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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-10-24
She Was Bewildered.

She was an auburn haired, middle aged
woman, and as the Sixth avenue "L'' train
stopped at Blocker street she rose to leave
the car. Suddenly she halted and looked
at her hands, then at the seat she had just
vacated, then at the young man who had
been sitting beside her.
Are you going to get off here?" abruptly
spoke the guard
She turned again to go out and then
stopped, and looking pale said, "Oh, dear,
I've lost my pocketbook."
I'VE can't wait for you" rejoined the
guard, while half dozen passengers were
looking on the car floor for the lost article
She cast her eyes too often at the young
man beside whom she had been sitting to
add to his comfort. He blushed as he sur
missed her suspicion. The search continued,
and the station gong changed for the train
to proceed.
How many pocketbooks did you have"
queried the guard as he looked at her right
hand.
only one, of course" came the excited
reply.
"What's thatP" inquired the guard as he
touched the article which she was clutch
ing with a nervous grip.
ooh, myl that's It'll How bewildered
amp
The train was moving as her skirts brush
ed past the gate, and dozen women giggled
who were probably just as tickle as She
New York Herald.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-10-24
He Made Up the Dozen.

In times past there was in a certain law
school an aged and eccentric professor.
General information was the old gentle
mans hobby. He held it for incontroyert-
ible that if a young lawyer possessed a
large fund of miscellaneous knowledge,
combined with an equal amount of COM
mon sense, he would be successful in life.
So every year the professor put on his ex-
animation papers question very far re-
moved from the subject of criminal law.
One year it was, How many kinds of trees
are there in the college yardY The next,
What is the makeup of the present Eng
fish cabinets"
Finally the professor thought he had in
vented the best question of his life 1t was,
"Name 10 animals that inhabit the polar
regions The professor chuckled as he
wrote this down. He was sure he could
''pluck" half the students on that question
And it was beyond doubt that that OPP
probrious young loafer. Thompson, would
fail But when the professor read the ex.
animation papers Thompson, who had not
answered another question, was the only
man who had solved the polar problem.
This was Thompson's answer, Six seals
and six polar bears" Thompson got his
degree with Standardization Tit-Bits.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-10-24
Waste and Economy.

A few days ago gentleman entered a
Liverpool telegraph office, and taking some
forms down filed them up as fast as he
could Having used all he had, he asked
for more and did likewise till those were
used up. From the number he had filed
up and from his asking for more and more
and yet more, the clerks naturally conclud-
ed that he was going to give them whole
sale order for stamps and monopolize the
wires for an hour or two.
At length this man of energy rose with
the bundle in his hands, and approaching
the clerk, asked him for a sixpenny stamp.
The clerk wished to know what all the 9TH
ers were He replied that he had only used
them to fix in the wording of the message
he had to send. Thereupon the clerk took
the pile and counted only to find that this
individual had wasted 146 forms in trying
to word message within the prescribed
value of sixpence.
Thereupon the clerk demanded his name
and address and stated that the postmaster
general should be informed of this willful
waste After communicating with St.
Martin s-le-Grand and search being made
for the individual he had ''gone-no adj
dress" This is probably the largest num-
Der of forms ever used to write a message
| of 10 words.-Liverpool Letter.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-10-24
The Chameleon Flower.

The principal popularity of the Hibiscus
mutabilis is its habit of completely chang
ing its color in the course of the day. Its
beautiful flowers, generally double, are
white at the first opening in the morning,
pink at noon and red at sunset before they
fade, with a blush tinge at night. The
leaves somewhat resemble those of the
vine and are roughish and variable in the
length of their points The tree is a native
of China, Japan and various parts of the
East Indies, where, as well as in the West
Indies, it is cultivated for the beauty of its
flowers.
The flower lately discovered in the 18TH
mus of Tehuantepec is white in the morn
ing, red at noon and blue at night, and is
called the chameleon flower in default Of
any botanical name. 1t is probably spe-
cies of the Hibiscus mutabilis. The colors
donot pass abruptly from one shade to the
other, but change gradually from the white
of the morning to the pink and red and
thence to the blue at night. The Tehuante-
pee tree grows to the size of guava tree
and gives out a slight perfume when the
flower is Of red color.
Some other flowers change color, but not
daily, such as the forgetmenot, which Is
first yellow and then blue; the phlox,
which is first blue and then pink; the Chi
nese hydrangea, which is first green and
then rose color, and the Chievanthus muta-
bills, which changes from yellow toorange,
then to red and finally becomes rich pur-
ple-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-10-24

HOW TO TELL FORTUNES.
A Temporary Gypsy Queen States Some Of
the Secrets of the Art.

