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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-30
New Egypt.

Sheriff Jeffry has advertised the sale of
the personal property of Clifford and Ed
gar A. Horner, to take place at their farm
on Thursday, June 1. The sale is under
four judgments from the Ocean Circuit
Court granted respectively to Oscar Hor-
ner, Treyanion Horner, Mary G. Horner
and Estelle Fl. Grove.
Last Thursday in Philadelphia, before
Judge Pennypacker, a verdict for defend
ant was given in the suit of Jacob, Reu-
ben and Abraham VIM, trading as
VIM & Sons, to the use of Peter Boyd,
against the Royal Insurance Company of
Liverpool, England. The suit was
brought to recover insurance on goods
stored in the WINS J. Davis store at New
Egypt, which was burned several years
ago while occupied by VIM. VIM
swore there was $1,000 worth of goods
there at the time of the fire; but former
Sheriff Hagaman and Constable Charles
Robbins, both of whom had levied on the
goods short time before the fire, testified
that there was little of real value there
and that Winn himself had told them that
there was nothing there to levy on.
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1t Proved a Boomerana.

There can be no doubt that the war
indemnity paid by France to Germany
after the six weeks war, was boom
erang to score up against Bismarck
The good it did to France Is inestimable.
Prior to the war there was an enormous
amount Of money locked up In the form
of small savings The appeal of the gov
eminent TO the people set this sum into
profitable motion, and, to the amaze-
ment Of the world, France paid off her
creditor In less than half the stipulated
time. This gave vast impulse to busi-
ness enterprise of all kinds. and since
then France has steadily become more
wealthy. In Germany the effects were
less beneficial The huge influx of gold
sent up prices with a rush. A mania
for speculation set In, followed by the
inevitable crisis. Most serious Of all,
however, was the unexpected discovery
Of Frances strength. Bismarck intend
ed to cripple her forever, but he only
revealed her immense power, and this,
of course. necessitated the gigantic mill
tary burdens which year by year weigh
more heavily upon Germany. -Cincin-
natl Enquirer.
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TUESDAY, MAY 80, 1899.

ABOUT once year somebody seems to
think it duty to circulate petition ask
ing for the pardon Of Barclay Peak, now
in the state prison serving term for muir
dering Katie Anderson, and the time
seems to have arrived as the paper is on
its rounds 1t is a pity that the energy
expended in this quarter could not be
turned to account for some more worthy
object, for Barclay Peak has no claim on
the clsmency of the public or of the Board
of Pardons. He should rest content until
his sentence has expired, thankful that he
was not hanged as he deserved to be-.
Perhaps it is not fair, however, to blame
him for the present movement as 1t is
possible he does not know anything about
it. 1t may be the work of some whose
zeal outweighs their discretion. There is
no good reason why this convict should
be set loose among US. 1t is stated he has
become christian, and, If released, will
make good citizen and do great work in
the neighborhood, but we think it can
safely be said that this community is not
in need of such good citizens at present.
We are not yet ready to take lessons in
matter of enlightenment from one who
committed deliberate, cruel murder, and
who comes direct from his place of incar-
ceration to tell us how to lead upright lives.
There may be many signatures secured to
hut "a If MI
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The Riverton Yacht Club has invited the
New York Yacht Club and the Corinthiar
Yacht Club to a race, the date of which il
to be fixed in short time.
There will be a meeting of colored resi-
dents tomorrow evening to take steps to-
ward organizing colored peoples mission
church.
A new barber, whom Otto Sauers hired
In Philadelphia on Thursday to work in
his Riverton shop, took advantage of his
new employers momentary absence on
Friday to run off with all the razors and
some other paraphernalia of the establish
ment
On Friday evening Thomas Downs was
summoned before Squire MARES to ans
wer charge of assault and battery, pre-
ferred by John Jordan. According to the
evidence the plaintiff was attacked by the
defendant and badly beaten while at the
East Riverton Hotel, on the evening OF
May II, sustaining severe injuries about
the face and head. The defendant waived
hearing and gave $500 bail for appear
ance at court
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The Htion.

