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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1911-02-10
TOWER HILL.
A Noted London Spot, the Scene Of
Many Famous Occurrences,

Many Famous Occurrences.
Tower Hill is perhaps both the most
important eminence and the most no.
table spot in all London. Few of US
think what great persons have quietly
lived there and what others, equally
great. have wept and died upon 1t
To 1t. or rather to Great Tower
street, came Rochester to pursue his
trade as an italian fortune teller,
while the bedizened Buckingham Of
ten walked thither to consult a con-
jurer, shrewd, farseeing rogue. who.
when FELTON, bought at the cutters
shop on the summit of the hill for q
shilling the knife with which he killed
the dukes father, may have known
for what purpose 1t was required.
William Penn was born on this hill
In house close to London wall For
ty-four years later-that is, In A. d.
1854 poet lay dead, choked by a
crust which starvation had urged him
to devour too greedily. In an upper
room of the Bull tavern. This was the
Ill fated Otway. At the time when
the son Of the muses. lay dead Better
ton. the celebrated founder of the
stage after the restoration, was
wringing tears from the eyes of the
public, not for the famished dead, but
at his own fictitious sorrows In "Ven-
Ice Preserved
1t was In Great Tower street that
Peter the Great used to pass his even
ings drinking hot pepper and brandy
with his boon companion. Lord Car.
marthen.-London Standard.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1911-02-10

Behold, when n man on n trolley
ear removed his hat the other day little
Willie observed that he was bald-yea,
very bald, for not single hlrsute
rambler trailcd over his shining pate.
But when 1t came to whiskers the
bald party was right there with the
lilacs. He had whiskers in bundles,
whlskers In stacks. In fact. he had
enough whislSers to start rat factory
and make fortune,
Say, mamma finally remarked
Willie, turning to his mother. lust
look Mt that man there"
flush, dear!" returned mamma. "He
viii hear you. What's the matter with
himf"
Everything is the matter with him,
replied the youngster when the an
gels made him they put his head on
upside down" - Philadelphia Tele
graph.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1911-02-10
ETIQUETTE IN SIAM.
On Hands and Knees Before tho King
Was Long tho Custom There.

On Hands and Knees Before tho King
Was Long tho Custom There.
Perhaps the most revolutionary re-
form carried out by the late king of
Siam was the abolition OF the arbi-
trary rule of etiquette which forbade
an inferior In rank to raise his head
above that of n superior or even level
with 1t. The inferior must not even
pass over a bridge while superior
was underneath It. nor must he enter
n room in an upper story while n SUI
perlor was occupying room beneath
It. Servants approached their mas
ters on hands and knees. This Gus
tom Is by no means obsolete today In
spite of the royal edlet, for many of
the powerful mobiles who live far
away from the court still enforce II.
In 1871 the king held large court.
at which no one present presumed TO
appear otherwise than on hands and
knees. It was at this audience that
the edict forbiddlng the custom was
read TO the PROSTATE multitude. They
there and then rose and stood like
men In the presence of their sovereign
for the first time on record Since
then there has been no prostraton at
the royal audiences. But If a supe-
rior stops TO speak to nm Inferior In
the street the latter will still bend or
lower his head In some way as
mark of respect. - London Saturday
Ravipyy
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1911-02-10
A MAN OF MYSTERY.
Peculiar Life of Metastasio, the ceie-
brated Italian Poet.


Metastaslo Q698-1782), the celebrated
dramatic and operate poet, spent fifty
five years in Vienna with the Marines
family without ever learning German
or wishing to learn 1t.
Besides his utter Indifference to all
speech but Italian, Metastasio possess
ed many peculiarities of character.
None might mention death In his pres
ence. Those who alluded to smallpox
before him he made 1t point not to
see again. In all his fifty-f1ve years
In Vienna he never gave away more
than the equivalent of $25 to the
poor He always occupied the same
seat at church, but never paid for 1t.
He took all his meals I'm the most mys-
ferrous privacy. His greatest friends
had never seen him eat anything but a
biscuit with some lemonade. Nothing
would induce him to dine away from
home. He never changed his wig or
the cut or color of his coat.
MetaStasio WAS to have been present
ed to the pope the day he died and
raved about the intended interview In
the delirium Of his last moments. Mrs.
PioZzi 0amiliar to readers of Boswell's
Life of DR.. Johnson" as Mrs. Thrale)
collected these particulars from the Ia
dies of the Marines family, with
whom Mctastasio was so long domesti-
Gated without speaking or understand
ing a word of their language from first
to last
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1911-02-10
SURGEONS FEES.
Pretty Big sonstines, but Then There
10 Another Point of View.

