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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-01-14
A STORY OF TWO FLAGS.
How a Mans Life Was Saved at the
Very Last Moment.

How = MANS Lie was saved al the
Very Last Moment.
The following stirring incident Of the
two flags happened at Valparaiso,
Chile, and was related at Montreal in
1881 by the Rev. DR.. ]. o. Peck. DR..
Peck said:
''The man who gave me the facts |
am about to relate was Mr.. Haskins,
an American sailor who had sailed to
a port in Chile. On going ashore. he
said, to enjoy his day of liberty he
drank a little and became hilarious.
One of the police officers, instead of
warning him not to make noise in
the street. drew his sword and, strik-
ing him a blow, knocked him down.
On that the American sailor got up
and knocked the policeman down in
return He was on that arrested and
tried and condemned to be shot in the
morning of the following day.
"Mr Loring. the American consul, ex-
postulated with the authorities that it
would be monstrous to shoot the man
for such an offense, but they paid no
attention to him, so he thereupon made
a formal protest in the name of the
United States government against the
barbarous act Mr. Haskins. the sail
or, was in the morning brought out
pinioned to be shot.
"As the English consul was prepar-
ing to hoist the union jack he saw the
crowd in the field opposite, where the
execution of the American sailor, of
which he had heard. was to take place.
Rushing over the American consul. he
said, 'Loring, you're not going to let
them shoot that man!'
"'What can | doY he said. i have
! protested against it. can do no more
"Ouick as thought the English con-
sui shouted; Give me your fiagp And
In a trice the stars and stripes were
handed to the English representative.
At once, taking his own union jack in
his hand, he FASTENED across the field,
elbowed his way through the crowd
and soldiery, and, running up to the
doomed man, he folded the American
flag around him and then laid the I'M
ion lack over it. Standing few PAGES
back, he faced the officers and soldiers
and shouted defiantly, Now, shoot, II
you dare, through the heart of Eng
land and American
sand they dared not do it, for they
feared the consequences, SO the mar
was at once released. In telling me-"
said DR.. Peck, "Mr. Haskins said to
me, with tears streaming down his
cheeks even then, They loosed me
then, and. oh. how l longed to embrace
those two iagsr anglo American.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-01-14

Most Of the insects common to house
plants dislike tobacco as much as does the
cleanly housewife. The best way to use
1t as an insecticide upon window plants is
to secure a good handful Of tobacco
stems, place them in an old basin. pour
boiling water over them and let them
stand for several hours. Then drain off
the liquid into basin or tub deep enough
for immersing the tops of your plants in
and dilute il with warm water until it
shows only faint tint of brown. Then
take up the plants one at time and hold
them. tops down, in the water. washing
them clean.-Ladies' Home Journal
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-01-14
Turner's Toast.

Turner, the painter. was ready wit.
Once at dinner of artists and literary
men a minor poet. by way of being ia
cetious. proposed as toast the health
of the painters and GLACIERS of Great
Britain"
The toast was drunk. and Turner,
"the health of the British paper STAIN
ers."
The laugh was turned against the
moot
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-01-14
OF Course she Wa. Glad.

$50 you overcame that old antipathy
of yours" her husband remarked. land
called on Mrs. BobblesT
"Yes."
do you think she was glad to see
you"
81 am sure of it."
"Ahem! You must have some reason
for that belief outside of her assur-
ances."
81 have. had on the old dress that
was made over twice. my hat was out
of style, and my hair had become un.
curled. while she had on a gown that
could not have come from anywhere
but Paris Could she help being glad
to see me?"-Leslie's Weekly.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-01-14

Many kinds of jellyfish are phos-
phorescent at night and present won
derfully beautiful appearance when
slowly moving through the water, and
1t Is this phosphorescence which has
given them the poetic title Of "the
lamps of the sea-" They are not less
beautiful in the daytime, for most Of
the species are striped or tinted, some
being melon shaped, with rows Of
fringes dividing the sections. The ten
tacIes are often plumed. and, while
waving about in graceful curves. at
tract or gather in the food of the ami
NAL The Portuguese man-ofwar" is
probably the best known, as well as
most attractive in form. Of the whole
family.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-01-14
DO YOU KNOW

