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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1892-03-08
RRulN IN a scRAPE.

He Shoves His Head Into Cssk and Can't
Get 1t Out.
A party of hunters on the Florida
coast came suddenly upon a bear prowl-
ing about beach and gravely inspect
ing such articles as were brought up by
the waves, which were richer than
usual In plumber from the fact that
there had recently been Q severe storm.
The author of "Wild Sports in the South"
thus describes bruins treatment of such
wreelage: "He would first look at an
article, then smell it, touch IT with his
paw, and finally, after deliberately
seating himself, with his hind legs pro-
iecting in front, turn his head on one
side, and try to crack his new acquisi-
ton with his teeth. The bprlesque
gravity of his mannor was indescriba-
BILE. He threw away cocoanut as be-
ing too hard to chew, ate an orange
with great satisfaction, and presently
discovered small casl, which he en-
deavored to open. By dint of much
biting he enlarged the bunghole SO that
he could insert a paw; then held the
cask on one arm and kept the other
paw busy in rapid journeys thence to
his mouth. But this method Of getting
at the contents did not satisfy him, and
presently, standing erect on his hind
feet, he inserted his nose in the barrel
and then his head. Now, a bears nose
is SO sharp that it goes through small
place very easily, but, owing to the
heavy folds of skin about the neck and
the fact that the hair and ears are set
backward, it does not possess the same
facility for coming out. Bruin was fast.
He began to pull back, but as he pulled
the barrel came with him, and as he
rolled on his back, paving Intellectually
at its convex sides, it merely revolved
around his head as II it were on pivot
Then, alarmed at the sound Of laugh
ter, he took fright and ran, wearing the
cask on his head like helmet. Up the
hill he rushed, lost all sense Of direc-
ton, and rolled head over heels square
ly among us. Picking himself up he
reared and began growing and waving
his paws, but was speedily released by
one of the negroes, who broke the bar
rel with a blow from his club and scat
tered the mackerel with which it had
been filed. The bear rewarded him for
this service with blow Of the paw
which laid him on the sand, and in an
other second was himself stretched there
by the discharge of two rifles"
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paner II the United states.

In 1890 the only states that produced
more than million pounds OF paper
daily were New York, Massachusetts,,
Pennsylvania and Ohio, but in 1891 two
more states, Maine and Wisconsin, were
added to the list. The daily produc-
ton in New York in 1891 was $3.50, $50
pounds, gain Of $40, 100 pounds over
the previous year. Massachusetts, pro-
duced / $50, 100 pounds, gain of IA, 700
pounds over 1890; Pennsylvania pro-
duced 1,297, 800 pounds, an increase OF
So, 900 pounds. while Ohio's production
was 1,247, 900 pounds, gain OF $4,000
pounds. In Wisconsin the daily prod
uct rose from 94l, 900 pounds in 1890 TO
1,1s2, 900 pounds in 1891, while Names
output increased from 1000 pounds In
1890 to 1876, 500 pounds in 1891. The
total output of all the pulp, fiber and
paper mills OF the United States In
1891 was 2,2ss, 037 tons. an increase OF
i2x per cent. since 1890, and of 1856 pes
cent. sipee 1881.
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OSTRICH FARMING.
The Immense Trade in PIumes in South
Africa.


