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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-09-21
Get Trusted For Thelr Fares.

1t is perhaps not generally known,
even in Brooklyn, that persons of re-
spectacle appearance may travel ON the
street cars of that city when they have
no money. A woman who has left her
purse at home or man who has spent
all his change specializing in stocks, if
ordinarily we'll dressed, has only to tell
the conductor the condition of affairs,
on boarding car, to get carried to any
desired point.
The conductor gives the penniless
passenger an envelope addressed to the
office of the company, in which to for
ward later the lacking nickel This is
done as matter of course, and only q
passenger who looks disreputable meets
with refusal.
The system has been in operation
some time, which is apparent proof that
the passengers who thus get trusted for
their fares use the envelopes given them
for the purpose for which they are in
tended. New York Sun.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-09-21

The window was open, and the next
instant my sweetheart was leaning out
ward, with her hand on my shoulder
in the old familiar manner. pouring her
woes into my ears.
"Just think of it, Jack. Papa is de-
termined that l shall marry Cousin
Tom. The cakes are baked and in the
pantry. The guests are all invited for
the wedding tomorrow and the license
is on the library table. What can we
do?''
OF course there was but one thing to
do, and that we did without delay.
Marie stole quietly down into the libra
ry and secured the license. How simple
matter to erase one name and substi
tute another. And while she was about
it. with her usual forethought she CON
f1scated the BRIDES cake This, with
her wardrobe and jewels, was passed
through window, and then signaled
to Ted.
The ship settled down like a huge
bird on the grape arbor. Marie gave a
little shrek as we stepped on board,
causing Ted for an instant to lose con-
troll of the lever. There was a crash of
splintering pine as the grape arbor gave
way beneath our combined weight.
Straight upward like a rocket we
arose for 1000 feet or more. AS we
turned the searohlight on the wreck we
saw figure clad in long, white night
robe gazing at us, and voice, trem-
bling with rage, called:
Marie, come down herel"
Poor papa. Chicago Tribune.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-09-21

Peter Pangman is set down in Cana
dian annals as being the first white
man to reach the Rocky mountains, and
also the first white man ever to see
them from the east. While in the en-
ploy of fur traders he assembled the Sas-
katchewan above its junction with the
Clearwater, and, looking to the west
ward, he saw the white mass of the
Rocky mountains, to which he after
ward penetrated, but he marked this
spot of his first vision by carving his
name on a pine, which from that day
became known as "Pangman's tree. .
The great north country was far
enough off in 1890. Peter Pangman had
no special cause for believing that any
second person would pass that same
way. It was more reasonable TO sup
pose that time or fire or wind would
destroy this one pine among the mil
lion other pines, and yet I07 years
after he made his rude inscription
''Pangman's tree" is spoken and writ
ten about. Some years after the North
west Fur company established post on
the Saskatchewan in the vicinity, which
came to be called Rocky Mountain
House. But the post was described by
its proximity to the tree and not vice
versa All the travellers and traders Of
the early days speak Of this place as
"three miles below 'Pangman's tree.
The Rocky Mountain House took its
name because it was so near this Rocky
mountain tree. The tree was landmark
before the trading post and continued
to be after the post had ceased. A trans
continental railroad passes not far away
now, but it has not obliterated the
memory of the post nor blotted from
the minds of men the living and leafy
monument.
As for Peter Pangman, he went into
history the day he carved his name in
the bark and identified himself with the
tree. After years Of plain and mountain
service he returned to the eastern parts
of what is now the Dominion Of Canada
and bought lands and reared a family.
A son of his has been member Of the
Canadian parliament. This may pre-
serve the name of the son, but as for
his father he will be remembered over
great region and in histories and geog-
raphies as the author of ''Pangman's
tree. kansas City Star.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-09-21

