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The semi-weekly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1879-1882, 1881-11-10
VINcENTowN.,

VINoENTowN.-
Warren P. Chase Greenback Sena-
tor from California, delivered an ad-
dress on Friday evening on the sub
ject Of Finance. He Informed his
hearers that the party which he re-
presented was DOT dead nor sleeping,
but thoroughly organized and at work
for the campaign of 1884. He also
said that the Democrats of Iowa must
take back seat in order to give the
second place to the Greenbackers at
The election. His arguments on the
money question ara very hard to refute
and no doubt will gain many converts
The semi-weekly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1879-1882, 1881-11-10

KidneyWort moves the bowels regu-
larly, cleanses the blood, and radically
cures kidney disease, gravel, piles, bilious
headache, and pains which are caused by
disordered liver and kidneys. Thousands
have been cured-why should you not
try il? Your druggist will tell yon that
it is one Of the most successful medicines
ever known. II is sold in both Liquid
and Dry form, and its action is positive
and sure in either.-Dallas TEXAS Herald.
The semi-weekly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1879-1882, 1881-11-10
TABERNACLE.

TABERNAcLE.-
We have been having stormy
week. The rain which began on Sun
day last, continued little at time,
up to Thursday night. Friday was
the. first clear day we had last week.
The cunning season has opened.
Some of our sportsmen in order to get
the first shot, started out a day or two
ahead of time. The game is rather
scarce, no doubt owing to the unus-
ually severe winter of last year.
The corn crop is turning out much
better than was expected. It will not
be very much behind the ordinary
yield.
The blacksmith shop, recently vaca-
ted by Clayton Sapp, who has removed
to Vincentown, is still unoccupied.
1t is good stand for the business and
will, no doubt, soon fad good tenant
to carry on the business.
The semi-weekly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1879-1882, 1881-11-10
BRowN's MILLS

DhOWN b MlLLS.-
Who is to be the new clerk ? Who
is to be the new miller ? Just as ex-
pected, one set would have all; bust
ness good for nothing, like it used to
be; whortleberries will be no price
next summer, they are the right ones
to have the store, and many other
similar phrases seem to be the main
topics of conversation in the bar room
and other places of common resort.
R. W. Barry, who came from Han
over, Pa, last spring and started a
grocery, and who is in trouble with s.
:. Kelly, deputy internal revenue
/ Inspector, has sold out aud taken
an interest in . paper GALE the Bee
The semi-weekly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1879-1882, 1881-11-10

When a man steals an article from
any person aud it is we'll known who
the thief is he is most always arrested
Down at Yorktown they let such Grim
inals go free, if we are to judge by
what Mount Holly officer did when
he was there. A watch was taken
fron member Of Co. F while he was
asleep by said officer, and afterwards
returned to the young man when he
bad given up all hope of seeing it
again. We will say that it was done
to scare him and they succeeded we'll.
The semi-weekly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1879-1882, 1881-11-10
MARRIED.

October 3lst, at Burlington, by Rev.
R. Lloyd Goldsborough, Samuel johnson
and Mary, daughter Of Elijah Moore.
November 9TH, at Medford, by Rev. G.
R. Snyder, Irwin A. Maxwell Of Absecon
and Hannah r. Carly of Chairville.
October 18th, at Riverside, by Rev. E.
r. Parvin, Rudolph B. Evans of East
Pennsville and Katie L. Halle Of River
side.
The semi-weekly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1879-1882, 1881-11-10

"Bh l5fonk our popular local ex-
pressman brought jug Of vinegar"
from Philadelphia the other day for
Thomas Phares, who keeps the shop
near the depot. Tom refused to re-
ceive it, giving as his reason that it
was below proof, saud demanded his
money back. On being refused this
request he let fly at Bill but missed
his mark by about q foot. Tom says
that unless his money is refunded he
will bring suit for breach-of-promise,
or something OF that sort.
The semi-weekly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1879-1882, 1881-11-10

On Tuesday evening fight was
started in Regan's hotel between Will
liam Curtin, Thomas Smith and a few
others. The combatants we're separa-
ted and afterwards when Smith was
10 the Arcade hotel Curtin approached
him from behind and struck him.
Curtin was promptly put out and what
at fret looked Ike serious fight was
terminated without further trouble.
The semi-weekly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1879-1882, 1881-11-10