how fascinating English history really is? That England during
herones than all the of the world and ages What know
OF the private personal lives of her queens who we'll being
stately overegns with passions of love and hate living papa
ting women?
Do know Of that king and queen who stood baootd and
call naked from their waists upwards in the great hall of Westmin
Or what plumbers dog licked the blood of king? Or why
Henry VII hanged his four English mass
king apoogzed for taking long de Or why Marlborough
his duchess disgraced?
you know the story of Thomas Beckett and the Emrs
daughter? Of fair Rosamond Clods bower in the labyrinth
Woodstock the ae sken thread Henry golden spur
led her becoming nun Of Richard II and the fatal rapdoo of
Vdomar? Of the dreadful warning that hung the bed of h
bella Angoueme? OF the who discovered in London
disguised a cook-maid
you know how the fact that the Duchess Marlborough
putting by mistake the queens gloves changed Votaire
the dsns Of Europe? Or why the great Elizabeth and her prime
had deal secretly with Catherine de- Medics ao Or
which passed between NAM Boyn King Hal be-
meath the yewree the clustered shade of Sopewe nunne
meant to Wolsey?
Those who interested may have specimen pages work
that will show how English history be had quite different
way from that presented by Hume Rapn Macauay Guzo
or Hallam, or Froude.
PAMPHLET SENT REQUEST
GEORGE BARRIE & SON. Publishers
13 Walnut Street. Philadelphia
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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-01-14
When WIN a MAN he Too Richs

What will eventually be the limit Of
individual wealth? Half a century
back ''ten thousand a year" was con-
sidered to be a vast fortune. Then
''fifty thousand year" was the phrase
commonly used to describe the income
of fabulously rich men or women. Lat
er we took to speaking of million
aires" In quite recent times the ''mul-
timillionaire'' with twenty millions had
reached the limit of private wealth;
then forty millions. Now the limit has
risen to a hundred millions, and al
ready the word millionaire has come
into use in the United States. Will the
multibillionaire ever replace the multi
millionaire ?-London Standard.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-01-14
DISAPPEARING WRITING.
The Way a Big swindIe Was Success
fully Worked In Paris.

The Way a Big swindIe Was Success
fully Worked In Paris.
A number of Partisan financiers were
recently defrauded of very consider
able sum of money by a swindler who
relied for the success of his scheme en-
tirely upon the peculiar properties of
iodide of starch. Posing as man of
considerable wealth, whose money was
tied up in such manner that he could
not realize without heavy losses and
pretending to have the option of some
tanned various large amounts of money
in exchange for bills dated to stand
for three months.
No one for a moment suspected that
there was anything in the least degree
shady about the man or his transac-
lions, and when he made it public that
he had been successful in selling his
Chinese concession at a large profit his
creditors felt absolutely certain that
he would meet his bills.
To their immense surprise, however,
when they came to look through their
papers to find the bills they only found
bills with blank spaces in the places
where the swindler's name should have
been and had actually been. They
clamored round him for an explanation
of the strange affair, but he denied that
he had ever given any of them bills and
defied them to sue him for repayment
of the loans, and the fact that the bills
were devoid of the swindler's sigma
ture rendered them absolutely worth
less.
The matter was put into the hands Of
the police, who were able to discover
that in signing the bills the man had
used a solution of iodide of starch,
which, when first used for writing, ap-
pears much the same as ordinary ink,
but completely disappears in the course
of a few weeks, and, although traces
of the chemical may subsequently be
discovered, nothing can make the writ
ing show up again. Finding that his
victims had discovered his method. the
schemer decamped, despite the fact
that the chances of the police obtain
ing conviction against him were very
remote indeed.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-01-14
The black Maria.

The following is given as the origin
of the FERN BLACK Maria" When
New England was filed with emigrants
from the mother country, a negress
named Maria Lee kept sailors board
ing house in Boston. She was wom-
an Of great strength and helped the au-
thorities to keep the peace. Frequently
the police invoked her aid. and the
saying. "Send for Black Maria came
to mean, "Take him to jail" British
seamen were often taken to the lookup
by this amazon. and the stories they
spread of her achievements led to the
name of Black Maria being given to
the English prison van.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-01-14

EYES," said the old conductor, Il
have followed the railroad about all
my life wasn't exactly born on a
train, but l was married on one at
the rate of forty-five miles an hour"
''That was a good deal like marrying
in haste"
at was. And we got tired of each
other while we were making the return
trip on a freight train.
"That was good deal like repenting
at leisure. Chicago Tribune.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-01-14

Would you like to be truly beauti-
full? Thoreau says: I'VE are all sculp-
tors and painters. and our material is
our own flesh and blood and bones.
Any nobIeness begins at once to refine
mans features and any meanness or
sensuality to imbrute them" So there,
now, you sour visaged, plain faced
people, go along about your business
and grow handsome. National Maya
zine.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-01-14
No Money In scrubs.

