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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1908-02-26
Instinct and Reason,

Instinct Is the generic term for all
those faculties of mind which lead to
the performance of actions that are
adaptive In character, but pursued
without necessary knowledge of the re-
Iation between the means employed
and the ends attained. Reason refers
to those actions that are adaptive In
character and that are pursued with
knowledge of the relation between the
means employed and the ends aimed
at. Such is the technical statement OF
the difference between instinct and rea
son, but the real, basic difference be-
tween the two faculties is unknown
and probably unknowable.-New York
American.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1908-02-26
THE oDoR OF sANcITY.
1 French Writer'S Theory OF How y.
May Be Exuded by Man.

DIR. Georges Dumas Is the author of
an article in the Revue de Paris on
"rhe Odor of Sanctity" The writer
accepts as true the numerous reported
instances of saints and mystics of the
Catholic church whose bodies after
death or during moments of ecstasy
emitted peculiarly pleasing odors of
various kinds Then men and women
with whom such legends deal, argues
Or. Dumas. were neurasthenes. and 1t
Is not impossible that the aroma of
sanctity which surrounded them was
the product of strictly physiological
and chemical changes common To all
men. but present in highly intensified
form In subjects who. so to speak,
burned up the candle of their existence
mt an unusually rapid rate He says In
part:
$50 far. then, we have come across IL
great variety of perfumes--einnamon
Glove, orange, pineapple. rose. violet,
lily Of the valley, yellow amber and
benzoin. Now, the natural eonstitu=
tion of all of these Is well known, and
chemistry produces them daily for com
mercial purposes. We may therefore
substitute the equivalent chemical ex-
presslons for the ordinary terms we
have employed and say that orange,
cinnamon, violet and musk owe their
perfume to aldehydes and acetones.
aromatic liquids derived from the alco-
hols. Just as the artificial essence Of
pineapple comes from butyrie ether.
We have, then, to ask whether the hu-
man body can produce odorous com
pounds of the kind we have mentioned
and under what conditions. As n mat
ter of fact, II does produce II certain
number of such compounds In the de-
struction of organic matter. which Is
the constant condition of life, In par
ticular acetones and the volatile fatty
acids. butyric. formic, ncetic. etc. II
the process of combustion Is normal all
these constituents are burned up. com
pletely oxidized, and give us Il residue
water. carbonic acid and urea. But let
some slackening occur In the inmost
nutrition of the tissues aud the same
constituents will escape through the
breath, perspiration and the skin"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1908-02-26
SPEAKING PLAINLY.
The Judges Request and the Counsei's
Prompt Response.

The Judges Request and the Counsel's
Prompt Response.
A young and afterward distinguished
attorney from an up country district of
New York state was arguing his first
appeal In the old general term of the
supreme court. He had been In many
legal scrlmmages In Justices courts
Mt home, but had never stood In the
awesome presence of five sedate and
learned judges of the supreme court
In general term assembled. His EN-
barrassment was great He repeated
himself and misplaced his words so
often that II was quite evident that he
must soon be routed by his own con
fusion unless something should occur
to break the spell Finally. and Just
as he was houndering the deepest In n
chaotic tumble of language aud ideas,
the presiding judge interrupted with
the following remark
MIR. Smithers, | believe II will be n
great relief to yourself and to the court
II you win address us In the same free
and Informal way that you doubtless
use In addressing your local justice OF
the peace"
We'll, then" replied Smithers, 81
wish that while l am busy alternating
your honor's dense ignorance of the
law you would keep your COMPOUNDED
mouth shutr' The court laughed
| heartily and waved for him to proceed
He grew eloquent and won his case In
the midst of hearty applause
milan Magazine.
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NOT MERELY lDLlNG.
Wherein the Writer Resembed
Man on the Buoy.

