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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-12-28
ROAD 1000 YEARS OLD.
scenes Along One of the Most An.
Client Highways In the World.

scenes Along One of the Most An
Client Highways In the World.
Tie road from HONS to Hama runs
almost due north, n straight white line
cutting across the green fields. 1t Is
one Of the oldest routes in the world.
Caravans have been passing along 1t
for 1T least 1000 years, Just as we
saw them long strings of slow NOV
ing camcls with their bright colored
bags of wheat
one could almost Imagine that Pha-
raoh was again calling down the corn
pf Klamath TO I'LL his grunaries against
the seven Years of famine But even
here the old things are passing Just
beyond the long line of eamels was a
longer line Of fellah women. their dirty
blue robes Killed above their knees,
carrying upon their shoulders baskets
of earth and stone for the roadbed OF
the new French railway.
The carriage road Is French, too, and
a very good road ii is, Some men were
repairing it with most ingenious
roller II was great round stone,
drawn hy two oxen and having Its
axle prolonged by twenty foot pole,
Mt the end of which AIrelegged Arab
was fastened to balance the whole af-
fair II the stone had toppled over
the picture of the Arab dangling at the
top of the slender flagstaff would have
been worth watching.
All along the ride we We're reminded
of the past II Is II fertile soil, but the
very Wheatiields are different from
ours. only few yards In width, they
are often of tremendous length. hes
itate 10 commit myself to figures. but
1t Is certain that the thin. green fields
would stretch away in thS distance UNI
iii lost over some little elevation. At
one place the road was cut through
hill honeycombcd with rock tombs
which the hal said were Jewish.
Every now and then we passed n tell,
or great hcmispherieal mound. built up
of the rubbish of dozen ruined towns,
for even as late as Roman times this
WAS Il we'll cultivated aud populous
country. There Is now no lumber
available for building purposes. and In
II number of villages the houses are all
built with eoneal roofs of stone.
Where the rock happens to be Of II
| reddish tnge the houses remind one of
nothing SO much as collection of III
dian wigWams. Where the stone Is
white. rs Mt Tell ct Blseh. II glltters
and sparllles like n fury city cut out
of loaf sugar. Serihners Magazine.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-12-28
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

DO You always keep an appointment
or just claim to-
\ woman always thinks her dress
maker keeps half the goods.
Nineteenth of the things people quar-
rel over do not make any difference
one way or the other.
When the doctor says to you, "Old
man, I'm sorry. but you can't live an
hour" how will you take IT.
\ 10y Ia old enough to be welcome
in the neghbor girls parlor long be-
fore his sister thinks he IL old enough
TO slt in the parlor at home.
Had Tie old fashioned children net
ed like the present generation there
would have been no children. Their
parents would have beaten them to
death.
Every one has his vanity card to
play The preacher gets man into
the fold by telling him of the great
influence" I've has upon others. Atchl-
son Globe
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-12-28
4 FIsI's Appetite.

A singular instance of tenaclty In the
digestion of fish Is reported from Shelf
field, England The fish. which was n
ling four feet long. had what appear
cd to be nm abnormally hard liver. But
the cuttin. mp process revealed some
thing far stranger. The supposed hard
liver turned out to be nothing else but
II piece Of stout netting, over two yards
long and fourteen inches wide, which
had been pressed into the form of a
football How this great mass OF in
digcstlblc material came to be swat
lowed by the creature is n mystery
md the suggestion that the fish caught
IN the tolls of fshermans net solved
the problem of how TO escape by de-
youring his prison walls Is not consid-
cred scientifically practicable.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-12-28
A CHINESE DINNER.
The Tidbifs We're Cantonese Puppy
and Eggs FIFTY Years old.

