-02-22
ODD NAMES IN MECHANICS.


The English language has been en-
riched by many words drawn from
other tongues To facilitate direct and
comprehensive expression on all sub
iCCtS
Within the language itself n similar
principle has prevailed, and old words
OF weil'estahlishcd Tieaning have been
adopted in the sciences and arts To
designate certain things or operations
that seemed 10 resemble those from
which the names We're taken. In their
new relations these words have strictly
technical meanings.
Their suitability is often obvious
enough in English, but they can rarely
bc rendered i'll their exact technical
sense into their actual equivalents in
foreign tongues
n number of words drawn from the
animal kingdom for use in the mechan-
ic arts are enumerated by writer in
Straps and Buckles The machinist
employs dog on his lathe; he takes a
hog cut. If The tool will stand II; The
castings are made from pigs of iron,
which in turn were fed from Il sow.
Work is set upon II horse or buck,
and punched or bent by convenient
bear. Hosting Is done by II crab, and
ii convenient eat Is n part Of the outfit
of shop crane. and n hit Of tools IN
ever on hand
crow helps to straightcn work, IL
jack to Int IT, mule pulley aids in
driving machinery that II donkey en-
CINE turns. \ Ash connects parts end
to end. or strengthens u broken beam:
shells are used all over; u worm does
powerful hui qClct work
cock shuts off the water one kind
oi ram raises it and another does
heavy work \ printing press has n
fly; thr first locomotives had grass
hopper valve motion aud drive. and
butterfly valves are common.
Herring bone gears are used by the
best builders turtles nj printing press
cylinders, aud ny wheels are running
all over the world In drilling. even an
old man is called into service and
doctors prevent faulty lathe work
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-02-22

England tho Grenl Nancy Lend.

A statIstician estimates that Eng
land has $3.50, 900 900 invested IN land
and mortgage In countries abroad.
She lends to foreign Governments and
municipalities an average Of S20DOOO,.
900 annually. She finances railways In
India, Canada, the United States.
Australia, south Africa and South Am.
erica her investments Of this class
aggregate 81, 100,000,000. English cap
ital Is Invested In this country In water
and gas companies, cattle and horse
raising, brewcries, -four mills street
railways, Iron manufacturing and min
Ing. In investments other than Gov
erment loans and railroads It Il es-
tmatcd that the enormous sum of
$3.50, 900, 600 Of England's money has
been lcnl outside Of the tight little
Island '
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-02-22
AN OLD CIRCUS MANS STORY
He Tells How They Found = Place in
Which 20 Bury the Great Giant.

Il never told You the exact height
OF the great giant what's the user
said the old circus man. You wouldn't
believe it If | did; rs I've said before
II would only make you dis beiieve
what | do tell you about him. and
what's the use? But you can form
some sort of an idea about 1t If from
these things that I've told you and
from what I'm going to tell you now
about his death and burial, because in
the course of time he died
We were under canvas then, show
ing three times day, aud moving
ourselves and We were tolcrable busy,
aud we really hadn't time TO give at
tentlon as we ought TO the burying OF
what had been, after the great giraffe,
our very greatest attraction. The dig
ging OF Il grave for him would have
been like digging the foundations for
several houses in II row aud would
have taken lots of time, and the mere
cost of the land would be considerable
Well as usual, the old mans horse
sense came to the rescue. In looking
around for forage when he struck the
town he had discovered the bed of an
abandoned canal, that they'd stopped
using when the railroad was built
This old canal ran through the edge of
mans farm there, and the land was
no use TO anybody Ii dldn pay to
plough Ii because 1t wasn't worth the
time and trouble II would take 10 gel
horses and plougns up aud down the
bank, and 1t wasn't any good for any
thing; and the old man bought strip
Of thai land along there, n few acres
OF ii, enough for cemetery lot for the
In a. Z
there We We're. with the land bought
and the grave dug Mt very small ex
pense and practically IN minute
we laid the giant down In the sec
ton of the canal we had bought, and
hauled earth from the rest OF the piece
To cover him TIP the old man was wise
enough of course to buy land enough
10 provide for that When the mound
was rounded up in proper shape and
due proportions II made quite ridge:
ii was II Hat country round there. and
you could see this ridge for quite II
piece.
"Or course the old man put up II
headstone, and 1t was much the biggest
ever SAW ana quite different from
any | ever saw II WIS built of brick
The old mau hired all the men that
could work on 1t, and they put in IA
foundation nuu built the headstOnc In
half day. II was something like the
side of a brick house for general dl-
mansions, only 1t was very much thick
or and tombstone-lkc In shape, and ut
little distance IN the level country
the ridge with the great stone At one
end of 1t looked Hike what 1t was, the
grave of Il mighty giant
And 80 we left him secure In mem
DRY, as we thought with the lnscrip-
tlon we had put on the headstone, but
gront storm came up before the NOR
tar had set aud blew the headstone
down, aud there it lay simply seat
tering pile of brick, But the mound
remained, as 1t still does; | saw It there
only II year ago when | passed through
that country. But with nothing To
mark IL, exact knowledge OF 1t gradual
~ faded, aud even tradition had grown
indistinci. and the great mound had
come finally 10 be known simply az the
giants kill"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-02-22

