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The broad ax., 1897-03-27

The part played by the Bank Of
Spain In floating the new loan des-
tined toAprovide resources for the con-
<innanee of the war In Cuba has placed
.hat institution in very awkward po-
sitson. For, In addition to the immense
sums which It has furnished to the
government itself, 1t has advanced.
one way and another, nearly $4,000
900 to people who subscribed for the
loan. The bank may therefore be said
to have found the major portion Of
the money subscribed. Besides this
thu hank Is creditor to the govern
rnent under various heads to the extent
Of more than $3.50. o0O. 900. Inasmueh
Is the capital fully paid up Of the bank.
together with its reserve fund, only
AMOUNTS to so. oOo. ooc. It win readily
be seen that the strain to which this.
the leading financial institution in
Spain. Is being subjected Is tremen-
dous ana cannot be continued much
1oarer before disaster ensues-
The broad ax., 1897-03-27

a French specialist in nerve diseases
writing Of the number Of American
women who are threatened with nerve
prostration, and go to Europe as rest
cure. says: They breakdown, many
of them, not from too much BRAIN
work, but brain work in too many d.
rections. The Frenchwoman is salts
ned to be either a good mother, sa-
want, or leader Of society. But the
American tries to be all Of these at
once"
The broad ax., 1897-03-27

A family living in Susquehanna, Pa,
has q crow that gets drunk on beer.
He steals into the cellar and manages
20 break q bottle Of beer, and drinks
what remains in the bottle. Then he
carries the pieces Of the broken bot
Sle out Of the window and disposes Of
cham Sc that no trace remains Of the
theft When he presents himself up
stairs his gait is unsteady; his voice
Is hoarse, and he looks upon the world
with bloodshot eyes and in an evil
temper.
The broad ax., 1897-03-27

A professor, careful man Of the
old school, is reported by the Detroit
Free Press to have lately rebuked his
daughter In the following manner:
The young woman had become an
enthusiastic wheel-woman. and her
conversation was beginning to shov
the effects Of absorption In the new
toy. Her father listened uneasily, and
one day he said:
Lucia, would you mind closing that
doorf I am getting as cold a. an Ike"
The daughter closed the offending
door, and then asked:
"As cold as what. papaf"
aAs cold a. an Ike"
Il don't understand you"
THAT IL strange. thought the word
was quits In accord with your new
verbal theories. II q bicycle q a
'biks.' Why int an ieiels IN fksr
The broad ax., 1897-03-27
WHEN DAY Is DONE.

wan day n done TO slumber We
AZ nAghtfall lay ourselves away,
10 cream once more on what may be
And tread where only spirits stray
Around cur touches vigils stand
And calmly shut our tired eyes;
We bow before their magic wand,
And give to earth all cares and signs
George Sands johnson.
The broad ax., 1897-03-27

Not mile of railroad track was laid
last year In Nebraska, South Dakota,
Wyoming, Idaho, Nevada, Arizona,
New Mexico, Massachusetts,, New
Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut,
and only one mile in Kansas.
The broad ax., 1897-03-27
Doubles the Pleasure of a Drive.

A fine carriage doubles the pleaSu-
Of driving. Intending buyers If car
riages or harness can save dollars .y
sending for the large, free catalogue 81.
the Elkhart Carriage and Harness Nfg.
Co., Elkhart. Ind.
The broad ax., 1897-03-27

When. we are children, we would
rather be whipped than apologize for
anything; after we get older we would
rather apologize for anything than be
whipped.
The broad ax., 1897-03-27
A KIND OF STEALING.
HOW FAR THE PLEA OF KLEP-
TOMANIA IS ADMITTED.
Peculiar Cases In Medical Records-Man
who would Not Eat Unless HIs Food
Was stoIen-ManIA of . PhysIcIAn-
Are Delicate Patients

ONVEY, the wise
1t CALL" says
Shakespeare when
he wants to find a
pretty name for
stealing. To-day,
however, the wise
have outgrown that
term, says the
New York Herald.
They have submit
ted kleptomania In
The broad ax., 1897-03-27

Jaybank--Ay SON has become quite
bicycle expert; rides two wheels A.
oncs. claypool-That's nothing. Nv
hsoy rides four at Once.-washIp gton
The broad ax., 1897-03-27

