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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-05-06
Immunity For the Fireaien.


Birds do not eat firefies. and even
bats, which seem to eat everything
else that they can chew. OF swallow.
never touch lightning bug. There
must be something distasteful in this
insect to the feathered world, and thus
the species is preserved, for if it were
not so lightning bugs would soon be-
come extinct. as the torch they carry
would only serve the purpose Of at
tracing their enemies.
1t may be that the uncanny appear
ance of the insect, giving forth, as it
does, a brilliant flash of light every
moment or two, deters birds and bats
from attacking it, but if lightning
bug were a toothsome morsel to a
birds bill any number of the feathered
world would soon overcome their re-
pugnance to the little living torch and
go hunting for lightning bugs.
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was in court to hear the verdict. " men
pressed to talk, he giggled and beckon-
ed the officers to follow him. He led
them into the dark alley on one side
of the bank and into side door open
ing on a room used for the storage of
fuel Then, thrusting his hands deep
into a barrel Of straw, he made mo-
lions that the money had been found
there. He went further. He made it
plain that he had been looking through
the barred window on the alley side
when James Richards hid the money
weeks before.
1t was all so clear, fool though he
was, that the cashier admitted his
guilt OF course public opinion whip
ped about in no time at all, and young
Bliss walked out of Jail with his char
acter cleared, but only three or four
people could understand why the cash
Ter should have put up such job to
ruin an innocent man. Bliss figured it
out, old Merely caught on after bit,
and the young lady in the case blush
ingly admitted that she half suspected
from the first. The idiot owed one
man debt of gratitude and another
man debt of hate. and he paid them
both at once and caused people for
years after to shake their heads and
say:
Eyes, Joes a born fool all right
enough, but don't you go to believing
that he hasn't got brains hidden down
the back of his neckr'
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FAULTY QUOTATIONS.
bopular Phrases That Are Often In
correctly Repeated.

bopular Phrases That Are OFTEN In
correctly Repeated.
Nearly every one is fond Of quoting
from the poets and dramatists, and
nearly every one commits some eyre
gious error in his quotations. All of us
say ''the even tenor of their way" when
what Gray wrote was '-the noiseless
tenor of their way '.When Greek
meets Greek then comes the tug Of
war should be when Greeks Joined
Greeks then was the tug of war; We
say, welcome the coming, speed the
parting guest whereas the correct
quotation is speed the going guest"
Butler wrote in "Hudibras, "Be
that complies against his viii is of his
own opinion still,D but we alter the
sense as well as the wording OF the
passage by quoting continually, "a
man convinced against his will is Of
the same opinion still"
How often we hear people, quot ng
the passage on mercy from *The Mer-
chant of Venice" say, at falleth as the
gentle dew from heaven" whereas the
bard wrote, '.Falleth as the gentle
rain" We quote with great compla-
cency, 1.-The man that hath no music in
his soul" whereas what Shak aspeare
wrote was, 1.-THE man that nath no
music in himself" Zine by degrees
and beautifully less" a phrase which
has become in popular use, "Splall by
degrees and beautifully less. lbany
Argus.
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CRAFTY Ma.ter For.

A fox was one day seen coming out
of pile of stones near the water side.
He hid in the heather for awhile and
then pushed out something on the wa
ter. which proved to be bunch Of
moss. The wind took 1t into the middle
of the lake and blew it past some ducks
sitting on the surface.
Having watched his venture for per-
haps ten minutes with apparent salts
faction and observed that it neared the
ducks without arousing their suspi-
cions, our friend began to collect anoth-
err and larger bunch of moss, which he
allowed to float in the same direction.
but this time he swan behind it, TAX
ing care to show only his eyes and nose
above water
Just as it was passing the group of
ducks he made sudden dive, pulled
down bird and swan back to shore
under water. Arrived there, he car
ried the duck to the pile of stones,
where his wife and daughter were no
doubt waiting to enjoy the fruits Of his
labors.-"F orty-fiye Years of Sport
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There are in England several coal
and metalliferous mines which extend
and are worked at considerable dis
lance out to sea. but perhaps the mo;
remarkable submarine coal mine
that at Nanaimo. on Departure bay.
beyond Victoria, B. c. This mine is
known as the Wellington. and its gal
leries are situated 800 feet below the
surface of the ocean, which here in
closes an archipelago of islands very
similar to the Thousand islands at the
head of the st. Lawrence river. The
galleries Of this pit, which are contin-
ually developing. extend at present a
length Of six miles under the bottom of
the waters of the Pacific ocean.
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FILIPINO NAMES.
Many Have Their Origin Explained
by Fanciful Legends.


