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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-28
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e-TIiE SALE OF 4 SOUL. BY c. NJ. S. Mcclellan.
SIX MONTHS IN EADES. By Ciarice l. Bingham
Thompson.
1o-ANTHoNY KENT. BY Charles Stokes Wayne.
HAN ECLIPSE OF VIRTUE By Champion Bissel.
FAN UNSPEAKABLE SIREN. By John GiIliat.
I3-THAT DREADFUL WOMAN. By Harold r. vyune,
IA DEAL IN DENVER. BY Gilner MeKendree.
15-WHY2 SAYS GLADYS. by David Christie Murray.
I6-A VERY REMARKABLE GIRL. By 1. II. Bickford.
IA MARRIAGE FOR HATE. By Harold z. Vynne
1S-0UI OF THE SULPHUR. BY T. c. De Leon
f9-IHE WRONG MAN. By Champion Bissel. ,
2o-IHE HUNT FOR HAPPINESS. BY Anita Vivants
Chartres
nI-HER STRANGE EXPERIMENT. yHarold r. Vynnes
e2-ON THE ALTAR OF PASSION BY John Giat.
81. MAkTYR TO LOVE. BY Joanna E. Wood.
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THE ASSETS OF THE COMPANY ARE,
Cash on hand, in bank and with
agents, $T47,14Z73
State stocks and bonds, 29250.00
Hartford bank stocks, $50, $50. 90
Miscellaneous bank stock, 359,907. 90
Corporation and railroad stocks and
bonds 2,774,4i6.O0
County, city and water bonds, 344.270.00
Real estate, 527 ,696.67
Loans on collateral, 20,20000
Loans on real estate, 132,340.70
Accumulated interest and rents, 1851 40
Total cash assets, $5,53s, $40 so
LIABILITIES.
Cash capital, $4,000, 1000
Reserve for outstanding losses 375.4T073
Reserve for reinsurance, 2139,99340
Net surplus, l,022,9lo3i
Total assets, S., 1880
ID. W. C. SKILTON. President.
EDWARD MILLIGAN, Secretary.
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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-11-08
The Way to Teach.

Any method which is productive OF
lasting and beneficial results is good
method. Reasoning" says Locke, sis
the faculty of deducing unknown truths
from principles already familiar.
The principal difficulty with teachers
today is the same as Horace Mann
pointed out years ago, "We do too much
telling and too little teaching" Pro-
fessor Dewey says Of present day meth
DDS, "They succeed in crushing out all
spontaneous interest in the subject it
self even if they do not all but destroy a
capacity for it. /"
1t is this spontaneous interest that
must be awakened and kept alive. The
teacher must be spontaneous, enthu-
siastic, very much alive. Such teacher
never uses textbook during recita-
ton, is ready and apt in his illustra-
tions, pleasing in manner of presenta-
ton, able to present the same thing in
different ways, never resorts to sarcasm
as a means of correction or to cover up
his own lack of information, gets his
class where the members are not afraid
to try, sits little during recitation, pos
sibly not at all, censures sparingly,
praises much. But this kind of teach
ing takes time for careful preparation,
and much hard work is required. -
Journal of Pedagogy.
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A CURIOUS POCKET PIECE.
How Railroad Engineers Transform Nick
els Into Buttons or Spheres.

How Railroad Engineers Transform Nick
els Into Buttons or Spheres.
A Union Pacific engineer has fash
ion of making unique pocket pieces for
his friends He runs passenger engine
west, and when oiling previous to a run
he drops nickel cent piece into the
brass oil cup on the crosshead Of the pis-
ton rod. His run is 300 miles. When he
reaches his destination, he unscrews the
top of the oil cup and takes the nickel
out. 1t has been metamorphosed into a
curious little button with an evenly
turned rim, within which ON the one
side is the countersunk head of Liberty,
Invested of her stars, and on the other
side the V and the wreath. The edge Of
the crown is as perfect as if it had been
pounded on an anvil by an expert silver
smith.
The perfection of this is due to the
even vibration the coin has been sub
jected to. The motion of the piston is
horizontal, and it travels 48 inches,
back and forth, with every revolution
Of the wheels. The interior of the oil
cup is round, and the edges of the nickel
as it travels back and forth in the oil,
striking the sides of the cup, are turned
over and pounded into perfect round
ness. Sometimes nickel is left in the
cup during the round trip, or 600 miles
When taken out, it is nickel bullet, a
perfect polished sphere. Who discovered
this unique method of turning the edges
of nickel is not known, but many en-
gineers know of it.-Tacoma Ledger.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-11-08
Costly Playing Cards.

