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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1891-12-29

the cabinet organ at Q donation party,
having forgotten to do il il the haste Of
my toilet prepal:atiQn - y W eHeQsl turn
deserves another p
like to turn over new leaf once IN
awhile. ! get so tired Of the old one.
It is so stained, and bIottedl and discol-
ored. 1t is torn in So many places and
it is written so full of mistakes and
failures.
There are the s65 little TX marks
which indicate the days during the
past year upon which I was needlessly
cross and irritable. There are a half
dozen near the top Of the page marked
'XX." That was while we were NOV
ing into the new house and getting set
tied Then there's the entry January
2, where I began smoking again, and
s79, 472 little dots, like fly speclxs almost,
which mark the number Of times |
have clicked" about things during the
past year.
It's a poor, dirty, miserable, badly
kept, altogether too faithful record. It
is interlined and criss-c1ossed, but it
isn't illegible. Every entry stands out
bold and clear, and cam erase a sin
gle one of them. can only turn the
sorry-looking chronicle out of sight and
begin with q clean, fresh, new page
on the other leaf.
CHAHrEs NE1ToN HOOP
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Now there was, about three-quarters
of a milo to the right Of the Widows
shanty modest little shock, half COW
cred with luxuriant vines; over the
front door was a roughly-made lattice,
and this, too, was covered with the
vines. and the whole cottage was a
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agreed to give my wife certain amount
of money every week and let her Pc.
vide for the table. That is the amount
was certain the first week, but my T'ile
says that after that it was Frequently
decidedly uncertain. She hadn't aad
much experience but she did aoply.
She said one day that she wished !
would give her the name Of soae great
wholesale grocer, name thu Would
,be synonym for the choices q every
thing, SO that when dealer asked he1
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Howsomdever-Di old Duste dis
tribute any New Years presents?
Dashhard Poore-Yes, he distributed
various portions of mems outfttings;;
He gave Charley the sack, he colared
Harry and euffed him, and he gave me a
boot. Only pants were left for Billy
jewelers. Circular.
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A Good Reason.

At a social gathering widow did not
engage in tripping the light fantastic
toe. A gentleman approached her and,
asked:
"Are you going to dance this even
ingp"
mot until after midnight"
why not before?'
Because to-day is the anniversary
of my second husbands death. Texas
Siftings.
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PROMOTING VEGETATION.
Effects of the Electric Light and tn
Electric Current on Plants.

Effects of the Electric Light and the
Electric Current on Plants.
A report on the effects OF the electric
light on plants comes from the agri-
cultural experiment station of Cornell
university, where studies have been
made of the Influence Of the electric
arc lamp upon greenhouse plants.
Radishes were strongly attracted by
the light, and all leaned at an angle of
from 60 degrees to AS degrees toward
the lamp. The report says:
'sThere are few points which are
clear, the electric light promotes as
Sanitation, 1t often hastens growth and
maturity, it is capable of producing
natural favors and colors in fruits, il
often intensifes colors of flowers, and
sometimes increases the production of
flowers
1t is added that the experiments
show that plants do not need periods of
darkness for rest. There is every rea-
son, therefore, to suppose that the cleo
trio light can be proftably used in the
growing Of plants, and the further in
ference is that IF the electric light
makes plants to assimilaSe during
the night, and does not interfere with
growth, it must produce plants Of great
size and marked precocity."
! Experiments have been carried out in
France, in Lot-et-Garonpe, by M. Barat,
upon the application of the electric cur
rent to the culture of potatoes, tomatoes
and hemp. A row of hemp, subjected
to the influence of electric current, pro-
duced row Of stalks IS inches higher
than those not electrified in the same
time A kilogramme (2.2 pounds) of
potatoes planted In the path of the cur
rent produced 81 kilogrammes of very
large and healthy tubers, while the I'M
electrified patch only gave 1211 kilo-
grammes of medium size.
The electrified tomatoes also became
ripe some ten days before the Others A
curious fact has been remarked by NJ.
Barat in his experiments. If quanti-
ty of manure Is near the positive pole,
the constituent parts Of this manure are
transported toward the negative pole,
and their effects make themselves felt
around distance of some yards. This
would seem to be a fresh proof of the
opinion long advanced upon the part
played by electricity in the growth of
plants, an opinion also adopted by Mr..
Epecnew, who has given some attention
TO these phenomena; this is, that the
action of the electric current upon
plants seems to consist in the more ac-
tive dissolution of the organic principles
existing in the soil which are thus
brought within the reach of the roots.
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Jones-It is said that It is impossible
to witness unmoved the acting OF Mr.. j.
Lawrence Sullivan.
Adams-Yes, saw good many peo-
pie leaving after the first act---h ate
Fields Washington.
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Wheelman-I believe I'll give up BIZ
cycling. am as careful as can be, but
every now and then some accident hap
pens. This is the second time ! have
been arrested and fined for running
into people.
Business Man-I'll tell you how ia
manage. Just you get job as bill coli
lector. Everybody'll dodge you then
N. Y, Weekly.
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Keeplnr up old custonas.

