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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-04-10
He'll SPEND every franc ne has before
he'll let himself be beaten"


One pleasant morning-it was just a
week before the election = madame
aroused at early DAWN Yerdavin, who
was still sleeping soundly, not having,
indeed, returned from an exhausting
Journey to the back districts until 2
a. m.
"Amedee," she cried. "rouse yourselfl
The honor of our name has been vilely
thrust under foot and trodden in the
dust, and you must avenge it." And
she handed the unhappy man news
paper In which he read the following:
1t is about time to have done with the brazen
impudence Of the charlatan who is trapesing round
our streets and highways This verdavin, fell
low of the baser sort, seeks, but seeks In vain
to conceal his demagogic instincts. He demands
Liberty" We all know what that word means
with him. Behind it he prepares an ambuscade
for property, the family, religion. This Verdavin
dealer in votes and haunter Of low taverns, is
nothing more nor less than scalawag who has
not even the courage of his incendiary opinions
'sBut this is not ALL" said his wife
and handed him another journal, in
which he read:
Let the mask be torn Off Our intelligent voters
will not let themselves be imposed upon by
Tartufe of the cutters Verdavin, double ender
politician and perfect nullity, pretends to array
himself on the side of the cause Of order 1t is
under such guise that the friends Of despotism
usually do their hellish work This odious being,
whom we will not further pollute our type by
naming has evidently been hired to compicats
the situation by his candidacy. Let the electors
rise in their might and sweep from the neio TINS
vain idiot.
Next morning Verdavin received a
sword thrust in the left arm from the
Legitimist editor, and the day after
ward one to match in the right arm
from the Radical editor
At last the day of the election arriv-
ed. Verdavin had conducted his can
vass with unsparing energy; his COM
plicated disorders had given him
corpselike appearance; he had spent
three-quarters of his fortune; he car
ried both of his arms in sings.
But at night the project made the
official declaration:
"Elected-Verdavin, 23,672 votes.
It was a week later when he entered
the chamber of deputies. His wife,
rdulduI anu r0JOlCluS, was III OnC "a
the galleries. He had chosen seat in
the center-order in liberty, as it were.
He arrived in the middle of debate.
Precisely at that instant vote had
been taken, and, as he reached the CEN
ter of the hall, he heard the president
declaring that, inasmuch as it was lit
orally honeycombed with fraudulent
practices, the assembly thereby inval-
idated the election of M. Verdavin.
NJ Verdavin tainted.
Nine. verdavin has brought an ac-
ton for separation and the manage
ment of her own estate. The bill al
leges that the aforesaid Amedee Yer
dawn is hopelessly possessed with the
mania of political ambition.
And the public say of his wife: "Poor
little woman, it is wonder she didn
bring her action sooner. That con-
founded idiot must have spent three
quarters Of her fortune with his sense
less ideas of ambition" Translated
From the French For Argonaut.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-04-10
vitalItx.

Because ones parents and grand
parents lived to be nearly 100 does not
make it certain that their descendants
will do likewise, for the Inheritance Of
vitality may all be dissipated In 20
years Of high living. A small stock Of
vital force well taken care of may last
twice as long.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-04-10
Russian Extravagance.

The wealthy Russians are said to be-
extremely profitable to hotel and shop
keepers in the lands in which they are
travelling. A Swiss authority insists
that 200 Russians will spend more in a
month than 1000 English men and
women for the same period of time.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-04-10
Union Transportation company.
Tuckerton Railroad.

Leave Mount Holly tor Tuckerton 9.26 A. NJ,
A.47P NJ, daily except Sunday.
Leave TuckertOn tor Mount Holly, 7.O5 A. NJ,
$40 p M, daily except Sunday.
Leave n cunt Holly for Beach Haven, 9.26 A. M,
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays; al p
NJ, Mondays, Wednesdays ana Fridays.
Leave Beach Haven $50 A. M. Tuesdays, Thurs
days and Saturdays; 2.35 P. M. Tuesdays,
Thursdays ana Saturdays
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-04-10

In the time Of Louis Quatorze in
France food in general was placed up
on the table in one huge dish, and each
helped himself with his naked hand.
AS late as the middle Of the sixteenth
century one glass or goblet did duty.
for the whole table.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-04-10

When a boy goes to hunt anything,
he always begins by making every
body In the room get up to see If they
are sitting on the lost article.-Wash-
ington Democrat.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-04-10

do you think prizetighter has q
right to call himself gentlemanT
"Er-there isn't one within hearing,
is there indianapolis Press,
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-04-10

Modern books, however rapidly they
may deteriorate from other causes, are
protected from bookworms by the
chemicals used In paper making.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-04-10

