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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-06-13
ESTABLISHED 1879.
Il will take the directions and card

81 will take the directions and card
of admission now.
Certainly, said Blake ''This lit
tie plan makes your way clear from
Weybridge station. 1t is six or seven
miles. and you will have to walk it
Cabs can be tracked.
81 quite see that, said Streuth.
''For similar reasons you must not
inquire your way. You cannot miss it;
the plan is on large scale and every
possible landmark is indicated. When
you reach the furnace (which is sup
posed to be used in connection with
some brick works), you will find deaf
mute as night porter in charge Hand
him the ticket, and he will show you
by signs what to do p"
Streuth took the ticket and plan.
shook hands and went out.
He was passenger in the last train
to Weybridge that night
Three days afterward Streuth. with
a smile on his face, called once more on
Mr.. Blake Mr.. Blake did not seem at
all surprised to see him.
''Let us speak plainly" said Mr..
Blake "You were afraid of the fre4''
~ was, said Streuth
Everybody is 1t is the most awful
element, having in it something of the
supernatural l have sent 175 suicides
to that place and only three handed
their tickets to the night porter .
"And did the three commit suicideH'
''Nol They came out again. Not one
of them mas committed suicide or ever
will. You won't, for instance. -
mo" said Streuth; common sense
has dawned After all. he muttered.
''she is not the only girl in the world.
"Many of my clients, said Blake
smilingly, "give me some little present,
some trifing souvenir on their return.
Streuth put his hand into his waist
coat pocket. AS he fumbled with the
coins he said, Suppose that one Of
those three who did give up his ticket
to the porter had committed suicide,
you would have stood fair chance Of
getting yourself into a mess. :"
''Not at all, said Blake genially,
"not at all To prevent the possibility
of accidents there ism t any furnace. I"
He swept the sovereigns from the
table into the palm of his hand
"Most liberal of you, I'm sure. -
Barry Pain.
The Hotel POrter's Neat Joke.
In the barber shop connected with
big down town hotel works colored
porter who chatters necessarily The
hostelry has had the misfortune to be
the scene of an unusually large number
of violent deaths recently, and the por-
ter has plenty material for conversation
He loves to dwell upon a suicide or a
murder and is looked upon as an au-
thority on the death record of the hotel
The other day he was brushing GUS
toner coat and commenced the follow
ing conversation:
''Say, boss, hear bout de horrible
murder on floor Y dis mornin2'
"NoP' exclaimed the man. sis it
possible there has been another2''
''Sure nough, said the negro, de-
voting renewed energy to the brushing
operation.
sWho was killed. asked the man.
''Oh, wall paper man done went up
dere and hung up border.
The customer paid his bill and left
The colored porter went into the check
room, where he could laugh as hard as
he wanted Chicago Journal
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Inab Wnab ne meant.
'But what did he say 2"

"Hs said it was criminal folly to
waste money on the education Of such a
chump as l am. Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
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"And you say the idiot of teacher
told you that you had an extravagant
fool of father r.
'tThat's what he meant. y
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-19
NY. sOCIETY's PROGRESS.
Mrs. Astor Makes an Improvement on
the Continuous Buffet.
[From the Chicago Record.1


Just as a sign of a progressive ten
dency in society it is a pleasure to note
the innovation introduced at Mrs. AS
tors respondent ball in New York
Monday night. The affair would have
been notable anyhow, but one change
in the accepted routine of such enter
tainments makes it nothing less than
an event. The hostess dispensed with
the Continuous buffet and the supper
little tables which were hauled up to
the dancing floor by means of elevators.
'It was 1890 a. m.," says New York
journal, commenting excitedly on the
circumstance, when the little supper
tables appeared on the scene at once.
They had been prepared downstairs
and brought up on the elevator. The
supper was all the more enjoyed that
it had not been discounted by a con-
tinuous buffet"
1t requires only a little reflection to
and that this blow to the continuous
buffet marks distinct and important
Improvement in the affairs of society
life. The continuous buffet was filling
but crude. The poetry of the ballroom
has been spoiled by the spectacle of fes-
tive merrymakers filing out singly or in
pairs to browse at leisure at the buffet.
People have been known on entering
a mansion to make straight for the buff
fet and stay there until they were in
frightful state of repletion, and could
should have been whirling in the dizzy
1nazes of the waltz. Dances have been
interrupted and engagements broken
simply because missing partner had
been Iured away at an inopportune mo-
ment to the public pasture
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-19
CHAPLAINS' UNIFORMS.
Secretary Long Settles What They
Shall Wear in the Navy.