Many Filipino names have had their
origin explained by fanciful legends
and traditions. Every name has a
meaning.
Jaro is called by uneducated Visa
yans Salog, which means cup. The leg
end which purports to give the deriva-
ton of this name dates back to the
time when the monkeys and parrots
ruled the islands. Once there was a
great drought, and there was no place
where water was to be found in all
the mountains. So scouts We're sent
out to look for water, and they trav-
eled many miles until they came to a
spot where the river flowed all the
year and where food was always plen-
ty. They took cup Of water to prove
their find and went back to their COM
panions, who journeyed to the water
and called the place Salog, or cup.
When the babes adopted by the mon
keys after the slaughter at Iloilo grew
up and possessed the land, they re-
tanned the name.
Lyncod in Visayan means "sit down"
The town Of Lyncod, thirty miles from
Iloilo, is said to have received its name
because the first settlers were climbing
the mountain when they became tired
and said, LET us sit down" They sat
down where the town now stands and
found the place so agreeable that they
remained and built the town.
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No rs,,,o wa.4aa

Probably since the world began there
was never period when men wasted
their, time as little as they do now,
says the London Spectator. Whether
they use it well or Ill, they at least do
not let it slip away empty. Never was
the fascination of work so potent as at
the present moment, and never before
were the same keenness and concen-
tration displayed in the pursuit of dis
traction. Energy is the dominant quail
ity of the Anglo-Saxon race, the quail
ty they love to exercise, the quality
they cannot choose but admire. Work
is no longer regarded as a necessary
evil or even wholly as a means to an
end; it is valued for its own sake The
richest men in America work as hard
as the poorest, or at least pretend to do
So lest the society in which they move
should suppose them men of leisure. a
supposition which would be, we I'M
derstand, against an American, what
ever his position in life
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Erncrnnt wood.

Few of our native trees have odorif-
erous wood like the sandalwood of the
Islands in the Indian ocean, but few
Of the conifer@ on the Pacific slope
have sweet scented woods. The fine
church at Metlakatla. built by the civ
ilized Indians of Alaska, is as fra
grant as if incense were continually
floating through the air from the Woo
Of the great arbor vitae CThuja gigan-
teal Of which it is built. Libocedrus
decurrens, found farther south, is
known as incense cedar" from its
fragrance. The yellow cypress (Cu-
pressus nutkaensis) and the Monterey
cypress (Cypressus macrocarpa) have
also scented woods. In the Atlantic
states red cedar and arbor vitae have
scented woOd-Meehan's Monthly.
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Eugene Field was fond of relating
the following story of James Whitcomt
Riley: 'To beguile the tediousness OF
the return voyage from Europe it was
proposed to give a concert in the saloon
of the ship. an entertainment to which
all capable of amusing their fellow
passengers should contribute. Mr. Ri
ley was asked to recite some of his
original poems, and of course he cheer.
fully agreed to do so. Among the num-
Der present at this midocean entertain
ment, over which the Rev. Myron Reed
presided. were two ScoJchmen, very
worthy gentlemen, en- route from the
land O. cakes to the land of biscuits
upon tour of investigation. These
twain shared the enthusiasm with
which the auditors appIauded Mr.. Ri
ley's charming Rotations. They mar
veled that so versatile a genius could
have lived in land reputed for un.
couthness and savagery.
''Is it no wonderful, Donald" remark.
ed one of these Scots, that a trades
man sud be sic bonnie poet?'
"And Is he indeed a tradesmanY
asked the one.
Indeed he is" answered the other,
did We no hear the dominic intryjuce
him as the hoosier poeti Just think OF
1t, mon-just think of sic a guide poet
dividing his time making hoosieryY'
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Perhaps one of the most trying con.
tretemps that occurred on the Ameri.
can stage, writes Julia Marlowe, over.
took sister artist of mine when she
was giving the first performance of q
serious and elaborate play in an impor-
tant American city. In the great emo.
tional scene the sister of the character
played by my friend falls at her feet
in passion of tears and entreaties
The heroine stoops to raise the strick.
en- creature and In tones that unite
pleading and command cries, Get up
Anne; get up"
On the evening in question one OF
that breed of imp children, a gallery
boy. amid the deathlike silence which
followed the great outburst, clucked
twice, after the manner of one starting
horse. 1t would have been a phe-
nomenally self restrained audience that
could have resisted such a lapse from
the sublime to the ridiculous The
scene went to pieces, the curtain was
rung down. and the actress sought hel
dressing room In gale of Mysteries
Saturday Evening Post.
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e'0Fe]D-s1ks'0s-&s]0@s40s0-s'@s0sE s
TWO MEN
I AND sss
"A FOOL
BY HOMER sTANLl


