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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-07-01
cling field before them a wide black

cling field before them a wide black
bar,
The ice had broken there, and at a
little distance from its edge crowd of
people stood or slowly skated, looking
at the gulf. Uncle Fritzie made the lit
tie girls sit down on the ice and took
off their skates, saying noisily for the
benefit of the crowd:
ut is best-best to afoid all danger.
Won little slide too far, where would you
be so kvick? Vat would your mamma
say to me then?"
BE kept his own skates on, however,
and, with great difficulty, balanced
himself, to the admiration of all, by
sticking one skate point into the ice
While they were standing looking at
the black, tapping water they saw
skating toward 1t, a few yards from
them, little boy. He was plunging
forward, swinging his bowed arms, his
cap pulled down over his eyes to pro-
tect them from the glare. He was GO
Ing as fast as he could. They all cried
out to him in one common voice of hor-
49, LUZ Liz Ah4pulSS udQ DOeu LOO
strong. He turned questioning little
face to them as his skate runner slid
over the verge, and he was gone.
A woman in the crowd began to
wiring her hands and groan.
Men and boys glanced nervously at
each other and the water, and they all
with one accord moved nearer to it.
Meanwhile Uncle Fritzie had unbuc-
killed. his skates and thrown off his coat.
His ruddy face had turned white. He
ran along the ice to where the little
boy had fallen, his high shoulders
twitching, his purple tippet floating
behind
Here he turned, half faced the crowd,
raised his chin proudly and waved a
reassuring hand to Selma and Becky.
Everybody shouted, and he Owed.
Whether he reached the little boy,
whether they came up under the ice,
no one ever knew. In the sight of the
watchers they did not come to the sur
face again.
1t was comfort to the little boys
mother to see the Einsteins and weep
with their bereavement. Fritzie Gross
had no relations, but remote kindred
were proud to mourn him.
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One is my love; two is my dove; three my
hearts desire;
Four I love with all my heart; five cast
in the fire.
Lois ran over the mystic rhyme, drop
ping her apple seeds daintily in her
cupped pink palm. Johnny Black,
watching her intently, heaved a huge
sigh, though his eyes twinkled as he
said: "a clear waste of energy, Miss
Lois, all that rigamarole! I've known
from the beginning you'd cast me in
the fire the minute 1 gave you the
chance"
'Dear me! You must be mind read
err Hew inconvenientp' Lois murmur-
ed, smiling at him as she tipped the
fateful seed into the log fires heart.
The fireplace was so broad it took up
half the end wall. Lois. sitting in the
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II Have great mind to fling you aft
err Johnny shouted hoarsely, spring
ing down and rushing to the crumbling
verge.
Jenny wrung her hands. Il new
er meant ter kill! Twas my devil
done it," she said, dropping down be-
side him to peer below. Instantly she
sprang up and began scrambling down
ward, swinging agilely from ledge to
ledge and shouting back: Il see her
on the shelf half way Ride, ride! Git
ropes and men! I'll hold her safe tell
you come! l will. oh, l willr'
81 shall not trust you" Johnny cried.
scrambling after her But in a trice
his head swan. He saved himself
from fainting and falling only by cling
ing fast to shrubs rooted in the bluff
face. Lying along a ledge, he watched
with fascinated gaze the slim, upright
figure creep and writhe perilously
downward. When it leaped beside the
other one, a huddled heap upon the
narrow shelf, he could watch no lon
ger.
The huddled figure stirred and held
out it's hands. Lois had freed herself
and leaped off as her horse went down.
By almost miracle she had landed in
leafy shrubbery, to rebound as from an
air cushion to the messy shelf, unhurt
save for scratches, bruises and nervous
shock.
'I'm goin' to take you back" Jenny
said, nodding upward. "Not the way
/ comedy a sorter path pap had made
fer me, SOS could come when /
please. Jest shet your eyes and foller
blindfold. | won't hurt you. l know
it amt with while"
Lois did as she was hidden. In ten
minutes, that seemed like ten hours,
she found herself again on the upper
level. Johnny was there to seize upon
her as though he would never let her
go. He did not mean to be cruel.
Lois danger had driven everything
else out of his mind
Jenny watched him through a tense
half minute. then with low, choked
"Goodby'' sprang out and down, to end
in the gray depths. At shutdown they
found her, dead and beautiful, with
the beauty of peace after stressful
storms.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-07-01

