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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-12-15

1t all right that this lady snouIu
be allowed to touch her own property,
Mr.. Warner, said he. "What asked
OF the sentry was that 70 one else
should disturb her things. Pray don't
ATTEMPT to rull that box out yourself,
MRS. mean Miss O'Meara. You'll
ruin your fine gloves. Let some of the
men, or let me. I'm used to rough work
even to dirty work sometimes -
He laid firm hold of the strap handle
nearest him, but carefully inspected the
remains of the trunk to assure himself
that the bottom and the iron bands were
sound. But when he pulled, though
ever so gently, the sides seemed ready
to come away.
cts no use, Miss O'Meara,' - he said.
"What you should have done was to
take all your valuables when you drove
out last night. You had plenty of room
in the buggy for the trays of both trunks
in your laps, and you only took the one.
It's too bad. -
The woman stood staring at him with
dilated eyes. Her face turned sickly
gray. The two with her gazcd first at
her, then in stupefaction at the detect
i've.
"What does the man mane?" asked
one of them, suddenly finding voice
"sure you towld us1ou'd never come
back last night BriVset." 1t was Mrs.
Gregg's Kate who spoke, the widow of
an old trooper who had served and died
in the regiment and left her as aNegacy
to his captains family. Sure, Mr..
Warner, the gentleman's joking?'
"Ask Miss O'Meara, said Mr.. Cook
blandly.
"Joking?" she stammered. cts lying
foul mouthed lying! Sure never came
near the post till this blessed day.
The gale blew away your memory
with some of your hair, Miss o 'Meara, .
said Cook blandly as ever, producing
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-01-04
That ws. why.

They were out for a stroll. She no
ticed her husband throw glance at her
and then look about the ground in q
very decided manner, as though IN
search of something. He appeared per-
picked.
"What is the matter, James?" she
inquired, beginning to feel anxious.
Have you lost anything?"
81 am looking to see if / can find out
why it is, . was his response. 1T is in
comprehensive to me, and should like
to have it explained.
"What is it?' she asked quietly. She
began to grasp the situation. She had
had similar experiences and meant to get
even at the first chance.
IT can't understand why you are
holding your skirt with one hand Your
dress ism t long and a careful look round
fails to reveal any sign of mud. 1t
hasn' It rained for a week.
"Oh, that is easily explainedP' re-
turned the lady sweetly. 81 do that be-
cause have no trousers pocket to stuff
it into.
He muttered something about its be-
ing useless to talk to a woman, took his
hands out of his pockets and swung
them about to the inconvenience Of the
pedestrians Pearson S Weekly.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-01-04
machinery and Modern Farming.

The smallest implement upon big
wheat farm is a plow. And from the
plow to the elevator-from the first
operation in wheat farming to the last
One is forced to realize how the spirit
of the age has made itself felt here and
has reduced the amount of human labor
to the minimum. The man who plows
uses his muscle only incidentally in
guiding the machine The man who
operates the harrow has half dozen
levers to Tighten his labor. The "sower
who goeth forth to SOW, walks leisure
ly behind drill and works brakes. The
reaper needs quick brain and quick
hand, but not necessarily a strong arm
nor powerful back. He works sitting
down.
The thrashers are merely assistants
to machine, and the men who heave
the wheat into the bins only press but
tons. The most desirable farmland is
not the fellow who can pound the
'mauling machine" most Justify at the
county fair He is the man with the
cunning brain who can get the most
work out of machine without break
ing it. The farm laborer in the west to-
day, where machinery is employed,
finds himself advanced to the ranks of
skilled labor and enjoys position not
widely different from that Of the mill
hand in the east. Each is tender of a
machine. William Allen White in
Scribner's.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-01-04
Lihooln,s ..se1tisnness.

