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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-01-13

An elephant is usually afraid n amy
small animal 10 which it Is uuaccus-
toned. \ dog or cat, and sometimes
even Il mouse, viii cause him annoy
ance, especially If il runs between the
animals legs. The noise of Il mouse
running through the hay will often
cause an elephant to become excited.
but have never known or heard of a
mouse getting on an elephants trunk.
The terrors Of the mouse 10 larger
animal is an old story. and many fool
ISL snperstiilons have arisen from it,
ST. Nicholas.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-01-13
A KOREAN CINDERELLA.
The Quaint story of Peach Biossom
the Family Drudge

In Korea the people tell a Cinderella
story that is much more ancient than
that familiar 10 western people The
key of the hitter story Is the slipper
but not So theirs Peach blossom, the
Korean Cinderella's name. WIS The
family drudge. one day as the moth
er WAS starting off with HE faVoritt
daughter Ia Il picnic she said To Peach
blossom. YOU must not leave until
you have hullcd hagtul of rice and
filled the broken crock with water"
While sitting there hcmoaning her hard
lot she heard tMittcring and a Hut.
tcring of wings Looking up, she saw
Il flock of sparrows pccking the hullS
off the rice. Before recovering from
her surprise little imp jumped ont
of the fireplace and SO sl<ilfully re
paired the crock that but II few min
utcs Of work WAS required To I'LL il
with water. Then she went to the pie
ME and had n royal time
On another occasion the mother said,
You must stay until you have pulled
up all the weeds in the field This
time COW came out of The forest and
ate up the woods in ten mouthfuls.
Peach blossom followed the COW into
the woods and was led To where there
was IN abundance Of ripe luscious
fruit. Gathering Il large quantity. she
went to the fctc and was the most wei
come guest Her jealous sister asked
about it and, on being told, determined
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-01-13
lsn,I,nrrassItc

The Squre's Pretty Daughter texam-
lining the village school Now. chill
dren. can You tell me what II miracle
is:
The children looked At one another
bur remained silent
can no one answer this question:
the new curate asked WHO Was stand
ing behind the squire daughter
\ little girl was suddenly struck
with Il brilliant idea She held mp her
hand eXcitedlN.
We'll, Nellie" the squire's daughter
asked, smiling appro, in.lN
Please. MISS" the small Child re
piled brcathlessly, "mothcr say twill
be miracle If You don't marry The
new curate London Globe.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-01-13
THE DESIRE FOR STORIES.
From the Once Upon n Time" stage
to That Reminds Ne"

our earliest instinct is 10 ask for a
story. our latest TO tell one unasked.
Human life is bounded ut either end
10y a phrase; once upon time at one
end, that reminds me- ut the other.
Above the first instinct we rise gradu-
ally. gradually declining Ia the second.
Not that the narrative sense ever dies
in us: only that in the plcnitude of our
powers We are not satisfied With IL story
that is nothing more than Il story, II
narrative for narration'S sake
The mind of child IS all agape fer
facts, for il is empty, and nothing is 81
quickly filling. 50 easily assimilable. us
n dish OF facts. Facts of fiction are
preferred 10y the child to actual facts
because they satisfy also its strong i'm.
aSinative sense. Its moral and intel
lectual senses are still in allowance be
duce from any story II moral or an
idea. and the child runs away rudely
There lies the difference between us
and it. Our moral and intellectual
senses are hourishing and by their
strength our imagination is proper
tJondtclN WeakClleU, hfiilin Is not
enough for us. our moral sense cries
aloud for Hans Andersen. Dumas
leaves Us cold our mind needs Balzae
1t is not enough for us that once upon
n time there We're three princcssrs or
three musketcers who suffered or did
some queer things, We want those
triads 10 illustrate, IL symbolic, 10
mean something to coruhorate or up
set some theory that we have formed,
to quicken onr mind and affect our
conduct
Such are the prime needs of our ma-
turity. Comes Time. moving AWAY
with his scNlhc our intellectual and
moral curiosity, nor does he restore
10 us our old imagination. He crops us
bare of all hnl experience Things that
have happened especially. old CYCLISTS
that we are the things that have hap
pened 10 our selves are the only things
That rausr lis from our lethargS.
"Anecdeta2ez is an ugly phrase. See
ond childhood. less harsh, is not less
exactly descriptive For our last state,
the state where narrative IS absolute
despot, was our first state too Max
Befrbohm in Saturday Review
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-01-13
definite Information.

