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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-04-07

pie were shouting and the darkness
began to be lit up by . fare Of Ere.
Jim Washington's frightened face ap-
peared at the door, and instantly
people were pushing toward the en-
trance.
They heard the cries. 1.-THE down
train wrecked She's catching fire!
Saved ourselves by six inchesi" Bur
ton was outside. one Of the crowd
that surged about a line Of halted
cars, two Of which lay on their sides
amid a debris Of wreckage. In front
the engine puffed and screamed, like
the head Of dismembered centipede
in aspect The passengers in the two
cars seemed to have escaped by q
miracle. Nobody was hurt-Rnd the
line was strewn with fragments from
the wreck.
Hours seemed to pass. The passen-
gers on both trains waited. their num-
bers augmented by gathering country
men. 1t was evident that the line
would have to be cleared before the
up-train could move. As for the
down-train, lacking crew would
have to place her on the metals again.
At intervals rumors Of help arrived,
but these proved vain.
Burton had not spoken to Hilda
Mercer. He was paralyzed by this
slow flight of the hours that brought
each nearer to the catastrophe OF the
morning. He did not even notice the
arrival Of the wrecking train till
somebody tuched his shoulder. Then
he looked up to see Jim standing
over him
We're going on in five minutes.
boss" said the darkey.
Burton got up unsteadily. I'm mot
going on" he muttered.
TITS all right, boss" replied the
porter. "The lines clear and the
down-train's getting ready to start.
She'll reach New York by midnight.
Well both have to make up time"
New York;" cried Burton, and
suddenly the miracle was made clear
to him. He ran into the car Hilda
Mercer was seated in her section;
her head dropped as though she were
doing. Burton snatched up her suit
case.
"Hildal" he cried, we're going
back-going home That trains 60
ing to make New York by midnight
Hurry! We've both got our chance
to make amendment"
She saw the vision that he saw,
and her heart leaped in measureless
contentment. A chance to try again!
If they had not met, II they had not
been tempted, they would never have
known the happiness that comes from
accepting life.
Burton helped her aboard the down
train. He took her suitcase and
placed it upon q seat. and they sat
down together. As they did so Bur-
ton saw the man in the up-train star
ing out Of the window. He turned to
Hilda.
We're going to make the most Of
life now" he whispered. And I'm
going to call on you and VIII soms
day."
She leaned back happily; and then
1t was he realized that his love had
not proved vain, even though it had
failed.
Copyright. 1919, by W. q. Chapman.)
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-04-07
FEARFUL FOR HIS HEALTH
Solicitous as to Amount Of
Beverage He Takes

did you ever notice." asked the ex-
tank. making rings on the bar with
his glass Of milk and vichy, "how
solicitous his friends always are for
the health of the man on the water
wagon? Now. like to drop in with
the bunch and surround a settler lem
onade or 80 while they are imbibing
but 1t is really spoiled for me by the
way they worry.
In the old days nobody ever trou-
bled himself about my constitution
None of the gang ever stopped me as
was about to take my sixth highball
and said. Don't, old man; that will en-
large your spleen, and put hobnails
on your liver, and give you Bright's
disease Not at all. You could go
on drinking highballs all night, with
never a warning word.
But now, after l have taken my
third seltzer and aromatic spirits, the
boys begin to look thoroughly dis
quieted. Don't take any more of that
stuff. thew urge; 1t stimulates the
heart action, and If you take half a
dozen of them you are likely to drop
dead right here in the bar. Just stand
pat on those two you've had or take a
cigar
"Or If I'm drinking some Of thes.
fermented milk drinks can't get pas
the third or fourth glass without tn
conversation halting. and look of rea
anxiety overspreading every fa,@
stop it, old man. they say, and they 4
not joking; they're really worriC
You've had three of those alreadV
and all that acid stuff in your stomac
Is sure to give you indigestion. I
you keep 1t up. your indigestion will
be chronic
AS for the warnings I've had about
ginger ale. I've laughed at EN- SO
often that the boys now have got lit
tie skittish and don't talk SO much
about it. What I'm driving at is that
all this isn't put on; they really do
feel troubled on my account and dis
play fatherly solicitude that is &C
tually touching. I'm almost tempted
to fall off the water wagon long
enough to see If any Of them will warn
me that whisky stimulates the heart
and that beer is had for the kidners.
VIII they? You have one guess"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-04-07
Protection Against Lightning.

