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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-07-25

has been steadily falling in spirit
Alexius Columbus was ship builder
by trade, as were his ancestors. He is
the only one of his generation who
came to the states. His sisters and
brothers lived In the province OF
Quebec, though 1t is not known that
more than one of them is still surviv-
ing. An uncle of Alexius lived to the
age of one hundred and fourteen. The
old man is great lover of tobacco. He
constantly chews or smokes. He has
always drank, and to this day has his
bottle of whisky in his room, from
which he takes a nip whenever he feels
SO inclined. OF late the old man has
not been regular In his drinking
habits, and will sometimes pass day
or two without taking a dram. His
sons attribute this to approaching dis
solution, and think the old man has
not long to live.
"I have been asked several times"
said John Columbus, his son, 'if father
would go the worlds fair. Some of
my sisters are very anxious that he
should go, but l oppose the idea l
think the old man would better pass
the remainder of his days In quiet here
than to be exposed to the danger of
travel and the fatigue. Beside hard
" think the old gentleman would en-
joy it. He is not learned man. He
never had any schooling. He cannot
read and he hardly appreciates the
significance of the Columbian osi-
ton"
His son Jel- may be added, is q
well-edp I'd and prosperous man.
-Alexi1s, the father, is still an active
man and possessed of no mean physic-
al powers. The wife of Alexius was
an English woman. The grandchildren
of this union retain the athletic mold,
though their features are American,
not continental.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-07-25
HOW JUDGE LYNCH WORKS.
Retribution Melted Out to "A Murderer by
Silent Hand of Determined Men.

Retribution Melted Out to "A Murderer by a
Silent Band of Determined Men.
A man leaning against lamp post
on street corner, sullen and moody
and a dangerous look in his eyes. If
one had but known his thoughts he
would have compared him to the dull
red coal left behind in the hunter
camp fire, to be blown out of the ashes
and into the dry grass by gust of
wind and to start a conhagration which
would sweep over miles of forest
1.-THE lawl The lawl Curse the lawl"
he growled as he slouched on, but
halted a few rods away to greet an
other of his illx
"Who says we must wait for the law?"
Lets lynch himl''
The second man is the flame, starting
from the live coal That flame could
be trampled out by hunters foot
now, but there is no one at hand to
realize the danger.
''Lawl Lawl Why, the lawyers will
juggle with the law and he will go
freel We are the law in the case of
such wretches as her.
4 nc NOiCc Vi IAlc bulTu man idnS IHc
flame and it spreads out among the
dry leaves. A hunters blanket would
cover 1t, but it is creeping with fearful
rapidity.
away with the law and bring us a
ropel Lynch law is what we want
herel''
The flame Is darting out thousand
tongues now as it races before the wind
"a wave Of flame which lengthens like
a serpent stretching itself In the noon
day sun, and which lifts its crest higher
and higher as it finds richer fuel. Not
one man now, but ten, twenty, fifty
They do not scatter to spread the news,
but other men come to them. There is
strange magnetism about crowds
crowd which whispers and mutters and
menaces 1t draws out the householder
though he has heard nothing. II draws
the vagabond from his bed in box in
the alley, though he has seen nothing
Men come to it through street and
court and alley-from chambers above
and cellars beneath.
"Move on to the jaili''
There are no shouting and hurrah-
ing, no pushing and hurrying. There
In lies the menace. Men speak as they
press on, but their words do not float
up to the open chamber windows. No
one has been selected TO lead. but there
l. leader When be issued his first
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We have been time and again
asked the question why the Chiffon
Paints nave such a high gloss. The
Chiffon Paint Company in buying lin.
seed oil contracts for prime, well settled,
old fashioned, raw linseed OIL" This is
being interpreted, oil crushed from prime
or first quality flaxseed. and which has
been tanked and allowed to settle. The
oil is then drawn from the upper part OF
the tank, leaving undisturbed the lower
part. "Old fashioned linseed oil' is from
seed crushed and pressed. instead of re-
cent method called the naptha process
Having obtained this oil the Chiffon
Company tank it again, and the oil
gradually loses what little moisture it
originally possessed and becomes very
heavy bodied. 1t is this cause and the
seven mixings and grindings given each
shade, crushing and grinding each parti-
Gle OF pigment into each particle Of
oil, that produces the luster. On we'll
painted houses this gloss alone has
been known to last three years. Ordi-
nariIy the gloss on newly painted houses
where common paints are used Yanishes
in from six months to one year. CHILL
TON PAINT COMPANY, New York and
Boston.
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AMERICAN coLuMsuses.
Lineal Descendants Who Have Descended
just IS Far as the Duke of veragua.