Mr.. Lincoln once remarked to fellow
passenger on the old time mud wagon
coach ON the corduroy road which ante
dated railroads that all men were
prompted by selfishness in doing good
or evil His fellow passenger was an
tagonizing his position, when they were
passing over corduroy bridge that
spanned slough. As they crossed this
bridge and the mud wagon was shaking
like a Sucker with chills, they espied
an old razorbacked sow ON the bank of
the slough, making terrible noise be-
cause her pigs had got into the slough
and were unable to get out and in dam
ger of drowning. AS the old coach be-
gan to climb the hillside Mr.. Lincoln
called out, Driver, can't you stop just
moment2'' The driver replied, IF the
other Teller don't object. f" The "other
feller''-who was no less parsonage
than at that time Colonel E. D. Baker,
the gallant general who gave his life in
defense of Old Glory at Bali Bluf-did
not "objeot, - when Mr.. Lincoln jumped
out, ran back to the slough and began
to lift the little pigs out of the mud and
water and place them on the bank.
When he returned, Colonel Baker re-
marked, "Now, Abe, where does selfish
ness come in on this little episode?'
why, bless you soul, Ed, that was the
very essence of selfshness- / would
haye-h had no peace of mind all day had
| gone on and left that suffering old SOW
worrying over those plsp. --rst
peace of mind, don't you see2''-spr1ng-
field (Ills.) Monitor.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-01-04
Paying the Cook.

In old times to dine with nobleman
cost more in tips to the servants than a
club dinner James Payn relates that
Lord Poor, a well named Irish peer, ex-
cused himself from dining with the
Duke of Ormond upon the ground that
he could not afford it. III you will
give me the guinea have to pay your
cook (fancyD, will come as often as
you choose to ask me, = which was ac-
cordingly done The duke, however, had
not the pluck to stop the practice. Lord
Taafe, general officer in the Austrian
service, did what he could. He always
attended his guests to The door. When
they put their hands into their pockets,
he said: mo If you do give 1t, give 1t
to me. for it was / who paid for your
dinner To Sir Timothy Waldo must
be given the credit of putting an end to
the monstrous practice. After dinner
with the Duke of Newcastle he put
crown into the cooks hand. 1t was re-
jected. II do not take silver, sir. "
Every good, and / do not give gold. "
This courageous rejoinder caught on, "
and the day Of walls to cooks was over.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-01-04
SOME DAY.

Come, sit with me, love, in the cleaning
OF the firehght's flicker and flarel
Together we'll drift in our dreaming
Away from the trouble and care, ~
And the present with all its sorrow Nv
Forgotten tonight shall lie -
AS we talk of the glad tomorrow =
And the some day by and by,
OF the day of our hopes, belated,
When win from the world name,
And my thought ships decks are freighted
With honor and gold and fame.
And all that is brightest and clearest
In the wealth of the world s supply
I'll bring to your feet, my dearest,
In the some day by and by.
By blossom and bloom surrounded
Our own little nest shall stand,
The castle in clouds we founded,
The home that our hearts have planned,
Where never shade of sadness
Shall darken our sunset sky,
And life shall be joy and gladness
In the some day by and by.
But if of our dear dream stories
No tale of them ali come true,
And the sky of our grandest glories
The tempest shall hide from view,
Then, facing it, dear, together.
With never a tear or sigh,
Well wait for the clearing weather
And the some day by and by.
Joe Lincoln in L. A. W. Bulletin
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-01-04
THE STYLE OF ALDERMEN.

