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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1909-09-08
TOWER OF LONDON.


The Perfect System by Which lts
Treasures Are Guarded.
The Tower of London has the most
perfect system Of burglar alarms that
has yet been devised.
From Scotland Yard, from the gov
ernor's headquarters and from other
places known only to a few respon-
sible officials the whole Tower can be
closed electrically within a few Sec
onds. Even the ponderous gates at
the middle tower, which weigh some
tons and through which visitors pass.
swing to automatically, and the escape
of every one within is instantly barred.
At the same time an alarm bell rings
to warn wardens, police and soldiers.
In particular the precautions in the
apartment containing the CROWN jew
els are of most scientifically eabo-
rate kind. One of the beefeaters on
duty In the room has merely to press
a button, whereupon the heavy door
closes, the alarm bell below rings. the
other gates slam to and lock, and every
person within the tower is instantly
cut off from the outer world.
"Tbe man who eau get away with
any OF the crown jewels deserves
them.r observed Tower official
From where | am standing | could
close every important door and gate
In the Tower In as short a time as 1t
takes to utter these words"
1t was mainly to insure the safety
Of the crown jewels that the system
was installed
No order had been issued for the
closing of the Tower on recent Sat
urday when. greatly to their alarm.
the visitors found doors locked, bolted
and barred against them for about ten
minutes. preventing any one leaving
the Tower.
'.Fhe Tower simply closed-that Is
all," remarked an official. who caus-
ed It to do so we do not know. 1t
might have been Scotland Yard. where
the pressing of button would I'M
prison every soul within the Tower I'M
til the police gave the signal for their
release. or 1t might have been the
governor, anxious to learn whether we
were all at our posts. AT any rate. 1t
was none Of the minor officials.
I'm fact, who closed the Tower and
why is secret known only 10 the
highest authorities There was no
alarm, no attempt to seize the crown
Jewels London Mail.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1909-09-08
"A Square Deal

10 assured you when you buy DR.. Pierce'e
family medicines-for all the ingredi-
ents entering into them are printed on
the bottle-wrappers and their formulas
are attested under oath as being complete
and correct. You know Just what you are
paying for and that the Ingredients are
gathered from Natures laboratory, being
selected from the most valuable native
medicinal roots found growing In our
American foresUSNd while potent 70 cure
are pertsctsx harmleea eva0 TO che most
delicate womes et dchildlem> MOI drop
@Scf Ssief Si iGlf Z Sl &afk 4aE
14ctIng and ,RreseEYIRG -E6eJ @ed1flnfl
PRINCIPLES used ~ l6SN. yiz.-QlEe 1fllls-
re11ed Rlycerlle: This agent .p0ssesses
being most valuable antiseptic and anti
ferment, nutritive and soothing demul-
cent.
Glycerine plays an important part in
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery In
the cure OF indigestion, dyspepsia and
weak stomach, attended by sour risings,
heartburn, foul breath, coated tongue,
poor appetite, gnawing feeling in stom-
ach, biliousness and kindred derange-
ments OF the stomach, liver and bowels.
Besides curing all the above distressing
ailments, the WGolden Medical Discovery
Is specific for all diseases OF the mucous
membranes, as catarrh, whether OF tho
nasal passages or OF the stomach, bowels
or pelvic organs. Even in It's Lucrative
stages 1t will yield to this sovereign rem
edy II its use be perseyered in. In Chronic
Catarrh OF the Nasal passages, II Is well,
while taking the "Golden Medical Dis
covery" for the necessary constitutional
treatment, to cleanse the passages freely
two or three times day with Dr. Sages
Catarrh Remedy. This thorough course
OF treatment generally cures the worst
cases.
In coughs and hoarseness caused by bscn-
chial. throat and lung affections. except con-
sumption In its advanced stages. the Golden
Medical Discovery" Is = most efficient REM
edy. especially In those obstinate. hang-on
coughs caused by irritation and congestion Of
the bronchial mucous membrAnesL The wDtsr
covery Is not so good for acute coughs aYiS-
ing from sudden colds. nor must 1t be ex-
pected to cure consumption in its advanced
stages-no medicine will do that-but for all
the obstinate. chronic coughs which, II neg-
lected. or badly treated. lead up to consump-
ton. II Is the best medicine that can be taken
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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1909-09-08
AN OLD TIME HANGING.
The Dark Day When "ola ssnnis- Wa'
Executed In Maryland,


