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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-03-07
HE HATED MUSEUMS.
Thoreau CataIegued Them as tn
CatacOmbs of Nature.

Thoreau CataIogued Them as the
CatacOmbs of Nature.
l hate museums. There is nothing so
weighs upon my spirits. They are the
catacombs of nature. One green bud of
spring, one willow catkin, one faint
thrill from a migrating sparrow, would
set the world on its legs again. The life
that is In a single green weed is of
more worth than all this death. They
are dead nature collected by dead men.
I know not whether muse most at the
bodies stuffed with cotton and sawdust
or those stuffed with bowels and fashy
fiber outside the cases.
Where is the proper herbarium, the
true cabinet Of shells and museum Of
skeletons, but in the meadow where the
flower bloomed, by the seaside where
the tide cast up the fish, and on the
hills and in the valleys where the beast
laid down its life and the skeleton of
the traveller reposes on the grass? What
right have mertals to parade these
things on their legs again, with their
wires, and, when heaven has decreed
that they shall return to dust again, to
return them to sawdust? Would you
have dried specimen of a world or a
picked one7
Embalming is a sin against heaven
and earth-against heaven, who has
recalled the soul and set free the servile
elements, and against the earth, which
is thus robbed of her dust. have had
my right perceiying senses so disturbed
In these haunts as to mistake a verita-
BILE living man for a stuffed specimen
and surveyed him with dumb wonder
as the strangest of the whole collection,
for the strangest is that which, being
In many particulars most like, is in
some essential particular most unlike
Thoreau's Journal in Atlantic.
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SECOND RENAISSANCE.
Another Revival of Art, 1t Is Claim
ed. Ia Needed.

Another Revival of Art, 1t IL Claim
ed, Is Needed.
In order to reform our present stereo-
typed methods of art we want a SEQ
ond renaissance For long years we
have done nothing but turn out from
our colleges young men stuffed with
useless scientific lumber, and they very
quickly lose it all, and there is nothing
to take its place. This is not to be won
dered at when throughout Europe
there is such a neglect of art in our ed
ucation. 1t may be replied to me that
the inventions Of science compensate
for the deficiency, but these inventions
mere increase In the power of the bod
lily senses and faculties-the telegraph
In that of the tongue, the telephone In
that of the ear, the railway in that of
the legs, the Photographic science In
that Of the eye-and these inventions
part of the individual. Your portrait
can be taken, your voice boxed up-this
Is extraordinary-but the soul which
commands, the god which is In the
head, is forgotten.
And yet the means for altering this
state Of things is near at hand, is be-
meath our eyes. We have still the same
nature that inspired those anonymous
sculptors to give US the Gothic; we still
have a sufficient number of Gothic
masterpieces intact-so many epitomes
of nature, as I have said-to show
what can be done by the man who
starts with his vision open to her
teaching.-Auguste Rodin in North
American Review
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BOTTLE SHAKERS.
A Unique Set of Expert Wage Ear

A Unique Set of Expert Wage Earn
ers In France.
The bottle shakers of France form q
somewhat unique set of expert wage
earners
All the larger firms of champagne
makers at Reims use only the juice
from the first pressing of the grape for
champagne.
The juice is taken in barrels to the
cellars and poured into large watts. The
wine remains in these watts from Oc-
tober until January, when the mixing
takes place. This mixture is called
the cuvee, and it stands again until
April or June, when the great opera
ton of filling the bottles takes place.
First, the bottles are thoroughly test
ed and well cleaned. Then the long
pipes are extended to the bottles from
the mighty watts that hold the cuvee,
and as the bottles are filed, corked and
wired they are lowered in baskets to
the caves below, where they are stack
ed
These bottles are now left from one
to two years, when they are put in
small racks, necks downward, and for
two or three months each bottle is
given daily gentle little shake by an
experienced workman In this way the
sediment is brought gradually to the
cork and the wine becomes perfectly
clear.
One man can shake about 10000 bot
ties in day. Upon the experiences Of
the shakers depends in large measure
the quality of the Philadelphia
North American.
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1t is highly probable that the manu-
facture Of linens Is of greater antiquity
than that Of silk. 1t is reasonably GER
tain If we are permitted to believe that
Egypt is as old in civilization as China.
Archaeologists generally admit that the
mummy cloth of the most ancient dy-
nasties was variety of finest linen
The Egyptian and Jewish priests wore
it at all their ceremonies. We find
mention Of fine linens all through the
Old and New Testaments When Bal
kis, queen Of Sheba. visited Solomon
she was habited in liner In Revela-
uon the angels are clothed IN pure
and white linen" 1.-THE armies fol-
lowed, clothed in fine linen" Genesis
tells us that Pharaoh arrayed Joseph
In vestures Of fine linen. Silk is men,
toned in the Bible only -four times.
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HOMES OF THE SWISS.
Pretty ana Distinct In Style, but
Have n Lonely Appearance.
Swiss hnr,sea fnnnress one almost in