A Temporary Gypsy Queen States Some OF
the Secrets of the Art.
"Trade is slack Just now" said Mother
Meg as she jumped from the hay filed gyp-
sy cart, one of the attractions of the coun-
try fair. $50 l guess that l will be Mrs.
Joshua Goldthorpe for the next five min
utes and get breath of fresh air." OFF
came the scarlet handkerchief from her
head, revealing tresses as yellow as gold.
Off came the gorgeous blanket from her
shoulders, revealing a trim costume and
suspicious line of white throat, greatly at
variance with the brown stain of the face
"Oh, Mother Meg, we would not believe
one word of your fortunes If you were to
tell them now" laughed a group of merry
maidens.
well do l know that was the reply.
Makeup counts for much. Still, were to
give you few pointers on how to tell for
tunes venture to say the crowd of you
would take up the business this very min
ute nor bother in the least over brown faces
or gorgeous apparel Want to know how?
OF course. Well, sit down on this hay
mound, and, mind, if you see any customers
coming, intent on crossing Mother Meg's
palm with silver, let me know.
''Now, hold out your left hands. Do you
see any little fine lines verging toward the
base of the thumb Well, they are trou-
bles to come, and the deeper and longer
they are, trouble to be measured according
Iy. Next, if you find deep line in the soft
cushion of flesh at the base of the forefnger,
that means that you will not die an old
maid. If you see a cross there, that means
a happy marriage. Now, at the base of the
- Sd
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-10-24
THE RuFFED GROUSE.
He Hears and Sees Everything, and Moth
ing Escapes His Notice.

He Hears and Sees Everything, and Moth
ing Escapes His Notice.
There is not in existence perhaps bird
that knows more of the surroundings in the
places he inhabits than the ruffed grouse.
He hears, he sees everything. Nothing es-
capes his notice. This is his home. He
lives about here all the seasons of the year
--seedtime and harvest, winter and sum-
mer. He knows well also every wood, ev-
cry covert. thicket and stream in the vicin-
ity. When compelled to leave this place,
he has several select spots to which he flies
for refuge.
One of these retreats may be in a dark
and gloomy nook under the outrageous
foliage of the woods, or it may be in a
clump of dense and impenetrable ever
greens or among the witch hazels or amid
the innumerable and inaccessible saplings
of the gentle, sloping woodland, or it may
be in the open wood. The sportsman will
soon come to learn the location of these
spots by carefully watching the flight Of
the bird, but the grouse also will soon be-
come aware of that fact after he has been
disturbed few times and will go no more
there, but direct his flight elsewhere. The
grouse never flies without knowing exactly
where he is going, and when he starts on
his way nothing will turn him from his
course, for in my experience l have seen
but one bird change his line Of flight l
once saw grouse crossing a field fly di-
rectly over a man and team of oxen plow-
ing.
But the ruffed grouse practices at times
mode of flight that is extremely decep-
tive as to his destination. In the hollows
he will fly straight ahead through the mid
die of them for 200 to 300 years and then
take a wide turn Of about 40 yards, and
coming back the same distance alight on
the brow of the hill He is now in posi-
ton where he can see the sportsman APP
proach and can watch his movements, and
where he would scarcely be looked for. If
discovered, however, he flies along the top
of the hill, keeping well out of gunshot.
Such birds are hard to find again, and the
mystery is where they go.
AS the grouse resorts to strategy to es-
cape from man, he is also compelled to do
the same to save himself from his other
enemies. l recollect being in the woods one
morning on pleasant day In October and
seeing hawk sailing above hemlock
tree. Approaching the spot l discovered
near the top on limb about four feet from
the body of tree a ruffed grouse. The
hawk continued for some time his circling
movements, when he began gradually to
descend.
The grouse seemed lost, when as the hawk
passed near and to the opposite side of the
tree the grouse like bolt shot from the
limb, and flying only as a grouse can fly
made for the dense cover, which he reached
in safety. When the hawk came around
and found that the bird had flown, he rap
idly assembled and was soon lost to sight
Forest and Stream.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-10-24
HOLDING UP A STAGE.
A LONE HlGHWAYMAN CAN DO IT,
BUT HE MUST BE CLEAR GRIT.
When Oh .mps Try 1t, the First Attempt
Generally Ends Their Career-How wy
oming Charlie Met His Death Through
the Pluck of a Woman.

