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The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1900-04-18

can hold and manage cannon or fleets for
any other than constitutional end"
Continuing, he said: 81 believe not
only that perseverance In the present
policy will be the abandonment Of the
principles upon which our government Is
founded, that II will change our republic
into an empire, that our methods Of legis.
lation, Of diplomacy, of administration,
must hereafter be those which belong to
empires and not those which belong to re.
publics; but believe persistence In this
attempt will result In the death and over.
throw of the republican party.
"Never was such growth in allhuman
history as that from the seed Thomas
jefferson planted. 1t has covered the
continent. II has taken In South America;
It Is revolutionizing Europe; It Is the ex.
pansion Of freedom; It differs from your
tinsel, pinchback, pewter expansion, as
the growth Of a healthy youth into a
strong man differs from the expansion Of
an anaconda when he swallows his victim.
Ours Is the expansion Of Thomas Jeffer.
son. Yours Is the expansion Of Aaron
Burr. II Is destined to as short a life and
to like fate"
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1900-04-18

THE MINER will soon have CORES.
pondent visit every camp In the Sumpter
Mining district, giving an accurate, inter.
esting story Of the work already done and
now IN progress.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1900-04-18
POPULATION OF sUMPrER 1850
FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION.

A number OF business men Of Sumpter
have requested THE MINER to assist in
promoting their commendable plan to give
Fourth Of July celebration here, on a
grand scale. The idea Is to arrange for
such attractions as will not only draw
crowds from all the surrounding camps,
but from every town In eastern Oregon,
southeastern Washington and western
Idaho. There Is no doubt but that salts.
factory arrangements can be made with
the .. 4. Il N. and connecting roads for
rates that will he sufficient inducement to
attract many visitors. II Is also thought
to he possible TO make some sort Of deal
with the Sumpter Valley road that will
keep It's fare below a prohibitive rate.
There Is 10 question but what hundreds
Of people within a radius Of 200 miles
would gladly avail themselves Of an op.
portunity TO visit this wonderful camp, Of
which so much has been said and written
Of late, II the expense Oi such trip could
be kept within reasonable bounds. Then,
" really mefitorious program shall be ar.
ranged, with features different from the
usual chestnuts; there Is no question but
what the event would he u great success.
The enterprising business men Of Sumpter
are therefWe requested to take early action
In the matter. II Is important that no
time he lost; that 40 other town may get
the start.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1900-04-18

DEWEY doesn't know where he is at;
whether lie Is aioot or horeback. lie does
probably know. however, that he is not
on the bridge. where he belongs.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1900-04-18

ROAD Improvement ought TO he IN.
jee,ed. some way, into lotal politics. II is
Of Tar more Importance to this district than
imperialism. expansion, Puerto Ritan
tariff, trusts. or even who gets the salariei
Jobs.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1900-04-18

SuMPrER didn't do half bad at the con.
ventions held iN Portland last week.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1900-04-18

THAT WAS a clear case OF populistic
nerve, born OF provincial ignorance, dis.
played by the peoples party convention
IN Portland last week; demanding that
the national democratic convention nomi.
nate a Porulist for vice.presiden,ial can.
ddate.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1900-04-18

YESTERDAY Senator hoar delivered
his long expected speech In opposition to
the ADMINISTRATORS Philippine policy.
Regarding the constitutionality Of that
policy. he said: 81 hold that this acQuisi.
ton Of territory holding and governing
can be only = means for q constitutional
end. And ! maintain that you can no
more hold and govern territory than you
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1900-04-18

AND now the small. smooth bore, des.
pieable scrubs who write hereabouts for
newspapers are shooting their harmless
paper wads at the man whom they think
Is downed. financially. Six weeks ago
they were licking his boots, servilely
tawning around him, in the hope OF re-.
eeiving some Of the crumbs that fell from
his generous hoard.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1900-04-18
!. .. r. NJ.