Coral necklaces have often been
worn for warding off lightning; also an
eagles plume, as that bird is supposed
to be quite invulnerable to lightning
from Its connection with Jupiter The
Romans were also much addicted to
wearing bay leaves as a preventative
The laurel. the holly and the fig trees
are supposed to be quite free from
evil effects of lightning The elder
Pliny said: Lightning never strikes
the laurel"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-04-07
LEGAL Terms Bother Her.

Legal terms are at times likely to
bother the best of us, so no wonder
that occasionally they stump some Of
the negro citizens that find their way
into the courts.
The other day Mamie Rose of Vim
cent Alley was up before Justice Gold
en- In the Northwestern police station
charged with assaulting Alice Cooper,
a neighbor.
The facts in the case had been
threshed out when Justice Golden an
nounced that he would hold the case
sub-curia.
Mamie pondered a minute, and then
leaning over the brass railing. said:
Judge, can't understand this law
talk; just tell me how long this sub
curia means In jail. Baltimore
News
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-04-07
DANDRUFF,. FALLING
HAIR STOPPED
Harmless, DID, Fashioned REM
edy Brings Back Color to Gray
Hair and Makes It Grow.

How many old-fashioned remedies are
being used, which goes to show that it
is hard to improve some of our grand
mothers old-time, tried remedies. For in
stance, for keeping the hair dark. soft and
glossy nothing equals our grandmotherS
"sage tea" Although, by the addition o.
sulphur and other Ingredients, this old,
fashioned brew has been made more eff
fective as a scalp Itonic and color re-
Nowadays, when our hair comes out N
gets faded or gray, instead of going to
the garden or garnet for herbs and
making the stea" ourselves, we simply
go to the nearest drug store and ask fm
bottle of Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur
Hair Remedy.
Druggists are authorized to sell it
under guarantee that the money will be
refunded il 1t fails to do exactly as rep
resented.
This preparation is offered to The
public at fifty cents a bottle. and ;e
recommended and sold by all druggists
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-04-07
Need Bear Mo- Enamy.

The gigantic devilfish OF southern
waters, which will grow to 20 feet in
width, bears but single young one
at birth, the mother retaining 1t In
side her body until it has grown to
be four feet broad. The youthful devil
fish coming into the world so big 10
in but little danger Of an enemy.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-04-07
Mouse Proved a Friend.

A mouse saved q family from
death from the fumes Of gas escaping
from a fallen chandelier in the dining
room of house in Sheffield. England.
The fumes drove the mouse upstairs
to a bedroom. where 1t scampered
across the bed and awakened Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Turner, the occupants.
Startled. without knowing the cause,
they made an investigation Of the
house, and discovered the escape of
gas. They flung open the windows.
and then returned to the bedroom.
where they found the mouse dead on
the pillow.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-04-07
ln the prohlbltIon State.

Got any gasoline?" asked the tour
list stopping at the rural garage
SORRY, mister" said the manager
but ye come jest mite too late. My
wife's putin up some branded
peaches fer them summer boarders,
and we used the last drap yesterday. >
judge,
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-04-07
Art of Living.

The art of living resembles wrestling
more than dancing, for here man does
not know his movement and his meas
ure beforehand. No; he is obliged to
stand strong against chance, and Sc
cure himself as occasion shall Offer
Marcus Aurelius.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-04-07
venomous Mexican scorDIons

There are several varieties of scor-
pions in Mexico. some of them exceed
ingly venomous and others little fear
ed. In the neighborhood of Topic the
virulent centuris gracillis abounds,
but 1t is little known about the more
northern state of Sonora 1t is one Of
the most venomous creatures in the
world
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-04-07
How Il Happened.

