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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-08-07
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Your sons probably please You us
well rs Nou pleased Your father
If You don't look carefully after your
own affairs, who do You imagine WIZ
good many people Try 10 administer
forgiveness and punishment ut the
same time
About all some men get for their
efforts 10 he dleniicd Is Il reputation
of having the Swelicd head.
The ereatesl triumph for n boy Is
the privilege of being accepted as an
equal 10y boys somewhat older than
himself
Don't begin 10 wonder how other
people can afford 81 many things that
you can't afford That IL II big step III
the direction of growing cnvlous and
sour.
We hnvc noticed that people who do
exactly ns they please. whether their
friends like II or not, get along about
as well ms those who are always trying
To please Atchlson Globe
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-08-07
Oldest Artificial Leg.

What Is said by the British Medical
Journal to he the oldest artificial leg
In existence Is In the museum of the
Royal College Of Surgeons of England
1t was found in the tomb of Capua
aud Is described in the catalogue rs
follows: Roman artificial leg. The
artificial limb accurately represents the
form of the leg 1t Is made of pieces
of thin bronze, fastened by bronze
nails TO Il wooden core. Two iron bars,
having holes ut their free ends, are at
tachcd to the upper extremity of the
bronze. A guadrilaterai piece of iron.
found near the position OF the foot, Is
thought to have given strength to 1t.
There Is no trace of the foot, and the
wooden core had nearly crumbled
away. INIT skeleton had Its waist
surrounded by II belt of sheet bronze
edged with small riyets, probably used
to fastcn l>atIer lining. Three paint
cd vases Crcd figures on black ground)
lay AT the feet Of the skeleton. The
vases belong TO n rather advanced
period In the decline of art about 800
b. O."
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-08-07
THE SPEAKERS MACE.
Origin of the Emblem Of Authority
Used In Congress.


Used In Congress.
At tue right of The Speakers desk
in the hall of the house Of represent
atiVrs In trs capitol NJ Washington
stands a large cylindrical pedestal
made OF highly polished green marble
When the leuse is called To order
each day. the sergeant ut arms or one
of his deputies plaecs upon the pedcs.
tai the nitce, which Is the symbol of
authority III the house When the body
adiourns he removes tt and keeps II iii
safety until the house meets again
This mace is of very ancient and
honorable origin Under the old Re
man republic the magistrates passed
on foot from one Plaee To another nd
ministering Justice. trying public of
Tenders and imposing penalties
Each of these magistrates WAS at
tended hy small body of men known
as lictors whose duty II was to make
way for the officers OF the law. pre-
serve order. make arrests and intlict
punishment on condemned citizens
Each of these lictors carried With
him II bunch of rods tied together
with thongs and having an aX bound
to the outside of II The thongs were
used for scourging and the aX for
bchcadng Sentences imposed by the
magistrates We're NJ once carried out
Those bundles of rods were known as
faSccs When the Romans conquered
Britain the use of the fasccs ms II sym
bol WAS brought with them, and many
other Roman customs remained with
the British people
While II MIS- no longer used for In
dieting punishment. II continued to he
used as Il symbol by the early English
magistrates. and When nm officer an
peared CARRYING the fasces his au
thority WIS Immediately accepted by
all II was, In effect. his badge of
Office
The English form of the fasccs was
placed inside of the bundle of rods.
with the blade potrnding from the
top
The great councils of the early
SuNouS gradually developed into one
general body. which In the fourteenth
century hocanr known rs the house
OF commons In all these earlier coun.
| ellis the use of the fasceS was con
| tiuucd but II then eame Ia bc known
rs the maee which has remained rs
the emblem ut legislative authority In
that body down 10 the present day.
The house Of representatives, of the
| United States MIS- modelled closely
after the halise Of commons by the
| Trainers Of onr constitution, aud The
usage of the mnce WIS borrowed from
the English custom.
The first mace adopted by the hous'
MAS destroyed hx fire when the Brit
islI burned the capitol IN iSli. From
| 1871 until ISL ii naee of painted woot
did service. hut In the latter year tn,
| present mncr WIS made after the mode
of the original one Cleveland PLAIN
Dealer
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-08-07
STRANGER THAN FICTION.
Tho Tragedy In the Life of Russian
Military Officer.

