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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-04-25

Among the ancient Spartans every
thing was considered secondary to mil
itary efficiency, and with a view to Sc
curing this the boys and men were by
law kept in a continual state of train
ing No deformed child was allowed
to live The boys were taken from their
homes and subjected to military regu-
lations at the age of Z. They were com
PEELED to wear the same single garment
winter and summer. At 20 they Joined
the ranks, and from that age till they
reached so were required to dine at the
public tables, where only a certain
quantity was supplied for each man.
The magistrates interfered in absurdly
small matters. They regulated the de-
gree Of fairness to which it was lawful
for any citizen to extend his body.
Those who dared to grow too fat or
too soft for military service and exer-
else were sometimes soundly hogged.
Aelian, in his history, relates that
Nauclis, son of Polytus, was brought
before the ephors (magistrates) and the
whole assembly of Sparta. and 'shis un-
lawful fairness" was publicly exposed,
and he was threatened with perpetual
Punishment if he did not bring his body
within the regular Spartan compass
and give up the culpable mode of living,
which was declared to be more worthy
OF an Ionian than a Spartan"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-04-25
Bamboo Fortincntlon..

Throughout the east the bamboo plays
an important role in nearly every kind
Of outdoor work. In building earth
works it is utilized very cleverly indeed.
In sandy soil or in the soft loan along
the swamps two rows of bamboo are
driven, about four feet apart. The
lengths of bamboo are about 10 or IL
feet long. and the thickness is about
four inches. Earth or sand is thrown in
between the rows of bamboo, making a
ditch in front of the stockade. A third
row of bamboo is then driven four feet
in the rear of the inner row, but this
row rises only a couple of feet above the
natural level of the soil More earth OF
sand is filed in, and the filing in each
case is rammed down as hard as posi-
BILE.
Where there has been a sufficient
length of time to cut portfolios through
the front thickness Of earth the men in
the Notifications thus thrown up need
not expose themselves at all, but when.
as in all cases of rapidly constructed
field works, temporary protection alone
has been desired. the rows Of bamboo
do not rise more than three feet above
the natural level, and the men lie down
or crouch behind the protection thus
afforded and fire over it.
Such works will keep ont any rife
ball, and will even so l~ocalize shrapnel
fire as to make it very ineffective. II
the shrapnel strikes the bamboo before
exploding it viii harm only those d.
rectly in front Of it. If 1t bursts before
reaching the earthwork the shrapnel
balls will fail to penetrate it.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-04-25

A Famous Poison Mystery.

England had a famous poison mystery
a quarter of a century ago. Two mem
bers of great club in Manchester, both
men of position and keen politicians,
each received, apparently as a New
Years gift, small boxes containing a
few cigars of the very highest quality
apparently. Both were taken fearfully
i'll after smoking, and one of them sub
sequently died.
The cigars were found to be loaded
with poison, and it was said that the
man who recovered only did so because
he used a cigar holder. The facts were
at first hushed up, because, as was said,
the suspected sender, whose motive was
revenge on account of a lady, was a
mar of wealth and power.
But this subject was cleared, and the
mystery was deepened by the following
circumstances: A rich Manchester mer-
chant, travelling one day in a railway
car about the time of the incident re-
lated. got into conversation with a most
agreeably and highly cultivated stran-
ger. who finally offered his cigar case.
The Manchester man was found at
Leeds almost unconscious and the only
occupant of the carriage. He grasped in
n Of his convulsed hands the cigar he
had been smoking and after analysis
showed it to be identical with the 9th
ers. He recovered, but the stranger was
discovered.
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An incident told by the Rev. Y. B.
Carroll in The Homiletic Review makes
apparent the necessity in this transit
ton period of getting the negro in
wardly right in order that his relation
ship to society may be right.
We were driving out one Sunday
from Decatur. when we came upon q
negro, with a club in his hand and q
freshly killed possum on his shoulder.
We stopped to examine his prize. and
the colonel said
my friend. do you know it is Sun
day."
"Sartin. boss"
"Are you not a religious mani"
81 are. I'ze jist on my way home
from church.
"And what sort of religion have you
got that permits you to go hunting on
SundayH'
Religion, religions" queried the
mar as he held the possum up with one
hand and scratched his head with the
other docs you 'spect any black man
in Alabama is gwine to tie hisself up
to any religion dat lows a possum to
walk right across de road ahead Of him
an git away free3 No. sahl A religion
which won't bend a little when a fat
possum heads you off couldn't be stab
lished round yere by all de preachers
in de univarse."
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The sermon.

