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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-08-08
He Could Get Another wife.

A middle aged farmer of German
lineage suffered the worst of a mix up
with an Erie train on one of the East
Buffalo crossings, and in it his wife
and horse had been killed. his wagon
demolished, and he himself had re-
ceived few bruises. For these inju-
ries and losses he had brought a suit
for about $4,000, but as it was a toss
up as to who was the negligent party
the Dutchman was perfectly willing to
settle instead of fighting for his $780,
900 in the courts.
He appeared at the office Of the
roads attorney and after considerable
bargaining said he would accept $500
for his horse. To the attorney this
ieemed a rather long price, so he asked
the man what he wanted for his wag
ON. The Dutchman said he would take
500.
mo; that is impossible" responded
Mr.. Marcy why, it would cost a for
tune to pay for your wife's death if
you value your horse and wagon so
highly! | guess you will have to con-
tinue the suit"
"Ach. neinr' began the German.
'Schust listen to me once See bier.
You gif me swei hundert for my
horse und hundert und fifty for der
wagon und er-er-twenty- five fer der
harness, und will call it square about
de wife. | can get another wife. but
the horse und wagon. ach. dey would
cost much money!
Needless to say a settlement was
soon reached which was highly agree
able to both parties.--B Buffalo Times.
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II nidn,t Matter.

A bluff old farmer with loud
voice got in at little station and
walked down the aisle looking for q
friendly face or a kindly eye. but moi
seeing any he asked the most sour
looking man on the car toimove over
and give him a seat. The fellow did
so, but with manner that indicated
that the old man was anything but
welcome. The old farmer wanted to
talk, and tried in every way to en-
gage his seatmate in conversation, but
the through passenger would have
none Of 1t. He turned his shoulder tc
the farmer and gazed out tof the win
dow with bored expression on his
face. The old farmer was determined
to draw him out, and after; several In
effectual efforts raised his voice loud
enough to be heard all over the cal
and said:
Il killed hog yesterday for my
winters meat. How much dye think
he weighed"
The through passenger looked worse
bored than ever, but finally said, 81
don't know anything about hogs"
"Oh, well, you might make guess
"Well, say 300"
mo, he didn't weigh that much
Guess again.
"Well, I'll say POO"
"Too high He wasn't as heavy as
that. Make another guess"
I'm not good at guessing. How
much did he weigh, anyhow
well, you have had two guesses
But you see he wasn't much of hog
and 1 didn't weigh hin" indianapolis
Sentinel
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-08-08

The last act was just closing at the
Lyceum the other evening, and the
actors and actresses were grouping for
their final bow ensemble. In the house
the ladies were putting on their gloves
and getting their hats ready. A young
man and young lady well toward the
front overheard this conversation:
"Why, Mary, I'm afraid l can'ts get
these on. They're awfully tight"
"Oh, yes you can, Nell Try again.
Nell evidently tried again, for there
was silence for a moment.
"What shall l do? can't get them
on. That's what comes of wearing
new shoes to the theater. They hurt
me so that / simply had to take them
off, and now they won't go on again.
OH
The remainder of the agony was lost
in the applause which greeted the fall
of the curtain. All that history records
of the denouement of the interesting
story is that woman was noticed go
ing down the. aisle with pair of shoes
under her arm Whether she and Nell
were one and the same is not certain.
If so, how she got out of the difficulty
is not told 1t was raining, and per-
haps she wore her rubbers. But this
only she and her friend know, and ii
is safe to say that she at least will
never tell.-Detroit Free Press.
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HENRY RANG OFF.
Bnt When He Got Home That Night
There Was Trouble.


