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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-11-30
PIGEON COURTSHIP.
II Sometimes Leads to Battles That
Result In Death.

Result In Death.
ON south Jersey farm, which was
the home OF thousand pigeons and
which was conducted by woman who
had formerly been hookkeeper In
Philadelphia. was found one particular
fly and coop which Was the abiding
place of young doves that had reached
the mating season. Purposely these
young birds We're associated together
So that they might select their life com
panions
The interior of the walls Of the coop
were Hlled with boxes. and those
pigeons which had mated would select
one Of these boxes for their home and
nest
This period Of courtship is one filled
with excitement for the birds Two
young pigeon cocks. having selected the
same hen for n mate. have been known
TO fight 10 the death in their rivalry.
The method of eomhat is peculiar The
beak and wings alone are used. the
combatantS catching each other with
their heaks 10y the skin Of the head and
btdtlH@ fd'h bi''i VIII tati' Sttpil-
wings
Having once chosen his mate. the
dove. with nm occasional exception, re-
mains constant to her through life. The
occasional instances of intidellty cause
dseord in the coop, for when one
pigeon tires of his mate and seeks an
other he meets vigorous protest from
the companion of the bird which he
eovets When they hive agreed to
spend their lives together Mr.. and Mrs
Dove select Il box and the laying be
gins. The parent birds may then be
less than eight months old.-Era Mag
Azine.
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FRUIT MYSTERIES.
The Banana LIS SecdIess, Though No
body Knows Why.

The Bannnn Is SecdIess, Though No
body Knows Why.
The banana is seedlcss, or nearly so,
and has been for centuries, though
nobody knows why. 1t is propagated
by suckers and possibly had no seeds
when it was first found in its wild
state The banana is modified berry.
Cutting the fruit through the middle
you Will sometimes see few little
brown spots. which are the rudimen-
tary seeds Occasionally the banana
does actually produce n few seeds.
The pineapple Is Seedless, being prop
agated likewise from suckers and from
slips. The eggplant, which is n fruit.
botanically speaking, is occasionally
secdless. This plant Is able to pro
duce developed fruit whether the bios
som is fortified or not. IIorticultur.
lists are cndeuvoring Mt the same time
| to rid fruit plants of thorns. Some
oranges and lemons are very thorny
for example, the high priced King
orange, which is the best of the man-
| darins. The first trees were brought
| to the United States from Cochin Chi.
ma In Florida its thornincss has been
| reduced hy selecting buds from the
| branches with the fewest thorns.
| Thorns are Objectionable because they
puncture the oranges and lemons
when the branches are blown about
| by the wind. Efforts are being made
| to get rid of the thorns on raspberry
and blackberry plants simply for con
vcnlence In picking the fruit. The
| thorns are mcaut by nature To protect
tie plant from animals. Cultivators
select those plants which happen TO
be thornless or nearly SO.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-11-30
NOVEMBER so. 1904.
Why the World Wants Peace.

