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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-08-21
sdnle Engllah LaWs.

II you deposit money in bank and
leave it there for over six years with
out adding to it. drawing on it or deal
ing with it in any way, it comes under
the statute of limitations and is lost to
you forever.
Suppose you bought a gold ring and
without saying anything about pay
ments or delivery you turned round to
examine a clock and maybe flew in
and carried off the ring it would be
your loss You would have to pay the
jeweler, while he need not give you
another ring. If you bought horse
and said you would call for him in the
evening and if the stables were burned
and the horse destroyed before you
called, you would have to bear the con-
sequences. But II anything remained
to be done to the property purchased
the seller would be responsible. Sup
pose he undertook to put nail in the
horses shoe or suppose the jeweler
said he would polish up the ring, then
the loss would fall on him, not you.
If you wrote from London to miller
in Bristol offering to sell him cargo
of wheat at 80 shillings a quarter and
he wrote letter accepting your offer
and posted it the same day, the con-
tract would be completed Suppose,
now, the letter got lost, you concluded
that he was not going to buy and you
sold the cargo to SOME one else, you
would be liable for damages to the first
buyer, and the worst of it Is you could
get nothing out of the postmaster gen
eral--London Answers.
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fdea,z,aed :. aaI.as1.

Glen Miller. a United States marshal
To Utah, was sitting in his office at Salt
Lake City one day when a well dress
ed and intelligent looking man entered
and addressed him. Il was confident
that l knew the man." said Glen in re
citing the circumstances, but was
not able to place him. AS we conversed
pleasantly 1t gradually became i'm
pressed upon me that he was an old
Kansas acquaintance, perhaps some
one had known at the university, but
he spoke so cordially and with such an
assumption of his knowing me and my
knowing him that / did not have the
nerve to ask him who he was.
'.In Salt Lake." continued the smil-
ing marshal, I'VE have the same fash
ion of doing the square thing by a
friend that used to prevail in Kansas.
There is no prohibition law In Utah,
and we found place near by that was
sufficient unto our purposes. After l
had said something, and he something,
we quickly got along to the stage
where l invited him to my house for
dinner, but all the time l was taxing
my mind to learn his Identity and
watching for chance word that would
give me clew.
"sBy the way / said at last when
did you come outY meaning from the
States, of course. oh, | got out last
night. You see, they cut off nine
months for good behavior
"Then it broke over me. My guest
was Pete Curry, celebrated mail rob
Der, whom l had taken to the peniten-
tiary just three years before. kan
sas City Journal.
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Ancient SundiaIs.

1t is probable that the earliest sun
dial was simply the spear of some no
mad chief stuck upright in the ground
before his tent. Among those desert
wanderers, keen to observe their sur
roundings, it would not be a difficult
thing to notice that the shadow short
ened as the sun rose higher in the sky
and that the shortened shadow always
pointed in the same direction-north.
The recognition would have followed
very soon that this monday shadow
changed in it's length from day to day.
A six foot spear would give a shadow
at MONDAY in latitude 40 degrees of II
feet at one time of the year, of less
than two feet at another.
This instrument, so simple, so easily
carried, so easily set UP, may well have
begun the scientific study of astrono-
my, for it lent itself to measure1 lent,
and science is measurement, and prob
ably we see it expressed in permanent
form in the obelisks of Egyptian solar
temples, though these no doubt were
retained merely as solar emblems ages
after their use as actual instruments
of observation had ceased. An upright
stick carefully plumbed standing on
some level surface may therefore well
make the first advance upon the natu-
raj horizon. A knob at the top of the
stick will be found to render the shad-
ow more easily observed.-E. Walter
Maunder in Knowledge
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-08-21