Pretty Big somstinnss, but Then There
10 Another Point of View.
/ have warm spot in my heart for
the big American surgeons, says a
writer In the New York Telegraph,
and because of regular attendance for
years at some of the most famous elm
les In this and other cities have been
a witness of their unadvertised chart
ties-acts of mercy and kindness which
were never heard of outside the walls
Of the hospitals they honor by their
services.
knew a wealthy man whose daugh.
ter was suddenly stricken and whose
Life was saved by the attending sur
geon. His fee was S25.000 Straight
way the father emitted wall.
TITS robbery" he said. The sur
geon stood firm.
"Your daughters life is worth $685.
600 to you" he countered There was
no denial.
well. this fee means that can op-
crate on fifty persons without any
charge. and II you don't like 1t you
can force me to sue. but l will get 1t
without suit or you will stand lot
of publicity"
And he got the money without re-
course to court Of law.
1t Is safe to mark 1t down when
you see story of some great surgeon
who has charged high fee that there
are many Of his patients enjoying
good health and relief from pain be-
cause he charged them nothing at all.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1911-02-10

The country is indebted to jain Ad-
ans for its national motto. with an
Englishman of note sharing In the
honor. 1t seems that while Adams
was minister to England Sir John
Prestwick. an eminent English anti
quarry, suggested to him good motto
to represent the union of the American
colonies. Adams at once was taken
with the idea. which he transmitted to
Charles Thompson. the secretary Of
congress, who on June 20. 1882. report
ed to that body his design for gov
eminent seal. In this the Latin iegent
"E Pluribus Unum" was to be born'
on a ribbon held in the beak Of al
eagle.
Just where Sir John got the idea L
not certain. but 1t is fact that tn
motto was In use on the cover Of tn
Gentleman's Magazine. FIRST publish
ed in 1870. and 1t may have struck hi
1 fancy by Its applicability to the stu
alton then obtaining in America.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1911-02-10
nHlinninn SundauU

At Painswick. In Worcestershire. the
Sunday following Sept Is called by
the curious name of Clipping Sun
day" and connected with n quaint Gus
tom In the churchyard are ninety
nine yew trees. and tradition says that
all attempts to complete the hundred
by planting another yew have failed
becomes the newcomer invariably dies.
Every year before the feast Of the
Nativity Of Our Lady-Sept S-these
mystic yews are clipped. and the Sun.
day "ln the octave" thus becomes
Clipping Sunday" After service
there Is a procession Of parishloners
around the churchyard. and then all
Join hands and form ring round the
church. Finally they gather at the
foot of night of steps leading to the
chancel door. from which sermon Is
preached Chronicle.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1911-02-10
Invisible Indians.

All Indians seem to have learned a
wonderful way of walking unseen.
making themselves Invisible like Ger
tain spiders. which. In case of alarm.
caused, for example. by bird alight-
Ing on the bush their webs are spread
upon, Immediately bounce themselves
up and down on their elastic threads
so rapidly that only n blur Is visible.
The wild Indian power of escaping
observation, even where there is little
or no cover to hide In, was probably
slowly acquired in hard hunting and
fighting lessons while trying to APP
proach game. take enemies by surprise
or get safely away when compelled to
retreat. And this experience transmit
ted through many generations seems
at length to have become what is
vaguely called instinct.-John Muir II
Atlantic
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1911-02-10
sHERIFF's SALE
Bell phone 1888.