Ethel-"Did you know Josie had
thrown Frank over?" Mabel Good
ness, no! Why?" Ethel-"Oh, the
wretch stopped calling and writing,
and all that, | understand. Judge.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-04-07

iHdCkcFdyb unique OisttHCtlous
Thackeray stands alone, according
to a gatherer of unconsidered trifes,
in that he is about the only man Of
genius who poss essed yellow hair.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1914-07-03

homework and get along upoa the
barest necessities. He had driven his
son away from home and then blamed
him for not returning, humble and
penitent. Most of his time was spent
in his garden. 1t was the only thing
ne seemed to care for
Having given his wife orders to
write that they had no place for their
grandchild, the old man took it for
granted that the matter was settled
and walked out of the house.
1t was on the second of July that
Jonathan BRADSHAW, who was busy in
his garden, heard the hinges Of the
gate squeaking. He looked up and
saw little boy who had just stepped
inside. No little boy had ever entered
there before. Jonathan Crabshaw's
garden was forbidden territory. Even
his wife was afraid to go into it.
The little boy stood for awhile, look
ing at the hard" old man who was
half leaning upon his hoe.
WELL" the old man asked, what do
you WaLL mere
II want to come in and help you,"
the little boy replied.
Get out!"
Are you my grandpa? z"
Your grandpa? What do you
mean?"
I'm Henry. Grandma told NE you
was out here all alone"
Jonathan BRADSHAW dropped his hoe
and began rubbing the dirt from his
hands.
How did you get here?" he asked.
Il came all by myself on the train, "
the little boy said. "My papa put me
in the car and grandma was waiting
for me when I got here. My mamma
is very sick"
There was big apple tree in one
corner of the garden, near the gate.
Under it was a seat which Jonathan
BRADSHAW had made for himself. He
went to it and sat down.
Come here" he said.
The little boy went to him and
leaned upon his knee.
The old man had hard" look, but
in spite of that the little boy bore q
strong resemblance to him.
$50 your names Henry, Is it?'
yes And your names grandpa.
isn't it?"
The hard" look seemed to fade out
of Jonathan Crabshaws face.
Well" he said with something that
was almost smile, that amt exactly
my name, but you can call me 1t.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1914-07-03
WESTERN CANADA'S
NATURAL RESOURCES
PETROLEUM, NATURAL GAS, COAL
AND FARM LANDS.

The developments that have taken
place recently in the oil and gas fields
Of Western Canada have but added
another to the many previous evil
dences that have been produced,
showing the great wealth that has
been an unknown asset for so many
generations.
The latest reports from the OIL
fields at Calgary show that there is a
production there that would appear
to equal the best paying fields on the
continent. Experts have been on the
ground for some time. 1t is said that
one Of the wells is able to produce
1000 gallons an hour. If this Is so
there are but about a dozen wells in
the world Of greater production. Dur
ing the past week discoveries Of sur
face indications have been made which
show that oil exists over a consider
able portion of Alberta and Saskatche-
wan, while in Manitoba there have al
SO been showings. At Battleford,
Saskatchewan, a few days ago discov-
cries were made which led to the fill
ing for leases on twenty thousand
acres of land, all having strong sur
face indications. Companies were
formed to carry on immediate work.
and in couple of months, or probably
less, the story will be told whether oil
exists in paying quantities.
But there are also the coal deposits
and the natural gas deposits that are
helping to make Of Western Canada
one of the wealthiest portions of the
continent.
With the grain fields covering these
hidden riches it is no wonder that a
continued range of optimism is to be
seen everywhere. Early reports OF
seeding of all grains being successful
ly completed all over the country are
followed by reports of excellent and
strong growth everywhere. During
the first week in June most Of the
wheat had reached a growth of from
twelve to twenty inches, with the most
even appearance, almost universally,
that has been seen for years. Oats
appeared equally we'll, and covered the
ground in a way that brought the
broadcast kind Of grin to overspread
the farmers countenance.
Barley, favorite with the hog rails
ers, had taken good root, and was
crowding oats for first place, as to
length Of shoot. Cultivated fodder
grasses are getting great attention.
as q consequence of the inclination to
go more largely into mixed farming,
and the raising Of hogs, cattle and
horses. The weather is reported fine,
just what is needed, and if present
favorable conditions continue, the
grain crop Of Western Canada for 1914
will be the largest average in the his
tory Of the country .-Advertisement
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1914-07-03
Teaching the Children.

