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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-23

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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-23

NEW ORLEANS. Dec. 22-COTTON-
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May 9.3OQ9.31; June, 9.2sG9.29; July. 9.27
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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-23
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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-23

LIVERPOOL, Dec. 22.-COTTON-spot,
limited demand: prices steady; American
middling. SGD. The sales of the day were
5000 bales, OF which 500 We're for specu-
lation and export. and included 200 bales
american. Receipts, $500 bales, includ-
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-11-13

A man who lives on an up town
street where the houses cost from $685.
600 I'D was surprised not long ago by
seeing a man known to all New York
ers who patronize a well known res
taurant coming from a house several
doors below him with an air of proprie-
torship. This restaurant employee
stood on the sidewalk for few mo-
ments and gazed admiringly at his
house and then at its respectable
neighbors For many years he has
been connected with certain New
York restaurant as an attendant, and
his fees have been generous. He knew
all its patrons by name, and his polite
ness and eagerness to render service
have made him well liked. Wondering
if this restaurant attendant, whom he
knew only by his first name, could by
any possibility have rented house on
that street, the old resident came out to
satisfy his curiosity.
Hello" he said. "What are you do
ing up here?"
"Good morning, Mr.. Blank" said the
restaurant attendant "How do you
like nv new house? l have just
bought it because think that my fam
lily will like this neighborhood. You
are perhaps aware that my tips have
been generous for many years, and l
can now afford to live in this house
very easily"
His questioner had no objection to
him as a neighbor, and he congratulate
ed the restaurant attendant on his
prosperity. The house had actually
been bought by tips, for its owners
salary probably averaged about SIS a
week.-New York Sun.
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New old Jokes.

"Is there any new joke under the
sun? asks George Augustus Sala, an
English journalist and special CORE
spondent.
81 doubt there being one very grave
w." he answers and tells two anec-
dotes to support this skepticism.
An intelligent Greek who acted as
Mr.. Sala's guide while visiting Athens
related to him as a modern Greek Joe
Millerism the story of lawsuit. A
deaf plaintiff sued a deafer defendant
before the deafest Judge in all Greece.
The plaintiff claimed so many hundred
drachmas for rent that was due. The
defendant pleaded that he never
ground his corn at night. The judge in
giving judgment observed: "Well, she's
your mother, after. all. You must keep
her between you"
'When l got home l found" writes
Mr.. Sala, this apparently up to date
triad of ludicrous non sequiturs In a
collection of ancient Greek epigrams."
There used to be told story of Sher-
idan Knowles, the dramatist, who was
a first rate hand at Irish bulls, meeting
one of twin brothers and asking him.
(which of We is the otherT
Mr.. Sala compares this with the sto-
~ of that very ancient jester, HER
ocles:
"Of twins, one died. Skolastikos,
meeting the survivor, asked him, Was
it you who died or your brotherY ~
Youths Companion.
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A Practical Joke.

He was a wag and was passing a
large diapers shop in Manchester.
There, drawn up. were three or four
vehicles, and among them was closed
brougham with the driver fast asleep
on the box. Evidently the mistress
was inside the shop. Without word
the wag stole quickly up and, opening
the carriage door. carefully slammed 1t
to. In an instant the coachman
Strengthened himself up and gazed up
the street as If he had never seen any
thing more interesting to look at In his
life. Then he stole a look over his
shoulder and saw the wag standing,
hat in hand, apparently conversing
with some one inside the carriage.
THANK you, yes. Good morning"
said the practical joker and bowed
himself gracefully away from the door,
turning as he did so to look at the
coachman and say, Homer
Eyes, sir! Tch! Get upp and away
went the brougham "home."
Where that "home" was, who the
mistress of the carriage was or what
she did or said when she came out OF
the shop or what the coachman did or
said when he stopped at the door of
'shome" and found the carriage empty
all that only the coachman and the
lady know.-London Tit-Bits.
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at home. She took the card ana leTr
me in the reception room: 1t was one
Of the most-what shall l call tide
rcious rooms I was ever in. One side
was lined with deep windows draped
in soft, dainty curtains and filed with
plants and flowers. The air was heavy
with the scent of roses.
81 stood before one of the windows
looking at the blossoms when she
came. She came SO quietly and gently
that I did not hear her. 1t was only
when the sweetest, lowest, clearest
voice had ever heard said, AT last l
am to have my miniature that knew
she was in the room. l confess trem-
bled as / turned and took the hand
Or
Allyn stopped and smiled. 1t was a
half sad, half amused, wholly in
scrutable smile. My sewing had fallen
into my lap, and leaned forward lis
tening breathlessly.
'"The hand of the original of the pic
ture. These eyes, this mouth, this del
icate complexion, this same soft curl
ing hair. was looking on 1t all, the
same but
Allyn raised his eyes. The amuse-
ment had faded away.
"The hair was snowy white, and the
skin was wrlnkled. Hers was indeed
the face of the miniature, the face of
80 years ago. My foolish fancy was
destroyed, but in Its place came the
sweetest little white haired lady that
man was ever privileged to call friend.
And this miniaturel Some way l had
a strange reluctance to part with 1t,
and SO here 1t is with me now. That
is ALL" concluded Allyn abruptly.
"That is enough" said quietly. II
think that face has stood between you
and
Allyn broke in hastily:
"Oh, that is nothing. couldn't car
ry this" holding up the photograph,
into such places as | had been fire.
quenting, and so-well. it's all right"
Allyn buttoned up his coat and smiled
at me frankly as he went out by way
of the Office door.
The doctor has always said there
was the making Of a man in that boy.
st. Louis Star.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-11-13
Forrest as a Negro Minstrel.