Lineal Descendants Who Have Descended
just As Far as the Duke of veragua.
For the last fifty-two years there has
lived in Buffalo lineal descendant OF
Christopher Columbus, and around the
knees of this patriarch could be gath
cred to-day eight living children.
thirty grandchildren, and six great
grandchildren, so that there is little
danger of the name Of Columbus be-
coming extinct or forgotten.
The name of this venerable descen-
dant OF famous man. says the Phila-
delphia Press, is Alexius Columbus.
He is ninety-six years old. There is
no doubt about his age or nativity,
for these matters were verified by his
son, John Columbus, with whom the old
man makes HIS home, and who for that
purpose paid visit to Quebec, near
where Alexius was born and reared.
The old man IL in fairly good health
His skin is swarthy and his hair Is
snow white. His children are all
lighter complexion, except one daugh-
ter, Mrs Rosa Columbus Sours, Of Chi
caRo. who inherits her fathers dusky
akin. Since the death Of his wife. last
anrin9. ct the see Of SERENITY. 4 lefins
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-07-25
MOVEMENT or INDIAN PEOPLE.
widows May RemRrry, and the Marriage
OF Infants Is Less Common.

widows May RemRrry, and the Marriage
of Infants Is Less Common.
The report of the last census In Ben
gal, which has just been published, up
sets several beliefs which hitherto have
found general acceptance. For in
stance, It proves that the natives, In
stead of being averse to leaving their
ancestral villages, are steadily moving
from more densely peopled areas to
those where the population is less
crowded; also that widow remarriage
is practically universal In Behar, Oris-
sa, Chota-Nagpore and among the low
err castles of Bengal proper and is I'M
known only among a very few high
castles everywhere and the more re-
spectacle Sudras of Bengal proper.
The report also states that infant mar
riage does not exist to any appreciable
extent except in northeast Behar and
among the Brahmins, Kayasths and
other purely sudra castles of western
Bengal. 1t also shows the great prog
ress of Accommodation, which has in
creased more than nine per cent. in
Bengal proper in the last decade, while
the increase in Hinduism is less than
five per cent. This fact Is explained to
be due to the desire on the part of the
lowest castles to adopt religion which
treats all men as equals.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-07-25
THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD Eek
HIBIT AT THE WORLDS FAIR.

