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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-12-05
THERE WAS GOOD FISHING.

Likewise Good Luck on a Phenomenally
Good Imagination.
The scene of the following incident
was about 40 miles from Gloversville,
N. Y, on a beautiful little lake just
across the tableland at Piseco lake, in
Hamilton county. The day was all that
fisherman could desire, and every con-
dition was right for good fishing. A
party of three were in the boat-namely,
l.. E. Everest, his friend, Professor
Spencer from Brooklyn, and the writer.
They had taken nearly 80 pickerel In
less than half day, and the size was
good, weighing from 81 to 8 pounds.
The last turn around the lucky point"
was being made before we started for
home. Everest, who was trolling one Of
the lines, said: eve got another. He's
big one from the way he pulls" Ever
est let him play at one time nearly 200
feet Of line before the fish could be
turned. When he had been brought
into sight, he was not so large as some
we had already in the boat, but there
was an unusual motion all about him.
Soon the line was drawn so tightly it
was necessary to let him play again.
When brought back, it was discovered
that large pickerel had attempted to
swallow the one on the hook, which was
now quite exhausted.
The big fellow still followed, shark
like, for the dead body Of his victim,
which, however, we were not disposed
to give up. Just as Everest was about
to swing the fish ON his hook into the
boat the professor took up his oar, hop
ing to strike and thus capture the large
one. The movement of the oar attract
ed the attention of the fish, and in q
twinkle he made pass at it. The blade
was about Z inches wide, but his jaws
grated across the upper and lower edges,
saving groove on either side with his
sharp teeth. The professor, by carrying
his oar forward with the movement Of
the fish, at the same time raising it from
the water, landed the huge fellow into
the boat.
He weighed 1874 pounds. The fish on
the hook only weighed three pounds, but
showed signs of battle, being bitten in
several places. Upon opening him we
found, as is often the case, fish Of
smaller size in his stomach. This one
showed signs Of life and was opened.
We then discovered a pretty little gold
chatelaine watch and were surprised
that the time agreed with our watches
and that 1t was running.
More than pleased with our fishing ex-
petition, we returned to the Adirondack
hotel and informed Landlord George A.
Mccoy of our good luck, at the same
time showing the watch. In less than
two minutes all the guests about the
house were in the Office, and among the
number was pretty young lady from
| Albany. who said that the watch was a
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-12-05
MANY MILES IN A CANOE.
warburton Pixies Exploration Into the In
tarfor of Alaska.

Warburton Pixies Exploration Into the In
terror of Alaska.
Warburton Pike, the English explorer,
has arrived at Nanaimo, B. G., from the
interior of Alaska, having made a jour
ney of over 1900 miles in small canoe,
He left Victoria, B. O., year ago last
July for Fort Wrangle, and thence pro-
ceeded to Stikeen river ina canoe through
the Cassair country and followed the
Dease river as far as the junction with
the Laird tributary Of the Mackenzie
river. There he spent the winter hunt
ing big game. Late in the winter Pike
started out with dog sled for Francis
lake, which he crossed, and thence made
the portage to the Pelly lakes, getting
into country never before explored by
white man.
Spring had set in by the time the
Pelly lakes were reached, and crossing
there Pike followed the Pelly river to
It's source. On his return he followed
the Pelly river to Lewis river, which he
followed to the Yukon. He then began
continuous journey Of $500 miles,
which lasted for two months. He left
the Yukon river near the coast and made
a portage to Kuskoquin river and thence
made his way around the coast to Fort
Alexander, the trip having lasted 1S
months.
During the whole time hemet with no
accident. He used the same canoe all
through 1t weighs only 100 pounds and
Is II feet long. Mr.. Pike formed very
poor opinion of the interior Of Alaska.
He says it is absolutely worthless ex-
cept for hunting. Game Of all kinds is
abundant.-W Washington Star.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-12-05