Pretty ana Distinct In style, but
Have n Lonely Appearance.
Swiss houses impress one almost in
variably with a sense of loneliness
Probably this may be attributed to the
contrast they present to their surround
ings. They are commonly dwarfed in.
to insignificance by the gigantic seen
cry in which they have been placed
But near at hand they are decidedly
pretty, although their architectural
style is distinct from any other.
They are rarely painted and seldom
ornamented or embellished, save that
the boards and shingles are not infre-
quently cut and scalloped into odd
shapes. Sometimes the front of a
chalet bears the owners or builder
name In large letters, followed by q
sentiment, benediction or a prayer.
These chalets are provided with over
hanging roofs, on which fat stones
have been laid to keep the fierce winds
from tearing them off and not be
cause-as an animated tailor's sign,
with a monocle once informed an old
lady in my presence-the natives wish
ed to effect a saving in nails.
Various fruits and vegetables are
hung under the projecting caves fol
shelter, and the firewood is piled high
without for future use. The ground
floor is generally given up to a stable
where the cattle are housed in the win
ter, in delightful proximity to the fam
lily overhead
The household treasures are contain
ed in the living room, or CUTE stube
Here, too, you will find the large porce
lain stove that is the center of the
family gatherings on the long winter
evenings. In the kitchen, Of course
the furniture is Of the plainest descrip-
ton, usually consisting of rude loom
huge fireplace, table and few
chairs.-P1grim.
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Climate and Politics.

The climate of Australia is the chief
factor in fashioning Australian poll
tics. If 1t is advanced it is because
the sun there has forced an early de-
velopment Girls here reach maturity
two or three years earlier than in
America, and countries count by gen.
erations. Meanwhile perpetual sum-
mer and continual sunlight are sapping
individual energies. Even the Ameri-
can who comes here soon finds that
sustained hustling is a physical impos-
sibility. Let him spend three or four
years in the country, and he will cease
to wonder at the laws for an eight hour
day and the early closing of shops.
The winter is only another summer
cooler, it is true, but not cold enough to
be invigorating.-B Graham in
Booklover's Magazine.
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EUGENIE's ESCAPE.


How the Empress Got Out of Francs
After Sedan.
As soon as the hot headed citizens of
Paris learned in September, 1870 that
their emperor, Napoleon Ill, had sur
rendered to the Prussians at Sedan
these Parisians rose in a riotous mob
and made posthaste for the Tuileries
They were armed and after royal blood
and plumber. The empress had to. flee
for her life. Assisted by the Austrian
and italian ministers, she made hur-
ried flight from the palace, but found
the mob ahead of her in the garden;
back again and then out by a secret
way into a side street, where they en-
tered carriage. A street gamin rec
ognized the empress here, but the
shouting of the mob was so great that
the boys cry Of warning was not
needed.
Once the carriage was stopped by a
mob, but the party alighted and man.
aged to escape. Finding themselves
near the residence of DIR. Evans, the
American dentist, they took refuge
there, and the doctor took upon him.
self the responsibility of Empress Eu-
genie's safety. The empress put on a
dress belonging to Mrs. Evans and,
with Nine. Breton, her friend, was
driven by Dr. Evans to he suburbs.
DR.. Evans explained that tie women
were a patient and her attendant
whom he was taking to a sanitarium.
Two days later the fugitives reached a
coast town, whence they escaped to
England
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Sarcastic.

