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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-09-19
ELECTRIC BAIT FOR FISH.
The New York Aquarium's Supply
and Where IL Is Captured.

The New York Aquarium's Supply
and Where IL Is Captured.
The New York aquarium, which Is
the largest and best equipped institu-
ton of its kind in the world, obtains
its supplies of tropical fishes from the
waters of Bermuda. Some of the rar-
est and most beautiful species are ex-
ceedingly hard to catch, persistently
refusing to take bait. and ON this &C
count 1t has been found necessary to
resort to very novel and Ingenious
expedient to effect their capture, an
electrical continuance which serves to
stun the coveted specimen and reduce
it to helplessness until it can be made
a prisoner.
The device in question consists in
part Of small and compact storage
battery which is held In a leather
pouch beneath the arm of the opera
tor, who wades as quietly as possible
through the shadows and invades, with
as little disturbance as may be, pools
among the rocks. He carries a long
handled dip net. to the handle of which
a wire is attached. On the end Of the
wire is fastened a small percussion
cap of the kind used for exploding
dynamite cartridges 1t is the bursting
Of the cap that is relied upon to stun
the fish
Lucky for the hunter fishes have as
much curiosity as land animals, and
even the shiest one will approach a
bait to look at 1t, though indisposed to
attempt the slightest nibble. Accord
ingly the percussion cap at the end OF
the wire is concealed either by some
thing eatable or by bunch of grass
wrapper around It, Mr.. Fish wonders
what 1t Is, ventures near and has in
slant reason to regret his imprudence.
The fisherman closes the circuit, the
percussion cap is exploded, and the
victim is rendered for the moment life
less. though receiving no permanent
injury. Promptly, by reversing the
dip net, he is gathered in, and few
days later he finds himself swimming
about in a tank
The fishes from Bermuda are carried
to New York ON steamers, of course,
and it is curious fact that during the
first twenty-four hours Of the voyage
they are liable to become quite seaslck.
Saturday Evening Post
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-09-19
mack to English Fairs.

For the origin of the modern circus
one must go back to the English fairs
Of the seventeenth, eighteenth and
early nineteenth centuries. Unlike the
American county fairs of the present
day, which are more in the nature of
live stock exhibitions, the early Eng
lish fair was a rout of dancing, fd-
ding. drinking. fighting, wrestling and
bull baiting-a gathering, as it We're,
of merry andrews, monstrosities, bull
lies, jilts, tight rope walkers, acrobats,
contortionists, equestrians, mounte-
banks, grimacers. scaramouches,
thieves, pickpockets, idlers, beggars.
fortune tellers, gypsies and those upon
whom they prey.-E. S. Hallock in
Century.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-09-19
STREET ETIQUETTE.

While walking with a lady, the gen
tleman should take the side next the
street.
One salutation is all that civility re-
Quires when passing a person more
than once on public promenade.
If the lady with whom you are walk
ing is saluted by another gentleman,
acknowledge the same by removing
your hat.
The gentleman should raise his hat
when asking lady's pardon for an in
advertence. whether she is known to
him or not.
Should you desire to converse with
a lady you should happen to meet, do
not detain her, but turn and walk in
her direction.
While walking with a lady in a
crowded thoroughfare and obliged to
proceed singly, the gentleman should
precede the lady
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-09-19
Keeping His Bargain.

your new feller's all right" said
Tommy Twaddles to his big sister al
the breakfast table
I'm glad you think So" said Phyllis
with blush and a glance at her ma.
you bet he is" continued Tommy
Hes a real sport. Wy, he gimme a
quarter not to tell what l saw In the
tell, neitherr'- Philadelphia Press.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-09-19
Old Thunder Nations.

