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The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-07-02
WITH THE JOKERs.

Caesar refused kingly crown. Also
he said Give me fat men" History
does repeat itself 1t seems.--Louisville
Courier Journal
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-07-02

Some men get stoop shouldered from
carrying around the responsibility OF
things that don't really concern them
Philadelphia Record.
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-07-02

Katherine-I saw you this moraing
with that horrd widow, Mrs. Weeds
All Ia over between US and | shall seAd
back your presents.
ISidder Don't send them to me; send
them to the widow. illustrated Bits.
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-07-02

II hear your daughter Annies we'd
ding was quite a lively one, Mr.. Jones. -
well, 1t was something OF an Annie
mated scene "-Baltimore American
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-07-02

How'd you get here, old MANI"
I'm my airship."
Road good?'
Cloudy. Life.
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-07-02

Mrs, Knicker-~The little Jones boy
has such beautiful table manners
Mrs. Bocker--Yes, his mother always
feeds him at home before he Is In
vited out--Philndelphia Inquirer.
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-07-02

Ticket Aeent--Well, what is ~ Don't
keep the other people waiting. Weary
Il merely wish ter know, sir, II de
mort bound trough freight Is on time.
Judge.
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-07-02

'Bliggins is very inconsistent mar"
"In what way?'
"The later he stays out at night, the
more he wants to sing Home, Sweet
Home. Wa hington Star.
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-07-02

"If | were you" said the old bach
elor to the benedict, I'D either rule
or know why
Well" was the reply, "as already
know why / suppose that's half the
battle. Atlanta Constitution.
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-07-02


Metallic mirrors for searchlights are
now being made by o-deposition.
Each has surface composed OF alter
nate bands or rings of gold and white
rejecting surfaces. 1t Is claimed that
this mirror gives a more penetrating
beam of light both at night and In fog
gy weather, that objects on which such
a beam of light is thrown stand out In
greater relief than In a light thrown
from a silver white metal mirror. and
that the intensity OF the light Is so
great that Il Is impossible to aim ac-
eurately at the protector.
Brilliant success" says the Scientific
American. is ito be credited to the
work OF tho army medical corps at
Panama under Col. w. C. Gorgas, in the
determination OF yellow fever and ma :
larla, and the betterment OF the gen
eral sanitary conditions. When the
medical corps took charge the Panama
canal had become Synonymous with
disease and death; but to-day. thanks TO
the system introduced by the medical
corps. the zone of operations Is as
healthful as the average city in the
United States"
Gas driven warshlps are discussed
by the Scientific American In connee-
ton with the report cabled from Eng
land, that the British admiralty has
placed an order for the construction of
20, l00-ton hattleship to be impelled
by gas engines. In view OF the fact
that n complete design for battle
ship driven by gas engines was worked
out over year ago by leading Eng
lish firm, after several years expert
mental work in the production of sue
cessful marine gas engine, II Is not
| government has placed or are contem-
plating, an order for ship Of this
| kind"
II. Knudsen's new method OF trans
hitting pictures by wire brings the
dark parts OF the photograph into re-
| lief by busting the usual negative with
some powder. like iron filings, which
adheres only TO the dense portions. The
transmitting apparatus consists essen
! TALLY of n clockwork driven carriage
! which moves n style backward and for
ward until It touches every part OF the
! picture once and as the rnised surface
is met the style is pushed up slightly
| thus closing the gap In q relay cir
/ cult, The relay current causes an IN.
duction eofl to transmit an electric
ment in which the style, normally rails
ed. IL depressed whenever the electric
wave acts upon the coherer. and thus
closes suitable circuit. Perfect syn.
chronizing is insured by causing the
wave from the transmitter to start the
carriage OF the receiver at the begin.
Ing of each new stroke.
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-07-02

A small boy was fiahing Sunday and
The Lambertville record., 1908-01-08
WORTHLESS TESTIMONY.
The Way Keen Irish Lawyer Wor
ried Anthony Trollope.

