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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-08-01

III O.. W. : Nickerson and J.. s. Baker
| were residents of Harwich. Capt.
Nickerson; as he was called, was "a
man fsmeans and very shreWd, Joe
was less fortunate. &: ..=.=$ 81. ~ HI
55= One day the captain met Joe !, and
said: Come over tonight = 3 Joe did
so, and as soon Sas. he entered the cap
tain home. the cap tain : took him into
a5distant room, closed all the windows
and doors securely and sRid ::.A'.rN low,
Joe, Will tell you the secret of@ get
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-08-01

Thoughtful people have doubts, but
doubts ought not to be the sum total
in life. Doubts ought to be like
clouds that by and by are swept from
the sky. We have got to have sun.
UP and sunlight, and the blanketing
of the clouds must some time be
torn away; and the sunlight must get
at the flowers Of the world. lest the
flowers fail to bloom and exhale per.
fume to the sky.-William A. Quayle.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-08-01
Can Walk Under Water.

wards, and explained his ability to
walk under water. The crowd was
skepttcal, so Lawton climbed into his
bathing suit again and gavel another
exhibition. He stayed under water
this time for As minutes. -,
He will allow no one to see his con-
trivance. He says it is of the sim
plest kind, and weighs little more
than a pound. :
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-08-01

encircled with a scarf of pale blue
crepe de chine, fringed with black and
white, and has bunch of glowing red
cherries to the front. The whole is
cool and crisp and colorful.
Cambria is favorite material, and
rs it launders so well has much to
recommend it. The pink cambrics are
very pretty-as seem all the pinks
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-08-01
Education;

Education may cause people to shun
manual labor, as some Of the philos-
ophers say, but 1t was never known to
increase anybody's antipathy to the
bathtub.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-08-01
PSVcho1opica1-

Emotional insanity which has been
defined as insanity while you watt
contains about SO parts of emotion to
one part Of insanity.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-08-01

s The wages of sin have aet materiel.l
~ changed in some thousands o.
years. ~ s.s s:5>z3=
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-08-01
Chinese Collins.

Chinese cofins are made Of timber
eight inches: to ten inches thick. 1T
is calculated, therefore, that !. over
5000, 900 feet Of timber is utilized
yearly for collins In China. 4 ~. E **=:@#
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-08-01
EGenteel Poverty !, e; tn,

s.,.s5 Il. :5 Gentesl Poverty.
S i ones income IS limited the gem
.eral rule IS that one must live and die
tn black zhat dies' ield
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-03-20

The great Nelson's sovereignty was
confined to the seas. On shore his val
ct, old Tom, ruled him completely. He
was no hero to Tom, but a boy to be
governed kindly, but firmly. To the
end Of his days the faithful old servant
ascrlbed his masters fate to the fact
that he was not aboard Nelson's ship
at Trafalgar. Tom had been every
where with Nelson until the time of
Trafalgar, says a contributor to gt.
James Budget. On that occasion he
was detained In London too late to so
to sea with Nelson, and ever afterward
he used to say:
IF l had only been there Lord Mel
son would not have been killed, for he
should not have put on that coat!
"He would mind me like child" the
old fellow would go on, "and when
found him bent on wearing his nnery
before battle always prevented him.
Tom he would say, I'll fight this
battle In my best coat
"'Oh, no, my lord, you shaun't,' I'd
say.
"But why, Tom 2 he'd say.
Why, my lord? You just ask No
questions, but fight the battle frst,' ia
say, and then I'll dress you up in all
your stars and garters, and you'll look
something like. But after the battle,
not before, my lord He got on his
best coat at Trafalgar because wasn't
there to prevent him. and It was the
end Of himw
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-03-20
A BOON FOR THE DRINkER.
The oppenheimsr Treatment For Al.
eoholism Will Remove All De-
sire For StimuIants Within
Forty eight Hours.