A system of moistening the air of a
cotton factory-as is required in some
departments of a mill before blowing it
into the rooms-has been the subject of
much experiment. 1t has been found
that, if Jet of steam or vapor is dis
charged into the main duct any degree
of humidity desired can be obtained, but
all the air is moistened alike, being dis
tributed to the different rooms by the
risers leading thereto. That, however,
which is best adapted for one depart
ment in cotton mill may not prove
equally favorable for another.
Then, too, the introduction of moist
ure at this point may work disastrously
to the walls of the ducts and risers. 1t
is now found that this objection may be
overcome at small expense, by carry
ing steam pipe down through each
room and putting opposite each opening
In the flue, through which the air enters
the room, an outlet with valves for regu-
lating the flow of the steam. In this
way the exhaust steam from the engine
which drives the blower flows into the
room, and being caught mp by the cur
rent of air passing from the flue is thus
distributed throughout the room. Ex-
perience with this plan through cold
weather has proved its peculiar value
New York Sun.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-12-05

The story that tells of swans singing
before death is very old, and of course is
founded upon fancy. The idea has been
brought down from ancient myths. The
voice of the swan is extremely harsh
and disagreeable, without single mu-
steal note in it, and no good reason can
be found for likening some of the worlds
sweetest poets to this unmelodious voiced
fowl.
The only approach to verification
we have ever seen is the following,
clipped some years ago from Virginia
newspaper:
ga sporting friend, recently returned
from a foray upon the Potomac river,
below Mount Vernon, was the guest of a
venerable and highly intelligent lady,
who has always lived on the Potomac.
Speaking of the swan, she gave it as her
decided opinion that this bird was in the
habit of singing or making a plaintive
noise when dying. The reason she gave
for entertaining this belief was that on
very many occasions in the last so years
she had been awakened at night by a
sweet and exceedingly sad noise, some
thing like the tones of fageolet coming
over the water, and that ON every sub
sequent morning dead swan was found
to be floating on the water or to have
been washed ashore. "-Pittsburg Dis
patch.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-12-05
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A WOMAN FOR SALE.
A Betrayed Girl Offers to Sell Herself to
the Southern Medical College.

A Betrayed Girl Offers to Sell Herself to
the Southern Medical College.
With pale, haggard face; with wild,
despairing look and tears literally
streaming down her hollow, sunken
cheeks, Maud Fambro, once innocent
country girl, entered the Southern Med
ical college yesterday afternoon. Ap-
preaching Uncle Robert Pierce, the kind
ly disposed old janitor, she asked for the
ladies' reception room.
After having seated herself, the young
woman in q dazed sort Of way sur
veyed the room and its contents with
evident fear and dread. After mo-
ment's hesitation sheinquired Of the jani-
tor If the college wanted to buy sub
ject. If so, she had one to offer for sale,
which, although alive now, would in the
course of q month or two be at the dis
posal Of the college if terms were agreed
upon.
"Where is the subject, miss?" he asked,
bowling lowly.
"Why, here it is-right here. Do you
see me? am the one. Do you think
they will buy my bodyY she went on,
looking the janitor squarely in the face.
81 am going to die, and know it, and
what / want to do is to arrange for the
future. My history, I will say at the be-
ginning, is familiar to all where live,
and rather than go back and face my
degradation and shame prefer to del
Won't they buy my bodyS" she almost
pleaded.
Upon what terms would you make
the disposition" inquired fiendish look
ing medical student.
81 will sell it for most any price.
What want to do is to make future
provision for my baby. / haven't but
one copper in the world and am here
without place to shelter my head. l
thought by coming to Atlanta I'd make
trade by the college agreeing to take
my body after am gone. lido not know
where to go or what to do"
It is the same old story of mans per-
6dy and woman's worse than weakness.
Six months ago she was highly respect
ed country girl, living on the line of
the Atlanta and West Point railroad
near pretty little town of 1900 or 1900
inhabitants-now an outcast and q wan
derer upon the face Of the earth. A once
poor, innocent country lass, she seeks to
make horrible and CHASTITY disposition
of her corpse that she might make proper
provision for her future offspring. 1t is
indeed a sad case.
The girl, not meeting with what she
thought proper consideration, left the
college, saying she was going to carry
out her intention or commit suicide. She
was entreated to go home and was given
enough money to pay her railroad fare
to the little town from which she came
yesterday. 1t is not known where she
went after leaving the college. Atlanta
Constitution.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-12-05
HIS WIFE SHAVED HIM.
She Wasn't Going to Be Late to Church II
She Knaw IT.