"Ilow much are the Scotch nan.
ncls, please asked Wulnan in one ~
the large department stores onc dry
last week
This lady viii show them 10 You. %
alrily replied the clerk, Indicating with
AN Indifferent nod n g.rl about three
feet distant
But, persisted the woman, I dou1
want 10 buy now. simply want TO
know how much they are
ooh. different prices and up WAS
the nonchalunt answer New York
Times
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-01-13
Never Better.

Our city and surrounding
country were never i'll a more
prosperous condition. Our
factories are OVerrun with or
ders and our farmers report
the outlook for large crops
never better. This means
plenty Of wealth coming into
our community, and the ques-
ton where and how to spend
ii to those Ill doubt we extend
an invitation to visit our ON
bination Store and inspect our
large assortment and prices.
We have i'll all our depart
ments a full line of Dry Goods,
Notions, CrockeryWare, Staple
and Fancy Groceries, Wood
ware, Wash Machines, Oil
loths, Oil Stoves and Fresh
and Salt Meats Cl'rcsh Fish
on Fridays1. We exchange
for all kinds OF farm produce
Give us trial.
G. !. FISHER CO,
Cor. Union and Ferry SITS.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-01-13
4 Isx, MAN.

On II hot summers day gentleman
who was waiting for his train at one
of our country stations asked u porter
who was lying on one of the seats
where the station master lived, and the
porter not moving, laziIy pointed 10
the house with his foot
The gentleman, very much struck at
the man lazincss, said, If YOU can
show me n lazicr action than that. my
good man. I'll give YOU two and six
pence.
The poficr not moving an inch. r.
piled Pun it in my pocket, guy nor
London News
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-01-13
SOLAR MOTION.
The Little We knew Abont Where
TIL sun Is Going.

Can We find ont anything about the
motions of OIL Sa..=r SYSTEM The old
astronomer before the invention of
spectroScopic methods. could attack
the problem only 10y a couSiderA ZION of
certain stellar motions 1t has been
found that these motions are not alto.
gether casual in character, rs We
should expect. but there is Il tendency
10 Il grouping of the motions an ar
ransement other than tortuitous 1t
appears that the individual stars form
ing the SO called consultations on the
sky are slowly closing up near GER
tain point of the heavens and as slow
ly opening out near a point diametric-
ally opposite. This is just what we
should expect ii the solar system is ap-
proacltiuS the point where the stars
are opening out The phenomenon has
been compared To what we see when
regiment of soldiers marches toward
us At first there Is visible Il confused
mass of men only, but rs distance di-
miniS!icS the ranks open out until each
individual Incomes al last plainly visi-
BILE
In this way ii has been possible TO de
termine approximately the position ON
the sky of the apex" Of solar motion,
or that point toward which our solar
system is al present travelling. 1t is III
the constellation Hercules We are
obliged To assume that our path is for
the moment Il straight line But We
mean that moment which began
when james Bradley commenced the
first star catalogue of modern precision
about 1850. and which viii end long
after present generations OF men have
passed away SO mighty is the orbit
III question that many centuries must
come and go as moments before we can
hope 10 detect the orbits curvature
We are like travellers in the famous
'corkscrew" tunnel of the st Gothard
railway. Trains enter on Il low level
and after going abound huge curve
cut IN the mountain emerge from the
tunnel again oh Il higher level and 1T Il
point almost directly above the en-
trance. Passengers while in the dark
tunnel often amusc themselves by
watching the needle of Il pocket com
pass, which makes a complete reyolu=
ton during the passage BuI without
the compass they could not know wheth-
er the train was moving on a straight
or curved track, and 81 we passengers
of the solar system loo. cannot know
by observation whether our great cos
mic track is straight OF curved until.
like the compass. the astronomers III.
struments shall tell us the truth. liar
old laeoby. IN. u. III iIapcrs Weekly.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-01-13

"Bring printer Mr. Dash" said
the hotel proprietor. maybe yon can
advise me. | want 10 get sign paint
ed, Writing Room Free 10 Our Pa
irons o. something like that"
Il don't Ike patrons " said Mr..
Dash
no. Maybe that dneeut sound just
right What would you sus.~sts9
"'NifinlS Philadelphia Ledger
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-01-13
TIE DEATH CUP.
This Deadly Fungus Resembles Sew
eral Edible Mushrooms


