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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-02-15
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Silent we stand beside the open door,
And all the room beyond is bathed
in light
fhe golden sunlight thou didst hail OF
yore;
The smile that kissed away the tears
OF night,
And In Its touch Gods daily promise
\ benediction that put care TO iiighS
And gave thee strength 10 face the
world; aye. more.
That lit thy pathway. guiding thee
Alright
dow many dawns thou dldst 10 care
awake,
Each dawn attended with new hopes
and fears;
Forever faithful didst thy burden take.
Praying that peace might bless the
unborn years,
And for thy country and Thy kind!ed's
sake
Tolled with patience that all earth
reveres
low many nights thy heart did well
nigh break
To know thy motherlaud WAS drench-
ed with tears.
And It was here thou didst at last ind
rest
The work was done. the time had
come 10 sleep
i'he high the humho. prosperous. OPP
pressed.
One in their soi.-w DER thy couch
did weep
)ur ceaseless gratitude by tongues pro.
fessed.
But In our hearts there iieth still
more deep
\ love which with our deeds we would
attest
70 prove Us worthy OF the trust ws
keep
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-02-15

yERNoN.
the generous hospitality of the owner.
who treated every passing stranger
IA guest made the expenditure of
money for repairs utterly impossible,
When Miss Cunningham yentured to
tell him of her plans he was filled with
horror that women should do that
which should SO emphasize the degen-
sraey OF men, But the determined wo-
men sent out urgent appeals Her first
call was to the women OF the South,
and on July II. 1854, the frat meeting
vas held. Edward Everett was one OF
the first to offer his services, and as
The result OF his lectures $6S,Q00 WAS
contributed to the fund.
Northern people withdrew when they
learned the property was to be turned
over TO Virginia, but ON March II, 1856,
tho Ladies' Mount Vernon Association
was formed, but there were mlsunder-
standings which wrung from Miss Gun
aingham the pathetic utterance, None
but God can know what mental and
physical sufferings | have undergone
for Mount Vernon. certain Con
gresham vowed he would defeat the
Association, but at II critical time Mr.
Washington showed his loyalty. and
lust at the time when Miss Cunning
ham was ready To die from over ankle
" and encouragement Il definite con
elusion was reached. After that she
lay In stupor for three weeks In
addition TO the actual price Of tho
plantation, 5000 900 had TO be raised for
repairs and when matters were pro
crossing finely tho Civil War broke
out and confusion was the result
Mount Vernon wax neutral ground
throughout the bitter struggle When
the strife was ended Miss CUNNINGHAM
went there 10 live, received tho aid of
Sumner in getting an Indemnity from
the Government, and went on with the
noble work she had undertaken
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-02-15

He fought, but not with lcye Of strife:
he struck but to defend:
And ere he turned peoples foe. he
sought 10 be a friend;
He stood for Liberty aud Truth, and
daringly led on
Till shouts Of victory gave forth the
name OF Warrington
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-09-14
kissing All the Girls.

The ancient and unique customs con-
nected with Hoch Tide were lately OBJ
served at Hungerford. The morn was
ushered in by blasts blown from John
of Gaunt's horn. The Hoch Tide jury
were sworn in by the town clerk, after
which the constable (who is also cor
oner), portreeve, bailiff and tuttimen
were elected. Two tuttimen are elected
each year, and their duties are quite
unique, as on Hochney day they have to
visit each house in the borough and
collect coin of the realm from the
males and have the privilege of taking
kiss from each female. These tutti-
men carry long poles, adorned with
choice flowers, tied with blue streamers
and surmounted with oranges. The
tuttimen are followed by the school
children, who all have holiday on
Hochney day. Each lady who receives
kiss is entitled to an orange. In this
way, and in throwing to the children.
about 4,oGO oranges are distributed
during the day.-Philadelphia Inquirer.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-09-14

Sword Voted bv conaSeas 70 Dewey.
ttal will probably occur on Monday. octo>
Der 2, although the date will depend upon
the length Of the celebration in New York,
which is still unsettled. The principal
features of the reception in Washington,
rs planned by the citizens, with the CO.
operation Of the President and Cabinet,
will be two in number-the presentation
OF the sword voted by Congress and a
night parade. A public reception at the
White House will be followed by dinner
to the Admiral by President Mckinley.
The sword will be presented by Secretary
Long, at the east front of the Capitol, in
the presence Of Mr.. Mckinley and all the
members of the Cabinet, late in the aft
ernoon, while the parade. consisting Of or
ganizations of all kinds, will be accompa.
MED by an illumination Of the city on q
scale Of beauty never before witnessed in
Washington.
The different features Of the prepare.
tons are in the hands Of central body
Of citizens and eleven committees, czn-
bracing in all over thousand people.
Preparations for the celebration have
heen in hand for over month.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and
other railroads entering Washington have
agreed upon cheap rates for the celebra-
ton, and the committee expects that there
will be an eutpouring Of patriotic citizens
almost equal to the inauguration Of .
President
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-09-14
Mrs. Barnard Thanks
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AnLTowN, WARRINGTON Co., Me.
A Iowa womaa's Ceavineing stssaneat.
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would help me. My trouble was pro-
fuse flowing; sometimes would think
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Reading Of % many being cured by
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Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-09-14
REPORTERS HEROIC ACT.
While Dying He Burns HIS Collection
Of Mean Sayings About Great
Public Men.