Executed In Maryland,
As dark as the day when eld aea'
ME was hung is cue Of TIE many
quaint sayings tina, for se.gFatisas mas
been used on the lower Sassesa shore
Of Maryland. but from the accounts
that have been given ny those who
lived in old Jennie's day there never
has been a day since that time as dark
as the day on which she was exe'ated
for wholesale murder In the eesghhe's
hood In which she lived.
The old murtieress was publicly
hanged In 1915 In the cid jail yard at
Princess Anne. and all those who re-
membered that particular day have
passed into the great beyond long aga
The murderess WAS white woman,
tall and angular. and 1t WAS said that
she resembed what was popularity
supposed to be witch far more than
she did the up TO date woman Of that
day. In fact. local history records that
she practiced witeheraft No one ever
knew where she came from. she hay-
Ing dropped down" very mysteriously
into the neighborhood. where she Killed
a family OF four.
Old Jennie was not hanged on scar
fold. In those days murderers were
executed with as little trouble and ex.
pense as possible The wien faced
terror of all Somerset was placed In
a cart drawn by two oxen and placed
directly under stout limb of an old
oak tree which stood In the jail yard.
The rope was fixed In rude fashion
around her neck, amid the hurrahs Of
the crowd and the curses of the
doomed woman. and when all was In
readiness u bunch of fodder was
placed ten PAGES from the oxen's heads,
and they were given the word to start
Obeying the command. they made a
bee line for the fodder and left old
Jennie dangling at the end of the rope.
That day. 1t has been told thousands
Of times, was the darkest ever known
in this section. Chickens remained on
their roosts throughout the entire day,
while candles by the score burned In
the houses that the servants might see
to do their work The local scientists
of that day were at a loss to account
for the strange phenomenon. and the
graphic descriptions which they gave
Of 1t and which were recorded years
ago make interesting reading.
The darkies and superstitious whites
of those days naturally thought that
the end OF time had come. A great
many negroes declare today that the
ghost of old Jennie may be seen stalk
ing around on the edge of the woods
near where she committed her crimes
any time on dark, cloudy night. and
they are very careful not to encounter
her-Oriole (Md.) Cor. Chicago Inter
| Ocean.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1909-09-08
WINGS THAT WERE FINS.
Evidence That Pensuin's Pinions Were
Once Used For Swimming.

Once Used For Swimming.
archaeological puzzles are the pen
gums. with their curiously shaped
wings and odd. unbirdlike, upright car
riage The peculiarities Of their wings
suggest that the penguins are desce1d
ants of birds which used their wings
rather than legs In the pursuit Of prey
under water, and as the struggle In
tensified between the competing indi-
viduals the most expert at this sort Of
swimming would get the most food
and GUST less successful rivals The
winners gained advantage over their
neighbors In proportion as their wings
improved as swimming organs and In
versely and Of necessity became less
suited to perform the work Of flight.
In all other birds the feathers, though
shed annually, are more or less grad
ually displaced. But In the penguins
the new feathers all start into being at
the same time and thrust out the old
feathers upon their tips so that these
come away in great fakes. Whereas
in all birds save penguins the new
feathers as they thrust their way
through the skin end In pencil-like
points, formed by investing sheaths.
in the penguins these sheaths are open
at the tips and attached by their rims
to the roots of the old feathers. and
hence these are held to their success
sors until they have attained sufi-
cient length to insure protection against
cold.
The curious device for retaining the
warmth afforded by the old feathers
until the new generation can I'll their
places is apparently due to the fact
that penguins are natives Of the ant
arctic regions, although some now in.
habit tropical seas.-Chicago Tribune.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1909-09-08
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.

