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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1903-05-13

The bridegroom glanced over the up
turned faces. rs Mr. Green In the
crowdT' he asked.
A round faced, excited little man
stepped out Of the crowd.
Give him the case, dearle," called
the groom without taking his eyes Off
the robbers. Your cash Is all q. X,
Mr.. Green"
us the sheriff In the crowd"
That's me, stranger" answered Il
young giant.
Come around and get Black John
and Billy Rice, sheriff. They haven't
any guns, but they have got legs. 80
I'll keep en- covered till you're ready.
All rlght?"
"Yep!" replied the sheriff.
The bridegroom swung himself to
the ground. Come, denrie," he said
gently, holding up his hands.
The bride climbed down from her
seat and turned with him to face the
crowd
"Gentlemen," said the groom, remoy
| Ing his hat. my names Archie Dun.
ming. and this is my wife. We're on oui
wedding tour. but l had to let In n lit
| tie business to please the company. Ii
there any outfit In this town where We
can put up? My wife's tired. She held
up Black John"
He laughed heartily, and, taking Il
huge revolver which the bride held, he
tossed II In the air and caught It,
Here, sheriff" he cried; catch. She
did II with that"
The sheriff caught the revolver,
pointed 1t over the heads of the crowd
and pulled the trigger. The hammer
snapped.
The crowd roared hllarlously and
rushed into the bar to drink the brides
health, but the sheriff shook his head
and laid OBTAINING hand on the bride.
groom's shoulder.
Archie" he said impresslvely, "for
the best messenger In the state yeou
did er blame fool trick. S'posln' Black
John hadn't er got caught jis' so, It'd
been all day with yeou an the gal"
Il know IT, sheriff, but she made mt
promises She's got plenty of sand about
some things, but she's sklttish about
handling n gun unless It sempty." Then
he dropped his voice To II whisper
But that's nothing compared to the
chances we took of going crazy acting
like jackasses SOS those four mummies
of passengers would think we were
tendcrfrct."
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1903-05-13

A most interesting phenomenon Is
the stubborn husband. He Is not bad
man. He IL contrary, and he has to he
managed. He IL usually married to II
clever little woman, who Is constantly
devislng schemes to accomplish thu
things which make their joint lives a
success.
He has no suspicion of this II he
had, he would be 50 mad he could UNI
dOubtedly eat her. So all through life
she goes on swinging n turnlp ahead
or his nose to make him go the same as
though he were a balky mule. She is
CHEEKY little body, and she grows
plump with every year, and she does
her smiling behind the door or she
chuckles In her sleeve when he Is not
by. The stubborn husband Is as inter
esting as bug London Standard.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1903-05-13
TITLE PAGES.
They We're Unknown UntiI After the
Invention of Printing.


Invention of Printing.
The most surprising thing In the his.
tory of the title page Is the fact that
II was utterly unknown until few
years after the invention Of printing.
In the days before that great era, when
all books We're in manuscript, no scribe
ever thought of prefacng his work
with II separate page or leaf devoted TO
the title.
When printing took the place Of writ.
Ing, changes came gradually. In many
early printed books there was still
scope for handwork Initial letters were
left for the "rubrishcr," as he was
called, to decorate and illuminate by
hand.
Az hanlss nultiniiaI iiis rr-'set,~s, or
| course, soon died out. Occasionally
wealthy and luxurious book owners
would employ sklllful illumination ia
adorn the pages and margins of print
ed book just as In former days manu-.
scripts had been Illuminated
The manuscript practice of surround
Ing the text with an ornamental border
was also often applied to early printed
books The introduction of the title
page showed the same mingllng OF old
and new.
Printing was invented about 1850,
but no tte page, properly SO called, Is
known before 1170. In the earliest eX-
amples the title Is either, rs In manu-
scripts, given I'm the first two or three
lines of the first page, to be immed-
atcly followed by the printed text, or
Is simply, as II has been called, n la-
bel that Is, II consists of very brief
title ut the top of blank page.
There was one curious exception. A
calendar" printed by Itatdolt ut Ven
Ice in 1916 has full title page in the
modern style. This remarkable page
consists of an Introductory poem sur
rounded on three sides by ornamental
borders, with, at the bottom, the place
Of printing and date-"Venetlis, 1176'
and the names of the printers.
But this is quite an exceptional In.
stance. Such title page Is hardly
found again for twenty years and did
not become common TIL about 1920,
more than forty years later.
A particularly noticeable feature In
many title pages of the sixteenth and
early seventeenth centuries Is the
length of the descriptive titles. Con
troversIal pamphlets and books Of = :
el and adventure especially have titles
which are extraordinarily long wlnded.
The whole page Is filled with small
type, giving an analysis of the contents
of book or pamphlet.
Then toward the end of the seven
teenth century and through its sue
ccssor came the reign Of the bold and
plain title page, and the plain title has
lasted until the present day.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1903-05-13

