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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-02-10
CHOICE MISCELLANY
price of a Family skeleton.

Ancestral graves prove one of the
most serious obstacles to railway max
ing in China, and wherever possible the
engineers haze avoided them. Some
TIMES eXorbitant prices are demanded
for the removal Of an ancestors re-
mains. bat through the influence of
Chinese interested in the railway some
thing like uniformity has been arrived
at. and the average price now paid for
Il grave is 4 taels about 10 shillingsb.
'Fene shuis presents another obstacle.
The literal translation of the term is
wind, water but it is best explained
rs a system of geomaney which rules
the daily action of the Chinese as a
race, from the setting of date for Il
marriage or a funeral to the location OF
city. The site of every city, town or
village has been fixed by geomancers
after consulting the oracies Each com.
munity has its guardian dragon or some
such Hypothetical monster and Woe
betide the individual who proposes 10
cut ii in two with tunnel or railway
track Engineering Magazine
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-02-10

A stringed instrument suspended In
Il favorable position near a pIanoforte
will sound when tones corresponding
to the open strings are produced on the
pianofOrtc The volume Of the answer
ing tone Will depend upon the almos-
pherie conditions, the quality and color
of the persnading tone and the sens-
tivcness Of the responding material.
There Is n familiar anccli0te told of n
famous tenor who by singing the tone
that WIS eonsOnant with that OF n
wlneglass could make the glass shivcr
50 violently that IL would fall TO pieces.
IT is because of this tonal sympathy
that the cause of harsh. rattling
tone that may suddenly appear in "A
pianofoflc is detected with difficulty.
Though il may appear TO be in the in
strument. ii Is often far away and may
come from loose globe or pendant on
chandelier. Even a key In door has
hecn known 10 be the guilty cause.
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Free to All
FOlUlNG A HlGHWAYMAN.
The Proper Thing to Do When intre-
duced tn IL Uoidup.

\ man who carries his money and
his watch IN his left hand will never
lose penny nor timVpiecc in II hold
up The precaution. which is per
feet one. is "a simple that few people
have Thought Of it, YET il has the
sanction of the police and lis efficacy
has been proved in mere than one in
stance.
As soon as the citizen Is confronted
by the holdup man he will, II he has
his money and his watch in his hand,
throw them on the nearest lawn or
into the ditch. No highway robber has
time enough 10 stop 10 look for either.
There Is no sense in carrying ynluables
in the right hand. because the first
move of every accomplished holdup
man is 10 grab his victim by the right
arm. This movement is made 10 pre-
vent the victim from reaching fer II
revolver.
Tho man who tries 10 draw II re-
volyer while holdup man is in front
of him takes his life In his hands, II
citizen carries revolver nj all he
should carry il in his right hand while
In a dangerous street. His money and
his watch should always he in his left.
Then after he has thrown them away
and the rohber has departed discom-
fitted the victim can take his time about
finding his property.
This simple plan discounts all the re-
volvers, sword canes. slitngshots and
A.
the added beauty that il cnn bc en-
ployed by a woman as well as by Il
man. TO throw the purse or he watch
away takes but 4 fraction of Il second
and that isn't long Chicago Tribune
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-02-10

They have in London an inspector
general in companies liquidation"
whose report on stock company insol-
vency for 1902, just issued, is not with
out interest on this side of the Atlantic.
The total number of cases in which
winding up proceedings were com
menced during the year was lG29. of
which 1901 We're voluntary liquida
tions. l6 voluntary liquidations subject
TO supervision of the court and 1l2 com
pulsory foundations by order of the
court. The total number of new com
panies registered in England and Wales
was 3,596 The total number of liqui-
dating companies during the year was
in proportion TO the new companies reg
istered % per cent as against ST per
cent during the previous year. In ten
years the amount involved in liquida-
tons was about 81. 100000, 600, of which
the total loss to the investors WAS APP
proXimately S1.0Qo,0o0, GOO, total re-
spectacle by comparison with Ameri-
can figures.
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HUMoR OF THE HOUR FACTS IN FEW LINES
4 nc.nnrcernl MnItcr.

