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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-07-25
Telephone Notice.

THE MERCHANTS AND FARMERS TEL
EPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY
have now built their lines into almost all
parts of Hnnterdon County and are ready to
receive subscriptions for telephones at the
rate Of $l2 % per year for unlimited service
throughout the comfy
The system now reaches New Hope, Lam
bertville, Stockton, Ideli, kingwood, Ser
geantsville, kinPoes Locktown, Croton, Elem
ington, fhree Bridges, Baptisttown, Bose
mont, frsnchtoEn. Milford bloomsbury,
Little York, Mt Pleasant. Everittstown Pat
tehburg,. QuakertoHn, Pittstown, Clinton,
Annandalet Lebanon, Potterstown, White
house and Whitehouse Station
Applications for telephones 81 ould be made
to Charles y Reading, Frenehtown, N j., or
Eugene Wilson, Sergeantsyile, N. j., which
VIII receive prompt attention
1HG MERCHANTS AND FARMERS
TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COHPANl.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-11-01
CHAPTER ~.

The owner of the voice which Norah
had heard. under such peculiar and
mysterious circumstances, felt mis-
way down the steps to the lower ter
race and from thence to the lawn,
and there almost stumbled over Il
young man who was sitting on bank
with his knees clasped in his hands.
Halo, what the deuce Why,
it's you. jack" he exclaimed in
amazement. Where on earth did
you come FROM
Where on earth did you think ia
come from?"
His friend stared at him, then
laughed shortly 1t was pleasant
laugh, that matched the voice and the
face, which was strikingly handsome
and manly.
why, you were up there just now!"
Was l? Then was quite unaware
of it. My dear Cyril, have never
LETT this bank. know bank"
DO YOU mean to say you were NOT
up there?' interrupted Cyril incredu-
lousy, Why man, heard you"
did you? Extraordinary! give
you my word haven't opened my
lips"
What" exclaimed Cyril. oh.
come now. Jack. YOU are playing It a
little too low down. tell YOU, |
heard YOU quoting that line about the
moon from Romeo and Juliet"
The other turned his spectacles m
to the handsome face with slow and
profound surprise.
Upon my word. Cyril. this bust
ness, or the moon, has been too much
for you, quoted Shakespeare! My
dear fellow. have sat here since you
left me. and haven't Opened my lips.
In fact. I've sat here lony enough to
grow a crop Of the very finest kind OF
rheumatism. This midsummer mad
ness OF yours is growing serious. For
Heavens sake, let us get away while
we've chance. Spout Shakespeare
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-11-01
Utilizing Leftover Eurs

Though this is an age of extrava-
sance and elaboration in furs for.
nose who can afford them, Vet. the
fur fashions this winter offer Yapv
possibilities to the woman who must
study economy, and who has fur
coat TO make over, or small pieces of
leftover fur, which she would Ike to
put 10 good use. Many of the street
gowns are trimmed with bands and
odd-shaped insets of fur. Fur but-
tons are also the vogue. They are
framed in frills of chiffon or satin.
and are used to trim both house and
street costumes.
A piece of leftover fur NAV he mt
TO very good and very new use as 4
shoulder trimming for an evening coat
or costume. The fur should no c,,t
so that it is wider at the back than
the front, and at the back if should
simulate a hood. Braid tasse,s NAV
be used to trim it.
In regard to the furs used tbis ,aa-
/ there are not one or two that are the
fashion to the exclusion Of al others
Russian pony, dyed and in its natural
color. and caracul are the novelties If
the season Mink. fox. sealslin and
Persian lamb will also be much worn
For those who can afford It morning
can take the place Of sable. ermine.
baby lamb and chinchilla.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-11-01

seat of the auctioneer, his bookkeep-
ers and assistants. During the sales
the top of the heavily barred fence
also serves as grand stand. Inc
horses are driven into one end OF TINS
enclosure in lots of twenty. thirty or
fifty. as the case may be, and after be-
ing knocked down to the highest bid
der are driven out at the other side.
A group of cowboys are in constant at
tendance. The yards are so arranged,
and re.avs of cowboys so employe /,
that no time is lost and one herd OF
horses follows another in regular sue
cession.
There is a pounding of hoofs as the
gates swing open and perhaps hum
dred horses rush into the narrow en-
closure in front of the grand stand.
A mounted attendant with a long whip
moves back and forth, rounding them
up and sending them from one end Of
the enclosure to the other-in short,
putting them through their PAGES.
The auctioneer describes the Avon
sale, their pedigree and other pts
of interest, while his AUDIENCE r. tnlv
observe the horses. There no
time lost in discussion or praise. A
few words suffice, and the auctioneer
asks for bid 1t may be a group of
yearlings which will be started at $40
head or a lot of valuable horses
which start at 800. In either event
the auction is carried quickly to its
conclusion. Immense sums of money
are involved in these transactions.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-11-01
RAPID CAR BUILDING.
The Way That Work Was Rushed on
Coach fer an India Railway.