The wife of friend of mine is the
possessor of a thin gold watch chain.
1t is something after the pattern of a
cable. Each link is finely finished, and
the workmanship is that of an artist.
In examining it closely one would even
think that the person who made it was
in love with his work 1t is a mechan-
ical masterpiece. My friend made it a
gift to his wife about 10 years ago, and
it is not only highly priced by her on
that account, but also because of its de-
sign and finish. A week or two ago one
of the links broke.
II will get that fixed for you all
right" said my friend. II know just
the man to take it to. He is not jew
eler, but machinist by trade, and l
would rather give job like this to him
than to jeweler. He has a mechanical
genius which runs to work OF this
kind. "
My friend took the chain to the gen.
ius. He has a small, mean looking
shop in an ancient, dilapidated building
in an unlikely street down town. He
examined the chain carefully and ap-
peared to become reflective over it. Then
his face lit up with smile as he said:
81 remember this chain very well. ]
made it 10 years ago. "
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-09-21

A practical joke that was played on
Charles Maurer of Eleventh and Gal
lowhill streets early last spring has re-
suited in something likely to puzzle the
brains Of several up town naturalists.
Mr.. Maurer is great lover of birds.
Last spring one of his canary birds was
busy with a nest of eggs. and Mr.. Mau-
rer was as much excited as the mother
bird. As joke Curtis Souder removed
the eggs and in their place put three of
the sparrow variety. Now, in the course
Of time those eggs were Matched, and
both mother bird and master were
greatly bewildered at the odd looking
birdlets. The joke in some way leaked
out, but as the mother bird was treat
ing her foster chileEen tenderly Mr..
Maurer decided to let them remain and
watch the result After the sparrows
got little older it was noticed that
the canary would put them in a row
and chirp to them, after which the
sparrows would try to initiate her Per-
severance on the canary's part has re-
suited in three ugly sparrows that are
beginning to sing, and it's toss up as
to whom the joke is on. philadelphia
Record.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-09-21
The Doucet Skirt.

The doucet skirt shirred on fine cords
around the waist, the shirring extend
ing below the hips, is popular feature
of summer frocks. In organdie this
fashion is particularly adaptable. A
pretty Summer girl, who looked as
if she had stepped out Of a picture at a
wedding in the country recently, had
an organdie with white ground, pow
dered with tiny pink rosebuds, the skirt
made in this way and worn over white
taffeta slip. The waist had little full
ness gathered on the right shoulder and
under the arm, the folds being brought
across the breast diagonally and fas-
tened with a ruffie on the left side,
forming curve around the collarless
neck, which was left little bare, the
organdie forming sort of bolero. which
was drawn tightly across the figure and
the waist defined by high draped belt
The sleeves were made without being
gathered and drawn tightly around the
arms, except at the top. where a smart
looking puff accumulated the shoulders.
With this pretty frock was worn a
leghorn hat tilted over on the side by a
cluster of pink roses. Roses also formed
garniture on top, with loops of black
velvet ribbon forming an aigret on one
side. New York Tribune.
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A $2O,Ooo,oOO FRAUD.

That Is What the Bridal Package In the
Government Treasury Is Declared to Be.
II hate to shatter pet delusion by
giving the facts in the case, said a
former clerk in the treasury department
at Washington, but fraud ought to be
exposed regardless of consequences, and
the greatest fraud know of is the ia
nous bridal package of the treasury
vaults.
81 say famous, but it isn't famous in
a general sense. 1t is famous only
among bridal couples. don't know
how it is, but every bridal couple that
go to Washington on their wedding
tour-and it seems to me that about
nine tenths of the bridal couples of the
country go to Washington-know all
about that package, and the bride can t
rest until she goes through the regular
routine connected with it. No visit to
Washington by stranger is complete
without an inspection of the treasury
vaults, but if his or her visit is a nom
bridal one the fraud of the package
isn't played.
II don't know who it was in the de-
partment that first imposed it on bri-
dial pair, but it went, and it grows in
popularity every year. When the couple
enter the vault, the man in charge, aft
er a few preliminary and perfunctory
remarks, reaches up ON a shelf, takes
down package of notes, and tells the
bride to take it in her hand, if she
hasn't asked for it the very first thing.
He then tells her that the package con-
tains $40, 900, 900 in treasury notes, all
in denomination of $40, 900 each. The
bride is delighted, of course, and when
she goes back home she talks for weeks
about having held $40, 900, 900 in her
hand all at one time The bridegroom
can't resist enjoying that same pleas
ure, and he fondles the package awhile,
and the pair go away blissful over the
experience, while the treasury vault
man losses the package back on the
shelf and chuckles.
Now this is all simply a gigantic
fraud ON the young people. The treas
ury at Washington does not hold that
amount of money. The bulk of the gov.
eminent money is at the subtreasury in
this city That bridal package is 9
gay deceiver. 1t does contain notes tC
the amount of $40, 900, 900, of the de.
nomination of SO, 900 each, but they re
not money, because they're not signed
So instead of having held in their hands
$40, 900, 900 the happy couple have
fondled simply package that repre-
sented no more value than the price o.
the paper and the printing OIL it. Il
may be cruel to shatter this pretty delu
sion, but my conscience forbids me t.
carry the burden of its concealment any
longer; hence these facts. New Yorl
Sun
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THE MOTHER AND HER BOYS.

