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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-03-18

Old Trinity had just tolled the hour
of when John Paine alighted from a
Broadway car at Wall street. Walking
slowly down the ''hin of millions to
William street, he entered the counting
rooms of Charles Palms & Co.. bank
ers and brokers, and passed quickly
through the main offices to the private
room Of the senior member of the firm.
Paine was private secretary to
Charles Palms, the Wall street finan-
cier and millionaire. He had been in
the firms employ for fifteen years and
had worked his way from Office boy at
So week to private secretary at Sc, 900
per year.
Yet as he sat in the luxuriously fitted
office he was not the happy hearted,
lucky dog" his associates deemed him.
for he was in love--and he told himself
hopelessly-with beautiful Margaret
Palms, daughter and sole heiress of his
employer. 1t was hardly possible that
the millionaire would accept his secre-
tary as his son-in-iaw, even if Marga-
ret Jack Paine's heart beat faster at
the thought-did she love him?
He knew the bankers dread that
some man would marry his daughter
for her money. He had told him in
their confidential relations that no man
should ever pay court to Margaret IN
less he could prove his ability to sup
port her unaided in the fashion to
which she had been accustomed. The
old man had evidently no suspicion of
the romance that had been going on
under his very eyes.
1t had all taken place during the last
six weeks, while Mr. Palms was con-
fined to his home on Fifth avenue with
fractured knee. His secretary
brought him every noon whatever pa
pers demanded his personal attention
and received further instructions.
During these daily visits Jack found
himself fast succumbing to the young
girls charms. The more he struggled
the deeper he became engulfed in the
all absorbing passion. Margaret. too,
had given him to understand. as only a
woman can, that she cared for him, yet
he dared not speak. To gain the covet
ed prize he must first convince her ia
ther of his financial capabilities.
This seemed impossible, for all that
he possessed in the world beyond his
salary were few acres of nonproduc
tive Pennsylvania land. which he had
purchased several years before during
the oil boom.
He recalled all this with sigh Then
his face flushed with newborn hope as
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Famous Abductions.

Marriage by abduction was by no
means uncommon in the early ages.
The daughter Of the king of Argus
was abducted by a PhGnician. The
Greeks carried off Europa from Tyre
and Medea from Colchis.
Next to the abduction of the fair
Helen, perhaps the most remarkable
In its political consequences was the
King of Leinster's taking away Of the
wife of neighboring petty sovereign,
O'ROurke of Breffni
The king Of Connaught avenged the
insult and drove from the throne his
brother Of Leinster, who appealed to
Henry ii. Of England for aid to re-
cover his lost sovereignty The Nor
man conquest Of Ireland followed, with
long centuries Of war and devastation.
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'"The foreigners up in the coal re-
gions," says a writer in the Philadel-
phia Record, drink polinsky, and
that's why SO many stories of horrible
crimes come from there. Polinsky Ia
at the bottom of every riot and much
murder. 1t is simply mixture of beer
and bad whisky, usually blended in a
washtub and seasoned with spices. At
every wedding, christening, wake or
other gathering of social nature there
is always tub of polinsky. In one
hour all hands will be drunk, in two
hours there will be free fight, and,
unless the police interfere, in three
hours there will be a murder. In the
more thickly populated communities
the police try to break up these polinsky
parties in their incipient stages, but
they don't always succeed"
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Strong MonosxI1abIen.

Instructors In the art of literary COM
position usually condemn a string Of
monosyllables. but in the well known
hymn Lead, Kindly Light" written
by a master of the English language,
you may count thirty consecutive
words Of one syllable only. They Of
fend neither the eye nor the ear
Milton often uses a series of mono
syllables. In the second book Of Para
disc Lost we have:
The hend
Der bog or steep, through strait. rough.
dense or rare.
With head. hands wings or feet. pursues
his way
And swims or sinks or wades or creeps or
flies
Such lines are not uncommon in the
book:
Rocks. caves. lakes, fens. boys, dens and
shades Of death
And again:
OF neither sea nor shore nor air nor fire.
Notes and Queries.
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Father of Modern Jurisprudence,