A little story illustrative of the inge-
nuIty of some colored walters when
they are really up against il" Is told
by Moncure Burke, secretary to Engi-
neer Commissioner Riddle 1T the Dis
triet building
Il went into a nearby pie garden the
other day says Mr. Burke. and or
dered sandwich and cup of coffee
1t is one Of the rules of this food en-
porinm that the waiter shall write The
order an a little slip of paper and nut
The price opposite The check IS then
paid 10 the cashier at the desk
when | had finished my light repast
picked up the slip placed on the table
by the waiter and, CHANGING NJ it, saw
written thereon:
PIE De
"'Cotfee, Be
Il called 10 the waiter in curiosity
Hey John. | didn't have any pie.
atc sandwich
That's all right boss. he replied.
pie and snn'wich is both the same
price, and | amt SO good on spelling
that san'wich. Washington Star.
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nnss For Young women.

All very young women are affecting
large black bats, and large hats are al
ways exceedingly becoming 10 youth
ful beauties They are either built on
very severe lines az they are mass of
flowing plunes or their outlines are
scftencd by lunches of tips. An eXs
tremely attractive hat has straight
hrim in the front and on one side, and
at the left side il is turned up abruptly
and caught with Il rosette of black vel
vet. Another model of rough black felt
Is turned mp on the left side and held
there with parrots breast and head.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-02-10

The other day it was reported from
Prussia. says the Westminster Gazette
that, though the amber industry had
been dull of late the trade i'll imitation
amber had been highly satisfactory
1t now seems. smokers viii be interest
ed to know. thai even the hrier root
pipe is not what IT IS supposed 10 he.
The brier root of commerce is the root
of the large growing heath Erica an
boreal. Brier in this connection is said
to be a corruption of "bruyere' (heath.
The brier root industry has had
somewhat curious history FIRST begun
in the Pyrenees some fifty years ago, il
travelled along the French Riviera and
the Ligurian coast. taking Corsica BY
the way, 10 the Tuscan Mafamma and
reached Calabrin in the south. By the
very nature of the business, when Il
certain district has been exhausted Of
all its roots the industry must come to
an end there The Italian branch is not
expected to survive more thau ten
years
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Ey-provost Clark of Paisley, Eus
land, has been relating the origin OF
cotton sewing thread, which was first
used in that town in the weaving OF
"heddles' as substitute for silk
which was stopped by Napoleon III
1903, when be seized Hamburg. Mr.
Clark's grandfather and his brother
then bethought them of cotton, which
worked SO smoothly that MIR. Clarks
father. then a youth, took to recon
mending it to women instead of linen
then mostly used Originally il was
sold in hanks or skcins. These the wo-
men had to wind into little balls, as
they do cut of wool at the present
day Wishing TO convenience them,
young Clark on selling a skein of
thread would sit down at pirn wheel
and wind the thread on a bohbin. for
which he charged a halfpenny. This
halfpenny was refunded when the emp
ty bobbin was returned. Such was the
beginning of cotton thread
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American Families.

According to the statistical atlas of
the United States. newly issued by the
census Office, the average number Of
persons to a family has declined from
Sc in 1850 TO Al in 1900 In 1870 the
average was a tride above ;.
In 1900 the average ranged from
more than in Texas, North Carolina
West Virginia and Virginia down
through Al in Iowa and Illinois 10 SO
in Nevada. Nearly all the southern
states lead in the size of families, while
the six New England states. with New
York. California and Washington
bring up the rear New York's average
Is about As
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-02-10
Large Mileage.

Distance lends enchantment 10 sery
ice In congress The delegate from Ha-
waii will receive nearly $4,000 during
his term of two years in addition 10 his
salary of $4,000, besides drawing an
allowance for clerk hire and stationery.
The $4,000 is the bonus, or rather the
mileage. which he receives because he
lives in the Sandwich Islands. A dele
gate 10 congress from the Philippines
would be able to collect about $50. 900
mileage if there should happen to be an
extra session during his term. Other
wise he would get about $4,000
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-02-10
sad News For Gum chewers.