No less than a dozen comedians will
amuse the patrons of Keith's Bijou, Phil
adelphia, this week The musical farce.
entitled, In Love With the Bell Boy, y
which contains ludicrous situations, funny
lines, songs and dances, will be interpret
ed by Arthur Dunn, one of the funniest
comedians on the boards, and pretty Glare
Belle Jerome. This skit scored a hit at
this house several months ago. Joe
WEIGH, whose impersonation of a Hebrew,
has hitherto convulsed theatre goers. will
tell new stories and sing new songs. A
farce entitled, Silence is Golden" will
be acted, for the first time in PHILADELPHIA.
by Gerald Griffin, Lydia Knott and VIM.
Frederic, Ladell and Francis, whose dane.
ing provoked incessant laughter during a
former engagement; Mcbride and Good
will also amuse the audiences The in
strumental music will be furnished by
Signor Alberti, the distinguished violinist
whose work will especially please the
thousands of local amateur violinists, Hill
and Hill The Painter Brothers, unques-
tionably the worlds greatest head balan-
GERS, will repeat their wonderful specially
There are three clever children among
the entertainers, the Hill Sisters aud Baby
Lewis Wartenberg Brothers. foot jug.
glers and equilibrists; three Constantine
Sisters, singers and dancers, and Mardo,
juggler, are also among the specialties.
The biograph views viii include several
new pictures The cooling plant is even
more effective than hitherto. On Me,
mortal Day entertainment will be avail
able from $50 A. H. to 1890 P. H.
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The queer Dunkarda,

The Dunkards are one of the most
peculiar religious sects in the country.
Their name is properly Thinkers and Is
derived from the German word "tunk-
en-, = to dip. They are also called Tum-
blers from their method of baptism,
which Is to put the person, while kneel-
ing, head first under the water The
sect was founded in Germany in the
seventeenth century, but Its members
were prosecuted and in 1928 accepted
an invitation from William Penn to set
tie in Pennsylvania. They live largely
in communities and follow somewhat
closely the customs of the Quakers in
regard to Dress
They never engage in lawsuits, take
no oaths and no active part In politics.
They do not believe in war, and divorce
is unknown among them Twice year
each congregation has a love feast, In
which the members wash each other
feet and salute each other with the kiss
of fellowship, men kissing men, and
women women. Until recently the tax
ing of interest for money loaned was
not allowed among them. They are an
agricultural people. and as Pennsylva-
MIA and the other eastern states have
become more thickly settled the Dun
kards have gradually removed to more
western states Washington Post
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There are four beasts in the world
that can give long odds In the way of
ugliness to anything else that lives
One of them is monkey, grewseme
looking beast called the bearded saki.
This is so utterly grotesGue beast that
it would scarcely be safe to let a child
or nervous person see it. The uglfness
is not of an amusing kind, but of an
evil. sinister nature, The beast has a
sort of beard and countenance unlike
anything else in shape and lines. The
monkey itself is not particularly saw
age. but is so hideous that the natives
Of its country, South America. say that
no beast of prey, however hungry, will
tackle it. Even hungry jaguar would
starve in a cageful Of sakis.
Then there Is tree climbing beast
that is as queer a nondescript as one
could hope to see. 1t has sharp face
and long, jointed fingers and is called
the aye-aye, from its cry This looks
like one Of the most appallingly weird
of all those strange beasts one sees in
Nightmares and cannot get away from !;
but, like the sakis. is Of gentle dispo-
sition 1t lives in South Africa. A full
grown aye-aye looks like a blend Of
jackal, pig and monkey. Then there is
the Tasmanian devil of the antipodes.
which is as ss9age as it is ugly, and,
lastly, a species of Asiatic ground rat
called the bund.
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The yantshtpe weasel,

As lay stretched on the bank at the
foot Of a great maple saw weasel
run along in the brush fence some dis
tance away. A few seconds later he was
standing on the exposed root of the tree
hardly yard from my eyes Hay mo-
tionless and examined the beautiful
creature infinitely, till suddenly found
myself staring at the smooth. greenish
gray root of the maple, with no weasel
in sight
Judging from my own experience,
should say that this is the usual termi-
nation Of any chance observations of Ell
Their weasels or minks. Occasionally
they may be seen to dart into the bushes
or behind some log or projecting bank,
but much more frequently they vanish
with suddenness that defies the keen
est eyesight. In all probability thisvan-
ishing is accompanied by extreme rapid
ity Of motion, but II this is the case
then the creature succeeds In doing
something utterly impossible to any
other warm blooded animal Of its size.
Mice, squirrels and some Of the small
er birds are all of them swift enough at
times, but except in the case Of the
humming bird none of them. l believe,
succeeds in accomplishing the result
achieved by the weasels. Popular
Science Monthly.
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Helena In the old Days.

