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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-05-03
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Miss Williston," he pleaded, II ar
going away. | shall travel thousands
of miles before | return. May | ash
you for your photograph before GOT
jeanette Willlstonc looked at space
and sighed gently
Il don't know" she replied, why
you should ask me for my picture
"Our friendship. he said surely tina
Is something
yes" she answered. that is-somc
thing. But II doesn't seem TO me tina
you have the right to carry my portal
near your heart-yet."
"Jeannettew he cried, " VIII you bt
mncY
All. Percy" she said, after IT hno
been arranged that they should be
married a week from the following
Thursday. how did you dare TO ash
mef What reason had you for not
fearing that l would bid you go away
aud never show yourself IN my pre-
sence again.
II don't know" he hurnbly replied
'perhaps Is was Intuition. &C Chicago
News.
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Arn rannloa Ilnlnnl.Y .

A New Orleans paper the other day
gave an account of II conductor on one
of the street ears who refused to ne
copt five coppcrs ms fare from u pas
scngcr. Conductors in New York
city, says the New York Herald, have
moi quite reached that point, but II
looks could kill many poor woman
who lnboriously hunts up the stray
pennies In her purse and calmly ten
ders them to the waiting conductor
she would have been dead long ago.
Why are conductors so aversc TO re-
| cciving pennies? The principal rea-
son Is that pennies will not be tnken
from the men ut the auditors office
Conductors cannot turn them in as
part of their receipts.
Many colored persons consider pen
nice Glucky. | saw an old Southern
mamm1 demonstrate with n conductor
because he gave her five pennies in
change, and when he refused TO take
them back she threw them on the seat
and left them behind her when she
left the ear
Many actors aud actresses also look
upon pennies rs bringing them bad
luck and often throw them away,
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-05-03
Lyn IMmsIInEe.

No part Of the human couutenance
engages our attention so frequently
as the eyes. When face 10 face In
conversation we do not look at the
lips although as II rule, the attention
Is very quickly taken by any move
mcnt-but ut the eyes of the person
with whom we are speaking. So much
Is this the case that the habit of many
deaf people of watching the mouth al
ways strikes us ns peculiar In fact,
one usually feels that there Is n sense
of incomplcicncss In the association
Of mind with mind by means OF con
ycrsatlon If there IA not continual
interchange OF glanccS, making "A kind
Of running commentary on the words
spoken, The same may he said Of or
binary greetings when two people
shake hands unless there Is at the
same moment meeting of friendly
looks the ceremony loses much Of it's
meaning,
Now, why Is there this continual
meeting of eyes accompanying all
kinds OF human intercourse? Partly,
no doubt, II Is attributable TO certain
habits of comparatively recent date
The eye. 3the window of the soul"
Is n most truthful exponent of the in
ward thoughts than the tongue, and,
| seeing that speech Ia very frequently
used not TO tell the thoughts, but to
conceal them, we look TO the eye for
| confirmation or the reverse Of what
our oars are taking In.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-05-03

iusufficiently noufished. Improper, insult
hcient nourishmeut Is starvation.
When a mans head aches il is because
the tissues of the brain do not receive
sufficient nourishment from the blood, OF re-
ceive impure and unhealthy nourishment
When a man gets nervous and sleepless it
means that the blood is not properly nour-
ishing the nerves When his skin breaks
out with blotches and pimples and erup.
tons, il means that the skin is being fed
upon the Impurities of the blood Almost
every known disease is primarily due to
improper nourishment through the blood,
which is the life stream. Dr. Picrceis
Golden Medical Discovery is the greatest
of all blood makers and purifiers. 1t gives
edge to the appetite, corrects all disorders
of the digestion, makes the assimilation of
the fegiving elements of the food per-
feet, invigorates the liver, promotes secre-
body. II makes firm, muscular flesh, but
does not make corpulent people more cor
pulent. Ii cures % per cent. of all cases
of lingering coughs, bronchial, throat and
| kindred affections, which, il neglected.
lead Up to consumption. 1t is the best of
| all nerve tonics and restoratives Kept by
all medicine dealers
was taken i'll in February, 1884, with head
| ache and pain in my back" writes II. Gaddis.
| Esd of ana South ] Street. Tacoma, Wash.
J called in doctor and he came three times He
said / was bilious but kept getting worse |
took a cough that could not sleep, only by
being propped up IN bed. Ny lungs hnrt me
and got so poor that was just skin and bone.
| thought was going to die used two bottles
of Or Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and II
made me sound and well. 1t saved my life
No remedy relieves constipation so
quickly and effectively as DR.. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets. They never grippe.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-05-03

