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The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-03-15

The sword blades forged st ToleA by the Saraeens could be colled up lihe . clock spring and would resume per feet straightness as soon as released
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-10-02
His Moments of JOY,

Did you ever hear of the strange
man who went out to summer hotel
once for holiday He impressed on
the clerk the first day he was there
that it was Of vital Importance that he
be called at o'clock next morning.
He was called. He didn't come down
stairs till 2 in the afternoon. The in
junction to the clerk was repeated ev-
cry day, and every day the mysterious
guest staid In his room till late in the
afternoon. When he had been at the
place week and was about to leave,
the clerk said to him:
"I beg your pardon, sir; It's none of
my business, but why have you left or
ders to be called at o'clock every
morning and never got out of bed till
several hours later%
"Well," he replied, "Tll tell you.
Back in the city I've got job that
compels me to get up every morning,
summer and winter, at o'clock. This
is my first vacation for five years. Ev-
cry day when your bellboy has come
up stairs and banged at the door I've
started up to dress and get down to the
office and then suddenly let the convic-
ton steal blissfully over my brain that
didn't have to. Then I've gone back
to bed, Rugged the pillow and dreamed
that l was in the Elysian fields. That
moment of joy that has followed the
banging on my door every morning has
been worth three times the price of the
bill."-Chicago Times-Herald.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-10-02
An arab. Parlor.

A woman traveller in Egypt Is amaz-
ed at the dearth of the natives house
hold goods, says correspondent of the
Chicago News. There is little furniture
because the Arab needs little. His life
is spent out of doors, and he can sleep
in any handy gutter as peaceably and
happily as a child, while most of his
meals are eaten in the open air.
In one exceptionally luxurious house,
that of a charwoman, the traveller
found a parlor. 1t was regarded as a
sort of shrine by Fatima. She had
made it a fetch, devoting to its embel-
lishment all the money she could spare
and sacrificing to it even her children's
wants. The visitor was shown through
broken down doorway into squalid
passage, where two rooms at either
end revealed perspectives of greater
suualor beyond. Children teemed from
every entrance.
Arrived at the holy Of holies, the
door had to be unlocked. 1t was a
brand new Birmingham lock- Distant
Manchester had supplied carpet blaz-
ing with roses and small creton cur
tains Of brilliancy to match. Such
things are in Cairo called "fellah" (vul-
gar), as none but feliahin are found
to be purchasers of them, but poor Fa-
tima's horrors are not yet quite cata-
logued From some common shop in
the Musk she had captured two or
three glass vases, and In them-the last
touch of triumph-were artificial flow
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-10-02
BRYAN GOULD DANISH GOLD.
He Would Do 1t, Too, Unless He vi
Olated His Own Promise.

He Would Do 1t, Too, Unless He Vi
olated His Own Promise.
Let the voters and honest men Of
America not forget this fact, as shown
forth by Secretary Of the Treasury
Gage:
"There is DA doubt Mr.. Bryan could
order his secretary of the treasury to
make payment in silver of all of the
public debt payable In coin and for all
current disbursements of the govern
ment as well, which amount to $780,
600 to $1,750,OOO per day. That he
would give such an order, too, Is very
certain If he Is In the same mind that
he was when in 1895, for he was then
quoted as saying, If there is any one
who believes that the gold standard is
a good thing or that it must be main
tanned, j. want him not to cast his vote
for. me, because promise him 1t will
not be maintained in the country Ion
ger than am able to get rid of it.
Bryan, as the New York Mail and
Express says, has never retracted a
word of his innumerable threats to
overthrow the gold standard. On the
contrary, he has persistently reiterated
them. Behind the mask is the sinister
face of the same dangerous dema-
gogue, and beneath the cloak Of "impe-
rialism" he bears the torch of the In
cendiary.
A very significant fact in this con-
nection is that Bryan lodged" the sill
yer question the other day. When
asked point blank by correspondent
If he would pay the government coin
obligations in silver If elected, as stated
by Secretary Gage, Mr.. Bryan fatty
refused to answer. His words were,
"Say Mr.. Bryan declines to be inter-
viewed on that subject" The people
can draw their own differences.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-10-02