A little group of old timers were
talking about the palmy days Of wide
open gambling In New Orleans ''Ii
used to be pretty lively, admit, said
one of the veterans, "but the only sure
enough Monte Carlo this country ever
saw was out in Montana. I'll never for
get the first time struck Helena. It's
good sized, handsome city, and l took
a stroll down the main street looking at
the stores. Pretty soon was struck
cold by monster sign of Licensed
Gambling House right over the door Of
one of the finest places in town.
Tn less than block ! ran across q
dozen other signs Of the same kind, and
then l began to ask questions found
that the law required all gaming places
to put up such boards They had to be
is feet long and . feet wide. with
plain white letters on a black ground.
The original bill didn't specify the size,
so some of the houses had signs made
about half an inch long, that you'd
need microscope to read, and that's
why the particulars were laid down so
exactly. The gambling shops were sand
WICKED right in between groceries and
shoe stores, and one of 'em was next
door to a church. 1t looked funny,
tell you. New Orleans Times-D Demo
GRAFT
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Wonderful Hnirdre.sins.

Hairdressing In Zululand Is an i'm
portant feature, both to the bride and
bridegroom, and the attention paid to
the couture Of the pair would shame the
performance Of west end hairdresser
who arranges BRIDES locks and fastens
the orange blossom chaplet-
A cone shaped erection, for instance,
is the lawful couture Of Zulu wife,
and this cannot be legally worn till the
marriage rites are duly completed. Save
for the all important cone. the head of
a Zulu bride Is closely shaved, an as
sagai being used for the purpose, while
as soon as youth Is Of manageable
age his head Is shorn to leave ring
around the scalp and then literally be-
smeared with fat and ocher, without
which unguents no Zulu would feel fit
tingly decorated for his bride.
When the bridegroom elect has been
shorn of all his hair save the wool on
the crown, which Is trained In a circu-
lar shape and some four inches In diam
eter. ring is sewed to this gum and
charcoal. In this the Zulu thrusts long
snuff spoons, needles and small utility
articles and is very proud of his ring,
which Is the badge Of manhood. Car
SELL s Magazine
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Two Dangerous Trades.

File cutting and glass polishing are
the two trades in which the operatives
are constantly subjected to the slow and
stealthy growth of industrial disease.
The danger In their case is even more
alarming than in those which have been
previously dealt with. as the power
which daily menaces them is that most
pernicious and treacherous evil, lead
poisoning. In the case of file cutters
the mischief is contained In the bed
upon which the file Is placed for cut
ting. This is composed of metallic lead,
for. although other substances have
been tried, 1t Is declared that none Of
them give the desired amount Of re-
sistance without residence obtained by
q lead bed.
Glass polishing is dangerous in that
the powder with which the edges Of cut
glass are treated contains go to 10 per
cent Of oxide of lead. Here, again, the
same remedies are demanded, and for
tunately they are not SO difficult Of at
tainment. In both these cases the poison
pursues its victims with malice as re-
lentless as it is appalling, which kills or
mains as surely as does any explosion
or accident by violence. -Fortnightly
Review
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He EaiIed tn Pnaa.

General Benjamin F. Butler was one
Of commission to examine young ap-
plicants for admission to the bar, and
before him came youth who failed
miserably on all that pertained to juris-
prudence, case law, civil law, sumptu-
airy law. unwritten law and due process
of law. Finally Butler, who rather liked
the chap and wanted to see him
through. asked: "What would you like
to be examined inn You have failed in
everything we have suggested.
The reply came, "Try me on the
statutes; I'm up on them
Butler shook his head solemnly. my
young friend" he said. I'm afraid
you won't do. You may be ever so IA
miliar with the statutes, but what is
to prevent fool legislature from re-
pealing all you knowf''
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ire First sit,s Net.