Washington, Jan. 19.-Secretary Long
has finally settled the question of chap
lains' uniforms, which has been before
a naval board for several weeks. A
controversy has long waged within the
service regarding the necessity of hav-
ing chaplains wear a uniform. Some
OF the chaplains desired it, others
thought their influence would be great
er If they had no official garb other
than the style of apparel usual to
clergymen. The dissensionS led to a
discussion as to whether chaplains were
really needed in the navy.
The whole matter has been disposed
of by Secretary Longs approval of the
boards recommendations, and hereafter
officers of that grade will possess two
coats, one of the usual blue frock pat
tern and the other of the white service
pattern. The gold stripes on the sleeves
of the ordinary naval uniform will be
replaced by black mohair stripes and
cross and rank device will be affixed to
the collar. The frock coat Is of the
general style of the garment worn by
other officers, except that black buttons
and black stripes on the sleeves will be
worn instead of gold buttons and gold
stripes. The frock coat will also differ
from that of other officers by being sim
gle breasted. The material of the
chaplains uniforms will be identical
with that of the apparel of other Off
GERS. The cap will be similar to the or
binary naval cap, with the device on the
front and with sliding chin straps of
black mohair in place of gold lace.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-19
For a Wou1an's Hotel

Plans for the Woman's Hotel are
steadily progressing, and it's projectors
now announce that they will be carried
out. The company will start with cap
ital of 100000 the building to be put
up when one-half that sum has been
subscribed. Pledges for 100000 are al
ready in hand. and 100000 more is
needed. 1t is the intention to cater to
the needs of the professional and bust
ness women and give them the same
comforts and conveniences that a man
expects and exacts. The hotel is by no
means a philanthropy. 1t will be an
vestment paying per cent dividends,
and the rates will be in accordance.
Seven dollars a week will secure a
room. The suites will be supplied with
individual baths, while each floor will
be equipped with ample baths for gen
eral use. The hotel will accommodate
500, and the restaurant will offer
table d'hOte as well as meals a la carte.
The estimated expenses of the admin
istration of the hotel have been exam
ined by the most experienced hotel peo-
pie of the country, and pronounced
wholly reasonable and posSible.-N. Y.
Cor. PittSburg Dispatch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-19
The Russian Tarantass.

The Russian tarantass is one of the
most picturesque of vehicles. Its general
features are, of course, too familiar to need
description, since the Russians have al
ways made it a favorite subject for repre-
sentation, both in painting, in carving in
wood and marble, and for casting in iron
and in bronze The name troika, proper
ly applied only to the team of three horses
which are hitched to the tarantass, is fire.
quently used to designate the carriage and
horses as whole The bow-spring over
the center or trotting horse is intended to
lift in part the weight of the heavy shafts
away, from this much enduring animal.
and the bow also affords lofty and con-
Spicuous position for the bells, without
which no tarantass could properly proceed
on its way. The whole harness and rig
ging are as it were, on springs, the sys-
tenn tending toward fiexibility and not to-
ward rigidfty. The idea of hanging the
boat-like body of the tarantass on long
birch poles is an exceedingly practical one.
In the first place, this blackboard arrange
ment of springs is the only one that would
withstand the fast driving over the bad
roads. which characterizes all Siberian
journeys; secondly, the birch is the most
common wood in all north and central
Russia and Siberia, and if one of the sup
porting poles of the carriage breaks on
the road. it is a comparatively easy mat
ter to replace it on the spot.-Boston
Transcript.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-19
New Drinks for New Yorkers.

Within the last month New York has
formed the acquaintance of two drinks
that even the Oldest rounder is forced to
admit are new ones on him. The first
of the strangers now trying to obtain a
foot-hold here is the national drink of
Mexico-pulque. 1t is not kept at all
bars, by any means; but a few places on
Broadway serve it. PuIque is imported
in pint bottles. 1t looks like buttermilk
and has a mawkish, disagreeable taste,
though a liking for it is said TO be easily
acquired. The poi cocktail is the other.
1t is a Hawaiian innovation which has
just landed. To construct a poi cocktail
a portion of the imported paste is dilut-
ed with milk to a consistency suitable
for drinking. Either sugar or salt, &C
cording to taste, is added and the mix
ture is drunk ice cold.-N. Y. Cor. Pitts
burg Dispatch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-19
BEST DRESSED WOMAN.
Amusing Controversy Which is Now
Going on in London.
London Cor: New York Times.l

