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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-08-15
FROM THE LAND OF DIAMONDS.
Resident of South Africa Tells of the
Great Mines at Kimberley.

A Resident of South Africa Tells of the
Great Mines at Kimberley.
James ii. Balmer, of Kimberley, was
in Detroit the other day and gave
Free Press man some information re-
garding the diamond mines of South
Africa and the methods of working
them. The De Beers Consolidated Min
ing Company controls an output of dia-
monds which amount to one hundred
million dollars annually. Until few
gears ago there were two diamond min
ing corporations in South Africa. the
De Beers and the Kimberley, but the
former bought the latter for sixteen mil
lion dollars. making payment with one
certified bank check, and thus practi-
cally securing control of the worlds
diamond market. 1.-THE two mines
now being worked by the De Beers
company" said Mr.. Balmer, cover an
area of thirty-six square miles and
reach a maximum depth of one thou
sand feet. OF course the market is en-
Sirely in Europe and America. Dyna-
mite is employed in some places,
hydraulic power in others, and the sim
in the pit is performed entirely by
male negroes, of whom one thousand
are employed. They are in charge
of white overseers, who also superin-
tend the use of the dynamite. From
the pit the rock is wheeled in barrows
TO hydraulic elevator, whence it is
carried to the drying fields above.
These fields, or levels, are many miles
in extent, and through all parts of them
run moving endless chains to which
the barrows are attached. These chains
carry them, guided bv negroes, TO all
parts of the field. There the contents
are spread fiat upon boards, and in a
few days time the intense heat of the
sun relaxes the rock to a powder. From
the wooden platforms IL is carried to a
Westinghouse, where the dust is placed
in huge machines, in which the dirt is
washed away and the diamonds remain
and gravitate TO a common center,
whence they are taken and packed for
shipment to different parts of Europe.
st is estimated that hundreds of
thousands of dollars worth of the dia-
monds are stolen every year by the ne
groes in spite of the extraordinary
care taken TO prevent theft, and the
penalties imposed for conviction of it,
Every negro is made to sign contract
when he enters the employ of the com
pany. 1t may be for three months or
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-08-15
He GOT BOTH OF THEM.
An Express Company's Detective Who LAi
Out Two Stage Robbers.

An Express Company's Detective Who Laid
Out Two Stage Robbers.
zone day in October, 1877, was
staging it in northern California" said
Thomas M. Spencer to st. Louis
Globe Democrat man. 'There were
six of us in the coach. We were talk
ing about stage robbers. Suddenly
there was halt and one of the party
said: Speak of the devil and he will
appear Well, awe all got up and stood
In line and gave up our purses and
watches. The driver had thrown of
the mail bag and the Wells-Fargo safe.
There were two robbers, neither Of
them masked. They were not polite
like the knights of the road of ro-
nance, but swore continuously The
Job was done in about five minutes, and
the robbers told the driver to go ahead.
We did SO for half mile or so, when one
of the passengers, silent man whom
/ had taken for a commercial man.
said to the driver: Go slowly and
wait for me at the ford He tlSen pro
duced Winchester from the bottom of
the coach and started back over the
road alone. Who is hep we asked the
driver. 'Wells-Fargo man, ! guess;
never saw him before, but | guess he
knows his business. If he comes back,
he will have got them; if he don't,
they'll have got him.
Twenty minutes later we heard
some rapid firing. We stopped at the
ford Nearly an hour passed, and then
the man who had gone back appeared
on the trail He walked slowly, as if
in pain, and a bloody handkerchief
was tied about his head. Drive back
and get the box he said to the driver.
Did you get emp asked the driver
Both of EN-, he replied We drove
back In the middle of the road where
we had been held up both men lay
dead The Wells-Fargo detective, cal
culating that they would stop to rife
the mail bag and the strong box, di-
vide the plumber and then separate,
had quietly walked back. One of them
he dropped with his Winchester before
he was suspected; the other got in one
shot before he fell, and that had
struck the brave man glancing blow
on the head. Our property was all re-
stored to us. We helped bury the dead
robbers by the roadside. The brave of
ficer refused to accept the purse we
| hastily raised for him"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-08-15
SELECTING SEEDS.
Pick Out the Best Plants and Preserve
for That Purpose.