"A stage with six passengers in it held
up by one man, and the paper says they
were pack Of towards, y said the man in
the sent ahead as he turned himself round.
well, let me tell you there's another
side to it. I've been right on deck on sew
eral occasions when a holdup didn't work
worth a cent. The papers never seem to
get hold Of the other side though"
Let's 90 and have a cigar and talk about
road agents. II you have been held up,
give us the particulars"
Eyes, I've been held up" he said as we
got seated in the smoker My first ex-
perience was about 10 miles from Tusoaro-
ra, New. There were seven men in the
coach, and every one of us had shooting
irons and sand enough to use them. We
were stopped just where we didn't expect
it, and that was the trouble.
before we knew what was up fellow
had us covered with two revolyers. It
wasn't his guns that made us take water
so much as his general demeanor. You
had only to glance at him to realize that he
was devil and held human life as cheap
as dirt He could keep all Of us covered,
but we had no show at him. If one of us
had fred and missed, he'd have downed
the whole crowd before he stopped shoot
ing believe that any one of us II alone
In the stage would have pulled down on
him, but as it was each one feared to
draw his vengeance on the rest. He took
watches, rings and money to the value of
q, 600 from our crowd. He had us stuck
up for half an hour, aud there wasn't
second in that time he didn't have his eye
on every man and hold himself ready for
shot. That chap stopped over dozen
stages before he got his dose"
"And you spoke of several failures.
Eyes, have witnessed several. OF all
the road agents in the west for the last 20
years not more than five or six had any
business to take to that line. The Others
were chumps and failures. Why, I've
been from Cheyenne north when we'd PASS
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-10-24
NnHnrried Orders.

A competent manager is not satisfied
with settling what is to be done today alone
she makes everything clear as far as
luncheon tomorrow Thus assisted, the
cook is never kept in suspense till the day
is far spent, as is too often the case for even
luncheon orders, with nothing in the
house" While talking to my Mr.. Jud-
kins" the other day on the subject of cook
ing meat a breathless woman hurried into
the shop and ordered piece of beef for boil
ing to be sent up at once for lunch.
The joint was dispatched almost imme-
diately, and as the messenger hurried off
with it the good butcher observed: There
you are sir, raising his eyes to the clock;
al gone; well, it'll be arr past nearly be-
fore that meats put on the fire. It'll be
boiled ever so much too farsi and come to
table as ard as a brick. Tomorrow prob
ably the lady herself will call and COM
plain of my supplying her with such tough,
inferior meatI Believe, me, sir, that it
isn't so mucn the fault of the cooks as
these hurried orders. The quantities of
good meat that's spoilt in this way you'd
scarcely believe, and US butchers are blamed
for it."
This is only too true Much of the dis
satisfaction that is now expressed in regard
to the Indifferent treatment of food should
be attributed to incompetent management
rather than to incompetent cooks.-Nine-
tenth Century.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-10-24

