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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-23

The recent funeral of Nine. Furtado-
Heine, which took place at the chateau
OF Rocquencort, recalled pretty story
of marvellous fete given few years
ago in honor of Dom Pedro II of Brazil.
In September, 1890, the emperor, then
but recently exiled, after a reign of so
years, was staying at Versailles, pass
ing the autumn months with his daueh-
ter, the Comtesse d'Eu- One day, as he
passed before the iron ratings of the
garden of the castle Rocquencort. he
saw the splendid lighthouses and the mass
i've beds of flowers. Curious to know
who lived there, he said he would much
like to visit the estate. Mime. Furtado-
Heine hurried to receive him and
showed him round the garden and
through the lighthouses. Madame, - said
Dom Pedro, II see the vegetation of
my country the trees are the same, and
/ breathe and smell the same flowers. I
owe to you the first joy that I have felt
since my exile. Thank you, thank you -
II hope the emperor will feel at home
here, said Mime. Heine. MY doors
will ever be open to receive your males
ty. - A week after Dom Pedro returned
and consented to remain to dinner. The
walls of the dining room were decorated
with rose leaves of every color and
formed the imperial arms of Brazil.
The park was Illuminated, and a SPLEEN
did concert was given in his honor
San Francisco Argonaut.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-23
Making Marbles.

Marbles are manufactured from the
material which gives them their name.
At the marble quarries the refuse stone
is broken by hand into small cubes. A
bushel or more Of these is poured into a
great revolving cylinder, which is sup
piled with water from faucet. The
cylinder is revolved at a high rate of
speed. and the cubes, by attrition, are
ground down to the tiny spheres which
give such delight to the hearts of the
boys. From one to two hours are usu-
ally required to finish lot of marbles,
and they are afterward sorted according
to size and painted by hand The crock
cry marbles, or potteries, are nodded Of
the same material as ordinary earthen-
ware, and are then glazed and baken.
The glass marbles containing images
and flowers are nodded.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-23
SUNDAY SCHOOL LIBRARIES.
Many OF the Books Insult to the In
telligence of Young People.

Many OF the Books an Insult to the In
telligence of Young People.
Edward W. Box has been making a
careful and comprehensive examination
of Sunday school libraries, and in The
Ladies' Home Journal he confesses him
self disguised with the literature thus
placed in the hands of our boys and
girls. A less complete investigation,
Mr.. Box says, would not have made it
possible for him to believe that the Ii
braries Of our Sunday schools were
stocked with such piles of rubbish
'wishy washy literature, 2 as he terms
it. He quotes the titles and gives the
themes of number of books he obtained
from Sunday school libraries, and these
seem to completely warrant his conclu-
sions "Such books, = he contends, are
an insult to the intelligence of the
young people and have pernicious in
fuence. Instead of being healthy books
they are decidedly unhealthy in tone
and teaching. Surely we are cultivating
dangerous taste for reading in the
young when we feed them on such rub
bish. -
Mr.. Box unhesitatingly lays a part Of
the blame upon the publication boards
and societies, which are influenced by
denominational spirit that narrows
their choice of books. Then, again, it is
shown that the most mediocre sort of
talent" is employed to write these
books, and that beggarly prices-less
than $50 per book-are paid. A share
of responsibility, Mr.. Box asserts, rests
upon the men who purchase Sunday
school ibarries, who, as is most fire.
quently the case, are not qualified for
the task and whose object is to secure a
library as cheap as possible Mr. Box
warmly urges that the selection of Sun
day school books be left to women, who
instinctively know and feel the kind
of book which boy or girl will read
and enjoy" He insists that women
should be given carte blanche to make
the selections so far as the prescribed
amount of money will go. ga hundred
good books, I" Mr.. Box concludes, are
far better than 500 books of Indifferent
interest, " which are bought simply be-
cause they are cheap "a Sunday school
library cannot be created in a day, and
no encouragement should be felt if the
financial means OF the church are con-
tracted and necessitate the purchase of
only few books at time"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-23

A Welsh. county court judge recently
had before him case in which printer
sued pork butcher for the value of q
large parcel Of paper bags with the lat
ter's advertisement printed thereon.
The printer, having no suitable illustra.
ton to embellish the work, thought he
improved the occasion by putting an
elaborate royal arms above the man s
name and address, but ultimately the
latter refused to pay.
The judge, looking over a specimen,
observed that for his part he thought
the lion and unicorn were much nicer
than an old fat pig.
''Oh, WE'LL" answered the butcher,
perhaps your honor likes to eat ami
mails like that, but my customers don't.
l don't kill lions and uniforms. I only
kill fat pigs"
Verdict for defendant. London An
sWerS.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-23

