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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-08-24

Chemists sometimes have queer expe-
riences. The following facts were told
by professor in one Of our western
universities: For about ten years
have made speciality of examining and
reporting upon cases of real or suspected
poisoning. As number of my cases
have been connected with murder trials
l have had considerable notice in the
daily papers. This reputation for max
ing analyses for poisons has brought me
a queer class Of patrons
Every year have one or more old
men come to me with samples of food to
be examined for poison. These men.
without exception. have married young
wives, and when the husband is taken
sick and does not recover as quickly as
he thinks he should he begins to suspect
that his young wife wants to get rid Of
him and is poisoning him gradually
through the medium of his food. OF
course he does not want his wife to
know Of his suspicious, so he quietly
gets sample Of the food he suspects,
and at some unusual hour for work.
generally either early in the morning or
very late in the evening, he comes to
me and tells me very secretly that he
wishes to have an examination for poison
made.
Now the odd part is that though
have made a number of such analyses I
have never found poison present in any
case Then the husband is very much
afraid that his wife will find out he sus-
pected her, and he gets out of my labo-
ratory in the quickest and quietest man
ner possible. So every year expect to
see some elderly man coming apprehen-
sively up my Office stairs with well
concealed sample of food about him TO
be examined for poison. Every year he
comes, ever year / make my analysis
and find no poison, and every year the
old gentleman gets information that he
considers cheap at the price. ''-Chioago
J0urnal
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HER LIFELIKE STATUE.
1t SignaIized Her Departure From the
World of Artists.

1t SignaIized Her Departure From the
World of Artists.
Before her marriage she had been a
famous sculptures. She had made sew
eral portrait statues of we'll known
men, and every one predicted for her
still more brilliant future, when she
suddenly set all predictions at naught
by marrying wealthy man who dis
approved of her keeping up her profess
sional work She was very quiet under
this restriction, but was supposed to
rebel inwardly. Therefore when at
dinner party one evening she asked her
old friend General Bashar to come to
see her on the following evening and
inspect her last piece of work, which
she thought the best and most hfelike
she had ever executed, he supposed he
was expected to use his influence to pre-
vail upon her husband to permit her to
resume her place among the working
fraternity Of artists.
Il am sure you will like it, general,
she said, with winning smile. ut
fairly lives and breathes. ! confess I
am In love with it myself "
On the appointed evening the gen
eral, with some misgivings over the
delicacy of the task intrusted to him,
presented himself Instead of inviting
him to the studio his hostess, to his
surprise. offered to bring her last bit to
him.
''Oh, it's a statuette, is it?'' he asked.
well, yes. you might call it So,
she answered, as she went out of the
room. In few minutes she returned,
bearing in her arms-a baby Chicago
Times Herald.
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THE LOST KISS.

