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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1901-08-14
A PROFESSIONAL CALL.
BY N. Quad.


III. .."!.o a...,:. III. OIL. y:-.-i
1t WAS the public press that first gave
me lift as young physician and sur
geon, and it was the same power that
almost wrought my death In the same
fortnight. l had been very fortunate
In surgical operation in n charity hos
pital in which many people of social
standing were Interested, and the news
papers caught UP the talk and gave mo
fine send off. Not week had passed
before | received Il caller who came to
consult me about ii case Of cancer of
the tongue. 1t was "A sister of his, he
said, who was the victim, and his call
WAS to learn how | would operate and
whether | would be free after o'clock
of an evening.
1t was the fourth night after his call
that the summons came. A man whom
| at once took for valet came i'm a
cab TO tell me that Mr. Gray's sister
had consented to the operation and l
was TO go with him ut once. Every
thing necessary except the surgical in
struments had been provided, and in
ten minutes l was riding through the
streets of London with him. When
we finally stopped after a two mile
ride, the street. so far as l could make
out, was fairly respectable one. and
the house we entered was detached and
built of brick and stone. 1 took no
heed of name plate or number, but fol
lowed at the young mans heels and
was conducted to room on the second
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cancerous tongue 1t is a lying tongue.
Instead of being my sister she is my
wife. For two years she has been play.
ing me false. You cannot remove the
face, which has worn a loving smile all
through my disgrace, but you can pre-
vent the tongue from speaking more
lies"
Man, you must be erazyw exelalm.
ed in indignation. rs this what you
brought me here for-to mutilate?"
That is IT," he replied as he rubbed
his hands together. you Will cut
away such portion of her tongue as
will prevent her from ever speaking
another sentence. | trusted her and
believed in her. but she lied to me and
dishonored me. TO your work, and
your fee Is ready. 1t is thousand
pounds in hand"
Good night, slr-I am going" l said
as l started for the door, but had not
taken three steps when l was seized
from behind and held as In wise.
Unheard by me, second man had en-
tered the room.
but you see you are not going"
laughed the husband as he rubbed his
hands again. lat least not until after
the operation. 1t Is no use being fool
ish over It, You will either do as l
order you TO or-or'-
''Or what2" asked.
Il will take revenge on you as wellw
he quietly replied
Then take your revenge, for I'll have
nothing 10 do with your casep'
l think he was satisfied that meant
what | said, for after n long look ut me
he picked up bottle of ehloroform
and sponge and after filling the
sponge applied 1t to my nose. Do not
Imagine | toGi the situation serenely.
On the contrary, | shouted and strug-
gled, and 1t was only after | had been
thrown to the floor by the combined eff
forts OF the two men that they succeed
ed In depriving me of my senses |
knew when | was going and wondered
In what part of London | was and
what sort of fate would be melted out
TO me. The next thing knew l was
In "A hospital With Il doctor seeking to
revive me. | had been picked up on the
street by two policemen and carried In
to the place. was supposed to have
taken too much wine and then been
run over by passing carriage The
hospital was "A mile aud half from
my office, and had no doubt been car
ried TO the spot where ! was found by
the two men and n carriage If the
husband had meant To have revenge ON
me, he had thought better of II.
You may be sure put the case In
the hands Of the police. but nothing
came of It. They found score of
streets and a score of houses which nm
swered 10 the faint description | could
give, but We're sure of none. What the
fate of the woman WAS l could only
conjecture. Perhaps the husband re-
Tented toward her as well and was sat
islied with casting her off.
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HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Set small box of lime in the pantry,
and 1t Will help to keep It dry and the
air pure,
Soda should never be used for dan
nels. and IL they are kept la good con-
dltIon they should be neither mangled
nor lroncd.
Mud stains can usually be removed
from silk by rubbing with piece OF
fannel If the stain proves obdurate,
rub with n piece of linen saturated
with alcohol.
If your window glass Is lacking In
brIlllaney, clean 1t with liquid paste
made OF alcohol and whiting. A little
of this mixture will remove specks and
impnrt high luster to the glass.
TO render feathers white immense
them for short time in naphtha or
benzme Rinse In second dish of the
snmo and dry In the open air. Then
bleach by exposing In box to the VA
-iaal,4af hi,rninR = :, -. - n,
mosphere.
Good clear starch Is easily made.
Wei the lump starch with cold water,
.tii II smooth pour on boiling water
aad aaas TIL clear. 1t takes quart OF
balm water to "clear" two table
arooaHs of lump starch. IL too thick,
thin with hlued water.
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The suec.ssfuI Doctor.

