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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-18
CANADIANS HAVE A KICK.
Want Alien Labor Law Enforced
Against Americans.

NORTH SYDNEY, B. c., Dec. ia
large number of workmen employed a:
the Victoria mines have forwarded pc
tition TO several members Of parliament
asking them to assist in having the alien
labor law enforced against American
worknen engaged in erecting a sme:ter
at North Sydney. The Canadians claim
that they arc victims of discrimination,
the Americans being gwen the best posi-
tons and higher wages than the natives.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-18
MAY LYNCH ANOTHER.
ROckpOrt, Ind, Mob Anxious to COM
nIete It's Work.

EOCKPORT, Ind, Dec. T.-There are
prospects for another lynching here. A
negro named "Whistling Jce," has been
9 crested as an accompice of Jim Header-
son and Bud Rowland, who were hanged
last night. Rowland in his dying con-
fession implicated Whistling Joe. None
of last nights mob has been arrested.
There is great excitement here, the
streets being crowded with people The
authorities say they viii protect Whist
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-18
TRACTION CASES CLOSED.
Pittsburg Street Railway Matter
Closed Out of Court

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. T.-After nu-
merous legal steps and delays the coun-
ter equity cases between William l.
Elkins, P. A. E. Widener, George w.
Elkins, William Flynn, John Rhodes and
NJ X McMullin, plaintiffs, and Drexel
& Co and Whitney & Stephenson, de-
PENDANTS, have been amicably settled.
The litigation arose over the consolida-
ton of traction lines in Pittsburg. When
the case was announced in court today
the attorneys representing the various
interests announced that an amicable set
tlement had been reached.
None Of the lawyers would make public
the facts of the settlement.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-18
MANY THROWN OUT OF WORK.
Brown Machine Company at CIeve-
land Burned Out

CLEVELAND, O., Dec IA fire early
today almost entirely destroyed the big
plant Of the Brown Machine company ut
the corner of Hamilton and Belden
streets. Five out of seven buildings used
by the company are in ashes and prop.
erty estimated to be worth $500, 900 was
entirely consumed. Eleven hundred
worlImen are thrown out of employment
as a result of the fire. The company,
which is probably the largest concern Of
the kind in the world, has many con-
tracts with the government for hosting
apparatus to be erected at coaling sta
tons that are being established in vari-
Gus parts of the world.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-18
SAYS HE SAW KUHNs.
Albion, Ind, Man Claims to Have In
terviewed the bad Convict,

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 1.-THE news
papers publish a copyrighted dispatch
from q correspondent at Albion, IND,
who claims to have interviewed Kuhns,
escaped convict, who has been eluding
the officers for several days. Kuhns re-
Gently shot a policeman at LogGnsport
and escaped, after fighting pitched bat
tie with a posse. The correspondent says
he found Kuhns comfortably situated at
his brothers house near Albion, ind
Euhns said: 1.-THE people around here
know where 1 am, and if they want mo
they know where to come and look for
me. ] am prepared for anything that
might happen
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-18
BISHOP OF DUBUQUE.
APPOINTMENT OF MGR. KEANE IS
ANNOUNCED.

ROME, Dec. 17.-At the secret con-
sistory held today the pope appointed
a number of bishops. including Mgr.
Keane, formerly rector of the Cath
ole university at Washington, to the
diocese of Dubuque.
Rev. Hermann Joseph Alidine was ap-
pointed bishop of Fort Wayne, Ind; and
Rev Joseph O'Reilly, of Peoria, titular
bishop of Laredo, Tex.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-18
AKRON PEOPLE sHIvERED.
natural Gas Supply Shows Signs OF
Giving Out.