There have been a good many at
building of locomotive engines, and
they have all gone to show that al
most incredible feats of construction
can be managed if a program of work
is carefully drawn up and rigidly car
ried out One does not look for such
triumphs of organization except from
among the leading works of this
country or America, and it is some
what of surprise to find that equal
ly meritorious performances may be
obtained from proverbially slow ma
tive labor in India when directed by
competent European engineers.
1t fell to the lot of the Great In
dian Peninsula Railway Company to
need trailer coach to run in connec-
ton with a small tank locomotive at
extremely short notice, and advant-
age was taken of the fact to see
what could be done in the company's
workshops at Parel in the way of
rapidity OF construction.
On March /, this year, the order
was given, drawings were at once
put in hand, and the necessary ma
tel.--- ordered. BY the twenty-sixth
OF the month everything was ready
for erecting operations to commence.
The men, lightweight in number. I'M
der the direction of eight "maistries.
were assembled at 500 a. M. and
started to work ten minutes later.
Some laid down the framing and
made the floor, others worked at the
sides and ends, so that by 4:3O D. m.
a considerable show had been made.
No overtime was worked, the length
of the working day being eight hours.
y Wednesday morning the under
frame which had been prepared in the
meantime was in position under the
body. The doors, windows, blinds.
seats, ETC., were simultaneously in the
hands of sixty-six carpenters under
the guidance of three maistries,
While nine trimmers prepared the up,
holstering and decorations. On the
afternoon of the third day the car
riage received its first or printing
coat OF paint. The painting of the
inside and outside of the vehicle was
proceeded with on the Thursday
morning, charge man and twenty
painters being employed. and the
outer roof cover was also put on. the
doors were hung, windows put in place
and the general internal arrange
ments were completed
The final coats of paint and var
nish were given on the Friday. The
car on which this remarkable work
was done was of no mean dimen-
sions. 1t measured sixy-two feet in
length, and was nine feet six inches
vide over the mouldings. The steel
underframe was sixty feet lone. and
rested on four wheeled hon;es
spaced forty feet apart from center
to center. Engineering.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-11-01
HOARD OF DEAD MlsER.
Searchers Discover $4,000 Under
Floor Of Barn.

winona, Mimi. Oct 27.-Belieying
that Lemuel Hill, bachelor who
died in this city a week ago. went 10
his grave with secret regarding a
fortune which relatives supposed he
had saved during his long life of q
reeluse, search was begun on his
farm at Pleasant Hill. Mimi, yester-
day. The searchers were rewarded By
finding under the floor OF a barn per
sonal property belonging to the dead
man valued at $4,000.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-11-01