1t was very old and weary animal that
the countryman drove up to the curb
Say, misterp' shouted boy. WANT
me ter hold yer horse"
Hold my horseY" repeated the stranger
in confused sort of way.
"That's what | said.
After critical glance the answer came:
mo, guess not. don't think he's goin
70 fall down yet. Washington Star.
Getting Out Gracefully,
Look at that dark man across by the
punchbowll" said one lady to another at an
assemblage of newspaper and literary men,
"He has taken IL glasses of punch, one after
anotheri'' "Ah, indeed" said the other
dryly; that is my husband" But the wo
man was born to tact and luck. rs 1t pos
sibles Let me congratulate you, lucky wo
man, for having husband able to drink IL
glasses of punch without growing tipsy
Why, if my husband drinks two, he gets
simply roaring You fortunate thing, how
| envy your'-Boston Gazette.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-10-24

A Philadelphia war veteran has patented
a device for protecting soldiers to consid-
cradle extent from an enemy's fire. 1t is a
folding shield of bullet proof material, cir
cular in form, which can be fixed to the
barrel of rifle. It's diameter is Is inches,
and its surface is corrugated for the pur-
pose of DETECTING bullets. The inventor
does not pretend that it furnishes COM
plete protection, but he believes that it
would be found indispensable by skirmish-
ers and in a general engagement would be
the means of greatly reducing the casual
ties. When not in use, it can be folded
into portable compass and worn at the side
like bayonet. When expanded and fas-
tened to the rifle barrel, an aperture on the
line of the sight is shown which enables
the soldier to take aim and use his piece eff
fectiyely.-Chicago Herald.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-10-24
ESTABLISHED 1879

IN second rate state those objects which
people are now glad to abstract from them
and exhibit in the choice cases of the Lou
vre or the British museumI
There is one wonderful art, gentlemen,
which l will mention-the beautiful art of
bookbinding 1t is one which has been
scarcely noticed. Books are wonderful
things, wonderful above all with respect
to what may call the soul of the book, the
words that it contains and the ideas which
the words convey. But there is also, sup
posing there were no soul, the manufacture
Of the book historically recorded-the pro
duction of the book considered as a mar
ketable, material object. That the produc-
ton of the manuscript in early times be
fore the invention of printing, the beauti-
full and wonderful character of the early
printing, and sometimes even now in this
degenerate century in later printing, the
mere impression of the letters on the page.
may be carried toward the character of a
high art and a fine art is a thing which
people do not generally dream of.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-10-24
BROTHER AND SISTER
W. 7. sTEAD's TRIBUTE TO THE MEM
DRY OF TWO GORDONs.

Noble Woman Who Was n Great Gener-
Friend of the Poor and LOwly-Sister OF
Him Who Died I'm the Far Scudan."
The news published by the Westminster
Gazette this evening brought back food
of memories, sorrowful and stern. for
Miss Gordon of Southampton was one of
the few remaining links which united the
world of today with the troublous past time
when her brother died sin the far Soudan."
1t seems but as yesterday when, In reply to
the telegram from Southampton that he
had nothing to say, left Northumberland
street to hold that interview with General
Gordon which led directly and almost Inn
mediately to his dispatch to Khartoom.
Yet nine years and more have passed since
then-nine eventful years full of the TRACE
dy and the pathos which abound in our inn
perial annals, and now the simple an
nouncement of Miss Gordon's death recalls
with painful vividness that episode of glory
and of shame.
Miss Gordon was Charles Gordon's elder
sister Her house at Rockstone place,
Southampton, was his only home when he
was I'm England. 1t was there that / inter
viewed him. and at the present moment,
although the familiar rooms are empty Of
their mistress, they are full of the associa-
tions of her brothers presence. Never was
sister more proudly fond of her brothers
fame. Never did brother trust more abso-
lutely his innermost thoughts to sister
than Gordon. She was the custodian Of his
archives He left all his letters to her, and
she treasured as precious relics the few
remnants of uniform and of other personal
belongings which he left in her hands
The first things visitor saw on entering
her drawing room were ostrich shells
which had been sent her from Africa and
the next thing was the skin Of leopard
which he had shot In the Soudan. In her
bedroom, where everything was as reli-
glously preserved as 1t was when last It was
occupied by General Gordon, her favorite
texts were still ON the wall, the wardrobe
still held some of the hero's clothes Miss
Gordon idealized her brother-not without
cause.
The world knew him when too late as
the peerless paladin of modern chivalry.
She knew him as such from of old time, but
she knew him also as the merry souled,
laughing brother who never ceased to have
the heart of a schoolboy beneath the trap
pings Of governor general. Small reason
Is there for surprise that Miss Gordon re-
garded with but scanty sympathy the min
lister, the lateness Of whose awakening to
the dictates of natriotism and nf hoaln, oo~A
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-10-24
Chalk Turned to Marble.