"'''"'y o'''ee'.
Lieutenant Won i.eiilsbefs ot the tus-
sian guards endured thirty one Years
of penal eAll" ana penal service III 81
hefia lie was III ms day IL me looking
and highly accomplished officer Like
nanN OF his fellows, he borrowed mon
eN from city Councillor NlassoM, an
old good hatired bachelor. Young Won
l.emshefg's notes continued To grow,
aud tile old money lender Threatened To
s1e unless som" OF them were redeem
ed. Then the Young lieutenant became
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Tobacco Smoke Polsonous.

1t Is often suid TINT tobacco smoke
Is II powerful Eernielde. The com
position of tobacco smoke Is complex.
the principal constituents being oils Of
turry nature. Nicotine itself IS il
strong Ecrmicide. but the quantity Of
this poison in tobacco smoke Is minute.
The oily matter which accumulatcs In
II tobacco pipe Is highly poisonous but
does not contain any apprccinblc guam
tity OF nicotine, the chief constituent
of this residue being n very poisonous
oil known rs pyridlne. Tobacco smoke
contains Il decided quantity of car
bon mouoXIde, which IS II preservatlve
and which must possess gcruicldal
properties. One OF the principal con
siitucuts accounting for the g"rlnicidal
properties of tobacco smoke Is the pow
erful antiseptie f9rHaldehydc. New
York Herald,
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-08-07

These Instruments must be steliliZed.
Agatha obeyed. losing all sense of
strangcness In the surroundings rs
Weldon issued his orders aud those
short gaSps grew more lahored. With
the portcr's assistance, he placed the
child ON little table borrowed from
the sleeper. then. looking steadily into
the girls eyes, for the first time, called
her 10y maine agatha. try To remem-
Der that this is absolutely necessary,
that the child Is unconscious and does
not feel the pain BE ready TO give
me the instruments as | call for them,
and don't let Il thought of his suffering
trouble yeu. Then to the women who
We're crowdiug around, Take the
mother To the other end of the ear
and keep away from here
The baby throat WAS barred, and the
knife flashed In Weldon's hand anoth
er flash. The sponge" and the steady
fingers pressed the wound apart. Nov
the tube and place your fingers here. p"
Agatha obeyed, blind and deaf to all
but Weldon 5 low toned command. The
slow minvfes dragged out lifetime,
while She stood there and Weldon
sutured and bandaged. the play of the
strong white fingers holding her fas
cinatcd
Look" lie pointed to the small
face on which the awful blue gray hue
was giving place to Il natural pallor.
He is breathing easily now. but the
next question is the nursing. You see
the mother" and he nodded toward
the tawdry bundle of shabby tncry
that occupied the center of the sympa
thiZing group. lie will die unless
he has the best of care. Poor little
wretch. 1t may he IL cruel kindness 10
bring him back. but one forgcts all
that In the heat of battle" He smiled
and moaned. and in the girls heart the
instinct of all motherhood reused In
answer DO You think she would LET
lis take him and care for him.
us" Wellon's heart gave mighty
leap let US She will have To. If
say SO. but YOU
Never mind about me II want
to-"
When the small patient awolie To his
suffering, there WAS little time for sell-
timent During the long day while
they lay snoWhaund, Weldon and Aga
tina hattled for the ehild's life. Then
the train sped on It's way, While the
mother whiled away the interval with
Intellectual trips from ear to ear until
Weldon babe her stay away altogether
until the crisis was passed. lie wired
ahead for an ambulance, and they
Went direct IL the hospital. The worst
was over. and they could safely lenNt
him to the nurses, but Agatha's eye
We're wet rs they passed out into tin
sunshine. She had grown To love til,
small thing that had depended so ut
terly upon her care
Weldon took the seat beside her n
he gave the order To the Palace ho
tel" The l.airds were stopping there
His hand closed over hers agatha
II WAS Just such case ms this tina
held me that night worse, the oniN
child of II widowed mother and i
died. ! could not leave that dyini
child 10 send Il message. and when
would have explained later You Woult
not hear me You have felt that
placed my profession before You. Yol
could not know then, but now
The brown eyes met his, brigh
through the mist Of unshcd tears
Nov | understand"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-08-07
The hammerhead Shark.

