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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-04-23

With each increase of Webster's
fame as lawyer and an orator, writes
Professor McMaster in The Century,
friends and admirers grew more and
more urgent that he should once more
return to public life. He did indeed
consent to serve as a presidential elect
or and for ten days sat in the Massa-
chusetts legislature. Many years after
ward in the course of a speech Web
ster referred to this service and told
his hearers story quite characteris-
tic of the man. ''It so happens" said
he, ''that all the public services which
have rendered in this world in my
day and generation have been connect
ed with the general government.
think ought to make one exception.
l was ten days member of the Mas
sachusetts legislature, and turned my
thoughts to the search for some good
object in which l could be useful in
that position, and after much reflection
introduced bill which, with the gen
eral consent of both houses of the Mas
sachusetts legislature. passed into a
law and is now a law of the state
which enacts that no man in the state
shall catch trout in any other manner
than in the old way. with an ordinary
hook and line
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-04-23
Agreeable Parting.

"Well, major, goodby. Glad to have
met you"
Indeed, subj Wherefore glad? It
must take little to make you glad. sub"
at does"
"Hah! Well put. But every one says
glad to have met you on leaving a
new made acquaintance, and none
means it."
"Mere figure of speech. To tell you
the exact truth would hurt your feel
ings, major Only hypocrites can be
real nice to people. AS matter of fact,
sir. am sorry met you, and | don't
care if we never meet again"
"Why, hang it. sub. you are getting
to be an honest gentleman! | should
like to meet you again, suh."
"Never, if happen to see you first.
major. Ta-ta."
So the raspy old soldier had some
thing to think about.-New York Press.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-04-23
Athens and the Goat.

Your genuine Athenian believes the
goat to be the proper milk producing
animal, and he regards the COW in this
connection about as we Americans do
the mare. The milkman takes his ami
mails with him, jangling their bells and
sneezing "Gala!' he shouts, quick,
startling cry, with ''g" whose gut
tural quality is unattainable by adult
learners and usually unperceived by
them. When a customer comes to the
door, he strips the desired quantity in
to the proffered receptacle before her
vigilant eyes, selecting one of the goats
and paying no attention to the others,
who understand the business as well as
he does. Patiently they stand about,
chewing the cud or resting on contigu-
GUS doorsteps. When their master
moves on. they arise and follow, more
faithful than dogs.
The obvious and well nigh overpow-
ering temptation to which the milkman
is subjected affects him in Greece as in
America. In Greece it Is taken for
granted that he cannot resist, and he is
therefore obliged to take his animals
with him. But even thus he is not
above suspicion, for they tell of rub
Der water bag carried inside the coat
and provided with tube reaching to
the palm of the hand. Each time the
milkman closes his hand over the I'D
der he presses the bag between his arm
and his body.-Scribner's
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-04-23
a nner MarIraman.

The Boer officer who was observed by
others that day picking out our officers
was for some time within few yards of
Fraser. Fraser saw no less than five
officers fall to his unerring aim, and so
long as they showed the slightest signs
of life he continued to fire at them. In
the intervals the Boer marksman walked
perfectly leisurely about, pipe in mouth,
then stopped again, knocked out the
ashes of his pipe, picked out another vic
tim and aimed long and deliberately at
him. With the rank and file he did not
concern himself at all; he only shot at
our officers. He seemed to feel no fear
at all. A lyddite shell fell just little
way behind him and burst He turned
his head and calmly watched it, then
moved on with contemptuous shrug of
his shoulders. Fraser thought he must
be a German. He was smartly dressed
In long boots and breaches, his coat was
off, and he wore a silk shirt with dia-
monds cleaning in his sleeve links.-Bag-
hot's Shadows of the War"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-04-23
GENTLEMEN
CONVICTS
ely ~. QUAD,
COPYRIGHT, 1900, By G. 3. LEWIS.

"VK v n v y . y n y
1t was a queer chapter Of accidents
that overlook the bark Nonesuch on the
South American coast in the year 1870.
We were bound from Philadelphia to
Pernambuco, being well found craft
and willing crew. and we lost man
overheard before we had been out "a
hours. on the Bahamas the second
mate and two men pulled away in the
dingey to inspect some wreckage which
seemed to prove the loss Of a steamer,
and as they were returning a small
whale rose under the boat and smashed
her to match wood, and then two sail
ors were drowned. This left us three
men short, and we put in at the Wind
ward islands to replace them. After
much trouble we got two men. but as
we were leaving port the captain was
bitten on the cheek and the first mate
on the hand by a flying insect some
what resembling the so called "darning
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-04-23
THE sPENDTHRIFT.