Perhaps the most deadly of the poi
sonous fungi of our woods and fields
is the fairly we'll known death cup
(Amauita phallodesN, particularly dan
gerous from ills resemblance 10 several
OF the edible mushrooms, though gath
ering fungi for the table should be
undertaken 10y none save those thor
oughly acquainted With the different
species. rs ii is altogether loo easy for
the ignorant enthusiast Ia make an er.
ror which may prove fatal TO his
friends
The death cup referred To has
round cap. white, Aell"W ssh or green
ish in color. and the stein has swollen
base, surrounded 10y an envelope. or
veil, OF u white filmy substance, which
parts as the stalk extends upward
This stalk is pithy when young. but
hollow at maturity, and the lills of the
cap. which in the meadow mushrooms
are pink or brown, are white in the
deadly variety, as are also the spores,
which can he plainly seen il the cap
is laid. gills downward, on a piece Of
colorcd paper fer few hours. The
swollen, or hulbous, base is Il distn.
gushing characteristics and no fungus
of that appearance should be gathered
for cooking. One of the liabilities is
that these caps may be broken off
without due observance of its base,
which is often covered with earth or
dead grasses hence not distinguished
from some of the lepiotas. which, how
ever, are never surrounded with the
iilmN Veil of the death cup
The poisonous property of this fungus
is largely the same as that found in the
venom Of Il rattlesnake and also in
cholera and diphtheria. and 81 far sci
euee Is unable Ia produce any satisfac.
tory ahiidote. atrupino, the stomach
pump and oil pafgatives being about
the only resources Washington Post
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-01-13

Doctor, tell me honestly whrtltr
my health is improving OF not
My dear sir, you're getting On Ia
monsly famously.
You are not speaking The truth. doc
tor, but | can tell without your assist
ance whether am getting better or
not
"Iow can you judge
by the behavior Of my heirs. -
Paris Gaulois
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-01-13

Il overheard him telling her Il story
last night which | know She has heard
fifty times before. but she didn't stop
him
she is long suffering. surely.
"Oh. don't know He told her she
was the prettiest girl he had ever
seen Cincinnati Times-Star
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-01-13

kittie Paul told me last evening
was the prettiest girl he eyer saw.
Bessie-Oh that's Nothing He said
the same TO me last year
Kittie-l know. dear but his taste
may have improved since then YOU
know i Boston Transcript.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-01-13
Making chill. sefuI.

Mrs Newwed-My husband has the
ehills and fever but they come in
handy.
Mrs Oldwed -How SO:
Mrs Newwed- Whenever he has a
chill put \ rattle il his hand and Il
amuses the baby Chicago Journal.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-01-13

Idleness and poverty always dwell
together. and misery and crime are
their natural offspring. Maxwelfs
Talisman.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-01-13

Work is the soup, fame the entree
fortune the roast and Oblivion the ies-
sert OF most lives There Is no cordial
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-01-13
The Serious Par, Of II.

Actor Hurry. or wen miss the train.
Actress can't fluid my diamonds or
my purse.
oh well, never mind
yes, but the purse had SO IN it,
New York Weekly
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-01-13

For everything you have missed YOU
have gained something else. Emerson
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-01-13

The defects of tire mind. like those OF
Of the face grow worse az we grow
old Rochefoucauld
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-17
Interested in our Measure.

Practically the only matter pending be-
fore congress in which Senator Hanna
was particularly interested at the time
of his death was the Wood case the canal
treaty ratification being already assured.
Senator Hanna Is said to have had some
strong cards to play against the confir-
nation of General Wood, and many be-
lieve that he would have been able to
defeat confirmation. At any rate 1t was
evidently the purpose of the senator to
fight the case to the end He believed the
appointment was improper and the rapid
promotion unjustified What effect the
senator's death will have on the case
has not yet developed though the pre-
vailing opinion Is that with Hanna out
of their way the administration senators
will secure the confirmation of the Pres'-
dents friend
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-17
A Queer Legal Decision.