There are but few occasions in an ay-
-erage lifetime when a man is an abso-
2uta free agent In what he does.
The broad ax., 1897-03-27

They deserve to be slaves themselves
who will make no effort to secure lib
erty for others.
The broad ax., 1897-03-27

You can make lots of Roadway some
times by admitting your are wrong
when you are not.
The broad ax., 1897-03-27

Perhaps more good might be accom-
plished by ringing curfew for grown
reople.
The broad ax., 1897-03-27

II some people knew that the sun
had spots on it, they would almost
worry themselves to death.
The broad ax., 1897-03-27

A bird In the hand Is worth two In the bush
No woman will bubble with that; -.
The song may be sweet " the L'ru III lu'
bush,
But the bird in the hand trims hat
The broad ax., 1897-03-27

'FWhat Is nutritious food. Uncle Aeck
at Is food that Is so cheap and plan tna'
many people are ashamed TO eat It.
The broad ax., 1897-03-27

"what is this cigarette war" every
mother wants TO do something TO make O'1si
women's boys stop smoking"
The broad ax., 1897-03-27

"Oh, no; Tommy never complains Of ~
cold" ''Indeedg' ''NOt since he got son
new club skates"
The broad ax., 1897-03-27

Just try a 1Oc box Of CaScaretS. candy ca.
tha-tic. the finest liver and bowel regula'S'
made.
The broad ax., 1897-03-27

'sHe tells excellent stories" yes; uI
bad that he doesn't know some more
EN-"
The broad ax., 1897-03-27

Old Maid Ito messenger)-Give him
the letter and IL he asks you who sent
It, just say "a beautiful young Iady "
Messenger shall charge you ID
cents more for that.
The broad ax., 1897-03-27

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAT
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tables Al
Druggists refund the money II II fails tOc-rs =
The broad ax., 1897-03-27

Entered at PostOfnce as secOnd-cIass matte
The broad ax., 1897-03-27

When the horse and his owner stop
ped out upon the prairie, the heavens,
TO Dauvit's surprise, were becoming
overcast, and away to the southwest
the clouds had piled up into a churn-
ing mass Of varied eolored vapor;
while ever and anon flashes Of light
ming few zig-zag across the turbid
sky. A sullen. moaning sound came
from the direction OF the storm, and
the atmosphere was sitting as the man
and his affrighted steed sped towards
the village, seeking TO escape from the
impending tornado. Faster and faster
went the Clydesdale. the foam necking
his mouth and sides as he gallopsd on
wArd earning his master cut of dan
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One day, while taking his favorite
walk about the heath, Du Maurier saw
a gathering of people on the borders of
the shallow pond which is particular
attraction to Hampstead. A thin coat
ing of ice covered the water, excepting
where little dog had broken through
and was Intellectually struggling to get
out again. The ice was, however, so
weak that whenever this little creature
drew its front paws up over the edge it
broke under his weight and forced him
to repeat this painful Qperation again
and again, until it looked as though the
poor animal would become exhausted in
his efforts.
Du Maurier was in delicate health at
the time, and, knowing that the water
was nowhere more than three feet deep,
called to the idlers in the crowd,
Here's half crown for the man who
fetches that dog ashore" The offer was
not accepted, at least not soon enough
to satisfy the mercurial artist. So, de-
spite the doctor, into the pond rushed
Du Maurier, breaking his way through
the thin ice until he reached the drown
ing doggie, which he seized in his arms
and brought ashore, amid the cheers of
the bystanders.
His only thought now was to run
home rapidly in order to prevent chill
He was overtaken, however, by a man,
who pressed him to accept piece of
money by way of reward. Du Maurier
declined, with thanks, and pressed on
with renewed vigor. The man, how
ever, would not be discouraged in his
charitable intention, but repeatedly
urged our artist to accept tip for his
trouble. The annoyance at length grew
beyond even Du Maurier's fondness for
a joke, for the well meaning patron in
sisted upon putting tip into Du Maui
rier's hands while he was fumbling for
his doorkey on the front steps of his
own house
Between this and the miserable chilli
ness of his garments Du Maurier finally
forgot that courtliness which was his
distinguishing mark and snapped out,
Damn it, go to the DEVIL"
"Oh, beg your pardon, sirI said
the now blushing prosecutor. 81 did not
know you was gentleman. "-Harper's
Weekly
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OOG,
TEMPLE COURT.
New York, March /, 1897.
MR.. GEORGE ID. WORRELL,
Dear Sir: IL am informed by my client,
the Sunlight Incandescent Lamp Co., that the
attorney for the Wesbach Light Company
has sent you circular letter, asserting that
the Sunlight IncaDdesoent burner is an in
fringement of the patents.owned by the Wells
bach Light Company.
Atthe request of the Sunlight Company, l
have made a careful examination of the pat
ents own ed by the Welsbach Light Co. and
can assure YOU that the Sunlight Incandes-
cent burner and mantle does not infringe up
on or violate in any way or 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 or
to any sellers or users OF said Sunlight burn
ers or mantles. Yours truly
CHARLES G. COE,
Attorney for Sunlight Incan-
descent Gas Lamp co.
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GRANT AS A WRITER.
His Style Was Vigorous and Terse, with
Little Ornament.

