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The Conservative, 1899-03-02

Jackson in the great army of bullwhack-
ers that started across the continent as
drivers in 1866 are probably not much
better off Low, than then, because of
non capacity for recognizing opportun-
ity. Of course, breeding, heredity in
mankind, is as inexorable as in horse
kind, and trotters of great value and
speed are descended not from Clydes-
dale, Percherons, nor Shire horses.
Nevertheless the horse that is trained
upon proper track will always be
rather better gated, whatever his breed,
than one never broken to try for more
speed and so men of whatever capacity,
who try, who endeavor, who make ef-
forts to grasp and utilize opportunity do
better than those who are always dull
to see and slow to act.
On the evening of the sixteenth of
February, 1899, we came to a station
called 1.-The Needless" 1t is twelve
miles within the limits of the state of
| California. Here we had the pleasure
of meeting again Mr.. Dan Murphy, the
principal merchant of the town and vi
cinity. He kindly showed us two very
pretty, valuable and attractive products
of the country. A splendid turquoise
stone weighing one hundred and four
carats, and gold nugget worth $50.
The gem had been mined at Vanderbilt,
sixty miles from the station and the
| of hrn
dred and seventy miles from "The
Needles" A torquoise stone weighing,
after being cut and polished, one hun
dred and forty four carats, had just
been sold to Denver banker for one
thousand dollars, and forty thousand
dollars worth of the same gems
from the same mine at Vanderbilt had
just been disposed of to a jeweler of
London, England.
The Temple Bar Gold Placers whence
the nugget came are owned by French
men. They have four thousand acres
of "claims" which have just been Sex
ported" by metallurgists from France
and their report is that the pay gravel
in which the gold is found averages a
depth of twenty-six feet and is of an
average value of seventy-five cents per
cubic yard. Tremendous machinery is
being instituted for washing out the
gold of these placers by hydraulic pro-
cesses. Three hundred thousand dol
, lars worth of pumping apparatus has
already reached the gold fields and will
soon be in productive and very profit
able operation. CONSERVATIVE readers
, may find amusement i'll computing the
, amount of gold in an area of four thous-
and acres, twenty-six feet thick, which
contains "six bits" seventy-five cents,
/ in each cubic yard. J. S. M.
The Conservative, 1899-03-02
Tbe Conservative.

analytical mind is always on the alert to
discern striking, unique and startling
features in mountain and valley views.
His experiences as a photographer and
success in his particular line have taken
him over nearly all the civilized globe.
Eighteen months ago he was travers-
ing Siberia by sledge, making journey
of more than seven thousand miles and
arriving at Moscow at it's conclusion
That itineracy was for the purpose of
taking photographs for the Field Museum
of Chicago. Its success is attested by
the splendid specimens of photography
now on exhibition at that useful educa-
tional institution. 1t is at present the
intention of Mr.. jackson to take views
in the most picturesque portions of south
ern California and, in fact, views all along
the Pacific coast which may strike him
as worthy of being transferred, by color
photography, to lantern slides, for illus
trating lectures, and also to large card
boards and the pages of beautiful and
choice albums of natural scenery.
This tour of Mr.. Jackson's is under
the auspices of the Detroit Photograph
ing company and will probably be one
of the most extensive and successful of
any similarly proposed trips during the
present year. 1t is possible that the pat
rons of the A. T. & S. f. lines may be
soon furnished samples from Mr.. Jack
sons establishment illustrative of all
the wonderful mountain and plain
scenery which those lines present, in
Guiding the Canon Diablo, views of the
various Indian Pueblos and of the Grand
Canon of the Colorado.
1t may prove, however, that the pic
lures, by their great truthfulness to ma
ture will so satisfy the curiosity of the
tourist public that it may refrain from
travel, and be contented with the pic
lures just as business men are deferred
from making some journeys by the use
of the long distance telephone.
1t will interest many readers of THE
CONSERVATIVE to learn that this now
word-famous photographer, who has
practised his profession in Russia,
China, India, Australia and Japan,
started out upon his career from Ne
braska City in eighteen hundred and
sixty-six. He did not then travel in a
special car fitted up with all the instru-
ments, dark rooms and other conven-
fences of the Photographic art He
went out on the old California trial,
along the north line of Arbor Lodge
cracking long whip over the backs OF
six yoke of cattle and trudged across the
plains and over the mountains to the
Pacific slope in the capacity of driver
He is man of vast energy, industry
and courage. His success in life is 6
The Conservative, 1899-03-02

If any elderly fat gentleman, who
looks as if he were travelling incognito,
comes to you and says he is the Count
of Chester, shake hands with him he is
the Prince of Wales.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-12-05
Made a Slight Mistake.

