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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-11-07
THE MIosPoT OF OUR PLANES.
Many Places Which Contest the Honor.
T1,af- CIafrae

Many Places Which Contest the Honor.
Their Claims.
For several centuries different cities OF
the orient have contested with each 9th
er for the honor of being recognized as
the midspot of our planet. In 1888
London geographer issued an elaborate
work, in which he tried to prove the
British metropolis to be the center Of the
landed surface of the globe. Jerusalem
and Delphi, Notwithstanding that neither
is situated ON or very near the equator,
have for ages been the two main con-
testants in this great central city contro-
versy.
William Simpson of the London So
ciety For the Exploration of Palestine
tells us that Herr Schick has sent home
drawings of the spotin Jerusalem which
is supposed by some to be the exact cen
ter of our world. This interesting place
is in the Greek church, nine feet to the
right of the reliquary containing what
purports to be the crown of thorns worn
by our Saviour, the first nail that was
driven through his right hand and the
blood which he shed on that memorable
occasion.
1t is written in the Psalm, -Ged is
my king of old, working salvation in
the midst of the earth"
This can only refer to the scenes of the
passion and of the holy sepulcher. The
midst or spot of the earth must, there
fore, be sought in that vicinity. The be-
lief that the center of the earth is at
Jerusalem is very ancient, for it is al
luded to by st. Ephrem in his reference
to Noah's prayer over the bones of Adam,
St. Ephrem says, ''And Noah buried
Adams bones in the middle of the
earth" A certain round stone in the
temple of Delphi is also spoken of by
the ancient writers as being the ''navel
or center of the earth"
Orestes takes refuge there when pur-
sued by Euminides. Pindar also makes
mention of the exact location of the
center of the world and Pensanius, like
Herr Schick, also had the pleasure of
beholding the only genuine central hub
of our planet He, however, locates it
at Delphi instead of at Jerusalem. 1T
is made" he said, "of white stone,
smooth and polished, and is no doubt
the middle point of the world. "-Phila-
delphia Press.
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A SISTERS SACRIFICE.
She Submits to Disagreement and Tortui
to Save Her Brothers Life.

She Submits to Disagreement and Torture
to Save Her Brothers Life.
One of the most remarkable and deli
cate operations in the line of what is
known as skin grating was performed
at the city hospital Saturday morning
by DIR. Charles r. Barber and several of
the house surgeons. A little over two
weeks ago Arthur Wheeler, aged 5 years,
living at 81 Herman street, was playing
near his house with some other children.
They started bonfire of dead leaves.
While Arthur was running about the
flames, he stumbled and fell into the fire.
His coat caught fire, and before the
flames could be extinguished his entire
breast, abdomen and one side were fright
fully burned. The boy has been ever
since the accident in precarious condi-
ton, the burns being SO extensive that
no new skin could form.
II was at last decided that the only
thing that could save the little sufferers
life was to ingraft the skin of some
healthy person ON the burned parts, and
efforts were made to secure some one to
consent to such an operation. 1t was
suggested at last that Miss Minnie
Wheeler, the 17-year-old sister of the boy,
would be just the subject. Miss Wheel
er naturally demurred at first to such a
proposition, but finally consented when
she was convinced that her brothers life
was at stake.
Saturday morning Miss Wheeler and
her little brother were taken to the City
hospital-that being considered better
place than the home of the parents and
the operation was performed. Miss
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Peacocks. Feathers.

Peacocks' feathers have been handed
down to us from the ancient days of
mythology as emblematical of treachery,
evil and misfortune. The origin Of this
strange superstition is founded upon the
following classical story: Osiris, king
of Egypt, upon starting on his Indian ex-
petition, left his queen, Isis, regent, with
Argus, his minister, as her chief adviser.
Argus, with his hundred eyes, or rather
his spies, soon made himself so formi-
dable and powerful that he seized the
queen regent, shut her up in strong
castle and proclaimed himself king of
Egypt. Mercury was sent against him
with a strong army, took him captive
and cut off his head, whereupon Juno
metamorphosed him into peacock and
set his spies in his tail. From this legend
and the various additions made to it
from time to time the belief has arisen
thatit is unlucky to have peacocks' feath-
ers inside house. -Brooklyn Eagle.
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Fined a Dead Man.

