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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-05-03
THEY BROKE EVEN
Where Both Had "Kicks" to Make But
Decided to Withdraw.

Say, I've got a kick 10 make" 70
AIRED the angry man in the loud check
suit. I've got two kicks to maker
What's the matter?" asked the ho-
tel clerk.
Some fellow in the room right
under mine had card party last night
and the loud talking and singing kept
me awake until after o'clock. That's
the first kick. You ought'nt to allow
disorderly mobs of young men to make
a nuisance of themselves in your hotel.
| left word that | was TO be called at
G o'clock. L wasn't called at all, and
I've missed my train. It's $50. That's
the second kick. When | come to this
town again I'll hunt up some other"
Say" interrupted n red-eyed young
man, grumbllng his way up to the
clerks desk, II kick. What did you
want TO have the boy hammer at my
door ut q o'clock this morning for? |
didn't leave any orders of that kind.
He spoiled MY nap haven't slept a
wink, by George since g o'clock, II
You can't --"
What's the number of your roomf"
asked the man in the check suit.
Its DC"
Mines Of That's the reason con.
found il, why | wasn't called on time
this morning. The boy went to the
wrong
Are you the man who kept hammer
ing the floor over my room aud howl
ing that it was time for decent people
to be in bed aud all that sort Of thing 2
81 am sir"
And you got left this morning did
your
~ 1iJ eli,
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ITS a fraud" exclaimed one of the
men who had stopped to read their
papers In the warm though unpreten-
tious little place which serves both as
railway waiting room and postoffice
The whole business is u downright
swindle.'
"Of course il IS" answered his
neighbor, who WAS busily engaged In
pronOuncing under his breath all the
words iii AN article on successful fer
tllizing
ITS an outrage on condding pub
lie, and backset to civilization"
That's what IL is" was the some
what grudging response.
The indignant old gentleman be-
came so excited that he had to go out
and walk up and down the platform
As his friend glanced up from his pa
per TO watch him depart he caught the
eye of II travelling man who. pending
train time. had nothing TO do but
watch people
Excuse me for asking questions
about things that are none of my at
fair" said the travelling man, but are
YOU mind readcrT'
Not that | know Of
You knew what your friend was
talking about without his telling YOU
well, not precisely"
But you answered him as If you
knew"
Yes, but want takin' any risk
in that. | knowed he was maxim al.
lusions TO either lection or n prize
tight, An whichever it was. them
was my sentiments"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-05-03

The few travellers who have taken
The time and trouble to look into Men
elck'S queer kingdom of Ahyssinia
tell strange tales of 1T. Resides the
Maria Theresa, 1850 dollars, the peo-
pie of .Nbyssuia for small change. use
u har of hard, crystaliacd salt about
ten inches and u half bread aud thick,
slightly taperine toward the end. five
of wiwch 80 To the dollar nj the capt.
tai
For stin smaller change cartridges
are used. OF which three go Ia one salt.
II does not matter what sort they
are Some Sharpers use their cart
ridges in the ordinary way, aud then
put in some dust and Il dummy hui
let 20 make III the difference. or else
they take oul The powder and put the
bullet in again - that possibly In the
next action the unhapnN seller will
lind that he has only miss fires in his
belt: but this * suel, a common fraud
that no one takes any notice of II, and
a bad cartridge seems Ia serve as
readily rs good Que.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-05-03

