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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-06-05
THE SOLAR SYSTEM.
Some Facts which Give an Idea 81
It's ImmensftY

Some Facts which Give an Idea 81
It's Immensity.
In all the heavens, with the excep-
ton of passing meteors or meteoriteG,
not one body occupies position closer
to earth than the moon, which Is some
100000 miles away = very far. of
course, side by side with any earthly
distances, but a mere fraction side by
side with other astronomical distances.
Next to the moon our nearest occasion
al neighbor is Venus, and then Mars.
Both Venus and Mars, however, are
often farther away from US than the
sun, which remains always at some
where about the same distance, rough
ly at from 10000, 900 to SO, 900 600 miles.
This dividing space between sun and
earth is of great Importance In think
Ang about the stars, and it should be
clearly impressed upon the mind.
Next to the sun In point of nearnsss
come the more distant planets-Jupitsr,
which Is about five times as far from
the sun as our earth is; Saturn, nearly
twice as far as Jupiter; Uranus, near
ly twice as far as Saturn. and Neptune,
nearly three times as far as Saturn. All
these planets belong to our sun, all
are members Of his family, all are part
Of the solar system. The size Of the
solar system as a whole, consisting
thus of the sun and his planets, includ-
ing our earth, may be fairly well grasp
ed by any one taking the trouble to
master two simple facts. They are
these, that our earth is roughly about
100000 miles away from the sun
and that Neptune, the outermost pian-
ct of the solar system, is nearly thirty
times as far distant from the sun as
our earth is.-Chambers' Journal.
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JUDeE GAsKILL did exactly right, on
Saturday, when he declined to commit to
the care of protective association some
boys who had admitted guilt of serious
crime. The boys had set fire to two barns
and had stolen goods from school house.
Owing to their tender years it was sug-
gested the youthful criminals be given in
charge of the society mentioned, to be sent
to farm in New York State. where they
would be brought up carefully and under
different associations from those in the
States institutions. This would have been
a dangerous precedent, even If it had been
egal, and there is no doubt that it would
have been beyond the laws intent or prov
ince to send New Jerseys criminals to an
other State beyond the jurisdiction of our
authorities 30 far as discipline and good
training are concerned the boys will re-
ceive them at the institution to which they
have been consigned and will also be given
good trades. There is no need of mawk
ish sympathy In such cases. The boys re-
ferred to need training of strenuous
nature. New Jersey has provided institu-
tions for this very purpose, and the youth
full criminals sent to the Reform School or
to the Reformatory, at Railway, will fare
just as well as II sent to place where
the environments may be a little more
pleasant but no more beneficial.
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VIRGINS GARLANDS.

Memorials In an English Church to
Girls True to First Love.
There are seven virgins gariands"
still In existence In Minsterley church,
Salop, the first Of them bearing the
date 1864 and the last 1851.
They consist OF silk ribbons and
paper, ball shaped. and are covered
with rosettes, the inside center of the
cane or wire frame supporting a pair
Of paper gloves. They represent ro-
mantle custom of very ancient origin
and are sacred to the memory of girls
who while betrothed in their youth
lost their intended husbands by death,
yet remained true to their first loves.
Each maiden designed her own gar
land, and at her death this simple en-
blem was borne before her by the VII
lage lasses, the white gloves being aft
erward added After the obsequies
these garlands were suspended In the
village church on a rod bearing at its
extremity a heart In the shape of an
escutcheon, upon which the initials and
date were inscribed. These were origi-
nally fixed above the maiden's pew.
Some of the earliest and forgotten
garlands were composed of real f1ow-
ers, but later the covered hoops de-
scribed were substituted
There Is a passing allusion to this
simple memorial of the early dead"
In Hamlet" "Yet here she is allowed
her virgin Grants" Grants" signifying
garlands.-London Graphic.
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THE TURKISH KAlK.
st More Closely Resemble. the @,