and Eggs FIFTY Years old.
An officer of the British army says
that one of the finest dinners he ever
ate WAS served TO him by Chinese
host in llongkung. lie thus describes
II: First on our menu came the lit
tie oysters which cling to the bamboo
stems in the salt water marshes OF up
per China. They are, | should fancy.
the smallest and the sweetest oysters
In the world. Birds nest soup follow
I'd, prepared as it should he | fancy
that Il chicken broth WAS the liquid to
which the nest gave It's peculiar and
attractive taste of the sea at our feast
and the combination WAS excellent Tri-
pang, which we know ms heche-de mer
followed. Ii is the sea slug from the
I.oochoo islands, and served MS an en-
tree 1t tastes very much like turtle fat,
though richer. 70 counterfeit its rich
ness Il great china bowl Of boiled BAN
boo shoots was handed round with it.
Next came very small roast. |
thought at tirst that it was tiny suck
Ing pig. but il kud no cracking. and
lait. the little lambs whose meat is
snow white. II was one of the Can
tonese puppies of particular kind,
which are doomed from birth To take
their place ON the roasting spit aud
which are fed on rice and milk only.
looked down the table and saw that
my friend was eating with zest. 50 for
the first time in my life | ute dog and
liked II exceedingly With this puppy
were served MI the vegetables In sea
son ami a salad which had the taste of
young nasturtium leaf ms it's strongest
flavor Rice birds followed They are
smaller than ortolans. each tiny plump
creature being but mouthful but they
are the most delicious eating of all the
feathered small fry.
"Nankin eggs We're next brought
round They had been buried for fifty
years. aud chlnaman detects some
special flavor In them. 70 me they
tasted Just like an ordinary hard boiled
most black, WAS not inviting, They
were. in my opinion, the one failure OF
the dinner. The sldeboard had been
spread with II variety of cold vlands,
among them pheasnnts and game pies
from Shanghai and n Kobe round of
spiced beef. Baskets of fruit were
brought IN and little orange trees in
pots from which we were invited Ia
pluck the ripe fruit"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-12-28

affairs AT the inn and thx latter in the
gatherings in the servants ball Little
Grace had been left quite alone IN her
loom, and II strong draft had blown
out the lamp, so that between the dark
hess and an ugly dream she had wax
ened up in terror.
That was the beginning of Il new hol-
iday for Anna Nhean The nurse and
young aunt had little TO do from that
time on save IL provide for Graces
physical wants. Anna WAS her constant
companion. She seemed determined to
give this shy ten. year-old girl all the
cOmpanlonShip, the sympathy, the sim
pie, unaffected pleasures which had
been denied her own childhood. She
did not dream that In the. moments
when they were not together Grace In
her stiff. uniformed writing WIS send
ing a daily chronicle of their compan-
ionship To her father Nor could she
know of the resentment which filed his
soul against the we'll paid and Needless
caretakers of his child and the curiosi-
ty regarding the girl with the gray hair
and pink cheeks who was mothering
his wee BARN. for Grace assured him
In every way that Miss Whelan was
quite IS young as Aunt Hattie
When he finally came down To spend
n Sunday with his daughter his first
step WAS to meet Anna. lie smiled
as his daughter gInyely introduced her
as my friend, Miss Whelan." They
were such an absurdly different couple
anu yet so very much alike in interests
anu pleasures. lie found his gnze
travelling constantly over the brown
head of his daughter to the gray head
OF his new found friend and he began
to understand the letters better.
On Monday morning he did not go
back to town. but told his sister Hat
tie that he had only Just commenced
to realize how the Office had worn him
down. lie needed weeks rest
Three nights later lie was sitting in
q sheltered corner of the veranda with
Miss Whelan when two members of
the elderly porch brigade stroled slow
y by, talking In high keyed voice
which eaine sqmrely to their secluded
corner
You wouldn't have given her credit
for being so clever she probably
knew the child's fathcr was worth a
million"
NO; | understand he is not worth
anything OF the sort He Is only
corporation lawyer. and / think she
liked Grace for her own sake
The two women passed out of hear
ing. The pink had fled from Annals
fnce. leaving il tired and white She
rose unsteadily. but the man took her
firmly by the arm and drew her bacl,
to her chair
Don't 20, please. know you care
for Grace for her own sake. DO you
think you could care for me for minel
! wanted to ask you this the first
night"
Instinetivey Annals hand reached
up TO her hair.
''Oh. Couldn't I've known YOU
such II short time people would talk
-and I'm really too old to have
love affair"
She did not speak bitterly, just sim
ply, as II thought long unspoken
had found utterance. The man took
both of her hands in his
my dear girl, love never grows old
and neither will you"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-12-28
Lovers Hearts.

