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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1902-02-19
A HARDMARE LOCOMOTIVE.

pipes: whistle, one braZing lamp; hand
rails on boiler, two bell hangers bits;
walk along boiler, two steel rules and
two brass rules; smoke, Russia hemp
rope, telegraph poles, three ship au-
gers; railroad sign, one surface gauge;
sidelights, two alcohol torches; eccen-
trio rods, two blowpipes firebox, two
combination squares with center heads.
The four driving wheels are eight
inches in diameter, each being brass
bound. The hubs of each are made
of wire gauges. The spokes of the first
are composed of pair of Starretts
cutting nippers, two thread calipers
and center punch, the second of two
center heads, two scale rules, fouI
| twist drills and two fiat metal drills
the third of four pin vlses and foul
| screwdriver bits and the fourth of one
pair of Halls cutting nippers, one pail
end cutting nippers and five taps
Electric wire couplings were used TO
the driving rod pins. The track 4
made of saw webs and the ties of ivy,
| foot rules.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1902-02-19
Old Saws md Snyinpn.

A few old sayings on the subject of
food come to us rather as a surprise
In our age of daintiness and refine
ment, yet they have their raison detre
Notwithstanding. "Meat Is much; man.
ners are more;" "Cease your chatter
mud mind Your platter!,,,- l..rha ass that
brays most eats least" "The wing witt
the liver to him who's the giver;;" Gle
can give little to his servant who llcks
his own trencher."
Apropos of this remark, it is anus
Ing to note THAI manners" was the
name given to the remnants of n meal.
These came to the servants as official
perquisltes; hence our well worn ex-
preston before emptying dish,
leave the last slice Tor whatever 1t
may be- for manners" though If votes
We're collected on this point 1t Is hardly
likely that any of us would have taken
1t as 1t stands In the original.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1902-02-19
ARTISTS PLUMBERS.
Some odd Mistakes That Have Been
Perpetuated ON Canvas,

In a letter from an artist and art
writer of London he speaks of the
absurd mistakes made by some of the
old masters. In the very pretentious
and also very large portrait of Queen
Victoria executed by Benjamin Con-
slant the well known French artist
painted the ribbon of the Order Of the
Garter of wrong color, and the art
list was much chagrined by the evil
dence of his own carelessness. Queen
Victoria told him he was using the
wrong color, but he was not convinced.
There is landscape by a famous
English painter in which n rainbow is
depleted behind the sun, and picture
of Eden is In the gallery of the Gesu,
in Lisbon, where Adam and Eve are
represented as watching procession
of monks.
In the famous galleries Of Antwerp
are certain pictures by old masters In
which the tumble of Ideas is as re
markable as the technique is fine. Ii
one picture of heaven the archangels
are armed with bows and arrows, anC
In a painting Of the Murder OF the
1nnocents" the massacre Is represent
ed as taking place In city of Holland
The parents of the children are stout
burghers, the Roman soldiers are
Dutch policemen armed with muskets
and the innocent infants are trans
formed into solid schoolboys In bulgy
trousers and jackets and hobnalled
shoes. The effect Is droll.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1902-02-19

NJ. s. Jourdan, French investigator,
gives sanction to the popular notion OF
''sick" pearls. These diseases, he says,
are caused by conditions which pro-
duce notifications Of the qualities that
give pearls their value and consist of
slow disintegration of the superficial
layers. He thinks the principal causes
of this are too frequent and too pro
longed contact with the skin of the
wearer, the acid seeretions and ssba-
ceous matters of which affect them in
jurlously, and to their exposure to gas
eous carnations, particularly hydro
sulphuric acid. A temporary remedy
Is the removal OF the altered layers.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1902-02-19
THE DESTRUCTIVE TEREDo.
A Curious and Fragile Worm That
Digs Tunnels In Timber.

