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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-12-19

About Vineyard sound there are
numerous legends of famous Indian
giant. 1t is said that the rocks at Sea-
comet are the remains of his wife,
whom he threw into the sea there. He
turned his children into fishes, and emp
tying out his pipe one day formed
Nantucket cut of its ashes. This latter
story of Nantucket's source must ac-
count likewise for the we'll known story
of that old Nantucket captain who was
accustomed to make his reckonings by
tasting the sarth brought up on sound
ing. One day the lead was dipped in
some earth brought on board ship from
the island, and the captain, after tast-
ing, leaped from his berth in great ex-
citement exclaiming, "Nantucket'e
sunk, and here we are right over old
Marin Hackett's garden" Naturally,
he would recognize the taste of tobacco
ashes.-Boston Transcript.
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A characteristic feature of Mashona-
land, the kopje, is frequently mention
ed in the dispatches reporting the en-
gagements with the Matabele. Some
description of these curious elevations
is given in a letter to Professor Geikie,
from Mr. J. B. Don, formerly one of
his pupils. A uniform granite forma-
ton is, he says, by far the most promi
nent geological peculiarly of Mashona-
land and indeed of most of the interior
of South Africa. Sometimes it rises
into mountains, but usually the general
level is only broken by low kopjes, and
in those parts where the bed rock and
surface are --LATEST the kopjes present
the most singular appearance. The
whole country seems dotted with huge
curbstones, and in whichever direction
you look they gradually close in the
view, as the trunks of trees would in
a forest. Some of these curbstones are
800 feet or more high, sheer all round,
and apparently of smaller diameter
than height Sometimes the original
mass has been so broken up as to form
the most marvellous steeplelike struc-
lures springing out of the rich foliage
that grows n all the crevices. Native
huts are built on these kopjes in almost
inaccessible positions. London News.
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ESTABLISHED 1879

peen finished the boys dreams had been
dispelled, and he had determined to de-
sert. When the vessel reached San
Francisco on the homeward voyage, he
accordingly got ashore and staid there.
He was penniless, hence his application
for charity at the home of the Rigneys-
During the voyage from England to
Australia the sailors father died, leav-
ing him fortune of more than e32,1
900. But the news to this effect came
only very recently.
Young Stone wrote from Oakland to
his father several times, but received
no response, SO when Walter SeaweI,
an Oakland contractor, left for visit
to England few months ago, he was
commissioned by the young man to hunt
up his father and see why he failed to
respond to the communications address
ed to him. Mr.. Seawell found that the
elder Stone was dead and notified the
son of this fact and of the further fact
that he was no longer poor. The news
has since been confirmed by the British
consul of San Francisco, who advanced
young Stone the necessary coin to en-
able him to return to his English home.
San Francisco Examiner.
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No New Parliament.

1t is significant news that the govern
ing board of the Imperial Federation
league voted to dissolve at the end of the
year. The great scheme of bringing the
British colonies, especially Canada and
Australia, into closer relations with the
empire has been abandoned as unpopu-
lar and impracticable. The idea was to
organize new imperial house of parlia-
ment, in which the colonies should be
represented, but public opinion in the
colonies themselves was either indifferent
or opposed to the idea. Prominent men
in both parties, including Rosebery and
Salisbury, favored the scheme. Persist
ent agitation and flood of pamphlets,
however, have failed to create any colo
NAL sentiment in favor of closer intimacy
with the mother country. So the con-
Germ will shut upshop. York Suns
London Letter.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-12-19

A woman stood at the corner of Baker
and Twelfth streets and waved her par
asol for the car to stop.
The driver nodded his head.
She waved parasol in one hand and
a shopping bag in the other.
The driver nodded and pointed and
stopped the car on the other side Of the
street.
She came limping over the pavement
with swapping eyes and flushed face,
and as she put her foot on the lower
step she exclaimed:
Are you all blind and deaf on this
carp
The conductor rang two bells and
made no answer, and when she had taken
seat inside passenger asked:
why didn't you explain that she was
on the wrong side of the street for the
car coming DOWN."
My dear man, it would have been
breath thrown away" he replied.
''That woman lives around here and
has been riding on this line for five
years. I've explained and explained,
and SO has every other conductor, but
what good has it doneP Not one woman
in 20 will ever get it through her head
that car can't stop in the center of
crossing and block street, and so we
must put up with her sass and look
for our relief beyond the stars. DE
troit Free Press.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-12-19

