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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-07-20

For Sale-100,0O0 feet of native
lumber of all kinds, 6 miles south
west of Osceola, miles north of
Weldon.-T. J. Swisher, Osceola,
Iowa. ~>
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1911-12-15
The Story ola Medicine.

Its name-rGolden Medical Discovery
was suggested by one OF its most import
ant and valuable ingredients - Golden
Seal root.
Nearly forty years ago, DR.. Pierce dis.
covered that he could, by the use of pure,
triple-refned glycerine, aided by GER
tain degree of constantly maintained
heat and with the aid of apparatus and
appliances designed for that purpose, eX-
tract from our most valuable native me-
dicinal roots their curative properties
much better than by the use of alcohol,
so generally employed. So the now world
famed oGolden Medical Discovery for
the cure of weak stomach, indigestion, or
dyspepsia. torpid liver, or biliousness and
kindred arrangements was first made, as
IL eyer sinse has bAen. without a particle
Of alcohol III It's maRs.up.
.ns, nIs,ss sSs LIS Ct is nsgSd
will show that It is haSe from the most
valuable medicinal roofs Mound growing
in our American forestry All these inee
gradients have recsiYed the StTolg en-:
qQIsement from the Leading medical ex-
kertS.Leachers Ind Mriters- ON Mlitfl1G
NEalc1 who recnmWend them as The yesryL
sU6ldeQ MfdlcaLQlscQYeIY6n Adylsed:
A little book OF these endorsements has
been compiled by Dr.. R. v. Pierce, of
Buffalo, N. Y, and will be mailed free to
any one asking same by postal card, or
letter addressed to the Doctor as above.
From these endorsements, copied from
standard medical books of all the differ
ept schools OF practice, 1t will be found
that the ingredients composing the nGold-
en- Medical Discovery are advised not
only for the cure OF the above mentioned
diseases but also. for the cure OF all ca
tarrhal, bronchial and throat affections,
accompanied with catarrhal discharges,
hoarseness, sore throat, lingering, or
hang-on- coughs, and all those wasting
affections which, II not promptly and
properly treated are liable TO terminate
In consumption. Take Dr. Pierce's Dis
covery in time, and. persevere in its use
until you give 1t fair trial and it is not
likely to dlsappolnt. Too much must not
be expected OF 1t. 1t will not perform
miracles. II will not cure consumption
In its advanced stages. No medicine will.
1t tctll cure the affections that lead up to
consumption, u taken n time.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1911-12-15
MOTION PICTURES.
The First Crude Attempt to Show
Trotting Horse In Action.

The First Crude Attempt to Show .
Trotting Horse In Action.
Probably the man who can claim the
greatest credit for moving pictures Is
Edward Muybridge of Oakland, Cal,
who at the instigatlon of Governor Le-
land Stanford of California made
countless pictures of the governors
celebrated trotter Occident, the first
horse to trot mile In 2:20 west of the
Rocky mountains. Occident was the
pride of the governors heart. and he
engaged Muybridge to photograph him
In every conceivable size and shape.
In making n series OF snapshots Of the
horses action Muybridge was enabled
to show the exact motion.
In order to satisfy the governor he
thought of novel scheme of placing
number of cameras covering at least
one-tenth of a mile From these cam
eTas he stretched silk threads across
TIE track az about the height OF the
lraG1es's knee These threads being
trxEAz- each camera made q separate.
1isalats picture o, the horse. and by
g1a4aaag them together and riffiing from
The thumb the horse could be seen as
IN actual motion.
In 1855 Muybridge sailed for Eng
land and there, in connection with six
or seven others. evolved the first NOV
ing picture camera. In about 1886
some of these cameras reached Amer
lea. In 1887 the patent office at Wash
IL, ., ata
of applications for moving picture APP
paratus both for taking and projecting
purposes. Popular Mechanics
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1911-12-15
HIRED NEWSPAPERS.
A Custom In London In the Days When
Prices Were High.

