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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-07-29
a WINNING TRICK.
He Lost All His Bets and Mad
Money by Doing So.

He Lost All His Bets and Made
Money by Doing So.
The captain Of one rather old and
slow steamer of years ago, finding that
he would have to be long time in
China before he received full cargo
Of tea and would have probably to re-
turn in ballast, began, to every ones
establishment, to say that, owing to the
repairs that had been done to his en-
gines, he hoped to make racing pas
sage back to England Then, still more
to the establishment of the captains of
the fast steamers and the world at
large, he commenced to back himself to
make the fastest passage home.
In such very considerable sums of
money did he wager that people began
to think there was something in it, and
the merchants sent their tea almost en-
tirely to his ship, arguing that as the
Aptain stood to lose f500 the repairs to
his steamers engines had probably put
him in position to bet almost on a
certainty.
or course the steamer, whose great
est speed was eight knots an hour, ar
rived In England weeks after the 9th
ers. and the captain lost ESQ, but in
stead of having to lie in China waiting
his chance Of cargo coming in from the
interior, probable delay of weeks. he
had cleared in few days after his
bets became known to the public with
full ship, thus recouping to his own
ers, who of course paid his betting loss
es, considerable number of thousands
of pounds profit.-Blackwood's Maya
zine.
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The orthodox Icelander believes that
the earth has an opening through ii
from pole to pole-in other words, thar
it is the exact counterpart of gigantic
bead. According to their idea all wa
tiers which flow to the north are drawn
thitherward by a suction created by
the oceans tumbling downward
through the hollow, which they firmly
believe exists. Their authority for the
curious belief is the "Utama Saga" q
semisacred work written early In the
fourteenth century.
If the ancient volume is to be relied
upon, one Bjorn Liefson, a fisherman
who was driven northward by a fierce
gale about the year 1891, is the only
human being who has ever seen the
spot where the waters of all oceans
plunge downward and are not seen
again until they have passed entirely
through the earth and again appear
bubbling and frothing like mammoth
spring at the south pole.
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There's story of farmer and his son
driving load to market Of the team
they were driving one was steady re-
liable old gray mare, the other a fractions,
balky black horse. On the way the
wagon was stalled and the black horse
sulked and refused to pull. "What'll we
do father?' said the younger man well"
said the father, Il guess we'll have to lay
the CAD on the old gray" That homely
compliment to women: ''The gray mares
the better horse" suggests how often when
there's an extra strain to be borne it is
laid on the woman's back. How often
she breaks down at last under the added
weight of some last straw" Women
who are dragging along YEARLY through
life can gain real strength by the use of
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strength making material which working
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curing the consequences of constipation.
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the particular benefit of sufferers from
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in spraying the diseased membranes. All
the healing and soothing properties of
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Mr.. Browninr,. Appearance

Mrs. Browning wore her hair in long
ringlets, which, falling very much over
her face and when seen in profile sug-
gested the unpleasing idea of blinkers
that harshly cut across the graceful
curves of brow and cheek. 1t was this
style of arranging her dark hair that
made Mrs. Browning look not old
fashioned, for that would have given
q touch of sentiment, but strangely
out of the fashion. Her slight, pretty
figure was rather disguised than set
off by garments that fell looping
around her. But, thank heaven, she
was entirely and utterly free from the
bad taste of the self styled clever wo-
men who acknowledge themselves to
be failures as women by aping a mas
culine style of dress and address,
Temple Bar
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A Valuable secret.


There is only one genuine brand of
eau de cologne in the whole wide
world, and its composition is family
secret and has been so for nearly 200
years past.
It was in 17O6 or thereabouts that
the manufacture Of the famous per-
fume was first established by one Clio
vanni Maria Farina in the city whence
1t takes its name. There are now in
Cologne and its immediate neighbor-
hood some fifty factories for it's prep
aration, over forty of them being In
the hands of persons bearing the name
of Farina. The others are conducted
by kinsmen and kinswomen, mostly
relations by marriage. 1t has been es-
timated that from first to last the mo-
nopoly has brought into the Golfers Of
the clan the enormous sum of $780,
100000, and probably this estimate is
under rather than over the mark.
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STAGE LIFE TEN YEARS.
New Crop of Minor Actors Harvested
Every Decade.