In Hyde Park lives a young matron
who is of such high nervous tempera-
ment that if she drinks the very small
est amount of alcoholic stimulant be-
fore going to bed the result is sleepless-
ness for the remainder Of the night.
Some nights ago number of friends
dropped In for the evening, and the
husband, who by the way, Is south
erner, suggested that he make a mint
julep for each of the company. The
suggestion was received with delight
and the juleps were promptly mixed.
In his wife's glass. however, he put
only enough whisky to flavor the
water, probably not more than a tea
spoonful OF this she slipped about
half The result, however, was the
same. She was troubled with insomnia
all night long, and 1t was not until 8
o'clock in the morning that she drop
ped off to sleep and, as conse-
quence, was not called for breakfast.
At 10 o'clock she came down stairs
and hearing the voices of children on
the front porch stopped to listen. Her
heart filed with motherly pride as she
heard her elder son. a boy of 6, telling
seven or eight children from the neigh
borhood that they must not make too
much noise as his mamma was asleep.
Imagine her horror, too. as the young
hopeful added
"She drank so much whisky last
night that she couldn't come down to
breakfast this morning. kansas City
Star
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And Yet He Had to Smile.

She was telling tales on her brother.
who was an extravagant chap when he
had money, which was only for two or
three days each month after he receiv-
ed his allowance. Bob was sweet on
JESSIE" she said land wanted to give
her something nice. So he went to the
florist and ordered one dozen American
Beauty roses to be sent to her address
They were rs cents apiece, and that
meant so, enough for Bob to pay. But
what does the foolish fellow do?
"He sees some extra long stemmed
ones standing in vase near by, and
he prices those. One dollar and a
quarter apiece says the man. Bob is
feeling very generous that day. His
allowance has just come in. Give me
a dozen of those instead of the cheap
ones / took he says and hands over
the extra So.
'That night he calls on the girl to see
the effect his present has made. She
hasn't received the flowers yet. They
come while he is there. This just suits
him, because he will be able to see the
expression Of astonishment on her face.
She opens the box, sees Bob's card
and lifts up the roses with cry of rap
ture and an oh, Mr.. Wentworth, how
sweet of youv Then she looks around
everywhere for vase tall enough. You
see, she hasn't any of those that stand
on the floor, but only an ordinary
chrysanthemum JAR She takes that
down and measures the flowers, then
she lays them on the table, and with
one slillful whack of her little pearl
handled knife she chops off half the
length of the stems. Bob says it turn
ed him cold to see Sc go into the waste
basket like that. We say at home 1t
serves him right New York Herald.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-08-21

A man who saw in sidewalk show
case some steel combs and who Won
dered what steel combs could be used
for found upon inquiry that they were
used by furriers in combing furs.
There was one of these combs that
looked much like a comb Of the or
binary kind, coarse toothed for half
it's length and finer toothed the other
half. And then there was one comb
that had teeth for half its length, the
solid end serving as q handle.
There are other steel combs that are
used for similar purpose, as steel
combs made to comb dogs with. The
dog comb looks somewhat like the
fine toothed comb In its general shape,
but it Is larger, toothed on one side
only and coarser toothed than the so
called fine comb. The untoothed side
combs of this sort are used on various
kinds of dogs, including, for instance,
long haired dogs like the French poo
dle.-New York Sun.
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A Child,s philosophy.

1t is one of the prime secrets of hap
piness to recognize and accept ones
natural limitations, but philosophy of
this kind is perhaps hardly to be ex-
pected of children.
A little girl had sent back her plate
for turkey two or three times and had
been helped bountifully to all the good
things that go to make grand Christ
mas dinner. Finally she was observed
looking rather disconsolately at her I'M
finished plate of turkey.
whats the matter, Ethel?" asked
Uncle John. ''You look mournful."
CHATS just the matter" said Ethel.
81 am morn full"
And then she wondered why every
body laughed.-Stray Stories.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-08-21

One particularly amusing incident
characterized Congressman Burton's
early experience at the bar. For some
reason it became necessary to request
continuance In a case in which he
was counsel. After Mr.. Burton had
explained why there should be con-
tinuance the court told him simply to
withdraw a juror and the case would
be marked continued. For the moment
the young attorney was nonplused,
but after glancing at the court to salts
fy himself that the judge was in earn
est he walked over to the jury box,
eyed the jurors for an instant and then
firmly seized a large, portly German
and endeavored with no little effort to
drag him out of the jury box. In the
midst of the general laugh which fol-
lowed, the court came to the rescue of
the discounted young barrister by ex-
planning that the term was simply
technical and need only be written on
the docket Saturday Evening Post.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-08-21
Made Its own Funeral Toilet.