Louis TX. was practically the founder
of modern Jurisprudence. About the
year 1241 he noticed the abuses which
We're caused in France by men taking
into their own hands the work of re-
dressing their own wrongs and pub
hshed proclamation esta blishing the
quarantine du roi This forbade pri-
vate redress for wrongs for the space
of forty days after the injury was COM
mitted. During that time the injured
person must seek redress and satisfac-
ton in the. kings court, and if his
wrong were not righted at the end of
forty days he might then take its rec
tification into his own hands.
This proclamation made Justice
speedy and tolerably sure, although, Of
course, its administration was in a
rough and ready way, and unless the
records are at fault some law of this
kind prevailed in Louisiana at the time
when Missouri was a part of the
French kings possessions.
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
! The Coming
| OF the King
By Clinton DangerfieId
Copyright, 1901, by
Hl1s.n4..-. rAo.--o.1a


8 CLIFTON Dangerheld Z
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
When Jack Harden at last succeeded
In filing his prison bars and dropping
out of his window into the kindly
shadows Of the night, his heart was
aglow with exultation. He determined
to work his way south and bury him
self there from the eyes of the law. In
the bygone years when he had termed
himself gentleman. before the lures
Of Wall street had tempted him into
the use of other peoples money, he had
won wager Of thousand dollars by
crossing the whole country with not a
cent In his pocket and it seemed to
him now that he could easily do SO
again.
But he soon found that the man who
must evade and conceal, who still has
on the fatal stripes. is far, far behind
the penniless but lucky individual who
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jumped in, the conductor raised the
green flag, the locomotive snorted loud.
ly, and the glittering tracks shot out
from beneath.
Up on the miners ridge a man was
running, waving frantically. Pat recog.
nized him, but the 11:45 Numbered on
through the canyon.
At Dunton depot two hours later Pat
met Cuthbert, the chief telegraph
operator.
Hello, Ryan! Business brisk at the
miner
Nothing doing at all; just been
fired"
Want job, then? Burke quit this
morning. Come right over now. And
the affable operator grabbed Pats arm
and led him into the office.
Ryan understood the work. He had
served his time on the Western Union.
He thanked Cuthbert, threw off his
jacket and sat down before the ma.
chine. Tick-ticki A message was
claiming Interpretation:
Haggart, Boston Block, Dunton:
Excavations In western section start irmedista
~ GRAFTON.
Pat knew the western section to be
worthless. The blue print and the tele.
gram confirmed his suspicions-Graf
ton was going to steal. On the stroke
OF he boarded car at the Office door
and got off at milliners store.
He had scarcely released the spring
doors vUhnn q orirlt, \
and pair of soft arms were round his
neck, pulling his head forward and
down on the artificial violets on the
counter.
The greetings over, Mary surprised
MIN with unexpected news.
Mothers just had a proposal, Patsy.
The gentleman comes for his answer
tonight
''Who is it?'
'Mr. Grafton"
"Whatw gasped Ryan.
Now he understood why the man
waved so frantically Heavens! If
he had caught the train, there would
have been no telegram; he'd have ar
rived here ahead of me, thought Pat.
ANS-Ae a tCAAAOOAl OIdllOu cdlleQ on the
widow, but he did not stay long. Later
he boarded the Santa Fe for the Pacific
coast, and Haggart never saw him
again.
In the underground chamber of the
Evening Star the black diamonds had
pierced through fourteen feet of solid
rock, and the rich vein Of the Busy
Bee showed up richer every foot. The
machine was still droning noisily when
Ryan and his attorney entered.
stop that drillr' shouted Ryan.
Jack sprang up.
You can't come in here; Grafton's
orders!' he roared.
You're not likely to take further
orders from Grafton" said Ryan quiet
ly.
The Cornishman's face went white.
"What-d'you-mea he stammer-
ed.
Il mean the games up" answered
Ryan.
Jack stopped the drill, and the Even
ing Star closed down.
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In Dublin paper some time since
was a biographical notice of Robes
pierre which concluded as follows:
This extraordinary man left no chill
dren behind him except one brother,
who was killed at the same time"
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inconsistent.

