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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1905-08-26

The tricolor of France dates from the
revolution Of 1859.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1905-08-26
Eaa Allan,a Font ElSn.

The flag of Austria Hungary was adopt
ed March 6, 1869.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1905-08-26

The oldest flag in existence is that Of
Denmark
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1905-08-26
Two Colleges for Young Ladies'
Under One Management
WENTWORTH COLLEGE
l. w. COOPER, President.
Ii. q. HAWKINS, Vice-pres.
PORT GIBSON COLLEGE
II. G.. HAWKINS, President.
|. w. COOPER. Vice Pres

II. q. IN " INNS, TrtsidNht.
I.W. COOPER, Nicc-Pres.
WENTWORTH has courses leading to the
degrees of A. j. and PHI. b., besides special
courses, and closed on May 80 q very pros
porous session. Watchword is Progress.
Twenty officers and teachers. Next session
begins Sept. 20. For further information
address The President, Brookhaven, Miss.
PORT GIBSON COLLEGE has thor
ough course leading to the degree of NJ. Z.
L., besides special courses in Music, Art,
Eiocution, Bookkeeping and Stenography.
Eleven officers and teachers. Buildings are
being put in thorough repair. Next session
begins Sept. 6. For information address
The President, Port Gibson, Miss.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-01-31
CORPSE RINGS.
What They Are and why They Are
Worn by SafIOrn

What They Are and why They Are
Worn by Sailors.
Corpse rings, eh?'' said the visitor.
"It's curious, grewsome, name.
What are corpse ringsf"
Corpse rings" the collector an
swered, ''are rings found on the bodies
of drowned Decentralization rings.
Look at this thick gold one. Run
ming around it on the outside, you see,
there is carved In big, plain letters
William Ratline, born In Camden,
Me-, 1856. Home, Malabar' Ratline
was lost off the Needles In the big
storm of 1897 Malabar was communi-
Gated with, but it appeared that he had
no relatives there.
Nearly every sailor when the blues
overtake him imagines he will die Of
drowning. He hates to think Of his
body washing up on a strange shore,
of his nameless grave and of the anxi-
ETY. of his friends when he doesn't re-
turn and no news comes of him, and
therefore he buys himself an identifi-
cation or corpse ring.
Some Of these rings are costly,
beautiful, strange. Here is an antique
Egyptian one, ring Of green bronze
from riled tomb. Here is wooden
one, carved with little demons, for the
thumb. 1t came, think, from Sene-
gambia. This ring of ivory is Japa-
nese. 1t is of beautiful workmanship.
The monkeys, holding each others
tails, that go around it in circle, are
quite perfect. Baltimore Herald.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-01-31
THE WILD BOAR.

Full of Courage and Cunning and
Never Loses His Head.
The wild boar never loses his head
or his heart. Such courage l have new
er beheld in any four footed creature.
He has all the cunning commonly &C
credited to his Satanic majesty and in
bis rage is demon that will charge
anything of any size l have seen a
small boar work his way through a
pack of dogs and his smaller brother,
the peccary, in Brazil, send a man up
tree and keep him there
The boar looks ungainly, but the In
dian species is as feet as a horse for
about three-Quarters Of a mile He be-
gins with flight, shifts to cunning and
finally stands to the fight with magnif-
cent courage, facing any odds. As,
riding upon him, you are about to plant
your spear, he will dart-"jink," as
they call it In Inda-to one side, repeat
ing the performance several times, I'M
til he finds he cannot shake you, when,
turning suddenly, with ears cooked and
eyes glittering, he will charge furious
ly. If not squarely met with a well
aimed and firmly held spear, he will
upset horse and rider. Hurting himself
again and again against the surround
ing spears, he will keep up his charge
until killed, when he dies without q
groan.-Outing.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-01-31
SIGNS OF POISON.
What a Sudden Flow Of Mouth Water
May Indicate.