clippings are one of the most val
liable and sometimes one of the mean.
est aids to newspaper man." re-
eye over the mortuary index of the Of
fee clippings.
"a few years ago political reporter
on a Chicago paper received his last
assignment. 1t was an order from high
authority for him to cross the River
Styx. He was man of great deal of
force, and he knew just where to stick
his pen to run it's poison deepest.
Withal, he was good fellow, as news
paper pariahs go, and everybody in the
office liked him. The managing editor
hurried out to the dying mans side.
'Rigsby," said the old reporter, GIVE
been very bad man."
"Oh, no, you haven't the chief as
sured him. "Just like the ordinary run
of us. You'll feel differently when you
get better"
But the old political reporter shook
his head.
..Rigsby," he said, "you know that
collection of clippings I've got? 1t con-
tains all the low, mean, damaging
things that have been said about every
prominent politician in the last Is
years. It's the most complete and most
villainous collection of stuff in the
country. It's worth lot of money"
eyes," said the managing editor.
Its metn, and it's worth lot of
money"
"Rigsby," the feeble voice went on.
II want you to unlock my desk and
take out those newspaper slips and
burn them right here before my eyes.
I'll do that much for humanity, any
how"
Rigsby got out the papers, and he and
the dying man made small bonfire of
them. and watched it die to ashes. IT
was avery heroic thing to do.-Chicago
Inter Ocean.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-09-14
sar,on.s eset,,ne 70 utvty.

6oatorsa 81 the ksrepsIso ee.a 0anil3
s.erel In WAshlsgtsw. :.
The central idea underlying the grand
welcome to be given Admiral Dewey in
Washington the first week in October IL
its national character. His arrival At the
Capital will mark his real homecoming
70 the American people, where the ofacials
Of the government will participate. and
the magnifcently jeweled sword voted by
Congress will be presented. To mat end
all the arrangements will be Of q simple but
most digniIed character. The welcome to
the hero Of Manila at the National Cap
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-09-14

Science has discovered plant - full II
life that il one Of its leaves be broken Of
e ena n s p.11S to warn wa Az. ssss
vitalixing principles which enable Hostet.
ters Stomach Bitters to arouse to life and
duty the overworked stomach, the weak
blood and sluggish liver. The sufferer from
dyspepsia or any stomach trouble needs
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. See that .
private Revenue Stamp covers the neck of
the bottle.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-09-14
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

ONLY two women are left to draw
pensions on account of the revolu-
tionary war. There were three of
them until few days ago. the widows
of continental soldiers. but their num-
Der was decreased by the death of Mrs.
Nancy Jones. of Jonesboro, Tenn. She
was IS years old.
A MINNESOTA man captured q king
fisher when it was young, made a pet
of it, and trained the bird to capture
fish and lay them at its masters feet.
In summer the bird is taken to the
river where fish are known to abound,
and set at liberty. It poises high in
the air, and suddenly dropping, grasps
its victim and promptly delivers the
fish to its master.
RUSSIAN women are said to be re-
markably frank about their ages. Sew
eral years ago one of them misrepre-
sented her age in court and she was
promptly sent to Siberia: It is said
the courts of France are absolutely un-
able to get correct statements of the
number of years the fair daughters of
that land have been upon earth.
l ne hAAS VI GAC oCAk AoAo s1oSSAS %
Count Rivenstein, invariably putting
up at his hotel in Paris with far less
bustlethan that which the arrival of
an ordinary foreign count would entail
The smallest man who ever lived was
the dwarf Bebe, born IN France in
'1740. He was just 20 inches high and
eight pounds in weight when full
grown.
The Rev. II. r. Haweis is said to be
the greatest clerical traveller of the CEN
fury. Between 1885. when he was APP
pointed Lowell lecturer at Boston and
university preacher at Cornell and Har-
ward, and 1895. he covered no fewer
than 100, 600 miles outside of Europe.
DWIGHT L. MOODY. the evangelist,
prides himself on the fact that there is
not one expert shorthand reporter out
Of so who can make verbatim report
of his sermons.
RICHARD MANSFIELD started in life
In London as painter. He had poor
luck, however, and often used to spend
his meal hours outside of restaurant
windows instead of behind them.
OxE of Uncle Sans Alaskan islands
can boast of the largest stamp mill in
the world. It has $40 stamps and
brushes quartz enough daily to give
$500 in gold, which the other mills in
the plant increase to $4,000
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-09-14
He Didn't Like Chopin.