Least attractive among the insects
which give light are the so called ''elec-
trio centipeds.' black crawlers with
many legs which have been likened to
serpents' skeletons in miniature. They
move in snakelike fashion, forward
or backward. leaving behind them a
bright track of phosphoric light. How
ever, they are most accustomed to ap-
pear in the daytime. when the illumi
hation they afford is not visible. Lon
Ion Times
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There are some points which are val
liable in horses of every description.
The head should be proportionately
large and well set on. The lower jaw
bones should be sufficiently far apart
to enable the head to form an angle
with the neck, which gives it free mo-
ton and Il graceful carriage and pre-
vents it bearing too heavily on the
hand. The eye should be large. little
prominent, and the eyelids fine and
thin. The ear should be small and
erect and quick in motion The lop
ear indicates dulIness and stubborn
ness When too far back. there is a
disposition to mischief.
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CHINESE WASTE PAPER.
Every Scrap With a Printed Charac-
ter Upon 1t Is Sacred.

Every Scrap With a Printed Charac-
ter Upon 1t Is Sacred.
You will never find upon the street
or in the rubbish heap a scrap of pa
per with Chinese characters written
OF printed upon it. An intelligent
Chinaman, questioned as to the rea-
son, explained the matter In this way:
Mclean man never tears up and
flows in stleet his Bible or hymnbook.
Chinee lifting all same to Chinaman as
Mclean mans Bible"
Then he still further elucidated the
mystery by leading the way to the cell
lar of Race street house, in which,
piled up before gigantic furnace,
were bundles Of paper and sacks of let
tiers and newspapers printed in Chi
nese hieroglyphics.
Interpreted into plain English the old
Chinaman's story was that the orien-
tails regarded the written characters
as SO sacred that this furnace was es-
pecially set apart, after being blessed
by the priests, for the incineration of
all Chinese letters and documents.
~ oANAC0 An0CCd WAS LuC Ou1uGSC
writing regarded by the orientals that
the most compromising letters of the
highbinders and the private corre-
spondence of families were left with
confidence in the care of the furnace
attendant. it being perfectly well
known that he would not risk his i'm
mortal soul by committing the deadly
sin of prying into correspondence COM
mitted to his care to be given to the
flames.
Nor does the oriental regard the Chi
nese writing as safe from the hands of
the infidel even when every scrap Ct L
has been reduced to ashes. Affes
paper has been burned the ashes are
carefully collected, and when enough
has accumulated to make a load they
are shipped on board a boat belonging
to the Chinese Merchants company,
by which society all such matters are
managed. and taken to sea. where they
are scattered over the surface of the
ocean.
To the Chinaman 1t is horrifying to
see the white mans newspapers used
for wrapping purposes. his letters
scattered around the streets to be
walked on and his old books flung
around when read as though of no
more sacredness than old boots. A
letter, an envelope, the printed slips
extolling the virtues of preserved gin
ger or the characters that advertise
a laundry for sale become, after their
usefulness has passed. as sacred as
the gilded ornaments that add to the
glory of the joss.
One man is employed in Chinatown
to collect the waste paper. He calls at
the stores and the rooms and gathers
It up with the utmost care, tying it in
sacks SO that not shred shall escape.
With his sacred burden he goes to the
furnace room and hands the sacks to
the important parsonage in charge
there, who slows it away ready for the
next burning day. Twice a week the
furnace is lighted and the sacks of pa
per solemnly committed to the flames,
with many incantations.-Phl Philadelphia
Record
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Sucking Polsonou. wounds.