Down in southwestern Texas, just
about midway between Houston in the
east and Ell Paso in the west, and very
near to the Rio Grande, the Southern
Pacific railway has built over the Pecos
river the highest bridge in the United
States. just before this bridge was fin
ished one of the workmen fell from it
and was of course killed.
The county judge was brought from
Langtry, the town nearest to the bridge,
to hold GROWERS quest" The Judge
arrived with a great concourse of people,
all anxious to serve on the jury. Pro-
ceedings were begun by examining the
body of the dead man. Upon this We're
found loaded revolver and $40 in cash.
Perceiving this, the judge said:
There amt nothing to do about this
case, gentlemen of the jury. The mans
dead, and it's perfectly plain how he
met his death. But what want to know
is, what was he doing with that gun?
That's against the laws of Texas. He amt
here to explain, but because a man takes
1t into his head to put on wings and
mount to the skies is no reason why the
greatstate of Texas should be defrauded.
Law is law and Justice is justice. fine
him $40 for carrying a deadly weapon. ;"
1t is needless to say that the fine was
paid. --Harper's Magazine.
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The shutters of the observers house
happened to be closed, and through tiny
hole near the top of them beam of
sunlight found its way to the floor.
There it left an image, clear and round,
tinged at the circumference with fringe
of blue and orange The whole appear
ance of the beam as projected reminded
the spectator of the image of the sun
taken ON paper through telescope, and
he got sheet of white note paper in or
der to test his surmise. The result con-
firmed it. A beautiful round image of
the sun fell on the paper, and near the
center thereof could be seen blush
spot, which moved about with the inn
age whenever the paper was shifted.
The blush colored object was verita-
BILE sun spot. and the observer watched
it by the simple means described for sew
eral days until the revolution of the sun
had carried it out Of sight.-Boston Her
old
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The INTERsTELLAR Ether.
Ethereal Waves Which Affect the Eye and
fhe PhotoRraphfc Plate.

Ethereal Waves Which Affect the Eye and
the Photographic Plate.
Our eye does not act by detecting heat;
In other words, 1t is not affected by the
whole range Of ethereal quiverings, but
only by a very minute and apparently
insignificant portion. It wholly ignores
the ether waves whose frequency is COM
parable with that Of sound, and for 80 or
40 octaves above this nothing about us
responds; but high up In a range of vi
bration of the inconceivably high pitch
of four to seven hundred million per
Becond-a range which extremely few
accessible bodies are able to emit, and
which 1t requires some knowledge and
skill artifcially to produce-to those
waves the eye is acutely, surprisingly
and most intelligently sensitive.
This little fragment of total radiation
is in itself trivial and negligible. Were 1t
not for men and glowworms and few
other forms of life, hardly any of 1t
would ever occur on such moderate
sized lump of matter as the earth. Ex-
cept for an occasional volcano or fash
of lightning, only gigantic bodies like
the sun and stars have energy enough to
produce these higher futelike notes, and
they do it by sheer main force and vio-
lence-the violence of their gravitative
energy-producing not only these, but
every other kind Of radiation also. Glow
worms, so far as know, alone have
learned the secret Of emitting the phys
iologically useful waves, and none other.
Why these waves are physiologically
useful, why they are what is called
eight" while other kinds of radiation
are dark" are questions to be asked,
but at present only tentatively answered.
The answer must ultimately be given by
the Psychologist, for the distinction be-
tween light and nonlight can only be
stated in terms Of the eye and its pecul-
lar specialized sensitiveness, but hint
may be given him by the physicist
The ethereal waves which affect the
eye and the Photographic plate are of q
size not wholly incompatible with that
of atoms of matter. When physical
phenomenon is concerned with the ulti-
mate atoms of matter, 1t is relegated at
present to tie wagner group of knowl-
edge summarized under the head Of
chemistry. Sight is probably chemical
sense. In the retina may be complex
aggregations of atoms, shaken asunder
by the incident light vibrations, and
rapidly built up again by the living It's
sues in which they live, the nerve endings
meanwhile approaching them in their
temporarily ASSOCIATED condition-a
vague speculation, not to be further
countenanced except as working hy-
pothesis leading to examination of fact,
but nevertheless the direction in which
the thoughts of some physicists are
tending-a direction toward which many
recently discovered experimental facts
point.-Professor Lodge in Fortnightly
Review.
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heart beat fast as the figure of a man en-
tered. His manner was hattering and
full of grace-his face seemed honest.
She had never felt .he influence of 9th
er visitors exerted over her with the pow
Ell of this one.
She dared not ask his name, but as he
left he said, pressing her hand, Il am
Truth"
For years she believed it; then came
doubt, and she saw what had been her
ideal of Truth was only Policy.
The next visitor was a long bearded,
bent old man, whose face was furrowed
and whose hands were palsied.
From his feeble lips came the words,
81 am Truth" His stay was short, but
she remembered that visitor, and oft
when the days were drear she saw be-
fore her the trembling hands, the thin,
snow white locks, the bent form and
the quivering lips, and she believed she
had found Truth.
But she was growing older now, and
something told her that Sorrow was not
Truth. Then she went to the well, and
it was dry. But there, far down in its
depths, she saw a toad. 'sWho are your"
she cried, and a hollow voice replied,
81 am Tradition" So she turned her
face toward home and knew that the
whole world lied and was deceived.
That same night came knock at her
door. She rose slowly and opened it.
There stood the strange creature covered
with rags-her first visitor.
"What would you? Who are your
Then came the answer, Il am Truth
81 would see your face" she muir
INJURED.
'sNay, experienced one, my face is not
fair to see, but am Truth"
"Yet would I see it," she made an
swer, ''for well know now that Truth
is not what we would have it, nor is it
fair"
Then the figure threw off it's rag COW
ering, and before her stood a skeleton.
Now she knew her life search was end
ed and that she had at last found Truth.
Henry Russell Wray in Philadelphia
/ Ledger
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A Newsdealer PAYS For a Libel.