she Wasn't Going to Be Late to Church II
She Knew 1t.
The story was told by laxative man
who was evidently from the country.
The barber drew it out by the usual ques-
ton asked of new patrons, do you shave
YOURSELF"
'Not much" was the reply. "Does
my face look as if did?'
The barber confessed that his face was
in good condition, whereupon the talka-
tive man added, with chuckle:
Sand don't usually get shaved by
any barber, either"
CLOVIS that?' asked the barber.
my wife shaves me-" answered the
talkative man, with another chuckle.
"Shes done it every day for five years,
he added, "and amt never had any rea-
son to complain of her work"
"Who taught her the trader" asked the
barber, becoming interested.
Learned it herself. 1t came about
this way: One Sunday morning soon aft
err we were married I started off to bar
Der shop to get shaved before going to
church. The shop was crowded, as
knew it would be. But as I'd never been
any great churchgoer didn't hurry
waited for my favorite barber, who Of
course was everybody's favorite too.
And when finally got home it was pref
ty late. l thought my wife would get
tired of waiting, you see. and go on to
church alone, expecting me to follow.
But she hadn't. She sat with her things
on, and when saw her l was prepared
to catch it." and the talkative man gig
gled refectively.
'And did you catch itY' prompted the
barber.
well, she wanted an explanation, and
of course told her the usual story about
having to wait.
"'Well, says she, you won't do no
more waiting around barber shops while
you and live together. You can shave
yourself in future.
No, l can't, says /. I cut my face
Then I'll shave you,' says she.
You can't, says l.
" Yes, can, says she, and l will
81 thought the best way to convince
her and keep peace in the family was to
let her try it once, so the next Sunday
submitted, telling her beforehand that
if she didn't give me clean shave and
no cuts, wouldn't go to church. Well,
sir, she gave me as good a shave as ever
got from barber, and after that let
her keep it up, and I've never been sorry
for it. l tell you, it's a luxury there
can't many poor men afford"
"Nextw said the barber. Buffalo Elk
f,rpsc
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-12-05
THE KING OF BEASTS.
He Is Merely Big Cat, After All. and
Coward at Heart.

He Is Merely a Big Cat, After All, and .
Coward at Heart.
If we quit heraldry for fact and go by
the testimony of travellers and hunters,
1t is very doubtful whether the lion de-
serves his magnificent reputation. 1t is
his appearance, no doubt, which has
gained for him the appellation of ''king
of beasts" with all the regal honor per-
tanning to it. Certainly he looks every
inch O king" Nothing can be finer. The
fancy itself could conceive nothing more
fittingly representative of majesty than
the full grown male lion, gazing with
great yellow eyes, which seem to know
no fear, and the ample honors of his
shaggy name wrapped round his massive
front and forearms He looks like the
embodiment by nature of loneliness and
magnanimity, and he has been adopted
as such In all literature and poetry from
Homer and Hschylus down to the lion
comique" of our music halls. Yet he is
only a cat--a great cat-after all, and
those who know him in his native wilds
give very different character of 'felis
leo" from popular conceptions.
We do not wish to calumniate crea-
ture SO intimately connected with Brit
ish story and so dignified in bearing and
behavior, for nobody can deny that the
lion is great gentleman inhis manners.
Nevertheless, African sportsmen relate
that he can show himself as cowardly as
he is cruel; that he will abandon his
consort and cubs in moment Of ex-
IRENE danger, and that he scarcely ever
charges straight home upon anybody
who, armed or unarmed, has the pres
ence of mind to await his onset. He is
described as very nervous and very cum
ming, and dreading beyond everything
the superior prowess of the white man.
The early Dutch settlers at the cape
speak of lions prowling round the fort
at night sin such numbers as though
they would take it by storm" Now one
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-12-05
ESTABLISHED 1879

