The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-02-20

te"ohcio nv Ttoo year, an increase
of S4s. This will affect los young
women.
A young fellow has started to walk
from South Dakota to New York to
induce Andrew Carnegie to give him
1876, 900. It's safe bet he'll walk
back again.
New Jersey during the Civil War
lost on fields of battle 2lS commission
ed officers and 6,0S9 enlisted men,
nearly as many in the aggregate, as
this State furnished to the Continent
III army during the Revolutionary
! eur.
I he Star says that John Shuster,
of Everittstown, has the entire al
phabet and figures cut from the limbs
of trees as they grew aud formed nat
ural letters and figures. He has
mounted them and will probably put
them on exhibition in the near future.
when whiskey soaked and addicted
to the use of cocaine and morphine, -
says Governor Nardman, "the negro
is the worst type of iiena." He
might have added that when tile
white man absorbs that kind Of stuff
it doesn't make an angel of HIM,
either.
Prof Voorhees,, of the State Agri-
cultural College advises farmers to
raise sheep. New Jersey is especial
ly adapted for sheep raising and there
il money i'll it, he says. OF course
there money i'll it, if the dogs We're
buried where the sheep Craze.
| 1t costs considerably more to pro-
duce newspaper today than it did
ten years ago. Paper, labor, machin-
cry, type and repairs cost more than
at that time, and if second class postal
rates increase also, it looks ms if some
newspapers will go out of business or
increase subscription rates.
The Pennsylvania Legislature is
considering bill giving five years
absolute protection of quail, pheasants
and wild turkeys in that State. The
killing of these birds during that
period is to be entirely prohibited
under penalty of S25 for each of
Tense.
While New Jersey. in proportion to
its size il the wealthiest State i'll the
Union, she stan ds thirteenth i'll the
remuneration paid to her teachers.
This cannot continue if tho educa-
iional system of the State il to con
Time to lead as it did at the time of
the Columbian Exposition IN 1898
when her exhibit received the highest
reward.
The State Library Commission re-
ports that there are now 100 libraries
in tho State, AZ of them being free.
There are 457 travelling libraries
owned by the State aud school libraries
are found in $50 towns. 1t is also re-
ported that the increase call for books
of history, travel and science is mark
ed.
One of the largest blasts ever fired
at Alpha, near Phillipsburg, was dis
charged there a few days ago. when
300 900 tons of cement rock were torn
out. Three holes of Sc, 30 and 81 feet
width were bored, and these were
filled with two aud half tons of
dynamite and fired simultaneously.
'The trains are due when you see
the smoke, is the announcement
made in II Western paper in the space
formerly filled by the timetable OF
the railroad, which appears no long
er since the transportation has been
withdrawn aud the poor railroads are
too hard mp to pay for the insertion
of the timetable.
The teachers in charge of manual
training Mt the Montclalr schools have
added bed making to their course for
young girls. A suit of four rooms
| has been provided by the Board of
| Education. Here the girls learn To
do everything IN the shape Of house
work, even to cleaning the windows
and scrubbing the floors
| The State Department Of Public In
atructiou ~ moving in the direction
| of requiring the study Of elementary
agrieult IRE in the public schools of
| the State. The first move is to re-
| quire applicants for teachers certili-
Gates to be examined IN the subject,
| and to this end literature il being dis
| tributed for their use. The move
ment will he watched with interest.
The Public Library Association Of
Pennington closed its year with II
| balance Of S163. sc in the hands Of the
treasurer. The association has 12l
members, and the library contains
1910 books. During the year there
were 934 persons who borrowed books,
and 0,195 volumes were circulated.
Tho association hopes to have u new
library one Of these days, made posi-
Bile by the legacy left by Dir. Bartles
to the Village Trustees of $1,000 for
the purpose.
The annual report of the managers
of the New Jersey State Village for
Epileptics at Skillman has been made
public. 1t sets forth that buildings
are urgently needed for hospital, n
custodial building for each sex, a
cottage for each sex aud power
house. The most imperative need is
hospital, for at this time the pa
TENTS are treated in the dormtories,
where facilities are not the best. lr.
responsible epileptics, who are often
dangerous to others and destructive
to property, are housed with the class
es which are not violent, and for this
reason it is urged that the village
should be equipped with special pro-