A libel case somewhat similar to that
which Messrs. w. H. Smith successfully
defended the other day has just come
before one of the correctional courts in
Paris. M. de Sesmaisons, e former min
lister plenipotentiary of the French re-
public at Hayti, at present residing in
Paris, was annoyed at some comments
upon his conduct while in America that
appeared in the New York Tribune. The
article spoke vaguely of his having &C
quired certain notoriety and Of his be-
ing irresponsible for his actions in the
eye of the law.
AS the New York Tribune has no prop
erty in France, M. de Sesmaisons judged
it was useless to proceed against that
paper, but he decided to indict M. Bron-
tano, the proprietor of the Anglo
American library in the Avenue de
rOpera, where copies of the offending
number were sold. The plaintiff asked
for so, 900 francs damages.
Without admitting so extravagant a
claim, the court condemned the unfor-
tunate news agent, who quite possibly
cannot read English, to pay 5000 francs
to the plaintiff, as well as fine of 100
francs, and to insert the terms Of the
Judgment in any 10 newspapers M. de
Sesmaisons may select.-London News.
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THE BOY IN THE NOW.
There glides through the barns mammoth

There glides through the barns mammoth
door
A sweet scented hilltop of hay;
An athlete, with strength bubbling DER,
Now filings It in forkfuls away.
Another is slowing it back,
With white pearls of toll on his brow,
And, treading the hay in his track,
Looms family the boy in the now
Through crevices often can he
View, past the old barn wall of Jrown,
A river that leads to the sea,
A railway that drives to the town.
"Oh, when shall my fortune make hay
In yon fields of splendor, and how?
Twill wait for full many day;
I'm only boy in a now"
A cloud like flag from the sky
Is splendidly spread and unrolled;
The sun reaches down from on high
To fringe it with silver and gol~.
"Oh, when win heavens mercy my name
As bright as those colors allow2
But earth has no glory or fame
To waste on a boy In the now"
A cloud in the west, like pail,
Creeps upward and hangs in the light;
1t carries a gloom over all,
1t looks like part of the might.
With clamor the thunderbolts swarm,
And trees bend In agony now;
"'Tis thus, too, that poverty's storm
Would conquer the boy in the mowf"
The clouds have flown into dream.
The birds are discoursing in glee,
The smile of the sun is agleam
On river and hilltop and tree.
Look up to the heavens, little lad,
And then to your earth duties bow,
And some day both worlds may be glad
To honor the boy from the mowl
Will Carleton in Youths Companion.
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origin Of the Fan.

