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The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-03-04

ing the ground with a thud and grunt
and goes s~campering on in the forest
probably never 10 return. leaving her
young up the tree, which at her de-
parture rend the air with their peculiar
and heartsppealing cries.
Then comes the difficult and no less
amusing task OF capturing the young
This takes tins. often consuming an
hour or more. but always with the same
result The men arm themselves with
long ropes with a slipnoose at one end.
and climb neighboring trees. The cap
ture by this time has resolved itself
down 10 the ability Of the men 10 throw
the moose over the heads Of the crying
cubs. After the disappearance OF their
mother the little fellows curl them
selves up In a ball. placing their heads
between their front paws. II is i'm
possible TO DO anything until the silence
OF the forest gives them a feeling OF
reinsurance, and they poke out their
heads TO view the situation. II is then
that the hunter quietly and dexterous-
ly drops the oose over the unsuspect-
ing projecting head and with a quick
Jerk draws II tightly around his neck.
The other end OF the rope Is quickly
drawn over a limb, and poor Mr., Cub
IL drawn from his perch, the Tightening
moose shutting of his wind. He Is
drawn up sufficiently to clear the limb
upon which he rested, and then he Is
lowered TO the ground, kicking and
squirming in midair, uttering gurgling
sounds from his wide-open mouth. The
man on the ground soon has a stout
leather collar around his neck, and in
q jiffy he Is tied TO a nelghboring tree,
where he recovers his breath and yells
all the louder during the repetition OF
the scene attendant upon the capture OF
his mate.
Sometimes during this apparently
barbarous but harmless mode Of cap
ture. the mother bear, attracted by the
cries of her young. will return and
view the eaptors from a distance, look
ing at the men and her cubs through
q clump Of bushes, and answering the
cries Of her young, as only q bear knows
how. but never venturing very close,
being easily scared away by the waving
Of the arms Of the hunters and q shout
or two.
In some instances, where the tree Is
small, 1t Is cut of close to the ground
after the mother bear has been fright
ened away, and is carried in an upright
position to one Of the hotels In the park,
where II Is lowered on It's side In an
Enclosure and the cubs are caught at
leisure.-San Francisco Chronicle.
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SOME GREAT EXPLOSIONS.
IN One seven Tons of Powder Were
Vsed to DtsIodge 100000
Tons OF Rock.

Among the many incidents which are
on record, n of the most notable Is
that of the explosion Of IS tons of blast
ing gelatin which was being unloaded
from u railway train at Braamfontein,
400 yards west Of Johannesburg, In
South Africa, On February 10, 1890, and
which was exploded by an end-on col.
lision. The result of the explosion Of
this enormous quantity OF one OF the
most powerful explosives used was to
produce a crater 300 feet long, G5 feet
wide and 80 feet deep In solid ground;
or, taking a cubic foot Of earth as
weighing 100 pounds, the superficial
explosion OF this IS TONI OF explosive
gelatin excayated about 10000 tons OF
soft earth. Besides this there was a
total destruction of all buildings with
In a radius Of $3.50 yards, while from that
distance TO 900 yards all the buildings
we're shattered and the roofs were bat
tered In up to about 1000 yards, But
all these buildings were built chiefly OF
corrugated Iron and mud, and there
fore were OF a most unsubstantial char
acter. On the other hand, we have in
the United States the blowing up OF the
Hudson river Palisades at Fort Lee In
1893, when the explosion Of two tons Of
dynamite, placed in a chamber In the
rock, brought down 100000 tons of
rock; the blasting at the Dinorwio
~quarries, Lamberis, in the same year,
when 2h tons Of gelatin dynamite,
placed in chambers in the dixie, over
threw 10000 tons of rock; and the de-
struction OF the famous Talcen Mawr
In 1895, when seven TOM OF powder,
poured into two shafts, dislodged a
mass Of rock computed 10 weigh from
1e5 900 TO 100000 tons. From this we
find that the dynamite on the interior
at Fort Lee was over 40 times as efficient
90 the explosive gelatin on the surface
at Johannesburg, while the powder at
Talcen Mawr was over AZ times as eff
Acient. tits, hence. not surprising that
the superficial explosion Of the BOO
pound charges of gun cotton thrown
by the Vesuvius' guns at Santiago dur
ing the late war between the United
States and Spain produced no serious
structural damage, and simply ha-
raised the enemy by their frightful re-
ports, which occurred at intervals and
unexpected times,-Cassier's Magazine.
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CATCHING 3 A CUBS.
Amusing Methods That Are Adapted
hy Hunters IN The Yensw-
steAs Park.