The caustic remarks of Justice Haw-
kins have not always been confined to
the bench. At the opening of an assize
the chaplain preached what he con-
ceived to be a distinctly good sermon,
and he had the temerity to sound Mr.
Justice Hawkins on the subject.
"Did you approve of my sermon, my
lord" he asked.
81 remarked in your sermon, Mr..
Chaplain, was the prompt reply, 1.-TWO
things which, to be candid. l did not
approve of. and which l have, / am
glad to say, never remarked on a sim
liar occasion.
They were. my lord" was the anx-
ious question of the preacher.
"The striking of the clock. answered
Mr. Justice Hawkins. twice. sir. -
Green Bag
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The cowardliness Of sharks is well
known among men who have been
much to sea in southern waters infested
by man eaters. The fercest shark will
get out of the sea way in a very great
hurry If the swimmer, noticing its ap-
proach, sets up a noisy spIashing. A
shark is in deadly fear of any sort of
living thing that splashes in the water.
Among the south sea islands the ma
tives never go sea bathing alone, but
always in parties of half a dozen or SO
in order that they may make the great
est hubbub in the water, and thus scare
the sharks away. Once in awhile a too
venturesome swimmer among these ma
tives foolishly detaches himself from
his swimming party and momentarily
forgets to keep up his splashing. Then
there is a swish, and the man eater
comes up beneath him like a flash and
gobbles him.
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irate captain howls:
AW-na

"WeI2 How is it7'
SIS Miss begins the third con.
spirator; but the captain waits for nc
more. He makes a mad rush down the
steps. roaring savage imprecations and
evidently bent upon violence, but the
third conspirator, anticipating just this
attack, nimbly jumps out Of the way
n fees The captain, choking with
unappeased rage. returns to his home
and the three conspirators and the dis
carded lover gather under a convenient
doorway cro the street.
They had not long to wait. Henry
Whitman, with commendable prompt
ness, battered up the steps at z AS and
rang the bell The captain was in wait
ing, for the accepted lovers hand had
not left the bell pull when the door
opened, the captain emerged like an
ocean greyhound out of a fog bank and
fell upon the caller before he could ut
ter a word 1t was hammer and tongs
for about a second. and then such was
the force of the captains onslaught
that both men rolled down the steps
"AN S~"O l " o sup III d u6dp.
Whitman yelled, the captain bel
lowed. and Lucy, coming to the door,
screamed. The conspirators across the
way sneaked off in great delight at their
success. and it was well they did so,
for had they remained they would have
witnessed an anticlimax that would
have been unpleasant for them. Lucy,
recognizing her lovers voice, promptly
went to his relief and caressed his
bruised face in a way that Jack Darrow
would not have liked to see. The cap
tain, too, though still mystifed and
wrathy, apologized handsomely, and
when later the truth about the con-
spiracy became known to him he made
full amends to Whitman by doing all
he could to hasten the wedding.-Chi-
cago News.
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Reed and strnut.

Thomas B. Reed served in the navy
during the civil war, and in 1866 he
returned to Portland to practice law.
As a young lawyer he displayed the
same qualities of ability and aggres-
siveness which have been a c~onspicu-
GUS characteristic of his political life.
One of the strongest men at the Port
land bar at the time was A. A. Strout.
Before beginning the trial Of a suit
it was Strout's habit to inquire of every
juror as to the state of his health and
impress each with the idea that the law
yer was solicitous of that jurors per-
sonal welfare.
Reed and Strout were constantly an
tagonizing each other, though they
were very good friends. In nearly every
case Of Importance Strout and Reed
were on opposite sides.
1t was annoying, indeed; for the suave
Strout to hear Reed drawl out before
the opening Of a case:
well, your honor, Brother Strout
having finished his morning task Of
shaking hands with the jury, we may
now, l hope, proceed with the business
Of the court "-Philadelphia Saturday
Evening Post.
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4 complainant For ana ssot..

An old Scotch lady in Detroit is a lit
tie bit prouder of her nationality than
Of anything else to which she can lay
claim and never misses a chance to
boast of what her c%ountrymen have ac-
complished. She never tires of telling
what they have done, dwelling particu-
larly upon Scott, Burns. Wallace. Bruce
and Ian Maclaren.
Mother. said her son, after she had
been d~iscoursing upon her favorp
theme the other day. ''you hon
seem to think that no good can come
except out of Scotland / fear it's
becoming a sort of mania with you.
You'll be claiming yet. mother. that
Gladstone. Washington. Lincoln. Dew
ey and all the best of our greatest men
in modern times were born in Scot
land.
"Weel I'm nae so sure o that,
Jamie, but there be ane thing 1 do ken
O. the guide men ye name. laddie. Almost
a o thin had intellect enuch TO be
Scotchmen. Detroit Free Press.
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The First smokers.