One of the strangcst sharks, and, In
deed. one of the oldest looking crea
lures in the world, Is the lanlnerhead
an excellent name, for It's head Is
cylindrical, With II width two or three
times as great as Ia" length lie
eyes are SET at the outer angles Of the
head and can thus look up and down
at Will There nre three rows of trl
angular white teeth in each jaw. This
voracious fish reaches II length Of IF
teen feet, and, though there Is little
danger Of It's attacking living swim
mer. It will At least devour dead
body One, eleven feet long. which
was killed ut Sag Ilarbor, had eaten
portions of u man and his clothing
Small hammerheads have been caught
IN New York bay, and several -four foot
specimens In Hell Gate. New York
Post.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-08-07
The Hygiene Of Underwear.

The 1vcrag" person wearing two sets
OF Undertaking a week, says the
Youths Companion. will mike the
chang, IN the middle of the week, but
II would be far better II the two sets
We're kept solng the entire week on
alternate day.. With the blweekly
change, the clothes worn during the
day are nircd only for seven or eight
hours IN the twenty four and never
have the purifying process Of sun
ming With two sets going On alter
nate Gays, one set can be aired two
nights and one day. and. II possible
should ee hung up where they Gun re
ceivo the direct rays of the sun for
some hours They should not be kept
In dark closet
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-08-07
The CHANCE CAME.
Dams Father Said He Never Would
Set the River on Fire.


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sen..ei"a" ~ 9.e'' iis +" i"s "'''e 9o'
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suit F''o' u"s' ''' u.
aiNei ST. .'i' 'Nei Y" III. no' ne
W hen oil was io"i'o at ''hoie' Ian
hulileu l" we s''ii' anu ""e soo'
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-08-07
a Wonderful Cataract.

The falls Of Iguazn. situate near
where Argentina Paraguay and Bra
I'll meet, form one Of the most wonder
full cataracts In the world. being great
or In extent ard more varied In charac-
ter than the better known falls Of Nj
agara. The first plunge of the IguaZu
falls Is 2lO feet. followed by two 9th
ers Of 100 feet each. While between
the two series Of falls there are cata
racts and rapids covering a vast ex-
panse and surrounding picturesque Is
lands
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-08-07
The Old Staueeoach.

Those who are accustomed To look
baek with longing eyes 10 the good
old days" Will find ii interesting to
learn that in the middle of the eight
eenlh century the common carrier be
tween Selkirk and Edinburgh, II dis
tancc of thirty eight miles. required
TWO weeks to make the journey. In
I1Is it took "A day II half for II
stagecoach to go from Edinburgh To
Glasgow, only forty four miles away.
About the same time the swiftest stages
seldom covered the road between Edin-
burgh and London, 80 miles, In less
than two weeks, an average speed OF
about twenty-five miles day. st.
Louis Republic.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-08-07
The Bride Wins.

At Yarmouth. In st Nicholas church.
one of the most curious objects Is
known ns the Devils Chair. 1t IL
formed out of the huge juwbone of II
whale and stands at the west end Of
the church When fisher iasses get
married. they think 1t good for the
newly welded couple to race from the
chancel and they believe that whoever
reaches the Devils Chair first VIII rule
the roost In the little household they
are aboalt to set up London Graphic
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-08-07
No Samples.

"Well" demanded the stern vlsagcd
woman at tl.e back door what do
you want"
why replied the tramp u seen
you advertised table board IN dis
mornln's piper
Welt"
wei. | fought mebbe yer wuz
givin' out some samples" - Catholic
Standard and Times.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-08-07

A keen business man bought at II
low price IA thcat, that had long been
agcmSnt put 1t Immediately OH pay
ing basis Bnt III was very ccono.ui-
cal He watched the expenses with
the sharpest eye The first months
expense account contained the item.
Meat for cats, 10 protect the scenery
aud properties From the rats ravages
So" The proprietor struck this item
out, writing on tine margin IF the
cats eat the rats. wherefore the meat
If they don't wherefore the catsT
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-08-07
Hard Work

"Your enormous fortune has resulted
In comfort and ease for yourself and
your family
"Well, | dunno that it has" answer
ed Mr. CumroX. 1T has compelled
mother and the girls to put in terri
Bile amount Of hard work glvln' me les
sons In etiquette. Washington Star.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-08-07

you can always tell the people who
are unhappy from the look Of their
faces" said the tired woman, but If
you looI. out into the court OF II morn
Ing YOU never can tell which dog II Is
that has cried all night aud kept you
awake" New York Press
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-08-07
a Social Catastrophe.