New Crop of Minor Actors Harvested
Every Decade.
A new crop of stage people is har
vested in the United States every ten
years. Each decade marks the begin
ming of new epoch in theatrical his
tory.
This fact does not apply so aptly to
stars and stage people who dominate
In the profession, for the life of these,
so far as the public is concerned, is
usually somewhat longer. But with the
rank and file-those who never rise
higher than the level of minor roles
ten years is about the limit of endur
ance. After having served before the
public for that length of time without
doing anything sufficiently meritorious
or novel to attract unusual attention
the actor or actress, as a rule, passes
away In so far as the profession Is
concerned, and new crop is harvest
ed among the many anxious recruits
on the waiting list to fill the depleted
ranks.
Men who deal in the talents of stage
people to the extent of reaping finan-
cial return from their -labors are better
qualified to ''size up the situation
than others, and their experience
teaches that few ordinary people of
the theatrical profession remain longer
than ten years in the business. They
either achieve distinction-alt although
this Is the exception rather than the
rule-or else drop into other lines after
having been convinced by experience
that the stage, SO far as they are di-
rectly concerned, offers practically no
opportunity for advancement For this
reason the rank and file Of the profess
sion Is constantly changing, and the
popular idea "once an actor always an
actor" Is easily disproved.- Chicago
Tribune
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A DOMESTIC EXPERIENCE
The Reason One Woman's Cook Wa
DIasn1lshed with Her PIace

The Reason One WOman's Cook Was
Dissatisfied with Her Place.
''This is a queer age we live in, =
sighed a young housekeeper. "We've
Just lost very good cook for very
absurd reason, l think. She came to
us about four months ago and was
satisfactory in every way-neat. in.
dustrious respectful and last. but
foremost, an excellent cook.
"As she was so very quiet / could
not tell whether or not she was as
well pleased with us as we were with
her. but about six weeks ago the trou
BILE began. She asked me suddenly
one day why we entertained SO sci
dom.
Ella said. we don't care to en-
terrain except few choice friends
now and then. 1t costs more than we
can afford. and we really don't care
for it
"'Your house is just as handsome as
anybody's,' she went on. Other PEG
pie that I've lived with entertained all
the time, and their houses weren't
near as pretty or as nice as yours
You never have anything but a cluu
meeting once in awhile. Why don't
you have teas and receptions. Mrs
BlankT
II reiterated my two reasons-th
we couldn't spend money in that way
and that we preferred simple amuse
ments. Ella didn't seem satisfied, but
the matter was dropped. Last Mon
day she asked to spend a week at
home with her sick aunt, and, as |
couldn't well refuse, she departed. To
day l received a postal card from her
couched in these words:
"Dear Mrs. Blank-My aunt is better
but I'm not coming back. I've got more
stylish place.
Detroit Free Press.
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Some people may not know that the
colors are not now taken into action.
Before corps proceeds on service they
are placed in safe custody, as suits
such honorable insignia, and when
Johnny comes marching home again"
they will be all the fresher for not be-
ing carried through dusty lands and
trying rivers. The men whose duty
It would have been to carry them and
stand by them to the last are nova
days employed in less sentimental, If
more useful, duties.
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First pull the sting from the fiesh
then bruise the fresh leaves of the com
mon weed known as vervain and rub
the wound well with them. after which
bind to it plaster of the crushed
leaves well moistened. This will pre-
vent swelling and ease the pain. Yer
vain may be used in its dried state by
sleeping the leaves in hot water 1t is
gathered in September by negro nurses
in the south and hung up to dry for
winter use.-Ladies' Home Jorunal
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Privileges of a Peer.

An English peer can demand a pri-
vate audience with the sovereign to
represent his views on matters of pub
lie welfare. For treason or felony he
can demand to be tried by his peers;
he cannot be outlawed in any civil ac-
ton. nor can he be arrested unless for
an indictable offense, and he is exempt
from serving on juries. He may sit with
his hat on in courts of justice, and
should he be liable to the last penalty
of the law he can demand a silken in
spead of a hempen rope.
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SIDE LIGHTS ON HISTORY.
curious Letters by n Harvard Man
Who Served Under Washington.

Who Served Under Washington.
Some curious side lights on history, as
valuable in their way as the more seri
ton of letters from a Revolutionary
soldier which are preserved in the Har-
ward library. They were written to
relatives and friends in New Hamp-
shire by one William Weeks, a Har-
ward graduate, who was an officer in
Washington's army.
Homesickness must have been severe
at times, though in one of his letters
from Valley Forge this soldier seems
to have had a hard struggle between
his natural pleasure at the honors
which he was fortunate enough to be
accorded and his nostalgia. "This
Day." he writes, 81 must be at Genl
Sullivan's to take Dinner with him, the
other day l had as great an Honour
confer'd upon mel had the Honour
to take Glass of Wine with Gen'l
Washington & his Lady-But at the
same time l should count as great an
Honour to have the satisfaction of see
ing, conversing & taking a Glass of
Wine with my-Friends at Home"
There is a curious indication of the
state Of mind in the Continental army
at times during the war in another
letter, where Mr.. Weeks says, IF my
Wages were not higher than l expected
when at Home, l would by no means
tarry, but as they are rais'd, and for
the Love have for the Country, l can
by no Means think of leaving the
Army"
That the manner of obtaining a Her
ward degree has changed radically in
the last hundred years appears in a
paragraph written at Valley Forge in
1778. Weeks had taken his A. B. three
years before that, but evidently was
anticipating. an A. NJ. "As the cam
paign is coming on" he wrote, II have
but little expectation of coming home
for my degree" But it appears that in
consideration of the $40 which his fam
lily forwarded to the college in response
to this request the desired honor was
NOV, far,.nd
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PERPETUAL MOTION.
One Inventor Has Accomplished
by Harvesting a Cyclone.