Iput by the half written poem,
While the pen, idly trailed in my hand.
Writes on, Had words to complete it,
Who'd read it, or who'd understand ?"
But the little bare feet on the stairway
And the faint, smothered laugh in the hall
And the eerie low lisp in the silence
Cry up to me over it all.
So l gathered it up, where was broken
The tear faded thread of my theme,
Telling how as one night l sat writing
A fairy broke in on my dream
A little inquisitive fairy,
My own little girl, with the gold
OF the sun in her hair and the dewy
Blue eyes of the fairies of old.
Twas the dear little girl that scolded,
"For was it moment like this
said, when she knew l was busy,
To come romping in for kiss
Come rowdying up from her mother
And clamoring there on my knee
For 'one little kiss for my dolly
And one little uzzer for mel"
God pity the heart that repealed her
And the cold hand that turned her away
And take from the lips that denied her
This answerless prayer of today
Take, Lord, from my mem'ry forever
That pitiful sob of despair
And the patter and trip of the little bare feet
And the one piercing cry ON the stairi
l put by the half written poem,
While the pen, idly trailed in my hand,
Writes on, Had words to complete it,
Who'd read it, or who'd understand"
But the little bare feet on the stairway
And the faint, smothered laugh in the hall
And the eerie low lisp in the silence
Cry up to me over it all
james Whitcomb Riley
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repeating that she was his charge and
sacred to him above everything And
sometimes when he watched her walk
ing in the park of the chateau Pontus
would grow very sad and murmur, "If
this beautiful girl had soul, how l
would love her'' And Pontus, who was
then in his thirty sixth year, refused
obstinately to marry-on account of the
unknown.
And so he grew older, and with the
years came deeper melancholy. How
ever, in his voluntary seclusion there
was some sweetness. The woman seemed
to like to be near him, though her man
ner was like that of a petted animal.
She ran to him when she saw him and
looked at him with her clear eyes, in
which shone fugitive light of recogni-
ton and devotion, but the next moment
she would run away again, often into
the woods, where she wandered about
all day, returning always at dusk, for
she had great dread Of the darkness
One stormy night in November she
shuddered at the sound of the wind from
the sea and groaned softly, with her
hands clasped to her breast in an atti-
tude of deep sadness. A little later she
uttered a hoarse cry and fell to the floor
unconscious. 1t was just 10 years since
she had come to life in the chateau.
Pontus, very much alarmed, hurried to
the village for help. A doctor was sum
moned and returned with him in great
haste The patient was examined and
the case diagnosed as quick consump-
ton. She had carried the germs of the
fatal disease in her system for some
time. Pontus was in despair
One morning in the winter the un-
known passed quietly away in the arms
of the marquis. At the supreme moment
the mysterious sick woman seemed to
regain her reason suddenly She looked
about with eyes frightened but compre-
hensive, which seemed to say: "Where
am /? Who are these menu" She opened
her lips to speak at last in her native
language, but death. jealous of the
mystery, sealed her tongue with his icy
touch.
The marquis, inconsolable, had en-
graved on her tombstone the epitaph,
"Tacita transit. TRANSLATED For Gin
cinnati Tribune.
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ne nad meant TO nnlsn IL, nor coulu us
think of any end that was at all salts
factory. His thought had stopped like a
thread cut short. The story began well,
but it was like a story that had been
written by another man. 1t seemed to
him to lead to nothing.
At O'Clock he wrote note Of ex-
cuse. His work had never been late be-
fore, but he said that he was i'll. Then
he tried to occupy his mind differently.
He had bought quantity of Japanese
prints, and he turned them over Then
he put them away, turning out a big
drawer in an old cabinet for the pur-
pose. There was lot of rubbish in the
drawer-relics of holidays abroad, an
old silver crucifix, a little branch Of
coral, handful of foreign coins and
the little red bulb that the mad Ameri-
can had given him, together with a
somewhat fantastic story
The day waned and the next day
came. The waste paper basket was
piled high, and Blackthorn rising from
his seat looked out at the dawn. He
was quite sure now that he would never
write again, and he hated his uncle as
he had never hated any man. He has
taken away my nerve" he said, "and
that is all that one wants-nerve, the
belief that one can do it, His cheeks
were pale and his hands shook He
really was i'll now, and he had not
been to bed. He went into his bedroom
and locked himself in. Then in the
early morning he dressed for the even
ing and sat ON his bed waiting until the
evening came, admitting no one, send
ing his servant away, turning over in
his hands the little red bulb. He would
hold it over the claret glass between his
thumb and the second finger and break
1t 1t would not show if he held it like
that.
So the Rev. Julian SibweI died in a
Regent street restaurant and Black
thorn's death by hanging will take
place tomorrow.
In the interval between the death of
the man who took from him his nerve
and his own execution he is said to
have written much which is far above
the level of his previous work, and in
deed amounts to genius But this is
rumor. Barry Pain in Black and
White
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"Oh, 1 never can play them that second
strain. know I'll break down if 1
try.
To anticipate difficulty is to insure it.
After repeating the first strain some 20
times Jteks made desperate effort to
strike the second movement, failed and
collapsed. The cello and mouth organ
hammered along uncertainty for a time
and ceased. The stranded walters dot
ted the floor like boats becalmed Oh
miniature lake.
The walters had been so engrossed in
their own efforts, and the rest of us in
looking on, that the quality of the mu-
sic had apparently received little atten-
ton. When the player broke down,
there was only a general movement of
impatience at the interruption, and 1
looked to see the persistent jerks start
up again on the same eight measures
But he had entirely recovered his self
possession. Laying the fiddle aside, he
advanced to meet the girl at whose re-
quest he had made the effort
Don't you think" he asked, ''that
| have proved that / cannot play?"
We'll, it does come pretty close to a
demonstration, +" she answered, ''but /
thank you very much for helping us out
Mr. Smith has come and will relieve
you.
So Mr.. Smith took the fiddle and
jerks took the girls hand for the first
dance, and perhaps for others, and the
evening was a success.
Many hours afterward, as we rode
sleepily homeward in the gray light of
morning, jerks said to me, "What
very pretty girl when she laughs
What did she say about your play
ing?" I asked
Said must play at the next leap
year dance-1900 is not leap year,
you know-would give me eight years
to practice. =
Did you promise?''
Il promised not to; told her had
something better to work for now. !"
Rhine jerks is a rather taciturn fell
low, and am not in his confidence,
but I know that he goes pretty often to
Richmond's Hill, and he has traded his
fiddle for cow. / have also noticed
him studying book entitled Com
Portable Cottages For 5000 &c. B.
Durham in San Francisco Argonaut.
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RACING IN MOSCOW.
The Horses Run Not Side by Side, but In
Opposite Directions.