EGAN TRIBE No 20. Improved Order Red Men.
- NEE, In regular council At Ellis Hall At the sth
run on the uj sleep ot every seven suns of each
moon Al Rel Men visiting our hunting grounds
are welcome. l.. y ABBorI.
W, W, ittN. T., oi R Sachem,
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-10-16
Lord Ru.selps Dilemma,

Once, when he first came to Lon
don and was laying the foundation Of
his great career, says a London letter,
the future Lord Chief Justice Russell
went to the pit Of theater. The piece
was popular, the pit was crowded and
the young advocate had only standing
room All of a sudden man at his
side cried out that his watch was
stolen. Mr.. Russell and two other
men were hemmed in.
'It is one of you three" cried the
man minus the watch.
"Well we had better go out and be
searched" said Mr.. RUSSELL with the
alertness Of mind that did not fail him
at trying moment amid an excited
crowd. A detective was at hand, and
the suggestion was accepted. AS Mr..
Russell walked out the idea flashed
through his mind that If the man be-
hind him had the stolen property he
would probably try to secrete 1t in the
pocket of his front rank man. Quick
as thought he drew his coattails about
him-only to feel, to his horror, some
thing large ana SmoOtn ana ROUND al
ready in his pocket.
While he was still wondering what
this might mean for him, the detective
energetically seized the hindmost man,
exclaimlng: What, you rascal! At 1t
againp' To Mr.. Russell and the other
man he apologized and babe them go
free.
But Mr.. Russell, before he had taken
many steps, reflected that he could not
keep the watch. He went back to the
box office and explained. with cour-
age on which he afterward said he
rarely experienced greater demands,
that though he did not take the watch
he had it. So saying, he put his hand
into his pocket and pulled out-a for
gotten snuffbox.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-10-16

LAWYER Smart-Good morning, Mr.
Gull. What can do for you today?
'T want to get your opinion on a mat
ter of law"
"Yes."
"My hens got into my neighbor
Browns yard, and he poisoned them
What want to know is, can recover
damagesT'
Certainly. 1t was malicious mis-
chief on his part besides being de
struction Of your property"
.Thanks. But hold! / stated thai
wrong. 1t was Browns hens got into
my yard, and it was l who admins
tered the poison"
"Ah, yes; see. That puts differ
ent color upon the transaction, and II
is clear that he. In the person OF his
hens, was the trespasser, whereas II
leaving the poison on your premises
you were quite unaware that his fowls
would eat 1t. 1t was purely an acci
dent, so far as you were concerned.
Thanks. How much?"
Thirteen and fourpence."
"Why, that's just twice what you
asked for legal. opinion the Other
day."
II know 1t. but. you see. have giver
you two opinions today. London An
swers.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-10-16

1.-THE cheapest straw hat to buy"
said q man who owns beauty, lis,
after all, Panama, like this. Look
here" He took down his big white
hat, which was creased down the mid
die like pair of trousers, and rolled it
I'D tight; then he tossed it in the air.
With a cracking sound 1t spread open
and fluttered down to the floor in its
original shape, deep center crease and
ALL "You could soak this hat for a
week." he continued, land iron 1t out
fat afterward, but when you came to
put it on again it would be just as you
see 1t now.
"Women in Mexico and roundabout
all that region make the hats, using
straw that has been selected with more
care than l could tell you of. The art
has been handed down In their families
from one generation to another, and It
Is a secret art unknown to any other
people In the world.
"These women, living so far away
from everything, are ignorant of the
fashions, and that is why the hats
never change their ugly shape. If they
were fashionably made, the demand
| for them would be enormous. AS 1t Is,
hatters travel through all that country
and buy them up at good prices.
1.-THE perfect Panama hat costs at
least $50, and if you should pay $50 for
big and unusually light one you
would not be getting stuck. "-Philadel-
phia Record.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-10-16
The white Man In the Tropics.

The attempt to acclimatize the white
man in the tropics must be recognized
to be blunder of the first magnitude.
All experiments based upon the idea are
mere idle and empty enterprises fore
doomed to failure Excepting only the
deportation of the African races under
the situation of slavery, probably no
other idea which has held the mind OF
our civilization during the last 300
years has led to so much physical and
moral suffering and degradation or has
strewn the world with the wrecks of so
many gigantic enterprises In the tropics
a white man lives and works only as a
diver lives and works under water
Alike in moral, in an ethical and in
a political sense, the atmosphere he
breathes must be that of another region,
that which produced him, and to which
he belongs. Neither physically, morally,
nor politically can he be acolimatized
in the tropics. = Benjamin S. Kidd.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-10-16
The Production of caviare.