The national o at Washington 10
Iupplied with many animals from the
Yellowstone national park. where they
are caught young. The park abounds
with all kinds Of Wild animals and birds,
from the hated and detested Englzh
sparrow TO the sly and cunning noun
tain lion, but IL IL unlawful 10 hunt or
molest them. excepting when those del
egated with authority capture bears,
elk, deer or swan, or other gayly feath.
cred birds for the zoo In the nations
capital. The capture OF the bears Is
attended with much excitement. The
methods adopted are 70 peculiar that
they VIII cause many To stop and think
twice before they believe what they
read.
The cubs caught are always found
up some comparatively small tree. sleep
Ing or resting on the branches with
their mother. When espied by the
hunters. who are unarmed. excepting
for Q large AZ, . couple Of leather col.
lars and several pieces Of rope, the
first thing done Is 70 get rid OF the moth
er bear, who scented the hunters long
before they saw her or her little ones.
That is not a difficult nor dangerous
task, but . very lndicrous one, full Of
fun and excitement. A q usual thing.
one ofthe hunters climbs a nearby tree,
and armed with a long pole. which was
cut by his companions while he climbs
the tree, proceeds 10 dislodge the moth
er. This he does by prodding her in
the Eides with the pole, which 10 cut
long enough 10 reach from ON tree to
th other. The first punch or two uSu.
ally causes the old bear TO hug the limb
OF the tree upon which she rests all the
tighter. and during the time she rends
the air by q peculiar grunt, made by
~protruding the lower lip several inches
and forcing the air from her lungs
through the half-open mouth. The cubs
are not long In Scenting danger, and
they, too, grunt and groBl, rolling their
bead-like eyes from sid. to Ade In ter
ror, punching their soft backs in their
endeayors 10 cling to the tree all the
more securely.
Anew vigorough punches In the sides
soon causes the mother to shift her DO
Lition from LIMB to limb, gruntinR and
snarling At the time Al great rate.
II 10 often the cas- that she will seek
refuge on the opposite ode Of the tree,
beyond the reach Of tbs man with the
pole. That neceahtates his companion
cutting . pole for himself and climbing
another tree on the opposite side, from
which position OF vantage he CONTINUES
the jabbing process, The bear 10 be-
tween the devil and the high sea, and
after climbing from limb to limb, only
to receive vigorous prods in the RIBS
and back, soon gives up the unequal
fght, and, with a grunt, syidently.a riR.
nal TO her young TO retreat, she slides
down the trunk, scrsplng on the loose
bark In the descent, until almost TO
taAhattop, Ehsn sRs giysa . Leap, s,r1k.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-03-04
FLORIDA.
a superior Through Sleeping Car
Line Between st. Lo ulsand
Jacksonville.

Commencing December l7th. 1sos tbs
louisville Air Line will inangnrate so,
5ne season the great Through Sieenina
Odr Route 10 Florida. Throngh s%ieepins
KIN VIII leave st. Louis at 0:l5 n. m
dallY. passing Louisville at ZOO n M
lexington 1858 a. m. reaching Chaiia'
nooga az o'95 p. M, Atlanta M lo.io -
W. ana Jacksonville at $40 n m i[secondi
mU,IiIigl Stop-oyers allowed. TbIs
route Is through large cities md in,era ns
ing country, and is operated over mos,
suPellor and well established lines ns
raliway. The schedules are iast ma nd
most convenient. nv '"'s ana
nauIltuontot he above schedula le,y
nS ~ Louis at night, train LEAVING I,
lin , u a. mr viii arrive nj ,Iaekacn.
ngseo n 1he next night at 9:sO D. m'' mSb.
I a 0nly 9ne night out from NJ. Louis 10
e,dhls line also affords passengers to,
.VIiua UP via Asheyllle NJ H.
sort. "'''year-ar0und re-
,to correspondence solicited and lnforma.
aron promptly furnished. n An
DELL, ueneral Passenger VAaI'
Louis, Missouri. Sei Agent 81.
anis Is also the best line IN mint. 4,
Nop,L tennessee, Georgia and
N'''"a south Carolina, isio.sm
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-03-04
Gallie Heart-searchinEs.