~An old countryman used to know
when / was living in south Georgia,
remarked a college professor apropoH
Of sudden changes in the weather,
was in at least one respect very re-
markable character. To a casual lis
tener he appeared to be a fluent and
unconscionable liar, yet when you came
to scrutinize any Of his statements
closely it was impossible to catch him
in the slightest deviation from the
truth"
zone day in early spring we had an
unusually severe fall of hail, and next
morning while driving down the road
with friend we happened to encoun'
ter the old fellow at his gate. Well
Uncle Bob said, that was pretty
bad hailstorm we had yesterday
should say it was he replied. You
just oughter seed some of the stones
that come down in my back yard
How big were theyf asked. ''Bout
as big as small watermelons,' said he
Well, we've caught him in swhoppel
ut last chuckled my friend as we
drove on No, we haven't l groaned
AS usual the old rascal has secured
az the advantage of fine, large liz
and at the same time has adhered rigid
ly to the truth. Look ut that vine.'
"An early watermelon vine was fes
looming the bottom rail of fence by
the roadside, and here and there it was
studded with minute green spheres
about the size of gooseberries. MY
friend made no comment. never triet
to catch Uncle Bob again" New Or
leans Times-DemOcrat.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-10-02
A Historic Die.

On the desk of the secretary of one
of the oldest copper manufacturing
firms in this city is a steel die which
has served as a paperweight for 30
years, and the coins struck off by it are
now, for the most part, in the hands OF
collectors This die was used for strik-
ing copper tokens which symboliZed
the contest between President Andrew
jackson and the old United States bank
of Philadelphia in 1882. The engraving
on the die represents President Jack
son, sword in hand and apparently
standing in a money chest. Around the
central figure is stamped Jackson's ex-
preston, ~ take the responsibility,
which arose out of his controversies
with the bank.
When this die was made, the prede-
cessors of the present company not
only manufactured copper wire, but
also made a special feature of copper
coins, chiefly for South American couu-
tries and for private business firms
which made a practice of issuing their
own copper coins to be redeemed by
them afterward During the civil war
and just preceding it many private cor
porations issued tokens which circu-
lated as pennies, and some of them ara
now worth a great many times their
original value to collectors.-NewY York
Sun
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-10-02
His Opinion.

Fiddleback-Are you going around
TO Miss Muffin's tomorrow night, Mrs.
Won Blumer?
Mrs. Won Blumer-She gives a chat
ing dish party, doesn't she?
Fiddleback-Yes.
Mrs. Won Blumer-We may. Are
you?
Fiddleback (smiling)-W hardly.
Mrs. Won Blumer-Why, 1 thought
you were fond of Miss Muffin.
Fiddleback-I am, but not of her
chatting dish parties.
Mrs. Won Blumer-You mean
Fiddleback-I mean the chatting dish
part
Mrs. Won Blumer-You don't like
that?
Fiddleback-Well, can stand good
deal, but the connections Miss Muffin
gets up in that instrument of torture
are too much for me.
Mrs. Won Blumer-You are too hard
ON her, am sure.
Fiddlebaek-Hard on her, do you
sayl Well, l guess she Is pretty hard
Oh the rest of her victims.
Mrs. Won Blumer-What particular
dish of hers don't you like?
Fiddleback-Well, l can't say that
am partial to any of them. I've
tried them all, and there isn't much
choice. Her lobster Newburg can pro-
duce about as much complex agony
as anything else. But / think for suf-
fering long drawn out, for steady, I'M
intermittent, ablebodied pain, her
Welsh rabbit takes the blue ribbon.
Have you ever tried Miss Mullins
Welsh rabbit?
Mrs. Won Blumer-Oh, yes, indeed!
Why, have been giving her cooking
lessons for the last six months!-Har-
per's Bazaar.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-10-02

When Joe Chamberlain entered the
house of commons, he was anxious tc
try his oratorical powers. A certain
leading politician, who was plotting a
bill through the house, was approached
by one of Mr.. Chamberlain's friends
who said:
chamberlain would like to speak Oh
the bill. Can you give him CHANGER
"Well, you know, l think it would
not do. He's new member, and no
body knows what the dickens he might
say"
Time went on. Chamberlain gained
ground-became power in parlia-
ment. The leading politician, on the
contrary, had made series of blunders
which had imperiled his position. An
election was imminent. Forgetting his
previous record, he thought that If he
could get Mr.. Chamberlain to speak for
him he would strengthen his position.
He, therefore, applied to the right hon
orable gentleman.
The latter calmly surveyed him
through his eyeglass and said:
"Well, you know, l think it would
not do. / am a new member, and no
body knows what the dickens l might
sayY'
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-10-02
The vamnire Hat.

