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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-08-13
A FLAT FAILURE.

"Johnson has invented newlhair-
pin"
'I know it; but 1 don't believe it
will be success.
"Why not?"
"Because you can't unlock al strunk
with it. Judge.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-08-13

"What do you do on day like this
to keep cool?"
Not thing. Whenever 1 do any
thing 1 become overheated. Chicago
Record.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-08-13
HIS wAE-PArH TRAINING.

Gradd --'I hear you have full
blooded Indian in Glass '96. How
does he do"
Softmore enthusiastically --"Do?
He's out Of sight You just ought to
hear him give the class cry! Puck.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-08-13

Mark Twain asserts that there are
less than fifty original jokes in exis.
tence, all the others being simply
notifications of these. There are
only seven notes of music, but we get
great variety of harmony out of
fhnm
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-08-13
AS USUAL.

Softleigh-"Don't YOU think that
Miss Cnustique is very sarcastic?"
Grullieigh believe that is her
friends polite paraphrasins for her
impertinence. Truth.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-08-13
cIRCuMsTANTIAL EVIDENCE.

Mrs. Householder -"Tho iceman
didn't call this morning"
Cook-"Yes, a'am, he did. There
is n puddle CT the doorstep. Truth.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-08-13

But the original proprietor of the COM
pany was one of class of men to
whom many wealthy man of to-day
owes his sudden rise to riches and
affluence. He had energy nnl perse-
verance and uubounded faith in the
possibilities of his claim, and kept
working away long after his fellow
stockholders, having wasted their
money, had given up in disgust.
AT last the labor of years had been
rewarded, and he had struck vein of
ore 80 rich in quality and capacity
that the stock which had long been
valueless leaped Mt once to par and
began steady climbing. The papers
were filled with accounts of the rich
find, and the Stock Exchange was
crowded with eager, excited men,
anxious to buy the long. neglected
,stocks Daily we eagerly scanned the
reports and noted the rapid rise of
Tuolumne Mining Company's stock.
at seventy five above par we sold and
found ourselves each seventy five
thousand dollars richer than we had
been one month before. Bob seemed
but little elated by his sudden rise to
wealth and only thought of tho happi-
ness it would bring to those whom he
loved. The modest little cottage which
he had rented was given up and n
handsome mansion purchased and
fitted up with the utmost care. Then
he wrote for his mother and sister to
join him. A month later they came,
and no happier group could have been
found in all the West than the four
who sat down together on tho night OF
their arrival.
Many years have flown since tho
"Tuolumue Mining Company" made
its president and stockholders rich in
single day Loving care and most
skilful medical mid could not win
back the health of tho good old moth
er and she long since passed to her
home above. Robert Harris is man
well known in the business circles of
Sacramento. His hair is now gray,
and pretty, bright-eyod children
climb upon his knee and call him
papa" The friendship began in
Lone Horse Gulch SO many years ago
has not diminished, but has grown
stronger with the fight of years; for
the lady who sits opposite to mo
while | write and whom [ call wife,
is "Monte Bob's" sister.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-08-13
BEYOND Ills SKILL.

Waiter yelling down the kitchen
tube)-''Hey, Alphonse! make that
chop n steak. "
Alphonse--"o "oacre Vat you t'ink?
I'm chef; not magician !"-Puck.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-08-13
PRACTICAL.

Mrs. Higbee-"We women have or
ganized society to reduce rents"
Higbee-'I am glad to hear it. You
can begin on Johnny's trousers. -
Truth.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-08-13
GROUND FOR DISBELIEF.

Mrs. Mullins (reading the news
paper "A Philadelphia man rcjoices
IN the name of Medycvny Garczyns-
kiego."
Mr.. Mullins--'T don't believe it. ="
"You don't believe that is his right
name?"
"No. | don't believe he rejoices in
it. Life.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-08-13
TIE POINT OF VIEW.

Mrs Liverland Don't you think
these round steaks are as good to buy
as porterhouse?"
Mr.. FEEDER Possibly; but not to
cat. Puck.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-08-13
HER OWN.