There is certain physiological diff
erence between the poisonous and harm
less snakes, which exists very plainly in
their manner Of dentition. All snakes
are objects of aversion and dread to
mankind, so much 80 that to be bitten
by snake has at times been so fearful
to the victim as to have produced death,
although the snake was harmless. Such
is the instructive dread with which these
reptiles are thought Of that 1t may be
desirable to have some easy mode OF
distinguishing the one kind from the
other. This distinguishing characters
tho is afforded by the teeth. In all pois-
onous snakes there are only two rows Of
teeth, the fang or fangs being ar
ranged either within the two rows or
outside of them. The harmless snakes
have four distinct rows OF teeth. and
when the bite shows this kind Of wound
and not any single deeper or larger
puncture there need be no apprehen.
sion. New York Times.
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RoeuEs DREAD THE CAMERA.
Photographs Are the Greatest Police Aid
In Capturing Criminals.

Photographs Are the Greatest Police Aid
In Capturing Criminals.
The greatest aid that the thief taker
Of today has in his possession is the
photograph. The thief and outlaw
dread the photograph above all things.
The long immunity from arrest Of
Frank and Jesse James was due to the
fact that no pictures of them had ever
been taken. They were thus enabled to
walk the streets of Kansas City and st.
Louis, to attend theaters, play faro in
crowded banks, loll around the rotunda
of the Planters hotel and attend the
race meetings of the west.
The vanity of the wild western train
robbers, bank holdups and horse thieves
has, in scores of instances, led them to
pose before the camera of the travelling
tintype artist After that capture was
easy. The Dalton and Starr gangs owe
their capture to this weakness. But
the high class crook never has picture
taken unless it is taken by force and
by police officers. A glance at the
rogues gallery on the walls of the chief
of detectives Office win show hun
bred instances of where men have
fought desperately against the process.
All this amounts to nothing. No
man can distort his face so as not to
leave a recognizable feature, He can
not change tho shape of his nose, his
chin, his ears or the general outline of
his head The ear is particularly a
valuable feature in Identification. No
two men in tho world have ears exact
~ alike. The construction will differ,
and the general expression of the ear
has an individuality of Its own. One
pair of ears will stand out from the
head like wings; another pair will lay
close to the skull as If pinned there.
1t will be noticed that the subject is al
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-12-19
Big Men and women,

What enormous fellows and what le-
viathan persons some of these Swedish
men and women arel Nowhere will
you see such noble specimens of adult
humanity as in Stockholm's streets.
The feature seems to pervade all class
es, though it is not least striking among
the nobility. Six feet is a common
height for a man here, and really dc
not believe exaggerate in saying that
men of feet or inches are as
abundant in Stockholm as men of feet
with us.
The tallness of the women is just as
noteworthy. You remark it less, how
ever, because they are SO well proper
toned. They say it is easy to tell by
the size of the boots outside the doors
which rooms of hotel are occupied by
the Swedish fair. This Is a very en-
durable hit at the Swedish ladies.
Though they do wear skies or sevens in
shoe leather, no sculptor would find
fault with them on professional
grounds. Moreover, they have most
winsome compilations, and Of course
blue eyes are nowhere more intensely
blue than here.
1t is comforting to know speak on
the evidence of one Of the pensionnaires
that Swedish maidens have great ad-
miration for English bachelors. They
read French novels, but they believe in
English bridegrooms. The blood bond
still exists, suppose, between them and
us.-Cornhill Magazine.
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A SAILOR BOYS FORTUNE.
From Beggary In California to Snug Com
petence In England.