PROFESSIONALLY smoking had already
been practiced by the Indians for cen
turtles when Columbus first reached
these shores. 1t was with them to a
great extent a form of religious cere
monial Dr.. Daniel @. Brinton, the IA
nous ethnologist, thinks that it had its
beginning in the blowing tube Of the
medicine man. Ignorant savages are
disposed to regard the human breath as
possessing magical properties. and it
may be supposed that burning leaves
were introduced into the tube for the
purpose of making the breathing visi-
BILE. The Indians smoked many kinds
of plants, such as sumac. red willow
bark and the leaves of the kinnikinio
or bearberry. and tobacco doubtless
was a discovery resulting from a selsc
ton Of the Attest. Science eiftinga
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.:say,' SAID the soldier suddenly

Say said the soldier suddenly
''you are not going back to the States
and say that. are your"
Certainly" replied the captain.
"It's true, isn't it2" He turned to me.
"Why, yes" l replied 81 wouldn't
hesitate to say that dress parade was a
magnificent thing and that regiment as
soldierly a lot of men as | ever saw.
"Look herel You are not going to put
that in the paper, are you ?" asked the
soldier.
why, yesl Why notf'
'sWhy mott Why, because the people
at Washington win read it, and they
will make us stay in this God forsaken
land another thousand years Look
here. he went on appealingly. 81 want
to go home. We all want to go home
except the officers. Don't say we are
good. Don't say that the regiment is
the best you yer saw. Say it's bad
Won't you, pleaseS Say it's the worst
looking gang you ever came up with in
your life 1t won't hurt You. Nobody
will know the difference. Why. I guess
most people have forgot there ever was
such a thing as the Fourth Immune
regiment. Say we are on the verge Of
mutiny and ought to be sent home in
disgrace. Won't yous That will help
us out.
He seemed TO like the idea. for he
went on rapidly 'sThat's the stuff.
Tell 'em we're so rotten that the insur-
gent soldiers don't have any respect for
us and that if we are not taken home
the insurgents are liable to attack as
and drive us off the island Say we
don't look able to fight a detachment
OF theS Salvation Army Give us a holy
roast, and it'll make the department
mad, and they'll say What's all this
The Fourth immunes What
are the Fourth immunes2 Oh, yes.
that's a regiment. ain'titS Well where
are theyf Let's bring en- back home
and send a decent regiment there that
reflects some credit on the United
States. That what they'll say Do
that for us, won't your
He stopped at the beginning of the
town
II can't go any farther. But do that
for us, won't you2 You don't know
how tired we are of being Robinson
Crusoes- Say I've got a mother at home
and / want to go back.
We walked away and left him. But
that night as the passengers sat on the
deck of the Antinojenes Hernandez and
watched the water widening between
the steamer and the pier there was a
shout from the shore. In the moonlight
we could see the figure Of the soldier
we had met at parade. He formed his
hands into a speaking trumpet and
shouted after us:
do that. won't youf Say we are
to mutiny and join the insur-
gents. Say anything We want to go
homei We want to go homel' The
came about and stood straight
out to sea- But as far as we could dis
Germ objects on the lonely coast of Man
zanillo we saw dimly a forlorn figure
leaning on a cane. and once or twice
the night wind carried his voice to us
again. II want to go home, go homer
-R H Little in Chicago Tribune.
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Lfbeln ON Dogs.

After all man does not remember the
dogs good qualities as he should. Look
at the SMILES he uses-''you lying
hound, "mean az a hound dog,
dog and flow down curl Man
hardly can think of a lower name than
n connected with dogs. And in horse
racing the worthless ones are called
dogs"
1t seems a little ~ungrateful when one
remembers all that a dog will bear
from a man and still love him.-New
York Commercial Advertiser
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IN A MUSIC SHOP

In a dim corner Of the shop,
With n but mice to mark,
The weary old toy either hung,
Forgotten by the dark.
tn cobweb hid its outworn case,
Dimmed with the anxious years:
The strings that little hands had pricked
10 laughter more than tears.
(And didst thou hope. a music toy.
For slumberf Nay. awakei
The heart Of music has no rest
its cords must break
Without, among the violins
That master hands had wrought,
1t heard the master music voice
Its own unuttered thought:
Like some poor bird of hating song
Wayworn, with broken wing,
Watching the lark fly up through heaven,
Ever to fy-and sing.
To little old toy instruments
Nor rest nor sleep belong;
Only to feel with helpless strings
Eternal stress Of song.
And even there, adaze with dusk
Too old and worn to sing,
The message of the viols set
Its voice a-quivering.
Thou weary little either,
Long days and years shall come
Before thy heart of song may break,
Thy weary strings be dumb.
Josephine Peabody in Youths Companion.
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Hardly worth the Agony.

