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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-01-10

Mrs Kiddlet-Why, children, what's
all this noise about?
Little Jamie--We've had gran'pa and
Uncle Henry locked up In the cupboard
for an hour. an when they get little
angrier I'm going to play going into
the lions cage."-Tid Bits.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-01-10

CLERK of Hunterdon Co Orphans Court
Tt-noys
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-01-10

"What pity" said the first germ
as he chung frantically to a window
sash as they went around curve,
that in sleeping cars we have no OPP
portunities."
Isn't it," said his companion des-
pondently, "a great field IL only we had
air enough to get about in."-Life.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-01-10

Henry-Of course, it is no business
of mine, but since you have changed
doctors the nelghbors have noticed that
your wife has been constantly growing
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-01-10

Pedagogue tseverely)-Now. sir. for
the last time, what's the square of the
hypothenuse of a right-angled triangle
equivalent to?
Boy (desperately)-It's equivalent to
a licltin' fer me, sir Go ahead.-Boston
Traveller
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-27
Remarkable Loss of emory.

A remarkable case Of loss of mem- ory occurred in London, England, re- gently. It appears that an old gen. tleman. we'll dressed and apparently we'll to do, was found by the police wandering in Moorfelds He was taken to the nearest police station, but, be- ing unable to give any satisfactory ac- count of himself, he was conveyed to GIy's hospital. There 1t was found that he was suffering froE loss of memory, and despite every device adopted nothing could be gloaned az 70 his identity. Upon his clothes be- ing searched an address, Spring Bank. Hull,'' was found upon him, and as the result or a telegram dispatched by the police to that address 1t was aseer, tained that the old gentleman was MT George Patchett, who lived at the ad- dress given. He had been missed from Hull for some days, hut how and when he got to London neither his frienda nor Mir Patehett could say.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-27
A cARBoNIc ACID MOTOR.
ftz Peculiar Advantages for Use in Au.
 tomobiles.


 The latest novelty in automobiles Is one propelled by carbonic acid. the in- vention of c. D. P. Gibson Of Jersey City. Describing the model now in op~ eration: Inside the box, toward the rear, is an engine weighing only thir- ty-six pounds, and having cylinders whose diameter is one and seven eighths,s with four-inch stroke. On either side of it, and reaching length wise in the box, are arranged f1asks. or "cartridges," of liquid carbonic acid, coupled to each other and to a slender tube that feeds the engine. By means which Mr. Gibson does not yet describe, the fluid is vaporized and expanded in the cylinders. A working pressure of from 1000 pounds upward is thus made available. The crank transmits it's mo- tion by sprecket and chain to the rear axle of the wagon without any inter mediate shaft or gear. The sprocket on the crank shaft has nine teeth, and that on the wagon axle (a sixteen-inch sprockeD has twenty-nine. The driv. CTS are thirty-eight-inch wheels. With the simple mechanism here described Mr. Gibson is able to run his wagon up the most astonishing grades. He climbs those appalling hills for which New Jersey. is famous, and believes he can go where no gasoline motor can follow. He takes his wagon through deep, dry sand, too, where it would be almost impossible to take any other self-propelled carriage. Without tbe carbonic acid flasks and engine the carriage which he showed to report CT the other day would weigh nearly 400 pounds. The tiasks, contents and engine added about 400 pounds more. Some 800 or 600 pounds of human freight have been put into the wagon on occasions. A total load that is scarcely less than Hoo pounds has thus been moved up hill and down with the utmost ease.-New York Tribune.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-27
cANApA,s GREATEST GLORY.
Vast and Ancient Wilderness That Rests
 the Traveller.

