davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-02-01
Married ON thirty Minutes oours.hip.

Married on Thirty Minutes COurtship.
"You may talk about your brief
courtships and marriages ON short no.
tice, )" said Captain Arm Cardwell once,
"but think once witnessed the quick
est made match on record. was run
ming as a conductor between Russell
vile and Greensboro, as did for many
years, and ON a trip in the winter Of
1881 got pretty country girl passen-
ger at little flag station south of Cen
trail City about 9:45 a. m. A few miles
farther on at another small station q
big strapping looking farmer, dressed
in brown jeans, with his trousers tuck
ed in his tall boots, got on my train.
The fellow hadn't opened the car door
till he spied tho rustic lass, and before
he took his seat in front Of the girl he
had smiled at her.
81 punched his ticket, went in the
smoking car, and on my return to the
regular passenger coach found the Green
river tiller of the soil sitting in the
same seat with the maiden, chatting
with her as if he had known her since
birth. In 90 minutes after they had
first met the fellow called me to him
and said: See here, podner, we want
to get hitched. hahn knowed Mirinda
Jane here but 80 minutes, but we both
like, an she's willin an I'm l. Whur's
the highest parson, podnerf' | took
them on to Greensboro, and the happy
bridegroom and his blushing other half
were passengers back on my train that
afternoon. For hurry up nuptials it
does strike me that these ought to have
the cake and other special prizes offered
for quick yeast love matches. Louis
Vile Post,
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-02-01

The increase of efficiency in vehicles
having smooth surface on which to
travel is very great. Perfect rails are a
necessity for the steam engine, and a
smooth roadbed is essential if high
speed is to be obtained. The motor car
riage, which has already become an es-
tablished fact abroad, depends for it's
efficiency on good road surface. The BIZ
Cycle gains enormously in ease of pro-
pulsion, in speed and i'll adaptability to
new fields of usefulness by having good
roads. About these three there is no dis
pute, but it seems necessary to prove by
argument, illustration and statistics that
carriages, wagons, trucks, carts and all
other vehicles are equally benefited by a
smooth travelling surface. Exchange
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-02-01
THE ExcITABLE FRENCH.
Bcene In the Chamber OF Deputies with
tho Members Enraged.

BOene In the Chamber OF Deputies With
tho Members Enraged.
Upon arriving at the anteroom of the
chamber Of deputies, says Colonel T.
W. Higginson in The Atlantic, I found
the hall full of people waiting, each
having to send his card to some mem
Der, naming on it the precise hour Of
arrival. The member usually appeared
promptly, when an immense usher call
ed in a stentorian voice for La per-
some qui fait demander M. Constant"
--or whoever it might be. Then the
constituent-for such it usually was
advanced toward the smiling member,
who never looked bored, the mask Of
hospitality being probably the same in
this respect throughout the legislative
halls of the world A last M. Talan-
der appeared and got me a place among
the corps diplomatique. The chamber
itself was more like our representatives
hall at Washington than like the house
of commons The members had little
locked desks, and some were writing
letters, like our representatives, though
saw no newspapers.
The ordinary amount of noise was
like that in our congress. though there
was happily no clapping of hands for
pages, but when the members became
especially excited, which indeed hap
pened very often, it became like cage
of lions. For instance entered just as
somebody had questioned the minister
of war, General Borel, about an alleged
interference with elections, and his de-
faint reply had enraged the Let's, or
radicals, who constituted the majority
of the assembly. They shouted and ges-
tioulated, throwing up their arms and
then slapping them on their knees very
angrily, until the president rang his
great bell, and they quieted down lest
he might put on his hat and adjourn
the meeting. In each case the member
speaking took his stand in the desk or
tribune below the president, and the
speeches were sometimes read, some-
times given without notes.
The war minister, stout, red faced
man-always, the radicals say, half in
toxicated-stood with folded arms and
looked ready for coup d'etat, yet 1
heard it said about me that he would be
compelled either to retreat or resign.
One saw at glance how much pro-
founder political differences must be in
France than with us.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-02-01
IF LOVE WERE OTHER THAN PERFECT.