A North Carolina lawyer was trying a
case before a jury, being counsel for
the prisoner a man charged with max
ing mountain dew" The Judge was
very hard on him, and the jury brought
in verdict of guilty. The lawyer
moved for a new trial. The judge de-
MED the motion and remarked. 1.-THE
court and the jury think the prisoner a
knave and a fool" After a moments
silence the lawyer answered: 1.-THE
prisoner wishes me to say that he is
perfectly satisfied. He has been tried
BY court and jury of his peers"
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A MINISTER TO VANITY.
Men and Women and Their Attitude
Toward the Mirror.

men ana w omen ana lneIr ANthtU0S
Toward the Mirror.
1t is not always for the mere grath-
cation of personal vanity that we
should attentively study our mirrors
Socrates advised all young people TO
look often in their looking glass to as
certain if they were good looking; that
If they were so they might strive to
make their mental attainments CORE
spond, and if they were not then they
might endeavor by the superior accom-
plishments of their minds to make up
for their personal shortcomings.
This is excellent advice for vanity
possessed moderns, but it is improba-
BILE that the high mental attitude Of
Socrates is appreciated by them. How
the elaborate toilet of today could be
accomplished without the aid Of the
mirror it is impossible to imagine. 1t
is popularity supposed that the mirror
Is the woman's pet possession, but man
Is by no means averse to contemplate
ing his manly charms as reflected there
In. A woman frankly confesses her In
terest in the alluring combination Of
glass and quicksilver, but the man,
while voicing his scorn proves his su-
perior vanity by his concealed and Sc
cret1ve study Of it. He jeers at his
wife's cheval glass. But was anything
more entirely provocative of human
vanity ever invented than the many
sided shaving glass2London Chroni-
clQ7
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RUSEs OF BANKERS.
Devices Used to Either Gain Time Z
Inspire Confidence.

Devices Used to Either Gain Time or
Inspire Confidence.
Some amusing anecdotes are told OF
the devices resorted to by bankers to
gain time and inspire confidence. On
one memorable occasion the excited
subscribers, much to their indignation,
were only able to enter the bank one
by one except at the cost Of spoiled
coats, as the cute manager had caused
the door posts to be freshly painted.
Another bank prevented a crisis in
its affairs by exhibiting in the win
dows large tubs apparently brimful Of
sovereigns. These tubs, however, were
simply upside down and a small guam
tity of gold only piled up on their bot
toms.
But the most ingenious dodge of all
was successfully carried out in Buenos
Ayres. There was a run on large
bank, and for several days subscribers
besieged the premises, Withdrawing
money and placing it in another bank
on the opposite side of the road. 1t
happened, however, that these two in
situations had private understanding,
and as fast as the safe" bank receiv-
ed the deposits they were returned to
the unsafe one by an underground
passage. with the result that every one
marveled at it's continued ability to
meet its demands.-London News.
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Teeth and Temperament.

81 don't suppose many people stop to
think that the formation of their teeth
Is an indication of their temperament
said a dentist the other day.
did you ever see a person with
long, narrow teeth who had not a very
nervous, high strung temperament
Did you ever see person with short
broad teeth who was not somewhat
phlegmatic and cheerful 1 often won
der when the pretty girl opens her
mouth to show her ivory white teeth II
she realizes that some of us are sizing
up her disposition.
81 unconsciously fall into the habit
Of looking at the teeth of the people
meet socially and choosing my ac-
quaintances accordingly. That is one
of the reasons why false teeth ought to
be made exactly like the original set.
They have to fit the temperament Of
the wearer "-Philadelphi Record.
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CHERIFF,s SALE.
TUESDAY. MARCH %. 1eoK.