So much has been written on the
subject of the Constitutional Amend
ments to be voted for Oh Tuesday,
September lith, from six "A. NJ to sew
en- p. ". that the following is Offered
only because it describes in simple
language the effect of the amendments
which voters are privileged to vote
FOR or AGAINST.
FIRST MEN DM E.NT: This SIM
ply strikes out of the constitution a
proyiso that the legislature may en-
power County Courts to have jurisdie-
ton in foreclosure of mortgages; such a
law now exists, but is seldom acted
under.
SECOND AMEN DIN ENT: This
provides that the Court of Pardons
shall consist of the Governor and four
citizens appointed by him. This court
is now composed of the Governor and
six judges of the Court of Errors and
Appeals And If this Amendment
should not be adopted, and the third
amendment changing the name of the
courts should be adopted there may be
some confusion as to the composition
of this court.
THIRD AM ENDM ENT: This is
the much taIked-of amendment effect
ing the courts OF the State and praetie-
ably consolidates the Court of Errors,
the Supreme Court and Court of Chan
Gerry TO be hereafter known rs the Su-
preme Court and separated i'll three
divisions, the first TO be known as the
appeals division, having jurisdiction
of appeals from the County Courts
and from the Law Division and Chan
eery Division Of the Supreme Court, it
practically follows the English sys
tenn Of Il highest court in similar divi-
sions; its adoption is generally approx
ed by the judges of the highest Courts
i'll the States and many of the leading
lawyers. Its advantages will be that
in some cases there will only be one
appeal where two now exists and the
JdtibNb VI titN law iyis VIII HWY
more time to attend TO the trial of eases
iii the counties than the justices of the
Supreme Court now do. The Circuit
Judges now trying eases in the Coun-
lies will be abolished. 1t is also claim
ed that the system will be less expen.
sive than the present one. It's object.
ed to by many lawyers and others who
wanted a simpler system consisting oil
II single independent trial court in the
counties with single independent
appeal court in the State. II is said
that this Amendment abolishes the
office of Justice of the Peace, this Is
true, only to the extent that it tales
the Office out of the list Of Constitu
tional officers SO that the Office may b
abolished by future legislatures, if they
SO desire.
FOURTH AMEN DMENT: Thi
simply provides that senators and rs
semblymen shall hereafter receiv,
100000 per year as compensation in
stead of S500.00, MS ut present.
FIFTH AM len DIN ENT: This prac
ticably provides that all officers shall
hereafter be elected for 2, 4 or 6 years
and so arranged that elections for nun
icipal officers shall be held one yea
and State and County officers the fol
lowing year and thus alternating; and
this amendment also provides thai
counties may be divided into district,
for the election of members of assem-
bly, instead of electing the whole mum
Der in each county on the same count,
ticket rs now.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1909-09-08
TROLLEYS
To TRENTON

Cars leave Bridge Street, Lambert
vile, for Trenton Gao, 7:ao, 8:ao,
gao, 1870, 1I2:o; A.M.I2:ao, 1870, 2:ao,
gao, 4:ao, $40, 6:ao, 7:ao, S:ao, 9:ao,
1870, 1870, P. NJ; Ia:ao midnight,
daily, Sunday included. Returning,
leave Trenton on same schedule from
s:ao A, NJ, to II:ao, P. NJ. Fare,
a5c. each way, or soc. return.
Connections At Yardley.
Cars leaving Lambertville at 6:2o,
7:ao, o:ao, A. NJ. a:2o, $40, P. NJ,
make immediate connection at Yardley
with trains for Philadelphia, arriving
there in one and one-half hours. Re-
turning, trains leaving Reading Ter
minal at 7:a3, 1880, A. NJ, 1890,
a:I7, 3:I7, 4:I7, $500, ORR 7:i7, P.
NJ, make close connections for Lam.
bertville. Round trip rate, $I.44--
soc. each way to and from Yardley,
and $l.o4 return, to Philadelphia.
Close connections at Morrisville with
electric cars to aud from Bristol and
Philadelphia.
Trenton. New Hone I IambeftTilleS nv
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1909-09-08
ENGLISH MONARCHS.
Death Often Unkind In the Manner OF
Their Taking on.

Death Often Unkind In the Manner Of
Their Taking Off.
OF the monarchs who have reigned
over England since the days Of the
Norman conquest nearly one-quarter of
the number have met violent deaths
William l. was killed by fall from
his horse, William ii. was shot while
hunting, whether by accident or de-
sign Is still one Of the unsolved prob.
lens Of history; Richard l. was killed
by shaft from crossbrow while
besieging the city Of Chaluz, In France;
Richard ii. was murdered In Pontefract
castle. Edward ii. was murdered In
Berkeley castle and Edward V. In the
Tower Of London, Richard Ill. was
killed on the battlefield of Bosworth,
and Charles l. had his head cut Off In
London.
Elizabeth's death was FASTENED by
remorse that she had ordered the ex.
eeutlon Of Essex. and her sister Mary
sickened and died soon after the loss
of Calais declaring that the name of
that city would be found after death
written on her heart. The death of
Edward Ills son, the Black Prince.
caused the aged monarch TO die of
grief. So, after the loss Of his son
in the White Ship. Henry !. was never
seen to smile again and lived only
short time Henry vi. and George Ill.
were insane during the latter years
Of their reigns and finally died from
what in these days would be called
paresis. Charles H., Henry VIII. Ed
ward ". aud George ". FASTENED their
deaths by the lives they lived, Only
two moparchs died OF that great na,
tional seourge, consumption. They
were Edward VI. and Henry VII.
Queen Anne's death was due as much
as anything else to overlooking. Only
two monarchs. Henry vi. and George
Ill. died after long illnesses. London
Taller.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1909-09-08
A CULINARY MASTERPIECE.