The Immense Trade in Plumes In South
Africa.
Ostrich farming is one of the impor-
tant industries in South Africa, which,
as vet, furnishes the bulk of the ostrich
plumes for the markets of the world.
There are probably two hundred thou
sand domesticated ostriches in Cape
Colony, says the American Agricultur-
list. Each bird is supposed to net its
owner forty dollars per annum. The
Enclosures in which they are kept are
usually built of stone, but where stone
is not abundant wire fences have been
employed with equal success.
The birds are commonly plucked
once every eight months, yielding one
pound of feathers each, but many farm
ers only pluck sixty feathers at time,
so as not to cause too much irritation
and resulting Inflammation, which is
very injurious to the health OF the
birds and lessons the next crop of feath-
ers. The birds, in these large fields,
find plenty of food, rarely having to be
fed with mealies, beans, lucerne or
other cultivated food products.
1He uumUcr VI CBSS A"A- go -
eighteen to twenty-four, the male bird
usually excavating the nest in some
sandy spot, but both birds assisting in
the incubation, taking turn about. But
it is during this period of incubation
that the plumes are at their best, and
many of them are utterly spoiled for
commercial purposes. OF late years
artificial incubating has been resorted
to and with perfect success, for it has
been found that fewer eggs are spoiled
by this method, and that the young
thus Matched are no less vigorous than
those brought up by the birds them
selves. The value of feathers exported
from Cape Colony during the past thirty
years is estimated at over fifty mil
lion dollars, the total weight being
about twelve hundred tons.
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HAND SHAKING.
The Fellows Who Think 1t Smart to In

The Fellows Who Think 1t Smart to In
fiet Paiu.
There is one thing that bothers a
president of the United States which !
have never seen alluded to-" said con-
gresham to Washington Star reporter.
ut has to do with shaking hands, but the
ordinary tedium Of the infection is not
what / refer to. There are, unfortu-
nately, great many individuals In the
world who think it Is a clever trick TO
give painful grip to anyone who may
have the misfortune to grasp hands with
them. Almost invariably they pretend
that the thing is quite unconsciousiy
done, but In fact they take pleasure
of mischievous nature in the act
They have various ways Of perpetrating
the offense I actually knew Of one
case where a man wore ring for the
purpose OF causing anyone whom he
accosted to regret the circumstance.
Chester A. Arthur told me once that
he was obliged to be constantly on his
guard against people who did that sort
of thing. On number of occasions he
was caused annoyance and even pain
by individuals who gripped his hand In
shaking 1t with the evident intention to
hurt him. We're I president ! would
sec that anyone who perpetrated such
an offense was promptly arrested. It
could be easily done by Having an off,
Ger conveniently near. Obviously such
action need only be taken in an extreme
case, but surely the chief executive
should have some means of defense
against assault In this form. President
Grant, have been told, complained Of
similar annoyances, and have no
doubt that every president Of the United
States has suffered likewise. will
venture to say that Gen. Washington
would have promptly knocked down
any man who attempted such thing
with him.
II once had an opportunity to infiic'
q well-deserved punishment upon a mar
who was addicted to committing the Of
tense / speak Of. He tried the thing
on me three or four times, and learned
that such was his habit, inasmuch as he
entertained particular vanity respect
ing the force of his grip. Accordingly
/ decided to teach him better manners
and for that purpose Iengaged the serv
ices of young farmer In the neighbor
hood. The latter was the biggest mar
| ever saw outside Of a circus HI
measured SIX feet seven inches IL
height, and was built proportionately
took him With me one day alonr {
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SWIMMING lM UNIFORM.
German Soldiers In. FUN Regimental At
tire Perform katatorial Feats.

German Soldiers In. FUN RegImentai At
tire Perform Sstatorial Feats.
While the swim ming service Is obliga-
tory on the pioneers and lately on the
cavalry it is optional with the members
of the other departments of the army,
and the fact that the ANNUAL subscrip-
ton list is always more than full is a
pleasant indication of the love of sports
among our blue boys Many an en-
thusiastic admirer of Neptune must. to
his great sorrow, be turned away ON
account of the great number of applica-
tions.
The instructions are given under the
direction of lieutenants by under Off
GERS. 1t begins with the regular practice
Of the swimming strokes, the pupil being
supported meanwhile by the so-called
fishing rod. When he has learned the
movements well enough to be able to
support himself above the water he be-
gins to swim on loose line.
At this stage it is often found that
those for whom the highest hopes have
been entertained lack one quality that,
is indispensable for good swimmer; we
mean that Olympic calm, without which
the most carefully acquired knowledge.
of the stroke is useless.
When the pupil is able to keep him
self on the surface safely and quietly,
he must go into the water without the
helping line, but a rod is placed GER
tain distance above his head for use in
case of need. After this he must sub
NIT to the test of swimming alone for
-, ho1
accompanied by boat, and then comes
the todtenfahrdt death trip, which
lasts an hour, says the Berlin Illustrirte
Zeitung.
The swimming exhibitions held at
the end of the summer before the COM
manders of the battalions or regiments
are pleasant festivals, and those held
in Berlin or Potsdam are often at
tended by any princes of the reigning
house who happen to be in the neigh
borhood.
Glasses of men clad only in their
swimming tights exhibit their prof.
cheney in swimming, jumping and div
ing, and this water exercise, in regular
ly formed lines, squads and sections, is
q pleasant sight Lastly comes the
most important feature of the pro-
gramme, the exhibition Of the finest
swimmers in full marching uniform
and with bayoneted guns in their
hands.
They jump from high tower into the
cool water, on the surface of which
these fully armed sons Of Mars amuse
themselves until the command Of the
officer in charge calls them from the
damp element.
The swimming service of the German
army is an excellent institution, for, be-
sides giving the men healthy exercise, it
tests the courage and self-control of the
men in time of peace.
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JUDGE AND GUARD.
The RaiIroader Threatens to Adjourn the
Legal FunctIonary's Court.

