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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-06-13

The grewsome spectacle of a public
execution III England Is happily u thing
Of the past The scatfold used to be
erected IN the roadway outside the
prison, and crowds would assemble to
witness the sight. the last time a man
was hanged in public being when MI
chael Barrett suffered the extreme pen
atty In May. 1868. In old Bailey, out
tide Newgate prison. for exploding Il
task of gunpowder under the walls of
Glerkenwell prison TO release the Fe-
MAN prisoners Burke and Casey. mad
Get that killed several and injured still
London Graphic.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-06-13

1t IS curious 10 6ud In II "Dyetary"
OF 15l2 the Information that here Ii
made of multe, of hopps aud water 1t
Is Il NATURAL drynl,e Tor Duteheman.
And now Of late dayes 1t is moche used
In Engande to the detryment Of many
Engllsshe men" The author was
speaking Of beer" the then new liquor
distinguished from ale by being hop
ped In this sense seventeenth cen
fury rhymer says That turkey. carps,
hops, piccadel ana beer came into Eng
land all Ia one year" 'piceadel" being
kind Of ruf or collar.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-06-13

The California Indians who used to
inhabit the Santa Barbara Islands are
described by the missionaries as the
most degraded Of all human beings,
with morality lower than that OF ami
mails. Insects. especially grasshoppers.
formed portion OF their food and
like the natives Of the adjacent main
land, they probably fed to Il great ex-
tent on the larger kinds Of earth
worms. Possibly they belonged to the
Shoshonean stock OF the mainland
Their determination Is attributed to
the changed conditions Of existence i'm
posed upon them by the missionaries
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-06-13

During the reign OF terror in Paris
Ia 1893 many OF tho nobility were re-
duced to starvation and beggary. The
abattolrs sent their hides fresh to the
tanneries without removing the tails,
and In cleaning them the tails We're
thrown away. One OF the noble beg
CARS asked for tail. and 1t was will
ingly given to him. He took it to his
lodging and made (what Is now ia
mous) the first dish OF OK tail soup.
He told others of his good luck, and
they annoyed the tanners SO much that
q price was put upon them.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-06-13

A writer who once saw Lord Tenny-
son on the platform of railway sta
ton says OF him: "He would have been
tall, but his shoulders seemed some
what bent. His hair was long; SO was
his beard. He wore an ugly Inverness
cape and large SLOUGH hat. He looked
like u bandit In melodrama, and |
thought him some poor actor who had
come out IA some OF the stage proper
ties. He seemed SO sad | felt quite
sorry for him as watched him walk
up and down the platform"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-06-13

Legitlmately produced and truly In
spirited. fiction interprets humanity, In
forms the understanding and quickens
the affections. 1t reflects ourselves,
warns us against social follies. adds
rich specimens to our cabinet of char.
acters, dramatizes life for the unimag-
NATIVE, daguerreotypes 1t for the un.
obseryant, multiplies experience for the
isolated or inactive and cheers age, re.
tirement and invalidism with an avail
able and harmless sOlace.-Tuckerman
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-06-13
Card Etfauefte.

"Hand In a lot OF cards" said the
elder woman.
why" was the hurried inquiry.
"Well, II you don't hand in enough"
she said, as her companion Owed deep
into her case. they will say you don't
know what Is right. IL you give too
many. however. they will think that
you know better than they do and that
there is some new style they have
heard nothing about Hand him a
lot.i-Kansas City Independent.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-06-13
brother. and sisters.

1t has been proved again and again
that boy without a sister Is much to
be pltied; that girl without brother
il to be condoled with. And why? Be
cause the mutual society improves
both. The boy teaches tho girl to be
wider minded, less petty and narrow,
more manly physically, and, above all,
To understand something of the OPP
posite ser. Again. the boy is hun
dredfold nicer for having u sister. He
conhdes hls little scrapes to her, and
she, with her gentle Unborn goodness,
helps him and advises him to avoid the
pitfall again. London Queen.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-06-13

"Do you eyer catch any whales, cap
tainY' asked the fair passenger ON the
ocean liner
"Often, ma'am," answered the digni'
fed captain
How very wonderful! Please tell
Tue how you catch them: =
I'VE drop few OF the old salts 90
their tails, ma'am."
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-06-13
Solitude.