The Horses Run Not Side by Side, but In
Opposite Directions.
1t is racing day in Moscow. The
course is swept free from snow and fol-
lows the wooded shores with red paint
cd ratings ON each side On one side
is stand, with seating reom for sew
eral Thousand people, and special box,
with tent hangiDgs, for the governor
general, surmounted by the imperial
eagle in gold. In front of this box, low
er down. you see the prizes, consisting
of gold and silver cups, vases and orna-
mental pieces. all in Russian style and
taste.
A bell rings, the course is cleared by
mounted gendarmes and the competitors
in due order take their places in front
of the stand, but not side by side, as
they always start from opposite sides Of
the course, with heads also turned in
opposite directions. The usual race
course hum and noise of the betting
men are heard and increase in volume
as the bell rings the second time They
are off And the fascination of rapid
motion, open air and strenuous exertion
throws its spell over the assembly, high
and low, for trotting is certainly the
most fashionable and beloved sport in
Russia. You cannot recognize people
just yet-the great fur collars are raised
and reach over the fur caps, leaving
only red tipped noses, beneath which
appear never missing cigarettes. The
ladies heads are almost entirely COW
cred by wooden wraps, so here again
you can only guess who is who To a
stranger not investing his money in
backing his opinion as to winners, the
game might seem monotonous enough,
as the horses do not finish side by side,
but in the way they started. Yet the
Russians think differently, and. besides,
are there not plenty of vodka and caviare
to be had between the races9
Single horses are pitted against each
other, drawing light little sleighs, in
which the driver is seated very low
down and far away from the horse, ow-
ing to the long shafts intended to give
the horse perfect freedom of action. A
"hAP 10 NV ueSuy OA0 vi buc ASlHb dlc
metal buckles over the quarters, which
are employed instead, and almost all
horses run without blinkers.
Sometimes a horse is attached to the
sleigh on one side of the trotter, who is
between the shafts. He is the pacemak-
er and gallops the whole course,
whereas, it need not be said, the trotter
must not break. Then follow pair
horses, harnessed, and lastly troikas
with three horses, sometimes four
abreast. Troikas are very barbarously
gaudy and clumsy things to look at, but
exceedingly comfortable ali the same 49,
Badminton Magazine
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A Famous Blunderar.

