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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-05-02
GREEDY MACkEREL.
A GorEing Feast and the Way 1t
Was Managed


l once enjoyed the privilege of seeing
IN army of mackerel successfully cor
ner n shoal of smal fry In rocky
shallow pool which was eul de sac.
The maekerel swan behind their vie.
Tins In serricd ranks, n company OF
hungry, determined creatures. Intent
upon gorging feast to which there
need be no limit. They had followed
the fry for miles maybe. merely swal.
lowing one here and one there to keep
their appetics whetted Now they had
eornered them where there was no cs.
cape for their victims. No alert fisher.
man on the lookout for Just such an
opportunity was at hand to convert
their triumph and feastlng Into eaptlyi
ty and lancntation. They might feast
ut will.
And, We gods. feast they did No
one who has not seen 1t would believe
that the cubic capacity of mackerel
could possibly deal successfully with
the number of small fish he actually
swallows. The way he conducts the
operation of feasting Is unique, Open
Ing his mouth wide, the mackerel darts
In among the small fry, some of which
are perhaps one third of his own
length. In an instant one of these Is
to be seen sticking half In and half out
OF his mouth. Then the mackerel gives
one gulp, and the victim has disappear
ed Without n moments delay the
process Is repeated and repeated So
many times that the spectator cannot
fail to be concerned for the immediate
future of the particular mackerel he
has watched. Yet nothing happens.
As for the fry, their helpless anguish
Is somewhat heartrcnding The whole
shoal of them boils and chnrns the wa
ter I'm an agony of fear High into the
air they leap In order to avoid their
voracious enemies, landing themselves
often enough upon the weed covered
rocks which skirt the pool and painting
their lives out there rather than leap
back Into the seething mass of their
harassed companions beneath.-Long-
mans Magazine.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-05-02
M. Roundsbout Way.

man was going home to his wife
and family. II was growing dark. His
road from the station WAS lonely
one, and he was getting along as fast
as he could when he suddenly suspect!
ed that man behind him was follow
ing him purposely. The faster he went
the faster the man went until they
came TO graveyard.
Now" he said TO himself 'I'll find
II he's after me-" And he entered the
churchyard.
The man followed him. Vague visions
of reviewers and garroters grew upon
him. He made detour of splendid
mausoleum. Still the man was after
him, round and round.
At last he turned and faced the fel-
low and asked: What the dickens do
you want? What are you following
me forW
well, sir. do you always go home
like this? l am going up to Mr..
Browns house with n parcel. and the
porter at the station told me that II I'd
follow you | should find the place, as
you live next door. Are you going
home at all tonlghtT-Columbian.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-05-02
A Truthful Nomenclature.

In certain household the true and
only Vermont maple slrup has never
lost Its sweetness, and several times n
week from the head of the table pater-
familias pours out judlciously meas
ured quantities OF 1t on the plates of
his children. 70 give pIquancy to the
ceremony he always explains that this
time he is going to give Bob an ostrich
and Maize an antelope with something
else from the nursery books for Teddy.
One day the latter small philosopher
was seen to regard the various plates
for considerable space of time In 81
lence "What Is II, EdwardH his
mother asked.
Muffin" replied the hopeful. Il was
just finkin that me an Bob an Mazle
allus seems to get birds an snakes an
fings wiz skinny legs, but pop, general
ly gets ELEPHANT or II hlpperpotamus."
New York Commercial Advertiser
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-05-02
lie KNEW Human Nature.

Three young men were walking up
Riverside drive the other morning,
when gamy looking race horse logged
by. drawing q natty trotting rig.
isn't that splendid anlmalf" ex-
claimed one OF the young men In
CHEEKY. admiring tones. pausing to
gaze at the trotter.
The drivers eye sparkled, and his
chest expanded. He had heard the
compliment. Wheeling his horse
around. he brought It alongside the
pavement
Wouldn't you like to try brush be-
hind himT he said courteousiy.
In jiffy the young man was seated
In the buggy. and the two were disap-
pearing down the drive at a pace that
justified the compliment OF the pedes-
TRAN. His companions watched him
enyiousiy. Then one of them said:
"Blll is Judge Of borsefiesh."
"And an artist on human nature,'
added the other 1--WE seen him do
that before."-New York Mall and Ex-
press.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-05-02
pnotour.nhed by Earth Light.

