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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-03-20
GODS MIRACLE OF LIGHT.
M.rvslous mystery, Code miracle Of lightl

Marvellous mystery, Gods miracle Of light
With scarce a stirring of the souls surprise
Note we the sunshines arrow it flies
That pulsing shaft Of pure, pellucid whitei
Broken in beauty through the raindrop's might;
Painted in glowing spectrum on the skies,
Seeing, yet blind, with numb, accustomed eyesi
Turn, tired heart, and read the message right,
Voiced mutely by that oracle sublime!
Grief Of the world and glory Of Gods heaven,
BY means of one the other we divine;
Light for its great analysis is driven
Through the rain prisms. Tender, blessed signi
Tears as interpreters to us are given.
Hester Caldwell Oakley in Woman's Home Com
naninn
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-03-20
Ready For nmerrencies.

The German war department, 1t Ia
said, actually keeps in stock duplicates
of all the bridges in the empire consid-
cred likely to be damaged or destroyed
in case of war, and what is more, it
has duplicates of good many French
bridges and of bridges of other coun-
tries in which 1t is Interested Chicago
Journal
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-03-20
NoaLEssE oRLIeE.
NO

Not for thee. oh, friend, the easy task, for thOu
art strong;
And though, borne down with burdens, the way
seems hard and long,
Yet know that God but gtveth thee
True title Of nobility
In this knowing thee cen better than myself;
mis- plan
To prove thee. saying to all thy world. Behold 3
mani
Mary E Stickney in MppincOtt'A
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-03-20

on the first page. s'Tom Brown Out
For Senator" it read. Ridiculous
Ambition of a Broken Down Pettifog-
ger" "Hints of Sensational Exposures
| to Be Made"
There" said Mrs Brown. Nothing
to make any change in our home life,
Ell? Elected without an effort on your
part? Duty to the state? What do
| you say to that?"
| Mr.. Brown lost what little appetite
he had. He read the article through
with anxious care. Then he swore.
| The children looked up In surprise.
1.-THE doorbeIl began ringing before
Z o'clock this morning." went on Mrs.
Brown. "There was procession of all
sorts of men neither you nor had ever
heard of. They all wanted to see Sen
ator Brown. l want you to sue that
newspaper for libel"
my DEAR" said the Hon. Thomas
Brown, with a weak and pleading
smile, ''you mustn't let that bother you
SO. Public men, you know, are subject
to the attacks of the partisan press.
Before l forget it, there was one little
thing wanted to speak to you about.
You buy your groceries of Hilton, do
you not? Well, now, just as favor to
me, would you object to changing7
You see, Hicks, on the opposite corner,
is, / find, the president Of the Brown
club. Don't you think it would be
little pleasanter all around if we pa
tronized himY
"Mr. Brown" persisted his wife,
twill you sue that paper for libel"
"Why, certainly not" was the an
swer, "but that publication makes it
absolutely necessary for me to stay in
the fight. If backed out now, the
newspapers would all say that I with
drew under fire. Then / should be
coward. OF course wish, for your
sake, since you feel so bad about it,
that / had never begun"
'Well, they can't say your son is
coward anyway"
"Why, what's the matter?"
HE started for school at 8 o'clock
this morning, just as he has done for
the last two years. He wore a pretty
little white waist and red stockings,
and thought he never looked SO sweet.
Half an hour later he came back. 1
wish you could have seen the child. He
had fought with three big boys, be-
cause they said his father was broken
down pettifogger. I've got him in the
bedroom now, with witch hazel on his
eye"
Don't you think Nellie" said Mr..
Brown. as he got up from the table,
''that you could strain point and buy
your groceries from HicksT
"I've fixed things so that won't be
necessary, think. saw enough last
night to convince me that you could
never stand the strain of campaign
like this. When you came in this
morning, was sure that was right,
and even if you could the rest Of US
couldn't. SO when the callers began to
ring the bell at half past 1 told them
all that Mr.. Browns physician had for
hidden him to accept a nomination"
"You did?'
eyes, and then, little later, the re-
porters from the afternoon newspapers
called to interview you. | told them
all that you had refused to be candi-
date; that the state Of your health was
.precarious, and that you were out of
politics for good. So you see, after all,
it won't be necessary for me to buy my
butter from Hicks. Cincinnati Trib-
une.
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Union transportation company.


