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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-08-07
His Order.

A speaker who has planned an ad-
dress for multitude and finds himself
confronted with but single auditor
sometimes fails to readjust his remarks,
and the result is apt to be ludicrous.
A little story illustrative of this point is
told in connection with former presi-
dent Of the University Of North Caro-
lima
One day as this dignitied and stately
parsonage was walking about the cam
pus he observed an unlawful assemblage
Of students at some little distance. He
did not hasten his steps. but proceeded
slowly toward them, with his head down
and his eyes apparently bent in contem-
plation of his own boots.
When this leisurely proceeding had
brought him to the spot where the
students had been gathered, only one
young man remained. the others having
precipitately departed
The president raised his head and sur
veyed the solitary culprit with apparent
severity, although the young man al
ways contended that he detected twin
kle in his keen eyes
"Sir," said the president In a COM
manding tone. Instantly dispense to
your several places Of abode.
Difficult though the feat required
certainly was the young man executed
it to the best OF his ability by dds
persing" without further delay. -
Youths Companion.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-08-07
MONTE MEN TAKEN IN.
How Hermann AstOnished Some Wrench
swindlers by His Tricks.

How Hermann AstOnished Some Wrench
swindlers by His Tricks.
at am not lucky card player at any
time" said Professor Hermann II
did win 50, 800 at one sitting at Del
nOnioo's one night, but that was the
largest sum ever won. / can play only
with my friends, for in company OF
strangers, If / were to win and they
were to find out that was a con1urer,
the impression would be that manipu-
lated the cards, and that, you know.
would be unpleasant For amusement
frequently play and show little par
ty of friends what could be done with
cards by practiced fingers. Yes, many
times I have found my power to manip-
ulate the pasteboards very handy, and l
have frequently been able to Illustrate
sharpers who purposed to fleece the I'M
wary.
II remember that In 1857 sailed
from New York to France to visit my
relatives In Paris, and l carried four or
Ave $40 goldpieces to give 10 my
friends children Arriving at Havre. 1
met friend In the person Of the secxe-
tary Of the Russian legation at Paris,
who was also tourneying toward the
capital. We went on together and occu-
pied toward the same compartment on
the train. AT one of the stations three
men came into our compartment. They
were Frenchmen, and It took only q
glance to show that they were gentle
men who lived by their wits. They were
dressed In the latest fashion, though,
and apparently found little trouble In
getting an excellent living In their line
Of industry. When gave the conductor
my ticket, l took out my pooketbook,
and one of the three, nice little Part-
sian. caught sight Of my gold double
eagles. He was at my side, while his
companions sat ON the opposite seat
THAT flash of the gold was enough
for the fellow, and he began his game.
He asked me If were All American, and
II 1 knew anything about gold coins,
this to open conversation. ! replied
yes to both questions, and on my ask
ing why he desired to know he pulled
a goldpiece from his pocket and asked
me what 1t was. He had got II for moth
ing, he said, in card game. told
him it was Spanish ounce worth Gle.
Then he and his friends began to play
cards, and he said he would show them
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-08-07
Perfumed Butterflies.

Fritz Muller discovered patches Of
singular scales on the wings of butter
flies, which sent out more than 30 dis
tinct odors. These scent scales are called
androconia- An excellent study by mi
croscopioal sections of the wings of some
Of our butterflies, by Professor NJ B.
Thomas, appears in The American Nat
uralist He shows that these scales are
the outlet Of unicellular glands situated
at the base Of each scale.
One especially prominent was detect
ed beneath the androconia in the wing
Of Danais archippus The surface of the
wing above the glands is sometimes COW
cred with a great number of papille,
from the end of which the scent scales
project, or it may be like the ordinary
surface of the wing. In the former case
the androconia are quite small and but
one to each papilla, at the base Of which
lies the gland This gives the scent
scale the appearance Of a small rod
placed in a flask.
The material elaborated by the local
glands and distributed upon the surface
of the wing by the androconia is that
which gives to many of the lepidoptera
their characteristic odor. -Philadelphia
Procc
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-08-07
EXPENSES MusT BE PAID.