Among all people the sucking Of the
wound has ever been considered the
most effective remedy of immediate APP
plication for snake bites In Africa a
cupping instrument is employed in
emergencies of the kind to draw out
the poisoned blood. The ancients fol
lowed the same methods, and when ca
to made his famous expedition through
the serpent infested African deserts he
employed many savage snake charm
ers. called psyIli. to follow the army.
They performed many mysterious rites
over men who were bitten, but the eff
cacy of their treatment appears to have
consisted in sucking the wounds.
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the saddle. As the gold broke along
woods in the opposite direction, the
same that had walked his horse and
talked with the pretty child two years
agone.
The reins dropped on Harry Clay's
neck as Andrew Jackson rode along
side just in time to catch her as she
reeled from the saddle, and then, with
her head against his heart, the little
maid sobbed out her story, while the
sweet face grew paler and the wild
roses died from the pretty cheeks as
the drip. drip of the blood went pat
tering down.
The grim, dark face hardened into
steel as he beckoned to the negro that
rode little behind him.
go back to the farm and tell them
to make ready. and, mind you, lose no
time in sending for the DOCTOR. Very
carefully and slowly he rode, bearing
the light weight, while the still face
lay against his breast, smiling dream
fly.
At the farmhouse all was hustle and
stir. Mistress Hungerfords capable
hands laved the wounds and made all
sweet and clean in the chamber where
they carried her to await the coming
of the doctor.
Very quiet and still she lay when he
came to bid her farewell His face
was sad and stern when he barred his
head by the low white bed where Anne
lay. They two were alone when Anne
opened her great gray eyes on the face
of her dreams, and in that look he
whose heart lay buried in a woman's
grave in Tennessee read the old story
sanctified in the white shrine of the
maiden soul; read also, with soldiers
unerring knowledge. the whiteness
about the pretty mouth. The stern face
grew tender and the eagle eyes were
dimmed as he leaned to that unspoken
prayer, laying his lips upon the white
ones beneath, that quivered moment
and We're still.
The child's eyes looked beyond the
hills at last.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-07-01

SIS your husband a bibliomaniac"
asked Mrs. Oldcastle as she was being
permitted to view the treasures in the
library of the new neighbors
"Mercy sakes, no." replied Mrs. Pack
enham. he never bibles a bit Oh, of
course, don't say that he wouldn't
take a little at his meals if the rest was
dom it, but that's as far as he ever
goes in them kind of things" Chicago
Record Herald.
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a Great Rarrain.

Mrs Winks-A peddler was here to-
day, and | got the greatest bargain
a whole pound of insect powder for
only 10 cents 1t looks just like dirt,
but it's awfully effective. i tried it.
Mr.. Winks- Worked, Ell?
Mrs. Winks- Yes. indeed. The ped
dler said | should put little In water
and apply it boiling hot. and did, and
it killed every insect 1t touched.-New
York Weekly.
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A Change suggested.

what is your occupation?'' asked
the cid physician as he felt the pa
tents pulse.
I'm an opera singer" was the reply.
''Ahr' exclaimed the NJ. D What
you need Is IA change of air. Suppose
you try singing in church choir
Chicago News.
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The Burlington and Bristol Steamboat
Ferry Company.
In effect May 81, 1902
LEAVE BRISTOL FOR BURLINGTON
IN EFFECT JUNE 7th. ltOs.

In effect May 81, 1902.
LEAVE BRISTOL FOR BURLINGTON.
Daily except Saturdays and Sundays, IS 40.
s7l5. $780, 800. 1000, lO40 Ills a. nj $780, 30.
2.30, $3.50, 4.30. $50, $50. TO p. m.
Saturdays, *645, *7.l5, 500, eco, 1000. 1910.
ll.l5la M, IL 80 l.30, 20. &c., 340 90 800, $40,
6.45, so. tlU.00 p. m.
Sundays. $780, $780, 1000. 1910. IL Iii a. M. IL 80,
100. 220, 800, $40 40. 800. $40 $40 $50 p m.
LEAVE BURLINGTON FOR BRISTOL.
Daily except Saturdays and Sundays 400,
$3.50. $50 go l01o ll.oo, ll.SO a M. LOO, eco,
Saturdays, 800, *73U. $50, $50, 1920. II %.
ll30 M, LOO, 200, 240. TO- 400. 40, $40, $50,
%, 500, *l0l0 p. m.
Sundays, $50 $50, 1920, nOO ll;sO a. M, Loo,
zoo. 240. $40, 400. 440 5.2O $50, 7.05 500 p. M
Trips marked thus ~ are special trips, and
the company reserve the privilege TO with
draw them ON one weeks published notice.
On Fourth of J uly, the TRIPS willie the same
as Saturdays time table.
NO trips will be guaranteed in foggy weather.
WILLIAM L. DoRoN,
Sec'y. Treas. and GeIt'l Manager.
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Leading Up to 1t.

