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The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-09
NORMAL.

Teacher-What! You haven't learned the story of Cain and Abel yet? Tom my--No; maw says it Is bad manners to pry into family quarrels. ton Star
 First tramp Con bieycle)-Say, Bill, got anything to mend a punctured tire /? Second tramp 0oftily)-Take my wheel. I can get another in the next town Town Topics.
 Mamma Cat the breakfast table)-You always ought to use your napkin, Gecr- die.
 Geordie-I am usin' it, mamma. I've got the dog tied to the leg of he table with it.-Chicago Tribune.
 Man overboald!" cried the sailor, seeing a passenger fall into the sea. What do you mean with your Man overboard?" gasped the unfortunate, bobbing up. Commercial Councillor von Felglestock is overheard. ''-Tid- Bits.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-09
4 GREAT CHANGE IN THE s,

4 GREAT CHANGE IN THE SOUTH.
 It has lately been found that the South is truly patriotic and we are now told that it is not as populistic as it was. Richard H. Edmonds, editor of the Manufacturers Record, and a wide- ly known authority on southern growth been a complete change of mind among the southerners. This has been not on- with 1t has come @ conviction of the lack of foundation for the economic heresies in which they had put their faith. An indication of this change of sentiment is given in the attitude of the people of Louisiana toward Senator Caffrey. During the last campaign he narrowly escaped being mobbed in his own State because he opposed the Chi- cago platform. Yet in spite of his op- position to Bryanism, Senator Caffrey stands a better chance of reelection than any other of the aspirants for a seat in the United States senate. The cause of this is @ growing regard for the rights of property, whether the ownership be vested in rich man or a poor man, an individual or a corpora tion. In MT. Edmonds' opinion the free silver shouters who controlled the del egations to the Chicago convention did not represent the real opinion of the South. The total number of people who adopted the populistic vagaries amounted to only small minority. but by ceaseless activity they got control
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-09
To M. E. N.

When you wake in your crib, You, an inch of experience Vaulted about With the wonder of darkness; Wailing and striving 10 reach from your feebleness Something you feel Will be good to and cherish you, Something you know And can rest upon blindly; 0, then hand (Your mothers, your mother'sD By the fall of its fingers All Knowledge, all power to you. Out of the dreary, Discouraging strangenesses Comes to and masters you, Takes you and lovingly Woes you and soothes you Back, as you cling to it, Back to some comforting Corner of sleep. So you wake in your bed, Having lived, having loved; But the shadows are there. And the world and Its kingdoms Incredibly faded And you grope through the terror Above you and under For the light, for the warmth, The assurances of life; But the blasts are born And your heart is nigh burst With the weight of the gloom And the stress of your strangled And desperate endeavr; Sudden d hand Mother, 0 Mother!- God at His best to you, Out of the roaring, Impossible sllences, Falls on and urges you, Nightly, tenderly, Forth, as you clutch at 1t, Forth to the infinite Peace of the grave. From Poems, by William Ernest Henl
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-09
FASHION NOTES.
Smooth Stuirs to the Fore.

All smooth surfaced and lightweight materials are in vogue. The softer silks of the surah variety are certainly com ing in agaln-alas! for the cool and crisp taffeta. Cashmeres and nuns yelling are among the most popular materials for early fall costumes to be worn in the country before the late season is over. A pretty and very sty- fish dress of nuns yelling is sketched
 herewith, In color, ecrue plaided with white, it's skirt had a tunic overskirt trimmed with valenciennes lace and in-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-09
ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations, Wants, Rents, and other small advertisements, One Gent Word each h. sertion. Five Gents Word for a full week (seven times,.
 Display advertisements, per inch, one in. sertion, $1.20; each subsequent insertion, 4o cents; one week, $320; one month, $lo {; one year. $40.
 Obituary Notices in prose or verse. 15 cents per line. Notices of Births, Mar rlages, Deaths and Funerals. 50 cents each. Local Notices 15 cents per line.
 Yearly advertisers are limited to their own immediate business (all matter to be nnobjectlonable), and their contracts do nor Include Wants. To Let. For Sale. etc
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-09
THE CUBAN