His Style Was Vigorous and Terse, With
Little Ornament.
General Horace Porter in Campaign,
ing With Grant" in The Century ex-
presses the following opinion of Grant
as writer: His powers Of concentra-
ton Of thought were often shown by
the circumstances under which he
wrote. Nothing that went ON around
him, upon the field or in his quarters,
could distract his attention or interrupt
him. Sometimes, when his tent was
filed with officers talking and laughing
at the top Of their voices, he would
turn to his table and write the most
important communications. There
would then be an immediate "Hushp
and abundant excuses offered by the
company, but he always insisted upon
the conversation going on, and after
awhile his officers came to understand
his wishes in this respect, to learn that
noise was apparently a stimulus rather
than a check to his flow of ideas, and
to realize that nothing short of a gen.
eral attack along the whole line could
divert his thoughts from the subject
upon which his mind was concentrated.
In writing his style was vigorous and
terse, with little Of ornament. Its most
conspicuous characteristic was perspi-
Guilty. General Meade's chief of staff
once said, ''There is one striking feature
about Grants orders-no matter how
hurriedly he may write them ON the
An16 hoe 10 ol4 81
doubt as to their meaning or ever has
to read them over a second time to I'M
derstand them" The general used An
glo-Saxon words much more frequently
than those derived from the Greek and
Latin tongues. He had studied French
at West Point and picked up some
knowledge of Spanish during the Next
can war, but he could not hold COLI
versation in either language, and rarely
employed foreign word in any of his
writings. His adjectives were few and
well chosen. No document which ever
came from his hands was in the least
degree pretentious. He never laid claim
to any knowledge he did not possess and
seemed to feel, with Addison, that "pe6-
antry in learning is like hypocrisy in
religion-a form of knowledge without
the power of it "
He rarely INDUCED in metaphor, but
when he did employ figure of speech
it was always expressive and graphic,
as when he spoke Of the commander at
Bermuda Hundred being in bottle
strongly corked" or referred to our ar
mics at one time as moving like horses
in balky team, no two ever pulling
together. Ills style inclined to the cpl
grammatic without his being aware of
it. There was scarcely a document writ
ten by him from which brief sentences
could not be selected fit to be set in
mottos or placed upon transparencies.
AS examples may be mentioned: II
propose to move Immediately upon your
works, 81 shall take no backward
steps" the famous 81 propose to fight
it out ON this line if it takes all sum-
mer," and, later in his career, "Let us
have peace, 1.-THE best means of secur-
ing the repeal of an obnoxious law is its
vigorous enforcement, . 81 shall have
no policy to enforce against the will of
the people" and LET no guilty man
escape"
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slowly advanced upon his adversary,
striving, as though conscious of his
power and strength, to drive him back
and pen him helplessly and without
chance of escape against the side of the
ring, and then to seize him at his
leisure
Paolo was also thinking. When would
the soldiers come? Could he survive to
carry on the unequal struggle till they
arrived? But while thinking not mus
Gle relaxed.
Seeing the lions tactics, he gradually
managed to skirmlsh toward the ring,
though by so doing he passed within a
few feet of his nose.
Come on, Soipio," he said aloud,
with gay bravado he little felt, this
is not how lions fight. " And he made
slight feint, as though playfully to touch
his adversary on the head.
With a deep, hollow roar of anger
Scipio reared aloft ON his hind legs, and,
throwing all prudence to the winds and
realizing that the momentous struggle
had come at last, Paolo rushed madly
at him, man and beast closing in ter
rible death grapple, the lion continuing
erect. as though wishful to wrestle on
equal terms with the brave biped.
In the swift onrush Paolo dropped his
dagger, and now, weaponless but fren-
zied with rage and despair, he exerted
every atom of his marvellous strength
and with one giant upheaval overthrow
the wild beast
But Scipio's mighty claws were busy,
and the blood lust was on him too.
Crimson streaks through Paolo's tunio
made it apparent to the fascinated
beholders that this little wrestling bout
was not all that it seemed, and many a
timid heart, sickened by the sight Of
blood, edged furtively toward the near
est outlet.
But what sound is this that breaks
the spell and causes the low whispers
of inquiry to swell into a babel Of
conquest In another moment the semi
solitude of the arena is broken by the
appearance Of a body of soldiers from
the neighboring barracks, all converg-
ing rapidly on one point where lay the
doughty oombatants.
The young officer in command, has
tily disengaging a revolver from his
belt, fires one, two, three shots into the
PROSTATE brute's ear, and with one
mighty groan the spirit of the erring
Scipio returns to haunt the solitudes Of
the African deserts.
Tender hands lift Paolo, unconscious,
bleeding and nigh to death. He is borne
from the arena as the audience slowly
files out of the building under the mas
terful direction of some of the soldiers
told off for the purpose-silent, awe
stricken, sobbing, praying, walking as
in trance.
In a peaceful little Gods acre Just
outside the walls of Paris sleeps Paolo.
His grave all the year round blooms
with lovely flowers, and its fond tend
ing shows that, though his body has
passed away, his memory still hourishes
as brightly as the blossoms that wave
over him -I,ondOn Answers
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The Charm of a College Room.