wan on the Buoy.
"rhat writer" said Il publisher, re-
ferring to an author who seemed to be
ldling away his time, lis In reality try
ing hard to work, to get his ideas flow
ing, but he Is stuck.
''IIe said to me himself that he re-
sembed a man who made bet one
summer day Mt the shore that he
would swim out mile and half to
certain buoy. The bet was accepted, and
the man stripped and plunged In. His
friend retired to the hotel to watch his
progress from the window.
"From the window With feldglass
the friend saw the swimmer reach the
buoy in due course, draw himself up
out of the water and sit down COM
fortably. with his legs dangling over.
So far so good. Evidently he was rest
Ing, well pleased with his feat.
''Some minutes passed, and the swim
mer had not moved. The watcher re-
turned to his book. But every now
and then he looked up, and still the
swimmer sat In the same position on
the buoy.
'An hour, two hours went by. Still
the swimmer remained. A white, slim
figure seen against the oncoming dark,
he sat on the buoys edge. His feet
dangled In the sea. He seemed to be
musing
''Finally 1t began to grow quite dark,
and, thoroughly alarmed at last, the
watcher got boat and couple Of
bargees and rowed out to his friend.
"Out there the mystery was soon ex-
planned The man was stuck fast to
the buoy, which had been freshly
tarred that morning" Washington
Star
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1908-02-26
Some of tho Trials of Writers.

Professor Lounsbury of Yale calls at
tention 10 some OF the difficulties OF
English grammar with which writer's
have constantly to struggle In their de-
sire to avoid obscurity and be correct
at the same time. In Harpcr's Maya
zine Professor Lounsbury takes up the
use of "wlose" ms u relative pronoun
referring to inanlmatc objects and JUS
titles It's use since nothing better can
be devised. He discusses the use of
the singular pronoun with the word
Everybody" as In "There everybody
met his friends" This Is manifestly
inadequate, and "his or her friends" Is
clumsy. Jane Austen. writes the pro-
fesser, avoided the difficulty by using
the plural pronoun, as In her sentence,
",Fhey say everybody Is In love once
In their lives" He thinks no satlsfac-
tory solution of this problem can, in
the nature of the case, ever be reached.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1908-02-26
A Feast Of Kisses.

81 once visited the little town of Hal
player who used to wander into the
odd corners of the world, but even /
and my hair Is getting little thin, ana
| wouldn't take first prize in Il beauty
contest got enough kisses In one day
to last an average lifetime. II seems
that IIalmagen from time immemorlal
has had nm annual festival, and on this
day the population Of about eighty VII
lagos come swarmlng In. Every young
woman of the town, married or single,
goes out on this day carrying vessel
OF wine and small garland of flowers.
10 every visitor they offer n sup Of
wine and kiss Louis Republic
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1908-02-26

had shall sound it's trump, Heaven
help the party, the faction, the State,
or the citizens who try to stand
against justice in that day of Judge
ment. For the wind of Gods destiny
and the sun of His mercy are working
their miracles in this world about us,
in our hearts and lives, IA the wind
and sun work their marvels in the
woods and fields. And we should
consider the lilies how they grow.
Golfers Weekly.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1908-02-26

John MontgomerIe. governor Of the
province of New York, died on July l..
1881. In the New York Gazette of May
g. 1882. Is the following advertisement,
the first Of the kind:
"On Thursday, June /, at 3 O'Clock
In the afternoon. VIII begin to be sold
at public auction a collection OF yalua-
BILE books belonging to the library of
his excellency John Montgonerie. Esq,
late governor Of New York. etc, de
ceased. A catalogue of the books may
be seen at the Coffee House In New
York, with the conditions of sale"
This Is also the first Instance where
the word auction" appears" 'vendue"
being the term In general use
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1908-02-26
NATIVE ESKIMO CLOTHES.
Light In Weight, Soft In Texture and
Absolutely Cold Proof.