People Who Do Address Them as "The
Honorable" In Spite of Webster.
In none of the "ready letter writer's"
are directions given as to the prefix
which it is proper to put before the
name of an alderman, and it is for this
reason perhaps that controversy has
recently arisen One of the disputants
says:
"When writing to member of the
board of aldermen or commissioner in
one of the city departments, it is high
falutin, think, to address him with
the prefix Hon In proof of the cor
rectness of this view Of the case this
correspondent invokes the testimony Of
Webster, the dictionary compiler, who
said Of the use of "the honorable"
"An American usage 1t is title Of
courtesy merely, bestowed upon those
who hold or have held higher public Of
fees, especially governors, judges, mem
bers of congress or of the senate and
mayors.
Webster was born in Connecticut in
1853 and died in the same state in
1843, long before the establishment, as
such, of the present New York board
body was generally known as the COM
mon council, and any opinions which
he may have expressed in his dictionary
or any views which he may have enter
tanned personally on the subject of hon
orary titles in use in the United States
could have no especial bearing upon the
case of the New York aldermen, whose
fame as legislators has now spread to
confines where the name of Webster is
quite unknown.
The title alderman is derived from
the Saxon word californian, other
wise alderman or elder. 1t was title
of honor in early days in England, and
the alderman or alderman was local
functionary responding somewhat to
the present justice of the peace. In Eng
land the alderman was usually judge.
but afterward the Office came to be an
elective one, and from the English word
has come the American title alderman
so valiantly upheld by the aldermen Of
New York, who insist upon full share
of all political honors, perquisites, priv
ileges, rights advantages and immuni-
ties, and he would be a courageous man
indeed who would omit from the des-
ignation of an alderman Especially an
alderman recently elected) the title
"the honorable" The legal duties Of
aldermen are so few, their exercise is
so carefully guarded by acts of the leg
islature, that it is necessary, SO to speak,
for the aldermen to find, if the express
sion may be used without offense, work
for themselves Accordingly from time to
time resolutions are passed by the board
taking the form of ordinances which by
tacit agreement among the members it
is arranged shall not be acted upon un-
less the alderman of the district in
which the applicant or applicants reside
assents to action. In this way the pow
ers of an alderman in district are very
considerably enhanced, and in such cases
the petitioner, realizing the full force
and importance of the alderman Office,
is glad of the opportunity to address
him as "the honorable, and realizes
the futility Of another course. New
York Sun
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-01-04
SCHOOLS AND POLITICS.

4 Scheme With Real Estate Trimmings
That Won In Oregon.
Speaking of schools in relation to
politics, Z" said the ex-boomer from Ore
gon, always reminds me Of campaign
in which / was interested some years
ago. The Douglas county representative
in the Oregon state legislature, realiz-
ing that his popularity was not exceed
ingly great, had been talking of build
ing new state normal school, presum-
ably at Roseburg, the county seat and
his own home This caused great con-
sternation among the $50 inhabitants
Of the little city of Drain, who had been
profting by the courtesy title of Drain
Academy and Oregon State Normal
school,, under which the school there
had been run since 1885. The postmas-
ter, who kept a drug store and sold
school supplies. took counsel with his
sister-in-law, who dealt in millinery
and ran boarding house for students
and she sought the mayor, at whose
general merchandise emporium she was
the principal customer.
"The mayer was a man who thought
slowly, but to a purpose, and, having
set himself the task of>Sevising some
way of circumventing the member
from Roseburg, he passed the next e a9Eee
days in profound cogitation. lie con-
ceived scheme whose various elabora-
lions and rami1cations were too diver
sifed for him to handle alone, and he
came to me for help had just gained
considerable influence in the county
through backing a projected railroad to
the coast, and also as a real estate deal
er and sawmill owner With my busi-
ness methods and the mayors knowl-
edge of the conditions confronting us
our plans were soon put into operation
First. we suggested the candidacy of an
ambitious young Drainite, dealer in
leather goods and hardware, for MEM
Der of the legislature, taking all the
wind out of his opponents sails by
heartily indorsing the talk in favor of a
new normal school Meantime we had
large grain field of the mayors. which
had begun to lose its fertility on &C
count of overcultivation. surveyed into
city lots, and as soon as our candidate
had received the regular party nomina-
ton we put the town site of East Drain,
with its streets named after conspicuous
men Of the state, on the market and
gave one of its centrally located blocks
for the new normal school
"Well, everything came to pass ex-
actly as we had planned. Our candidate
was elected, and the building of the new
normal school on the site we gave was
authorized. We sold sufficient num-
Der of East Drain lots to more than pay
for the land and all expenses. The con-
tractors on the new school were men
who had aided the legislation authoriz-
ing it, and they got their supplies from
the mayor, their hardware from the
member and their lumber from me. My
mill also supplied lumber for other
buildings in East Drain, including q
new boarding house for the milliner,
who has prospered ever since. The post
masters increased business soon war
ranted his moving into one OF the two
brick buildings in the city OF Drain, and
the former dealer in leather goods and
hardware is still member of the Oregon
legislature. New York Sun.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-01-04