In the midst of war the world Is
turning toward peace. Now the Christ
mas holidays approach, and peace and
good will among men has something
more than sentiment and tradition to
rest upon. The prayer for peace that
comes swelling from all over the earth
with volume which fairly gives it the
weigh, OF 4 demand or command, is
now 4 living, vital force inthe affairs Of
all the civilized nations. In Christen-
dom to-day there Is no more significant
and promising fact than this. There
is developing with giant strides world
opinion which makes for peace. More
and more the masterful peoples are
coming 10 look upon war as barbarism
as a relic OF the savage age, rs cruel
and destructive monsuosity wholly I'M
worthy To survive IN our morlern evil
ihaliou
1t seems an anomaly to talk OF uni
versal peace while one Of the bloodlest
wars OF modern times Is in progress.
But the carnage which has marked this
great Struggle in the tar East Is the very
thing that has gwen momentum to the
current movement to stop wars. Lao
Yang, Port Arthur, have shocked the
seaslbilities of the world They have
reused a public sentiment everywhere
The peace movement IS not confined
to the dfeamers and the sentimentists,
worthy host that pioneered the way; ii
has spread far and wide, till II has en-
hraecd the men who do the worlds
work the men of commerce and fl
nance, the men who have their hands
upon the throttles OF the great in
dustrlal machine, the men who pay the
taxes that are swallowed up in war, the
men of journalism, oil the pulpit. the
men OF leadership IN action and in
thought. 1t has found lis way into the
royal palaces, the presidents houses,
the foreign offices, the state depart
ments Of the powers. We may Justly
say that its growth and its power to
gether iorm the most notable world
event of the year that is now drawing
to close. 1t would be uuwlse TO .le-
Jude ourselves with the hope that var
is impossible, that universal peace has
spread her white wings over all the
earth, that hencelorth tn. civilized
world is to BIZ free of conflict and
carnage The millennium has not
come. But it is tue that the hazard
OF war breaking out has been scnsibly
lesscned, and that the horrors which
accompany 1t are sure To be vastly
mnimlzed If and when 1t comes.
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Peter was II good workman, but he
would go on sprces His employer was
lenicnt, but when Peter turned up aft
er having been absent for II couple of
days without leave he discharged him,
But Peter did not take his discharge
seriously and went back to work as
usual. Again he Went ON n spree, and
again he WAS discharged and taken
back. These little escapades had been
repeated four or five times within Il
couple of years, when Peter walked
into the shop one morning looking
much the worse for his celebration.
See here" said the employer. you
are discharged, Look here" said Pc
ter. II am tirel of this. If | am fred
again I'll quit the Job" And he went
ON about hts work and has not been
fired" since Philadelphia Record
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GODPARENTS.
An Ancient Institution, Doubtless of
Jewish Origin.

JEWISH oTiBib'
We must doubtless look To the Jews
for the origin of gcdfathers and god
mothers The use of them In the print
tive church Is SO early that ii is not
easy T. fix time for their beginning
Some Of the most ancient fathers make
mention of them, and through all the
successive ages afterwar1 we find the
Use of them continued without any in
terruptian. BX constitution of Ed
mund. archbishop Of Canterbury. 1896
and in il synod held at Worcester,
l2fO, n provision was made that there
should he for every male child two
godfathr"S and one godmother and for
every female one godfather and two
godmothers King Henry Viii. refer
ring to the Princess Elizabeth, says
My lord OF Canterbury.
l have a suit which you must not deny
me
That is fair young maid that yet wants
baptism.
You must be godfather and answer for
her.
Henry VIII" Act ). Scene 3
\ constitution of 1881 makes provi-
sion for Christian name being
changed at confirmation. This Is prac
tically remaining of the child The
manner IN which IL was done was for
the bishop to use the name in the invo-
cation and afterward for him to sign IA
certificate that he had 50 confirmed II
person by such new name. 1t is posi-
BILE that this practice might have been
in Shakespeare's mind when he wrote
Call me but love and III be new baptized.
HeuccfOrth never will be Romeo
-"komeo and Juliet" Act 2 Scene 2.
Westminster Review.
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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-11-30

In number the diaphanous robes
Worn 10y Il Japanese woman of high
rank of the eleventh or twelfth cen
fury were seldom less than twenty.
while ON great occasions even more
might lie necessary. Thus ut Il great
palace fete it is said that some wore
rs many as twenty five suits. showing
glimpses of purple, of crimson, of grass
green, of wild rose yellow and of sapan-
wood brown, their sleeves and skirts
decorated with golden designs. while
others, by subtle commingling OF will
low sprays and cherry blossoms and
by emhro dered patterns picked out
with gems, represented the poem Of
the jewels ami the flowers"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-11-30
Same Landau Sfreefa

In some OF the older and narrower
streets and alleys of London may he
seen ut each end two upright posts. At
first II might be supposed that they
served no more useful purpose than
aifordlng material for children to
swing on. Eut they are used to ind-
cate that the streets which are guard
ed 10y tie posts are closed to wheeled
traffic Some of the thoroughfares in
the poorer parts of London are 80 mar
row that n large vehicle would do serl-
ors damage II II We're driven along
them, and ms they are generally short
cuts would he much used We're they
not protected.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-11-30
Fathers and Sons.

