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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1901-11-06
COMMON COUNCIL.

The November meeting Of Common
Council Was held ON Monday evening
of this week, Wthall the members pres
ent except Mir. Holcombe
On motion of Mr. Leary, the minutes
were approved as recorded, without
reading.
The City Treasurer's report for the
month of October was presented, re-
ceived and ordered filed. The report
shows the following recapitulation:
Due Municipal Fund, Nov. /, l9ol-.....S9 $500 ~
Due Board of health Fund ............ 0i ~
Due Public School Fund. ........,.,.., 2,s1l ~
Total cash in treasury ..-z..4#5, 49,. Sa,2al ID
Due from w. j. Schanck, Receiver of
Taxes total unpaid taxes lSqS, 1899,
fAn and 1901 ..,......... SS'eho ~
The Receiver of Taxes presented the
following report of taxes for the wear
1901 to Nov |;
In.
10 duplicate ,HSl ,'NH v,
en-.
BY cash paid Treasurer. =....... sl,ifa IN
by amount relieved by Council $500. Il -
BY amount charged sequestratcd
property account .......,.t..,... s.
3y amount unpaid itst...,...5....... $500. s,32s ~
by amount cash on hand, ...-....-.... 81 %
lotai. .F'i's'' -
~, III, - n, I ,,,,. 49,, ,,,,,rt
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1901-11-06

kodol Dyspepsia Cure
DIpests what you eat.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1901-11-06
oyERsErR or rooR
Hurley's majority, 90.
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FIRST WARD.

COMMON COUNCIL.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1901-11-06

|, Naylor had withdrawn after the ticket
was printed and Lodor substituted Voters in
some eases did not understand this and voted
the ticket as printed Otherwise Lodor would
have had majority of SCI.
rRusrEE OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1901-11-06

Buy your coal Of Geo. ". Massey.
The farmers are busy husking
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-07
THEATRICAL GOSSIP.

Nine. Modjeska is being very cor
daily received in the southern states.
Isabelle Irving has been cast for the
leading role in Charles Frohman's pro-
duction of ITO Have and to Hold"
The Roger Brothers receipts for
four weeks in Chicago were very near
ly $4,000.
Joe WEIGH, the Yiddish dialect mono
loguist of the varieties, is talked of as
a next season star in play called "a
Lucky Stroke"
Julia Marloweis to follow her imper-
sonation of Mary Tudor by appearing
as the heroine of Ronald MacDonald's
THE Sword of the King"
Walter Jones and William Burress
will star early next season in a bur-
lesque entitled "Those Billionairss,"
by w. j. Thorald and Ben Hammer
stein
John e. Kellerd denies report that
he is to be seen in the varieties, and
adds that he intends to try again with
Charles Klein's play of The Cipher
Code"
Blanche Bates, Edwin Abeles, Frank
Carlisle Campbell Gollan, Margaret
Robinson, Grace Elliston and Ross
Synder will be in the cast of Paul M
Potter's "Under Two Flags
Prominent theatrical managers il
New York are arranging for benefi,
in the interest of Mme Janauscheck
the famous actress, who is now almosi
destitute and unable to move muscl,
on account of paralytic stroke.
William T. Prince is seriously of
the opinion that his establishment of
a School Of Playwriting should dimin-
ish that pest Of managers life-the
| overwhelming burden of unskilled
| plays.
Joseph Jefferson has paid more than
$4,000, it is said, for property at West
Palm Beach, Fla, where it is intended
to build 100000 hotel. Several
prominent Florida men are interested
in the scheme.
George Alexander has a new play by
G.. Haddon Chambers, called The
Awakening" and it is said that he had
to obtain permission to use the title
from Estelle Burney, the author OF
drama of similar name.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-07
A BALLOON VOYAGE.