How often have we heard it said Of
the drinker, He is bright, clever
fellow and could make a mark for him.
self in the world if he would only stop
drinking?" And in many cases the
poor fellow who is doing the drinking
is only too anxious to rid himself Of
the terrible habit that he knows 10
dragging him down, but lacks the nee.
essary will power to do so.
He has the desire to quit, but so
strong has the passion for alcoholic
stimulants become that he is utterly
powerless to resist the craving. Re.
monstrances and pleadings from his
family and friends are futile. The will
power has become subservient to the
disease, and health can only be re-
gained by placing the Individual under
the care Of trained specialists in the
cure Of alcoholism.
The Oppenheimer Institute, New
York city, is administering a treat
ment for alcoholism that has received
the highest recommendations from
many OF the best known people in the
United States. The craving for stimu-
lants is totally eradicated within forty
eight hours and the patient restored to
normal health in few weeks. The
business of the patient is not inter-
fered with, nor is there publicity Of
any kind. The Institute will send lit
erature on the subject to any one max
ing request to the above address, and
the iAquirer may find that there is a
physician in his own town administer
Ing the treatment
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-03-20

In the healthy adult the average
growth Of the finger nails is one thirty
second part Of an inch per week. They
grow faster In health than In sickness
in summer than In winter, on the right
hand than on the left; fastest on the
middle finger and slowest ON ths
thumb and little finger. The finger
nails are, therefore, all renewed In
from 100 to 40 days. The toenails are
four times longer in growing than the
finger nails.
Some years ago many learned Asiat
les let their finger nails grow to such
an extent that 1t was said they often
exceeded the length Of the fingers, un.
der which they sometimes bent in the
strangest curves and folds. Travellers
gave the length as three inches and
even more. The best authorities give
the extreme length to which the finger
nails grow as Just upon two inches,
when they become corrugated and
break of.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-03-20

Laura Hahn Friswell, in her book,
tells this amusing anecdote OF William
e. Gladstone. Miss Friswell had been
to the wedding of Sir Edward and
Lady Ermyntrude Malet and was try
ing hard to get out Of the crush. II
heard voice saying: It's o'clockl
It's o'clocki We shall be late for the
house. Harcourt We must get out. ,
The speaker was just at the back Of
me and pushing dreadfuIIy; but l,
grasping my friends arm. stood back;
then l turned my head and saw Glad
stone and Sir William Harcourt
What do you mean by this ungen-
tlemanly behavior asked Indignant
~. We are late for the house, madam
returned the Grand Old Man And IL
that any reason why we should be kill
ed by those horses? II you were men.
you would keep the crowd back
She's right there whispered Har-
court. We must keep the crowd back.
l beg your pardon, madam Gladstone
looked very cross, but did as he was
requested and mUttered something
which took for an apology. They
kept back the crowd"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-03-20
ESTABLISHED 1875

pne nushed painfully. 1T Ii because
on you STILL even though I-have none.
She stopped abruptly and walked
over to the fireplace, then turned and
looked at him with proud. appealing
eyes
II have not money enough to educate
the boy properly" she said simply,
land there is no one / could come to
but youths father"
He did not answer her, but with one
quick step forward took her hands In
his.
Elizabeth" he said almost nercely,
II love you! I want your
Trembling, she leaned against the Ia
BILE
Love me? After all / did-the di-
vorce-the boy"
1.-THE fault was mine I loved you
through It all 1 have always loved
you. love you now
He looked searchingly at the sweet,
averted face, then, with a quick. happy
movement, drew her close.
1T was NOT until aIterWafd tn0t
knew how dearly l loved you" she
said. with a little catch like sob In
her voice.
That was tine dawn Of a new era.
The old silence is gone. and laughter
and the soft sound Of happy voices
echo through the house. 1 am fond Of
them all, the master with his merry
laugh, the mistress with her soft dark
eyes and gracious ways, the boy who
brings In troops Of his admiring friends
to see me.
If sometimes long for the days Of
my youth-for the silence Of the tenn
pie and the prayers of the faithful
what would you?
Allah alone Is perfect.
/ am content
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-03-20

That the barometer should be so i'm.
pOrtant factor In indicating meteoro
logical conditions Is to many an I'm.
solvable mystery. There should, how.
ever, be no difficulty in understanding
that the simple principle underlying
the construction Ia that the free and
unfettered air balances a column Of
mercury varying In height, according
to the circumstances of the moment
whose average elevation at the level OF
the sea Us thirty inches. 1t Is known
because directly ascertainable, that
thirty cubic inches Of mercury weigh
close upon fifteen pounds avoirdupois,
and therefore. as commonly expressed
the pressure Of the atmosphere is. un-
der normal conditions, fifteen pounds
on every square inch = equivalent to
nearly ton on square foot, more
than eight and half tons ON a square
yard and Of 100 tons on square Of
ten and quarter feet side. Scientific
calculation also places the aggregata
weight Of the atmospheric envelope
surrounding the world at about 5000
600, 0OO,O 900 Of tons, and this may be
represented as the weight Of solid
leaden ball having diameter OF sixty
miles. Such figures are really beyond
human comprehension.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-03-20
CLOSING PEKlNG'S GATES.