Observers are struck With the CANA
raderie carried To the verge OF equali-
ty which obtains between fathers and
their schoolhoy sons, SO that thtir mu-
tual companionship is a source of I'M
fegned pleasure to both and should
prove safeguard against many evils
In the future This is essentially a
modern development aud stands to the
credit of the fathers OF the present
day.-London Spectator
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npiUn Ones Dufy.

Let us do our duty in our shop or our
kitchen, the market the street. the OF
fee. the school, the home just as faith
fully as If we stood In the front rnnl,
of some great battle and we knew that
victory for mankind depended ON our
bravery. strength and skill When we
do that the humblcst of us will be serv-
ing In that great army which achieves
the welfare of the world Theodore
pnrlpr
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-11-30

Julia Ward Howe had just written
The Battle Hymn of the Republic"
and was reading it to Elizabeth Cady
Stanton.
We'll Lizzie" she asked when she
had finished what do you think Of
it:"
Great was the reply. But you
are boosting man again in defiance Of
our glorious PRINCIPLES Sit down now
and write anpttcr t. lie called The
Battle lie If the Republic New
York re c2ram
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Pnrdonnble Ignorance.

A Young American woman. an author,
while seeing Rome for the first time
was anxious 20 include visit To the
tomb of Caesar Meeting citizen on
the street she inquired, in her best
Italian. the location of the tomb The
man looked greatly embarrassed Il
am desolated. signorina." he apologlz-
ed, speaking in excellent English Il
do not know Caesar has been dead
SO long,
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The good man quietly discharges his
duty and shuns ostentation; the vain
man considers every deed lost that is
not publicly displayed. The one is in
tent upon realities, the other upon
semblance; the one aims TO be good
the other TO appear So Robert Hall
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-11-30

Though butterflies and moths are
found widely distributed all over the
globe they are by far most abundant
in the tropics. For instance, Brazil can
show to the collector not less than TOO
different species within an hours walk
OF Para. There are not half as many
In all Europe. In Britain there are 81
species. and In all Europe there are 800
different kinds. They are found as far
north as Spitzbergen, on the Alps to a
height OF 1900 feet and on the Andes
up TO $4,000 feet. As there are some
100000 species it is easy to see why
butterfly hunters are great travellers.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-11-30

Boarder twarmlyl oh. | know every
one of the tricks of your trade. Do you
think | have lived in boarding houses
twenty years for nothing? Landlady
tfrigidlyl-l shouldn't be at all sur
prised
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"You don't mind my leaving 50 many
OF these bills, do you?" said the col
lector. with touch of sarcasm.
NO. indeed" roulied the woman in
the door. I'VE rather like It. The chill
dren do their examples on the backs OF
them"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-11-30

Pincher-I believe in that old saying
about taking care of the pennies. You
know It, don't you? Spenders
yes! Take care of the pennies and
the dollars will take care OF your
heirs Philadelphia Press.
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GlOyeS-Tannerd's Gloves.

Look the button of of your old gloves If "Tamert
you have had satisfactory service 1t takes time
to build up glove trae also takes good gloves We have sold
anne gloves years. and in time recall
pains of gloves that entirely satisfactory They promptly
replaced with others. Our glove stock its now-Mens
Womens and Childrens.
UNDERWEAR-Ify
you ought to Union Suits.
For Men-woo o cotton, $780, $500, $3.50 and $500.
For Women-5Oc 81 90 and $3.50
For Chldren-5Oc and 60c
The heeccd Underwear
High Rock If you do get the Ih Rock you getting
the best for fifty We believe satisfy your
the family underwear It's pleasure hear
know its good il we get here
BEAR IN MIND ALL STOCK IL NEW
LET US SEE YOU AT THE STORE
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Common Council.

