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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-03-06
JUDGE coFFlN's FIRST CASE .
Bluff That Was Called Down In a Most
HumiliatIng Manner.

A Bluff That Was Called Down In a Most
Humiliating Manner.
The following story is told of Timothy
Coffin, who was for long time judge OF
the New Bedford district: When very
Young man, he was retained in a case Of
sufficient importance to bring out almost
every resident of the town, SO that
the little New Bedford courthouse was
packed when court was opened that
morning. Coffin had been secured as
counsel by the defendant. Although it
was his first attempt in open court, he
had made little or no preparation, think
ing that he could get through somehow
or other when the time came. Thus,
when the counsel for the defendant came
into court that morning, he was greatly
surprised, and no less agitated, to see the
big crowd and realize the wide public
interest in the trial at hand He saw
that he had looked upon the case too
lightly. The prosecution was strong,
and he had made not even a slight prep
aration.
To lose the case meant the loss OF a
hoped for reputation. Could he afford to
commit this blunder by displaying his
ignorance of the case? How could hege
out of it? These were few of the ques-
tons that are known to have flashed
through the young lawyers head, for
afterward he himself told of the awful
perplexity Of the hour. Being shrewd
inventor, he devised a plan. AS soon as
the court had been called to order and
the crier had said his little say he arose
and asked for a postponement of the
trial, on the ground that he had just re-
ceived a telegram announcing the sud
den and fatal illness of his mother, who
resided at Nantucket.
Scarcely had the words of this appeal
proceeded from the lips of young Coffin,
when an elderly woman quietly arose IN
the balcony of the courtroom and gave
utterance to these words, Timothy,
Timothy, how many times have chas-
tised thee for lyingy'
Timothy recognized the sound OF that
voice only too well. 1t was that of his
mother. This being Timothy S first pub
lie case, the old lady had secretly come
up to New Bedford to see how well her
son would do. Her presence was OF
course totally unknown to him. The
further developments need not be record
ed here. Suffice it to say that Timothy
Coffin in after years made sure that his
excuses would not be thrown back al
him by any member of his own family
| -BogtOn Herald
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MINor LEDGE LIGHTHOUSE.

The Historic Storm which Wiped the Orig
inaI Structure Out of Existence.
The lighthouse ON Minot's ledge
stands within the shadow of tragedy.
1t is the second structure erected upon
the ledge. The first lighthouse and the
lives it held were claimed by the sea.
Begun in 1S47 and completed in No
vember, 1S48, it was overwhelmed in
/ April, 1851. Its destruction was the
most tragic event in the history of Our
| lighthouse establishment. The struc-
ture was an octagonal tower supported
upon wrought iron piles strengthened
by braces. The piles penetrated five
feet into the rock. On the braces, "a 4
feet above the rock, the keeper had con-
structed a platform for the storage Of
bulky articles and had fastened to the
lantern deck, SO feet above the rock, a
bH inch hawser, which he had an
chored to a seven ton granite block.
Along this hawser articles were hoisted
up to the platform and there landed.
These improvements were convenient
and fatal, not, however, to the keeper
who made them, for he was on shore
when the storm which has become his
toric for its fury burst over the coast.
On Monday, April Ia, 1851, there
was strong easterly gale blowing. At
that time there were ON the tower two
assistant keepers and friend of the
principal keeper. The visitor became
frightened at the first indication of a
storm, and In response to a signal from
the tower boat put off for Cohasset
and took him ashore On Tuesday the
wind swung around to the northeast,
the most dangerous quarter from which
the elements can hurl themselves upon
Minot's, as they then rejoice in the ac-
cumulated fury Of miles of wind torn
sea. BY the 10th it had increased to
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-03-06
GENIUS is INDIFFERENT.
Surroundings Have Naught to Do With the
Thread of Thought.