Noisy Ceremony Performed Daily Mt
the Chinese Capital.
The closing Of the gates in Picking
just because it goes on daily and may
apparently go on daily for centuries to
come is probably one Of the sights"
least witnessed and talked OF save by
those foreigners who may have chanc-
ed to run for IT. near closing time.
The daily performance is marked with
due ceremony which IL quaint and
full of interest to the intelligent on
locker, as the closing by no means
signifies the mere bringing together Of
the heavy wooden doors and barring
the emperor's highway against all
corners.
At the appointed hour a preliminary
signal is given by large gong or iron
shield being struck with big iron bar
Atty times In such quick succession as
almost to defy calculation. This Is
followed by signal of 100 blows re-
peated In precisely the same fashion
three times When the third and last
cycle of gong strokes is entered on a
number of old and at this season very
much bewadded and muffied up old
Charles" start series Of discordant
yells to all and sundry to hasten" or
they will be shut out. This combina-
ton of signals is followed by a JOS
ting stream of people in both direc-
tons.
Presently the rush slackens until
only a solitary pedestrian or possibly
a man on a donkey, full tilt, belated
rickshaw or heavily laden cart strug-
giles through. Then a movement is
made with the gates. yelling bursts out
afresh and another rush ensues, the
gates being meanwhile half closed and
occasionally opened a little way again
until, the outgoers having meanwhile
ceased, there is a final scrimmage to
get into the city, and the process Of
closing, which has taken some half
hour in all, is concluded.
The huge iron plated doors having
changed to, monster iron pole is drag
ged up and placed across them on iron
supports, being retained in position by
a paddock of enormous proportions
and of the we'll known Chinese type.
There are in all nineteen gates, and the
same ceremony Is observed at each,
but at such thoroughfares as the Hata-
men there is naturally more traffic,
and the process is probably proportion
atelv lonRer-Peking Times
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-03-20

Brong eiectrie'ngnI, unvII a suspicious
policeman gruffly ordered him to move
on.
When Joe had walked half q dozen
blocks, bordering the phenomenon. he
began to find lesson in it for himself
Why" his thoughts ran, that little
bunch Of grass has got more grit than
I have! It's shy a thinker to help II
out even. The Lord put that seed on
earth to grow. He didn't say, Find a
nice rich soil somewhere, grow If you
fssi like it and quit when you get dis
couraged.' No, sir. He just command
ed 1t to be what It's made to be. and,
by thunder, that seed didn't ask any
questions!
"And here / am" he went on in
wholesome self scorn, "a great big
hulking guy with Unsatisfactory
I'm supposed to have 'em-laying down
like a hound pup when things don't 90
to suit me. Mary, little sweetheart,
that bunch O. grass was missionary
set to growing out of brick wall Just
to show me what chump am. Well,
I've found out in time. No booze for
me! And II you say six years instead
Of six months I'll wait for you and be
proud to do it." With a light heart he
turned homeward.
Joe met diminutive messenger boy
at his own front gate. Yer name
Temple?" Queried the youngster This
10 fer you then"
BY the light Of q single match he
read the brief message:
Can't you coma over, Joef Maybe we
can compromise MARY.
Hey, you'll" shouted the boy in
amaxement as Joe, after rapturousiy
pressing the note to his lips, rushed
down the street. ANY answerr
YES but I'll deliver 1t myself" came
back to him.
Cautiously the youth tested with
strong teeth the dollar Temple had
given him; then grin oyerspread his
wizened face, and he reached up into
the frosty atmosphere as If to pull on
a rope. "Weddin' bells" he comment
ed laconically.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-03-20

