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The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-07-19

alive have closed out
from a manufacturer some 200
pairs Of vica kid Oxford Iies'
worth S1.5O and 81 pair; we
will place the entire lot on sale
- S1 Pair
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-08-17
His Bread Upon the wa4ers.

Fifteen years ago Carrie Burch was
servant girl in a California household
where William f. Hastings was also
employed. The girl became Ill and had
to leave, but had no money. Hastings
loaned her 5000, and she went away.
The years rolled by without the 5000
being returned, and Hastings had for
gotten the occurrence when he received
a letter from barrister in London stat
ing that an estate Of SIS, 900 had been
left him by a Mrs. Hall, formerly Miss
Carrie Burch of California. Hastings
could hardly believe what he read, but
he has the money now, and for his gem
erosity to strange girl years ago he
has become independently rich. When
the girl left California, she went to
Australia as a nurse and there married
a retired English merchant, who died
some years afterward, and the widow
then returned to London and lived there
until her death. Exchange.
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ESTABLISHED 1879.

"You are Milo Searle 1 heard you
were coming back to stay"
well, should like to if can ar
range things to suit me- F"
Don't you like the west?''
In some respects do, but somehow
the old town has an attraction for me
that cannot find anywhere else. And
not only the town, Martha, but one that
the town contains "
Eyes, suppose so, replied the other
quietly, but l don't see why you
should come to tell me about her.
have heard all about it. :"
You've heard all about what, Mar
thar l haven't told any one my inten-
tions. -
Perhaps she has, then" MIR. Searle's
pleasant blue eyes opened to their full
est extent, and he rose from his chair
and stood before Miss Mills.
''Will you kindly tell me who she
iss" he asked, looking down into her
face.
Aren't you engaged to marry Nancy
Neal9 She says you are"
''What That wizened old maid?"
and he laughed till the room rang.
Why, my dear woman, I've never
cared for a living soul all these years
excepting you, and if You won't marry
me shall have to go off to the prairies
again. don't suppose was quite your
equal in the old days, but guess I've
improved some.
81 guess you have, too, Milo. You're
good deal ahead of me now F."
Well, I've been prosperous and
made money enough to retire ON, and,
what's the best of the whole, Martha,
I've got it all honestly. It's good, clean
money, every cent of it.
There's no need to tell me that, Mi
10. know what you are. ="
"We can live here if your brother
will sell me the farm. shouldn't want
pleasanter place.
Il don't believe there will be much
trouble about that, for we couldn't
seem to decide what to do with the
house. But how about marrying an old
maid? I've been one a good many years
now, you know.
Never to me, my dear; never to me.
can see the same pink and white skin,
the brown wayy hair, and the bright,
dark eyes that used to shine out from
the little straw hat long, long ago.
The fire died down, but they did not
care, for they had gone back into the
warm land of youth and springtime,
and the room was full Of rainbows and
apple blossoms. Boston Post.
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sIMILIA sIMlLlBUs cURANTUR.

Now this here ''pome" is writ for fun
Neastways, it's not for money!,
And when with reading it you've done
You'll vote it awful funny.
Besides, what's more, it's very clear,
As shall appear hereafter,
There's naught for giving health that.
near
AS good as killing laughter.
But just read on, and when you've done
You'll find yourself much better.
My muse will make you die with fun
If | will only let her.
Leastways, you'll have perfect fit
Laugh here) as said the tailor,
If her exhaustless well of wit
Doesn't dry up and fail her.
Ny jokes can't fail to make you well.
For they are simply killing
laugh here), surprising philter's spell
For hearts distempers' shilling.
Don't see the point2 Laugh all the same
The jokes on you'll Now snicker)
If you Il just follow up the game,
You'll die with mirth the quicker.
Some say this life's but one huge joke,
If people only knew it.
Now, here just double up and choke
And you will never rue it,
Now, dom take time to catch your breath
But roar and scream with laughter,
And how I've tickled you to death
may explain hereafter.
Emile Pickhardt In Boston Globe
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-08-17
FREAKS BECOMING SCARCE
So Say Dime Museum Men, but They Ar
Looking For a StartIer.