John r. Howelps majority in Nor
champion township tallies exactly with
the entire vote received in both dis
tricts by the highest candidates on the
Republican ticket LAST spring.
The semi-weekly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1879-1882, 1881-11-10

Some lady Of this town should take
the agency for that popular and useful
book, "Practical Housekeeping"
issued by Buckeye Publishing Co.,
Minneapolis, MINI. Every house.
keeper needs a copy. Address the
publishers for terms. Commissions
largssfe
The semi-weekly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1879-1882, 1881-11-10

An adjourned session of the Bur
lington County Courts commenced on
Tuesday, and the Riverside riot case
in which Gallagher of Camden is i'm
plicated is being tried.
The semi-weekly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1879-1882, 1881-11-10

We have heard several complaints
from farmers that gunners in quest of
game are already running over their
premises 10 the most unceremonious
manner.
The semi-weekly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1879-1882, 1881-11-10

Now is the time for lovers of
autumn leaves and ferns to gather
their supplies for household decora-
ton during the winter.
The semi-weekly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1879-1882, 1881-11-10

By refusing to receive or pay out
mutilated coin, the nuisance is being
driven out of circulation. 1t is the
only way.
The semi-weekly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1879-1882, 1881-11-10
DIED.

November 81, at Vincentown, Rebecca,
wife of John Doron, aged 70 years.
November 9th, at Beverly, Col. j. K
Hafey, aged 81 years.
November 81, Hannah Earle, eldest
daughter Of the late Judge J. Larzelere
of Burlington.
November 1st, at Burlington, Harrie'
NJ, wife of John Alexander, in the 18th
year of his age.
October 18th, at Bridgeboro, John M
Gennett, in the 18th year of his age.
On the 9Th instant, at her late resi-
dence, West Hill, near Burlington, Ellis
P. Guerney, in the 81st year of her age
Funeral at Friends meeting house
Burlington, on Sixth-dsy, 11th inst, al
11.30 A. M.
The semi-weekly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1879-1882, 1881-11-10

a7he Semi Weekly Ne,os" has a
larger circulation IN Burlington county
than any paper published outside Of
Mount HoHy.
The semi-weekly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1879-1882, 1881-11-10

The above returns almost complete and the mae will
hoseo
The semi-weekly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1879-1882, 1881-11-10
MAJORITIES BY TOWNSHIPS.

Assembly
Sheriff surrogse Coecr Auditor Steward D. I'd D. Sd D.
The semi-weekly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1879-1882, 1881-11-10

When is Bartlett to hold his cleo
ton /?
The semi-weekly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1879-1882, 1881-11-10
BURLINGTON
ROB'T B. CARTER,

Err, EDITOR
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-05-26
4 Natural Bridge Of Snnm.

The Downieville (Cal) Messenger
describes an interesting spectacle 10 be
seen on the East fork of the Yuba river,
about five miles above Downieville. It
is an immense snow-slide, which COM
pletely covers the river for a distance of
several hundred feet. This slide formed
q year ago this winter, and was then
perhaps seventy-five feet deep. The
summer sun of last year failed to melt
IL. and IL is now, with some Of the win
ter's snow, at least forty feet in derth,
the old snow being as hard rs ice almost.
The river has worn It's way through and
the arch is a. regular as though formed
Of human hands. 1bere will doubtless
be plenty of snow there all summer, a.
IL lies in a gorge where the sun strikes
IL only few hours in tho day.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-05-26

Another wonder of electricity is re-
ported, this time from Europe. An eI-
pertinent has just been made with an
improved telephone, 10y which con-
vcrsa;ion was carried on across the Eng
liah channel between Dover, in England,
and Calais, in France. The experiment
is said 10 have been wholly successful
and satisfactory. words whispered into
the apparatus at one end Of the cable
being 80 distinctly heard at the other
that the mere tones Of the voice Of the
person speaking were distinguishable.
AT the same time the human voice was
being transmitted through zone of.thc
wires Of the cable, the other wires were
used for ordinary telegraph messages,
and this, too, during the busiest part Of
the day, when the wires were in un-
ceasing rcquisition. 4 number of emf
nent scientific gentlemen were present
al the testing Of he new invention,
which is called the clectrophonc, and
were enthusiastic over its success. The
correspondent who reports the facts
predicts most important results from
the invention, saying: " There can be
no longer any doubt that it is perfectly
practicable to converse across or rather
under the sea by means of any sub
marine cable, and the success of the
experiment opens mp vistas of the posi-
bilities Of rapid communication that a
few years ago would have belonged TO
the realms Of dreamland alone. The
inventor maintains that it is just as easy
to talk across the Atlantic as from one
room TO another, and he has succeeded
so we'll in the first practical ILLUSTRATION
of his apparatus that one is scarcely
justified in doubting his assertion that
he has found out system by which
words spoken from the other side OF the
ocean can be fixed on their arrival here
and treasured up for further use"
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-05-26
The Magic of Numbers.