M. Calino, the popular French sim
pleton who performs in the humorous
literature of France much the same
function that the traditional Paddy
does in English literature, has been
made the subject of a grave study, in
which his innocent stupidities are care
fluffy ahaly zed ? He Is nothing more or
less thar 4 Convenient Decentralization
of a type Of the harm less lblufiderer and
compliment tack wit found in all ages
and IcOuntTies. Z IIp5 France his sayings
reffeetH however, something of the pic
turesqueness which is characteristic of
the nation.
Calino's blunderings, it seems, began
at an early age He had not craft
enough to tell lie that would hold wa
ter for moment. One day at school he
got into fight with companion and
came home with cash on his forehead.
"How did you get that cut?'' asked
his father
What cut, papa?
why, that great cash on your fore
head. "
Il bit myself there, papa. -
Bit YOURSELF Why, you couldn' {
bite yourself ON your forehead. y
. | got up on chair to do it, papa. ;"
Later in life Calino delivered himself
of the following bit of wisdom:
''As for me, / don't care SO much for
the sun as do for the moon. You see,
the sun only comes after it gets day
light, when we could see just as well
without it, but the moons some use
it shines at night. >
Early one morning, when Calino was
out with his gun, he saw robin in the
garden of his friend Camille. He aimed
at it, but it dropped below the top of
the wall Then Calino went into the
house, crept up stairs softly, stole into
Candles bedroom without waking
Camille, who was in bed, pointed his
gun out of the window at the robin and
:ired-bangI
Camille leaped out of bed in wild
confusion and alarm.
'W-w-why-w- what's the
natter"
"Oh, did l wake you up?" said Cali
no. l pulled the trigger just as softly
as | could. Youth s Companion.
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The life Of John Howard Payne ex-
tended over so years, from l792 to 1862
The only literary work by which he is
now remembered is Home, Sweet
Home, which was originally song
in an opera entitled "Clari. the Maid
Of Milan" The libretto was written in
a few weeks. 1t is said by some au-
thorities to have been written as early
as 1918. but the opera was not produced
until 1898.
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LA eRIsETTs.

All, Clemence, when l saw thee last
Trip down the Rue de Seine,
And, turning, when thy form had passed.
said, 1--WE meet again.
l dreamed not in that idle glance
Thy latest image came
And only left to memory's trance
A shadow and name.
The few strange words my lips had taught
Thy timid voice to speak,
Their gentler signs which often brought
Fresh roses to thy cheek,
The trailing of thy long, loose hair,
Bent DER my couch of pain,
All, all returned, more sweet, more fair.
Oh, had we met again
] walked where saint and virgin keep
The vigil lights of heaven.
knew that thou hadst woes to weep
And sins to be forgiven.
watched where Genevieve was laid,
knelt by Mary s shrine.
Beside me low, soft voices prayed.
Alas, but where was thine?
And when the morning sun was bright,
When wind and wave were calm
And famed in thousand tinted light
The rose of Notre Dame,
wandered through the haunts Of men
From boulevard to quay
Till frowning Ger St. Etienne
The Pantheon's shadow lay.
In vain, in vaini We meet no more
Nor dream what fates befall,
And long upon the strangers shore
My voice on thee may call,
When years have clothed the line in moss
That tells thy name and days,
And withered, on thy simple cross,
The wreaths of Pere-la- Chaisei
Oliver Wendell Holmes.
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WIEN PEGGY COOKS.