0's]O-s0fs0-s-9-s+3-s49 0s-9e-0e
Young Bliss hadn't exactly turned
tramp when he first met with old More
ly Of the Bingham County bank, but
he had been out Of work for a year or
more and was seedy and discouraged
and wondering if he hadn't better go
and hang himself. AT the Saltarsville
depot he pulled old Merely out of the
way of wild engine and saved his
life. The old man looked him over and
said:
Young man, come up to Grafton to-
morrow and have talk with me.
You'll find me at the bank"
On the morrow, having stolen ride
on freight train, young Bliss appear
ed at the bank, and old Merely said
bluntly:
"I'll give you a place at SIS week.
You can go to work in the morning."
That was the old mans way. He
never required bond or asked for
references. If he decided to take a
new man on in the bank or let an old
man go, it was all over in five min
utes. He expected man to be prompt,
honest, and to work for his interest
alone, and he never had a word Of
praise In addition to the bank, he
owned wooden mill, big stone quar-
ry and Touring mill. Young Bliss
went to work in the wooden mill as as
sistant to the manager, and for six
months he seemed to have dropped
out of the old mans sight. He had
taken hold with great earnestness and
more than earned his salary. He was
hustling around one day when old
Merely came in and said:
There seems to be more in you than
l thought for. am shifting Mr. Craig
to the bank, and you can take his place
and salary"
Mr.. Craig was the Office superintend-
ent, subordinate to the general man
ager of the mill, and young Bliss had
filed the position for several months
without criticism when three incidents
happened in a day.
The first was his rescuing Joe Hover,
an idiot whom lot of other boys were
harassing and annoying. The idiot
looked at Bliss long time, as If seek
ing to impress the picture on his mind,
and turned away uttering a queer CAB
BILE of words
The second was a dispute with
James Richards. the bank cashier. over
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and the still small voice kept whisper
ing. So when morning came he took
his way over the old path to do the
usual milking. He was too late. He
reached the Widows barnyard to find
that she had been ahead of him. Even
as he looked over the gate she was sit
ting down beside the COW In a ginger
ly way, determined to milk or die.
Uncle Jerry started to turn away, but
vicious switch of the cows tail made
him pause, and twenty seconds later
out shot hoof. Widow, pail and milk
stool went flying.
you can't do it, Martha, and there's
no use tryin'," said Uncle Jerry as he
lifted the half unconscious woman in
his arms.
"Wh-what's happenedY' she gasped
as she opened her eyes.
''The old cow has histed you"
"And you-you'-
'I'm a-holdin' you in my arms and
lovin' you and sayin' that after we are
married I'll kind of give way on my
Methodist religion and you'll kind Of
give way on your Baptist and well
turn that old COW into corned beef and
be happy evermore."
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why Boiled water Freeze. Easily

Why Boiled Water Freezes Easily.
Water which is hot of course cannot
freeze until 1t has parted with its heat;
but water that has been boiled will,
other things being equal, freeze sooner
than water which has not been boiled.
A slight disturbance of water disposes
1t to freeze more rapidly, and this is
the cause which accelerates the freez-
ing of boiled water. The water that
has been boiled has lost the air natu-
rally contained in it, which on exposure
to the atmosphere it begins again to
attract and absorb. During this proc
ess of absorption motion is neces-
sarily produced among its particles,
slight certainly and imperceptible, yet
probably sufficient to accelerate its
congelation. In unboiled water this
disturbance does not exist; indeed,
water when kept perfectly still can be
reduced several degrees below the
freezing point without its becoming
loo
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ES1pPLISHED 1879.