Before accepting an invitation it is
as well to be sure 1t is given in good
faith. After an afternoon service held
many years ago In a certain village in
Scotland, the preacher, a stranger, who
had otticiated. accompanied one of the
elders of the congregation home, and
was introduced to his wife The good
man having asked the clergyman to
stay to dinner, the latter, after a little
pressing, consented.
The good lady hurried off to prepare
for the unexpected guest, and seeing,
as she thought. her husband washing.
as was the custom in those days. at
the family sink, she seized the family
Bible, approached stealthily from be-
hind and brought down the ponderous
tome upon his bald pate, exclaiming:
''Tak' ye that for bringing hungry
preachers here to dinner every time
they come to the parish"
AS soon as the assaulted one could
get the suds out of his eyes he looked
about him, and. after thinking the mat
ter out, concluded that the old lady had
made slight mistake. She, too, came
to the same conclusion when, on re-
turning to the parlor. she beheld her
husband patiently waiting for his rev.
erend friend!
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-12-05

He sat In the reading room of Chi
cage hotel with a notebook and pencil
In his hand, and after wetting the pen
ell on his tongue a dozen times with
out writing anything he turned to the
man on his left and said:
Il want to get at an expression, but
can't think Of it. l want something
synonymous with avalanche"
would landslide dor
1--WE got that"
''Kn what sense are you going to use
TIP
"Well, I'm running for alderman at
special election In my town, and /
want to make memorandum of how
1t resulted"
"Oh, | see! You could say you were
showed under"
Eyes; but that's hardly strong
enough"
Buried out of sight"
That's better, but lacks strength"
How badly were you beatenT
"By over 300, where ought to have
had 450 majority"
Then l should put it that you were
literally swiped off the face of the
earth"
That's good-that's the idea. That's
strong and euphonious and has rhythm
In it. Yes: was on the ticket and sure
Of election. had $500 up that l had
a walkover. 1 was swiped, and there
are not enough Of my mangled remains
left to fill thimble. Thank you, sir
literally swiped off the face of the
earth and be hanged to mev-Wash-
ington Post.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-12-05

The Spanish royal standard is most
complicated. The red and yellow of
the Spanish flag is said to be derived
from this occurrence: In 1873 Charles
the Bold dipped his fingers in the blood
of Godfrey, count of Barcelona, and
drew them down the counts golden
shield in token Of his appreciation Of
the latter's bravery. The shield, so
marked, became the arms of BARGE.
Iona. which became part of Aragon,
and its arms were taken by that king.
dom.
Now to the royal standard: In the
first quarter or upper left hand part of
the flag are the arms of Leon and Cas-
tile, the hon and the castle; the second
quarter is taken up. one-half by the
arms Of Aragon, one-half by the arms
of Sicily. The upper third of the quar-
ter directly under the frst) shows the
Austrian colors, the lower two-thirds
is divided between the flag Of Bur-
gundy and the black Lion of Flanders;
the upper third Of the fourth quarter
shows the checkers. another Burgun-
dian device. while the lower two-thirds
is shared by the red eagle Of Antwerp
and the golden lion of Brabant, and on
the top Of all this are two shields, one
showing the Portuguese arms. the 9TH
er the French fieur-de-lis. Considerable
Of flag that!
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-12-05
ANCIENT ARITHMETIC.
Examples That Were Used In Egypt
5000 Years Ago