France Is an admirable country, load
ed with the gifts of nature; the French
man Is dillgent, intelligentand thrifty
We have resources superior to those Of
other countries, but one may arrive at
the end OF the most substantial for
tune. There are spendthrlft sous who
dissipate 10 a few years the richest pat
rimonies, the richest and most favored
people may be ruined by their faults,
their stupiditles and those of their gov
eminent. We are on the road to this
ruin, aud II Is not ourselves alone who
say SOL oil The world is agreed upon
the point. Butnobody provides the nee.
essary remedy.-Bordeaux La Giroude.
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FOR
JOPLIN. pITTSDURG GGlENl
AND WEBB CITY

The Memphis Route Kansas City
Fl Scott & Memphis r. r. has two
tains daily from Kansas City-both
trains have through reclining chair car
seats freet TO holders Of Grst class tickets.
Night train leaving Kansas City at $3.50
has Wagner palace sleeping car to Jop-
lln, via Pittsburg and Galena. The
Memphis is the only line from Kansas
CITY 10 all the great lead aud zinc min
Ing camps Of Missouri and Kansas
Galena. Joplin, Webb City, Centeryille
aud Aurora.
For map and time table folder address
]. e LOCKWOOD, Gen. Pass. Ag't.
e-0-dm Kansas City, Missouri
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Texasl Tlexasi

The Nisourl. Kansas a Texas Railway
cc. win cell low rate rouud trip tickets
on November let sd 10Th, December 9Th
sad 2tb. with enal limit Of return 10
tweuty-one days from date Of sale. An
eEosllont opportunity for home. seekers,
tourists aud Investors 10 view for them.
selves the great resources Of the state.
For further Information address
A. Q. MINER, 7. p. A.,
ssdsiia, no.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-03-04
why some Girls Use Paint.

Miss silIygirl (sobblug)-I think It's
awfplly mean. That horrid Jones girl
has been saying that I paint
Miss Meanness-Neyer mind, dear. !
expect she bad your complexion she'd
paint. too.-Stray Stories.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-03-04

Next few months are times
for Cyclones, Tomatoes and
Hurricanes. Protect yourself
from loss by purchasing an
insurance policy. Rates are
lower now on town property
than ever before. Winsor will
fix up these policies for you.
See
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-10-03

SIT is singular fact" said an cleo
trician of this city, ''that the human
body is capable of becoming more or
less Injured to shocks from live wires. I
suppose the average scientist would
scout the idea, but what say is borne
out by everyday experience. The en-
ployees Of big electric light works, for
instance, are continually receiving
shocks that would disable an ordinary
man, but are apparently none the worse
for the experience.
az remember some time ago couple
Of young fellows came in contact acct
dentally with live wire at a manufac-
tory here in town. and both received
exactly the same current One OF them
was helper around dynamo and had
met with mishaps of that sort before.
He was knocked off his feet and mo-
mentarily stunned. but was all right in
less than two minutes The other man,
who was a stranger. fell over as if
struck by lightning, and it was fully
half an hour before he showed the least
signs of returning consciousness He
was laid up for several days and, oddly
enough, was much the more powerful
physically of the pair.
"I have known several cases of prac-
tically the same sort. The motormen
on the street cars frequently get the
current, as they call it, especially in
rainy weather, when wet wood becomes
conductor They tell me they don't
mind it much after the first few times. !"
New Orleans Times Democrat
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-10-03
DIED..

CoRsoN.-September 80. at Palmyra, Edwin
Corson.
CoNKLIN.-September q, near Mount Laurel,
Rena IT,, daughter OF Catharine and the late
Edward Conklin. aged 10 years.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS %, at Beverly, Will
liam H., Jr., son of William H. and Clara j.
Cneeseman, aged Is years.
DoBBINs. = September %, at Moorestow n,
Samuel II. Dobbins. aged SO years.
GAeE.-september p, at Burlington, George
W. Gage, aged SO years.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS % at Riverside Cath
arine Hellman, widow of the late Charles He'll
mann. aged rs years.
PARKER.-October1 l, at Camden, Charles W.
Parker, formerly of Bordentown, aged 70
years.
PRRNTIoE.-October l, at Columbus, Pearl
Frances, daughter of Lewis and Olivia Prem
tice. in the 18th year OF her age.
SooY.-September %, at Burlington, Philip
B., son of Hannah and the late Nicholas W.
sooy, aged 81 years.
sMPKINs.- September q, near Burlington,
Mary c., daughter of Robert and Lizzie Simp-
kins, aged Is years.
WALLACE. = September 20, at Moorestown,
William Henry, son of William and Annie
Wallace.
WALrHER.-September 49, at Lumberton, An.
ma ID. Walther. In her $50 year.
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JOTICE.