Bobbie = ou know them preserves
out in tn PANTRY wot you told me not
to eat?
Mother-Yes
Bobbie- You know you said they'd
make me sick if ! ct 'em. didn't you?
Mother-Yes.
Bobbie- Well. they didn't.-Ohio State
Journal
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The Blensine Of Poverty

what a blessin' is poverty" ex-
claimed the old man.
"A blessing?"
why. yes When you're real down
poor. you have SIGH good time hopin'
fer the bestr' Atlanta Constitution.
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From Sir John Lubbock we take this
ennobling thought: You may see in
shallow pool either the mud lying at
the bottom or the image Of the blue
sky above"
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Tuckerton Railroad.
Leave Mount Holly for Tuckertoil. $50 A. NJ,
40 P. NJ, daily except Sunday
Leave Tuckerton for Mount Holly, TOO A II :,
400 ?. NJ, daily except Sunday.
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\ History will show that the worst
quarrels are between former friends
and former lovers. -Atchison Globe.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-07-01
The WORT Tr0nFIe.

els there anything harder to bear
than real troubleY' asked the intellec-
tual man who sat next to me in the
smoker.
"Only imaginary trouble" he replied.
Judge.
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There are said to be 8. 600 temperance
serieties IN London
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A Loss All Around.

A short time ago two Englishmen on
a visit to Ireland hired a boat for the
purpose of having a sail. One of the
Britons, thinking he would have good
joke at Pats expense, asked him IL he
knew anything about astrology.
'1Be jabers, no." said Pat.
'"Then that's the best part of your
life just lost" answered the English
man.
The second Englishman then asked
Pat If he knew anything about theol-
ogy.
BE jabers, no." answered Pat.
"Well, l just guess that's the very
best part of your life lost" said the
second Englishman.
A few minutes later the boat cap
sized, and Pat began to swim. The
Britons, however, could not swim, and
both called loudly to Pat to help. them.
"Do you know anything about swim
ology?" asked Pat.
NO" answered both Englishmen.
"Well, be jabers," replied Pat. "then
both of your lives is lost"
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If you get rich. you must make mon
81 during dull times. -Atchison Globe.
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''Take care. Don't ride too near the
edge" Johnny cautioned as they refined
In on top of the bluff overlooking the
flooded lowlands A week of pouring
rain had left the whole world sodden.
Shallow rooted trees heavy with new
leaves toppled before little ruffiing
winds. Here and there a big bough
broke with its burden of sappy growth.
and everywhere caving banks and scar
red hillsidrs told of treacherous foot
holds
The bluff of gray limestone overhung
Che mill pond proper. Roses mill stood
stark and Idle, the race swallowed in
the whelming flood. A little way off,
upon a green swell, the big fire-new
Rose house Haunted gay walls and
staring tower. The doors stood wide;
otherwise there was no sign of habi
fancy.
Lois waved her hand toward it, say
ing. Johnny, when you are master
there you'll let me go up in that tower,
l hope. l have wanted to ever since l
watched the men building it, and I'M
less you take me up | know shall
never get there"
mo, you won't never git thar
woman's voice half screamed, half Sob
bed behind them. Jenny had bounced
upon them. mounted like themselves.
her black curls streaming free, eyes
blazing, lips narrowed to a scarlet line
in a death white face. She rode
straight at Lois, crying shakenly: 81
hate you so I'd kill you-ef 'twant that
you're on my groundi Go way, and
don't you never come nigh me no
n.orep'
Lois listened, her glance of superb
scorn softening to pity as the wild ii
rade ran on. Silently she refined her
horse aside, making to pass Jenny
Johnny pushed in between the two
girls. Jenny caught his arm. with a
shrill, sobbing cry: Don't leave me!
Let her go by herselfT
You are crazy or worse" he said
angrily, wrenching himself free. Jem-
my refined her horse upon its launches,
wheeled and spurred it madly at Lois.
Lois swerved, backing her horse. Then
all in twinkle the ground crumbled
beneath the animals feet. He went
rolling and crashing downward, to lano
In the deep water with mighty, sicl
sning splash.
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Does a Bad Ending Hurt the BoOlzf
Il L. ....rn,o..od 4hnA iAr sod o.,dirnrr Y