Digs Tunnels In Timber.
1t was in 1871 that Holland narrow
iy escaped inundation along its coast
because the timbers of the sea bikes
In many parts were discovered to be
quite unsound. The timely discovery
of the real condition of the bikes saved
The country from an awful catastrophe,
the full extent of which was com
pretended by only few Dutchmen.
The timbers had been honeycombed
by the teredo, or shipworm. This
creature burrows into any wood i'm
mersed in sea water. 1t makes an Ell
trance when young and digs channels
along the grain of the wood, living
and often dying In the timber The
worm grows in some localities to
length of twelve inches, its girth be-
Ing one and half inches, and the
curious thing about Its whiplike body
is Its exceeding tenderness. 1t cannot
bear its own weight. 1t will break If
subjected to any strain.
1t will burrow straight along the
| grain of the wood unless turned aside
| by knot or nail, and, no matter how
many of these worms may be burrow-
Ing In the same piece of wood, they
never ran their channels into one an
other. BY some marvellous Instinct
they keep clear OF each others pre-
serves. We have recently seen cross
section of log eighteen inches In
diameter, and we counted 70 fever
than 800 distinct burrows.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1902-02-19

Some foods are more easily digested
than others. Meats as a class are more
easily digested than vegetables, pro-
vided the meats are not too fat, says a
writer In the Milwaukee Sentinel. Lean,
| tender beef Is among the most easily
| digested of foods, as well as the most
satisfying. Lamb, chicken and game
are equally digestible. Veal is less
easily digested than beef Fresh meats
are, as rule, more easily digested than
salt meats.
| An exception is to be made here in
the case of pork. Ham and properly
| cured bacon, IL not too fat, are more
easily digested than fresh pork. To
properly digest fat fresh pork one
needs both exercise and an abundance
OF oxygen. Nascent oxygen (ozone) is
better still.
Turkey is for some reason not SO cas-
| lily digested as chicken. The domestic
duck and goose are difficult of diges-
ton, chiefly, no doubt, because of the
| large amount of fat. For the same
reason lean fishes are more easily d.
gested than fat fishes. Blueflsh, cod,
bass and perch are more easily digest
ed than any of the trout family, the
mackerel or the whitefsh. Oysters
are very easily digested. The same is
true of other shellfish IL properly pre-
pared for the table.
OF the fats and oils those of vegeta.
BILE origin, as rule, are more easily
| digested than those of animal origin
To this rule butter Is an exception
Both butter and cream are among the
most easily digested of the fats.
All meats should be thoroughly cook
ed. Not only are they thus made the
mere easily digested, but thoroughly
cooked meats are more hygienic, les!
liable to give disease.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1902-02-19
IL HUNG CHANGES WIVES.



Looked Upon as Dead.
The one romantic complication in the
life of the late Machiavelli of China,
Ii Hung Chang, is amusing or tragic
according as one may choose to look
ut it.
Earl Ii early in his distinguished
career took wife. During the Tai
ping rebellion his wife had to fly to the
interior for safety. where she lived for
many months without communicating
with her husband. The Chinese states
man meanwhile, thinking his wife had
persisted with other victims In the mas
sacre, enlisted the sympathies of the
emperor, who ordered a magnificent
funeral. The empty coffin was follow
ed to the grave with all pomp and
ceremony of state by Ii Hung Chang
and representatives of the emperor.
After period of mourning Ii Hung
Chang took unto himself another wife
and settled down again to domestic
felicity.
Then the first wife appeared. She
had narrowly escaped the massacre
and had been living with her family
Mrs. Chang No. l took exception to
Mrs. Chang No. and wished to be
reinstated as principal wife, for the
law Of China does not allow polygamy.
Ii Hung Chang was in a great stew.
In despair he applied to the emperor.
The emperor said Mrs. Chang No. /
had been accorded state funeral.
Therefore, to all intents and purposes,
she was dead, and he advised his min
lister to ignore her, which he did. AS
women are treated as mere chattels in
China, the first wife did not demur,
but went back to her family, among
whom she died.-New York World.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1902-02-19
No Thanks Due.

