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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-07-11
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

A girl is never going to go. very far
wrong who is good chum of her ia
Their and brothers.
There is a family in every neighbor-
hood which furnishes amusement for
the rest and doesn't know it.
Every one has had more happy days
in his life than wretched ones, but how
he lets the wretched ones stand QUIT
There are so many operations of late
that a man can become distinguished
by arriving in heaven all in one piece
One great trouble in life is that the
paths for going wrong are planted so
prettily with flowers at the beginning.
Occasionally a disagreeable person
will boast that at least he is sincere,
but that is no excuse for being dis
agreeable.
Three things you never discover till
there is death In the house: The good
ness of the neighbors, the way time
drags and how loud the clock ticks
Atchison Globe
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THE PERFECT FOOT.
1t Is Said to Be Found Only AmOnf
American W0man

1t Is Said to BE Found Only Among
American Women.
1.-THE American woman's foot Is the
prettiest," said the shoemaker. 1T is at
once slender and robust and very sup
pie. The instep is high and beautiful
In a word, a perfect foot, charming
and serviceable alike in pink satin
slipper in ballroom or in a white rub
Der soled shoe on a tennis court or in a
stout, hobnailed boot on the side of the
Jungfrau or the Matterhorn.
1.-The Frenchwoman's foot comes
next 1t is long and slender and ele-
CANT, but weak, no good for service,
very ornamental-a foot for show
'The Spanish foot is small, and its
instep is high and arched. Here, too,
there is not enough strength. There is
tendency to softness and in later life
to fat.
''The German foot is large. but shape
ly and strong. 1t resembles the Ameri-
can foot, only 1t is much bigger.
1.-THE English foot is the-is the-well,
it is the limit! 1t is long; it is bony; it
has no instep; 1t wears its shoe over on
the side. Nowhere in the world will
you find a race with such ugly feet as
those of the English. Minneapolis
Journal
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A LAND OF WONDERS.
Some of the Queer Things That Are
to Be Found In Korea.

some of the Queer Things That Are
to Be Found In Korea.
Three scientists, two from America
and the other from Britain, are re
ported to have spent several months il
Korea trying to elucidate the wonders
of that strange land.
The wonders in question consist of q
hot mineral spring which is supposed
to heal anything from a cut to a can
Ger; two springs so arranged that
when one Is full the other is empty: O
cavern in the mountains in which a
cold, piercing wind RACES perpetually
large grove of pine trees which will
sprout again directly they are cut
down; a stone which floats In space
and, last, but not least, rock which
gives forth great heat however cold
the weather might be.
The scientists studied the springs first
of all and, failing to understand them,
turned their attention to the wonder
full cavern. The moment they entered
the interior they were almost blown
off their feet, and, although they adopt
ed all manner of lodges to find the
origin Of the wind, they had to return
to the open sadder but not wiser men.
They next walked into the grove of
pine trees, known as the "Ineradicable
forest" and here again they were
stumped. They destroyed several of
the trees by fire during the night, and
next morning they were regrowing
strongly out of the very ashes!
The fifth wonder Of Korea, the float
Ing stone, in honor Of which temple
has been built, tried the scientists
patience to maddening degree.
This stone, to all appearance, rests
on the ground, yet when two of the
men stood upon it, one on each side,
the third was able to draw a thick
string underneath without encounter
ing any obstacle. Why, they were
never able to discover.
The warm rock, the last wonder, also
puzzled their brains. This rock Is
really an immense stone, on the top Of
which small inn has been erected.
The building requires no fires for heat
LIB Pun POSSo SllhSl III WluICI VI Suui-
mer, for the rock always keeps it
warm.
The scientists jumped to the conclu-
sion that the stone was situated over
an underground volcano which still
had life in it, but on taking soundings
they found that they were mistaken.
There was no natural furnace below;
indeed, the ground was quite cold, if
not trifle damp.-Pearson's Weekly.
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Stevenson and wallace.

