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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-10-10
ash BARREL JIMMY
The First Convert of the Salvation Arr
In Amarfoa.


The First Convert of the Salvation Army
In America.
Our first convert in America is still
living and serving the army in Boston.
The history of his reform is remarka-
BILE one.
The conversion of the first of Almighty
multitude was brought about by Com
missioner Railton, then In command Of
the American forces of the army and
Superintendent Thomas Byrnes of the
New York police. Mr.. Byrnes was an
inspector of police at the time, early in
1880.
1t is safe to say that in Salvation Army
circles there are very few who do not
know Jimmy, by reputation at least.
Jimmy was thief and drunkard when
converted in New York In March, 1880.
His name Is James Kemp.
Three times Jimmy narrowly escaped
losing his life. On one occasion he was
nearly frozen to death outside Billy Nc
Glorys notorious dive. On another oc-
casion he was so brutally beaten in q
Water street dive that he was supposed
to be dead. The morgue wagon was
called by the police, and the bruised and
battered body, apparently dead was car
ried to the morgue. When 1t, or rather
he, arrived there some of the doctors
made the discovery that Jimmy still
lived, and so he was taken to the hos
pital, where he remained four months.
His last narrow escape from death was
when he drank quantity of spirits Of
wine which he found in cellar. jim
my drank 80 much he went raving mad
and tried to hang himself He was sent
to prison for three months for attempt
ing suicide.
The first Saturday afternoon in March,
1880, Jimmy started out to have some
amusement, and hearing that the Saliva
ton Army, which had just arrived from
England, was going 'to show at Harry
Hills notorious resort he concluded to
go there and see what kind of people the
soldiers were. When he arrived at Hills,
be found that there was an admission
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WINS Grave.

"That grave on the right hand of the
path as you go down to the porch door;
that heap of airth with no growth, not
one blade of grass ON it-thats VIII
Pooleys grave that was hanged unjust
ly."
"IndeedI But how came such shock
ing deed to be doneF'
"Why, you see, sir, they got poor
Will down to Bodmin, all among stran-
gers, and there were bribery and false
swearing, and an unjust judge came
down-and the jury all bad rascals, tin
and copper men-and so they all agreed
together, and they hanged poor Win.
But his friends begged the body and
brought the corpse home here to his own
parish, and they turfed the grave, and
they sowed the grass 20 times over, but
twas all no use, nothing would ever
grow-he was hanged unjustly."
well, but, Tristan, you have not
told me all this while what tins man
Pooley was accused of; what had he
done2'
Done, sirl Donel Nothing what
ever but killed the excise manI'-Rev.
r. s. Hawker,
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rec, anUne, WIN a drunKards economy,
determined to spend the price of admis-
sion in different manner. Toward
night he strolled into dive in Water
street, where his Whyo friends painted
his back and served his face the same
way and wound up the performance by
rolling the unfortunate man in the saw
dust of the dive floor Jimmy, after sub
hitting to their treatment, thought they
would let him stay there all night; but.
alas, they kicked him out on the street.
just as Jimmy reached the sidewalk
his cap blew off and fell into an ash bar
rel which was standing near the door of
the den. Jimmy tried to recover it, but
in doing SO lost his balance and fell head
first into the barrel. He struggled to
get out, but all his efforts were in vain.
He seemed to be there to stay.
A short time after Jimmy's acrobatic
feat policeman came along, and seeing
mans legs in the barrel set to work to
discover who was the owner of them
and why he had them in such position
He took out his club and struck the in
verted man on the soles of his feet.
These means are sometimes resorted to
by policemen to arouse drunken men.
From the depths of the barrel came a
voice which the policeman at once recog-
nized. He raped for assistance, and
when another officer appeared on the
scene an effort was made to get Jimmy
from his novel but painful position.
They pulled at the protruding feet, but
Jimmy failed to respond, his clothes hay
ing been caught on the nails which had
been driven through the barrel. They
pulled until the old rotten shoes gave
way and were left in their hands. The
policemen then threw the barrel down
ON its side, and laying hold of the unfor-
tunate mans feet they dragged the bar
rel and it's bowling occupant toward the
police station.
A pitiful sight was poor Jimmy when
he reached the station. His face, which
had been blackened by the toughs in the
dive, was all battered and bruised, and
the paint on his face, mingled with
blood, was strongly suggestive of a
scalped Indian. His clothes were all
torn and his shoes gone. How complete
the ruinl How perfect the wreck
Superintendent Byrnes suggested that
the Salvation Army be allowed to try
its hand ON the man, and the result was
his conversion, since which time he has
served faithfully in its ranks.-Boston
Herald.
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swiss Nynlters nrop the press Coat.