The Australian government finds it,
self the defendant in a suit for $1,000 on
account of the most obsurd of decisions.
The new immigration law declares that
an immigrant must submit TO an educa-
tonal test in his native language before
he is allowed to land Not long ago a
mate on a ship was arrested for snug
Cling. When he was released, he was or
dered to submit to the test or be expelled
from the country. 1t was found that his
father was German and his mother a
native of Egyp. He was born in Alex
andria. IT was decided, therefore, that
his native language was Greek, since
Greece is the European country nearest
to Egypt. He failed to pass an examina-
tion and was condemned to a further inn
prisonment of six months. Now he is
suing for damages, with a fair chance of
getting them.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-17

From the Savannah News
Prince Cupid, delegate in congress from
the territory of Hawaii. is displeased and
threatens to resign. Things are not going
TO please him in Washington. The people
there apparently take him more as joke
than as a statesman and prince of the
royal blood Why, they call him Mr.
Kuhio." whereas he has a name and
string of titles almost as long as a freight
train. But not even in the Congressional
Directory is he dignifed with single
title. In that work he appears as Jonah
Kuhio Kalanianaole. Reference is made
to his royal blood and lxinship, 1t is true,
but they "cut no ice" with the admins
tration, with congress or with the police.
The copper of plebeian birth elaps his
hands on the princes shoulder and runs
him in at the station house with the same
celebrity and lack of dignity that would
characterize the arrest of a mere nobody
from Wayback.
That, however, Is not the chief of the
grievances of this picturesque Republic
can from the South Seas. He finds that
congress and the administration win not
accept off-hand his statements and rec
concentrations with respect to Hawaiian
affairs AT home he is a big man and an
important one. Whatever he says goes"
with the native element, for is he not a
prince? Is he not the nephew of the
great Kalakaua? But In Washington
things are different. When he makes a
suggestion respecting I1awaiia he is re-
ferred to Gov. Carter of the territory. or
is informed that Governor Carter will be
asked about the matter. And that is like
rubbing salt on a sore place. Carter is
a white man, an American; furthermore,
he has not single drop of royal blood
That he, Prince Cupid should be con-
tinually referred to this unroyal white
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-17
GULF AND SHIP ISLAND RAILROAD
COMPANY.

Direct Line
In Connection with Illinois Central Rail-
road Company to Gulfport. Miss.
Through Pillman Sleeping Cars between
Fulton. KY, and Gulfoort. Miss, on
Trains Nos 1 and 2. with through SER
vice on same trains to Mem ais. ST.
Louis. Chicago. Louisville and Cincin-
natl
Schedule in Effect January 8. 1904
N. 1. No. 8. No s.
L. Jackson.... 5:25 am 1885 pm 4:3O am
Lv Hattiesb'g.. 500 am 7:O5 pm $40 am
Ar. Gulfport. .10:05 am 1000 pm IL: rs am
No. O. No. A. No g.
Lv Gulfport.... TOO pm ITO am s:45 pm
Ar Hattiesb'g.. BOO pm 1880 am 6:55 pm
Ar Jackson. :55 pa 2:l0 pm 1925 pm
Gulfport-MississIppf greatest deep
pater port, only ~ hours from Memphis
A. Jackson connection made with Hill
nois Central railroad to all territory north.
east, south and west-with Alabama and
Vicksburg to Texas and the southeast
at Hattiesburg with New Orleans and
Northeastern railroad, Pearl and Leaf
River Railroad and Mobile. Jackson and
Kansas City Railroad-at Gulfport with
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
S. D. BOYLSTON,
Geni Pass. Agent. Gnfport. Miss.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-17
PRINCE CUPID FEELS
VERY MUCH SLIGHTED

man is what hurts most He thinks things
should be reversed, and that Carter
should be referred to him.
Another thing that rifles him is that he
represents a big, big nought in Washing
ton society He is tolerated where he
must be- but the arrogant white people
refuse to pay him the respect due to his
birth They do not appreciate him. They
call him Mr." when by right and by pre-
cedent he thinks, he ought to be adj
dressed as Royal Highness,' or some
thing like that. Why, the white people
actually conduct themselves as If they
thought they were better than this prince.
He feels that it is preposterous and I'M
bearable; hence. he threatens to resign.
But Prince Cupid is a republican. He
draws a good salary and a prodigeous
mileage. With salary and mileage in
mind he will probably pocket his wounded
pride and consent to remain delegate.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-17
FIGHT IN OHIO
WILL SOON Be ON
Man Must be Chosen to Sue
coed Hanna
DICK AND HERRICK ACTIVE
Alabama Will Not Be Supplied With
Retired Military Officer for Duty
In Connection With the
Militia.
DICK AND HERRICK ACTIVE
BY wArTERsoN sTEALEY.