The greatest glory of Canada is not its modern progress, but it's vast and ancient wilderness, says Scribner s. If you weary of the sameness and U rof-i .tableness of everything you know, go where I went last year, to the upper waters of the Ottawa, where the beaver is the master architect and the moose is king of the woods. See for yourself, as I saw5 that the Ottawa and the Ga-. tineau, appearing to come from widely distant regions, have their origin close together and are twins. Behold these two children of the lakes, nourished from the same generous breast. Trace their courses and see that, though journeying far ill widely different di- rections, they finally arrive at com- mon destination. Nobody knows all about that headwater country around the sources Of the Ottawa. It is a prolific game region, where sportsmen rarely go, for the simple reason that they can get all the hunting they want nearer to the railroad. There are plenty of deer close to almost any 1dHdQld4 EdGllG sldtlOA NSol u t St4l- broke, and it is not much trouble to get a chance at moose in two days from Deux Rivieres, Rockcliffe, or Mattawa. Not many hunting parties start from there, either. and I suppose the reason is that for thousands Of miles to the west the woods, prairies and mountains lie close to the railroad and afford almost limitless opportuni ties. The territory inclosed by the Ottawa and the Gatineau has been from immemorial times the home of the Algonquin Indians, and they still remain there, in such primitive inno- eenee that they receive no annuity from the Dominion government. In this they are unlike the Indians of the United States or their brother tribes of Canada.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-27
CONVICT ISLAND.
where the Worst Type of Criminals
 Have Chance for Reform.


 Since 1858 the Andamans, a group of thickly wooded islands toward the east side of the Bay of Bengal, have been used by the Indian government as a penal settlement for life convicts. There are about 12,000 convfcts in the settlement at Port Blair, which is conducted as a practical reformatory for the reform of the criminals. Every convict knows that his treatment de- ponds (after 6 certain preliminary pe- riod of severe discipline) entirely on himself. He also knows that good be- havior will Of itself commute the life sentence to one of twenty years. A large number of the convicts are men respited from death sentences. The newly arrived convict is placed in the cellular gaol, where he is solitary alike in his cell and during his daily walk around the ring for exercise. At the end of six months he is transferred for a year and half to an associated gaol, where he labors in gang during the day and sleeps in a separate cubicle at night. For tbe next three years he Is locked Up in barracks at night with prisoners of the same class and kept hard at work all day. After this 'pe- riod the severity Is eased down, the tasks are not so irksome and his ca- pacity is studied in the employment given to him and he begins to earn a small allowance, which he can either spend on little luxuries or put into the savings bank. At the end of ten years he is eligible for a ticket of leave, with liberty to earn his living within the island settlement in his own way. He can live in his own house, farm little land and move about within consid, erable area unwatched He can send for wife and children, or. if bache- Tor. marry a convict woman. At the end of twenty years, if of good be- havior, he obtains an absolute release, with free conveyance to India to make fresh start as a free man.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-27
HIS GRAVE NEGLECTED
The Resting Place Of Charles Dickens Is
 Virtually Unmarked.

Virtually Unmarked.
 From the London Mail: The sugges. tion has been made that a monument to Charles Dickens should be erected in one of the public places of this city, It Is not at all likely that the proposal, however warmly 1t might be supported by the English people, will ever be carried into effect, for any such scheme of perpetuation would be in direct op- position to the expressed wish of the novelist, who desired by his work alone to live In the heart of his countrymen. The will of Charles Dickens. from which the following lines are taken. very clearly expressed the masters wishes: T conjure my friends, on no account, to make me the subject of any monument, memorial or testimonial, whatever I rest my claims to the re- membrance of my country upon my published works and to the remem- brance of my friends upon their ex perience of me in addition thereto" To this wish the members of the farai- ly have always given the strongest adherence and have already discolln. tenanced and will continue to discour age any attempt to set the provision of the will at naught. Some years ago Edwin Elwell, gifted American sculp- tor, completed in marble a full-lengtb portrait figure of the novelist, with Little Nell looking upward to the face of her creator. This charming group the sculptor offered to the London county council for erection in some suitable place in London. but owing to the attitude of the family, who out of respect to the wishes of the novelist. refused to countenaneee the movement, the offer was declined. In these cirs cumstances it is hardly probable that any memorial, at least of public char acter, will be attempted.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-27
~SsLr Ur SHORT WORDS.
Paragraph Illustrating It. and Attri,
 buted to Horatio Seymour.