whether the platform is OF sound or rot
ten timber. Let members of the city
government be elected on the same
platform, and there will be backbone
to your admtnistration-men working
under orders from the people, and not
lot of puppets wiggled about by
clique of moneyed men, as Is the case
at present. What is your opinion?'
"My opinion is that your views are
quite correct, but your associates and
mine might differ greatly as to plat
form planks and''-as
"Call together some of your friends
two men from each ward Pick out
men of intelligence, irrespective of
wealth or social standing Tell them
what you wish them to do. The plat
form will be drawn up by majority
rule, and the voters will decide wheth-
er it is for the city's best interest or
not. Doing this, you establish prec-
edent. The opposition party will be
compelled to follow suit, and each side
will strive to present in future years
the best platform possible for the peo-
pies consideration.
by Jove, Dan, your argument has
won me. and I'll do itY'
you will?"
Eyes, and want you to serve on
this = this platform committee from
ward 3. leave it to your good judg-
ment to select for me a man from each
of the other wards will name man
in each ward myself, and meeting
will be arranged for Thursday even
ings at the Worthy House. We will
try this municipal scheme of yours,
and, win or lose, l will cheerfully abide
by the result"
Greenville W hiteleaf sat at his break
fast Friday morning scanning the col
umns Of his morning paper. The TIA
BILE girl entered the dining room in
time to see him tear page from the
paper and, after kicking his chair aside.
hastily leave the room From the mo-
ment of leaving his breakfast table UNI
til the closing of the ward caucuses,
nearly month later, the old banker
worked necessarily for the defeat of
Dick Dean and the success of Jonas
Norden. Money was used freely, but
many of those who accepted it went
Into the caucuses and, protected by
the secret ballot system, cast their
vote for the man who had dared to
say what he would do if elected. The
bankers protege was buried by a vote
of two to one.
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Copyright, 1902, by
g. g. McClu,

Everybody that knew Uncle Jerry
Billings recognized that he had no
earthly use for anybody on earth who
didn't believe in the Methodist religion.
1t was a mania with him. He hired
farm hands of that persuasion only:
he bought of and sold only to those he
called the true believers: he would not
give sup or bite to tramp who had a
leaning in any other direction.
He was a widower with a grownup
daughter who kept house for him. In
one way it was unfortunate for him
that most of his neighbors were Bap-
lists. His opinions were so strong that
he would not visit, borrow or lend, and
Of course they were forced into the
same policy. One of his neighbors was
Joseph Shields, and they had let each
other alone for five long years because
they differed as to how their souls
should be saved, yet Uncle Jerry often
said:
"Joe Shields is good Teller and a
hardworkin' man, and his wife Martha
is mighty good woman. If they'd
only turn Methodists, I'd be glad to go
over there once in awhile
One day Farmer Shields died. If
Uncle Jerry hadn't been away in I'LL
nois on visit to his sister, he might
at least have stood at his gate and seen
the funeral procession pass, but he
didn't get home until week later.
Then he said to his daughter:
Hammer, I'm a determined man, and
can't go back on what I've said, but
mebbe it wouldn't hurt the Methodist
religion very much If you should go
over to see the wilder and tell her Pm
little sorry Joe has been called
away"
Shall l tell her that of course he
couldn't go to heaven believing in the
Baptist religion?" asked the daughter.
mo. not skassly. It's jest possible
that few Baptists do creep in, and
we don't want to hurt her feelin's. l
allus did like Martha, and If Joe hadn't
met her first mebbe should have ask
ed her to marry me. You might ask
her If there was anything ! could do,
and you needn't hurry home. If you
amt back by shutdown, I'll have bread
and milk for supper"
The widow wasn't "sot" in her re-
ligion, but there was nothing Uncle
Jerry could do. and time passed until
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The Scientists Debt to franklin.
Benjamin Franklin was one of the
most earnest and tireless of scientists.
His discoveries are classed among the
most remarkable of his age. They were
as extensive and brilliant as they were
deep and mysterious. He outran the
most celebrated English electricians in
the race for new discoveries. He gave
form and dignity to the science Of cleo
tricity and raised the science to a high
rank among the most useful and dis
tinguished and also gave it a philo-
sophie standing second to none of the
discoveries of the eighteenth century.
To Benjamin Franklin are due many
Of the most useful discoveries in cleo
tricity. His clear eyes Of prophecy saw
the glorious triumph of his favorite
science, and somewhere he may be
watching the grand Nominations re
suIting from his successful efforts in
bottling fash of lightning. He was
the first man to succeed In imprisoning
the mysterious currents Of electricity.
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Cats among the Egyptians.