What q Sudden Flow of Mouth Water
May Indicate.
Dr. Trail mentions the bewilderment
of family that was attacked with a
water rage" incomprehensible until
investigation revealed the fact that a
lot of horseradish in their kitchen gar
den had got mixed with some aconite
herbs.
The sudden flow of saliva betrays
the effect of some metallic poison
lead perhaps or verdigris oxide of cop
per)-and suggests the examination Of
copper cooking utensils. Old fashioned
silver spoons were often initiated with
plated copper and in course of time
furnished clew to their bottom facts
by turning black, then black with
greenish tints, but only after their
secret had been intimated by splitting
epidemic. 1t is the same with lead.
Chewing leaden bullet for a couple
Of seconds makes the mouth water
not as hint as desire for additional
supplies, but to rinse out the palate
and remove saliva that might cause
mischief by finding its way into the
stomach
A decorative painter who never
touched such things as paris green or
cinnabar without disinfect1ng his hands
and mouth was greatly puzzled by the
morbid activity Of his salivary glands
He had to spit like tobacco fiend and
finally traced his trouble to a substance
known as bronze DUST that had set
tied on his lips and nostrils and, under
the influence Of moisture, had been de-
veloping copper poisons.
Paris green not rarely gets blown
like dust all over the fields it is sup
posed to protect from insect plaques;
then, moistened by dew or drizzling
rains, forms paste and clings to vege-
table substances, where its presence is
never suspected, till their consumers
complain of collie and mouth water
What To Eat.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-01-31
ESTABLISHED 1879

''Rich man, poor man, beggar man,
chief" he chanted. Doctor, lawyer,
merchant, thief. Rich man, poor manF'
he stopped, looking anxiously for an
other button, but there was none there
you seeP' she gibed triumphantly.
Perhaps you've made a mistake In
your own case too" And, with de-
mure face, she counted the buttons.
Poor woman she announced, and
then something in his glance brought
the bloom back to her face and her
head went down upon his shoulder.
The thin places in the fog gave way,
leaving two jagged spaces that framed
a beautiful picture Down below the
sun was shining on the blue waters
Of the bay, on the trees and hedges,
among which nestled the houses of the
town. The girl caught her breath She
felt as If it were benediction, reveIa-
ton Of the peace Of the years to come.
But what about our families?' she
asked in a troubled voice when the
mist had blotted out the pictures once
more. He laughed joyously.
See that?' he said, holding out a
brawny right arm.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-01-31
JUMP FEVER.
A Sort of Mania That Sometimes AT.
fects Engine Drivers.

A Sort of Mania That Sometimes At
fects Engine Drivers.
In a party of locomotive engineers
who were talking about old time fell
low craftsmen reference was made to
one old timer who had come to his
death through Jump fever" Whats
jump feverr" inquired an outsider
who was interested in the converse.
ton. Jump fever" explained an en-
gineer, lis sort of hallucination that
affects some engineers and leads them
to leap from the cab to escape sup
posed impending collision. It's mostly
freight engineers that are affected. On
long runs out west freight engineer
may be thirty-six hours at the throttle
without much chance for rest owing to
mishaps. He gets sleepy and dozes In
the cab. All of a sudden he wakes UP,
but his faculties are scattered, and
what with lightness of the head and
the motion of the cab he gets an idea
that collision Is about to happen. In
semiconscious state he dives out Of
his window, and the chances are he's a
goner when he lands. The engineer we
referred to had done the trick twice,
but he was killed the third time out on
the Santa Fe road. "-Philadelphia Rec
ord
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-01-31
rhe spoiled children Of the werl.

The Spoiled Children of the World.
Burmese children are the spoiled chill
dren of the world, according to v. G.
Scott O'Connor. In his book. 1.-The
Silken East" he says that they are
never punished by their parents, who
universally adore them. They grow up
in the open air with all the grace of
young, unchecked life. 1.-THE sheer joy
Of life abides in Them" says he, 'and
they seem to live perpetually at play
In the village street, where they play
game of ninepins with the great seeds
of a jungle creeper; in the monastery,
where they lie upon the floor and
scream out their lessons with lusty de-
light; in the river, in which they splash
and plunge before they can walk; at
the play, where they crawl about
among the feet Of the prima donna and
the posing kings, and at the pagoda,
where they hold flowers before them
with faces screwed up to gravity, with
laughter pent up behind it. And if there
be any dispute about the good looks Of
their elders there can be none as to the
prettiness Of Burmese children"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-01-31
AMERICAN COLLEGES.
They Are Unique Among Institutions
of Learning.