A pack of cards was recently sold at
a London stationer's for 5000 It was
one Of the handsomest Italian copper
plate card games called 'tarocchi di
Montegna, - made during the fifteenth
century. Another pack of cards recently
sold at Paris for almost $500. Each of
the cards in this pack is master work
of the engraver's art, and all the fig
ures in the game were historical por-
traits. The queen Of hearts, for instance,
represented Queen Anne of England,
the king Of hearts being her husband,
Prince George of Denmark The queen
Of diamonds was Queen Anne Sophia of
Denmark, the queen of clubs the then
crown princess of Prussia, the wife of
Frederick William l, and the queen of
spades Princess Anna of Russia, later
on the czarina- The jacks in this deck
Of cards represent the most prominent
diplomats of Europe at the same time
Philadelphia Record
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We do not believe that by worship
ing relics we attain Nirvana, obtain
any remission of our sins or gain even
merely any worldly benefit. These ad-
vantages are effected only by persever-
ing in the path Of virtue.
An example: During a season Of
drought even the foul water is taken for
drinking purposes after purifying the
same. The publication is effected by
removing the mud and filth from the
water and putting kind of gem osaka
prasada) into the water. The gem will
not cleanse the water if it has not been
first separated from the filth. In order
to purify our heart it must be first freed
from sinful thoughts.
Again, as fan helps us to feel the
refreshing breeze and musical instru-
ment to feed our ears with melodious
sounds, so the relics, be they of Buddha
or Of his holy disciples, give us courage
in our attempt to alleviate our misery.
The mere keeping of the fan without
tanning or the musical instrument with
out playing will give us neither the
breeze nor the music.-Rev Seelak-
khandard in Outlook.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-11-08

"Don't give in" was about the gist
Of what Sir Wyke Bayliss said to the
English art students in lecture at the
South Kensington museum. He told
them what ought to be their watchword:
''Do not believe, he said, in the in
sidious lie that the devil is always
whispering TO the soul of the artist
that the golden age of art is past and
that what was done yesterday cannot be
done today, for art is in its decadenoe
Such an assertion was the danger Of the
time, and he would have them track 1t
to Its source and kill it there. 1t had
two forms-despondency and tempta-
tion-but he urged them not to be in
fiuenced by either. Let their study be
based upon knowledge, the knowledge
that had accumulated during the ages
and was formulated in what was known
as academic training, and let their
knowledge in turn be based upon their
own study"
Certainly that is the best of advice,
for what has been done before can be
dona again
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mock back O. the gin rails house, but
there mus be no brace game. Jim mus
marry the gal soon s he could git to a
parson or a squire, or he must settle
with Hank. If he done square, Hank
would stan by him 'gainst whole army
O. rustlers, if it kim to that kind o.
show down
"When this 'greement was all made,
Hank gallops over an tells me an Bill,
an we tells him fer to go ahead an have
Jim run off the prize. One o. us would
be at the round up.
When the pursuing party came with
in easy range of Jim Bumper, we saw
there were two horsemen instead of one.
When the generals voice rang out a
"HaltF' one of the men faced his horse
toward US and threw up his hands. Jim
swung himself in the saddle laid the
girl tenderly by the side of the trail
and struck the spurs into his painting
horse. The general fired, but Jim
plunged ahead. took careful aim and
pulled, but shout of defiance from Jim
was the only result, for we were using
blank cartridges without knowing it.
Then old Buds long rife gave forth its
whiplile report, and the retreating
horse went down, while his rider pitch
ed headlong to the ground. 1t was with
the greatest difficulty that we prevent
ed the general from doing some more
shooting, especially when he discovered
that Jim's companion was Hank, whom
the general had done many favor
''Durn me, if this hain't Bill Plant
ers' galp' shouted Bud as he knelt by
the side of the trail
Course it is" snorted Hank
That's her, an they won't be none of
you gents walkin round tomorrer what
says it hain't her. Jim Bumper wanted
her fur his wife, an she wanted him,
an greed to see 'em through. When l
gins my word, there hain't nothin less
IAN bullet goin to make me out liar
There's goin fur to be weddin or a
few 'ristocratic funerals I"
When Jim discovered that he had
really carried off the wrong woman, he
began to bluster, swear and deny, but
when ne felt Hanks gun at one ear and
old Buds at the other, while the latter
told that 'fme nor Hank won't see no
shame put pom darter o. Bill Plant
ers as has allus been our pard, - he
wilted, went meekly back with us and
sat down to breakfast a married man.
And charming little wife she that
was Miss Planters made him. Indeed,
as old Bud put it, 'she jist coaxed all
that sneakin meanness out o. Jim an
made him bout as decent critter as
you gen rally see in double harness. -
When Kitty and were married, Mr..
and Mrs. Jim were both at the wedding,
and for the first time since the ''kid-
naping' he had talk with Bud
"Old fellow" he said, ''you rung in
cold deck on me, but 1 was a winner
after all and there's no grudge. git
even with big Bill by calling him
grandpa now, and Hank don't find time
to do much but roll around with the
baby. Detroit Free Press.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-11-08
WHEN MOTHER GETS TEA.