A Custom In London In the Days When
Prices Were High.
A London newspaper, the Daily
News, has unearthed an interesting
document which goes back to the days
Of dear newspapers, when these papers
were taken around to houses and hired
for so many hours at SO much an hour.
Tucked away, 1t says, in the leaves Of
an old guidebook to the Crystal palace,
dated 1854, has been found a little
printed leafiet, issued from Westerton's
library and newspaper office, 20 st.
Georges place, Hyde Park Corner.
making the following announcement:
Gan be had from the office by 8
o'clock in the morning. to keep at 10
cents per copy. or lent to read for three
hours at 25 cents or two hours for il
cents per week. 1t can also be sup
piled at 5 o'clock In the afternoon at
the reduced price of 6 cents per copy
or posted into the country at 50 per
quarter, payable in advance"
In those days the Daily News had
been started only eight years under
the original editorship Of Charles Dick
ems and was still published at 10 cents
a copy. It's editor at the time was
William Weir, and Harriet Martineau,
perhaps the first woman I'm England 60
undertake regular journalistic work,
was one of the writer's of Its leading
articles.
The system of hiring did not disap-
pear quickly. Certainly down to the
year 1880 there were many households
in which the Times was still left on
the same terms. and 1t would be diff
ficult to say when the system finally
died out.-Christian Science Monitor
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1911-12-15
LOCALIZED MECHANICS.
They Appeared In Official Records In
Colonial Times.

They Appeared In Official Records In
colonial Times.
Mechanics are not likely to go out
Of fashion so long as human nature
remains what 1t Is. Schoolboys will
nickname each other, collegians Will
nickname their professors. and SOL
diers will speak of their commanders
as "Hell Fire Bill" Fighting Joe," or
what not. In these days, however, 1t
is not customary to spread such titles
upon official records, as was formerly
the habit, according to the archives
of several of ovr states.
In the Dutch records in 1914 we
have John Petersen. alias Friend
John. In the Newtown purchase from
the Indians, dated in 1856, one Of the
boundaries is "by a Dutchman's land
called Hans the Boore," and In the
Bushwick patent, dated Oct IL, 1857,
one Of the boundaries is John the
Swedes meadow" In 1895, In the
Kings county records, man is named
living at Gowanus as "Tunis the Fish
err"
The common council of New York
in 1901 ordered fish to be brought into
the dock lover against the city hall
or the house that Long Mary former.
ly lived in," and in the same year an
order was passed that Topknot Betty
and her children be provided for as
objects of charity"
The explanation Of this custom In
many cases was that the persons In
question either had no family names
or had forgotten them, 80 that the use
Of their generally accepted nicknames
became a. necessity. So numerous
were the Smiths living upon Long Is
land that 1t was thought necessary to
distinguish the various original fami-
lies by some peculiar name. Thus we
have the Rock Smiths, the Blue
Smiths, the Bull Smiths and the
Weight smiths.-Harper's Weekly.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1911-12-15
THE ENSLiSHMaN'S BATH.
Not So Very Long Ago Il Was an un-
known Institution.

Not So Very Lone Ago u Was an un-
known Institution.
We boast ourselves clearly people
and are apt to scorn the foreigner who
does not daily perform the ritual OF
the tub. Yet. the British Medical Jour
nal points out, it is not so long ago since
we had the reputation Of being an eS-
ceptionally dirty people. In the year
1900 there was not a single private
house in London provided with a bath
room.
A witness stated before the health
commission about the middle of the
last century that the only two oeca-
sions on which one OF the laboring
classes was washed all over was Inn
mediately after birth and after death.
Even at the present day our contem-
porary doubts If dirtier people could
he found anywhere In the world than
among our lower classes. "A French
workman would be ashamed to wear
the clothes in which the British labor
er goes to his daily work. There is
nothing that tramps who apply at
warehouses think more brutal tyran'
ny than the enforced bath"
In the middle ages, we are reminded.
our dirt and squalor were the theme
of comment by foreign visitors. Three
centuries ago what most struck Por-
tuguese traveller in England was the
fact that the English gentry never
washed. Erasmus has left a picture
OF the dirt that prevailed in the houses
Of noblemen.
1t is not difficult from ii imagine
what the state of things lust have
been among the poorer classes. At one
time both men and women who were
careful of their compilations cleaned
their faces with a dry white linen
cloth, because It was believed that
washing the face with water made 1t
more susceptible to cold in winter and
to tan In summer. The story of Lady
Mary wortley Montagu's hands is too
well known to be repeated. johnson
said he had no passion for clean linen,
and even the fine gentlemen of his day
were far from scrupulously clean in
their persons.-Westmins Gazette.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1911-12-15
RATING THE GIRLS.