Leave Mount Holly for Tuckerton 926 A. NJ,
AT p. NJ, daily except Sunday.
Leave TuckertOn tor Mount Holly, 7.05 A. NJ,
3.10P. n, daily except Sunday.
Leave Mount Holly for Beach Haven, 926 An,
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Thursdays and Saturdays.
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WifeIr Cnnnfancx

81 have been married for Is years,
and my wife never fails to meet me at
the door"
"Wonderful!'
eyes She's afraid | might go in
without wiping my feet"-Chicago
Times-H Herald
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-03-20
The modern Acceptance.

The Man (teasingly)-I'll wager you
don't know the "Rule of Three"
The Maid-That's easy; "Three's q
crowd" kansas City Independent.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-03-20

A Russian does not become Of age
until he is 20
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-05-07
TREATMRNT OF TREES.
In discriminate Pruning II Nearly OF
Quite as Detrimental as NO
Pruning Mt All.

When a tree is healthy the top II
Iuxuriant, but when it is weak or old
the top dies or makes little or no
growth, and small shoots sprout all
over the trunk, and in many cases
! when such bushes are cut over they
| push from the base and do well. In
very old trees restrictive measures
often fail to produce any lasting i'm
provcmcnt. But with trees that are
comparatively young and which are
suffering from neglect, but are not
deficient in vitality, renovating treat
ment is often productive of good re-
suits. improvement usually takes the
shape of better growth, healthy foil
age and stronger growth, and this re-
quires time. With young trees espe-
cially feeble growth and unhealthy
conditions are the result of starva-
ton, bad soil or other unfavorable
conditions, atmospheric or otherwise.
When tree is dying of old age the
signs are plain enough, and very lit
tie can be done to help it. One of the
surest signs of debility in tree is the
pushing of adventurous growths from
the trunk and main branches and the
dying off, year by year, of the twiggy
terminal shoots. The sap does not cir
culate freely to the extremities, but
chiefly about the trunk.
One renovating measure is the jul
dicious removal of the feeble, decay
ing tops and branches and the appli-
cation of'fertilizers near the roots.
The trees should be pruned rather
late in the spring, when growth is
about commencing, and only the
really diseased or dead portions should
be cut away. Indiscriminate pruning
is nearly or quite as detrimental as
no pruning at all. There should al
ways be good reason for the re-
moval of limbs from tree. The eff
fccts of renovating treatment will
usually not be apparent the first year
unless it be in the production of nu-
mcrous buds and small growths from
the old wood. With care, an improve
mcnt may be noticeable each year
N. J. Shepherd, in Farmers Voice.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-05-07
TESTED BY TRIPLES.
MAN Makes an Idiot of Himself When
He Upsets q Small Bottle
OF Ink.

| Flies are great tests of character
son. "A man may be cool as an ice.
berg under extraordinary circum-
stances of danger or times of intense
excitement; he may be calm when, at
another mans order. he is facing a
six-gun battery and getting ready to
try if he can push bayonet through
a cannoneer before the gunner shoves
eight pounds of assorted ironmongery
through him; he may assume com
mand and act nobly and quietly when
the ship is sinking; he may preserve
an even mind when the hotel is on
fire; he may even speak grammatic-
ally when the ghost enters his room
at midnight.
But let that man upset very small
inkstand, says Robert j. Burdette in
the Los Angeles Times with only very
little ink in it, on his desk. He up
sets his chair on the office cat as he
leaps to his feet with a howl like a
wild Indian or a baseball coach; he
makes desperate grab at the ink
stand and swoops it half way across
the desk before he sweeps it off into
an open drawer full of unanswered
letters; then he claws after his pa
pers and drags them through little
puddle of ink that wasn't doing a bit
of harm before he mopped it zigzeg
and crooked all over everything with
his white handkerchief; and finally,
after he has smeared the top of his
desk, his hands and his gray panta-
looms with ink, he discovers that at
the first dash he had knocked much
larger bottle of red ink clear off the
desk on to the floor, where it has
lain, draining its crimson life away
in the very heart of the lightest figure
on blue and white carpet.
Then he says things at the flies of
life, and wonders why man always
makes an idiot of himself when he up
sets little bottle of ink. And he
may keep ON wondering. Because he
will never know why. Nobody knows.
He just does it; that is all.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-05-07
A LESSON OE TRUST.