On the first of September M. Jacque
Faure, a member of the Aero club OF
Paris, crossed by balloon from the
Crystal palace, London, to France. He
set off on his jurney at six o'clock in
the evening, and safely descended at
Alette near Boulogne at ten minutes
to eleven, the journey having occupied
four hours and fifty minutes. The
balloon travelled almost throughout
the entire distance at height of 200
feet. This is by no means an excep-
tlonal performance, since Mr.. Percival
Spencer, the well-known aeronaut of
London, has crossed from the Crystal
palace to France one several occasions.
with varied success, but the trip has
never before been attempted by night
The advantage of the night journey
is that the air being condensed does
not rarely the gas in the balloon, as
is the case when the suns rays are
directed upon the vessel during the
daytime. So long as the temperature
Of the atmosphere remains at a Ger
tain point, the balloon will maintain
Its equilibrium az regular altitude
M. Faure intends to recross from
France to England, starting from
Cherbourg. with the first suitable wind.
On this occasion special floats will be
attached to the balloon. SO that, in the
event Of its Unexpectedly descending
into the water. it will be kept afloat.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-07

field. This soon spread across this
Whole extent of the piece. On exam
lnatlon we found a vast army of Dew
oiugs lAgrlolimax agressis) cutting off
the young plant near the ground. We
tired rolling the fed, but this did not
seem to Go much good, although thou
SANDS We're killed For one that per-
ished beneath the rings OF the Cam
bridge roller a thousand more seemed
to spring out of the ground. During
the day the host Of the enemy retired
into worm holes or under small clots
OF earth. 1t was in the early morning
and evening when the dew was on the
plant that the enemy came forth to
Stay my crop. However, I had neigh
bors at hand who could mater the
pest The Black-headed Gu'ls. or.
suppose | ought to say brown headed
| gulls Laus rinibnndus) came to my
aid and soon cleared away the noNious
r.arauders. These birds came in thou
sands from the gull ponds at Twig-
moor, Section Common, and Crosby
| Black Rabbit Warren. So heartily did
| some of my ne.ghbors feed that they
were unable to fly. The fed at that
| time looked as il it had been eaten
| down with sheep-only a few withered
blades were to be seen. made uD nv
| mind to plough it up and drill oats in
| its place, but gave it few days graca
to see if the p ant would shoot again.
In few days from the gul,s' coming
could see vast Improvement, and
in ten days tie field WAS again green,
so | let it stand. At harvest time this
field produced by far the best crop.
had six quarters per acre on it
against five, or even less, in my other
fields. The sample of corn was out
and-out the best l saw that season
shown at our local markets"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-07
ALcouoL AND uEALru.

Few questions of the present day
are capable of arousing more bitter
ness of dispute than that concerning
The effect of alcohol upon the human
system. Some assert that its daily
Use in moderation is, if not essential,
at least beneficial to health, while
others hold that the word moderation
Is lnapplicable to the use Of wine even
IN the most minute quantities.
Science, which is impartial and seeks
iacts alone, without regard to their
possible application, does not hold to
either Of these views in its entirety
but lnciines rather to the side of the
total abstainers. 1t does not regard
alcohol as a food in the sense that it
can be taken regularly as a substitute
Tor the aj5umens, the fats and the
starches OF ordinary food; but it does
say that it may act as such, in the alb
sence of other food, for a short time,
and that it's use may in an emer-
gency be life saving.
This is practically placing alcohol
with the Observation-Disclosures which may
be useful il sickness, but are inju1i-
Gus in health; and that is really
where it belongs.
1t is common belief that a drink OF
whisky or brandy is warming, but the
reverse is the fact. Alcohol diiates the
blood vessels of the surface, and SO
makes the skin feel warm, but at the
same time radiation OF heat from the
surface is increased and the tempera-
ture of the body is lowered. The
action of alcohol is also 10 lower the
vital processes by causing SOW
oxidation Of the waste products.
For these two reasons it is often a
usefdl remedy in feyers, especially as
1t may spur up the heart to increased
action for a time, and so enable the
system to tide over critical period
1t may even lie useful to prevent a
cold when the body has been chilled
provided the exposure is passed, by
restoring the equilibrium of the circu-
iatlon. But in these and other cases
the remedy is employed to meet an
emefgency-a very different thing
from its habitual use.
Inc very fact of its interference witt
the oxidation OF the tissues of the body
causes depression of the vital forces
and SO of the resisting power of tn,
organism by disease germs. And her
practice supports theory. for it is
lact Oh common observation that un
der equal conditions Of exposure III
habitual drinker almost always sue
cumbs sooner than the abstainer.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-07
A STEAM WAGON.
a PATENT OBTAINED FOR NEW
CARRIAGE.
Twenty-Seven Feet in Length ana Maj
Garry Three Tons of Merchandise-
For Use on England's Perfect Country
Roads.