Pick Out the Best Plants and Preserve
for That Purpose.
Owing to the facility with which
farmers can supply themselves from the
seedsmen. few save their own seeds
now as they did in former times. 1t is
SO convenient to look over the assert
ments to be found in the seed stores
and select what one wants for the gar
den for a small consideration that saw
ing seeds at the right time is scarcely
thought of by most families having
gardens Still there are in many cases
manifest advantages in saving at least
a portion of the seeds which may be
wanted the next season, says the South
ern Farmer. In this way one can feel GER
tain of having for his various crops
seeds which will grow and be true to
name if proper care is taken in gather
ing, curing and preserving them from
injury until wanted for use. Do not
take seeds from the plant until perfect
ly mature. Select from the best stalks
and spread for few days in dry
room, and when they have been care
fully cleaned put in small bags, label
and hang out of harms way until
planting time. 1t is a good plan to
single out the plants from which the
seeds are to be saved some time before
the ripening and note such as are the
most productive and vigorous
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-08-15
A snake Laboratory rounded.

An enlightened Bengali, Babu Co
Wind Chandra Laha, has contributed
fifteen thousand rupees toward the ex'
penses of a snake laboratory at Cal
cutta. Two main lines of research will
be followed in the laboratory So
called cures for snake bites will be
tested under strictly scientific condi-
tions, and the properties of the snake
poison as such will be investigated
The laboratory will be the only insti-
tuition of its kind in the world, and the
committee of the Calcutta geological
gardens which has taken the matter
in hand expects that it will be largely
resorted to by the scientific inquirers
who visit India during the cold wealth
er. In accordance with the practice of
scientific laboratories in Europe a
charge will be made for the use of the
tables and instruments at a rate suffi-
cient to cover working expenses.
Work done on behalf of the govern
ment will also be charged for accord
ing to regular scale.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-08-15

chree years, but during all the period
of his labor he is held a close prisoner
The entire mining property is inclosed
by barbed wire fence of great height
and at each gate an armed sentry pa
trolls his beat. Negroes are neither
allowed in nor out under any circum-
stances, but white men may come and
go, after obtaining permission. When
the negro is about to leave the employ of
the company, he is taken to a guard
house, where he is again imprisoned for
several days. He is stripped naked and
examined. They comb out his woolly
hair, dig out his ears, his nose, and ex-
anime his mouth for hidden diamonds.
They feel of his legs, his thighs, his
arms, every part of his body, and when
ever a lump is discovered a knife is
dexteriously inserted and the lump is
usually found to be diamond. But
and now comes the climax-they get
at the contents of his stomach by the
administration of powerful physics and
emetics, for the kaffir will go to any
extreme that he may steal the precious
stones.
There is a class of men in South
Africa known as l. d. B.'s-illicit
diamond buyers-who make it their
business to buy stolen diamonds from
the negroes 1t is great risk they
run. If detective sees man walking
the streets of Kimberley, who he mere
ly suspects of having diamond in his
possession, he may cause his arrest. If
diamond is found on his person, and
he fails to give a satisfactory proof of
his right to it, he is tried, and, if con-
victed, sentenced to five years penal
servitude and fine of five thousand
dollars.
''The Dutch were once the supreme
rulers over South Africa, but they are
rapidly giving way to the English.
Even in the Dutch Reformed church
their language is being replaced by the
English tongue. Detroit Free Press.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-08-15
JOYS OF TROUT FISHING.
Brief But Graphic Pen Picture of Da
with Rod and Line.