"a musician out Of work, are you?" said
ees tie Suppose h you asm
us with an obligato."
pardon the pronunciation, madam" re-
piled Peripatetic Paderoosky, "but Chopin
is not popular with me"-Catholic Stand
ard Times.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-09-14
Too serious.

do you think his intentions are serious!"
asked her best girl friend.
Altogether too serious" was the reply.
He asked me yesterday if l would con
sent to have my life insured in favor of my
husband when married. Spare Mo.
ments
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-09-14

DO Your Feet Ache and Burn4
Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot. Ease,
a powder for the feet. It makes tight or
New Shoes feel Easy. Cures Corns, Bun.
ions, Swollen, Smarting, Hot, Callous, Sore,
and Sweating Feet. All Druggists and Shoe
Stores sell it, Csc. Sample sent FREE. Ad.
dress, Allen S. Olmsted, LIE Roy, n. Y.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-09-14

Piso's Cure for Consumption has no equal
as Cough medicine:-F. n. ABBOTT, 3S3
Seneca St., Buffalo, n. Y. May 9, 1894.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-09-14

The first FIVE minutes after an accident q
man is grateful that he escaped with his life;
after that he begins to complain his pants
were torn.-Atchison Globe.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-09-14

Te Cure . Geld In one Day
druggists refund money II 1t fails to cure. &c.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-09-14

When man whistles all the day either
his heart or his head is light Chicago
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-09-14

The more horse sense man has the less
he bets on the Chicago Daily News.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-09-14
The cornfed Philosopher.

s'The man who says he would be con-
tented with crust, said the Cornfed Phil
mighty hard unless
indianapolis Journal.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-09-14

It always puzzles horse to find out what
wcman's driving Philadelphia Rec
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-09-14

A lie is always in a hurry, but the truth j,
willing to wait.-Chicago Daily News.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-09-14

Hall's Catarrh Cure
Is taken Internally. Price 75c.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-08-15
BLEACHING A NEGRO.
A Strange Story from Vienna De-
scrfbing the Wonderful Eff
feet of Electricity.

Two years ago, according to the vi
emma Fremdenblatt, a Viennese mer-
chant brought back from a business
trip in Africa Soudanese negro 10
years old, named Ibual Lacho.
Ibual soon learned the ways of vi
emma, beginning with the German Ian
guage, astonishing the boulevards with
elegant costumes and finally acquiring
certain fashionable nervous disorders.
These famous homeopathic specialist
subjected to electrical treatment
Strange to say, Ibual began to grow
white, gradually passing through the
coffee-andmilk stages until he became
in complexion Caucasian, though the
shape of his face remained unchanged
Ibual's doctor thinks that the black
pigment in the boys skin was gradual
ly disintegrated and washed out, as it
were, by the electric current. The chief
colorirg matter, melanin, or pig
mentum nigrum, found in the eye, hair
and skin of the regro, contains iron
and strongly reacts upon electrical ap-
plication
American physicians will hardly
know how seriously to take this report.
1t is well known, however, that negroes
are much more susceptible to the ac-
ton of electricity than white men.
There have been several cases of the
severe burning of negroes by the ap-
plication of the X ray, usually harm
less to white skins. 1t is now general
ly considered dangerous to X-ray a
black man.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-08-15
Queer BIunder at a Wedding.

A marriage of a singular character
recently took place at the registrars
Office, Langport, England. The bride
and bridegroom, supported by the usual
escort, having presented themselves,
the registrar requested the witnesses
to be seated, and, addressing the bride
groom and lady, who remained stand
ing, elected from them solemn declara-
tons of knowing no lawful impeachment
to being joined in matrmony. Having
called those present to witness, they
took each other as husband and wife,
it remained only for the bridegroom
to ship the golden hoop on the fair ones
finger, when, much to the astonish-
ment of the registrar, the bridegroom
mustered courage to calculate in the
Somerset vernacular: "Thic be the
young 'ooman / wants to get married
to over there" pointing to one of the
patient witnesses. 1t was then discov-
cred that the bridegroom had married
his own sister. The marriage, of course,
was invalid. and after rearranging the
parties the ceremony was performed
with the proper principals.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-08-15
JAPANESE ARISTCCRACY.
Territorial Lords Surrender Their
Powers to Strengthen Gem
trail Government.