A college room is a delightful place.
Its occupant for the time being is its
master He can do as he will in it,
lock his door and be not at home, ad-
NIT all corners, sit alone and read or
study, or sit with his congenial friend
and talk out whatever he may have the
good fortune to have in his mind. One
Harvard graduate certainly, who found
many pleasures of very varied sorts in
college, remembers very few with such
a sense of solid comfort duly taken as
certain talks had in college rooms with
good men, though young, about letters
and life and people, the immediate en-
vironment and the greater world on the
brink of which all college men stand.
Music has charms, speculative charms,
In college too
In this same graduate s memory there
are few musical associations more con-
selling than the memory of what he
heard, half asleep in a chair before a
fire, while a good musician who was
his classmate sat at his piano in the
corner. Some of the calmest and most
peaceful memories of college are the
best. The more boisterous pleasures we
smile to recall and wonder as we re-
member them at the vigor and the folly
of youth. But about those quieter
streaks of happiness there was no folly
and they involved no remorse. Edward
S. Martin in Scribner's
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says when he gets ON his legs again. He
had to rest ON me.
Well, Sloss, owes my life to ye,'
says he.
TO mel
Yes, Sloss. I'll never punish ye no
more.
"Oh, I've heard that tale afore. -
Then Archie gave a Rabelaisian
chuckle at the memory, and | ventured
to quote famous couplet:
The devil was sick, the devil monk would be-
The devil was well, the devil a monk was he.
faye, that's it, said Archie grimly.
Then he went on with his story. $50 l
never give it another thought-indeed
I'd no time. were ia EN- myself that
afternoon. Yes, Jack taps me on the
shoulder, and it were my turn. battles
him, tho'-and when I comes round I
finds myself ashore-the last patient
My, they soon has me to work agin WI
Nat-him diggin, me wheelin the muck
away, and never got so much as look
from the old commander who'd bin so
grateful to me. Not wink, not word
81 know'ed vera well how it 'ud be-
$50 four months passes along, and
I'd forgot all about Yaller Jack, till one
Sunday mornin were dozin in chapel,
when / hears my name mentioned:
"'Archibald Sloss.
81 starts up wit a jump. could
hardly believe my ears. The chap in the
big box, lookin down at me, says:
''The remainder of your sentence is
RENTED for your bravery in nursing
Commander Jackson and those who were
sick with the yellow fever"
"'Oh, glory, halleuiahP cries. 1
couldn't help it.
"And afore I'd been on old England's
shores week were COPIED agin. -
Westminster Budget
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THE cATBIRD's PLIGHT.
Forty Birds to the Rescue-How 1t Wa
Finally Set Eraa