It might be conjectured perhaps that
SCOTS and Byron genius was favored
by the circumstances of their birth,
that the wild scenes in which Scott 8
infancy was passed, and the local leg
ends with which his head was filed de-
termined him to ballad writing, and
that the ballad writing led naturally in
its turn to romance, and that the high
station and undisciplined liberty OF
Byron's childhood fostered that passion
ate self will and brooding imagination
which showed themselves in his fierce,
scornful and moody verse. This, we
say, might perhaps be conjectured with
some probability, and the like might be
said of Wordsworth 8 infancy.
But how shall we maintain that the
conditions of Keats cockney birth in a
livery stable or his education in dis
secting room favored the growth of that
most delicate and rich type or almost
Hellenic clearness and beauty of imag-
inationP And how shall we maintain
that Dickens mental task in the cork
ing of backing bottles fostered the
growth of that wonderful humor and
that microscopic accuracy of vision
which filed the world with laughter
and with inimitable caricature such as
no comedy, not even Moliere's, had an
ticipated?
Again, who would have ventured to
predict that a wild, despotic, Irish evan
gelical spirit like Patrick Bronte, ban
ished to the bleakest of Yorkshire moors,
would have been the father of children
SO eager, original and vivid in their rev.
cries as those who eventually produced
the unique passion of Ellis and Currer
Bells genius? So far as we know any
thing of the origin of genius, that ORR
gin is usually surprise.
1t is the rare exception, and not the
rule, when we find Chatham succeeding
in producing such a dollhouse flower as
William Pitt, or James. Mill succeeding
in celebrating a specimen more perfect
than himself of a thinker of his own
type, in the studious, diligent, diffuse,
lucid and rather dreary logician and
economist who left his mark on the
English philosophy of the third quarter
of this century. Nor do we ever find in
rare instances of this sort the higher
kinds of original genius. Pitt and John
Stuart Mill were considerable triumphs
of training for purpose, but that pur-
pose was very limited enc and had
none of the largeness and freshness of
vitality which attaches to original gem
ius.-London Spectator.
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LOVES REMINDERS.

Shy bluebird on yon maple spray,
My coming causes you surprise.
You cry aloud and fly away
On wings that glitter as they rise;
So blue are they, so skyey clear,
Unequaled bliss their beaming brings;
For now think of one most dear,
Whose eyes are bright as bluebird's wings
From covert groves glides forth trill
OF wild birds singing Justify,
Yet while / list my thoughts will still
Seek her who is most dear to me,
For, oh, her soft and soothing voice
Sounds merrier than the leaping throng
Or waters when spring rills rejoice
Its music mates the linnet's song.
Upon bourgeoned white birch broad
A squirrel gambols spry and feet,
Until, by my rude spaniel awed,
She higher mounts on hasty feet;
And as she bounds without fall
From lower limbs to limbs above
Her agile motions well recall
The flake-light footballs of my love.
Maurice w. Casey in Boston Pilot.
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MYSTERIOUS ELECTRICITY.
The Human Mind May Never Solve the
Problem of What 1t Is.


The Human Mind May Never Solve the
Problem of What 1t Is.
To the metaphysical mind on the one
hand and to the confident ignoramus on
the other the mysterious nature of cleo
tricity offers fruitful subject of specu
lation. To the latter especially it seems
a reproach that the true nature of cleo
tricity has not long before been made
manifest, and he is always prepared to
dash off an explanation with much more
confidence than Newton proposed his
theory of gravitation. 1t seems inexpli-
cable to the public at large that the mvs-
terry surrounding electricity is not dis
PEELED. 1t does not seem to occur to
those who are impatient to have the
great question, What is electricity
answered that we are in just as dense
ignorance as to the mechanism of other
phenomena. Gravitation, light, heat
and chemical action are in the same
category of scientific mysteries and have
had centuries more of thought bestowed
on them than has been devoted to the
new agent. While it now seems that
we may be on the threshold Of one Of
the greatest discoveries of the human
mind, yet it is possible, and even proba-
BILE, that the knowledge of man may
never be permitted to extend to the en-
tire solution of the problem, for it is the
very problem of the universe itself.
Assuming what seems to be unques-
toned, that electricity, electrical action
or whatever we may call it, has its seat
in the atoms or molecules of matter or
of the hypothetical matter, ether, we
are brought face to face with the same
conditions that confront the cosmical
philosopher. As the latter can never
hope to have his material vision extend
to the bounds of the universe, neither
can the molecular physicist hope to ma
terially appreciate the ultimate elements
of matter. Lord Kelvin has shown that
if drop of water were magnifed to the
size of the earth one of its constituent
molecules would only be magnifed to
approximately the size of a cricket
ball. Bearing this in mind, the inn
mensity of the problem which is SO often
fippantly referred to is evident. True,
we may dbC OAlC CAdOb ACActbACAA
between electricity and magnetism and
may satisfactorily connect these with
other phenomena and even obtain a
working hypothesis that will answer all
scientific needs, but the ultimate solu-
ton may forever evade the human mind.
Whatever we do learn, however, will
not be through the speculations of meta
physicians or the guesses of tyros, but
through the physical investigations of
Hertzes and Teslas. While as a mental
training metaphysical speculation may
have its use, the absolute lack of addi-
lions to our real knowledge during the
many centuries from Plato to Bacon,
when metaphysics held full sway, is con-
elusive that nothing can be expected
from this direction, and merely specula-
tive theories in regard to the nature OF
electricity deserve as little considera-
ton as is now given to the metaphysical
vagaries of the schoolmen of the middle
ages Electrical World.
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No Danger Of a salt Famine