I'9ht III Wei9ht oo1e IN texture ano
Absolutely Cold Proof.
When winter set In and Eskimos be
gan to visit the ship, it soon became
apparent that they We're much better
clothed to meet the cold than We're the
white explorers, though the latter had
everything that money could command
In the way of IAN approved arctic out
fit" The Finnish boots, or "Finnskor,"
used 10y Nansen and other arctic ex
plorers. We're cxcelled both in light
ness and warmth 10y the native boots.
single fur coat of deerskin made In
Norway weighed rs much as an entire
Eskimo suit of outer and inner gar
mentS. with boots and mittens incMd-
while the native garments We're soft
as n kid glove. A we'll made Eskimo
sult=socks and boots. underwear,
trousers and coat with hood weighs
ten or eleven pounds, about rs much
as your spr' 1g suit. and in It you
conld sit comfortably on block of
snow, with your back to the wind,
fishing through hole in the Ice. with
a temperature of 80 degrees f., as the
writer has repeatedly done, feeling
cold nowhere but on the face, the
only part Of the body that must be
left uncovered. We found deerskin
shirt with the hair turned In warmer,
lighter and more comfortable than a
wooden, and Il cap unnecessary when
the hooded coat Is worn. There was
not an item of the arctic clothing that
was not advantageously replaced by
garments bought from the Eskimos,
No one wore garments of European
make IL he was able TO get his hands
on the Eskimo equivalent Stefans-
son in Harpers Magazine
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1908-02-26
MAGIC MIRRORS.
Peculiar Effects In Some Of tho Pol
ished Bronze Refiectors


Now and then mirrors of n curious
kind are seen In Europe. They are
called magic mirrors" and are Of Jap
anese origin. made not of glass silver
ed, but of east bronze polished on the
face and bearing on the back raised
patterns Inscriptions symboical de
signs, crests or pictures. When en-
posed to II bright beam Of Hight from
the sun or from an electric lamp they
reflect in the light from their polished
face the Image of the pattern on their
backs.
This Is purely optical property and
has OF course nothing In common with
the fortune telling magic crystals of
the astrolOger or the alleged magic
mirrors of necromancy, yet II long puz
zled the scientific opticlun and even
now Is little known or believed. The
researches of various scientific men
have established the fnct that the phe
nomenon Is due to very minute differ
ences of curvature In the polished face.
differences so minute that they do not
affect the ordinary use of the mirror
as II looking glass and that can be de
tected only by delicate optical tests.
The only remaining mystery has
been as to how these delicate differ
ences OF curvature were produced In
exact correspondence to the pattern on
the back. The makers themselves are
often In ignorance OF the magic prop
erty and do not know which of their
mirrors possess 1t and which do not
The mirrors are cast In molds and aft
erward polished by hand, and II Is
held by scientific men that the differ
ence of curvature Is caused by the met
ais yielding unequally under that pres
sure OF the tools used In scraping and
polishing, the thin parts naturally
bending more than the thick. This ae-
counts for the mirrors becoming
magic. Chicago News
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1908-02-26
Witty and Caustic.

A woman suffrage lecturer, accord
Ing to the Boston Globe, recently
brought down the house with the fol-
lowing argument: 81 have no vote, but
my groom has. | have u great respect
for that man in the stables, but | am
sure IL | were to 90 to him and say.
John, will you exercise the franchfser
he would reply, Please, mum, which
horse be thatT"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1908-02-26
Heavier Ammunition.

''Is this the man we are to initiate
tonight" asked the illustrious con
ductor
1T Is" replied the outside guard. The
the $50 pound candidate, inspected him
carefully and turned to his assistant.
put the goat back" he said, "and
bring me mule."-Chlcago Tribune.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1908-02-26
Ho Gets Too Many.

my, John, you haven't particle OF
tact"
"What have done nowi"
asking Mr.. Hamfat to dinner and
telling him you will give him "A good
roast! And he a second rate actor!'-
Baltimore American.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1908-02-26
The Eternal lin.

II Is as foolish to attempt to stop
tipping as to oppose the ocean tide.
Tips will never be suppressed The
word may BE changed. but the thing
will not disappear. 1t Is so human to
be generous Paris Journal
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1908-02-26
Ono Way.

Husband--I don't know how much
Of an allowance to give you. Wife
You know how much you can afford.
don't you? Husband--Why. yes. Wife
Then give me as much more as you
can spare.-Illustrated Bits.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1908-02-26
,tery Considerate.