SELLING NEWSPAPERS IN PARIS.
i.c street ears and omnlbuscs? The
problem was soon solved, for one tine
day man selling papers appeared
near the Madeleine with n peculiar
appsat,us. He had II stick seven or
eight feet long, with wire clamps
fastened 10 lis sides aud papers stuck
In them. On the top there was n small
metal cup with a hole in the bottom.
The hole was n very important part
Of the apparatus for II reached all
the way down through the stick, and
through II came the copper coins OF
one or two sous. according to the price
of the paper selected by the patron.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-02-22

A large paper house with sixteen
rooms has been erected by Russian
gentleman upon his country estate at
Savinowka. In Podolla. The house was
constructed IN New York by an Am
erican engineer, and cost $1,000 ron-
bies. Its architect declares that t.
will last longer than n stone building.
TO make the triumph of paper still
more emphatic, the proprietor has re
solved that the whole Of the furniture
shall be made Of the same material
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selling Newspapers la rnri-

Here ~ au idea for some smart
ncwsboy to improve upon. The Com
pagnie Generate des Omnibus issued
an order forbidding nrwsboys from
entering It's vehicles How would It
now be possible 20 reach would. be
customers perehcd Oh the "imprrinles, :"
the seats provided Oh The roofs of
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-02-22
A PERFECT NEWSPAPER

0 publish ALL THE NEWS promptly and
succinctly and in the most readable form,
without elsion or partisan bias; to discuss
its significance with frankness, to keep AN
OPEN EYE FOR PUBLIC ABUSES, TO
give besides complete record Of current
thought, fancies and discoveries in all de-
partments of human activity in its DAILY
EDITIONS of from 10 to Il PAGES, and to
provide the whole for its patrons at the
nominal price Of ONE CENT-that was
from the outset, and will continue TO be
the aim Of 1.-THE RECORD
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-02-22

or the entire human race 1t IL esil.
mated that 100000, 900 are we'll clothed
that Is, they wear garments OF some
kind; 2500O0,O00 habitually go naked
and 700000,D00 only cover parts of
their bodies; 800 100000 live in houses.
7OO,000,000 in huis and caves, and
$50 D00,o00 have virtually no shelter at
all
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-02-22

In Sv ltzerland they are making
clocks which do not need hands and
faces. The clock merely stands in the
hall and You press button IN its
stomach. when. by means of the phono.
graphic internal arrangements. it calls
ont .half-past six" or twenty-three
minutes 10 eleven as the case may be
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-02-22

After the fall Of Omdurman the
Mahdis tomb WAS found 10 be consid=
erably damaged 10y the shell fire from
the victorious army. The interior Of
the building was completely Quilted,
and portions OF the dome and the sub
sIdiary cupolas were falling in, The
manuslleum is coDstrucicd of stone.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-02-22
A NOVEL. TOBOGGAN.
HAIR RAISING RIDE DOWN Pixies PEAK
RAILWAY TRACK.

The Device Consists oil "a Plank Three Feet
Long and Twelve Inches Nidc-The A..
tonishtng speed That Is reveloped-Fric-
tion Sometimes Stops tho Machine
Although there are many kinds of
vehicles in service ON railway track,
perhaps few people ever thought of
using such thoyoughfare for tohog
gan Slide, especially track with rack
bars along its middle; and besides.
there are few steam railway tracks
steep enough for the purpose. The ac-
campaigning illustration shows a de
vice used ~ the officers and employees
OF the Manitou Pixies Peak railway
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CURIOSITY ~ ENGINEERING.
visible nj one place The sharpest
curves are AT n place we'll named
Agony point where the train on two
occasions almost describes circle in
It's own length. One of the most strk-
ing features Of II journey up the Oar
feeling iImnlayan railway Is the sharp
transition from the burning heat of
the plains 10 the cold air and the SHOWS
of this great hight.
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e er. NJ e II
work and s'~-s
and worry and
get sick aud
broken down,
forgetting all
the time that
health is worth
III ore I Ii a II
that a happy,
home is rather
en- than great
til they hear
ioor of disease
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-02-22
An Unhealthy CITY.

ST. Petersburg is built on what was
formerly a swamp. To the present
day strong west wind, combined
with high water Ia the river, forces
water into the cellars
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-02-22
A CurIniIA IiniIMnY.

An Indian line the Darleeling Him.
alayan railway, is one of the most re.
markable In the world. and is also the
highest, its Darjceling terminus being
situated Oh Il giddy eminence 5000
feet above the level of the plains.
At many points II is possible to see
the curves above and below the train
no fewer than seven tracks being
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The riiser.

Many a man with his
whole soul immersed in
business and money.get-
ting is like the ruiser
whose spring door shut
to and locked him in for.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-02-22

Every engineer knows what Manila
hemp Is, but few are aware that 1t js
the product of species OF banana
which ls cultivated In certain localities