The king of purgatory sent his lictors
to earth to bring back some skillful
Chinese physician. you must look for
one,p said the king, "at whose door
there are no aggrleved spirits of disem-
bodied patients" The lictor went off.
but at the house of every doctor they
visited there were crowds of wailing
ghosts hanging about. At last they
found doctor at whose door there was
only n single shade and cried out,
"This man is evidently the skillful one
NE are In search Of" On Inquiry, how
ever, they discovered that he had only
started practice the day before.-Giles
"Hlstory of Chinese Literature"
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floor. As | entered sitting room near
the head of the stairs l found it well
lighted and Mr. Gray awaiting my ar
rival.
"rhe patient is in the next ROOM" he
said after greeting me, but | should
like to have a few words with you be-
fore going in. | wish you to under
stand that | am able and willing to pay
you a very liberal fee"
"YesY ! said as he looked hard at
me.
You are young practitioner, and
have no doubt that thousand pounds
just now. with the good words spoken
by the newspapers, viii help you to
fame aud wealth. trust you will
think of this"
But l can think of no surgical opera
ton to bring me such fee" protest
ed. you spoke of cancer of the
tongue, | believe, and the patient is a
woman
Exactly. Cancer of the tongue and
a woman. You will doubtless find 1t
necessary to remove at least half the
tongue You may not think such an
operation worth more than ESQ, but
have settled your fee at thousand"
HAS the patient been told that 1t
may be necessary to remove a portion
of the tongueP
"Well, no, but that Is matter for US
to decide on. she must submit to our
decision. Remember at least ! az the
tongue and fee Of thousand
pounds"
l was trying to make him out when
he led the way into n bedroom farther
down the hall, and the instant the door
was opened got a Whit OF chloroform.
On the bed, partly dsrobed and cover
ed by sheet, was a woman of about
35. A single glance was enough TO
prove that she was classed as lady,
although size was unconscious and
breathing heavily.
"You have had another surgeon
hereT l said as l opened the door to
let the room clear itself.
"Oh, no." he replied. 81 simply
thought It better to have her under the
influence OF an an@sthetlc when you
arrived. Good looking woman, isn't
she? Too bad a portion Of her tongue
must come off"
He said these words In such sar-
castle tone that ! looked bin full In
the eyes and began to doubt him. but
as be motloned for me to approach the
bed did so and soon had the woman's
Jaws open and was looking for the
cancer. There was nothing Of the sort
to be found. The tongue was without
blemish Of any sort.
.aThere seems to be some mistake
here" | said as turned from the bed.
"You told me this was a case OF can
Ger, but find nothing Of the sort"
Yes" he slowly replied, looking
from me to the unconscious woman
Eyes, there is a mistake. Instead Of a
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1901-08-14
FOND OF THE GIRLS,
The Love ARnIrs of the Father of His

The Love ARnirs of the Father of His
Country.
George Washington's love affairs be-
gan at very early age, and he was to
the day of his death "fSnd of the girls
The FIRST sweetheart was one Mary
Hand, with whom he fell In love when
he was only II years q age. This As
nscertancd from nm entry IN one OF his
diaries where he refers to her as his
"lowland beauty" Having tired Of
Mary, he wrote to friend that he had
decided To bury his chaste and trou-
hlesome passion" which, having done,
he soon found himself enafhored of
Lucy Cary. Il slster-in-law OF Colonel
Fairfax. His affection for this young
lady lasted for some years, being only
interrupted now and again by his nat
ural Virginia passion of making love
To every pretty girl whom he met.
In 1852 his first serious love affair
was shattered. Having fallen in love
with certain Miss Betsy Fauntleroy,
he determined To ask her to become his
wife, hut the fates had destined him
10 marry another, for she rejected his
proposals. He afterward came back
10 her, but found TINT she had not
changed her mind on that score.
His next heartache was caused by
girl In New York after he had become
II colonel She was the hairess Mary
Phillipse. His business called him
away from her; but, having finished
this, he returned to New York and pro-
posed to her. but was here, as before,
disappointed by her refusal.
In 1903 ut Waynes Ferry, while
| travelling to Williamsburg with dis
| patches, he met his future wife. Mrs.
Martha cambridge Gusts, the widow
of Daniel Park Custis. We learn from
history That she was young pretty. In
| telligent and rich. He had been with
her all of an afternoon and was to ride
away to his home the next morning.
On his why he stopped ut her home
and then and there told of his love and
asked her to become his mate for life.
This time. contrary to his previous
proposals, he was accepted.-Chicago
Times Herald.
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The sleeping girl now and then comes
to the front with one of her prolonged
slumbers OF several days duration. and
one is reminded Of the feat of Frank.
lin, as he himself tells 1t. The phlloso-
pher In this case Is entitled to public
confidence, but an unknown witness
would not be credited. Monday. July
%, at Southampton, went at noon to
battle In Martins salt water bath and,
floating on my back, fell asleep and
slept for over an hour. by the watch,
without sinking or turning over, a
thing | never did before nor should
hardly have thought 1t posslble."-
National Magazine.
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A CRIMSON KISS.