Forty Birds to the Rescue-How 1t Was
Finally Set Free.
"Going through the woods one day."
said lover Of birds, 81 saw a catbird
with one of its wings caught ON brier
bush. There was a clump of briers
here, with a narrow opening at one
place between two Of the bushes. The
catbird had tried to fly through that
opening and had made miscalculation
and got one Of its wings impaled ON a
thorn. The other wing was free, and
1t was Tapping that and trying to get
clear of the bush.
Around this bush there must have
been at least 40 other birds, of one kind
or another, catbirds and brown thrash
ers and wrens and grass ohippies, and
so on, that had been attracted by the
unfortunate catbird's cries and its eff
forts to escape, and that appeared to
have gathered there to help It. They
fluttered about close to the bush, flying
around at great rate and making a lot
of noise, but not really doing anything.
Some of the smaller birds would fly
dIOuu0 NCl1 O4OSO W bAlC Du14 III CNCA
fly under 1t, and / imagine some Of the
bigger birds saying to some of these
venturesome little fellows, Here, you
brown thrasher, you, why don't you get
under him there and push ON his wing?'
But the brown thrasher would only 90
about so close. He wasn't going to get
caught. What the birds would have
done finally don't know. think they
would have helped the catbird in some
way, but l undertook to help it myself.
"Of course / couldn't go right up to
it, for that would have frightened it,
and may be made it hurt itself even
worse. had with me a sawed off broom
stick that carried for walking stick,
and undertook to free the catbird
with that. thrust the stick through the
brier bush, all the other 40 birds look
ing on, and brought the end of it gen
thy against the catbird's wing and push
ed the wing off the thorn. But In start
ing away the oatbird got the wing
caught again on another thorn. That
was bad, and l stood of a minute de-
hberating about what to do next, the
whole flock of birds still fiuttering
round and the imprisoned oatbird now
pretty nearly exhausted. It was a time
to drop all ceremony, and I simply
walked up TO the bush and took the cat
bird off the thorn with my hands.
Just beyond the brier bushes there
was a smooth grassy spot in the woods
and I laid the catbird down there, the
whole lot of birds that had been hover
ing about the brier bush following
along, more or less near, and hanging
around there. Pretty soon the eatbird
got up and few to little tree nearby.
1t WASH I strong, but it could fly and its
wings were all right. When 1t few up
into the tree, all the other birds few
away. From the tree the oatbird sang
its thanks to me, and there left it. -
New York Sun.
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Union transportation Company.
Tuckerton Railroad

Leave Mount Holly tor Tuckerton 9.26 A. N.
4.47 p. M, daily except Sunday.
Leave Tuckerton Tor Mount Holly, 200 A. NJ,
30S P. M, daily except Sunday.
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AN UNHoRGoTTEN KISS.

The rain is rafting on the pane the wind Is
sweeping by,
Now with discordant shrek, anon with melan-
choly cry.
A lonely man, sit and read beside the dying
fire
The daily tale of love and crime, of greed and
vain desire.
The letters blur and fade the room grows dim
and disappears,
And in its stead old scenes come back across
the waste of years,
And set in frame of golden hair fair young
face see,
Whose two soft eyes of deepest blue look visit
fully on me-
Once, on a memorable eve, when heart and
hope were young,
Those luminous eyes upon my life a sudden
glory flung
As she was then I see her now my young, my
only choice,
The brightness on her sunny brow. the music
in her voice.
One question, and but one, 1 ask, then for an
answer wait
My very heart is motionless, expectant Of its
fate.
A wondrous hght-the light of love-glows in
the tender eyes
Her breath is warm upon my face-Oh, sweet
est of replies
But, bless my hearti The driving rain is com
ing In, / fear
Or is that shining little drop upon the page a
tear?
Well, who would think an old gray head could
be so soft as this
When more than thirty years have fed since
that fond foolish kissl
John Scott in Chambers Journal