Glimpse at Its Interesting Treasures.
OF more real interest to the average
visitor to the Worlds Fair than all the
confusing array of locomotives, cars, ships,
wagons, bicycles, and yeloclpedes in the
great Transportation Building is the COM
pact yet comprehensive exhibit which the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company makes
in its own beautiful little model railway
station. What with signal tower, oyer
head foot-bridge, automatic switches,
tracks, ballast, and bitches Just outside
its doors, and the original John BulP'
locomotive, the Oldest in America, with
its train of antique cars, and the colossal
iron vehicles upon which the huge Krupp
guns were conveyed from Baltimore to
the Exposition standing.in the shadow of
its walls. 1t presents to the passer-by an
appearance so distinctly characteristic
that careful inspection of the treasures
of the interior is almost inevitable.
Once inside, you enter Immediately
into study of transportation history in
the United States on the kindergarten
or object-lesson basis, and by means of
models, ranging from the old Conestoga
wagon, through series of curiously fash
toned cars, up to the standard locomotives
and passenger coaches of to-day, you Sc
cure a most effective idea of railroad pro-
gress. Nor do the models here shown
have to do with vehicles only. In the
cases which line the walls of The cool,
white interior are also to be seen models
of all periods, various systems of signals
in use at different times, and even tickets
and timetables, not forgetting conductors
punches and lanterns.
In the way of models, the post of honor
is given to magnificent reproduction of
AZ. D.. 4
double-deck ferry boat Washington, Z"
which plies between New York and Jer-
sey City, model complete IN every de-
tail even to the electric lighting and the
rubber mats at the doors. Maps In re-
lief of most interesting and instructive
character are numerous, not the least i'm
portant being one four feet wide by twelve
feet long, showing at once the old Portage,
the new Portage, and the present road of
the company over the Alleghenies, sll ar
ranged to a scale, and giving better no
ton of that wonderful feat of engineering.
the Horse Shoe Curve, than can even be
had by trip over it.
To furnish a comprehensive idea of the
magnitude of the Pennsylvania Railroad
system no better method could have been
adopted than that which is here presented
in the shape of a perspective map, thirty
three feet long, showing the position of
each train in motion on the system at 8
P. M. on Columbia Day, October 2lst. 1852,
the passenger trains being indicated by
tiny gilt locomotives, and the freight
trains by similar locomotives colored blue.
In addition to all this there is case after
case of photographs, posters, letters, bills,
and other documents, all more or less in
teresting, and number of wax figures.
clothed in the uniforms of the Pennsylva-
MAS working staff of employees, from
baggage porters to conductors.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-07-25

much at load. But pair Of old
wheels on an old axle can be run over
half of an old cider cask, this can be
swung upon the axle by bale wire pass
ing under it and handy thingis quick
ly fixed without cost. This apparatus
will do a marvellous amount of work,
too. The pump can be hooked to q sta
pie In the bottom of the tub, or to a
platform screwed to Its top or to the
handles. A disk made of boards
cheated, and fitting the top of the tub
loosely under the axle, will keep the
water from stopping badly II it Is al
lowed to float in it. Held In place
above, the water will gather force while
being shaken up, and break loose and
spill 1T every open spacs.-Farm Jour
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Moiavs Rellrlou. nsllefs.

The Mojaves believe that all who
die and are not cremated are turned
into owls, and when they hear the dis
NAL screech of one of the above
named creatures of the night they tell
you that it is the spirit of some dead
Mojave who has returned to advise
his people to submit to the ordeal OF
fire. When one of the tribe dies his
relatives and immediate friends do
not eat salt or wash themselves for
four days. Their heaven is white
Mountain they know nothing of hell
nor any place of punishment except
"Biemia," the place where unincin-
Grated warriors are transformed into
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90 u @ o. % %
q q q y q q
q q ~ q q -
q q D y q q
- y y q q y
q ~ u q T. q

represents the orchard rs planted and
growing in its earlier years, with trees
a feet apart. In Fig. 2, the dotted
trees are those which are removed,
leaving the remaining ones "a feet
apart, and running diagonally. Where
this experiment has been successfully
performed, 1t has been found that In a
few years after the thinning the fruit
would be both more abundant and
better in quality, in consequence Of
allowing more room for its growth and
development. In the earlier years Of
this orchard, while there are larger
number of trees to feed, it Ia important
that an annual top-dressing Of manure
be given, to compensate for the In
creased exhaustion of the soil.
A mode sometimes proposed and
adopted for thinning orchard trees is
to take out every alternate tree In both
directions, leaving only one-fourth 10
remain; but by the method here de-
scribed only one-half are removed.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-07-25
A Monster Tree.