NOTICE.
By Joseph H. Gaskill, Judge of the Court of
Common Pleas of the County of Burlington:
Notice is hereby given that, or application
to me by Joseph Platt Jr., Clara Platt and
field, in the county of Burlington and state OF
New Jersey, each of whom claim an undivid-
ed one-tenth part of the following described
lands, namely:
First All that farm and premises, situate
In the township of Chesterfield, aforesaid,
being on the road from Sykesville to Chester
held, south OF Still LIS mill pond, and ad-
joining lands late belonging to Thomas Eng
lish, deceased, Wyckoff Bruere, Joseph e.
Holloway and Others, and being the same
from Charles Chafey and wife, by deed dated
the 18th day OF March, A. d. 1877, and recorded
In the Clerks office of Burlins ton county In
BOOK 0, OF Deeds page 1913, &c.
second. All that lot of land, with the dwell
ing houses thereon erected, situate In the viii
lage of Sykesville, county and state aforesaid,
on the road leading to Chesterfield, and being
the same premises of which the said John
Wesley Platt became seized by virtue OF three
and Oliver II. P. Emley, executors of the last
viii and testament of Samuel stockton, de.
ceased, bearing date March 81, 1873, and record
ed In the Clerks Office aforesaid in book L OF
Deeds, page 800; one from Thomas McIntire
executor of the last will and testament of Re-
becca Sykes, deceased, bearing date April ],
1874, ana recorded in the office aforesaid in
Book of Deeds, page 474; and one from
Reading Newbold, bearing date the 18th day of
june 1885, and intended to be recorded. Ex-
cepting out of the parcel first above men,
toned q small tract of land conveyed to Read
ing Newbold by John W. Platt and wife, by
deed dated June 10, 1885, and recorded in the
office aforesaid, in Book IL of Deeds, page
167 l have nominated Walter E. Borden.
Josiah M. Chafey and Charles K Cham
bers, commissioners to divide said tracts OF
land into ten equal parts or shares and un-
less proper objections are made to me at the
Court House, in Mount Holly, on the twenty
eighth day of October. next, at ten O'Clock In
the forenoon, the said Walter E. Borden, Jo-
sfah M. Chafey and Charles X. Chambers will
then be appointed commissioners 10 make
partition OF the lands aforesaid, pursuant to
Given under my hand this twenty-third dav
of September, A. ID. 1899
j. H. GASKILL,
CHARLES X. CHAMBERS, Judge
Atty for Petitioners.
DAtad Semi. Is 1890
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-10-03

Throne That Was Never Chilled For.
On the eve of the Franco German
war when the Emperor Louis Napoleon
entered upon the conflict which ended
so disastrously to himself and his coun-
trymen, couple of strangers appeared
at a German town. They brought with
them a large packing case. which on
their arrival was carried to a hotel.
Here the unknown visitors remained
some time and eventually disappeared
without paying their bill which
amounted to a considerable sum-
The landlord. whose curiosity had Of
ten been aroused with reference to the
possible contents of the case, at last de-
termined to open it and on doing so
found handsomely designed and rich
ly upholstered state chair This was
adorned with the French imperial arms,
eagle and Louis Napoleon's monogram,
and beneath it was musical box which
played when the cushion was sat upon
1t is supposed that the throne-for
such it is believed to have benin the
event Of success attending the French
army was to have been used by the en-
peror at Berlin after the capture of the
German metropolis. Fate. however,
spoiled the imperial plans, hence the
sudden and precipitate flight Of the GUS
todians of the chair The widow of the
hotel keeper few years later sent it to
England, where it eventually found a
purchaser. STRAY Stories
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-10-03
A Medical prnsnectnr.