The following Chinese legend accounts
for the invention of the fan in rather
ingenious fashion; 1.-The beautiful Kan
81, daughter of a powerful mandarin, was
assisting at the feast of lanterns, when
she became overpowered by the heat. She
was compelled to take off her mask. But
as it was illegal to expose her face she
held her mask before it and gently fut-
tered it to cool herself. The court ladies
present noticed it, and in an instant 100
other hands were waving their masks.
This was the birth Of the fan, which to-
day takes the place of the mask in Chi
na."-New York World.
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right hand edge of the pyramid than you
do from the left and while in all prob
ability, if you are from good New Eng
land family, you can go on stretching
out the left hand edge of the inverted
pyramid you cannot go on with the
right hand edge any farther, and this
means that your genealogy is one sided
and partial thing Boston Transcript.
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A Sewer Gas Destroyer.

Some of the English towns and cities
have introduced device for ventilating
sewers-a Bunsen gas burner operating
to heat to a high temperature a series of
cast iron cones over the surfaces of
which the sewer gases have to pass on
their way out to the atmosphere, which
by such contact are entirely destroyed.
In order to obviate all danger of explo-
sion caused by leakage, this new safety
furnace consists of a series of cylindric-
al rings or segments, each mechanical
" fitted. An intermediate ring divides
the combustion chamber from the verti-
cal air passages formed between the in
ner and outer ring of the furnace. The
heat of the furnace is conveyed to the
outer ring by means of thick cast iron
webs that form tiers of air channels
through which the uprising sewer air
passes, and the burner is supplied with
air taken from the outside of the de
structor column. New York Sun.
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He Rode the Broncho.

Some one at the hotel told the fat man,
who had weeks holiday, that horse
back riding was the finest exercise in
the world for reducing the flesh, so the
gentleman with the surplus tissue rented
horse for week-a tough, why buck
skin broncho-and started in.
Every morning at o o'clock precisely
he mounted his steed in front of the no
tel, but no one ever saw him come back.
He was never at midday dinner, but he
appeared at the supper table, always
looking worn out and detected.
"How are you making out?' asked .his
adviser one night.
"Oh, pretty fair. Lost 20 pounds"
"That's good. Keep it up and you'll
have shape like the Apollo Belvidere.
Cant keep it up. That's the trouble.
never was much at walking, or rum
ming either, for that matter"
walking? You don't need to walk
whca you go riding"
Then the storm burst
"Walkingl l guess you never rode a
bronco, did you? Well, you want to try
that one, and you'll learn something. The
first day l went out ON him he carried
me as far as the bridge in the woods.
Then he dumped me off in the mud. |
chased him two miles. then gave it up
and walked home. The next day he took
me half mile further before he set me
down. went to the stable and kicked
about it. The man asked me if l went
riding for my health. told him yes.
He said that was just the horse WANTED
and that he kept him specially for that
purpose. Seventeen fat men had offered
to buy him, but he wanted to be gener-
GUS and give every one a chance.
He leaned his head on his hand wea-
rily.
"rll have to give it up, guess. Here
I've been crawling in the back door of
this hotel for four days. 1t has cost me
81 day to have my clothes cleaned, and
it'll take me year to recuperate. It's
no use. Pm willing to stay fat if them
blisters on my feet will only let up.
Come inside and let me spend my last
night in wild hilarity. York Her
aid
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Mrs. Flyabout-Weren't you awfully
afraid that Sunday night you had that
little card party and it Numbered and
lightened sol :
Mrs. Gofrequent-Indeed was. |
told the girls it wasn't good form and
that somebody would be sure to hear Of
lt.-Chicago Tribune.
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CHRIST AND THE SOUL. Z