So Say Dime Museum Men, but They Are
Looking For a Startler.
eff freaks become any scarcer, said
a dime museum proprietor a few days
ago, "a good many Of us will have to
go out of the business. 1 never in my
life saw such a slump. Eight or ten
years ago we could get all the freaks
and curiosities we wanted-real ones,
too, and no fakes. We've got agents
securing the world for them, but they
are as scarce as straw berries at Christ
mas time.
''I'll give you pointer" said an
other man in the same line of business
and who was one of the party of three.
IF you can secure the freak have in
mind, you can quit the business as rich
as Barney Barnato ever was.
why don't you grab it yourself?'
asked the first speaker
Cant. If could, you'd never have
heard of it. .
"What is it?'
"No, not what is it?' That's an old
one. The freak I've been looking for
can't be located. I've tried for him and
know"
Lets have it, said the other impa-
tiently.
''The veteran printer that didn't
stick type with Horace Greeley"
II didn't think you were going to
spring miracle on me, said the other
as he ordered three of kind. New
York Commercial
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A Good Reason.

The general passenger agent Of one
of the Chicago trunk lines received a
letter from Kansas man the other day
requesting pass for himself to Chicago
and return. There was nothing about
the letter to indicate that the writer
had any claim whatsoever to the courte-
sy he requested, but the railway man
thought that perhaps the Kansan bad
some connection with the road in some
way, possibly as local freight agent.
So he wrote back, please state explio-
lily ON what account you request trans
portation By return mail came this
reply, 'I've got to go TO Chicago some
way, and | don't want to walk. "-Ex-
change
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weeping. Il was right when l said
that you would not love me any more.
That is just like you men. And you re-
proach us for being capricious. .
Louise, I beg you to forgive me. l
curse my jealousy-my foolishnessr'
$50 you really are regretting the
weakness with which acceded to your
caprice?'
81 am desolate and full of remorse. -
You recognize the cruelty of your
unreasonable request?"
II will reproach myself for it all my
life. -
Would you be happy if had dis
obeyed your"
81 would give anything for that. "
The little countess gave burst of
laughter, which showed all her teeth
complete
what does this mean?" asked M. de
Beauchamp, holding in his fingers the
medallion In which was incased as a
souvenir the little pearl of the sacrifice.
The countess opened the mouth of
Nito, saying:
Here is the victim
"Ah," cried M de Beauchamp
"You never loved me. !" - Waverley
Magazine.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-08-17
OLD TIME SWEETNESS GONE

Molasses Is Now Made Into Rum and
Brown Sugar Can't Be Bought.
"The old fashioned molasses is rapid
ly disappearing as an article Of COM
merce, " said a prominent grocer, land
in its place have come a number of
sirups which are more costly and by
no means as satisfactory, especially to
the little ones, who delight, as we did
when we were young, in having 'lasses
on their bread. Most of the molasses
goes into the distilleries, where it is
made into rum, for which, notwith-
standing the efforts of our temperance
workers, the demand is constantly ON
the increase, especially in the New
England states and for the export trade
The regular drinker of rum will take no
other liquor in its place if he can help
it. 1t seems to reach the spot more di-
rectly than any other dram.
"The darker brown sugars have also
disappeared, and they are not likely to
return, owing to the methods Of boiling
and the manufacture. GRADUATED sugar
is of the same composition, as far as
SdOCudIlu6 QUALITIES are concerned, as
loaf, cut loaf cube and crushed and
differs from them only in that its crys-
tails do not cohere. This is because it is
constantly stirred during the process of
capitalization. The lighter brown sug-
ars taste sweeter than the white, for
the reason that there is some molasses
in them. Housekeepers have difficulty
these days in finding coarse, dark sug-
ars, which are always preferred for use
in putting up sweet pickles, making
cakes and similar uses. AS they cannot
get brown sugar any more, it may be
well for them to remember that they
can simulate brown sugar by adding a
teaspoonful of molasses to each quarter
of pound of the white granulated sug-
ar. This combination does as we'll in
all household recipes that call for
brown sugar as the article itself, and
besides it saves them a great deal OF
hunting for brown sugar, which, as
said before, has disappeared from the
market '-Eastport SentiRGl.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-08-17
THE DECORATIVE JAPANESE
Home Ways of Summer Life Among the
Mikados People.