Men have missed their opportunities
more often than opportunities have
missed them. Elliott's Magazine,
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-08-30
REV. DR.. pUNAwAY's BOOK.

personal Memoirs, Sermons and
Addresses. =" is the title Of book Just
published by the Bell Company, OF
Lyuchburg Va. Of which Rev. DR.. I.
s. Dunaway, Of this city, is the author.
DR.. Dunaway's recognized ability and
popularity are sufficient to commend
this work to the reading public The
tile is an index TO the nature OF the
book. which is a credit alike to the
author ard publishers.
The authOr has dedicated his book
ITO the memory Of my faithful and
beloved wife. -
Having given up active pastoral
duties. the Doctor devoted his time to the
preparation Of his book, in order, as he
save that his friends and relatives
might know his manner Of life from
his youth and that he might In some
enduring form magnify the riches OF
grace which has given TO such a sinner
asI. comfortable hope of eternal
life. "
The book contains an introduction by
Rev. DR.. J. l.. NJ. Curry, which pays
a we'll earned tribute to the character,
ability and services of Dr. Dunaway
Dr. Curry says "In ecclesiastical as
semblages, in committees Of conference,
in boards of trusts, no mans Judgment
has been sounder, no counsel wiser, no
advice more sought after and needed.
DO man more respected, revered and
loved.
Nearly one hundred pages Of the
book are devoted to the memoirs OF the
author, giving his history as citizen
and minister then follows a selection
of the Doctors sermons, the remainder
of the work being devoted to addresses.
The book is we'll printed and bound,
and written in fascinating, graceful
and ornate style A deep spirit ofpnre
and elevating Christianity psrvades the
entire work, which will no doubt, oc-
cupy prominent place in Baptist his
tory, and be read with interest and proht
by numbers Of Dr. Duuaway's admirers
and friends, especially in Fredericks'
burg where he was pastor for thirty-twc
years. and in the surrounding country
where he Ia recognized as one OF the
ablest preachers Of the Baptist denomi'
] nation.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-08-30
FREE BLOOD AND SKIN CURE.
An Offer Proving Faith.

Ulcers. Eating Sores. Cancer ,Scroiuia'
I,ohino skin. Scabs and Scales OF &c
zema. Aches aud Pains IN bones oacK
or Joints, Syphiliric Blood Folson'
Rotten Gums and Chronic Rhematlsm,
and all obstinate. deep-seated Blood
tronbles are quickly cured by taking a
few large bottles Of Botanic Blood Balm
We challenge the world for a case OF
blood Disease that Botanic Blood Balm
will not cure. The cures are perma-
nent and not a patching mp is your
BLOOD Thin? Skin Pale? All Run Down!
As Tired ia the morning as when you
went 10 bed? Pimples? Bolls swollen
Glands or Joints9 Catarrh! Putrid
Breath? Eruptions? Sores In Mouth OF
Throat II 30, your Blood is Bad.
BLOOD Balm will make the Blood Pure
and Rich. Heal every Sore, Stops the
Aches and Pains, Build up the broken
down body. and invigorate the old and
weak Botanic Blood Balm, the only
nerfeot Blood Purifier made Sold
AZ Drug Stores. 81 90 per large bottle
Including complete directions 10
nrove our faith In Blood Balm trial
hottie given away to sufferers. For
S,as trial bottle, address Blood Balm
10 I79 Mitchell street, Atlanta, Ga.
mont hesitate. but write Of once de-
scribing trouble. and free personal med
ical advice given. Blood Balm Cures
whan all else fails. Thoroughly tested
tor 20 wears. B. B B. Sold by X
N. Goolrick, Fredericksburg, va
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-08-30
M,,,tarv company Mustered In.

The Washington Guards were mus.
tered into the State service last night
bv Capt ". W. Barrow, assistant TO
Adiusant General of the State Guard
The full number reported aud were
mustered in. This company has plenty
of good material In IL TO make 1t one OF
the best companies in the State. Every
man has been examined By the COM
pany surgeon and passed. Most Of them
are veterans Of the Spanish. American
war
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-08-30
A CHURCH ORGANIZED.
To The Free Lance