Major-G General s. B, M. Young, who commanded the second brigade in Gen eral Wheeler's division, has just re- turned from Santiago. He brings with him some very definite opinions about the Cubans. As far as my personal ob- servation goes, he says, "the insur- gents are lot of degenerates, abso- lutely devoid of honor or gratitude. They are no more capable of self-gov- ernment than the savages of Africa. They are a mixture of negroes, Span ish, Italian and Indian, and inherit the bad qualities of all. The United States cannot afford to turn Cuba over to the Cubans. They would loot everything in sight and then start in and rob one another. Most of the leaders of the so-ealled Cuban army are adventurers, ready to sacrifice everybody and every thing to further their own personal ends. It is my opinion that few of them would hesitate to sell out to the Spaniards if fully convinced that the United States is not going to deliver the island over to them. We should never turn that beautiful and rich island over to lot of degenerates who are not capable of elf-government"
 If the Cubans aren't worth fighting for and if the reconcentrados are dead there will certainly have to be a re- vision of some notions that were quite popular in this country before the war.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-09
FRIENDLY MICE.

At Meal Times They Come Out of Their
 Holes to Eat With the Colonel.
 Colonel Cole, who is the presiding genius of the Court House library, is a remarkable man. Colonel Cole has fought Indians in the canons of the west, he has followed the narrow trails
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-09

of the party machinery and became the regulars.
 It will be new South indeed, with the populistic notions in the back ground. And how southern credit and prosperity will grow.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-09

It is related that John Cudahy, a we'll known board of trade operator in Chicago, sunk his fortune and contract ed debts of over s2,00O,o0o in the panic of 1893. He has now, it is said, paid up the last of the debts and won back much of the lost fortune besides. This shows what can be done and what isn't often done.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-09
TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN GER-
 MANY AND AMERICA.

The war upon which we have entered vii change, has indeed already chang ed, our relations to foreign countries.
 We shall undoubtedly be drawn more deeply into the stream of competition with. respects to the arts of peace. It is difficult for us to realize how much these depend upon the system of pub- lie education, nor how deficient we are, in provision for certain lines of scien- tific and technical training which are
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-09

A party of engineers have examined at the Brooklyn navy yard a number of steel and aluminium plates that were coated with various preparations de- signed to resist the action of sea water, and then placed in cages and immersed in water at point where it was very foul. The plates were allowed to re- main for six months, when a prelimin- ary examination was made. These ex- periments were continued, and the plates recently inspected have been un- der water for thirteen months. The tests seem to afford the following con- clusions as regards the behavior of the different classes of coatings: Varnish when used as a vehicle instead of oil makes the coating more durable. When a varnish coating or a pigment and varnish coating is baked on it endures sea water better than if dried on by the action of the air White zinc is ap- parently the least acted on of any of the materials used. Enamel coating baked on at high temperatures are probably the most durable.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-09

Colonel Theodore A. Bingham, in charge of the public buildings and grounds at Washington, says the White House floors need strengthening, and adds: ''The necessity only accentuates the fact that the time has come when something is imperatively needed to re- lieve the actual physical strain now made on the mansion by overcrowd- ing"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-09

The Emperor of Germany has over two hundred crosses, stars, badges and other insignia, the value of which Is s2so,ooo. And yet he isn't as great as Bismarck was.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-09

The Baltimore American says: The effort to introduce foreign quail into this country has apparently proven a complete failure. Several years ago sportsmen through this country were deeply interested in the attempt made in this State to propagate quail from other countries. Many birds were im- ported into this city, and then liberated throughout the State. These have ap- parently all disappeared. The most conspicuous attempts were the trans porting here of birds from the Scilly Islands and from China. The money spent in this direction was loss. The last attempt on an elaborate scale to stock Maryland with exotic birds was by Frank T. Redwood, the stock brok- CT and member of the Baltimore Yacht club, and hunt for his birds reveals the fact that none of them are to be found.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-09