The "Prognostication Everlasting of
one Leonard Digges," published In
1866. tells US that thunder in the morn
ing denotes wind, at noon rain and in
the evening a great tempest. He goes
further still and declares that Sun
days thunder should bring the death
Of learned men, judges and others,
Mondays the death of women, Tues
days plenty of grain. Wednesdays
bloodshed, Thursdays plenty Of sheep
and corn. Fridays the slaughter of a
great man and other horrible murders,
Saturdays great pestilent plague
and great dearth."
Democracy and Its Discords.
[From the Pittsburg Dispatch.l
What the Democracy needs is pi
ano tuner. The sharps and flats of its
keyboard are sadly discordant.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-09-19

0uA0S anu thC UkAEACH "a E1OGHs
The Viewers company claims to be
the oldest guild, so far as the date of
establishment is concerned The Gar
deners' company, on the other hand,
puts in plea for precedence on the
score that our first parents were gar
deners. The present master of the
Merchant Tailors' company, however,
awards the seniority to the SINNERS
company. Adam and Eve were Skin
ners" before they troubled their heads
about horticulture.-Lon Press.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-09-19

Strange though it may appear to the
present generation, 1t seems that trou-
sers when first introduced into Eng
land were regarded as anything but
mark of responsibility. In the original
trust deed, drawn up in 1920, Of
Bethel chapel, Cambridge street, Shelf
field, there was a clause containing the
following prohibition: Under no cir
cuInstances whatever shall any preach
err be allowed to occupy the pulpit who
wears trousers" 1t Is scarcely neces-
saiy to add that knee breaches and
CATERS were then the correct attire.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-09-19
THE APPOINTING POWER.
A story of President Grant and an
Obstinate Subordinate.

Obstinate Subordinate.
General Grants generosity to his
foes, his many private and official kind
nesses to the widows and orphans of
Confederate soldiers, is an old tale,
bit it bears repetition In the form of
an incident which Helen D. Longstreet
gives In Lee and Longstreet at High
Tide"
The widow of a Confederate officer
applied to the postoffice department to
be appointed postmIstress in small
southern town. AS she heard nothing
of her application, she went to Wash
ington to press it. She was unable to
move the authorities at the postoffice
department and was about to go home
Sin despair when a friend suggested that
it might be worth while for her to see
the president.
With much effort she summoned
courage and appeared at the White
House. The president received her in
a most friendly manner and after hear
ing her story took her application and
wrote a strong but brief Endorsement
on the back of it. She hurried in tri-
umph to the postoffice department.
The of.cial to whom she presented
the application frowned and pondered
over it for some time and then wrote
under the presidents Endorsement,
This being a fourth class office, the
president does not have the appointing
power"
The application was handed back to
her, and she went away in deep dis
tress and was again preparing to re-
turn home when another friend told
her by all means to take the paper back
to the president, so that he might see
how his Endorsement had been re-
ceived When the president read II
he wrote under the last Endorsement,
while the president does not have the
appointing power In this office. he has
the appointment of the postmaster gen
eral," and, summoning his secretary
President Grant directed him to ac-
company the lady to the department
and in person deliver her application
to the postmaster general.
She received the commission before
| she left the office.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-09-19
when Goldsmith Wrote.

An old volume which an Atlanta
booklover prizes was found in an old
bookshop recently. 1t is The History
Of Rome" by Oliver Goldsmith Gold
smiths name takes one back to the lit
erary fellows of that day, the hack
work they did to keep life in them, for
when Goldsmith was at work writing
that history he was doing twenty diff
ferent things besides, little odds and
ends that brought money for his daily
bread, with a scolding landlady laying
down the law to him, for 1t was the
time when the great DIR. Johnson
thought himself lucky when he could
dine in cellar on sixpence worth of
tripe and pennyworth Of bread and
wipe his fingers on the back Of New
foundland dog after his greasy mealp'
And to think of the growing that ib
done by the little authors Of the pres
ent day!-Atlanta Constitution.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-09-19
The Orange Tree.