"Was no one injured in the railway
collision. count
mo. but nevertheless It was a most
painful situation. First. second. third
and fourth class passengers all min
gled together, Simply unheard Off
Fliegende Batter.
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Seeing IS Is
VeSuviuS.
49,. BY JAMES LEWIS.


! llllIlA =elSHt 'lHu WIS kHuNH 10 ne lall
/ ~ wealthy. He was II elubman In Il
conservative way. He WAS also u
patron Of the theater. hut not Of
actresses Now and then he made Il
bet on Il horst race or an election. hut
he did not ride to the hounds or par
tIeipatc IN Wild rcyelry. lie WAS n
bachelor of good character. and Why
he did not marry WAS something no
FELLOW could find out.
Nothing Is IA mystery 10 one who
knows. MIR. CASTOR knew that he was
simply waiting for the right woman
10 come along and arouse the ro-
manee IN his nature, That he had
romanee he felt quite sure, hut that
the right woman would come he had
begun Ia doubt He had prevented II
girl In financial distress from leaplng
Into the river but she was older than
he aud did not appeal To him. He had
stopped Il runaway cab horse and saw
ed the woman inside the vehicle, but
she turned out to be IL bachelor girl.
who eoldly thanked him and said that
she WAS about to vault ON To the
horses back and stop him herself.
At thenter panic one night he had
seized II pretty girl In his arms and
hustled her out. but she had told him
that She VAS already engaged and had
offered him II dollar In cash fer his
rXertions.
Between the ages of twenty five and
thirty eight Mr., CASTOR had had Mt
lcast fifteen narrow escapes from call
Ing up TINT slumbcrlng romance that
would lead Ia admiration and love. and
he had finally come TO the conclusion
that II would have to be something
out of the beaten track and might
never happen At all
How little do we know what day
may bring forth. On certain Sun
day Mr. Castor sat In the smoking
room of his club and read the SIX vol
Time Sunday papers and WIS satisfied
and content On Monday he decided
10 sail for Italy and see the volcano Of
Nesuvlus In operation. Ne one Ind
ever suspected him of II Partially for
volcanoes He had not rushed off To
the lahnstown flood or the Galveston
'ts'',.', - ~ '',''.''i ,..', IT.
49, nee" "'''N" :" en- -
hst,' W l"N = N''' W Wv '''', 80 CIV
ne n"'' 'i'' = '"' ''o'' ''"'' ~ -
olecu'ns u''E'' va '''c '''''' Va = e,''
waitcr, but now he wanted To sail fan
: away and see II volcano helehing de
slfueilel Tor twenty hliles arouhu
Such IL man
lao. at Of p,uE n
rive Jays from 'i'e oi'e OF hiuh'hi
HIS aeeisloh MI ''as,oh sa,iee ~
NIPPLES. iiis Slo"hl'f was not osei
efoHaea ne Nou'a h'a lio''s %
s'''hallE ."'"' 1T ,ne uesn "a" ""o'
ne te't'n''i port MS No''''i ne INV "
'fle o"f"S'e''S wien ','e it'"' ee"''
: W'fo NOT I''sorN'' i"i l'.''cS' IT ""F
Two aaAs n'l"i' 'i'' o,' oaei'e'oi a'''
dehA "is'"N '''u ,'''' ''''' VIC gu
extremely Noo'' 'ooh 'nF 9o''ih "'','a'
apoafd III '"a'E' 81 'he e'i'''in' i'
heatt eaN' one JUMP n"u '"'' ~
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-08-07

travelling "For Health"

"My doctor recommends Europe"
"Going:"
Dunno yet My lawyer seems to
think Canada will do" Louisville
Courier Journal
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"Correct English,
How to use it.
A MONTHLY MAGAZINE DEVOTED Tc
THE USE OF ENGLISH.
JOSEPHINE Tuack BAKER, Ep,ros.