From almost the beginning Of Ameri-
can stage history there were negroes Of
the minstrel variety impersonated on
the stage, though it was not until about
1910 that they were organized into
bands. Some of the greatest actors Of
later days had their experience as min
strels, among them Joe Jefferson and
Edwin Forrest.
Forrest was given a negro "song and
dance" act to do when he was very
young, and after he had studied It up
he asked where was the 'old negro
lady" that was to act his assistant in
the piece. The management tried sew
eral of the women who were members
of the company, but none of them
would consent to blacken up, and, in
fact, they were very indignant over the
proposition. The actor, however, was
not easily discouraged, and on the
night Of the first performance he black
ened up and went around the corner to
an old negro woman who did his wash
ing.
"Hello, Dinah," he said on entering.
How 20 De er Ieelln ols Dery ms
ebeninY
Hello, yo'," replied the African lady.
"Pears to me yo' am er berry fresh mig
ger"
"I'ze no Niger" answered Forrest,
and then, time being rather short, he
assumed his natural voice and told Di-
nah, much to her surprise, that he was
Forrest, the actor, and that he wanted
her to go on the stage with him that
night and laugh loudly at frequent in
tervals, which was all the female part
called for. The two made great hit
and were kept on for some time, which
goes to show that Forrest might have
been good minstrel had he been Of an
ambitious nature.-Saturday Evening
POST
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Her Knowledge Of chins.e.

A young woman at watering place
one summer made reputation as a
profound linguist In rather odd man.
ner. She called one day at Chinese
laundry where she had left a shirt
waist, but it could not be found, as
there was no entry In the book of Hero
glyphs corresponding to her pink slip.
After a half hours search the China
man found the entry. A mistake had
out and a new set Of hieroglyphs in
tiny characters placed below. She was
told that the waist would be Numbered
Immediately, and she could get 1t the
next day.
The next day the young woman call
ed for it, accompanied by three other
young women. At the seashore the ex-
element of visit to the Chinese laun-
dry is not to be despised. The China
man to whom the pink slip was pre-
scented was not the laundryman of the
day before, and he experienced the
same difficulty in finding the Identify
Ing character, finally saying, "Not in
book"
The girl answered calmly, 81 can find
it." and the Chlnaman allowed her to
take the book Turning the leaves I'M
til she came to one that had an entry
crossed out with another in tiny char
acters under it, she handed 1t to the
Chinaman. "There 1t is" and, to his
surprise, he found it.
you only lady know spik Chi
nese," he said. And the other girls
looked upon her with admiration
Kansas City World.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-11-13

The Unique Horn of the Unicorn.
The horn of a unicorn was shown at
Windsor castle and in 1898 was valued
at over 100000. Lewis vertomannus,
gentleman of Rome, saw with his
own eyes two uniforms presented to the
sultan of Mecca by king of Ethiopia.
They were in a park of the temple Of
Mecca and were not much unlike colt
of 80 months of age. This was in 1903.
The animal became extinct about the
end of the seventeenth century.
The unicorn is represented in the
ruins at Persepolis, and it was adopted
by the Persians as the emblem of speed
and strength In the middle ages 1t
was the symbol of purity. The unicorn
hated the elephant, and it used to whet
its horn on a stone before it struck the
foe in the abdomen. No family. by the
way, should be without one of these
horns, the average length of which is
four feet They defend from witch
craft. Thus Torquemada had one al
ways on his writing table. Further
more, drinking cup made from one
will be a safeguard against poison, as
will the ground powder put in drink,
and indeed the wells Of the palace Of
st. Mark could not be poisoned In the
good old days Of adventure because
these beneficent horns had been
| thrown into them. Unicorn's horn was
formerly sold by apothecaries at $12O
| an ounce.-Boston Journal.
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ESTABLISHED 1879.
which he had been blind berore.