The orange tree flowers during near
ly the whole of the summer. The fruit
takes two years to arrive at maturity,
so that for several months In the year
a healthy tree exhibits every stage,
from the flower bud to the ripe fruit
This gives the trees their rich appear
ance during the principal fruit months,
when the emerald tfnts of the unripe
and golden hues of the mature fruit
mingle with the dark foliage of the
leaves, while the bright blossoms pre-
sent a charming contrast
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-09-19
aHome. sweet Home.v

Home, Sweet Home" Payne's song,
was originally a number In the opera
"Clari, the Maid of Milan" a produc-
ton brought out In 1928. The opera
was a failure, and nothing is now
known of it save the one song, which
became instantly popular. Over 100,-
600 copies were sold in the first year
of It's publication. and the sale in one
form or another has been constant ever
since the first appearance Of this beau
tiful theme. The melody is a Sicilian
folk song end was adapted to the
words by Payne himself.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-09-19

"Are you in any witty related to the
nobility, Mr.. GoldwallerT inquired the
reporter.
Nope" replied the rectangular but
eminently astute old millionaire. you
see. all my children are boys."-Puck.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-09-19
s. Earl Assay & Co.
:}S Main Street.


First AUTHORITATIVE you sold may
copies of your book? Second Author
(absently)-W Wonderful. Over a hun
dred thousand First When
was it issued? Second Author-Next
Tuesday Life.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-09-19
Our Flexible Language.

PA, what does it mean when you
say that one man completely overshad-
cws anotherY'
"Why-it means that he outshines
him.
"Oh"-Cleveland Leader.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-09-19
THE FINDING OF MOSES.
A Famous Artist Says There Wer
No BuIrushes In Egypt.

Famous Artist Says There Were
No BuIrushes In Egypt.
Bulrushes are 50 inseparably associ-
ated In the mind with the finding of
Moses that it is difficult to imagine a
painting of the incident In which the
picturesque reeds do not figure.
But there is beautiful painting by
Sir Laurence Alma-Tadema of the
finding of Moses, and the bulrushes
are entirely omitted. The great paint
er gave the following explanation Of
the fact
He ascribes the presence Of the word
''bulrushes" in the authorized version
as being due to faulty translation, for
there are no such things as bulrushes
on the Nile. The word In the original
means papyrus, and it seems that in
the absence of some equivalent in
English the word was used as being
the nearest which the translators had
at their command.
According to Alma-Tadema's read
ing, the mother Of Moses fashioned a
cradle or ark of papyrus and smeared
it over with the white Nile mud, and
1t is according to this rendering that
he has painted his picture.
Journal.
Cat AI%dIcine.
The ancient physicians had firm be-
lief in the healing powers of different
portions of the cat, probably from some
confusion existing In their minds with
regard to its own nine lives. One Of
them gives as a valuable recipe to cure
fevers two pints of water mixed with
three drops of blood taken from the ear
OF an ass and certain parts Of cats
digestive organs.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-09-19

Blohbs-B uggins' wife says he is
model husband Slobbs-Yes, and he
used to be such a good fellow too
Philadelphia Record.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-09-19
Tit For Tat.

British Tourist say, what makes
you Americans talk with your noses?
say, what makes you
Britishers talk with your don't-you-
knowses ?-London Express.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-09-19

First Fair One-How dreadful it is to
have a skeleton in the family! Sesond
Fair One-I know, dear. Have you
ever tried exercise?
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-09-19

Wife-Think can't keep a secret, do
you? Husband--Yes. do. Wife
Well, I've worn an old hat trimmed
over for the past two months, and I
haven't told a soul yet So therel
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-09-19
We are Headquarters for
GOODS

We have a full line of Base
Balls, Gloves and Bats, SC up.
Golf Balls, Croquet Sets,
Hammocks. Bicycle Sundries,
Fishing Tackle.
We at all times have a full
line of Stationery.
We make a speciality in
Box Paper.
We have all the most pop
ular Periodicals published.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-09-19

4 Judge a man by his questions rather
than by his answers.-Y oltaire.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-09-19


