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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-03-13
HOPE FOR MRS. MAVERICK

English Homo Secretary Refuses to Re.
open tho Case.
LONDON, March 1l.-Inquiries made
at the United States embassy confirm
the report that the secretary Of state
for the home department, Sir Matthew
White Ridley, has refused to reopen
the case of Mrs. Florence Maybrick, the
American woman sentenced to i'm.
prisonment for life after having been
convicted Of poisoning her husband.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1896-06-02
A DANGEROUS BIRD.
What Will Happen Some Day to an In
cautious Hunter of Blue Herons.


What Will Happen Some Day to an In
cautious Hunter of Blue Herons.
''Some of these days." said the long
shore hunter, 81 expect to open my daily
paper and see a headline something like
this, Killed by Blue Heron, and I'll
tell you why. The blue heron is big,
powerful bird which has already badly
disfigured the faces of several men. The
men have wounded a bird, and then
thinking to capture it alive they went
up to 1t. Why, I'd as soon try to kiss a
wounded grizzly. The birds grow as
tall as feet. and have necks like fish
rod and just the kind of muscles to
move it the quickest with the most
strength. They could drive their bill
points through quarter inch panel
''The hunter goes up to the bird and
sees it lying there looking as innocent
as a robin, with only wing broken.
What fine pet it would make, the
fool hunter thinks. Then he picks the
bird up and starts for home in wagon
or boat, with the bird between his
knees. The birds neck is drawn back
like letter s. ALI of a sudden the
bill shoots up and gives the man cash
alongside the eye three inches long.
That is what always has happened.
The wounded bird has missed its aim,
but sometimes-and you want to remem-
Der it-this feathered spearman will
drive its bill far into its enemy's eye,
and like steel umbrella stick the point
Of the bill will penetrate the mans
brain. | guess the birds aim has al
ways been spoiled by the pain Of its
wounds, and SO many human life has
been saved. don't monkey with
wounded bitterns, or cranes-well,
scarcely. New York Sun.
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ueauIy ann.
The herd now plunged across a
marsiy spot Of ground, and the Indian S
horse, although not wearied, had lost
somewhat of its wild impetuosity and
obeyed more willingly the sure hand of
its rider. Dashing through the breaking
reeds at the side of the enormous ami
NAL, the noble beast found dry and firm
soil beneath his feet almost at the same
moment that the buffalo extricated it.
self from the marsh, but on reaching
solid ground the latter seemed to have
gained new courage. Itwheeled sudden
ly and lowering its shaggy head toward
its pursuer it in it's turn became the
assailant.
This movement determined the chief
to shoot. Never had AN Indian taken
surer aim-never did more agile limbs
press the TANKS Of noble, wildly rush
ing steed, when, ON the right hand
second buffalo, which the officers were
hunting before them, dashed onward
close behind him, but the Indian had
an eye for the victim alone He drew
the trigger and pierced the heart of the
animal At that very moment, bending
sideways to the right, his steed, already
affrighted at the tumult around him,
scented the buffalo laundering in his
rear. With start he leaped aside to
the left, and the chief was hurled from
the saddle upon the horns of the furi-
GUS animal in the act of passing him
The next moment Captain Brown
reached him, but all was over. Near
the dead buffalo lay the pride of the Co
manches, his blood mingled with that
of his victim. New York News
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the shells on the mead CT me one rnaU IS
most dear to US. The gsFis are to break
them on the heads eff tI@ men, and the
men on the heads Of the girls And all
the men have broken thSr shells on my