Solitude Is u matter of taste. 1t has
peen the subject OF much discussion.
Volumes have been written in praise
or condemnation of IT. But perhaps
the real value OF solitude has never
been so subtly and SO accurately ex-
pressed as by the girl who was asked
II she liked being alone. THAT de
pends." she answered sweetly, "on
whom | am alone with"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-06-13
LAUGHTER


EVEN II IL be Emotional INSANITY
Let Us Have Plenty of ID.
Some English scientist has reached
the conclusion that laughter Is insan
ity. He regards n fit of laughter as an
emotional insanity of short duration.
All right, then, give us little more IN
sanity There Is not laughter enough
in the world at least the right kind OF
laughter. We will let the Englishmen
keep their faces straight If they want
to, but II BELTS the American civilian
ton better to break out Into laughter
once IA awhile Laughter Is good for
the facial muscles. 1t develops the
muscles Of the neck as well as the face.
1t makes the corners of the mouth turn
upward instead OF downward II gives
the wrinkles OF the face n pleasing out
line, duickens the action OF the heart
and gives new life to the nerve centers.
Yes, we can afford to let the English
man look wise and idiotic IL he wants
to. He can stare with fish eyed big
otry whenever Joke Is perpetrated,
never allowing a ripple of merriment
to disturb the placldlty of his counte-
nance He can do all these things that
he wishes TO- but let us go on laugh
ing This kind Of insanity mixes very
we'll with sanity and prosaic life. A
little burst of emotional insanity breaks
nicely the m0n0tOny Of facts aud fig
ures.-Medical Talk
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-06-13
Little wiIIie's Surprise.

Mr.. and MIS- Blank recently moved
from the city to the suburbs. The first
night IA thel2 new home their fivey year
was addressed
"Willie said his mother, haven't
you forgotten to say your prayers"
"why. memma." he replied. ITS God
way out here tooT-Judge.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-06-13

Old Farmer Gray and his elder Sis
Ter We're having some sort of discus
sion over the rightful age of man
whose death was published among the
country newspaper notices. The paper
stated 1t incorrectly. they We're sure of
that But they couldn't quite agree ON
what was his proper age.
He's pretty nigh Brother HIS age
said Farmer Gray finally. ~Leastwise
he was born the same year-mebbe not
to the month recoilect story
mother used to tell about-but I'll just
go an look up His age IN the Bible
The air of the best parlor," which
he entered, WIS Il bit close. The sun
never was allowed 10 shine In this
room more than once u twelvemonth-
Ii might fade the carpet. On mar
BILE topped table. resting On u worsted
mat, was the family Bible. The last
time Farmer Gray had looked into this
book he'd registered the baptism of his
baby daughter. Madge. For his daily
readings he used little New Tesla
ment
As he undid the heavy clasps or the
big Bible the pages opened themselves
at place where there was somtt
pressed yellow sweet clover The mere
sight OF 1t somehow recalled farofr
memories. 1t recalled certain sum-
mer day so long ago. II was ON his
honeymoon, and his young wife had
just plucked these sprays of yellow
clover. Think you can love me as
long as this keeps sweet" she had
asked archly. How pretty she had
looked laughing up Into his face! How
precious she had been To him! After
ten years of happy married life their
long wished for child had come. When
the young mother died he had chung TO
the baby daughter with double tender
ness. He simply worshiped her grow
Ing girlhood. But she had run away
from him and with an actor, and he
had forbidden her ever to cross his
doorsill again.
The old farmer scarcely knew what
he was about, his head SWAIN So
Doubtless II was that strong, sweet
odor of the clover Somehow 1t seem
ed to him To be suddenly flooding the
whole room filling his stubborn heart
with something very like pardon and
mercy.
Madge dragged wearily down Broad
way In dazed sort of fashion after
she had left the unctuous little nun
ager Almost directly In front of Il
theater she found herself walking Into
u small group of boys. They We're jeer-
ing Il man Who stood close to the the
ater's entrance timid and self distrust-
full But Madge moved mechanically
toward the street curb in order to pass
OH. She did not observe him.
Wants To know where you 20 to
find out where the play actors live-did
you everT sarcastlcally jeered one OF
the urchins. Il say, Reuben, hadn't you
better tend TO the hay cropY
"Wot he wants { do Is ter go ON de
stage hissef an lind out" suggested
another urchin A cop" came up the
street at this moment, and the old man
who had been affording the boys
amusement took few steps toward
him, In doing so his eyes fell upon the
slight. girlsh figure who had Just sue
ceeded ia passing the group of urchins.
"Madge! MGdge" he gasped.
Father" Regardless of everything,
like very little child she threw her
self into his outstretched arms
"'Twas the yellow sweet clover done
It. darlin'," said he, bit mysteriously,
while lie patted her cheeks as OF old,
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-06-13