ny virtue of several writs of Fl IA a.
M ybon,S ~ terrls TO me directed issued out ~
lug Il NeW Jersey oupreme Court on DocEsted
pu,,I,s99elllents there wi be exposed to SAL ~
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9Th. ,at,
o Tween he hours of twelve and five in ,ba
Hons n''nh 70 W.T.; at two O'clock at the Conrt
, ao9se' IN bennington, in the Comfy ~ un,
&c rs'uon and tate of New Jersey. ali that tra
D ne parSel OF land and premises hernia 49,.
pal rs u,afly described, situate Vino sn1 set
~ the tlty of LambertvilIe. in tha Ton, De
~ a,, n.,99h,eraon and state Of New Jesaa,s
'ounuea and described as follows, viz Jersey
,a Al mat brick dwelling and barn ana L.. -
Ma ~ .he North West Corner Of Br;daa -, "
ana ~, treets fronting go feet on Pr;dga anu q.
MAJ Man pn ne. hundred and seventy-fys ~. 81,
the be the same more or less On
disa ~ premises ~ which Stephen p penne
dsv;s sei.en and by his last will ana % noore
and ~ ~, 70 ms daughter, Iosenhina Eaieht
bav;,,tI ehieh she died seized and noor e.
ana ~ 'htsTma ried with Georga FFhtSSst,ate,
ana heir at law. ei'dr, being her con
lar AMI t ~ we property of Samna, NJ p,
Thomes EEhen IN execution M ~ o. "a, Mel.
roster and others, and sofa SUIT OF
Frank B. jess, Attv GEO. +. GREEN.
Sheriff
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1911-02-10

Do you know what city has been
given the name of the City OF Three
Kings? II is Cologne. In Germany.
and the reason Is that 1t is In Cologne
that the three kings" or 'magi," or
"wise men," who went to Bethlehem
to offer gifts to the infant Jesus are
supposed TO be buried. According to
an ancient legend. their bones were
brought from Milan to Cologne by the
Emperor Frederick Barbarossa In
1852 and presented to the archbishop
of Cologne. Visitors to the cathedral
are shown the supposed souls of the
magt. studded with diamonds and In
scrIbed with the wise mems names In
rubies.-St James Gazette.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1911-02-10
Nav zeaIand's GIae;er.-

The great size of the glaciers around
Mount Cook. In New Zealand. has
been often remarked. The Tasman is
eighteen miles long. the Murchison
ten miles. the Cooley eight miles. the
Mueller eight miles and the Hooker
seven miles. Most of these glaciers
have moraines of exceeding rough
ness. but the approaches to them are
not steep. as is usually the case with
European glaciers. The southern
Alpine snow line is only a little over
1000 feet. Glacially polished rocks
are rare. and in many ways the noun
tains are singularly different from
those of central Europe.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1911-02-10

Irving Bachelor was introduced one
day by mutual friend to a western
mountaineer
"Mr Bachelor" exclaimed the
friend to the mountalncer. "is an au-
thor of repute In the east"
''Oh, yes" drawled the mountaineer.
II know of him | was locked up In
my cabin here by the snow two win
tiers ago. and only had two books to
read the whole Eve months. your book,
SIR" he said, turning TO Mr.. Bachelor.
land the Bible. and read them
through several times"
Indeed" said the author, a smile
OF satisfaction wreathlng his face.
Eyes. SIR" continued the old noun
taineer, land | never knew before
how interesting the Bible was."-St
Paul Dispatch.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1911-02-10
ON THE TRAIL.
But He Didn't Know the Kind of Game
He Was Tracking.

But He Didn't Know the Kind of Game
He Was Tracking.
In the old days a man known as
Judge Douglass lived in Helena. Mont.
The Judge had met with an accident in
his youth and had lost both of his
legs above the knees. He never would
get artificial legs. but had some big
le;i pads made to fit on the ends OF
49,, rs and walked on them.
r,i..otion was slow for the judge
but he managed to cover good deal
of ground and was very fond of walk
ing out on the edge of the town. where
he could take his exercise without be-
ing the subject of remark from stran-
gers In the city.
One day an Englishman came to Hell
ena to hunt. He had some letters and
put up at the Helena club. He stayed
around for several days. Finally. aft
er light fall of snow, he decided to
60 out into the mountains and get n
sheep or deer or something.
He left early in the morning. When
1t came night he had not returned.
His hosts around the club waited until
8 O'Clock and then decided to go out
and look him up, thinking he might
have been lost In one of the gulches or
canyons in the hills.
They formed rescue party and
went out to the edge Of the town
There they met the Englishman, who
was wildly excited.
did you get anythingT' they asked
him.
mo-" he replied, mot yet. but I've
been tracking an elephant for the last
three hours. "-Philadelphia Saturday
Evening Post.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1911-02-10

Two young women were talking
over their restaurant luncheon the
other day about the quality Of GER
tain prima donna's voice.
"Oh. she can sing" cried one OF
them enthusiastically. "She certainly
can sing. Music like that would coax
Apollo from his Tyre"
The other girl flushed and looked
troubled After slight pause she
spoke In gentle reproof.
81 don't want to correct you. dear
she said But don't you think that
word Is usually pronounced 'lairT II
is spelled lair. you know."-Phila
delphia Ledger.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1911-02-10
ATHLETIC DEVOTiONS.
Gymnastic Exercises That Impressed
the Kurdish Villagers.