"Waal the bosses was wonderfully
trained wonderfully. l can't skarse-
ly make out how they do It,"
And you, Deacon Burton? You amt
goin' to tell me you was there too"
II got kind of tired lookin' at the two
hump camels, and as one ticket ad-
mitted to all l went into the circus
part" admitted the deacon.
And where did you all git tickets?"
demanded the accuser as a sudden
thought flashed across her mind.
Aunt Sarah gave us deadheads!'
answered the three deacons In chorus.
And left me out, when she knew
was Jest dyln' to see the whole thing
Well. now, you can all go home with
out any supper. and IL ever speak to
one of you ag'in l hope to fall dead
on my own doorstepw
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Not IL Judge.

A good instance of repartee occurred
In law court when the following con-
yersatlon took place between witness,
rustic looking individual, and the
presiding judge.
Judge-You say you had occasion to
taste this whisky?
Witness-Yes, my lord.
Judge-Now, are you sure you could
tell the difference between good and
bad whisky?
Witness (drawling) - Well, l don't
quite know as | could exactly, me lord
with knowing smile), for, ye see, I'm
not judge!-London Times.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1903-05-13

MS preliminary marriage rite, and, as
general rule. the coy damsel is by nc
means avcrse 10 the mild violence.
Abduction became SO common In Eng
land in the reigns of the Tudor princes
that II statute was passed on the sub
ject, and this was followed by an act
of Elizabeth which took away the BEN
eft of clergy from the offender, and it
was not till SO late rs the reign of
George ". that the crime ceased TO be
death
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4 MLsinI.e Somewhere

rs it true. Miss Gertle," he said,
that there are lust two things a wo,
man will jump ut II conclusion and n
mousse"
No" she answered; there Is third,
Mr.. Philip"
After thinking the matter over few
moments he trcmblingly made her an
offer, but she didn't jump at It, He
was not the right man.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1903-05-13
Sad State of Poetry.

For songs the use of poetry has for
some time been abandoned, and words,
any sort Of words, have been employed
instead. With patriotic songs any sug-
gestion of poetry is held to be fatal to
success. 1t is probable that in anoth-
er ten years some member of parlia-
ment will introduce short bill making
the production Of any other sort of
poem criminal offense, and 1t is not
impossible that the member Of parlia-
ment will be -Macmillan's
Magazine.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1903-05-13

Il wish to state" said fresh young
lawyer, rising in court, that the rumor
10 the effect that John Doe, now under
Indictment for murder, has attempted
10 commit suicide has no foundation I'm
fact. saw him this morning, and he
has retained me TO defend his life"
"That seems to confirm the rumor,"
said the judge. Let the case pro-
teed. Lipplncott's.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1903-05-13

Marriage by capture Is IL very old
and very widely spread custom. 1t
prevails among the Hindoos, the Kal-
mucks and Cireassians and the prlmi-
tive races Of Australia, New Zealand
and America, but instead of abduction
being considered an outrage by these
half civilized peoples 1t is looked upon
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1903-05-13

Bjenks 1t certainly seems 10 me that
man like Biackson, who has worked
hard all his life and brought up fam.
lily of sixteen children, deserves II great
deal of credit
Bjoncs No doubt. But he can't have
II at The stores. SomerYille Journal
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1903-05-13

Grant - 1t is easier to say good
fling than to do good thing.
Henderson = Very true. But when
you say a good thing you are fiattered
by persons right and left making use
Of 1t as II 1t were their own, but you
have few copyists when you do a good
deed.-Boston Transcript
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Hold on!' exclaimed the boy who
was under. Lets arbitrate this thing"
There amt nothin' TO arbitrate"
painted the boy on top, pummeling him
vigorously Chicago Tribune.
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When You have eaten one apple
dumping, YOU feel like another. Walt
II little, aud the desire will disappear
SchOomaster.
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Sa,nc Odd Smelling