Two distinct varieties of caviare are
manufactured in Russia-the granulat-
ed and the pressed forms. The granu-
lated form is obtained by passing the
fish roes under pressure through fine
meshed sieve. The small eggs pass In
tact, but the envelopes are retained In
the sieve. To these pure salt is added
in the proportion of one-twentieth or
one-fortieth. 1t is intimately mixed
with the eggs by means of a kind OF
wooden spoon. The caviare is then
ready for consumption. 1t is packed
in round metallic boxes of one and a
half to five pounds and enveloped In
parchment for transportation. The
pressed caviare keeps better than the
granulated form.
To obtain it the fresh caviare is treat
ed with a solution of salt at 20 degrees
Baume until the eggs acquire GER
tain degree of hardness. This opera
ton requires considerable skill and ex-
perience. If allowed to stay in the so
luton too long, the caviare will be too
salty, and If not long enough the eggs
cannot be preserved. The caviare is
then put into small sacks, which are
pressed under screw press to drive
out the excess of salt 1t Is packed In
barrels containing up to 1000 pounds
or left in the original sacks. which
measure s by 20 inches. The average
export of pressed caylare for the three
years 1896 to 1898 has been more than
1900 tons, representing value OF ST.
4OO, Scientific American.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-10-16
That Low Animal, man.

Instead of the highest, man Is in
some respects the lowest of the animal
kingdom. Man Is the most unchaste,
the most drunken, the most egotistic.
the most misery, the most hypocritical
and the me it atrocious Of living crea-
lures. No animal, except man, kills
for the mele sake of killing. For one
being to take the life Of another for
purposes of selfish utility Is bad
enough, conscience knows, but the In
discriminate massacre of defenseless
victims by armed and organized packs,
lust for pastime, is beyond character
ization. The human species is the only
species of animals that plunges to such
depths of atrocity Even vipers and
hyenas do not kill for recreation.
No animal, except man, habitually
seeks wealth purely out of an insane
impulse to accumulate, and no animal,
except man. gloats over Accommodations
that are of no possible use to him, that
are an injury and an abomination and
In whose acquisition he has committed
irreparable crimes upon others. There
are no millionalres-no professional, le-
galized, lifelong MISUNDERSTANDING
the birds and quadrupeds. No animal
except man spends so large a part OF
his energies striving for superiority
not superiority in usefulness, but that
superiority which consists In simply
getting on the heads of ones fellows to
crow-and no animal practices COM
mon, ordinary morality to the beings OF
the world in which he lives so little,
compared with the amount he breaches
It. as man.-Humane Review.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-10-16
Turktsh police Justice.

A trifing dispute between huru
and an Armenian on street in Con-
stantinopIe the other day led to an
amusing instance of justice as it Is dis
pensed by the Turkish police.
A tobacco box was found on the pave
ment, as alleged. by Kurd. An Ar
menian claimed the box as his owl
Neither would give in, and the dispul
waxed warm From words they WEI
near coming to blows when police
man came up, but be could not decide
the question of ownership.
At last the Armenian suggested that
the policeman ask what was In the box
Tobacco and cigarette paper" said
the Kurd promptly.
1.-THE box contains nothing but IL
piasters," said the Armenian. smiling
The officer opened the box and, find
ing the Armenian was right, settled the
dispute by giving him the box.
"The Armenian Is the owner OF the
box" he said. '"The Kurd is liar
Here he smote the Kurd over the
head. "Allah be praised! For my trou
BILE in deciding this complicated aHall
| will keep the 10 plastres-"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-10-16

Up In the attic where slept
When was boy, little boy,
In through the lattice the moonlight crept,
Bringing tide Of dreams that swept
Over a low, red trundle bed,
Bathing the tangled curly head,
While the moonbeams played at hide and seek
With the dimples on the sun Drowned check
When was boy, little boyi
And oh, the dreams-the dreams dreamed
When was boy, little boy
For the grace that through the lattice streamed
Over my folded eyelids seemed
To have the gift of prophecy
And to bring the glimpses Of time to be
When manhood s clarion seemed to call
All, that was the sweetest dream of all
When was boy, little boyi
I'd like to sleep where used to sleep
When was boy, little boyl
For in at the lattice the moon would peep
Bringing her tide of dreams to sweep
The crosses and griefs of the years away
From the heart that is weary and faint today.
And those dreams should give me back again
A peace have never known since then
When ! was boy. a little boyi
Eugene Field.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-10-16
nxncr,ence versus Arithmetic