S1louuOn LGIter)
An inventor in Brompton- Crescent
has obtained patent for a wagon te
be propelled by steam upon common
roads. The carriage is twenty-sevep
feet in length, including seven feet fol
the fire, boiler, cylinder and the
mechanism connected with the drfvina
wheels. Instead of an axletree PASSING
through both the front or both tn.
hind wheels, as is usual in other car.
rlages, the axis merely passes through
the nave of each wheel sufficiently tc
support on each side uprights, whiob
strengthen and connect the frame O,
the wagon. The direction Of the car
riage is effected by the action Of a
bevel pinion connected with a spigdl"
which is governed by the COACH
this plnion acts on wheel W
movements compel those of ee
iron braces fixed to the exterior O.
front wheels, which turn upon
same SPOT where they touch
ground; SO much power is game
this pinion that little force is req
4o4ii etAS NCiSlludH " produce
necessary direction. There are
safety valves calculated at fifty pc
upon square inch, while every pa It u,
the steam apparatus has been proved
at the rate of 200 pounds upon a square
inch. The steam is conducted into
two condensers, formed of fat coppea
tubes; that part of the steam which is
condensed, falling to the bottom of tht
condenser, is conveyed to the reser
voir of water for further use, while
the ancondensed steam is conducted
through the chimney and here ex-
tinguishes such sparks as may oc.
casionally find their way from the
charcoal, combined with coke, Of whicl
the fire is made.
The fire, placed under the boiler, IS
surrounded by iron plates, and so far
removed from the part of the carriage
destined for goods that no possibls
danger can be apprehended.
The weight of the carriage and the
whole apparatus may be calculated al
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-07
Six Hours Aaoat.

A London paper relates the trying
experience Of an English sailor He
could not swim. and was six hours in
the water during a storm. He had a
life-preserver, but was in constant ter
ror lest it should slip from his grasp.
If it did he knew he could never regain
it. He had fallen off the bow-chains
of the vessel, AID from midnight to
daylight the life-boat was searching
for him while the ship lay to. Many
captains would have desisted in an
hour or two. but this one persevered,
and the men were finally rewarded
with a sight Of their comrade a mile
away. A days rest restored his
strength, and he resumed his danger
Gus duties.-Youths' Companion.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-07
ARoa RREEr-ns..->

aessachusotts NIen Who VIII Make a
Business of Ii.
Some Boston capitalists propose ia
raise frogs on an elaborate scale, Ar
organization has been perfected and
land has been purchased, where artt
ficial ponds are being constructed
They will be lined with cement, ant
the smallest will be ten feet long anG
three in width. In these ponds the
process of breeding will take place
and at certain stages of development
the little creatures will be transferred
to ponds of greater dimensions. Az
the age of two years the animals woulf
reach maturity. The food required fe,
the frogs is Of an extremely si1np).
character and will cost but little, AM
it is expected that ultimately the com
pany's investment will yield big re
turns. From 10000 to 10000 frogs viii
be grown annually, and if it is deeme
advisable the yearly output will be
creased to 100000. While the prod,
will be available for all the uses
which frogs will be put, dead or alil
the principal demand is expected
come from colleges and medical
schools. 1t is averred that in the past
such institutions have, through The
inability to secure desirable specimen
of the sort, have been seriously hand
capped in the prosecution of expert.
ments in medical research. Schools IL
the east, for example, have frequents
been obliged during the winter to senS
to California for the animals which
upon their arrival here, have been VI
fit for analytical study. The Mas.
chusetts frog breeders intend to =
move the cause of all this inconvel
fence by supplying frogs in abundant
the year round.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-07

The three balls used by pawn brok-
ers as sign were originally the arms
of the Medici family, the earliest and
most Important money lenders of LON,
hardy. The three balls were first used
in London by an agent of the Medicia
and were afterward copied by Others
who went into the same line of bust,
ness. Roscoe, in the Life of Lorenzo
de Medici" (1796) tells how the family
adopted the three balls as it's arms
Averado de Medici, a commander UNI
der Charlemagne, slew the giant Mu.
CELLO, whose club, which had three
iron balls upon it, he bore as trophy
and in commemoration of this victory
the family adopted the three balls as
its arms.-San Francisco Call.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-07

Prof. S. H. Vines. president of the
section of botany in the British Asso-
citation, referred in recent address
to the force by which water is raised
from the roots to the topmost leaf of
lofty tree, and remarked that it must
be regretfully confessed that one more
century has closed without bringing
solution of the old problem of the
ascent of sap. One of the suggested
explanations requires that in a tree
100 feet tall the Transportation force
must equal a pressure of $50 pounds
to the square inch. But Prof Vines
says there is no evidence that a ten
sion Of anything like such an amount
exists in transpiring tree.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-07
Was Wen Supplied.