Examples That Were Used In Egypt
5000 Years Ago.
Probably the oldest copy book for
home lessons in arithmetic was recent
ly unearthed in Egypt. The. papyrus,
which was found in excellent condi-
ton, dates from the period about 100
B. C.-that is. about 100 years before
the time of Moses. or almost 5000
years ago. 1t proves that the Egyp-
tians had a thorough knowledge of
elementary mathematics almost to the
extent of our own. The papyrus has
a long heading. Direction how to at
tain the knowledge of all dark things"
etc. Numerous examples show that
their principal operations with entire
units and fractions were made by
means of addition and multiplication.
Subtractions and divisions were not
known in their present form, but cor
rect results were obtained nevertheless.
Equations are also found in the pa
pyrus. Among the examples given is
this one: Ten measures of barley are
to be divided among ten persons In
such manner that each subsequent
person receives one-eighth of a meas
ure less than the one before him. An
other example given is: There are sew
en- men. each one has seven cats, each
cat has eaten seven mice, each mouse
has eaten seven grains of barley, each
grain of harley would. If cultivated,
have yielded seven measures of barley.
How much barley has been lost in that
way?
The papyrus also contains calcula-
tons of area, the calculation of the
area Of circle and its transformation
into a square. and finally calculations
of the cubic measurements of pyra-
mids.-Philadelph Record.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-12-05
I" Please Smile
Look Pleasant"

When woman says 81 am racked
with pain, )" the word racked" recalls
the days when they stretched the tender
bodies OF women on the rack with rope
and pulley until the very Joints cracked.
Fancy an attendant saving to the tor
tured woman, "Please smile and look
pleasant
And yet the woman cracked with
pain, is expected to smile through her
agony and to make home happy. She
can't do it. It is against nature. Gem
orally speaking, the racking pains of i'll
health such as headache, backache and
bearing down pains are related to de-
rangements or disorders of the organs
distinctly feminine. When this condition
is removed the general health is restored.
and with health comes back the smile
of happiness.
ANY woman may regain her health at
home without offensive questionings or
examinations by the use of DR.. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription 1t cures per-
tectly all diseases and arrangements
peculiar to women. Sick women NAV
consult DR.. Pierce by letter free Of
charge. Such letters are treated as
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II was great sufferer for four years from
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ricksr1ng, OF Ollie, Keokuk Co., Iowa ''At the
Tune ! began using DR.. Pieree's Favorite Pre-
scription was not able to sit up in bed | took
eight bodies and got to be a stout woman. ANY
doubling this can write to me, enclosing
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No alcohol in any form is contained
In "Favorite Prescription Substitu-
non 70 selfish. 1t cares more for its
proht than for your cure. Therefore. in
s'a on getting Favorite Prescription. .
DR.. Pieree's great work the Common
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woman can afford to be without. Send
81 one.cent stamps, cost of mailing pa
per edition, or 81 cents for the cloth
binding. Address DR.. r. v. Pierce.
Buffalo, N. Y.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-12-05
The Fate of Admirai Bvnr,

Admiral John Byng was the fourth
son OF the Earl of Torrington and serv-
ed in the British navy, rising to be
admiral OF the red In 174S. when he
was A years old. In 1856 he was sent
with badly equipped feet to relieve
Minorca, threatened by the French
He reached NIinorca after the French
had got there. His second in com
mand. Rear Admiral West drove them
back. while Byng kept his ships out Of
action. In a day or two he sailed to
Gibraltar, leaving Minorca to its fate
He was tried for treachery and cow
ardice. but acquitted. The court mar
tial convicted him of not having done
his best to relieve the island, and un-
der the application of article IL of the
British naval code of those days he
was condemned to be shot The min
listers took him as a scapegoat, and he
was shot on the quarter deck of his
own flagship, the Monarque. in Ports
mouth harbor on March IA, 1851
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-12-05
An Ancient Coin,

One of the priced curios of the Phila-
delphia mint is coin which is 1000
years old and which was coined at the
ancient miut Of that other Philadelphia
of the far east mentioned in the Bible.
1T is still in good condition, and the
Inscription is perfectly legible. The
design on the face of the coin bears a
striking resemblance to the Goddess
of Liberty of our own currency. and
underneath is the one word Demos.
which means 1.-The people," On the
other side is the figure Of Diana. with
her bow arched. and the inscription,
''Diana. Friend of the Philadelphians. -
When this coin was struck off, Phila-
delphia was the most important city of
Lydia. The prize was picked up in
Europe by Joseph Mickey, cele-
brated Philadelphia violin maker and
numismatist of high repute. who pre-
sented it to the Philadelphia
Record
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-12-05
Yawning In a Thenter.