Lombroso, who can discern insanity
where even Max Nordau can't see It,
and who il of opinion that most men
and all women are more or less crazy.
has been looking for the microbe Of
madness In the heroes OF contempor-
airy novels and plays, and has met
with glittcring success, especially In
the work Of Ibsen and lola. He
SAYS that fiction IS keeping pace nice
Nv with the march OF mankind toward
general dcmentia, and predicts cheer
fully that the characters In fiction will
In the future show a steady increase
nf luuacy
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-05-03
A PERFECT NEWSPAPER.

To publish ALL THE NEWS promptly and
auccinctly and in the most readable form
without elision or partisan bias to discuss
its significance with frankness, to keep AN
OPEN EYE FOR Pubic 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 10 II PAGES, and to
provide the whole for its patrons at the
nominal price of ONE CENT-that wa'
from the outset, and will continue TO be
the aim of THE RECORD
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-05-03

A physician who declared that few
properly WAS asked to describe how 1t
should be done. He said.
Usually person will tread ON the
ball of his foot In taking each step.
This Is very tiresomc and wearing ON
the muscles, as 1t throws the entire
suspended weight of the body on the
muscles of the legs and feet, You
should In walking or climbing stairs
seek for the most equal distribution
of the body's weight possible. In
walking upstairs, your feet should bc
placed squarely down on the step, heel
| and all. md then the work should be-
performed slowly and deliberately
In this way there is no strain upon
any particular muscle, but each one
is doing It's duty in n natural manner
The man who goes upstairs with II
spring you may be sure Ii no phlloso-
pher, or, mt least, his reasoning has
not been directed TO that subject"
The doctor might have gone little
further In the same line and protested
against the habit which many persons
have of bending over half double
when they ascend a flight of stairs.
In cXertion of this kind, when the
heart Is naturally excited TO n more
rapid action, 1t Is desirable that the
lungs should have fun play. But the
crouching position interfcrcs with
their action the blood IL imperfectly
nerated aud there Is trouble right
AWAY
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-05-03
world's Largest Coal Field.

The largest coal field In the world
is In the Chinese province of Human.
Baron Won Richthofen, who investign-
ted the mineral wealth of China, re
ported that the whole of the south
eastern part of the province of Human
may be called one whole coal field,
covering In all some 21,T00 square
miles over large areas of this the
coal measures are visible on the sur.
face. and good proportion of the
coal is of excellent quality. Human
nlso produces iron. copper, silver.
quicksilver. tin, lead and gold Az to
the latter material, there are sixty
four localities where gold Is to be
found, and In some the mines nro In
disputnbiy rich. The same minerals
are found in Shansi which In proper
ton 90 It's area has probably the lar
gest aud most easily workable coal
field of any region on the globe. At
the present rate of consumption the
world could be supplied With coal
from Shansl for 5000 years.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-05-03

II makes n man turn cold ut the man
ncr in which a woman puts his hard
earned money into pocketbook, car.
rlcs IT loosely In hand and leaves il on
the first counter she reaches -Atehlson
Globe
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-05-03

That's II swell hat you are wear
ing" said the city editor.
Just LOOK what a swell head It Ia on.
answered the courtreporter, In thought
less haste. --lndlannpolis journal
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-05-03
tI,aneedop,n,on