Amount of Taxes Necessary to Be Raised
Annually, $3.50, 100000.
In the discussion of the tariff in the
senate it seems now that the party IN
power has entirely lost sight Of the fact
that the above sum must be raised an
nually for the running expenses of the
national government. One would sup
pose, from the nature and tone Of many
that those who are now parading them
selves as reformers actually believe that
by some hoous pocus tariff manipulation
the people will in the end escape the
payment of this $3.50, 900, 900 annually.
The Democratic party may deceive
itself by enacting laws which compel
the people to change methods Of paying
their share of the national expenses, but
the common people-the thinking peo-
ple-cannot be deceived. The yeomanry
Of this country today are not asking
whether they shall pay their national
share of the taxes as income tax, import
tax, internal revenue tax or direct tax.
One thing they emphasize, Let the old
system alone. We were satisfied with
the prosperity that enabled us to uncon-
sciously pay our share of the public bur-
dens in the last 80 years.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-08-07

the game at which he won the ounce.
we'll known in America, but compare
lively new in Europe. The three sharp
ers, posing as casual travellers, placed
their layout, and the little man at my
side showed them how easy it was to
pick up the ace from the overcoat,
which formed the card table. Quite a
little money changed hands, and saw
that my friend, the Russian, was get
ting interested Like all Russians, he
had passion for gambling.
Have nothing to do with this
game, told him. Leave them to me. ;
l manifested an interest in the play,
and when the fellow sang out, A hun
dred francs you can't pick up the aceP
1 cried, I bet you, and as flung down
the money l seized his hand, which was
lowering over the three cards in a row
and overturned the ace The window
was partly open, and swiftly picking up
the cards flung them out, or rather
they thought 80 The sharpers raised a
pretty row aud talked very ugly for
awhile Then / thrust my hand into
the little mans vest and pulled out the
cards one at time. You should have
seen the looks on those fellows faces.
You're conjurer, cried one of them.
Yes, am Hermann, replied, and
know three card monte better than any
of you They left the train at the next
stop and sneaked away, looking very
cheap They were raw hands at it. -
Chicago Post
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-08-07
WHERE THE BLAME LIES.

our Present Business Depression 10 thS
Logical Result of Democratic Success
This state of affairs was not caused
nv the Sherman law nor remedied BY It's
repeal at the dictation OF PresloehS
Cleveland. 1t is the natural and loglcai
result of the success of the Democratlc
marty. a success that carried with It, Ior
the flrst time since the faroh days OF
poor. old, pottering hesitant, lrresoIute
buchanan. the executive and Dotn
houses of congress. Times had been
good up to that event The country mao
weathered a financial depression, ana
under the provisions Of the MCKINLEY
tariff was coming once more into full
swing of prosperity when this bio"
was struck.
The elections Of November, 1872,
placed the Democratic party In posi-
ton when it could-nay, when by us
own pledge it must-overthrow the pro-
tective system so carefully planned, so
firmly maintained, and under which
we, as a nation, have achieved mate
rial prosperity unknown in any lana
under the sun, and in its place enact
tariff for revenue only, like those OF
1888, 1916 and 1857.
What has happened, what we face to-
day and what we must expect in the
immediate future is what was fully
predicted by Republican speakers for
wears. This was well understood by all
who studied the situation from a prao-
teal business standpoint. 1t was not
theory, but hard, unavoidable condl-
ton, which had arrived.
The solid south, with its whip, but
slightly modified, was once more in the
saddle. Throughout the whole country
those who furnish labor its opportunity
for honest and profitable employment
saw the danger signal close at hand
They were admonished by Mr.. Cleve-
lands free trade message Of 1887, by
the passage through Democratic house
of the Mills bill, by the attitude Of
Democrats in both branches of congress
In recent years, by the action OF the
Democratic national convention OF 1899
In substituting the radical Neal resolu-
ton for the moderate resolutions on the
tariff reported by the committee on plat
form, that the south has not changed its
attitude on the tariff since South Caro-
lima declared protective laws to be I'M
constitutional and null and void, and
that If the United States should attempt
to enforce the tariff laws within her
borders she would destroy the Union
Actuated by the instinct of self preser-
walton, these managers and promoters OF
American industry and enterprise paused
to see where the threatened blow would
fall, and, diminishing their products.
getting rid of their surplus and forcing
collections, made ready for the threaten
ed storm. Every industry, every calling,
felt the shock, and the wheels Of our
! great industrial system were stopped
The result is visible to all the world
Ito world which never saw the like
before Here in this free, broad land
8, 900, 900 honest laborers clamor or wait
in vain for a chance to earn an honest
days work; the poor are growing poorer;
a suffering hitherto unknown among
us is abroad in the land, and with south
ern free trade and cheaper labor they
will soon be forced to level with that
of Europe.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-08-07