Terms Young Naval Officers Use In
Fixing Feminine Beauty.
The younger officers In the navy, and
he gallant young midshipmen especial
Y. have n method of their own for re-
cording feminine beauty, and they use
It on many occasions. This is sys-
EN- of estimating the attractiveness Of
i visitor by sliding scale from %
10 4, which Is the system of marking
at the Naval academy.
One particularly attractive girl was
walking along the deck of one OF Uncle
Sans big warships on day when it
was open to visitors when she over
heard two midshipmen say:
'T'll give her 35. anyway. She
seen yet"
or course she did not understand
what this conversation was about. II
she had she would have felt rightfully
fiattered. az a 3.5 is an excellent mark
and one rarely given.
A 20 means passable. That is the
lowest mark that Will pass at the acad-
envy. If a girl is attractive and jolly.
but without any particularly striking
beauty, she is put down rs 2.5.
Before girl can be spoken Of as de-
serving of q 3 she must be very pretty
indeed. To merit a 35 her beauty must
be striking. 1t Is seldom any girl, no
matter how beautiful or attractive,
merits 4. This is the perfect mark.
the very best that can be obtained. II
is seldom given by midshipmen to more
than one girl in his whole career in
the navy.-New York Herald
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1911-12-15
Friday the Thirteenth,

Some superstitions die hard, IL in
deed they are dying at all Twice this
year the thirteenth day of the month
has fallen on Friday. II Is lmpossi-
BILE not to connect this combination
with certain observations made In Par
is and London.
On Friday, Oct. 10, there We're no
marriages in Paris, and a reference to
three London papers, the Times, the
Morning Post and the Globe, shows
that none was recorded on that date,
and a wedding Is hardly wedding if
1t is not put ON record In the Morning
Post and the Times.
In France the effect OF Friday, the
18th, was even more widespread.
Thousands of French people must
have abstained from travelling The
receipts of the General Omnibus COM
pany In Paris showed a shrlnkage of
10000 francs, or $1,000 The Midi
Railway company suffered to the ex-
tent of 10000 francs. while the Wagons
Lifts fell 10000 francs New York Sun.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1911-12-15
John 7. Force Declared
Elected.
On A Recount Of the Freebooter Vote
Force Defeats Johnson By A Majority
of Sixty.Four.
Many Irregularities; Sheriff May Face
Contest

John 7. Force, Republican, of Glen
Gardner, will be sworn in as mem
Der Of the Hunterdon County Board
OF Freeholders on January l. John
johnson, Democrat, who was appar-
emily elected on November 1, aud to
whom certificate of election had
been issued, was dispossessed of that
written declaration OF the County
Board of Elections on Monday after that
body, under the direction of Supreme
Court Justice Trenehard, had declar-
ed Mr.. Force lected by a majority of
a. Following the revocation of Mr..
JohDson's certificate, certificate of
election was granted Mr.. Force.
The recount took place in the Court
Room and excited no little Interest.
1t was begun on Thursday morning
and was concluded Monday afternoon.
Every ballot in the thirty-one boxes
was carefully inspected so far as the
Forced ohnson vote was concerned
aud at times there were some lively
tilts between the lawyers. the result,
III most Cases, Of their failure to agree
when irregular ballots we're unearth
ed. The County Board Of Elections,
which consists OF two Democrats aud
two Republicans, had the power to
pass upon tue validity of the disputed
ballots, but when this body conld not
agree Justice Trenehard was appealed
to. His decisions settled 1st4sU3as
quickly. During tie progress 81 sIhs
recount the balios boxes W4as nbre~
fully guarded aud eTil-dlsgc.ss6 g,s,-
Sons had not the slightest opgos4zadHF
10 tamper with them. When DO, 30
the Court Room. under tue Aatebfui
eyes OF score of people intrusted
with the recount, they were in the
yanlt Of the County Clerks Office,
guarded by armed Constables.
a petition has been filed contesting
the election of David l.. HoIcombe as
Sheriff. The petition is signed by
fifteen citizens of the county and
states that Mr.. Holcombe was "fraud.
uiently elected" etc. The contest
WIZ be decided by Circuit Court
Judge DUNCAN. The petition was
hled with the County Clerk, after Mr..
Barkley, the defeated Republican
candidate, had received information
TINT large number of votes to which
he was entitled had been counted
against hlm.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1911-12-15
DON'T WAIT
Take Advantage Of LambsrtvilIe Citi.
zen's Experience Before It's Too Late.

