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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-02-04
A TRANSIT OF VENUS.
How It Was Observed by a Party of
German Scientists.

German Scientists.
On their way between Telriz and
Teheran the members of an expedition
sent to Persia by the German govern
ment to observeth the transitof Venusm
a solitary European lady riding in the
opposite direction, a member Of the
English colony, who was as clever az
she was beautiful. Having been long
resident in Persia, she was fearless
ly riding alone long way ahead of her
caravan. The Germans marveled al
such an apparition in such dreary
waste-wondered she wasn't afraid
Wouldn't she let some of them stand
by until her servants and baggage
came up? No, she was quite at ease
and usually in her travels was far
ahead of her attendants, whose mules,
more heavily laden, could not keep her
pace.
"And now, gentlemen" she said,
'who are you, and where are you
bound for?'
They introduced each other. One was
the astronomer, another the photogra-
pher, another the archaologist, the nat.
uralist, and so on, and they were going
to Ispahan to observe the transit OF
Venus. The lady smiled, started her
pony and waved her adieu, saying:
ITO observe the transit of Venus
All, well, you can go home, now, gen
tlemen! Your duty is done. Goodby."
The fair vision disappeared at can
ter toward the horizon, and it was said
that the Germans did not see the joke
till a long time after Venus had disap-
peared from their ken.-Life of Major
General Sir Robert Murdoch Smith, K.
G. NJ G.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-02-04
Cave Animals.

No animals whatever are found in
the dry parts of caves. Dampness or
a certain degree of moisture seems to
be essential to their existence. Under
the stones one finds white, eyeless
worms, and in the damp soil all around
about are to be discovered blind beetles
In little holes which they excavate and
bugs of the thousand leg sort. These
thousand leg bugs, which In the upper
world devour fragments of dead leaves
and other vegetable debris, sustain life
in the caverns by feeding upon decay
ed wood, fungous growths and bats
dung. Kneeling in beaten path one
can see numbers of them gathered
about hardened drips of tall0w from
tourists candles. There are plenty Of
crickets also.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-02-04

In order to initiate walnut grain rub
down the article to be stained without
oil, then charge a sponge with potas-
stun permanganate and squeeze it out
again until nearly dry. With this dab
the wood, using something to protect
the hands while doing it to prevent
their being dyed brown. Next saturate
with ALBANIA root oil and polish light
". Follow with another dabbing with
a well squeezed out sponge previously
saturated with a filtered solution of
best bismarck brown in spirit. When
this has dried for short time, con-
tinue the polishing, sprinkling on a lit
tie pumice stone and dabbing where
necessary with the sponges, as ex-
planned above. The process will pro-
duce handsome granting.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-02-04

He had been calling on a young lad.
and had been talking against time TO
several hours, not noticing that sh'
was, to say the least, slightly wearied
"Do you know" he said, after com
pleting a monologue Of several thou
sand words and thinking little fiat
terry would be appreciated, while talk
ing tonight have felt as II | were in
spired by one of the muses.. And which
one do You think 1t ISL"
He looked searchingly into her beau
tifuI face. The modest blush for which
he was watching proved to be Wild
yawn, which. grew wider as she an
swered:
II guess the muse that inspires yol
tonight must be Euterpe."
He didn't really know anything abou
mythology. so he couldn't tell just wha
she meant. But when he got home b
took down his encyclopedia, and ther'
in cold type, staring him in the face
he saw:
'Euferpe-the muse who presided
over wind instruments"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-02-04

The Shark Is a Slow Swimmer.
One i'll service nature has done the
shark-namely, that of placing TRAN
gular fin on his back which acts as a
danger signal and gives warning Of his
approach. Happily the shark has not
been gifted with sufficient sagacity to
be aware of this popularity, for had he
been SO he would unquestionably aban-
don his habit of swimming close to the
surface of the water and would in that
case be enabled to approach his victim
unobserved. The shark is a slow swim
mer for his size and strength.
Byron observes, "As darts the dol
phin from the shark" But Byron was
poet and does not appear to have
been close observer of the habits of
Inhabitants of the water, or he would
have known that shark would have
no more chance of catching a dolphin
than sheep would of overhauling a
hare. A shark will keep up with a sail
ing ship, but it is as much as it can do
to follow in the wake of a fast steam
er, and torpedo boat would be able to
give it points.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-02-04
Lion and eagle.