Lustrous and silken haired he swept
The blackthorn silver loose and lept
Into the leafless lane;
His pleasant minstrelsy began;
Torrents of music riot ran
Across the haze grit plain;
He flung the fields new liveries
And green slashed doublets to the trees,
Then, STOPPING, from lily bowl
Drank of the sweetness Of her soul
And madly sprang away.
In marshes and moist meadows he
Eundered the stately feurs-de-lis;
Kingcups in gilt array
He tossed amid the tasseled reeds
Quiv'ring and bent with crystal beads.
And ever in his thoughtless flight
About him danced in vestures bright
His minion butterflies.
His plumber was the rose hid dew,
Rose leaves the largesse that he threw
At random to the skies,
Nor ceased he till he havoc made
Amid the jasmine's starry braid.
So was his rich inheritance
Ruined and lost With swift advance
And stern in russell gown
Came autumn, of the spendthrift youth
By bitter bonds devoid Of ruth,
Demanding summers crown.
Here from the corralled yews alone
The robins mourn his broken throne.
Pail Mall Gazette.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-04-23
Make believe aourners.

The Chinese possess a great love OF
funeral display and heartless crocodile
tears, as they seem at least to western
eyes. An immense trumpet is even
used sometimes, which is worked like
garden pump to sob out the "boo-hoo"
of the afflicted relatives. The more I'M
earthly and heartrending its sobs the bet
ter they seem to be pleased. For great
funeral all the beggars and ragamuttins
and impudent small boys in the vicinity
are hired. They are decked out in
tawdry clothes, or perhaps their rags are
not even disguised in any way, but they
are at least given banners to carry and
are hired to wall and sob as If their
hearts were breaking. The dull, indiffer-
ent, stolid faces of the men and the
roguish, mischievous smiles on the boys
faces belle their walls and give a very
unreal air of hypocritical sorrow to the
average Chinese funeral, though doubt
less there is much genuine sorrow and
as many real heartaches as in other
Cosmopolitan.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-04-23
Easy Saving.

Some of the inmates of Yorkshire
asylum were engaged in saving wood,
and an attendant thought that one old
fellow who appeared to be working as
hard as anybody had not much to show
for his labor.
Approaching him, the attendant soon
discovered the cause of this. The old
man had turned his saw upside down,
with the teeth in the air, and was work
ing away with the back of the tool.
"Here, cay, John" remarked the at
tendant. "what are you doing? You'll
never cut the wood in that fashion. Turn
the saw overp'
The old man paused and stared con-
temptuously at the attendant.
''Did ia liver try saw this wayr he
asked.
"Wen, no." replied the attendant. "of
course | haven't"
'sThen bod thy noise, mon," was the in
slant rejoinder. "I've tried both ways, |
hev, and" impressively, "this Is +
siestp'-London Answers.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-04-23

In one of Bret Harte's clever parodies
Of the French he told story in words
something like these: Three gamins were
playing in the streets of Paris. A priest
passed by. "There goes a priest" cried
one; ''look out for your eggs and your
chickens" Then the priest, hearing the
words, knelt down and prayed for the
boys. But upon reflection he was con-
WINGED that it was not the fault of the
boys, but of their parents. He knelt
down the second time and prayed for
the boys parents. On another thought
he saw that it was not the fault of the
boys parents. but of society. He knelt
down again and prayed for society. As
he rose from his prayer he said to him
self: "My friend, who is society? You
and l are society" So he knelt down the
last time and prayed for himself.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-04-23

The following is Professor Huxley's
definition of a church given in his
"Life and Letters" ga place in which,
week by week. services should be de-
voted. not to the iteration of abstract
propositions in theology, but to the set
ting before mems minds of an ideal Of
true. just and pure living; place in
which those who are weary of the bur-
den of daily cares should find mo-
ment's rest in the contemplation of the
higher life which is possible for ALL
though attained by so few; place in
which the man of strife and business
should have time to think how small
after all. are the rewards he covets
compared with peace and charity"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-04-23
PENNSYL IANlA RAIL ROAD
The Standard Railroad Of 44meylca Pro-
tected throughout By Block Signals
and InteyI0cksng .Swit1hes.
IN EFFECT NOVEMBER rs. 1900.