An Rome crowns of the leaves of vari-
GUS trees were given to the actors in the
circus and theater in various sports.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-23
A Joke on a Supreme Court

Judge Burlingame has a joke on the
Michigan supreme court In ordering a
new trial for J. S. H. Holmes, convicted
of murder in the first degree and whose
defense was insanity, the supreme court
took occasion sharply to criticise Judge
Burlingame's charge to the jury, assert
ing that it too fully expressed the courts
opinion Of the merits of the case. The
charge to the jury in the Holmes case
happens to be verbatim repetition of
charge to a jury made by Judge Bur
lingame five years ago in trial where
insanity was the defense, and in sustain
ing the verdict at that time the supreme
court found fault with the charge be-
cause it did not go far enough.-Cor
Chicago Times-Herald.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-23
DOUBLE ROYAL WEDDING.
Ceremony Followed by the Most Unique
Feast of Modern Times.

Ceremony Followed by the Most Unique
Feast of Modern Times.
Max Won Binzer, who served as "a
page at the Berlin court" upon the oc-
casion of the double royal wedding in
1877, graphically describes the ceremo-
ny and attendant festivities in The La
dies Home Journal. cat IL O'Clock on
the morning of the 18th of February,
1871" he writes, 'the day of the we'd
ding, we found ourselves posted again
en- espalier down the White hall. AS the
royal procession entered the chapel adj
joining a magnificent chorus intoned
one of Mendelssohn' superb psalms
The illustrious group ranged themselves
before the altar and DIR. Kogel, court
chaplain, began the impressive ceremo-
ny. As the wedding rings were ex-
changed heavy artillery doomed forth
the kings salute of 101 guns. The roy
al families exchanged congratulations,
and the cortege returned again to the
White hall for short reception, and at
3 O'Clock we were summoned again for
the great wedding banquet Unques-
tionably this banquet was the most
unique of modern times.
Covers for 100 persons were laid on
tables arranged in the form of horse
shoe in the Hall of knights. None but
those of princely blood was to sit at
these tables. The most noble and dis
tinguished yassals of the emperor were
to serve their royal master and his
guests. The Count Won W and my
self were detailed to Leopold, king Of
Belgium. However, we were but links
in chain of notables along which the
viands were passed to his majesty. Next
the king and Immediately back of his
chair stood the commander of an entire
army corps; next In the rear stood a
court chamberlain, to whom we handed
the various dishes. He in turn passed
them to the general, who personally
served King Leopold. The emperor,
William /, was served by the most pow
erful mobiles Of the empire. Count Won
Stolberg- Wernigerode, grand master Of
the hunt, carved the game; Prinea. Won
Pless, the grand cup bearer, filed his
imperial majesty's crystal goblet with
the rarest wines Of the 'Vaterland.
But, curiously enough, none of the re-
cipients Of this remarkable homage
seemed at ease, with the exception Of
H. R. Fl. the Prince Of Wales, who was
evidently much interested in the Grand
Duchess of Baden, the lady ON his right.
They alone talked and laughed in an
unconstrained manner. The wedding
ball followed this remarkable banquet. .
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-23
He Likes Solitude.

Joaquin Miller has been in New Or
leans recently, grizzled and gray, but as
young in the eyes "as 20-year-old
youth flushed with the victories of a
patient muse" so the reporter puts it
The aged poet said he had no money
and cared for none, but found in nature
refreshment for body and mind. 1t is
life among the solitudes that tinges a
mans aims with sentiment and gives
to his soul light that sordid ambition
either drives away or makes impossi-
bic. " said Joaduin.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-23

Socks on the Bargain Counter and the Mer-
chant-He Kept the Store Strange
Method Employed For Computing Dis
tances Between Points.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-23

Pliny says that the saw was first in
vented by Dadalus, but, according to
Apollodorus, it was the invention of
Talus, who used the jawbone of a croco-
die to cut through a piece of wood and
then made AN iron instrument in imita-
ton of it. The saw is represented on
the monuments of Egypt from $500 to
5000 B. g. AS early as A. D. 1899
sawmills driven by water power were in
operation at Augsburg, and, it is be-
heved, before this they were in opera
ton in Paris, driven by the current Of
the Seine. The first sawmil erected in
the Norway pineries was in 1896. Saw
mills were numerous in Italy in the six
teenth century. They We're not intro
duced into England until 1868, when
native of Holland built one, but was
compelled to abandon it by the opposi-
ton of the populace, carpenters and
other artisans, who saw no good in such
a new tangled continuance.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-23
FIRE ALARM BOXES.
The Mechanism That Summons Help ]
Case of Fire,