which he had been blind before.
Somehow John found himself saying
he would call on Sunday evening,
which he did, and really enjoyed the
companionship of these two refined
women. This call was repeated sew
eral times during the following month,
and still John had not asked the ques-
ton, but on the contrary had begun
to wonder why he had not before no.
ticed the many attractive qualities
Miss Davenport possessed. AS no
word of explanation had passed be-
tween him and Mabelle Whitney, 1t
was useless to anticipate any hope In
this direction.
AS for Mildred Davenport he had
grown to admire the many beautiful
qualities of her womanly sweetness.
AS a daughter she was devoted and
thoughtful, and then the thought grew
in hismind, would shenot make an ideal
wife the man who should be fortunate
enough to win her? Had he really any
chance, he asked himself, a dozen
times a day, and one night soon after
he quietly told Mildred the whole
story, saying, 'And now that my mis-
take has been the means Of my find-
ing out what real love is and should
be, will you, knowing all the story of
my stupid blunder and happy awaken
ing to better, truer affection, accept
a devotion which l will prove by my
whole life is yours and yours only"
and Mildred's acceptance was given
and not implied.-Boston Post.
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Acurious Combat.

A traveller In South Africa witnessed
not long since singular combat. He
was musing one morning, with his eyes
on the ground, when he noticed cat
erpillar crawling along at rapid rate.
Pursuing him was a host Of small
black ants.
Being quicker In their movements,
the ants would catch up with the cater
pillar, and one would mount his back
and bite him. Pausing, the caterpillar
would turn his head and bite and kill
his tormentor. After slaughtering a
dozen or more of his prosecutors the
caterpillar showed signs of fatigue.
The ants made combined attack. Be
taking himself to a stalk of grass, the
caterpillar climbed up the tree tail first,
followed by the ants. AS one approach
ed he seized it in his jaws and threw 1t
off the stalk.
The ants, seeing that the caterpillar
had too strong a position for them to
overcome, resorted to strategy. They
began saving through tile grass stalk.
In a few minutes the stalk fell, and
hundreds of ants pounced upon the
fallen caterpillar. He was killed at
once, and the vlctors marched off In
great triumph, leaving the foes body
upon the field.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-11-13

A novel explanation of the cause OF
thunder showers was once given So
journer in a little Nova Scotia town by
one of the inhabitants.
"Do you know what makes thun-
der?" the Nova Scotian inquired of his
guest. 1--WE got theory of my own,
and l call it pretty good one."
II should like to hear It," was the
diplomatic reply.
well" said the host slowly, my
idea is this: You know we hear about
the air circulating and circulating all
the time. My notion is that the pure
air from above comes down here In
summer and gets foul with all the
smoke and dirt and grease, and then
the heat drives it up again into the
clouds, and when it gets up there it's
pressed on all round by the clouds COM
ing together, and it explodes! That's
my theory. OF course" he added, with
becoming modesty, "other folks may
have others. youths Companion.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-11-13
Eat Policemen.

"Have you ever noticed that nearly
all policemen get fat" asked a man
who keeps his eyes open. "This would
seem to disprove the theory that walk
ing in the open air is a means of reduc-
ing superfuous weight. have known
new policemen to start on their beats
weighing no more than 125 pounds. In
six months they would tip the scales at
$50 and in year reach the 200 mark
1t must be the slow sauntering In the
open air that does it, for have noticed
that while policemen grow fat the
house sergeants, who are confined to
the stations, are invariably thin. Those
who patrol the streets gain the maxi
mum weight in about three years. The
muscles then harden, and despite theil
apparent burden of flesh the men usu
ally develop great activity. One Of the
best runners and jumpers know is
policeman who weighs nearly 3OC
pounds. Philadelphia Record.
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nsh, and she seemed greatly agftateu.
The women were consumed with
curiosity, and led her willingly to
Pietro's little workshop. Her terror
was pitiable when she found that he
had gone and had not been seen for
a month. She called on all the saints
in the calendar to help her, and then
on death to relieve her, and she flung
herself on Pietro's own couch and
moaned for hours. She barred the
door and covered the window so that
the curious ones could not watch her
from without. and she herself only
emerged when she wanted to buy food.
1t was some days after this occur
renee that Pietro, walking in the coun-
try, saw a vision of his Beatricia
stretching out her arms to him and
crying out to him In a sad, distressed
way The vision was so distinct that
for moment he thought 1t was real.
'She is dying" he cried to the sky,
"and she is sorry and would ask my
forgiveness, and l cannot go to her.
o God of the poor, l cannot go!'
1t made such powerful impression
upon his mind that he turned about
Immediately and began to retrace his
way back to the city and to his shop.
When he reached Little ITALY," doz-
en- eager men and women rushed upon
him. seized him bodily and dragged
him toward his abode.
"Thy mother, thine old mother, Is
I, ofofr Fol
low, she is alone and waiting thee"
For the first time In many months
Pietro smiled.
my mother" he whispered, us with
the saints and happy! What canst
thou meanT
go, look for myself, half witted
sluggard and beggar," they bawled out.
And they pushed him toward the door.
The little, old woman who had i'm
prisoned herself within caught the
shouts and the voice of Pietro, and her
heart gave one wild bound, and she
stood trembling at the door, ready to
fling 1t open.
Pietro stepped cautiously and touch
ed the handle. He did not know whom
he might encounter, so his advance
was timid. AS the door swung back
he gazed stupidity for moment. Then
a cry of JOY and pain broke from his
lips. as he laid bis hand on his heart to
still it's awful beating
"Beatricia, my beloved! Is 1t thouY'
he gasped. "Dost thou love me?'
''Madly, Pietrow
"Thou dldst come to find me, Bea-
tricia?"
''Thou, alone"
''Thou hast come to stay, BeatriciaY'
"Alwaysp'-Chicago Tribune.
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A Bishops Retort.