'Going to swear OFF drinking and
smoking this New Year's?" ''Of course,
have always done it and I'm not go
ing to quit now. I'm a firm believer in
keeping up old customs. "-Philadelphia
Times
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Jimly Shakespeare speaks o. ser
mons in the stones.
Bimly-Now understand why WON
en- pay so much attention to one an
others Jewels when in church. IN
Herald.
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onenlng a Now ACCOUNT.

Old Scadds-Yo Young man, you've got
to turn over new leaf this yearl
Young Scadds (modestly)-Thanlx
you, sir; would you mind starting my
fresh page in the ledger with an adj
vance of two hundred?
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He hopeless, butseelxine qbnsolationl
Now that you have mot rom Walk
over, you have no fnrthoK nd for rae
She--Oh, yes have need you 70
make him iealonsl--Lsifa.
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rIaatin Resolntions.

We have knocked the stufing out OF
the Christmas turkey and are already
trying the strain on New Years resolu-
ton which will stretch mile before 1t
will tear an inch.-Dallas News
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Drake can see in that there furrin-
speakin' westerner can't see. But
there's no question but what the we'd
din's to come off sometime soon. an
her tellin' me to fetch these here close
that belonged to number one out an
air em is to my mind a sure sign she's
goin' to dispose of 'em AN get 'em
out the way before number two comes
along
Her first's been under the sod these
ten year an she's mourned him long
enough, the land knows. I amt in no
way against widows marryin' an tryin'
1t again if they like; but do say it 'ud
be more seemly to choose a man o. her
own Yankee stock than one O. frog
eatin' French descent
And the hired girl gave the vest which
she was shaking a jerk which sent
one of the buttons halfway across the
yard.
1t certainly did look as though there
was to be a wedding at Widow
brakes before long, and the neighbors
whispered that there was little ro-
nance connected with it. And so there
what it was about, neither could you if
you were to try for month--so | am
going to tell you all about it.
The Widow Drake was plump, we'll
preserved little body, with fresh rosy
cheeks and bright blue eyes and the
smoothest of brown hair without a
thread of silver in it. She was not
young, but nobody would have guessed
that she was forty, and as a woman is
only as old as she looks, she kept her
own counsel and let people speak Of her
as being thirty-fYe
TEc< iruSua1u 1aEftT IeIG hef 4 neat IfG6Ie
home and enough money to keep her
comfortably without any care beyond
few little economies now and then, in
the shape of dyed gown or a recon
structed bonnet.
Her life was calm and uneventfu1:
too uneventful, by half. she thought, as
she sat in the twilight strolzing the
great Maltese cat which was her com
panion and confdant.
Priscilla, the maid of all work, was q
woman of too mature an age to be
called a girl in any other sense than a
''hired GIRL and she chose that title of
her own free will. She had lived with
Mrs. Drake during her brief married
life, and the widow had kept her ever
since because she dreaded being alone
in the house. But Priscilla was neither
sympathetic nor responsive, and Tom,
he Maltese cat, was much more apt to
gree with the widow'ss opinions, SO it
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misunderstanding, you know yot
were in the wrong about that lawsuit
you lost. Come back to me and let Us
be happy once more.
Wife-No; Z won't do Il until gou al
NIT that was entitled to D divorce a
Indre
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MAILS ARRIVE AND READY FOR DISTRIBUTION:
Best of Republican Newsnaners
ROSWELL G HonR ON THE TARIFF