A minister went from Kansas City
down into the country to preach. Be-
fore going into the pulpit he asked If
any one interrupted with "amens" and
other CALCULATIONS, as he could not
stand such lnterjections. He was told
of one old woman who always made
herself heard at all good points. She
was asked on this occasion to desist,
and she obliged for once. At the end
Of the sermon the minister met her
and warmly thanked her for holding
her tongue.
''No need to thank me. no need to
thank mel" she exclaimed. "You said
nothing whatever to make me shout"
Kansas City Independent.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1902-02-19
Theme.

w. Suzuki in the bulletin of the Agrl
cultural college at Tokyo gives an ac-
count of some investigations he has
been making upon the distribution OF
theme, the principle that Is supposed to
give the refreshing favor Of tea, In the
ten plant. According TO him, the seed
contains no theme, but 1t appears dur
ing termination, even in the dark. The
roots and stem contain some and the
bark little In the dormant leaf buds
1t occurs in greater quantity and reach
es its greatest development In the
young. leaves, in which 20 per cent OF
the nitrogen is sometimes In this form.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1902-02-19
How Man and Nature Use Gases,

Man uses the same elementary gases
as nature does, with others that she
does not employ with the same inten-
tion. Both use oxygen for sustaining
combustion, but nature uses it system
atlcally for construction, which man
does not. Man uses hydrogen for COM
bustlon. as nature does, but not for
construction. Man takes advantage Of
nitrogen for concentration Of energy.
Nature takes the same advantage, by
which nitrogen, though negative. be-
comes the most important. of vital
structures. But she does more. She
makes nitrogen constructive as well
as Commemorative, an art man has not
acknowledgements Magazine.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1902-02-19
Tortoise Shell.

What Is known as tortoise SHELF
consists of the thin outer scales which
overlIe the sholl Of a species of sea
turtle. The Smelling process consists
in spreading dried leaves or grass even
ly over the back and then setting them
on fire. The heat causes the shell to
separate ut the joints. but does not in
jure 1t. A large blade Is then inserted
horizontally between the laminn,
which are gently pried from the back.
Many turtles do not survive the proc
ess, but most Of them live and get n
new covering, just as man will grow
q finger nail in place Of one he may
lose
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1902-02-19
Enmous Ah,Iuctinnn.

Marriage by abduction was by no
means uncommon In the early ages.
The daughter of the king Of Argus
was abducted by Phnnician. The
Greeks carried Off Europa from Tyre
and Medea from Colchis.
Next to the abduction of the fair
Helen, perhaps the most remarkable
in its political consequences was the
King of Leinster's taking away OF the
wife OF neighboring petty sovereign
O'Rourke of Breffni
The king OF Connaught avenged the
insult and drove from the throne his
brother of Lelnster, who appealed to
Henry ii. of England for aid to re-
cover his lost sovereignty. The Nor
man conquest of Ireland followed, with
long centuries of war and devastation.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1902-02-19
NESTS OF nynA rAnER OF BRAZIL.

cures its eggs between tree leaves,
whence the young finally drop into
the water. The eggs of the rhinoderma
of Chile are matured in the throat of
the male, who meanwhile abstains
from food. The famous pipa of Surl-
nam forms cells for the eggs in its
back.
The illustration shows the remark
able nests OF Hyla faber OF Brazil.
They are pill box In shape, made of
mud, smoothly finished within, and are
really the SUBMITS of hillocks built up
by the toads from the bottom of u shall
low pool. They have been llkened to
little volcanoes with craters, rising
from the water, and remind one also
Of the round leaves of the Victoria re-
gia with edges turned up. Tho use Is
of course to defend the eggs from pred
atory water nnimals.-Condensed From
La Nature For Popular Science News
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1902-02-19

been formed in nature by the deposit
ton of the calcium carbonate which
had been held in solution by the waters
Of the hot springs Of Reichelsdorf and
which they could not retain after issu-
ing from the earth into the open air
because of evaporation and the release
from pressure.
Upon grinding down one of the
eggs" so as to reveal the internal
structure 1t was found to consist Of
series Of concentric but irregular cir
cles. showing that the structure was
interchangeable is, there was first
nucleus, which may have been fine
grain Of sand or almost anything held
in suspension by the waters of the hot
springs; then around this nucleus was
deposited thin layer of calcite from
the waters. which were. as previously
stated, unable to retain II in solution
after their release from pressure. After
this layer upon layer was deposited uD-
til the egg was completed.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1902-02-19
A CnrbonIess Arc Light.