One Inventor Has Accomplished II
by Harvesting u Cyclone.
1t was during the portion of his ca
reer when he lived in the valley of the
south fork of the Big Sunfower river
that Henry Plymshaw, the inventor,
made his most notable invention. This
Invention had to do with cyclones.
One afternoon Inventor Plymshaw
saw splendid specimen of a funnel
cyclone coming over the prairie. and he
called to me and said he would go out
and study it, since it was evident that
it was going to one side. The instant
the cyclone sighted us it came straight
In our direction. We weren't prepared
for this exactly. so all we could do was
to run. We were just on the point of
giving up when most extraordinary
thing happened. Curious thing. Sort of
natural too. And there it was. Only
one leg, and that down a fifty foot well
In the middle Of sheep pasture. If it
had had two legs, no doubt it could
ndNC OulS OuI II COultlll
make 1t with one. Couldn't do any
thing except revolve. And it did dc
that. never saw a cyclone revolve like
that one. Mad apparently because il
had missed Plymshaw and me and got
caught. So 1t just buzzed around like a
top. Nothing in the world to stop it.
Most men-mere men of action
would have been satisfied at getting
away and not having to revolve with
the houses and lots, but not Plymshaw
No. He got to thinking. and what was
the result? Put belt around. the stem
Of that cyclone just at the top of the
well set up dynamo, strung wire and
ran all the machinery and electric
lights in that part of the country. Reg
ular Niagara for power. Going yet
Nothing to stop it, you see. Wonderful
what thing mind isl-H. V. Mari in
Harper's Magazine.
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SUMMER TOUR TO THE NORTH.
Vacation Trip to- Canada via Pennsylvan,

Vacation Trip to. Canada via Pennsylvania
Railroad.
The Pennsylvania Railroad personally
conducted tour to Northern New York and
Canada, leaving August I3, covers many
prominent points of interest to the Sum
mer tourist-Niagara Falls, Thousand
Islands, Rapids of the st. Lawrence,
Quebec, The Saguenay, Montreal, Au
Sable Chasm, Lakes Champlain and
George. and Saratoga. The tour covers a
period of fifteen days; round-trip rates,
SIPS.
The party will be in charge of one OF
the Company's tourist agents, assisted by
an experienced lady as chaperon, whose
especial charge will be unescorted ladies.
The rate covers railway and boat fare for
the entire round trip, parlor-car seats,
meals en- route, hotel entertainment, trans
fer charges, and carriage hire.
For detailed itinerary, tickets, or any
additional information, apply to Ticket
Agents, Tourist Agent, 1895 Broadway,
New York; or address Geo. w. BOYD,
Assistant General Passenger Agent, Broad
Street Station, Philadelphia. 2e-2t
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Sorry He snake

When some ladies in Charleston were
eulogizing Colonel Washington, it is
said that Tarleton replied, with scorn-
full air: 81 would be very glad to get
sight of Colonel Washington | have
heard much talk of him, but have new
er yet seen him."
Had you looked behind you at the
battle Of Cowpens." rejoined one of the
ladies. you might easily have enjoyed
that pleasure"
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A Sure Thing

A tattered, forlorn miss Of fifteen
summers entered the office of young
real estate man the other day. Ordi-
narily he is the politest of individuals,
but this day he was SO busy that he
didn't know where he was at" So,
with swift glance out Oft the corner of
his eye, he said rather sharply:
"Well, what do you want?s
"P-p-p-lease. mister, won't you buy
a ticket on our cuckoo clock?" replied
the girl hesitatingly.
BUY a ticket on your cuckoo clock
What the deuce would l do with a
cuckoo clock even if l should get it?"
''Oh, you won't get it, mister. Please
buy ticket"
He bought.-Kansas City Independ-
ent.
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Say" said the young writer who
had been engaged by the circus man to
write up prospectus of the show,
'I've about exhausted my vocabulary
On this thing. Have you thesaurus?"
mo, by thunder!' said the circus
man. "We'ye only got a rhinoceros,
but I'll cable over and buy one."-New
York Times.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-07-29
REDUCED RATES TO SAN FRANCISCO
AND Los ANGELES