"Was she self-professed when you
proposed to herr"
eyes, and er-she is yet. Truth.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-08-13

Almost seventy-fye per cent. o. thu
men manning the British mercantile
marine are foreigners.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-08-13

The mining regions of California
cover n belt of country about 22C
miles long by from forty to 700 wide.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-08-13
A DIFFICULT TASK.

Tramp--"You has purity easy times
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-05-08
nc way 70 Get old.

To the banale and eternal question,
elbow are your the wise old man allows
himself but one answer, 81 am very
we'll" He knows perfectly well that his
innocent deception, if deception it be,
deceives no one. Perhaps it is we'll that
he does not realize, for of self conscious
ness we have enough and to spare, that
the remembrance of his fortitude, pigeon
holed and forgotten perhaps for long
years in the mind of the listener, may
come forth one day to hearten that same
listener along the cruel way when it shall
be his turn to tread it.
For so are accounts carried forward
and not always to the wrong side of the
page, and if it is true that the sins of the
parents are visited on the children it is
equally true that the luster of their vir-
tues shines on long after the darkness
has covered them. Is he of those who
desire pity for their falling power? The
surest way of getting it is to keep 81
lence.
Almost as important and almost as
much neglected is the care for personal
appearance. After go vanity of the per
son should be carefully cultivated. After
go coxcombry in man and coquetry in
a woman become cardinal points. Can
it be said that the old as rule SO con-
slider themY-C Contemporary Review.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-05-08
The Marks Of a Musician.

Musical down to his finger tips, is
a common enough expression, but few
people realize its true significance, -
said musical sharp, who is also some
what of a fiat, to me the other day. ''As
a matter of fact, - he continued, "a real
musician-one to whose soul true har-
mony appeals with all its beautiful and
poetic foroe-is so susceptible to its
effects that it sends the blood to his
heart, and his extremities, when such
an artist is engaged in performance of
any length, become cold as frogs, l do
not know of single exception. Did You
ever shake hands with Paderewsd just
after he came from the piano? II you
did, you must have noticed that his
hand was like lump of Ice The same
thing is true of amateurs who have the
real artistic temperament, and if such a
one hasn't cold hands under such cir
cumstances you can know that he or she
has no real musical sentiment 1t is an
infallible test New York Mail and
Express
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-05-08

There are some people who imagine
that wealth entities them to privileges
not accorded to the general public and
exempts them from obligations and rules
that others are disposed to obey. An Incl
dent which occurred on one of our ocean
steamers conveys a wholesome lesson to
the purse proud contemners of the rights
of the majority. A family of unlimited
wealth had secured the best accommo-
dation the steamer afforded.
The gentleman and his wife kept them
selves secluded most of the time, but the
children were allowed to run wild over
the steamer until they became such in
tolerable nuisances that the captain was
spoken to, and he gave the youngsters a
severe reprimand. This reused the in
dignation of the mother, who remarked
to the captain that as she paid first class
fare she thought she was entitled to
first class privileges.
Madam, " said the captain, FIRST class
fare means first class conduct" There
was no further rotest.-London Tit
Bits
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-05-08

There has been no subject concerning
which more lies have been told than
about giants. Until it was found that
modern men could not be squeezed into
the armor at the Tower, it was taken
for granted that we had degenerated in
size This is not only not the case,
but in the matter of giants we have the
advantage of our predecessors. The En-
peror Maximinian indeed was said to
have been SO feet high, but ancient
mensuration, especially in the case of
an emperor, is not to be trusted; in
deed, from its not having made him
taller, it is certain that there was no
one else nearly so tall. Orestes, it is
true, we are told, was 10 feet long-aft
er death, but he was not thought 80
highly of when alive; we may reasona-
bly, take 8 feet as his ultimatum.- Lon
don News.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-05-08
Hollow spars.