terrace She did walk to the head OF
1 the steps and looked down. All was
silent and there were no lights in the
windows; and, enraptured by the
beauty of the scene, she stood lost in
thought which is less than thought,
looking before her absently and listen
ing to the nightingale.
Instantly, where light haa reign 81
triumphant a moment before, all was
dark with the darkness made more in
tense by the preceding intense light.
Norah stood with her arms resting
upon the stone balustrade, her eyes
fixed upon the spot where the moon
was hidden, and there floated across
ner mind Juliet's well-known 1ires:
Oh, swear not by the moon, the IN
constant orb,
That monthly changes in her circled
orb,
Lest that thy love prove likewise
variable.
Instantly there came back npcn the
night air Romeo's response, uttered in
side her:
What shall | swear by?
Her heart beat fast and she was
about to do the wfsest thing she
could under the circumstances steal
back to her room-when the voice
spoke again.
We'll, we'd better go, Jack and
wind up this mad escapade, as you
very rightly called it," said the same
voice. 1T was very good of you to
humor my insane whim, and now I've
seen the old place wen go / WISH
! he sighed, Il wish had seen her,
though! For you were right, and 1t
| was on the chance of getting a glimpse
of that perfect face that | ventured on
this exploit. Come along. Where on
earth are your"
The silence that ensued upon his
| question seemed to puzzle him, for "a
a lower and more cautious voice he
said: Jack, don't be too reckless;
we don't want to be caught proving
here. | saw light in one of the win
dows just now. Come along,
He paused, standing quite close to
Norah, so close that she could hear
him breathing and hear the next
words, spoken in fervent whisper
Good night angel with the golden
hair, wherever you are and wherever
you hide in this old house. Good
night"
Norah held her breath.
Angel with the golden hair.
| Whom could he mean? Then the hol
blood rushed to her face. Could he
mean herself? Surely. surely not!
And yet at the mere suspicion a
strange thrill ran through her and
her breath came in tremulous little
pants, filing her with terror lest lie
should hear her.
Yes, goodnight and good-by," he
murmured We may never meet
beautiful unknown. and yet through
all my life | shall remember your
sweet face! Goodnight"
Then she heard his step moving
away from her, another jack
sounded softly on the midnight air
and then all was silent again.
She waited no longer. but, freeing
herself from the spell that had fallen
upon her, fled TO her room and stood
/ behind the window. painting and trem.
bling, the musical voice ringing in her
ears and drowning even that of the
nightingale.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-07

enough to make me feel like saying
| things best left unsaid. l just caught
a glimpse of the coin and took 1t for
] a IS gold piece. l had couple Of
them In my pocket and I'd only picked
up one, SO j crawled under the bed
after 1t. Pm pretty tight fit for the
space, by the way"
You're not as slim as you used to
be-" said the junior. go on; my heart
aches for you"
II got lock of hair tangled In the
wire springs. You needn't laugh. 1
haven't much hair, but had enough
for that. promptly extracted part of
1t and part of 1t left there Then
got my penny and backed out, knock
ing my head against the side rail us
did so. AS rose to my feet saw the
So gold piece nesting coyly against the
foot of the bureau. So it's no wonder
cut myself when shaved or that I
was not exactly pleasant to my wife at
the breakfast table when blistered
my throat with the coffee and she told
me usually made such fuss II 1t
wasn't hot.
II don't blame you," said the junior.
But that hardly explains your pleasant
humor now"
WELL" said the senior partner, Il
started for the train full of gall and
bitterness, and with four minutes to
make 1t. Wisner was ahend of me,
You know Wisner, don't you? That
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-07
INDIAN FooT-RAc1NG.

Among the Pueblo Indians of New
Mexico and Arizona customs OF a re-
mote past are still held in honor, and
are observed in a more or less pub
lie manner. Their tribal festivals are
celebrated with games of their own
devising. and these afford rare oppor-
tunity for the study of Indian char
acter. An English traveller, Colonel
Bridges, describes the races as he wit
messed them at Taos some years ago.
A, course of hundred to a hun
dred and fifty yards is marked out,
and lined by spectators. At each end
stand twelve braves" gorgeously ap.
pareled in paint, with patches of a
sort of cottonwood gummed on their
ribs, arms and legs. One starts from
either end, and with great speed runs
the course. to the opposite side and
back. AS soon as he gets to his own
circle, the second starts.
By this means 1t will be seen that
the contest is very exciting, as the
race is not decided until the twenty
four have completed their runs. The
chances of each side are constantly
fluctuating with the fresh runners,
first one side and then the other get
ting the start. Each side must OF
course, wait to start fresh brave
until the one running on their side
gets back.
The spectators arm themselves with
green boughs, and with these they
encouragingly flick the runners OF
their own tribe, shouting to them at
the same time.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-07

lls..Es|'jE5aenoe.
~~NNoo@.

