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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-02-16
DETECTED THE REPEATERs.
Innocent Fishhooks Which Caused Whole
sale Arrest of Voters.

Innocent Fishhooks Which Caused Whole
sale Arrest of Voters.
During the reconstruction times in
Alabama, just after the late civil war,
all of the state and county offices were
administered by the Republicans This
was from 1866 to 1874, when the Dem
ocrats again secured control of the gov
eminent and have held it ever since.
The election of George S. Houston, a
Democrat, as governor in 1874 was one
Of the hottest ever held in the state, and
many were the tricks practiced on both
sides in that election. Possibly the most
novel was a device put into operation at
Mobile. Repeaters were common in
those days, and this device was used by
the Democrats to catch the negroes, who
had learned the repeating trick. All of
the negroes voted the Republican ticket
then.
On the election day mentioned the
polling places were opened, and the vot-
ing commenced. The Democratic cleo
ton officers at the boxes had secured a
stock of small fishhooks with which to
carry out their new plan. Whenever a
negro voted, an officer stuck hook in
the voters vest front, where it could be
plainly seen. After having exercised his
constitutional right of voting, "Cuffy"
proceeded to another polling place and
sought to vote a second time. He was
thereupon arrested and put in Jail upon
a charge of fraud The scheme worked
like charm. By noon 175 negroes had
been arrested and jailed. The whole
sale arrests SO frightened the negroes
who had not voted that they refrained
from going to the polls that day, and
the Democrats won the election. Chi
cago Times Herald.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-02-16
In Cold Weather.

Rural New Yorker says:
A coal oil lantern under the robe
when driving during very cold weather
will furnish an agreeable surprise to
any one that has not already tried it
by the amount of comfort it affords.
The flame should be kept about half
height. Let's make ourselves comforta-
BILE whenever possible During this nip
ping weather exposed portions of the
body like the nose, ears or fingers may
be frozen. The following precautions
should be needed: To thaw part that
is frozen apply mixture of snow and
water. Dry snow may be of tempera-
ture SO much below freezing as to freeze
the part still more. Another precaution
that is proper to observe is not to rub
the part while it is frozen.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-02-16
CONSUMPTION.
The Conditions Which Invite Foothold
of This Dread Disease.

OF ms bread Disease.
The germs of this disease cannot OBJ
tain foothold until the resistive pow
ers Of the tissues have been reduced.
There must be not only the seed, but the
soil. This impaired power Of resistance
may be the result OF heredity, and this
influence i'll the causation of disease is
seldom shown to better advantage than
in the history of consumption. There
have been instances in which single
case introduced into long and sound
ancestry has Initiated the stock forever.
How unfortunate that such matters
are so little considered in marrying and
giving in marriage! 1t is not that the
disease is inherited, but the vulnerable
tissues, the feeble resistive powers, rem
der the offspring an easy prey to the
ubiquitous bacillus. This weakness often
shows itself by tendency to become i'll
from slight causes a sickness not by
any means to be COMPOUNDED with merely.
lack of robustness or strength. One
organ or part of the body, frequently
the mucous membrane, is usually more
prone to become affected, and the begin
ming of the disease can often be traced
to an attack of some slight ailment.
Not only the children of consumptive
parents may show these characteristics,
but also those of parents generally en-
feebled, or whose ages are widely sepa-
rated, or who are closely related by blood,
or of mother who has previously borne
a number in quick succession Even
when heredity is sound the same condi-
ton is sometimes induced by coddling,
by improper feeding, by attacks of acute
disease or by want and distress In
growing children bad carriage of body
may act injuriously by contracting and
reforming the chest. The stopped posi-
ton which boys sometimes assume in
bicycle riding should be discouraged for
this reason. L. Russell, M.
D., in Popular Science Monthly.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-02-16
Fancies and Fallacies.

''Plant beans with the eye down. :"
On the envelopes inclosing lima beans
bought of most seedsmen in the United
States the purchaser is advised to plant
with the eye down to insure successful
vegetation. An American Agriculturist
correspondent in this connection writes !:
Having never followed this advice in
a successful experience of 40 years, the
following experiment was made last
spring in two adjacent hills In one,
ten beans were carefully placed with
the eye down. In the other, ten were
dropped in the usual way except that
care was taken to have none with the
eye down. Seven plants came IN the
hill i'll which the beans were planted
with the eye down, while every bean
produced plant in the other. "Plant
potatoes with cut side down" When a
boy, assisting in my fathers garden,
was required, at the cost of much wasted
energy, to carefully place each piece of
potato with the cut side down. When
planted my first crop, the potatoes were
dropped like corn, and to the expressed
surprise of the old planters a perfect
stand was secured
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-02-16