The use of hollow spars for boats de-
signed to attain great speed has intro
duced new and novel industry requir-
ing workmanship Of the finest charac-
ter. The stick for this purpose is re-
quired to be Of exceptionally fine and
straight grain, and after being roughly
shaped is split longitudinally from end
to end; the center Of each of the halves
is then followed out, and a greater or
less amount is removed, according to
the intended location of the spar, the
upper spars being much the lighter.
These hollows run nearly the length of
the spar, great care being essential to
have them follow the taper of the out
side of the spar exactly, to insure uni
form thickness at every point-of course
when this has been done and the two
halves of the spar replaced in their
original position, circular hole is left
in the center Of the spar, running near
ly the whole length, and following its
taper from end to end. After this the
two halves are fastened in place again
by means of wooden bowels, which fas-
ten the split together, being placed al
ternately on either side of the central
hollow, and both bowels and split are
carefully glued. These bowels vary in
size with the size of the spar, but are
usually as long as they can be made
without piercing its outside surface.
They are placed slightly nearer the CEN
ter hollow than the outside, in order to
give them all the length possible. In
small spars the glue and the bowels
suffice, but in large ones metal bands on
the outside are added. New York Sun.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-05-08
The Screaming Habit.

No two persons hear exactly alike.
The human internal ear is best de-
scribed by likening it to grand piano.
That instrument has key for every
note; the human ear has a nerve fila
ment for every tone and its variations.
Did l say for every tone? That is
mistake. Some pianos have seven oc-
taves, some have eight; some have bet
ter tone in one portion of the keyboard
than in another. Exactly SO with the
human ear. Some persons hear acute
ly; they catch sounds that to others are
but silence. Some tones strike the ear
drum, but are not conveyed to the
brain because their corresponding
nerve flament is missing. We know
of defective hearing, but we do not APP
ply our knowledge to our reasoning
when we are stating our opinions or i'm
pressions. To some a high note is
positive pain, and to such ears soaI-
ing soprano will do nothing but shrek.
Others will detest the lower tones. An
imals are moved out of their wonted
calm by the sound of certain notes.
1t should be our endeavor to cultivate
tones of softness and sweetness. A low
tone is the voice of comfort and conso-
Iation, of deepest, most sacred emotion.
Our society women should do all they
can to counterfeit the screaming habit
of Americans. - Di Vernon in San
Francisco Newsletter.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-05-08
TRIALS OF A TICKET MAN.
He Can Endure All but the Questions
People Who Never Travel.

He Can Endure All but the Questions Of
People Who Never Travel.
A prominent Pittsburg passenger
agent, in conversation with reporter
of that city, gave few interesting facts
relative to the everyday experience of
the average city passenger man, which
those not directly connected with the
business know nothing about. He said;
at is singular fact the number of
people who visit our Office daily and the
curious questions they ask with regard
to railroad rates, etc., when very often
they have no notion whatever of leaving
the city and as matter of fact have not
Travelled any worth mentioning. For six
years there has been a very singular char
acter who has made an annual visit to
this office. / have no idea from whence
he cometh or whittier he goetn, but he
always asks the selfsame questions and
goes away apparently satisfied with the
information he has received. / always
expect him in the springtime, generally
about the list of April, when the suns
rays grow warmer.
"Then my quaint old friend comes to
see me. | should judge him to be at
least 80 years of age. He is stopped and
feeble, with hair as white as snow, but
well dressed, wears silk hat and carries
a cane and talks In nervous, jerky
manner He invariably opens up with,
What's the rate to Boston, tell him,
and his eyes light up as he waddles out
with always the same observation. Well,
by gum, that's cheapl cheapr If heold
man would tell his story, it might have
a tinge of pity in it. Perhaps he has
son or daughterin the Hub City whom it
has been his cherished hope to see for all
these years.
1.-THE biggest out and out nuisance we
have to deal with are persons who come
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-05-08
Nervous Singers.