The popular view of the relation of the
blood to human character and conduct is
marked in many familiar expression.
We speak of there being bad blood" be
tween people at enmity, of "blue blood
as indicating ancestry, of "black blood
as describing treacherous nature. ard in
many another mark our belief that in the
mental, moral and physical man, "the blood
is the life" The one basis Of healthful,
happy and useful life is pure blood With
the blood pure disease has no permanent
lodging placeiin the system. For this rea-
son the use of DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery rids the body of diseases which
have their origin in impurity of the blood
1t absolutely purifies the blood, carrying
off the waste and poisonous matter, incre
asing the action of the blood making glands
and building up the body by supply
ing the blood in quantity and quality such
as is essential to a condition of health.
1t cures ninty eight people out of every
hundred who give it a fair trial.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-09-19

Title and ancestry render good
man more illustrious, but an Ill one
more contemplate Addison.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-09-19

"Really-er''- stammered the gossip
who had been caught red handed, Pm
afraid you overheard what said about
you. Perhaps-er-,;I was q bit too Sc
vere"-
"Oh, no." replied the other woman.
You weren't nearly SO severe as you
would have. been If you knew what !
think of you"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-09-19
A FOOLISH PLAN

IT'S Joy to eat-I welcome my dinner hour;
Because I rout indigestion with August Flowerl
QConstipation is the result of Indigestion,
biliousness, fatulency, loss of appetite,
self--poisoning, anemia, ernaciation, uric
system, catarrhal Inflammation of the in
testinal canal and numerous other all
ments that rob life of it's pleasures if they
do not finally rob you of life itself.
q"1'm bound in the bowels" is COM
mon expression of people who look mis-
cradle and are miserable-yet who persist
in Letting nature take its course"
qWhat foolish plan, when nature could
be aided by the use of Green's August
Flower, which is natures own remedy for
constipation and all stomach ills.
qAugust Flower gives new life to the
liver and insures healthy stools.
qTwo sizes, 7sc and Use. All druggists.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-09-19

In reply to inquiries we have pleasure in
announcing that Ely's Liquid Cream Balm
is like the solid preparation of that admira
BILE remedy in that it cleanses and heals
membranes affected by nasal catarrh-
There is no drying or sneezing. The Lii
quid Cream Balm is adapted to use by pa
the nose and prefer spraying. The price,
including spraying tube, is rs cents
Sold by druggists or mailed by Ely Broth
ers, So Warren Street, New York.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-02-16
TRUSTEES SALE.

BY virtue of trust deed, securing
payment Of purchase money to s. j.
Kirkpatrick, s. G. Williams and heirs
of 5. NJ. Arnell, deceased, executed to
the undersigned as Trustee by Carnegie
Mercantile Company, on December IS,
1904, registered L d. Book, II, page
523, at Jonesboro, default having been
made i'll matter of eflecting insurance
and keeping the building below recited
insured, emitting to foreclosure, and
such default having been declared, we
will proceed to sell in foreclosure in
front of Jobe's Opera House in John
son City, Tennessee, on
MoNDAY, MARCH 6, 1905,
within legal hours, the property SO
conveyed in trust, to-wit:
Lots ~ (twelve), 10 (thirteen), IA
CfourteeD), IS Fifteen and 16 Sixteen
in Block 5 dive, of Carnegie Land and
Improvement Compauy's addition to
johnson City, in Ninth Civil District
of Washington County, Tennessee, on
which stands the building known as
the Wilder block.
TERMS OF SALE:
Cash in hand, in bar of the equity Of
redemption.
THE BANNING AND TRUST Co.,
Trustee
This January 81, 1905.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-02-16

vile, Maj. Webb expressing fear at the
tine that the election returns would
be tempered with in some of the wards
where the Indians we're in the MAORI
ty. Knoxville is now a city of $4,000
people and is growing rapidly Capt.
VIM. Rule, the first white child born
in the town and who has lived there
all his life except the four bloody
years he was on hestaff of Capt. Glib
son, was permitted to grow up without
M oral or intellectual training, and
therefore became q republican editor
9 arly in life, and has never reformed.
According to Ramsay's Annals Judge
John Allison had personal encounter
with a bear near where the Knoxville
court house now stands and on the
spot where the remains Of John Sewer
lie buried. Many changes have oc-
Cured since then, and ginseng aud
coon-skins have ceased to be the stan.
dard currency. Knoxville hopes tC
have population Of rs, 600 by the mex
census and doubtless it will. It's chic
products are marble, lawsuits and pol
itics. Nashville American
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-02-16
NEWs-sCIMITAR THOUGHTS.