An old journal, dated Jan. is, 1897,
gives the following amusing account Of
the wearing Of the first silk hat In
London: ''John Hetherington, haber-
dasheR, Of the Strand. was arraigned be-
fore the lord mayor yesterday on a
charge Of breach Of the peace and In
citing to riot, and was required to give
bonds In the sum Of $500 It was In
evidence that Mr.. Hetherington, who Is
well connected, appeared on the public
highway wearing upon his head what
he called silk hat (which was offered
In evidence), tall structure having a
shiny luster and calculated to brighten
timid people.
"As matter of fact the officers Of
the crown stated that several women
tainted at the unusual sight, while
children screamed, dogs yelped, and a
younger son of Cordwainer Thomas,
who was returning from a chandler 8
shop, was thrown down by the crowd
which had collected and had his right
arm broken. For these reasons the de-
PENDANT was seized by the guards and
taken before the lord mayor. In extenu-
alton of his crime the defendant claim
ed that he lid not violated any law Of
the kingdom, but was merely exercising
right to appear in headdress of his
own design-a right not denied to any
Englishman.
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HOW Rank. U.e Tbe,r M,1I,on.

Many people wonder how banks use
all the money deposited in them and
how they manage TO pay interest there
on and yet come out at the end Of the
year with big profit on the business
What they do is trade with the mon
ey To the depositor they pay between
| and 3 per cent, but the money they
lend brings them In 8, 8. 9. z and even
per cent.
For instance. they give loans on all
sorts Of securities, such as railway
debentures, government stock. public
company shares, dock warrants. bills Of
lading, etc.
They also lend money on the security
of houses and land, but not to great
extent, as repayments are slow.
When couple Of substantial business
men or farmers or professional men
back bill, the bank often lends with
out any security at all. but now and
again they have heavy and ruinous
losses on these loans.
All banks. however. have large sums
of money constantly lying idle. for they
must keep sufficient cash at the various
branches to pay checks and even to be
more or less prepared for panics Still.
the difference between the or per
cent they pay and the 8 to they re-
ceive on millions Of dollars leaves them
an immense profit on the years bust
ness
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between the hours OF IL and o'clock in the
afternoon of said day (to-wit at 2 o'clock, at
Benjamin w. Zelley's hotel, Mount Holly,
NJ j.,
All the following hereinafter farm and plan
tation or tract Of land and premises, situate,
lying and being in the township of Southamp-
lands OF Wells Hoster, Isaac Examiners, heirs
John Cox, Ann Jones, Theodore Budd and
others, ana by recent survey thereof con-
tains one hundred and seventy-nine acres and
Is thus bounded ana described viz: Begin
ming at a stone for corner standing north
eighteen degrees and fifteen minutes east
from the chimney of john ShAmelia's house,
Sa1d stone is corner to John COx's land bV
which 1t runs ~ north eighteen degrees and
nfteen minutes east tWenty-seven chains
and thirty-four links to stone corner to Cog
and Samuel w. Budd; thence (2) along the
line OF Budd, south seventy-two degrees and
forty-five minutes east fifty chains ana six
links to large piue corner to Isaac Budd's
land thence t3) partly by the land OF Isaac
degrees and forty minutes west thirty-nine
chains and fifty links to q small pine marked
for corner, standing by the side of an old
~ along the line of Shinn north sixty-two de-
grees and thirty minutes west forty-eiRht
cnalnS and ten links to stone corner TO Ziba
Shinn and John Shamelia; thence (5l along
the line of Shamelia north thirty-eiRht degrees
east three chains and fitty-three links to one
OF the piles OF Cedar RUM bridge also corner
to Shamelia thence (6) down the said Cedar
kunn ana bounding thereby north sixty-four
degrees west four chains and twenty-one links
ises which Isaiah 2. Colby and Franklin W.
Earl. executors of the last Will and testament
OF Thomas Pope deceased, by deed dated
March 24th, A. ID. 1868, and recorded in the
Clerks office at Mount Holly in Book OF
Deeds, page So, &C., conveyed to the said JOS
eph l.. Budd ana Elmira III. Lord In tee And
being the same premises that were conveyed
70 the said Josiah 5. Huston by Catharine b.
Norcross by deed bearing even date herewith
seized as the property of Stephane Gaume.
ct al, defendants, taken in execution at the
suit OF the Camden Safe Deposit and Trust
Company. trustee, &C., &C.. complainant, and
to be sold by
JOSEPH S. FLEETWOOD,
s. FL. GREY, Sol'r. Sherifr.
Dated April %, 1899. PRS. adv fee, sI3. so
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Hicks-There's Gritty. What pity
that so fine looking fellow should be
deaf and dumb
Wicks-The dumb is all right, but If
he wasn't deaf. what an agreeable per-
son he would be to converse with T.
Boston Transcript
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He who would pass his declining
years with honor and comfort should,
when young. remember that he may one
day become old and remember when he
is old that he has been once young =
Addison.
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when l see some men, he said
thoughtfully, 81 am prepared to believe
that we are actually descended from
monkeys and that in certain cases it
has been considerable Of descent. ~.
Chicago Post.
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NO cuRE-No