Numbers are supposed 10 be Of magic
import. and have been used from time
immemorial for purposes Of divination.
Different nations set different store on
numbers. The Bedui of Java regard
the number one with superstition. One
day, for instance, is appropriated for
carrying home the grain, and what
cannot be carried home on that day is
left TO waste in the field.
Several nations regard three SIS the
most important number. According to
the Brahmins there are three supreme
powers, a creating, preserving and a
destroying. Among the ancient Greeks
three was a magic number Jupiter had
his triform symbol, or thrce-forked
lightning, Neptune, the trident, and
Pluto, the dog Cerberus with three
heads. TheRosicrucianst taught that there
were three orders of angels, the Tere-
phim, the Seraphim, and the Cherubin.
The Magi presented three gifts, gold,
lfiih huu lAhhAtttANfs NhiNh Vii ~ N1~
tom SAYS signified that Christ was man,
king and God.
The Pythagoreans held four TO be
sacred, and swore by that number.
The rabbinical writers thought that six
was the important number. They say
that the world was created in six days,
a servant had to serve six years, the soil
was titled six years, and Job had six
tribulations In Rome six was ominous
of evil.
Seven is regarded as number of
strong import. Naaman was told to
wash in Jordan seven times. Elijah
sent his servant seven times 10 look for
rain, Jericho Was encompassed seven
times, and Jacob served seven years for
each Of his wives II is believed that
the constitution changes every seven
years and that trouble ends after seven
years. The seventh son Of the seventh
son is born physician, and can some
times heal by the power Of touch; and
the seventh daughter Of the seventh
daughter sets up her claims rs secrcss.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-05-26
A Song for the Girl l Love.

A song for tho girl love
God love her
A song for the eyes of tonder shine,
And the fragrant mouth that melts on mine,
Tho simmering trcsses uncontrolled
That clasp her neck with tendril gold;
The blossom mouth and the dainty chin
And the little dimpcs out and in
The girl loves.
God love her
song for the girl loved
tod loyo her
A song for the eyes of faded light,
And the check whose rod rose waned to whlto
Tho quiet brow with it's shadow and gloam'
md the dark hair dropped in long, deep
dream;
The small hands crossed for their churehyard
rest
And tho lilies dead on her sweet dead breast.
The girl loved
God love her !
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-05-26
The White Mountains.