Leave Lambertvile for Mauunka Chunk sSa
1920 IN, l.37 oh1 4nd SOB p m Sunday, S.2i m.
For PhillipsbUzg ah.i &aston oaly 6.2s N week.
days.
Leave Frenchtown 9.O5, 1917 a IN, %. RI and
8.49 m weekdays, $40 m Suudsya For Phl-
lpsburg and Easton only. T.02 p m.
Arrive at Philipsburg $40 and % a. IN. ., u
5.5S, 1856 and 30 p. N. Sunday 800 p. IN.
Leave Phillipsburg 1925 9.45 and ii q IA. , AZ
Goa and 1926 p IN. Sunday, 9 25 nm
Arrive Belyldere 1853. 1922 and lisa III, ) / 9
6.S2, 9.5i p IN. Sunday, Dol p III.
Arrive ManuDka Chunk sos, 1880 and I.6s a IN,
3,25, 6S8 and 9.bs IN. Sunday, 95s p ~
Additional trains leave Bevidere for Manunka
Chunk 90 and $50 u, and 220 m. sunday,
100 M. Returning. leave Manunka chunk Tor
Beyldere s.25. l0.4S m. 20, $40 and 1900 p. III.
Sunday, 1000 IN.
Freight or mixed trains leaving Manunka
Chunk at $50 a IN. BelsideTe 6.I5 w. Martins
Greek 6 So a NJ. arriving Lehigh Junction 6 So IN,
will carry passengers and make stops al nag sta
tions north of Phillipsburg.
Passengers for Broad Street Station, Fhiladel-
pbia, by trains leaving Manunka Chunk 7.22 IN
daily. and i22i. $50 p m weekdays and leaving
Phiilipsburg SEQ a IN daily, 100 and 565 p IN
ton. through ear for Mananka Chunk il AT
tached to trims leaving Broad Street Station at
6.O9, 300 IN, 1900 noon, and 80, pm. by all
other trains passengers TO from BROAD Street
station change cars at Trenton.
Connection is made at Marunka Chunk with
Delaware, Laekawanna Western Railroad; le-
high Junction with Lehigh Valley Lehigh Sus.
aaehsnna Morris Essex and New ersey Contra
Railroads. At Lsm5ertyille with Plemi n Tton RaA
road Atffsaton With trains to and from Ne.
Toth, CAEldeH, SC.
Ferfurther inform alton see timetables, vhioi
san BE- obtained stLhe tick ct ofioes
J r. WOOD,
- General Passenger Agent
J. d. HUTCHINSON
General Manager
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UPPER REGIONS OF THE AIR.
Unexp1ored Space More Interesting Than
the North Pole.


the North Pole.
Above there extends a vast unex-
plored space far more interesting from
a scientific point of view than the icy
regions around the north pole. No one
can reach the limit of the upper re-
gions Of the air and live. unless he car
ries with him air to breathe and fuel
to warm him, for at the paltry distance
of ten miles above the earth the air
is too thin to support respiration, and
the thermometer would register far
below zero 1t would be region Of
perpetual snow on 4 peak OF the earth
il it should rise to such height. a
person in a balloon could not hear a
friend in neighboring balloon, even
If they were near enough to shake
hands. There would be no medium
for the propagation of sound waves
There would, however, still lie a me-
dunn for the eonduetion of electricity
"a medium in fact of great conduct
bllity-almost as good as metal, ahd
it is this medium at even less height
which Tesla proposes TO use III his
methods of transmitting power hun
dreds of miles through the air without
wires.
We live under a blanket of air which
protects us from the extreme cold or
outer space This low temperature be-
comes evident fourteen or fife
thousand feet above the surface OF tEe
earth, and would. as / have said, reach
a point far below zero at a height OF
ten miles. At this height we should
no longer observe the twinkling or
the stars, for this selntillatlon is dua
to the movements of our atmosphere.
which at the height | have mentioned
would be extremely rarifled. II ole
could photograph the suns spectrum
at this altitude We could greatly ex
tend our knowledge of the shortest
wave lengths OF light; for the atmos-
phere completely absorbs such wave
lengths as are concerned In the X-ray
phenomena That this absorption
really takes place can be proved Ia "a
laboratory.
The heat and light which We receive
from the sun are greatly modified By
this blanketing layer of air The long
waves Of the energy from the sun are
called heat waves. The intermediate
waves are termed light waves, and We
receive these in full measure The very
short waves. however. are stopped by
our atmosphere and are transformed
into--what2
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-05-03
A Clever liantam.

Dan Parshall Is the cleverest trick
bantam in private life. His accomplish
ments are endless. For he Is the
prize pet OF little Edith Parshall, Of
Chicago. who has carefully trained
aim until he IS 4 most accomplished
lrawing-room performer.
He lies on his back on tumblcr.
plays dead and comes TO life Mt the
word OF command, catches the family
dies and jumps rope. He climbs n
10y ladder, is an expert wire walker
and is equally happy when turned UP
aide down, for with his toes in the air
ae lies like fashionable feathered hat
IN EdithS honny head.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-05-03

Everybody knows the fresh, wet
smell of the earth after Il rain a
smell noticeable at times though less
powerful IN dry weather Clarke Nut
tall has discovered that the smell Is of
microhc origin He has not only
found the bacteria aud given them the
pleasing name of "cladothriN oraor,,
fera'. hat has produced them lay al
tIGcial culture and noticed their char.
ncteristic odor IN geiatinc, The MI
rrobeS dcvciopc only in moist sur.
rounding In dry dust they merely
remain latent or in n state of suspend.
I'd animation
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-05-03
WEDNESDAY, MAY 3. 1899.
LIVING OCEAN TRAPS.