The dress coat Of the kellner is short
" to disappear from the leading Swiss
hotels, so that it will no longer be posi-
Bile to confound the walters with the
guests. At a recent meeting Of the Union
of Hotel Keepers the question was sol
EMMY debated whether it was not prac-
ticable to clothe the waiter in a more
rational dress than the hitherto obliga-
tory swallowtai. The precedent for
such a revolution has already been set
in Germany. A few months ago the
"Deutsche Gastwirths Verband' offered
a prize for the best example Of a conven-
lent dress for the waiter. The design
accepted was tailless jacket (Joppe) Of
dark blue cloth, after the fashion of the
stewards uniform on board ships. This
has met with a wide approval In the
profession, and it Is already adopted by
the kellner in many of the large German
towns. The degrees of aristocracy among
the walters are marked on the collar.
The ober kellner. or head waiter, wears
three stars on his collar, Franz or Jean
two stars and the Piccolo one STAR
Bern Bund
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sTEAMsoATlNa ON THE OHIO.
II Was at the Height of Its PrOsperit.
Hnf a Century Ago.

IL Was at the Height of Its Prosperity
Half Century Ago.
1t was from 1910 to 1865 that steam
boating was at Its height. Fortunes
were made In those years by men who
owned and ran boats. There were lots
of steamers on the river then. The en-
bryo industries Of that period depended
on the river entirely, for railroads had
only been proposed-not built. About
100 steamboats, were built at Pittsburg
annually to run on the Ohio and Missis-
sippi rivers. This city was noted for
the trim crafts it placed ON the water, as
some Of the biggest and best running
steamers were built at the headwaters OF
the Ohio.
The boats of the early steamboating
days were all side wheelers. It was not
until late that the advent of the stern
wheel boats occurred, and when 1t did
they were not looked upon with favor
by the denizens Of the side wheel crafts
The rivernen regarded them as an in
ferior kind Of boat, ON whose decks it
was beneath the dignity of first class
steamboatman to tread.
The packets were of good size and
stoutly built. They were not supplied
with swinging stages and steam cap
STAINS, and their engines were of sure but
not so graceful movement as engines
now, and electric lights for steamboats,
were not even dreamed of. But they
served their purpose in making big mon
ey for their owners.
There was but one organized packet
company running boats down the river
from Pittsburg. 1t was the old Pittsburg
and Cincinnati Packet line, and it owned
about 25 steamboats,, some of which left
the Pittsburg wharf daily. Among them
were the Buckeye State, the Hibernia,
Pittsburg, Crystal Palace and Pennsyl-
wanna. These boats were all stoutly
built and especially adapted for fast
running. The laws relating to racing
were not 30 stringent then as now, and
exciting contests Of speed on the river
occurred daily.
One Of the swiftest of the packets was
the Pennsylvania. She was the largest
of the Cincinnati boats and made some
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OFFENSIVE. At one place where, at the
suggestion of friend interested in this
class Of human nature, we went back to
the same waiter on the next day, there
was such visible reluctance to serve
us that we were compelled to call the
head waiter before we could get any
thing to eat. AS my rule is to reward a
servant proportionately for extra service
and attention, and as some Of these men
rendered this service and got nothing, !
cherish no hard feelings against them
for the look of cold disappointment with
which they greeted our departure. In
discriminate tipping has made tipping
useless practically, so far as good service
is concerned. 1t has become merely SO
much blackmail, and the poorest service
demands and receives the same reward
earned by and cheerfully paid the best.
Men are awful towards and would rather
be robbed outright than thought mean,
even by waiter.-New York Herald.
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Lapenius, chaplain to Che Danish
court (1692), noticing that a large part
Of the congregation fell asleep during
the sermon, suddenly stopped, and pull
ing from his pocket shuttlecock com
menced to play with it. This strange
device, we are assured, had the effect de-
sired.-Temple Bar.
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EQUAL TO THE OCCASION.
How a Bold Lover Won the Day and AL
Won HIS Girl Frnn, Hen. Father