The saddest news that has come out
of Maine in a long time is that the
spruce gum crop is short This means
that chewing gum will cost more this
year or gum chewers will get less for
their money. Most Of the gum put up
by the great chewing gum concerns
comes from the spruce trees of Maine.
and the shortness OF the crop. therefore.
is Of direct interest 10 every messenger
boy. typewriting girl, saleswoman and
cash girl who has the gum chewing
habit
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-02-10

A revival IN the way Of dress aeces.
series is the many new ruchings for
the neck and sleeves These are seen in
crepe de chine. mousseline dc sole. ehif
fon. liberty, French null and all kinds
Of fancy nets.
They come in the narrow widths for
collars and will take the place to GER
tain extent OF the turnover collars and
cuffs which have been worn SO long.
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The Br,,.c.

Bridge thought YOU would never
ALLOW lady 10 stand in Il street car so
long rs You had seal IL give her.
noticed You sal all the Way down last
evening Notwithstanding there was Il
lady hanging GA 10 strap
Rhodes know; hui that lady didn't
count. That was only my wife. don't
Won know Boston Transcript
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FOR A LIZZIE uIl,I..

cashmere embroidery The bottom OF
the skirt is finished with rows of stitch
ing
The blouse. With tueke! plastron Of
the same satin. is trimmen with bands
of the embroidery forming standing
collar. turnover collar with cravat
ends half bretelles and shoulder
straps. The sleeves are box plated on
The outside and finished with cuffs or
namented with stitching forming
points The belt is of the satin
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A. lie Heard II.

When the Sunday school Supcrintend.
ent read the closing words OF the hook
Of Job. And job died. being old and
full of days, he said 10 the children;
NOV, can anybody tell me the cause
of Jobs DEATH"
And a timid little boy on a back seal
piped out
lie was fully dazed, sir New
York Times.
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do you mean 10 Intimate that the
prisoner was intoxicatedT'
We'll, appearances seemed againft
him"
'What appearancesF
"Well, for one thing he was holding
glass upside down trying 10 MI II
from tightly corked bottle. "-CIeye.
land Plain Dealer,
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VARY PIeIlIifnI.

We came upon the great editor as he
was reading verse.
1T must be very tiresomc discovering
new poets every day we yentured.
at is more tircsomr discovering they
are not poets. he sadly replied. r.
Cleveland Plain Dealer
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Addition Is Easy.

Miss Gaussip OF course that's only
rumor. hui you can put one and one
together and make two
Miss Sharpe (eauslcallyl Yes, in
dealing with rmors some people can
put almost nothing together and make.
anything they please Philadelphia.
Press
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Helping Him Quit.
ought Won ouit drinking. -

Il thought you Quit drinking
"Oi did
"rhen what are you drinking that
forF"
"For what other r'ason should it BE-
than TO kape me will power keyed up
10 the sticISin' pointE"- Indianapolis
sun.
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Seene, coal mine al frostbnrg. Halty
mulS attached Ia ear refuses 10 contn-
nc forward service Driver very any
ious 10 get there, Mule very anxious
not 10 Driver changes mule Ia other
end ct car
Driver New We mudtherin' spal-
peen back Ia the minesi Baltimore
News.
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Evidence.

The Judge You say your wife hit
you over the head with II plate?
Rastus- Yes, sab.
The Judge But your head doesn't
show II.
Rastus But you done ouehter see dat
plate.
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Anrnnnted rnr

How did you get your black eye.
SamboE
"Well, boss, yer see | was oat a-look
in fer trouble, and dis ERE eye was de
furst 10 find it. Yonkers Sta tesmsn
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WOMAN AND FASHION
4 Dress Frocl. .

The illustration shows dress frock
Of Pompeiian red satin for little girl
from i've To eleven years old. The skirt
is made with box plaits in front. two of
which are ornamented with straps Of
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Sitting Him RigI,t.

81 understood your neighbors daugb-.
ter is taking lessons in M culinary
art
The idea She's nothing Of the sort
She's only going 10 cooking school 1
Houston Post.
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Any small boy will tell you that even
leather slippers may be felt f'hiIadct
phia Record.
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Drugs.

