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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-04-26

The two shots rang out simultaneous
~. Neither man was touched.
"Why did you do that?" said Cap
tain Kingsley, frowning.
"Why did your" said Captain How
ard. 81 gave you chance to revenge
yourself. y
"What good would revenge do me?''
said Captain Kingsley. 81 think that
my only wish is to put myself out of
her way. Do you mean to shoot me or
do you not?'
81 do not, said Captain Howard.
"You leave me no alternative. /
must do itmyself, p" said Captain Kings
ley.
And he did.
He was buried with military honors
in the post cemetery. The papers an
nounced that while he and his friend,
Captain Howard, were shooting at a
mark his pistol had gone off accidental
ly and killed him.
The evening after the funeral Mrs.
Kingsley was sitting in her drawing
room when Captain Howard came in.
"Alice,' he said, dreadful as this
has been cannot regret it, for it gives
you to me-"
She looked at him, but blankly as if
she did not see.
"What is the NATTER" he said.
"Don't you love me any more?'
''Love you? Yes, but that has moth
ing to do with it, /" she answered.
"What do you mean?'
II mean that am going away to-
morrow.
"And when may Gomez
"You? Why, never"
AREN'T you going to marry me?"
"You don't suppose that Icould mar
~ you after this? When Rob was alive
and at home, I would have done any
-anything-but, as / have told
you before, if he had been away 1
would have behaved in most exem-
plary manner. Now that he can never
come back-now that am left alone to
uphold the honor of his name, do you
dream that would marry you of all
people? My sense of honor forbids it. :"
She smiled wanly, but there was I'M
flinching resolve in her eyes. Elizabeth
Hartman in Home Magazine.
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One Of Max o,Relrs Experiences.

Once when Max O'Rell was staying
at hotel he had occasion to complain
of the marked incivility and neglect of
a waiter. The proprietor apologized, as
surfing Max O'Rell that no such COM
plant had ever been made before.
When the waiter was reprimanded, he
explained himself thus: Its not to be
expected that self respecting Scotsman
could wait on him with oivility. Didn't
he say we took to the kilt because our
feet were too large to get through
trousers?' London Telegraph.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-04-26
DOCTOR WAS IN LUCK.
How He Got Quarter of Beef He Wa
In Want OF.

How He Got Quarter of Beef He Waa
In Want OF.
A prosperous Pittsburg physician, who
resides in an aristocratio part of the
CITY, related an experience he met with
about year after he had graduated
from college. He was practioing in a
small village in Indiana county about
is miles from any railroad. He had
been recently married, and in the strug-
gle to make ends meet the prospect at
times became very disoouraging. 1t was
during one of these depressing periods
In the middle of the winter, with snow
foot and half deep covering the
ground, that he was called to attend a
farmer who lived some miles away. The
stock of provisions in the house was ex-
hausted and it seemed certain that the
resolution that had been made by the
young couple not to ask any one for
credit must be broken. When the call
arrived, the doctor was preparing to go
to the nearest store to ask the proprie-
tor to give him "tick" SO that he could
get something for breakfast. Instead Of
going to the store he mounted his faith
full mare Molly and started off through
the drifts to visit his patient. When
the dc ctor rose to leave, after attending
to the patient, the old farmer said:
"Doo, / amt got no money, but if
quarter of beef'll do you any good I'll
send it in when the roads git broke, "
Tho 1oY1no hoort IOWA a
bound. Concealing his exultation as
best he could, he said: whats the
matter with me taking it right along? l
was thinking of buying some beef, and
this will come in handy
The proposition was accepted, and the
farmers son helped put the quarter of
beef across Molly's shoulders, and the
homeward journey began. The mare
was skittish, and the doctor bad diff
Guilty in keeping the beef from falling.
Finally the mare SHE'D at something,
and away went the beef into a big snow
drift.
The doctor was member Of the
Methodist church, and, according to his
story, did not swear. He dismounted
and endeavored to put the beef on the
mare, but she wouldn't stand still, and
after repeated attempts the task seemed
a hopeless one. Thinking of the resolu-
ton, the young doctor set his teeth and
tried again. This time he was success
full. He felt like oonquering hero as
he dumped the beef on the portico of his
modest home about midnight The
faithful little wife was sure it was a
dispensation of Providence, but the doc
tor, remembering his struggles at the
snowdrift, reserved his opinion. Pitts
h,1ro, Dicpofob
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-04-26
MRS. THOMAS CARLYLE.