There are certain insects that have
such a respect for Mrs. Grl1ndy and
are endowed with such an innate love
death, or rather decapitation, can pre-
vent them from making one grand
final toilet, which Is clearly designed
to give them a sedate and respectable
appearance after death.
DIR. Ballion, a skilled entomologist,
discovered this remarkable fact. Dur
ing one of my recent horseback rides"
he says. 81 frequently caught one Of
those large flies which annoy cattle
and horses so much, and l promptly
got rid of it by crushing its head.
One day, instead of throwing the mu-
tilated insect away, l placed it on the
back of my hand and indolently watch
ed it, For some seconds the insect re-
manned motionless, but then, to my
unbounded surprise, it moved it's front
legs forward to the place where the
head should have been, and, after 1t
had rubbed them nervously together,
apparently in anguish, it began to
brush its body and to smooth it's wings
with its hind legs. Under the gentle
pressure of these limbs the body grad
ually became extended and the ex-
tremity curved, while the wings grad
ually changed their natural position
and left the upper part of the body
exposed Meanwhile the hind legs
continued to brush each other from
time to time.
) Naturally l watched this extra
ordinary sight with great interest, and,
in order to see the finale, took the
insect into my study, where 1t lived
an entire day, spending the time at
the ungrateful task of making it's own
funeral toilet"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-08-21
rdsxt,. Feat of Memory.

In The Century William Mason, the
veteran American musician, tells of a
remarkable feat Of memory performed
by the composer List:
My friend knew List very well, and
having taken a fancy to composition
of mine, Lies Perles de Rosee," which
was still In manuscript, he said: Let
me have it for publication. Dedicate
it to Liszt. can easily get List to
accept the dedication. | am going di-
rectly from here to Weimar and will
see him about it. At the same time |
will prepare the way for your recep-
ton later as pupil
Not long afterward | received let
ter from my friend in which he told me
that when he handed the music to
List the latter looked at the manu-
script, hummed it over, then sat down
and played it from memory. Then, go
ing to his desk, he took pen and ac-
cepted the dedication by writing his
name at the top of the title page.
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Why? Because he's fought against
trouble and poverty and illness, be-
cause his heart has never failed him
till tonight I'll tell you something
else"
There was such intensity in her voice
and face that she held them silent and
absorbed for a few minutes more.
cts just this: Edgar Brooke has no
soul on earth to turn to! tell you he's
danced in a booth; he's sung in the
streets; he's worked; he's starved;
he's looked at life under the canvas;
he's thought of death under the skies.
That's the stuff for an actor to be made
Of"
Edgar Brooke put out his hand to
stop her, but she went on, with fash
ing eyes.
"Well, what do you say? Shall it
be a round robin for the sake of our
own hard times? Come! We all know
where the shoe pinches."
She bent down and pulled off one of
her own shoes and held it out to the
manager first of all. He might have
resisted the disconnected little speech,
but not the pretty face turned up so
appealingly to his-a couple Of coins
cli1lked into the shoe.
Edgar felt his cheeks burn. for the
theater was his little world, and the
quick response of his comrades touched
and amazed him.
His wistful eyes followed Columbine
as she tripped from one to another
now with a jest or smile, now with
tear.
When she brought the little shoe to
the side of the bench at. last, he could
only stretch out his hands to the crowd
that pressed round. He tried to thank
them, looked up to the Columbine with
a few broken words and turned his
face away.
The ring of encouraging voices, the
flicker of uncertain lights, the touch
of the girls fingers twined round his
hand faded into misty shadow of
sound and sight, and were gone as
swiftly as they came.
"a curious memento, Mr.. BROKER
said the youthful interviewer again,
recalling the popular comedian to the
faded ballet shoes.
Eyes, yes," said Edgar Brooke light
ly. "But it would scarcely interest
you. By the way, did ! tell you that
my wife was dancer-before we mar
ried-e long time Mainly About
| People.
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! A PAIR OF Ballet SHOES
A Story Of Stage.