The practical cultivator understands
that nature makes provision for getting
rid of the bark of trees as the trunk in
creases In size. On the growth Of the
past season may be seen small olive
spots. These are formations of cork
From year to year, in subsequent devel-
opment, these little patches spread, real
ly eating their way through the bark
This is the provision which nature
makes for finally rifting the bark in
each species of plant These cork cells
have their own special lines Of develop
ment, and this is the reason why each
kind of tree has its own particular bark
The characteristics are so prominent
that clever observers can select different
kinds of trees by their bark even at
midnight. AS it is the evident inten-
ton of nature to get rid Of old bark, 1t
is a great help to the tree to assist ma
ture in this respect, and any washes or
treatment which aids the plant in get
ting rid of it is practical advantage
Soapy water washes or I've water is use
full, and even scraping has been found
Of great advantage, In a rough sort OF
way, lime wash is frequently used, the
only objection being the white and glar-
ing color. 1t is, however, the cheapest
and the best Of all bark treatment. -
Meehan 3 Monthly.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-08-07

for signs, and deeper in the CkAparral,
about 30 yards away, found the dead
body Of Blackfoot Indian. He was
shot in the spine, and in his clinched
hand was a bunch Of hair. 1t was LOUIS
scalp.
1.-THE boys loosened the Indians
grasp and released the thing, and one of
them suggested the bright idea of stick
ing it back on LOUIS head. They washed
it in water from one fellows leather
bottle and washed their partners head.
Then they fitted the scalp back in place
and tied it on with strips of horse blan-
ket When Lou came to his senses, he
said that he was kneeling down waiting
for an elk, which he thought he heard
below him, to come along, when he sud
denly felt something grab his hair from
behind and then pull the whole top Of
his head off. He said that before he
went off he saw something black go in
front of him and pulled his rifles trig-
ger as he himself fell forward on his
face.
For months he fingered between life
and death, but finally recovered. When
the blanket strip bandage was taken of,
some time after the attack, by an army
surgeon at post 400 or 500 miles away,
where Lou was taken, it was found that
the scalp had begun to grow on again.
and after several years treatment 1t be-
came as you see itnow. Lou would give
a COW any time to find out what that In
dian was doing out there alone and why
he took the chances on scalping him
alive when he had a dead cinch on get
ting his hair by sticking the knife in
his neck first Lou. is here from Mis-
souri,, where he is now living, but he
amt after any postofice, you can bet. "
=WashinRtOn Star
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-08-07
SHE CAME TO HER LOVERS RESCUE.
A schoOlteacher Executes the Fire Drill to
Accept a Proposal Of Marriage.