South America, especially Venezuela,
is the home of the vampire bat, that
horrible animal whose blood sucking
propensities are so well known. In
Venezuela the vampire when caught is
often made the subject of an expert
ment that is as curious as it is cruel,
though in connection with such loath-
some animal as this giant bat the cruel
ty is rather naturally lost sight Of by
the people who have to suffer from its
ravages.
The vampire is captured in thick
cloth. 1t is then taken out, and through
its two extended wings nails are driv-
en-, securing the animal to door or
wooden paling. A cigarette is then
| lighted and placed in the bats mouth.
At once the animals eyes shine
strangely, and it begins to puff the
smoke in and out with frenzied gasps.
its actions being exactly those of the
most hardened smoker, keeping firm
! hold of the cigarette the while between
its sharp, deadly teeth. When the Gig
arctic is nearly finished, blow on the
head puts an end to the animals ex-
| istence.
The extraordinary part of the expert
ment lies in the fact that the bat does
not at once reject the cigarette, as he is
of course at liberty to do. There are
many who affirm that the bat really
does enjoy the tobacco. The probabili-
ty is that the animal is so maddened
by fear and pain that he puffs away
unreasoningly and fiercely, his instinct
telling him that in the properties Of the
tobacco lies oblivion.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-10-02
sxmnathx Misplaced.

One day during cold snap last win
ter 1 saw an old man in a grocery act
ing rather suspiciously, and soon l saw
him steal a potato from barrelful OF
the tubers that stood outside the coun-
ter. The old fellow slipped out of the
house as soon as he could convenient
ly and limped away. followed him,
thinking to give him what change
could spare, for l thought he must be
desperately poor If he must steal a po-
tato.
When / caught up with him and of.
fered him little money, the old man
roared with laughter. When he had
got his breath again. he said:
"You saw me steal the potato. didn't
your
"Yes, sir, / did,"
"Well, femme tell you, my son, I've
got potatoes to sell. l raise thousands
of bushels of them. I've got the big
gest market garden In this county, and
I've got more money than you ever
saw. Carryin a potato in your pocket
will cure the rheumatic, but for it to
do any good you've got to steal the
potato. See?
/ saw. And sawed wood.-Wiu
Visscher in Woman's Home Compan-
ion
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-10-02

General Starr, gallant old soldier,
had an irrepressible dislike for young
lieutenants fresh from West Point. In
1874 General Starr was in command at
Fort Riley, and one day an orderly
came to his quarters with the message
that Lieutenant Morrison, just from
West Point, was at the post ready to
pay his respects and report for duty
In response to this message the old
general was starting for his office
when his wife, motherly old SOUL
plucked him by the sleeve and said
'Now, general. promise me that you
won't rough with that young man."
"Rough?" said the old man, smiling
amiably upon his matrimonial COM
panion. "Why, I'll be peaches and
cream unless the young dog rifles me-
Reaching his office, the general was
confronted with dapper little fellow
as spick and span as though he had
just come from the hands of his barber
and tailor, while he had the half super.
cilious air that seems inseparable from
the first stages of military education.
Looking the young lieutenant over
for half a moment, the old general said
with great dignity: How do you do
Mr.. Morrison. | am pleased to see
you" Then as a flush gradually mount
ed over his weather beaten features he
added: 81 am always glad to see you
young men from the Military academy
You-you-(h there the general ended with
a roar you think yourself so hanged
smartw- Kansas City Journal.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-10-02
An odd Sort of Dinner.