The tuselar deity of cats was Diana.
and, according to Plutarch, the cat was
not only sacred to the moon, but was
an emblem Of it. Hence cats were
treated with peculiar consideration in
the land of the pharaohs. the death Of
one being regarded as a great family
misfortune. Egyptian cat funerals
were celebrated with the greatest pomp
and ceremony, their late owners show
ing respect by shaving off their eye
brows and wearing sackcloth for nine
days In the time of Moses it was a
capital crime to kill cat, and we are
told by Diodorus how Roman soldier
who killed one was tried, sentenced
and finally put to death.
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PENNSYLY ANlA RAILROAD
Inc Standard Railroad Of Ameyiea. Ryo
feefsd throughout BY Block Signals
and Infeyiocking Switches.
IN EFFECT FEBRUARY IL. Ia0a.


IN EFFECT FEBRUARY II. 1909.
Trains ieaus Aouns Holp
FOR philadelphia, $40, 500, $50, ITO. a. o o.
s.l7. ill7 A. n. 1884. 2.i2. GAO saturda ~ u
On Sundays. SIS A. r., i2.oo. s.aI. s.55P.n
reADerton. 7.S5. A. H, 1928, 1882. sos, ~
On sundays. 8nr.x.
40, sos, $50, p. M
Runs TO East Burlington only
On sundays, lbs. 1880 A. M, 2.O1. $50. $40 Pm
FOR Bordentown, Trenton and New York. $50
20. i0.bs. A. ~, 2.42. 4.l0, 5.55 P. n
On sundays, 1890 A. NJ, z.O4, $50 FL
For LewisIown. Columbus, Kinkora, etc.
1z8 P. n.
TN sundays, Gil p. IL.
For LumDerton, Medford MarIton ana aad
uonnelds $40 A. NJ. IL 30. 4.60P. M
For nincentown. 1880, ss2, . o5 Pm.
Eqs Toms River, Island Heights ana Sea Side
Fark, S.09, A. NJ, AT P. N.
On sundays. s.2f A. M.
For Beach Haven, 800 AN.
noF Iuckerton, e.09 A. NJ, 447PM.
for AsDury Park and Long Branch, S0s, A. N
On Sundays, ga A. NJ
zrasnsseaUsJor Mouns Holly as follows.
from PhiiadeIpnia. 6.32. 7.32 si2 1910. Ii &c
A. N, lz.5O, Il 30 saturdays onlyl 230 400
~, sos sos, 6.2s. 500. 1850, II 80 Z. N.
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Fron New York. via Trenton an Burlington
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o.zOs 7-UU, P. n.
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from burlington, $40, 1905 A. NJ, I2.02, I.57
$780, 6.22, *7.5I, 9-56, r. nj.
Kun from East Burlington only.
On sundays, 800 A. NJ, Iz.35, AS Ills, e.45 P. \
TOM Ioms River, 800. A. N, 800. P. II.
On sundays, ga, Pm.
From AsDury Park, I27P. NJ.
from Medford, ITO A. II. 1.80, 6.25 P. II.
from Long Branch, LOT P. NJ.
On Sundays, 400 P. NJ
froM femDerton, tnorth) 6.s7. Us, s.44. A. H..
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On sundays, 500 A..
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On sundays, Sol p n.
from t1ncentown $50 A. n. 4.25 Pm.
from Beach Haven. 2.35P N.
WEST JERSEY . sEAsHoRE RAILROAD
October I. 1901.
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4. N, 40, $50, p. n.
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I'm.
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