Brief But Graphic Pen Picture of q Day
with Rod and Line.
Silent as an otter, the man moves
into the water till it eurls about his
knees, says writer in Outing. An arm
sways back and forth, and an insect
fiutters softly upon the surface of the
pool some yards away. Quickly the arm
sways again, and again an insect kisses
the surface of the water. A flash of
silvery crescent, a plash in the water,
sudden, stronger swirl in the writing
current; then a sharp, metallic discord
rasps out against the song of the
birds. The mans eyes blaze with
swift, eager light, his cheek fushes
slightly; there is then exultation in
every line of his face. His right hand
clinches upon the wand, the rasping dis
cord ceases, the wand arches to a semi
circle and quivers with perilous strain,
while two keen eyes rivet upon a shift
ing, swirling commotion that maddens
the water here, there, back, forth, un-
ceasingly. A ball of snowy spume upon
the surface, spatter of jeweled drops.
= tinted shape curving in air an in
sJhnt, an apprenenslVe AM from inc
mans parted lips, and again the 1.-the
wand curves and strains. So is fought
the good fight, till skill conquers.
Within the fatal net CLEANS shining
belly and pearl-bordered fins above "a
streak of olive gemmed with ruby
spangles. The mans face glows with
pride AS he carefully bears his captive
to the shore. Upon fragrant bier of
freshest green within the creel dead
king lies in state. All day the silent
man creeps hither and thither along
the stream casting, fighting, waiting.
noting many things, until darkness
falls; then homeward through the
scented shadows, with whisper of fall
ing song from dnrlsened copses. The
mans feet are tired with healthy
WEAKNESS; the creel strap cuts deep
into his shoulder, but his heart is light
and his soul at peace. Not one evil
idea has entered his mind all day and
he has learned much. That is trout
fishing-and do you people with money
and leisure bear in mind the fact that
If you spare the rod you may spoil
yourself
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-08-15
The Photo-Corrector.

A London photographer has con-
structed an instrument to which he
gives the name of "photo-corrector,"
the object of which is to regulate and
correct the various proportions of the
body, irrespective of the pose which
the sitter may select. The result is
that while the actual likeness is faith
fully preserved, the hands and other
parts of the body which are distorted
by the ordinary process of photography
are at once brought into harmony
with the face and the rest Of the figure
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-08-15
a COUNTRY OF SMALL THINGS
The Quiet and UnambitiOus Character OF
the French Canadians.

The Quiet and Unambitious Character of
the French Canadians.
In the quiet village, where the good
cures word is law. there is likely to be
very little brawling and less drinking,
for the French Canadians are neither
auarrelsome nor incorporate. There
may be tavern, or perhaps two tav-
ems, where not only guests are re-
ceived, but where liquor is sold, but the
cure sees to it that they are closed very
early in the evening. Long before mid
night the streets of the place are de-
serted. and a late wanderer need have
no fear of drunken hoodlums. A we'll
governed French-Canadian village,
where the cure is thoroughly respected
because of his wisdom and piety, af-
fords decided contrast to many rural
communities in English Canada and on
our own side of the border.
The people are not enterprising. At
least this seems to be true of all but a
few exceptions. They are content to
take what comes in their way, with a
happy faith that the morrow will bring
with it its daily bread. They are
averse to breaking in new lands, and,
as the families are large, the division
of the farms generation after genera
ton finally results in such small por-
tions that some of the children
must seek employment elsewhere if all
are to live. Very few of them are will
ing to go to the new lands of Manitoba
and the northwest, but they find con-
genial occupation in the cities. They
are admirable mechanics, and are most
loyal and devoted servants. The
Scotchman or Englishman who is at
the head of great establishment pre-
fers the French Canadians to his own
countrymen as subordinates. He will
tell you that the Frenehmen will re-
main with him all their lives; that nc
such thought as seeking new employ
ment, or leaving the old for the pur-
pose of engaging in ventures for him
self. will ever enter a French Canadian
head He will stay by the old EN-
ployer all his life, and his son will sue
coed to his own or better place in the
service of the house. On the other
hand, the Englishman or Scotchman
will take the first opportunity to &c
! into business for himself, and will use
his employment as stepping-stone tC
something better.-Henry LOOMS Mel
son, in Harper's Magazine.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-08-15
PROTECT THE ROOFS.
Sensible Suggestions ConcerRing Shingles
and Their Proper Use.