Brown-It's curious about peoples
beliefs. They will give entire. credence
to the most absurd things and put no
faith whatever in the most obvious
truths.
Black-Yes. I've noticed it. There's
Greene, now He hasn't the least con-
f1dence in hash. but he'll eat all the
croquettes and mince pie you can set
before him.
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Kind Lady-Do you know your let.
tiers. little boy?
Boston Prodigy (aged SEVENTH you
mean to ask, madam, whether or not
/ am able to recognize at sight the
twenty-six fundamental characters
upon which the English language ia
based, should reply to you that /
learned those when was mere child.
Ohio State Journal
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Politicians.

Phil What's the difference be-
tween an honest and dishonest poll
tician?
Phil Ossifer-One is in politics for the
good he can do his fellow citizens,
while the other is in politics for any
amount he can do his fellow citizens
Ohio State Journal.
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eve are here" began the chairman
Of the committee. ito discuss ways and
means for securing the passage of our
bill by the legislature"
well" remarked one who was some
thing Of lobbyist, Il know the surest
Of all ways if we only have sufficient
means. "-Philadelphia Press.
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Three Glasses.

Henry Thomas Buckles thoughts an,
conversation were always on a high
level. Once he remarked:
Men and women range themselves
into three classes or orders of inteli-
gence. You can tell the lowest class by
their habit of always talking about
persons, the next by the fact that
their habit is always to converse about
things, the highest by their preference
for the discussion of IDEAS"
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Should Be Leader.

There ought to be a rule that when
ever public man advocates or brings
on war he should be given the honor
OF marching at the head of the first
troops sent out.-Memphis Commercial
Appeal.
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In cemetery in Trumbull county,
O., there is tombstone on which the
following epitaph. composed by the
son of the deceased. is inscribed:
Here lies our father beneath the sod;
His spirit Is gone to meet his God.
We never more shall hear his tread
Nor see the wen upon his head.
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"Oh, that's very poor painting"
exclaimed Aunt Sue at the art gallery.
Eagerly we asked how she knew, for
no one believed Aunt Sue to be an art
critic.
"The signature of the artist is 50
small" she replied convincingIy.-
Judge.
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When a mans wife tells him TO
wait just a second" he can form
some idea of what eternity is like
Chicago News.
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Tuckerton Railroad.
Leave Mount Holly TOR Tuckerton, 800 A. N.
AT p. NJ, daily except Sunday
Leave Tuckcrton tor Mount Holly. 72O A. II.
3l3P. n. daily except Sunday
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Looking ont For Papa.

A sweet little maid of four years was
distressed the other evening because
her father did not come home to dinner
on time. Her grownup sister said to
her:
Papa is naughty, and when he
comes we won't give him any tea
When he did come, the sister sent the
teapot out to the kitchen for fresh tea.
The baby looked on with a troubled
face and stole softly to her own room
Shortly she returned with something
squeezed up in her tiny fist Going up
to her sister, she whispered:
Annie, I'll give you all my pennies
If you'll give papa his tea"
And. opening her hand, she displayed
all her carefully boarded pennies.-
New York Times.
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EorCfhIe.

Some of the late Lord Randolph
Churchilrs friends once tried to have
Lord Salisbury reinstate his erratiA
lieutenant Salisbury listened to them
patiently and men asked, "Have any
of you ever had carbuncle on the
back of your neckY'
NO" was the reply.
"Well, have" retorted his lordship,
"and don't want another"
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"A SPLENDID SUCCESS
Catholic Bazar Closed Last Friday Night
and II is Counted a Great Success
in Every Way.
The Contests Through the Week Were
Exciting and a Sonr' Of Profit
70 Society.
The Church Building Fund is Thus
Increased by a GoodIy Sum
Of Money.
CLOSE OF CATHOLIC BAzAR.
CLOSE OF CATHOLIC BAzAR.
It Has Been q Great Success From
Start to Finish, Both Finan-
nancially and Socially.