Undoubtedly the most powerful and
at the same time exclusive aristocracy
was that of the Daimos, or territorial
lords of Japan prior to the great social
revolution of 1868. There were fewer
than 30G of these great lords. Their
power within their own provinces was
almost absolute, and they owed merely
nominal allegiance to the sovereign.
Yet in 1869 241 out of less than 300
Daimos voluntarily surrendered their
powers and their possessions into the
hands of the emperor, in order that a
centralized government might conduct
the affairs of the empire in a manner
more in accordance with those western
ideas which the nation was then MAX
ing up it's mind to adopt, and from this
surrender the phenomenal progress of
Japan as a world power undoubtedly
dates. A somewhat similar case may
be found in the history of Russia, when
in the year 1864, the boyars, believing
that the car, Ivan ", afterward
known as the Terrible, was about to
leave them to their own intrigues and
domestic strifes, laid all the privileges
of their order at his feet to induce him
to return. 1t was from this act of self
abnegation that the traditional autoc-
racy of the Russian empire practically
begins.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-08-15
WANTS A NEW RELIGION.
Government of Japan at Present
Much Drawn to Everything
English.

1t has been stated on pretty good au-
thority that the leading statesmen of
Japan are thinking of making Chris
tianity the established religion of the
country, says the Evangelist. When the
government of Japan was changed and
the mikado assumed his kingly author
ity one of the first steps taken was the
endowment and establishment of the
Shinto religion. And Shintoism is so
broad and comprehensive a belief that
it has frequently allowed Christian
services to be held in its temples.
To the American Episcopal church
belongs the honor of being the first
Protestant body to commence Chris
tan work in Japan, for Bishop Will
liams established himself at Tokyo as
early as 1859 and translated portions
of the prayer book and Bible into the
japanese tongue. Should Japan adopt
Christianity as national faith it is not
likely that it will take church exactly
to the pattern of either British or Amer
lean Christianity, but the Episcopal
missionaries in Japan believe that the
molding of the japanese mind with
regard to Protestant Christianity rests
very largely with the Anglican commu-
nifty, especially as the Japanese govern
ment is at present much drawn to ev-
erything English.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-08-15
SIZE OF ANIMALS.
Certain Species of Our Day Are Much
Smaller Than They Were in
Early Eras.

Most of the gigantic animals of geo.
logical eras belonged to species which
have completely vanished, and of those
which have living representatives it is
difficult to say whether they have I'M
dergone a true change of size or wheth-
er their modern examples are merely
survivals of smaller contemporary va
rieties. The larger animals, says
the Cincinnati Enquirer, have
tendency to disappear first in par
tial failure of food supply. Gigantic
armadilloes closely resembling those of
the present day were formerly album
dant III South America. The remains
of huge sloths are found in Cuba and
North America. Sharks attaining
length of more than 100 feet are found
in comparatively recent fossil deposits.
Another fish which represents larger
prehistoric species is the American
pony pike, which is one of the few
survivals of the enormous Ganoids of
the secondary strata. The tiny nautilus
of the present day had kindred ten or
twelve feet long III early times. An
other small shellfish, the pteropod,
whose delicately complex structure is
packed in an inch of shell, is found in
fossil remains to have reached the re-
spectacle length of couple of feet.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-08-15
AN HONORED DOG.
The In Intelligent Animal Was Accorded
q Pleasant Reception by Great
Britain's Queen.

'Tim," the haf-breed Irish and Air
dale terrier who collects contributions
at Paddington station for the widows
and orphans fund of the Great West
ern railway employees, was presented to
her majesty the queen one day recent
ly, says the New York Journal. AS the
royal carriage rolled up to the station
Sir John Men ELL drew the attention of
Princess Henry of Battenberg to the
dog, and the princess spoke To her maj
esty, who was so interested in the story
of "Iim" that she at once directed that
he be brought forward to her carriage.
Inspector Bush, on whom the order de-
volved, captured ''Tim,' who was rather
negligently groomed for royal recep-
ton, and brought him into the pres
ence of the queen. She was sitting on
the off side of the carriage, and the
dog was brought up to the further side.
Her majesty smiled when Tim was
held up for royal inspection, and re-
marked that he was "a noble old dog"
while the princess dropped sove1 eign
into the dogs box. When placed on the
ground Tim" stood up on his hind legs
and barked "Thank you'll" three times
trick taught him by the station
master-anG then ran off to renew an
interrupted interview with a rat.
"Tim" has been collecting for over
seven years at the Paddington station,
and during that time has taken in just
$1,940. His daily receipts have never
fallen below ninepence, while they once
rose as high as 81 shillings. He has
never had a blank day. AS special re-
ward for his services the authorities
permit him to 60 unmuzzled, and so far
he has not forfeited his privilege by
biting anyone.