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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-02-25
FLYING BULLETS.

Cine Way by Which They May BE
Seen After Leaving the Rifle.
II don't believe the story that bullets
can be seen when fired from a gun"
said the old soldier. you know in the
army there is theory that men have
seen bullets, but they never lived to
tell of it, because the bullets were 60
ing straight for them and hit them in
the eye. The only men who have seen
the ordinary rife bullets in transit are
dead"
mo, they aren't" said the old hunter.
II have seen many bullets flying. One
way by which you can see them plain
ly is by dipping them In glycerin be-
fore firing"
Eyes, you might trace them by the
smoke then caused by air friction,
said the veteran, 'but you can't see the
bullets"
"Oh, yes, you can," retorted the hunt
er. 81 have watched them often dur
ing target practice. and any one can
see the large caliber bullets, though
won't say as much for the tiny modern
missiles. The way to see flying bull
let is to get little to one side of the
shooter about five feet away from him,
say. Then run On imaginary line from
the muzzle Of his gun to the target
Let your eyes rest on a space of light
colored ground exactly on this line, and
when he fires you will see something
dark, like a bee, fit past the light col
ored space That is the bullet. OF
course by the time the eye tells the
brain it sees the missile the bullet has
struck the target, but you have seen ii
all right"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-02-25
Death In Nightmare.

One of the late beliefs Of the med
ical profession is that many people
die each year while asleep from heart
disease that is brought on by night
mares or bad dreams A specialist on
the heart said recently that in his
opinion In nine cases out of ten of
deaths in bed heart action was stop
ped by fear which injurious dreams
brought on.
II have taken part in thousands of
autopsies," said this expert, ''and in
many cases made study of the hab-
its of those who died. l found that
the majority had been sufferers from
nightmares or other nocturnal dis
turbances of dreamland and that fire.
Quently they woke up in the middle
of the night completely exhausted and
gravely alarmed through some partic-
ularly vivid dream. If people are
frightened to death while awake when
they have their full senses and hope
for relief, why is it not doubly likely
that they die from fright while asleep
when their courage is dwarfed by fac
ulties temporarily affected?"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-02-25
China,s Antiquity.

China's antiquity is part Of her CO.
lossal proportions China's early writer's
record neurological history covering
tens of thousands of years, but this
period ends with the establishment of
the capital of the empire at Kaifungfu
In the thirty-frst century B. C. Her
legendary history extends from this
time to 2205 B. c., at which time, it
may be said, China's real history be-
gins. The ancient history of China ex-
tends from 2205 B. G. to 29S B. G. Her
medieval history begins there and ex-
tends to the time of the Mongol con-
quests In 1915 A. D.
With the founding of the Mongol dy-
nasty China's modern history begins.
The Mongols were driven out by the
Mings in 1868 A. D. The Mings were
the last native dynasty that ruled over
China, and their control lasted from
1868 to 1914 Under the title of the TIA
Using (the Great Pure dynasty the
Mantchoos have ruled China since A.
A. 1914.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-02-25
Rrnxed tha Chineae Lion.

eli Hung Chang" says the Shanghai
Mercury, was very apt to reviIe in the
lowest billingsgate If any one offended
him. Once a district magistrate in
CURED his displeasure, whereupon Ii
cursed him in loud voice, even going
SO far as to curse his ancestors. But
the district magistrate, nothing daunt-
ed, spoke up sharply:
az am an officer of the emperor. even
though my rank is low. You may kill
me, but you must not curse me. Be
sides, the emperor orders you to pro-
mote your good officials and degrade
your bad ones. He did not order you to
curse them. If you curse me. cannot
play at that game tooT
"The rejoinder so astonished Ii that
he ceased reviling and escorted the
man to the gate, saying, Great district
magistrater The next day he ordered
the provincial treasurer to give the
man first class appointment, saying
that a man of such courage would
surely make good officlal.1
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-02-25
Country Inns In England.