Washington February 1e.-(Special.)-
The first political change to be caused by
the death of Senator Hanna will take
place in Ohio. The party there has got to
find new head upon whose shoulders
will fall the mantle of the great politician.
The new man will probably appear as the
result of the fight in the legislature now
in session which will elect Senator Han
mas successor.
At this minute Governor Herrick and
George B. Cox hold the stronger hands in
the matter Herrick has not yet distrib-
uted the patronage of his office. Cox has
thirteen or fourteen yeas from Hamilton
county that he can place wherever he
wants them. Cleveland has larger dele
cation than Cincinnati, but the delegation
Is composed of men who will divide on
the question and will follow no man I'M
less Governor Herrick can do wonders
with them.
Burton a Candidate.
Representative Burton, chairman of the
rivers and harbors committee will I'M
doubtedly be a candidate. but he has
affairs, combining his attention largely ID
his own county. Cuyahoga. If Cox and
Herrick combine, Senator Foraker will
bless the union, as the election of Her
rick will mean the elevation Of his friend,
Lieutenant Governor Harding, to the gov
ernor's chair.
The question then arises as to whether
Cox will be willing to allow Foraker to
gain such control as Hardings elevation
would give him. Representative Dick has
q greater personal following than one of
the candidates mentioned He was Han
mas closest friend. Hanna made him
and there Is a sentimental feeling that
Dick should succeed his chief which may
be of benefit to him. The suggestion
of Representative Grosvenor is not seri-
Gus. He is liked by neither faction. At
this time Dick and Herrick have the
race to themselves.
Alabama Is Left Out.
1t was announced at the war depart
ment this morning that the supply of
twenty retired officers who were detailed
for duty with the militias of the twenty
leading states had been exhausted and no
further details could be made. The state
of Alabama will therefore not receive the
experienced officer to instruct the mill
tia as the war department had intended.
The secretary wrote to Governor jerks
last December asking him to suggest the
name of a retired officer or II he had no
choice the department would detail an Of
.ficer agreeable to him. No reply was re-
ceived from the governor so the war de-
partment has given another state the re-
tired officer it had expected to send to
Alabama
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-17
Southern Railway Co.
Schedule In Effect hay "a. 1908.

ScheduIe In Erect hay "a. 1908.
Trains leave Birmingham as follows:
6:10 a. m.-No. 49, cer Atlanta. Washing
ton. timore, Philadelphia.
New York and the East Prr-
man Drawing P---, Sleeping
Car, Birmingham to New
York.
$40 a. m.-No 49, for Montevallo. Ma
plesville, Selma and way sta
lions.
1925 p. m.-No. IS for Columbus West
Point. Wi1ona. Greenv bod
and Creenville: also Sheffield
and Florence and North Ala
bams points.
$40 p. m.-No. IS. new train. for Cordova.
Ookman. Corona and way sta
lions. Also Blossburg
S:45 p. m.-No % for Admission and way
stations: also Talladega.
4:1o p. m.-No 36 for Atlanta. Jackson
vile and all Florida points:
also Charlotte, Richmond.
Washington, New York and
the East. Pullman Sleeping
Car Birm' ngham to Jackson
Vile; also Birmingham to
Richmond, Va.
1920 p. m.-No. 81 fo- Columbus. West
Point. Winona. Greenwood
and Greenvil1e. Pullman
Drawing Room Sleeping Car
Birmingham - Greenville.
1875 p. m.-No. q for Selma. Mobile and
way citations. Pullman Draw
Room Sleeping Car Birmlng-
ham to Mobile.
II 80 p.m.-No. SO. new train. for Ttlanta.-
Admission and way stations.
Pullman Drawing Room
Sleeping Car Birmingham to
Atlanta. Sleeping car can be
occupied at Union station $3.50
D. m.
For detailed information and sleeping
car reservations apply passenger office.
Morris Hotel building. Telephone ST.
J. C. LUSK. Dist. Pass. Agent.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-17
LITTLE KNOWN ISLANDS
OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN

world as they were before their little
island was discovered from the deck of a
passing brig.
The Seeadler reports that a large area
of the waters in this region has been
very imperfectly explored. One large ISL
and which has been shown on the charts
for many years could not be found,
though the vessel visited the place where
1t was reported to be situated.