Attractions at the Catholic Bazaar
Thursday evening were many and the
corn palace building was practically
filled with people. When the supper
hour was announced the ladies were
confronted with the fact that the
gasoline cans had some water in them
and in spite of all the attempts to
make the stuff burn they had to scour
the neighborhood for places in which
to boil the coffee, but they managed
to get through with the difficulty,
and the coffee was served in due time.
The contest for the diamond ring,
presented by L. o. Gale, for the most
popular young lady was the most ex-
citing of the evening, and along
towards the close of the evening
things were becoming strenuous as
the vote went higher and higher.
The contest was narrowed down to
Misses Annie -Gaetz and Mae Collins.
The last five minutes of the time the
ballot was secret and when the hour
closed it was fonud that Miss Collins
had 1858 votes and Miss Gaetz l164,
the latter having led up to the close
of the open voting. Both young la
dies can be proud of the efforts made
for each to win, and the following
they had made showed their popular
|ity. The contest for the most popular
fire; chief in the state was equally as
exciting as the other. A fine silver
trumpet, handsomely engraved, was
put up by the Catholic society. The
race was narrowed down to Chief
Grimm of Parkston, and Chief Monk
house, of Pierre. Along toward the
close Of the evening both companies
got behind their respective chiefs
and steamed up for the finish Of the
race, and how the sparks did fly at
times, and while Grimm came in un-
der The wire winner it was a very
narrow margin. Mr.. Grimm had
$50 votes and Mr. Monkhouse stopped
at 800. The winning chief extended
his sincere thanks for the generosity
of his friends in standing by him to
the finish.
The best Of good feeling prevailed
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land prayer book with him while in
his country's service. These have
recently been returned to his brother
here, and will doubtless be treasured,
not only as a precious memento of
brotherly affection, but as evidence
OF his unfaltering devotion to the
God of his father, and the religious
faith Of his boyhood days.
a long line of carriages followed
the remains to Graceland cemetery,
where interment took place. The
last rites Of Odd Fellowship, of which
the deceased was a member, were per-
formed by Chanka lodge, and a firing
squad from Co. d fred a volley over
the grave of the departed comrade,
while Musician Owen sounded taps.
on his bugle, and the last incident
in the life Of Sergeant Peterson was
closed.
The deceased young man will be
remembered by a good many in this
city. In the fall of 1898 he came,
to Mitchell on furlough to visit his
brohter, Axtel, and he renewed
many acquaintnaces that he formed
when he first moved to Mitchell in
1892. He had ccme direct from Gu
ba, where he was in the battles of
July 1, 2, 8, 10, IL, and also at the.
surrender of Santiago .on July IL.
The writer remembers having had
very pleasant conversation with
the young man and we were i'm
pressed with his splendid loylaty to
his adopted country.
The people will extend their sympa-
thy to Mr.. and Mrs. Peterson in the
hour of their bereavement, which
is brought back to them by the
presence Of the body of the broth
err
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NUMBER 10.
through the contests.

| UuTOuSl Cle COIlUeSUS. 3ssg4 W.
/ Several articles were ratified off DUR
ing the evening. III. e. Hitchcock
had chance on prize pig, and itI
proved to to be the kind that he
could CARRY away in his vest pocket.
He refused to grease the animal and
Igiye the boys chance to catch it,
The following articles were disposed
of: Riding saddle, E. w. Tobin;
Roman chair, Chas. Ferguson; lamp,
w. B. Tracy dress pattern, Ralph
R. Bowdle, but it was donated again
to the society; two China plates,
ohr,stena Reierson; oak rocker, gs
81. Wilkison.
The closing night Of the Catholic
Bazaar, Friday, was splendid snc-
cess in all the ways that could be
wished for by the members of the
society. The first part of the even
ing short musical and literary pro-
gram was given in which Miss Claud-
la Meagher recited "The 5Matrimon-
ial Controversy in very acceptable
manner, and Miss Josephyne$ Will
komm gave the Selection sHager''
splendid rendition. Miss Mayme
FMeagher also recited a number in the
/" "Gazelle and Swan, which was well
given. The young ladies are quite
proficient in their elocution work and
their efforts were heartily applauded.
In the absence of the Maypole dance
Miss Goodykoontz sang selection
that was so heartily received that she
was forced to give an encore. Her
two selections were rendered in a
faultless manner. Mrs. Cora Boice-
Grow presided at the piano as the
accompanist. In this respect Mrs.
Grow performs her part SO that it
materially assists the singer and
rounds out the number to a nicety.
At the close of the program dane
ing was INDUCED in during the even
ing, although this was suspended sew
eral times while the voting contests
and the rafting of articles was carried
on.
The first contest decided was that
of the sewing machine. 1t was mar
rowed down to Mrs. Sheehee and Mrs.
James Smith. At the close Of the
secret ballot, which lasted five min
utes. the result was announced.
Mrs. Sheehee had 929, and Mrs.
Smith 7l2, the former securing the
sewing machine
One of the amusing contests OF
the evening was the voting on the
homeliest man in the city. There
were perhaps ten men selected for
the contest, and the votes were
handed in lively for Emil Becker,
and while no one will admit for
moment that the distinction belongs
to Mr.. Becker, yet the participants
had-a great deal Of fun in the joke
that was perpetrated. q 5
When the contest for the gold
headed cane for the most popular ex-
!, mayor was put up several days ago.
/. the vote was started at a certain fig
ure for each. candi date and they stood
there until active work was begun
late in the evening, Mr.. VanAlstineA
lead the list until the secret ballot
was announced. When the votes
were counted Thos. Fullerton had
1854 and Mr.. VanAlstine 900.
Continued on 18th page
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MARRIED MONDAY MORNING.
The Ball-Herbert Wedding Nuptials
We're Celebratet' Monday
Morning at s O'Clock.