head. And the Amerscai mamie, too,
has covered my hair with gold. See,
seel'' and blushiug claelly she held
down her head, which. sparkled with
fine gilt dust.
There were more danPs, and this was
not the last time that tic gold glittered
in the girls hair
1T is ominous, . Dsra said to her
husband l am afra5g that Mary has
discovered that she is BEAUTIFUL F"
''What is she going II do when we go
away?" asked Robert. f'What is going
to become Of herr"
GLOW serious you. are, laughed
Dora 81 suppose slasgwill go back to
her laundry.
At the end of the season, when the
Englands went north sgain, Dora gave
Mary many pretty gift When she got
into the train, she held the baby up for
Mary to kiss and was quite frightened
at the look on the girl 5 face.
''It seems a pity. Robert said "a
good deal might have been done with
her, poor little pitifui-sningl" And the
train moved off, and Mary went out of
the station. But shesad not go back to
the adobe home Of AAssnio and Carmen.
When Mrs. Erg heard Of it, she
cried little All did not look in
her husbands face tl5Jtt day or the next
day. Niva Sedgel6y t1d her. Niva was
not surprised. And in the meantime
Horace Dulaney staid IA at the big hotel
until the hot weather drove him away.
Eta Ramsdell Goedwin in Argonaut.
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L desire you to go ana explain my Wish
to the friend, who is under so many OBJ
legations to you, to the powerful magi-
clan. -
mo, indeed, - reiterated the fisher
man. HE has already been wonderfully
generous with us. do not wish to irri-
tate and tire him.
But the ambitious Stora insisted, beg
ged and threatened and the poor fisher
man again gave way to her infexible
will. The fish looked upon him in pity,
saying sadly, "This time also the wish
of your wife is granted. f"
In place of the lordly chateau there
was grand palace with a magnificent
facade and four imposing towers A
marble stairway covered with rich car
pet led to the first floor, to the reception
room where the minister's generals and
courtiers were congregated and where
Stora sat on golden throne, an ermine
mantle about her and crown Of dia-
monds on her head
Finally" said she enthusiastically
to her husband, there is burst of for
tune, here is power, here is happiness!
There is nothing more could wish -
God be praised, y he fervently re-
piled.
A few moments later, with a grave
air, she took him by the hand, drawing
him into the embrasure of a window
that she might talk to him unobserved,
ard said to him, Il am well satisfied
that / am queen, am contented with
the respect of my ministers and the
tranquility Of my SUBJECTS, but some
times the sun rises too late; sometimes
the moon is too late, and sometimes the
wind whistles and blows in a manner
that inconvenience me greatly. wish
to govern them according to my pleas
ure. The fairy fish can refuse you moth
ing. He must grant me this one add.
tional favor 1t will be the last -
The peaceful fisherman was stupefied.
He could not believe she spoke seriously.
But when she, in a resolute manner,
repeated her demand he declared he
would never take part in any such in
sanity.
But, alas, the poor man had not the
courage to resist the headstroDg will OF
his companion. After violent protesta-
tions he again acquiesced
He went in fear and trembling to per.
form his strange mission. This time the
fish regarded him coldly and said to him
in formidable voice:
This is enough Your wife is insane,
and you are an imbecile. You will nc
longer have either chateau or lands. In
pity | will give you back your ancient
cottage. You deserve no more.
As the fairy fish disappeared beneath
the waters the fisherman turned home
ward with bowed head to find his wife
dressed in wretched rags and sitting
upon the deorsill of their old cabin, la.
menting their lost wealth. Translate
From the French For Short Stories.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1896-06-02
Worms that Live In the Eye.