When You Go to Paris Don't Turn Up
Your Nose At Musssis.
You will 1nd In Paris small res
taurant just inside the street entrance
presided over BY waiter who has ap-
parently been forty years Of age for
the last twenty years He has a
friendly. alert air, and anything In the
world that you want he will promptly
provide.
You will naturally order some sort
Of potage or something that your fan
cy suggests; but, whatever else you do.
be sure to call for mussels. I can see
you turning up your nose at this. In
America who eats mussels except at
rare times-perhaps some picked mus.
sells? They are with US In the same
category as tripe.
But behold the genius Of the French!
When the waiter brings in an enor-
nous silver bowl with q domelike Sill
yer cover and when he removes the
cover. then you forget everything in
the world except the delicious savory
smell of the steam which rises from
the myriad shells that open lovingly
for you to extract from them the dain-
ty sea favored mussel that turks with
In.
Mussel. did say? No; these are not
the ordinary mussels that Americans
know. French gastronomic genius has
transformed them into moules mari
Mere. In some deity magical way the
French chef has impaired a delicious
suggestion to the moules, Just that In
deflnable. evanescent memory Of gar
lic-garlic which In the hands Of the
ordinary cook Il an Offensive and dead
~ weapon. but which In the hands Of
a cook Of high degree-an artist in
facts a means for achieving some of
the supreme triumphs Of his art
After the moules you will have any.
thing you care for-dainty slices Of
galantine or sliced capon nesting amid
watercresses and then perhaps some
peaches In a little basket where the
fruit Is infolded in leaves from its
own tree and ripened to precisely the
right turn on some ancient wall IN
the sunshine Of an old French garden.
then perhaps some pulled bread and
Z bit Of Camembert and Z Oafe Maza-
gran In long glass. No one remem-
bers now the battle that gave III name
to this particular preparation Of cot
fee. which shows that men may come
and empires may fan and armies may
be dashes into fragments upon the bat
tleneld. but the genius Of cookery re-
mains triumphant and its achieve
ments are meyer lost-Bookman.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1909-09-08
Old Book Terms.

The words folio. quarto. octave duo
decimo and the like have almost II not
quite lost their original meaning. AT
first they had reference only to the
number Of leaves into which the sheets
used In making the books were folded
Thus IL these sheets were folded once
so us to form two leaves or four pages
the book was called folio; II the
sheets were folded twice so as to form
four leaves the book was called Il
quarto; II they were folded four times
so as to form eight leaves the book
was called an octave, and so on.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1909-09-08
AN AFRICAN RAILWAY.
The Way II Was Described by an
Educated Native.

u
Educated Native.
G. ]. Phillips, business agent In
Uganda of the Church Missionary So
ciety. throws light upon the workings
Of tho native mind by quoting a re.
markable letter in which a native
member of the katikiro's Drime minis
ter's) party gives a description of the
Uganda railway.
my friend, can tell you the Euro
peans have done a marvellous thing to
make the railway and the trains. They
fasten ten or fifteen houses together
and attach them to fireplace which
Is as big as an elephant, and the road
1t goes on is as smooth as the stem OF
a plantain. 1t goes as fast as a swai-
low flying, and everything you see out.
side flits past you like spark from a
fire. II 1t were to drop Off one of the
bridges not one In It would be saved.
for 1t goes dreadfully quick. The hills
1t passes are as high as those of Kokl.
aud they have bridged over great val.
leys which are as deep as that you see
when you look from the top Of Nami
rembo. so deep that you cannot see the
bottom when you are going over then"
Later there follows description OF
n ship: TT Is as deep as our two sto-
ried house and as wide as the kings
road In Mengo. and 1t Is as long as
from the katikiro's fence to the gate
OF the kings Enclosure. 1t has three
tall poles In 1t and big throat. out Of
which smoke comes, which Is as wide
MS the new drum in the church at Ma.
mlrembo. The rooms IN it go down
three stories, and the boards of these
! cannot describe to you. for such have
not been Seen before. There is lot
OF metal work about them. too. bur
these also l cannot describe for 1t is
so fine. There are children on board
and a flock Of sheep and places to
wash In attached to every place where
chief sleeps. such as even our king
has never possessed London Strand
Magazine.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1909-09-08