The Republican party, triumphant in 1884,
wherever national issues were at stake, re-
news aperessfvely and bravely, the light TOR
1s92 T6e NEW YORK TRIBUNE, the ablest most
reliable, and best of Republican papers, leads
During 1892, Roswell 6. Horr, Of Michigan.
the witty orator, will continue In The TRIBUNE
HIS remarkable articles on the Tariff, keclpro-
city Coinage, and the Currency These topics les
with regard TO them is right patriotic and
impregnabe but dust has been thro ,,aa IN the
fov Nv Wing and tricky Tariff Reformers.
THrTRIBUNE prints from one TO i've exceed
inriy entertaining articles every week ex-
planning these questions
Mr.. Horr begins at the beginning of every
subject and makes it so clear that everyone
can understand and no one can answer him
Ask any neighbor what he thinks OF Mr. Horr's
writings. He will tell you that they are clear,
genial entertaining and perfectly unanswer
able. A speciality is made OF answering al
anestions. asked in good faith. on the Tariff
Reciprocity, Coinage, the Currency, and The
projects of the Farmers Alliance. TIE TRI
HUME is the best national Republican paper tc
supplement- your local paper during 1892
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A Failing Out.

"Oh, prithee, Ethel, let me know
why thus you have dismissed mer
at stood, sir, meath the mistletoe
Last night (weeps). you never (weeps)
kissed mel'
-Harner,s Bazar.
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Jaclx-How did you ipanan to get ria
of your rival7
Harry-I got him appoi'Ned an UNI 4.
pirc, and took the girl out t9 Witness ms
first game. Puck.
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GOOD RESOLUTIONS.

HOSE who in
t Q n d t 0 try
once more the
oft-tried expert,
ment of making
New Years res
olutions h ve
not much time
to lose. Such
re S olutions, if
they are by any
possibility to be
kept, require a
good deal Of
S t u d y before
hand. 1t must
be the light
kind of study,
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a HItoh ~ the Programme.

Dashaway--I understand that you
were around to Miss Palisades last
night. Did you see the old year Out To-
gether?
Cleverton-No. l wanted to, but
Miss Palisade saw me out first.-Jury.
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Pemberton and Hightstown RaiIroad

Trains leave Mount Holly for New Egypt
Cream Ridge, Highsstown, ETC.. at 1888 A. NJ
2.O3, 45l P. NJ. Sundays, 6.O5 P. M.
Trains leave Philadelphia and connect for
New Egypt, Cream Ridge, Hightstown, ETC.,
$50 A. M, Leo and 400 P. NJ. Sundays, 800 P. NJ.
Trains leave Hightstown for New Egypt,
Pemberton, Mount Holly and Philadelphia
at TIA, 1000 A. NJ, 1903 p. NJ. Sundays, 6.45
K p
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81 wonder why the Mediterranean is
so blue?"
"You'd be blue II you had to wash
the italian shore. Life.
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ONLY A FEW LEFT.
The American Buffalo Has Be-.
como Nearly Extinct