They do queer things In Kansas. A Kansas man has named his infant daughter Philippines Manila Schleyetta Dewetta Grimes.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-09

Singleton-They say Meekton fell in love with his wife at first sight. Ben edick-Well, I'll bet he wishes he had been gifted with second sight now Truth.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-09

A London Times correspondent says that the Hawaiian government has, in cooperation with syndicate of plant CTS and merchants, organized 8 pigeon post service between, the eight largest islands of the Sandwich archipelago Communication had previously been carried on under difficulties and at ir- regular intervals, vessels not always being able to reach the islands. Sev- eral hundred birds have been trained to the service and the attempt to es- tablish daily bird post has been at tended with success. The most distant of the outlying islands is two hundred and fifty miles from Honolulu, the central station.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-09

The opal production of Queensland, Australia, is becoming very important. More than s1O00OO worth of rough stones were exported last year. In the western districts of the colony the opal deposits are very considerable. The Queensland opal is of brilliant quality, and experts pronounce it to be equal to the best Hungarian varieties
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-07-26
A Baby In Battle.

Among the Chinese present at one of
the battles between the two Asiatic ma
lions in the Chinese and Japanese war
was one spectator of an unusual kind.
After the capture of small fort by
the Japanese and the retreat of such of
their enemies as had not been taken
prisoners a healthy looking Chinese
baby was found by the victors lying on
the ground in their line of march.
The captain of a division picked him
up and did his best to administer con-
ISOLATION and presently called one of the
prisoners, to whom he offered his hber-
ty on condition that he should take the
child to his parents.
The captive joyously assented, but
the baby raised noisy objection. He
lifted his voice. ON high and cried so
loudly when the attempt was made to
take him from his Japanese friend that
the latter saw no resource but to submit
So, holding the baby on his left arm
while he grasped his saber with the
right, Captain Higuchi marched on to
the capture of the next fort, receiving,
meanwhile, bullet through his cap.
The baby looked ON wonderingly
while the fort was taken in gallant style
and seemed to be quite unmoved by the
din and uproar of battle SO long as he
could rest upon his captains shoulder
When the fight was over, the captain
gave the child to some of his troopers,
who bore the little creature to a Chinese
house near by.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-07-26
Sscaring a LunatiO.

In one of the most fashionable dis
tricts of Paris mock marriage was 70
Gently planned for the purpose of secur.
ing rather dangerous lunatic. An at
tractive young person named Mile. De-
laplume was sitting in her boudoir the
other day in house situated in q
street off the Boulevard st. German.
Suddenly ring came to the door, and
one of her servants, having opened it,
ushered in a we'll dressed man looking
like superior sort of valet He told
Mile. Delaplume that he had letter
from one Of her friends, a countess, and
as the young woman put her hand out
to receive the missive the stranger
seized her fingers, pressed them to his
lips, and then, sinking on his knees,
made passionate declaration of love
and offered to marry her.
Mile. Delaplume saw by the mans
eyes that he was dangerously mad, and,
fearful of tragedy, she accepted his
offer with apparent calmness. Then she
invited the strange visitor to the may
or's office in order to have the nuptial
knot tied The man accompanied her
with alacrity to the establishment in
question, where a secretary, informed
of the real state of affairs, pretended tc
read the civil marriage regulations.
The mock bridegroom was then taken
by detective to the police depot under
the delusion that he was bound for a
pastry cooks, there to give an order fol
a sumptuous wedding breakfast. The
man was, it appears formerly employ
ed as valet by one of Mile. Delap-
lume's friends.-Paris Letter
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-07-26