Have you ever observed at theater
or concert that the people who are
most deeply interested appear between
the acts to be quite weary Of the whole
thing, yawning half a dozen times In
succession? The reason Of this is a
physiological one. When your atten-
ton is much absorbed in anything ex-
citing or touching. you breathe in a
very shallow manner and take into
your lungs only half enough air. Con-
sequently, when your attention is re-
laxed, you have to make up the de-
ticiency. This you do by yawning,
which, after all, is only breathing a
very deep breath.
If you watch man at a play and
observe that he is greatly moved by
some incident, you may feel sure that
when the scene ends he will sigh. and
a moment or two later yawn repeated
ly. OF course the yawning, so far
from being sign Of WEAKNESS, is a
proof of the liveliest appreciation.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-12-05
TWO BLUES THAT WON.
Pleasant Meeting Between the Ed
itor and the Reporter.

itor and the Reporter.
Jack Rogers was a newspaper report
er and broke. He had hung around the
Dubuque newspaper offices for a job
until he had been requested to move on.
So he decided to move on to Des
,Moines. But how to get there was the
question. Jack put on his thinking
cap, and the result was that two hours
later he found himself on a train and
the conductor standing by his seat.
'Ticket' said the conductor.
"See here. conductor" said Jack east
ly, my names Rogers. and I'm re-
porter on the Des Moines Air Blast.
Pm broke and Pm in a hurry to get
back home with "a big scoop. You let
me ride and the officell fix it up with
you. See"
WELL" said the conductor, 81 guess
that'll do all right. The road feels
friendly toward The Air Blast In
fact, the editor is in the back coach.
Come along and I'll introduce you. If
he says you're all right, it goes"
Jack was knocked all in a heap at
the turn things had taken, but he had
nothing to do but to follow the con-
ductor. They halted in front of a man
in the coach, and the conductor said:
MIR. Smitem. this is Mr. Rogers. He
says he's a reporter on your paper, and
wants the office to pay for his transpor-
tation when he gets to Des Moines"
How do you do, Mr.. Rogers?" said
the editor pleasantly, extending his
hand. "Glad to see you. Sit down
here with me-" The conductor didn't
wait for any more, but went off.
well this is nice of you" said Jack,
too .astonished and embarrassed to talk
straight. 'Of course, I'm not on your
paper. but Pm broke and yarned to the
conductor, hoping to get a job and
square it up later"
"Oh, that's all right, my boy" said
the other. Neither am on the pa
per. Pm only riding on the editors
pass. Francisco Bulletin.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-12-05

when | was on the BENCH" relates
Judge j. ]. Du Bose. I'VE were once
making up a special jury for a murder
trial The lawyers were examining the
venire, and | wasn't paying much at
tention to what was going on till one
of the lawyers attracted my attention
by saying:
Your honor. this man Is incompe-
tent for jury service. He's foreign
err
Il looked at the man under examina-
ton and didn't think he looked like a
foreigner. He looked. anyway. like he
was acclimated. So | asked him:
Have you ever been naturalizedY
No, sir he answered.
"'And Won say you're foreigner and
not naturalized? What country are you
a native Off
Arkansas
swell, everybody in the courtroom
laughed. | told the man he could go.
He wasn't much of a foreigner, but
too much to sit on jury in my court"
Memphis Scimitar.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-12-05
HE ATE ANOTHER DINNER
And Even at That He Didn't Get His
Moneys Worth.