He was hold carnatiou
And she sweet, shy rose;
He was as red as waIm, red vine.
She, white as winter SHOWS.
lie lived beside the window.
Ills home jardiuierr;
Hers, just above his ardent reach,
A vase Of seAIes waIe.
lie grew till close beside her
lie bent his regal head.
She trcmhlcd Just a little
But listened while he said.
''l'te dreamed. while climbing upward
OF this one moment bliss"
Then pressed upon her petals pure
One long, sweet. crimson kiss,
The winseme rose blushrd deeply
And whispered sweet and low:
I've waited all my lifetime dear,
For this one hour, know
My bold oamation lover,
King OF all flowers thou art
III keep the kiss thou gaVest me
Forever in my hearti'
That evening In the twilight
My Lady Eeonore
Swept, smiling. through her parlor;
silkpn gown she wore.
She bent above the blossom
Her queenly. golden head,
Then called, why. Jack. my white, whit,
rose.
Has changed 10 burning red!"
Alice A. Ailen IN New Lipplneott-
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A ulnrIe Flower.

Fame and fortune await the ingen-
ious horticulturlst who can succeed In
producing flower that Is entirely
black, n problem that has hitherto de-
fled the efforts that have been made In
that direction for more than three cen
turtles past, for, Notwithstanding the
sensational novel OF Alexandra Dumas,
entitled 1.-THE Black Tulip" there Is no
such thing as really black flower In
existence. although almost every color
and shade of the rainbow Is present In
flowers and blossoms.
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Docs your husband carry a latch
key Mrs. IIomcbodyp
mo; | never knew him to-"
"Oh. then he comes in early! That
must be due to your trainlngp
Not In the least There is always
some one up when lie gets home In the
morning Chicago Record Herald.
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To Re Wise.

"Ef you wants to git de reputation o
KNOWN lot" said Uncle Eben. keep
still all let de yuthuh feller talk He's
gwineter to go away VIII de idea dat you
couldn't hep bein purity wise ahter lis
TENN so long to him. Washington
Star.
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M,rv,s rrnctious sister.

81 suppose your baby sister cries
some" asked one Of the nelghbors.
"Crics" said Mary. "Why, she just
seems to look on the dark side of things
all the timew--Youth's Companion.
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The average man gets angry eve
time he Is In the wrong and knows
Chicago News.
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BE brief. for 1t Ia with words as with
sunbeams. the more they are condensed
the deeper they burn.
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MY MAIDEN BEAUTIFUL.

o red rose in the gsrdenl
red rose on the spray!
Saw YOU my maiden beautiful
Pass hither on her way2
Perchance she kissed your petals
And turned from white to red
The rose that blushed to find itself
With fairer sweets oerspread
blaskbird in the thicketl
And you. sad nightingale
Heard you my maiden beautiful
Go singing down the vale2
For, syne yon duloet measure
bame Echo hither bore,
Methinks your plaintiNe notes have caught
lit they lacked before.
Lady Lindsay In The Prayer OF st. SeholaStiea
and Other Poems"
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he Lambertyille Rec ord
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
tag TERMS, $3.50 PER YEAR.
CLARK PERSON,
EDITOR AND PUBLISHER.