The Way Keen Irish Lawyer Wor-
ried Anthony TroIlope.
Among the stories In Pages From
an Adventurous Life" by j. L. Pres
ton Muddock, is one that Lord Alver-
stone was wont to tell with apprecia-
ton In a postollice prosecution at
TIertford ussizes n clever Irish bar
rister appeared for the defendant, who
was poor letter carrier guilty of some
irregularity. Among the witnesses was
Anthony Trollope. then government
postoilice inspector. After he had CIV
Ell his testimony he was handed over
to the lawyer for the defense for cross
examination.
what are you2" demanded the keen
Irishman in severe and command
ing tone sonorous with rich brogue.
"An official In the postofllce," an
swered Trollope, somewhat astonished
by the lawyers brusqueness.
Anything elseY demanded the cross
examiner. with snap.
YES an author" This little
proudly.
what is the name of your last
book"
'Barehester Towers"
"Now, tell me, Is there n word of
truth In that book?'
"Well. 1t Is what is generally called
work of fiction"
"Fictioni' with a scornful curl of
the lip. "FictIon! That Is to say,
there isn't word of truth In 1t from
beginning to endY'
II am afraid If you put 1t that
way there isn't" stammered Trollope
in an embarrassed way.
With triumphant air, the lawyer
turned to the jury
Gentlemen" he exclaimed how
can you possibly convict man on
the evidence of witness like this,
who here in this court of justice un-
blushingly confesses that he has writ
ten book In which there Is not one
word of TRUTH
Trollope had fallen squarely into the
pit digged for him by his INSCRIPTIONS
cross examiner
The Lambertville record., 1908-01-08
FLYING by Machinery.

Flying by machinery, like musical
notation and many another epoch max.
ing circumstance, owes Its inception
to the cloister and the cowl. The prin-
ciple and idea OF the balloon was first
formed by Albert of Saxony, an Au-
gustlne recluse Of the fourteenth CEN
tury. Then the theory of construction
was taken up and enlarged upon by
Francesca Mendoza, Portuguese
Jesuit, who died In 1926. And, lastly,
bartholomew de Guzmao, formerly a
strated the possibility Of flying by
uirships and foretold great successes
for the future. Toward the end of the
eighteenth century two men named
Charles and Roberts made balloon
with the longest side parallel to the
horizon. Their wings were Of the
shape of an umbrella without the ham
die, to the top of which stick was
fastened parallel to the aperture Of the
umbrella. Five Of these were disposed
round the car. On finding themselves
In dead calm they tried the effect
of their oars and discovered that In
thirty-five minutes they had covered
5000 feet. Balloons were first used
in war as long ago as 1894, when Guy
ton de Moryeau made two ascents and
obtained important information during
the battle Of Fleurus. Their next ap-
pearance was during the battle Of
Eolferino In 1859, and two years later
the Federal army employed them near
Washington, while their use for con-
veying the mail bags out OF besleged
Paris IL we'll known.-Chicago News.
The Lambertville record., 1908-01-08
The BeIlbjrd.

The most remarkable thing I'm con
nection with the bellbird Is It's power
full voice. 1t utters Il clear metallic
note that can be heard at n distance of
three miles. It's noise Is like that pro-
duced by blacksmith striking his an
VII. Sometimes 1t repeats its notes In
quick succession, sometimes Mt fairly
long intervals. There is no mistake
about the voice of this bird; II Is loud
and piercing and would be heard
above the din produced by every IN
mate Of the zoo raising Its voice at
once
Except for n space of naked skin on
the throat and around the eyes. which
during the breeding season Is of green
color, this bird is pure white The
contrast between the sexes in the bell
birds is extreme, for, while Ahc male Is
pure white. the female is brownish
green. Darwin refers to the bellbird
when he points out that white is a
very rare color In terrestrial species of
moderate size and inoffensive habits"
Pail Mall Gazette.
The Lambertville record., 1908-01-08
FREAK OF THE TIDES.
At the Mouth of St. John River, Where
Water Flows Up Hill