From Beggary In California to a Snug Com
petence In England.
Thomas Stone, an 1S-year-old English
sailor, who has been living hand to
mouth existence in Oakland for several
months, has fallen heir to the estate OF
his father, valued at over e32, 600.
1t was an early hour on stormy
morning last March when a bedraggled
and wornout young man applied at the
home of Michael Rigney, 215 Seventh
street, for meal. He told straight
forward story about deserving his ship
in the bay the day before and said he
had slept under the Eighth street bridge
all night Mr.. Rigney took compassion
on the desolate sailor and supplied him
with food and warm clothing. As
Stone proved willing to work and there
was a good deal of labor to be perform
ed about the place, Mr. Rigney permit
ted him to remain, and since then he
has made the Rigney home his head
quarters.
During his leisure hours Stone spent
his time instructing a young son of the
Rigneys in the trade Of boat building.
In lot adjoining the house he estab-
hshed miniature shipyard, with era
die, blocks and ways, and there he built
full size steam launch, which lacks
nothing but an engine to make it COM
plete, The tale the stranger told was
about as follows: Five years ago he was
schoolboy in England and had PEN
chant for reading tales of adventure.
His reading made him so long for travel
that he ran away and went to sea.
When he came home, his father took
him to Liverpool and bound him over
TO sea captain for voyage to and
from Australia. He was signed for two
years. but long before the voyaRe had
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-12-19
Contneion.

Some Of the diseases which flesh is heir
to are contagious in every sense Of the
word. A contact so slight that 1t does
not reach even skin contact, but merely
contact with the air which smallpox
patients breathe. is sufficient to cause
smallpox in man. So, too, mediate con-
tact-that is to say, the handling by the
well of material touched by the sick
has been proved to be the cause of many
diseases, of which erysipelas and scarlet
fever may be cited as examples. The
products Of certain other diseases =
typhoid fever, for example-require to
be taken into the economy to become
maleficent. Still others, such as CHAMBERS,
must be introduced into the blood cur
rent itself before they are dangerous.
These facts have been proved by long
observation and are not to be disputed.
Baltimore sun.
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reg Puilinxu Legally Detined.

Theexpressive but questionable phrase
pulling a leg" was defined by the Berks
county court the other day. In the divorce
case Of Lewis w. Yocum against his wife,
letter written by the latter was produced,
in which she told her husband If he
wanted his leg pulled" she would do it,
The question was asked what was meant
by pulling Leg" j. II. Jacobs, coun.
sci for the defense, said it was slang
term, meaning to get money from an
other without giving an equivalent. The
court acquiesced in this definition Of
''leg pulling ~ Reading (Pa.) Dispatch.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-12-19
scHooLBoY FIREWORKS.