This is not so improbable as it may
seem, but only people who live in tropi-
cal countries suffer in this way. The
worm in question is a mere thread-one
of the filaria-and looks like very lit
tie piece Of vermicelli, but when ex-
amined under microscope it is seen to
have a round head and pointed tail.
1t has been found in the eyes of Eu-
ropeans who have lived ON the Kongo
and in similar countries The eye be-
comes more or less infamed and swollen
until the worm is either extracted OF
migrates of its own accord
This migration is one of the peculiari-
ties Of the "'loa, I" as it is sometimes
called. 1t goes from one eye to the 9TH
er, passing under the skin at the back
of the nose. 1t will be seen in one eye
for day OF two, then it will disappear,
but few days later reappear in Che 9TH
er eye. a
1t does noU always ienaai9
surface, in the conjuctivanrft usual
abode), but occasionally makes a tour Of
the whole Of the orgak of vision. -
Strand Magazine.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1896-06-02
A Hon,eIv court.

A backwoods court is thus described
in the Cincinnati Enquirer; "A desper-
ado was offended at the court and used
unbecoming language, and when fined
for contempt claimed that he could not
be guilty Of contempt, since there was
no courthouse The squire ordered a
circle made to represent a courthouse,
whereupon the desperate got outside Of
the line and renewed his insults. When
told that he disturbed the court, he
said, Make your courthouse larger
Another line was drawn, with similar
results, and still others, until the muir
murings ceased to disturb the court.
Another defendant was guilty of a
breach Of the peace. The court sent him
to Jail, writing the following mittimus ::
'Jailer of Garrard county, you will
please lock John Blevin up in Jail and
keep him until call for him. He has
been cuttin up and cussin and tryin
to fight -
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seems to Be a Long Lived Set.

A list of the losses which the Royal
society has suffered by death during the
past year shows that the pursuit Of sci
ence is not unfavorable to longevity.
The list comprises 10 fellows and seven
foreign members, and the average life
time of these 26 men was a fraction
over 761S years. The average age of the
seven foreign members was 70 years and
8 months, the Oldest being Franz Ernst
Neumann, 81, and the youngest Henri
Ernest Baillon, 81. The 10 fellows had
an average lifetime of rs years and z
months, the oldest being Bisset Haw-
kins, 98, and the youngest George Ed
ward Dobson, AZ. The fellows were not
all scientific men, one of them being
Lord Aberdare, 80, and another, the
Earl Of Selborne, SS, but craftsmanship
and law also seem to favor length OF
DAYS. London News.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1896-06-02

Early Il the eighteenth century a Mr..
Switterda announces that ladies and
gentlemen who desire in a very short
time to speak Latin, French or High
Dutch f1uently, and can spare bat two
hours week, will be faithfully taught
by him according to very easy and de-
hghtful method, full, plain, most expe-
ditious and effectuaL Every one, =" he
continues, lis to pay according to his
quality from ! to 4 guineas month,
but he (Mr. Switterda) will reader
agree by the great. A good contrast to
the above is the plain and homely de-
scription Of "a school about 40 miles
from London. The master has had much
success with boys, as there are almost 40
ministers and masters that were his
scholars. His wife also teaches girls
lacemaking, plain work. raising paste,
sauces and cooking to a degree of exact
ness. His price is e10 or Eli the year,
with pair of sheets and one spoon, to
be returned if desired. "-Cornhill Mag
azine.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1896-06-02
CONE UP INTO THE MOUNTAINS.

Come up into the mountains, come up into the
bluei
Oh, friend down in the valley, the way is clear
for you'll .
The path Is full of perils and devious, but
your feet
May safely thread its windings and reach to my
retreat.
The mountains, oh, the mountainsi How all
the ambient air
Bends like a benediction and all the soul is
prayerl
How blithely on this summit the echoing
winds refrain
Invites us to the mountains, Gods eminent
domainl
Oh, soul below in valleys where aspirations
rise
No higher than the plunging of water fowl
that flies,
Come up into the mountains, come up into the
bluel
Leave weary leagues behind you the lowland's
meaner view,
The autumn's rotting verdure, the sapless
grasses Drowned;
Come where the SHOWS are lilies that bloom
the whole year round
Here in the subtle spirit Of all these climbing
hills
Man may achieve his dreaming and be the
thing he willsl
Joseph Dana Miller in Munsey's.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1896-06-02
with COMPLIMENTS OF THE AU-
THOR.D

Look from your door, dear heart, and see
The messengers of morning,
With blue and gold and heecy fold,
Days canopy adjoining.
'Tis all for you,
Each morn anew,
"With compliments of the author"
The lilies of the valley ring
Their bells in shadowy places,
And violets blue, with eyes so true,
Life up their smiling faces.
IT'S all for you,
Each spring anew,
"With compliments of the author"
The bald and barren mountain peak,
The moorland's cloak Of heather,
The moon IS pale light, the solemn night
The bright or somber weather,
Are all for you,
Each year anew,
with compliments of the author"
And life, this ever pulsing life,
With issues vast, supernal,
Its earthly fears, it's hopes and tears,
And promises IF life eternal
Is al for you,
Each moment new,
"With compliments of the author"
Mary Wood Allen in Womankind.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1896-06-02
ONE OF THE QUICKEST OF LAKES:
A Puzzle to GeoToglsez In the Blue Grass
Region Of Kentucky.