A noted traveller says he has sam
pied a large number of hotels in his
time-even in Greece-but for bare
faced dishonesty in the making OF
bills the bluff British landlord takes
first place. "After charging twice
what his food and rooms are worth he
tacks on a further charge for service
another for lights, another for bath
another for fire. In short, my expert
ence Of country inns in England-and
can speak with some authority-ls
that pay as much day at shabby
little country inn Of England, where
the food is poor and Ill cooked. the at.
tendance inferior and the beds poor, as
I would at good hotel in such towns
as Springfield, Mass, or the very best
in Switzerland or Germany. Indeed, il
must have struck the average Ameri-
can that the Incompatible BaedekeI
hardly ever finds it possible to recon-
mend an English hotel"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-02-25

Beginning with William Shakespeare
we remember instantly Sir Walter Ra-
leigh, Sir Walter Scott, William Words
worth, Washington Irving, William
Makepeace Thackeray, Henry w
Longfellow, John G. Whittier, William
Cullen Bryant, Ralph Waldo Emerson
Oliver Wendell Holmes and Walt
Whitman. Others whose names occur
almost simultaneously are William
Cowper, Isaac Watts, Henry Ward
Beecher, Daniel Webster, Wendell
Phillips, George William Curtis, Rich
ard Grant White, Julia Ward Howe
George w. Gable, William d. How.
ellis, Charles Dudley Warner and
Richard Watson Glider. To these are
easily added Sir Walter Blackstone
John Wesley. Edmund Waller, Nathan
lei P. Willis, Walter Savage Lander
Will Carleton, James Whitcomb Riley
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, DR.. s
Weir Mitchell, Hamilton Wright Ma
bic, William H. Prescott, Constance
Fenimore Woolson, Mary q. Wilkins
and many more.-Ladies' Home Jour.
nal
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-02-25
|Widow
|Jason'S
HogC

Widow Jason was the relict of Farm
er Jason, and she carried on the farm
after his death with even more wisdom
than he had shown himself possessed
of. She was still on the brighter side
of forty, fair to look upon and was at
peace with all her neighbors until the
one to the east of her sold out and
stranger moved in.
He was man of middle age named
Chisholm, and, being widower, his
sister managed the house for him. If
the Widow Jason was one of those who
wondered what sort of man he was.
she was the first to find it out. Among
her live stock that year were a dozen
hogs, and 1t was the fault of her hired
man that there were holes in the
fences through which they made their
way into the potato field Of the new
neighbor. She had just finished her
breakfast one morning when Chisholm
was announced. He had the courtesy
to lift his hat and give his name, but
he also had the bluntness to add:
Madam, your internal hogs have
rooted up half an acre of potatoes for
me, and If you can't manage to keep
'em home I'll shoot every one Of 'em!'
She looked at him and saw that he
was above the ordinary and felt that
had she been introduced in the conxen-
tional way she would have been pleas
ed to make his acquaintance But his
rude greeting angered her, and being
woman with a. mimi ~ ho. oxur, che
at once replied:
Il can pay for all the potatoes ON
your farm, and If You come here to
threaten me you'll find woman who
don't scarer
''Well, you keep your hogs at home. :"
"And you keep yourself in the same
place"
That was the first tilt. The fences
were mended and the hogs were in de-
SPAR when a high wind blew a gate
open, and the drove spent the night in
the same potato field Next morning
Chisholm drove ten Of them home and
said to Widow Jason:
Madam, there are dead hogs belong
ing to you In my field. VIII you have
them removed or shall bury them2'
You killed them, did your she ask
ed.
81 did. 1 told you 1 would, and 1
did,"
"Then III have the law on you.
"Go ahead"
She went to law, and there was
suit, and she was ingloriously beaten.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-02-25

out into my arms. l can never forget
the noble words of his immortal verse.
I will now repeat it for your entertain
ment and enlightenment"
Drury mounted the rock and the cow
boys seated themselves In the grass.
'Tife Is but a game of cards
Which each one has to learn.
Each shufHes, cuts and deals pack.
And each trump doth turn
some turn high card at the top.
While others turn low;
Some hold hand quite full Of trumpA
While others none can show.
When, last Of all, spade is turned
By the hoary hand Of time,
Il always closes up the game,
In every land and cline.
No matter what a may win
Or what a man may save,
The dreaded spade turns up at last
And digs the players grave
The boys had FORGOTTEN their peril
and they wanted another drink. The
man hunter, desiring to keep his pres
ent distance from them, swung the
flask over his head and tossed it to
them, saying, Here's to the man who
can catch and drink while the other
smells"
His keenly practiced ears had caught
the almost imperceptible sound Of dis
tant horse hoofs beating the earth In
rhythmic measure. With dramatic GEES
ture and information Of voice he sought
to hold their attention little longer.
Here's again to the fearless men
Who range the plain through storm and rain,
With friendship true to the cause they hold
They guard their trust as men guard gold"
One of the men, who was turning the
almost empty flask over his mouth,
paused an instant. Then he sprawled
out upon the grass with his ear press
ed closely to the ground. But the earth
was no longer needed to convey the
sounds of beating hoofs. The air bore
them on like the rapid strokes Of a
fevered heart upon the human chest.
"Listenv' cried the elocutionist I'm
drawing crowd. Thank goodness,
there is not much Of our good whisky
left for them"
The men sprang up with an oath and
ran for their horses.
Say, boys" Drury cried. Both men
turned to look into the muzzles of two
revolvers. '"This harmless good natur-
ed cuss amt quite ready yet to let that
good whisky get away. It's not polite
to leave friend in such hurry"
The hands of one of the men flew to
his belt.
stop it or I'll drop you," came the
command REINFORCED with a revolver
whose unerring aim was between the
cowboys eyes.
The men stood as If dazed at the I'M
expected attitude.
up with your handsY' came the
command mo foolingv Four hands
went up just as six horsemen appeared
at the top of the hill
The posse understood the situation
at once and the marshal recognized the
man hunter. AS they came down the
hill they gave rousing cheer.
Mexican Fred, marshal of Engle-
wood. Kan. soon had the desperadoes
handcuffed and on their way back to
the town where they had provoked a
fight and killed a man.
The man hunter went on his way to
Ashland concocting new rhymes for
the next occasion.
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His Appeal.