Trains IeGDs Mourn Holly
For PniIadelphia $50, $685. 6.55, TIP, 7.5l, s.6t
"a Il ~ A. NJ 1922. 253. l3.4o Saturday only
On sundays, SIS A. M, 1905, 5.ls, s.5or.M.
For Pemberton, 7.3s. 9.26 A. M, LOO. 1882, AT
sos, 724. PM.
For BordenJOwn, Trenton and New York, 6.2S
Us. sls 1000, HOS. A. NJ, 1880, 300, AGO. 445
ON sundays, 1000 A. NJ, 205, 6.05P.M.
For East Burlington, 62s, 7.25. 7.55. s.22. 500
9.l9. 1000, ll05 A: NJ 1890, 300, 400, 445, bl6
5.45, 6.26, 7.25. 8.45, 1000 P. M.
On Sundays 7.25. $780, 1000 A. NJ, 200, 205. 23O
S.l5. BAL 4.lo, 500, $685. 500, 645, zl5. $40, s2o
For Lewistown, Columbus, Kinkora, etc..
On sundays, sos Pm
For LumDertoM, Medford, Marion ana Had
donfield. 9.35 A. NJ.
For Hincentown, 1926. 605 Pm.
For Toms River, Island Heights and Sea Side
Park, 3. rs, A. NJ, LAT P. n.
For Tuckerton and Beach Haven, 9.26 A. M,
AT Pm.
For AsDury Park and Long Branch, 1928. A. N.
z. aims seave for Mount Holly as Jotlosos.
from PHILADELPHIA 6.35, 1855, 1856, 1000. II. 20
a. NJ, $780, u.S0 Saturdays only, ESQ. 400,
400, sos. SOS, e.2s. 500. 1850. Il As Z.
from New York. via Trenton and Burlington.
500, $50, A. NJ, LOO. ESQ., 100, 800. 500. p ma
On On sundays: 1000 A. M v a,e 70 P; NJ :. su
All, 4.30, $40, 100. 800 P. M.
On Sundays, $40, l1.50, A. M, 405, sos, P. N.
from East Burlington, 1.UU LOS, go, o4os 800
1905, l0.45 A. M II m 105 $3.50, 4.48, $40, 500,
$50, 200, 100, $50. 1890 P. M.
On sundays, 500, 900, 1885, A. M, 1890, 2.36,
800. 3.46, 40, 455 $50, $780, $780, 72u, 745, $40,
l0.00P. N.
from Toms River, 1852, A. M, 3.55P. IN.
From AsDury Park. l.z5 P. N.
From MedfOrd, ll.55 A. M.
FROM Long Branch, LOS P. M.
From Pemberton. tnorth) $40. 7.So, so5 A. NJ,
1887, 407, 6.22 P. NJ.
On Sundays, 500 A. M, 500, P. n.
From Pemberton tsouth), S.37 A. NJ, 444, P. N.
From Vincentown $50 A. M, lap. M.
WEST JERSEY sEAsHORE RAILROAD
March s, 1901,
Medford, Marlton and Philadelphia.
Leave Medford for Philadelphia at 700. 1907
A.K., 200, 5.A, Pm.
On Sundays, TAO A. M, 4.O3 P. M
Leave Marion for Philadelphia at TIA, 1920
A. NJ, 2.20, 535, P. NJ.
On Sundays, 1853 A. M, 4l6 P. M.
Leave Philadelphia, Market Street, for Med
lord and Marlton 100, 1850, A. NJ, $3.50. BIS,
Pm.
On Sundays, s.l5 A. NJ, $50 r. M.
L save Marlton for Medford, 6.l5, LBS A. NJ,
4l2, so, p. M.
On Sundays, 9.05. A. NJ, 6.2l P. NJ.
For further particulars apply to the ticket
agent at the station.
]. 8. HUTCHINSON, JR WOOD,
General Manager. Gen. Pass. Agent
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-04-23
nh. End surprised Him.