How old IS the emblem of a lovers
heart? In the days before metals were
used weapons made Of stone were
formed by prehistoric men. Among
the most notable Of such ancient weap-
ons are number Of beautifully chip
ped nrrowheads which have been taken
TO lie the work of fairies and have
therefore been used MS charms from
very remote times. In Scotland they
are called elf bolts" and they are so
shaped that when the central projec-
tlon is broken off the semblance Of
lovers heart remains. - London An
sNprg
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-12-28
TDtin v,

Today Is your dry and mine the only
day we hive, the day In which we play
our part What our part may signify
In the great whole we may not under
stand. but we are here to play 1t. and
now IL our time. This we know, ii Is a
cyuiclsm. 1t Is for MS 10 express love
in terms Of helpfulness This we know.
for we have learned from sad expert.
ence that any other source of life lends
toward decay and waste. David Starr
Jordan
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-12-28
Our enemies are our outward con
sciences. Shakespeare.
Think straight.

1t would be impossible for a lawyer
to make a reputation in his profession
while continually thinking about medi-
cine or engineering. lie must think
about law and must study and become
thoroughly iBbued with It's principles.
1t is unscientifc to expect 10 attain
excellence or ability enough to gain
distinction in any particular line while
holding the mind upon and continually
contemplating something radically diff
ferent .success. 81 fffkf
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-12-28
I<ecpinu cider.

Where cider Is used from the cask, to
prevent spelling in the partly empty
casll pour upon the cider quart OF
some tastoless oil, such rs olive or pea
nut oil The oil will form a thin film
on the surface of the cider and prevent
access OF the acetic and putrefactive
fcrmeuts always present in the air.
Southern Farm Magazine,
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-12-28

A Swedish girl just arrived from the
old country attended evening service at
Duluth church. The minister, seem &
she was a stranger, shook hands with
her ut the close OF the meeting and
said he would find pleasure In calling
upon her soon, whereupon the girl,
blushing. hung her head and bashfully
murmured. "T'ank you. but Ay have u
fella"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-12-28
s,nerauou. Qualification

"who's that unhappy looking fellow
over thereT
"fhat's Scrlbbiers. He writes fGf The
funny papers"
"He doesn't look as though he had
any sense OF humor.'
"Who said he hud!'--Cleveland Plain
Dealer
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-12-28

Mrs. Green William, what objection
have you to that young man who Is
calling on our daughter Green He Is
silly, Mary. Mrs. Green Oh, that's
because he IL In love! | remember the
time when you were very silly young
man. Green silly isn't the proper
name for 1t, Mary. | was measly
idiot that's what | was!
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-12-28
For Amnteur Thenninns.

Knox hear you're getting up an
amateur theatrical club Woody
Yes, and now we're looking for n good
motto for the club. What would you
suggest Knox What's the matter
with Think twice before you actY'
Philadelphia Press.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-12-28
HNot Found

A letter arrived at the New York
postofllce the other day bearing the
following address; "To Any Respect
able Lawyer. New York city. n. "
The carrier into whose hands II fell for
delivery returned 1t marked In blue
pencil, Not Found. New York Press.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-12-28
"a - IT q II r "A.
Bears the The Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature of &HzZzzm
Read the new adv. of Folkner &
Rittenbouse


The readers Of this paper viii be pleased to
learn that there is Mt least one dreaded dis
ease that science has been able to cure in all
its stages, and that is catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure now known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being n con-
stitutional disease, requires constitutional
treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system thereby de-
stroying the foundation of the disease, and
giving the patient strength by building up
the constitution and assisting nature in doing
it's work The proprietors have so much
faith in its curative powers that they offer
One Hundred Dollars for any case that it
fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials.
Address +. j. CHENEY n co, To'edo., 0.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-12-28
The Way 10 nre.s

"Now, then" said Mrs, Polk after
dinner, chow shall dress for the thea
ter this evening"
ain time 10 see part Of the first act,
dear" replied her husband mildly
Exchange
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-12-28
MnInIninInp He NecnrL.