When the Shah of Persia goes a VII.
iting he creates CONSERVATION in thu
royal and imperial households which
are. for diplomatic reasons, obliged ta
receive him. The fact that among the
priceless gems and curios which adoIr
his treasure room in his palace at re.
heran is preserved such curiosity a.
a toothbrush will give an inkling q.
why the Shah-in-Shah is not desir.
able guest. Most of his gorgeous robes
Of state he has made in England, but
of late has rather affected the FrencE
shops. The story is told of an enter
prising firm of French shirtmakerr
who, on the occasion of the recent visi,
OF the Shah to the French capital
thought to do good stroke of bush
ness by getting his patronage. To thi.
end they sent for the Shah's iaspec.
ton a dozen Of their finest and MOST
costly shirts. "Ah, very pretty" re-
marked his majesty, @but I brought
one with me from Persia.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-07

tache rises like ghost and proclaims
its right to be recognized as a lost
chord in the Drew social symphony.
Girls, romantic, pretty, cuddling girls,
refuse to adore the Carvel of Mr.. Drew
and lament his downfall into the Pc
dantic, booky line of work. They go
and grieve for the absence of Mr..
Drews expected languor in the love
scenes, his quiet humors and elegant
vests; they rise in swarms and ask
whether they have been mistaken all
these three long years their proper
guardians have permitted them the
theater or whether Mr.. Drew is the
only one who is mistaken There is a
terrible blunder somewhere and the
matinee girl is the sufferer aud She
wants redress even if she has to ask
her money back and wait until John
buys a real Haddon Chambers comedy
or rescues Fitch from comatose obscur-
ity.
To behold this ambitious, whisker-
less Drew lambasting about with burly
arms, pitching into his love scenes like
I schoolboy after widow, jars on the
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-07
The American Crocodile.

A writer, George A. West, describes
in the Bulletin Of the Wisconsin Nat
ural History society substantially as
follows his experiences with the
American crocodile; "A true croco-
die, Crocodilus Americanus,'' he says
lis found only in Florida" and it is
there restricted to an area not exceed
ing fifteen square miles. A colony was
found in Indian creek, about six miles
north OF Miami, and Others in two un-
named creeks, about half mile apar,
and extending back from Black Waite.
bay four or five miles to the Ever
slades. His native guides. who were
familiar with every foot of Southern
Florida, Informed him that the croco-
ollie lived in only these two locations
and that no alligator lived within sew
eral miles of their abodes. The animal
was found inhabiting only brackish
water, not streams of fresh water and
mud, as they are claimed to do by
most writer's. Their homes were in
clear water; their summing beds on the
highest and driest banks they could
lind, from which every pa, ttcle of earth
was invariably cleared away, leaving
the white, clean coral for bed. Their
places of retreat were caves in the
coral, never muddy bottoms, like those
of alligators." The author then de-
scribes his difficulties in getting near
them On account Of their extreme wild
ness, and his inability to attract them
+ by suspending a wounded pelican from
an oVerhanging limb to within a few
feet OF the water. He says most writ
ers credit them with depending prin-
clpally on their sense OF hearing and
smell, but that he is convinced of the
keenness of their sight; that while
watching them from tree on the edge
OF a pool that they invariably, al
though he was as still as possible.
stopped opposite where he was and
liked their eyes upon him. Also, that
sometimes they would row over one
lying in the bottom of stream, which
would remain perfectly motionless I'M
til it was looked down at, when it
would dart away with lightning speed.
Contrary to the common idea, they do
not use their tails in striking, but
strike side blows with their heads
When attacked they hiss like a SER
pent and emit a strong odcr of musk
from glands located in the lower part
of the jaw. They are of drab or
lead color on the back, shading into
white below, and grow to length OF
about sixteen feet. The dermal armor
he found to be quite deficient in bony
plates, so far as the neck was con-
cerned. allowing for greater freedom
OF the head than is generally the case
with this family. The interesting ar
ticle concludes with a description Of
the teeth, brain and other anatomical
characters.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-07
EDMUND KEAN.s DEBUT.