More Closely Resembles the Com
dola Than Any Other Craft.
Crawford, the author, to whose skill
full pen COnstantinople is indebted for
one of the most charming volumes ever
issued in its praise, has a word to say
about the Turkish boatmen and their
vehicle, the kaik
''Constantinople owes much" writes
he, ito the matchless beauty of the
three waters which run together be-
meath Its walls, and much of their
reputation again has become world
wide by the kaik. 1t is disputed and
disputable whether the Turks copied
the Venetian gondola or whether the
Venetians Initiated the Turkish kaik,
but the resemblance between them is
SO strong as to make it certain that
they have a common origin. Take
from the gondola the 'felse, or hood.
and the rostrated stem and the re-
mainder is practically the kaik. 1t is
of all craft Of Its size the swiftest, the
most easy to handle and the most COM
Portable, and the Turks generally are
admitted to be the best oarsmen In
Europe.
Indeed, they have need to be, for
both the Bosporus and the Golden
Horn are crowded with craft of every
kind and made dangerous by the swift
est of currents. The distances, too, are
very great and such as no ordinary
oarsman would undertake for pleasure
or for the sake OF exercise. 1t is no
joke TO pull fifteen or sixteen miles
against stream which In some places
runs four or five knots an hour"
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Notice is hereby given that the subscribers,
owners of meadows and lands improved and
lands capable of being improved into mead
ows situate In the Township of Shamong, in
the County of Burlington and State of New
Jersey lying and being so situated that they
cannot be drained sufficiently for the effectual
Improvement of the same without clearing
out a creek, ditch or natural water-course and
cutting into or through the meadows and
other lands belonging to Walter Cline, Han
nah Cline and Joseph Wharton, who win not
join In cutting and clearing said creek, ditch
or natural water-course, and will not permit
a sufficient ditch or drain to be cut and kept
open into or through the same, will apply to
Henry r. Sharp and Charles +. Gaskill, two
surveyors of the highway of the Township
of Medford. (there being no qualified survey
ors OF the highway of the Township of Sha-
in which said lands do lie, and to Andrew Eth
eridge, chosen freeholder 81 said Township
of ShamOng, and to George w. Ebert, chosen
freebooter of the adjacent Township of South
ampton, to lay out ditch or water-course in
said TOWNSHIP of ShamOng, Beginning in the
centre of the old ditch and In the line between
Henry Taylor's land and land of Hannah and
Walter Cline; thence following the said old
ditch and main water-course the several
courses and distances thereof in a SOutherly
direction to the outlet in Mine Spung $50
called), running through said Cline's land a
distance of eight hundred feet thence through
Joseph Wharton's land q distance OF thirty-six
hundred and sixty-eight feet to its outlet into
Mine Spung, making the whole length OF said
ditch fOrty-fOur hundred and sixty-eight feet,
and that said surveyors and freeholders will
meet at the hotel now occupied and conducted
by George w. Baker, at Smalls Corner, in the
Township of ShamOng, on Thursday, the
Twenty-first day of June, A ID. nineteen hun
dred and six, at the hour of ten o'clock in the
forenoon, to view the premises and thence to
HENRY taylor,
ABRAHAM * * wooLMAN
Witness l.. 8. Ballinger. mark.
Dated, May q, 1906.
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IN A POISON FACTORY.


rhe Deadly Drugs Have a Fasctn9-
tion For the Workmen.
slip on this glass mask" said the
foreman. You will need it"
The visitor donned the uncanny mask
Of glass, and the foreman led the way
to the cyanide of potassium depart
ment.
1--WE make 1000 tons of cyanide a
year." he said. "A dose of five grains
is fatal one. Thus our annual prod
uct is enough to kill 100000 people"
He opened door, and a room filed
with writhing flames, dense shadows,
sparks, smoke and weird figures In
glass masks was revealed. In the CEN
ter of the room, in a great caldron, 100
pounds of molten cyanide Of p0tas-
SUM dubbed and seethed. The flames
glinted strangely on the glass masks.
The foreman coughed.
These fumes" he said, ARE whole
some. The men, you see. are all ro-
bust. l have known weakly chaps,
working here among these strange
fumes. to pick up health and strength .
In another clean, cool room the fin
ished cyanide was stored. 1t looked
like crystallized white sugar, good
enough to eat
Good enough to eat" said the fore
man gravely. well, we have had
men eat It, Four men committed sui
eide in that way.
THE fumes seem to create In our
men a desire to taste the drug. They
fight this desire, most of them. sue
cessfully, but they all feel it, the same
as workers in coffee plants want to
chew the coffee beans, and some feel
it so strongly as to sucoumb. Gin
clnnati Enquirer.
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TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 1906.