There are Fairfax and Fred and Arthur and
Ned,
Good boys, and remarkably clever
In studies and sports and games of all sorts,
To excel is their noble endeayor.
And when porting Ger books with studious
looks,
Despairing of help from a brother,
The eldest of all will not scruple to call
For aid from his bright little mother.
In out Of door games every one of them claims
Her presence to strengthen and cheer them,
For the better their luck and the greater their
pluck,
They say, If their mother is near them,
With hearty good will and wonderful skill
She champions one or the other,
And the boys oft declare, with a satisfied air.
There's no better playmate than mother.
She joins in their walks, and delightful the
talks,
Most sacred and sweet the communion
The mother enjoys she strolls with her
boys,
So loving and loyal their union.
Their future careers, their hopes and their
fears,
They would not reveal to another,
Are contided to her, and the lads all aver
The best Of companions Is mother.
She shares in their games and in all of their
aims,
Their faults and their follies correcting,
That they may grow wise and secure the best
prize,
True culture and courage rejecting.
And If quarrels take place, as at times is the
case,
Alas, betwixt brother and brother,
She soon sets them right, preventing fight,
For there's no better umpire than mother.
Josephine Pollard in New York Ledger
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-09-21
TEARS WERE FORBIDDEN.
A Note to Quit Meant That the Typewriter
Was to Go.