Really Pm the dullest of men," said
Edgar Brooke, with the smile of long
suffering, to a youthful interviewer
who was trying to pick up a few more
crumbs of interest at the end OF his
long talk with the most inim1table
comedian of the day. Edgar Brooke
glanced abstractedly round his study
and racked his brains for suitable
anecdote, but he couldn't for the life Of
him remember at the minute any OF
the antiquated theatrical stories that
every actor makes his own.
The youthful interyiewer's eyes wan
dered curiously around and fell on a
quaint little pair of shoes which We're
hanging over the oak fireplace-not
dainty slippers. spangled and gay, but
lust a limp memento of the ballet, with
rounded toes, no heels and an old COW
ering of silk, worn and frayed. They
hung against the wall, with the little
toes turned In, as If their dancing days
were over and they were far too weary
for a pirouette or even the first posi-
ton.
"a curious souvenir, Mr.. Brooke"
Edgar Brooke smiled, and there was
silence for a minute.
The comedian had forgotten the
youthful interviewer. He seemed to
see the little shoes dancing on the wall.
His comfortable room faded out of
sight. There was the sound of scrap
ing fiddles and the fare of gas. Twen-
ty years had slipped away in hardly as
many seconds,
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The Pitching of an ocean Liner.
e. w. Howe, telling in the Atchison
Globe of his experience during voy-
age across the Atlantic ocean, says:
II believe l made discovery in sea-
sickness. One night when the ship
was pitching badly l remarked that
when there was a particularly hard
lunge the screws came out of the wa
ter and whirled round so rapidly as to
almost throw me out of bed. / was
sleeping with my head forward, and
after awhile l discovered that the
screws seemed to come out of the wa
ter when the PROV was in the air. Then
it occurred to me that this was impos-
sible. OF course the screws came out
when the stern was in the air.
Z $50 my discovery was that in sea-
sickness, particularly when you are in
bed at night or have your eyes closed,
the ship really pitches upward when
you think it pitches downward. This
confusion may assist in muddling the
brain and stomach. l certainly had
this experience all through one night.
When my head seemed in the air, the
screws came out of the water, although
my heels were really in the air at the
time"
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what Not TO Saw.

To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. 10c or Csc.
If C. C. c. fail to cure. druggists refund money.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-08-21
AsIt seemed to Her.

A little girl who was in the habit of
tearing her dolls to pieces to see what
was inside somewhat surprised her
Sunday school teacher.
"What was Adam made of" asked
the teacher.
.'The dust of the EARTH" glibly an
swered the child.
what was Eve made of"
After a moments hesitation, 'The
sawdust of the earth. New York
Tribune.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-08-21

One of the most curious finds ever
made from the sea was that which
came to the Azores in 1858. The is
land of Corvo was then in the posses
sion of two runaway British sailors.
One morning there drlfted ashore
craft which had evidently been frozen
in the ice for long time. 1t was an
ancient and battered brig. without
masts, bulwark or name, but the
matches were on, the cabin doors fast,
and the hulk was buoyant. She had lit
tie cargo, and that consisted of skins
and furs In prime condition.
No papers were found in the cabin.
but 1t was figured that she was a
sealer or trader. carrying crew of
10 or II, and that she had been pro
visioned for a year. The -four was
spoiled, but the beef was perfectly
preserved. She had been abandoned
when frozen in an iceberg and .drifted
for years. The date of the letter found
in the forecastle showed that the brig
had been abandoned nearly half a
century before. The two sailors got
out the furs, which eventually brought
them $4,000 and two barrels of beef
and then set fire to the wreck. No trace
was ever found of its name or owners.
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CouIdn,t Resist.