ONE of the arguments advanced by
those who are booming the Colby move
ment In this county is that I'VE are tired
of having our nominations made in the
Office of Camden lawyer, merely to be
forced at convention" To stop any
such practice, If it exists, is very lauda-
BILE, yet how funny it is to hear such ar
guments coming from the sources they do.
One man who is extremely active and who
uses the words quoted more than he does
anything else has had sudden change of
heart. Not many years ago he was urged
to use his influence with his delegation in
support of George Wildes for the nomi-
nation for Senator, but he refused because
"the organization" had determined other
wise, the organization" being the same
people .he is now denouncing. What a
pity he did not have the scales removed
from his eyes soone
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That Was All.

A young girl who is always trying
some new thing was present once
when the doctor set a neighbours bro
ken arm. She was sure that she knew
exactly how 1t was done and rather
anxious to put her new knowledge into
practice. Some time later hen out
In the chicken yard broke It's leg The
girl directly announced that she meant
to set 1t "and make 1t as good as
new" Accordingly it was put into q
plaster cast and left for the proper
length of time to knit. When the day
came to take off the cast the girl ran
out to the henhouse In great eagerness
to see the result. Presently there was
scream that brought every member
Of the family to ker side. The chicken
was jumping miserably over the ground
sidewise instead Of directly forward.
You know a hens leg has a crook.
Well, she had crooked 1t the wrong
way, that was all.
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Quick witted.

zone day last week l was informed
by telephone of FIRE in my own Office,
not six feet away from where 1 was
standing" said prominent Wall street
broker. "a client with whom l had
been talking, after lighting cigar.
threw the burning match into the
wastebasket under my desk. As went
to the door with him heard the tele-
phone bell ring violently. When / an
swered the call was surprised to be
told that there was lively blaze under
my desk, which had been seen by q
bright ONCE boy In the opposite build
ing. The fire was hidden from me by
a high fling cabinet and might have
done serious damage before / discov-
cred 1t myself. am now hunting for
that boy" he added. ANY one quick
witted enough to think of telephoninG
In such an emergency l can use In my
business. New York Press.
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Pluto.s safety yalxa.

A round, smooth hole in the side Of 0
granite monument about nina miles
out from the City of Mexico La locally
known by term which signifies ''Plu
to's safety valve" The hole Is about
nine inches In diameter at the opening
which is polished In manner which
suggests human workmanship. Tha'
man had nothing to do with drilling
or polishing this hole viii be readily
surmised when 1t Ia known that it hal
occasionally emitted hot air and smoke
during a period extending over 8O(
years
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Gardening In America.

Gardening in America has reached
what one might call the awkward
age" Neither man nor country
goes a-gardening In early youth Men
come to build stately sooner than to
garden finely" as Bacon once said, and
as every garden writing body has re-
peated until Sir Francis in Elysium
must regret he ever made the remark.
which none the less is true. Gardening
is essentially middle aged enjoyment,
and America being. as nations go, still
young, her garden craft has the faults
of youth. 1t has its incongruities, In
harmonies, and it often mistakes size
and expenditure for excelleace.-C Cen
&nxx
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"ITS NOT

what man earns but what he
saves that makes him prosperous. y
We're helping many men to
prosperity daily, by the saving
our prices make on the weekly
grocery bill.
Such prices as these for instance.
Granulated sugar, SC Id.
MOCHA AND JAVA COFFEE
a very fine blend and one you
never bought for SO little money
before. 1t is a fine drinker, 2oc ID.
LARGE YELLOW PEACHES
in heavy syrup, always sold for
more money, zoe can.
CORN in CANS, more than we
want. Willing to sell way below
price and move it rapidly, you get
the benefit. You have bought it be-
fore for more money. Quality is
fine.
Shoe Peg, 3 cans for csc.
Climax Brand, 4 for 25c.
LARD, that's pure and sweet
and clean is hard to get. That is
the kind we sell. We make it on
the premises, nc ID.
HOT WEATHER MEATS,
not the kind they put up in the
west, and that you have been
reading about so much recently,
but clean sweet article. We put
them up ourself and eat them in our
own home and know they are all
right. Pressed Beef 2 lbs. for use,
Pressed Ham zoe h., Boiled Pork
I5c Il h., Boiled Ham 15c n lb.
G. w. DURAND,
10 and 80 MAIN STREET.
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Alien. In Old London.