Monster CLAIMS that Catch Their Prey In
NiseIike shells \ Ease on Record.
II South Pacific waters are focnd
SOM Of the largest shells known. One
IS n cl+m-lille shell, with huge ribs
called the tridacna. one valve OF
which has been known to weigh 25e
pcCpdS The meat alone weighed
'WcrtY five or more pounds, and SIN
he animal. If served on The half shct.
Fo6ld afford n good meal for fitty
men. The lridacna has the hab't Of
iEu1 with its valves partly open, as
though 10 trap some HnwarN traveller.
1t La. earned an unsaVOrY reputation.
mad is considered an animal 20 be
avoided. unless mcaHs are nj hand 10
render il harmless.
iii" attention of white mcu was first
attracted To this Trap when party Of
collectors were rowing over the reef
in s,prch of rare coralS. They sud,
denly saw Il large fish heating the sur
face violently with its head out of the
w4tt1 .NS they drew near they SAW
tia, the fish was large shark, which
had cen caught IN living trap. Its
tail "a the lower lobc was held So
eurlN Ivy GAM shell. The trida,n
the strong and powerful molluSk cl'bG
iH.. Ia it with II fiseiilie grasp.
There is II case on record of n MAN
baviue been cnlrappcd in u similar
way lie WAS an American collector.
Cpfauiliar with He reef and its
SLIM, Inhabitants. ana seeing Wnnt
H. SUI posed Ia he Il great green seal
arenonr he attempted Ia grasp IT,
nut the anrmone disappeared. and like
Il wise the edges Of The shell clamped
~ W"lsl of The unfortunate collie ter,
u Eo. 10 his horror. found himself nm.
,.hOrcd In u shopping position by Ills
hand
The tide was rising. not Il person
was II sight. and there WAS apparent
Is no possible chance Of escape. The
collector. fortuna t4lH had - knife.
and. almost eraze' by The pain. he be.
gan an attack OH thr shell, but every
tdius, he made 81 ~ caused the pow
rsful animal lo clISp him closer ara
c.oscr and add 10 his agony. II WIS
Impossible Ia Ell around the shell. he
rock bc;nS too had, and the only
tang To- do was fo wall and hope thar
ile shell would relax and permit lim
10 Jerk his hand tut. Seconds sCcInc1
Iiiuntr- and minutes hours. The WI
Ter WAS rising hieher and higher. 4
ffntlc hrccze had sprung mp and
waves began 10 form thai threw thc
water against tho captive. lie had
~ ont determined upon terrible nj
terualiyc To cut eli his hand 70 have
his HE when The shell ytsiblN relaxed
It's hold and with u quick Jerk lie pnl
lcd out the malmet} and helpless nom
lcr pId turned in shore
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-05-03

Poor Miss Wellalong! She has had
another birthday"
How do you know"
Her usual check on the bank came
from her eccentric old uncle. He sends
her one every birthday"
Il think she is to be congratulated
instead OF pitied.
Yes. but every check he sends is for
as many dollars as she is years old,
and she has to 60 to the bank herself
to get the money"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-05-03

The greatest diving feat cvcrachieNed
was in moving the cargo of the ship
Cape Horn. wrecked off the coast of
South America when n diver named
Hooper made seven deScentS To n
depth of over POO feet, remaining nj
one time forty-two minutes under the
water. An authority states that the
.reatcs, depth 10 which man mas
1een known to descend does not ex.
.eed no feet which is equivalent 10
4 pressure of lightweight and one-lalc
fsands TO the square inch.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-05-03
No Consolation

There's no use in being discour-
aged Victor" said his young wife
Remember that when William Cul-
len Bryant began 10 write he only got
81 apiece for his poems
Only ST. exclaimed the strug
Cling young literary genius. with bit
ter emphasis on the only If
could get 81 apiece for my poems. Ara
bella. | could make $40 day
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-05-03
Time Told by Taste.

A strange clock was made during
the last century for a French noble.
man. The dial was horizontal, and the
figures. being hollow, were filled with
different sweets or spices. Thus, run
ming his finger along the hand, by tast-
Ing. the owner could tell the hour with
out light
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-05-03
The Lucky Maori.