Lord Polkemmet, a Scottish lord of
session, usually retired to his coun-
try residence during the part of the
year when the court does no business.
John Hagart, the Scottish advocate,
equally idle from a similar cause, went
to shoot, and, happening to pass Lord
Prs property, he met his lordship, who
politely invited John to take, or, as he
said, to tax, family dinner with him
self, his wife and daughter.
John accepted the invitation, and
they all assembled at the hour of din
ner. There was a joint Of roasted veal
at the head of the table and stewed
veal at the bottom, veal soup In the
middle, calf's head on one side Of the
soup and veal outlets on the other
calfs foot jelly between the soup and
roast veal and calf's brains between
the stewed veal and the soup.
MOO" said his lordship in his OWL
blunt way, "Mr. Hagart, you may very
likely think this an odd sort of dinner
but yell no wonder when you hear the
cause of it. We keep nae company
Mr.. Hagart, and my daughter here ca
tiers for our table. The way we do is
just this: We kill beast, as it were
today, and we just begin to cook it al
side, turn the tail and just gang back
again by the other side to where we be
gan"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-10-02
BiIge Water.

am quite well aware that there are
objections to hospital ships in the trop-
les When they are moored, there is
the burning question of bilge water.
l will not discourse on the subject of
bilge water, as inexperience thereof
might make the explanation weari-
some. Any one acquainted with the
bilge water question knows it is of en-
crossing interest. Bilge is a prince
among smells, and if you have ever
fallen under it's power you will always
think that every terrific thing in smells
is manifestation of bilge water.
remember on one occasion when on
board a moored hulk, not hospital
ship, smelling in the evening some
thing that called for mention, so
mentioned it, "Oh," said my COM
panions, more under the sway Of bilge
water than l was, from their greater
knowledge of it's power, cts only our
biIge water" In the morning we found
it was the rotting carcass of an ele-
plant that had fioated down the river
and now hung in the mooring chain.
After considerable time was spent
in getting rid of the carcass 1 said,
For goodness sake, gentlemen, stir
up your bilge water, and let the smells
fight it out together while we go
ashore for a spell" NO" said my
companions, terror stricken at'the sug-
gestion. ''You do not know our bilge
water when it's backs up. 1t would
stretch you If you were half way
across Africa This elephant is mere
lavender water to it."
This was a more dreadful bilge water
than a hospital ship would have. Still,
though bad, bilge water is not neces-
sarily fatal under proper management.
Chambers Journal
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-10-02

He was Il iisoSt worthy young man,
with a fonIIess for discussing socio-
logical and moral questions, and once
started on his hobby he could scarcely
be headed in any other direction. He
had been quite devoted in his attention
to one young woman for as much as
six months, but she had been unable to
bring him to his senses, though she
was willing to confess that she had
tried repeatedly to do so. OF course
she had done it in the delicate ways
women have in those matters, but
what he needed was a club.
Not great while ago he was calling
as usual, and as usual he was neglect
ing sentiment for something that only
made a girl tired. This time he was
moralizing on the temptations of life
and the proneness of people to yield
without making the proper effort
against them in whatever form they
might appear.
However" he said in conclusion,
displaying a commendable spirit of
charity for the weak, ''it is a very diff
cult thing for any one to say No
Here was an unexpected chance for
her.
"And conversely" she responded
slowly so he could get the full force of
it, sit should be very easy for one to
say Yes"
He looked her straight in the eyes at
last, and a hush fell upon the scene.
"Um-er-um," he hesitated, Miss
Kate, am a chump?
"It is very difficult for one to say
No." she said with pretty little
smile, and later she found it quite easy
to say Eyes" Washington Star.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-10-02
An AarinI Anchnrare.

On last bank holiday fete and gala
was held in country town. A balloon
ascent was the chief feature of the
days amusements, and the process of
filling the balloon with gas was watch
ed with great interest by a crowd of
country pumpkins, one of whom cast
his eye upon the graphing iron in per-
plexity.
"Wot be that, Goiles| quoth he to a
companion.
"Whoy, that be the anchor" answer
ed Giles.
"Anchorw repeated the first pumpkin
In even greater perplexity than before.
''Wot use be an anchor to 'em up in the
air? Wot can they anchor 'er to?"
ITO the clouds, O Counsel? replied
Giles in tones expressive of scorn for
his mates ignorance. = London An
swers.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-10-02