An English paper notes it as a curl
Gus fact that although the eagle is the
national bird of the United States and
therefore deserving of peculiar honor,
yet, in point of fact, the bird is nearly
always ruthlessly killed when the OPP
portunity offers.
This statement seems to be impress
i've until it is remembered that when
ever they have a chance Englishmen
ruthlessly kill the lion, which sym
bolizes the greatness and power of the
British empire.-New York Tribune.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-02-04
We Crow Old In Pfecea

The general impression is that the
sody grows old uniformly. From birth
till the age Of twenty-five it grows in
size and weight, from twenty-five to
fifty it remains stationary, and from
that period it decays. Observations of
expert Psychologists show us that this
impression is not a correct one.
Each organ begins to age independ-
emily, each has its period for the
change, and these periods differ with
the various organs and do not take
place coincidently, as we may have
supposed. The body attains its great
est size during the third decade and
remains in about the same condition
during the fourth and fifth decades,
that Is true, but the brain reaches its
greatest size in the second decade, the
kidneys reach their maximum sizesdur-
ing the third decade, the muscles, skel-
eton and intestines during the fifth, the
heart and lungs in the eighth decade.
Increase or decrease In the size or
weight of the body consequently is
not due to simultaneous increase or de-
crease in all its parts.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-02-04

There is a gentleman in Boston who
spent a number of years among the
various little South American repub-
lies and who gives an interesting &C
count of the methods of one of these
small states when it comes to ques-
ton Of making war. The navy" Of
the particular power referred to con-
sists Of a single old fashioned side
wheel steamer, armed with one gun.
In time Of peace she is engaged in haul
ing freight up and down the river
which runs close to the capital.
At the outbreak of one of the perl
odical wars not SO very long ago the
president of the republic took charge
of the steamer and started up stream
on recruiting expedition, leaving his
senior general in charge of the military
preparations at the capital. A couple
Of days later the steamer returned,
and some seventy miserable looking
natives, each firmly bound with a
strong rope, were marched OF and
turned over to the general, with note
from the president which read:
Dear General-I send you herewith sew
enty volunteers. Please return the ropes
at once.
Boston Herald.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-02-04

A member of a certain Massachu-
sets parish, prominent for his thrift
and personal consequence. was also
notorious for his overbearing assump-
tons and pompous airs. Under the dis
tress and fright of dangerous illness
he put up notes" on several successive
Sundays, and after his recovery, ac-
cording to usage. he offered note to
be read by the minister expressive of
his thanks.
The minister was somewhat large"
in this part of his prayer. recalling the
danger and the previous petitions of
the squire" and returning his CRATE
full Acknowledgements with the prayer
that the experience might be blessed
to the spiritual welfare of the restored
man. He closed with these words:
"And we pray, o Lord, that thy serv-
ant may be cured of that ungodly
strut, SO offensive In the sanctuary"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-02-04

During the recent trial of suit to
collect medical fee witness was put
on the stand to prove the correctness
of the physicians BILL
The man was asked by counsel for
the defense whether the doctor did not
make several visits after the patient
: was out OF danger.
NO" was the reply. 81 considered
the patient in danger so long as the
doctor continued his visits"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-02-04
ORIGINAL JUDGE LYNCH.
He Was . Brave and Useful Member
of Our EARLY Society.