The rural south, especially in the old
er portions, is, economically speaking,
far from progressive, and what was once
the single occupation of the southern
gentleman is now the last that he would
voluntarily assume. In the rich valley
and on the grazing lands of southwest
Virginia, in parts of Georgia and in the
blue grass region of Tennessee farming
pays fairly, owing to the greater thrift
of the inhabitants and to the fertility of
the soil, but, on the whole, the progress
of the new south, like that of the rest of
the country, certainly has not taken this
direction 1t is through its urban de-
velopment only that the section has
justly earned its sobriquet
New cities like Roanoke, Va, have
sprung up on ground that 90 years ago
was parceled into farms. Antebellum
villages have become large cities, as in
the case of Atlanta and Chattanooga
Old towns like Nashville and Richmond
have taken fresh lease of life and be-
come rich and progressive A new rail
road has made the fortune of this place,
a new textile or other industry has
caused the growth of that. And all this
progress has been due to the abolition of
slavery and to the destruction of prop
erty caused by the civil war The south
erner of the last 80 years has simply
had to work in order to live, and, like
the rest of the world, he has preferred
the town to the country. w. P. Trent
in Atlantic
Grant and Hancock at Night Alarm.
When Hancock's headquarters were
reached, the party remained with him
for some time, awaiting the arrival of
the head of Warren's troops. Hancock's
wound received at Gettysburg had not
thoroughly healed, and he suffered such
Inconvenience from it when in the sad
die that he had applied for permission
to ride in a spring ambulance while ON
the march and when his troops were not
in action. He was reclining upon one
of the seats of the ambulance, convers-
ing with General Grant, who had dis
mounted and was sitting ON the ground
with his back against tree, whiting
a stick, when the sound of firing broke
forth directly in front. Hancock sprang
up, seized his sword, which was lying
near him, buckled it around his waist
and cried, my horse, my horsep' The
scene was intensely dramatic and re-
called wildly to the bystanders the cry
of Richard III on the field of Bosworth
Grant listened moment without chang
ing his position or ceasing his whiting
and then remarked: "They are not fight
ing The firing is all on one side. It
takes two sides to start fight. . In
few minutes the firing died away, and
it was found that the enemy was not
advancing The incident fairly Illus
trates the contrast in the temperaments
of these two distinguished soldiers. -
General Horace Porter in Century.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-02-16
THE LONGFELLoW STATUE.
A Fitting Memorial of the Poet at Port
land, His Birthplace,

"A fIttng memorial OF the Poet at Port
land, His Birthplace.
One of the best instances Of what the
statue of any great man should beat
any rate, in the respect of its situation,
its perspective with regard to other me-
MORALS and the local estimation in
which it is held-is the statue of Long
fellow at Portland, by Mr.. Franklin
Simmons 1t is a dignified seated figure
of the poet in bronze, occupying con-
spicuous site in the best part Of the
town, in the middle of a square which
is now known as Longfellow square
The statue was raised few years ago
by fund solicited through a wide field,
but chiefly obtained, l believe, in Port
land. The sculptor was chosen through
that curious local spirit which has af-
fected unfavorably many of our archi-
tectural and other monuments He was
avowedly selected because he was
Maine man." though he had never
seen the poet. However, the result in
this case seems to have been happy The
statue has much beauty, and the like
ness is said to be excellent.
This statue stands in the poet native
town, as is entirely proper. 1t may APP
peal every day to the eyes of thousands
of young people, born very much as he
was born, who should see in it the sug-
gestion of possibility for them. Poetic
ally it makes the stranger fancy the
genius or spirit of the man still hnger-
ing among the scenes of his youth, and
1t symbolizes the satisfaction which ev-
cry man feels to have his name remem-
bered in his native town.. E. Cham
berlin in Atlantic.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-02-16

Paine's celery compound is working
miracles in the cure of disease!
So says recent article by the foremost
medical essayist in Boston.
Nothing shows more conclusively," he
adds, 'the astonishing capability of Paine's
celery compound than the thoughtful,
open minded class of people who use it
and recommend it. both in public and
among their closest! and dearest friends
and relatives. Among US (physicians)
there is no longer any hesitancy in recon-
mending this greatest remedy without
stint of praise"
About the same time the above article
was published their appeared in the Bos-
ton Journal. the following letter from
David K. Chaser of 452 Windsor ST.,
Cambridgeport, suburb of Boston:
81 take great pleasure in testifying to
the extraordinary merits of Paine's celery
compound. For some time past l have
been under the treatment of two we'll
known local doctors, but their combined
efforts proved of no avail. l have been
for years a harsh skeptic in regard to adj
vertised medicines, but having suffered
excruciating pains in the head, which
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-02-16
THE ORIENTAL PEDDLER.
The Hawker of the East Adopts the Gam
bling system.