The amount of salt in the sea waters
of the globe, if extracted, would be greater
IN mass than the land, so far as it appears
above the surface. The seas cover 73per
cent Of the earth's surface, estimated at
{, 200 900 (German) square miles. The
percentage Of chlornatrium in the sea is
the same at all depths. Assuming that
the average depth of the sea is half
(German) mile, there are then B,400, 1000
cubic miles of sea water A cubic mile Of
sea water contains on the average about
% Kilograms of salt. The ., 100000 cubic
miles of sea water would therefore con-
tain IS 900 cubic miles of distilled pure
salt. From the German.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-03-06
TYPICAL kENTUcKIANs.

Some Caustic Comments About the speci-
mems Pictured In Dime Novels.
There are, no doubt, good many
worthy people who advise folks against
moving to Kentucky, because their typ
icsl Kentuckian is a blossom nosed fire
eater, who goes about with his trousers
stuck into cowhide boots, a SLOUGH hat
staggering over his eyes, whisky flask
protruding from one pocket, a revolver
from another and bowie knife from the
bootleg. Their representative Ken
tuckian kills man every morning for
breakfast and goes to bed every night
too gloriously drunk to take his clothes
off. They divide Kentuckians into two
classes-the horse racers and the feud
fighters They consult dime novel ac-
counts of the mountain vendettas as au-
thorities on Kentucky life, and they ac-
cept and disseminate the opinion that
Kentucky is a good place for man Of
peaceful inclinations to stay away from.
Another picture of the Kentuckian,
less uncomplimentary, but as an aver
age type scarcely less untrue to life, is
that of the old Kentucky gentleman
whose religion it is to love boss and
cuss niger, who has highly wrought
notions of gallantry, wraps himself in
an atmosphere of romance and chivalry,
worships the memory of Henry Clay,
has no occupation in life beyond swap
ping stories, playing poker and slipping
mint juleps, and is in all respects a
harmless, kindly, clustering, inane, in
dolent, boastful and utterly impracti-
cable member and type of somnolent
society.
The fault of the seeker after types is
the disposition to generalize on too
slight foundation. Such men as these
there are in Kentucky. The feud fight
er is here, though we have quieted him
by hanging or imprisoning his fellow
outlaw He chiefly lives now in the
impossible romances which space writ
ers have woven about as cowardly a
set of assassins as ever skulked behind
rock or fired an undefended mountain
cabin. The fine old Kentucky gentle
man is here, too, and may there be to
him and his peace and plenty in the
mellow evening of kindly life. The
younger sons of Kentucky honor his vir-
tues and wear them when they can, bor-
rowing from his courtly example much
that makes the genuine gentleman. So
much do we love him and honor him
that we are disposed to resent any rude
exaggeration of his lovely pecularities
by those who cannot appreciate him and
who do not understand that the quail
ties which most distinguish him may
adjust themselves IN his sons and grand
sons to changed conditions of life.
Louisville Courier-J ournal.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-03-06