Always read letter to the end and
hear story to the end before you are
too much elated or depressed.
A popular physician was much pleased
with certain aerated water and by his
assiduous recommendation procured for
it celebrity it justly deserved. The
doctor acted solely in the interest Of hui
mainly generally and expected no return.
To his surprise there came one morn.
ing an ELUSIVE letter from the company
stating that his recommendations had
done them so much good that they ven
tured to send him hundred
Here the page came to an end.
"This will never do" said the doctor.
at is very kind, but ! could not think
of accepting anything"
Here he turned the page and found the
sentence ran:
-''of our circulars for distribution
London Tit-Bits.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-04-23

formerly. Do you rehjember, James7
l gave her up to you. 1t is your turn
now to give Lille up to me. You are
three years older than j."
(which nevertheless does not make
you very young"
A song was heard ascending from
below stairs Lille tras coming back
from her daily shopping.
Listen" said JohA rapidly. "The
child who has made our happiness up
to this must not be cause of disunion
between us. Let her choose which
one she likes best"
"All right" said the other. ''That is
quite fair"
Lille entered, took the two men by
the neck, kissed them and, drawing
chair between them, said:
81 wish to speak to you seriously"
The face of the young girl looked
quite joyous.
81 wish to get married"
John and l were just speaking about
it."
But you have not found me hus-
band"
"As a matter of fact we have. You
love us very much, say?"
Like father and mother at once"
"That is why we wish to propose to
you to choose between u.s."
"Why chooseY
(which of us you will marry"
The young girl burst into fit OF
laughter so joyous, SO prolonged, that
the two brothers remained quite dunn
founded. Then, brushing the tears
from her eyelashes:
mo nonsense, my uncles. said
wanted to speak to you seriously. You
mustn't joke. / have a sweetheart"
Neither replied.
s'Now, you must not be angry. am
SO fond of him, and he is coming to-
morrow to see you"
Like that! All at once! And us, Lii
Lief"
You will always be my two IA
thers"- Translated From the French
For Detroit News.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-04-23
A SINGLE STITCH.

jne stitch dropped as the weaver drove
His nimble shuttle to and fro,
In and out, beneath, above,
Till the pattern seemed to bud and grow
As If the fairies had helping been
One small stitch which could scarce be seen,
But the one stitch dropped pulled the next stitch
out,
And weak place grew in the fabric stout,
And the perfect pattern was marred for aye
By the one small stitch that had dropped that
day.
One small life in Gods great plan,
How futile it seems as the ages roll,
Do what it may or strive how it can
To alter the sweep of the infinite wholei
A single stitch in endless web,
drop in the oceans flow and ebb,
But the pattern is rent where the stitch is lost
Or married where the tangled threads have crossed,
And each life that fails of its true intent
Mars the perfect plan that its Master meant.
Susan Coolidge.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-04-23
Chinese Head Rests.

There are no pillows in Chinese beds.
They have instead hollow square frames
Of rattan or bamboo or blocks of wood
fashioned so that they fit the naDe of
the neck and support the head when ~.
ing on the side. People who have used
these substitutes for pillows say they are
much more comfortable than soft, hot
feather or hair pillows, especially in
warm weather.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-04-23

"Gazzam has been going without his
breakfast for a month to reduce his
Aesh," said Twynn.
with what effect?' asked Triplett.
"He is losing two pounds week and
is very much tickled over it.
s'Well, If he keeps on at that rate he'll
be tickled to death. Detroit Free Press.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-04-23

Even the best judges Of tobacco can't
always be depended or. Sometimes their
taste goes back on them, so to speak, and
remains blunted for a week at stretch.
Professional samplers of tobacco take
week off every few months and never
look at the weed until they return TO
duty. In that way they keep in condi-
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-04-23
Rest Your Eyes.

The moment you are instinctively in
inclined to rub the eyes that moment
cease to use them; also it is time to
give your eyes rest when you become
sensible Of an effort to distinguish.
Cold water is about the safest applica-
ton for infiamed eyes. Never sleep so
that on awakening the eyes shall open
on the light Of window. Never read
or sew directly in front of the light OF
a window, the better light being that
that comes from above or obliquely or
over the left shoulder. Too much light
is an evil, just as is scant light It ere
ates a glare that pains and confuses
the sight.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-04-23
NJ, vi.ible 10 the Naked Eye.

"What," asked the proud young
mamma, "do you think Of the baby's
featuresT"
Her big. coarse brother looked down
at the precious little innocent for mo-
ment and then asked:
"Where are theyT'-Chicago Times
Herald.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-04-23
A FAREWELL TO YESTERDAY.