They Are Unique Among Institutions
of Learning.
The American college is in every
way unique. 1t may be defined in q
word as a school for imparting more
general and advanced instruction than
can be obtained In the various acade-
mics and private schools. The univer-
sity, however, more particularly COM
prises number Of technical schools,
imparting instruction in all depart
ments Of knowledge, including classic
al literature, the arts and sciences, as
biology, medicine, surgery, law, theol-
ogy, mechanics and so on. The issue
as to which is the most desirable, the
most useful, has been discussed at ed
ucational congresses. in the public
press and notably in the leading re-
views. There has been evident in
these discussions a tendency to look
upon the college as a kind of inferior
school which must be given its place
only when there is not enough money
to establish the more expensive uni
versity On the other hand, the college
has not wanted it's stout champions, in
whose view the American college, with
its concentrated curriculum, the close
ness of touch between pupil and pro-
fessor, is not only an institution that
ten, If not always, offers better kind
Of education than is available In the
university.-Leslie's Weekly.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-01-31
Fact and Fiction.

When the celebrated John limbs of
anecdote fame was subeditor of Lon
don newspaper he one day commission
ed one of the staff to accompany the
hop pickers in Kent and to write for
the journal an absolutely veracious ac-
count of his experiences.
The faithful scribe to whom the task
was intrusted performed his job with
scrupulous care, and, attired as hop
picker, he spent whole week among
his temporary comrades.
In due course he returned to the ed
itorial Office and produced his copy.
limbs read portion of it and then
burst into great rage.
This won't do at all, Mr.. Smith, .
he exclaimed furiously. Surely you
must know this is far too coarse for
insertion in our paper"
II was afraid that might be the
case" calmly replied the reporter. '.Do
you think this is betterY Saying this,
he handed limbs another manuscript.
limbs perused it and was delighted.
'The very thing; charming" he ex-
claimed
"Ah, thought you would like thatF'
said Smith. THAT Is what l wrote
before set out."-London Standard.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-01-31
Milo of Creton.

OF the wonderful athletes of all ages
Milo of Creton is perhaps the most
known. He once ran a mile with an
OK on his shoulders, then with blow
Of his fist killed the beast and ate it
in one day. The strongest man could
not take from Milo a pomegranate
which he held between his two fingers.
He could break by contracting his veins
and muscles cord tied around his
forearm. One day, being in a house
with some pupils of Pythagoras, the
ceiling threatened to fall in, but Milo
supported the column on which 1t rest
sd, thus giving his friends time to es-
cape. His death is well known. He
tried to tear asunder the trunk of a
tree, but his hands got pinched In the
wood, and, being unable to disengage
them. he persisted, dsvoured by wild
beasts.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-01-31

In q volume Of "reminiscences a very
funny story is told Of the late Bishop
Bloomfield, who, having a family by
his first wife, married second time.
This Mrs. Bloomfield was a widow,
with brood of her own, and in due
course a third family arrived on the
scene. One day the bishop was dis
turbed by his wife running into his
study in great state of excitement.
What is it, dear?'' he testify inquired.
"Oh, bishop!" was her agonized reply.
Quick, quick There's not moment
to lose! Your children are siding with
my children and are numbering our
childrenp'
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-01-31

sunlight was dancing on the roofs OF
skyscrapers. 1t seemed as if sudden
new light had flooded the eyrie in
which Henry Grimm had been content
at the game of making money and
more money. He read the letter again
Then he laid it down and leaned back
in his chair. 1t was a womanly letter,
but it carried certain force of char
acter in every gentle phrase. And aft
er reading it the third time Henry
Grimm wrote to his nephew He did
not even dictate the letter to his Sec
rotary, but wrote 1t long hand. oddly
enough, at the same hour the very next
morning he found himself at the same
desk. The answers to these letters
came in her handwriting, but they bub-
bled over with boyfsh expressions of
the patient to whom the mail hour was
now the happiest of the day.
Then the tenor of the letters changed.
There were only daily reports from
Miss Kent setting forth the trifling va
riations Of temperature and respira-
tons. Youn~ Stanton was wandering
In the land of delirium.
1t was only natural that Miss Kent
should write few words of comfort
to the now anxious man and equally
natural that he should watch for those
daily crumbs of comfort, but his score
tary was amazed when the man of af-
fairs suddenly announced that he was
going south. Miss Kent had written
that they expected the crisis in forty
eight hours
Mr.. Grimm leaned back in the chair
Of the parlor car and closed his eyes.
"Of course he will get well. He's been
keeping up this gait ever since his first
degree of measles. 1t is foolish of me
to chase down there" Then he added
quite inconsequently, "I'll wager she's
forty-tlve and wears corkscrew curls."
Young Stanton had been carried out
on the convalescents' porch. He was
waiting for his uncle, who had gone
down to White Sulphur Springs for a
weeks stay. II say, governor" he said
when Mr.. Grimm had finished his ac-
count Of his trip, don't you think we
could fix it SO that Miss Kent could
have a little vacation? She looks aw-
fully tired. I think we. could fix 1t on
the score that l need her to take care
Of me on the trip"
Henry Grimm looked up at the
mountains. They were calm and stead
fast, like Marion Kent. He rose sud-
denly.
Yes. 1 will ask her now. 1 think
need her myself"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-01-31