The Mechanism That Summons Help In
Case of Fire.
Charles 7. Hill contributes an article
entitled IAN Alarm of Fire by Tele-
graph" to st. Nicholas, describing the
fire alarm system of New York. Con-
corning the fire alarm boxes Mr.. Hill
writes: This box forms part of lamp
post, the post being so constructed that
the box is inserted in the middle. The
box is painted bright red, and the
lamp at night shows red light, thus
making it easily discernible either by
day or night. The wires from the box
are conveyed down through the center
of the post to conduits buried in the
street and thence on to fire headquarters
White letters on red pane of glass,
in the lamp over the box, give directions
how to send an alarm. The same direc-
tions in raised letters are found on the
face of the box. If we turn the large
brass handle on the outside as far as it
will go, loud gong will ring inside
This is not the alarm, but simply a
warning bell to notify the policeman on
the beat that the box is being opened
and to prevent the sending in of mali
oious or false alarms of fire, an offense
that is punishable in New York state
by fine of 500 and one years impris-
onment. Turning this handle as far as
it will go opens the outer door, and we
find inside another door, with a slot at
the left hand side, and at the top of this
slot hook projecting. By pulling down
this hook once and releasing it we set
at work certain clockwork mechanism
inside, and this sends in the alarm.
When the first officer arriving at a
fire discovers that it is of enough i'm
portance to warrant his sending for re-
endorsements, he opens this inner door
and with the Morse key sends in Sec
ond, third, fourth, fifth or sixth alarm,
as the case may be, or a call for any
special apparatus that he may need.
The inspectors of boxes can also carry
on conversation in the Morse alphabet
with the operator at headquarters on
this key and sounder.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-23
NEW COLLEGE GARDENS, OXFORD.


On this old lawn, where lost hours pass
Across the shadows dark with dew,
Where autumn on the thick sweet grass
Has laid weary leaf or two
When the young morning, keenly sweet,
Breathes secrets to the silent air,
Happy is he whose lingering feet
May wander lonely there.
The enehantment of the dreaming lines,
The magic of the quiet hours,
Breathe unheard tales Of other times
And other destinies than ours.
The feet that long ago walked here
Still, noiseless, walk beside our feet,
Poor ghosts, who found this garden dear
And found the morning sweet.
Age weeps that it no more may hold
The heartache that youth clasps so close,
Pain finely shaped in pleasures mold,
A thorn deep hidden in a rose.
Here is the immortal thorny rose
That may in no new garden grow
Its root is in the hearts Of those
Who walked here long agoi e. Nesbit.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-23
An Old Proverb.

The proverb, Necessity is the moth
er of invention" can hardly be traced
to one independent source. The idea
was expressed by Persius, the Roman
satirist, about go A. d. and is found in
the precise form now quoted in Rich
ard Franck's Northern Memoirs"
(printed in London in 1604) and in va
rious later English writers.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-23
Forests In Europe.

According TO the Hon. F. Lawley,
Russia in Europe has 527, 500, 900 acres
of forests, Sweden coming next with
AZ, 600, 600. Germany has "a, 600, 900,
Austria slightly over "a, 600, 600 and the
British isles less than 1000, 900.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-23
Brains Bigger imam Man.s.

According to Professor Max Weber of
Amsterdam, the only animals which
surpass man in the absolute weight of
their brains are elephants and whales,
but there are several that rank ahead
of him in the ratio of the brain weight
to the total weight Of the body All Of
these, however, are comparatively small
animals. Among them are many mon
keys and certain members of the squir-
rel and mouse families No animal of
greater bodily size than man has brain
which is relatively as large as his. Up
on the whole, it seems that mans men,
tai superiority is due rather to the quail
ity and organization than to the size Of
his brain.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-23
Charitable Theory.

''I'd like to know who is sending me
these anonymous letters, " said the head
of the firm.
And fwat's that?'' asked the porter.
"a letter without any signature, Of
course. This makes the third one have
received in two weeks. =
Perhaps, - said Mike, perhaps the
poor man cannot write his name at all -
Detroit Free Press.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-23

General Horace Porter in the course
Of recent speech said, Boston is not
a city: it is u state of mind +" This dec
laration was greeted with laughter by
unthinking New Workers, who failed to
see General Porter's point. He meant
that as much mind is found in Boston
as in an average state. We thank Cen
eral Porter. Boston Transcript.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-23
Active, Passive and Neuter

A little grammar found in an old
garnet at Portland, N. H, has illustra-
tions of the rules as follows: The active,
passive and neuter verbs are represented
by the picture of father whipping his
little boy. The father is active, the boy
is passive and the mother sitting by her.
self on stool looking on, but doing
nothing is neuter
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-23

Ibid I ever tell you how got licked
in school once2"
mo
"Well, got it. You see, half a dozen
of us boys arranged to jump on the
teacher at a given signal, and
"'You were the only one that jump
ed?'
"Exactlyp'-Chicago Record
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-23

Il want poster got out, " said the
commercial gentleman.
Certainly, said the artist. II get
them up ON three systems-the opium,
the lobster and ice cream supper and
the Welsh rabbit Which will you
have?''-In Annapolis Journal
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-23
Not EPIDEMIC.