DllnS SysUems
The hawker of the east is picturesque
in costume and of many nationalities.
His sunny smile and white, cleaning
teeth are Of the very essence of the blue
sky overhead. He does not stand still in
the street and appeal to passersby to buy
his wares He fits from cafe to cafe and
interviews loungers smoking their mar
giles in the open air. He adopts the
gambling system as being a more direct
appeal to human passions. In his hand
he carries lucky bag. When he enters
a cafe, he invites you to dip your hand
in the bag and try your luck for pair Of
live turkeys, beautiful Egyptian shawl
shimmering with gold or silver en-
broidery, or some other of the many
ornaments peculiar to the east. 1t is diff
cult to resist his persuasive eloquence.
The method Of procedure is this: In
his lucky bag the hawker carries 400
numbers The figures are neatly inscrib-
ed on small slips of stiff paper. These
are rolled and curled up in the lucky
bag, which resembles a pillow case more
than anything else When the peddler
enters the cafe, his quick eye soon de-
tects a likely customer. To start by do
ing trade will greatly enhance his
chances with others. Terms are arrang-
ed, say three tries for a half franc.
Then you guess, perhaps three times, at
the lucky number, say between 100 and
100, as arranged.
On drawing the first number you pay
down your half franc Of course the
odds are very much against you. The
hawkers in Cairo and Alexandria make
a very fair harvest when these cities are
full. AS much as 10 to 18 francs for
turkey which costs francs is pretty
good profit Somebody, of course, wins
it in the long run
The articles disposed of in this way
comprise boxes of splendid peaches and
other fruits soap, flowers in great va
riety, plants and the beautiful poin-
settia, turkeys and other live stock,
game in season, fish, dates, a great va
riety of ornaments, cunning devices in
clocks furniture, etc.
There is another side to the picture
The eastern hawker would not be con-
tent with the mere gamble for lucky
number without exercising his natural
ingenuity. While he is talking to
would be ''fiutterer'' he drops his hand
into the bag and begins shaking up the
numbers. These, it should be explained,
are made up in patches of tens and
twenties, which are composed of
slightly different qualities of paper. In
the bag is false bottom So delicate is
Hassan or Adults touch that he can
distinguish one bitch from the other
with his hand. Instantly you select your
numbers he switches them off into the
reserved compartment. You may easily
be tricked half dozen times in this
way without knowing it. The face of
the hawker ON such occasions is a study. |
Never for moment does he relax his
to you. His smile is sunny as
the eastern morn. His respectful gra-
ciousness never leaves him. Pearson 8
Magazine.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-02-16
Tour to Old Point Comfort, Richmond, and
Washington.

Tour to Old Point Comfort, Richmond, and
Washington.
A delightful personally conducted tour
allowing two days at Old Point Comfort,
one at Richmond, and two at Washington
will leave New York and Philadelphia
February 20 via the Pennsylvania Rail
road. This tour covers peculiarly inter.
esting territory, the quiet beauty of Old
Point, the historic monuments of Rich
mond, and the ever-interesting depart
ments and institutions of the National
Capital
Tickets, including transportation, meals
en- route in both directions, transfers of
passengers and baggage, hotel accommo-
daticns at Old Point Comfort, Richmond,
and Washington, and carriage ride about
Richmond-in fact every necessary ex-
pense for period of six days-will g
sold at rate $500 from New York, Brook
Ign, aud Newark, $1,000 from Trenton,
$4,000 from Philadelphia, and proportion
ate rates from other stations.
Tickets will also be sold to Old Point
Comfort and return direct by regular
trains within six days, including transport
tation, luncheon on going trip, and one
and three-fourths days board at Old
Point, at rate of $1,000 from New York,
Brooklyn. and Newark, $500 from Tren-
ton, $l4.00 from Philadelphia. and proper
tionate rates from other stations.
Apply to ticket agencies, Tourist Agent,
1876 Broadway, New YORK. or Geo w.
Boyd, Assistant General Passenger Agent,
Broad Street Station, Philadelphia.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-02-16
A PSALM oE LEE.

Through the wild babel Of our fever'd time
The song Of Homer cometh, grave and stern,
With tidings from the worlds fresh, healthy
prime
Tidings which our worn, wearied age con-
Germ.
Unchanged, through all the long, unnumber'd
years,
The voice of Homer sings the song divine,
Which tells Of godlike tolls, Of heroes tears
And of the punishment of Priam's line.
The battle in the plain is raging yet;
The watch fires blaze; the beak'd ships line
the shore.
For us the foe in grim array is set.
All, but do we fight as they fought Of yore9
For we, too, like the heroes long ago,
Must wage slow wars and sail the bitter sea-
Fierce is the conflict, loud the tempests blow,
And the waves roar and rage increasingly.
Still must we wander DER the stormy main,
'Twixt rocks and whirlpools dread passage
make,
Still must the sirens sing to us in vain,
Still from the tolls of Circe must we break.
Turn. then, to Homers psalm Of life and see
How they endured whose pilgrimageis done
And hear the message they have left for thee
Only by patience is the victory won.
-Macmillan's Magazine
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-02-16
A scheme For Irrigation.