AKRON, Dec. 1.-THE natural gas sup
nly failed today and for a. considerable
time there was great suffering. The day
was the coolest of the winter. Yesterday
the supply failed and then came back in
several houses where the valves were
omen and the result was partial asphyx-
tation Of several people.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-18

north and have reached haGpudl.
LONDON, Dec. 17.-Kitchener, in dis
patch received by the war office, con-
e firms the Associated Press dispatch
from Aliwal North, Cape Colony, last
night, announcing the capture by Beers
of Brabant's horse, Dec. 10, near Zastron,
Orange river colony, and says i0I men
were made prisoners on that occasion.
The colonial office, in announcing that
Sir Alfred Miner succeeds Lord Roberts
as administrator of the conquered terri
tory in South Africa, says his taking up
his residence at Johannesburg on account
of his health must not be regarded as a
settlement of the capital question.
MASERU, Dec. 16.-It appears that De
Vets force was twice repulsed before
1t broke through the British lines in
the neighborhood of Thaba N'Chu. In
the third attack De Wet led in person.
With a few determined men he charged
and broke the British lines, the rest of
the command following. He was forced,
however, to leave in the hands of the
British a fifteen FOUNDER and fifteen
wagons with ammunition and stores.
Commandant Haasbroeck, with a COM
mando and two guns, tried to get through
Springkrantz Mex, but was driven back.
losing forty men.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-18
CAPE COLONY INVADED.
PARTY OF BoERs CROSSES AT
AIIWAL. NORTH.

CAPE TOWN, Dec. 17.-Seven hundred
Beers have crossed from Orange river
colony into into Cape Colony, near AliWal
north. and have reached Kaapdal.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-18

Representative Newlands today intro
duced a bill for the construction of re-
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-03-13

"a casual observer might suppose
that our business was intensely pro-
saic," said Poydras street commits
sion merchant, "but such is far from
being the case. Ali sorts of queer
things happen in it, not the least Of
which are occasional consignments we
receive from nowhere in particular.
"For instance, back in 1896 or there
about we got a load Of fine onions one
day by boat No directions accompa-
MED them, but we took 1t for granted
they would arrive by mail. When the
expected letter failed to put in an ap-
pearance and we instituted inquiries,
we could get no clew to the identity Of
the shipper, and all we could do was to
sell the lot and deposit the money in
bank, waiting on q claimant.
Gully three years had elapsed when,
to my surprise, another load of the
same kind of onions came to hand ac-
companied by letter from the sender
saving that he had forwarded a similar
consignment at such and such date
and that his business relations with
the house had been so satisfactory he
wished to repeat the transaction We
sent check for the lump sum. but
what the dickens he meant by his bush
ness relations being satisfactory when
he had had only one deal with us, and
didn't get his money on that, l never
found out suppose he just forgot -
New Orleans Times Democrat.
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Astounding Politeness.


The truck driver is proverbially pro
fame, and when one Is discovered who
doesn't swear between syllables when
his vehicle is jammed in a bunch Of
other trucks and blocked trolley cars
you feel like taking off your hat to him.
Down at Second and Chestnut streets
one afternoon, when traffic was at its
thickest and trucks and cars were lined
along both thoroughfares, two truck
men had equal chances Of making the
crossing. One was coming down Chest
nut and the other along Second street.
Had they been ordinary truckmen
each would have whipped up, and the
chances are that collision would have
resulted But these two were not Or
binary truckmen. With Chesterfeldian
grace one waved his arm to the other,
inviting him to take precedence. You
first!" shouted the driver, whereupon a
messenger boy who had witnessed the
remarkable scene gasped and nearly
swallowed his cigarette stump. After
you,' was the next contribution to this
remarkable dialogue. wouldn't that
Jar you?' muttered motorman, who
was standing changing his bell for all
he was worth.
The two truckmen continued to mo-
ton for each other to go ahead. Il
insistr' shouted one. "Oh, no; / in
sist!' shouted the other. Finally a po-
liceman interfered. Say, one O yous
ducks git a move on" he commanded.
"This amt no pink tea" The truck
man coming down Chestnut street con-
scented to cross the street. and traffic
was gradually resumed Philadelphia
Record
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al perniatent Poet.

Although R. K. Munkittrick has an
enviable reputation as a humorist, yet
he is not the quickest man In the
world to see a joke when 1t is played
on himself. Mr. Gibson, one of the
editors of Puck and also a practical
Joker, arranged for a special jest to
be administered to Mr.. Munkittrick.
He had provided trick telephone
which emitted a shower of -four when
anybody spoke into it.
When Mr.. Munkittrick had arrived,
it was suddenly discovered that the
paper had gone to press and that his
COPY was too late There was only
one chance, Mr.. Gibson said, and that
was to telephone to the printer and
tell him to stop the presses until his
matter should be set up and inserted.
He asked Mr.. Munkitt-ick to go to the
phone at once.
Then the staff sat and held their
sides, waiting for the explosion. Final
ly Mr.. Gibson rushed to the telephone
and found his friend deluged in -four,
but still persistently calling 'Hello!'
through the phone.
He led him back and carefully ex-
planned the joke.
When he finished, Munkittrick calm
ly remarked
'Still, think we ought to let the
printer know about the copy; don't
?'-Saturday Evening Post.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-03-13
A Cheerful Liar.