Amateur Sportsman say, did | hit
anything that time? Gamekeeper-l
think not, sir There warn't nothing In
sght but the birds, sIr.Judge.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-12-28
repentant.

Visitor But there Is an essential diff
ference between right and wrong.
Conviction, there wouldn't have been
80 much difference II had good law
yer.-Puck.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-12-28
AiisenfinInheh

The Groom | can't see that check
your father placed among the wedding
presents The Bride Papa Is so alb
sentmlnded, He lit his cigar with IT,
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-12-28

A brave man Is sometimes despera-
do but bully is always coward
Halliburton.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-12-28

When man goes into the kitchen to
help his wife she has to drop every
thing and wait ON him.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-12-28
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE.

Two Large Manufacturing Plants with power
Eleyen-room House, corner Jefferson and
Clinton streets.
Seven-room HeuSe corner Deleyan and
George streets.
Seven-room House, on Delevan street, be-
tween George and Union streets.
Three seyen-room Houses on Elm street.
Eight-room House, cottonwood street
Eight-room House, Clinton street.
Two new Houses, Delaware avenue. All i'm
proyements.
i Nine-room House, North Union street. All
improvements
Seven-room House, York street.
Seven-room Houss, Lambert street.
Six-room House Union street, below Ferry,
Large Double Brick House, Coryell street,
Several desirable farms for sale. near Lam
bertville containing from 30 % $50 acres.
Three lots near Lambertyille.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1904-12-01
NASTS SURPRISE.
Dramatic Climax In the Convention
Which Nominated Grant.

In May. 1868, the Republican ma
tiona convention came along Mast
went to Chicago to be present.
1t was settled beforehand that Gen
eral Grant was to be the Republican
presidential candidate. The great sol
dier had maintained a calm and noble
dignity through all the trying days of
conflict between congress and Andrew
Johnson and was now honored almost
as much for his diplomacy as for his
success at arms. Indeed the mantle Of
sweet renown left by Lincoln would
seem TO have been laid upon the shout
ders of Grant, and he wore it with be-
coming grandeur and humility.
Realizing that the convention would
name Grant as Its choice, Mast pre-
pared little surprise for the @vent
He painted upon Il large curtain the
White House entrance. with two ped
estals, one on each side. bearing the
May 90" and Democratic Nominee.
New York, July l." respectively. On
the Republican pedestal was seated the
figure of Grant, while Columbia stood
pointing to the empty place opposite.
Below were the words, Match Him.
This curtain, with n blank curtain be-
fore ii. was suspended at the back Of
the convention stage At the instant
when General Grant was announced as
the unanimous presidential choice of
his party the blank curtain was lifted
and the great cartoon, Match Him..
was suddenly exposed to full view.
The occurrence was so unexpected
that the throng was silent for Il mo-
ment, taking it in; then, realizing that
ii was Il spectacular climax, the picto-
rial expression of a universal senti-
ment. the assembled multitude gave
vent 10 an enthusiasm that turned the
great hall into pandemonium of exul
tation.- Albert Bigelow Paine in Pear
sons.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1904-12-01
THE NAME BLACKBOARD.
1t WINS Originally Applied to Link
Boys and Servants.

The earliest record of the term
blackguard is in the churchwarden'
account OF st. Maryat Hill. London,
where, under date 1882, Is, Item, re-
ceived for iii Torches of the Black
Guard ibid" This and the following
old lines seem to show that the name
was then applied to linkboys:
Her Cupid is a biackguard boy
That rubs his link full in your face.
The name was also given to mental
servants in the kings kitchen. In the
calendar of State Papers is the fol-
lowing entry: Aug. II, 1885, Sir VIII
liam FitZwiliam to Mr.. Secretary
Cromwell-Refusal of the workmen to
work for less than siXpcnce day. Two
of the ringeaders had been for some
Of the time blackguards of the king 5
kitchen" These "blackguards' We're
responsible for all cooking utensils and
Goals.
According to Miss Strickland, the
historian. the scullions of the royal
kitchen were for many centuries clad
in black and were called the black
guards of England.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1904-12-01