How Bold Lover Won the Day and Also
Won His Girl From Her Father.
He was mild young fellow, and, as
his sweetheart imagined, without much
force of character, as he kept putting
the task papa" day off indefinitely. So
the young woman prompted him to be
sure he was right and go ahead.
''You see, papa has great deal OF
bluff and buster, but when you come
right down to it he is perfectly safe.
Only you must show him that you have
plenty of age-real grit. That's what
he likes"
''All right. Suppose you ask him tc
step in now. may as well get my hand
in if that is the way it works."
But, dearest, he is awful big and
strong. you know"
'Ob, if it comes to personal violence ]
will defend myself with the furniture,
Trot him in"
"And you won't let him put you offY'
''Not Bit"
"Then I'll tell him you want to see
him."
There were two chances of escape fol
the young man-one by way of the door
the other by the window-but he did not
avail himself of either.
When the father strobe into the room
with his best knock acknowledgment
air, the youth rose indifferently to meet
him.
"Well, well, what's all this about ]
understand you want to see me. Well
look at me now and be quick about it.
growled the pater.
Him. Can't say as you're much to
look at, Mr.. -. merely wished tc
mention to you that Miss Clara has en-
gagged herself to me with my consent,
and propose to fill my part of the con
tract to the letter"
''Idiotl Idiot My daughter"-
Take care, old man Call me as many
names as you please, but refer to my flu
ture wife with proper respect"
''Get out of this house, you
Certainly. AS soon as my wife that
is to be can conveniently pack up her
belongings we will 60"
"Why, you impudent"-
'Oh, keep cool; keep cool. l could
hold you out of the window with one
hand and call for the police with the
other. l was champion hitter and slug
ger at college. Look at that muscle
and he clinched a No. z hand into for
midable fist.
Il never was SOL
Nor l. Call it quits. 1 want you1
daughter, and don't care a continental
for your money or your blessing. We
can begin the world without either,
just as other young fools have done.
This is business, sir, business"
The father felt his own head TO see if
he was going to have an apoplectic fit,
then answered grimly:
'All right; like your style. should
have said yes anyway if You had given
me time, but you took me by surprise.
may say was never so surprised in my
life"
s'Nor t. assented the lover as he sunk
almost fainting into a chair, 'but I'm
business man, and don't you forget it. ]
don't stand any foolishness either in
love or war" and he wiped the cold
perspiration off his forehead with a
nervous hand.
He had won the day and the girl too.
Million,
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Pem,,er,on and Hignls.own railroad.

Trains leave Mount Holly for New Egypt
Cream Ridge, Hightstown. etc.. at 1908 A. M
l33 6O7P. NJ. Sundays, 7.05 P. NJ.
Trains leave Philadelphia and connect Tor
New Egypt, Cream Ridge, Hightstown, etc,
COCA M 80 and $40 P. M Sundays, COOP. NJ.
Trains leave Hightstown tor New Egypt,
at 1905, 1000 A. NJ, 7.O5 P. M. Sundays, $40
A
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VOL XIV. NO. Al.
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.