81 have followed trout streams ever
since was a boy" said a Providence
crank. land have tried to solve fol
many years the cause of the apparent
decrease in brook trout Recently
think / discovered the cause of the ex
termination / was fishing along a
brook near Oakland Beach, r. l.. wheI
1 saw large snake with half masti
Gated trout in it's mouth. The action
of the snake interested me. and, stand
ing quiet, studied the snake closely.
'On the end of the snakes tail was 8
sharp bony growth shaped like hook
After a few moments my watching
was rewarded by seeing the snake
glide over to some bushes growing
along the bank and catch grasshop
per in its mouth. The snake then
placed the grasshopper carefully on
the hooklike thing on the end of its
tail
"By this time my curiosity was thor.
oughly aroused" continued the fisher
man. "The snake crawled up on a log
that extended from the bank into the
brook and let its tail hang into the wa
ter. In a moment up came trout
and snapped at the grasshopper. II
was short work for the snake to trans
fer the fish from its tail to its mouth
and had solved the problem Of the ex-
termination of brook trout. "-Cleve-
Plain Dealer.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-03-13
Malxeshirt wedding Rings.

Curious instances have been cited
where makeshift substitutes for the
conventional wedding ring have been
utilized during the marriage ceremony.
One such instance occurred some time
ago in nearby town, where the ring
was missing. Nothing better being
available as a substitute. curtain
ring was used, and on still another oc-
casion the ring handle of the church
key was utilized. A couple in this state
used In such an emergency ring
formed from the outer edge Of coin
and which had been carried by some
one present as curiosity.
A gallant best man came to the res
cue at a recent wedding, when the ring
was not forthcoming at the right time.
He drew from his tie the slender stick
pin that had been adjoining it, and,
bending the wire into ring shape, hand
ed the improvised wedding ring to the
distracted groom.
A horseshoe nail bent to the shane Of
ring is said to bring 1 great deal 81
luck to the owner, and the lead cramp
ring worn six centuries ago has given
place to various rings now worn 10
present and cnre rheuInat ism. Cfnoln.
ne Commercial Tribune,
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-03-13
More Than He Bargainea For.

One evening when a travelling circus
was on it's way to a large town the
proprietor resolved to make halt for
q few hours at village some two or
three miles from the town. So an
agent was sent on in advance to the
village to secure a favorable field for
the rest by the wtyside-
Noticing a large and suitable field,
he sought out the owner and told him
he would like to turn something out in
the field for an hour or so before going
on to the town and concluded by ask
ing how much he required for the use
of the field.
"Well," said the farmer, II suppose
half a crown won't hurt you"
THAT" was the ready reply, will
do very we'll But perhaps you don't
mind taking a crown" an offer the
somewhat astonished yeoman was only
too glad to accept.
Fancy his surprise when, a few hours
afterward, herd Of elephants, a doz-
en- dromedaries and about 200 horses
and ponies had not only been turned
out into the field, but were fairly wip-
ing the heritage out Of existence.
That the farmer was furious goes
without saying, but the circus proprie-
tor pointed out that he had received
twice as much as he had asked for
something to be turned out for an hour
OF two.
'eBut," roared the farmer, more irate
than ever, "do you think bargaiDed
for Noah's ark pitt Bits.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-03-13
Alter battle.