A GchoolteacheR Executes the Fire Drill to
Accept Proposal Of Marriage.
Miss Isabel McGallon was a teacher
In public school She had young
man friend who was nervous and diff
dent. She knew that he was In love
with her, but every time he started TO
propose he stammered and suffered and
became 80 embarrassed that she felt
obliged to change the subject
The young man realized his failing
and was much huniliated thereby.
Night after night he went up TO Miss
McGallon's house, determined to ask
her II she would not consent to give mp
teaching school and become his wife. and
night after night he made frost Of the
operation. One day he was passing along
the street ON which the school In which
Miss Mc(9allon teaches Is situated, and
he felt that If he could see the object Of
his alteration at that time he would
have nerve enough to ask the momen-
tous question. He thought the matter
over and became firmly convinced that
he was equal to the emergency. There
was nothing to do then but try the en-
pertinent, and he walked boldly into
the school and asked to see Miss Nc
Gallon
The janitor escorted him to her room.
She had lot Of youngsters In front OF
her, deep in the mysteries OF decimals,
when the young man came into the
room. She came graciously forward to
meet him. He blushed Bit but his
tongue did not go back on him
"How do you dor" she said, with q
charming smile TO what am indebt-
ed for the great pleasure Of this visitS'
The young man grasped her hand.
miss McGallon-Isabel. " he said fer
yently, II have called here this morn
ing because have something very i'm
portant to say to you. 1t is something
ON which depends my happiness for all
my future days. want to AK
but, interrupted Miss McGallon,
''if 1t is so important as that, would 1t
not be better If we were aloneS"
Eyes, but beg of you not to turn a
deaf ear to me because these children
are here.
Miss McGallon smiled again. Then
she walked to the desk and rang a big
gong three times. At the sound Of 1t
the children all rose and marched ont Of
the room.
THAT" she said as she turned to the
astonished young man, SIS the fire drill
Now, II you hustle. you will have time
to say what you want to say before they
get back
And he had just received the be-
trothal kiss as the children came troop
ing through the hall ON their return -
Buffalo Express.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-08-07
LOU PARKS, SCALP.
Taken by AN Indian, Then Grated BACK IN
Place as Good rs New.

Taken by AN Indian, Then Grated BACK IN
Place Good rs New.
A tall old man, with hair rapidly
changing from gray to white, sauntered
into the Arlington. A peculiar feature
about his head attracted the attention
Of an observer. Shining through his
thin locks and forming a semicircle on
the back of the scalp was bright red
irregular line. The card that he twirled
nervously in his fingers bore the name
of Louis Parks, and an old gentleman
in the lobby greeted him affectionately
as Lou. When he went out his friend
talked about him to circle of interest
cd loungers THAT was old Lou Parks,
he remarked, with an infection of ad-
miration. HE was one OF us when we
went up into the Bitter Root country,
away back in 1853. Did you notice
that red ring ON his headf Well. gem
tlemen. the ragged edge Of . Black
foot's knife made that scar, and all the
skin and hair inside of 1t were torn
muscular arm. The event occurred just
about where Pooatello, Ida. now Ia
Lou Parks and three other white
men had gone over in that neighborhood
to search FOR something or other, l for
get what. and one day Lou went out
from camp to kill some meat. The other
fellows heard him shoot once, and after
awhile wondered why he didn't bring
his game into camp or shoot again, AZ
the country Just swarmed with game.
Then they concluded to go out and find
out what was the matter.
About half or three-quarters Of a
mile away they saw man lying In
some bushes and rode up to find Lou.
He was unconscious, and his head was
covered with blood pouring from hole
about as big az tin cup. II was easy
to see he had been soalped- No Indians
had been seen In the neighborhood. and
the boys couldn't understand where they
had gone. because Louis gun and knife
were still with him. They looked around
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-08-07