Paris was in an uproar. The whole
city was as if insane. Church bells rang
joyful peals, great guns fired equally
joyful salvos, happy announcements
were posted up at every point of van
tage, and excited crowds besieged every
entrance and avenue to the palace in a
perfect delirium of joy.
Now, after many years, 1 find it diff
cult to understand-or indeed almost tc
realize-that many of those then shout
ing SO enthusiastically for joy are the
same people who lately yelled with saw
age fury: "a bas l'empirel A bas
l'imperatrice
Equally mad was the enthusiasm,
equally mad the delight, when the
prince imperial was baptized, and
equally mad were the bowls Of fury
against the whole imperial family when
the sad news came of the reverse the
imperial army had suffered when battle
after battle had been lost.
Some of the noblest, the most gener-
GUS, the most self devoted men have
ever known in the course of somewhat
long life have found among French
men-men quite worthy to be classed
among the grandest heroes of antiquity.
But there is a reverse side to the medal,
and when the tigerish nature of the ex-
citable Frenchman is reused he is capa-
BILE of savage cruelty very near akin
to that of the wild beast to which he
has been compared. -Oornhill Maya
zine.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-07-26

! on a level with it. You can read that
that narrow grave holds 10-months-
old baby. True, it seems half pity to
bring the tender soul back to this world
to bear-what you have all been bear
ing. Still, if you wish him raised, say
but the word and 1 will display my
power.
"Signor dottore, . whispered wrin-
killed. crone, "that little one is ours,
alasl l am the grandmother My daugh-
ter had not yet weaned him He was
just getting his teeth, when suddenly
he died But God took him from us.
Gods will be donel Now there is an
other babe at the breast. God knows
what he is doing. What he takes with
one hand he gives back with the other.
My daughter couldn't suckle both, and
we are too poor to put him out to
nurse :"
At this the doctor burst OUT Enough
for today, if not too much, indeed !
Since you won't have the miracle now,
1 will perform it on another occasion
Only I beg of you to agree beforehand
ON the person to be brought to life +"
And he strobe away.
From that memorable Sunday our
doctor has done wonders in Cucuguano
1t is true he does not raise the dead,
but he saves the lives of the sick. The
Cucuguanese, now fully trusting him,
say, eff he did not fulfill his promise,
to tell the truth, it was not his fault
it was ours for we wished to leave our
dead underground Translated For
Argonaut From the italian.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-07-26
A Brilliant Fraud.

A small weekly magazine was started
here II years ago by two hustling young
men One was editor, the other writer
and paster. = They clipped, extracted
and rewrote. An advertising agent was
employed on a commission of % per
cent, and it was caution the way he
filed up the pages with black type and
cuts. Some contracts were made for a
month, some for three months, some
for year The only cash in advance
was half of the commission, which was
paid as soon as the contract was turned
in
Prosperity peeped from its pages The
magazine rapidly grew fat In the sec
ond week the American News company
ordered IA, 900 copies. Money flowed
out like corn from hopper and not a
cent came in The writer and paster
went around at the end of the month to
collect from the 80 day advertisers and
what do you suppose happened? He fail
ed to find onel Every advertisements was
fraud. There were no such Names no
such businesses, no such addresses as
the agent brought in for publication
He happened to have an engagement in
New Jersey on that fateful day and
never has been seen since. Contracts
supposed to be worth $4,000 were not
worth a cent The magazine died.
New York Press.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-07-26

Take my advice, my DEAR" said
the man, with curiously gentle smile,
''the advice of man who might almost
be your-father: Go on being respecta-
BILE; stay innocent-keep good.
He patted her shoulder, then gave it
a gentle push. And SO they parted. He
watched her tramping down the long
white road.
"Confound her eyesr' he muttere1.
''That's why they haunted mel"
She trudged on with her bundle His
eyes followed almost yearningly. She
rounded bend. The tramp looked back
"LizP' he murmured half uncon-
scious. Poor, pretty, foolish Lizp' His
own voice reused him. He smiled into
vacancy. ''That was the namei
thought had forgotten.
The road turned. She disappeared
from view.
He whistled, frowned and finally
shrugged his shoulders
IF she'd only been lady," present
ly. He was staring at the canvas. bah /
What nonsense A trampl Her mother
childP'
He fell on one knee and began pack
ing up his traps.
"Life's so ard, an people is such
'ogs''
His laugh rang out, but it wasn't a
merry one. Picking up the picture, he
held it in both hands.
"Goodby, young mournful eyes, " he
said Good luck go with you. You've
given me a heartache, but wish you
well. y
His face twitched He laid the can
vas gently down.
"Ill burn the thing" he said, "di-
rectly get home. Sketch.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-07-26
Women Criminals In Austria.