Water Flows Up Hill.
Speaking of freaks of the tide, there
Is nothing in this world to equal the
phenomenon at the mouth of the st.
John river. where water flows up hill
and down twice daily. These revers-
ing falls are In n class by themselves
I'm the worlds natural curiosities.
The rise of the tide In the bay Of
Fundy, which ranges up to sixty feet.
averages at St John harbor twenty
eight or thirty feet
AT the mouth of the ST. John river
The great body of water is forced
through deep and narrow gorge On
the one side of this gorge the hnrbor
opens; above it the St. John river.
nearly 500 miles long. stretches away
into the province of Quebec.
When the tide In the bay of Fundy
Is on the flow. the waters rise with
such rapidity that the level in the har-
Dor becomes In less than an hour con-
siderably higher than the level in the
river.
The water is forced through the
gorge Mt such rate that 1t literally
falls up into the river, the height Of
this fall reaching at times fourteen
feet. So great Is the area of the river
so great is the amount of water rising
In the harbor and so narrow Is the
gorge that 1t would take hours longer
than the interval of any tide to bring
the river level up to that of the harbor
at high water.
AS consequence. after the tide has
turned and is on the ebb In the harbor
the level is still so much higher than
the river that the tide In the river con-
tinues TO rise for two or three hours
the water still falling upward.
The same force works In the flow
After tee wafer in the harbor has
fallen until the level In the harbor and
In the river are the same the fall
downward begins, During the next
few hours the harbor recedes until the
drop from the river to the harbor Is as
much rs sixteen or seventeen feet at
the very lowest tide. Once more the
tide turns inward and comes up quick
ly, but over three hours elapse before
it is sufficiently high to counteract the
downward flow from the river
At half tide there Is period of
something less than an hour when
navigation Is impossible - Boston
Globe
The Lambertville record., 1908-01-08
LYDIA DARRACH.
LoxIey House, Philadelphia, Who're
She Played Eavesdropper.

AoAtuJ ttNdsCs TfhlaociPHiup
She Played Eavesdropper.
One of the favorlte stories connected
with the Revolution is the tale Of
Lydia Darrach's patriotism, which
story, like others of similar import, has
been discredited by the discriminating
historian Notwithstanding the cold
Souche thrown upon the tradition 1t re.
mains popular with all who know It.
The house where the famous caves
dropping on the part Of the Quakeress
took place Is not SO well known.
Those who have heard or read the
story of Mrs. Darrach hardly need to
be Informed that she and her husband
lived In what was called the Loxley
house, once at the southeast corner Of
Little Dock and Second streets. Little
Dock was the thoroughfare which runs
In a southwestern direction from Dock
street to Second street. The ground
upon which the Loxley house stood
was acquired by Benjamin Loxley, a
well TO do carpenter who owned prac-
tlcally whole square in this vicinity,
from George Clymer In April, 1859, and
the queer little house was erected i'm
medIately. 1t was speculation, for
there Is nothing to show that the own
er ever lived there.
The house gained Its fame from Its
peculiar facade, which was unlike any
thing In the city, and from the anec-
dote which connects Mrs. Darrach
with the place. The great preacher
Whitefeld Is said to have addressed
the multitudes from the balcony on
either his sixth or seventh visit to this
country--1763 or 1863.
The Revolution had long since been
over and most Of the patriots In their
graves before the tale of Mrs. Oar
rachs bold adventure, which is beliey-
ed to have saved Washington and his
army from capture by the British. be-
came known. In the first number of
the first volume Of the American Quar-
terly Review. Issued In March, 1927,
the tale was told for the first time.
There 1t is credited to Gardens Anec-
dotes of the American Revolution"
The author of the story In the Amer
lean Quarterly Review, however, must
have had access to Major Gardens
manuscript, for the story was not
published In his book until the second
series was issued In the latter part Of
the year 1828.--Philadelphia Ledger.
The Lambertville record., 1908-01-08
mer, and she hasn't seen MN SINCE.
and she misses him."
what did she break it for?" Felicia