When the back begins to ache,
Don't wait until backache becomes
chronic;
Till serious kidney troubles develop;
Till urinary troubles destroy nights
rest.
Profit by Lambertville citizens ex-
perience.
John II. Masten, 35 Delevan St. Lambert
vile, N. j SAYS; Severe pains often passed
through the small of my back and shoulders
and noticed that the kidney secretions were
highly colored and irregular and painful in
passage. Finally had to take to my bed and
| could not turn without assistance l grew
no better from taking diff rent prescriptions
and was suffering greatly when | had the
good fortune to learn of Doans Kidney Pills
procured a box at Shamalia's Drug Store
and the results OF their use were entirely sat
isfactory. IL was but short time before
was able to get around and every symptom of
my complaint disappeared. am now feeling
we'll" Statement given in December 1917
REINFORCEMENT.
MIR. Masten was interviewed on January %,
1911 and he said: II gladly confirm all | have
previously told about my experience with
Doan's Kidney Pills, ! am only too willing
that my neigbors should know what this rem
edy has done for me and am always glad to
endorse it,"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster Milbum Co, Buffalo,
New York, sole agent for the United
States.
Remember the name Doan's-and
take no other.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1911-12-15
Chicago Woman Says 80 Cents Day
Will Provide For Three.

Will Provide For Three.
Throw out the cook stove and 1--we
on raw fruits and vegetables IL you
would decrease the cost Of living.
For eight years this has been the
motto of Mrs. Charles Smith, vegeta-
rian and suffraSist, who resides at
1923 Hazel avenue and to whom the
high cost Of living agitation Is all
joke. Other axioms Of Mrs. Smith are:
Wear clothing made Of vegetable
fiber, eat vegetarian foods and follow
the meaning of one little word-sim-
plicity.
If your complexion is bad throw
away cosmetics-eat oranges.
But, above all things, get rid of the
cook stove. There is nothing eievating
in society dinners any more than there
is In ragtime music.
These observations were made by
Mrs. Smith when as president Of the
Chicago Vegetarian society she called
the first fall meeting OF the organiza-
ton to order In Kimball hail.
When asked concerning her decreas-
ed cost Of living meals at the close OF
the meeting Mrs. Smith gave the noon
and night menus of herself and hus-
band, for they eat but two meals a
day. Upon such a delicious and ex-
travagant array of food family Of
three may live, she says, for 80 cents a
day.
Here is what they ate:
For observation-disclosures and dates,
sliced tomatoes and lemon Juice and
grapes.
For Dinner.-Celery and lettuce, sun
dried olives, apples, whole wheat
crackers, honey, figs and Brazil nuts.
1.-THE civilized ideas Of today are kill
ing the race" declared Mrs. Jean Rob
erts Albert, secretary of the society.
1--WE cater to degeneracy. We should
live more simply, more primitiyely.
Plenty of pure raw foods and plenty
OF sunshine are all that is required
Chicago Record Herald
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1911-12-15
CLEANING Fluid.

An excellent homemade cleaning
fluid useful generally for many emer-
gencies is made by dissolving four
ounces Of white CASTLE soap in quart
of boiling rainwater. When cool add
two ounces each of alcohol. ether and
glycerin. four ounces of ammonia and
finally one gallon Of rainwater and
then bottle. This will remove grease
spots from clothing and spots from Ia
BILE covers. carpets and rugs.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1911-12-15
The Sixth Sensn.

AT recent meeting of the Paris
Academy of Sciences NJ. Kunz dis
cussed the phenomenon OF feeling at
distance" to which the power of
blind people to avoid nearby obstacles
is ascribed. NJ. Kunz believes that
such n power exists and that 1t is not
peculiar TO the blind. 1t seems TO be
shared by others who possess pecul-
lar constitution The faculty appears
TO reside In the skin. for experiments
show that 1t is not connected with the
sense of hearing. AS to It's nature, lit
tie knowledge has been obtained
There is a tendency TO ascribe obscure
phenomena of this kind to electrical
action, but the mode of operation re-
mains unknown.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1911-12-15
A Draw,

IT found 80 cents this morning." con.
flded Jimmy.
Found q whole half dollarl" cried
his mother. "How finel What did you
do with it?'
pete Jones was along, 80 gave him
half"
Dear. generous boyl Did you do
that of your own accordr"
"Yessum-well. we decided that
would be right"
JIMMY He didn't whip you and
make you give up halfT'
mo, mamma. IL he'd licked me he'd
"a had 1t all. The scrap was a draw"
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1911-12-15
Necessity is the argument of tyrants.
1t Is the creed OF slaves.-Pitt

All the good qualities of Ely's Cream
Balm, solid, are found in Liquid Cream Balm,
which is intended for use in atomizers. That
IL is wonderful remedy for Nasal Catarrh is
proved by an eyer-increasing mass of testi-
mony. II does not dry out nor rasp the ten
der air-passages. 1t allays the Inflammation
and goes straight TO the root of the disease.
Obstinate old cases have yielded in a few
weeks. All druggists 75c., including spraying
tube, or mailed by Ely Bros, 50 Warren
Street, New York.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1911-12-15
An Eye Opener.