One Occasion When the Clever Woman
Was Surprised and COMPOUNDED.
The brightest time for Mrs. Carlyle's
talk was during dinner. Day after day
she poured forth witty stories, most Of
which I have almost forgotten, but in
any case it would be dissertation to at
tempt to repeat almost any Of them.
The characteristics of living men and
women were often dashed off in few
rithy words, not without satirical
touches. George Henry Lewes was not
one Of her favorites but / noted with
pleasure the way in which she spoke Of
the wonderful transformation effected
by the influence on him of George Eliot.
One of her experiences was when WIS.,
iting a shoemaker S shop to make pur-
chase, at the time when sandaled shoes
were worn, like those represented in
the original illustrations Of Dickens
The sandals were of black ribbon, uncut
until the shoes were worn by the pur-
chaser at home. Mrs. Carlyle tried on
many shoes, and each time that shoe
proved unsuitable she unconsciously
slung it on to her left arm. Being at
last suited, and having paid her bill,
she left the shop, and had walked a lit.
tie way when she heard shout behind
her Looking back she saw the shop
man running after her, much excited
and insisting on her returning the stolen
shoes. Looking down, she saw to her
surprise a number Of shoes dangling
from her arm. The man Indignantly
asked her name and address. Her as
constituent was such that her name was
obliterated for time from her memory
and all she could recollect was her
maiden name, "Miss Welsh" The hu-
NOR in this tale was enhanced to those
who knew her from it's being SO much
out of keeping with her usual shrewd-
ness and self possession that no one
could have predicted it of her.
Her death scene, a year later, when
"Mr Sylvester" as she named her
coachman, during a drive, turned and
looked into the carriage-surprised at
receiving no orders as to route-and saw
her sitting, lifeless, with pet dog on
her knee, has often risen to my
thoughts.
My strongest impression was of the
deep mutual love evidently subsisting
between Mrs. Carlyle and her husband.
Every subject we discussed seemed to
recall thoughts of him. If the piano
were opened, his song of the "blue day
was referred to or asked for; if any
literary man were mentioned, his opin-
ion Of him was given, or a story was
told showing his relation to other men
of note. felt as if listening to the love
talk of youthful engaged couple, and
when, in later days, Froude opened up
a fioodgate of misunderstanding l felt
assured there was a radical misconcep-
tion of the true state of affairs. New
York independent.
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Stained Glass Portraits.

Stained glass portraits are favorite
fad with women who can afford them.
The queen of Italy has beautiful stain
ed glass portrait of herself, and it is said
that Alma Tadema is now making use
Of the same medium in picture of the
toung Duchess of Marlborough.
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PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
The Standard Railroad Of america Pro-
kected throughout by Block Signals
and Intoxicating .SzOitcheS.
IN EFFECT DECEMBER II, 1897.

Trains leave Mount Holly as Jollows:
FOR Philadelphia, $50, 800, 6.52, ITO, 749, s.57
9-l5 ll.20 A. M, 1884, 2S3. $3.50 Saturdays
only. ALB, 50i, GIG S.25, 1850 M.
On sundays, s.2s A; M. 1908. 5ls s.50PM.
$685. 7.3l, P. M.
on Sundays 1923, A. M, 6OOP.M
FOR Bordentown, Trenton and New YORK, $50
74S, 9.lS, Hos. A. NJ, 1880, 255 40, 4.47. $685.
P.
ON sundays. 1000 A. M, 9O5. sos Pm.
For East Burlington, $50, 7.25, 7.49, S.22, $685.
9lS 1918, ll.05 A. M, 1870, 255, 4.I0, 447, 5l5
5.53, 6.26, 7.25. S.45. 1000 P. M.
On Sundays 725 $50, 10 90 A. M, 1900, 2.05, 23O
S.l5, 3.4l, 40, 500, 5.35 sos, 6.45, Tbs, sl5
800. P. M.
For Lewistown, Columbus, Kinkora, ETC.,
7.35 A. M, Las, 4.47P.M.
On Sundays, COOP. M.
For LumDerton, Medford, Marion and Had
donheld. 9-35 A. M.
For Vincentown, 1875, sos P. NJ.
For Toms River, 9.26A M, AT, Pm.
For Tuckerton. Beach Haven and Barnegat
City, 1926 A. NJ, AT p.
For Asbury Park and Long Branch, 9.26 A. N.
Trains leave for Mount Holly as JottosOs:
From PHILADELPHIA, $50. $50. $50, 1000. ll.2O
1910, A. M, Il 80 Saturdays only, 2.3O, 400
80, $40, Go $50. 800, 1920. ll.45P,M.
On sundays, 9.l5 A. M, LOO, 800, 10.3OP.M.
From New York. via Trenton and Burlington,
$780, $50, II. 90 A. M, 100. 2lO. 400, 800. 500
On Sundays, 1000 AM, 7OOPM
From Trenton, Gas, TAO. 9.25, ILL A. M, 1853,
Ala, $40, 700. $50 P. M.
On Sun days, $40. ll.50, A. M. 4.05, 9.OS, Pm.
From East Burlington, 100, 1853, S.26, 5.4S, AZ.
1905, l045 IL 48 A. M, LOS, 1856, 49, $50. 556,
$50, 100. $50, $50, 1890 P. M.
On Sundays, $780, $780, 1870, A. M, 1890, 1885,
800 345. 43O, 455. $50, 800, $50, 72O. As, s45
l0.00P.M.
From Toms River, 7.4s A. M, 402P.M.
From AsDury Park, 2.13P.M.
From Medford, ll.55 A.
From Long Branch, LBS, P. M.
From Pemberton, (north) $3.50, 7.2s. 1888 A. M,
1887, 407, 8.l0P.M.
On Sundays, 500 A. M, 5.O0P.M.
From Pemberton (south), S.36 a. M, 4.H P. M.
From Vincentown, 650A M, 1.42P. M.
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HOW MUCH HE LOVED HER.