Mer, ana Sne naSn I seen MIN since.
and she misses him."
"What did she break it for?' Felicia
asked.
"He wanted her to go south with
him and settle in little town where
he could practice medicine, and she
wouldn't give up society. and now
think she regrets it,
"Oh." said little Felicia. "if | loved
man l would go to the end of the
world with him."
"WouId your" Roger asked.
"Yes."
''Well. l am leaving for Japan next
week." ingratiatingly.
Felicia gazed ut him with intense in
dignation tar moment; then she turn
ed her back on him. "Sillyw she said
When Felicia went to bed that night
she was so tired that she could not
sleep. The next morning she was as
pale as Mary For a week the two
girls dragged their engagements, fin.
ishing up on Saturday night with an
other cotillon.
was mussed, and she knew that she
was not looking her best. but she was
so tired that she did not care Roger
had sent her a bunch of violets, and
her dance card was filled with names,
but the fact gave her no satisfaction.
The fourth dance was Rogers.
Enjoying it?" he asked briefly as
he swung her out into the floor.
"Oh, l am so tired l shall drop" she
said. Cant l 60 home, Roger"
She looked SO like little weary child
that Roger laughed.
"Baby," he teased and then tenderly
'.Fll hunt Mary up, and we will cut
the rest of it,
In the carriage Mary collapsed. II
didn't dream | was so tired" she sob
bed, with her head ON Felicias shoul-
der, and Roger. surveying the pair
with twinkling eyes. said, LET me pre-
scribe"
"Well?' came back in mufiled agree
ment.
"You pack your trunk, Mary" he
planned, land go home with Felicia
It's lovely In the country now, and I'll
come up and bring Bob Carruth with
me-"
Mary sat up, with her face ablaze
Bob Carruth?'
Eyes. l had letter from him yes
terday He's coming up for visit"
Faint pink tinged Mary's cheeks.
"Do you think he will want to see
me, RogerY' she asked wistfully, and
Roger said gently, Il know he will
Mary"
So Felicia packed her little trunk
and Mary packed n larger one, and
away they went to the country, where
the trees were crimson and gold ant
brown and where the air was lik,
wine. And there Bob Carruth ant
Roger followed them.
$50 she is really going to marry hin
and live In II country town." Roger
commented, and he and Felicia fol
| lowed Mary and her lover along ;
path that seemed to end in n colder
sunset
yes" Felicia said.
"And you are going to marry me an,
come and live in the city," Roger ven
tured.
81 haven't promised yet" said littl
| Felicia. IL am afraid that some day
| should be saying, Give me again m.
hollow tree, my crust Of bread and lib
ertyS"
"You aren't afraid Of anything of the
kind" Roger told her. "You know VIZ
would live happy ever after"
"Oh, well, If you are SO sure" said
Felicia as she tucked Il confiding hand
through his arm and looked up at him
with happy eyes, 81 guess shall have
to say yes, Roger"
The Lambertville record., 1908-01-08
WILD OUTBURST OF JOY.
Mafekins Night, When London Flung
Aside All Dionjty.

Asiue All Oi9hlty.
"Mafeking night" gave verb to the
English language. TO matfik," de-
fined In phrase means to turn every
thing upside down In wild outburst
Of joy. Certainly we did turn every
thing upside down that night-Friday.
May 49, l900-in London. and we had
JOY and to spare TO Justify us. 1t was
not merely that Mafeking was relieved
the town in which Baden-Powell and
his men, edging close to starvation, had
Eat tight SO long and so pluekily; 1t was
the far greater relief that came to all
England ut the end of that dark win
ter through which all England, silently,
doggedly, had taken its nasty punish
ment, with the winning at last of
substantial victory. The tense strain
was relaxed suddenly, and London,
with good cause for II, mafliked ex-
ultingly through all that glad night
long
Tiddlers are peacock tail feathers.
| Tiddling is tickling other peoples
noses with them. With my own hap
py eyes that night saw two White
chapel girls, with proper Whltechapel
eurls twirled on their temples, fiddle
the hose of Pail Mall policeman!
And that policeman-imagine, il you
please, all possible lmpossbiities fused
into one single ultra violet ray of in
credibility y-fairly thrust forward his
law cmbodying nose to be tiddled by
those worse than regicides-he was Il
Pail Mall policeman, remember-and
benignly rewarded them with the
sneeze of their desire
On the same lines l may cite another
example from that same evening. l
saw on Piccadilly an intensely re-
spectacle looking Englishman-mlddle
aged, stout, gray whiskered, dressed In
seemly black and wearing n seemly
top hat-who most obviously was II
member of the conservative middle
class, Il well to do city man, ! should
say, with a tidy villa at Shepherds
Bush or Hackney, who on Sundays
very likely handed the plate. And
Briton was seated, with his chubby
legs very wide outspread before him,
on the roof of n four wheeler. and he
had the union jack In one hand and
| the standard In the other, and he was
coming along the middle of one of the
great streets of London in the thick of
the roaring crowd filling 1t waving
those national banners with an incom-
parable fervor and hurrahing just MS
loud as he possibly could hurrah!
But | saw no mote In the eye of my
phlegmatic English brother-we were
about of an age-hag waving and hur-
rahing up there on the roof of his
growlcr, possibly because Mt the mo-
ment ! had something of beam In
my own. Strictly speaking, the relief
Of Mafeking was not my affair ut all
But, God bless me, there l was, too
with my standard and my union jack
0hey cost me sixpenee apiece, mount
ed on little bamboo poles, and as long
MS live | shall cherish them, and
went about London that night waving
those flags just as crazily as anybod,
and roared away with the nationa
anthem and SOLDIERS of the Queen
and the "Absentminded Beggar" jus
rs loudly as anybody. - Thomas A
Janvier In IIarper's.
The Lambertville record., 1908-01-08
GOODNESS IN DANGER.
Experiences Of an English Military
Official In India.