~ B.
Modelling in breadcrumbs, which are
soaked in liquids of various colors and
are made elastic and almost unbreak-
able by special process, is the curious
new art of Suzanne Meyer, French
woman.
The human breath has been found to
be a fair conductor of electricity, a
spark from Wimshurst machine being
longer III breathed than In pure air.
Investigating further, Dufour has con-
Guided that the lung and skin exhala-
tions sensibly Increase the leakage from
an electrically charged body, and 1t is
suggested that the yapors rising above
flock of sheep or cattle may explain
the tendency of lightning to strike the
huddled animals
A novel charge is brought against the
common bedbug (Cimex lectu,arius) by
DR.. w. ]. Goodhue, medical superin.
tendent of the Molokai leper settlement,
who regards 1t as chief agent in
spreading leprosy. 1t is believed to
have greater influence than the gnat,
for it comes noiselessly, and during tile
patients sleep, and bedding among
iepers is too little disinfected. After
long research DR.. Goodhue has den,oll-
strated the presence Of the bacillus OF
leprosy in the mosquito (Culex pun
gens) as well as in the bedbug.
An ingenious apparatus for drawing
the profile of river bottom is used by
Italian engineers. 1t consists of wheel
affixed to the bottom of graduated
rod, which Is fastened vertically ut the
side of boat in such manner that
us the boat advances up or down or
across stream, the wheel at the end Of
the rod runs continually upon the bot
tom, the rod rising and falling with
variations of level. By noting the depth
at chosen intervals of time, the ele-
ments are obtained for tracing an ac-
curate representation of all the sinuosi.
ties Of the bottom of the river, and the
variations Of depth. In the saving of
time this simple apparatus possesses an
enormous advantage over the ordinary
method of soundings
According to Cosmos, the employment
Of circular disks of iron, turning with
great velocity, but possessing no teeth
on the edge, for saving metal, has be-
come common in many workshops.
Among other places where such saws
without teeth are used is the celebrated
Krupp gun works, where armor plate
is sometimes cut in this manner. The
process is not newly discovered one.
AS long ago us 1924 Barrier and Cola
don, at Geneva, experimental witt,
swiftly rotating disks of iron. They
found that when a disk about seven
inches in diameter turned with a per-
ipheral velocity of ten meters per sec
ond, 1t could be cut with steel tool
pressed against 1t, but that when the
velocity was increased to twenty -one
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-07
BABES IN OTHER LANDS.

The Indian baby is strapped to a
birthbark board, and hung up in a
tree or carried on his mothers back.
He has no playthings; and, If he cries,
no one seems to mind 1t much.
In South America some of the era
dies are made of palm leaves. A sin
gle leaf turned up at the edge holds
the baby. This cradle is often hung
up in tree, and the wind rocks the
baby to sleep.
In Africa the mother carries the
baby in leather pouch slung on her
back. When she gets tired of this
way, she makes hole in the sand,
under some shady bush or shrub, and
tucks the baby into it.
An Eskimo baby is tucked up in his
mothers hood. 1t is a warm place,
and travellers say their chubby little
faces look very good-natured and hap
py When the child comes out of the
hood, he is stuffed into a fawn-skin
bag; and string draws the gar
ment together like a pldding-bag,
keeping him safe and warm.
In Lapland the cradle is piece
of wood, shaped like canoe and hol-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-07
II, 1aflaa's'y:
eoeeeeeeeeeeeeeeoeeeoeeeeoe

"You look uncommonly cheerful" re-
marked the junior partner to the Sc.
nior, as the latter threw back the
cover of his desk and prepared to at
tack the mail.
"Do II" asked the senior, smiling. 81
didn't know it."
"You look us If somebody had left
you money" pursued the Junior. "You
want to take care how you come into
the office beaming like that or the Of
fee boy will be asking you for. q
raise.'
The senior composed his features to
IN expression of gravity for moment,
but the smile came out again, broad
ened and broke into laugh. "That's
not SO bad either, considering" he said.
"But ! give you my word l never
thought of 1t before"
"Of the boy?"
"Of-ha, ha! Say, do you know
things have been going wrong with me
this morning? don't know when l
ever got up feeling uglier. See my
chin 2"
"Cut yourself. didn't your
Eyes, cut myself, but that wasn't
the only thing. got up late to begin
with and that nearly always makes me
mad when l want to get up early for
any reason. ] figured on finishing rak-
Ing up the leaves on the lawn and
burning them In the back lot before
breakfast. worked like mailer last
evening on the job and had quite a
pile raked up. Well. when looked
out of the window sa1 that the wind
had come up and scattered them all
over where I'd raked. That was
enough to make man mad, wasn't
l.It2"
Certainly" said the Junior sympa-
thetically.
"Then, when took up my trousers
the change fell out Of my pockets and
one coin rolled under tho bed.
struck match to s,.e where 1t was
and the flame caught the fringe of the
counterpane and 1t got scorched pretty
badly. 1t was counterpane that my
wife thought a great deal of. too. !
burned my hand a little beating 1t out
NOT enough to hurt great deal, but
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-07
a Pensloner Of charle. x.