In the first aid that is rendered on
the field after q battle nothing is at
tempted beyond the arrest Of hemor-
rhage, the application of temporary
splints for fractures and antiseptic
dressing. There is no washing or ex-
ploration of wounds. The clothes are
merely slit up with scissors, not re-
moved, thus insuring protection to the
patients body and saving unnecessary
disturbances. The sergeant in charge
Of the collection station has a field
companion, water bottle and small
reserve of bandages and first dress
ings in his care to replenish the sur
gical haversacks with which the bear
ers are supplied.
i Triangular bandages are chiefly used
on the battlefield, made from SO inch
square of linen or calico, cut diagonal
ly into halves. Almost anything that
comes to hand may be used as impro-
vised splints-sticks, telegraph wire,
bark Of trees, straw, rifles, bayonets,
lances and so on. The splint, If neces-
sary, Is padded with straw or leaves
or grass and is fastened with straps
torn from the soldiers equipment or
with strips of shirt, securely bound
with the triangular bandage. Bound
up with the rifle splint. a wounded
man is made so secure that he can
hardly move a muscle. One leg is
firmly bound to the rifle, and the an
kles are tied together. SO that the in
jured limb is almost as rigid as the
rifle at its side.-London Standard.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-03-13
A Gentle Rehuke.

In the center of a popular coffee
house main room in Italy was a large
marble slab, which covered the pipes
that heated the place, and the tables
were arranged around this.
There was always fine music there in
the evening, made by q man and his
wife. She played on a stringed instru-
ment, and after several selections she
carried around little flfgree silver
basket, in which she collected coins
from the guests.
One night, as the music began, man
seated at one Of the tables held up a
gold coin. The woman smiled, and the
man dropped it on the marble slab that
covered the hot pipes. When she made
her collection, she went last for the
gold coin, but as she picked it up, she
gave cry and dropped it again. for
it had become heated on the slab. The
husband glared at the man. but did not
say word.
The next evening, when the musi-
clans appeared. the woman's hand was
bandaged, and she had some difficulty
in managing her instrument. When
she made her collection, she avoided
the man who had played the practical
joke on her, and night after night she
did the same thing. In vain he Of
fered her apologies, and other coins.
but she merely bowed and smiled in
passing him, and never allowed him to
give her the slightest donation.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-03-13
TILL THEN.

LIKE the south flying swallows the summer Ia.
flown,
Like the fast falling star nom unknown to I'M
known,
Life flashes and falters and fails from our sight;
Good night, friends, good night.
Like Homecoming swallows that seek the old
caves,
Like the buds that wait patient beneath the
dead leaves,
Love shall sleep in our hearts till our hands meet
again
Till then, friends, till then.
Arthur Sherburne Hardy in New York indie
pendent.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-03-13
ESTABLISHED 1879.


ic. Tie comic weekly was amused,
and it is not easy to amuse comic
weekly. Il. wanted series, indefinite
ly continued, of little black devils Illus
trating current events.
The oficious friend carried the good
news to Baron Won Hertzer.
"Sir" stormed the baron. you have
exceeded your privileges. You have
made me ridiculous. l am no clown to
FLIP and kick while the people laugh
Will you have the great goodness to re-
call these personal possessions Of mine
from the stranger to whom you have
confded themY"
The newspaper man was obdurate.
"You viii be distinguished in few
minutes" he said "I'm going to set
my alarm clock so can wake up at
the proper moment and see the fun
No, I'll not write for the imps. I've
already sold part Of them. The check
will reach you in a few days. And you
must be about those Illustrations of
current happenings. When they want
thing on paper, they want it. They
don't care to wait"
"Am l to be at the beck and call of
these men whom have never seen?"
st is not necessary to see them in
order to be at their beck and call"
The baron considered all Americans
stupid, but he regarded this one as
particularly so. especially when he
found that his family was leagued
with the perverse man to insist upon
the making Of the little devils. Under
protest, and with frequent lamentings
that he would be made ridiculous, the
baron worked on. The first few days
were drudgery, but the second week
saw him tolerant, the third week found
him interested and at the end of
month he was enthusiastic. The joy
of work-individual, creative work
was an emotion he had only just dis
covered. And when the monetary re-
suits became appreciable he grew ali
most purse proud. He began to gathe.-
ideas about the propriety of women
working and finally he commanded his
wife to cease her money earning. With
a great show of wifely submission
Madam Hertzer obeyed She rested at
last. after the days heat and burden,
and a smiling German gentleman, lord
of his house and dictator over his do
minions made adorable little black
devils in the solitude Of his study.-Ex-
change.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-03-13