TLondon Cor. New York Times.1
A rather amusing controversy is going
on in London as to who is the best
dressed English woman of fashion.
Among those first mentioned, with the
exception of Lady Warwick and the
Duchess of Portland and Lady Fec
Sturt, the majority are American
women.
Lady Naylor-Leland never dresses in
the evening in black. She is generally
in white, very often embroidered in dia-
monds and silver, and among her gowns
this winter is a pink velvet ball dress
and tea gown of turquoise blue panne.
One of her prettiest day dresses is black
with a sash of pale blue and a single
pink rose, while her toque was simply
a wreath of pink roses, with lilies of the
valley in an aigrette. Nine. Won Andre
is always in black and white, and Mrs.
Dudley Leigh, who was Miss Baby
Beckwith, is said to order all her gowns
from Paris, and to be one of the best
dressed women in London. Among the
unmarried women, Miss Goelet is es-
pecially mentioned, and her idea of
wearing always tulle evening frocks is
commended as happy. Lady Randolph
Churchill is also exQuisitely gowned,
and the Duchess of Marlborough loves
picturesque effects Some excitement
was created a fortnight ago by the APP
pearance at Niagara, which is the fash
ionable skating rink in London, of an
American actress, a Miss Edna May,
who was gowned in emerald green vel
vet, the blouse of which was covered
with a succession of diamond stars and
q SunburSt of brilliantS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-19

ated by varkonyi was a revolt against
the remnants of serfdom which still
exist in some parts of Hungary. In
these districts each peasant is COM
PEELED to work fifty days in the year
for the land owner without pay.
The fifty days of compulsory labor
are not successive, or at fixed intervals,
but when the land owner has work to
be done he sends a, drummer through
the village and every male inhabitant
is obliged to respond to the summons.
Thereupon so many men are selected
as are, required. The. Hand owner al
most invariably exacts this labor in the
summer when the. peasants time is
most valuable to him.
In the summer the peasant can earn
as much as Is a day; in winter not more
than I'D or Cd. In winter the peasants
are compelled to act as Dealers in the
magnates' hunts for wage of I'd a
day. The occupation is a dan gerous one
and the time is not counted in the an
nual fifty days compulsory labor.
The wives of the peasants are re-
quired to sweep and scrub the local
manor house once a week without pay.
Finally, many land owners use the
peasants as beasts of burden. harness.
Sng four men to the pillow instead of two
oxen.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-19
LAST SHOT OF BLOCKADE.
A Blank One Fired Across the Bows
the Cruiser Geier.
EFrom Harper's Weekly.1

Evening colors were sounding on the
vessels of the fleet in Guantanamo bay,
and the anchor lights were being sent
aloft. when the ever-restless Scorpion
weighed anchor and started on duty for
Santiago.
Down through the long line of battle
ships and cruisers, tugs and yachts, col
liers and schooners, she steamed, and
rounding the shoals of Sotarenta point,
stood west-southwest along the coast.
The last tints of a glorious Cuban sun
set were gradually deepening into
shade when the white sides of a strange
vessel were discerned far away on the
port bow. Standing rapidly to the east
ward, she was about ten miles off shore.
Who was she?
In a moment the Scorpion changed
her course and headed for her.
Darkness came on, and the strangers
lights alone were visible. On our quar-
killed. family as the flagship signaled to
the feet at anchor.
I'VE are not gaining" said the COM
handing officer.
''She must be a swift one," thought
we, f'to show her heels to the Scorpion"
Put on the blowers was the order,
and faster still we sped under the forced
air impetus.
Oh, the language that was coming up
the ventilators from the fire room be-
lowl
Now. we're catching her!" sang out
the oracle to the man at the furnaces.
Fire the blank charged" came from
the bridge. One was always ready with
us.
Bang! went the 6-pounder, and at
once the stranger stopped her engines
a few hundred yards ahead.
Half-speed, on our engine telegraphs,
and just abreast of her the Scorpion
was dead in the water.
What vessel is that?" megaphoned
our captain.
And back across the dark space came
the answer in clear tones, His Imper-
ial Majesty's cruiser Geieri"
"All right said the Scorpion. Good
night" and we headed away for the
westward.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-19
GLASGOW EXPOSITION.
Commissioners Come 10 Secure the
Cooperation of America

New York, Jan. 19.-Glasgow, the city
of Scotland which has demonstrated the
success of municipal ownership of fran
chises and the possibility of government
without taxation is to have an EXPOSE
ton. This was limited in a cablegram
a few days ago, but nothing definite
was known of the plans of the Scottish
city until today, when three commits
sioners appointed by the Lord Provost
of Glasgow arrived here on the Ameri-
can liner st. Louis from Southampton.
The commissioners are r. Crawford,
chairman of fine arts; Thomas Mason,
deputy chairman of buildings, lights,
and grounds land Michael Simons, chair
man of the musical and entertainment
department of the exposition, which is
to begin on May l, 1901.
The trio of commissioners, typical
Scotchmen every one, are here to con-
fer with President Mckinley and secure
if possible, the cooperation of this gov
eminent with the prospective EXPOSE
ton. They will also try to interests the
industrial and manufacturing portion
OF the country in the big Glasgow show.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-19
HAWAIIAN LIQUOR.
Ava Will Produce Two Jags With the
Aid of Cold Bath.