Sir Donald Mackenzie Wallace once
found himself at club In Edinburgh
where he fell into conversation about
Russia with youth who put forward
some views in which he could not
acquiesce. "Oh," said this parsonage
1T Is all very well for you to say that
you do not agree with me, but know
all about it have just been review
ing Wallace's Russia" "And l have
just been writing It," was the natural
reply. The former speaker lived to be
famous. He was R. L. Stevenson.
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Beautiful is an adjective applied
chiefly to brides, heroines Of novels and
ladies in distress. 1t is employed prin-
-cipally by society editors, novelists,
newspaper reporters and poets and
holds its age and shape well In spite of
constant activity and overwork. The
only novelist who never used the word
was Rhoda Broughton. Her heroine
Belinda was green eyed, freckled and
cantankerous and is the only unbeauti-
full heroine on record, just as the count
in Wilkie Collins 1.-THE Woman In
White" is the only fat villain. The only
poet who has never used it is Swim
burne. He always compares his hero
ines to serpents, they are SO wise and
sinuous. The society editor or newspa-
per reporter who has never worked 1t
to a silvery edge does not live, contrary
to the rules of the Society For the
Prevention of Cruelty to Inoffensive
Adjectives.-St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
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Sherlock Holmes had favorite die
tum-"E Eliminate the impossible, and
what is left, however improbable. must
be the truth" This was not at all In
accordance with the saying of Victor
Hugo: Nothing Is so Imminent as the
impossible. What must be always
foreseen Is the unforeseen" Most OF
US will agree, from experience. with
Hugo rather than with Holmes. The
impossible does happen. When Mercy
Philbrick's Choice" was published In
the mo Name" series the critics were
agreed that 1t seemed to be written by
Helen Hunt Jackson. But, as those
who knew her love for flowers and ac-
qualntance with nature also pointed
out, she could not be the author. for
there were several glarlng mistakes in
the naming and placing of blossoms in
the story Yet, as was afterward dis
closed, she did write it. So all the
theorizing went for nothing.
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MY Breath.
ShortnesS of Breath
Is One of the Com.
monest Signs of
Heart Disease,

Notwithstanding what many physic-
fans say. heart disease can be cured.
DR.. Miles New Heart Cure has per-
manently restored to health many
thousands who hac found no relief In
the medicines (allopathic or homoeo-
pathic) Of regular practicing physicians.
1t has proved itself unique in the his
tory Of medicine. by being so uniformly
successful in curing those diseases
Nearly always. one Of the first signs
of trouble is shortness of breath. Wheth-
er it comes as a result of walking or
running up stairs. or Of other exercises.
If the heart is unable to meet this extra
demand upon it's pumping powers-there
is something wrong with 1t.
The very best thing you can do. q to
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will go to the foundation of the trou-
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strengthening and renewing the nerves
81 know that DR.. Miles New Heart
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with good results. / began to improve
at once. and after taking several bottles
of the Heart Cure the pains in my side
and other symptoms vanished. 1 am
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The deepest haul of a net ever made
in the world was achieved by Amer
leans off the Tonga Islands, in the
south Pacific. The trawl struck bottom
$4,000 feet below the surface-that is
considerably more than four miles
down-but even at that depth animal
life was found. Those strange beings
lived in water whose temperature was
constantly just above the freezing point
and under pressure of 1900 pounds to
the square inch To sink that net and
bring it back again took whole day
Of steady labor.-St. Nicholas.
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The Game of Quintain.

The game of quintain survives only
in the village of Offham Green In Kent,
England. 1t is so named from an in
strument used In fitting on horseback
with the lance. 1t consisted of an up
right post, surmounted by a crossbar
turning on a pivot, which had at one
end fiat board and at the other bag
Of sand. The object of the litter was
to strike the board at such a rate Of
speed that he would be past and out
Of the way before the bag of sand, as
it whirled round, could hit him In the
hack
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Waking a Lawn.

Four things are required to make a
good lawn time, soil, climate and in
telligent labor. In England they have
saying that 1t requires 100 years to
make lawn and 200 years to make a
good lawn. In this country, where we
are trying to make suburban homes
while you wait and where a month or
two seems very long time, people are
too impatient. 1t speaks well for their
ambition that they want lawns as soon
as they move into their houses, but
they are really expecting too much. At
the very best 1t requires no less than
three years to make a presentable
lawn and FIVE or ten years to make
what we uncritical Americans call a
good IaWn.-Garden Magazine.
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Fresh Fruit.