Reading is not lost art to the same
degree that conversation is, but it has
in most cases an arrested development
through so much reading that makes
no demand upon aesthetic sensibility,
SO that one is apt to bring to fine
story full of delicate shades Of thought
and feeling the same mind which he
yields to a newspaper, putting blunt
Interrogation as to it's meaning as con-
veyed in the terms Of rational propo-
sition, and the writer's charm is wholly
lost upon him. While the readers sur
render to the author must be complete,
his attitude should not be passive, but
that of active responsiveness and part
nership.-H. NJ. Alden in Harper's Mag
azine.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-01-31

It is a popular fallacy that the first
love is the true one, unique in its ex-
cellence, says an exchange. AS well
say that the first picture Of a painter
is the best of all he will paint in. the
course of his life; that the first speech,
the first book, the first statue, the first
composition, will be the best of the
statesman, novelist, sculptor or musi-
clan, as the case may be. First works
have all the imperfections of uncer-
tainty, of inexperience and ignorance.
And 1t is rather by chance than by
anything inherent in the nature of Gu
pid's ways that the first love turns out
to be the great one
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-01-31
VELOCITY OF ELECTRICITY.
Spark and Mirror Method by Which
1t Was Determined.

Spark and Mirror Method by which
1t Was Determined.
To determine the velocity of electric
ity spark board" was fitted with six
insulated knobs in straight line. The
distance from l to 2 was the tenth of
an inch, between and 8 was quar-
ter Of mile of insulated wire, from 8
to was again the tenth of an inch,
between A and was another quarter
of mile of wire, and between 8 and 6
was once more the tenth of an inch.
When the jar was discharged there
were three sparks, one from / to 2, one
from 3 to and one from to 6. 1t was
found by viewing these In a rapidly
revolving mirror that the image of the
spark between 3 and 4, which could
only be formed after the wire coils had
been traversed, Jagged little behind
the other two
This displacement of the image was
then measured, and as the velocity of
the mirror was known the velocity of
the electrical discharge was deter
mined as 28S0O0 miles a second.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-01-31

None of the maidens in Guatemala
are allowed to go abroad from their
homes without the company Of a chap
eron, and lover is only allowed to
come and court his sweetheart through
the heavily barred windows of her ia
theirs home. After they are married
they pass along the streets In Indian
file, the women marching ahead, so
that the husE1hd can be in a position
to prevent any fiirtations.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-01-31

1t is hard to preserve equanimity
and greatness on that debatable ground
between love and esteem. There is
nothing so stable and unfiuctuating as
love. The waves beat steadfast on it's
shore forever, and its tide has no ebb.
It is a resource In all extremities and a
refuge even from itself And yet love
will not be leaned on.-H. D. Thoreau
in Atlantic.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-01-31
burning the water


Some readers will remember the spir-
tied account given by Scott in Guy
Mannering' Of the form of salmon fish
ing that used to be known as burning
the water" 1t was favorite amuse-
ment in England, Scotland and Wales.
The practice is no longer legal and can
be INDUCED in only at the risk of pen
alties, with the disgrace which at
taches to things denounced as IN
| sportsmanlike Torches were used, and
the salmon were speared by the thrust
Of a weapon having barbed prongs,
called lester Scott again may be
quoted for his description of the spear
ing of salmon from horseback in the
Solway The Tweed, which was the
river Of his lifelong affections, was
one of the worst sufferers from burn
ing the water in the days when it
was permitted, and it was computed
| that thousands of salmon were annual
ly taken by this form Of capture. The
water may be burned" even now here
and there, and in Wales few years
ago there was a short lived revival Of
the practice.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-01-31
WEST JERSEY sEAsHORE RAILROAD

Medford, Marlton and Phiiadelphfa.
Leave Medford for Philadelphia 100, 10.06 q.
M, 205, $40 p. m.
On Sundays, 7.O6 q. M, 405 p. M
Leave Marion for Philadelphia at TIA, l0lS o.
M, 223. 5.22 p. m.
On Sundays, 7l9 q. M, AT p. m.
Leave Philadelphia, Market street, for Med
ford and Marlton at 700, 1880 q. M, except
saturdays), LOO p. M, saturdays only. $40,
go p. m.
On Sundays, 600 q. m, $50 p. m.
Leave Marlton for Me1ford, 8.l7, ll.l9 q. M,
Except Saturdays), LAB p. M, Saturdays
only, 4.06, GIL p. M.
On Sundays, 9.48 a. M, 6.2S p. m.
For further particulars apply to the ticket
agent at the station.
W. W. ATTERBURY, J. r. WOOD,
General Manager. Gen. Pass. Agent.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-01-31
Perfectly Correct.