%, 800 Job and No Tears to Shed.
John P. Green, Ohio politician of
some note, not long ago was appointed
to fairly good place in one Of the de-
partments at Washington. At home
Green Is criminal lawyer and is
known by his success in influencing the
feelings of the jury. He weeps natural
tears at the right time, rends his hair
and does other things which successful
lawyers do. His department position
pays So, 500 year. Green told his Ohio
friends that he earned as much at home
from his practice. They thought he
ought to have had something better.
"Of course ought" said Green, land
hope to get something better, but let
me tell you this, the So, 500 get now
comes a good deal easier than the 50, 500
l earned at home. l tell you, this ching
of shedding tears and tearing your hair
before a jury is no easy business. 1t
will wear any man out If I had to
keep at it much longer, it would surely
break down my constitution. You don't
know what it means to me to get that
So, 500 without tears. Between So, 500
with tears as a practicing member Of
the bar and 50, 500 without tears in the
employ of the government choose the
latter every time" - Augusta (Ga.)
Chronicle.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-01-04
Press Women OF Louisinna.

The press women of Louisiana are
generously recognized by their brothers
of the fourth estate. At the annual
meeting of the New Orleans Press club,
recently held, it was voted to admit
women to membership. Speaking Of
this, The Daily Picayune says:
1.-The women engaged on the news
papers in New Orleans are perhaps not
the least among the great body Of work
ers, and it was a gracious recognition
Of their worth to accord them member
ship in the great newspaper league. It
is said that the New Orleans Press club
is the first in the country to admit
women to membership. The act was
characteristic of the we'll known chival-
ry of our southern craft The newspaper
women of New Orleans certainly appre-
ciate the compliment extended, and in
the press club, as on the press, will give
of their best for its success and develop
mont -
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A FAMOUS PAoToeRApAER.
Mrs. Cameron, Who Was u Friend %
Herschel and TennygOn.

Mrs. Cameron, Who Was Friend Oh
Herschel and TennySOn.
In The Century v. O. Scott O'Con-
nor has an article on "Mrs. Cameron,
Her Friends and Her Photographs.
Mr.. O'Connor says:
A feature of her personality which
at the root Of her great success q
photographer was her love of all
was beautiful. "Shs was always took
face, - as an old woman in FreshwRt6l
who remembers her put it to me.
Charles Turner said the same thing In
poet language when he told her, in the
sonnet he addressed to her on leaving
the isle of Wight NIter visit that she
Flowed all loneliness. In obedience to
this impulse she invariably stopped and
spoke to any one, however unknown,
whether in great London thoroughfare
OF village lane, whose beauty attracted
her. 81 am Mrs Cameron, " she would
say. Perhaps you have heard of me.
You would oblige me very much If you
would let me photograph you. Will you
let me do sop And by such bold and
unconventional means she prevailed on
many, absolute strangers though they
were, to sit to her.
One of her models captured in this
way was a young lady come as sum-
mer visitor to Freshwater. Mrs. Gamer
on, engrossed at that time in some re-
markably fine studies illustrative of the
"Idylls of the King, was at loss for
model for Queen Guinevere. But the
advent of the fair stranger settled all
her doubts Here was beauty suited to
her purpose, and within the hour she
had carried her off to lunch and subse-
quent photography.
The lady proved most kind and in
defatigable model. The village postman
had already been secured for King Ar
thur, and Mrs Cameron's picture OF
him in this character is one Of the best
things in the collection. A friend, going
one day to Dimbola, found the young
lady looking rather fatigued.
"Oh,' she said, with an expressive
gesture, al am SO tired.
Surprising her fatigue was the result
of long walk on a midsummer day,
nv friend made some suitable reference
to the matter, but the young Lady an
swered with smile:
"Oh, no. have not been for walk.
have been lying on the floor for the
last two hours clutching the postmaR
ankle.
Mrs Cameron, ever kind "A
selfish, possessed the faculty Of
out such qualities in others.
she died, a few months after
turn to Ceylon.
"As the day died, " her SON
Lord Tennyson, 'as the day
Sunday, January the 96th. tH
tender, gracious spirit Of our
mother passed away in peace.
death could have been more calm, mn
beautiful, than hers
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Mr.. Anthony Hope once coached un-
dergraduates From the age of 10 he
practically supported himself by his
scholarships and exhibitions. In regard
to his call to the bar Mr.. Hope told an
interviewer that his first lease" was at
Aylesbury, where the judge commits
stoned him to defend some ruffians who
were indicted for murderous assault
on a policeman. ''They were all con-
victed,'' he says cheerfully, and very
properly SO. !"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-01-04