ADVERTISING RATES.
Square (about / / inohes), time, 75
l +" " times, 1875
A diminished ratio for large advertisements
and for those running for long periods.
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Yellow n typical OF

necticut Division. Yellow is typical OF
the golden sunshine. and white IL en-
blematic OF the purity OF purpose that
characterizes the sunshine work. The
song decided upon by the majority
vote OF the members Is Scatter Sun
shine" the words Of which were writ
ten by Lanta w. Smith and the music
by T.. .. Excel
The growth Of the society has been
almost phenomenal. Starting from a
thought. II has grown until it's mem
bers now number many thousands.
From one paren..s sOciety branches have
sprung up. until every State Ia the
Union is represented with regularly
enrolled Presidents. When State has
ten branches, each one consisting OF at
least ten members, II becomes entitled
10 a State President. Besides the
various States and Territories Of the
United States, there are also branches
in foreign countries At the beginning
Of each year new rollbook Is opened
which contains the names Of all who
have paid their annual dues.
The membership fees are not oner.
Gus. consisting merely Of some sugges.
ton that will bring Sunshine" 10
some Of the members Of the society.
For instance, exchange Of books, pa
pcrs, pictures, etc; ideas that may be
utilized 10 advantage in the sick room;
work or employment that can be fol.
lowed by a "shut.in"; fancy work;
holiday suggestions; sending flowers;
n general exchange Of ideas beneficial
10 the members.
The Board Of Directors Is greatly
pleased by the fact that an increasing
number Of members are, Of their own
accord, choosing 70 let the kind acts
that constitute their dues take the
form of regular contributions TO the
endowment fund ten. twenty-five or
fifty cents a week Several are giving
even more. The International Sun
shine Society has never asked for
money, and its officers serve without
pay, but the passing on Of articles
sent by members requires cash for
stamps and eXprcssage.
One Of the strongest organizations
in the society Is the New York State
Division. Of which Mrs. William Tod
Helmuth Is the energetic President.
The Vice President is Mrs Nellie u.
g. Furman. Of Brooklyn, who has dl-
rect control OF the Long Island de-
partment. Mrs. Furman possesses rare
executive ability and many OF the
plans originated by her are adopted by
sister State Divisions.
The large illustration, showing n
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-05-03

old type of lengthwise seats and short
er cars appear as out-ofdate as the re-
membrance of bobtail cars filled with
straw in winter. II is so much more
satisfactory not TO be seated facing
long row of staring, curious passen-
gers but progress is not to be halted
merely at the cross seats and already
another Improvement is being intro
duced ON the Brooklyn Heights line.
an experimental car is being operated.
equipped with chair seats The interior
of the car is shown i'm one illustration
and the details Of the seats in the
other These cars are also designed
to be converted into summer cars
when the season rolls around. The
seats are individual, SO there can be
no uncomfortable crowding. and are
arranged in pairs, one seat Of the pair
being slightly in advance Of the 9th
cr. BY pressing pedal at the base
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investigation soon developed the fact
that the waste basket was the ultimate
destination of most Of the cards re
ceived. Some spent a few months
tackled on the wall. until nySpcCkcd
and discolorcd; others were used rs
bookmarks until lop-cared; then all
were thrown away without having
given an additional ray of sunshine to
any one beyond the immediate rcCip-
lent.
suppose you take the history Of one
pretty ten-cent card that came TO me a
year ago" said the President General.
1T had an exquisite little poem on il.
aud enjoyed it so much that thought
at once of an old uncle who would ap.
prcCiatc it, and forwarded 1t TO him.
He. as | thought he would. did enjoy
II, and so much that he Immediately
recalled another old friend to whom IL
would appeal with special force. So
he copied the poem and sent the card
on. This recipient found the sentiment
so sweet that she. too, felt called upon
to pass II on, and before the seven
days holiday was over the card had
carried its Christmas message to six
different people"
Inspired with this idea OF sending
out rcmcmbranCcs that might be mul.
tiplicd fourfold. new set of cards
was given by the staff to the rresi-
dent.Gcncral who Immediately sent
them all out again. The thanks re-
Ceivcd for those cards were so pretty
that an item was made of IL in the
paper This caused further CORE
spondcuce. and resulted in a club for
the exchange of friendly greetings.
This was formed in February. 1870.
The name Chat" was at first chosen
for the column. but In time the Nom
bershlp grew SO large that n club badge
and the motto Good Cheer" were Sc
lected and the name "Shut.In" given
e the society.
On January 10. 1896, the name of the
society was changed to the Sunshine
Society.
This change was made because Of
conflict with a shut.in society organ
lied in 1884 Changing the word Shut
In 10 Sunshine did not interfere with
the club motto or pin.
The object OF the society is TO incite
It's members to the performance Of
kind and helpful deeds, and to thus
bring the sunshine of happiness into
the greatest possible number OF hearts
and homes.
Its active membership consists OF
the people who are DESTROYS OF bright.
ening lie Ivy some thought. word or
/ deed.
The club motto. Good Cheer" was
furnished by Mrs. W. II. Chase, Of
Leffcrts place. Brooklyn.
The floral emblem is the coreopsis,
selected from thousands OF sugges.
/ tions sent in by members. The flower
chosen was sent by Mrs. Richard Nor.
ton. OF Highstown. y. !. The coreop
sis Is a beautiful yellow. and Is n per
ennial OF the daisy and sunnower
family.
The club colors are yellow asd
white. and were selected by Mrs +. L
scoheld. State President Of the Con
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you do the work" the following an.
swers were made. During the holi-
days several years ago the President
General, Mrs. Cynthia WestOver Al.
den, was the recipient Of a number of
cards from her co-workers on the New
York Recorder, as well as from outside
friends. On Christmas Day she pro
tested, and said that, while she had
enjoyed her gifts. she would have had
infinitely more pleasure In their re-
celpt IL the donors had not written
their names on them. This statement
Mortified her audience, who. with one
accord exclaimed:
What! You wouldn't give our pres
ents away, would your
"Why not?" was the answer. What
do you do with yours| A laughing
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A NEW CLOCK FACE.