Mrs, Crimsonbeak: "You told me
once, you liked that fellow Grosser, on
account of his grit"
Mr.. Crimsonbcak: Yes; but that
was before he took to selling sugar.
Yonkers Statesman
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-05-03

We miss his whistle on the stair,
We miss the turning of his key
His CHEEKY mandolin's favorite air,
His company.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-05-03

The wolf of
8 / ar va I o II
howls ut the
doors of thou.
sands of men
| who are well
' TO do and sur
roun d c d by
plenty. Ill
health, in the
III al GRITTY of
cases, is starva-
ton, pure and
sim pie 1t
III cans [ h at
b o d y, brain.
nerve, bone
and sinew are
if,tpronarlv nr
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-05-03

Witness its unrvaled average daily cireula-
ton exceeding 10000 copies, and an aver
age exceeding 10000 copies for its Sunday
editions, while limitations of its plan OF
publication in every important city of the
country testify to the truth of the asser-
ton that in the quantity and quality OF its
contents, and in the price at which IL Is
sold The Record has established the
standard by which excellence in journal
ism must be measured
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-05-03
WHEN JOHNS AWAY.

His pipe is cold upon the SHELF.
His jolly dogs a lone estray;
The house is quite unlike itself
When Johns away.
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And when his CHEEKY letters come
We seem to read between the lines
\ wistful yearning for his home
Our love diYines.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-05-03
The Pioneer

one cent morning newspaper IN the United
States, " The Record still LEADS WHERE
OTHERS FOLLOW
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-05-03

oh! army blue that shines so bright
OH, army blue that looks so warm,
II folds full many heartaehe tight
That uniform.
-Ilarper's Weekly
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-10-27
Beats n King Full.

Tho most powerful king on earth is
working;tho mcancst king, slIir. king;
Tho most popular king, smo.k king;
and the %lcancet one. thinking, aud
tho slycst, win.king, tho most gurfu-
lous. tai king; the thirsiicst ,drin king.
And then there is the hacking, whose
trade is n perfect mine; tho dark.
skinned monarch, blac. king, who cuts
the greatest shine; not TO speak Of
ranking, whose title'e ont or quee.
ton; or famous ruler, ban king, OF
good finance di gcstion.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-10-27

1t Is strange that no one but a Kan
Eas pastor, full OF the life and energy
that has come to that State, would
have thought OF the photograph as
his substitute in the pulpit while abb
sent ON n vacation. 1t is reported
that nm earnest and prog ressive pas
tor, leaving his ilcck for n vacation,
left Il Commute sermon on a cylinder
to he delivered at the proper time.
The hymns were sung, II brother had
offered prayer, and the announce
ments had been made, when one Of
the deacons brought forward the
monograph, placed it upon the pull
pit, and announced that. when set il.
motion, it would give q devoted flock
one OF the m which had SO en-
deared the pastCr to the congrcga.
ton. Thcrcupon tho good deacon
set tho machine in motion. No one
can imagine the CONSERVATION OF the
congregation when the phonogrnph
b"'S OhG NLo HonE, l'iuull uc NlODlI
Am SHINING Tho song ended, but
there was no brcak-the terrible mu-
chine proceeded to relate a number
OF up-tudatc but not very Sunday or
pulpit stories. No ono understood
the machine, but after 20 minutes the
deacon grnspcd the i%rrevorent plono-
graph end hurried out Of the church.
The much beloved pastor might have
been called before Il council had il
not been discovered that tho sermon.
loaded phonograph had been left In
charge OF q son Of Belial with the
weakness Of Il practical jokcr.--In-
dianapolis journal.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-10-27
a Physicians Revenge.