At dinner party young man was
once talking rather foolishly about
Darwin and his books, and he said to
the bishop Of Winchester OWilberforce),
my lord, have you read Darwin's last
book on the Descent of ManT" Yes,
have" said the bishop, whereupon
the young man continued: what non
sense it is talking of our being de-
scended from apes Besides, can't
see the use of such stuff. can't see
what difference it would make to me If
my grandfather was an ape"
mo" the bishop replied; 81 don't see
that 1t would But it must have made
an amazing difference to your grand
motherY'
The young man had no more to say.
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ua- cele.tial Credentialr.

"Put it down thar" said the old man
to the obituary writer, that she wuz
AZ an likely fer her age"
"That's down"
"That she wuz never known ter
speak cross word, bein def an dumb
from childhood"
"A1l right"
'That she is now at rest on Abra-
hams bosom But hold onl Amt
that whar Lazarus is?"
81 think So"
He paused moment as If In deep
thought Then he said:
"No matter! Put 1t down that she's
thar, too, fer eff ever Lazarus sees her
comm he'll vacate an hunt another
restin place. Sides that, he's been thar
too long anyhowp-Atlanta Constitu-
tf0n
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"Therep' said the angry man, SHOW
ing a photograph, presumably OF him
self, under the photographers nose.
"Do you know what that makes me
look likeT
"If you mean what 1t makes you look
like at the present moment" answered
the photographer. surveying the face
of the angry man carefully, Il should
say 1t makes you look as II you were
about to throw a fit."-Indianapolis
Press
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81 have been sitting on the porch
listening to the signing of the wind"
she said sentimentally by way of ex-
PLANTATION of her long absence from the
house.
Eyes; heard him sigh" promptly
put in the small boy.
"Him? WhoY' demanded the head
of the household.
"Why, that young fellow you always
said was nothing but wind" answered
the boy. And thus was the secret be-
trayed. Chicago Post
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"E-o
OIELTs
Come. aeepi Oh. sleep, the certain knot of

Cons, sleepi Oh, sleep, the certain knot Of
peace,
The batting place Of wit, the balm Of woe,
The poor mans wealth. the prisoners release,
The Indifferent judge between the high and lowi
With shield Of proof shield me from out the
prease
OF those fierce darts despair at me doth throw;
Oh, make In me those civil wars to cease;
will good tribute pay. If thou do So
Take thou of me smooth pillows, sweetest bed;
chamber deaf to noise and blind to light
rosy garland and a weary head,
And If these things, being thine by right,
Move not thy heavy grace thou shalt In ane.
Mvelier than elsewhere, Stellas image see.
Sir Philip Sidney.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-11-13

An Atchison man took sick Saturday
and decided to stay home till he got
rested. He was back at work at noon
Monday. His wife asked him within a
few hours to take care Of the baby, to
chop onions for pickles, to grind the
coffee. to dress the children and to
milk the COW while he was resting. -
Atchison Globe.
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They had been sitting together for
half an hour.
"I have enjoyed our conversation so
muchF" she exclaimed, as she rose to
go. at is SO restful to talk with your
=. And after she had left him he re-
membered that he hadn't been able to
get In ten words edgewise throughout
the whole conversation somerviIle