Somehow They wouldn't Work Properly
and the Consequences Were Unpleasant.
have in my mind display of fire.
works given by myself when IL years of
age or less. DIR, Adam Norris, my
schoolmaster in those days, knowing
that / was past master in chemistry
and an adept at the manufacture of col
ored fire, directed me to organize an
entertainment. The old gentleman ia
gone now where there may or may not
be fireworks. but to his dying day he
never appreciated my efforts on his be-
half. 1t was proposed to illuminate the
Fairgrounds with colored fires and Ian
terms, to invite the parents of the 30
scholars and to regale them after the
display with cake and wine-l mean,
of course, the parents.
was let off my evening lessons for
q week and allowed the run of the
school laboratory There | reveled in
preparations. Not content with mere
red, blue and yellow fires, l arranged
Catherine wheels and Roman candles
and rockets l felt the instinct of a
Brock and Pain rising In me. even
asked Dr. Norris for additional money
telling him that had an idea for a
splendid novelty. He trusted me, TAX
ing the word OF our chemistry master
that | knew what / was doing. My
novelty, which | kept as grand sur
prise, consisted Of set piece, " with
the words; God bless Dr. Adam Nor
ris. -
This benign wish would come out in
red fire and subsequently change to
green, II all went we'll The night ar
rived and the company. The prelimi-
nary illumination was not entirely sue
cessful, as my assistants did not under
stand their business, but the first Gath
crime wheel went around several times
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and appeared to be we'll liked. Owing
to some unfortunate miscalculation with
the materials, my rockets would not
soar. The spirit was willing; the
chemical compound was weak. So they
tore about the ground, like snakes, and
Kissed in among the company, and one
let off purple stars under the petticoat
of lady. A solitary rocket really went
up considerable distance, and the
stick fell through the dollhouse Of a
man next door, who had always been
unfriendly toward the school. pass by
the hot air balloon. 1t scared all
right, but l forgot to tie on the mag
nesium light, so nobody realized what
a fine thing was being done. The Ro-
man candles passed off without adverse
comment, and then l lighted the set
piece"
You will not believe what happened.
Nobody has ever credited the story,
though have told it to thousands. The
facts, however, are these: Owing to
unforeseen circumstances, the first two
words Of the dIsplay-those asking God
to bless our good master-did not light
at all; the next word, Doctor, " fell off
altogether; the Z" A in Adam also fail
ed, and the whole of our preceptor' .
surname, excepting the initial letter,
blew up. What was the result2 Why,
against the black night, raised on sup
ports some 20 feet above the heads Of
the bewildered assembly, there blszed
forth solitary colossal Dam N :"
1t burned red, and then in a silence
that could be felt turned green. The
Damn" and turned green together.
That ended the entertainment. People
never believe this story. Indeed at so
great a distance Of time 1 should be in
clined to doubt 1t myself, but / cannot
forget the subsequent interview with my
dear old master in his study. We had
little private display of fireworks all 10
ourselves. Thus do most improbable
effects result from remote causes The
Chinese by inventing fireworks were do
ing a thing which, after long genera
tons of time, rendered 1t impossible for
me to sit down with any comfort for
week.-Idler.
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FRIGHTENED TO DEATH.
Terrible Result of Joke Played by a Boy
on His Little Sister.

Terrible Result of Joke Played by a Boy
on His Little Sister.
A pail hangs over the house of John
Powell, who resides in the little hamlet
of Prospect Plains, N. j., about 10 miles
from this city, by reason of the untimely
death of Mary Powell, his bright 70
year-old daughter. Her death was the
result of a practical joke played by hel
brother, who is nearly crazed by the out
come Of his thoughtlessness.
The children were playing about the
house in the evening when Mary be
thought herself of some doll clothes she
had left in the cellar. She was of quiei
and timid disposition and did not enjoy
trip into the darkness Of the cellar. She
finally conquered her fears sufficiently tc
hurry down stairs, and just as she thought
she was out of harms way her brother
appeared, and the thought occurred tt
him that now was his opportunity tc
give Mary fright. He availed himself
Of the chance and quickly closed the eel
lar door as Mary reached for the knob
When the girl realized that she was
alone in the dark, she screamed in ter
ror. To increase her fright, the boy gave
vent to a series Of sounds that made the
little girl nearly frantic.
The boy listened to his sisters cries
until her screams grew fainter and
finally ceased entirely, when he became
alarmed.
His alarm increased when he called
the girl by name and received no reply
and he was terrified when he opened the
door and found his sister lying on the
floor.
Receiving no reply to his questions,
he rushed in search of his mother, who
was Mortified to find her daughter was
dead. A physician was summoned, who
gave it as his opinion that the little ones
death was the result of aspasm produced
by fright. The boy, who was the cause
of his sisters death, lies in bed, tossing
about and moaning, and refuses to be
comforted.- New Brunswick Special.
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THE LONDON cABsY.