In the Woman's Home Companion
appears department called "The Elk
change" in which various contributors
give household suggestions. A Texas
woman tells, as follows, how she has
taught her children to pick up their
playthings
Being a busy homekeeper with
three healthy babies to watch over, l
try to teach them to help themselves.
One great problem is to get scattered
toys picked up and put away in proper
places. 1 secured a good-sized soap
box, which I covered neatly with
denim, and to which / fastened four
casters. At night this is our freight
train and it's a very simple matter to
get my men to push the car around
and collect scattered freight (toys)."
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1914-07-03

walk the floor. could not lie down or
sit still sometimes for day and night
at time. was nervous, and had very
little appetite, no ambition, melancholy,
and often felt as though I had not q
friend in the world. After I had tried
most every female remedy without suc-
cess, my mother-in-law advised me To
take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. / did so and gained In
strength every day. I have now no trou~
BILE in any way and highly praise your
medicine. 1t advertises itself. '-Mrs.
S. T. HURLEY, Eldon, Missouri.
Remember, the remedy which did
this was Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. For sale everywhere.
1t has helped thousands of women
who have been troubled with displace-
ments, inflammation, liberation, tumors,
irregularities, periodic pains, backache,
that bearing down feeling, indigestion,
and nervous prostration, after all other
means have failed. Why don't you try
it? Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co.
Lynn, Mass.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1914-07-03
ON EGYPT'S FAMOUS RIVER
Sailing on Its Placid Waters Rowera
Weirdly Chant as They Tug
at Their Cars.

AS we sat on deck, beneath the min
arets of the mosque, the skies slowly
turned from orange to lilac and purple
OF night, throwing a strange pink light
over the city's buildings, Ariche Bell
writes in the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The minOsa trees and date palms be-
came black and great white cranes,
seemingly knowing that their wings
had an appropriate background, cir
cled over our heads, over the deep
azure river and over the many white
sailed dahabeahs that were floating
along In the breezeless night propelled
by rowers who were chanting weirdly
as they tugged at the oars.
Dimly we could see the black draped
figures of numberless women approach
the rivers brink and we knew that the
splashes in the water were caused by
the dropping of the heavy jugs, which
they twirl around till they are filled,
after which they raise them laborious-
ly to their heads and then skip up the
banks and disappear in the darkness of
the night
The sounds of the city ceased and all
was quiet. All but the plaintive lay of
a piper who must have been some
where not far Off on the bank of the
river. 1t seemed that he was playing
the love song of Larbi or Benz Mora.
1t was monotonous and drowsy and in
voked sleep. In the morning before
dawn | heard the boys pulling the
stake near my window. I had fallen
asleep to native music, and now | was
awakened by their song. AS we start
ed up the river, the clarion call of the
muezzin rang out from the minaret.
For good Mohammedans it meant that
a new day had begun-but for inf1del
Americans, there were several addi-
tional hours of sleep.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1914-07-03
HEIR TO AUSTRIAN THRONE
AND CONSORT ASSASSINATED
Anarchists Make Death Sure by Using Bomb and Pistol Cap
itaI of Bosnia-SIayer Aware That Victim Wore Shirt
of Mail, Aims at Head.

Sarayevo, Bosnia, June 29.-The
Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the
throne of Austria-Hungary, and his
morganatic wife, the Duchess of Ho-
henberg, were assassinated while drlv-
ing through the streets OF this city yes
terday morning.
Two attempts were made on the
lives of the royal party. bomb was
thrown at their motor car, which was
warded off by the archduke, and MS
car passed before it exploded under
the next car, which contained two or
his aids, who were slightly injured.
Later on a man, said to be a young
Servian student, fired two shots at the
royal car and the archduke and the
duchess were killed
With them at the time was the gov
ernor of the city, who escaped injury.
The bodies of his murdered compan-
ions collapsed across him and pro-
tected him.
Latest of Many Murders.
This adds another sad chapter to
the life of the aged emperor, Francis
Joseph, during whose reign many grim
tragedies have occurred
The Archduke Francis Ferdinand
and the Duchess of Hohenberg started
out this morning in their automobile
to attend a reception in their honor at
the town hall
Suddenly a man named Gabriono-
vics, who was standing among the
crowd on the sidewalk, threw bomb
at the royal car,
The archduke saw it coming and
warded it off with his arm, and the
bomb fell to the street. 1t did not
explode until after the archduke's car
had passed
Colonel and Count Wounded.
When the explosion occurred it re-
suited in the wounding of Col. MorizZi,
aid de camp to the archduke, and
Count Ross Waldeck, who occupied
the car Immediately behind that Of the
archduke.
Six persons among the spectators
were more or less seriously injured.
The bomb was filled with nails and
lead filings and the explosion was vio-
lent The iron shutters on many
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1914-07-03