1t must be hard for the untraveied
Anglo-Saxon to grasp the idea that
poet can without loss of prestige recite
his lines in a public cafe before a mix
ed audience. If such doubling souls
could, however, be present at one OF
these noctes ambrosian9, they would
quickly realize that the Latin temper
ament can throw grace and childish
abandon around an act that would
cause an Englishman or al American
to appear supremely ridiculous. Ones
taste or sense of fitness is never shock
ed. 1t seems the most natural thing In
the world to be sitting there with your
glass Of beer before you while some
rising poet whose name ten years later
may figure among the Immortal For
ty" recites to you his loves and his
ambition or brings tears into your eyes
with description of some humble
hero or martyr-Eliot Gregory In Serb
uorsc
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-03-13

Temper1nG Copper NOT q AO1t Art ,
The allegation that ancient Egyptians
tempered copper and bronze to carry 8
razor edge is not borne out by investi-
cation. Thomas Harper of Bellevue
Pa, challenges any one to produce a
piece of metal tempered by the an
clients that cannot be more than dupli-
Gated by any metal worker today. He
says that in examining hundreds OF
specimens alleged to have been temper
ed to the degree that steel Is tempered
he failed to find any, nor had he dis
covered any one who had seen such
work, and the fable which has been
implicitly believed for centuries Is be-
ing shattered in the light of modern re-
search.
This is not the only story believed for
centuries tending to belittle the man of
today, to make him the inferior of his
forefathers, which failed under the
searchlight of inquiry and science The
ancients were children in mechanical
knowledge as compared to the people
of today, and if there was a demand
for any particular building or piece of
work such as was produced by the an
clients it could be duplicated and i'm
proved on by the skilled artisans of the
nineteenth century. Manu-
facturer.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-03-13

something that only came from long
practice. He had a stake stuck up for
his benefit at each end of the field, but
his pillow either wabbled or the mules
"wee-wawed" frightfully, for before
noontime came he found it necessary
to lift the pillow up and cash down GER
tain inlets and estuaries Of land which
had not been cut on account of the per-
versity OF the burrows. By the time
the sun had swung into line for about
1890 he had come to the conclusion
that all boy needed to plow well with
was a pair of iron legs and a knowl-
edge of how to draw furrow straight.
He unhitched the team with some diff
Guilty and gave them a feed of oats on
the bottom of the sack. Then he got
out his own dinner of bread and but
ter meat and pickles, and fell on 1t
like famished coyote. He was very
tired. The dirt had got into his finger
nails, crept into his curly brown hair,
grimed his neck, filed his ears and en-
Uttered his boyish soul. His curiosity
was thoroughly satisfied. He had be
come satiated with the exercise; he
wanted to hunt.
However, he remembered that it
would be cowardly to give up until
night So he started in to hitch up the
mules again after taking decent rest.
Fortunately he could do this without
having to summon his uncle, and he
congratulated himself on being able to
hitch and unhitch a team. The plow
again was driven into the loan, and
once more the burden of hanging on to
pair of slippery plow handles with a
couple of energetic mules striding
along in front was begun. The black
birds and kildees, allured by the feast
Of pale grubs and salmon tinted fish
worms, came again to the burrows, but
the boy only took shot now and then.
He was doggedly, sullenly, silently
plugging along in the furrow, with the
sand gritting between his teeth. He
wouldn't offer to pillow again for Uncle
Tom. Uncle Tom knew what he was
talking about when he said it was
hard work and dirty work until you
got used to it. Well, he didn't want to
get used to it, that was all. What was
that story about cells getting used to
being skinned? Whoa, jimmy; back,
you old yellow crate, youl
At shutdown and not until he saw
Uncle Tom turn for the house did the
boy give over. But he had seen the
error of his way. Flowing wasn't what
it was cracked up to be. There were
too many sand burs and roots and
crooked burrows and dirt and wrench
es and backaches about it. There was
too much work about it. Why, when
you saw man who was used to it you
could believe that he might strap him
self to a pillow and go to sleep on the
Job. But for new beginner at the
business it was like Jordan, ga hard
road to travel"
Uncle Tom smiled at the grimy, dus-
ty figure of his nephew as he met him
at the house. How'd you like the
plowingT he inquired quizzically.
The boy took nine blackbirds and
three kildees from his pockets and,
holding them up, said, II like that part
of it, Uncle Tom, and all the rest !
didn't like worth cent Chicago
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