(Honolulu Cor. Chicago Inter Ocean.)
OF three kinds of drinks only one, ava,
has any legal standing in the country.
Ava was in use for centuries before the
missionaries came. 1t is the fermented
product of the ava root. The original
method of manufacture was for a family
or a company of friends to sit around a
calabash, each chewing a piece of the
root. When masticated sufficiently it
was thrown into the Gala bash and another
piece of the root taken up. When a suf-
hcient quantity had thus been prepared
water was added and it was set aside to
ferment. 1t is said that this primitive
methed has been generally superseded by
pounding or grinding the root, but of this
no one who has merely used the manufac-
tured product is qualified to speak.
The test of prime quality is that one
may drink of # to twenty-four hours of
briefly, and, without swallowing another
drop, secure repetition of the first eff
fects by merely taking a cold bath. The
trade in ava root is a licensed monopoly
granted by the government as means of
revenue, and is now held by Chinese. Any
one may purchase ava root from IL
cenSed dealer and manufa cture for his own
use So much did the missionary spirit
cOncede to aboriginal habit and custom,
and no government in late years has
thought 1T necessary or polite to interfere
with the old arrangement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-19
WASH YOUR MONEY.
Fashionable Woman Who Has Her
Bank Notes Laundered.

(F'rom the New Orleans Times-Democrat)
THE demand for new bills for shopping
is the increase among ladies'" said
local bank teller, land is getting to be
nuisance. A great many ladies won't ham
die any currency that is not fresh and
crisp. and in the north all the banks that
make speciality of catering to women's
custom keep a supply constantly on hand
for that particular purpose. Sometimes
the bills are hard to get, especially those
of certain denominations, and gold is I'M
popular on account of the danger of con-
fusing the $3.50 coin with bright penny.
1T is not generally known, but bills can
be washed and ironed as easily as a pock-
ct handkerchief. A wealthy lady of my
acquaintance has all her money Numbered
before she uses it. She turns the notes
over to maid, who washes them thor
oughly in hot water and soapSuds and
spreads them out on a table to dry. Then
she dampens them slightly and presses
them with a medium hot smoothing iron.
If the bill is not frayed this process will
make it as bright and crisp when it
first left the treasury. 1t is astonishing
how dirty money gets. If one could see
the water in which dozen commonly cir
culated bills were washed, it would give
them a permanent aversion to the trade Of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-19
AGAINST SKYSCRAPERS.
New Workers Want Restrictions on
Erecting Large Buildings.

New York Cor Pittsburg Dispatch.)
The CROWNS PppT0s;ition to the erection OF
at last crystalliZed into an effort to pro-
hibit their multiplication through the en-
slkyscrapers hereafter. The board of trade
and transportation some time since ap-
pointed a committee to consider the mat
ter. This committee, of which g. WALDO
Smith is chairman, yesterday reported the
result of it's deliberat tons.
The committee had consulted with Fire
Chief Bonner, the commissioners of fire
and health and with architects. The re-
port of the committee says that every
law should be enacted to restrict the
height of buildings in this city" The
of ventilation and of property rights, the
committee says. are vital factors, but the
final conclusion of the committee is this:
1T is the opinion of your committee that
the question must be reconSidered from
the standpoint of public safety alone, and
to this end we recommend the enactment
streets and avenues of this city build
ing hereafter erected shall exceed 200 feet
in height and that no building used as Z,
feet in height. Justly proportfonate lesser
heights shall be provided for the erection
of structures on the narrower streets and
height of 137 feet and over there shall be
ground floor to the roof, one of which
shall be remote from the elevator shaft.
all buildings now in existence or here
after erected, 49, feet and over in height,
there shall be provided and maintained
factory to the fire department The
suit of the fire in the Home Life Insur-
ance building, presumably absolutely
ance companies to aid the agitation against
tall buildings. All the damage done in
and the fire burned down from the top
floors far above the reach of water.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-19


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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-19
COSTUMES ARE DECENT.
New York Magistrate Dismisses the
Case Against Actresses.

New York, Jan. 19.-"The costumes of
these women are no more indecent than
those worn by society women who sit in
the boxes at fashionable entertainments;
therefore the case is dismissed"
Such was the decision rendered by
Magistrate Wentworth today in the case
against May Wheeler and Jeanette Perie,
who We're arrested charged with Violat ting
public decency in the costumes they wore
in IAN Affair of Honor a a music hall
When the case was called the women
were on hand with their maids, who were
loaded down witch satchels containing the
costumes used in the performance They
put these on and gave an exhibition of
their fencing before the magistrate, who
then rendered his decision.