The effects of nervousness are varied
and amusing. One young mezzo soprano
was prevented just in time from walking
on to the platform in huge pair of fur
lined overshoes, which were put on above
her slippers, and which contrasted com
ically with her dainty gown.
Another songstress, who was gifted
with good verbal memory. was singing
without note During a rather elaborate
symphony preceding the second verse of
her song she CHANGED idly to glance at
the book of words which she was hold
ing. Confusion followed. She could not
link the melody with the poem. 1t was
a terrible moment, but shestepped swift
ly to the piano, glanced at the accom-
panist's copy and finished her song con
amore. 1t appeared on inspection that
by printers error two lines of her song
had been left out of the book of words.
This had confused her and was the cause
of her failure to blend words and music
together.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-05-08
WEARY.

I'm old, and the heat Of life's battles
Has bleached my brown hair till it's white,
And teardrops that sparkle light diamonds
Have stole from my eyes their old light.
And low, where cold marbles are cleaning,
laid what the world gave TO me;
But high, where the pure ones are waiting,
My treasures again will / see.
Tonight have heard strains of music
That fioated away long ago,
But some mystic spirit has caught them
To chant to me now, soft and low.
heard an old story tonight, too,
That memory fingered to tell,
OF youth that built castles in midair
That crushed hopes and dreams as they fell.
I've seen an old picture of sorrow
A vessel that sank in the sea-
But safe in the harbor of heaven
A fair sailor boy waits for me.
/ listen in dreams for his footsteps,
/ almost can see his white hand
AS 1t lifts from my heart hfe's dark shadows
And points me to his spirit land.
Time, am weary of travel
Life's pathway is lonely for me,
And breezes that whisper about me
Seem filed with a voice from the sea.
And now / am tired-so tired
And some night I'll lie down to rest
And dream till / wake in the morning
In peace in the home of the blest.
Florence Bailey Farnsworth.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-05-08
HOW AN Ak is MADE.

The Numerous Processes 1t Undergoes In
the Course of Manufacture.
On entering the main workshop the
first step in the operation which is seen
is the formation of the ak head without
the blade. The glowing fiat iron bars
are withdrawn from the furnace and are
taken to powerful and somewhat COM
plicated machine, which performs upon
them four distinct operations, shaping
the metal to form the upper and lower
part of the ak, then the eye, and finally
doubling the piece over so that the whole
can be welded together. Next the iron
is put in powerful natural gas furnace
and heated to white heat. Taken out,
it goes under a tilt hammer and is weld
ed in second. This done, one blow
from the drop" and the poll of the ak
is completed and firmly welded. Two
crews of men are doing this class of
work, and each crew can make 800 axes
per day.
When the ak leaves the drop, there is
some superhuous metal still adhering to
the edges and forming what is technic-
ally known as ''fin." To get rid of
the fin the ak is again heated in fur
mace and then taken in hand by a saw
yer, who trims the ends and edges. The
operator has a glass in front of him to
protect his eyes from the sparks which
fly off by the hundreds as the hot metal
is pressed against the rapidly revolving
saw. The iron part of the ak is now
complete. The steel for the blade, after
being heated, is cut by machinery and
shaped. 1t is then ready for the welding
department. A groove is cut into the
edge of the iron, the steel of the blade
inserted, and the whole firmly welded
by machine hammers
Next comes the operation of temper
ing. The steel portion of the AZ is heat
ed by being inserted in pots of molten
lead, the blade only being immersed. 1t
is then cooled by dipping in water and
goes to the hands of the inspector An az
is subject to rigid tests before it is pro-
nounced perfect. The steel must be of
the required temper, the weight of all
axes of the same size must be uniform,
all must be ground alike and in various
other ways conform to an established
standard The inspector who tests the
quality Of the steel does so by hammering
the blade and striking the edge to ascer-
tain whether it be too brittle or not. An
ak that breaks during the tests is thrown
aside to be made over.
Before the material of the ak is in the
proper shape it has been heated five
times, including the tempering process.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-05-08
Two Ugly Men.