The deacon was hard to convince.
NO" declared he, I'm have no such
contraption in my house. Planners are
things of evil.'
"Oh, but, pa" protested his lovely
daughter, this is an upright piano"-
Pittsburg Post.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-01-31
PENNSYLVANIA RHILROHD.
The .Szsslavz Railroad Of Ameriea. As-
tecfSd throughout By Block Signals
> and ZsfeSzsckSng .SUttebss.
IN rrrEor xovrHsrR rs. 1904

1rssns leave No9nt Holly
For Philadelphia, 6.55, 6.62 TIA, z4s, $50, sos,
OIL, I'LL o. M. 1888, 1921 Saturdays only, 4O3
sol, $40, 8-86, l0.47 p On Sundays, 8.25, ll06
.. M. Ala, 6.45, 9l0 p m.
For Pemberton, 655, 9.09, ILL q. m, 1.20, 826,
Al, $50, 7.22, (l2.40 q. m. Friday only. On
Sundays, s.l9 q. M, LAO, $40 p. M.
For Burlington, Bordentown, Trenton and
New York, $50. 0.l0, q. M, 4.05, 7.S5 p. m.
For Lumberton, Medford, Marlton and Had
donaeld, $40 q. M, u.80, Al p. m.
For Vfncentown, l2-42, 826, $50 p. m.
For Toms River, Island Heights and Sea Side
Park, zoe, q. M. AT p. m. On Sundays, sls
o.. m.
For Asbury Park and Long Branch, so0. ..
m. 4z7 p. M. On Sundays. 9.le a. m.
Trains leave for Mount Holly as Jotioi0s:
From Philadelphia &c., 80, 1870, ll.4o q. M,
1850, (l.30, Saturdays only 230, 100, 6.04, 644,
6Oo 62S, elO l0.4O, ll.6O, p. m. On Sundays s.tO,
q. M, 12-40, $780, ITO, 1910 p m.
From Trenton, 7.40, $50, a. M, 2.65, p. m.
From Burlington, $40, 10.05 a. M. 800 9.52 p. M.
From New York, via Trenton and Burlington,
500 q. M, LOO, 400, p. M
From Medford, 707 q. M, l.3O, OIL p. M
From Toms River, 8.0 q. m., 402 p. m. On
From North Pemberton, e.s7, 7.q5, $40, eos, a.
M, 1225, 3.47, GIL, 62I p. m. On Sundays,
7.68 q. m, 400, 6.22 p. m.
From South Pemberton, 8.48 o. M. "a p. m.
On Sundays, $40 p. M
From Asbury Park, ISL, .. M, 3.45 p. m On
Sundays, AZ p. m.
From Long Branch, SIS, q. No., $50 p. M On
Sundays, 40 p. M.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-01-31
The Danrer. OF orchid Huntinr.

the Dangers OF OrCnI0 H9nttmB.
The most beautiful region the orchid
collector meets In his travels Is along
the Orinoco, the Rio Negro and the
Amazon. in South America. The seen
cry at times passes beyond the beauti-
full and becomes so grand as to be al
most terrible. Everything is on such a
great scale. The rivers are the largest
In the world, ver1table seas at high
water, the vegetation luxuriant beyond
comparison and the animal and fish
life startlingly strange There we find
the Cattleya schroederoe, magnificent
orchid with white flowers, which
blooms about Easter time. But the
dangers and vexations of a trip on
the Orinoco, for instance, would hardly
be believed. Miles and miles back
from the coast in the district where
the orchids are found the Indians are
in a wild state and are foes to all white
men. They Turk In the bushes along
the banks Of the river and shoot poi
soned arrows at you If you happen to
venture within range Of their blow
guns. The center Of the stream is the
only safe place During the rainy sea-
son the mosquitoes swarm on the ORR
noco In clouds, and sleep is next to i'm
possible. Eyea the grass when you
venture ashSe is your enemy.-Har-
per's Weekly.