Here is curious report of the aliens
in London In the year 1857: There
being great increase Of foreigners In
the city, her majesty ordered the lord
mayor to take the name, quality and
profession of all strangers residing
within the city of London" The list
was headed by the item, Scots, 40"
Other nations were represented
French, 42S; Spaniards and Portu-
guese. 40; Italians. 40; Dutch 1880;
Burgundians, A; Danes, 2; Liegeois, l."
"What do you think? That boss poll
tician says he has divorced himself
from politics"
"Then I'll bet he secured alimony.".-
Baltimore American.
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force, and he makes room for many.
Society is troop of thinkers, and the
best heads among them take the best
places A feeble man can see the
farms that are fenced and TILED, the
houses that are built. The strong man
sees the possible houses and farms.
His eye makes estates as fast as the
sun breeds clouds.-Emerson.
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May 4. 1905.
i N ORDINANCE

A N ORDINANCE
To change and establish the grade of the side
walks on both sides of Cherry street, between
Mill and Ridgway streets.
Be it ordained, by the Township Committee
ofthe township of ptOn, In the county
of Burlington:
l. That the grade of the sidewalks or curbs
on both sides of Cherry street, between Mil
and Ridgway streets, in the township of North
ampton aforesaid, be and the same is hereby
changed and established as shown by a map
or profile made by Haines and Sherman, civil
engineers, dated May IA, 1908, and filed with
the Township Clerk OF said townships and
this ordinance shall take effect Immediately
upon Its proper publication.
Passed May 3d. 1905.
FRANKLIN DILL, Chairman
HARRY HAWKINS, JR. Township Clerk.
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IN CRANCERY OF NEW JERSEY.

To Daniel Kimble, Absent Defendant.
By virtue of an order of the Court of Chan
Gerry of New Jersey, made on the day of the
date hereof, in cause wherein Sarah B. 9th
ems is complainant, and you and others are
defendants, you are required to appear, plead
answer or demur to the bill of said com plain
ant, on or befabe the eleventh day of July next
or the said bill viii be taken as confessed
against you.
The SAID bill is filed to foreclose mortgage
given by'you, Daniel Kimble, and Susan, your
wife to one Emma H. Conover, dated March
18th, A. ID. 1887, on lands In the township
of Springfield, in the county of Burlington
state of New Jersey, and afterwards on the
twelfth day of August, A. ID. 1887, assigned by
the said Emma H. Conover to James Lippin.
colt, Acting Executor of Anna II. Page, de-
ceased. and on the eleventh day of November,
A. ID. 1887, assigned by the said James Lippin-
colt, Acting Executor of Anna H. Page, de-
ceased, to the complainant. And you Daniel
Kimble are made defendant because you
are the owner of the said lands.
FRANKLIN b. LEWIS,
Solicitor of Complainant,
No. AZ High Street, Mount Holly, N. j.
Dated. May 10, A. ID. 1906.
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COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS for Free
" Scholarships In RUTGERS COLLEGE
The seventeenth competitive examination
of burlington County candidates for Free
Scholarships in the New Jersey State College
for the benefit of Agriculture and the Me-
chanic Arts will be held in the County Court
House, Mount Holly. N. j.. on Saturday June
Ind, 1905, beginning promptly at 8, A, NJ, and
continuing until 5, p. NJ. On this date candi-
dates will be examined In Algebra, Plane Ge-
ometry. Solid Geometry, English Grammar
and Literature, United States History. Chem
istry and Physics, as announced on pages TO-
II, and Y of the catalogue of Rutgers College,
Beginning in June, 1906, candidates will also
be examined In two languages as announced
on pages " and 70 of the catalogue. In view
of the present limited time allowance of one
day, the examinations in the new language
requirements, this year, viii be held by the
CountySuperintendent at an adjourned ses-
sion in the County Court House on the morn
ing of June 18th, between and l O'Clock; or
competitors may, If they prefer, take these
examinations at the College either on Satur-
day, June 18th, or on Tuesday, September 10th,
as may suit the individual convenience of the
candidates.
Any correspondence relative to the exam
nation may be addressed to the Registrar or
to the President of the College.
will esteem it a favor If candidates will no.
tify me of their intention to be present at least
one week before June End.
HERMAN A. STEES
County Superintendent
Beverly, " j.. Nav 9 1905.
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quite Familiar.