when the dark days f winter are DOR Ms.
| And the earth in her mantle OF white
| Is shaken and rocked by the tempest,
ID And scourged of the storm, day and night.
| We sec not the gladness and beauty.
Which the fullness of time shall disclose.
! Nor dream Of the wonderful sweetness
| Shut up in the heart Of the rose.
| We catch not the charm and the fragrance,
The bloom and the freshness of June;
The flush of the midsummer morning,
The glow of the midsummer noon.
We see not the wealth of the harvest,
Doop buried in darkness and cold,
Nor dream of the glory Of autumn.
All radiant with crimson and gold.
But c~ring in her beautiful garments
Shall come with soft sunshine and show.
crS;
And summer, arrayed in her glory,
And crowned with a crown Of Slad flow.
ors.
The branches with fruit shall be laden,
Which erst waved so barren and drear,
When autumn. all trailing with splendor,
Comes, browning the joy of the year.
Not only when song birds are singing.
And nature seems smiling and bland.
But when the fierce tempest is shrieking.
Ard darkness hangs thick DER the land,
Is the hand of an Infinite Goodness
St'( guiding wherever we go.
For tho Lord of the Harvest yet reigneth
When the bread lieth under the snow.
D heart. in the night time of sorrow,
Look upward, and do not despond
Though winter and darkness are round
thee,
There's sunlight and summer beyond;
The frost and the hail in their season,
The snow that comes down from above.
The winter, no less than the summer,
Is the gift of an Infinite. Love.
1t is love on The torrent that rageth,
No less than the streamlet that flows.
Il is love in the whirlwind that smitetk,
No less than the zephyr that blows;
1t is love when thy heart sings with glad
ness,
1t is love when all gladness shall fall
And if evil endure for a season,
1t is only that good may prevail.
Franc Remington, in Union Signal.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-05-07
PRUNING FRUIT TREES.
Use Of the Knife Is Advisable
In Most Instances.

When trees are taken up in the nur.
sery great many of the roots are
broken off. The drying out incident to
transportation reduces the vitality of
the trees also, and SO they must
be favored as far as possible by
a vigorous pruning of all limbs.
The cuts show, first an average
tree as it comes from the nurs-
cry, and, second, the same tree
as 1t should bc\pruned when it is set
out. Most people are too much afraid
OF cutting tree back. Such work
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-05-07

means, however, a more vigorous tree
later on. and the vigorous pruning
should he given, no matter how much
1t hurts to cut the young growth back.
There is another important point to be
remembered in setting out young trees.
Probably more of these die annually
for want of sufficient moisture than
from any other cause. This is shown
by the fact that one rarely loses any
newly set trees if the season happens to
be very moist, while in dry seasons the
loss is apt to be very great. A heavy
mulching about each tree rs it is set
will greatly assist in keeping the roots
moist, as will also firm packing of
the earth about the roots when being
covered. If it pays to set out trees at
all, it will pay to set them out properly
and to care for them when set.-N. Y.
Tribune.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-05-07

Good Matrimonial Standard.
1t men judged women by the way
they treat their mothers there would
be fewer of those marriages that lead
to divorce.-Chicago Democrat.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-28
FIGHTING IN CHINA.
French Troops Attacked by Chinese
Regulars and Boxers.