The following amiable contest &C.
CURED in Westminster hall between
Lord Campbell and an eminent queens
counsel. The action was one brought to
recover for damages done to a carriage
which the @. @. repeatedly called a
broug ham. pronounoing both syllsbles
Of the word brougham. whereupon
Lord Campbell pompously observed:
Broom is the more usual pronuncia-
ton. A carriage Of the kind you mean
is generally and not incorrectly called a
broom. That pronunciation is open to no
grave objection, and 1t has the great ad-
vantage Of saving the time consumed by
uttering an extra syllable. Half an
hour later in the same trial Lord Camp
bell, abiding to q decision given In a
similar action, said, I'm that the car
rage which had sustained injury was
an omnibus'- Pardon me, my lord, .
interposed the @. O., "a carriage Of the
kind to which you draw attention is
usually termed bus. That pronuncia-
ton is open to no great objection, and
it has the great advantage of saving the
time consumed by uttering two extra
syllables. " The interruption was fol-
lowed by a roar Of laughter, in which
Lord Campbell joined more heartily
than any one else. -Argosy.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-08-07
All In One Breath.

The Rev. Andrew jackson Potter, the
gentleman who arose from behind pull
pit in Uvalde, Tex, several years ago,
with two big six shooters in his hands,
and informed the audience, mostly com
posed of the toughest Of toughs, who
had been In the habit Of running every
minister of the gospel who came there
out Of town with rotten eggs, or escort
ing him out 30 the suburbs on three
cornered pole, that If there was any flop
cared, swallow mouthed galoot In that
audience who had the audacity to pre-
sumo that he wore big enough shirt
to put him out of pulpit to step forth
and take the hot medicine, or, ON the
other hand, to keep his bazoo closed, and
also wound up that with the help OF
God and those two forty-fives he held
In his hands he proposed to preach to
that people that day, has announced
himself candidate for sheriff and tax
collector Of Tom Green county. -Ozona
Courier
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-08-07
Tho Economy of Pure Food.

There are many persons who, from a
misguided sense of economy, purchase
food which they know to be inferior,
so that they may thereby save, in order
to meet other demands of the family.
Handsome clothing and fine houses in
aristocratic neighborhoods are desira-
BILE, we admit. but not at the expense of
the most important factor of our exist
enoe, especially when we know that
pure, nourishing food is the immediate
cause of pure blood, and consequently
more perfect nerve and brain power. 1t
is not only FALSE economy, but positive
crime, to obtain edibles below the stand
ard for the purpose of sustaining both
the mental and physical health Of any
human being -Baltimor Telegram.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-08-07
Comparisons Arc odious.

The Democratic party has neither
head, leader nor a we'll defined issue. Its
tariff bill is a hodgepot Of free trade.
modified by protection in streaks. These
streaks are because some Democrat has
in his state or district certain vital in
dustries which he must protect or go
into private life.
They talk free trade and increase the
duty on wooden goods They talk free
iron ore and then vote solidly In the
senate with the Republicans for duty
on 1t. They are sorry for most votes as
soon as they are recorded and drift from
day to day looking for political oy-
clone to save them from dying a natural
death. They are like the fellow in
Heine's poem who was in love with the
widowed mother and her handsome
daughter He could not make up his
mind which one he wanted most. Let
us paraphrase the last verse to suit it to
their present condition:
so like any idiot ass
Hungry for the fragrant fodder,
Placed between two bales of grass
Lo they doubt, delay and doddeT
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-08-07
.pred Mllk" ZOE Londoners.

A writer reveals some Of the secrets
Of the milk trade as discovered by him
self in an attempt to run London dali
ry upon honest principles His first dis
covery was that all London milk has to
be dyed" to suit the London fancy
This Is effected by mixing about one
teaspoonful Of liquid "anotta, " vegeta-
BILE dye OF harmless nature, with
every eight quarts of milk. In vain he
explained to his London customers that
the proper color Of most milk is white
''They insisted that my white milk was
chalk and water and other peoples
cream oolored' milk was creamy, beau
tiful, rich and fresh. My milk was
SKINNED. etc. gave way in this thing
alone. / gave them their hearts desire
the cream colored milk. London
Standard