My passion, Sylvia, to prove,
You bid me tell how much l love.
love thee. then-but language fails
More than bees love fowery wales,
More than turtle loves his dove,
More than warblers love the grove,
More than nature loves the spring,
More than linnet loves to sing,
More than insects sunny beams,
More than poets airy dreams,
More than fishes love the flood,
More than patriots public good,
More than flocks the grassy plains,
More than kinds increasing rains,
More than lords their pedigree,
More than Yankees to be free,
More than heirs love twenty one,
More than heroes laurels won.
More than elves the moonlight shade,
More than ancient maids to wed,
More than hermit loves his cell,
More than beauty to excel,
More than miser loves his store,
More than myself. Can do more2
Solomon G. Fay in New York Ledger.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-04-26
MY LITTLE LOVE OF LONG AGO.

MY little love OF long ago
How swiftly fly the tired yearsD,
She told me solemnly and low
Of all her hopes and all her fears.
She feared the dangers of the way,
The striving and the workaday
That waited far across the sea,
The loneliness of missing me.
She never doubted me-ah, no,
Ny little love Of long agol
For she had faith in verything
How swiftly fly the tired hoursD,
A heart that could not help but sing
And blossomed out amid the flowers.
My loving was its best refrain,
My leaving was its saddest pain.
She sobbed it all upon my knee,
The loneliness of missing me.
l kissed and comforted her so,
Ny little love of long ago.
My little love of long ago
How swiftly fly the tired daysD,
Such little feet to stumble slow
Along the darkest of llfe's ways,
While time and distance and the sea,
Or my poor, careless heart maybe,
Could not have told from spring to spring
Why we long went awanderingl
Saddest of all is not to know
My little love of long ago.
Post Wheeler in New York Press.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-04-26

cts hard to die SO young, said the
turkey, "but I'm thankful for one thing
anyway
"What's that?' asked the oyster.
"I'm not to be served in ST. Louis, :"
replied the turkey, $50 I'll not be eaten
with knife. Chicago News.
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Medford, Marlton and Philadelphia

Medford, Marlton and Philadelphia.
Leave Medford for Philadelphia at 100, 100,
A.. M, 2.l3, 5.24, Pm.
On Sundays, sol A. M, $50 PM.
Leave Marion tor Philadelphia at TIA, 10.2(
A. M, 2.35, 5.35, Pm.
On Sundays, Sl4 A. M, 4.02 P. NJ.
Leave Philadelphia, Market Street, for Med
ford and Marion at 100, 1885, A. NJ, 800. $50
Pm.
On Sundays, S.45 A. M, $50 P. M.
Leave Marion tor Medtord, s.ll, 1l.Ss A. NJ.
1874, $50, Pm.
On Sundays, 9.39, A. M, 623P.M.
For further particulars apply to the ticket
agent at the station.
j. B. HUTCHINSON, j. r. WOOD,
General Manager. Gen. Pass. Agent
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Union Transportation Company.