A regular meeting of the Common Coun-
Gil of the City Of Lamhertville will be held in
the Council Room. Masonic Hall, on MON
DAY EVENING, DEC I ao,, at : 80 oclocl
JAMES II. REYNOLDS, City Clerk.
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Tom-Did Maud tell You the truth
when you asked her age? Dick-Yes.
Tom-What did she say? Dick She
said il was none OF my business.
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A man never learns how to make his
own coffee when he lives Mt home and
his mother has headache. but after he
marries he learns. Atchison Globe
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To Clean Up silver

"They say alcohol viii clean silver
up nicely" remarked the man who ac
quires facts
cit will" agreed the red nosed lndi
vidunl. 1T cleaned up I'LL my silver.
-Philadelphin Record
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FURS
GLOVES
UNDERWEAR

Three articles of wearing apparel which be right there is
disappointment to the
FURSWe describe satisfaction they be
Our object in this notice only to remind that have fur stock
ought to If only get posted what think good f
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Bride-I feel awfully nervous Moth
er-Pshaw, Don't take your first mar
rage so seriously. 1t doesn't have to
last forever,-Town Topics.
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NOTEUnless otherwise stated the above positions males only
address l.. LEVAN,
Building Trenton N ].
Write address plainly
WANTEDFor u Army able bodied unmarried between
English apply
Officer Broada and Front Sts, Trenton N J.
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II goodness were only a theory, II
were pity It should be lost to the
world.-Hazlitt.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-11-30

lisa press notice-The girls, "Oh
George, dontw when he hugs her.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-11-30

To equal predecessor one must
have twice his worth. Balthasar Ora
clan
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Board of Education.

The monthly meeting of the Board of Edu-
cation of the City of lambertville will be
held ON WEDNESDAY EVENING, DEC. ;.
1904, at 500 O'Clock
WM. j HENNFSSFI.
Secretary.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-11-30
The Kidneys

When they are weak, tor
pid. or stagnont, the whole
system suffers. Don't neg
lect them at this time, but
heed the warning of the
aching back, the bloated
face, the sallow complexion,
the urinary disorder, and
begin treatment at once with
Hoods Sarsaparilla
which contains the best and
sdfesG curative substances.
For testimonials of remarkable cures
send Cor Book on Kidneys. No. 8.
c. ]. Hood Co., Lowell, Mass.
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The successful Splinter seems to
have run Of luck
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The smile of the plummer and gas
meter is widening.
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Many people owe their present good
health to the fact that they consulted DR..
Pierce by letter, giving him all possible in
formation about their condition, symptoms,
etc, and received i'll return good medical
advice nhf6h COS! them nothing Write to
DR. r. V. Pierce, founder of the Invalids'
Hotel and Surgical Institute Buffalo. N Y.
DR.. Pierce by no means confines himself
to prescribing his well known medicines.
He tells YOU in the most common sense
way what ails you, what you ought to do,
what line of treatment should be followed
out in your particular case, and if your case
does not indicate the need for this proprie-
tary medicine, he tells you plainly aud
frankly nhdf yon do need, and the best
possible method of improving your health.
DR., Pierce treats many chronic cases at a
distance, through the mail and all you have
TO do is to write him your symptoms.
"During my two years OF married life have
not had good health writes Mrs Daisy Stud
dard, OF COS S Esplanade Avenue. Leavenworth,
Kans. al was all rundown, and my husband
got me TO write to DIR, Pierce l got an early
reply telling me what the trouble was l com
menced taking DR. i'erce's Favorite Prescrip-
ton, and also the Pleasant Pellets and now
can say that feel like new woman. l do all
my work aud do not feel tired out like used to.
have taken eight bottles of the Favorite Pre-
scrption,' II makes one feel well and strong
DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure dizzi-
ness and sick headache
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-14
Farm Topics-CompOsts.