must 90 very TAR into the African
s.yeldt" to see a lion, and a strange fact
is that he has learned the craft Of silence
and is seldom or never heard to lift up
his mighty voice except in the far wilder
ness, where the hunters have not come
except singly Thus it is written in an
African guidebook: Though his foot
prints may frequently be seen near the
mountains of Lokaron and Boatlanama,
and he will sometimes venture to carry
away an OK from a wagon span there
abouts he rarely or never makes his
presence known by his roar, having
learned apparently that it will only have
the effect of frightening off the few timid
antelopes upon which all hopes of re-
plenishing his larder depend, or, worse
still, of betraying his position to his IN
veterate enemy and prosecutor, man.
London Telegraph.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-12-05

meats, coffee, tea and chocolate. The
majority, however, provide only coffee,
tea, rolls and cakes. Nine out of ten
of the customers take coffee and cake.
The latter is not the French or Ameri-
can kind. 1t consists of four varieties
dear to the German palate-apple,
peach, prune and sugar. The last
named is also called cinnamon. 1t is
made of bread dough on the upper sur
face of which is spread some butter,
sugar and cinnamon. Then it is baked
hard.
The peach and apple cakes are made of
thinly rolled bread dough, surmounted by
slices of apples or peaches, as the case
may be. When little butter and sugar
have been placed between the slices, the
baker has approached as near perfection
as possible. The dough of the prune cake
is made like the other and covered
thickly with mashed stewed prunes.
In the best bakeries a slice of any of
these cakes from four to five inches
square is sold for cents. A good cup of
coffee or tea with milk and sugar costs
the same. Those who like light and sweet
breakfasts can thus be satisfied for 10
cents. Probably 5000 east siders eat
such breakfasts in the bakeries every
morning.-New York Sun.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-12-05

Oh, mol Twenty-three million five
hundred and twenty-nine thousand four
hundred people did not pass through the
gates of the Chicago fair, nor did 81 ATT,
212 individuals pay for admission. It is
fair to assume that at least $50, 900 of
Chicagos residents wentin dozen times
each and some of them hundred times.
Scores Of thousands of citizens blurred
their eyes, blistered their feet and wea-
ried their physiques all the way from to
% times each. There is no practical
method of determining just how many
individuals "did" the fair. tits sufficient
for us to know, and very pleasant also,
that after every debt is paid there will
remain at least 100000 to be divided
among the enterprising, plucky and gen.
erous stockholders. -Joe Howard.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-12-05
Hair Shifting Ri.hop.

1t is recorded of certain hair split
ting English bishop, who was accus-
toned to compose his charges" in the
train, and whose desk was always placed
opposite to him, that he invariably treat
ed it as though it were living vis-a-vis
The train being very full on one occa-
sion, would be passenger inquired If
this place was taken, and the bishop,
with his sunniest smile, expressed regret
that there was no room. II don't think
that was quite right, my lord, said one
Of his fellow passengers. what was
not right" inquired his lordship urbane-
ly. ''To say that the place was taken"
Pardon me, did not say that it was
taken; l was particularly careful to use
the word occupied. San Francisco
Argonaut.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-12-05
GENESIS OF THE STEAMBOAT

Ancient Craft That Foreshadowed the
Modern Greyhounds of the Sea.
The first steamboat was built by Den
mis- Papin, who navigated it safely down
the Fulda as long ago as 1907. Unfor-
tunately this pioneer craft was destroyed
by jealous sailors, and even the very
memory of it was lost for three-quarters
of century. In 1775 Perrier, another
Frenchman, built an experimental steam
vessel at Paris. Eight years later, in
1888, Jouffroy took up the idea that had
been evolved by Papin and Perrier and
built steamer, which did good service
for some time on the Saone.
The first American to attempt to ap-
ply steam to navigation was John Fitch,
Connecticut mechanic, who made his
initial experiments in the year 1885. To
what extent Fitch was indebted to the
three illustrious French inventors named
above we are not informed, but that his
models were original there is not the
least doubt. In the first he EN-
ployed a large pipe kettle for generating
the steam, the motive power being side
paddles worked after the fashion Of oars
on a common rowboat. In the second
Fitch craft the same mode of propulsion
was adopted with the exception that the
paddles were made to initiate revolv-
ing wheel and were fixed to the stern
clearly foreshadowing the present stern
wheeler.
This last mentioned boat was the first
American steam vessel that can be pro
nounced success. 1t made its first trip
to Burlington in July, 1888. But, after
all, 1t was not until after the opening OF
the present century that steam naviga-
ton started into actual life. In 1907
Robert Fulton (who every school child
knows was an American, in conjunction
with one Robert R. Livingston, built the
Clermont, and established a regular
packet service between New York and
Albany.
The success of this undertaking was SO
satisfactory that four new boats were
built before the end of 1911, at least two
of them being designed for servicein 9TH
or rivers.-St. Louis Republic.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-12-05