When on Sunday afternoon
The children are away
And wife and / at home alone,
She'll look at me and say:
"We'n let the servants all go out
When only you and me
Are left, just as used to do,
I'll get your Sunday tea"
And SO we watch them as they go, Y
The maids in ribbons gay, =,
Butler and cook and all the rest
Depart in brave array,
And when the last has disappeared
rub my hands in glee
And say, 'Now, Mary, for old timesl"
And "mother" gets the tea.
Stand back, each Jane and Bridget,
And hide your blushing facet
If you could only cook like this,
You'd never lose placed"
Such oysters and such omelets,
Chicken and toast-ah, me,
How happy twas when, long ago,
She always got the teal
Those good old days, when we were poor
And boys and girls were SMALL
Since then the Lord has prospered us,
While they've grown strong and tall
And think they ought to have ''mort
style"
Perhaps such things must be,
But still I'm longing for the days
When "mother" got the tea
Louise Edgar in New York Independent.
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"There is no new thing under the
sun. We hardly expected to find that
DIR. johnson aphorized on SO up to date
a subject as cycling, yet such is the
fact, as the following extract will show,
says an English paper:
Mr.. Ferguson told him Of newly in
vented machine which went without
horses. A man who sat in it turned a
handle, which worked spring that
drove it forward. Then, sir" said
johnson, what is gained is, the man
has his choice whether he will move
himself alone or himself and the ma
chine too. boswell, Year 1869, Page
207 of Globe Edition.
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Entering the house of friend some
weeks ago, was struck with the superb
polish of her walnut stair rails. They
were fairly dazzling-so much so that |
could not but remark it.
what polish do you user asked.
"None at all, " she replied. II en-
courage my three small boys to slide
down the banisters, and there you are "
The idea struck me as a good one,
and l offer it herewith to all readers Of
The Chatterbox Harper Bazaar.
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young lady devoting herself to work
among the poor and broken down
ex-convict lying sick, perhaps dying, in
an east end slum?
On returning to his bedside at 5
o'clock in the afternoon / found Miss
Clinton was again on duty. She was
quite calm and self possessed and with
out trace of nervous excitement
The progress which had been shown
in the morning was all lost and
change had set in for the worse A brief
examination told me that he was in
state of collapse, which was the one
thing l dreaded. Within a few hours
he would be dead man
"When will it be?'' she said in
steady voice.
Before midnight, :" answered.
Would you like me to stay with you,
or shall ask Miss Shepherd to send
somebody in your placer"
81 will watch alone.
"Are you a relative of the Mr. Gin
ton whose house was entered Saturday
morning?' asked, leading her to the
window
''He is my uncle, - she said.
'And who is Bill?'' asked
''He is my brother. =
She spoke in the same steady voice.
'He went wrong as boy of 10, she
continued my uncle might have
saved him, but refused to- That is why
have taken up nursing. l knew he had
I1,f 1,o1 1,J b,
this. 1 hoped I might find him if I
mixed with the poor. RI
In one little matter was able to save
her some pain.
At the door met an officer in plain
clothes whom knew by sight
''I'm after man for the Forest Gate
robbery. 1 hear he is in this house
''He is up stairs, - 1 said, "but you
are too late. He is dying" The detect
i've hesitated-
Il give you my word as physician
that he will be dead before midnight
If you arrest him, he will certainly die
on the road to the station Do you know
his real name?'' I asked
The detective looked at me sharply.
"No; what is it?''
William Clinton, nephew of the
man he tried to rob. At the present mo-
ment his sister is watching by his bed. y
The officer made note of it in his
book
81 shall have to keep an eye on him,
doctor" he said kindly, "but you may
depend l shat interfere for the sake
of the young lady"
And SO William Clinton passed
through the gate of life in peace An
SWerS
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For a sty In the Eye.