To The Free Lance;
On the first day Of January, 1900. a
small band of us met together and pro.
posed to organize and hold house'to-
house" prayer-meetings in our neigh
borhood, Old Mine Road. near Hamil.
toms Crossing These meetings grew
In interest, and now we have very
comfortable little church built, though
not completed We have had services
there three times, and have organized a
promising Sundsy-school, with the fol-
lowing officers: Walter McWbirt, SUI
perintendent: r MCGEE, assistant'su-
perintendent; K +. Lee, secretary ".
Lumpkin, treasurer.
We have had the aid Of some OF the
Fredericksburg brethren among them
we would especially mention Brother j.
p Woody.
Any friend who desires to aid us.
either in person or financially, will re-
ceive q cordial welcome at our chapel.
Frsternally,
r. + Lee,
Mine Road.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-08-30
Your TI1tG is Respectfully Solicited.
Baltimore Stock Market.
Weekly Report of Tuesdays Sales.

weekly Report OF luesuaJ oaleS'
HOGS. Market steady. Heavy s. so
to s. 90; light, $500 to So. so; rough,
"a 80 to So. 90.
SHEEP. Prime wethers, 81 20 to
"a 80; good to choice ewes. 81 90 TO
$3.50. Lambs-GOod TO choice. S. 10 TO
S.. 80. Common to good 81 90 to a. so
CATTLE. - Market dull and lower
good butcher cattle. So 90 to 50. %;
fair grade, s. 40 to 81 80; medium "a %
to 81 so; common, SO. 80 to 81 90. Light
Heifers. $3.50 to 81 10 good, 81 90 to
81 70. OoWs-Oommon TO good, 50 90 to
50 90 extra, SO 80 TO 81. 90. Oxen. Common
10 fair. 50 70 to SO 90; good, 1915 TO
81 90. Bulls-Oommon tn fair. 81 70
to So. 90 good. SO 80 to 81. 90 extra "a 90
to $3.50, Export Steers, 1926 to
50 80. Fresh Oows-Fair supply, mar
ket firm. good COWS in demand, at
$40 to 500; common to medium,
Sl7 TO $35 Oalves-Market steady
s.. 90 to $3.50; extra choice. sc 90 to 81.
HORSES AND MULES Draft
horses, 800 to 5000; drivers, $50 TO 5000
Southern chunks, 800 TO 800; mules.
from 500 to 5000 head.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-08-30
HEADQUARTERS FOR
RITILDING MATERIALS.

,.ooO o., kinds of North Carolina and WI, Sir
keep 5 al, dressed and undresseG S1Ie
sSs. LSths sash Do9rs " Pias s93s' Hair
Cement, Ca.l.SJ Tpavtng Brick. Tin and Iron
baiidIns C S'S ard ire Nails, all kinds Reao9y
sS9d paints and Dry Pa s65 L LRssS9w 6t
r0rpentine: p p.y,,shes OF ali kinds, window
Lad Lead, d rSi'I Pnstv. builders Hardware OIL al
,a s1s Tar Tar ROOFING and Shcathins Paper :,,eo
Farm Wagons, Road 0S SS5''
Large ''0'' II &. D. COLE.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-08-30
POr over Pity Years

Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup ha
been used for over fifty years by mil.
lions Of mothers for their children
while teething, with perfect success. II
sootbes the child, softens the gums,
aIlays all pains, cures wind collie, and
Is the best remedy for Diarrhoea. II
will relieve the poor little sufferer i'm
mediately. Sold by Druggists In every
mart of the world. Twenty-Five cents
4 hottie. Be sure and ask for Mrs
Windows Soothing syrup.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-08-30
yr,dav and saturday Excursions to New
Jersey seashore Resorts.

On Fridays and Saturdays of each
.vsek continuing until September oth,
snecial excursion tickets will be sold to
atlantic CITY, Cape May, Ocean Oity
and Sea Isle City, N. j., at round trip
THESE tickets will be good going on
III ,agular trains Fridays and Satur'
.sa,s limited to return on regular
.ra;ns until following Tuesdays In
olusive. n TO- Aoept
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-08-30
He Tnnlad The Snrreons.

All doctors told Renick Hamilton, OF
West Jefferson, o., after suffering lS
months from Rectal Fistula, he would
die unless a costly operation was per-
formed; but be cured himself with i've
boxes of Bucklen's Arnica Salve, the
surest pile cure on Earth. and tho best
Salve in the World. % cents q box
Sold by M. Nj. Lewis Druggist.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-08-30
Richmond, fredericksburg q
= Potomac Railroad.
soheo ole IN etfeot July Is1
Ieave NorthN ard.