Americans, says the London News
employ the word "Brtisher," which
they invented, In IL contemptuous sense.
1t was II certain Philadelphia wit who
IL said to have asked his friends whit
"Brltisher' would mean to convey by
the written word Observation-Disclosures
teeau" He had to explain to them
that, according to the genius Of the
English language, II meant potato.
Thus: CHI p. as In "hiccough;" ough
o, as In dough" phth- as In ''phthl-
SIS" cigh n, M In "nelghbor;' tie I, ms
In gazette" and eau o, as In "beau.'
This was at least ms puzzllng as the
livery stable Keepers bill which con
tanned the two Items:
Aosafada
Atacinonimomgln
Nobody who ,.oes not know the an
swer" has ever Yet arrived ut the solu
ton, which Is, In the vernacular of the
creditor himself \ 'osS 'alf II day
and "A takin ON I'm ',mc agin."
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1903-05-13

Throughout every part of my career
have felt pinched and hampered by
my own ignorance.-Sir Walter Scott
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-08-26
A Question Of Swearing.

Here is favorite anecdote which
Abraham Lincoln was in the habit
of relating: James Quarles, dis
tinguished lawyer of Tennessee, was
one day trying case, and after pro-
ducing his evidence rested, where
upon the defense produced a. wit
ness who swore C,uarles completely
out of court, and a verdict was rem
dcled accordingly, After the trial
one of his friends came to him and
said, 3eWhy didn't you get that Eel
ler to swar on your side? 81 didn't
know anything about him." replied
Quarles. sI might have told you
ubout him." said the friend, ssfor he
would swar for you Jest as hard as
he'd swar for the other side. That's
his business. Judge, that feller
takes in SWARM for o livin'."
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4 N
Fur shout a mint or two he pear
ed to be ready to collapse, but then
he pulled himself tegethsF and il was
bad fur poor Joe Harper. He had q
! gun in both hands and he opened Ere
and shot to XIII.
II don't knew how many bullets he
shot into Joe, but il WASH Z les'n six,
and then he put In half 80 hour TO
see if any more robbers was on hand
''Then the joke was no. a suecess?"
"Not sksssly, sah-not skassly.
Joe Harper is lsin in bis grave back
thar, while the red.whiskers man was
SO mad about the put up Job that he
drove oil the passengers out Of the
stage \ and made them walk fifteen
miles,
."i'm great hand fur a joke. sab,
but amt jokin no more-not with
red.whiskered men. They may be
great hands 20 brag, but they also is
loaded fur b. ar.
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A Trick Of the Trade.

The schemes of street beggars
who tell you they are starving, wien
it is really thirst that is bothering
them, are not all exhausted. A man
walked into restaurant in busy
part Of the city day or two ago and
seated himself on one side Of a table
opposite to q seemingly respectable
individual who nevertheless had q
frayed appearance.
The shabby genteel man was just
being served with CUP of coffee.
When the waiter walked away he
asked the newcomer if he wanted
coffee and if so would lie buy the
coffee he had just received for a
nickel. He explained that he had
been given 10 cents by a kind old
lady who did not wish to have on her
shoulders the responsibility of his
death from starvation. With one of
the nickels he had purchased sand
wich, which he had eaten. He only
ordered the coffee because the old
lady kept passing up and down in
front of the restaurant door to see
if he was doing the right thing. He
frankly confessed to the man that
he wanted the other nickel to buy
beer. The man made his purchase,
and the shabby individual slipped
out to get drink. Philadelphia
Ledger. s4,fa
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-08-26
unlueky Day, Friday.

1t was Monday morning, and the
rent collector was pursuing his fell
task. His bag was getting heavier,
but his heart was light till he reach
ed the house of Mrs. Sandish. Mas
tor Sandish opened the the door door here, here
and, with the air of one who had
learned his message we'll, he snid:
'Mither and fathers DOT. Will
you please to call on Fridayr"'
"H'm!9 said the collector. He
would have said more. but it did not
seem of much use. Then n thought
struck him. "And why on Friday,
my little man?" s,
"That's what dinna ken,p said
the little man. f'unless it's because
we be gaun tae fit on Thursday 49,
London Tit-Bits. s5
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-08-26
Recovering Goods.