Experiences Of an English Military
Official In India.
When Lieutenant Henderson was
captured by the natives of the Gold
Coast hinterand they got into a
wordy discussion rs to how they would
kill him. The victim listened awhile
till he was weary OF It, "Oh, WELL"
he said, II can't be bothered with your
arguments. I'm very sleepy. Let me
know when you have made up your
minds" And off to sleep he went.
The unexpected performance saved his
life. His calm Indifference persuaded
Samory's men that they bad to do with
some one of immense importance. I'm
willing to take on themselves the re-
sponsiblllty for his death, they sent
him unframed to Samory's court, I'm
the Jimini country.
Once again Lieutenant Henderson
saved himself by like exhibition of
courage. He found Samory on a
throne, surrounded by 1000 warriors,
yet when motioned to do homage on
his hands and knees he did nothing Of
the sort. He simply sat on the throne
beside Samory, shaking that monarch
warmly by the hand. Thanks to this,
and to nothing else, he was accepted
as the representative of great SOW
erelgn Instead Of captive doomed to
death. He talked to Samory of the
queen and Samory talked to him. Thus
n mission which might have ended, as
A..fz n. \
The Lambertville record., 1908-01-08

Martial. Spanish poet Of the first
century, wrote. "a face that cannot
smile Is never good"
The Lambertville record., 1908-01-08
A Chummy, Fearless Bird.

So unafraid are humming birds OF
man that they will readily enter open
windows of houses if they see flowers
within. have even read OF their visit
ing the artificial flowers on n lady's
hat when she was walking out, and
other writer's speak OF their taking
sugar from between a persons lips.
In n room they become confused and,
being so frall. are apt TO injure them
selves by striking against objects.
More than once or members of my
family have caught the frightened lit
tie waits for their good and released
them In the open air. 1t Is of no use
to try to keep them In captivity un-
less possibly 1t were In greenhouse
where there were plenty of flowers, for
no artificial food has ever been found
which will nourlsh them. Yet even
there they would probably kill them
selves by flying against the glass.-H.
X. Job in Outing Magazine.
The Lambertville record., 1908-01-08
In a Bad Way.

There Is Pennsylvania divine who
Is not averse to telling good story
at his own expense.
Once in addressing mission meet
ing in Philadelphia which was attend
ed mainly by sailors the good man had
sought to adapt his remarks to his
hearers by using nautical SMILES, and
In so doing he ventured somewhat be-
yond his depth.
"And now what shall we do-what
shall we do?"
"Nothin' doin', cap'n" sang out one
Of the sailors. "Ye're in bad! Ye're
goin' in starnforemost"
The Lambertville record., 1908-01-08
Wasted Time.

you are wasting your time painting
pictures"
"But sell my pictures" protested
the artist.
"And that conyihces me that you can
sell anything. Such being the case,
why not take mp life insurance or steel
bridges or something with big money
In itY-Louisvllle Courier Journal.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-11-09
WANTS
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.

FOR RENT-Two large rooms for
light housekeeping. Apply 204
Bushman St., or call Home phone
So4 11-9-3t.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-11-09
NIGHT-RIDING issue
IS CLEARLY DEFINED
Blind Tiger Evil is Denounced and the
Attention of the Jury is Called to
the Leaks" That Have Occurred in
the PASTA Good Jury.

The criminal term of the circuit
court began this morning with Judge
w. H. Cook presiding, District Attor-
ney McLaurin and Court Stenographer
Harden present, ready for duty.
The first thing this morning was
the impaneling of the juries, which
with the judges charge, consumed the
morning session.
The following gentlemen were Sc
lected as grand jurors: l. H. Beeman,
w. E. Kennedy, H. G. Judge, T. F.
Rawls, ]. A. Quick, A. L. Steahan. ].
M. Reynolds, j. P. Hurst, NJ. A. Fry,
j. L. Griffin, j. S. Turner, ST.. E. G.
Merrall, G. A. Burkitt, P. ]. Clarke,
]. B. Merkel, N. N. Lee, Eugene Smith
and w. P. Billiard. ]. B. Merkel was
appointed foreman.
The charge of Judge Cook was lis
tened to with interest by a large num-
Der of people, many of whom were
present for that purpose. All the coun-
ty officers were present as required
by law. Judge Cook delivered
splendid charge as he always does.
He pointed out 10 the jury what their