He Was . Brave and Useful Member
of Our Early Society.
Tradition sometimes plays strange
pranks with dead mems regulations
1t would make an interesting half hour
for the eavesdropper beyond the Styx
II he could hear the exchange of amen
ities between Duns Scotus and Judge
Lynch, the one shrewd, clear reason
er, whose name now signifies a fool;
the other simple Quaker gentleman,
whose name has come to stand for or
ganized savagery.
Charles Lynch was man whose
services to his country as brave pion-
eer and righteous judge, as soldier
and a statesman. are by no means de-
serving of oblivion, still less of oblo-
guy. 1t seems indeed one Of the In
EQUITIES of fate that his name should
now be universally applied to proceed
ings that no one would condemn more
heartily than he. The records of the
court of Bedford county, In Virginia,
and those Of various Quaker meetings,
the journals of the Virginia house of
burgesses and of the first constitu-
tional convention, taken together with
family documents and traditions, show
him to have been an upright and useful
member of society and wise and en-
ergetic leader at the most important
crisis of American history.-Atlantic.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-02-04
Chinene Pointa FOE Ho.ts.

"Don't eat with your ears" says
Yuan Mel, Chinese writer, "by which
l mean do not aim at having extraor-
binary out Of the way foods, just to
astonish your guests, for that is to
eat with your ears, not with your
mouth. Bean curd, If good, is actually
nicer than birds nest And better than
sea slugs. which are not first rate. is a
dish of bamboo shoots.
''The chicken, the pig. the fish and
the duck-these are the four heroes of
the table. Sea slugs and birds nest
have no characteristic favors of their
own. They are but usurpers in the
house. once dined with friend who
gave us birds nests in bowls like watts,
holding each about four ounces of the
plain boiled article. The other guests
applauded vigorously, but | smiled and
said / came here to eat birds nest, not
to take delivery of it wholesale"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-02-04
DO YOU KNOW

how fascinating English history really England during
the thousand years. has given literature heroes and
herones than all the of the world ages
OF the private and personal lives of queens being
stately sovegns with passions hate living pap
ting women?
Do know of that king and queen barefooted
a naked from their upwards in the great hall
sr? Or what plumbers dog licked the blood of king why
Henry VII hanged his four English mastis
king poogzed for taking long die Or why Marlborough
his duchess dsgraced?
you know the story of Thomas Beckett and Emirs
daughter? Clihods labyrinth at
Woodstock the eae sken thread nrys golden
becoming Richard II and the fatal apdoor
Vdomar Of the dreadful warning that hung the bed of a
bella Angoueme? Of the queen who discovered London
disguised cook maid
Do know how the fact that the Duchess
putting by mistake the queens gloves changed Voare
the den of Europe? Or why the great Elizabeth and her prime
minister had deal secretly with Catherine de- Medcs aors Or
what that which passed between Nam Bou and King Hal be-
meath the yewtree the clustered shade of Sopewe nunne
meant to Wolsey?
Those who interested may have specimen pages of work
that will show how English history be had quite different
from that by Hume Rapin Macauay Guizo
or Hallam, Froude
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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-02-04
CLOUD FORMATIONS.
What Causes Them to Assume sueh
Variety In shape.

" 8WG8
Variety In shape.
A good idea Of the correct reason for
varying cloud shapes may be obtained
by watching the steam from railway
engine under different conditions. AS
it issues from the funnel it is trans
parent water vapor. On moist, cloudy
day 1t will hang In thick, fieecy masses
In the track of the train. In dry, bright
weather It will rise In light, thin
wreaths. which quickly disappear, and
again when the engine is standing in
a station the steam viii collect In
masses above 1t.
These are practically the conditions
OF cloud formation. The shapes vary
according to height above the earth, to
the temperature of the particular air
current In which they are floating, to
the force and direction Of the wind at
the various attitudes and also in some
measure to the electrical condition Of
the atmosphere and the amount of
dust In it.
As a rule, the higher the clouds the
lighter they are and the more widely
spread. The so called mares tails and
mackerel sky are good examples Of
this. Some Of the former are over FIVE
miles high and are believed to be COM
posed Of minute particles of Ice. The
clouds In a mackerel sky are generally
about three miles high.
The heavy cumulus clouds which so
often look like vast mountain ranges
are only found in the lower and moist
er layers of atmosphere Their lower
surfaces are from half to three-quar-
tiers of mile above the earth, while
their higher points may range from
two to three miles In elevation. Still
lower than these come the heavy fat
masses of nimbus or rain clouds which
are seldom more than half mile above
the earth.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-02-04