Little George was taken by his aunt
to see the newcomer, aged one day.
He was duly and profoundly impress
ed with the specimen and asked where
the little brother came from. God sent
it." answered the aunt reverently.
The answer made a deep impression
on little George. for that afternoon he
was seen out in the backyard gazing
up into the deep blue sky and spread
ing his diminutive apron expectantly
as he said, Dear God. please throw
me one down too" Troy Times.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-02-25
Lincoln Told a Story.

At one time friend complained tt
President Lincoln that a certain cabi
net officer was administering his Office
with unusual energy with the hope Of
securing the presidential nomination.
That reminds me-" said Mr.. Lincoln
that my brother and were once pillow
ing a field with lazy horse, but al
times he rushed across the field so fast
that could hardly keep up with him
At last / found an enormous chin fiy
on him and knocked 1t off. Now l an
not going to make that mistake a sec
ond time. If the secretary has a CHR
fly on him. ! am not going to knock fl
of, If 1t viii only make his department
60"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-02-25
I BAD POETRY
y IN A..
} GOOD CAUSE
! BY c. NJ. stevans
Copyright, 1901, by c. M. stevans
100000

Big Foot Drury was admitted to be
the most ungainly as well as the most
accomplished man hunter that ever
brought criminals into Fort Smith. He
was a continuous vaudeville long be-
fore that variety mine had ever been
thought of by the theatrical managers.
Enyious deputy marshals claimed
that the renegades were simply over
come by the power of his elocution. In
any event bis prisoners accounted for
their capture in so many instances as
result of his evolutionary overpersua-
sion that it became generally accept
ed fact that Drury's mouth was of
more advantage to the court than his
guns.
In the spring of 1877 he was sent
down into the territory on search for
Jim Powell wanted in Cincinnati IN
able to find any. trace of his man. he
decided to report at Topeka. A hot
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-02-25
Reasons Why

There is no reason why you
should buy your Lamps of us un-
less you can get better Lamps at
less price than elsewhere. But
that is the REASON WHY you
should buy of us. We have just
received a line of Kopp's Cardinal
Red Lamps. They are new and
pretty. We get our Lamps direct
from the factory, therefore our
prices are the lowest.
PRICKITi'S PHARMACY,
80 High Street, Mount Holly, N. j.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-02-25
The Original Silhouette

The name silhouette was derived
from Etienne de Silhouette. French
minister of finance in 1859, who intro
duced several parsimonious fashions
during his administration called Ia
Silhouette, a name which continued to
be applied to the black profile portraits
Silhouettes were executed in various
ways.
One Of the simplest is that of tracing
the outlines of a shadows profile
thrown on a sheet of paper and then
reducing them to the required size Ell
Their by the eye or by means of pan
tograph. The camera obscura and cam
era lucida are also occasionally used
for the purpose.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-02-25
A Way Ants Have.

Lord Avebury declares that ants that
maintain their sobriety make great
distinction in their treatment Of the In
toxicated stranger and the fellow citi-
zen who has succumbed to his blah-
dishments. He inebriated fifty ants,
twenty-five from one nest and twenty
Eve from another, and put them all in
to the nest from which one lot had been
taken. The inhabitants at once took
the helpless strangers and threw them
into the water. while those who were
citizens of the nest were carried ten
derby away into remote corners to re-
cover from their festivity at leisure.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-02-25
Rribed In Advance

Briggs-So you are going to have
your fortune told by the new astrolo-
ger down town. Let me give you a
pointer. If you want him to predict
that you will one day be rich, Just give
him handsome tip.
Griggs- That's all right I'll give him
my note for thousand or so, payable
when become millionaire. Boston
Transcript.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-02-25
Hardening steel.