Paris, December ga dispatch to
the Havre agency from Pekin, dated
December 25th, says the detachment of
French troops, commanded by General
Bailloud We're recently attacked by
Chinese regulars and Boxers at Thi-
Tcheou, south of Pao Ting Flu. The
punitive expedition took the village
after a lively combat. Many cannon
and a quantity of provisions and am
munition were secured. On account of
the hostile attitude OF the population,
General Bailloud burned the village
and also the villages i'm the neighbor-
hood. The Chinese loss was one thou
sand men General Bailloud's force
sustained no loss. Christian Chinese
families have been maltreated by the
Chinese regulars.
Pekin. December 25-The French
report encountering 900 Chinese and
capturing five flags and a number Of
guns and inf1icting a great loss upon
the Chinese thirty-five miles south of
here. The report was generally dis
credited.
Berlin, December 2s-Field Marshal
Count Won Waldersee in a dispatch
from Pekin dated Monday. December
oath says:
The French troops encountered,
December 22nd, east OF Choychan, be-
tween Pekin and Pao Ting Flu, q Chi
nese force numbering $500 men, with
artillery. The Chinese fled in the direc-
ton OF Kua Hsien. They suffered losses
and left behind them five standards
and four cannon The Chinese prob
ably consisted Of the reunited rem
nants OF a body already dispersed
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-28
FIRST IN THE FORBIDDEN CITY
Commander of the American Marines
Claims This Honor for His Troops.

Washington. December 26.-Brigadier
General Haywood, commander of the
marine corps, has forwarded to the
navy department a letter from Captain
Charles d. Long, serving with the ma
rines in China. stating that the Ameri-
can marines were the first to enter the
forbidden city. There has been much
controversy as to whether the Rus
slams, British, Germans or Americans
were first inside the sacred precincts of
the forbidden city, and this letter is
regarded as establishing the claims Of
the Americans to have been the first
on the ground. Captain Long gives
the following account of the duties
performed by Company B, at Pekin,
August 18TH
up to that time the forbidden city
had not been entered by any of the
allied forces. Three of the four gates
between the Cinnamon gate and the
forbidden city had been forced the
previous day by the Americans but
they halted and finally withdrew ITO
the gate, which was held. Receiving
an order from the commanding officer
of the marines to enter the forbidden
city and seize such buildings and quar-
ters as might be most advantageous
for us to hold and occupy, / moved
Immediately with my company. forced
the fourth gate and entered the city.
japanese sentries objected to our en-
tering, but / did not consider their
claims to any control at that point.
"On entering there was no opposi-
ton. the Chinese having departed.
leaving their tents and banners stand
ing 1 put guards in the buildings,
and the regimental colors were hoist
ed ON one of the administration build
ings. To the best of my belief this
was the first and only occupation OF
the forbidden city by any of the allied
forces and the only time that any force
hoisted it's colors there. We remained
there from aboue $3.50 to $50 O'Clock D.
M, when received an order to with
draw and leave a guard at the fourth
gate''
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-28
THE FIRST MEETING
Between the Foreign Ministers and
Chinese Representatives.

Washington, December ga cable
gram received at the state department
from United States Minister Conger,
dated at Pekin on the oath instant,
states that the first formal meeting be-
tween the diplomatic representatives
and Prince Ching took place on the oath
Ching presented the credentials Of him.
self and Ii Hung Chang, who was un-
able to attend owing to illness, to the
diplomatic representatives who handed
to him the international note. The oftl-
Gals of the state department are un-
willing to venture a guess as to the
length of time that will be consumed
by the Chinese government In conSld-
Grafton of the note.
The last article of the note not1ned
the Chinese government that the occu-
patton of Chi Ii and Pekin may con-
tinue until the Chinese government has
complied with the terms of the note.
1t may be stated, however, that the
United States is not bound or affected
by this condition. Our occupancy from
a military point of view has terminated
and there is no disposition to renew 1t.
AS for the other powers, 1T is expected
that the main obstacle they Will en-
counter in Withdrawing under this con-
dition will be found in the difficulty In
obtaining satisfactory guarantees upon
the Chinese promise to pay indemni-
ties.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-28
CHINESE OUTRAGE
Foreign and Native Christians Burned
by Boxers.