Among the superstitions OF southern
negroes are those which make it most
unfavorable thing to see a black cat
crossing ones path, or to turn back
without making cross in the street,
road or path. The belief in witches
is perhaps more general than any other,
and an congressman tells of case in
this section within the past 80 years IN
which witch was killed in very
strange fashion. A negro called on a
witch doctor, very old woman, and
was told that the cause of the trouble
was witch and that she must be kill
ed; that the only way possible to thus
put her out of the way was to go into
the woods and cut the figure of per-
son on the bark of big pine tree, mark
a cross on the body and shoot this with
a silver bullet, the cross representing
the witch's heart. The shooting was
duly done in the presence of quite
number of persons. This occurred in
the northern part of this county. Ce-
dar balls are carried in the pockets as
a protection against witches. The ne
gro belief in these is certainly fully
matched by that of white men who car
~ in their pockets buckeyes and Irish
potatoes, or who wear thick iron rings
on their fingers as preventive OF rheu-
matism. Cor. Washington Star.
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confident that, excepting the speaker re-
ferred to and the manager of the build
ing, no one outside the immediate fam
lily of the man whose courage prevented
this catastrophe has known the whole
story till now. The terror of those min
utes before the crowd was moved and
the floor rose toward its level was such
that he never, even in his own family,
alluded to the scene, though he lived
for 40 years afterward. l know not if
the self possession of M. Dupuy, when
the bomb exploded in the French as
sembly, was greater than this hitherto
unknown act of heroism.-R. P. S. in
London Spectator.
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A Case of Contempt.

The prisoner was a bold faced va
grant. and the judge had it in for him
from the start
How many times have you been
hereP" he asked.
Really, your honor, never kept
count after the twentieth time.
I'm give you six months, " said the
judge sternly.
"All right, your honor.
but it ism all right 1t is all wrong,
and you ought to be ashamed of your
self. -
well, your honor, was the impu-
dent response, you oughtn't to COM
plain. The state gets my services for
nothing, and you make it pay you for
yours, and the judge gave him 80 days
more for contempt. Detroit Free Press.
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Sweet. Of solitude.

Sheep and geese become restless when
separated from the flock; the eagle and
lion seek isolation. From quiet and
solitude spring the greatest thoughts,
inventions and formation. Our most
valuable acquisition in the time of our
development through nature, art and
circumstance is the fruit of hours spent
in quietude, desirable for our growing
youth and absolutely essential for our
future philosopher, poet and artist
George Ebers In the Forum.
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What is

Castor is Dr. Pitchers prescription for Infants
and Children contains neither Opium, Morphine nor
other Narcotic substance 1t Is harmless SALES.--FUTURE
for Paregoric Drops, Soothing Syrups, and Castor OIL
IT. ia Pleasant is thirty years by
Millions of Castoria destroys Worms and aays
feyerishness. Castora prevents vomiting Sour Curd
cures Diarrhoea and Wind Collie. Castoria relieves
teething troubles, cures constipation ana hatuency
Castoria the food regulates the stomach
ond boweIs giving healthy natural sleep. Cas-
tora is the Children's Panacea-the Mothers Friend
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-03-06

There have been great changes in the
government departments in the last 30
years. The first woman regularly en-
ployed was put on the rolls of the navy
department 85 years ago. She was a
young widow, and the officials consid-
cred it an awful problem how to dis
pose of her. Finally they hit upon a
plan. They treated her as II she was
contagious disease and isolated her in
an attic room. She received and re-
turned her copying by messenger.
But the disease caught on, so to speak,
and today there are |, 900 women in the
treasury alone. There is one woman to
every seven men.
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a hurricane, and the tower was so COM
pletely buried in the heavy seas that
nothing of it could be seen by the group
of anxious watchers at Cohasset. About
O'Clock in the evening of the 10th
the platform was washed ashore. Then
the watchers knew that the water had
risen to within seven feet of the tower.
At nightfall it was seen nat the light
was burning. 1t was observed at fitful
intervals until 10 O'Clock that night,
when it was finally lost to sight. AT
o'clock on the morning of Thursday,
April II, just at the turn of the food,
when the outstreaming tide and the in
rushing hurricane met at Minot's, a
violent tolling of the lighthouse bell
was heard After that no sound rose
above the din of the storm. About 6
o'clock in the morning a man walking
along the shore saw chair washed up
a little distance ahead of him. Exam
lining it, he recognized it as having been
in the watchroom of the tower. After
this discovery no one had any doubts of
the tragedy which had been enacted be-
hind the curtain of the storm. When
it lifted, naught was seen over Minot's
ledge but the sea. its white crests
streaming triumphantly in the gale.
1t is believed by those competent to
judge of such matters that the destruc-
ton of the tower was due to the surface
which the platform constructed by the
keeper offered to the waves and to the
strain of the hawser upon the structure.
Every time this hawser was struck by
a sea it actually tugged at the tower.
There seems also little doubt that the
sum appropriated by congress for the
building of the lighthouse was INSULT
cient by about two-thirds for such
structure as the perilous situation called
fOr.-(4ustav Kobbe in Century,.
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A RETIRED BUSINESS WOMAN.
a Page From Her History.