Although France has witnessed thir.
ty-six years of republic, preceded by
twenty-five years Of empire and by
some eighteen years more of limited
monarchy, there has fingered on until
the past week the last item on the
civil list of the last King Of France,
Chales x. In 1880 Chales granted
pension of 1900 francs year to one
Of his men servants. And year in
and year out ever since, whatever
system might be up or down. the good
fellow has religiously presented him.
self on pension day to draw his 1900
francs. and just as religiously every
succeeding finance minister has hal
it ready for him. The old worthy has
just died, centenarian.-London
Globe.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-07

b boyhood when YOU journeyet
home
And darkness wrapped the world,
Weird beasts and ogres lurked about
Each bush an imp woald hold.
Tho rocks took unfamiliar shapes,
The trees were stiff and stark,
And then to keep your courage up
You whistled in the dark.
You travel through this vale OF tears
s In darkness wrapped around:
You do not know from where you
came
Nor whittier you are bound.
Strange shapes arise on every side
More dread than COLLINS are,
Devourers worse than ogres grim
Your Swallowed pathway bar.
And then you strike Old Hundred
up
Your spunk to keep spark,
For, after all, what is hymn
But whistling In the dark.
-McLandburgh Wilson, in the New
York Times.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-07
NEW MAR1scHAI COLLEGE AT ABERDEEN

The Maschal
is shown In the Illustration dedicated King
Edward
deem which Marisal College College
Marha College
Practically
for the
which Ills mother
the attending
Campbeu
celebrated was at one time
site Of the school, 1t is in
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-07

meters per second the iron was unaf-
fected, but the steel tool was damaged.
AT velocity of sixty meters per second
the iron disk even cut quartz and agate.
Germany has for some time possessed
a dozen factories for the liquefaction
of carbonic acid gas issuing from the
earth in the neighborhood of extinct
volcanoes. Last summer large fac.
tory of the same kind was opened near
the Puy de Dome. famous extinct vol.
cano In central France. The lluuid OBJ.
tained by the condensation of these vol.
canic gases is said to be purer than
that produced by solely chemical proc.
esses. From an excavation at A,gue.
perse, near the Puy de Dome, the uuan.
tity of gas given forth every day is
reckoned at about half a million liters
The place is known as the poison foun.
tain" and the bones of many animals
have been found in the excavation. In.
Guiding those Of a, horse. a bison and q
mammoth,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-07
LITTLE HUMMING BIRD.

LITTLE HUMMING BIRD.
What boom! boom!"
Sounds among the honeysuckles!
Saying Room! Room!-
Hold your breath and mind yoal
knuckles!"
And fairy birding bright
Fits like a living dart of light,
With his tiny whirlwind wings
Flies and rests and sings!
All his soul one flash, one CULVER,
Down each cup
He thrusts his long beak with q
SILVER,
Drinks the sweetness up;
Takes the best of earth and goes
Daring sprite!- #
Back to his heaven no mortal knows
A heaven as sweet as the heart Of
rose
Shut at night!
st, Nicholas.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-07

Blobbs-Poor old Bjonesl The doc.
tor says he won't live six months.
Slobbs-I'ye been telling him that
for the last two Philadelphia
Record.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-07

Benares, the sacred city Of India,
is visited annually by nearly 2.o0o,-
900 pilgrims.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-07

Venetian glass is not made in Ven
Ice, but In the Island of Muranq.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-07
Play on Golden Rule.

What you would not have done to
yourself never do unto others.-Alex.
ander Severus..
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-07

The biblical cubit was nearly TWEEN
ty-two inches.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-07

A great many people who have never
known the meaning of the word tired"
will spend three months at some pleas
ure resort resting. There is such a
thing as knowing how to rest when one
is tired, but as rule the one who most
needs rest knows nothing about the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-07
Food Capacity of Land.

F00u C6pacity OF LAMds
Statisticians estimate that 81 acres
Of land are necessary to sustain one
man on fresh meat. The same space
of land, IL devoted to wheat culture,
would feed AZ people; If to cats. So
potatoes, Indian corn and rice, 176,
and If to plantaln or bananas, over g.
600 people, 81