A Note to Quit Meant That the Typewriter
Was to Go.
She was a dainty little thing, and the
old gentleman appeared to be prepos-
sessed in her favor right from the start,
but there was evidently something that
made him pause.
Look here. he said in his blunt
fashion. 81 like you and your references
are all right. You run the typewriter as
If you knew all there is to know about
it, and you don't look like girl who
would be sick every third day and
want to get away an hour or two early
all the rest of the time, but before en-
gage you want to have clear under
standing with you on one subject. .
Eyes, sir, (" she replied, looking at
him inquiringly.
"Of course, F" he explained, 81 expect
you will be perfectly satisfactory, but
if you are not there must be no doubt
about my right to discharge you.
Certainly not. /"
IF want you to go, I'll just have
one of the clerks put note on your desk
or leave it with the cashier for you, and
you're to take that as final. !"
Naturally" she said, looking at
him in some surprise.
you're not to enter any protest or
file any objections, " he persisted, "and
most of all you're not to weep"
"Why, 1 suppose I can ask you
why
You can't ask me a thing he
broke in. eff you get a note asking
you to quit, you're just to put ON your
things and walk out without whim-
per or question of any kind. Is that un
derstood?"
1t isl she replied.
"Have l your promise to live up to
that agreement"
You have But it is such an extraor-
binary request that II
young woman, said the old gen
tleman impressively, I've been in bust
ness here for 80 years, and up to the
time woman got good foothold in the
business world l was in the habit of en-
gaging and discharging clerks as seemed
to me best from the standpoint of my
business In an unguarded moment
however, / was induced to hire young
woman to run typewriter for me, and
after l found that she wasn't satisfao-
tory to me it took me over eight weeks
to discharge her. / left note on her
desk and she promptly came in and
wept on mine. | turned the job over to
various subordinates, but each time she
came into my private Office to do her
weeping, and inside of a week she had
the whole force wrought up to point
where business was being neglected, and
she was still drawing salary just the
same. Woman in business may be all
right, but when it comes to getting her
out of business somebody else can have
the job. However, if you'll make a
solemn promise to go without single
weep if you don't suit I'll try you. .
Chicago Post.
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them alone, while for a minutes space
life and time and the universe itself
were forgotten. Then with football as
light as the leaves which the breeze
stirred woman came round the curve
of the fowery screen and stood before
them. She was very small and plain,
with wan, white face, from which
the pale hair was parted in sedate,
smooth bands, and her dress fell in
somber folds upon the rosy blossoms
which the wind had scattered from
Margaret's knees to the ground. Her
empty hands were interlaced, one upon
another, and pressed against her bosom.
"I-heard you-a little while ago, )"
she said after moment, while Stair
and Margaret sat dumb II was ON the
seat beyond. heard Johns voice and
what he said. / am Martha y
Stair had sprung to his feet and stood
looking down at her. Margaret buried
her face in her hands.
81 am Martha. the level, toneless
voice went on gently, "and-the child
my little sons dead .
Stair made step forward, but she
motioned him back with gesture.
HE was i'll again, month ago, and
the doctors said | should try a warmer
climate. So brought him here to the
sun and the flowers. He died a week
ago, my little son, and came to gather
the flowers he was SO fond of and take
them to him. He loved the color, and
the earth is so brown and cold upon his
grave. y Again she olasped her hands
upon her bosom and looked at Margaret
with her sad eyes that were fearless.
II heard you, John, and what you
said. 1t is true, I know. l am plain
and homely, and you married me for
pity. No, indeed, do not blame you.
You were very good. Many men would
not have done so much. And now-the
child is deadl And you turned to
Margaret with break at last in her
level voice-"you have gathered all the
flowers l could reachP'
Slowly Margaret lifted up her face
and looked at Stairs wife-wan, with
hanging black garments and hands
stretched out toward the blossoms on
her lap. Almost without knowing, she
lifted their mass Of rosy color and laid
it in those empty hands Martha held
them gently and stood looking at the
two for a moment-the man who was
her husband and the women that he
loved.
twill take them to the child, " she
said
She turned away. In one moment the
sunlight darkened to her eyes, and be-
fore Stair could catch her she had fallen
on the marble of the terrace.
She had taken them to the child. -
Madame.
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THE SCOTCH.

A valentine addressed to Mr.. Ian Maclaren
of DrumtochtX by his sincere admirer, John
Kendrick Bangs.]
You've superseded our national game
And given to those who scott
At national things a sport you call
The wonderful game of golf.
The tales, which you say are true,
OF the dialectual queernesses of
Old Sandy MacGraw MacHugh.
You've put on the necks of our dude SO
brave,
All in line with your dominant plans,
Instead of the ties of the Englishmen
The plaids of the Scottish clans.
But in all Of your lives there are just two
things
You Scotchmen will never do,
In spite your genius and dialect
And Sandy MacGraw MacHugh-
Our climate is such you never can make,
No matter how much you vex,
Us wear the bare knees Of the highland
Or the skirts of the opposite sex.
And finally, sir it matters no jot
How hard you Scottish men try,
You IL never succeed with all Of your Scotch
In spelling our love for rye.
-Harper's Bazaar.
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ESTABLISHED 1879.