The important experiences of others are
interesting. The following is no exceptions
Il had been troubled with heart disease %
years, much of that time very seriously. For
five years l was treated by one physician con-
tinuOusly. was in business, but obliged to
retire on account of my health. A ply
stefan told my friends that / could not live a
month. My feet and limbs were badly swol-
len, and was indeed in a serious condition
when gentleman directed my attention to
Dr. Miles New Heart Cure, and said that his
sister, who had been afflicted with heart dis
ease, had been cured by the remedy, and was
again a strong, healthy woman. purchased
a bottle of the Heart Cure and in less than
an hour after taking the first dose | could
feel a decided improvement in the circulation
of my blood. When had taken three doses
could move my ankles, something 1 had not
done for months and my limbs had been swol-
len so long that they seemed almost purified.
Before had taken one bottle of the New
Heart Cure the swelling had all gone down,
and was so much better that did my own
work On my recommendation six others are
taking this valuable remedy."-Mrs. Morgan.
500 w. Harrison ST., Chicago, Ill.
DIR. Miles New Heart Cure, a discovery of an
eminent specialist in heart disease, is sold by
all druggists on a positive guaranteeor sent
by the DR.. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart Ind on
receipt of price, 81 per bottle, six bottles for
s., express prepaid. 1t is positively free from
all opiates or dangerous drugs.
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MEDFoRD. MARLIoN. AND PHILA-

MEDEORD, AMI
DELPHIA.
Leave Medford tol Philadelphia at 6.oS. 1907
A. NJ, 2.l3, 524 p. NJ. Sunday, sol, A. NJ
Leave Marion for Philadelphia at us, 10 20
A. M, 1885, 5.35. p. Nj. sunday, sl4, A. M,
405 p. nj.
Leave Philadelphia, Market Street, for Med
ford and Marion at Z, 1850, A. M, ., $50,
M. Sunday s.45, A. NJ, $50, T. Al. :,
Leave Marion for Medford, s.ll, ll.4O, A; NJ.
359, 6 p, P. M. sunday, 9.47, A. NJ, 6.23, /. M
For further particulars apply to the ticket
agent at the station.
TUCKERTON RAILROAD.
Leave Mount Holly TOR Tuckerton 1926 a. M,
4.52 p. m, daily except Sunday. Beacn
Haven, 4.52 p. M no connections in morn
ings.
Leave Beach Haven for Tuckerton, 6.45 a.
M, daily except sunday, and no p. M on
Saturdays only.
Leave Tuckerton for Beach Haven, $50 p. m
daily except Sunday, and $40 a. m. on Mon
days
Leave Beach Haven for Mount Holly. 6.45 a.
M, daily except Sunday.
Leave Tuckerton Tor Mount Holly, 7OS a. M
800 p. m, daily except Sunday.
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CastOria.

"Castoria is an excellent medicine for chill
dren. Mothers have repeatedly told me Of its
good effect upon their children"
DIR. g. G. OsoooD,
Lowell, Mass.
"Castoria is the best remedy for children OF
which am acquainted. / 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 to premature graves"
DR.. J. +. KTNcHELoE,
Conway, Ark