"Do you mean to tell me that you
have lived In this out OF the way pace
for ten years.
That's right. stranger Just ten
years"
I'm surprised can't see what you
find here TO keep you busy"
Il can't find anything That's the
reason l like It." Milwaukee Sentinel
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-06-13
,InI.rn E,istsnce

10 dress better, live better and occu-
by better houses that are better fur
nlshsd forces men To- work harder aud
longer than their predecessors did. The
result OF this Is that the ordinary man
Is separated from his wife and family
almost as much rs II he We're absent
Truth.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-06-13

Flrmness Of purpose Is one OF the
most necessary slnews OF character
and one Of the best Instruments OF
success without 1t genius wastes Its
,frorts Ia maze OF Inconsistencies
Chesterfield.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-06-13

Ethel twho Is not famous for her
good lookslI don't see why you should
call Miss Whltm0re plain. I'm sure l
only wish | were halr az good looking
as she H. Pred You are, Ethel; you
know you ure. CAnd Ethel is wonder
ing whether he meant to compliment
her
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-06-13
An Easy Creditor.

The stomach listens to no precepts
1t begs and clamors. And yet 1t IL
not an obdurate creditor 1t Is dis
missed with small payment, II only
you give 1t what YOU owe, and not as
much as you can Seneca.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-06-13

In the British museum are books
written On oyster shells, bricks, ules'
bones, ivory, lead, iron, copper, sheep
akin, wood and palm leaves
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-06-13

Every one OF us, whatever our spec
ulative opinions. knows better than he
practices and recognizes a better law
than he obeys. Froude.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-06-13

Tommy Paw, doesn't precipitation
mean the same as settling? Mr. Figg
1t does in chemistry. but In business
you'Il find that most men In settling
don't show any precipitation at all.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-06-13
wnu. H. nnnm ,he Mrnann Mhr.

Costlque It's funny that SOME peo-
Die are never satisfied to know thing
IL so and So but must ask the why and
wherefore. Sappy r Yea. ! wonder
why it is
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-06-13

Gerald-Will you marry mef Ger
aldine-W Wait awhile. | don't want to
get tired Of you just yet.-New York
Press
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-06-13

Necessity may render a doubtful act
innocent. but it cannot make It praise
wortby.-Joubert.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-11-28
PUT NEGRO DOWN
THE SOUTH WILL COME INTO
HER OWN SAYS WILLIAMS

Malhalla. Miss. Nov. 27.-Tho
South's rapid industrial development
tonight was attributed by Congress
man John sharp Williams to sus-
stain political Acknowledgement of
the negro.
He said from 1898 to 1900 Missis
sippi had made greater Increase IN
manufacturing than Connecticut and
the south generally greater percent
than New England.
As aroason he said: "The reason
consists in the fact that in 1890 Mis
sissippi adopted constitution sirta.
ally disfranchising the negro race
without, however, violating the pro
visions OF the fifteenth amendment. .
Louisiana, South Carolina. North
Carolina, Virginia, Alabama had done
likewise. he said, and the result has
been racial peace accompanied BY
material welfare As a solution
the negro problem Mr.. Williams said
he favored importing white laborers.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-11-28
DISCRETION ON
INCREASE IN UNI
TED STATES NAVY

WASHINGTON. Nov 27.--D Dosertlon
.is or the increese in the United States
army The annual report of the mil
itnry secretary shows that in the
year ended Juno 80 there were 2,258
dosertlons, or IA for every 100 sol
diers In the army.
IN 1905 the rate OF dosertion was
only G.S. and for the three years
previous to that time the rate Of
deseriion was only G1 From 1898
to 1904 the average OF desertions
was only 10 The rate OF desertion
I'm 1906 was highest I'm the field artil-
.lcry, % per cent.
The cavalry was next, with rs per
cont white soldiers showed a de-
.sertion average Of 8.f per cent, while
the negro soldiers showed an average
OF only % per cent.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-11-28
PATHETIC NOTE
WAS LEFT BY MOTHER WHO XII
LED HERSELF AND BABIEs.