Home Ways of Summer Life Among the
Mikado's People.
Gardens excepted, there are no out
ward manifestations of the old poetry
of Japanese life so remarkable as those
summer houses occupying all the pic
turesque sites of the country. Wherever
there is view worth going to see you
will almost certainly find summer
house built to command it, no matter
how wild or poor the district.
You will find summer houses cling
ing to sea cliffs over the thunder of
breakers, nesting i'll shadows of gorges
over the roaring of rapids, strutted out
over the precipice fronts like eagles
nests at the verge of dead craters, for
in Japan there will always be summer
guests wherever there is summer beauty,
travellers happy to please their eyes
and rest their feet and to leave some
ooppers in payment for the privilege of
the vision and the repose
The summer house at which I am
now staying is typical of the class, a
skeleton structure of two stories, simply
and strongly built after the manner of
peasants dwellings and at cost Of
perhaps $50. Timber is cheap here. On
the other side of Japan such a build
ing could not be put up for $500. 1t
stands on the edge of lofty cliff and
overlooks a little bay near ancient
Moinoseki From ground floor to roof
it is open on three sides, and ON the
seaward side shelter from the sun and
wind is given by trees rooted in the
cliff below, but towering far above the
eaves-enormous pines, with branches
many feet in girth. Between the zig
Gags of those mighty limbs there are
glimpses of the sea and fishing sails
Canvas or straw fitting like white or
yellow butterflies, and the far pale
thread line of the Hozi coast, and Dia-
sens cone thrusting into the clear sky
like some prodigious blue crystal, or,
looking directly down over the needle
foliage of younger pines, you see the
whipping of the bay and bathers laugh
ing among the rocks, and children play
ing with seaweed and shells You view
the world as a fishhawk views it,
though presume with vastly different
sensations. After swim it is delight
full to sleep here, the sharp, sweet sea
wind in your hair. You are furnished
with a bathing dress, sandals, big
straw hat of curious shape to keep off
the sun, barley tea and cakes, smok-
ing box and pillow, and the price Ter
day of this entertainment is-3 centsl
The guest is expected to bring his own
food with him and to provide himself
with towels -Lafcadio Hearn in At
lantic Monthly.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-08-17

The value attached by the poor, and
even by those who are not in the depths
of poverty, to decent surroundings in
family life is very variable quantity.
Decent lodging is not by any means
universally regarded as one of tine prime
necessaries of life. Occasionally it is
relegated to quite back seat
An instance was given before the
commission of family of seven per
sons-father, mother two grown up sons
and three grown up daughters-all liv-
ing in one room. With them this ar
rangement was matter of choice, not
necessity, for they earned between them
about 81 week, more than $3.50 a
year, and even from a slum landlord
they could no doubt have afforded to
rent another room or two Having
screwed down the item of rent to an
irreducible minimum, they determined
to have a thoroughly good time, and this
is how the witness describes their pro-
ceedings: ''In the evening they would
all 60 eut to the music halls and to the
theaters On Saturday afternoon they
would take five tickets each for some
omnibus or conveyance that was going
into the country, and ON Sunday they
would go to Brighton and to other
places. 1t is comforting 10 reflect that
these Arcadian beings were a unit
ed family and always took their pleas
ure together as we'll as their maps. It
is not stated whether they took in
dodgers. From ''The Housing Of the
English Poor, " by the Right Hon. Lord
Monkswell, in North American Review.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-08-17
BIunders of NoveI,sts.