Everybody who loves TO watch the
heavenly bodies has frequently no.
tlced, when the crescent of the new
moon appears in the west, the pine
nomenon called "the old moon In the
young ones arms" Partly embraced
by the horns OF the crescent Is seen
the whole round orb of the moon,
gllmmerng with pale. ashy light
The cause of the appearance is that
the earth light upon that part OF the
moon not reached by the sunshine Is
sufficiently brilliant TO render 1t faint
ly visible to our eyes. Successful at
tempts have been made, particularly
in France, to photograph this phe-
nomenon, aud the pictures thus pro-
duced are very interesting. Youths
Companion.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-05-02
ADVERTISING RATES.
Trains. worry. Disease aud Death.

Late trains are source of annoyance
to everybody. The British Medical
Journal dwells upon the very serious
result produced by them upon the
health Of travellers. The rush TO the
station to catch the train which may
perchance be punctual; the weary wait
on drafty platforms or In stuffy wait
ing rooms; the dilatory journey-an
these. we are told, add seriously to the
labor of the day even in the best Of
times, but when the weather is cold
and damp they are still more injurious
and in that they are largely responsible
for those Colds" as they are called,
those conditions of depressed vitality
which are the starting points Of most
OF the acute diseases from which men
suffer and from which the elderly and
the feeble die.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-05-02
ALL ATE THEIR HUSBANDS.
Utter Failure of a Costly Experiment
10 Make Spiders Weave sink,

Utter Failure of "a Costly Experiment
10 Make Spiders Weave SILK.
AS long ago as the beginning OF the
eighteenth century the idea OF using
the thread that the spider spins from
Its body as n substitute for the thread
unwrapped from the cocoon of the silk
Worm was preached, but with little
practical result An Engllshman, Mr..
Rolf, secured 10000 feet of silk thread
from % spiders In two hours.
or late some experiments have been
conducted by curious persons to ascer-
tain which spider produced the best
and largest quantity of silk for II has
been demonstrated that II is an excel
lent substitute for that Of the silk
worm. Spiders from Paraguay and
Argentina, from India, China and Aus
tralia, were tried, but the best results
were secured from the spiders of Mad
agascar.
1t was found that after laying her
eggs the female spider spins most free
ly. Six of these were selected and con
fined for the test. From one 1000
yards of thread We're secured In ten
days; from the second, $50 yards in
seven days; from the third and fourth,
$50 yards In four days; from the fifth,
1,400 yards In II days, and from the
sixth, 1900 yards In - days.
A German manufacturer was so de
lighted with this test that he made
elaborate arrangements for having n
spider silk min. importing II large num-
Der of the spiders from Madagascar
to Germany. All went well until the
females had laid their eggs and be-
gun to spin, when all mt once the males
were found to have disappeared Their
larger feminine companions had grown
80 fond of them that each female spi-
der had eaten her mate. This catas-
trophe ended the costly experiment.
Washington Post.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-05-02
SETTING TIRES.
The Old Way of Shrinking Them ON
and the Modern Way.

ana the MOuern way.
The old way of putting a tire on
wheel was TO shrink 1t on. The tire
was made Just trl1e smaller than the
wheel and then heated, with the result
of expanding It slightly. When thus
heated It was crowded down over the
water to keep 1t from burning the
wheel and also to contract II. Cool
Ing, 1t was shrunk on to bind the wheel
tightly. The modern way of putting q
tire on wheel Is with n hydraulic
tire setting press.
by this method the tire Is made just
q trine larger than the wheel. so that
1t viii go over the rim freely The
bed OF this press, upon which the
wheel lies horizontally, with an open
ing at the center for the hub, is com
posed of Is sections, radiating from
the center and in shape Ike the spaces
between the spokes of wheel. The
outer end of each section Is turned up
ward, the turned up ends making a
continuous hange, or collar, all around
the bed of the press. Each one OF the
sections has under 1t hydraulic cylln-
der and the sections are all arranged
to work to Il common center. In use
the wheel Is laid on the press with the
cold tire around 1t within that turned
up collar, or flange, around the edge.
When the press Is set in operation, the
collar, or nange, is lrresistibly contract
ed. When 1t comes in contact with the
tire around the wheel, 1t does not bring
up against 1t, but keeps on contracting
Just the same, now contracting the
tire as well and setting II upon the
wheel the pressure being continued
until the wheel itself has been brought
TO the requisite degree OF dishlng.--
New York Sun.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-05-02
In the Swim,