the Kurdish Villagers.
Everything is liable to be misunder
stood, even gymnastic exercises. This
truth was brought home to George FL
Hepworth, and he tells his experience
In Through Armenia on Horseback
The author was stopping In Kurdish
village. and the Inn possessed but one
general living room.
In the morning began my regular
gymnastics. STOPPING until my fingers
touched the floor. throwing my arms
about like the spokes of wheel, strik-
ing out from the shoulder and going
through all the exercises, none of which
I ever omitted. would gladly have
taken sponge bath, but 1t would have
been impossible to get enough water
A pint is enough to suffice Turk.
Well, | got under way with my exer-
cises when | saw that my audience
was excited; conversation dropped into
a whisper. then ceased; word passed
from one to another. and one by one
the occupants of the room quietly left.
/ feared that they were offended and
wanted to call them back and apollo
gize. Just then my dragoman entered,
laughing.
what has happened?" | asked.
He laughed the harder as he replied:
"The Kurds think you are practicins
devotional religious exercises, and they
retired under the impression that you
would regard their presence as an In
trusion."
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1911-02-10
HoNoRED THE MONKEY.
Origin of the Coat of Arms Of the Ca,
as 4 afnokar

Origin OF the Coat OF Arms OF the Ear
Of Leinster.
Most Of the wild animals have 9
place in heraldry, and many stranes
and impossible creatures, such az grif
fms, dragons and unicorns. have bear
invented as emblems OF daring ant
valor. But the donkey and the mon
key have not been so used, except ir
one instance, where the monkey has
been admitted to the ranks Of titled
nobility. The story of this adoption
Ia told by Mr.. Curtis in his book
"One Irish Summer"
On the Leinster coat of arms are
three monkeys standing with plain
collar and chained; motto, "Crom-a-
boo" ITO Victory" This Is the only
coat of arms. l am told, that has ever
borne monkey in the design. 1t was
adopted by John Fitzthomas Fitzger-
aid In 1916 for romantic reasons.
While this Earl of Leinster was an
infant he was In the castle of Wood
stock, which is now owned by the
Duke of Marlborough. The castle
caught fire. In the confusion the child
was forgotten. and when the family
and servants remembered him and
started a search they found the nur-
sery in ruins. But on one Of the tow
ers was a gigantic ape, pet OF the
family, carefully holding the young
earl in his arms. The animal. with
extraordinary intelligence, had crawl
ed through the smoke. rescued the
baby and carried 1t to the top OF the
tower.
When the earl had grown to man
hood he discarded the family coat OF
arms and adopted the monkeys Tor
his crest. and they have been retained
to this day. Wherever you ind the
tomb of Fitzgerald you will see the
monkeys at the feet of the emgy or
under the inscription.
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BURNING OF WIDOWS.
The Horrible Rite India Maintained
For Over Twenty Centuries.


The abolition of the horrid rite of
widow burning In India was decreed
Inv the British authorities in 1929.
The dreadful practice was found
there by the Macedonians under Alex
nnder the Great 800 years before
Christ, and for more than twenty-one
long. weary centuries did it repeat its
almost inconceivable torture and ago
nv upon the women q! India. The
sacrifice, while not actually forced on
the wife, was so strongly insisted on
by public opinion that it amounted to
n law, and it's victims were legion
Scores of widows were often burned
upon the funeral pile of single ra-
jah. In Bengal, the head center of
the monstrosity, thousands were sac
rificed annually, and the figure for all
India was appalling.
The millions of widowed women
were completely at the mercy of the
remorseless superstition of the times.
The ministers of Brahmanism told
the widow that her sacrifice was nee
essary as means of her own happi.
ness and that of her husband In the
future state, and oftener than other
wise she consented to be burned along
with the dead body of her husband.
Unless she did this she was covered
with the maledictions and curses OF
the people, was virtually outlawed
and unceremoniously cast outside the
pale of human sympathy and consid-
Grafton and had to spend the rest Of
her days In degradation and wretch
edness 1t was death on the funeral
pile of her husband or a living death
of contumely and shame, of loneliness
and misery.
The women of India can never dis
charge their debt of gratitude to Eng
land for the abolition of the suffice
New York American.
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Diamonds.