 ln the following paragraph. aftrihnt- ga to Horatio Seymour, the writer prae- tlees what he breaches, since there is no word in it with more than two sy1la- nles. save such as are quoted for the purpose Of illustration: We must not only think in words, but we must also sry to use the best words and those which in speech will put what is in orr minds into the minds Of others. This IS the great art which those must gain who wish to teach in the school. the church, at the bar, or through the press To do this in the right way they should use the short words which we learn in early life, and which haya the same sense to all classes of men. The English of our Bible is good. Now and then some long words are found and they always hurt the verses ig which you find them. Take that which says Oh, ye generation of vipers. who hath warned yon to flee from the wrath to cone? There is one long word which ought not to be in it. namely, generation, In the old version the old word brood is used. Reas the verse with the term, and you will feel Its full verse: Oh, ye viper's breod, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to1come?' Crime sometimes does not look like crime when it is set be- fore us in the many folds of a long word. When man steals. and we call 1t a defaleation. we are at q 1ass { p haow if it is blunder or a crime .ssf ,. he does not tell the truth, and we are told that 1t is a case of .preYarieation. , 1t takes us some time to know just what we should think of it. No man will ever cheat himself into wrong-do- ing, nor will he be at loss to judge of others, il he thinks and speaks of acts in clear, crisp terms. It is a good rule, If one is at a loss to know if an act is rigbt or wrong to write 1t down ia Sbort. straightout English"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-27
A RARE DOLLAR.
A Big Lawsuit Over It's Ownership
 SI,5o0 offered For It.

Sl.oOU oHefeu TOT It.
 The New York Evening Post re. ports curiously complex situation at Racine. Wis, over the ownership of D silver dollar of the coinage date of 1894. It is said that only one of four of these dollars ever left the mint, and they are consequently very valuable The dollar in question was given sev. eral months ago by woman whose name, if known, is kept secret, to Lad islar Altmann, clerk in the dry goods store of l.. I. Hartnett in payment. for goods bought, The woman did not know that the doller was worth more than it's face value; in fact. she hesi- tatea , Ut using it at all for fear that | Sa genuine. The clerk, with eus wing how rare the coin was, reeogE zsd it as an odd piece and put 1t into lis pocket, handing over to the cashier q dollar of his own. For sev- era1 months thereafter he carried the 1So4 dollar about as a pocket piece. One day he showed it to friend at a bank and was informed that it was worth not less than $500. In order to verify this estimate he sent it to a coin buyer in Chicago, who promptly offered s1,500 for it. The clerk still did not sell having heard that sim ilar coin had sold for a still larger sum in New York. But, though he did not sell. lie talked. and the story reached the ears of MT. Hartnett, his employer. M. Harnett promptly claimed that the dollar either belonged to the funds Of the store or to the woman who had rendered it without knowing it's value. He demanded that it be returned and held for the wom- an. If she could not be found -ht claimed that the coin belonged to him. The clerk claims that he was justified in substituting lis dollar for the one paid in. and pertinently calls attention to the fact that had the coin proved a bad one he wcdld have been held re- s2onsible. Both sides have employed attorneys and lawsuit seems in- evitable.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-27
SURE OF FRESH Eooe.
Dealers in Germany Are Fined Fifteen
 Eggs for Every Bad One.

Dealers in Germany Are sIned Fifteen
 Eggs for Every Bad One.
 The Germans are a practical. nation. Having realized that by proper organ ization they can keep within the Ger man border the 150,000,000 marks, or say 30,000,000, which the people of the empire now pay to foreigners for poul- try and eggs, they have formed club for the purpose of developing home poultry business. Egg depots are to be established in the principal cities, notably at Chemnitz, Dresden and Leipzig. The public are to be supplied with eggs, the good quality and fresh ness of which will be absolutely guar anteed. This system will give conf' dence to customers and at the same time give poultry raisers a more cer- tain and quicker market for their product than they could otherwise SC. cure. In order that bad eggs may be traced to their origin, each poultryman is required, before sending his eggs to the depot, to mark them with sign previously determined upon, which will designate them as fresh eggs and denote their source For each egg sold which proves to be inedible the pur chaser is entitled to receive fifteen good ones without charge; and the products of the egg-raiser who deliv- cred the bad egg to the depot are to be excluded therefrom for a stated period. London Telegraph.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-27
 Tr.chInosss EpidesEsyss

The, most serious epidemic q trieh- inosis on record happened in 1865. In the little town of Eedersleben, in Sax ony, butcher killed three hogs and made them into sausages They were eaten by>a large number of the inhab- itants of the town. Several hundred persons fell desperately i'll and over 100 persons died.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-27
nsd for scotch salmon Fisheries.