D
By virtue of writ of Il. "a to me directed.
State of New Jersey, will sell at public sale,
on
TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1908.
between the hours of u and s o'clock in the
afternoon of said day (to-wit at o'clock, at
Washington House, Bordentonwn, N. j.
All that certain tract or parcel of land and
premises, situate, lying and being in the town
ship of Bordentown, in the county of Burling-
ton and State of New Jersey bounded and
described as follows: Beginning at a stone
standing in the middle of the public road lead
ing from Bordentown to Trenton and opposite
the dwelling house where Joel Robbins for
merly lived and also corner to land late OF
THOMAS Richards. and runs along his late line
Q) north nine degrees east, fourteen chains
and seventy-four links to a stone in said Rich
ards line; thence (2) south eighty-four degrees
east, sixteen chains and seventy-nine links to
a cherry tree in late Eliza B. Parsons line;
thence along her line (3) south nine and a
half degrees west, seven chains and eighty
seven links to the turnpike road; thence
along the same AZ south ffty-one and quar-
ter degrees west, twenty-three chains and
thirty -onelinks to the middle of the Trenton
and in the line of the late said Richards;
thence (5) by the same along the middle OF
the road north three and half degrees east,
n1neC - ms and forty-eight links to the begin
ng containing twenty-seVen acres and
seventy hundredths of an acre of land more
or less; excepting thereout of the above
bounds, certain portion thereof containing
four acres and ffty-ive hundredths of an acre
of land, which Joel Robbins conveyed to
hSnTy w. hOoDlnS. Dy ueeu dated december
4th, 1867, and recorded in the Clerks office OF
Burlington County in Book c 8 of Deeds, page
2O7, &c. Being the same premises which Pear
son Robbins by deed dated March 25th, 1887,
and recorded in said Clerks office in Book N
IL OF Deeds, page 577, &C., granted and convey
ed to Joseph g. Stillwen, in fee, excepting the
said four acres and fifty five hundredths of an
acre above mentioned, which through mis-
take was included in said deed from Pearson
Robbins to Joseph G. Stillwell, which said
premises at the death of the said Joseph c..
Stillwell descended to his widow, Josephine
Stillwell, and only child, Charles G. Stillwell,
as his heirs at law.
Seized as the property of Anna StillweI, ct
ais, defendants, taken in execution at the
suit of Charles j. Appleton, complainant, and
to be sold by
JOSEPH G. BOWER,
SAMUEL F. GARRISON, SoPr, Sheriff.
Dated Feb 81, 1905. PRS. adv. fee $4,000
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Her Compreben.ive GLANCE.

Mr.. and Mrs. Ferguson were passen
gers in an elevated train.
1t whizzed past house that was bril-
hantly lighted.
'I wonder what was going on there, y
calculated Mr.. Ferguson.
ut was a wedding" replied his wife
Didn't you see them standing before
the preacher? He was in a white gown
The groom was In full evening suit
The bride wore a robe of chiffon cloth
with bertha and yoke of duchesse lace
on the bodice and lace flounce on the
skirt. She had full length tulle vel
and carried a bouquet of lilies Of the
valley. Where were your eyes?"
Mr. Ferguson. realizing his utter
worthlessness, resumed the reading OF
his paper and said nothing Chicago
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A man is strong in proportion to the
quantity, the quality and the variety
Of forces which he absorbs from others.
He is a power in proportion to the ex-
tent of his contact-socialiy, mentally
and morally-with his kind and a weak
ling just in proportion as he cuts him
self off from others.-Success.
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Here is pen portrait Of Robert Lou
is Stevenson, written by DR.. Alexander
H. Japp: mot so tall probably as he
seems at first sight from his extreme
thinness, but the pose and air could not
be otherwise described than as distin-
guished. Head Of fine type, carried well
ON the shoulders, and, in walking, with
the impression Of being little thrown
back; long brown hair, falling from I'M
der a broadish brimmed Spanish form
Of soft felt hat, Rembrandtesque; loose
kind Of Iverness cape when walking
and invariable velvet jacket inside the
house"
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When to Anchor.

A minister has given this well de-
fined exposition of the text, 'And hav-
ing done all, to stand" On some body
Of water near his home there was one
day a race between two boats. The
captain of one saw that he was get
ting behind, but he also saw that al
the particular point where they wers
the current was stronger than the
wind and that the head boat, though
apparently progressing, was really
drifting backward. Quickly taking in
the situation, this captain of the rear
boat cast anchor and won the race.
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TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 1905.