Dramatic Little Incidents Connected with
the Reception of His Exact Fare.
Everybody who has lived in London
has witnessed the dramatic little Incl
dents connected with cabby's reception
of his exact fare. His hirer, having
alighted, stands on the pavement and
feels for his purse. Cabby meanwhile
leans over the railing of his seat with a
benignant and ingratiating smile. That
smile. it may be stated at once, is a
fraud. 1t is not a genuine beam of good
nature, but is one of cabby's business
''props" 1t is smile Of much mean
ing, and cabby throws his whole soul
into it. 1t is trusting and confident. 1t
insinuates that cabby feels that he has
met in you a man in whom he recog-
nizes peculiarly generous nature. It
means that cabby has no anxiety. He
knows that you are going to give him
something for himself.
But as matter Of fact, if you watch
cabby closely, you will see the hollow
ness Of its professions. Cabby's eyes are
very wide open, and he is scanning a
kIOdb dCc1 AuO1C OlAtin 4l4o lckA .
the little pile of silver that gentleman is
turning over in his hand. Then he
stretches down his hand, broad and fat,
but trustingly, assured that he is about
TO be treated as a man should be. The
fat palm ascends again, but as his fare
turns to depart, the smile dies away.
For moment, as if dazed, he gazes
blankly into his hand; then a look of
mingled contempt and indignation passes
over his expressive face. He turns fierce
ly on his prey.
''Ere, wot's thisg"
"Your fare" floats back to him.
"My farep in tone of scathing scorn
tiny farel"
Then rapidly and with businesslike
manner, as if the time for emotion were
passed now:
'"Ere, odd ard; l wants another tan
ner."
BY this time his fare, if he knows any
thing at all about cabmen, is well under
way. Cabby. standing up, dashes the
offending shilling on the ground with
gesture of ineffable loathing, as at some
unclean thing. No good. His fare is
disappearing, unconcerned, and cabby,
convinced that the game is up, but loath
to relinquish his indignation, slowly un-
swathes himself from the folds of his
voluminous blanket, descends as slowly,
picks up the innocent shilling still more
slowly, mounts again, gathers up his
reins with one final blighting look be-
I -. E.. l..xA
Of man who never till that moment
had sounded the hideous depths of sor-
did human nature.-London Sketch.
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A SUBSTITUTES PENSION
A Novel Case Involving an Intricate Point
of Law Sprung In Texas.

A Novel Case Involving an Intricate Point
of Law Sprung In Texas.
A queer case involving an intricate
point of law will have to be decided by
the chancellor of this chancery division.
Peyton Fenelon Of Lake county did not
care to risk his precious body as target
for Confederate bullets, so he hired Alex
ander Moberbly as a substitute At the
battle of Chickamauga, Moberbly was
wounded in the left leg by mimic ball
and made cripple for life. AS COM
pensation for his wound he applied for a
pension, and though it has been pending
for years his case has just been decided
in his favor, and few days ago he re-
ceived notification that he would receive
So, 200 back pension money.
AS soon as Fenelon heard of this he
filed bill in chancery to prevent the
payment of the money, claiming that
Moberbly was not fighting for himself,
but was fighting for him (Fenelon), and
that as Moberbly was paid for his serv-
ices the money rightfully belongs to him
(Fenelon). This is the first case of the
kind on record and will attract wide
spread attention. -Trimble (Tex.) Cor
RESPONDENT
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Elevators In New York.

New York contains Z, 500 elevators at
present, including those in private
houses and others where the traffic is
comparatively small. If you assume.
however, merely to dazzle the fancy.
that 5, 600 of these are in busy build
ings, then you find that the elevators
of New York could carry up and down
per day s, 900 times 10, people, or
not far from the entire population of
the United States. Again, by beau
tiful law of averages, you find that 20
miles is fair daily run for New
York elevator. Boston Globe.
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GIvos his Home q the Poor.

A dispatch from Waverly, Ia, says:
To the INDECENT people of Bremen county
the prospects Of journey tower the
hills to the poorhouse" will henceforth
be robbed Of many of its terrors, for,
through the generosity of Mr.. Abraham
Simmer, those who are so unfortunate
as to become public charges viii dwell
in marble halls. Mr.. Simmer today
dropped into the county auditors Office
while the board of supervisors was in
session and pleasantly surprised that
body by presenting it with deed Of
his palatial mansion that overlooks the
city from the west, and which, with the
beautiful park surrounding it, is valued
at $4,000. The only condition of the
transfer is that the dwelling should be
used exclusively as home for poor per-
sons, and the donor takes it upon him
self to pay the expenses of the establish
ment till his DEATH