The people here are not very kind
to me- said a young physician OF the
Whitemarsh valley, whose single
has been out for several weeks. He
lay on the grass by the side OF the
Bethlehem pike, with the bicycler
Who had happened along. aNot very
kind! Is that so?" asked the stranger
bicycler. that's 30; but I'll get
even with them," replied the physi.
clan. al got even with one yesterday.
Hc's the leading man of the town,
and when he called on on ME I was
glad, mud gave him n grand reception.
But what do You think he said? tAny
port IN a storm, DOCTOR says he. I'm
in a hurry, and l guess you'll do,
What's the matter?' said I, trying
not to appear hurt. oh, disordered
stomach he answered; bad head
ache, cramps, and all that Then
what do you think 1 didY / gave
him n dose OF n certain drug that in
an hour laid him on his back roaring
with pain. His wife came for me,
hot footed, and l hurried to tho
house and sat beside the bed and
gloated over his agonA. When I felt
that Ind n full evenge l ensed him
off. Wasn't that n clever way to get
even? IT was n hundred times better
than a punch in the nose. II the fell
low ever insults me again I'll half
kill him."-Philadelphia Record.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-10-27
Rub Mn Agninsl BrnIns.

IL docs a young fellow good ia get
into contact with men Of brains and
talent, men whose genius and ability
have achieved something in tho world
II bnnishcs much Of their ;nordinalo
concoit ami mt the same time IL will
teach them how great mon spoat md
think. II you are a young maD am.
bilious TO improve yourself in all tho
ways TINT you cnn, losc M opportun-
ity OF putting yourself in contact
with moi whose experience and abil.
ity il greater than your own. II will
show you your " insiEnillcancc
and etimulatc you 10y showing you II
standard that you have y"t to attain.
Besides this, "irOn sharpcncth from"
and nothing ehnrpons n mans mind
like bringing it in contact with sharp.
or minds. Sharpen yours IN this way
ovcry chance you get and some day it
will he sharp enough TO sharpen 9th.
ora, besides IL ia n nice thing to have
u ito worry eharp.-ES.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-10-27
tFRoM FRIDAYS DAILY
sALMAGuNpI.

Tue Gazctte's medal fund In
reached 800 so.
There is nothing OF importance from
Grandma Otis today.
Fall and Winter goods aro now
coming in at Engler's.
Admiral Dewey has received the
title deeds to his Washington resi-.
deuce.
The trPins are so irregular now
that oven the ticket agent can't keen
track of them.
Travelling Conductor Derbyshire
came in on u freight Inst night and
left for Ogden this morning.
Subscriptions to tho medal fund
are not coming in very fast. Who
will be the first on the list?
Why not dress neatly when it
costs no more than to wear shabby.
mistt clothing. Jacobs fits you aud
gives satisfaction or no pay.
Governor Sadler has gone to San
Francisco to extend an official vel.
COM to the Nevada soldiers on their
arrival from the Philippines.
GeneralClarke, who is at the German
Hospital in San Francisco, is steadily
improving and is i'll fine spirits. He
soon expects to return better than he
has been for years.
Fresh fruit received every day at
the P~ostotiice, including peaches.
plums, grapes, apples, etc. Orders
taken and promptly filed for any
quantity. y
General Symons, the British COM
mander at the battle OF Glencoe, has
died from his wounds. His death
was officially announced i'll the House
OF Commons yesterday.
MIR. and Mrs. Shiyely and Bert ar
rived from the northern part OF the
county last night. Mrs. Shively is in
poor health and she will leave for
Salt Lake tonight Tor medical treat
ment.
a. w. Sewall Of Tuscarora has at.
tached @. Il. ltedman for $500. Sheriff
Campbell was bnsy this afternoon
gathering up the freight teams and
wagons belonging to Mr.. Redman.
n. p. Guldagger, at Jones' old
stand, is prepared to do blacksmith
ing in all Of it's branches at prices TO
suit the times. Horse shoelug and
wagon work a specially. All work
guaranteed. Take your work to MI.
Guldagger's shop il yOu want it done
well and mt reasonable prices. =
The Gazstte says that Louis Dean
has twenty head Of steers ut Reno
Tint will weigh something over a ton
each. MI. Dean intends TO ship the
lot to Chicago about the first OF De.
cember just to show the people Of
that city what Nevada can do in the
way OF Christmas beef.
President King, Farmers Bank,
brooklyn, Mich, Inns used DeWitt's
Little Early Risers in his family for
years. Says they are the best. These
famous little pills cure constipation,
b|illiousness and all liver md bowel
troubles. Elko Drug Co.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-10-27