And Even at That He Didn't Get His
Moneys Worth.
Speaking of the man who wants to
get even reminds me-" said the room
clerk, "of something that happened
last season when was working in
Chicago. A man from South Bend,
Ind, put up at the hotel on the Ameri-
can plan one day and took dinner out
side with friend When he came to
pay his bill that evening, he found he
had been charged for the meal and i'm
mediately raised Cain. The clerk tried
to explain that the American plan was
based entirely upon time, and if he
chose to eat elsewhere it was his own
lookout, but the man from South Bend
couldn't get it through his head. He
paid the bill under protest and inquir-
ed whether dinner was still on.
eyes. SIR said the clerk, it lasts
till 8 pm
Then. by jingsp he exclaimed. I'll
just go up and tackle it! I've eaten
one dinner already. but you bet I'm
going to get my moneys worth out of
this old house If l bustr
HE rushed into the dining room.
grabbed bill of fare and ordered ev-
erything he could think of. his sole
idea being to get even for that charge
1t was sumptuous repast. and what
he couldn't eat he messed up so it
would be of no use to anybody else
When he finally got through, the wait
er handed him check for $40.
Whats that for? he asked in sur
prise.
Your dinner, SIR said the waiter.
but I've already paid for it in my
BILL he protested. I'm staying here on
the American PLAN
Then you should have gone to the
other dining room said the waiter.
This Is the European plan cafe
''The man from South Bend paid the
bill In silence and walked out. When
he reached the sidewalk. his pent up
emotion exploded, and he said things
that shocked even the cab drivers."-
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-12-05

Most people seem to think" says a
maker of furniture, that secret draw
ers and hidden receptacles in furniture
only exist in novels and plays, but this
Is by no means so. very frequently
take orders for such items. and | en-
ploy clever woman designer, who
shows positive genius in planning
places of coDcealment. which no
amount of tapping or measuring could
reveal. In most cases, even were the
hollow receptacle discovered, the wood
work around would have to be cut
away, so complex are the fastenings.
Most of the orders come from women
and rich people. of course-and have
no doubt that a desire to hide articles
from too curious servants dictates the
orders. New York Tribune.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-12-05
THE PAGES DIFFICULTY.
He Told His Troubles Right Ont at
the Wedding.

lie Told His Troubles Right Out at
the Wedding.
A good story comes from Atlanta,
but the incident. happened several sea-
sons ago. The occasion was Il swell
church wedding. The edifice had been
gloriously decorated The bride, sur
rounded by a company of pages, fow-
er girls and maids of honor, was slow
" passing down the aisle, while the
prospective bridegroom and his best
man and the officiating clergyman
We're taking their places. The church
organ was pealing forth the sounds as
of joyous wedding bells. Fashionable
people dressed for the occasion occu-
pied the seats of the handsome church
1t so happened that one of the pages
had in the rush of business prepare
tory to dressing for the occasion been
turned over to the care of a nurse. AS
he proceeded down the main aisle of
the church in company with the other
youngsters. who in white satin suits
were doing the honors of each respec-
tive household, he suddenly espied his
mother seated in one of the pews.
At this point the organist began
playing softly as the wedding party
passed to the altar. Then, above the
gentle strains of music clear as bird
could be heard the voice of the afore-
said small boy.
Mamma, he shrilly cried, nurse
put on my panties wrong side before
and l can't hardly walkw
OF course the Mortified mamma could
dc nothing but blush scarlet. but lifted
prayer that the young scion would
keep still from that time on. And he
did and received a hearty kiss from
the bride at the close of the ceremony.
This is true story and can be vouch-
ed for by those who attended the we'd
ding.-Galesburg (Ga.) Mail.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-12-05
EGGS BY Quart.
White or Mixed In This Way of Mar
ketIng Glen Fruit"

White or Mixed In This Way of Mar
ketlng "Hen Fruit"
Give me quart of yolks"
What are whites worth todayT'
"Send me up a gallon of mixed"
Such expressions as these will be ia
miliar terms in grocery stores and
butcher shops in Kansas City before
long. Housewives will make them so,
for eggs VIII be sold by the pint. quart
and gallon instead of by the dozen. In
fact, the big confectionery establish
ments of the city buy them by the gal
lon now. Kitchen economy suggested
the scheme, and local packers imme-
diately took it up.
How often it is that a cook will
break dozen or more eggs in order to
get the yolks to make cake. The
whites will be thrown away, or vice
versa. Why not make a saving of the
whites or yolks. as the case may be?
was suggested. The packers put the
question to the confectioners, and the
latter saw the point. Now, when
confectioner wants to make stuff with
the yolks he sends to packing house
and buys yolks by the gallon If he
wants to use the whites for some
thing, he sends for them. If he wants
to use BOTH he sends and gets mixed
can. 1t is predicted that housewives
will soon adopt the same method.
With this new system of handling
"hen fruit there is absolutely no loss.
The eggshells are even used. They
are ground up and sold for chicken
feed.-Kansas City Times.