In Austria even for murder, WON
an is never put into an ordinary prison
much less brought to the gallows
Whatever the crimes of which they are
convicted, women are sent to the con.
vents set apart for this purpose and are
kept there as long as the judge deter
mines
The ladies superior have practically
free hand over their charges and re.
ceive from the government sevenpence a
day for each criminal under their care.
At Neudorf convent, which receives all
the female offenders from Vienna there
is nothing in the appearance of the
place to suggest prison.
The courtyard stands open all day
long, with only nun as doorkeeper
Once inside, all the convicts are on the
same footing. They are employed in the
domestic work Of the convent, and in
making matches, buttons, needlework,
embroidery, lace, woodwork, ETC., SUI
perintended only by the sisters
For work beyond their allotted task
they are paid by scale---half the money
being given them at the end of the
week and half being placed to their
credit until their term expires, when it
is paid to them ON leaving
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-07-26
Satan as a Landlord.

There is only one spot on the earth s
surface that has actually been willed,
decided and bequeathed to his satanic
majesty This spot lies 4 u miles south
of Helsingfors, Finland
A few years ago Lara Huilariene died
in the little town of Pielisjarvi, in the
above named country leaving consider
able property in the shape Of landed es-
tate. How he had come into possession
of SO much land no one seemed to
know, but as he was very bad citizen
it was generally admitted that he was
in league with wintahausu (satan) and
that they had many business deals with
each other
This somewhat startling opinion was
verified when old Huilariene found a
certified warranty deed which decided to
satan all his earthly possessions
The will was to the same effect. The
family have repeatedly tried to break
the will but so far, has been unsuccess-
full Thus the records plainly show
that his sulphuric majesty has legal
right and title to some excellent grounds
in the near vicinity of Helsingfors
The simple people of the neighbor-
hood have changed the course of the
road which formerly skirted the HULA
riene homestead and declare that they
would not enter the possessions of Satan
& Co. for all the money that the three
estates would bring. Pearson s Weekly.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-07-26

An amusing story of Queen Hortense,
daughter of the Empress Josephine and
wife of Louis Bonaparte, king of Hol-
land, has lately been told. After her ex-
lie from Holland the ex-queep sojourn-
ed for time in modest habitation
near Constance, in Switzerland.
AS her health was broken down by
her troubles her physicians prescribed a
visit to the mountains of Appenzell,
and the ex-queen, accompanied only by
a reader or female companion and two
or three servants, went to a rustic
neighborhood in the hills There she
and her companion found nothing bet
ter to do than hunt for four leaved clio
yer and became quite excited in the
search.
ITO lend the matter interest, - the
queen wrote in letter which has been
brought to light, ''we would assume
that each discovery Of four leaved clio
yer had some prophetic significance.
The next one, if found so and so, meant
that we should return to France; an
other meant that 1 was to receive let
ter the next day from my son Louis,
and so on. In this innocent pastime we
found positively the only excitement
that was open to us in the place.
"But soon it was noised abroad
among the children of the neighborhood
that we were continually hunting four
leaved clover, and consequently, these
children argued, we must want it very
much. Then all the children and some
of the grown people were out hunting
four leaved clover, and soon great
lunches of it were brought to us, for
which we had to show ourselves very
grateful.
"In another day our only resource for
amusement was gone, for these kind
but superserviceable people had strip
ped the neighborhood for mile around
of all its four leaved clover "