Pekin, December 26.-The Rev. Mr..
Kelley, the Presbyterian missionary,
has reported to Minister Conger the
burning by Boxers of nineteen Catholic
Christians, and now says he has re-
ceived further confirmation of the
burning of native Christians. He says
the number burned is twenty-one and
that thousands of armed Chinese have
been seen in the San Ho country. Mr..
Conger has sent a copy of the commu-
nication to Field Marshal Count Won
Waldersee, and japanese and German
troops have been sent to investigate
the reports. Mr.. Kelley in first report
ing the occurrence admitted his infor-
nation was from Chinese sources and
said that the japanese. who have ju-
risdiction over the territory thirty
miles north in which, it is alleged, the
outrage occurred. would investigate
the report.
The troops of the various nations
celebrated Christmas in their own
fashion, each force being interested in
the doings of the others.
The Germans today were reviewed
on the occasion Of the presentation of
flags to two regiments The event was
made practically International. All the
generals and their STATS and detach-
ments Of their troops were present,
with the result that a great military
spectacle was witnessed.
No answer has yet been received to
the Joint note OF the powers.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-28
Prize Fights Declared or

New York, December 26.-Wil..am .
A. Brady announced that the fight be
tween James j. Jeffries and Gus Ruh-
lin. scheduled To take place in Cincin-
natl on February 18th. VIII not be per
mitted by the authorities OF that city
This being the case. the bouts ar
ranged for Kid Mccoy and Tommy
Ryan and Terry McGovern and Kid
Lavigne are declared off for the pres
ent. 1t is said that Terry McGovern
will now make arrangements to go 10
England to Eight Ben Jordan
Cincinnati. December 2S.-The city
officials as well as the officers and
members OF the ZaRerfast Athletic
Club say there is no truth in the re-
ports about the fight between J. J. JEFF
fries and Gus Rubin. scheduled for
February 18th in Cincinnati. being de
clared Off
Those in charge Of the arrangements
are proceeding with the work and
Mayor Julius F1eischman stated for
| publication tonight that he had given
| his word that he would issue the per-
| NIT for the fight taking place here I'm
February. There is bitter opposition
TO the fight here on the part of certain
| people and Ii is alleged that false in
| formation may have been sent Brady
| in the name of the club by some unau-
| thoriZed person.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-28
PLANS FOR REORGANIZATION
or the Pennsylvania steel Company to
be Submitted To the stockholder>-

Philadelphia December =. The
Evening Telegraph today says:
Plans for the reorganization of the
Pennsylvania Steel Company were
completed today and will shortly be
submitted to the stockholders The
company owns plants at Steelton. near
Harrisburg. and at Snarrows Point.
Md. besides owning all the capital
stock OF the Maryland Steel Company
and % the Baltimore and Sparrows
Point railroad and 50 per cent 81 the
capital stock Of the Juragua Iron
Company, limited. a corporation own
ing and operating iron mines In Cuba
"Of the so. SOC. 600 preferred stock To
be issued. Sc. 500. 600 will be .or the re-
tirement OF the outstanding preferred
and common stocks OF the Penn Iva
MIA Steel Company. S20oo.oo for the
retirement OF a like amount OF the 8
per cent bonds OF the Pennsyl lvania
and Maryland Steel Company. 81 co.. eOa
for the acquisition by purchase or 9TH
erwiSe, OF ore properties. manuf lctur-
ing plant or other enterprises useful
10 the company. and 5000. 900 for the
providing funds for working capital for
improvements at Sparrows Point ard at
Steelton, and for such other improve
ments as may be deemed advisable.
"A syndicate has been organized 10
purchase from the company the sio.-
600, 900 preferred stock. the proceeds OF
which will retire s.. 900 600 outstanding
6 per cent bonds, and provide the $s.-
00o, 900 cash required for additional
working capital and for the improve
ments and extensions proposed.
This 10000 900 preferred stock will
either be offered to the present stock
holders OF the Pennsylvania Steel
Company or offered for public script in
such proportions as may be determin-
ed by the syndicate managers.
The offer TO the present stockholders
Will be, for preferred stock loo per cent
in new preferred stock and so per cent
in new common stock. and for COM
mon stock 100 per cent in new pre-
ferred stock. The fixed charges of the
company as reorganized will be about
$4,000. The dividends at the rate Of
Z per cent on $50. 500. 900 preferred stock
will call for 81 435 OO0''