The Maori tribe have a godsend IN
the way OF boiling springs They can
soak themselves all day in warm
weather; cook their meat and potatoes
by simply hanging them in their nets
in a corner of hot water spring.
launder their garments by soaking
them in boiling soda spring and rms
ing in the warm. clear water of anoth-
er bubbling geyser and walk proudly
of in clean garments.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-05-03
Caution.

"Shall we shoot or hang him"
asked the western cowboy. The meth
odical man of business paused to
think.
LET us not he hasty." he said, for
hurry bcgets criminal waste and ex-
travagance The first thing to do is
TO learn the price of rope and compare
it with the cost of ammunition. =
Pearson's Weekly
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China Galore.

The Car of Russia probably owns
greater quantity of china than any
other person in the world. He has the
china belonging to all the Russian rul-
ers as far fact as Catherine the Great.
1t is stored in an immense closet in the
winter palace at st. Petersburg.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-05-03
A Thought Expressed.

Miss Buddlette-What do you think
of the new telepathy party?
Miss Longoulete-T never think; you
know each thought leaves a wrinkle.
Miss Buddlette docking at her atten-
lively and sympathetically)- what a
pity you didn't quit years ago.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-05-03
Great Britain. Expenses.

The expenses OF Great Britain are
about s500,000.o 900 yearly. or nearly
81 900 per minute. but every tick Of the
clock represents an inflow of a little
over $40 into the treasury. thus leaving
an annual surplus of about 500. 900, 900
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-05-03

Say, pa" querled Willie the other
morning while preparing his geogra-
ply lesson, "how many motions has
the earthf'
Il don't know. Willie,' replied the
fond parent, as he bound towel
soaked with ice water about his throb-
ing brow, but they're numerous,
quite numerous Chicago News
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-05-03
Clock Made of Bread.

Milan has curiosity in clock
which is made entirely of bread The
maker is a native of India, and he has
devoted three years of his time to the
construction OF this curiosity. The
clock is of respectable size and goes
we'll
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-05-03
HnntGPd0n County Orphans Court
OF DECEMBER II, 1898.

Present-fioS II Il. HERR, Judge.
In the matter of the application Of William
Sharp, Executor of last Will and Testament
of Catharine Everitt deceased, for order to
sell Real Estate to pay debts RULE TO
SHOW CAUSE
William Sharp, Executor of the last Will
and Testament of Catharine Everitt, deceased,
having made and exhibited to this Court, I'M
der oath, n just and true account Of the per-
sonal estate and debts of the said decedent
as far as he can discover the same, by which II
appears that the personal estate of the said
decedent is insufficient to pay her debts;where-
upon ON application of the said William Sharp,
Executor of last Will and Testament OF tho
said Catharine Everitt, deceased, setting forth
that the said Catherine Everitt died seized of
Real Estate situate in the Township OF Della
ware, in the County of Hunterdun, and pray
ing the aid of this Court in the premises, il is
ordered by theCourt that all persons interested
in the lands, tenements, entertainments and real
estate whereof the said Catharine Everitt died
seized, do appear before this Court on We'd
nesday, the fifteenth day OF February, 1899, III
the term of December, 1898, to show cause, If
any they have, why so much of the Real Es-
tate whereof the said Catharine Eyeritt died
seized as aforesaid, should not be sold as Will
be sufficient to pay her debts, or the residue
thereof as the case may require, and II is fur
Their ordered that this notice be published in
the LAMBERTvII.LE RECORD for six weeks sue
cessively, and also true copies thereof set up
as the law directs.
Done in open Court and dated Surrogates
Office, December IL, 1898 -
Clerk of the Hunterdon Orphans Court
Dec. II, 1898
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-05-03
FEMININE FANCIES.

The minute you tell secret it is no
longer one.
To confess fault is to more than
half atone for it.
A telephone bell possesses no music
il il is not for you.
To look prosperous is one thing. to
feel so quite another.
A poor girl who is called pretty is
really handsome.
A captured ostrich always means a
feather in somebody's cap.
The Chinese actor never goes on the
stage without his cue.
Kansas boasts OF lady horse-tamer.
She is probably grass widow.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-05-03

Il wish were rich enough to learn
elocution.
"You are; II course OF lessons does
moi cost much"
NO, but am not rich enough to
make people listen 70 me. Indian
apolis journal.
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Poor Exesight.