Copyright, 1905. by L. G. PARCELS {
| am prayer rug = an antique
Gheordez" my master calls me-and I
lie in corner of the library before
the shelves that hold his choicest books.
The morning sunshine envolps me
In rich food Of yellow splendor; in
the evening the blazing logs in tina
fireplace caress me with dickering
shafts Of golden light; at night l lie
In the soft darkness and dream happily
Of the days Of my youth.
Allah is good. l am content
was an old rug, worn smooth by
the bare feet OF the faithful, even be-
fore | was taken from the temple and
brought to this strange country across
the seas. For months lay In dark,
evil smelling places, before that day
when / found myself once more In the
blessed sunlight amid a babel Of
strange sights and sounds. The wor-
shippers in this new temple swayed and
Jostled each other noisily; the priest
waved his arms madly. Going, going,
gone" he cried. Going, going, gone!"
Aside from the crowd, in the corner
where lay, two men were standing.
One talked earnestly to the other, who
listened with a certain embarrassment.
'Tell her what you have told ma"
said the first. go home to her new.
Get down on your knees and tell her
that you've made all kinds Of an ass
of yourself and you know It, Beg for
her forgiveness. Beg for one more
chance. Beg. for the boys sake, to be
allowed to try again"
The other man flushed DULY. 81 have
not been home for weeks" he said
huskily. Il couldn't I've done about
all the evil man can do-except that.
l couldn't go from that other crowd 10
her and the boy
"But you are done with all that now"
protested the first eagerly. you have
had your ding, and you've found It
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-03-20
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Some men don't care how dull bust
ness Is IL it is equally bad with their
rivals.
About the third time some people
show you kindness you fnd they
want to sell you something.
Patience Is that which you have to
have with others, but which no one IL
called upon to have with you.
Society Is a good deal like our rich
kin-we are mighty nice to its face,
but make fun Of it behind Its back.
Some people are like a worthless
team of horses-always have to be
helped when it comes to pulling load
uphill.
There is one way Of starting on the
pathway to get rich which is seldom
travelled these days-running a store
and living over it.
1t sometimes happens that defer
ence is shown a man not In recogni-
ton Of his greatness, but because he
will be cranky Of 1t isn't.-Atchison
Globe.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-03-20

The Turk practices no trade, engages
in no commerce. They have prOverb
which says, "The Frank has science
the American commerce, the Osmanli
majesty" But, as majesty won't I'LL
stomachs, those who do not serve as
soldiers strive to become functiOnaries,
and the men of the small villages, fall
ing in this. do nothing, and the work Of
the fields and house falls upon the
shoulders of the women. One chroni-
Gle states that occasionally the man OF
the house crochets stocking or minds
the baby for short period
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-03-20
They H.a No Dinner.

The observation-disclosures Of a certain
well known Scotch professor IL notori-
GUS. Not long ago he invited few Sc
lect friends to dine with him, and upon
their arrival, some short time before
the hour set apart for dinner, the pro-
lessor suggested a walk through the
conservatory and grounds until the
gong should sound the dinner hour.
After spending a short time inspect
Ing flowers. plants, ETC., host and
guests came suddenly to small gate
at the end OF the lawn. "Ah," said the
professor to his astonished guests, "as-
suredly this will be a much nearer way
home for you than going back to the
front" And, all unconscious Of his In
vitation to dinner. he opened the gate
and bowed his guests out.-London An
AWer6
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-03-20