Where is the road to Yesterday
Oh, tell in prose or rhyme,
For ! would trace my backward way
To that enchanting climei
Life was SO fresh and good and tr1e
And friends so kind and fair,
Why should day so bright and new
All fade away in air?
Who knows the road TO Yesterday
Is every seeker blindf
Say, does it cast no single ray
To pilot those behindS
Oh, there's road that leads our feet
To hours more glad and bright
A road so short, Joy complete,
A journey OF a night
Come, bid farewell to Yesterday,
For in Tomorrow's face
The happicst days now flown away
Shine with sweeter grace.
-woman's Idfs.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-04-23

Tuckerton Railroad.
Leave Mount Holly tor Tuckerton, 926 A. NJ,
4.47 P. NJ, daily except Sunday.
Leave TuckortOn tor Mount Holly, 7.0S A. n,
3.13P.M. daily except Sunday.
Imperial press., 1901-07-20

orado river at Hanlon's to the interna- tional boundary and thence through thirty miles of distributing canals to the town of Imperial, which is the center of rich agricultural district that was only awaiting moisture in abundant quantity to make it a highly productive region.
 The country through which the ca nal runs is level and free from timber and can be brought at once under cul- tivation. About two thousand acres have already been plowed and made ready for seeding. Men are at work now planting sorghum, millet, etc, for feed for livestock.
 Water was turned on 2OO-acre tract last Monday, and the prospects now are that large area around Imperial will soon be under cultivation.
Imperial press., 1901-07-20

tract between the two companies, in lieu of the one executed about a year ago, which provided that the distrib- uting system should be constructed by Imperial Water company No. l.
 Andrew NJ. Chaffey, J. w. Swanwick, N. w. Stowell and F. C. Paulin of Los Angeles, and l. W. Gleason of River side, were unanimously elected as a new board of directors.
 There having been an assessment of Sl share levied on the stock, due July Is, to create fund for completing the distributing system, George Chaffey, president of the California Develop ment company, was called upon, and explained that under the new program, as indorsed by the meeting, the assess ment will be collected as per terms, but that each stockholder will get credit on the last payment due on stock for the amount of the assessment so paid in, or, if preferred, they will be given credit on their water rates for the amount so paid in on the assess men;, and if any stockholder desires a little time on one-half of the amount due on assessment, ninety days time will be given by paying promptly the other half.
 I. w. Gleason of Riverside presented d resolution, which was unanimously adopted, extending the heartiest con- gratuiations of this meeting to the managers of the California Develop ment company, and to the Imperial Land company, for the successful man ner in which they have inaugurated what promises to be the largest and most successful irrigation enterprise ever attempted in the United States, and pledging the companies hearty CO., operation and support in their future work of making populous and pros porous country of the desert.
Imperial press., 1901-07-20
CONCERNING THIS VALLEY
Words of Praise From the los Angeles
 Daily Times

From the Times of June = we take the following editorial mention of the Imperial country:
 Water reached the Imperial town site today"
 This was the news flashed over the telegraph wires by C. K. Redwood, chief engineer of the California De. velopment company, yesterday.
 Imperial is the name of the new townsite in the so-called Colorado des- ert, but which is really but rich allu- vial plain of the Colorado river. En- gineer Redwood has devoted all his time since last fall to bringing water from the river to irrigate the fertile lands lying in the eastern part of San Diego county, just inside the boundary line between Mexico and California.
 Mr. Rockwood's dispatch means that water has been brought from the Col
Imperial press., 1901-07-20

The annual meeting of the stock holders of the Imperial Water Company No 1, was held in Los Angeles Wednes- day. the llth. There were nearly q hundred present, representing in per son and by proxy s6,ss2 shares of stock, out of 6l ,509 shares outstanding.
 Recently d committee of prominent stockholders examined into the affairs and condition of the company, and through A. F.. Walters of Alhambra' submitted a report making recommen- dations. which were unanimously adop- ted. These may be summed up as fol- lows:
 That the California Development company take upon itself the construc- ,ion of the main canal and lateral sys- tenn throughout the land controlled by the Imperial Water company No. l, and assume the ownership and control of the main canal and any rights that Imperial Water company No. may have in the water power.
 That the California Development company assume the maintenance and operation of it's main canal at its own expense, and enter into contract to fully construct and put in operation the entire lateral system. and turn Il over to Imperial Water company No. l SO completed; and also agree 10 deliver the water at the head of the lateral ditches, instead of at the boundary line.
 That the surplus money realized on the sale of the second S0,O0O shares of stock at SIPS, amounting to about SIPS, ,OOO, be turned over to the Calif- ornia Development company, to the extent of Sl q share on the 100000 shares, or SiOO, GOO, when the stock is all sold, and the balance, about s25.OOO be retained by Imperial Water com pany No. l.
 This action necessitates new con