The Due de Roquelaure was man
of great ugliness and much humor. One
day he met in the street a most unlove-
ly looking Auvergnat, who had some
petition or memorial to present at Yer
sailles. He Immediately introduced
him to Louis XIV, remarking that he
was under a special obligation to him.
The king granted the favor asked for
and then inquired of the due what
might be the nature of the obligation.
But for him, your majesty, | should
be the ugliest man in your dominionsl"
l am reminded of Heidegger, the
manager of the opera house IL the
Haymarket when George II was king.
One day he laid wager with the Earl
Of Chesterfield that he would not find
in all London an uglier face than his.
After long search the earl produced
woman of st. Giles who at first
seemed to outvie the manager, but when
the latter put on the woman's headgear
his superior ugliness was at once adj
mitted. ALI the Year Round.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-05-08
MOUNT HOLLY, BURLINGTON COUNTY TUESDAY 1894

mere with no other intention than to col
lect all the railroad literature they can.
They have no notion of going away, but
thay grab everything in sight in the way
of time tables and other information
bearing on tourists points in the north,
east, south and west. They greedily
gather pamphlets, circulars and book
let's treating on climate and resources.
don't know what these collectors do
with the stuff they get here. but some of
them must have prize assortment.
'Then the man who travels from one
end of the country to the other is the
person who invariably pushes into the
Office and in brusk manner asks for
time table of the line he is about to
take. 1t is given him, of course, and
without so much as glancing at the
schedule it is stuffed into his pocket,
and his next question is, when does my
first train leaveY 1t never seems to oc-
cur to him to look on the time table. So
it goes. Sometimes people ask me ques-
lions until I'm afraid the buttons will
drop off my coat, but after all we man
age to get along with our patrons re-
markably well. "-Pittsburg Post.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-05-08
A Rihlical Cnnnnhrnm.

A good story is told of the horsy son
of an English clergyman. He was on an
important occasion to meet the bishop of
Lincoln at dinner, and as it was desir-
able that favorable impression should
be made on his lordship his father beg
ged he would be favorable to the bishop
and do his best to draw him out, as he
was unusually strong in Biblical lore.
During the early part of the banquet
matters went on well enough, the young
man saying little, but watching for an
opportunity to open his full batteries.
At length pause in the general CONVEX
sation took place, and while the COM
pany was all attention he thus addressed
the bishop:
might l venture to ask your lordship
a question relative to a point mentioned
in the Old Testament which has puzzled
me good dealT'
'Oh, certainly-quite happy" replied
the dignitary, feeling quite in his ele-
ment
"Then l should be glad to have your
lordship's opinion as to how long it took
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS to get into condition
after he had been out to grass" Boston
Herald
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-05-08
He Had His Reward.

1t was in large department store that
gilded youth drifted mp to the candy
counter.
do you know, he said to the pretty
young woman in charge, If were the
proprietor of this establishment l should
dismiss your
"Why2" she asked Indignantly.
"In order to give the candy a chance"
he answered.
And she gave him II pounds of rs cent
candy for 80 cents.-Detroit Free Press,
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-05-08
mckinley on Tariff Changes.

Every reduction of the tariff will be
followed by a reduction Of wages.
Every cut in the tariff rates will be fol-
lowed by cut in the wage rates. The
proposed tariff legislation is an unerring
blow at labor, which will be instantly
felt in the home Of every operative in
the United States. The friends of pro-
lection should not now falter. The fight
is only begun. If temporarily lost, 1t is
not to be given up. Courage was never
more needed and never more expected
by the people from their representatives
than now. 1t is the demand of the
hour and the requirement of the situa-
ton. The tinkerers of the tariff should
be thwarted They should be opposed
at every step in their programme of de-
struction. Republicans and Democrats
who believe in the protective system, in
congress and out of congress, should
stand together in resisting every effort
to weaken or destroy it. If it is at last
to be accomplished, let none of the re-
sponsibility rest upon us. In time
like the present, with idle men and idle
mills, platforms to the rear and theories
to the winds, the voice of partisanship
should have no voice in our councils;
the voice of patriotism alone should be
heard. Let there be no yielding of prin-
ciples; no compromise which shall de-
spoil our workshops and degrade our la
bor.-William Mckinley.