Edmund Kean made his first appear.
ance as King Henry " at Covent Gar.
den, February %, 1890. He was Their
43 years old The great actors memory
had left him three years before wher
he attempted to create new role, Ben
Nazir. There are few more pathetic
pen pictures than the dramatist's gra-
phic account Of this melancholy occa.
sion. For the debut as Henry V. there
was every hope that the faculty was
enthroned again. But "he broke down,
addressed the audience deprecatorily,
muttered something about being the
representative of Shallespeare's heroes,
and lamented at little more than 40,
what Maclllin did not plead till he was
past 90-his decaying memory
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-07
Enepze-WGO1.

Among its many curious products
South Africa includes the "sneeze-
wood" tree, which takes it's name from
the fact that one cannot cut it with
a saw without sneezing, as the fine
dust has exactly the effect of snuff.
Even in planning the wood it will some
times cause sneezing. No insect,
worm or barnacle will touch it; it is
very bitter to the taste, and when
placed in water it will sink. The color
is light brown, the grain very close and
hard; it is nice-looking wood, and
takes a good polish. For dock work,
piers or jetties, it is useful timber,
lasting a long while under water.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-07
BUG TRAP FOR TABLE LEGS.

plish. We illustrate the idea in the
accompanying picture, a portion OF the
trap being cut away to give a
view of the interior arrangement.
The bug who climbs this table leg
must not only know how to swim but
also be able to find his way out of
the trap when once inside, and the
chances Of his reaching the top are
small indeed. The slanting upper wall
of the trap is highly polished, and this
causes many of the insects to fall into
the liquid as soon as they attempt to
crawl across it. The liquid may be
kerosene or some poison, making it
impossible for the insects to long sur
Vlve bath in the trap. The inven-
ton may be used on tables, beds. dress
ers and, in fact, any article of furni-
ture on which casters are used, as it
comprises castor with an extra long
shank, having the trap surrounding
the lower portion and adapted to sup
port the leg as shown
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-07
sAWDUsT FOR FUEJ.

In some parts of our country saw.
dust is burned at the mills. not as
fuel, but simply to get rid of it. Bu,
in Europe better use has been found
for sawdust. In Austria, for instance
sawdust is impregnated with tarry
substances, and then heated and
pressed into briquets, which are read
lily sold for fuel. These briquets, weigh.
ing about two-ffths of a pound each
bring from IS cents to one dollar ne,
thousand. In heating power they eaua,
Ignite. and they leave only 4 per cen,
of ash. -
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-07

Frog farming is new industry in
Massachusetts,. Adjoining the town OF
Ware company has leased ten acres,
with a running stream. A series OF
artificial pools will be constructed,
where the eggs will be Matched and
the young frogs cared for during the
two years necessary to fit them for
market. The demand for frogs comes
from colleges and medical schools as
we'll as from restaurants.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-07
Burial Weddings.

The Karens, of Upper Burma, not
only delay their weddings till they can
celebrate 20 or 80 at once, but make
the same occasion serve for their fun
erals as we'll. When man dies says
Answers, his body is cremated and the
ashes are kept until the time for the
formal funeral. When a bad harvest
or prolonged rainy season occasions
the need of a little excitement, and
some enthusiast arranges a burial
wedding, the ashes are arranged along
a low, narrow platform, while the men
stand on one side, the women on the
other. There are no mourners, for the
dead men have been forgotten during
the convenient interval, and the
dresses suggest only the pleasanter
side of the double function. Proceed
ings are commenced by a sort of po j..
etic competition between the men and
ths fairest maid. If the latter is not
satisfied with the compliments paid
her, she avoids the embarrassment of
a direct refusal by bidding her sutton
come for her "before he is awake"
In this case he consoles himself with
a pipe, and, after short interval
transfers his addresses to some less
exacting lady. AS soon as the young
people are equally paired off, the ED
ers compete for the more valuable
portion Of the dead mems property.
Jewels or weapons are set swingingly
by string while the claimants pass
in single file. The one who is nearest
when the pendulum stops swinging Sc
cures whatever is attached to it. When
each has thus secured a momento of
the day, the rest is handed over to
the children to be smashed up with
all the crockery of the deceased, and
buried with their ashes on some
neighboring hill