Bnt When He Got Home That Night
There Was Trouble.
Apropos of nothing in particuiar-un-
less it be electricity heard drug
gist tell Of a little occurrence in his
shop the other day.
He was alone and putting up pre-
scription behind his large partition
screen when a .stylishly dressed wo-
man entered and asked with some eX-
element for the telephone.
He ensconced her in front of it and
returned to his work.
She took off her gloves. rang up
central and began:
s2179 - street Yes, yes. Mr.. Hen
ny Weeker. Yes, yes. He's at No
- Beekman street Yes. Oh, is that
Mr.. WeekerY'
Then her voice hardened.
Henry, why did you tell me you
went to Philadelphia Thursday?
What? No, you did not. | know bet
ter. Don't you stand there and lie to
me like that! No. won't! What do
l care for the girl in the telephone Of
fee! You just attend to me and let
her alone! I'm in drug store. They're
not listening at all. want an eXpla-
nation No. indeed, l will not wait
till you come home tonight! By that
time you'll have Matched up fine sto-
ry and brought up couple of brutes
to swear to it. Mrs. Wallace says her
husband saw Won at the clnh ThurS-
day night and that you were going
out to play poker all night. Oh, no, be
isn't! He's very nice man, and | am
much obliged to him. You wouldn't
dare do anything of the kind! What
You won't, ell? Well, you'll talk when
you get home! Here, wait a moment
Don't shut off,
But the seance was over, and she
paid her 10 cents and stalked out with
flashing eyes that BODIED i'll for the
lively Henry. Enquirer.
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A Famous BoYvman.

The Romans were very skillful bow
men. although they discarded the weap-
on in warfare. trusting to the charge
and to hand to hand fighting. Many of
the Roman emperors were famous
archers 1t is said that Dornitian would
place boys in the circus at consider
able distance from him and as they
held up their hands with the fingers
outstretched he would send the arrows
between them with such nicely and ae-
curacy of aim that he never inflicted a
wound
The wicked emperor Commodus boast
ed that he never missed his aim or
failed to kill the wild beast that he
shot with a single arrow He would set
a shaft in his bow as some wild beast
was set free in the circus to devour a
living criminal condemned to die. Just
when the furious animal was springing
on his prey, the emperor would strike
it dead at the mans feet Sometimes
100 lions were let loose at once in order
that he. with 100 arrows. might kill
them. With arrows the heads of which
were semicircular, he would sever the
necks Of ostriches in full fiight.-Cin-
cinnati Commercial Tribune.
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ASBESTUS.
Some of the Peculiarities of This
Mysterious Substance.


Mysterious Substance.
Asbestus is a physical paradox, yet
one of natures most marvellous produc-
tions. 1t has been called neurological
vegetable; it is both fbrous and crys-
talline elastic, yet brittle; floating
stone, which can be readily carded,
spun and woven into tissue. In Ger
many it is known as steinfachs (stone
fax. and the miners of Quebec give it
quite as expressive name-pierre cotton
Cotton stone) The asbestus mines of
! Quebec are the most famous in the
world, yielding So per cents the en-
tire output, Italy being the only com
peting country, and there the industry
is declining Although Charlemagne is
said to have had tablecloth of asbestus,
which he cleansed by throwing into tile
fire, it was practically unknown until
1850
The Italian mineral was then expert
mented with and some years later put
on the market In 1878 the first Cana
dian mine was opened. and the product
steadily increased until 1890, when
$3.50 tons, worth 81, $50, 600, were
mined. There has since been decline
in value, the amount for 1896 being
10, 200, worth only $3.50, 900. Asbestus
is flexible, noncombustible and non.
conductor of heat and electricity, and
on these properties its increasing use
depends. 1t is spun into yarn, from
which cloth is woven for drop curtains
in theaters. clothing for fremen, acid
workers, etc 1t is made into lamp
wicks and gloves for stokers and ropes
for fire escapes 1t is felted into mill
board to be used as an insulator III dy-
namos and as 6reproof lining fol
floors 1t is used to insulate electric
wires and as a covering to prevent Loss
of heat from steam pipes Mixed witt
rubber it is used to pack steam joints
-Pittsburg Dispatch.
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There are certain large sea spiders
1.-TWO feet from toe to toe), Collosendeis
gigas. that live in the water and feed
entirely upon mollusks and worms.
The carnivorous wolf spider, an am
phibious inhabitant of the tropical re-
gions of South America, is said to pre-
fer a fish diet. though it is not averse
to eating mice, young birds and even
snakes. resembling in this respect the
theraphosidae, or bird catching spiders
of India and Queensland. some Of
which equal a rat in size. The COLO
sendeis is the most formidable speci-
men of the spider family, measuring
6 inches around the body and pos
sessing II long. hairy legs. with which
it grips its finny prey. 1t attacks fish
several times larger than itself, and
after biting them through the back and
singing them to death gluts itself by
sucking the juices from the bodies Of
it's victims.-Portland Oregonian.
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The Clever Romans.