The Railroader Threatens to Adjourn the
Legal Functionary's Court.
There is capital story being told OF
adeservedly popular judge, says Lon
don Tid-Bits. He lives on the Great
Western line, and week or two ago
entered a train at Paddington, which
went right through to its destination
without stopping. This means that
the worthy Judge would fly through his
own station about twenty miles down.
He did not wake up to this fact until
the familiar scenery near his station
told him where he was and the rate the
train was going how he was situated.
Quick as lightning he pulled one Of the
alarm bells, and the train drew up at
the station. The guard rushed to the
carriage.
ssWho pulled the alarm" cried the
guard. 81 did" replied the judge.
"What for?' because wanted to
get off," The guard thereupon made
some remarks to the judge more forci-
BILE and less respectful than he was
accustomed to hear. His lordship
thereupon complained to the station
master, who told him that he would
inquire into the matter. When next
they met the judge asked the station
master If he had reported the guard
for his insolence. II spoke to him, my
lord. when he came through on the
slow train" he replied. "Well, what
he say?" swell, my lord, he said he
would come up some day and adjourn
your court" The judge appreciated
the mans witty way Of saying that
he had the right to control his own
train, and did not pursue the matter
f.xr<har
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A CIPHER IN HAIRS.
Tho Ingenious Method of Communicate
Adopted by French Criminals.

Tho Ingenious Method of Communication
Adopted by French Criminals.
Some years ago the friends of Pa
risian thief adopted decidedly unique
method of carrying on clandestine.
correspondence with him while he was
awaiting trial. One day the jailor was
visited by the prisoners betrothed, who
asked him to give her lover an enve-
lope.
This, upon being opened. was found
to contain simply a small lock OF her
hair, around which was folded a leaf of
a book. The jailor did not consider it
worth his while to deliver this souvenir
to the culprit, and therefore threw it
aside.
A day or two later similar inclosure
was handed in at the prison gate, and
shared the fate of the predecessor. In
the course of week another was left
by the same person. This aroused the
suspicion of the governor Of the prison,
to whom had been detailed the circum-
stances. He determined to investigate
the meaning, and, accordingly, first ex-
amined the printed leaf This, he
found, was torn from novel, and con-
tanned twenty-six lines on each side,
says the Chicago News.
He then turned his attention to the
hair, and discovered that there were
twenty-six pieces of unequal length.
This puzzled him for awhile, and, then
suddenly jumping to the conclusion
that there must be some connection be-
tween the numbers of the printed lines
and the number of hairs, he laid each
of the latter along the line of the page
they respectively reached, beginning
with the shortest hair at the top of the
leaf
After changing them about several
times he discovered that each hair
pointed to different letter, and the
combination thus produced formed a
slang sentence, by means Of which the
prisoner was given to understand that
his friends had ascertained the day on
which he was to be taken to court and
were determined to make bold at
tempt to rescue him as soon as he made
his appearance.
Taking the cue, the governor adopted
every precaution to Illustrate the we'll
laid plans of the outsiders; the attempt
was made, and as a natural conse-
quence the conspirators soon found
themselves in the same condition as the
one for whom they had planned the
rasoua
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rurs OF PRINCES SOLD.
They Bring High Prices at Auction, Es
psclaIly Napoleon's Wooden Horse.