Teacher-Johnny may stand up to re
cite. Now, Johnny, suppose ] borrow
$50 from your father and agree to pay
SIS a week. how long will it be before
he gets his money!
Johnny-Just one week.
Teacher-Oh. think again; that's not
right!
Johnny-Yes, 1t is. | know my ia
Their. He'd have you up in the courts
by that time New York World.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-10-16
IN PEACE


A track Of moonlight on quiet lake
Whose small waves on silver sanded shore
Whisper of peace and with the low winds make
Such narmonies as keep the woods awake
And listening all night long for their sweet
sake,
a green laved slope Of meadow, lowered DER
By angel troops Of lilies, swaying light
On viewless stems, with folded wings Of white,
A siumberous stretch of mountain land, far
seen
Where the low westering day, with gold and
green,
Purple and amber, softly blended, fills
The wooded wales and melts among the hills;
A vine fringed river, winding to its rest
On the calm bosom of stormless sea,
Bearing alike upon its placid breast,
With earthly flowers and heavenly stars im-
pressed,
The hues of time and Of eternity.
j. @. Whittier.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-10-16
Insult 70 German voters.

The Bryanites have done much talk
ing in this campaign about swinging
the German vote over to Bryan. 1t
would seem from their statements that
they believe the German born Ameri-
cans can be transferred solidly from
one party to another at the will of par
ty leaders. 1t Is believed that German
Americans will resent as an insult this
attempt of the Democratic leaders to
stampede them en- masse, like a flock
of sheep, by cries of imperialism" and
''militarism.' On this subject Senator
Scott of West Virginia has made the
following statement:
'At the beginning Mr.. Bryan's para
mount issue at indianapolis was level
ed at the German-A Americans and was
designed to bring them all down at one
shot. Then Mr.. Schurz is brought for
ward, or brings himself forward, with
the assumption of delivering over the
German American vote bodily to Bry-
an. And all over the country-in Ma
ryland, in New York, In Wisconsin, in
Indiana-the Democratic managers
have been taking the same ground,
that the COMMUNICATIONS can be
made to vote all the same way, as
some one man or some group of men
may desire.
"There never was a greater mistake.
No class of our citizens is more intelli-
gent and more independent than the
German Americans. Each one of them
thinks for himself, decides for himself
and votes for himself They are cool
headed, judicial minded, very practical
people, not swayed by sudden whims
or frenzies, not affected by artificial
claptrap and, above all, not to be led
by the nose at the will of any political
clique or organization. They have
thought out this question of militarism
long ago. They came to this country
largely on that account, and they have
got brains enough to see that the situa-
ton has not changed at all and that as
to imperialism there Is simply nothing
in it. They will vote as Independent
individuals, and when they vote they
will not be likely to forget the insults
which they have received In this cam
palgn from the Democrdtlc leduefS III
trying to round them up like herd
of cattle. l know what ] am talking
about, for have been in close touch
with the COMMUNICATIONS politically
and personally ever since 1 came out
of the army 80 years ago, and know
that above all they are clear headed
and correct in their financial principles,
as they have always been true to sound
money from the earliest times"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-10-16
decorated by Christina.