"Gold In the morning, silver at noon
and lead at night" is always used with
reference to fruit. Most people think it
means that the explanation of the prov
erb is that digestion is strongest in the
morning and weakens as the day goes
on. But you will note that the proverb
refers to fruit alone. If it has to do
with the digestive power only it should
be applied to all foods. The real expia-
nation is very different. 1t is that fruit
freshly gathered is fitted for eating and
lessons In value as the hours pass. That
is true not of fruit only, but of all veg
etables. That which comes direct from
the garden to the table is the most pal
atable and In every way best fitted for
consumption.
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PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
The Standard Railroad Of America. Pro.
tected throughout BY Block Signals
and InteyiOekfng SsOlsches.
IN KFFKoT JUNE 2b. 1905.
Trains teave Mount Holly

Trains teaUe Mount Holly
For Philadelphia, 5.55, $751; ia, 7.47, 752 BIB
S57. BIZ, ILL a. m LILO, 242. 80 AS, 5Si, 6O3
$40, 7.24, 7.34, 1885, 1915 d. no. On SUNDAYS
SOB, 1857, 1852 a. M. 4.l5, $40, 49, 9.28 p. m.
For Pemberton, 6.55, 9.06, lI.2I a. M. I.4I, 207
4.38, 5.4l, 6.0, 40, (l240 a. m. Friday only
On Sundays, 8.31, 1000 a. M, lao, $50 $50 ID. m.
For burlington, $50, $40, l0.45 a. M, 4O5, 433
9 05, 7.35. 800 p. m.
For Bordentown, Trenton and New York, 6. 30,
9lO, 1O.45 a. M, 4.05, 4 80, sos, 7.35 p. m.
For Lumberton, Medford, Marlton and Had
donfield, $40, ll.30, a. M, 40 d. m.
For Toms River, Island Heights and Sea Side
Park, 9.06, 9.56 a. M. 2O7, AS, Sal p. m. On
Sundays, 8.3i a. IN.
FOR Asoury Park and Long Branch, sos, 9. sc
a. m., 2U7, 4.28 p. m. On Sundays. 8.3l a. m.
Trains iedUe for Mount Holly as foLtotOs:
From Philadelphia 800, Sl6, 90S, 10, 1885, LAO
a. M, 1850 1SO I50 ESQ, 356, 4.32, GO, GIG, 544,
608, 6Zs, 13O, $40, l040 ll.50, p. m. On Sundays
7.5O. 80 a. m. l240, 80, 800, 740 1910, p. M
From Trenton, 7.40, 30, a. M, 2.55, 5.20p. m.
From Burlington, S.IS, 1905 a. m $780, g.. s, "a,
9.52 p. IN.
From New York, via Trenton and Burlington,
800, q. M, LOO, 400, p. M.
From MedfOrd, 7.07 a. M, 30, sos D. m.
From Toms River 6.55, 8.19 a. M, 1872, 3.43, 6.42
p m. On Sundays, 6.22 p. m.
from North Pemberton, 6.37, 7.l8, 727, 9.O2, a..
M. l247, 2.27, 3.46 lis, 6.l2, 1921 p. m. On Sun
:, days, 7.34 a. M, 2.2S, 5.35, 655, 9.l5 p. m.
from South Pemberton, 1872, a.. M, 1858, Az,
5.52 pm. On Sundays, 7.O1 D. m.
From Asbury Park, III, Ills a. M, 231, 5 30 p.
m. On Sundays, 5.11 p. m.
From Long Branch, $685. 1855 a. M, PIP 5.l5 p.
m. On Sundays, 500 %. m,
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TREACHERY BAY.
The Incident From which 1t Got Its
UnsRvOry Title.