They Bring High Prices at Auction, Es-
pecially Napoleon's Wooden Horse.
Old toys so very seldom survive the
rough work their youthful possessors
give them that if any do weather the
storm they become extremely valuable.
A collection of old playthings, many OF
which belonged to royal children, was
lately sold at the Hotel Drouot.
Some of them brought high prices.
For instance, a little doll, rather less
than foot long, but clad in a panoply
of steel and armed cap-a-pie, perfectly
modelled, and made at the period when
Louis XIII. sat on the throne of France,
sold for 615 francs.
Even this price was exceeded by that
paid for tiny set of carriages carved
in wood and accompanied by an escort
of little wooden soldiers, made when
Napoleon /. was first consul, which
brought 1000 francs. A miniature
kitchen was interesting as being an ex-
act model of those in use in the time OF
Louis XVI A little jointed doll, six
teen inches in length, and dressed in q
broche silk Vatican costume, brought
ITO francs, while the kitchen was only
valued at $40 francs. A doll, still
dressed in the original faded brocade
silk, which had belonged to Marie An
toinette as child, was sold for 1880
francs. A roughly made wooden horse.
with broken nose and one leg miss
ing, authenticated as having belonged
to the great Napoleon when he was q
baby, went for 1900 francs.
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Eo,,al 10 the OccasIon

An Ohio paper tells story of two
young girls who were recently travel
ing on a train in that state. AS the
train stopped at station, two ladies
entered and took seats in front Of them;
then stout lady came forward and
greeted them and kept up lively con-
versation until the train started. Then
one of the two said: 'sSit down near us,
and tell those girls to sit somewhere
else" So the stout lady turned and
said, in freezing tones: II wish to con-
verse with my friends, and would like
that seat. am Mrs. President r.. Of
this road" The girls stared at her an
instant, and then one of them drawled:
PLEASED to meet you, I'm sure. sup
pose you know | am Mrs. President
Harrison, of Washington" The other
girl, settling herself comfortably in her
seat, said: Sand am Mrs. Queen Vic
toria." Neither of them moved, and
Mrs. President r. had to go back to her
NUN sent
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country road where ] had reason TO ex-
bect to encounter the man ! was after.
s'By good luck We aid SO, and I ven
tursdt 9 INTRODUCE the giant The two
men gfasped hands, but my friends
enormous paw, which was as big as
an ordinary ham, fairly i9closed the
others arm almost to the elbow. Smil-
ing pleasantly in his face, he said:
Happy to fre@t you and proceeded to
slowly crush the member. Positively I
could hear the bones crunch as he did
$. Let 90, for Gods sakeJ' the fellow
cried out. The mighty grip was relin-
quished. and, after wtinging his own
hand In an agonized way for some min
utes. my victim said that he understood
the lesion which had been conveyed,
and that he would profit by it."
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1892-03-08

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re of the novels to appear IN 1892 Is
A crnpv ON Nrw YoRK IIFE.
mi o N z Y

Wisely invested will soon double itself,
and there are often as many elements of
safety surrounding good paying invest
ment as one that pays small dividends.
The earning capacity of every investment
is the foundation OF dividends. The At
kinson House Furnishing Co.. OF
Maine, organized in 1887, has paid its
stockholders 8 semi-annual dividends Of
S per cent. each 90 per cent year, and
is earning handsome surplus besides. It
is buy and sell business and safe in
vestment for all classes. The authorized
capital is 81. O60,O00 of which $4,000 has
been paid in To further increase the
business 1000 of the Treasury Stock is
offered until March 10Th at par, $40 per
share. Price of stock will be advanced
February 18th, to take effect on above
date. For full particulars address the
company. Box 1918, Boston. Mass, or
Portland, Me.
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WHAT THE zADRouzA is.