Il = -
Region Of Kentucky.
Sinking creek, il the northwestern
part Of this county not a running
stream or creek, AS vae would imagine
from its name, bEk # is large lake,
which. forms only IN he spring of the
year, when thaSTz AMI rainfall produce
an overabundance Of water. The forma-
ton of lake cover g over 200 acres
of land and sometimes over 300 comes
with the suddenness Of a rise in the
Mississippi river.
The lake is forrnsd in a hollow en-
tirely surrounded By gradually inclined
hills of blue grass fields and meadows.
These hills are at first imperceptible to
the eye on account Of the gradual and
even slope Of the surrounding country.
A closer examination Of the country
shows that for mileaa around it all grad
uaIly inclines to The place where the
springtime lake FORMS, but the place it.
self is merely a slightly rolling tract of
land, over which Various fences, trees
and strawberries are seen. AS the lake
depends on the ANAL for its supply of
water. it is larger sbme years than 9TH
ers and has been known to cover $50
acres Of land and TIE water all the way
from to 80 feet deep. This body
of water is veritsble Mecca for duck
hunters at the time Of the year when
ducks pass through Kentucky on their
way to the northeI9 lakes.
There is no outlat above the earth in
the way of creek lr hollow. There is
no cave or sink hoSs on any Of the land
which is covered by water through
which the water nay escape. Yet with
in one month this immense amount of
water disappears. After the disappear
anee the earth which is covered, in
stead Of being Net, marshy place, as
is the case of anordinary springtime
rise in water, is a beautiful, fertile, blue
grass vale, over which blooded Ken
t9.elry stock roaflr inring the summer
months and fatten on the rich pastu1-
age. No appearance Of a marsh or water
weeds, etc., is found after the lake has
gone
Exactly what causes the sinking" Of
the lake has never been determinated,
although various biologists have visited
the scene. 1t is we'll known fact that
quicksilver thrown into pond or lake
will cause it to soon sink, and it is
claimed that the water forming this
lake, as it is drained down from the
surrounding hills, brings with it a COM
position of some kind similar to mer-
curry or quicksilver in its action on
sinking lake, and that this is the key
to the mystery of Sinking creek. Mich
olasville Letter in Cincinnati Enquirer.
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A sugar Coated conscisnOs.

United States Treasurer Morgan has
received the following letter from West
vile, Conn, inclosing 80 cents in post
age stamps:
Twas soldier at the time Of the re-
bellion. was ON guard over the com
missary stores and thoughtlessly took
Jumps of sugar from an open barrel to
eat. / did not take much in quantity,
but violated the principle of strict hon
esty. 1t is impressed upon me after all
these years that ought to make resti-
tuition. 1 send postage stamps to cover,
I think, the value of all that I took.
with interest -
The stamps were turned into the con-
science fund. Washington Post.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1896-06-02

1t has remained for an English judge
to officially and legally establish the
ruling that lying is not wrong, at least
it is not sufficiently immoral to justify
an employer in dismissing a servant
An east end shopkeeper discharged his
errand boy, who sued him for week s
wages in lieu of notice The man justi-
fed himself by saying that he found
that the boy told lies.
NONSENSE remarked Judge Bacon,
"All boys tell lies, more or less. 1t is a
habit that is not confined to them 4"
''But it is wicked, pleaded the shop
keeper.
Judgment for the plaintiff, with
costs, replied the judge New York
Suns London Letter.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1896-06-02

''I'd like to hear you play the violin,
Mr.. Tillinghast, said 7-year-old Tom
my Dillingham;, who was entertaining
the caller.
but don't play the violin, Tom
my"
''Then papa must be mistaken. l
heard him tell mamma that you played
second fiddle at home. Exchange.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1896-06-02
THE ANGELS OVERSIGHT.