err Thursday afternoon to find under
her door Il card, Miss Mary X. CHS
holm"
"Who can she be and what did she
wantY speculated the fiat dweller to
herself. II don't know any Miss Mary
X. Chisholm" The mystery remained
unsolved until the return OF the fiat
dweller's negro maid from her after
noon out" she am lady fren Of
NINE" explained the maid, grinning at
the card, which In engraving aud all
other respects was lrreproachable.
"She lef her cyard under de do when
she finds | was not ter home, same as
yo' lady fren's.e New York Sun.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-05-02
HE BEGAN ALL RIGHT
BUT THE NEW TENANT DID NOT CAR
RY OUT HIS PROGRAMME.

He Thought lie Could BLUR the once
Elevator hoy, and There Is where
He Made an Awful Mistake-The
Boy's story of His Revenge.
copyright, 1900, by c. h. Lewisl
A few weeks ago, when Mr.. Rocka-
way, the kodak agent, moved Into room
6S, he took an early opportunity to say
to me:
'Sammis, there are owners of sky
scrapers, and there are agents and jan
itors of skyserapers, but the elevator
boy Is the real boss"
Yes, sir; he is" humbly replied.
"If he stands in with the tenant, that
tenant is all right; II he don't stand In,
then the tenant might as well hunt for
another office. l want To stand In with
you, Sammis"
Eyes, sir"
you are widows son. Here's half
a dollar to cheer your mothers lonely
heart. You are trying to pay off the
gigantic mortgage left on the estate by
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-05-02
The WIND AT THE DOOR.
Often to my door
G,,,ae N t..-fifnht ,4s.st,r

Often to MY door
Comes twilight visitor.
When the mountain summer day
From cur valley takes his way,
And the iournesing shadows stride
Over the green mountain side.
Down the Glove among the trees
Moves lie rhostly wandering breeze.
With the first stars on the crest
And the pale light in the west
lie comes up the dark raYine
Where no traveller is seen.
Yet his coming makes stir
In the house OF Ash and Fir.
Master, is't in our abode
You will tarry on the roadS"
NAY, like your roof tree we'll,
But with you may not dwell."
Birches whisper AT their sill
As he passes up the hill.
''Stranger. underneath our boughs
There is ample room to house"
Friends, ! have another quest
Than your cool abiding rest -
And the fiattoring Aspen knows
Whose step by her doorway goes
Honor, lord. thy silver tree
And the chamber laid for thee"
NAY. must be faring on.
For tonight | seek my own.
Breath OF the red dust Is he
And a waYt1ret like me:
Here a moment and then lost
On trail confused and crossed.
And | gently would surprise
Recognition In his eyes;
Touch his hand and talk with him
When the forest lisht Is aim,
Taking counsel with the lord
OF the utterable word"
llark. did you hear some one try
The west window furtigely
And then move among the leaves
In the shadow OF the eayesS
The reed curtain at the door
Rustied; there's my visitor
Who comes searching for his kin.
ENTER. brother. I'm within.P
Hiss Carman In Serihner' !
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-05-02
A Mightier Tribe.