Heidi you tell your father, darling?
Sae-I told him | was engaged. dear.
but not to whom. He Is not well, and
thought would break 1t to him grad
uullV I ifp
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1908-02-26

tiiCh iilllNiuudi SottiS tlle spiitudi dual-
tiles incarnate in Lincoln could this
nation choose Lincoln. Only as the
the people themselves were free---were
free in the sense that they were willing
to sacrifice their comforts, their wealth,
their limbs, and their lives for freedom
could they make this nation free.
A PEOPLE ALREADY FREE.
Another President before Lincoln
might have written ream of enamel
patton proclamations; they might have
cluttered the courts, and probably
would have had but an academic IN
terest. Lincoln's proclamation passed
over the heads OF the courts, because it
was an enactment of people who had
right to proclaim freedom; for they
were fighting for freedom themselves.
The proclamation need not have come
from Lincoln; Grant need not have
won at Appomattox. The American
people have shown themselves spirit
ually great enough to realize the hor-
hor of another mans slavery and TO
lay down their lives to end that horror
Therefore they have become free
people, and no chance OF battle or
caprice OF lawmaker could keep free
dom out of their actual practical lives.
Given an aspiration, backed by faith
substantial enough to fight for it, to
sacrifice for it, to die for it, and the
aspiration is no longer day dream,
hut fact.
If anything is needed to prove how
how largely unessentlal to the progress
of the American people is any one man
to the progress Of any people at any
time, we have to look no farther than
Lincoln's successor, Andrew Johnson.
Surely he was everything that Lincoln
was not Where Lincoln was sacri-
ilcing, Johnson was vain; where Lin
coin was bold, Johnson was petty;
where Lincoln was wise, Johnson was
stupid With the death of Lincoln it
would seem as though the lightning
had demolished the tree of our nation
al life, had wrecked and denuded the
forest Whereabouts, and had let in desc
latlon. But the miracle OF life was not
stayed. Swiftly the sight of the wound
was removed; the mark OF the thunder
bolt hidden; and only scar down the
trunk of our history marks that path of
the lightning, and tomorrow even it
will close up and be forgotten. The
episode of Johnson soon will be as UNI
important in our annals as the episode
OF Aaron BUR.
What then becomes of our heroes2
| Are there no leaders of mem Is life
mere conscious vegetatlon9 Are men
nothing better than cattle on the plan
ct, herded in civilization to-day, stamp
eded in savagery tomorrow, and called
from the wilderness again to herd and
scatter and reform i'll strange places?
Was it not better to have been Ameri-
ca than Sodom, better to be Hamilton
than Burr, better to be Lincoln than
Andrew Johnson? Surely there must
be right and wrong, surely there must
be differences III men. What mad
equation is this that seems to have no
answer, no solution that is no more
satisfactory than any other.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1908-02-26
Here is Relief for Women.

Here Is Relief for Women.
II you have pains in the back, Urinary,
Bladder or Kidney trouble, and want a GER
tain, pleasant herb cure for woman's ills, try
Mother Gray's Australian Leaf. 1t is a safe
and never failing regulator. At Druggists or
by mail 50 cts. Sample package FREE. Adj
dress. The Mother Gray Co, Lei,oy, N. Y.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1908-02-26
SELFISHNESS IS SIN.

The lesson of Lincoln is the old, old
lesson Of life that what we do worth do
ing in the world only helps ourselves,
because nothing is worth doing that
does not help others. 1t is as true of
nations as Of men. And democracy
grows strong only as it is sacrifcial, al
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1908-02-26

Ask for the Best Bread-MAc-
KAY's.
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AMERICA AND SODOM.

If we are consistent in our faith in
God and His guidance of humanity by
the wind of destiny and the sun of His
mercy, the answer to our questions
must be depressing to our vanity.
The logic of our faith requires the dec
laration that heroes help but little in
moving the world along, that leaders
only lead as they are led---only as they
embody the virtues of those who seem
to follow; that men are drawn together
in families, races and nations, and
move forward until their selhshness
scatters them, and then the usefulness
of that civilization is ended. Faith in
Gods guidance of human affairs de
mands negative answer to the ques-
ton, is not America better than Sod
om?--save only as America is less sell
fish than Sodom, kinder, gentler, and
morally wiser and drawer than Sodom.
And as for Lincoln---destiny or the
force that moves men upward or what
ever one calls the sun and the wind
outside ourselves that directs spiritual
growth on this earth. let us call it God
and say that God in His plan needed
Lincoln less than Lincoln needed God.
For to be great is to be kind. And
whatever kindness Lincoln nuturcd in
his soul, rewarded him by expanding
his soul. The great things he did,
another would have done, in some way
because the people had grown, in spir-
itual stature, large enough TO demand
that these things be done. So what
great, kind, brave things Lincoln did,
and they were great, kind, brave things
that he did, helped him, deepened his
heart, widened his spirit, and equipped
his soul for its eternal journey toward
the light. And SO we come to the
truth in the paradox that in SO much as
Lincoln helped humanity he helped
himself.
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THIRTY-FOURTH YEAR
Letter From Sammy Brown
PIN OAK VALLEY, r. F. D. No. /, 1-2o-'oS.