If love were other than perfect thing,
Love were no gain, but only all grief,
And better were to check its blossoming
Ere one poor bud could struggle into leaf;
To kill it in the spring,
II love were other than perfect thing.
II love were other than most sweet of an,
Love were the bitterest gift of bitter fate,
And better were to spurn beyond recall
Its magic cup more perilous than hate.
Its sweetness were but gall,
II love were other than most sweet of ALL
II love were other than the love OF you,
Love were poverty, and nothing worth,
And all the task that memory had to do
Would be to loathe the hour that gave 1t
birth.
Lo We were not sweet nor true
II love werd other than the love of you.
But love is love, and you are you, and 1
Am that dare to love you with will,
Knowing that love is perfect, true and high,
And always greater than its greatest i'll;
Knowing it cannot de-
Since love is love of you, and am 1.
j. Colmore in Woman's Journal.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-02-01
REPRoAcH.

Sweetheart, sweetheart, what do ye want O.
me2
Low the crying gulls are flying, skirls she
yeasty sea.
Little lips, soft lips,
/ hear them crying far;
1 hear their voice go calling me
Where r the shadows are.
Sweetheart, dear heart, what do ye want o.
me2
Sunlight and starlight are over all the lea,
But dusty lies my heart, dear; rusty lies its
key.
Sweetheart, sweetheart, what do ye want O.
me2
Sweetheart, sweetheart, why do ye long for
me?
Cold the palling snow was falling; skies no
more were blue.
Little hands, soft hands,
Laid away to rest.
/ feel their fingers seeking out
The old wound in my breast.
Sweetheart, dear heart, what do ye want O.
meY
Bare and empty were my arms; lonely was my
knee.
Where my heart is laid, dear, can't ye let me
be2
Sweetheart, sweetheart, what do ye want O.
me?
Post Wheeler in New York Press.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-02-01

but hardly healed. In the months that
followed the whispers took an uglier
form, and Longville delighted its soul
at last in a village scandal.
And SO Molly went away and left her
poor old father sorrowing.
There was only one who ever defend
ed the fair name of Molly when it was
made a byword with the young roughs
of the place, who loafed outside the vii
lage inn or at the roadsides. John was
never known to have become SO incensed
as when one evening in his hearing one
of these thoughtless youths mentioned
appropriately Molly's name and cou-
pied it with a foul epithet. Then he
thrashed the young lout within an inch
of his life
After awhile the sad incident was
forgotten-at least until Molly's return
to her home again. Then trouble began
anew. She was very much altered, and
the roses had faded from her cheeks. In
fearful sorrow she would sit and nurse
her baby all day long.
The last act in the tragedy came when
one day Molly's father received a note
from the hall. The steward brought it
round, and as Molly's father was grow
ing old and feeble and his sight waning
the steward read the note aloud. 1t was
formally worded epistle giving the
poor, old, sorrow stricken parent
months notice because the squire felt
that it was mot conducive to the morals
of the village that people of Molly's
stamp should be harbored" in the midst
of his oottagers. Needless to say Molly's
father was almost broken hearted at
the thought of leaving the house he had
occupied for SO long, while as for Molly
herself her distress was too piteous for
words.
One morning not long after John
stepped down the old roadway, his face
haggard, but the expression firm, reso-
lutte and determined. He presented him
self at the door of Molly's cottage and
was admitted. 1t was only look they
exchanged, and the foodgates were
opened again, and, having sobbed on
his shoulder awhile, Molly gradually
recovered herself, while John, with
choking sensation in the throat which
he tried in vain to keep down, avowed:
81 have always waited for you, Molly.
knew you would come back to me. )"
but I can't. You forget that is
his, and she pointed in her anguish
to the cot wherein the babe was slum.
bering peacefully.
John didn't turn his head to look,
but he took Molly in his arms again.
And love was contaminated i'll serv-
ice. -London Sun.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-02-01
A shrewd Cyciist.

An eminent queens counsel is said
to take his bicycle exercise in the fol-
lowing fashion: He goes out every
night, but he always rides before the
wind, and consequently the direction Of
his ride depends upon the wind. He al
ways comes back by train.-Londonl
Telegraph.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-02-01

Thoughts are certainly able to spread
themselves without the aid of looks or
language Invisible seed that floats from
the parent plant can root itself wher
ever it settles, and thoughts must have
some medium through which they sail
till they reach minds that can take them
i'll, and there they strike root, and whole
crops of the same sort come up just as
if they were indigenous and naturally
belonging to their entertainers, This is
even more true in great matters than in
small. Jean IngeloW.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-02-01
BETRAYED BY FLAPJAcKs.
A Waiter Who Gan Tell a Mans Occu-
patton by the Way He Eats.