An artist of more than national fame
chose the most beautiful girl In his
town for a mate. Before they we're
married he said; my dear, you are al
most perfect. You lack but two things
your mouth is a little too small, and
you are a little too thin. I wish that
before we are married you would cor
rect those two and become absolute per-
lection" For six months the poor girl
wore a brass fixture in her mouth to
stretch her jaw and ate fattening food.
Then she was married. To an intimate
friend she has since confessed that the
agony of that six months jaw stretch
ing was not worth all she since has en-
joyed as the wife of a distinguished
artist. New York Commercial Adyer-
tiser.
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LOVE SONG.

II all the laurel wreaths Of fame
We're twined for my unworthy head,
What were they worth unless you came
To see your lover garlanded9
If all the sovereignty of earth
In one sole scepter wooed my grasp.
What would its heavy gold be worth
Unless your land were mine to clasp9
II all the roses summer knows
By pleasures hand were plucked and
strown,
Should / raise up one single rose
If l must drink its scent alonef
There is no kingdom but your heart,
There is 10 laurel but your praise,
The rose is but your counterpart,
You dear delight of all my daysi
Yet would I had the scepter gold.
The laurel fine, the roses rare,
The scepter for your hands to hold,
The rose and laurel for you hairi
e. Nesbit in Black and White. Z
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The InAnity of space.

"Among the photographs you have
SEEM" said Sir Robert Ball, s'there are
stars so far distant from this earth that
if the glad tidings of that first Christ
mas 1, 800 years ago had been dispatch
ed then by an electric current which
could speed seven times round our globe
between every two ticks Of the clock
they would not yet have received them"
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who wbipsg

The clergyman's little son was tell
ing the small son Of a p~arishioner Of
the dreadful fights which he and his
sister INDUCED in.
you don't mean to say that minis
ters' children fghtf" replied the horri-
fed little layman.
"Oh. yes"
"Who whipsf'
Mamma. Pittsburg Chronicle
Telegraph.
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Chained poolx.-

The finest known collection of chained
books is that in Hereford cathedral 1t
includes about 2, 900 volumes, arranged
in five bookcases, of which not less than
1, 500 are secured by chains three or
four feet long, each with a swivel in
the center. A small collection of chained
books, long forgotten, has just come to
light in the vestry of the church at
Sleaford. Lincolnshire.
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she was Deliberate.

It is said that Dinah MULCH Craik,
the famous author of John Halifax,
Gentleman, made a habit of leaving
at her bank the manuscript of each of
her stories as soon al it was completed.
1t would remain there perhaps six
months and then she would call for it
and see how the story affected her after
that lapse Of time If it pleased her, the
manuscript was sent to the publisher.
Otherwise it was rewritten or thrown
away
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Only the First Step
IS Difficult"

The first step in Spring
should be to cleanse Mattress
house from Winters accuma-
lations. Hoods Sarsapanua
does this svorA easily. It Is
Americas Greatest Spring
Medicine. It puriies the blood,
as millions of people say.
1t makes the weak strong, as nervous
men and women gladly testify. It
cures all blood diseases, as thousands
of cured voluntarily write. 1t is just the
medicine for you, as you will gladly say
after you have given it a fair trial.
Bad Blood Although past 70 years of
age l am thoroughly well. 1t was three
bottles Of Hoods sarsaparilla that made
me SO after spending over $50 in medical
attendance. My trouble was a raw sore on
my ankle" MRS. LOUISA MASON, Court
Street, Lowell, Mass.
Running Sores" After worrying four
months l gave my children Hoods Sarsa-
parma anu IL cured them OF running sores.
Hoods Pills CURED me Of dyspepsia and
constipation" MRS. KATE e. THOMAS. 81
Governor St., Annapolis, Nd.
C-onsunnptive Cough Five years
ago | had a consumptive cough which re-
duced me to a skeleton. Was advised to
take Hoods S~arsaparilla which I did and
recovered normal health. I have been well
ever SINCE" MATILDA BRIDGEwATRR. Cor.
Pearl and Chestnut Sts., J~effersonviIe, Ind.
dood1 Soadabailzg
azazsl1amU
Hoods pjlIs cure live IN. ~. -. $4,000
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Pennsylvania RAILROAD.
The Standard Railroad Of Anseyica. Pro
fscted throughout By Block Signals
and Interfering Switches.
IN EFFECT OCTOBER 4, 1898.