In buying drugs the same
precaution should be taken rs
in purchasing II suit Of clothes.
so where you know the goods
are all right, there you get your
moneys worth.
3. We have constantly on hand
a full line oil pure drugs and
chemicals, fancy and toilet arti-
cles, Medicated Soaps and Cot
ton Surgical dressings of all
kinds and Trusses. In fact
every thing that should be in an
UPTODATEDRUG STORE.
{. w. CL0SSON,
Cor. Main and Church Streets,
LAM BERTVlLLE,
NJ. j.
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The illustration pictures - pale blue
broadcloth shirt waist with brilliant
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FOR MORNING WEAR.

toned embroidery. y band Of oriental
work is down the front and at the
wrists. while the stock is all over hand
work
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-11

was candidate for vice president with
Blaine in 1888 A. J. Streeter was the
union labor candidate for president; the
same year Robert II. Cowdrey was can
didate Of the united labor party; In 1892
Adlai I. Stevenson was elected vice presi-
dent on the ticket with Cleveland; in 1896
John M. Palmer was the gold democratic
candidate for president; in 1886 Hale
Johnson was the prohibition candidate for
president; in 1900 Adlai I. Stevenson was
again a candidate for vice president, tho
this time defeated, and in 1900 j. g.
Wooley was the prohibition candidate far
president. Shelby M Cullom began his
political career in Illinois by being elected
to the state legislature in 1856, and has
been in active politics ever since The
suggestion Is growing in favor that he be
chosen now to run with Roosevelt Pair
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contestants on the same fair basis.
Votes We're determined by new
subscriptions turned in on the ba-
sis Of a vote for every cent paid.
For paid in advance subscriptions
a special credit was allowed Of
1000 votes.
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ever submitted to a newspapers
readers.
For those who are not familiar
with the contest, the telling Of
the plan may be interesting.
The ournal divided the
States Of Minnesota, North Da-
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cutting attorney for Braxton county in.
West Virginia in 1852, He was a dele.
gate to the democratic national conven-
lions OF 1868, 1872 and 1876. He served
IN the United States senate from 1881 to
1887. He has been engaged In the oil,
mining and law business and has lived
most Of his life at Parkersburg.
The secretary OF state Is about to open
negotiations with Great Britain. Russia,
and Japan. looking to the preservation of
the fur seal, which Is
Seal Fishing In danger OF extermi-
nation as q result OF
- to Receive the methods of sealing
now pursued. A joint
M Attention. resolution authorizing
s s:fl this action was passed
by-congress at the session just closed.
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brought him check for $4,000, 900. SEN
ator German had a slice Of that, and 1t
was there he received q large forward
impetus in his financial career. German
and Davis are cousins.
Another Of the '.old-time'' democrats
who will sit In the democratic convention
is former Senator Johnson N. Camden
Of West Virginia. He
1 Entered Public is 76 years OF age, and
s,s III, .s.a N has been out Of public
Life Before life since 1887, except
for the short period
the Civil War. between 1893 and 1895,
8 IS 80 I. 81 when he was chosen
to fill the unexpired term In the senate
OF John d. Kenna. who died. Senator
Camden began public LIE nine years boz
tore the civilrwaz being appointed prose
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Votes Cast !!

The accompanying tables tell
their own story. It has been a
fair, clean-cut contest and has
aroused much enthusiasm in all
districts. It developed a great deal
Of good-natured rivalry amongst
all contestants, and while T he
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No Less | han
The Brilliant Finish Of the Most Popular Voting
Contest Ever Conducted by n Paper in the West

This final statement of The
urn a Is World s Fair Contest
is well worth study on the part
Of all readers. For it represents
the final outcome of the fairest
planned and most successfully car
ried out voting contest that was
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kota, South Dakota, Northern
Iowa, Wisconsin and Upper Michi-,
gan; as well as the City Of Min
neapolis, into districts, and trip
to the st. Louis Worlds Fair was
offered to the best vote getter in
each district. This plan put all
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-11

J ourn a congratulates the win
ners and promises them the best Of
times going to St. Louis, it cor
daily thanks those who were not
fortunate in winning the prizes
but who made such a gallant
fight. Better luck next time.
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WASHINGTON GOSSIP

The demand that Illinois furnish one of
the candidates on the republican presi-
Dental ticket Is distinctly in line with
a long string Of prec-
Illinois Has edents. Durin the
last forty five years
Furnished that state has fur
nished it's share. Be-
Many Men. ginning at 1860 there
was Lincoln, who was
again successful candidate in 1864; in
1868 and 1872 u. s. Grant was the winning
candidate. In 1872 David Davis of Illi-
nois was the presidential nominee of the
labor reform party; in 1876 James B.
Walker was the candidate OF the Ameri-
can national convention, a religious re-
form movement. in 1884 John A. Logan
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Buffalo and Return