A Waiter Who Gan Tell a Mans Occu-
patton by the Way He Eats.
There is waiter in Dearborn street
restaurant who has discovered the sci
ence of reading mans occupation by
his manner Of eating He can look into
the calm eye Of a customer engaged in
disarticulating cham and' and de-
termine with wonderful accuracy
whether the man is a scissors grinder or
State street merchant.
Of course one must be close observer
to do all this, and it isn't everybody
that is afforded lunch counter for a
field of study Yet if the student will
avail himself Of opportunities while
seated at the mahogany board he will
find that when the business man is at
the table some habit acquired in the
daily pursuance of his profession will
be sure to show itself.
For an instance, the banker may come
in and order wheat cakes. If he does,
the waiter declares he will invariably
dip his fingers in the water and run
over the cakes to see If there is mis-
count.
The gambler will look around to see
If any one is watching and then palm a
slice of bread. If he orders fiapjacks, he
is sure to slip them one by one from the
bottom as he eats them. The clothing
salesman will hold his f1apjaoks up to
the light and feel the texture, while the
keen observer will notice that the jew
eler, upon ordering pie, will hold it to
his ear, shake it and then listen, after
which he will lift off the top crust with
the point Of his knife and examine the
insides.
During an interview the other day
the waiter stated that he called his new
science "eatistry.'
81 have not mastered my science
yet, said he, land seldom day passes
but that 1 learn some new point. Oh,
it's great study, and l think in time
it will take it's place along with palm
istry and phrenology and other kindred
sciences. "
"Have you ever made mistake in
judging mans occupation?"
"Only once, and that could hardly be
called mistake, for made no decision
as to the mans business. I confess 1
was stumped. The fellow came in and
ordered his dinner. Of course 1 gave
him glass of water. He looked at it
with some surprise and said, / didn't
order that.
1T costs you nothing, says 1, and
you don't need to drink it unless you
want to.
HE thanked me, and what do you
think-he broke his bread into it and
then ate it with spoon. didn't know
what to make of it, and for the life of
me I couldn t determine what his bust
ness was. When he was leaving, tap
ped him on the shoulder and asked him
outright what he did for living
Why, says he, I'm milkman.
Chicago Inter Ocean
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-02-01
European Travel.

Children are taken abroad SO young
that before they have reached an age to
appreciate what they see Europe has
become a twice told tale to them. So
true is this that recipe for making
your children good Americans is to
bring them up abroad. Once they get
back here, it is hard to entice them
away again. With each improvement
in the speed of our steamers vanishes
something of the glamour of Europe, and
the crowds that yearly rush across see
less and appreciate less in a lifetime
than our parents did in their one tour
abroad.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-02-01
II. NARROW WAYS.


BIw, thou strong western wind,
Blow far and fleet
Thy forest GOODNESS here
Through the dark city street.
Blow DER the crowded roofs
From wall to wall,
Through fevered alleys swift
In boundless blessing fall.
Where weary mothers wait
Blow thy fresh breath,
Where men have lain them down
Woeful in love with death.
Bring country pleasantness
Across their dreams,
Shade of great tossing boughs
And thought of flowing streams
Bring watts of fragrance, too,
From far blown flowers.
Pour balm, pour rest, pour life
Through these despairing hours
And let some little child
Wake as you sing
And feel your silken touch
A STOPPING angels wing.
-Harper's Bazaar
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-02-01
Bad Every way.

Thirteen is an unlucky number in
all cases, I" said farley
II don't know, said Butler I'D
rather have $13 than $12.
II wouldn t, said farley IF l had
$12, I'd spend only $12, but if had
$13 I'd spend $1S. Harlem Life.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-02-01
A Ratless Town.

The city of Santa Fe, the capital of
New Mexico, was founded 300 years
ago by Juan de Onate, and there has
never been a rata mouse or cat with
in its corporate limits The air is too
high and dry for rodents and felines.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-02-01

Champagne owes its quality to the
soil, mixture of chalk, silica, light
clay and oxide of iron, and to the great
care and delicate manipulation in man.
ufacture
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-02-01

After the conquests of Mexico and
Peru emeralds were so abundant that
one Spanish nobleman took home three
bushels of them
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-02-01

In Holland the average product for
cows is so pounds of butter and 1870
pounds Of cheese per annum.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-02-01
Strong, steady nerves

Strong, steady nerves
Are needed for success
Everywhere. Nerves
Depend simply, solely,
Upon the blood.
Pure, rich, nourishing
Blood feeds the nerves
And makes them strong.
The great nerve tonic is
Hoods Sarsaparilla,
Because it makes
The blood rich and
Pure, giving it power
To feed the nerves.
Hoods Sarsaparilla
Cures nervousness,
Dyspepsia, rheumatism,
Catarrh, scrofula,
And all forms of
Impure blood.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-02-01
Medford, Marlton and Philadelphia.