Professor James of Harvard denies
that genius is disease. Probably those
who hold otherwise would be willing
to admit that the disease is not yet cpl
demic. Chicago Times Herald
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-23

Why have we memory sufficient to
retain the minutest circumstances that
have happened to us and yet not enough
to remember how often we have related
them to the same person.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-23

Palmistry has been practiced in the
east from time immemorial. The
palmisters claim that several illusions
in the book of Job indicate a knowledge
of this art.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-23
7 Baco-Curo and Gained Thirty
Dnnnda
From hundreds of testimonials, the origin
ais of which are on file and open to inspection,
the following is presented:
Yours respectfully.
P. ii. HARBURY

A LII kinds OF BRUSHES, COMBS, ais al
Aother toilet articles, such as Toilet an In
ect Powers, Cosmetic, Pomade, SatcheI md
Hair OILS, Bay RUNS &C., at bottom pric ~,
B ARRINGTON's Drug Store. AZ Main Stree
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-23

A pound avoirdupois is equal to lit
tie less than half kilogram
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-23
WISHING.

Iwish were the fly that roams
Around on yonder wall,
For he can ride bicycle
And not fall off at all.
/ wish were the bird that swings
Her nest in the cool green
OF yonder tree, high in the air.
Her house is always clean.
But most envy the old wall,
So dingy and so dim,
For adore the poster girl,
And she is stuck on him.
-Somerville journal.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-23
What Manhattan Island Was.

Never say Manhattan Island when
you mean the island of Manhattan. The
briefer term was properly applied in
such way that now it cannot be APP
piled at ak The place that bore it is
no longer discernible. Manhattan Is
land was knoll about an acre in ex-
tent which lay near Corlears Hook, sur
rounded by marshes and partly sub
merged by high tides. Later on it be-
came the center of a place which did us
noble service, but again has been oblit-
Grated, save for the lingering nickname
of Drydcck Village. Here were built
most of our ships in the days when no
one could build them quite as we'll as
we.-Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer, in
Century.
IN Rome crowns of the leaves Of vari-
GUS trees were given to the actors in tba
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-23
Union transportation company.

Tuckerton Railroad.
Leave Mount Holly tor Tuckerton 1852 A. NJ
4.4l P. M, daily except Sunday.
Leave TuckerUon Tor Mount Holly, 7.08 A. M,
3.03 P. M, daily except Sunday.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-23

There are 882 miles of distance be
tween Atlanta and New York city.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-23

A French physician has invented a
method by which he says iron can be
given in large doses. Hens, he noticed,
have powerful internal organs. They
can digest considerable quantities of
iron and then render it back, through
the albumen of their eggs, in form
which is easily digested by the weaker
stomach of mankind. So he feeds his
hens with what he calls "a very absorb
ent salt Of iron, mingled with grains
of wheat, and they lay eggs extremely
rich in iron already digested.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-23

Darwin and Tyndall proved what nat
uralists before their time suspected, that
the air is literally full of plant germs
and seeds.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-23

Some kinds Of wasp honey are ex-
tremely poisonous, a few grains causing
a kind of delirium.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-23
WASHINGTON

Tours, each covering period of three DAYS.
will Leave I'VE. New York ana Philadelphia Decem.
Der ~, 1896, January p, February II, March II,
April ana y, ana May ID. 1897. Rates includ-
ing transportation and two days accommoda-
ton at the best Washington Hotels, $l4 so from
New York, and Sll5O from Philadelphia
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-23
PENNSYLVANIA
RAILROAD COMPANY.
Personally Conducted Tours
MAroHLEss IN EVERY FEATURE.
CALIFORNIA

Three tours to CALIFORNIA and the PA
CiFlC ChAST VIII leave New York and Phil
adelphia January q, February "a, and March
~, 1871 Five weeks in California on the first
tour, ana four weeks on the second Passep-
gers on the third tour will return on regular
trains within nine months. Stop will be made
at New Orleans for Mardi-Gras festivities on