The example furnished by nature in the
production of marble from chalk by water
the latter percolating gradually and
steadily through the chalky deposits, dis
solving the chalk, particle by particle, and
crystallizing it, mountain pressure effect
ing it's characteristic solidity-it is now
found may be the basis of accomplishing
similar results by a resort to chemical pro-
cesses. Slices of chalk are for this purpose
dipped into color bath, staining them with
tints that will initiate any kind of marble
known, the same mineral stains answering
this end as are employed in nature; for in
stance, to produce the appearance of the
well known and popular verde antique, an
oxide of copper application is resorted to,
and in a similar manner green, pink, black
and other colorings are obtained The
slices after this are placed in another bath,
where they are hardened and crystallized,
coming out to all intents and purposes real
marble-New York Sun.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-10-24

The street near the Carthage fair grounds
was crowded with street cars, buggies and
wagons In the midst of the hurry and
push an old son of Erin attempted to cross
the street. He was run into by horse and
Knocked down, but not seriously hurt As
a sympathetic bystander helped him to a
place of safety and brushed the dust off his
clothes he cautioned him thus; Pat, you
shouldn't have tried TO cross in such q
crowd, old as you are. Always be on the
safe side" Faith, " said Pat, IAN phwere
is the safe side? l thought this wan was.
Me ole woman was afther me with broom
sthick on the other. That was no safe
soide, sure "-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-10-24

what did you send that telegram from
Maricopa for2' l said: What do you sup
poser l just wanted to know if you were
both well, that's ALL
Il never told her word of what I've told
you, and If Berry is living now and sees
this he will know for the first time what
made me so suddenly sick at Maricopa. p
New York Recorder.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-10-24
INCOME from German Railway stations.

Income From German RAILWAY Stations.
1t is the custom in Germany not to al
low persons on the platforms of railroad
stations save the actual travellers except
on payment of a small fee which fee in
large cities constitutes quite an income.
Thus during the eight months from Jan
uary to August. 1892, the Friedrich
Strasse station in Berlin took 24,576
marks, the Alexander Platz station 49,
ITO marks, the Silesian station 12,204
marks and the Potsdam station 1921
marks.-American REGISTER.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-10-24

A st. Petersburg correspondent says;
Dueling in Russia has become so com
mon that the government has been com
PEELED to decree a severe code of punish
ment. Killing an antagonist will cost
six years in prison; severe wounding,
three years; duel without injury, six
months; provoking a duel, six weeks to
three months.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-10-24

William Pole, in his philosophy of
Whist" says; 1.-THE total number of diff
ferent ways in which 50 cards may be dis
tributed among four players is 1904, Ss7,
7e5, ASS, 792, s39, 237 ,440, 600 This number,
vast as it is, does not accurately represent
all the varieties of hands possible, diff
ferent card being turned up as trump Civ
ing rise TO q series of variations. "-St. Louis
Republic
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-10-24
TO-DAY HE LOVES MEL

Today he loves mel Time, stand still
Haste not, sun, behind the hill
Today he loves me; no tomorrow
Can touch this one today with sorrow.
AS a crystal well o'erspills
With sweet water from the hills.
So my heart o'erbrims with blisses,
OF looks, of love words and of kisses
And through many day Of drought
Love shall come to draw thereout,
Singing low-though this today
Be then q year old yesterday
''Today he loves meT' CTS Loves way0
Exchange.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-10-24

A metallic pavement is to be tried in
Paris. The project of the Seine, with the
approval of the municipal authorities,
has sanctioned the laying down of an ex-
perimental length