That is the way all druggists sell
GROVES TASTELESS CHILL TONIC
for Malaria, Chills and Fever. 1t is sim
ply Iron and Quinine in tasteless form.
Children love it. Adults prefer it to bit
ter, nauseating Tonic. Price, Soc Fol
sale by E. B. Jones.
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| DEMONSTRATORS NOTICE.

Notice Is hereby given that an order has
Deen made by the Surrogate of the County Of
burlington, bearing date on the 26th day OF
April, A. u. 1899, upon the application of
samuel H Chambers, the subscriber, reouir
Ing the. creditors OF Keziah H. Buckman
deceased, TO bring in their claims against tn
estate OF said decedent, under oath or affirma-
ZION, on or before January %, 1900, or they will
pc oebarred OF any action therefor against
tho said administrator
SAMUEL H. CHAMBERS,
Administrator
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The Trial. of a wr,ter.

Why should the young, aspiring au-
thor be discouraged or become weary
In well doing2 We have letter from
one of them In which he says:
'tFive years ago submitted short
story to certain magazine. 1t was re-
turned Immediately. sent it to anoth-
or. 1t came back. All told. have sent
that same story to 81 magazines, great
and small. 1t has been FIVE years on the
road, going and coming But recently
sent 1t to the magazine that first de-
clined it, and 1t was accepted, with
thanks and satisfactory check OF
course in that time the old editors Of
this certain magazine either died or re-
signed, and it must have fallen into the
hands Of some new man, who had not
seen 1t before. But in five years time
the postage on that manuscript amount
ed to SIT. 50l got thrice that figure for
it at last, SO / am not rumblingi"
One will gather from the above that
the literary business means this, If
1t means anything: Patience and
shuttle the cards ATLANTA Constitu-
ton
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AT the English Inn.

.'Hannybody with arr a heye could
see you was typical Hamerican.
'sAnd what is typical Americana"
Zone that gives tips freely, sir. -
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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kERCS
TELEPHONE No. 6

AhLkFHUNE NU' o
Fine granulated sugar SIC.
Skinback hams, Ioc.
Bee and Rabbits soap, &C.
Corn starch, 8 papers for Ioc.
Egg Biscuit Something
new in the egg biscuit line. You
can judge the lightness OF them
when pound will fill ten
pound bag. Broken up with
Strawberries and served with
cream and sugar, they make a
most delicious dish. coca pound.
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II fe1O GOOD things for pic

II fen GOOD things for pic
MICS, outings, &c.
Boiled Ham tender and
nice, and cut just right, 25ca ID.
Air-Dried Beef cut from
the tenderest pieces, SIC a lb.
New Cheese, mild, elegant
goods, I3c.
Pickles in bottles, at SC and
Ioc, or if you prefer them loose,
&c a doz.
Potted Tongue Ioc can.
Corned and Roast Beef
I2c a can.
Flour.-Silver Leaf, a real,
good -four for the price, CSC for
IN lbs.
Junket Tablets "A good
many being used now. Ioc a
package.
Cocoanut.- Dunham's CO.
coanut in a new shape, in a sift-
ling top can makes it very handy
for using on cake, zoe a can.
PHIL KARC,
81 King St., Mount Holly.
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Four sweet lips, two pure souls, one
lndying affection-these are loves in
gradients for kiss. Booze.