pretty late the other night when
we got home with the engine
and Mother was somewhat pro-
voked as she did not want me to
get one. We did not always
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-08-14
The Roosevelt Policies

1t is announced by the republican
press that William II. Taft. candidate
for president. has promised to carry
out the policies in%auguratcd by Thco.
dore Roosevelt. Almost simultaneously
with the above announcement publicity
Is given to IL statement that the money
power, the trusts, corporations and
combines, are getting behind Mr.. Taft
with the idea Of making him Mr.. Rooso.
velt's successor. What understanding
have the managers Of the Taft cam.
paign with the railroad aud other inter.
csts which q Hartman represents
what secret connections with tho steel
trusts or any other of the bad trustsH
Has this understanding anything to do
with tho refusal of tho republican
party to stand for the publicity of cam.
paign contributions and expenditures
But, after ali, what have been the
Roosevelt policies?
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-08-14
Receiver Wilde's Bond.

According to an article i'll the Reno
Journal. an investigation: of the circum-
stances surrounding the raise in the
fee paid by Receiver Wildes to the
surety companies for his million dollar
bond reveals the fine italian hand of
Bank Examiner Hofer. He is the man
according to the Journal who acted rs
the agent of the surety companies in
furnishing the bonds. He first quoted
u rate of S1100 for the bond. but raised
to $500, when the first bond was re-
.iected and another had to b, given.
He also charged $3.50 extra fJr getting
another company to axe the place of
one that withdrew when the second
bond was given.
\ thorough investigation is being
made of the affair by Receiver Wildes
and the commissioners and the true
i%nwardness of the business will proba
bly, he brought to light.
IL speaking Of this bold transaction
to the Carson News Governor DECKER
son said:
THE matter was called to my attcn-
ton several days ago and since that
time l have been trying to sift the
matter down. At the present time l
have very little to say. My investiga-
ton has not been concluded and / am
not now in Il position to fix the respon.
sibility for the Excess premium charge.
From what information | have been
able to gather, from seemingly reliable
sources, | am convinced that the credit
ors of the State Bank and Trust comp.
any have been handed n good sized
package from some source"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-08-14

We learned from Deputy Sheriff
Grim that the man found dead west Of
Cobre last week was undoubtedly killed
by falling from u freight train. He
thoroughly investigated the matter and
came to this conclusion from all the
facts and circumstances he was able 70
learn. The mans name was George
Gray and he was on his way from
Sacramento to some point i'm the East.
The Reno Gazette pictures McCarren
standing between Skaggs and Carl
Young with each holding him by the
arm, and labels the cartoon "McCarrcn
in the hands of his friends" The
people of Elko county know Skaggs and
there is no need of saying anything
about him, but not SO with Young.
His reputation is very unsavory and his
business has been that of u disreputable
dive keeper. Skuggs, Young and Nc
Carren, what Il bunch for the decent
democrats of Nevada to follow! Will
they follow thcmr Not much.
While OH n camping trip along the
Carson river last week, Mrs. Clyde
Jcwctt of Fallon was accidentally shot
through the left breast by Il 22.caliber
rifle. She is now ut her home in Fallon
and is i'll quite Il serious condition.
Mrs. Jcwett had started OH II camping
trip with Mr.. and Mrs. Rex Star. and
the first night out she attempted to pull
Il loaded ~ calibre rifle from II roll of
bedding. The gun went off and the
bullet struck her in the left breast,
ranging upward and missing the heart.
She WAS Immediately taken to Fallon
for medical attendance.