$12.25 vie, Grand Trunk railway syss
tenn from Chicago, May 10, II and 2.
return limit May 90. Tickets optional
via rail or steamer between Detroit
and Buffalo in either direction. For
particulars apply David Brown. Jr.,
travelling passenger agent, / II Ends
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/ q I

An attempt will be made to secure joint
treaty making effective the findings oil
the Bering sea tribunal Of arbitration In
its award made at Paris Aug. 16, 1893.
Secretary Cortelyou, Of the department Of
commerce and labor, is charged with the
supervision which the United States gov
eminent exercises over the American seal
waters, and it was on his recommendation
that the Joint resolution was passed.
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Another Of the
who will sit in the
is former Senator
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THE final RECORD OF ALL CONTESTANTS:

X Z
sydney ~At o. snyder, 1o1s.s Fourth e I've.
Ernest nus L. Anderson rs Fifteenii oY2sS
RsS Il WseP 81 SsEe6ta stRssf
Sixth Ward 81.
Bessie T. Albeit, 1913 Fourth street s. "a, 7es
Miss Anna Flagstadt, 1923 Riverside -. = = -,
MISS e Cora swenson; SIS Nineteenth 1o'l9s
Miss s Hilda Erickson; SCI Cedar ave- o4
nue. .ts.s:.s. ..e- -. 30
Nellie NJ panneF i424 f nafe e street. 81 ees
Id3 RRsisf5 sSs5Ss
- Eighth Ward 1e..s, .<-,. :.
i Miss Florence, Harrington, s8928 Henne.
Miss Ma s De corsey ao44 Park ave- -.
Herbert $; rsii, Ssls Fourth avenue $ $685.
Mrs. E. B. shekels. 1862 Aldrich ave-
nue. S....................... lZl4
e Ninth Ward ar n scsa2l ~ esE 41= :ee4 }T
w u S a9a;. s4ss d:st:si s!s5gs S S4sss
third avenue NE ..,.................. 443s
street M ~ ... -. -. $3.50 :
&c EJ: w. Wilson's 1925 Emerson sayenue N !. 1.o4s
Tenth Ward .,s.s z~,s zs.sssss s...z4., +.
Miss = +. Daisie. 112a twenty sixth IS. +
ys s$ssas 40 - Avenue n sssa
r.,
NJ A. Caflstron 1900 Washington ave- :.
Ada Ricket 4o4s sixth street a1o
~ Nellie M. Stevens 4231s Washington; .
'z avenue N =. .s......4 S,6lS
z Eleventh Ward. III & ,gss5gS .sa Gsxls4 # 4.
Melville p. Bergman, 1927 e Nine
nue. 49,. 1885
nue. ...::.. ]. 49,. 1920
Alice sandberg. 17os Elevtnth avenue s 4ss
sSs Twelfth Ward
3 avenue 49,. 4o,o22
avenue $ 4. Il. ........ s,14e
S ,.. $500. 27,1ss
-. que 22,1s1
Thirteenth Ward ~ - 81 3s r.
Miss Elizabeth M. Shattuck, 1000
Queen avenue s, Linden Hills ........ 60,9A
J. h Camp, 11O1 w Thirty sixth street, II ,448
] E.r Miss Mabel Dickinson. 3S40 Harriet ..
MS Wiliam j. Donpeliyi 1910 Vincent '0'''o
avenue = ....... .ts.e 800
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wealth Is twenty IN

wealth is twenty smillions. He began as:
u q poor farmer boy.
Rich Senator and until he was 20
worked on q West. Vir--
Began Life ginia farm. He then
took a. Job with the
as Farm Boy. Baltimore & Ohio rail-
road, and worked for
that concern in various capacities for
fourteen years Then he branched out
and went into the coal mining and lumber
business, and finally Into banking. His
coal shipping interests took him into rail-
reading, and he was associated with
Stephen B. Elkins and Arthur p. German
In. building the West Virginia Central rail-
road, which was sold out by them many
years ago to the Gould interests, con-
trolling the Wabash system. IT is said
that Senator Davis share q that deal