Providence, II. l.. Nov. 27.-Mrs.
Charles Cheel,ley and her two chill
dren. girl of two and half years
and one Ave months old. were found
dead in their homo tonight The
woman had turned on the gas and
@tlng her two childron I'm herearms
Jas down with them She loft n
aote which read as follows: "To the
.aeorest man ON earth. am unhappy
and want to die So might as well go
now You viii find my pin and ring
on the little girls heart. love my
husband, my home. and my chndron.
Don't blame me. In want OF thought
we may DO harm when we mean TO do
good"
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-11-28
SHOT TO DEATH
MURDER or ANDREW }. PORTER,
\ WEALTHY FARMER SHOCKS
SCOTT COUNTY.

Bristol. Tenn. Nov Details
of the sensational murder Of Andrew
J. Porter a wealthy farmer. who re-
sided near NickelsWllc. Scott county
Virginia, have reached here.
On Saturday night Porter went "a
his door in response to knock Up
on opening the door he was scized
by young man who declared that
ho had come to kill him
The stranger fred upon Porter
wounding him, I'm the presence Of his
wife re then started after Mrs
Porter, but She fed from the room
and concealed herself under the
porch Losing trace of her thc young
man returned 10 the room and fred
two more shots into Porter'a body
killing him.
The murderer carried away tho
dead mans pocketbook and $40
Mrs Porter declares she did not
know the murderer. and thinks She
never saw him before
No motive except robbery i.
known
The officers are investigating the
tragedy, and a. IS said thoy have q
young man Of the county under sua.
picion.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-11-28
MORE SOAP AND
WATER: LESS CHEAP
COLOGNE
ADVICE OF PREACHER TO AIR
KANSAS BAPTIST CONVENTION
-REsoLuTIoNS CENsUREs
ROCKWELL.

TeNarkana, Ark. Nov. 27.-Rev.
E. Nj. Diggs, ID. d., Palestine. Tex.
in addressing the negro Baptist State
Convention to-day. said: THE neg
roes must use more soap and water
and less cheap cologne and powder.
There is powerful uplifting i'm soap
and water. The negro has IL I'm his
power to become something in this
country. and II he fails will have only
himself to blame"
Lynching was condemned, and
President Roosevelt was censured by
the convention for discharging the
negro troops without trial. In speak
ing on the resolution. Prof. j. Il.
Knox declared HE has treated us
worse than Dixon with his CLANS
man The negro I'm the future VIII
have to look to the South for his
friends"
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-11-28
NO CLUE TO
THE ROBBERY.
AT kAYFoRD SATURDAY MORN.
ING. ADAMS EMPRESS co.
LOOSE $4,000 AND c. a. %.
$1,000.

Though officers and detectives are
working diligently on the case. no
clue has been obtained as yet of the
daring robbery and assault on station
agent Adams which occurred at KAY
ford at an early hour on Saturday
morning Mr.. Adams was Knocked
senseless in the dark by his assailants
and is therefore unable to give any
description OF them
The Adams Express Co. s safe was
robbed OF about $4,000 of this
amount $1,000 had been received that
night for r. s. Boxley. railroad
contractor TO pay of his men that
day. Mr.. Boxley. will not suffer any
loss. rs the Express Co, will be the
losers in this case. In the burning
OF the depot and its contents the
railroad company viii suffer loss of
about $1,000 Hinton News.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-11-28
TIME TO WAKE UPl