"In the suburbs of Sedalia, Mo-, +"
says the Kansas City Times. "there lives
a scholarly gentleman who was awarded
the Order of Christina by the Queen of
Spain for his jealous care of her two
grandsons, Raymond Guell y Borbon
and Fernando Alfonso, who afterward
became the King of Spain, and was the
father of little Alfonso, the present king.
This gentleman is Colonel Van b
Wisker, whom nearly all Missourians
With state acquaintance know .
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-10-16

along fESs6 steps under cover or Che PIT
lars and apply his eye to the hole with
out being either seen or heard. Well,
that is just what the butler did Only
he did something more.
"After applying his eye to the hole
he noiselessly inserted the muzzle OF
the rife in the aperture, took deliberate
aim at his masters heart and fired
Poor Robertsonl He never knew what
hurt him.. :"
Stanfield ceased speaking, and pain
full silence fell upon us both The
movement Of a lizard in the jalousies
through which the shot had been fred
sent thrill of horror through my
nerves fancied / could hear the but
ler's stealthy footsteps and see the
CLEAN of the rife barrel in the moon
light So awfully real was my concep-
ton of the whole scene that at last, in
sheer desperation, spoke and SO broke
the spell.
Hadn't Robertson wifeH have an
idea that once met her in Madras.
"He had, and speaking Of her re-
minds me that my story Is still unfin
ished. In fact, the most remarkable
part of it is yet to come.
"About year before her husbands
death Mrs. Robertson, 1t seems, went
home to England for her health, and
when last saw Robertson alive-the
night he had the strange premonition,
you remember-he was daily expecting
her back. Well, it is singular ooinoi-
dence, but perfectly true, that the
steamer she was passenger by entered
Bombay harbor on the very evening
and at the very hour when Robertson
was shot.
Mrs. Robertson had gathered all
her traps together, intending to disem-
bark that night, and as soon as she
heard the anchor dropped she left the
cabin to go on deck. In her hand she
carried small travelling clock, and just
as she reached the foot of the companion
stairs she glanced at it and saw that
the hour was exactly 8 o'clock. At the
same moment an understandable terror
seized her. She looked up quickly, and
there on the steps above her stood her
husband.
She sprang up the steps to meet him,
but he suddenly and mysteriously dis
appeared At the top Of the steps she
ran against the purser.
There's no hurry, madam, said
he, the tenders not alongside yet.
"'But my husbandl' cried Mrs. R.
I saw him here just now. How did he
come aboard?'
Madam, replied the purser, you
must be mistaken. Not living soul
has boarded the ship tonight.
"And he was right, for if Mrs. R.
saw anything, as she declares she did,
it must have been the spirit Of her dy-
ing husband"
"Let us go in, said !, rising hastily.
''This night air has given me chill. !"
New York Journal
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-10-16
Our steadily increasing Exports

For the first eight months of this
year our total exports amounted to
1915, TAI, 1913, as compared with $780,
59O,S23 for the same period last year,
an increase of $133, 1855, $50, while i'm
ports Increased from $515. 1904 to
1864. 500, 934, or only $49,509.501. This
shows an excess of exports larger by
S73, 666, 500 than that of the first eight
months of 1890, or, including gold and
silver, nearly $94,OO0,O0O. The net bal
ance this year is about $685., 100000, or
at the rate of $5S0,0OO,OOO for the full
IL months.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-10-16

.That Baltimore woman who gave
her pet monkey first class funera.
must have been greatly attached to the
animal"
Eyes; 1t probably gave her regular
monkey wrench to part with IT,
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-10-16
Steamers
Columbia. John A. Warner, Twilight and

Leave Burlington for Philadelphia 74O 92t
1ol0 a NJ. BIO 425, $40 P. M. Returning leave
Phiiadel nhia, Chestnut street wharf, 7.3O, SSt
A, M, Loo, ESQ, 800. 500 P. M.
The Twilight leaving Burlington 92o A; N n;
daily and returning from Philadelphia at 4OC
P. NJ runs through without stopping, Leave
Burlington oaily tor Florence, White Hill an an.
SC0AM.. 33OPM White Hill, $50 A. M, 4.Ol
pm. Connections at White Hill with Camden
and Trenton Railway Company.
ssenpers from White Horse, BOrdentown
and intermediate points can purchase tickets
from conductors on the cars tnrought to Phil
adelphia and return for 40 cents, single rare
sundays-Leave Burlington for Philadel
mia. $40 925 10. 15 A. M, 10. $40 P. M Leave
Philadelphia, 500 A NJ, 200, SSO, 4.oO, ooo r M.
EXCURSION, 4Oc. SINGLE FARE, @5c
Excursion between Trenton ana Phtladel
phia SOC, Single Fare, 4Oc.
T. g. EDWARDS.
General Manager