Spsr:=nta-s, August 20. The Pae-
olet Manufacturing Company is still
recovering property chat was lost in
the food Of several months ago.
For the last several days the COM
pauy has had wagon going through
the country gathering up cloth that
was carried from along the river banks
since the June food by the people.
1t seems that great many people,
both white AMI oolored. went to the
river aud helped { emseives TO cloth
and other things from the wreekage,
all Of which was entirely wrong. and
now they are having to give up their
booty or be prosecuted and brought
before the majesty of the law.
The company is prepared to issue
search warrants for all houses where
they are refused admission. They
have magistrate with their wagon
ready to issue warrants when they
meet resistance. They bring wagon
load, anywhere from 40 to 125 bolts Of
white cloth every day. This cloth is
found in many houses where it would
be least expected. 1t is little fun
ny to hear how some people have the
goods hid away.
The cloth is returned t. the mills
and what is not damaged is re.arrang-
ed and sold and the damaged is worked
over and disposed of with the other
damaged goods.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-08-26

9 Dea't be surprised TO fnd your
self on jour nppers il you sit around
waiting for q dead man s shoes.
Il is sometimesswell TO remember
that; il You don't say q thing you will
have 20 occapion to- unsay IL later 5s
5l Even in ordinary life che nm
selfish people are the happiest those
who work to omake Others happy and
who forget themselves The dissatis-
fed people are those who are seeking
happiness FOR themselves. :l53 s. s.
SeIfsadmirationl is ample proof
that there is no accounting for tastes.
60 A little learning il less danger,
ous,than the belief that ;gep know ii
all. 4:
RI The other half usually has 10
live on Wharf.-The better-haif knows
howgto cook
49, It's q good thing for men that
women s. dispositions dom { depend on
the fit Of their shoes d;
E Sailing is easy i the prices m are
right ~
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pawned Troasers to Buy Dope. I.

Chicago, Ill. August 20.-A woman
who declares she is Annie Oakley,
daughter-in-law OF Buffalo Bill" and
the most famous woman rife skot in
the world, lies in cell Of the .Hars
rison street station under Bridewell
sentence for stealing the trousers Of a
negro in order to get money to buy
cocaine. She cried while saying that
for her spectacular Workmanship
King Edward himself once led TIE
applause in the courtyard of Buoking.
ham palace. ;s
When arrested on the complaint Of
Chas Curtis, negro. she was living
at l40 Sherman street. J She gave the
1ame of Elizabeth Cody, Dutit occur.
red to no one to connect her with Col.
Cody famous daughter-in-law. How
ever, when brought before Judge
Caverly she declared that she was the
famous show woman. < q
81 plead guilty, your Honor, but /
hope you will have piey on me, she
begged. "An uncomfortable appetite
for drugs has brought me here. i
began the ne Of it years ago to steady
me under the strain OF the show life I
was leading, and now it has lost me
everything. Please give me chance
to pull myself tegether."
The striking appearance Of the wo-
man whom the crowd at the World 8
Fair admired is now entirely gone.
Here is one Of the extrems cases which
have come up in the Harrison Street
Police Court. She is 70 be taken to
the Bridewell 70 serve outa sentence
OF s45 end costs. ~ lSSs.a 81
ga good long stay in the Bride
well will do you good, = said the
Court.
Annie Oak,yy's 8 husband, Sam Cody,
died in England. Their son, Vivien,
is now with Col. Cody at' the latter's
ranch on the North Platte. Annie
slef. !. Buffalo Bill'' two years ago AND aud
has since been drifting around the
country with stray shows. Cincinnati
Enquirer. s Il s;;s
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His Bad Colored yybiskers..