are advised, TO Messrs Jones and
Snow, OF Mineral Point, owners OF
the Cocker mine. Possi5ly others may
be interested with them. What we
call now the Mason Mine has been
in continuous operation since 1885.
For 80 years it has been producer
OF blackjack. In comparison with
it, both in age and productiveness,
all other mines of this entire district
are young and insignificant, the old
Penny mine If Mffiin alone expect
ed And it is not done yet by any
means, even in the Galena limestone
measures; but in our opinion it is as
prospect that today it has its
greatest value. The richness of its
top workings are more than a hint
of richness in the Magnesium lime
stone Approximately l25 feet below.
We do not know it, bpt we believe
that the chief significance of the
present change of ownership is the
determination of the new owners to
"go down" below the strongest known
range in the district.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1904-12-01
HIGHLAND AND VICINITY.

From The Press:
Miss Minnie Aide, who has been
in Milwaukee for the past two
months. returned home last week
Joseph Huston departed for Des
Moines, Iowa, on Tuesday. He has
accepted position there in drug
store. Joe is ii hustler and will sure
ly make good" in his new vocation.
Tuesday was great stock day
Early in the morning herds of cattle
and wagons loaded with granting
porkers began to throng our thor
oughfares. and by noon every avail
able spot around the stock yards was
crowded, waiting for their turn to
unload stock. When the time came
to make up the train there were Z ear
loads, including three loads of cat
tie, three of hogs, and one of horses
and cattle.
Whitson Junction il what the rail-
road crossing between Cobb and Ed.
muud has been named. Mr.. Baker
who owned the iaud where the site
is located, was given the privilege
of naming the station, and he called
it Whitson, in memory of his birth
place of that name in England.
Frank Imhotf arrived home from
Oregon, Wis, Saturday, for three
weeks visit with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Henry lmhotf, Sr.
Joseph Semrad returned from his
deer hunting expedition in the
northern part of the state Tuesday
morning, and brought with him two
deer which he killed. Joe says ii is
a treat 20 GO deer hunting, aud tells
some interesting stories about the
deer aud how they are hunted.
The telegraph poles are all set be-
tween here and Linden, and the
work of putting on the wires viii!
commence in few days.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1904-12-01
HOLLANDALE AND VICINITY.

From the Review.
&. Peterson has moved from the
old homestead to his farm in the
town Of Ridgeway. This, however
is only n temporary arrangement &c
provide housekeeper for his batch.
elor boys.
| The new bridge, just completed
across the river east of town, is one
Of the finest, if not the finest, struc-
ture of its kind in the county. 1t il
a steel bridge, mounted on massive
stone abutments, and Is 81 feet in
length.
The county board, at its session
last week, retired j. l.. Jones as trus-
| tee of the Iowa county asylum and
r.. l.. Joiner as supervisor Of assess
ment, and elected M. II. Murphy and
John Knight as their successors. At
this distance from the seat of war it
appears that the democrats and stall
warts of the county must have enter
ed into a deal to down the half
breeds.
Marriage is said to be failure
when man marries a sealskin wife
on coonskin income.
Alvin, son of Carl Grimstad of
Brigham, had two fingers taken off
in the gearing of corn shredder
one day last week
Miss Sadie Cooney of San Jose,
Cal, and Miss Josie Driscoil of Ogle
county, H., are visiting at A. J Dor
mans, Waldwick.
Miss Sadie Burris of Waldwick
and Michael Scotleld, native of
Fayette, were marie q on the 23rd of
November.
A car of juneau county hay was
unloaded here this week.
Mrs. VIM. Grafton Of Waldwick
spent Tuesday with her daughter,
Mrs. Elmer Uren.
The ratification meeting Of the
Roosevelt La Toilette Club at Daley
Vile Saturday night was largely at
tended. The band played and spicy
impromptu speeches were made. 1t
was decided to send congratulations
to the governor, with an expression
of the hope that they would have
the pleasure of voting for him for
president four years hence.