A wealthy Riverina squatter. now de
parted, as he used to phrase it, ito the
great Muster" was noted almost al
much for his Attic wit as for his
parsimony. He also suffered very
badly and helped along his hating
utterance with frequent ejaculation
Of Dye see? Dye seeY His mig
gardly traits gained him widespread
local unpopularity and the bitter en-
nifty of sundowners, who were always
vigorously refused rations at his sta
lions.
Smarting under this unusual inhos
pitality, some disappointed swaggles
on occasion set fire to one of the squat
ter's wool sheds and then wrote upon
a gate: We've well burnt down your
wool shed. Dye see? Dye seer"
OF course, it caught the big mans
eye when next he passed through. Fol
a moment he contemplated the an
nouncement and then with a sardonic
grin took the stump Of blue pencil
from his pocket and scrubbed under.
meath: 1t was well insured. Dye see
Dye see?'-Household Words
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-02-04

Among the Pueblo Indians six points
Of the compass are recognized, and
each has its color. North is yellow,
west is blue, south is red. east is
white. the upper regions are many col
ored and the lower regions are black
All the prey gods are represented by
their images in these six divisions.
For example, there is the yellow
mountain lion Of the north, the blue
mountain lion Of the west, the red
mountain Of the south, and SO on
Likewise 1t is with the other beasts
and thus very considerable number
Of deities Is formed. All of them mus
receive worshipful attention lest they
get angry and revenge themselves fol
the neglect
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-02-04

Natives in the countries Inhabited by
great apes regard them always as hu,
man beings of inferior types. and it is
for this reason that for long time it
was found impossible to get hold of
an entire gorilla skin, because the saw
ages considered it religiously neces-
sary to cut off the hands and feet of
the animals when they killed them,
just as they do with their enemies. pos
sibly for the purpose of rendering them
harmless in case they should by any
chance come to life again.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-02-04

A benevolent looking man boarded q
downtown elevator already occupied
by three women upward bound. Witt
Chesterieldian air he respectfully
dotted his hat and held it In his hand
until he had reached his destination.
'What charming man! Such love
~ mannersP' gushed the women In
chorus.
A few minutes later the benevolent
looking man of the lovely manners
reached his Office. Pitching his hat OF
the back of his beneficent head, sprawl
Ing himself down in true manly aban
don at his desk, putting a clay pipe il
an artistic masculine fashion, occasion
ally expectorating in the vicinity of 8
cuspidor, he greets his six-dollar-a
Observation-Disclosures stenographel
by jocularly inquiring why in thunder
those legal papers aren't finished.
Lovely man!
Oh. yes; veryl-San Francisco Wave
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-02-04

The largest quantity of amber is
found on the southern shore of the
Baltic between Memel and Konigs-
berg, where it is cast up by the action
Of the ground swell after the norther-
~ gales. 1t is also found on the coast
Of Sicily, on the shores of the Adriatic,
on the English beach of Norfolk and
Suffolk and at Cape Sable in Mary
land. Mining for amber in beds of
brown Ignite or wood coal is carried
on in Prussia, and it is found In ex-
cavations all over Europe.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-02-04

Why Eyes Are Light and Dark.
An interesting point is the cause of
the different shades of color we see in
the eyes. On a certain membrane in
the interior are numerous cells called
pigment cells. When these are pres
ent in very great numbers, they pro-
duce that deep black color of some
eyes and in proportion to their num-
bers decrease also the depth of color
till finally a light blue is reached. In
certain eyes these pigment cells do not
exist at all, being wanting, indeed, all
through the system, hair and skin. A
person of this description is called an
albino, and among animals we find a
parallel in the case of the white rab-
bit.-Chambers' Journal
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-02-04
NOW LOOK OUT /.