Some Interesting Facts About n Peculiar
Institution of the Slavs.
There are no words in the Slav Ian
guages of the Balkans to indicate a
tailor, cabinetmalSer, a loclxsmith, a
carpenter, etc. The words that are
used for them are like the men who ply
the trade, like the merchants, the man
ufacturers and the bankers, either Ger
man or Turkish. The only really nation
al institution is the zadrouza, says the
Nouvelle Review. There the authority
of the head is absolute, the submission
of the children is without reserve. The
women display an extreme Difference
toward the men. The young girls kiss
the hands of the young men. Affection
and devotion, one toward the other,
form the essential condition Of their
common existence.
1t is important to note that village
of forty or fifty houses occupies space
which is double or triple that of Paris.
Each house is composed of a central
building, formed of one large apart
ment, which serves as living room,
fowl house and kitchen, and of the bed
room of the head of the family. All
round are grouped the little houses or
huts of the other members. The mass
of buildings are in clay, and together
they constitute within the ground at
tached to them the property of the zad-
rouzA. There is very rarely church.
Mills are common property. Each fam
lily makes use of them in turn. The
men act as farm laborers, carpenters,
masons or blacksrniths, according to the
need of the moment. The women take
care of the children, of the house and
of the animals. They spin wool and
hemp and weave and dye and cmbroid-
er. When any great work is taking
place the young men and women of the
neighboring zadrouza are requisitioned.
Nobody receives any pay, but each is
treated as a friend of the house. Thus
exercising all trades in the person of its
own members, the family is entirely m
dependent. The more numerous it is
the better it prospers. The moment
there is division the family fall into
poverty, which is great in proportion to
the isolation Of its members.
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Charming people, these exceptional peo-

Charming people, these exceptional peo-
pie Here's medicine DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery for instance,
and it's cured hundreds. thousands thaere
known, thousands that're unknown. and
yet yours is an exceptional case Do you
think that bit of human nature which you
call ''In is different from the other parcels
of human nature? But You don't know
my case" Good friend. in niDety-nine
out of a hundred cases, the causes are the
same-impure blood-and that's why
aGolden Medical Discovery" cures ninety
nine out of every hundred. You may be
the exception. And you may not. But
would you rather be the exception, or
would you rather be we'll? If you're the
exception 1t costs you nothing, you get
your money back-but suppose it cures
your Let the Golden Medical Discov-
eryr take the risk.
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Exchanges" IN En- glIsh Journals.

A peculiar feature of the English
woman's journals is the exchange"
column, wherein the woman who has q
'ssilver fox muff, boa and Medici coli
lar,n and on account of going into
mourning desires to exchange it for q
Persian lamb collar and muff, makes It
manifest. One lady offers in this col
umn lovely Persian kitten; exchange
to the value of one pound; honey want
ed" Another offers to exchange pair
Of exquisite Dresden china candelabra
for anything useful" Magazines and
reviews are also proffered in exchange
for other magazines and books. The
woman who is tired of her parrot will
give it in exchange for the pug that
some other woman is equally tired Of
petting. Plants are offered to obtain
poultry in return, and everything but
husbands and deformities are adver-
tised
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The chIokens Of Guinea.

AS a specimen of what selection VIII
do, 1t may be observed that ROSTERS
and hens among the Rucuyenne tribe
Of Indians in the western part OF
French Guinea are perfectly white.
Not colored feather can be found
among them. The natives have no
tradition of time when their ances-
tors had fowls of other colors, but the
white chickens are probably explained
by the fact that white feathers are the
choicest ornaments among this people,
and they win not wear feathers of any
other color. In fact, their fowls are
raised more for their feathers than for
the cooking pot. 1t is supposed that a
long time ago, when their ancestors
chose white as their favorite cIior,
they gave the preference to those i,ssis
which were nearest white, reserving
the others for the cooking pot, and by
constantly breeding from fowls that
were white or nearly so the present
breed of chickens was evolved.