1t seems quite surprising thatthe an
cient Romans,did not acquire the art of
printing withimovable types, inasmuch
as they camesso very near to it. They
had wooden blocks carved with words
in reverse, by means of which they
stamped thoseiwords on pottery, while
the latter was las yet unbaked and soft
incidentally it may be mentioned that
they knew the modern method of
mending broken pots by means of riv-
cts, and many. pieces of pottery thus
restored have been dug up.
In ancient Rome there was one daily
newspaper, which was written entirely
by hand. Furthermore the Roman sem
ate had publication which CORE
spends to The Congressional Record
being afreport of the daily proceedings
of thatsimpOrtant legislative body. 1t
likewise was written by hand Speak
ing of baked clay, one might mention
the fact that the little boys of Rome
1000 years and more ago were accus-
toned to play knuckle down with mar
bles of that MATERIAL just as children
do now.
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Charles Dickens delighted to tell sto-
ries of John Forster the writer and
editor with whom he was much associ-
ated. Mr.. Forster had so peremptory
and so decisive a manner that it i'm
pressed all who came in contact with
him. His servants were kept in per-
feet and almost abject submission to
his wishes, and yet he showed many
kindnesses to them, and they were
greatly attached to him.
The story runs that on one occasion
cabman called at the printing office
and was unable to give the name of
the person who had ordered him to
come at a certain hour, without fail.
The Office porter asked for descrip-
ton of his fare and the cabman stated
that he was "a stout gentleman" To
this the porter replied that there were
several stout gentlemen in the office
and inquired whether this one was tall
Or short
Il don't know which you'd call him"
returned the cabman 81 don't take
special notice; but there can't be two
like him; he's that there harbitrary
cover
The porter summoned Mr.. Forster
without hesitation and found he had
made no mistake. When the story
leaked out, nobody enjoyed it more
than the "harbitrary cove" himself
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TWAS GENUINE.
The Signature of William Shakes
peare That Admiral Luce Had.


peare That Admiral Luce Had.
At the time of the New Orleans ex-
position, in the winter of 1SS4-5, Ad-
miral Luce was in command of the
north Atlantic squadron and was sent
down there to add to the gayety of
nations, which no other old seadog
could do better than he. Upon his re-
turn the flagship was,anchored in New
York bay, where it was visited by
many people. One day a party came
aboard which included among others
a very pretty girl and avery dignified
and learned Englishman AS Admiral
Luce was entertaining them in his
cabin he asked the pretty girl if she
would like to see an original autograph
of Williami Shakespeare
At this the dignified and learned
Englishmam pricked up his ears and
remarked that he had made a study of
the autographs of Shakespeare and
was positive there was no authentic
example in America. Admiral Luce re-
piled that he was very positive his was
authentic and that its genuineness had
never been questioned. This made the
Britisher quite mad, and he delivered
a lecture on the fraudulent autographs
and manuscripts that were brought
over to America and exhibited as orig
inals
Well" replied the admiral, 81 am
convinced that my autograph tof Will
liam Shakespeare is genuine, and
am going to have the pleasure of show
ing it to this young lady" Whereup-
on he went to his desk, took out his
visitors book, turned back a,few pages
and then pointed out the signature,
william Shakespeare, mayor of New
Orleans, Jan. IL. 1885" The, English
man gave painful gasp and iretired.-
Chicago Record
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Have you ever observed at a theatel
or concert that the people who are mos
deeply interested appear between tn,
acts to be quite weary of the whole
thing, yawning half a dozen times in
succession? The reason of this is a
physiological one, When your attention
is much absorbed in anything exciting
or touching, you breathe in very shall
low manner and take into Your lungs
only half enough air Consequently,
when your attention is relaxed, you
have to make up the deficiency This
you do by yawning, which. after all, is
only breathing very deep breath.
If you watch q man at a play and
observe that he is greatly moved by
some incident, you may feel sure that
when the scene ends he will sigh and a
moment or two later yawn repeatedly.
OF course the yawning, so far from be-
ing sign of WEAKNESS. is a proof Of
the liveliest appreciation
Very often you will observe the same
phenomenon in girl reading a novel
And by her yawns you can tell when
the end of some absorbing incident is
reached. Cincinnati Enquirer.
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cAMEL's HAIR BRUSHES.
The Term . Misnomer Now, Fol
SQUIRRELS Furnish the Hair.