dow stills are f1Iled' with Blossoms and
the altar rails festooned with maiden
hair and stephanotis. while the lower
half Of the east window is a perfect
bank Of ferns and flowers, above which
may be seen the clear blue sky, fecked
with white clouds, and the tops of the
trees.
All is pleasant hustle and confusion
within, for great wedding is about to
take place, and all the beauty and fash
ion of the island colony have been sum-
moned to do honor to the governors
daughter.
The ladies are in the brightest and
freshest of toilets, while varied uni
forms help to enliven the scene.
Everywhere there is a buzz of sub
dued, pleasant talk and Of delightful
expectation.
The bishop is at the altar, the BRIDE
groom and his best man near the rails
The bridesmaids await the bride in the
porch, and in and out and everywhere
among the congregatien-arranging
everything, showing guests to their
seats, talking to every one and making
himself generally Hseful and agreeable
fits the aid-de-oamp He has been at
work since before daylight and yet does
not seem at all fatigued, but has a
pleasant smile or kind word for every
one.
Now the music strikes up, and pres
emily the bride appears, leaning on the
arm of her father. The marriage serv-
ice proceeds, the bishop joins the young
couples hands, the vows are taken, the
ring put on, the hymns sung and the
address delivered. Then comes a mo-
ment of silence while the newly mar
ried pair still kneel at the altar rails,
and when one can distinctly hear the
chsmping of the horses in the carriages
waiting outside and the signing of the
breeze in the tops Of the flloa trees.
Then as the young couple rise from
their knees there break forth the joy
GUS strains of the Wedding March. .
As they pass down the aisle the bride
looks up into the bridegroom g face, and
he, STOPPING over her, murmurs some
thing which only she can hear. The
aid-de-camp sees the look and guesses
the words, and. with renewed energy,
he plunges into the business Of mar
shaling the procession and escorting the
guests to their carriages, and through
out that long and busy day no one see
ing his bright, pleasant face and hear
ing his CHEEKY voice could guess that
for him the sun was darkened and the
light of life and hope gone out, and that
to his ears Mendelssohn's wedding
March" will forever sound like funer-
al dirge. Sketch.
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An Annlrer.arr PrI.on pInnsr.

The other day dinner was given In
johannesburg by two of the reformers
to those who were associated in their
humiliation of last year. The menu
was headed by photo of the judge who
presided over the trial, the serviettes
were inclosed in handouts, and, as a
prelude to the usual dainties, the mealie
meal porridge, cooked in water, as
served out in prison, was served round,
the band playing a solemn funeral
marsh. After that the banquet proceed
cd in a most satisfactory style. This
anniversary is intended to be kept year
ly till the roles are reversed. Cape
Times.
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LOOK THROUGH MINE EYES WITH
THINE.

Look through mine eyes with thine True wife
Round my true heart thine arms intwine.
My other dearer life in life,
Look through my very soul with thinel
Untouched with any shade of years,
May those kind eyes forever DWELL
They have not shed a many tears,
Dear eyes, since first knew them well.
Yet tears they shed. They had their part
OF sorrow, for when time was ripe
The still affection Of the heart
Became an outward breathing type,
That into stiffness passed again
And left a want unknown before,
Although the loss that brought US pain,
That loss but made us love the more,
With farther bookings on. The kiss,
The woven arms, seem but to be
Weak symbols Of the settled bliss,
The comfort, have found In thee.
But that God bless thee, dear, who wrought
Two spirits to one equal mind,
With blessings beyond hope or thought,
With blessings which no words can find.
-Tennyson.
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A new process for extracting the per
fume of flowers has been devised by M.
]. Passy. He sleeps the flowers in wa
ter, which is drawn off when charged
with perfume and fresh water substi-
tuted. This keeps the flowers fresh fol
a long time, and their life is further
prolonged by the use of saline solution
such as the tissues of the plants call for.
The charged water is then evaporatet
by the use of ether. The process ha,
proved successful with many flowers
which previously refused to yield W
their perfume, notably the lily of thu
ealley.
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The French artist NJ. Francois Louis
Francois, who died recently at the age
of 80, was the last representative of the
old school of French painters. He was
of humble origin, and in early youth
was apprenticed to bookseller. But
his talent for painting had already be-
gun to manifest itself, and in his spare
time he devoted all his energies to its
cultivation, with such success that by
the time he attained his majority he
was able to support himself as an artist.
After studying under Gigoux he became
an exhibitor at the salon just 60 years
ago. In the next few years he was much
influenced by Corot, of whose friend
ship he ever remained proud.