We have little sister.
wonder il they missed her
When she wandered out of heaven to come so
far away.
How could they ever spare her?
l know she must be fairer
Than any little angel they are keeping there
today.
Her eyes are blue and shining,
And her hair is soft and twining,
Just like bit of sunshine all curled in little
rings
But, ali, who would have thought it?
perhaps they all forgot it,
They let her come from heaven all the way
without her wingsl
Sydney Dayve in Outlook.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1896-06-02

An X Ray on a Great Name and Fame.
Professor-To what did Xenophon
owe his reputation?
Student-Principally to the fact that
his name commenced with an x and
came in so handy for headlines in al
phabetical copy books. Pearson S Week
IN
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1896-06-02

81 wonder how she manages to keep
her youthful bloom with such large
family of children. a"
Upon high shelf, l suppose.
Far away the music of the ball rose
softly, and that was all-Detroit Trib-
une.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1896-06-02

The man who should invent ma
chine so that people could drop penny
in the slot and pick out name for the
baby would surely make fortune-it
would take so many tries to get a name
to suit.
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what Touched Thackerax,

At the sale of Lady Blessington's
household furniture, her library, her pic
lures, porcelain, plate and some of her
jewelry, which We're disposed of before
she left London for the last time, one
little incident ought not to be forgotten.
A French servant Of Lady Blessington S
wrote her letter i'll which he told her
that he had observed many Of her friends
passing through the rooms, and he add
ed that ''Mr Thackeray had to cover
his eyes to hide his tears. Speaker.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1896-06-02

The merit of originality is not nov
city; 1t is sincerity. The believing man
is the original man; he believes for him
self, not for another. -Carlyle.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1896-06-02

A plumber in Bremen or Hamburg,
by hard labor and i'll a favorable season,
San make no more than So. 40 week.
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Tuckerton Railroad.


Leave Mount Holly for Tuckerton 9.26 A. M.
4.47 P. NJ, daily except Sunday.
Leave Tuckerton tor Mount Holly, 7.03 A. NJ,
2.05 P. r., daily except Sunday.
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ANTONIO'S MARY.

Dora England was standing in the
garden, bareheaded, holding her baby
in her arms. She leaned against the
balustrade, and her little son kicked his
feet against the pink blossoms of the
passion vine running a race up the side
Of the house with climbing rose that
was wonder even among the roses of
Santa Barbara. Dora looked at the little
feet and at the rosy flowers and then
laughed, and pulling off the shoes and
socks held the bare feet up by the flow
ers and matched pinkness. Then, being
a mother, she began to fofdle the little.
things in most unreasonable way, and
it was then that she say Mary for the,
first time-saw her come through the
gate and into the garden, not walking,
but running as though that,
and not walking, were the natural hui
man gait, a girl of II, a Mexican, dark
and tall and with a tuneful voice when
she began to speak.
Il am Mary, Antonio's Mary, she
said, mot Maria, but Mary, just like
American girls are named. / locked
from the house there over to the house
here, and knew that you were the one
I had come to seek. am happy, ali,
happy, if this is the little angel am to
take care Of. / have SO many, many lit
tie brothers and sisters, and I beg my.
mother to let me stay and take care Of
them. But my mother says, Mary, you
are woman now and must make mon
ey. And so, as for nae, until now it is
in a landry that | have worked. But
how can one lege a laundry? When jose,
the waiter ilsthe big hctel, came to get
me, knew that you would let me come
to you, fer | love the baby, and when
one loves one does well, is it not so?'s
And then, without waiting: 1t is a
good thing, dear lady, that you are not
in the big hotel now. My mother is a
careful woman-you do not know what
a careful woman-and the big hotel is
bad place for a girl like me.
A prudent mother, :, was what Dora
thought
Mary had taken the baby and was
looking hard at the mother with big,
affectionate eyes. Dora's Imagination
was making a picture, She shall wear
dark gown, a large white aprea and
an enormous black hat. and thea e must
be some red about her, aud thenen tho
beach with the baby, with his yellow
hair, in her arms, she will b. lovely. .
And SO, Robert England said to
the Sedgeleys next day, the little
Mexican is to become the caretaker of
my son, because she has a skin like
satin, a low brow and mouthful Of
glistening teeth. f" But he did not say
this to his wife. He could not have said
that he understood women, but he
might have said that he understood one
woman. He was never a better lawyer
than when he was in his own house,
and that high strung little wife of his
was as complex a body as 10 men ever
vvnrn
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1896-06-02

There are over 4, 500 paper mills in
the civilized countries of the world