When you feel that pricking pain
and see the fatal little spot of red on
the eyelid which surely foretells the
coming Of sty, put into small bag
teaspoonful of black tea, on which pour
enough boiling water to moisten AS
soon as cool enough put it on the eye
and let it remain until morning. The
sty will in all probability be gone. If
not one more application will be GER
tain to remove it.-Good Housekeeping.
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AUTUMN ON WIND RIVER.

The black pines stand high up the hills,
The white snow Sits their columns deep,
While through the canyons riven cleft
From there beyond the rose clouds sweep.
Serene above their paling shapes
One star hath Weakened in the sky,
And here in the gray world below
Over the sage the wind blows by,
Rides through the cottonwoods ghost ranks
And huns aloft a sturdy tune
Among the rivers tawny bluffs,
Untenanted as is the MOON
Far meath the huge invading dusk
Comes silence awful through the plain,
But yonder horseman's heart is gay,
And he goes singing, might and main.
Owen Wister in Harper's Magazine.
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UNAWARE.

would not have you so kindly
Thus early in friendships year.
A little too gently, blindly,
You let me near.
So long as my voice is duly
Calm as a friends should be,
In my eyes the hunger unruly
You will not see.
The eyes that you lift so brightly,
Frankly, to welcome mine
You bend them again as lightly
And note no sign.
had rather your pale cheek Redeemed
With the flush of an angry pride,
That a look with disliking deadened
My gaze defied.
If SO in the springs full season
Your glance should soften and fall
When, reckless with fever's unreason,
tell you all.
The Late q. G. Bunner in Scribner's Maya
zine.
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THE WORLDS POPULATION.
It Could All Find Standing Room ON One
of England's Shires.

1t Could All Find Standing Room on One
of Englands Shires.
England today contains 80, 600, 900
people, but it has trebled its population
in the course of century, inasmuch as
the population was 10000, 900 on the
accession Of the Hanoverian dynasty.
At the time of the great revolution in
1888 England contained $500, 900,
while London, now $500, 900, contain
ed only 500, 900 inhabitants.
It further appears that the entire
population Of the country was under
1000, 900 when the "Domesday Book"
was compiled shortly after the Norman
conquest. Other nations are more or
less amenable to the same principle Of
increase, and modern ideas Of the vast
populations of antiquity are far from
being correct. In spite Of the grossly
exaggerated statistics Of Josephus, the
site of Jerusalem and the course of its
ancient walls, which can easily be
traced, prove that the Holy City could
never have accommodated more than
100, 900 people, while the outer walls of
Rome, still standing, indicate that the
ancient population of the Eternal City
could not, even in its palmy days, have
exceeded 1000, 900 people
Westward the star of civilization
takes 1t course" is truth confirmed by
the history of the ancient world and set
forth in the rise and fall of the success
sive empires of China, India, Assyria,
Babylonia, Egypt, Greece and Rome.
The westward trend Of the Aryan ia
miles Of Celts, Teutons and Slavs in
prehistoric times points to an eastern
origin of the primitive nations that gath
cred strength as they marched toward
the lands of the setting sun, and it now
appears highly probable that the bulk
of the worlds population had congre-
gated around the blue waters of the
Mediterranean when Greece and Rome
were in the meridian of their power.
The numerical strength of these nations
was not great, and modern ideas Of the
vast population of the ancient world are
more fanciful than real.
From the foregoing considerations it
would appear that the regular home
about 100, 900 men, could find standing
room on four acres of ground, space
equal to that of Trafalgar square, Lon
don, while the entire force Of volun-
teers in this country, numbering about
$50, 600, could be accommodated in
Lords cricket ground.
The $500, 900 people in London could
easily stand in Regents park, while the
10000, 900 of the United Kingdom
could be packed together in space
within range of cannon that can fire
the distance of mile
The present population of the world
could stand in Middlesex, while all
who have ever lived since the Chris
tian era could stand in Yorkshire, and
all the Inhabitants Of the world, reck-
oning from the time of Adam to the
present day, could, as far as area is con-
cerned, have found ample standing room
in England. London Tit-Bits.
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"A n0ueI row "a.