Fl One of the prettiest home weddings
that has occurred in Mitchell in
some time was that Monday morning
which united the lives of Miss Inez
Ball and Mr.. William Herbert. The
ceremony occurred at the home Of
the brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Thos. Ball, at o'clock Monday
morning.
At the appointed hour Miss Maude
Hager played a wedding march and
the bridal party came down the
stairway and took their position in
the archway that divides the parlor
and the sitting room. Here they
were met by the Very Reverend
Dean Shea; who performed the cere-
.mony in dignified and impressive
manner, the ring service being used.
The bride was handsomely attired
in a gown Of white MULE, trimmed
with white lace and she carried a
bouquet of white roses. She was a
picture Of beauty as she stood by
the side OF the man of her choice
and plighted the VOWS of marriage.
The groom appeared in a black JOS
tune.
The parlor and the archWay were
decorated in an attractive mnaner,
cut flowers predominating, with smi-
lax prettily draped in neat designs.
f At the conclusion Of the ceremony.
which was witnessed by only the rel
atiyes Of the contracting parties.
hearty congratulations were offered
and the way was led to the dining
room, where dainty wedding break
fast was in waiting for the guests.
The table was handsomely decorated
with roses and smilax. 3,
The bride and groom are both
young people who have a wide acT
quiantance in the city and they are
both esteemed for the many fine
qualities ofmind and nature. The
bride has grown to womanhood
among us, and she is highly regarded
among a large circle Of friends. The
groom is practicing attorney, hav.
ing graduated from the law depart
ment Of the state university Of Ne.
braska SOME months ago. Before at
tending law school he was the ASSIST.
I ant principal in the city schools, a
position which he filled with great
l,credit to himself. He is a young
gentleman who does not stop al
/ obstacles in his pathway, but il
built of that kind of material which
| fights its way through. At&presen1
Mr.. Herbert is the auditor Of the
icity.
The bridal couple were the reel.
! pients of a large number Of hand
some and useful presents. which re-
fleets something Of their high stand
ling among the people.
Mr.. and Mrs Herbert left on tht
i Milwaukee for Sioux City to remair
j several days and on their return oht
latter part OF the week will make
their home il the McGoyern house
Ton the cor ner Of Main and Seventh
Istreets. There were number O
i friends at the train and the amount
LOT rice that was sboWered on th,
, departing bridal couple was enough
/ for two or three such occasions.
! The Republican wants to join will
their numerous friends in the city ii
+ wishing Mr. and Mrs. Herbert th.
llappiest married life imaginable.
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DR.P PRICES
crsPn Baking Powder

The difference Of cost between. a good
and !. poor baking powder would not
amount for q family's supply to one dol
lar a year. The poor powder would
cause doctors bills many times this.
Dr. Prices Cream Baking Powder is
the most. economical in the end, because
It goes further in leavenin}gy and insures
perfect, wholesome food.
Used always in making the biscuit
and cake it saves both health and money,
Made from pure, grape cream Of tartar,
most healthful Of fret acids.
No1E.--You cannot, if value good
health afford to cheap,
,.,.. p.,o o,an- baking powders. They mostly
the food laws made from
o''soso alum, which endangers the health. All
physicians will tell that such
deTs in food are Injurious.