The preparations being made in
England to celebrate the 1000th nnni.
versary Of the death OF Alfred the
Great, Britain's Saxon king, winch
occurs in 1901, are certain 20 attract
attention in many other countries.
He was the founder OF the British
navy, established the first schools in
tho kingdom and put England
abreast OF the most advanced nations
OF that day. Alfred the Great has
reflected more lustre on England
than have all her warriors from Rich.
ard OF the Lion Heart down to VOL.
seloy and Kitchener.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-10-27
Ten Strong Words.

In London this summer one Of the
weekly papers offered n prize for the
best list Of strong words to number
ten. Tho announcement specified
that but ten words would DO consid.
cred from any person and a commit
tee OF literary men would select
from tho numbers offered tho ten
strongest words in tho English Ian.
guagc.
These arc the words that won:
Hate, blood, hungry, dawn, com.ug,
gone. love, dead, alone, forever.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-10-27
The Stories Do Not Agree,

Victor Bouton, the former Reno
boy who is being brought back from
California to answer u charge OF cat
tic stealing at Winnemucca, says
That he is being made n victim by
Wells Fargo detectives. Victor
claims that the detectives have IL IN
for him because he failed to identify
Il gang OF tram robbers who were
tried last year and that detective
Thackcr Is now trying to got even
with him Tor it.
The detectives tell another story.
however, aud, so far Ms tho train rob.
bcfy business is concerned, tncy al.
lege that Bouton held the robbers
horses whilc tho held up The train,
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-10-27
a Giant Among locomotives.

~lho biggest locomotive in tho
world has just been put into service
by the Illinois Central said n rail.
road man. "It's Il whale, and that's
no joke, either! Its weight with the
tender is 1925 tons, and they calca
late it's traclIon at 20G0 gross tons On
n i0.foot grade. II you know any.
thing about railronding, | don't need
to tell yOu that that ia something pho.
nOmcnnl. Tho engine IL Il twelve.
wheeler, and has nm enormous boiler,
nearly eight feet through at tho
thrOat or g u end. Tho ]smokcstaclt
IL q worry small steel cylinder, and
compared with the old types il looks
like II handbook pcrchcd on n gas
tank. From the top to the rails lacks
only unc inch Of being 1917 feet. Tho
locomotive was built for the Cairo
division running out Of Fulton, Ky.
Three tracks come in thcrc-thc Now
Orleans main line, dbe one from
Memphis and the ono from Cincin.
natl aud f.ouisviIlc-and the consc.
qucnco is that three heavy freight
trains are liable Ia show up at tho
eamo hour. This big engine will pull
the whole lot. hooked together and
think nothing Of il. When you re.
mcnbcr that tho New Orleans
frcighls arc often made up of twenty
five or thirty heavy banana cars you
can realize wiat II job that IL. Ten
years ago such n locomotive wouldn't
have been considered Il possibility
Now Orleans Times Democrat.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-10-27

In his annual report to the Score.
tary OF the Treasury, Commissioners
General Powderly Of the Immigration
bureau, gives tho total arrivals for
the year ending June 80, 1899, as
3ll,7li, lin increase over tho preccd-
ing year OF S2,4lG, or SO per cent. Tho
opinion is expressed that at least o..
600 persons were not listed in this
number, through n defect in the law
rs we'll rs an iDdetcrminnto number
from Canada and Mexico, who are
not accounted for under existing reg
ulations.