Hoopestown, Ills, a town Of 1000
inhabitants, has never had saloon.
The mayor receives a salary Of so cents
a year, the remuneration of each Of the
councilmen is half that amount, and nc
fees are accepted. Last year the com
bined salaries of the mayor and the city
fathers were given to help a needy wild
ow pay her taxes. New York Tribune.
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The most northern lighthouse in
Great Britain, the northwest tower on
the coast Of Shetland, is built on a rock
200 feet high, the summit of which
barely affords room for the necessary
buildings The rock itself has the ap-
pearanoe of a gigantic iceberg.
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Pennsylvania ABROAD.
The Standard Railroad of S4meyica. Pro-
tected throughout by Block Signals
and Inteyi0cking .SzOitches.
IN EFFECT OCTOBER a. 1898.

Trains LeaUe Mount Holly as JoEEo,Os:
1855, 9.i5 ll.22 A. M, I25s, 2.33; (3.4O Saturday
only, AZ. o., SIS. s25, 1850 To- p p ~ s.o
For Pemberton, 1856 9.26. A. NJ, Las. 80. AT.
sos, 7.Z7, P. NJ.
On sundays. lo2S A. NJ, 6.o5FM On
749, 9.lS, 1O5. A. M, 1870, 800, S.40, 447, 5-5S
Pm
On Sundays, 1000 A. M 2.05, 6.O5P.M.
For East Burlington, $50, 7.25, 7.49. s.22 $50.
918. l0.15. 1l05 A. NJ 1890, 800, $40, 447, $40,
$50. 6.26, 7.26. s45. 1000 P. N.
On Sundays 725, $50, 1910 A. M, 1900 2O5, go.
3.l5. 3.4l, 4.lO, 800, $685. sos, 6.45, 7l6. sl5,
$40. P. NJ.
FOR Lewistown, Columbus, Kinkora, ETC..
Las, AT P. NJ.
On Sundays, 500 P. M.
For LumDerton, Medford, Marion and Had
donfeld. 935 A. NJ.
For yincentown, 1875, 8 O6 P. M.
r r Toms River, g26, A. M III I'm. ,orno,ot
City, 1926 A. M, 4.47P.M
For Asbury Park and Long Branch, 9.26, A. NJ,
Trains leGUe for Mount Holly as JottOaos:
From philadelphia. $50, 7.sO. $50, 1000. 100
1910. A. M, Il 80. Saturdays only, 23O, 400,
40. $40. 6.l0, $50. 800, 1890. II .45PM
ON Sundays. 9l5 A. M, LOO 500, l03OP. NJ.
From New York. via Trenton and Burlington,
500, $780, ll00 A. M, LOO. 2.lO. 400, 300. 800,
on Sundays. 1000 A. M, 7.O0P.M.
From Trenton, 6.45, TAO. 9.25, ILL A. M, 2.5s,
On Sundays $40. 1i5O, A. M. 4o5. s.os. Pm.
From East Burlington, zoo, z.53, S.26, 8.4S, ~.
1905. l0.45. 1l.4S A.. M, LOS, t205 Saturdays
only) $3.50, 40. 6.l6. 55S, $780, 100, 100, $3.50,
1920 P. M.
ON sundays, 500. $40, 1890. A. M. 1890, 2.s5.
3.05, 345, 49, 455. $50, 600 $780, TO. 745, s45,
100OP. M
From Toms River, 7.4S A. M, 1853, P. M.
From AsDury Park, 30 Pm.
From MedfOrd, l.55 AN.
From Long Branch, lO0P.M
From Pemberton, (north) 6ss 7.2s, sSS. s-55.
A. NJ, 1887, 407. $40 P. N.
On SUNDAYS, 500 A. NJ. 800 p. M
From Pemberton (south), 1856 A. NJ, 4.4 P. N.
From Vincentown, $50 A. NJ, 1.42 P. NJ.
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No Need to Cry.

Don't cry, Buster, said Jimmieboy
after the catastrophe. Napoleon didn't
cry every time his brother hit him acct
dentally on the eye !"
81 know that, retorted Buster. INA
poleon did all the hittin on the eye his
self. n-Harper's Bazar.