Small steel articles that are too soft
may be hardened with sealing wax.
The method is to have ready large
stick of sealing wax and then after
heating the article to a cherry red
thrust it into the wax for minute,
withdrawing it and sticking it in again,
repeating the operation until the steel
is cold and will not enter the wax.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-02-25
PENNSYLl ANIA RAIL ROAD
Inc Standard Railroad Of 14nseyica. Pro
fected throughout By Block .Signaks
and Lnteyioeking Switches.
IN EFFECT FERRCARY IL Iona
IN EFFECT rEBRCARY II. 1904.


Trains tecue Mona Hopg
fS s7 rniiT s ~ s 500 ssa 10 10 sOs
only, sol, 8 10, 0.22 S.37. 10 80 p n
On sundays, s.26 A. n, i2.05. 6.2l, S.55PM
For remDerton, 7s5, A. n, 1878, 1892 sos, 7.2l
On sundays. 6Ir.n.
f9T ds95l L q 80 74O A. NJ. 24s
Runs 70 East burlington only.
FOR ssraaas y rs 1890 A 2Sl sso 80 Pm
On Sundays. 1904. NJ. aOl. s.SoPn.
ZOE Lewistown. Columbus, Kinkora, etc.,
On sundays, GIL Pm
for Or, Lumperton, Medford. Marion ana Had
For xincentown, 1880. 1882, s o5 Pm.
For Tome River, Island Heights and Sea Side
On sundays. S.24 A. M.
For Beach haven 800 AM
ror 4 AsSnsr pa s;os "a !; NJ -. 49,
4.47P. n.
on Sundays. sMA.x.
1ratns tsape for Mount Holly as follows:
from P5 q es2. 1872 sl2, 1000. IL 20
~, 5.O6. sos, 8. %. 500, IU.SO. Il-50 + NJ
from vm sNS a@ s.So. n. LOO 40 losoFE
ss0os s.S0, A. NJ, LOO. 400. 500. Pm.
On sundays 100 A. NJ, 100 Pm.
from trenton, 645. TAO. $50. Il.2S A. NJ. a.65.
On sundays. $40, ll.55. A. NJ. 400, s.Os, m.
From Burlington, $40, 1905 A. NJ, I2O2 l.57,
$50, 6.22, *7.3l, $50, r..
hun from East Burlington only.
On sundays 800 A. NJ, lz.35, AS, us. 9.45 p. II
I'm IoMs klver, 500. a. NJ, 800. r. n.
On sundays, 5.24, 2. N.
EroAi AsDury Park, LIT 7. M.
from Medfords ITO A. n. l.30, 5.25 p. n.
from Long Branch, LOT Pm.
On Sundays. 400 p. NJ
From reInDerton. tnorth) 6.S7, 7.2s, s.44. A. NJ,
1876, 4.52, s22 r. N.
On sundays, 500 A. N.
From Pemberton tsouth). SAT A. NJ, 40, p. N.
On Sundays, 60l p. NJ.
From slncentown $50 A. n. As P. M.
From Beach Haven. LBS p. N.
WEST JERSEY . sEAsHORE RAILROAD
October l. 1901.
Medford, Marion and Philadelphia.
Leave Medford for Philadelphla ut 100 1907
A. NJ, zoo, 90 Pm.
On Sundays, 7.45 A. NJ, 403 P. n.
Leave Marion tor Philadelphia at TIA, 1910
An, z.20, 532, r.M.
On sundays, 7.69 A. NJ, 4lb P. n.
Leave Philadelphia, Market Street, for Med
ford and Marion at 100, l6.45, A.. NJ, $780, 6.s2
r.
On Sundays, $40 A. NJ. 5.s0PM.
Leave Marion tor Medford, SIT. ll.S6 A. H..
Ais. S.22, p. n.
On Sundays, 9.05, A. n, 6.2l P. N.
For further particulars apply to the ticket
agent al the station.
j. B. HUToHINsos. j. &. WOOD,
General Manager. Gen. Pass. Agent.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-02-25

Shiney Patches-What sort of cake is
this that the lady gave you?
Weary Willie-She said that it was
marble cake.
Shiney Patches Marble nothing! It's
granite.-New York Herald.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-02-25

There's one good thing about Mrs.
DE Sneere-she never ISLANDERS her
friends"
mo; she hasn't any, San Francisco
Bulletin.
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Hia GIasn Exe.