A drawing master who had been wor-
rying a pupil with contemptuous re-
marks about his deficiency Of skill in
the use of the pencil ended by saying:
eff you were to draw me, for exam
pie, tell me what part you would draw
first"
The pupil, with a significant meaning
in his eye, looked up to his teacher Is
face and quietly said:
Your neck, sir. Pick Me Up.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-01-04
MuRILLo's MAeDALENE.

gaze upon thy soullit eyes upturned,
And oft | marvel that Murillo's grace,
In holy thought and holy musing learned,
Conceived the wondrous beauty of thy face
What glow Of sacred genius in him burned
Which left on thee of stain of earth no tracei
Was face of mortal ever seen so fairf
Was face of mortal ever seen SO sweet?
lies on thy neck, unbound the flowing hair,
Which dried with golden threads thy Masters
feet.
Methinks those eyes that saw thy risen Lord
Have held the glory in them evermore,
And high above all earthly thoughts they soar
To dwell in heaven and see the things of Godi
Anna Olcott Commelin in Poems"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-01-04
BLOWN OUT TO SEA.
Helpless Birds That Are Driven to Death
by Fierce Gales.

Helpless Birds That Are Driven to Death
by Fierce Gales.
Birds driven before the wind are toss
ed about relentlessly, and they rarely
recover their balance after once being
caught by the gale. Shore birds are
either dashed upon the waves and made
TO swim for their lives or they are hurl-
sd violently against trees or other OBJ
jects and killed. Shore birds, when fac
ing gale, will take every advantage Of
trees, houses and hills as defenses
against the wind. They will close their
wings and sink SO close to the ground
as to get the protecting shelter of a
hedge fence, and then swoop up again
with renewed Roadway. They frequent
" advance before the gale by series
of side evolutions, flying at right angles
to the wind until they have attained con :.
siderable velocity, and then wheeling
about straight against the wind and
making some Roadway before 1t over
comes them. This operation is repeated
continually until the desired place is
reached.
OuI1AB Jul Ab4A dh0 OoAAy WAoUOA
gales cartridges and quail are quite fire.
quently blown out to sea by strong
hurricane, where some Of them have
been picked up by fishermen. In nearly
ell such instances they are caught by
the gale when high in the air, and be-
fore they can recover themselves they
are hurried out beyond the shore and
dropped into the water. With their
plumage soaked with the spray they in
stantly become helpless and cannot
reach the shore in the face of the wind.
On our inland lakes and rivers this is q
more common sight than along the
ocean shore.
When once blown out to sea, the
shore birds have little chance Of escape.
Unable to battle against the heavy
wind, they yield themselves to their
fate and drift about until the storm
subsidies. By that time they are likely
to be SO far from shore that they cannot
reach it again, and they either fly or
swim until they starve to death or die
of exhaustion. Their dead bodies along
with those of the hapless gulls, terms
and herons, are finally drifted upon
some shore, where the waves leave them
high and dry. After every heavy storm
hundreds of such luckless victims can
be found on the beaches of our Atlantic
coast Our Animal Friends.