The Indians, il is known, inhabited
these mountains long before the settle
ment OF any portion of New England by
whites. But their villages we're chiefly
situated upon the skirts, where the
hunting and fishing were good, and the
ground favorable to their primitive
mode OF cultivating it. His infallible
eye for the best sites is sufficiently eu-
dent, since we find the Indians uncouth
wigwam invariably succeeded by the
most important settlements Of the Eng
lish.
Otherwise, the mountains were for the
American Indian, as for the natural
man in all ages "A sealed book. He re-
garded them not only as an image, but
as the actual dwelling place Of Omnipo-
tence. His dreaded Manitou. whose
voice was the thunder, whose anger the
lightning, and on whose face no mortal
could look and live, was the counter
/ part Of the terrible Thor, the Icelandic
! god, throned in a palace Of ice, among
frozen and inaccessible peaks So far
| then as he was concerned the mountain
remained inyiolate, inviolabIe, as a kind
Of hell filed with the despairing shrieks
of those who in an evil hour trans
gressed the limits sacred 10 immortals.
The first mention ! have met with
Of the Indian name for these mountains
is in the narrative Of Captain John
Gyles, printed in Boston in 1896, saying
that "the White Hills, called the Ted
don tKatahdin), at the head Of the
Penobscot river, are by the Indians said
10 be much higher than those called
Agiockochook, above Saco." The prob
able Specification of this Indian word is,
according TO the best living authority,
Il" the mountains on that side" or cover
yonder," to distinguish them from the
mountains Of the Penobscot.
II is not precisely known when or
how these granite peaks first took the
name Of White Mountains. We find
them 80 designated in 1862 by Josselyn,
who himself performed the feat Of a.
cending the highest summit, Of which a
brief record il found in his New Eng
lands Raritics. One cannot help say
ing Of this book that either the author
WAS liar Of the first magnitude, or else
We have 10 regret the degcneracy of
nature, exhausted by her long travail
for this writer gravely tells us Of frogs
that we're as big as a child year old,
and Of poisonous serpents which the
Indians caught with their bare hands,
and ate alive with great gusto. These
are rarities indeed
I The name is traced, not, as in the case
of Noun; Blanc, TO the fact tha; their
peaks are covered with perpetual SHOWS,
/ for this is true Of only halfthe year, but
/ from the circumstance that the bare
granite Of which the highest are COM
posed transmits a white light when OBJ
served from a distance Mariners APP
preaching from the open sea described
what seemed cloud-bank rising from
the landward horizon when twenty
/ leagues from the nearest coast, and be-
( fore any other land was visible
HGper's MagasiHe.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-05-26

In Nevada there is a wonderful wood
known as mountain mahogany" The
trees do not grow large. A tree with a
trunk a foot in diameter is much above
the average. When dry the wood is
about as hard as boxwood, and being Of
q very fine grain might, no doubt, be
used for the same purpose. IL Isl rich,
red color, and very heavy. When we'll
seasoned il would be fine material for
The wood carver. In the early days it
was used in making boxes for shafting
and in q few instances for slides and
dies in quartz battery. Used as q fuel
IL creates intense heat. It burns with q
blaze as long as ordinary wood would
last, and IL is then found almost un-
changed in form converted 10 = char
coal that lasts about twice as long a.
ordinary wood. For fuel IL sells much
higher than any kind of wood--indeed,
= cord of il always brings the same price
"a ton Of coal. The only objection to
Il as fuel is that il creates such intense
heat as to burn out stoves more rapidly
than any kind Of coal, however bad.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-05-26

An international exhibition for print
ers and paper makers viii be held, a.
announced. in LEIPZIG, Germany. dur
ing the summer Of 1882.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-05-26

There are said to be in New York city
ten large establishments engaged in the
manufacture Of paper patterns. which
employ over ESQ hands, and which IL Is
estimated use several hundred tons Of
thin tissue paper.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-05-26

Three years ago the Philadelphia
Medical society appointed committee
TO investigate the condition Of the ewes
of the children in the city schools The
report OF the committee was read by the
chairman, DIR. Risley, at recent meet
ing Of the society. The committee had
examined about 1000 pairs Of eyes.
The condition Of those examined, DR..
Risley said, had proved better than had
been expected by the committee. The
cases Of impaired sight ranged from
twenty-five per cent. among the smaller
children to forty per cent. among the
older scholars. The average Of dis sased
eyes ranged correspondingly from thirty
to sixty per cent. The instances where
any blame attached to the board OF cd
ucation or their sectional boards for
want of care for the eyes of the children
we're only two, one of which was the
case Of the primary practicing class in
the normal school. The room Is light
ed by one large western window, which,
owing to the position Of the desks and
the masters table. the children are
obliged to face.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-05-26

Professor Chandler, president Of the
board Of health, gave a very interesting
address SANITARY Thoughts for the
Times at the meeting of the Congre.
ga,ional club, of New York city, re-
Gently. He thinks that the danger Of
pcs;ilcnce in that city is exaggerated,
and that the increase Of diseases in 1851
over lss0 is due largely TO the severe
winter or to other special causes rather
than TO the unhealthy condition Of the
streets. He claimed that the health
statistics Of other American cities were
very imperfectly kept, and that the
larger apparent Heath rate in New York
city is due largely TO the exceptional
accuracy Of its health statistics. Com
pairing New York with foreign cities, he
said that Liverpool. Glasgow, Dublin,
Manchester, Paris, Breslsu, Vienna, ST.
Petersburg and Stockholm all show
worse weeks since January than New
York city.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-05-26