sit isn't getting your diploma that's
the worst of il" said new fiedged M.
D. tits where to hang out your shin
gle. A doctors got to bear two things
in mind in deciding that-he mustn t
choose place that already has physi-
clans enough. and. above all, he must
not settle in healthy place-one of
those towns. don't you know, where
nobody dies except of old age. Of course
a doctor doesn't want people to die
that's almost as bad as to have them
never sick-but he does want them to
be sick enough to keep him going.
''Now. the way friend of mine did
was this; He took the train out through
central New York, and he stopped off
at pretty much every place he came to
till he found what he wanted It was
pretty place to look at, but it lay low
along river He noticed as they APP
preached it lots of marsh lands. and he
said to himself. 'There'n be malaria
here anyhow and probably typhoid
And. sure enough, though he's only
been there three years, he already has
q paying practice. New York Com
mercial Advertiser.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-10-03
Ear Piercing In chinn.

Every Chinese woman has her ears
pierced In fact, the custom is nearly
as important as the binding of the feet.
When the child is year old, the oper-
alton may be performed as soon as con-
venient 1t is considered quite an art
First two little tassels of red cotton
are prepared. with blue head on each
and long end hanging loose. Then the
child's ear is pinched till it is numb,
when a needle is run through and the
thread after it till the tassel hangs over
the lobe, where it is secured OF course
the child often makes considerable OBJ
lection to the operation and then if
there is kitten anywhere near its ears
are often pierced to encourage the hui
man victim. This accounts for the fire.
quence of cats with holes and Sits ia
their ears In the Celestial empire
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By virtue OF a writ of fier1 facias, to me di-
rected. issued out OF the Court OF Chancery OF
the State OF New Jersey, will sell at public
sale on
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-10-03
]. K. PARKER,
So Main Street, Mount Holly.
A DMINIsTRATOR'S SALE.

N SALE
~ virtue OF an order OF the Orphans Court
of the county OF Burlington, bearing date
Septembe I'd, 1899, the subscriber administra
tor of the estate of james W. Fenimore de-
ceased, Will sell at public sale, at the hotel OF
harry Il. Beldin, in the city OF Burlington, on
THURSDAY, the 5th Day of October, 1899,
at O'Clock in the afternoon, all those two
certain lots or parcels of land, situate on both
sides OF Delaware Avenue, between High ana
Stacy Streets, in the city and county OF Bur
lington, state of New Jersey, described as fol-
lows:
Lot No. l. Beginning at point on the south
side of Delaware Avenue, distant ten feet four
and one-halt inches southwardIy from the
outside OF the south curb stone ON said Avenue
ana distant about sixty-four feet, nine inches
westwardly from the outside OF the west curb.
stone on stacy street, and from said begin.
ming runs Qst) southwardly along the line of
lands formerly OF Laumaster & Wright, now
the trustees for the support of public
schools" seventy-one feet to the line of lands
conveyed by James W. Fenimore to william
Hatnes, being distant seventy-tive feet from
Pearl street; thence (2d) wesLwardly along the
rear end OF said Haines Pearl street lot,
tWenty-seven feet six inches to lands of Ellen
T. Lewis; thence (3d) westwardIy and par
allel with the first course, seventy-one feet
to Delaware Avenue; thence (4th) eastwardly
along Delaware Avenue, tWenty-seVen feet TO
the place of beginning.
Together with the reciprocal use of q three
feet wide alleyway along the west side o said
lot, and to Delaware Avenue eighteen inches
on said lot and eighteen inches on the lot ad-
joining the same on the west, tor use in com.
mon OF the owners and occupiers of the lots
abutting the same.
Lot No. 2 Beginning alta point on the north
erly side of Delaware Avenue, opposite the
beginning corner of Lot MOL and distant about
sixty-five feet nine inches westwardly from a
line continued from the outside OF the west
curbstone on Stacy street, ana from said be-
ginning extends westwardly along the north
side OF Delaware Avenue twenty feet,
six inches, and then the lot extends OF the
same width or breadth, between parallel lines,
to the low water mark in the river Delaware,
subject to the riparian rights of the state of
New Jersey.
Being part OF the same premises Alfred p
SilPath and wife, by deed dated Septemb Der
2lst 1891. and recorded in the Clerks office OF
the county of Burlington In Book 293 OF Deeds,
page $50, &c, granted and conveyed unto
James w. Fenimore in fee.
G. FRANK FORT
FRANKLIN c. WooLMAN, Administrator
Proctor.