PARTIAL CONTENTS FOR THIS MONTH
Course in English for the Beginner
Course in English for the Advanced
Pupil.
How to Increase Ones Vocabulary
The Art of Conversation.
Should and Would: How to use Them.
Pronunciations Century Dictionary.
Correct English in the Home.
Correct English in the School.
What to Say and What Not to Say.
Course in Letter-Writing and Punctu-
alton.
Alphabetic list of Authorizations.
Business English for the Business Man.
Compound Words; How to Write
Them.
Studies in English Literature.
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Telephone Notice.

THE MERGHANTs' AND FARMERS TEL
EPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY
have now built their lines into almost all
parts of llunterdon County and are ready td
receive subscriptions for telephones nj the
rate of si201 per year for unlimited service
throughout the county.
The system now reaches New Hope. Lam
bertville, stockton, Idell, kingwood, Ser
geantsyile. limoges LocktoWn, Croton, Elen-
ington, Three Bridges, Baptisttown, hose
mont, Frenehtown Milford, Bloomsbury
Little York, Mt Pleasant, Eyerittstown, Pat
tenburg, Quakertown, Pittstown, Clinton
Annandale, Lebanon, Potterstown, White
house and Nhitehouse Station.
Applications for telephones 81 ould be made
to Charles y Reading, Frenchtown, n j., OF
Eugene Wilson, Sergeantsvlle, N. j which
will receive prompt attention
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-08-07

Every one Is bound to bear patiently
the results of his own example.-.Phae
drua
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-01
WIFE OF NEVADA MAN
DRINKS CARBOL|C ACID
Mrs. Garat's Tragic Death
Is Mystery to Her Hus-
band and Friends

Mrs. Margaret Carat, wife of Daniel
Carat. a wealthy stock man of Winnie
mueca, New. committed suicide yester-
day morning by drinking carbolic acid
at the home OF her friend, Mrs. II. A.
Pryor, 1894 Devisadero street. Her
husband. who rose from sickbed to
go and see her, is Frustrated by the
shock of finding her dead and is again
confined to his bed in the French Hos
pital.
Carat and his wife came hersa month
ago from their Nevada home. >>while
he went to the French Hospital to be
operated on for appendicitis she stayed
with her old friend. Mrs. Pryor. She
visited her husband every afternoon,
staying as long as the hospital authori-
ties would allow her. When he was
convaiescent she urged him to leave
the hospital so that they might be to-
gether. Yesterday morning she tele-
phoBed to him, as usual. but said that
she could not come a s she was suffering
with toothache and neuralgia. Ill
though he was, Carat at once took
cab TO the house wileRe she had been
staying. but found the place in confu-
sion, due to the terrible thing that had
happened.
Mrs. Carat bought an eight-ounce
bottle of carbolic acid yesterday MORN
ing I'm Bowerman's drug store, 1101 De-
visadero street. where she also sent
the message to her husband. She said
she wanted the poison for disinfect-
ant. Immediately upon returning to
the house she poured 1t out into a
glass. which she carried into the bath
room. Mrs. Pryor and her daughter.
smelling the acid, asked what she was
doing, and received the answer, Moth
ing.
moment afterward they heard a
frightfui scream, and rushing in found
Mrs. Carat dying. They tried to admin
lister emetics, but soon saw that their
efforts were but disturbing the peace
of. the dead. Deputy Coroner Burke
was called in and arrived at 10 o'clock.
The body was taken to the Morgue.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-01
SAD STORY REVEALED BY
GIRL S DEATH At BYRON
Miss Alabama Phillips OF
Fresno Expires in
Child Birth

By RON HOT SPRINGS. Feb. 2s.--In
a room at the Byron Hotel lies the dead
body of Miss Alabama Blanche Phil
lips. beautiful girl, well known and
loved in Fresno; in the next room lies
a sleeping baby, new born. yet mother
less.
lowering between the cot of life and
the couch of death is the girls mother.
summoned hastily from Fresno.
shocked at the death which has brought
a load of shame as well as sorrow.
The girl, accompanied by her brother.
in-law. was taken from the owl train
Wednesday morning. She was then.
under the care of the Southern Pacific
surgeon. Soon after her. arrival al
the hotel the child was brought into
the world. The young mother yielded
up her life soon afterward in spite of
the efforts made by DR.. Hammond to
save her. Mrs. Mary Phillips. the
mother, was wired for, but came too
late to see her girl alive