A newly married couple recently ar
rived at the Cleveland (ohiol railroad
station, and amused the passengers. II
was evident, says local reporter, that
they were slowly consuming by terri
bic burning Of the unquenchable flame
Of young love. They wandered to and
fro along the entire length Of the sta
ton, the one arm of the swain encir.
cling the waist of Mrs. Swain, and the
other bearing their baggage, three
pound Saratoga. After having exercised
sufficiently they repairedlto the waiting
room, and there whiled away the re-
naming time before tho arrival OF the
train by billing, cooing, caressing and
kissing. even until the clerk in the fruit
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-05-26
TOPICS OF THE DAY.

Everywhere in New York city the
electric light is making it's way, and
although IL may become just as great n
monopoly in the end as gas is now, it
may, in the IN .antime, serve to bring
the gas companies to reasonable terms.
Almost all the large new private houses
now building will have it AS we'll as
Offices, tlfeaters, banks, etc.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-05-26

Some idea of what the United States
has TO pay for the Indian service may be
had by the following proposals, bids for
which were received by the commits
sioners Of Indian affairs at Nos. G5 and
G7 Water street, New York. They were
for about sO00 900 pounds Of bacon, 40,-
900, 900 pounds Of beef on the hoof
12s, 900 pounds beans, 10000 pounds
baking powder, 2,3OO,OO0 pounds corn
100, 900 pounds coffee, +, 1900, 900 pounds
flour, 2l2,0O0 pounds feed, 300, 600
pounds hard bread, $4,000 pounds hom-
my, 5000 pounds lard, 1860 barrels
mess pork, 230, 900 pounds rice, 1l,2OO
pounds tea, 72,0OO pounds tobacco,
DOG, 900 pounds salt, 100000 pounds
soap. 5000 pounds soda, 1850, 900
pounds sugar and $40, 900 pounds wheat.
Also blankets, wooden and cotton goods,
consisting in part Of ticking, $1,000
yards standard calico. 100000 yards
drilling, 5000 yards duck, free from
all sizing, 175.oO0 yards denims, H..
900 yards gingham, 10000 yards
Kentucky jeans, 10000 yards satinet,
1900 yards brown shceting, 2l3,OOO
yards; blcached sheeting, 1900 yards
hickory shirting, 1900 yards calico
shifting, 5000 yards; wiusey, 1900
yards; clothing, groceries, notions,
hardware. medical supplies and long
list Of miscellaneous articles. such as
harness, plows, rakcs, forks, etc, and
for AS wagons, required for the service
in Arizona, Colorado, Dakota, Idaho,
Indian Territory, Minnesota, Montana,
Nebraska, Nevada and Wisconsin, to be
delivered a, Chicago, Kansas City and
and Sioux City.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-05-26

Laborers are in great demand for rail
way building in the Southwest. The
Denver and Rio Grandc railroad Off
cials want 10000 men, TO be employed
one year and perhaps two. The Atchi-
son, Topeka, and Santa Fc wants a
large number. Jay Gould has some
%, 200 laborers engaged in constructing
his new lines. 1t is estimated that n
million men are wanted west OF the
Mississippi this year.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-05-26

stand smiled. He was politely told
by the man with the wife that he was
lacking sense. Several others, who
didn't know what love is, were also un-
able to suppress their merriment. As
excess OF feeling, no matter of what
kind, will turn on the faucet to the
fountain Of tears, this young couple
finally became 80 happy that they wept
copiously. At last the train arrived and
the loving pair departed. No doubt the
passengers on the train received their
moneys worth of amusement during
the ride.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-05-26

The Princess Dolgorouki, wife Of the
late czar of Russia, is investing a very
large proportion Of the millions left her
by proyideni care Of her late husband,
in United States securities. Under
the new regime the princess life in
Russia is not happy one by any means.
The present czar never admired her as
stcpmothcr, and he does not make
any secret OF his desire 10 nd Russia of
her and her children. Perhaps she CON
templates establishing herself in this
free country, where she could enjoy
peace, security and quiet, and e1pcnd
her wealth just as she should see fit. To
have real live princess reside in the
United States would be a great boon to
that class Of our people who delight in
worshiping tho nobility. There is a
par; Of the princess record, however,
which might not commend her to all
classes.