A new carbonless arc lamp recently
invented consists of an exhausted glass
globe In which. instead of carbons kept
at the proper distance by u complicated
regulator, are two l. shaped aluminium
arms with platinum points kept at the
proper interval by simple clockwork.
The new lamp casts no shadow and Is
used up very slowly. The aluminium
arms need replacing only about once a
year.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1902-02-19

Dust as cause of pulmonary tuber-
culosis, according to the report of the
imperial health Office at Berlin, Is clear
Iy shown in the statistics of the pa
tIents treated In sixty institutions of
the empire for the cure of tuberculosis.
In 1905 cases, or more than the half
OF the 2,1G1 persons under consdera-
ton the origin OF the disease was al
legged to be due to the continuous in
halation of dust involved by their em-
ployment.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1902-02-19

There is no more agonizing trouble
than piles. The constant itching and
burning make life intolerable. No
position is comfortable. The torture
is unceasing. DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve cures piles at once. For skin
diseases, cuts, burns, bruises, all
kinds of wounds it is unequalled; J.
8. Gerall, st. Paul, Ark, says: From
1865 | suffered with the protruding,
bleeding piles and could find nothing
to help me until / used DeWitts
Witch Hazel Salve. A few boxes COM
pletely cured me-" Beware OF counter
feits. G.. M. Shamalia.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1902-02-19

We are rapidly gaining in the aver
age length of human life. Better sani-
tation, the enforcement Of precautions
against contagious and infectious dis
eases and the advancement of surgery
and medicine are causing an even more
rapid reduction of the death rate than
the laymen guess. The census bulletin
of deaths that occurred in 271 cities Of
5000 population or more shows that
1876 persons died in 1900 out of every
1000, whereas In 1890 the number who
died in the same cities was 81 out OF
every 000
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1902-02-19
A Letter Box Invention.

George De Groat, letter carrier con-
nected with the postoffice at Norris
town, N. j., has been granted a patent
on recording device for letter boxes.
This consists ofsan electrical connec-
ton maintained with the main office
by means Of which 1t can be ascertain
ed at all times II the collections have
been made according to schedule. An
alarm Is given when any effort is made
to rife the box of Its contents.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1902-02-19
surreOns' Masks,

Several tests Of what is known as
the surgeons mask, an article intended
to give freedom from the danger of
wound infection. have recently taken
place abroad. and the results are said
to have been most gratifying. The
mask is of fine gauze. 1t tightly Gov
ers the mouth and nose and hampers
in no way the sight, the hearing or
even perfect breathing. The gauze is
merely intended to prevent the spread
Of germs and consequent wound poi
soning.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1902-02-19
A Color Changing Paint.

A color changing paint. especially
adapted for making visible hot boxes
In machinery, is prepared by German
chemist by carefully rubbing up equal
parts of mercuric iodide and cupric
iodide with enough distilled water to
form thin paste. At ordinary tenn
perature this mixture is red, but 1t
turns black at about 60 degrees g., be-
coming red again on cooling.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1902-02-19
TREE ToAp,S NEST.
yea Homes of Mud Built by BRAZIL
ian Batrachtans.

The batrachians, including frogs,
toads, salamanders, etc, often ex-
hibit curious modes of laying their
eggs and providing for the young. The
common mode, familiar to us, is the
depositing of the eggs In string of
nutritlve jelly in ponds. Tritons roll
up an aquatic leaf like trumpet to
contain the eggs and nutriment and as
Il protection against fish. A species of
frog has the eggs affixed to its posteri-
or legs until Matched. A salamander
Of Ceylon and the North American
amphiuma dig cavity in the 81 near
water for nest Another salaman-
der, the desmognathus, fixes the eggs to
the nape OF its neck like bunch of
toy balloons. Another batrachian Sc
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1902-02-19
Ha Knau Them.

Kind Lady-Do you know your let
tiers, little boy?
Boston Prodigy (aged seven)-If you
mean to ask, madam, whether or not
l am able to recognize at sight the
twenty-six fundamental characters
upon which the English language is
based, should reply to you that I
learned those when l was q mere child.
Ohio State Journal.
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SILK From Wood pulp.

Wood pulp converted into cloth prom,
lses to revolutionize the silk market in
this country, and the first plant In the
United States for the manufacture OF
this artificial product is now building
In Philadelphia. Through chemical and
mechanical processes wood fiber is
formed into cloth closely resembling
the metamorphosed article of the silk
worm.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1902-02-19

forced number of peach trees into
bloom under glass last November
and introduced colony of bees into
the house, first protecting one tree so
that the bees could not get TO 1t. From
that tree all the fruit dropped when
the stones began to form. From the
other no fruit dropped, and it was
abundant
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1902-02-19
nrief NaYnI MESSAGE.