TuckertOn Railroad.
Leave Mount Holly tor Tuckerton 9.26 A. N
All P. M, daily except Sunday.
Leave Tuckerton tor Mount Holly, 100 A. M,
200 P. M, daily except Sunday
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see Cn1S, aE1 I1pGOu 06lU up MS
bandaged hand. "Theresa slug O. lead
as big as the end of your thumb went
through It.
The sun had disappeared behind the
hills, and in the dim twilight Tipton's
shaggy outline looked shadowy and in
distinct to Stanhope, SO astonished was
he. He whistled softly, and the pony
pricked up his ears.
81 b'lieve you are as close to the
truth as you ever get" he said to Tip
ton.
The shaggy man iared up, and STAN
hope could see a dangerous glitter in
his gray eyes.
None of that" he growled. "This
is a matter tween Greaser and white
man. I'm with the white man. Savvy?
After it's over you and NELL have it
out.
elm any way you like" said Stan
hope stiffly. "You know me, Upton.
And he returned the shaggy mans glare
through the gloom.
81 s'pose them two fellers run
acrost with their threats cut back up
the trail was your friends?" Upton de-
scribed the men.
eyes.
"Well, then, the Greasers is only
waitin fer night to rub us out"
81 suppose So "
swell, then, we'll fool EN-, and to
Stanhope's establishment the shaggy
man collected a lot of mesquite roots
and lighted fire.
"What the devil are you up to,
mani" he demanded roughly. "D'you
want to fix 'em light to kill us byG''
my son, I've been at this game
longer'n you have" replied Upton.
Stanhope held his peace. After Upton
got the fire started he made two piles,
one on each side of the fire, out Of
Stanhope's saddle and what was left Of
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-08
sHEATHFD NAVAL VESSELS.
NAv1Es.

1r 1ssq inc armored fleet of Great Britain numbered 76 ships of 57630O tons; of which ii ships of "A 0T0 tons were sheathed, max, inc a percentage of sheathed vessels or ioi7 ner cent At the present time the ar nnoTred fleet consists of 93 ships of S95 090 tons of which 15 of Al 800 tons are sbeathed. giving a percentage of Is per cent and a tonnage increase in nine years
 Nine years ago the unarmored effective vessels of Great Britain numbered 191 of 995 -0S6 tons of which 22 vessels of 7204O tons were Sheathed. or percentage of 22. The rnarmored fleet now numbers 222 vessels of 655 .253 tons, and of these 69 of RAT e20 tons or B per cent. are sheathed. It Is evident that sheathing, notwith- standing It's first cost, has found favor in Great Britain and by other naval powers protected against fouling and corrosion are the best and cheapest in that they economize fuel. maintain their speed and require docking only at long intervals As for the cost. that varies, of course, in pro- portion to the size of ships, and in the large vessels of II 900 tons does probably not add more than 10 per cent to the cost of an ordinary steel vessel. In the six cruisers of the Grafton class of 1850 tons, not sheathed. the cost per ton of displace- ment was S147 for the hulls, while three others of the same class which were sheathed cost at the rate of S160 per ton. These prices were those paid to the con- tractors, and show 16.S per cent increased cost of the sheathed ships. A fleet of twenty-one cruisers was built in 1S90-92 of 3400 tons Of these ten were sheathed
 thereby increasing their displacement to
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-08
THE YANKEE DUDRLL DO.

When Cholly swung his golf stick, on the links Or knocked the tennis ball across the net With hs bangs done up in cunning little When he wore the tallest collar he could get Oh. it was the fashion then
 To impale him on the pen To regard him as being made of putty
 through and through;
 But his racquet's laid away
 He is roughing it to-day, And heroically proving that the Yankee dude'n
 do. When Algy. some knight of old arrayed Was the leading figure at the ''fawncy ball. We loathed him for the silly part he played, He was set down as a monkey-that was alli Oh.s we looked upon him then As unfit to class with men, AS one whose heart was putty and whose
 brains were made of glue
 But he's thrown his cane away, While the world beholds him, knowing that
 the Yankee dude II do. When Clarence cruised about upon his yacht. Or drove out with his footman through the His mamma, 1t was generally thought. Ought to have him in her keeping after dark! Oh, ridiculed him then
 We impaled him the pen We thought he was efferninate we dubbed him
 Sissy" too
 But he nobiy marched away
 He is eating pork to-day, And heroieally proving that the Yankee dude'u
 do.
 foe,
 In the jungle and the trenches on the hill, When the word to charge was given, every
 dude the go He there to die, to capture or to kill Oh, he struck his level when
 Men were called upon again To preserve the ancient glory of the old red.
 white and bluei
 He has thrown his spats away,
 He Is wearing spurs to-day, And the world will please take notice that the
 Yankee dude'u dol
 $. E. Riser in Cleveland Leader.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-08