A MOUNT HOLLY Justice of the Peace,
moved by the county auditors reform
measure, announces that under no circum-
stances will he commit vagrant to jail
during the remaining year of his term.
The magistrate is to be highly commended
for his course, particularly in county
Jail, thereby increasing the fee bills of
various officials, has been the subject of
much adverse criticism. But if all the
justices of the peace in the state were as
honest as the Mount Holly official, there
would be less heard of the insistent de-
mand that these offices be abolished when
new constitutional convention shall be
called. Trenton True american.
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1t may interest women to know that
the first jewelry store was started in
the city Of Changon about 5000 years
ago. The Celestial millionaires of that
period knew nothing of the fascination
Of diamonds, because diamonds were
not in vogue at that B. G. period.
Pearls and jade and coral and othel
unpublished mineral substances had tt
content them. and as if to make good
the glitter Of riyieres and tiaras the
princesses of Changon employed arti
sans to fashion them the most wonder
full gold and silver ornaments, which
in themselves were far more costly
than diamonds.-Boston Herald.
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choice of such works as the Spectator
Locke on the Human Understanding
and Pope together with odd plays Of
Shakespeare, which formed the staple
reading Of his home, nevertheless owed
most to an old collection of songs
This" he says, was my wade mecum
pored over them during my rest OIL
walking to labor, song by song. verse
by verse, carefully noting the true, ten
der and sublime from affectation and
fustian. l am convinced l owe to this
practice much of my critic craft, such
as it isw-All the Year Round
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They say that all the world loves a
lover" said the rejected sutton as he
ate his dinner from the mantelpiece,
but there are generally two exceptions
to the rule, the girl you want to be
your wife and the man you want to be
your w,"-Princeton Tiger.
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Junior Partner-I never suspected
him at all. Senior Partner-Neither did
I, although it did seem little singular
to me that he should be able to pay
$1,000 a year rent out of a salary of
$1y500.-New York Press.
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NOTICE.

N
Notice is hereby given that the subscribers
intend to apply to the legislature of this state
now In session, for the passage of an act to be
entitled "An Act to create new township in
the county of Burlington to be called the
township of North Hanover" 1t Will be the
general object of the said act to set apart all
that portion of the township of New Hanover
situate on the northerly side of the following
line: Beginning in the old Province line where
it crosses the head waters of the New Egypt
mill pond or Crosswicks creek and running
thence in nearly westerly direction up the
middle of the said creek to a stone opposite
the mouth of north run, a branch Of said
creek, and thence still about westerly up the
middle of said north run the several courses
and distances thereof to a stone in the divi-
sion line between Springfield and New Han
over townships and to create new and sepa-
rate township out of the same to be called the
township of North Hanover.
EDWARD EMLEY, JAMES MURPHY,
JOEL WAINWRIGHT, GEO. W. STEWARD,
s. ELLIS HOWARD, THOMAS WRIGHT,
r. b. HARRISON, G. FRANK WARNER,
j. G. HARRISON, WALTER E. BORDEN,
g. B. MIDDLETON, GEORGE WILDRs,
HENRY STEWARD.
Dated January 18th 1905
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EXECUTORS NOTICE.

ESTATE OF JOSEPH j. ROGERS.
Notice is hereby given that an order ha.
been made by the Surrogate of the County O.
Burlington, bearing date on the Eleventh day
of January, A ID. 1905, upon the application Of
Albert j. Thompson and John r. Lewis the
subscribers, requiring the creditors of Joseph
j. Rogers, deceased, to bring in their claims
against the estate of said decedent, under oath
or affirmation, on or before October IL, 1905, OIL
they will be debarred of any action therefor
against the said executors.
ALBERT j. THOMPSON,
JOHN r. LEWIS,
January IL, 1905. Executors
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NOR SALE ON EASY TERMS,

EOR SALE ON EASY TERMS.
Twenty-one (2l) acre farm at Vincentown
New Jersey, with good house and barn.
Also modern ten (l0) room dwelling house
and stable with three (3) to six (6) acres OF
land to suit purchaser, with fine fruit and
shade, adjoining above farm.
VIII be sold separately or together.
Address
SAMUEL K. ROBBINS,
Moorestown, N. ].
or Masonic Temple, Camden, New Jersey.
Jan. 3l-2t