1t is going too far to say that a man
who CANDLES will steal. But if q man
has any disposition in that direction,
gambling is a good way to develop it.
Snow is all right; but,a body. can t
hide his bottle behind an ash hopper
without bein tracked toio as long as
the ground is white, tiordeman Free
Press.
We was down to Memphis and we
seed American women walk-an' sit
right down in the road We put our
hand ever our eyes aud looked through
our fingers. Hardeman Free Press.
Wimmin is the outbeatinist things in
the world. You can't head EN-. Our
better hall has been making as eat raw
onions and garlic at every meal Of late,
and we couldn't tell why until we dis
coyeredthat ourEiew stonographer, who
is dizzy, ozydiaed bionGa, is onion
sly dardeman Free Press.
We belong to Drol} er Thompson 8
church, and If we do say it ourselves,
we are a bright and q shining light in
that communion, and we believe in re-
form. But we, don't believe in voting
out Ticker What we want is a brand
that is remorseless, which means that
1t has no remorse in it, 50 that body
may sit in peace the morning after the
night before without wanting to jun o
ont Of the wiudowlevery time a piece OF
paper rattles Hardemau Free Press.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-02-16
Knoxville.

Knoxville has celebrated its 18th
anniversary, Knoxville was founded
in 1902 by Col. W A, Henderson, who
was an Indiaa and whose name was
Se.qua- yah. he was the Cadmus of
the Cherokees, aud when he invented
the Indian alphabet some Of the In.
diaus thought him crazy and described
him as one whose head heap go
rouud." ca Henderson, or Sc qua
yah, taught Alexander MeGflliyay all
he knew Of Indian fore and letters.
Col. Henderson, in connection with
Maj I. s Webb, ONE Of the heroes Of
KINGS Mountain, established Knox-
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-02-16

The Maury Democrat says: The
following paragraph from the johnson
City Comet, though not dedicated to
DR.. Rawls, is nevertheless pointed out
for his distinguished consideration and
study, from the standpoint of looking
to the welfare of weak humanity, in
which cause he has proven himself a
would-be hero: ...
The bill to enlarge the Rights OF
Married Women" has been e-commit-
ted. 1t is we'll enough for it is uncon-
stitutional on account of faulty caption.
1t should be entitled. "An Act to Han
dicap Husbands.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-02-16

Cy Lyle doesn't have very high APP
probation Of the products of water
plants owned by the municipality. He
is quoted as giving a recipe for drink
while in Nashville as follows: Take q
cake of the city works water, dissolve
the same in pint tumbler half full of
Lincoln county, strain and add cracked
ice; then if you have no respect for
yourself or your family, drink 1.-THE
Lincoln may neutralize the effect of
the chunk of water. Chattanooga
Times.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-02-16
Peoples Forum,

The attention of school officials is
called to these extracts. We hope
among the promised reforms more at
tention will be paid to the ''lunda-
mentals" Of education. More than one
parent has expressed dissatisfaction
that their children are hurried on to
higher branches before they are "an-
forgetably" grounded in the Three
Rs OF course they pass while the
subjects are fresh in their minds, hut
they do not pass later, if examined in
them again, as the teachers of the
Eighth grade probably found in the
last spelling examination, BY all
means lengthen the course, but give
us more practical work. The "cram-
med" or stuffed" man can not compete
in LIES race with the keen observer
who has only been taught to learn.
This is real education, and what we
want is sound minds in sound bodies
and not an anpmic machine filed
with studies but with no room for fur
ther improvement. We want live men
and women, not automatons. A