We don't hear much about composts
and compost making nowadays for a
very good reason it has gone out of
fashion with all but a few farmers
here and there for whom the practice
is specially adapted. Compost-making
entails considerable labor of a kind
not very pleasant. Few farmers have
sufficient material and shelter to jus
tify the practice. 1t is easier and
every way as good to make the conf
post directly in the furrow as any ma
nure may be accumulated for the pur-
pose.
Any time in November or December
the burrows may be opened and any
lot manure worth using can be hauled
out and distributed in the burrows and
then any mineral matter can be
sprinkled over it in due proportion;
the burrows listed on and the job of
composing is done. This involves less
labor than the plan of mixing under
shelter. The stable manure saved on
the farm goes a very little ways at
the best in enriching it any one year
AS far as it goes it is very good.
But the only extensive or wholesale
enriching of farm can only be effect
ed with vegetable manure-manure
made from peavines, clover, velvet
beans, vetch, etc. 1t is not necessary
nor even desirable that such manurial
crops should be turned under green
1t is a hard thing to do in the first
place, but it is not desirable anyway
Grown on the soil and then allowed to
mature and die on 1t then be turned un-
der has been found to be the best
method in the renovation of land in an
extensive way. Whether we call 1t
humus or manure this vegetable matter
provides the cheapest method of MAX
ing land rich. 1t is not likely that a
better will be found.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-14

The Garden-Thoughts for NOvem-
Fall gardening was so greatly in
terfered with by dry weather this sea
son there will be less of II than Is
usually done when October rains are
more seasonable. However, where
there has been rain enough to wet the
soil there is still much that can be
done that it will be we'll to do. We
have had no severe weather yet, and
il may be a number of weeks before
any hard freezes occur. In South
Georgia and Florida it is still in order
TO SOW onion seed and to put out the
sets. For the sets If the land Is bed
ded up as high as possible the sets
can be covered with two or three
inches of soil which will be protec-
ton from heaving while the plants
are getting we'll rooted. This soil can
be worked away from the onions later
on. When the sets are put into loose
soil a light roller should be run along
over them or they should be pressed
firmly in with the foot. 1t is very
rare that onion sets are heaved out by
freezes even in Middle Georgia when
set any time in November.
1t is not too late to sow spinach, a
salad plant second only to asparagus
If the seeds are good the plants Will
soon get a hold on the soil that will
prevent their being heaved. A small
plot is easily mulched-
At least three years out of f1Ve tur-
nips sowed and cabbage plants set out
in November escape any serious dam
age in Middle Georgia. Some cab
bages and some turnips are much har-
der than others. The green glazed
cabbage and the Savoy are much more
hardy than the pale green, smooth
leaved sorts. And the yellow Aberdeen
turnip is more hardy than the Cow
horn or Flat Dutch.
Unless the soil is in good state of
preparation it will be better when in
doubt to wait until the severe weather
of January is over before making ex-
tensive sowings or paintings of any
thing susceptible to injury from cold.
1t would be better to use the time be-
tween now and then in getting the soil
we'll plowed and well manured. Ma
nure well and make fine seed bed and
the crop put in later on will not be
much behind any November plant
ingS.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-14
GARDEN
AND HOUSEHOLD
By S. A. COOK.

IL is a biennial II requires two seasons
to produce a crop OF seeds and the con-
scientious grower of good cabbage
seeds must sacrifice the finest heads of
one season to produce seeds the next.
Starting with a good strain of cab
bageseeds the only way to maintain
their good quality is by selecting solid
well-formed heads in the field and later
the entire plant must be carefully pre-
served until the following Spring and
then set out in soil adapted to seed de-
velopment-soil rich in mineral ele-
ments.
1t is an ancient saying that who
ever makes two blades of grass grow
where only one grew before is a public
benefactor" 1t may we'll be said OF the
man engaged in growing and selling
perfect seeds-"he is worthy or
monument" There is a general conf
plant the country over of the difnculty
of getting seeds pure and true 10 name
Farmers and gardeners in every sec
ton make the same complaint Seeos
did not come UP" seeds not true to
name" seeds badly mixed with weeds
and SO on. 1t is a bad state of affairs
TO be sure.
About the only remedy that is any
ways practical is for farmers, garden-
ers and others to either raise their
own seeds or buy directly from those
who produce them. There are reputa-
BILE seed growers in one place or an
other that produce the various tarm
and garden seeds. Bought directly from
them the seeds as rule are fresh' uh-
mixed and true to nam
In the routine of commerce there is
no telpling how .old, impure ana I'M
reliable seeds may become before they
reach the backswoods farmer anu
gardener. The Southern farmer can
raise nearly all his own seeds ana why
shO,Id he NOT