1t is rumored that its sad ending il
the cause of the comparative slacknes
pf sale of much doomed current no
d. Whether the bad ending is Fart
tic" or otherwise, the public, as ru
does not like it and is prone to steer
clear of the author who cultivates the
habit When William Black was writ
ing "Madeap Violet" he was beset
with letters, says Sir Wemyss Reid in
his biography of the novelist, urging
and begging him to end the novel hap
PLY. One letter read: "Oh surely the
last number of Macmillan was a
mistake! 49, 1 do wish you would
write another ending, or let me read
the one you had originally written. so
that l may be quite sure that my per
sistent conviction is true one-that
James Drummond and Violet are still
alive and are living happily ever after.
OF all characters In fiction none has
ever seemed so real to me as yours"
Then Black went to the pains of pub
fishing lengthy defense Of occasional
bad endings.
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chimney jamb, her Dresden china fig
ure thrown into high relief by the dusk
wainscot, fitted into her environment
as a flower fits into a clefted rock She
had on a pale blue frock foamy with
lace around neck and wrists. Her vel
low head rose up from the foam much
as crocus might push through melting
snowdrifts.
Johnny counted his seeds sedulously.
Seven of them showed plump and
brown in his big hand. Let's see!
six he loves, seven she loves Now,
who on earth can that beT' he said re-
fectively, pickering his brows.
Lois laughed tingling laugh. "You
know-without the seeds to TELL" she
said, her eyes dancing. And l know,
too. Grandad told me about Miss Jem-
my Roses kissing you nine times the
night of the play party"
I'D like to know who told himv'
Johnny growled, his face scarlet.
Lois laughed outright as she an
swered: "Why, Jenny herself stop
ped grandad in the road next day.
He's a lawyer, you know, and she
wanted to know If being kissed nine
times wasn't good ground for a breach
of promise suit"
"Oh, Lord! But you're making that
up. Most likely the major got it at the
store-the fellows were chatting me I'M
mercifully," Johnny broke in, his face
ambushed in both hands.
Lois sat up very straight and said
primly, You can believe ne or not, as
you please, but my news did come
straight from Miss Jenny"
'"Then / wish she was iIl-Halifax,
and married at that" Johnny cried,
getting up as he spoke-'married to
some six foot athletic Christian who
would thrash her about once week
for the first six months! That would
make q fine woman of her. Now she's
simply a healthy, keen witted animal,
with 100000 in its pockets"
"She must be great fun. I'd like to
talk to her, only she hates me like pol
son." Lois said.
Johnny sighed-a true sigh this time.
"She is great fun until you stop to
think" he said. Poor thing! When
you remember how her mother is in a
madhouse, her father roaring old rip
and that in all her life she has never
been crossed-why. you can't help but
be sorry for her."
81 always thought you had leanings
to missionary work. She is exactly
the field for it." Lois said, dimpling.
Johnny got up precipitately.
'I'm going home" he said Come
along with me. l know you want a
ride, and I'll bring you back safe to
your own gate"
81 do want to see the creek while it
is so high. Grandad says this is the
biggest freshet ever known" Lois an
swered Then. with smiling malice:
1--WE will go around by Roses mill. If
Miss Jenny sees us, she can do no
more than murder me-"
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1902-05-05
MRS. POTTER PALMER A WIDOW.
Hsr Husband, One Of Chcagos MutImll|'onares, DIED
Z This Morning.

Chicago, May 5.--Pottcr Palmer, for
half century one Of Chicago's most
prominent business men, Is dead, aged
rs. He leaves an estate estimated at
$25, 900. 900. A widow and two sons SUP
vive him.
Potter Palmer was born at Rensse-
laerviIle, New York, in 1926. He was
the son of farmer and at an early age
commenced to clerk in store and later
in bank at Durham, New York. He
engaged in business in Oneida county,
New York, and later at Lockport in the
same state. He removed to Chicago and
established dry goods store there,
which later became Field, Palmer and
Letter. He retired in 1867 and invested
his fortune in real estate and its i'm
provement. In 1871 he married Bertha
Honore, of Louisville, Kentucky. The
fire Of 1871 wiped out his income, but he
rebuilt the Palmer House and other
buildings and accumulated large for
tune again. He gave 100000 to the
Woman's Building of the Worlds Colum-
btan Exposition at Chicago, OF which
his wife was president of the board OF
lady managers.