FOR about thirty days now you've
been talked to about those midway"
lots. Some of you have seen whnt's
coming and bought. You've been
told the railroad is about 20 do bIp
things In the West End; that these
lots are the only ones You can buy
FOR double the money In that quarter
or town. You can see for yourself
that they are bound to lncreaso I'm
value faster than any In Bluoneid.
Already there has been one advance
In price since you've been scratching
your head, and presently there will
he another, so why are you waitlng2,
lf You want TO wait until the rail
road actually begins It's work In the
West End, why it's already begun.
II you want 10 pay more money for
q lot. jsst wait
fsnt ydat say:, "1f these lots are
bound TO increase In value so soon,
| why does the land company want TO
sci now?" That's good. Now listen,
IIero's why They are compelled to
sell Their contract with the agent
is that they are TO sell, and they will
iscll; but the agent Is going TO mako
you pay what conditions and develop
monts make these lots worth--you
can Just bet on that Don't you
think that because you're too slow to
act on the Information you've had.
or can easily get. that the balance
OF the world Is going to wait for
you. or course you think you're keen
|as briar; but the chances are 100
to I that the "other fellow" will get
/ the possum.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-11-28

It Is reported that Mr.. Bryan has
discovered a paper written by Cboir
man Knapp of tho interstate com.
merce commission, some years ogo
which presents the policy OF govern.
ment ownership of railroads as not
only .highly practicable but posslblv
desirable. He intends TO have Il
published in pamphlet form and
widely distributed lie could do even
better than this go back some 90
years and bring out report madc~bv
the Senate committee on interstate
commerce, Senator Cullom chairman.
which said
The time may come when the peo,
Pie OF the United Stntos VIII bp for.-
ed 20 consider the advi4ability nI
placing the railroads OF the country
completely under the control OF Tho
general governments as tho uostoI
service Is. ana many bcllc,e ihc tel
egraph service should bc. Thfs would
seem TO be the surost method OF Re-
curing the highest perfection aud
greatost eGcicncy OF The rlihOnd
system In its entirety. ind the best
method OF making harmonious
whole In It's operations and OF bring
ing about that uniformity and sta
bility OF rates which rs the grcatsst
need OF trade and commerce.
That was 20 republican view Of tie
solution Of the railroad problem
and the experience which the co3u-
try has since had with the policy of
public regulation is not calculated
TO weaken it. at all Springfield re
publican.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-11-28
BACK TO THE LAND

One Of the sanest tendencies Of
our time f.. discovered I'm the fact
that many students in Cornell Uni
vcrslty and other colleges are select
ing farming as career in life Some
Of these students come of city Fam
lilies They have no acres Of their
own, but select agriculture as pro
fesslon deliberately ont OF love for
the land
Recent changes in farm life have
eomething 10 do with this choice Of
educated Young mon Rural free
delivery telephones tho daily papers
and modern facilities have removed
much Of The drudgcry and dcadening
conditions from rural life. Besides
g. ls coming to be recognized th"
brains is necessary TO succcssfui
farming. and more brains viii b
necessary ln The future The best
talent and education ia laid under
contribution
Therefore young men are looking
10 agriculture aa profession just
as they Iool, 20 the practice Of modi-
cine or Of law. Already educated
farm managers arc in remesCa. good
salaries There may not bc 90 much
money in farming as in some other
limos. but tdoro is sufficient and tha
satsfacfon Of thc lfo ie great 80
fbaf r-ot,, ,raa.fr urarfucfs we ar,
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-11-28
PICTURES OF CANS
NELSON FIGHT
VIEWS OF GOLDFTELD CHAM
PIONSHP RATTLE SOON TO
BE SHOWN HERE.

The sporting fraternity will be Civ
.en an opportunity next Monday. Dec.
3rd. to see the. fight pictures of the
battle between Champion Joe Cans
and Battling" Nelson, which was
pulled off i'm Goldneld. Nevada. Az
ter the great finish fight between the
two lightweights, one set of the pic
lures was taken through the West
and Mr.. Neil. father OF frankie Neil.
the featherweight from the Coast.
started on tour OF the Eastern
cities.
The fghting world was agog with
arguments after the great fight.
When Referee George Siler declared
Cans winner on foul in the for
ty-second round. after one Of the
fastest and most stubbornly fought
contests ever held In this country
between lightweights, the admirers
of both fighters began arguments.
the Cans followers claiming the ne
gro had been deliberately fouled,
while Nelson's hackers were emphat-
ic in their declaration that the
" "Battler' was robbed of the fight
Tho pictures show the full forty
two rounds, and the final round
shows the foul blow delivered. The
pictures run for about three min
utes after the finish of the fight.
showing the crowds surging toward
the ring, and the movements Of the
principals after the battle was over.
The scenes about the ringside are
plainly visible.