AS a rule the best cattle in Texas are
bred and raised by the large ranchmsln
who owns thousands Of head; the
scrubs, as rule, are bred and raised
by the farmer who owns only a few
head, says Farm and Ranch. While the
ranchman is to be commended for the
rapid improvement made in the range
herds, yet the farmers should be at the
head of the procession when 1t comes
to raising good cattle. No man can
afford to raise scrubs, and especially IL
this true as to the farmer.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-01-14

Some English travellers were recently
when a woman who was serving i'm
parted the interesting information that
a pig was being killed round the cor
ner. One of them remarked that it
was curious that the pig did not squeal.
The woman looked at them in surprise.
"Aber," said she. les list polizeilich YER
boten"-it's forbidden by the police.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-01-14
A Point 81 order

One of the conspicuous features il
the decorations Of certain officia
building is a full length portrait Of
George Washington. Being just be
hind the speakers chair. it is in full
sight of everybody who rises to speak
During a heated discussion, which in
volved the honor of the state and ma
ton, a member rose and, pointing to
the portrait, began in oratorical style
by those eyes that never quailed be
fore an enemy, by that nose
Then he was interrupted by a mem,
Der in the rear. who rose to a point
of order.
"Mr. Chairman" said the objector
81 claim it is out of order under par
liamentary rules to call the ayes and
noes in committee of the whole
New York Times.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-01-14

Sponges are gathered by means Of a
long pole with hook attached to the
lower end. with which the sponge fish
erman is very expert. He lies upon his
stomach in the stern of boat looking
through an ordinary water bucket with
a glass bottom. which does away with
the glare from the water and allows
him to survey the bottom leisurely
while the boatman rows or SOULS the
boat A schooner lies at anchor near
by, from which a half dozen or more
of these small boats fish. 1t returns to
port when it is loaded. or at night, as
the case may be.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-01-14

A Marysville schoolma' am was teach
ing her class the mysteries of gram
mar.
Now. Johnny" said she. lin what
tense do | speak when | say. 4 am
beautifulT"
The little fellow answered quick as
, wink, 1.-The past-"-Kansas City Jour-
mol
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-01-14

The difficulties the early. virginian
colonists had with their live stock is
curlously illustrated by the fact that
in the colony of Massachusetts Bay a
red calf was cheaper than a black one,
experience having shown that the for
mer was more likely to be attacked by
wolves, owing, it was thought. to the
wolves mIstaking It for deer.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-01-14
His Lnndxcanes.

A nouveau richie recently attended a
picture sale. A friend who had noticed
him at the sale asked afterward. did
you pick up anything at that picture
sale. Jorkins?" and the other respond
ed: "Oh, yes; couple of landscapes.
One of 'em was basket of fruit and
the other storm at sea" Boston Com
mercial Bulletin.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-01-14

An unusual race was advertised to
be run at Ripon, in Yorkshire, in 1925:
''The Lady's Plate, of ELS value, by
any horse that was no more than five
years old the last grass. Women to be
the riders. Each to pay guinea en-
trance Three heats and twice round
the common for heat"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-01-14
some Foolish People

reach Of medicine. They often say, 'i0h, it viii
wear away but in most cases it will wear
them away. Could they be induced to try
which is sold on q positive guarantee to cure,
they would immediately see the excellent eff
feet after taking the hrst dose. Price &C. and
b0c. Trial size free. At all drug gists.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-01-14
where smoking 1. a Crime.

There is one country in the world
where it is considered crime to
smoke Abyssinia is tho rgion, and
the law forbidding tobacco dates from
the year 1912. 1t was at first merely
intended to prevent priests from smok
ing in the churches, but 1t was taken
too literally. and nowadays even for
eigners have to be careful not to be
seen smoking.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-01-14

81 want TO be famous" said the boy.
''Well. you'll have to be mighty care
full" answered the father There are
more people who make fools of them
selves trying to be famous than in any
other way."-Chicago Post.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-01-14

Phyllis-And il were poor wouldst
thou yet marry me3
Tityrus-Fain would l not. do love
thee too much that | could endure for
thee to starve to death, sweet maid
Harlem Life.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-01-14

what curious mistakes men make
sometimes! I've just been reading, for
instance, that Columbus imagined that
he had discovered the Indies"
"Ah, l made worse mistake than
that! When I married my wife,
thought I'd discovered paradisep
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-01-14
Her Pet Name.
Her Fet Name.
"AhW he sighed after she had blush