Medford, Marion and Philadelphia.
Leave Medford for Philadelphia at 7OO 100,
AN, 2.l3, 5.24, P. M.
On Sundays, sol A. M, $50 P. M.
Leave Marion tor Philadelphia at TIA, 10.2t
A. NJ, 2.35, 5.35, P. NJ.
On Sundays, 8.l4 A. M, 402 Pm.
Leave Philadelphia, Market Street, for Med
ford and Marion at 100, 1850, A. M, 800. $50
p.
On Sundays S.45 A. M, 5.3OP.M
Leave Marion tor Medtord, Sill, ll.3S A. N.
3.54, $40, P. M
On Sundays, 9.39, A. NJ, 6.23 P. M.
For further particulars apply to the ticket
agent at the station.
j. b. HUTCHINSON, j. r. WOOD,
General Manager. Gen. Pass Agent
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-02-01
Union Transportation Company.

Tuckerton Railroad. $50
Leave Mount Holly tor Tuckerton 9.26 A. M
4.47 p. M, daily except Sunday.
Leave Tuckerton tor Mount Holly, 100 A. NJ,
200 P. M, daily except Sunday.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-02-01
PENNSYL VANIA RAILROAD.
Tie Standard Railroad Of America. Pro-
kected throughout by Block Signals
and /nterLOcking Switches.
IN EFFECT DECEMBER II, 1897

Trains seaue Mount Holly as JoUo,os:
For Philadelphia, $50, 800. 6.52, ITO. 7.49, s57
9.l5. n.2O A. M, 1884, 2.33, $3.50 Saturday.
only, 42S, 800, SIC. s.25; 1850 P:
For Pemberton, 73o. 9.26 A. M, Las. 1892 AL
On sundays, 10 %, A. M, eoop.M.
For BordenIown, Trenton and New York, $50
749 9.l8, l05. A. NJ, $780, 2.55, 40. AL, 5.53
Pm.
On Sundays, 100 A. M, EOS, 6.O5PM
For East Burlington, $50, 7.25, 7.49, S22, 8.59
9ls 1913. il,O5 A. M, 1890. 2.55, 40, AL 5.l5
On SUNDAYS ana w s4 ssd lOSv 1900
Sl5, S.4l, 4.lO. 500, 5.35, sos. 6.45. 7.l5, sis
For Lewistown, Columbus, Kinkora, etc.
lbs A. M, Las, 4.47 M.
On Sundays, COOP. N.
For Lumperton. Medford, Marion and Had
For Vincentown, 1895, sos Pm.
For Toms E,i River 3D. s a, M aa ~ PM p
City, 9.26 A. M, 447 Pm.
For Asbury Park and Long Branch, 9.26 A. N.
Trains teave for Mount Holly as JotIoaos:
From philadelphia. $50, 7.5O, $50, 1000. n.2O
1910, A. M Il 30 SATURDAYS onlyl, $50. 400
4.3O, $40, 6.iO, $50, 500, 1890. lI.45P.M
On sundays. 9.15 A. M, LOO, 800, 10.3OP.M.
From New York. via Trenton and Burlington,
Pm.
On sundays. 1000 A. NJ, 7.oOPM.
From Trenton, 6.45, TAO. 9.25, ILL A.. M, 2.53
Ala, $40, 100, 9.55 P. M.
On Sun days, $40. ll.5O, A. NJ, 4.O5, s.OS, PM
From East Burlington ZOO, 1853, S.26, S-4s, ~.
1905. l045 1l.4S A. M LOS, 1886, 49, $50. 55s,
$50, 700, 7.50, $50, 1890 P.
On sundays, 500, 800, 1890, A. M, 1890, 235,
305 345, 40. 455. $780, 800, $50, 100, 745, s45,
1000 M.
From Toms River. 7.4sA.M., 402P.M
From AsDury Park, 213 m.
From Medford, ll.55 A. M.
From Long Branch, 1.55, P. M.
From Pemperton, inorth) 6.35, 7.2s. 1888 A. M,
1881, 4.07, STOP. M.
On Sundays, 500 A. M, 5.00P M.
From Pemberton (south), s.36 A. NJ, 4.44 P. M.
From vincentown. $50 A. M, LAP P. M.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-02-01
Mount Holly Post once.
TAILS ARRIVE AND READY FOR DISTRIBUTION