When Bridget rises in her might
And takes herself 10 sudden flight,
The.i Peggy enters the domain
Where Bridget erst was wont to reign.
To rcacue us from hungry plight
She plrnges in unequal fight
With pots and pans, while with delight
And pride l watch and grow quite vain
When Peggy cooks.
How daintily she moves, and ightl
l know whate'er she does is right
And wholly free from mar and stain,
And yet-and yeti find I'm fain
To dine down town upon the night
When Peggy cooks.
Marco Morrow in What to Eat
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Wendell Phillips once, when he was
interrupted by an unfriendly audience,
stopped down and began talking in
low voice to the men at the reporters
table. Some Of the auditors, becoming
curious, called, Louder" wherenpon
Phillips Strengthened himself up and ex-
claimed: go right ON, gentlemen. with
your noise. Through these pencils
pointing to the reporters speak to
40. 600 people
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Sim Wilkison has two mighty smart
boys, remarked Mrs. Corntossel. Zone
of 'em hez gone to town an learnt to
paint. They say be puts lot of atmos-
phere III his work -
Mandy, aim you thinkin about the
other boy?"
His brother?"
Eyes. The one that learnt to play
the cornet. Washington Star.
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The following list shows that a great
deal of money is made from popular
music in England:
Sir Arthur Sullivan is said to have
realized e10, 900 by his celebrated song
'The Lost Chord. +" Bale appears to
have received high prices for the copy
rights of some of his songs. For 81
Dreamt Dwelt In Marble Halls he
got IS, 900, the same for when Other
Lips" and SO, 900 for 1.-THE Heart
Bowed Down" When recently put up
for auction, e1,212 los. was obtained
for the copyright of Michael Watsons
song Anchored. "-Harper's Round
Table.
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A little girl in town said the other
day: "Oh, grandmother, don't make me
two dresses just alike. I'm afraid peo-
pie will think I'm twins. "-Roanoke
IN. G. } News.
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cereal CofTee Drinkers BEwAREi

II you have been deceived and tried one of
the cheap bran substitutes now on the market
claiming TO be the original and to have great
food value, and you got a pound OF poorly
roasted bran or your Csc and poor, weak,
sickish drink (what can yon expect from
1T is made from solid grain, nicely Drowned
and pounds for 25c. Gfain-O takes the place
grocer to-day.
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GEORGE D. WORRELL.

LAW OFFICES
CHARLES &. COE,
TEMPLE COURT.
New York, March 1, 1897
MIR. GEORGE D. WoRRELL,
Dear Sfr:-I am informed by my client,
the Sunlight Incandescent Lamp Co., that the
attorney for the Welsbach Light Company
has sent you a circular letter, asserting that
the Sunlight IncaDdesCent burner is an in
fringement of the patents-owned by the Wells
bach Light Company.
At the request of the Sunlight Company, i
have made careful examination of the pat
ents own ed by the Welsbach Light Co. and
can assure GU that the Sunlight Incandes-
cent burner and mantle does not infringe up
on or violate in any way manner the pat
ents or rights OF the Welsbach Light Co., and
L am fully confident that you or any of the
customers of the Sunlight Company will not
be held responsible or liable in any way to
the Welsbach Light Company for their sale
or use.
further inform you that am directed and
authorized by the said Sunlight Company in
case suit is brought by the Welsbach Light
Company against you or any person selling
or using the Sunlight burner and mantle to
defend such suit without expense TO you OF
to any sellers or users of said Sunlight burn
CHARLES G.. COE,
Attorney for Sunlight Incan-
descent Gas Lamp Co.
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Two branches of the Aberdeen Asso-
citation For the Distribution of Litera-
ture to Settlers in Canada have been
formed in Montreal.
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An English writer says that if the
Prussian CONSUMPTION were applied In
India England would have 9,500, 900
regular soldiers actually in barracks,
with 500. 600 recruits coming up every
year-a force with which not only Asia
but the world might be subdued.
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A DEMONSTRATORS, NOTICE.


ESTATE OF BARzILLAI NEwBoLD
Notice is hereby given that an order has
been made by the Surrogate OF the County OF
Burlington, bearing date on the thlrtieth
day of March, A. ID. 1897, upon the application
of Anna S. NewboId and Walter 4. Borden,
the subscribers, requiring the creditors OF
Barzillai Newbold, deceased, to bring in their
claims against the estate of said decedent,
under oath or affirmation, on or before Decem-
Der 80 1897. or they VIII be debarred of any ac-
tion therefor against the said administrators.
ANNA S. NEwBoLD,
WALTER E. BORDEN.
M arch 30 1891
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