This has been bad year for the salmon fisheries of Scotland. In fact for several years they have just been going from bad to worse. In 1895 they were fairly remunerative. That year 25,364 boxes were sent to Billingsgate SLondon) but ever since then the quan- tity has gradually declined. The fol- lowing year, 1896, only 22,435 boxes were sent. in 1897 still less. 16,2Ss boxes, and last year 1898, the total consignment was only 14174 boxes. AS the average for the eighteen yeara from 1879 was .23 ,161 boxes, the de- crease af last year is close on 5000 But it is to be remembered tEet t4e whole harvest Of Scottish salmon does nut now, as formerly go to London A considerable portion of it is now sent to other places. The returns of rail. way and shipping companies are prob- ably the most complete, but even these only show TIT tons forwarded last year. against 239f tons in 1897.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-27
4 scotch TriclS.

James Grant, formerly teacher in The south of Scotland, was sentenced recently to six months Imprisonment For a remarkable fraud. The Univer- sity of Aberdeen advertised for an ex- aminer in English literature. and the prisoner obtained the post by imper- sonating another man named James Erant, who had a distinguished carssst
, 1900-01-03
.TOLTEC ITEMS.

ToItec. Wyo. Dec 81. 1S99.-CSpc-
cial CorrtsnondanccJ-Ale Moore
visited with 4 H. Bell last week.
Wolves are still doing business
among the bar NJ herd.
Jimmy Newe., was on the sick list
a few days last week. but is o. X. now.
L.. l.. Laughlin returned from Lara
ME las week with a bunch of cattle
he bought While there.
Ira 5. Bean is home again on the
head of Mule creek. Can't tell how
long he viii ~stay-lots of attraction
around tn" country these days.
A report comes from Horseshoe park
that the w0.y', made a killing of five
head of cattle, gu, If Guy Newcll's
herd about 4 week ago.
The dance at James Harvey's on
Christmas night was the event of the
season. The promoters, y. II. Bell and
|. S. Bean. are to be congratulated on
the able manner in which everything
was arranged for the comforts of the
guests, especially ihos" who came from
adjoining settlements, II is needless
to say that all T0IJcc was there as we'll
as Garrett ana the Horars hoe park peo-
pie. Everyone reports having enjoyed
themselves better than hey ever did
, 1900-01-03
PERSONAL

N. Weaver went to Tie Sidins today.
Shelley Woods is in town from
Woods Landing.
Sheriff Mcdaniel of Rawlins was a
Laramie visitor today.
Mable Reid and Dottie Allen return
cd from Cheyenne today.
DR.. Miller went to Denver today to
procure apparatus for testing milk.
Richard Farrell left for Ogden today
to visit his sister. Mrs. Henry Hesse.
Mrs. C. E. Judson left today for Chi
cago to make a visit at her former
home.
Henry Johnson, whe spent the New
Years at home with his parents, went
west today.
c. L. Marsh will leave for his home
in Iowa tonight to visit his mother
for two weeks.
David Hickey arrived here from Og-
den last night to attend the funeral of
his brothers wife.
Superintendent Harris passed
through Laramie today on No. 8 go
ing west in his private car.
The family of H. B. Wilmot, who
have been visiting in Iowa for some
time, returned to Laramie today.
John Hull arrived here from, poca-
tella, Idaho, to attend the funeral of
Mrs. Hull's sister, Mrs. ]. j. Hickey.
B. Sprague and family returned yes
terday from a ten days trip to Olathe,
kans., where they visited with Mr..
S%prague's mother.
Mr.. Loughead, agent for the Column
bia Building and Loan association of
Denver is stopping off in Laramie for
a few days while on a tour of the state
in the interest of his company.
Charles Dunlap, manager of the tele-
phone exchange, has returned from a
trip out to Woods Landing to arrange
about the hauling and delivery of tele-
phone poles on the line from Laramie
to North park and Grand Encampment.
Work will be resumed early in the
spring.
A musical and dance at the Laramie
Music store on Saturday night, Jan.
9Th. 75c a couple. Soc extra lady or gents
, 1900-01-03
the west of town, took the Beers by
surprise, as it was only possible for a
very mobile column to accomplish this.
G. A. R. AND w. R. c. INSTALL.
Two Patriotic Organizations Hold a
Public Installation and Banquet.