Dreer, in his book on glass gardening,
describes scheme for irrigation in OPP
Grafton at Belmont, Mass There is an
elevated Q inch central pipe running the
length of the field and held up by iron
posts made of pipe. AT points about IS
feet apart cross pipes reach out, with a
revolving sprinkler at the end of each.
A water pressure of 20 pounds to the
square inch is used. and go sprinklers
are run at one time. OF course this is
used on very rich ground, where large
crops of fresh vegetables are expected.
1t would not be practicable for farm
culture, but for gardening it is the best
imitation of genuine rain one is like
y to find.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-02-16
GROWING MUSHROOMS.
MsEhods Practiced by Pennsylvania Pro
ducers of This Esculent.

Methods Practiced by Pennsylvania Pro-
ducers of This Esculent.
Growing mushrooms is a simpler
thing than many suppose. Mushrooms,
in point Of fact, can be raised in va
riety of situations besides under the
greenhouse benches. Any person with a
cellar, stable, clubhouse or pit where an
even temperature of 90 to Go degrees can
be maintained can grow them. At least
this is the statement of Pennsylvania
grower who submitted his methods to
state club not long ago. The Philadel-
phia Ledger reported on his address as
follows:
The usual method is to make hot
bed foot or more in depth of fresh ma
nure from the horse stable and plant
the mushroom spawn in this medium;
then cover the bed with about two
inches of good garden soil. In from five
to six weeks the mushrooms will COM
menoe to appear, and the bed will keep
on bearing for months Care must be
taken that the manure is fresh and that
it is prepared by two or three turnings,
at intervals of 48 hours, to bring it
down to the proper temperature previous
to making it into the bed. After the bed
is formed to the proper depth it is beaten
down firmly and left alone for day or
SO. The temperature will commence to
rise at first, but will not remain long
above 100 degrees. As soon as it falls
again to 80 degrees or below the bed
should be spawned.
The mushroom spawn is sold in bricks
or cakes, and these have to be broken
into pieces the size of walnut and in
serted in the manure just under the sur
face at intervals of about nine inches,
and then the bed is pressed down and
smoothed over. The covering of soil is put
on about eight or ten days after spawn
ing. All the growers consider this in
terval important If the bed were cover
ed Immediately, it would cause the ma
nure to heat again to above 80 degrees
and kill the spawn, but after the eighth
Or tenth day there is no danger
A bed may be made of any size, large
or small, as the mushrooms will grow
equally well in either. The beds may
No AhutO OL OIO hOOl anu l1nO VI IluSOOit
against the wall, about three feet wide
and of any desired length. The mush-
room thrives best in an even, moist tenn
perature of 81 degrees, and where this
can be maintained there will be no diff
Guilty in raising plenty of mushrooms.
They can be grown from October to
May indoors and outdoors in ridges
protected by boards during April, May,
June, September, October and Novem-
Der. An out of doors pit or cellar would
be an excellent place to grow this crop,
but it would require artificial heat dur
ing the winter months, except during
mild weather. The pipes would go in
the first thing, of course-say four inch
hot water pipes around the pit. Make
flooring above the pipes about four
inches clear and build the bed on this
in the usual way. The best guidebooks
on this subject are Mushrooms How
to Grow Them" by William Falconer,
and Mushroom Culture, by William
Robinson, the latter being an English
work. The former was written for the
climatic conditions of the United States.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-02-16
marx rWain on interviewing.

Mark Twain does not like to be inter-
viewed. His opinion of the literary
ability of the average interviewer is not
at all f1attering to the latter either. In
talk with Rudyard Kipling, Mark
Twain once said: II think the poorest
article | ever wrote and destroyed was
better worth reading than any interview
with me that ever was published. I
would like just once to interview N.Y.
self, so as to show the possibilities of
the interview. "-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-02-16
The Sunreme Court.

''The judges of the United States
courts have, with rare exceptions, been
men of excellent legal ability and of
high character" writes ex-President
Harrison in The Ladies' Home Journal.
THE bar has sometimes complained
that judges were arbitrary and not al
ways as suave and respectful in their
treatment of the members of the bar as
they ought to be- Perhaps there has
been in particular cases ground for such
complaints, but the cases have been
few. Manifestations of rudeness and
passion are inexcusable in judge He
must be deferential if he expects defer
ence. He should be patient and even
tempered, for the case is sure to go his
way in his own court. And, on the 9TH
er hand, the bar should always give its
powerful aid to support the influence Of
the courts for the judicial department
is the keystone of our government and
assaults upon it threaten the whole
structure of the stately arch. -