There is tree at Tule, state of OAK
AGA, Mexico, which rivals in the extent
of ground covered by its branches some
of the famous monster trees of the ORR
emit A traveller who saw it recently
says that he found resting under its
branches detachment of troops num-
bering five hundred and twenty-nine.
Most of them belonged to the neigh
borhood, and their wives and children
had come to the rendezvous to meet
them, and there were under the tree
besides number of vendors of all
sorts of eatables and several horses.
All these had plenty of room and they
were all within the wall which sur
rounds the tree, while its branches ex-
tend some twenty feet beyond the wall
on every side, affording shade for quite
as MANY more.
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story of a Lustrous Diamond.


At Columbus, Ind, recently a carp
which weighed eight and half
pounds had been left in a small sound
of water by the recent overflow, and
was discovered by a dog, who began
barking at 1t. The fish began jumping
at the dog, and his gills and fms be-
came distended, plainly showing his
intense anger. Finally the dog sprang
at the fish, and, plunging under the
water, brought the carp out and laid 1t
on shore
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-07-25
A Warning.

Superstitious people are alarmed by
the unusual or the unexpected. Oc-
cassionally in late, cold spring Eng
lish birds will tap on the house win
dows in hopes of meal If the in
mates are superstitious the tapping is
looked upon as warning. A doctor
was one day in February summoned in
haste to farmhouse on the moor. He
found an old man in bed, but in per-
feet health, and asked why he had
been sent for. "Why, SIR" answered
the daughter-in-law, there came a
little robin at the door. We knowed
it was a call and we thought it must
be granfer; so we put i'm in bed and
sent for YOU"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-07-25
Potatoes for Planting.

Many farmers In cutting potatoes Tor
planting take care to follow some rule
in regard to the number Of eyes to a
piece Experiments made last summer
at Purdue university experiment sta
ton show that the number Of eyes is
immaterial. even eyes that are cut In
two sending up plenty Of good stalks,
but that the weight ofthe pieces is the
important matter.
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The value of good name was well ex-
emplifed the other day, when man
asked one of our druggists for bottle
of sarsaparilla. "Whose2" inquired the
clerk. Whose? why, Ayers. of course.
Ye don't suppose Pm going to run any
risks with Hannah, do YEP"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-07-25

@ was sufferer from catarrh for fifteen
years, with distressing pain over my eyes,
I used Ely's Cream Balm with gratifying
results Am apparently cured.-Z. G.
Warner, Rutland vt.
l suffered from severe cold in my head
for months and could get no relief Was
advised to use Ely's Cream Balm. 1t has
worked like magic inits cure. am free
from my cold after using the Balm one
week, and believe it is the best remedy
known.-Samuel J. Harris Wholesale
Grocer, 119 Front st., New York.
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Trimmings rvaARps.

The Proper Way of Reducing the Close
ness OF Trees.
1t sometimes happens that the owners
of limited land desire to obtain all the
benefit of closely planted trees during
the early years of their bearing, and
while partly grown they still afford
good crops Here is one mode by which
this is done, which has been successful,
both in original planting and by after
ward reducing the number, in obtain
ing symmetrical orchards. The apple
trees are planted "a feet apart; when
from this nearness the branches begin
to touch each other, they are reduced
In number TO "a feet apart Fig.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-07-25

To purify. vitalize and enrich the blood,
and give nerve, bodily and digestive
strength. take Hoods Sarsaparilla. Con-
tinue the medicine after every meal for
month or two and you will feel like a
new man." The merit of Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla is proven by its thousands ofwonder-
full cures. Why don't you try it?
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-07-25
HuckIen,s Arurea haIva.