Will M. Clemens catalogues in The
Home Magazine some of the blunders
of foreign novelists, few of which we
reproduce:
"Thackeray, who was exceedingly
anxious to get everything right, was
perpetually getting things wrong.
Names are mixed. the hero is sometimes
called by the name of one of the other
characters, and in at least one place an
important parsonage is called by name
from another novel This was Philip
Firmin, whom he called Olive New
come. Nor was this his worst blunder,
for in another story he killed and bur
led old Lady Kew and later brought her
again on the scene for the purpose of
rounding off corner of the story.
"Thackeray, in his 'Virginians,
makes Nine. Esmond of Castlewood, in
Westmoreland county, a neighbor Of
Washington at Mount Vernon, on the
Potomac, 90 miles distant, and regu-
lar attendant at public worship at Will
liamsburg, half way between the York
and James rivers, fully 125 miles from
Mount Vernon. In the same book occurs
the following: There was such negro
chorus about the house as might be
heard across the Potomac The nearest
bank Of the Potomac was 81 miles
away.
Anthony Trollope was heartily
laughed at by his acquaintance for
causing Andy Scott to come whistling
up the street with a cigar in his mouth. ;
But what is a slight error of this sort in
comparison with Amelia B. Edwards
description, in Hand and Glove, of
her hero passing backward and forward
like an overseer on Massachusetts cot
ton plantation.
George Eliot, whose knowledge of
science Is highly commended, in The
Mill on the Floss makes the odd blum
der of having the boat overtaken in
midstream by mass of drift floating at
D more rapid rate than the frail craft
a physical impossibility.
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A BEAUTY.

Red as rubies her lips are,
Each check like a rose
That's a-blossom beside her
Dear nondescript nose.
We pronounce her beauty,
In spite of the fact
That her pate's just at present
An all but bare tract.
Her mouths like rosebud
That can't be gainsaid-
Though tbs true that she hasn't
A tooth in her head.
Though teeth couldn't improve her,
She'll get them. Her nose
And her locks viii be longer
When Tootsikins grows.
But, oh, dear, will she ever
Again be so sweet
As she is now, baby,
Her world at her feetS
Boston Globe.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-08-17

In the British museum, London, the
museum of the Academy of Science at
Paris, the National museum at Vienna ana
In the several institutions for the advance
ment Of science there may DO seen speci-
mems Of birds eggs which are almost as
large as two gallon jug. These eggs
were laid by the epiornis, an extinct and
gigantic bird Of Madagascar.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-08-17
HE COULD FORGIVE HER.
For In His Opinion Mrs. SiddOns Did Not
Marry an Actor.

For In His Opinion Mrs. siddons Did Not
Marry an Actor.
Mrs. Siddons, the actress, was born
in 1855 at the Shoulder of Mutton inn,
Breoon, South Wales, of parents con-
nected with the theater, her father,
Roger Kemble, being strolling man
ager The child Sarah, was reared in a
theatrical atmosphere, and at 10 she
was playing Ariel
As she grew up she became very
beautiful and had many admirers,
among whom was Henry Siddons, q
young actor in her fathers company,
who had little difficulty in winning the
girls heart. Mr.. and Mrs. Eemble had
made up their minds that Sarah should
not marry in the profession, in conse.
quenoe of which they strenuously op.
posed the marriage, and young Siddons,
in fit of retaliatory humor, composed
a song detailing their opposition and
his trials, which brought about his
speedy dismissal from the company
Sarah left the company, too, and hired
out as lady's maid in Warwiekshire fol
two years.
During this time the lovers carried or
lively correspondence and finally,
gaining the reluctant consent of the
Kembles, were married at Trinity
church, Coventry, in 1878, when Sarah
was IS.
1t is said that Mr.. Kemble told her il
she ever married an actor it would
make him discard her forever. After
her marriage he said, i may forgive
you without breaking my word, for you
have certainly not married an actor,
whatever the gentleman himself may
think is his vocation. This is on au.
thority of Lady Eleanor Butler, who
knew the persons. St Louis Globe
Democrat
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-08-17
cereal Cofree DRINKERS BEwAREl