Sensible Suggestions CONCERNING Shingles
and Their Proper Use
1t is a matter of no small expense to
keep the roofs of farm buildings in
sound and tight condition. Want OF
proper selection of shingles, of prop er
care in laying them, and in protecting
them from the weather, are responsible
for much of the cost which often seems
a burden. The saying that what IS
worth doing at all is worth doing well,
is eminently true of the selection, lay
ing and care of shingles. In the first
place, it is false economy to buy, or
have made from the product of ones
own wood lot. shingles of inferior
quality, full of sap, or of coarse,
porous, or shalxy nature, which permits
water to enter the grain, soon ending
its usefulness
Roofs soon become almost worthless
through carelessness in laying the
shingles, joints not being properly
ssbroken," and water thus let in to
cause rapid decay. Another point is
that an unprotected single, even
good one, severely exposed as it is to
the action of the weather, has vastly
less durability than it would have if
covered with some moisture pfeof ma
terial Even a cheap quality of paint
will prove great protection. If paint
is thought to be too costly, there are
often materials to be had that will well
repay applying to the newly-laid
shingles, or to use as dip before they
are laid. Tar, crude petroleum. white
wash = all these are efficacious, If
properly and thoroughly applied. Such
applications mean better looking build
ings, and roofs that will long outlast
those not similarly treated
1t is much better, in cold climates, at
least, to use shingles, underlaid by
thick building paper, upon the walls OF
farm buildings, instead of clapboards,
as the former are warmer, and, If well
laid, or painted, or stained, will look
better than clapboards. In any event
warmth ought not to be sacrificed to
looks, and shingles certainly afford
far better protection against the
entrance of cold air than do clapboards-
The great point in the use of the former
lis to secure good quality, to lay them
with great care, rs regards joints, and to
properly protect the wood from the
action of the weather Such care will
be repaid in the durability that will
be thus secured.-D. Webb, in American
Aor;c,,ltr,risf
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-08-15
HERRING ARIsTocRAcY.


The First Fish of the Season Sold at Very
High Prices in Holland.
Needless to say that, being SO sur
rounded by water, the Dutch are great
lovers of fish. Indeed, social rank is
indicated by the consumption of fish,
and strange to say that for this pur-
pose the humblest of all fish, the com
mon herring, has been selected.
AT a good restaurant at Amsterdam
| asked for thoroughly Dutch dish,
and to my great surprise small raw
herring was served to me, and for this
strange dish was made to pay very
large price. In answer to my inquiries
| was informed in particular tone in
dicative of something surprising and
wonderful that it was new herring.
/ was further told that new herring
cost few weeks ago as much as one
dollar each. ] protested that in Lon
don new herring were often sold at one
cent each or three herring for two
cents. In answer to this was smiling
w informed that in Holland herring
were not during the season any dearer;
only, though just as fresh, they were
kfCAANS
is to eat new herring, and a new her
ring means herring out of season, or
the first herring that heralds the COM
ing season. 1t is these rare and early
herring that are sold at one dollar
each Then the price falls to half a
dollar, then to twenty cents, to ten
cents, to five cents, and finally to one
cent or less
When the new herring are first an
nounced Dutchmen inquire of one an
other: Have you already eaten new
herring?' If you are able to answer
eyes early in the season then you are
considered a man of means and impor-
lance But if you continue for long
confessing that you have not eaten any
new herring then your kind and char
liable friends conclude you must be
involved in serious financial Difficult
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-08-15