There are about fifty buffalos still
ranging wild in Colorado, says the Dem
yer Republican. And yet one man, for
whom frontier justice is waiting, re-
Gently killed FIVE.
1t has been so generally and frequent
~ stated and published that the Ameri
can buffalo and bison have become com
| pletely and thoroughly extinct that the
general public has come to accept it as
fact and believe that the only speci-
mems are those which have become do
mesticated and are carefully housed
and cared for in the several geological
gardens and parks.
That there are few of them remaining
on the plains is certainly true, but there
are enough, with proper protection, to
soon produce large herds. In this state,
where once there were thousands of
these animals, their number has been
rapidly reduced by hunters, who have
slain them simply for the momentary
pleasure they have experienced in kill
ing large game, until they now number
less than fifty and are in four small
herds. These are confined to the rough
er and more sparsely populated dis
tricts, their habitations being more
effective protection to them than all
the state game laws ever enacted by the
general assembly.
So small had grown the number of
these distinctively American animals
that In 1889 the state legislature enact
ed a law providing q severe penalty for
the killing of a single specimen before
the year 1900, thus allowing a full ten
years for them to propagate, but in
spite OF this enactment word was re-
ceived but short time ago that some
one In the Kenosha range had shot five
buffaloes. State Game Warden Land
started at once to make special and
personal Investigation OF the case.
While out he has also made an extern
size visit through the state, and he has
Just returned with an interesting &C
count. He is somewhat discouraged
with many things connected with the
enforcement, or, more properly, the
nonenforcement of all the game laws,
and predicts that unless Something
decisive is done, and that very soon. the.
wiped from the face Of the earth. He
reports d most terrible slaughter of all
game during the last few months He
was asked in reference to the killing of
buffaloes.
There are now very few of them"
he stated, ''and these, in our feeble
and crippled condition, we are endeav~
oring to protect. That five of them
were killed recently is fact, but I
found that we could not convict the
guilty if we brought him to trial He
admitted having killed five of them and
boosted of the fact to his friends, but
we could find no one, after careful in
vestigation, who would testify against
him, and if he were arraigned he
would, of course, say not guilty.
81 Judge that we have now in the
state something less than fifty buffa-
loes, and these IRE in four punches.
One Of these has recently been seen in
Middle park, and numbers but five.
Another and possibly the largest, is
m the Kenosha range, and numbers
possibly twenty. The third. Of ten or
fifteen head, is at Hahn's peak, in Routt
county The fourth, and the smallest
except that at Middle park, is at
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THE PASSING OF THE YEAR.

Cleans cavernous beside the Goals,
And flickering shadows, family drawn,
Dance lightly to the rafter poles;
And royal In her mottled fur
And heightened curve of caudal sweep,
With mufied and recurrent purr.
The ancient house-cat dozes deep.
Eleven; and the jarring strokes
Come harshly as warningwu
Outside. the giant naked oaks,
Snow girdled, stand all white And stills
And like to ships the wan cloudspass
Across the lone moons argent shield
While, down below, the frozen grass
Lies dead within frozen field.
Twelve; and upon my feet stand
And fling aside the unread book,
For ghosts rise up on every hand
AS backward Ter the days look.
Ayel warp Of fate, and wool OF life,
What matters since but death shall spin.
Falls the last stroke, severing knife
The old years out, the new years in.
ERNEST McGAFFEY
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a n1ron ~ rnr rnsTIvIrIns

Host aside to ealler) Whaffor 70
put sugar in dat bullion soup an den
spit hit out on de flo'?
Caller-Keep yo' hands off. A man
dat hain't got no mo- sense dan TO offer
q gemmen from de souf sech stuff as
dat in er teacup, serves ter have hit
spit on de fio' Doan yo' tech me, mig
gahi-Texas Siftings.
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would stop with their hands full of let.
tiers from sisters and nephews and
nieces, to hand her letter from-Pris-
ella.
Sometimes a tear would drop on
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ELL" said the
hired girl, as
S h e t 0 o k a
clothespin from
her mouth and
carefully fast
ened a pair of
trousers of an
cient cut and
ample proper
tions to the
C lot h e 5 lin e,
"when it comes
to widows, I
own 'em to be
beyond my un-
de RS t dim.
w h a. T. M y 6
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WEEKLY, 81. SEMI w EEKLY, 81, Free tor TIL
rest of 1891 10 those subscribing now for 1892
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In addition to the regular two pages week
of how to run farm and make it pay. there
Will be. during 1892 special papers on sHot
House Lambs "Model Farms,' Tobacco
Bnfter Making, . Care OF Bces,n Market Gar
dening," Live Stock" and variety Of other
equally important branches OF American
farming
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TUCKERToN RAILROAD.