The standard railway of America. Protect
ed by the interloeking switch and block sig
nal system.
Trains leave Mount Holly as Jottoa0s:
For Philadelphia, $50, 800, 6.52, z22. $50. 500
SOL, SIC, ll.20 A. 1884. 2Sl, BOZ 5l2 5.l5
7.24. s.37. 10.50P.M.
On Sundays. $50, s.Sl A. NJ, 1905, 6lo 7.Sl p
For Pemberton. 1903. s2s, HOS. A. M, 1924. l.ss
4.l6, al, 6.O7 7OS, P. NJ. Sundays, s.l6' lOa
For Browns Mills in-the- Pines, 1924 and 7Os
P. NJ. sun days, iO2CA. NJ.
ForBurlington, Bordentown, Trenton andNew
York, 6.3s, 9.0s, 1880 A. NJ. 2.50 4.45, 5A5 p NJ
Sundays 725 P. NJ.
l.33 AL P. NJ. on Sundays, 7.O5 P. NJ.
For LumDerton, Medford, Marlton and Had
dondeld 9.35 A. NJ.
For Vincentown, 1924, 6.07 p. NJ.
For Toms River. Island Heights, etc, 9.2S' 9.5s
M, 4.l6, AL P. M.
For Trenton and New York, via Pemberton
and kinkora, l.33, Al T. NJ. sundays, 100
Pm.
For Hightstown. 7.Os AN. l.ss, COFFIN. on
For Asbury Park and Long Branch 9.52
A. N. Al P. NJ. Sundays SIG, A. M
For Tuckerton, 1852 A. NJ, AL p Nj.
For Beach Haven 9.52 A. NJ, AL p NJ
Trains leave for Mount Holly as JottOlos:
From Philadelphia. 500. 100 $50, 80. 1000.
ll.2U A. NJ, 1890 $50, $50, LOO 4SO, o.lO
6.IO, $50, $780, 1890. il.45 P. NJ. On Sundays,
73O $40 A. NJ, LOO. $50, 1880 P. NJ.
From New YORK, trenton anu
500, 80 A. M, 100. 400, 800 p. NJ.
From Trenton, IA, 9.25, il 10 A. M, 2.53, DO
7OOP; M. On sunday at 500 80
From Burlington, S.3l, 1906, u.53 A M, S.SZ, o4o
7.40 P. Nj. On Sundays, 7.45 A. NJ
From BROWNE Mills-in. the-Pines, 1.l6 s-2z,
A. 200. 40, 6.5S, sos P. NJ. sundays o-So'
655 P. M
From Pemberton, (north) 6.S5, SOL 90 AM,
1875, All, SIT P. NJ. On Sundays, 30 A. NJ
From Remberton (southl, 7.53, s.S7 A: M,2i4,
Az, $40 P. NJ. On SUM- lays, $50, ia p. M
From Vincentown, $50 A. M, l.35 T. NJ
From Hlghtstown, via burlington, ll.ozA.h-
1902 p.
From Medford, ll.55 AN
From Long Branch, 6.25 A. M, sos P. NJ. sun
days 500 p. NJ.
From Asbury Park 6.42 A. M, $50 p NJ.
On MONDAYS only from Long Branch, 7.55 A. M
Asbury Park, s.l3, A. M, Island Heights, 9At
A. -
From Toms River, 80, sol A. NJ, 1853, $50 P. M.
From Island Heights, 6Ss, 7.42, A. NJ, S-sS' 90
MEDFORD, MARLTON. AND PHILA-
DELPHIA.
A. NJ, 2.l3, 5.29, p. Nj. Sunday, I'LL A NJ
Leave Marion for Philadelphia at go, 1920.
A. M. 2.s5. $40. P. NJ. Sunday, ia, A. NJ,
532. p. NJ.
Leave Philadelphia, Market Street, for Med
ford and Marltou at T. 1910, A. NJ, ., o.5o, !
p NJ. Sunday, $50, A. NJ, $40, p. M.
Leave Marion for Medford, Sll, u.33 A. M, |
$3.50, 6 p, p. NJ. Sunday, $40, A. NJ, 80, r. M
For further particulars apply to the ticket
agent at the station.
s. NJ PROVOST, j. R. WooD,
General Manager. Gen. Pass. Agent.
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MEDFoRD. MARION. AND PHILA
TuCKERT0N RAILROAD.

Leave Mount Holly tor Tuckerton and Beach
Haven, 952 a. M, 4.32 p M, daily, except
Sunday.
Leave Beach Haven for Tuckerton, 500 p.
M, daily except sunday and $40 p. IN. on
Saturdays only
Leave Tnckerton for Beach Haven, 5.35 a. m.
ON Mondays only. 3.02 p. m. daily except
Sunday
Leave Beach Haven for Mount Holly. 65o a.
M, 800 ID. M, daily except Sunday.
Leave Tuckerton Tor Mount Holly, 100 a. m
500 D. m, daily except Sunday.
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A YOUNG GIRLS FORTUNE.
AN INTERESTING SKETCH.