When thou turn'st away from i'll.
Christ is this side of thy hill.
When thou turnest toward good,
Christ is walking in thy wood.
When thy heart says, Father, pardoni"
Then the Lord is in thy garden.
When stern duty wakes to watch,
Then his hand is on the latch.
But when Hope thy song doth rouse,
Then the Lord is in the house.
When to love is all thy wit,
Christ doth at thy table sit.
When Gods will is thy hearts pole,
Then is Christ thy very soul
George Macdonald in London Spectator.
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In a window on Fulton street there is
hung up for the inspection of the passer-
by a bicycle. 1t is suspended from set
of scales and the indicator registers the
weight of the wheel as 1871 pounds. This
is by far the hghtest bicycle which has
been put on the market, and it marks
another step in the evolution Of
the old velocipede toward the per-
feet bicycle. 1t is made of alumni
ium, the metal which has so late
ly become quite general in its use.
The cost of the wheel is considerably
more than that of the steel ones now in
use. but after the novelty has worn off
the price will probably be reduced to
that of the high grade wheels Of today.
Brooklyn Eagle.
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ruCKERToN

Leave Mount Holly for Tuckerton 926 a. M,
49, D. m daily except Sunday. Beach
Haven, 4.52 P. Nj /; no connections in morn
lngs. 80
Leave Beach Haven for Tuckerton, 90 a.
m. daily except sunday, and 40 p. m. on
Saturdays only.
Leave Tuckerton for Beach Haven, $50 p. m.
daily except Sunday, and 30 a. IN. on mon
days.
n., daily except Sunday.
Leave Tuckerron Tor Mount Holly, LOS u. M,
320p. M, daily except Sunday.
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Tht ofo do nd YaiIXroV of AmpTipn PrOTpCf-
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S.37, l0.50P.
on SUNDAYS. $50 a. NJ, 1905, 5. 20, $50 P. NJ.
For Pemberton 1856 1926, A. NJ, 1877.
332 452 COG 7O3 49, p NJ Sundays, Il. %
A. NJ, sos p M
For Browns Milsin- the-Pines, 7.35, $50, A. NJ,
332 452 p. NJ. Sundays, i0.23A. NJ.
ForBurlington, Bordentown. TrentonandNew
For Lewistown. Columbus, Kinkora, etc,
l37 P M On sundays, sos P.
For LumDerton Medford, Marlton and Had
ror tihceht0Wh, lz,2o o.o9 = i,,A.s go q ae
For Toms River, Island Heights, etc, S.zo'
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Trains leave for Mount Holly as Jotto,os:
MEDFoRD, MARLroN. AND PHILA-

DEIPHIA.
Leave Medford for Philadelphia at 6.5s, 1907,
A. Nj, 2.l3, 5.24, p. Nj. Sunday, sol, A. M,
$50, Z. NJ. 100
Leave Marion for Philadelphia at 7.l5, 1920,
A. M, 2.35, 535 p. NJ. Sunday, STA, A. NJ,
Aus, r. Nj.
Leave Philadelphia, Market street. for Med
ford and Marion at Z, 1880, A. NJ, 3. 5.3O,
r. NJ. Sunday, s.45 A. NJ $50, Z. NJ :,
Leave Marion tor Medtord, s.lI, ll4O A: NJ.
S59 y, 2. Nj. Sunday, 9.47, A. NJ, 62S, 4 M.
For further particulars apply to the ticket
agent at the station.
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PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.

The standard railway of America. Project
nal system.
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At this store Will be found the largest and
most complete stock of
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oUNT HOLLY BURLINGTON COUNTY TUESDAY NOVEMBER
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Castoria.

''Castoria is the best remedy for children OF
which am acquainted l hope the day is not
far distant when mothers will consider the real
interest Of their children, and use Castoria in
stead OF the variousquack nostrums which are
destroying their loved ones, by forcing opium,
morphine, soothing syrup and other hurtful
agents down their Threats, thereby sending
them 10 premature graves"
DIR. J. i. KINcHELoE,
Conway, Ark.
ru 1x F.-o NJ 4
The Globe-republican., 1893-12-01

a. gr-n'i.,.a. AMI Mr.. W. H. Pearce as
the hunter. We e characters in the oper-
eta which were hsn,ll~,l with the usual
skill If these we'll known vocalists, al
though il was not their intention TO make
amy display of their Talent. some of the
duets anil >oio~ We're highly appreciated.
W.. have left until the last that which
was beautiful part of brilliant whole
The Ma,p"i- dance. The long con-
tinurd applause which greeted the
dancers at it, conclusion a!ieSted. far
better than we can. the merits of the
performers We stall content ourselves
therefore. ny Informing those who were
absent, thai they missed "a whole show
in itself.