stsAN. daily, no local stops.
rs A NJ. daily. no local stops NJ.
i0IsA. ~ sundays onl1 stops At nIooNO
ana 40 % I X' NJ. daily except Sunday. no local
''Ip s p. NJ. daily except Sunday no local
"1pSs'p q. NJ. daily. No local stops. ., ,v,,o
e%0 = N daily. tops az BROOKE ahi " ''o
Water.
Leave southwark.
sos "A. daily, Atlantic cast idne . i.s,,i.
-. - - Nutorf boswell aud Ashiaho' "OO'
otopo All local stops on sundays -,
Gays y NJ. daily, Sesboard AR Lane 1 Sra.'
l-,s~ iunctiOn. Arrive at C'N'' h'V""
49, station. Richmond. .- s.o,s nj
s',S - y "A tjaily except sunday S'"P' 8"
- Dos,VeU and Ashland. ,.t,,
ttS p. NJ Daily, Atisn io a
s,"ns NJ boswell and AsnleneS .,ons
~ IN. Daily makes iocs' s'opIT' i,c tr.i
% "a y NJ. daily. SeRo ard All ' ,"0 Rrooi
~ l. Junction. Arrive "' IN "
erect station Richmond
,,.o,onodat ON trains. Daiis except u"o"''
szsAM.fr Richmond.
9oSt n Cor Quantlco.
~ IA y NJ. for Ashland. r.- vr,scricks-
Zap. IA. fiom bichmond lot
burg. ,,..,oor
D. T. D. "'' O. O. COX. Agent
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-08-30
LOCAL MARKETS
corrected by Simon Hirsh g. Bro. !

corrected by Simon Hirsh g. Bro.
Wheat. 65 TO 20 ;oorn, AZ to 48, meal 1l5
90 1870 per 100 pounds; oats, 20 to 30
fowls (live), 8 to Z; turkeys live. to
8; ducks live TO z; spring chick.
ems. 10 l0c. per Id. lard, 60
8; eggs, IL 10 10 cts. butter IL
10 10; hams, 10 TO IL, Irish pota-
toes, 40 20 90; beef,8 TO 81 veal, ~
Pork, to 518; hides (greeD), 6
TO ~ hides (dry). 8 to 9.
Wool-Unwashed. 2Oto 81; washed,
81 TO 28.
Leaf sumac-5O TO So cents per hun.
dred pounds.
The Grain Market.
The grain markets closed yesterday
az follows:
Chicago-Wheat. Aug. 7324; Sept.
1877 corn, Aug, 80; Sept. SSI6 oats,
Aug. 2i2s; Sept, 211s.
New York-Southern wheat, 70 "a
so corn, 46 20 AZ.
Baltimo s-Southern wheat, 20 TO "a
Southern corn, 46 to AS.
Richmond Wheat. 20 to 70; corn,
- AlerAndria-whsst. IS TO 20; corn,
AZ 70 AZ.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1900-11-23
Continued from lat page)


Yet nothing could be quainter,
You see he was the painter;
Yet everybody wondered how he
knew.
They were eagerly discussing differ
ent reasons for divorce
At dinner, when o married man
opined
That snoring loud on either side
should constitute n case
For it sufficed to drive you of
your mind.
"Quite right" remarked a smartly
dressed young lady to a friend,
never snore by any chance do
youi"
On hearing which her fiance absent
mindedly remarked:
Don't tell such stories, dear; you
know you do"
Now, wasn't that silly thing to
sayi
Wasn't it silly thing to dot
1t only sounded shady,
But it quite uptet the lady,
For everybody wondered how he
knew
Until he said, "don't scold me,
Your sister Fanuis told me-"
Why, everybody wondered how
he knew.
every body wondered how be
knew since it has been suppressed,
has bad an added interest to Chics-
g,ans, and 10 being sung nearly
everywhere by nearly everybody,
who wonders why it shocked.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1900-11-23

Kentueby's famous Jesse Moore
Whiskey, unequslled for it's purity
and excellence. On sale at any Of
the saloons and at Loyejoy & Co.,
distributing agents for the Hawaiian
islands.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1900-11-23
L0COh0BILE FOR SALE.

One New Locomobile, No. 377,
Style 2, made by The Locomobile
Co. of America, OF Newton, Mass.
U. S. A., patented Nov. IA, 1899
Very little used, the property of the
late Joseph Heleluhe, and run by
gasoline.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1900-11-23
France and Russia.