One of the briefest naval dispatches
ever penned was Captain Walton's
message to his chief, Admiral Byng,
after the defeat of the Spanish fleet
off Cape Passaro In 171S, and 1t ran
thus:
Sir-I have taken and burnt as per mar
gin. going for Syracuse, and am, sir. your
obedient servant. J. WALTON.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1902-02-19
Conf Tar PRODUCT. In germany.

Conf Tar PrOducts In Germany.
The London Engineer says that the
Joint capital Of the six largest manu-
facturers Of coal tar colors in Germany
amounts to $12,500.000. They employ
together about 600 chemists, $50 engi-
neers and other technologists, 1850
business managers, clerks, travellers,
etc., and more than $4,000 workpeople.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1902-02-19
What Cauuts.

1--WE are here" began the chairman
Of the committee, ito discuss ways and
means for securing the passage of our
bill by the legislature"
"Well," remarked one who was some
thing of a lobbyist, II know the surest
of all ways IL we only have sufficient
means" -Philadelphia Press.
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prufitabJe Ten Growing.

The production OF several kinds of
tea in the United States Is an assured
fact Four thousand five hundred
during the year by DIR. Charles U.
Shepard Of Summeryille. S. G. Experts
pronounce It equal In flavor and aroma
to the best imported teas. The profit
averages from $50 to $40 per acre net.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1902-02-19

In parts of Massachusetts 1t is
thought that II a girl puts a piece of
southern wood down her back the first
boy she meets will be her husband. In
Boston II a manageable woman puts
a bit Of southern wood under her pill
low on retiring the first man she sees
In the morning will, SO says the super
stition, be the one whom she is to
marry
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1902-02-19

Calcite, or "calc SPAR" as 1t is popu-
larly known, is mineral which has,
with the exception of quartz, more va
rieties than any other species, says a
writer in Popular Science News.
The specimen shown in the illustra-
ton is known as birds nest calcite,"
from its resemblance to the nest OF a
bird containing eggs. The writer OBJ
tanned It from a dealer In minerals,
who imported 1t from Reichelsdorf, in
Hesse, Germany, where 1t was found.
1t Is entirely of mineral origin. having
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1902-02-19

Sweet Wife-Oh, Herald, the hall
clock just fell and narrowly missed
mother. Had 1t struck her she would
have been killed.
Herald (aloud)-You don't say sol
aside I always did say that clock
was slow.-Indianapolis News.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1902-02-19
-DE DAVID Kenncdys
kdYOfitc Remedy
CURES AZ And ' EIxEH s IenAGH

Everybody puffs 'Lambertville
Puffs"-even the newspapers. They
are the best Scent cigar. Kline makes
them and sell them, Wholesale and re-
tail, at 30 Bridge street, corner of
Commerce.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1902-02-19
Most Unusual,

"Jlgby's queer fellow. He bought
q couple OF tickets from me for an
amateur theatrical performance for
charity"
"And he actually used them?"
Not only that, but he says he en-
joyed himself. "-Catholic Standard and
Times.
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Keen busy.

An unhappy life is an idle one. Those
who are happiest are the most earnest
workers. 1t Is folly to say that We
can find no labor. Life itself is stu
pendous task. 1t Is cowardly, however,
to shirk labor by feigning not to see
it. Each mortal, IL he does his duty,
will have busy life.
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What Won Her.

81 thought she was going to marry
FomT'
mo; Jack"
"Why, she told me Tom was willing
to die for her and
Eyes, but Jack offered to make a
good living for her."
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"They tell me that Jim Muggins Is
one of the directors In big city cor
poratlon now" said the grocer.
Eyes. | seen him las time l was
down to town." said Mr.. Meddergrass.
"He directs the envelopes fer the firm"
Baltimore American.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1902-02-19

The British cruiser Arrogant is now
being equipped to burn petroleum In
her six boilers. AS soon as the work Is
completed the vessel will start on a
long cruise, with view Of making a
thorough practical test Of this form Of
fuel