Treachery bay, on the coast of Aus
tralia, received its name from the fol-
lowing incident related by Captain
Stokes In his 1.-THE Voyage of the Bea-
gle:" Il had just turned my head
around to look after my followers
when l was suddenly staggered by a
violent and piercing blow about the
left shoulder, and ere the dart had
ceased to culver In its destined mark
long, loud yell, such as only the saw
age can produce, told me by whom 1
had been speared One glance sufficed
to show me the cliffs, so lately the
abode Of silence and solitude swarm
Ing with the dusky forms of the ma
tives, now indulging In all the exuber-
ant action with which the Australian
testifies his delight One tall, bushy
headed fellow led the group and was
evidently my successful assailant. l
drew out the spear, which had entered
the cavity of the chest and retreated
with all the swiftness l could com
mand In the hope of reaching those
who were coming up from the boat
anu NCAC lnCl dDOQl udll way.
Onward 1 hurried. carrying the
spear which had drawn from the
wound, and determined if overtaken,
as expected, to sell my life dearly.
Each step, less steady than the former
one, reminded me that l was fast los
ing hood, but hurried on, still retain
Ing the chronometer and grasping my
1ry rV1x.z
cry soon told me that my pursuers had
found their way to the beach, while at
every respiration the air escaping
through the orifice of the wound warn
ed me that the strength by which l
was still enabled to struggle through
the deep pools in my path must fail
me soon. 1 had fallen twice, each dis
aster being announced by shout of
vindictive triumph from the blood
hounds behind To add to my distress,
l now saw with utter dismay that Mr..
Tarrant and the man with the instru-
ments unconscious of the fact that I
had been speared and therefore believ-
ing that 1 could make good my escape,
were moving off toward the boat.
Eat that moment the attention Of the
retreating party was aroused by boat
approaching hastily from the ship. the
first long, loud, wild shrek Of the ma
tives having most providentially ap-
prised those on board of my danger.
They turned and perceived that l was
completely exhausted. l spent the last
struggling energy possessed to join
them. Supported on each side, l had
just strength to direct them to turn to-
ward our savage enemies, who were
hurrying on in long file, shouting and
waving their clubs and were now only
about thirty yards off. Our turning
momentarlly checked their advance,
while their force increased. Then a
party, headed by Lieutenant Emery,
FASTENED over the reef to our support.
At the sight of Lieutenant Emery's
party the natives fed with the utmost
rapidity."
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Wine covered Ruildinga

If, as some say, ninety-nine out Of a
hundred American buildings are com
monplace or ugly, it is good thing to
cover the walls completely. but when
we have piece Of architecture that is
a JOY to everybody something In
which we can really take pride-vines
should never be allowed to cover it en-
tirely. In such a case the beauty of
the vine is its aspiration, its incom-
pleteness. This is particularly true of
a beautiful church, and the right rela-
ton of architecture and foliage is well
understood in England, but not in this
country except in Boston and a few
other communities. - Garden Maya
zine
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1t Was Given Over to Imitation and
Luxury, Emulating Rome.

Pompeii, as can be seen on every
hand, was what Bulwer-Lytton de-
scribes tia toy city, given over to
imitation and luxury. Rome set both
the example and the pace
The excavations which have proceed
ed for more than century and a half
may be said now to be fairly COM
pleted. Nothing more is needed to
enable the archaeologist to reconstruct
the life Of the ancient Roman colony
nothing else to startle the modern seek
er after truth.
The temples, the villas, the theaters,
the baths, the gardens, disentombed at
last, lie gaping to the skies In heaps
Of varlegated marble and granite, whis-
pering their story mayhap to the moon,
yet telling It plainly enough to the
passerby under the common light of
day--a story of Incidence and frivolity
mistaken by the semibarbaric mind
for pleasure, Of gorgeous displays in
public places, mysterious orgies in pri-
vate, feasts incalculable, vinous liba-
ton to the gods, gladiatorial combats,
chariot racing, human beings fed to
lions all in mimicry Of Rome, of Rome
already beginning It's downward course
toward the fall.
Art they had to decorate the scene,
within and without the peristyle, pic
lures and statues, arches and colon
nades in bronze and alabaster, porphy-
ry and Carrara, made luminous by Ty-
rian dyes and local red we have not
been able to repeat, though much Of it
is quite restored-Louisville Courier
Journal
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The electric lights occasionally seen
playing round the masts Of ships at
sea and known variously as the fires
Of st. Helen, ST. Elmo, st. Peter and
st. Nicholas were familiar 10 sailors
long before the Christian era. If sin
gle the flame was named after Helen
of Troy, and its appearance was re-
garded as a bad omen Two lights
were known to the ancient Romans as
Castor and Pollux," and sailors well
coined them as boding good luck In
1906 NJ. de Forbes records counting
more than thirty lights dancing round
the masts and rigging of his ship. If
the lights first appeared low and dis
appeared by ascending the masts a
prosperous voyage was believed to be
assured, but lights that began at the
topmast and descended toward the sea
presaged tempest and danger of wreck.
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Pleasant by Comparison