Out of the many thousands OF candi-
dates declined. for the British army
each year by far the largest number
are rejected on account OF being unable
to pass the authorized test for eyesight.
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All Hands Around.

One Thomaston. Me. family means
to take no chances with diphtheria
Every member thereof wears a tarred
rope around the neck. and this pre-.
caution is extended even to the cat.
dog and pig
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-05-03
To Destroy weeds,

Weeds can be destroyed in gardens
by new machine having an oil reser-
voir mounted on wheels and provided
with an air-pump to force the oil into
a series of burners. which transform 1t
into gas and discharges It against the
weeds
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-05-03
An Arctic Tree,

A curiosity recently exhibited at
Stockholm was a section four feet in
diameter from pine tree which grew
sixty to seventy miles north of the
Arctic Circle.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-05-03

A French scientist says a caterpillar
cannot see more than two-tifths of an
inch ahead. The hairs on the body are
said to be of as much use as its eyes
in letting it know what is going on
around
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-05-03
Ios.es From Illness.

II has been calculated that the loss
from Illness averages 10000, 900 weeks
of work in the year, or 2ia per cent
of the work done by the whole popula-
ton between fifteen and sixty-fve
years of age.
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ESTATE OF EMALINE II. BARBER, DECEASED
Pursuant to the order of o. II. sproul Sur
rogate of the County Of Hunterdon made on
the twcnty-seventh day of March, A. ID. one
thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, no.
claims against the estate of Emaline III Barber
late Of the county OF Hunterdon, deceased, to
present the same, under oath or affirmation,
ceased, within nine months from the date OF
said order; and any creditor neglecting to
oath or ailirmation), within the time so limit
ed, will be forever barred of his or her action
therefor against the said Administrator.
Dated March q, A. d. 1899.
LEVI BROWN,
Administrator.
March %, 1899.
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Mission arIe. scarce mere,

In one Kovinee OF India. containing
24.000,00o people. there are only six
missionaries of any church or society.
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Between the hours of twelve and five o'clock
in the afternoon of said day, at the Sheriff
office. al he Court House, i'll the township of
Raritan, in the county of HunterdOn, and
State of New Jersey, all that certain tract or
parcel Of land and premises hereinafter par
tlcularly described, situate, lying and being in
the township of Delaware, in the county Of
Hunterdon, State Of New Jersey, bounded and
described as follows:
Beginning at a stone in Mill street, on the
northeast side thereof, and running thence
% along the same south ffty-three degrees
and five minutes east one hundred and twenty
feet to Il corner of formerly George w Ma
Ions tnow Twining Bros } lot thence ~ along
same north thirty-two degrees and fifty mint
tes east one hundred and twenty-one feet to
the line of Robert Sharp's land; thence 80
along the lane north iifty-three degrees and
five minutes west one hundred and twenty
feet to the, line of twelve feet. alley; and
thence a. along the south side of said alley
south thlfty-tWo degrees and fifty minutes
west one hundred and twenty-one feet to the
place Of beginning, containing fourteen thous-
and five hundred and twenty square feet of
land, be the same more or less; together with
all the fixtures and machinery connected with
said premises and the buildings thereon, con-
sisting of boiler, engine, pulleys, shafting, &c
Seized as the property Of Rachel u. Taylor,
and taken in execution at the suit of Charles
j.. Fell and to be sold by
JOHN RAMSEY,
Sheriff
T. i. GoNRIINg, Sol'r
March ~, 1899 Prs fee 81 go
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Nudes Library.

Nudes circulating library in Lon
don has 100000 books constantly in
circulation, and employs 17S people.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-05-03

If you want a segar that is just the
thing, buy 'Iambertville Pufs. j..
B. kline, Bridge street.
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nascendants of Columh,t..

Tsa last two descendants of Christie
pher Columbus are said to be occu-
pants of a poorhouse in Cad,z.
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Pumice Stone aa.,

A lfeboat made Of pumice stone has
been tested. 1t continued to float with
q load even when full OF water.
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ALL WORK GUARANTEED.
A. C. GANDEY,
81 BRIDGE STREET,
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your LIE Away.

To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag.
netic, full of life, nerve and vigor, take No-To
Bac, the wonder worker, that makes weak men
strong. All druggists SOC or o.. Cure guaran.
teed Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co, Chicago or New York.