Once upon n time the Rev. Thomas
X Beecher Of Elmlra, n. Y, brother
to Henry Ward Beecher, got into some
sort of quarrel with man named
Smith down at cohoes. Thomas X.
Beecher wrote the presumptuous man
II defiant little note, saying CURLY:
"Do you want to get into quarrel
with the Beecher familyp
And the man wrote back, with n
gnarl.
"Do you want TO fight with the Smith
familyr
And no Beccber could stand that.
Thomas X. laughed and FASTENED to
make terms.--Los Angeles Times.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-05-02
SHORT LIVED COMPLIMENT.
Archibald Forbes' Experience with
a CoIoreL CnhmaM


Archibald Forbes' Experience with
Coiored Csbman.
There Is II delightfully."- human story
which Archibald Forbes, the famous
war correspondent. told, rather at his
own expense, Of his qualification at
the apparent desire of the man and
brother" for higher intellectual cul
ture. On arriving at the station nj
West Chester, Pa, where he was 10
lecture, a colored eabman, II is said.
offered his services to convey him to
his hotel. When he got there, Mr.
Forbes asked the extent of remuhern.
ton expected for the journey. The
darky replied:
We'll, sab, If you'd jes' give me n
ticket to lie leetur', sab, | should be
right glad"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-05-02
Legend of the Narcissus.

Daffodil Is corruption of affodllly,
which Is derived from Asphodelus. Its
other name Is nareissus, and the leg
end of the latter name Is well known
how NarcIssus, for whom a nymph
died. was punished by seeing his own
face In n pool of water and becoming
so infatuated with 1t that he was spell
bound to the spot till he pinned away
and died aud was changed into the
flower that tears his name today.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-05-02
Tommy Atkins BUY. His Coffin.

When Tommy Atkins arrives in In
dia, he has one rupee per month stop
ped out of his pay until 10 rupees have
been collected for coffin. This Is ru-
PEGS is invested In the reglmental soda
water machine, and should he die the
machine provides him with coffin
and buries him decently, but should he
survive when he leaves India lie re-
eeives back his 10 rupees and his
share of the profits OF soda water
New York World.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-05-02
wanted n stone.

"Have | not always been generous
with you in the matter Of household
expensesf" he demanded.
Yes" she replied bitterly. Il ask
ed for stone and ye gave me bread"
Then he realized that he would have
to get her the diamond she desired be-
fore there would be peace in the fami-
ly.-ChIcago Post
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-05-02
The Geographical Center.

The exact geographical center of the
United States, calculating between
longitudinal and latitudinai extremes,
Ii spot la Kansas about 20 miles
north of the point at which the bounda-
ries Of Kansas. Oklahoma and the In
dian Territory meet.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-05-02
pIen.nr.r of OnnIence.

Dorothy Pa, | do wish we were rich
Dorothy's ia How rich would you
Ike to be?
Dorothy Oh. awfully rich; rich
enough to snub people and still be call
ed agreeable, Chicago Record.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-05-02
Accommodating.

"If give you a slice of bread, win
you ent the crustY'
"Yas'm. An Of you gimme piece OF
cheese. ma'am. l'llca ae rind "-Cleve.
hand Plain Dealer
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-05-02
He Mon

How is Your brother. Tommy"
"Ill In bed. miss. He's hurt himself"
How did ne do thatg'
1--WE were playing at who could lean
farthest out of the window, and he
uonu
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-05-02
A Letter 10 the Candidate,

We are permitted to give copy of n
letter received by Georgia candidate:
Dear Sir an Frcn--Hesrin that you wur In the
Raice fer ofis / want to know II you would caire
for the voat Of my Settlement. As goes. so goes
that Yoat The Settlement Swairs by me, an
what ] tells en- to do they does, II is u white
and cullored yoat mixed. but II is intelergent
vost, IL does say Il Myself 1t is yoat that kin
read, rite and count. II you wants that yost, let
ms know. II yeu don't want that voat, ! know
who docs.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-05-02

How did you gather such large
congregation Of old and middle aged
peopleT" asked the young minister Of
the old one.
IL advertised a sermon to the young"
was the latters reply.-ChIcago News.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-05-02

A German tailor who died at Bres-
lau In 1887 had such keen sight that
he was able to see two Of Jupiters
four moons with the naked eye.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-05-02

A man seldom overrates himself
when the tax collector comes around
Chicago News.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-05-02
Atlanta Constitution,

When n man has n day to himself,
he can't recall any of the things he
longed to do when he was busy
ison Glole
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-05-02

The lawyer who knows his business
knows the business of great many
other people. New Orleans Picayune.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-05-02

Hailstones IN India are said to be
from TO 30 times larger than those In
England or America.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-05-02