make his defense submitted a written statement confessing to the theft of the signal book, which he professed to have burned. The statement. which has made the British admiralty very uneasy-on account of the person alleged to have tempted the sailor to steal the book for a large money consideration-and it's con tents, has been kept very quiet The book was stolen at about the time when the war between the United States and Spain began. some of the sensational British journals have intimated that Lieutenant ColWeH, naval attache to the United States Legation in London, has been a party to the transaction, and the lieu tenant has written to the admiralty re- futing the implied charge and requesting that 1t take steps to suppress the false reports in the newspapers. The signal man was sentenced to eighteen months imprisonment with hard labor and to be dismissed from the service with dis
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-08
A NEW MARVEL OF SCIENCE.

r CCORDING to the reports of the proceedings H of q recent meeting of the Royal Academy of \ Science in England certain Dr. w. J. Rus sell is said to have exhibited and successfully oper- ated working model of camera which enables photographs to be taken in the dark, not glirn- ner of light being necessary for acquiring good negative
 Photography without light IS of course a contra dction of terms, and probably when the new art IS fully explained it will be found that the process by which the negative IS taken IS something altogether different from that which we know as photography Tn the meantime we must accept the it comes to us and discuss the scientific marvel under that title If the claims made for it be well founded 1t promises to be one of the most interesting achievements of the year
 The whole history of the development ot pho toqrapby has been striking illustration of the prov erb Tt is always the unexpected that happens For long time past investigators have been seeking to discover means of photographing coors, and at any time within the last twenty years experts Tn the art would have been willing to predict that the next notable photographic advance would be that accom- plishment Up to this time, however, color pho tography remains impracticable while host of i'm movements have been made along lines utterly expected and unforeseen.
 The public has hardly yet recovered from the VI of photographng the bones within the body of living man. Photography in the dark promises to be even more startling At first thought 1t will seem something of menace to society. Mrs. Grundy can put aside with scorn the X ray instrument, for she cares very little about bones, but what will she say to camera that enables pictures to be taken of all that goes on in the dark of resorts?
 The idea of photographic instrument capable of taking perfect negatives in the dark that the operator does not have to disclose his presence by any flash or spark of light is that will lend itself readily to the uses of the romance writer. On that theme there can be written many stories contained in the Thousand and One Nights of the Arabian entertainments. Fortunately, however, the matter is likely to be of romance purely. While full particulars of the invention have not to us it is se1f-evident that negative taken by exposure in the dark must require hours of time, and that snap shot pictures with such will be impossible
 In fact the new invention, like the instrument played in the use of the ray, will probably be of advantage for scientific purposes only. Under any circumstances however the invention will be of no small value in many ways and it IS to be hoped the report that comes to has not exaggerated the de- gree of success said to have been attained by the working model.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-08

sOo of which 200 tons was the 5;eb wsls9S we're 1e the sheathng The vessels WnicuI "S1H not sheathed averaged for the huiIs fiat Si5t per ton of displacement, and thossG5 e sf57 I,er were sheathed cost at the rate or SIor oant Pti ton, an increased cost of 1O1 per per, c9ht +ba
 The cost of repairs Is practlcauy Sif same for both classes of vessels, the 4bnd GIL ference being rather in favor or snea5nii epcad in the engine and boiler room, where less ieSS coal is consumed by at least z0 per Cens tns in the bottom-protected ships, Whicn W fa' fIsa9 a further advantage in not requiring LIZ LIZ quent dockage and thereby incurring the h risk of straining the hull and getting the engines and shafts out of line. The ao- ditional cost is covered by the expense which the unsheathed ship is put to twice or oftener in a year by docking, cleanlne and painting, and the sheathed ship is al ways ready to steam at it's original speed, where the other, if unable to dock, may not be able to cover more than two-th1rdS of it's intended speed. The squadrons or the United States and Germany lowering about Manila are an example of the inn portance of sheathing. The German ships Kaiserin Augusta, Kormoran and Arcofa are sheathed and thus limited to at the most one docking yearly, while all of our vessels, with unprotected bottoms must dock at least three times durnfg the same npriOd