Diamonds were first brought to Eu
rope from the east. where the mine
of Sumbulpoor was the first known
Golconda, how In ruins, was once a
celebrated diamond mart. The mines
of Brazil were discovered in 172S and
for long time furnished most of the
diamonds of commerce In 1867 dia
monds were discovered In Cape Colo
ny, and In 1870 the wonderful finds In
the Transvaal were made which re-
suited in the immense fortunes Of the
late Cecil Rhodes and others. Most
of the diamonds of the world are now
furnished by the South African fields
New York American.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1911-02-10
An Elusive Water LilY.

The water lily of the Amazon has
very elusive habits. The buds open
twice, the first time just chiuk at
the tip in the early sunrise hours. a
sort of premonitory symptom. On the
following evening 1t spreads its four
sepals with such alacrity that you can
see them move. But the big white bud
among them remains unchanged until
O'Clock In the morning, when 1t hur-
riedly spreads its blossom wide open,
remaining In this condition only half
an hour. Within the hour II has near
ly closed, and by another hour and q
half the entire flower has been drawn
under water by the coiling OF the stalk
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1911-02-10
Juries In the Old DAVIS.

In olden times when jury in Eng
land remained impcrvious to the judges
gentle mode of persuasion fine and i'm
prisonment were resorted to. The jury
that acquitted Sir Nicholas Throck
morton was condemned to eight
months imprisonment in addition to
the payment of large sum of money.
In the reign of Queen Elizabeth jury,
having reduced a prisoners alleged
crime Of murder to that Of manslaugh-
ter, was at once sent to prison and
bound over in large sum to be OF
good behavior. Penalties were like
wise inflicted upon the innocent wife
and children of the offending jurymen.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1911-02-10
Grenada Was BOUGHT Cheap.

The island of Grenada. in the Brit
ish West Indies, was bought by the
French from the Caribs by Il solemn
treaty In the middle Of the seventeenth
century, and the price paid was two
bottles of rum, Esau's mess of pot
tage was u good stroke of business by
comparison The Caribs soon regret
ted having sold their birthright and
vainly tried to get the island back by
force 1t is now one of England's most
prosperous colonies In the West Indies.
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A MoXinu Sermon.

u once had a parishiener who was
miser," said an English clergyman.
For this mans benefit preached one
Sunday strong sermon on the neces-
sity of charity, of philanthropy SER
mon on the duty and the joy Of Civ
Ing. The miser. at whom gazed
often. seemed impressed.
Next day ] met him on the street.
Well, john l said. what do you
think of yesterdays sermony
1t moved me deeply. SIR he an
swered. 1T brought home to me so
strongly the necessity of giving aims
that honestly. sir, I've a great mind
to turn beggar.'"
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Highest Prices
paid for old
Iron 6 Rubber

am building up business propo,
si,ion that good prices, SPOT CASH an',
absolutely square treatment are bound
10 bring the business Of great many
neonIe with whom I wish to deal. This
policy has attracted scores OF dealers
factories and farmers to bring me their
Junk from all parts of the country
They know by experience that | DO as
[ say. am now paying good prices iof
Scrap Iron 4oc q ooe pei wv
nLk. Roots & Shoes 7c Id
Mixed Rags ~
Rones soc s. 6Oc per 100
Big prices for anything in my line
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A Crusl,er.

Eyes. SIR" said the trust magnate
proudly. 81 am the architect of my
own fortune"
well" rejoined the friendly critic,
call I've got to say is that it's lucky
thing for you there were no building
inspectors around when you was con.
structing it."-Chicago News.
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A Ronnerann

What's the matter with your head"
asked the first bunko man.
"A farmer I met today just banged
me there with his carpetbag." replied
the other.
1t must have been pretty hard
carpetbag."
Yes; it had gold brick In it that
l sold him Yesterday" - Catholic
Standard and Times.
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pisinterested Affection.

"I'm afraid. Edward you're marry
ing me only because I've inherited
from my uncle 100000 crowns"
"why. Blanche. how can you think
that OF mel Your uncle Is nothing to
me. would marry you no matter
from whom you Inherited the money"
Der Floh,
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A Natural Mistake

II was just telling our friend here,
Molly, that 1t was storming on the
day of our marriage"
Surely not, Hiram! The weather
was perfectly lovelyw
well, well! l don't know how I
got SO mixed up about Il; probably
because it's been storming ever SINGER
Atlanta Constitution.