The best salye in the world for cuts,
bruises. sores. ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, chilblains,
and corns, all skin eruptions.and positive
ly cures piles, or no pay required. 1t is
guaranteen to give perfect satisfaction or
money refunded. Price rs cents per box.
For sale by Elmer D. Prickitt, Mt. Holly
and Lum berton.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-07-25

1t has taken just seventeen years to
convert Persia into nation of cigar
cite smokers. Before that time cigar
cites In the doninions Of the shah
were unknown, all the tobacco smok-
ing being by "kalians" or hubble
bubbles and chibouks, or long wood
en- pipes with long clay bowls. But 1t
happened that about 1875 somebody In
troduced from Turkey the variety
known as cigarette tobacco" into
Gillian, whence It's use has spread.
Now SO general is the practice that
even the lowest peasant In Persia goes
about with cigarette case and makes
his own ''smokea,
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Considerable outtins.

snooper-Wasn't Mrs Weeds badly
cut up when her husband died7
skidmore Yes, but not so much a.
Weeds himself.
News that2''
ssrhe doctors held post-msrtsm 81
Him. Truth.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-07-25

A lady whose hair came out with every
combing was induced to give Ayers Hair
Vigor faithful trial She did 30, and
not only was the loss of hair checked, but
new and vigorous growth soon succeed
ed that which had gone.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-07-25
Jenny Lind Pancakes.

One egg, one and one-half teacupfuls
of milk, one-half teacupful of sugar,
one tablespoonful of butter, two and
one-half teacupfuls of -four, two tea
spoonfuls OF baking powder and a
pinch OF salt. Mix quickly together
and pour in well-greased gem pans and
bake.
And Run Up Another Bill Hard
up-"The amount of your bill, doctor,
has made me feel quite ILL Doctor
(gleefully) HAS It, sir7 Then ! sup
pose you'll want me to attend you
professionally agains Yankee Blade
In a country newspaper appears
the following announcement. "A NUM-
Der Of deaths unavoidably postponed. :
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while the remaining half have all the
advantages of plenty of space. Every
tree will be surrounded by four others
at equal distances.
When two kinds of trees are planted
In the same orchard-such, for instance,
as in the common mode of placing
standard and dwarf pear trees alter
nately-it is advisable to mark out be-
forehand the places for the trees, so
that in subsequently removing them
those only viii be taken which are
shortest-lived- A pear orchard is some
times planted with standards and
dwarfs alternately, and by marking the
places for each when they are planted
no mistake will be made by removing
the wrong ones. 1t is sometimes the
practice to plant peach trees in apple
orchards between the apple trees; and
by fixing beforehand the places for
each no break will be made in their ar
rangement, the apple trees remaining
in regular rows long after the peach
trees are gone.-Country Gentleman.
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A ten strlke-aLend me an X

The slave to Tobacco or Opium need no
longer despise himself for his weakness
Hills Chloride of Gold Tablets will break
his chains and make him free man
All druggists sell them.
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SIS this lobster or chicken, Bridget2"
asked Mrs. Bones as she was about to
make the salad.
Dunno, num-" replied the servant;
1.-THE label was torn off before opened
the can. "-Draks's Magazine.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-07-25
BARREL ON WHEELS.
A Simple Apparatus That VIII Do = Great
Amount of Work.

Amount of Work.
1t is hard task to carry water for a
hand sprayer. To rig a barrel on
wheels is no easy job without deal Of
blacksmith work, and then the heavy
casks of water will soon prove too
much for the wheels unless they are
new ones. Again, nobody can afford ts
make horse of himself by hauling toe
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-07-25

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria-
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria.
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He has an ignoble soul who is unwilling
to serve royal cause unless first decked
in its livery.
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Mike hure, Pat, health is good
thing to have" Pat-"Yis. Moike, espe-
cially when yez is sick
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81 was sufferer from catarrh for aftee

Lightning never strikes twice in the one
place. 1t isn't necessary.
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Hoods Pills cure constipation. They
are the best after-dinner pill and family
cathartic.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-07-25

"Am the first girl you ever loved ?"
Indeed you are. The other one was a
widow"
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Nobody is exceedingly wicked all at
once The devil is too cunning to startle
men.
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What is mind No matter. What is
matter Never mind.