1t is fact of comparatively recent
discovery in chemical metallurgy that
metals lose their vitality from repeti-
tions of shocks and strains and may be
said, as the expression is, to suffer
from fatigue-that is, they may be
worked till their molecules fail to hold
together.
AS is Familiarity known, bars of tin,
rods of brass and wires Of any metal
will separate owing to fatigue If bent
backward and forward continuously.
But by careful experiments, however,
the fact is made to appear that rem
edy exists for this condition of metals
If the overstrain does not border on
rupture, and this remedy is very much
like that which is applied in the case
Of an overworked human frame
namely, rest.
Feather edged tools recover their vi
tally better than any other. OF course
the length OF time required for this rest
varies with different metals and the
amount of strain to which they have
been subjected
Hard metals. such as iron and steel,
use up one and two years time in the
process. On the other hand soft met
ais, like lead, retain their cohesive
force longer and also require less rest
-Pearson's Weekly.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-10-02

Perfect Alignment of American
Business Men.
SOUTH AND NORTH UNITED
vor of Mckinley and Republican
Prosperity

Isaac S. Boyd, president Southern
Saw Works, Atlanta: "My candid opin-
ion is that the reelection of Mr.. Nc
Kinley will insure US continuation Of
prosperous business, while the cleo
ton Of Mr.. Bryan would make it
doubtful"
Southern Testimony.
D. Van Smith, treasurer Southeast
ern Lime and Cement company,
Charleston: "We look for continued
prosperity in the south, unless the
present conditions are disturbed by
change in the parties controlling the
government, which we do not think
will happen. We believe that you will
find this ito be the sentiment of the
majority Of the merchants down here"
Young A. Gresham, Atlanta: Mr..
Mckinley has made good president
and has shown craftsmanship Of high
order. l am willing to say gladly:
We'll done, good and faithful servant
Enter into your second term, and let
the wave of prosperity roll on Mr.
Bryan is a great man in many respects
and would possibly make good presi-
dent, but the country is in no condition
to call for change. Business would
be necessarily greatly demoralized and
the country thrown into state of I'M
certainty in the event of his election
in November"
NJ. F. H. Gouyerneur, Wilmington,
N. c.: Business is good, but it is be-
cause of the prevailing confidence in
the outcome of the election. Relative
to the effect of the election of McKin-
ley, believe it is the general impress
sion among men of affairs that re-
newal of the great activity in business
experienced in the last few years will
naturally follow. On the other hand.
it Is thought that If Bryan should be
elected an immediate panic would en-
sue, followed by four years of business
depression and industrial stagnation."
Perry Andrews & Bro, artesian wells,
Atlanta: organs election would un-
doubtedly work havoc and destruction
to all business interests"
Hopkins Bros, carriage manufacture
ers, Waco, Tex: 1--WE are satisfied with
the present condition of affairs and are
not anxious to develop untried meas
nres, although we are all good Demo-
Gratis"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-10-02

Gettysburg, Luray, Natural Bridge, Rich
mond, Old Point Comfort, and Washing
ton.
nine day personal1y-conducted tour o
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company tc
the Battlefield of Gettysburg, Luray
Caverns Natural Bridge, Richmond, Ole
Point Comfort, and Washington, will
leave New York and Philadelphia i'll &
special train of Pullman parlor cars or
Tuesday, October g. The party will be in
charge of tourist agent and an exper-
fenced chaperon. A whole day will be
spent on the Battlefield of Gettysburg, q
carriage drive with lectures by an able
guide being included in the ticket Ample
time will be allowed at Lurav and Natural
Bridge to view the wondrous natural forma-
tons. Sunday, October IA, will be spent
at Old Point Comfort. At Richmond and
Washington opportunities will be pre-
sented to visit all the points of interest
under intelligent guidance.
The round-trip rate, including all nee
essary expenses, is sos from New York
$63 from Philadelphia and proportionate
rates from other points.
For detailed itinerary apply to ticket
agents; to Tourist Agent, 1895 Broadway,
New York; a Court Street or Pennsylvania
Annex, foot Fulton street, Brooklyn; 7Se
Broad street, Newark, N. j.; or address
George w. Boyd, Assistant General Pas
senger Agent, Broad Street Street Station,
Philadelphia.