The Term = Misnomer Now, For
Squirrels Furnish the Hair.
The camel's hair brush used by art
lists has nothing of bactria in it. There
was time when real camels hair was
used for this purpose. The ship of
the desert, however. has long been SUI
perseded by the comedy squirrel Not
only is squirrels hair very much less
costly, but 1t is better, softer. more
piiable and more durable. At the pres
ent day it is doubtful if you could find
a bushel of cancels hair In all the
brush factories in the land. However,
there Is no cause for fear that the
graceful little squirrel will be extermi-
mated. 1t is the European squirrel that
furnishes the hair for the brushes, the
covering Of the American squirrel be
ing too furry and soft for the purpose.
1t is somewhat the same way with
the coarser brushes. The bristles most
priced come from Russia and India,
and the wild hogs of Germany furnish
their quota. The great American hog
runs to fat and puts forth practically
no bristles. In the countries above
mentioned the collecting Of bristles is
quite an important industry among the
peasantry of certain districts. In com
paratiyely few cases are they strip
ped from the dead body of the hog.
The usual method Is to discover the
haunts OF the animals and to gather
the bristles from the trees against
which they rub themselves New
York Sun.
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what soIomon's Temple Cost.

"a Biblical student in this CITY," says
our Washington correspondent, de
clares that if the descriptions of Solo
mons Temple are accurately given in
the Bible and by secular authorities,
the total value of that edifice and its
contents must have exceeded $5OOOO,-
100000. In the first place, the value
of the materials in the rough is esti-
mated at $12, 500O00,0OO and the labor
at $3,000.000,000. According to villal-
pandis 10000 men were engaged in
dressing cedar lumber, $4,000 were en-
gagged in cutting stone and 10000 in
bearing burdens for a period of seven
years, who, in addition to their wages,
received 80 cents day for food. Ac-
cording to the same authority, which is
corroborated by Josephus, the vessels
of gold were valued at 10000 talents,
which, reduced to American money, is
equal to $2.326, 4S1, 015. The vessels of
silver are calculated at So, 231, TO, 900,
the vestments of the priests and the
robes of the singers at $1O,O50000,
and the value of the trumpets Of gold
was 81 100000" -Chicago Record.
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In his book Figures of the Past,
Josiah Quincy tells of a journey that
he made in stagecoach days-away
back in 1862 from Boston to Washing
ton, with Justice Story of the federal
supreme court: The justice was telling
of the routine Of the courts Washing
ton social life I'VE dine" he said
''once a year with the president and
that is all. On other days we take ouI
dinner together and discuss at table
the questions which are argued before
us. We are great ascetics and even
deny ourselves wine, except in wet
weather"
Here the judge paused, as if think
ing the act of modification he had
mentioned placed too severe tax
upon human credulity, and presently
added: What say about the wine
sir, gives you our rule, but it does
sometimes happen that the chief jus
tice will say to me when the cloth is
removed, Brother Story, step to the
window and see if it does not look
like rain And if l tell him the sun is
shining brightly Judge Marshall viii
sometimes reply, All the better, fol-
our Jurisdiction extends over so large
a territory that the doctrine of chances
makes it certain that it must be rain
ing somewhere.
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EFFECTS OF cHLoRoFoRM.
such That Burglars Would Not Use
II nm alAanfnr Parhana