One of the most noticeable changes in
fashion this season is that which affects
the dressing of the hair. The "fringe"
has been gradually giving place to softly
waved bandeaux. and the bandeaux are
creeping gradually lower down until the
return seems imminent to the pulled and
waved bandeaux to be seen in the por-
traits of Jennie Lind taken along in the
fifties. To young and delicate faces the
style has an agreeable piquancy and
quaintness, but to women past their first
youth or with strong, coarse features the
bang has a softening effect much to be
desired.
Another style now gaining favor and
one becoming to round faces with low
foreheads is that of turning the hair
back from the forehead loosely in twist
that is lost in the light coils and puffs ar
ranged in the middle of the forehead.
In this style of couture the front hair is
parted off on either side and twisted in
the old fashioned way into two rolls
New York Sun.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-12-05
Tricks In All Trades.

The young doctor was sitting in his
consultation room chatting with a friend
when some one entered the outer Office.
He stepped out, and the friend heard
him say:
"Pray take seat I'll be at liberty
In few minutes"
Then he came back into the consulta-
ton room and closed the door after him.
an skip" said the friend.
"Not for the world. Sit down." said
the doctor
"But you have a patient waiting"
"Well, it's a woman. Let her wait
about 10 minutes"
''You may lose her business"
''On the contrary, Ill get it regularly.
/ always make them wait"
"Why?"
"To give the impression Of a rush Of
business. 1t is the only way to keep q
woman. If she thought wasn't rushed
to death, she'd lose confidence in me and
go somewhere elsc."-ChicarO y HsaA
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-12-05

This bird was imported from China by
o. N. Denny some eight years ago. Six
pair were let loose on Peterson butte
about four miles from Sodaville, Or,
and the climatical conditions and coun-
try being favorable and being protected
by strict law for six years they have
multiplied rapidly and now are one Of
our most common game birds. In fact,
they multiplied so rapidly that long be-
fore the six years protection had ceased
the farmers complained bitterly that the
birds were serious damage to their
grain and gardens, and many birds
were killed, but in this think they were
mistaken, for in my examination Of many
stomachs at all seasons of the year l
found but very little grain as their food,
but many wild seeds, bugs, grasshop-
pers, etc.
/ think that the farmers have realized
this also to some extent, as nearly all
have now posted trespass notices for their
protection.-Science.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-12-05

A letter to Louvois by Louis XIV,
written in cipher, has been long in the
archives of the ministry of war and has
at length been deciphered. In it the
king orders Louvois to arrest General
de Burlonde for having raised the siege
of Cont without permission, to send
him to Pignerol and to conceal his
features under loup, or black velvet
mask. The order was executed, and the
presumption is therefore violent that the
MAN In the Iron Mask"-it was black
velvet one with iron springs-was Gen
eral de Burlonde. The story tallies with
the known fact that the prisoner made
repeated attempts to communicate his
name to soldiers; that he was treated
with respect by his military jailers, and
that Louis XIV, who knew the truth Of
the whole affair, declared it to be mat
ter Of no Importance. The difficulty is
to discover the kings motive for such a
precaution. but he may have feared dis
content among his great officers or the
soldiery. 1t must, however, be possible
to discover from the lists in the war
Office whether General de Burlonde was
recorded as missing" or dead" about
the right time Saturday Review.