"Too fine to laat" was tho criti-
cism OF not few shrewd folk when
the French people were in the deli
rum OF the FIRST delights of the
Franco Russian allisnce. We all
remember that time, the visit OF Adj
miral Avelane, the return visit OF
poor Felix Faure, the reception OF
the Gar in Paris, and the uncon-
cealsd exultation OF the moro ire
sponsible sort of French writer's and
speakers at the fact, as they imagin
ed it to be, that France would now
be in position to recover Alsace
and Lorraine from Germany on the
ono side, and to settle old scores
with Perfdious Albion on the other.
The Russians, meanwhile, acted in
their usual way; they sat tight, said
nothing, and borrowed all the mo.
ney from their confding ally that
she could be induced to lend them.
Some five years have elapsed since
the blessed word "alliance" was irst
used by the Gear on board French
warship at Kroonstadt; Alsace. Lor-
raine are still portion OF the Ger
man Empire; and as to France and
England, we'll, the Fashoda affair
showed pretty clearly how far Rus.
STA was prepared to 20 in the way OF
pulling chestnuts out OF the fire for
the benefit OF her ally, Latterly the
Chinese difficulty, in which Russia,
has been conspicuously callous as to
the reparation TO be obtained from
China for the murder OF French
missionaries, has awakened the sus.
picions OF the French that the ad.
vautages OF the alliance have, 40 far,
been all on one side. The French
are now beginning to accuse theft
. lies openly of having borrowed
two hundred millions sterling OF
them without giving them anything
in return for value received. The
Russians, on the other hand, are re-
preaching the French with iugrati-
tude for the moral support which
has enabled France to play the
part OF first class Power, which
she had never done since the war
OF 1870. Indeed, one OF the Russian
papers goes so far as to twit the
French with not expecting Russia
to help them to the Channel Isl.
ands as we'll as to Alsace- Lorraine. |
In short it is pretty clear that tho
honeymoon 10 waning, as honey. |
moons haye a way OF doing, and |
that at least one party to the match
will have to put up with the loss Of |
good many agreeable illusions.
We are sorry for our French friends,
for whom, little as they may believe
us, we English have none OF that
undying hatred with whichso many
OF them are determined to credit
us. But We cannot, profess to be
surprised at state OF things which
is merely what might have been ex.
pected.- The People. j.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-05-22
polrs Wonderland Tbcntcr.

Gertrude Haynes and her choir celes-
tial gave a production at Polls last
night that won the house. At first
sight the choir invisible does not APP
pear; it is reserved for the climax. Miss
Haynes is to the FORE seated at an or
gan and she begins to play The in
strument has an excellent tone and in
minute shows that it has much eff
feet Then the scene changes. The
organ becomes sonorous and sombre,
while the fascinating color effects pro-
duced by special lights, the chancel
scene is disclosed, showing the twenty
choir boys marching in procession to
the altar. After their anthem, Master
Jamie Byrnes, the soloist sings. This
lad has a magnificent voice and is an
artist. The vaudeville bill occampany-
ing the feature is very good indeed
j. w. Winton, the English ventriloquist
hasn't been over long enough to wear
out his London accent, but he is a clever
man, witty and remarkably proficient
His automatons are the best ever seen
here. Tom and Lilly English DorenZ
and Halpin, Marion and Clara Llewelyn,
John r. and Lillian Hoover, Nan Lee
valid & Co in THE Deputy Sheriff, >"
Fields and Ward and Palfrey the bicy-
clist complete the bill. Prices: Matinee,
l0c and zoe evening, 10c, zoe and soc;
ladies at matinee. loo
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-05-22
AN ENGINES TWIN HEADLIGHTS.



Cross Eyed LOCOMOTIVES
New England's southern tier of states
has lately been visited by the more or less
frightful nocturnal apparition of locomo
| tive with two great glaring eyes rushing
along the New York, New Haven and Hart.
ford railroad at the head of one of the
great express trains between New York and
Boston. 1t is enough to terlfy timid maids
and set the children crying.
The engine has two headlights set side
by side about yard apart in the usual
position Just before the smokestack and the
effect is as though the modern steel Poly
phemus had grown another optic. Beings
Of fish and blood rub their eyes to make
sure they are not deceving them, when the
monster rushes by them for the first time.
and In towns where prohibition does not
obtain the spectacle is said to have driven
some to take the pledge against strong
drink
The appearance of the engine is all the
more baleful because the blazing eyes are
turned slightly toward each other, and GER
family to person Of normal Imagination 4
rross-eyed locomotive could only seem to be
the product of fevered dream.
1t Is, however, simply Il Yankee device to
increase the engine drivers lateral range of
vision.
The two headlights focus on the rails a
hundred yards or so ahead of the engine
at the point wher the greatest Illumination
is desirable and continuing their X-shap-
cd formation, diverge beyond over the sur
rounding fields and farmhouses.
The idea is to enable the engine men to
see for a little distance along the many
curves.
When an engine comes to a turn in the
track the thin beam of intense light thrown
by the ordinary single headlight runs off
the track and loses itself in the darkness
ahead. and the locomotive crew can only
guess what may be ON the rails stretching
away to the right or left ahead of them,
but with the new twin lanterns one arm
or the other Of the X Of light reaches along