The members of Custer Post No. 1,
G. A. R., and Custer Corps No. l, w.
r. c., held a joint public installation
and banquet Monday evening at their
lodge rooms in the l. o. o. F. block.
A large number Of persons were pres
ent, including members of the G. A.
R. and their families, the w. R. c.,
Torrey Rough Riders, members of the
Wyoming volunteers and a number of
invited guests.
The first lodge to install was the
Post, R. E. Fitch, past commander, act
ing as installing officer.
The following officers were then in
stalled:
Post Commander-E. F. Gaskill.
Senior Vice Commander-Jabez Cook.
Junior Vice Commander-H. A. Rob-
inson.
Quartermaster-S. A. Crawford.
Chaplain-Edmund Peale.
Officer-A. J. Kinnear.
Adjutant-J. A. Cokefair.
Following this came the installation
Of the officers Of the w. R. c., Mrs.
Maria Baillie acting as installing Off
Ger. The following is the list of Off
GERS:
President-Mrs. Lizzie Reals.
Senior Vice President-Mrs. NJ. E.
Robinson.
Junior Vice President-Mrs. Martha
Boies.
Chaplain-Mrs. Charlotte Brands.
Treasurer-Mrs. Mary E. Ingersoll.
Secretary-Mrs. Olivia Peale.
Conductor-Mrs. NJ. A. Kinnear.
Assistant CONTEMPORARIES. Sarah ].
Miller.
Guard-Mrs. Eva Gaskell.
Assistant-Mrs. Nellie G%ottschalk.
Color Bearers-Mrs. Sallie Gardiner,
Mrs. Katie Houston, Mrs. AIDA Ulen
and Mrs. w. A. Hunt.
During the evening music was furn-
ished by Mrs. Alvaretta Hunt, Miss
Clara Raife and Miss Vienna Hunt.
After the formal exercises were con-
cluded came the banquet and all most
thoroughly enjoyed the bountiful
spread which had been prepared by the
, 1900-01-03
A GREAT YEAR
WYOMING MINERAL OUTPUT FOR
1899 SHOWS LARGE IN
CREASE.
Business Men Deeply Interest
ed and Thoroughly Satisfied With
Improved Situation-Placer Gold
Shipped to Denver Mint and Much
of it Credited to Colorado.

A special from Cheyenne to the
Denver Republican says People,
and especially citizens of Wyoming,
were greatly surprised when they read
Of Wyoming's mineral output for the
year 1899. The leading business men,
and those who are familiar with bust
ness conditions in the state, knew that
the coal output would amount to some
thing like $4,000, 900, out not one had
any idea that the output Of gold from
the state would reach such gigantic
proportions. Many are skeptical ever
now, and annot realize that Wyoming
produced over 81, 0 900 in gold dur
ing the year.. The figures, as publish
there are thousands of dollars worth
Of the yellow metal washed out among
the placers along almost every creek
in the state.
In the Snake river county alone
ranchmen have been washing gold for
many years, and, as methods for saving
the yellow bits improved, the output
increased. There are thousands Of
dollars worth Of gold taken out every
year in this ann that are never TAX
en- into account" said a business man
Of Rawlins last evening. There is
hardly a week passes but one or more
miners do not come to Rawlins with a
little sack Of dust" continued the Raw
Inns man. IN most cases the miner
ships the dust to the Denver or some
other mint, and it is never credited to
Wloming. In view OF the enormous
production Of the Carissa mine in the
South Pass district, 1 think that 81, 003,-
1871 is too low for Wyoming's gold out
put for the year"
1t is not known by but few persons
outside OF the officials that handle the
treasure, that every week a gold brick
is shipped through Cheyenne from the
now famous Carissa mine in the South
Pass camp. This little square of yellow
will average in value from $15, 900 to
$4,000. 1t Is handled with great care,
anu III oHe huoWS NOW IL Is TOuSnl
out from the mines, which are, remote
from the railroads and require a two
days stage ride to reach them. While
there have been no recent hold-ups Of
any consequence, 1t is known thai there
are men in that section OF Wyoming
who would not hesitate about holding
up the stage or messenger were it
known positively that the daring act
would result in finding the treasure.
The mine owners are wise in keeping
the matter secret, for, so long as no
one knows the route taken by the car
rier Of the gold brick there is no fear
of its falling into robbers hands.