A great man does not always attain
a ripe old age-in fact, hardly half OF
the greatest men Of modern and nm
client times have reached the limit OF
age set by the Bible, 20.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-05-02

Good fortune sometimes comes to us
In very shabby looking carriage.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-08-24

cows. atio-ing them to take aOour
two-thirds of the milk from their
mothers twice day, morning and
evening, until they are five or six
months old. We give them the run OF
the grass lot at the same time. We
have our cows come fresh about March
or April and aim to keep them milking
ten or eleven months, thinking it
better for the cows and the calves
they carry, that the cows be allowed
to go dry for about two months. In
the spring we feed our cows fodder in
boxes placed in the barn lot. The
feeding is done in the day time Dur
ing bad days and always at night we
tie the cows in the barn in their stalls
and feed them clover hay with about
ten ears Of corn each. II our corn is
dry and hard, we grind it cob and all
and feed the meal with about one-third
the bulk Of wheat bran mixed with it.
We give our cows at all times the run
OF blue grass pasture, and when the
grass gets good and plentiful we
shorten up on the meal and hay. We
SOW patch Of corn to feed in August
and September, while the pastures are
dried up. We put our ground in Or
der for this patch Of feed just the same
as II we were going to sow wheat or
oats. We SOW it with the wheat drill
the same as We sow oats. 1t makes
more and better feed to the acre than
anything else we have tried. We cut
and feed it as needed. AS the stalks
are small the COWS eat it with relish.
To get the best results from your
cows and calves they should never be
permitted to go hungry.-S. Garinger,
Fayette County. Ohio.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-08-24

ticut, Pennsylvania, southern Illinois
and Kansas. Formerly it was rather
common in the South. but it has been
largely killed out by close grazing.
The roots are numerous, deep and
stout, and would require two or three
spans Of horses to plow them up. The
grass grows in large clumps, a char
acter that interferes with its use as
hay unless the punches are close
enough together to form a continuous
sod. The stalks and leaves are quite
coarse, the former growing several
feet high and being as much as half
an inch in diameter. The leaves are
broad, somewhat resembling corn
leaves. The flowers are borne at the
top Of the stalk in two or three slen-
der spikes, four to eight inches long.
The lower parts of these produce the
seeds. At maturity the lower part OF
each spike breaks up into joints, each
joint containing seed. If cut before
the flower-stalks are produced the hay
is quite nutritious, and three or four
cuttings can be made in a season. 1t
Is not well adapted for pasture, as
close grazing kills 1t. To start the
grass, it Is usual to plant short pieces
Of the roots about two feet apart each
way. The seeds are more uncertain.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-08-24
Cows oh the Earn.

TO the Farmers Review: Every per-
s0n engaged In farming should keep
erom two to six cows. They should be
as near pure-bred Shorthorn, Hereford
or Polled-Angus stock as possible, and
they should always be bred to regis
tered bull. We let our calves suck the
The Grit-advocate., 1900-08-24
CANA. R.GrasA.

Gama-grass (Tripsacum dactyloides)
Is perennial growing throughout the
southern states and north to Connec-
The Grit-advocate., 1900-08-24

They cost you nothing fOr examina-
ton $50 double harness with breech-
ing for G2; $40 double team harness
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-08-01
Loss Of Horses III war.

In every great campaign the loss Of
horses IS enormous. Napoleon,s dis
astreus retreat from Moscow Is said to-
have cost him $4,000 ont Of 10000
horses During the Franco-German
war, which lasted from July, 1870. To-
May, 1871, $4,000 men being engaged.
something like 10000 horses were lost.
In q campaign like the South African
the loss must be proportionately heay-
Ter since large numbers Of the horses
succumb to the conditions OF life to-
which they are unused. In the Egyp-
fian campaign Of 1882 we found that
the climate was far more fatal than
the enemy's fire. Half the English
horses employed were disabled, and
these 600 died of disease OF ex2
haustion. while only go were killed In
action. In q cavalry action horses, as
the larger targets, suffer more heavily
than the men. Al Balaklaya the light
BRIGADE. $40 atrong. lost 800 horses.