ADe Eangford had been salvaging
sawlogs and boards from the river
with rope and hook and stood on the
bank when the disaster to the boat oc-
CURED. There were others higher up
and lower down who were startled by
the screams Of the girls, but not one
Of them grasped the situation. 1t was
left for Abe. On came his coat, vest
and shoes. and in he plunged. A score
Of men called to him that he could
meyer hope to tow the boat ashore, but
mat wasn't his plan. There was Just
a chance that II the girls kept quiet
and the boat was guided over the dan
bow first abe wouldn't fill or be upset
Abe caught it when 1t was yet fifty
feet from the plunge. and, whirIing II
about. he hung on to the stern and got
the bow pointed straight. Then he said
to the girls:
I'VE have got to go over the dam.
All Of you crouch down and hang on
for your lives. II you make one move
we shall all be drowned"
There was screaming and yelling and
shouting all along the banks, but Abe
Langford was not ratified. Two Of the
girls had tainted away, and the other
was dumb with fright The boat half
Allied, but foated through to safety,
and, guiding and swimming, Abe
brought her to the bank. He had done
brave deed, and his fellow towns
men We're unstinted in their praise.
He took 1t all in his humble way, and
a. soon as he could escape them he
went shiysring home.
Good lands, Abe Langford, but
what's the matter?" exclaimed the
wife on beholding his saturated con-
dition.
"Just saved three gals from drownd-
in" he replied.
Then you are a hero at lastr'
"Durn the luck, mol In all the sto-
ries I've ever read the hero marries the
gal whose life he saves There was
three Of 'em, and what am l goin' to
do about it? Besides, II there wasn't
but one I'd be married to you just the
same, wouldn't 1? tell you luck In
agin me, and shall never have q fair
show"
WAL, git OF your wet clothes and
msbbe you'n be chased by a mad bull
tomorrer," said the motherly wife as
she began drying his wet hair with a
towel.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-03-20

AS dead as doornail'' at nrst
seems utterly senseless, but becomes
lively and picturesque when we re-
member that knockers were once uni
versally used. Beneath the knocker, IN
order to prevent disfguring the door, q
large nail or bolt was driven. An i'm
patient caller. waiting for the door to
be opened. would frequently use the
knocker with great force, and the IT.
responsiveness Of the nail gave rise to
this expression.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-03-20

In one of the Tell-el-Amarna letters,
written during the eighteenth dynasty.
the king of Babylon accuses Ameno-
phis Ill of Egypt of sending him a
mass of base metal for gold. He says,
1.-THE twenty minas of gold you sent
me contained, when melted down, only
five minas Of pure gold. "-London
Post.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-03-20
JOE'S
MISSIONARY
Copyright, 1905. by Ruby Douglas
BY ~ y. Phillips


Little Mary Anderson was undoubt-
eddy pretty. She was brown and &lAhs.
Her erinkly hair was a jumbled poem.
Her big brown eyes were alight with
shifting fires, merriment and mischief
predominating. Joe Temple thought,
once or twice, that he had surprised q
tenderer light In their depths, but
Mary's pert little tongue and ringing
laugh promptly drove such ideas bel
ter skelter.
Joe was a light haired viking Of a
fellow, with muscles like a wrestler,
shoulders almost the width Of the door
and the best temper in the world. He
was teamster at the cereal food factory
where Mary worked. The little brown
maid attracted him. Her duty was to
pack the paper cartons in cases for
shipment and nail on the light covers
of the boxes. Almost every load some
how lacked one box and that the one
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-03-20

~
One of the habitues of SINNERS gro
Gerry, at the village of Skinnersville
was Abe Langford. He became a sit.
ter when he was twenty years old
and for twelve years he never missed
but one night. That was the night OF
his marriage to the Widow Durham
She was his senior by ten years, and
she married him mostly that he might
have mother. Every night, rain or
shine, summer or winter, Abe waa
there.
During the first year the old veterans
crowded him around somewhat, but
after that one of the cracker barrels
was marked with his Initials and duly
recognized as his throne.
AS for occupation. Abe was most
anything. He did days work here
and there. but the wife mainly support
ed the two of them by sewing for the
neighbors. Abe was mild hammered
and easy going, and he was not much
Of talker.
But Abe Langford's wife knew him
better than his fellow sitters. They
had often remarked among themselves
that he had no ambition. She knew
better. Under that quiet and humble
demeanor was hidden away an ambi-
ton the longed to soar and impa-
tiently waited its opportunity. Almost
every night when Abe reached home he
said:
"DOggone it, l don't amount "a
shucks and never will. Why hain't
as big a man as Deacon Whitef"
whats the deacon been doin'f'
"A horse thief tried to git into his
barn last night. and the dog woke the
deacon up, and he went out and yelled
at the fellow that II he didn't Git cut
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-03-20

Tennyson predicted the day of hi:
death. Just a year before his death
friends of the poet We're visiting Aid
worth House. The late Lord Selbornt
turned to Tennyson and remarked
You ought to be happy here" "Ah,'
sighed the poet, Il have only a yeal
to liver His hearers laughed at the
remark, but 1t was a prophetic asser
ton that was verified to the minute.