An eccentric clergyman in Cornwall
had been much annoyed by the way
the members of the congregation had
of looking around to see late corners.
After enduring it for some time he
said on entering the reading desk one
day: Brethren, | regret to see that
your attention is called away from
your religious duties by your. very
natural desire to see who comes in
behind you. propose henceforth to
save you the trouble by naming each
person who may come late
He then began, Dearly beloved"
but paused half way to interpolate,
'Mr. S., with his wife and daughter"
Mr.. S. looked rather surprised, but
the minister, with perfect gravity. re-
sumed Presently he again paused.
"Mr. G. and William d.
The abashed congregation kept their
eyes studiously bent on their books.
The service proceeded in the most or
derby manner, the parson interrupting
himself every now and then to name
some newcomer. At last he said, still
with the same perfect gravity:
Mrs. S. in a new bonnet"
In moment every feminine head in
the congregation had turned around
Millinery Trade Review.
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Too Small.

Uncle 'Zek'el Watson was accustom-
ed to seeing good sized squares of cup
cake, lection cake or gingerbread on
the supper table, and when he had
his first plate of ice cream in city
restaurant he looked with some dis
favor upon the macaroons and small
sponge drops which accompanied It.
How do you like it?" asked his
niece, who was doing the honors of
the city for her uncle.
'SThe ice cream is first rate" said
Uncle 'Zek'ei. II call 1t extry good.
But when you come to these things, "
he added. lifting one of the sponge
LADY fingers" and surveying it doubt
fully, II presume to say they're all
right enough, what there is of 'em,
but there isn't enough of 'em; just
nothing but cape and swallowP'-
Youths Companion.
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The Center of Population.

Census experts estimate" says the
Chicago Post, that the center of popu
lation will be found next year to be in
Indiana, close to the Illinois line, at
of Vincennes The last census showed
the population center to be between
Columbus, Ind, and Cincinnati. The
increase in the population of Georgia,
Texas, the Indian Territory, Oklahoma,
New Mexico and Arizona during the
last ten years has been sufficient, 1t is
thought, to offset any increase in the
northwest and to possibly pull the cen
ter somewhat to the south Of the 1890
parallel. The wealth center is thought
to be in the neighborhood of San
dusky, O."
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A wealthy American who became a
convert to Rome was very generous to
Pope Leo XIII in money matters. He
had done many generous things, and
the pope had rewarded him with or
ders and medals galore. For once
year this convert made pilgrimage to
Rome, where he was kindly received
by the holy father as son and gener-
ally, until the orders were exhausted.
each time was bestowed with some
fresh honor. On 'such occasions all
these brave metal pieces were attached
to the rich Americans breast.
'I'll soon end that" the pope remark
ed to a confidante who was at his side
during the levee. Next time I shall
give him a snuffbox." which he did,
and beautiful jeweled box it was.
The following year the American
turned up again and was granted an
audience, when to the holy fathers
CONSERVATION the faithful son of the
church appeared not only with all his
medals, but with the snuffbox attached
to his waistcoat.
''The next time," the pope said, with
comical sigh, 81 shall present him
with marble topped table. 1t is the
only thing l can think of that he can't
tie to his waistcoat. "-Chicago Times
Herald.
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A race with the SUN.

The London Daily Mail says if an
aerial machine were capable of travel
ing at any rate up to 1000 miles an
hour traveller in it, starting westward
from London at speed of ego miles
an hour, would arrest the progress Of
time. Ii he started at 10 a. m., 1t
would always be to him 10 a. m.
Should he find his amending day mo-
notonous, he could reverse his direc-
ton and get a quick succession of
short days and nights of some six
hours duration, but he could regulate
the length by the speed Of his ma
chine. Suppose he Travelled from Lon
don one night at 10 o'clock westward
ut a speed of 1000 miles per hour. He
would soon experience the sensation
of seeing the sun rising In the west
where it had set short time before.
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To accommodate those who are partial
to the use of atomizers in applying liquids
into the nasal passages for catarrhal trou-
bles, the proprietors prepare Ely's Liquid
Cream Balm. Price including the spray
ing tube is rs cents. Druggists or by
mail The liquid embodies the medicinal
properties of the solid preparation,
Cream Balm,is quickly absorbed by the
membrane and does not dry up the secre-
tions, but changes them to natural and
healthy character Ely Brothers, So
Warren St., N. Y.