"Take care of yourself, p say our friends.
"rll try to-" We answer. We do take little
care, yet in spite Of warm clothes, rubbers
and mackintoshes, an army of people were
bowled out by pneumonia and other lung
and chest diseases last winter. They
caught cold, neglected it, let it fix upon
them, were torn by coughs, choked by
inhammations and COMPOSITIONS, wasted by
fever, tired out by pain and then gave up
the fight. The hour you realize that you
have cold on the chest, place q Benson's
Porous Plaster where the pain or oppres-
sion is felt. If you think two are needed
make it two. No harm if you were COW
cred with them They act quickly and
prevent the engagement Of blood in the
organs. In this way-with ordinary eau.
ton as to exposure-you will break up the
cold and avoid serious sickness. No
other applications, or any other form Of
treatment, will accomplish this as certainly
and speedily. Benson's Plasters have dis
tinct and positive action and are curative to
the highest degree. Use them with the same
confidence for coughs, muscular rheuma-
tism, the grip (back and chest) and all sim
liar ailments. Women, who are chief suffer-
ers from cold weather complaints, should
keep these plasters always within reach.
Get the genuine. All druggists, or we will
prepay postage on any number ordered In
the United States on receipt of Csc. each.
6eabury q johnson, Mfg. Chemists. n Y.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-02-04

Miss Amateur-Can't you give me 9
part with more speaking in It?
Theatrical Manager-For what rea
son?
Miss Amateur-Well before going or
the stage belonged to a woman's de
batting club, and not having a chance
to say much goes very Ill with me-
Ohio State Journal.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-02-04
He Understood.

Anton Rubinstein. the Russian com
poser, in his autobiography tells Of the
confusion which overcame a certain
architect of his acquaintance who had
a habit Of interIarding all his remarks
with the phrase, "You understand"
On one occasion he was explaining
certain architectural matters to the
emperor, and, according to custom.
made free use of his favorite express
sion.
Good heavensr' exclaimed Emperor
Nicholas at last irritably. "Of course
understand My dear fellow, how
could help itT
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-02-04

In the middle ages founders and
patrons of ecclesiastical buildings be
gan to be buried nearer and nearer to
the fabric of the church or cathedral
First the porch. then the cloister. then
the chapter house OF chantry, came
under demand; the chancel was next
encroached upon, and lastly burials
were allowed under the altar itself. Al
the other extreme of custom was the
burial of malefactors and stillborn
children on the north or devils side
of the yard, practice concerning
which chapters might be written.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-02-04
H..a. turned Red b.. Eating

Mocking birds are great epicures in
their way. feeding on oranges. the ber-
ries Of the palmetto and those of the
china tree. apples. pears. cherries.
peaches. blackberries and other small
fruits. On the island of Key West
they eat SO freely the bright red prickly
pears that grow on a kind of cactus
that their bills. heads and threats be-
come dyed as if with vermilion.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-02-04

All Writings are made from chalk
The more common preparations some
times contain considerable gritty mat
ter, which scratches highly polished
surfaces. These coarse particles may
be removed in this manner: Mix the
whiting with water to paste and then
add water until it is very thin Strain
through cheesecloth and let the strain
ed mixture settle. Pour off the water
and dry the whiting
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-02-04
Located.

Mrs. Winks-Why in the world didn't
you write to me while you were away :?
Mrs. Minks-I did write.
Mrs. Winks-Then l presume you
gave the letter to your husband to
mail and he is still carrying it around
In bis pocket.
Mrs. Minks-No; posted the letter
myself.
Mrs. Winks-Ahl Then, it is in my
husbands pocket-New York Weekly.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-02-04
Life History In Hair.

A single hair is a sort of history OF
the physical condition of an individual
during the time it has been growing
if one could read closely enough. Take
a hair from the beard or from the
head and scrutinize it, and you will
see that 1t shows some attenuated
places, indicating that at some period
Of its growth the blood supply was de-
ficient from overwork, anxiety or I'M
derfeeding.