sach That Burglars Would Not Use
1t ON Sleeping Persons.
That burglars of the more advanced
type can and do use chloroform In the
commission of their crimes Is belief
widely held and rarely contradicted,
and yet there is, curiously, little foun-
dalton FOR it. Indeed, those who are
most familiar with the administration
and effects of anaesthetics assert that
there is no foundation ut all for it ex-
cept In the imagination of sensational
writer's and in the needs of people
whose losses cannot safety be explain
ed by statements of fact The ques-
ton has been raised recently by sew
eral robberies in which chloroform Is
said to have been employed, and opin-
ions Of the experts are strongly against
the possibility of such use. One of the
physicians interviewed Ia quoted as
saying:
"As far as known chloroform and
ether have never taken effect on a
healthy sleeping person without that
person knowing 1t. Both Of these
anaesthetics are at first stimulating
and inyigorating in their effect and
will arouse sleeping person. The en-
tire system is excited, and the heart
beats violently and fast The use of
either chloroform or ether or any 9TH
or anaesthetic by burglars is absurd.
It frequently takes physicians with
their various appliances from 10 to Is
minutes to put person under the in
fuence of either of these anaesthetics,
and often patient win become so
stimulated and active before the eff
feet is secured that it requires several
strong men to hold him."
The idea that the mere introduction
Of chloroform into room would cause
Inconsistencies was derided as alb
surd- Even If doors and windows
were air tight it would take several
gallons Of either anaesthetic to SO fill
room with the heavy fumes as to af-
feet q sleeper on bed Of average
height. And the first effect would be,
not deep sleep, but excited wakeful-
ness. The chances are, then, that
when anybody claims to have been
chloroformed by burglars there Is
something queer about the case.-New
York Times.
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NOT MUCH OF AN EATER.
IT Took, So, he Said, Very Little to
Satisfy Him.


1t Took, So, he Said, Very Little to
Satisfy Him.
Captain B., w. Morgan, every inch q
Welshman himself, likes to tell this
story when there is another Welshman
In hearing: He went home to dinner
one day and sfound paper hanger al
work in the house. He asked the time,
and Captain morgan told him it was
noon.
Il guess Illsknock off and go home
to dinner 'then;" the paper hanger re-
marked.
Stay and eat with u.s." the captain
said, and the invitation was accepted.
Captain Morgan was attentive to his
guest during the meal He had a
prodigious appetite. The captain help
ed him to roast beef several times, un-
til at last he had some curiosity to see
just how much the fellow would eat
without crying enough. The game was
growing quite interesting when the fell
low began to show signs of quitting
eWin you have some of the plum
pudding?" the captain asked him to re-
yive his failing appetite.
mo, thanks" he replied. i've had
enough, think"
ooh, take small piece of the pud-
ding" the captain urged. ITS genu-
inc English plum pudding and home
made at that"
well l don't mind trying It," he
said
The captain helped him to a section
of the pudding weighing about a
pound, and he ate it with much relish.
Then he showed his chair away from
the table and leanedsback for an after
dinner chat
'T'm not much, of an eater" he said.
not noticing the smile on the captain s
face. ''It takes very little to satisfy
me. Say, you ought to see the Welsh
eat"
Are theyshearty eaters?" asked the
captain.
Hearty teatersY' repeated the fell
low. "Saysthey eat like lot of hogs"
-PittsburgtNews.
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The woman ana the Car,

It's strange thing about women and
cable cars when the time comes for
them to part A man or boy will just
naturally drop off the car and start
along the street as If nothing had hap
pened, but let woman attempt to
emulate his example and sad work
does she make Of It, Even a rainy
day costume doesn't help her out much,
for skirts have little to do with her
bungling method of leaving the car.
1t is matter that cannot be explained
so easily as can her inability to throw
a ball, for in the latter case anatomy
is at fault.
Sometimes she puzzles over 1t her
self. but in the majority of cases she
gives the matter no thought, but SIM
ply rises. grasps the railing and,
whether the car Is at standstill or
in motion, steps off backward. Some
one should be able to offer a reason
able explanation of the very apparent
fact that her impulse in that case is to
do the incorrect thing. Even when she
carefully studies the subject and trains
herself to face in the same direction In
which the car Is moving it never
''seems natural to her.-New York
Sun