Uncle Cyrus-Say, this glass eye
hain't no good. want my money
back.
Optician-No good?
Uncle Cyrus Hain't wuth tinker's
darn. Can't see bit better with the
blame thing than kin without
Judge.
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Union transportation Company.

Tuckcrton Railroad.
Leave Mount Holly Tor Tuckerton, zoe A. NJ,
4.47P. NJ, daily except Sunday.
Leave Tuckcrton Tor Mount Holly. 7.2O A. NJ,
SIS r. H. daily except Sunday
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There is only one way to cure failure
give up seeking excuses and seek
work. Saturday Evening Post.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-02-25

No man has ever succeeded in fooling
posterity all the time,-C Chicago Herald.
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She went to law, and there was a
suit. and she was ingloriously beaten.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-03-21
JOHN ?. AL1GELD IS DEAD.
Illinois Former Governor Fell a Vic
tim to Cerebral Hemorrhage
at Joliet.
ne WAS STRICKEN TUESDAY AlGHT.
Had Just Delivered n ~rtstsc
Address 10 u Producer Gathering
Al the Joliet Thcater when h~
WINS Seized with symptoms ~
ApOplexy.

Joliet, ILL.,, March l3.-Former Gov.
John p. Altgelt died at the Hotel
Munroe, Wednesday morning at TOY
O'Clock. He had been unconscious
since midnight.
Mr.. Altgclt was the principal speak
er at pro-Bocr mass meeting Tues
day night, in the Joliet theater.
Just at the close of his speech n
sudden dizziness seized him and he
was assisted from the stage. The
meeting proceeded, the audience not
realizing what had happened. Mr..
Altgeld was taken to the door OF the
theatcr, where several vomiting
spells seized him. This continued for
nearly an hour and was so pro-
nounced he could not be removed TO
the hotel.
Physicians were hastily summoned
and Mr.. Altgeld was carried to the
hotel across the street. He retained
consciousness and urged the news
paper men to keep the affair quiet
for fear of alarming his wife. Shortly
before midnight he became uncon
scious.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-03-21
CHINESE IMMIGRATION.
Protest Filed ny Chinese Govern.
mcnt Against Further Restrict
I've Legislation by America.

Washington. March i3.-The pro-
test lodged by the Chinese govern
ment with Minister Conger, at Pcl<in,
against further restrictive legisla-
lation upon Chinese emigration TO the
United States, and especially the
Philippines and Hawaii, IL in contin-
uation Of the efforts initiated by Mr.
Wa here The minister soon after
he assumed Office began to file pro
tests with the state department., and
he has since conducted SO vigorous
an agitation against Chinese cxclu.
sion that although il was recognized
that he was simply carving out the
directions of his government. the
minister was made the object Of Wig
orous attack by the newspapers here
some even demanding his electment.
IL is supposed that Mr.. WI has nc
quaintcd his government with the
situation here and the danger 70
| himself Of further activity i'm the
matter. and that the Chinese foreign
Office has accordingly taken up ths
work itself.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-03-21

and Laser a law partner OF the former
governor. reached hs~e Wednesday
morning. lie said that the governor
died rs he had lived, pleading the
cause of The lowly Mr. Aitgcld, In
the speech which was fated 20 be
his last. declared that all friends OF
humanity owed debt of gratitude
TO GOV Yates for issuing proclama-
ton soliciting assistance for the Boer
women and children in their concen-
tration camps which the British arc
maintaining in South Africa.
His speech was typical of the old
governor Who had risen from The tow
path 10 the chief Office Of the state.
Death was at hand, but his voice had
all the old fire and all the old SYM
pathy which had won him the hearts
of many people.
1t was Gov. Aitgeld who pardoned
the three Chicago anarchists, ana
whose views we're frequently called
anarchistic. yet his sincerity was
questioned by few.
Mr.. barrow, upon his arrival, took
charge of the body. and opened
scores of kilograms from all parts
of the country. Some, sent before
death had come. asked for early in
formation of the patients condition,
while those that came latcrexpressed
the deepest regret at the former gov
ernor's demise.
No postmortem will be held on the
body of John y. Altgeld. The family
does not wish il. being content with
the statement Of the physicians mat
he died from cerebral h~tnorrhage
The remains viii be entalincd and
brought TO Chicago late his after
noon