oAMUEL A. ATKINSON,
COUNSELLOR AT LAW, SOLICITOR AND
MASTER IN CHANCERY.
NJ. 100 Main st., Opposite Washington House,
Mount Holly Nj.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-06-10
KanSanS Will Fight.

Harrison Grey Otis, of California, recently
appointed brigader-general, is editor of the
Los Angeles Times General Otis is a veteran
of the civil war, and has the reputation of
being splendid soldier. The Kansas regi-
ment now in California will be a part of his
command. Speaking of the Kansas boys, the
Los Angeles Times says:
"Those lads from Kansas may have to tie on
their hats, but if they get after the Spaniards,
the dons may find it necessary to tie on their
heads. The prairie-born boys demonstrated
their fighting capacity in the Cos on many
bloody field, and let us not forget that Kansas,
in the last war, sent more troops to the front, in
proportion to population, than any other state
in the Union The Sunfower soldiers may not
be much for pretty and picturesque, but we are
willing to back their valor as long as there is
shot in the locker"
The miserable correspondent who writes de-
risively of the goth Kansas regiment had better
let up, or the boys should run him out of the
camp, A better set of young men and officers
never shouldered guns. We will hear from
them when the time comes. Now that they
are out of their wet grondhog camp at Topeka,
and have their government outfit they should
blow the stuffing out of that correspondent -
Ottawa Times.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-06-10
BIT THE CORK IS SEALED TIGHT.
CERVERA'S FLEET CANNOT GET OUT.
Eight American Heroes Sink the Merrlmac.

he sent word to Sampson that they would be
treated we'll
The action OF these brave mcn will 60 down
in history as one OF the braVest pieces OF WORK
ever performed. They took their veS in their
own hands, with no certainty that they would
survive the deed.
Cervera tried to blow up the sunken vessel
with dynamite, but failed. He is i'll the harbor
and cannot get out. He is at the mercy of
Sampson, who will place big guns On the land,
above the harbor, and blow the Spanish fleet to
pieces or force surrender.
This should practically settle the war
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-06-10

The Spanish feet which went into the harbor
at Santiago is there to stay, and will be taken
or DESTROYED by Sampson and Schley.
Last Friday morning, Lieutenant Richmond
p. Hobson, of the flagship New York, together
with seven other brave volunteers, ran the old
Merrimac into the narrow passage leading TO
Santiago harbor, turned the big ship across the
passageway, and sunk it, under fire from the
Snauish guns. Only two men were injured in
the least, and they only slightly All were
picked up by the Spaniards, and they are now
prisoners, but they will be exchanged. Cervera
admired the herosm of those brave men, and
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-06-10
AN HONEST THIEF.

Tom Johnson, a Cleveland, Ohio, millionaire
who has made his money as the majority of
millionaires have done--of the necessities of
the people-has the following to say;
''What the worlds needs is not charity but
Justice. | shall refuse, the same as ever, to
issue checks for charitable institutions, and /
shall not bcqueath money for building churches
and Libraries.
"My family shall be well provided for, but
the balance of my wealth shall serve to teach
the people how to prevent me and others of my
kind from robbing them.
GAS long as any person is permitted by the
monopolization of natural resources and private
ownership of public utilities to accumulate
wealth that does not belong to him, just so long
will people of my kind be willing to commit
such theft
''It is my task to open the eyes OF the people
to the process whereby they foolishly permit
themselves to be robbed, and to point out to
them the way to abolish system which en-
riches me and impoverishes themselves"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-06-10

THE wife of Maxino Gomez, commander-in-
chief of the Cuban army, is an American lady,
having been born and reared in east Tennessee.
He former name was Miss Pink Martin, but at
the time of her marriage to Gen. Gomez she
was widowed lady, her fist husband having
died i'll Georgia during the civil war She is
said to be very talented lady, and worthy of
sharing the fame of her illustrous husband. -
Exchange