You've got another grandpa, though.
haven't you?"
Yes, but l don't think like him
as well as I like you
why not?"
'He hasn't any nice garden like this,
and he never sat under nice big tree
like this alone with me. Why doesn't
grandma come out here with us?"
tt don't know. Maybe we will
have her come out here with us some
time"
Grandpa, do you know what?"
"No. What?"
DAY after tomorrow's the Fourth of
July"
Good gracious! Is it?"
Yes. You have the Fourth of July
here, don't your"
"Of course we do"
And fireworks?"
Fireworks? I'm, yes, we have fire.
works here, too
"Goody! Well have some, won't
we?"
Certainly. And your names
Henry?"
But that's only part of it."
ooh! What's the rest of it,"
my name is Jonathan Henry Crab
shaw"
A rough old hand was laid gently
upon the little boys head.
How would you like it If I called
you Jonathan instead of Henry?"
"I'd like it. That's what papa al
ways calls me when I do anything
that makes him glad"
Jonathan Crabshaw's contribution to
the celebration fund made it possible
for Paddington to put 1t all over"
Greenville in the matter Of Fourth of
July fireworks. When the old man
and his wife and their little boy got
home after witnessing the splendid
display Mr.. BRADSHAW said:
Mother, I never really knew before
what the Fourth Of July was for. Amt
it been a glorious day all around?"
Then he kissed the little boy and
after that he put an arm around his
wife and kissed her and said:
TIN mighty glad Mary's out of dan
ger. AS soon as she's well e8ough to
get around again | guess we better go
up there and see about buyin' 'em
house. Little Jonathan ought to have
a nice yard to play in, and l can show
him how to start a garden Of his own"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1914-07-03

how much the people of Greenville are
goin' to spend celebratin'? Let 'em
spend a million if they can raise it..
They'll only have that much less to
spend for things that might do their
town some good"
But don't you see," said Thomas
Sturgeon, that we can't afford to let
Greenville get ahead Of Paddington in
this matter? Since the old-fashioned
way of celebrating the Fourth has
been done away with every town that
amounts to anything has general dis
play which is for the benefit of every
body By stopping the sale of danger
GUS explosives and all that sort of
thing we can have a day of comfort
and safety; but we owe something to
the youngsters, SO we propose to have
@ fine exhibition of fireworks in the
evening. 1t will be in charge of men
who know how to handle such things,
and you can readily see that it will be
much bigger and more thrilling than
1t would be If everybody celebrated
in his own way. Besides, there will be
no chance for the boys to lose their
fingers or have their eyes put out.
The people of Greenville have been
boasting that they beat our town in
everything, and we want to show them
for once that they can't do it. Don't
you feel that you can afford to con-
tribute a couple Of dollars 2"
mo, I wouldn't contribute a couple
of cents for any ouch foolishness. |
tell you it's all poppycock, It's nothin'
more nor less than burnin' money up.
What's the use teachin' the kids that
they're to expect something every time
we prevent 'em from actin like a lot
of crazy young savages. I'm glad the
shcotin' has been stopped. [ wish
they'd stop everything and
all. Them's my sentiments, and that's
all I've got to say"
It was on the following day that
Jonathan Crabshaw's wife received a
letter from their son in the city.
Jonathan" she said when he came
in from the garden, "William's wife's
got to go to the hospital"
That's just like them city women,
he grumbled. They're always goin'
to hospitals. If William had married
girl from the country he'd be a
blamed sight better off than he is.
Why is he writin' to us about her
goin' to the hospital, anyhow?
s'pose he's hard up and wants money,
eh?''
I'm afraid your hearts hardened,
pa" Mrs. BRADSHAW replied. What's
the use feelin' so bitter? Williams
the only child we've got, and if his
wife amt our kind that's no reason
why we should treat him as If he was
our worst enemy. l s'pose he thought
it would be different when he married
her Now she's got the appendicitis
and there's no KNOWN what may hap
pen. He wants to send little Henry