''There is not much In a name, per
haps," said young Sunday school
teacher. "Still 1t did give me turn last
Sunday when 1 asked a boy In my
class how many apostles there we're
to have him hook up and reply care
lessly, oh, dozen or sor"
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To Mothers m Tbis Town.
la Pennsylvania Railroad
Al N IlAa Z

Children who are delicate, feverish and cross
Will get immediate relief from Mother Gray's
sweet Powders for Children They cleanse the
stomach, act on the liver, making q sickly
child strong and healthy. certain cure for
worms. Sold by all druggists, 25c. Sample
FREE. Address, Allen s. Olmsted, re Roy.
N. X
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Two and Two.

There Is no difference between a
mile square and a square mile. Each
contains $40 acres. There is, however,
a difference between two miles square
and two square miles.-San Francisco
NoI1
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What's the matter, driv-
err Coachman-The horse has just
thrown shoe, SIR. Bridegroom-Gr Great
Scott Do even horses know we ara
Just married?
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A DMINIsTRATORs' NOTICE.

ESTATE OF WILLIAM RUSH WALLACE.
Notice is hereby given that an order has
been made by the Surrogate of the county
OF Burlington, bearing date on the fourth day
of May, A. ID. 1906 upon the application of John
s. Bioren and John Nj. Wallace, the sub
scribers, requiring the creditors of William
Rush Wallace, deceased, to bring In their
claims against the estate of said decedent, un-
der oath or affirmation, on or before February
4, 1907, )r they will be debarred of any action
therefor against the said Administrators.
JOHN s. BIOREN,
JOHN M. WALLACE,
May 4, 1906 Administrators.
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NOR SALE.
L,xECUTOR's NOTICE.


Notice e hereby given that an order has
been MAJ by the Surrogate OF the county
of Burlin} 6n, bearing date on the fourteenth
day of May, A. ID. 1906, upon the application
of the MeNnt Holly Safe Deposit and Trust
Company, the subscribers, requiring the cred
itors of Walter s. Davis, deceased. to bring In
their claims against the estate of said dece-
dent, under oath or affirmation, on or before
February Il, 1907, or they will be debarred
of any action therefor against the said Elk
ecutor.
MOUNT HOLLY SAFE DEPOSIT and TRUST
COMPANY, Executor. May IA, 1906.
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pRoPosALs FOR PAINTING oENrkE-

L TON DRAWBRIDGE.
The undersigned, Committee of the Board
of Chosen FreehOlders on the Centreton Draw
bridge, will receive sealed proposals for fur
nishing material and painting said Bridge at
the Court House in Mount Holly, on Monday
the Eleventh day of June, A. d. 1906 at ten
O'Clock in the forenoon, according to specifi-
cations which may be seen at the office
ofCharles Evan Merritt, Solicitor ofthe Board,
No. q High Street, Mount Holly, New Jersey.
|. All bids shall be in writing.
2 Every bid shall be accompanied by a GER
tined check. payable to The order of Joseph
Powell, County Collector of Burlington Coun-
ty. for the sum of Fifty Dollars (S5Ol, to be re-
turned In case the contract shall not be
awarded but that of the successful bidder to
piled with.
B. The bidder to whom the contract shall be
awarded Will be required to sign written
contract with the said Board, and lso to en-
ter into Bond in the amount of the bid, Sc
cured by an Approved Surety Company,
conditioned for the faithful performance of the
covenants and conditions of said contract
Should said successful bidder fail to enter into
the contract and file the bond, the check de-
posted under preceding condition SHALL at
the option of the Board, be retained as lioui-
dated damages.
4. The Committee reserves the right to re.
ject any and all bids.
BURwooD M. HAINEs
WILLIAM A WILKINS,
JOSEPH l.. HILTON,
WILLIAM BARTLETT,
EDWIN NJ. BROCK,
Dated, June |, 1906 Committee.
Not 70 be copied by other newspapers.l