Via Pennsylvania Railroad. Account Bfen-
NAL Meeting, Knights Of Pythias.
On account of the Biennial Meeting
Knights Of Pythias, at San Francisco, Cal,
August II to ~, 1902, the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company will sell excursion
tickets to San Francisco or Los Angeles
from all stations on its lines from August
to 9, inclusive, at greatly reduced rates.
These tickets will be good for return pass
age until September go inclusive, when
executed by Joint Agent at Los Angeles or
San Francisco and payment of so cents
made for this service. For specific infor-
nation regarding rates and routes, apply
to Ticket Agents. 2o-2t
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.enogwood Winter.

A man from North Carolina who was
visiting in Philadelphia in the course
Of conversation used the expression
''dogwood winter"
what do you mean by dogwood
winterY asked his host.
Don't you really know what dog
wood winter is?' demanded the man
from Hickory. N. @. There is always
a spell of it in May when the dogwood
tree is in bloom. For several days
there is cold, disagreeable, cloudy
weather and often a touch of frost
Down our way it never fails, and we
call it dogwood winter. l thought the
phrase was general
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Two Tours to the Pacific Coast via Pennsyl-
vania Railroad.


Leave New York August 2, visiting
Chicago, Denver, Colorado Springs, Salt
Lake City, San Francisco, Del Monte
(Monterey), Santa Barbara, Los Angeles,
San Jose, and Portland on the going trip.
Returning, Tour No. 1 will run eastward
through the magnificent Canadian Rockies
by leisurely daylight trips, with stops at
Glacier, Banff Hot Springs, and other
points, reaching New York on August II.
Tour No. will run eastbound via Vel
lowstone National Park, including the
usual six day trip through that interesting
preserve, arriving New York September d.
Special trains will be provided.
Rates from New York, Philadelphia,
Washington, or any point on the Penn
sylyania Railroad east of Pittsburg, in
Guiding transportation, Pullman berth,
and all meals on the tour except during
the FIVE days spent in San Fran cisco, when
Pullman accommodations and meals are
not provided
For Tour No $500. Two persons oc-
cupying one berth $3.50.
For Tour No. 2, $3.50, including all ex-
penses through Yellowstone Park. Two
persons occupying one berth, 81 20 each
preliminary announcement outlining
the various details will he furnished upon
application to Ticket Agents, Tourist
Agent, II96 Broadway, New York, or Geo.
W. Boyd, Assistant General Passenger
Agent, Pennsylvania Railroad, Broad
Street Station, Philadelphia
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An Artful Dodger.

''How is your boy getting along at
SCHOOL,"
''Splendidly, splendidlyl I tell you.
my friend, this boy of mine will make
his way in the world, don't you fear.
During the time he's been going to
school they have had thirty-two exam
nations, and he's managed to dodge
every one of hem."-Glasgow Evening
Times.
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Anxious English Mothers.

In England it is a weighty matter
when there are several daughters in
the family and no man in sight to mar
ry them except the curate. The ro-
mantle reserve with which we Ameri-
cans approach the subject of settling
our spinster relatives is about on par
in their eyes with the way Mrs. Troll
lope says we used to put pantalettes on
the piano legs.
Over there they neither put panta-
lettes on the piano legs nor pantalettes
ON their feverish ambition to marry
the dear girls well. if possible. but any
way to marry them.
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What La SIM

Recently a neighboring pastor was
preaching to the children in our church.
After asking many questions and i'm
pressing on the minds of the children
that they must be saved from sin he
asked the question, What is sinY'
A bright little boy. six years old.
quick as thought replied, Chewing,
smoking. cursing and tearing your
pants. "-Homiletic Review.
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The Rubber Plant In 1875.

The first accurate information re-
garding the wonderful rubber plant
was furnished by La Condamine, a
French scientist who was sent in 1876
by the government of France to meas
ure an arc of the meridian near Quito.
This brought him to the heart of the
rubber growing country, and much val
liable information was thus obtained.
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Miss UpDe fsee-The audience went
wild over my singing | had to repeat
my song no less than four times.
Mrs. Oldtimer- Why. that's just the
time they used to make over me at
school. I've known the time when the
teacher made me say my lesson over
half a dozen times.-Boston Transcript
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Illusion and DeIusion.

She-After all, what is the difference
between illusion and delusion?
He-Illusion is the lovely fancies we
have about ourselves, and delusion is
the foolish fancies other people have
about themselves.-Life