Trains leaue Mount Holly as FOLLOWS.
f S.5s. ee 115~l # sl S g !. s s q, s-ss, 7:Io. z4a.
only), ~. 6O4, 6.lS. SIS, 1850 N.
On sundays. s.3s 4. NJ, l2.O5, 5.ls, $50 P. NJ.
sof Fsmberton. 7.s6, 9.26, A.M, Las. s32. AT,
On sundays. 1928 A. M, 6.O5 Pm.
For bordenLown. Trenton and New York. $50.
s.sS, sis' 1918, li.05. A. M, 1890. 800, $40. AT,
On Sundays. 1000 A. NJ, EOS, sos !. NJ.
fS Sls Ea " I, b !, u 6,So, 525, 5.4s. So. sI59.
6.53, 6.26, 126. 8.45. 1000 P. M.
on Sundays 7.25, $50, 1000 A. M, 1900, 2.O5, 2. 80.
9d5, 81, 40, 800. 5.s5, sos. GAS. lis. s.l5,
For Lewistown. Columbus. Kinkora, ETC.,
For Lumperton, Medford, Marion and Had
donield. 9.35 A. NJ.
FOR kfncentown, 1926, sos p. N.
For Toms River, 9.26, A. NJ, 4.47, Pm.
For Tuckerton, Beach Haven and Barnegat
For ol1 ysb y,SS A p n; AZ 7; x
Trains teove for Mount Holly as FOLLOWS.
From Philadelphia. $50, 7.50, $50, 1000, 1.2o.
l2;aO. A y. q 80, Saturdays only, $50. 400,
40, 5l0. $40. 6 80. 800. 1880. ll,A5f.M:
from New York. viaTrenton and Burlington,
s s Z; 80 A: NJ !; 90. 10. 4 90. 800. 500. Pm.
from ITengo; av Is y 40 40, a ! 's5' =; Ma HI am
5-42, Ala, =. 10, 100, 9.55 P. M.
On Sundays. $40. I1.50, a. M, 4.05, 9.0s, Pm.
1905. l045. HAS M, LOS, $50, 4.lO, SIT. 5.5S,
$50, 100. 100, $50, 1870 P. M.
On Sundays, 500, 900, 1880, A.. NJ, 1890, 2.S5,
S;o6, $40, 40. 4.55. $50. 800, $50, 100, 7.45, s.45,
From From Toms Riyer. 7ss 4. NJ, 400, Pm.
From MedfOrd, 1855 Am.
From Long Branch, LOO P.
From Pemberton, (north) 6.3S, 7.2S, S.33, 1855,
An, 1881, 4.07, 8.l0P P. NJ.
ON Sundays 800 A. M, dol P. M.
from pemberton tsouth), 1856 4. M, 444 P. NJ.
From Vincentown, $50 A. NJ, I.42 P. M.
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Hell was reading somewhere the
other day that no woman should ever
marry a genius.
She-Oh, well, don't let that worry
you. Even if the girls were disposed to
heed such advice the bars would still be
down for you.-Chicago News.
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Thev AM

Teacher-Now, boys. who was Co
lumbusf
No answer.
Teacher (promptingly)-The man
that
Glass (readily)-Broke the bank at
Monte Carlo-London Judy
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Medford. Marion and Phtladelphia.

Medford, Marion and Philadelphia.
Leave Medford for Philadelphia at 100. 1907
A.. M, 2.l3, 5.24, P. NJ.
On Sundays, z.45 A. NJ, 4.05 P. M.
Leave Marion for Philadelphia at TIA, 1920
A. NJ, 2.35, 5.35, p. NJ.
On Sundays, 7.59 A. NJ, 4.18 P. M.
Leave Philadelphia, Market Street, for Med
ford and Marion at 100, 1850, A.. M, BIO, $50,
r. n.
On Sundays, 8.l5A. M, $50 P. T..
Leave Marion tor Medtord, S.ll, 1l.3s A. M,
3.68. $40, r. n.
On Sundays, 900, A. M, 6.2l P. M.
For further particulars apply to the ticket
agent at the station.
j. b. HUTCHINSON, j. R. WooD,
General Manager. Gen. Pass. Agent.