Always have glass medicine drop
per and bottle Of rosewater in the
medicine chest and in your travelling
bag. Then when you get a foreign
body In your eye you will be spared
much pain and discomfort If the fol
lowing very simple and harmless meth
cd is pursued: Put into the medicine
dropper six drops Of the rose water.
Pull down the lower lid and float the
liquid on the surface of the injured
eye. After the rosewater has been in
the eye for a few seconds use the
empty medicine dropper to suck out
the liquid, and the foreign matter will
come with it-National Magazine.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1911-12-15

At the time that Frederick II. used to
sup with his French philosophers he
demanded of them one day, what
would you do If you were the king of
PrussiaT'
Every guest tried a catering and
witty rejoinder. When the Marquis
d'Argens' turn came he said; Sire.
what would 1 do? would sell my
kingdom and acquire a small province
In France"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1911-12-15

a Baltic Black Sea Canal,

1t is stated that the old project for
uniting the Baltic with the Black sea
Is at last to he put into operation. BY
utilizing the rivers Dwlna and Dnleper
navigahle waterway 1000 miles long
can be constructed without any great
engineering problems. extending from
the port of Riga on the Baltic to Kher-
son ON the Black sea. The cost is es-
timated at about $250,O00. 900, but the
benefit to Prusslan commerce and In.
diustrles will be immense.-American
travellers Gazette.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1911-12-15
Naturally So

ibid you ever notice how diametri.
rally an aviator's desire is opposed to
that of boss polticianT'
Cant say | have In what way
are they opposedY"
An aviator is always willing and
anxious to be discovered as the man
higher up" Baltimore American
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1911-12-15
Deceptive.

mo. am not going to marry him"
"Why notT
81 cannot trust him. He is too de-
ceptive."
why. how's thatT
He pretends to like my POODLE
Houston Post.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1911-12-15

Dreadful limits are set in nature to
the powers of discrimination. Truth
tyrannlzes over the unwilling members
of the body. Faces never lie, 1t is said.
No man need be deceived who will
study the changes of expression.-Em-
erson.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1911-12-15
An Auuravation.

~ WISH" said Mr.. Growcher, that
Mr.. Jabber wouldn't use that phrase,
We'll, to make a long story short"
"Why?"
ut invariably serves merely to make
the story that many words longer
Spokane Spokesman-Review.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1911-12-15
Untenable.

by the way. why do you permit
your children to believe in falries?"
~ can't tell them there are no fairies
and then expect them to believe in mi
erobes."- Exchange.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1911-12-15
Eorcs of Habit.

Il have to be ready on time. My
husband won't walt a minute for me"
He won'tY"
no You see, in his youth he was
an elevator boy."-Detroit Free Press.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1911-12-15
TrOlleyS to Trenton

Cars leave Bridge Street, Lambert
vile, for Trenton 6:2o, 7:2o, S:2o,
o:ao, 1910, tIz:o; A.M.Ia:ao, 1870, z:2o,
gao, 1870, $40, 6:ao, 7:zo, $40, 9:2o,
Io:zo, 1920, P. NJ; 1880 midnight,
daily, Sunday included. Returning,
leave Trenton on same schedule from
$40 A, NJ, to II;2o, P. Nj. Fare
25c. each way, or Ioc. return.
Connections At Yardley.
Cars leaving Lambertville at 6:2o
7:ao, 9:2o, A. M. 2:2o, go, 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 1873, 1880, A. NJ 1880,
AIT, 3:I7, Al go, 6:I7, 7:I7, P.
NJ, make close connections for Lam
bertville. Round trip rate, sI.44--
zoe. each way to and from Yardley
and $I.o4 return, to Philadelphia.
Close connections at Morrisville vita
electric cars to aud from Bristol and
Philadelphia.
Trenton New H0DG& LambGrtVlllGSt. R
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1911-12-15
AmWeIl National Bank.

The animal meeting Of stockholders for the
banking room ON To EsDAY, JANUARY eth,
1919. between the hours of 10 O'Clock A. NJ
and II o'clock, noon
f. W VAN HART,
Cashier.