are placed at various angles. Mr..
Thrasher's artistic sense Is very much
disturbed at this and he wants TO
change IL and sell clocks OF his own
design. One OF the greatest recon-
mendations for his proposed innova-
tion is that there are never any un-
necessary figures displayed There
are never more than four under any
circumstances. These always indi-
cate the time and there is no possi-
bility Of mistake, which he says often
arises from persons taking n hasty
glance at a round dial and thinking
IL is nineteen minutes past the hour
when 1t is really twenty-four minutes
after. The second hand travels ACROSS
n half circle divided into sixty parts,
so that the necessity Of placing any
figures upside down is also avoided
here. as in the case Of the hour and
minute indication.
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Tho Rise of an English Preacher.

John Mcneil, the noted Prcshytcria
preacher of London, began life for
himself as n gatcboy at railway
crossing After n while he applied for
n better place, and one day nm official
put his head out of the train and
shouted. Are you the yong man who
considers himself too good for his sit
uation?" John said he was, and was
promoted To the booking Office at
Greenock. Aftcrward he went through
n university ty.-Christian Advocate
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A barbarOus act OF lynching took
place in the Moraylan town OF Brodck
last Sunday. a man named Capel.
who was a confirmed drunkard. had
been suspected for some time Of being
responsible for large number Of the
fires which have lately broken out in
the town. He was seen escaping from
a burning house, when he was caught
by an angry mob and thrown into the
hames. Three times he managed 10
crawl out. bur hc succumbed ar last 10
his terrible burns.-LOndOn Pail Mall
Gazette.
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Her Ideal,

"IIc looks like a king said the fair
girl in tones of intense admiration.
why, he imprcsScs me MS rather
nervous and timid." commented the
other young woman
We'll, was the rcjoindcr. after some
reflection. that is easily accounted for.
You know kings in Europe are nearly
always having something thrown at
them nowawadys. Washington Star.
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HOW The SUNSHINE
! SOCIETY GREW.
A Moral and Social Force 10 he
Reckoned with.
jOOOooOOC0OCooooooOOooocc

The amazing growth Of the Intcrna-
tional Sunshine Society, especially in
churches and Sunday-schools Of va
riOus denominations, has aroused much
interest In many quarters.
TO the questions so often asked.
"How did the Sunshine Society orig
mate" what Is It's Objectf" What
has II accOmpllshedF and How do