Nasal Catarrh an Inflammation of the de-
licate membrane lining the air-passages, is
not cured by any mixture taken into the stom-
ach. Don't waste time on them. Take Ely's
Cream Balm through the nostrils, SO that the
fevered, swollen tissues are reached at once
Never mind how long you have suffered nor
how often you have been disappointed, we
know Ely's Cream Balm is the remedy you
should use. All druggists Soc, or mailed by
Ely Bros, SO Warren ST., New York.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1909-09-08
Wouldn't Hsno the Jury.

An old negro named Ephraim, hav-
ing been sworn on the jury in muir
der trial. for some time resisted YER
diet OF guilty for no other apparent
reason than his strong aversion to capt.
tai punishment in general. Finally the
foreman explained to him that 1t was n
question either OF hanging the prisoner
or hanging the jury and that 1t all de-
pended ON him. "Fo' gracious. sah."
replied Uncle Ephraim. ION dem rea-
sonments de pris'ner am sho' guilty"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1909-09-08
Psnitence.

Il suppose you're sorry now?" asked
the prison visitor, according to the
Philadelphia Ledger.
The young man who had stolen ST..
600 and spent It In sixteen weeks
sighed through the bars "Oh. yes"
he answered. II tried to cut too much
of splurge. The money ought to
have lasted me week longer"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1909-09-08
SHeRIFF,s SALE OF REAL ESTATE.

By virtue of writ of fieri facias, to me
directed, issued ont of the Court of Chancery.
of New Jersey. will expose to sale at public
vendue on
MONDAY, THE TwENTY-SEvENTH
DAY OF SEPTEMBER, A. d. ieoa,
between the hours Of twelve and five O'Clock
7. NJ, to wit. at two o'clock at the Court
House in the Village Of Pennington, N. j., all
those twelve us) certain tracts or parcels of
land. situate, lying and being in the township
Of East Amwell, in the County of Hunterdon
North by lands of the Estate OF Cornelius Ar
nett and Elizabeth Runyon, on the East by
Theodore Riggs and John Pullen, on the
South by John Pqilen, and on the West by the
Estate OF Emery Hunt, Emeine Pullen, Hem
y described By metes and bounds in . deed
and Hannah, his wife, to Theodore Hartman,
and recorded in volume 2sS, page ss4, etc.
Seized as the property of Mae Divine Lynch
Executrix Of Theodore Hartman, deceased.
and others and taken in execution at the suit
of Morris Solomon
Gro. f. GREEN,
Sheriff.
Aug. "a, l909-Pr's fee % So
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1909-09-08

What Would He Do With III

A farmer owned a dog-a very good,
high bred and thoroughly trained dog
that every morning for three years
chased railway train that ran past
the farm. The farmer and his wife
were watching the persistent but vall
pursuit one warm morning.
II wonder" the wife said, what
makes that foolish dog chase the train
SO persistently."
Never thought about that" replied
the farmer, "but I've often wondered
what he would do II he caught II"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1909-09-08
lust Suits Him

Friend-Why do you encourage these
woman's suffrage meetings? Surely
you don't approve of them. Husband
Approve? With all my heart! can
come home as late as like now with
out finding my wife ut home to ask
questions liegende Batter.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1909-09-08
i" Keep Your Head Cool.

h6ep NUur HeNu COOL,
your conscience clear and your bowels
open." There is ton OF common sense
In it. Constipation is death in life.
The intestines are clogged with matter.
You must move il or be sick -fever
possibly. Take DIR. David Kennedy's
Favorite Remedy until the bowels are
clear and natural. Write DR.. David
Kennedy's Sons, Rondout, N. Y, for a
free sample bottle. Large bottles $r.oo
all druggists.
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Perhaps.

MY wife is getting SO she can cook y
You are prejudiced in her favor"
NO. ! am not. She gave a tramp
A piece Of pie last week, and he has
been back for more three times"
Perhaps be is after a hero medal"
Houston Post.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1909-09-08

II think it's wrong for a married
man to gamble"
Its worse than wrong. It's idiotic.
His wife gives him fits II he loses and
conflscates the proceeds II he WINS
Louisville Courier Journal.