Trains leave Beach Haven for Tuckerton at
$50 A. NJ. daily except Saturday 800 P NJ Tues-
days, Thursdays and Saturdays, ana 7.lU p. NJ
Saturdays only.
Returning leave Tuckerton for Beach Haven
at ass A. NJ. on Mondays, 1920 A. M. tuesdays,
cept Sunday.
Leave Mount Holly for Tuckerton, 9.25 "A NJ,
45l p N. daily. For Beach Haven, % A. NJ. on
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturday; 45l p NJ.
daily.
Leave Beach Haven for Mount Holly, Phlla-
deiphia etc. $50 A. M. daily, and 3.05 p. NJ. on
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Leave
TuckerIon at 7.03 A. NJ. and 400 P. NJ.
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STILL IN n.

Bal Guthrie Say, mlster, Whats Vne
name of this yer townP
Mr.. jackson Park This is Chicago.
Bill Guthrie Chicago yet? man
told me two days ago was Ia Chicago
4 md I've been drivin' right along.
Mr.. jackson Park That's right
f1,.of-
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HOW no SUCCEED IN LIFE.

THr TRIBUNE will also continue the series OF
articles to young men and women, penned by
men, who, beginning life themselves with few
advantages, have nevertheless succeeueu nom
Questions as TO what young men and women
should do to succeed in life, under the pecu-
liar circumstances IN which their lot in life is
cast The replies will be written under the
direction Of Roswell g. Horr. whose familiar
ftv with American life and opportunities ana
those deep and cordial sympathy with all
who are struggling against adverse circum.
stances promise TO make the replies practical
and satisfactory.
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VITAL Tories OF THE DAY.

Many special contributions will be printed
from men and women of distinguished repu-
fation. Among the topics are: "Silver Coin
are. the latest views . "Proper Functions OF
, mar each from q Democrat and Republi-
can. prominent in public life; Harmful
Tendencies of Trusts p "Arid Lands of the
raj Communities;n "Better Pay tor Fourth
Glass Postmasters = importance of the Mica
ragua Canal . "viilage Improvement" "Our
German Fellow Citizens in America and
many others.
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For yeterans:of the war, there,wilI be page
4 week of war stories, answers TO questions,
news and gossip. MRS. Annie Wittenmyei
will supply an Interesting column of news OF
the w H. t. THE TRIBUNE's War Stories oil
the past year have never been surpassed foI
thrilling interest
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Iofns sleeH coat, OUT mat was NOT
ofteni only when she was silly, she told
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A New Years Poem.
Bills, bills, bills bills,
Bills. bills, bills,
Bills, bills, bills, bills,
Bills, bills, bills.
-Somerville Journal.
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WIDOW BRAKES BEAT.

why He Looks Forward Impa-
tiently to New Years Day.
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For FAMILIES,

Families WIN value the pages devoted TO
uOnestions and Answers" "Househoid Decor
ation.u eHome Interests Cooking" Knit
Fashions.
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A great editorial page will be printed, and
fiction foreign letters, book reviews, travels,
checkers and chess and fun abundantly sup
Piled.
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OnARLEs M. SLOAN,

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NEW EGYPT, Nj.
OFFICE DAYS: Every Thursday, Friday and
Saturday. Gas Administered.
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THE TRIBUNE,
NEW YORK
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peserlptire eireuIar wilI be sent nee


OVER 5000 IN CASH PRIZES.
Send for terms TO agents and raise a club for
THE TRIBUNE.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-28
The Missouri Alliance has deposed


The Missouri Alliance has deposed
U. s. Hall from the presidency and
elected Lovett Leonard, an extreme
sub-treasury Third party man. This
; was to be expected, as the order has
long since gone to the faithful not
to send any but sub-treasury men to
the conventions. Hall represents the
conservative element and this means
split and Third party in Missouri.
Can honest farmers longer doubt
that the reckless leaders are employed
by the Republican leaders to break
up the Democratic party? II Macune
would sell out to Pat Calhoun for
$1,000 would he not quicker sell to
the Republican machine for $50, 900,
and they could afford to give him a
half million to break the solid South
and insure Harrison's reelection and
Force bill.