Old Hunks Sitting for his photo
graph)-Well, amt you ready? What
are you waiting for? Photographer
A little pleasanter expression, please.
Mrs. Hunks (who is standing at one
side)-He's got his pleasanter express
sion on, Mr.. Smith. guess you didn't
notice how he looked when we came in.
Chicago Tribune.
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CURIOUS oATHs.
Odd Ways of Swearing to the Trutl
of Ones Statements

Odd Ways of Swearing to the Truth
of Ones Statements.
When Chinaman swears to tell the
truth he kneels down, and china
saucer is given to him. The following
oath is then administered: You shall
tell the truth and the whole truth. The
saucer Is cracked, and If you do not
tell the truth your soul will be cracked
like the saucer" when he breaks the
saucer. Other symbolic variations of
the Chinese oath are the extinguishing
of a candle or cutting off of a cocks
head, the light of the candle represent
ing the witness soul and the fate of
the cock symbolizing the fate of a
perjurer.
In certain parts of India tigers and
lizards skins take the place of the
Bible of Christian countries, and the
penalty of breaking the oath is that
In one case the witness will become
the prey of tiger and in the other
that his body will be covered with
scales like a lizard.
In Norwegian courts Of law the pre-
Jude to the oath proper is long
homily on the sanctity of the oath and
the terrible consequences of not keep
ing it. When the witness is duly
crushed by the sense Of his fearful re-
sponsibility the oath Is administered
while he holds aloft his thumb and
fore and middle fingers as an emblem
Of the trinity.
In an italian court the witness, with
his right hand resting on an open
Bible, declares, II will swear to tell the
truth, the whole truth and nothing but
the truth" The Mohammedan takes
the oath with his forehead reverently
resting ON the open Koran. He takes
his Bible" in his hand and, STOPPING
low, as if in the presence of a higher
power, slowly bows his head until it
touches the book which to him is in
spired.
In certain parts Of Spain the witness
when taking an oath crosses the thumb
of one hand over the forefnger of the
other and. kissing this symbolic, if
primitive, cross, says, by this cross 1
swear to tell the truth"
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Hypocrisy is folly, for it is much
easier, safer and pleasanter to be the
thing which a man seems to appear
than to keep up the appearance Of be
ing what he is not-Lord Burleigh.
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Not So wonderful.

Tourist Tin retired vlllage)-So that's
the oldest inhabltant? One hundred and
four years old? No wonder you're
proud of him Native-I dunno He
amt done nothin' in this yer place 'cept
grow old, and it's took him a sight O.
time to do that.
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Won Blumer- While l was watching
the ticker some stock bought went up
20 points in an hour Dimpleton-So
you made big money. Won Blumer
No, came out about even. ldy wife
was at her dressmaker's at the same
time.-Life.
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Sorrow is not an incident occurring
now and then. 1t Is the wool which Is
woven into the warp of life. and be
who has not discerned the divine sa-
credness of sorrow and the profound
meaning which is concealed In pain
has yet to learn what life is.-F. w
Robertson.
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Woman Of the House (handing him a
plate OF cold scraps)-You look like a
man who has seen better days. Fon-
dry Gretts Yes'm. thankee. have.
There was time. ma'am, wen would
have blushed to hand such a layout as
this to a dog-Chicago Tribune.
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Cassidy-Hello! How's things wild
you? Casey-Busy, very busy indade.
Cassidy-Is it so? Casey-Aye! Shure,
every time I'm at laysure hov some
thin to do.-Philadelphi Press.