= : p = . .st &
"a little joke happened at this turn
back the. last year, said the stage
driver as the highway made a half cir
ole to the west. 81.
What sort Of joker asked the
man on the seat beside him.
tfWall, ,among the passengers to
start from Hill Top one mawnin' was
red-whiskered man who was great
oa the blow. He said he'd almost
give s100 to have the. 81 sge stopped,
and that he wasn't afraid Of no forty
road agents rolled into one.
This gave the boys an idea, aud it.
was put up that Joe Harper should be
at that turn and purtend to hold as up
and see,red whiskers godown into his
butes." :. \. 4 3; .1lsS;.
And did it come Off" 81 S
"Itl did. When we reached the
turn Islowed upa lestle and Joe jump
81 out and yelled fur hands up. !
pulled up she hosses and he hollored
fur the passengers to git down. Lord,
how Joe hollored! Y ou could have
heard him two miles away, Every
body go. downan the, passengers in
the joke pnrtended TO be half.skert;to
death .5s U
But how about red-whiskers 2''ssA
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lie Needs no Pity.

Don't pity the country editor. He
is as contented as COW puffed up by
eating too many rose geraniums. Pray
for the spindle shanked gazaba that
is living the strenuous life in the me /:
tropolis. He needs it. Don't lose
any sleep over the Rube. who edits
your home paper. He may not. know
panegyric from misfit formula for
making apple butter, but he knows a
hypoorite when he sees one and dares
call him so to his face. He probably
eats with his knife and wears under
shirts with elivers in 'em, but no dom
ineeriug managing editor can make him
eat dirt. He is not to the manner
born, neither has he an cscutoheon
embroidered on his linen, but he has
wiped his aquiline nose on, the -four
sack Of civilization and Kicked his
boots from the frozen floor Of farm
er's kitchen, and in the slang of the
present, has been up against it" ;"
To be poked fun at BY the city, brother
when his paper announces to the world
i'm flourish Of long primer that Isl
Green's choicest bull calf choked it,
self to death on bag doesn't ruffle
him q particle, for he rests secure in
the consciousness that it will please
Isl" and doesn't hurt the city chap.
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BLUSHlMG.
II Ia Not an Ars, Nor ls II Glnn -
tii BREEDING,

Blushing is not an art, neither is
it sign Of i'll breeding, as some
unkind people maintain. The fact
is, it is just as natural for some per-
sons to blush as it is for others to
turn pale. The same laws of nature
which govern the one rule govern
the other. The capillaries, or small
blood vessels, which connect the ar
teries and veins of the body, form,
particularly over the cheeks, a net
work SO fine that it is necessary to
employ a microscope to distinguish
them. Ordinarily the blood passes
through these vessels in normal
quantities, leaving only the natural
complexion. But when some sud-
den emotion takes possession of the
heart its action increases and an
electric thrill instantly leaps TO the
cheeks. The thrill is nothing more
than the rush Of blood through the
invisibl, capillaries just beneath the
delicate transparent surface OF the
skin.
The causes that bring about this
condition in the circulating system
ere called mental stimuli. They
consist of Joy, anger, shame and
many other emotions. Sudden hor-
ror, remorse or fear, on the con-
trary, influences the nerves which
control the blood vessels, and the
face becomes white. Blushing and
pallor result from the sudden action
of the mind on the nervous system.
So if the mind be forcwarned and
prepared for emotions both habits
can at least be partially overcome.
But when the nervous system is
highly strung it would he lifelong,
If not a futile, task to endeavor to,
effect perfect cure. It is the SEN
sitive, nervous girl who bushes cas-
lily, while the girl stolid by nature,
or who by conventional education
has her nerves under perfect control,
seldom blushes.-St. James Gazette.
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blood, and to attempt O cure by exter-
nal treatment is an endless, hopeless
task Some simple wash or ointment
Is often beneficial when the skin is
much infazaed or isches, but YOU ca1, t
depend upon local remedies for perma-
nent relief, for the blood is continually
throwing off impurities which iIritate
and clog the glands and pores of
the skin, ard as dong as the blood re-
mains unhealthy. just 50 long long viii wiiIIne
efnptions last, To effectualiy and peg,
nianently cure skin troubles the blood
must be purified and the system
thoroughly cleansed and built up, and
8. s. S., the well known blood purifier
and tonic, is acknowledged superior to
all other remedies for this purpose. It
is the only guaranteed strictly yegetay
ble blood remedy. 1t never deranges
the system oil impairs the digestion
like Potash and Arsenic and drugs Of Il
aslS n 80 S,<s,7 Il, :, q
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-08-26

~ There wouldn't be much ronm
at the top if those who reach itwere
half as big as they think they are.