"AhY' he sighed after she had blush
ingly whispered Yes" in his bosom.
MY own Mehitabel! Oh. that names
so formal Surely your friends use
some shorter one, some pet namep'
WELL she murmured, 1.-The girls at
boarding school used to call me Pic
kles. "-Philadelphia Press.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-01-14

Teacher would like some one in
the class to define the meaning of vice
versa.
Bright Boy-lt's sleeping with your
feet toward the head of the bed.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-01-14

Its queer how many people trust a
doctor"
Il don't know. Did you never notice
how many people doctor trusts p
Philadelphia Bulletin.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-01-14

Susie-Papa, what makes man al
ways give woman diamond engage
ment ring?
Her Father-The woman.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-01-14

1t makes no difference what grammatic-
al errors are made in paying compliment
to a man, he will never notice them
Atchison Globe.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-01-14

Ireland has 40S ablebodied persons
to 1000 inhabitants, Scotland 424 and
England 432.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-01-14
Before and After.

Before marriage a wife is beautiful
fancy Afterward she is a solemn fact.
and facts are always stubborn. Baltl-
more World.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-01-14

The girl is the mother of the woman
just as the boy is the father of the man I"
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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-01-14

Farewell originally signifed may yen
fare or travel well or in safety.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-01-14
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ELY BROS, 56 Warren St., New York
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-01-14

The hardest thing to find is an hon.
est partner for q swindla.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-01-14
MANY school ChIldren arc slckly.

Many School Children are Sickly.
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children,
used by Mother Gray, nurse in Children's
Home, New York, Break up Colds in "a hours
cure Feverishness, Headache. Stomach
Toubles, Teething Disorders, ana Destroy
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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-10-23
Shortest Line
Finest Trains
Best Service
Fastest Tine.....

Late at Night the Atlantic
Express leaves the Twin Cities for
Chicago and is especially convenient
and popular with persons desiring to
spend the evening at the theatre or
with friends before continuing their
journey east. This train is equipped
with reclining chair cars (seats free J.,
luxurious Pullman sleepess with buf-
fet service and modern day coaches.
Remember it costs no more to
ride on these famous trains if you ask
your home agent to make your ticket
read via the Northwestern Line. For
time tables or any further informa-
ton write to T. w. Teasdale, Gen.
Pass. Agt., St. Paul, MINI.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-10-23
AID BEING SENT
INDIAN TROOPS ORDERED TO AS
y sIsTANcE OF BRITISH FORCE
IN SOMALlLAND.
LATTER IN A VERY BAD FIX

Private Letter Received Shows a
Worse State of Affairs Than Indi.
Gated by Official Dispatehes-MiIi.
tary Men Blame the Foreign Office
for Allowing a False Sense of Econ
omy to Lead to Recent Disaster.
Simla, India, Oct. 22.-The Second
Bombay Grenadiers, stationed at
Mhow, Central India, have been or
dered to Somaliland. Other troops will
probably follow.
London, Oct. PA letter from an
officer belonging to the Somaliland ex-
petition, received here, shows that the
British force is even in a more pre-
carious position than has been indicat-
ed in the official dispatches. The
writer says:
"Ne one will appreciate this business
until it is too late. We are in regu-
lar trap and how we are going to get
out we do not know. We have had
stifish fights and have lost many men.
The worst is that our blacks are funk
ing and our camels have nearly all
been killed or captured. We have next
to no water and we are miles from any
wells. We have no supplies and nearly
no ammunition. They have captured
two of our Maxims. do not suppose
they care at home what happens to U.S..
1t is a brutal shame to send us blind
into an ambush like this. 4 heard
fresh troops are coming up and only
hope they will come from India"
The writer refers incidentally to
some brisk fights which he apparently
presumes was already known of here
and adds:
"Thirty-three of us escaped. By
jove, that was a pretty affair. We
whites stood out but-oh, we'll, we
have too many blacks"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-10-23
ADVICE IS UNHEEDED.
British Foreign Office Responsible for
SomaIiIand Disaster.

New York, Oct. 22.-Military men
hold the foreign office responsible for
the disaster to Colonel Swayne's force,
cables the Tribune's correspondent at
London. For economy's sake they say
the department accepted raw levies of
SomaHs as trained disciplined SOL
diers, while Colonel Swayne's urgent
counsel to establish a permanent mil
itary post at Curao was not followed.
Lord Cranborne's statement in the
house of commons has created an I'm.
easy feeling and further news is eager
ly awaited. There is no question that
Colonel Swayne's force is now in
most perilous position as the mullah
will receive large accessions of fight
ing strength from the tribes which pre-
viously remained passive.