II you have been deceived and tried one of
the cheap bran substitutes now on the market
claiming to be the origin and to have great
food value, and you got pound of poorly
roasted bran or your 25c. and poor, weak;
ickish drink (what you expect from
b RAM, don't be discouraged but try GRAIN-O.
1t is made from solid grain, nicely Drowned
an pounds for 2Sc Grain-o takes the place
gro Ger to-day.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-08-17

1t is said that the sulphur mines near
Buckley, Wash, were discovered by a
camper, whose fire ON rock gave rise
to such fumes that he was forced to
move long distance to escape suffoca-
ton.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-08-17

Within the last decade the population
of Europe has increased by about 3d.
900, 600, of whom Russia contributed
10, $40, 900 and France only $1,000.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-08-17

In Sydney newspaper lately there
was this advertisement: Wanted, a
man able to teach French and the piano
and to look after bull. .
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GEORGE D. WORRELL,
Cor. Mill and Pine sts., Mount Holly.

LAW OFFICES OF
CHARLES g. COE,
TEMPLE COURT.
New York, March 1, ls9;
Mr.. GEORGE d. WoRRELL,
Dear Sir 81 am informed by my client
the Sunlight Incandescent Lamp Co., that the
attorney for the WeIsbach Light Company
has sent you circular letter, asserting that
the Sunlight IncaD descent burner is an in
fringement of the patents-owned by the Wells
bach Light Company.
At the request of the Sunlight. Company,
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 or manner the pat
ents or rights OF the Welsbach Light Co., and
| am fully confident that you or any of the
customers of the Sunlight Company will moi
be held responsible or liable in any way tC
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 Oh
to any sellers or users of said Sunlight burn
ers or mantles. Yours truly,
CHARLES G. CoE,
Attorney for Sunlight Incan
4 descent Gas Lamp Co.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-08-17

Not SO very long ago man took a
girl and her chaperon to the theater.
circumstances, it so happened, COM
PEELED him to dress hurriedly, and he
thus found himself at the box office
minus any money in his pockets except
just enough for one seat This was high
ly embarrassing, of course. but there
was no help for it, so the man went to
the girl and told her his predicanent.
''Oh, that's all right" said the girl.
Il have plenty of money with me, so
III just pay for the other two seats. /"
And she handed her purse to the man,
who over and over again thanked his
stars that he was with such a practical,
sensible sort of person.
Now, the play that night was humor-
Gus, distinctly So 1t did not deal in
horse play, but it relied upon delicate
little subtleties Of dialogue and situa-
ton to supply it with fun, which sub
tleties were not, of course, perceivable,
except to those blessed with a very keen
sense Of humor. This, however, was just
what the girl with the man was. Be-
S@0Oo AOA PAONVASO4 kOOu oCA5t Sic uAu
plenty of humor, and she therefore
found much enjoyment in parts of the
performance that the man could see no
fun in at all. Perhaps it was that he
was still smarting too much from the
awkward predicament at the box office
to see fun in anything. Perhaps a gull
ty conscience made him suspect that not
all the girls merriment was directed at
the stage-there are times, you know,
when you want TO laugh so badly that
almost anything will do to laugh at
but at all events he was i'll at ease. At
last the girl broke forth into perfect
peals at something that none of the rest
OF the audience smiled at. 1t was the
last straw. Turning to the girl, the man
remarked, I'm afraid you're laughing
at my expense +" ''Oh, no, indeed, .
said the girl, "I'm laughing at mine. -.
Nav York Sup
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-08-17

There are 1876 rooms in Castle How
ard. the Earl of Carlisle's seat, near
Nation, Yorks. When it was refur-
nished some years ago, 40 suits of new
furniture were required.