themselves at one or those narrow
tables laid for four covers, though
they are no bigger than an extension
leaf in dining room closet. They
.re doubtless meant for the luncheon
eaters who keep within a ffteen-cent
limit and consequently do, not order
many courses. There was already at
the table shy little woman who had
whispered a wish for bouillon and
crackers, and a lover of strawberry
shortcake who put up with her portion
being served in soup-plate because it
was good and the soup-plate was so
pretty. These delicate maidens gave
not one order, but three separate ones.
At first they had two kinds of soup,
sorts of croquettes, bread. rolls and
mashed potatoes. That almost covered
the table, and the small, shy eater of
crackers drew her plate nearer her cup.
Then they sent for tomatoes, lettuce,
salads pickles, coffee, pie and choco-
late. The dishes had then to be ar
ranged in two stories The shy woman
looked as if she thought she ought to
do something about the situation but
couldn't The strawberry shortcake
eater having but one lone plate felt no
responsibility. But when third edi-
ton appeared with ice cream and little
cakes it was quite time to flee.
1t was at table in the restaurant of
certain dry goods shop famous for
both silk and clam broth that mother
and daughter were placed by the won
derfully energetic forewoman. The
daughter was large and looked dom
ineering; the mother was small and
looked meek. They were on their way
to the exposition, and they agreed they
must have a hearty lunch.
''What will you take?' asked the
Younger. ''Some clam broth?" The
old lady's meek expression changed to
a fretful one.
mo, l don't like clam broth. It's
nothing but sea water"
"Some bouiIlon, then. Thatll
strengthen you"
mo, don't like bullyon. It's moth
ing but beef tea, anyway, and I'm not
sick"
Have some chicken salad, then?
That's two or three dishes in one"
'No, / don't like chicken salad. It's
awful mussy stuff, seems to me-"
''Wel, would you like some straw
berry shortcake, then? 1t looks good. "
mo, don't like any shortcake I'M
less make it myself"
well, mother, what will you bave?"
the imposing but dutiful daughter
asked with a sigh of exhaustion.
81 dunno but I'll take piece of APP
pie pie, /" which she accordingly did
Chicago Tribune.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-08-15
WOMEN All LUNCH.
Studies OF Feminine Fancy In Chicago Tel
Rooms and RefectorIes.

Studies of Feminine Fancy In Chicago Tea
Rooms and RefectorIes.
There are queer studies in wonankind
among the hungry crowds at luncheon
In the tea rooms and 'refectories" of
Chicago's big shops There are men
there TO be studied too. but they are as
a rule solitary, stranded specimens and
do not affect the general feminine as
pect That aspect as a whole is, If one
will only notice it, curious, incessant
culver. A like number of men seated
at luncheon keep their shorn or bald
heads almost still, but the comparison
of woman to the eight aspen shade"
was never so true as in one of these as
semblages of bonneted ladies, whose
aigrettes and ribbons and curls seem in
a perpetual breeze as they shake their
heads at every assertion they make and
turn twenty times to see if their es-
pecial waitress is coming at last.
The extreme heartiness of the lunch
cons taken by the more fragile look
ing of the women is striking II is
the large and well nourished dame
who seems content with coffee and
rolls or tea and fried cakes. At the
Women's exchange the other day
two slim and slender damsels seated
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-08-15

The red and fallow deer which for
merly roamed through the English for
ests had a habit of scraping up the
earth with their forefeet to the depth
of several inches, sometimes even a
half yard The stranger passing
through these woods was frequently
exposed to the danger of tumbling in
to one of these hollows, when he
might be said truly to be in scrape.'
The college students of Cambridge, IN
their little perplexities, pick up and
applied the phrase to other perplexine
matters, which had brought a man
morally into a fix.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-08-15
Lousr Lie OF the OCEAN.

Below half mile in depth the water
of the ocean is intensely cold, remain
ing both winter and summer at point
only slightly above freezing. The con-
tents Of trawl hauled up from the
floor Of the sea at the equator will be
found to include mud and ooze that is
nearly freezing. All of the life in the
vast waste of waters called the Pacific
is either near the surface or at the
bottom. The abyssal fishes cannot
live except under the enormous pres
sure of Understanding to over two
tons to the square inch at three miles
down-to which they may be able to
endure this, the tissues of their bodies
and even their bones are very loose
In texture. Though solid enough un-
der the conditions to which they are
accustomed, they are soft and pulpy
when dragged up to the open air
Their eyes protrude and sometimes
they actually burst Open
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-08-15

Last year we told you in this
paper something about the Chiffon paints
how they are made from the best ma
terials that can be bought, how they are
mixed by machinery, and how we turn
out a paint superior to any paint now
made. You did not paint your house last
year. Perhaps some one in your place
has used the Chiffon Paints. If you want
to paint this year, 90 and ask the man
who used the Chiffon Paint how he liked
it, ask him all about it; how much paintit
took, if gallon covered as much surface
as he expected, If it was easy to put on,
etc. You can see for yourself how it looks
If you don't like the colors ne used, send
to us for color card.