Nothing appeals so strongly to a mothers
affection as her daughter just budding Tito
womanhood. Following is an instance; our
daughter, Blanche, now Is years or age, had
been terribly afflicted with nervousness, and
had lost the entire use of her right arm. She
was in such a condition that we had to keep
her from school and abandon her music les,
sons. In fact, we feared ST. Vitus dance, and
are positive but for an invaluable remedy
she would have had that terrible df1ilctlon.
We had employed physicians, butshe received
no benefit from them. The first of last August
she weighed but rs pounds, and although She
has taken only three bottles OF NerVlne she
now weighs 106 pounds; her nervousness and
symptoms of St.Vitus dance are entirely gone,
she attends school regularly, and studies with
comfort and ease. She has recovered complete
use Of her arm, her appetite is splendid, and
no money could procure for our daughter inc
health DR.. Miles Nervine has brought her
When my brother recommended the REM
edy had no faith in patent medicines, ana
would not listen to him, but as a last resort
he sent us a bottle, we began giving 1t to
Blanche, and the effect was almost lmmedl-
ate"-Mrs. R. r. Bullock Brighton, n. Y
Dr. Miles Restorative Nervine is sold by all
druggists on a positive guarantee, or sent
direct by the Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkharts
Ind, on receipt of price, 81 per bottle, SIX
bottles for IS, express prepaid. IL Is posltlVeIy
free from opiates or dangerous drugs.
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Mount Holly POST once.
MAILS AnnIvE AND READY FOR DISTRIBUTION:

Z, AMUEL A. ATKINS n,
~ ATTORNEY AT LAW, SOLICITOR AND
MASTER IN CHANCERl.
No. l09 Main ST., Opposite Washington mousse
Mount Holly, N j.
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The standard railway of America. Protect
ed by the interlocking switch and block sig
nal system.
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''Oh, keep cool; keep cool. l could
hold you out of the window with one
hand and call for the police with the
other. 1 was champion hitter and slug
ger at college. Look at that muscle
and he clinched No. hand into for
midable fist
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Castoria.

"Castoria is an excellent medicine for chill
dren. Mothers have repeatedly tol5 me of its
good effect upon their children"
DR.. G. c. OsGoop,
T,owell Mass
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"Castoria IS the best remedy for children Of
which am acquainted. hope the day is not
far distant when mothers illconsider the real
interest of their children, and use Castoria in
stead Of the variousquack nostrums which are
destroying their loved ones, by forcing opium,
morphine, soothing syrup and other hurtful
agents down their throats, thereby sending
them to premature graves"
DIR. ]. +. KNcHELoE,
Conway, Ark.
The Centaur Company, II ]
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-10-31

THEY ALL WORKED IKE TRoJANS.
at about the time that nuts are ready to
be gathered. Nor is this influence al
ways observable alone among the boys.
1t is quite likely, indeed, to extend to
the younger men and women, and / have
known staid and sober citizens to yield
to its subtle power. It's outward signs
are very diverse among different classes,
but they are quite u~nmistakable, once
you have them explained to you.
The boy who has fallen under this in
iuence is apt to complain of all the
symptoms of pronounced bodily illness.
Sometimes he is feverish, at other times
he seems to have a cold, again he is tor
tured by a terrible headache, and yet
again he speaks of a faintness sc pro-
nounced that it does seem to him quite
ont of the question to do any work, like
husking corn, or picking stone, or haul
ing pumpkins, or digging potatoes. That
the boy sometimes actually undergoes
severe suffering | can testify, for / have
myself been under this curious spell.
That parents and employers are apt to
be unsympathetic | a also affirm with
great positiveness. 1t is sometimes quite
impossible to convince these hard heart
ed people that anything is really amiss.
Once they are persuaded the symptoms
are genuine, a phenomenal change is
pretty sure to come over the boy.s
/ am quite intimately acquainted with
ayoungster who was put to bed with
brown paper and vinegar bound OH his
brow by his mother to relieve a splitting
headache. After she had done all she
could to alleviate his agonies she re-
sumed her regular daily occupations. No
sooner had she left the room than the
boy opened his eyes, which he had been
obliged to close on account of the pain,
tore off the brown paper, got into
his clothes, bolted out of his bedroom
window, climbed along the roof of the
'flean to-" and, jumping to the ground,
lodged out of sight and made tracks in
as near a beeline as he could, without
running the risk of being seen, to Dea-
o Aliens grove owe on the far side of
Lint hill. There were chestnut trees
and hickory nuts and beechnuts and wal
nuts and butternuts in that grove, and a
number of boys who had agreed to loot
the trees were there ahead of this boy
and hard at work when he arrived. They
suspended operations npon his appear
ance to shout in concert, Say. Jimmy,
howje git away
When he had told his story, they all
went at it like Trojans again, and, al
though FIVE minutes before Jimmy
mother had left him in his room he had
been altogether too weak to hitch up the
gray horse and take a grist to mill, he
now had no hesitancy in taking the hard.