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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-08-21
A SUBMARINE FOREST.
wonders of the oTshore sierras, q
Const Range of California

Wonders of the o1shore Sierras, a
Const Range OF California.
Along the great blue current of
Japan that sweeps down the Califor-
mia coast is strung a chain of islands.
They are the SUBMITS of offshore sier-
ras, coast range of California that
has been partly overwhelmed by the
sea. All have a peculiar beard, or pro-
tecting growth of weed, that consti-
tutes a perfect forest about them, a
giant seaweed growing in water sixty
or more feet in depth and forming
natural wave break and n home for
countless marine animals. The vines
are sometimes 100 feet in length, vast
cables, with broad, crimpled leaves of
a dark olive hue, which assume grace
full shapes in the tide.
When the visitor peers down into
the turquoise water the scene is often
a revelation. A new world is opened
up and the real beauties of oceanic or
submarine scenery are appreciated.
The great leaves are carried by the
titful currents that sweep these islands
in every direction. Sometimes they
are extended at full length and appear
like a horde of green snakes. Again
they lie down upon the surface, list
less and dropping. taking myriads Of
shapes and forming hooks and corners
of great beauty.
So attractive are these forests that
what is known as the water glass has
been elaborated into a glass bottomed
boat, which has several large plate
glass windows through which the pas
sengers may look down into the kelp
forests and view panorama of the
sea- These boats range in size from
rowboats to sidewheel steamers, so ar
ranged that they can float over the
forest and view its wonders up and
down the coast-Chicago News.
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A WONDERFUL MEMORY.
The Story Maretus Told of "A Young
COrsican Marvel.

COrsfcan Marvel.
Marcus tells us that during his trav-
els over Europe he met the marvel of
marvels" at Padua The marvel In
question was a young Corsican who
was in the city for the purpose of pur-
suing his studies at the university.
Marcus. having heard that the young
man was gifted with an extraordinary
memory, desired to put the student to
the test.
The person who had Informed the
traveller concerning the wonderful re-
tentiveness of the young Corsican's
memory declared that he was so gifted
in that faculty that he could repeat as
many as $4,000 words if read over to
him but once. Marcus and three dis
tinguished Venetians agreed to test the
accuracy of the statement A commit
tee visited the student of extraordinary
memory and found him willing to sub
init to the ordeal. Accordingly there
was read over to him an almost inter
minable list of words strung together
without any consecutive order and
without any meaning whatever
The young man stood all the time
with his attention deeply fixed and his
eyes half closed. When the long string
of words had been read off he looked
up cheerfully and repeated the whole of
the uninteresting catalogue of words
without single fault. Then to show
how carefully his wonderful memory
had retained every word he went
through the list backward When that
task was finished he took each alter
nate word-first, third, fifth. etc-and
repeated them until the company was
thoroughly convinced that they were in
the presence of the most wonderful
prodigy of memory that the world had
ever produced.
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KNOW THY COUNTRY.
A Precept That Every Citizen should
Take to Heart.

A Precept That Every Citizen should
Take to Heart.
Juvenal said, This precept descends
from heayen-know myself" To this
we add-know thy country. Know its
area. its population, its products, ma
tive ana exclusive, agricultural and
mineral. Know its present output and
its possibilities. Know its states, its
territories and large cities and what
they are severally noted for. Know
its geography and Typography, Its con-
stitution, principles and history, its
literature, It's art and its sciences, its
philosophy. discoveries and inventions.
Know its relation to other nations,
both political and financial. Know its
possessions - Alaska, Hawaii, Porto
Rico and the Philippines-their history
severally, the customs and languages
of their people and the sources of theil
wealth. Many men know these things
now and love their country and are serv
iceable to their fellow citizens in pro
portion to their knowledge. 1t costs
| labor and the sacrifice of so called
pleasure to acquire this knowledge, bu
| to the genuinely manly man, whose
Hfe's purpose is to make the utmost o.
his abilities and opportunities and wht
in one way and another is developing
his country's hidden treasures and i'm
parting his own practical enthusiasm
to other lives, there are a relish and {
| delight in the search for knowledge
that compensate a thousandfold.
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handwriting. Is still on file in the state
department This design consisted of a
shield with six quarterings-the first
gold, with an enameled rose, red and
white, for England; the second, white,
with thistle ,in its proper color, for
Scotland: the third, green, with harp
of gold. for Ireland; the fourth, blue,
with a golden lily, for France; the fifth,
gold. with an imperial black eagle. for
Germany, and the sixth, gold, with the
Belgic crowned red lion, for Holland.
These denoted the countries from which
America had been peopled.
He proposed to place this shield with
in a red border. on which there should
be thirteen white escutcheons, linked
together by gold chain, each bearing
appropriate Initials In black of the
thirteen original states. There were
supporters on either side of the shield,
the one on the right being the Goddess
Of Liberty In a corselet of armor in
allusion to the then state of war, and
holding a spear and cap in der right
hand, while the left supported the
shield. On the left was the Goddess
Of Justice. leaning on a sword in her
right hand and in her left balance.
The crest was the eye of Providence,
In radiant triangle, whose glory ex-
tended over the shield and beyond the
figures. The motto was "E Pluribus
Unum"-one out of many For the
reverse he proposed the device of Pha-
raoh sitting In an open chariot, crown
on his head and sword in his hand,
passing through the waters of the Red
sea I'm pursuit Of the Israelites-rays
from pillar of fire In a cloud, express
i've Of the divine presence and com
mand, beaming on Moses, who stands
over the sea. causes it to overwhelm
Pharaoh and his followers. Motto,
Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to
God"
Jefferson's device met with the un-
qualified approval of his associates,
and the committee reported to the Con-
tinental congress on Aug 10, 17T6. but
for some unaccountable reason its
report was never acted upon.
NOullliS 1uftneT was uOlle III Inc mat
ter until March "a, 1879, when another
committee, composed of Messrs. Lowell
of Massachusetts. Scott of Virginia
and Houstoun of Georgia, was appoint
ed to make another device.
They suggested design four inches
In diameter, one side of which should
be composed of a. shield with thirteen
diagonal red and white stripes. This
shield was supported on one side by a
warrior holding sword and on the
other by the figure Of Peace bearing
an olive branch. The crest was radi-
ant constellation of thirteen states;
motto. "Bello vel Pace"-for war or
peace-and the legend, "Seal of the
United States" ON the reverse the
figure of Liberty seated in chair,
holding the staff and cap; motto,
"Semper" = forever and underneath
MDCCLXXvI.
This device met with the same neg
Iect at the hands Of congress as the
former, and the matter remained in
allegiance until 1882. when another
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committee was appointed. They re-
ported substantially the same device
as the former committee; but this be-
Ing still unsatisfactory. congress, on
the third day of June, 1882. referred
the whole matter to its secretary,
Charles Thomson. He in turn pro-
cured several devices. but they met
with no better fate than their preGeces-
sors, and, after vainly trying to perfect
seal which should meet the approval
of congress, Thomson received from
John Adams, then In London, an eX-
ceedingly simple and appropriate de-
vice. which was suggested by Sir John
Prestwich, baronet of the west of
England, who was an accomplished an
tiuuarian and warm friend of Amer
lea. It consisted of an escutcheon
bearing thirteen perpendicular stripes.
alternate red and white with the chief
blue and spangled with thirteen stars.
And, to give ii greater consequence,
he proposed to place the escutcheon ON
the breast of the American eagle, dis
played, without support, as emblematic
of self reliance.
This device met with universal APP
prevail, In and out of congress, and was
adopted in 1882. 1t remains to this
| day the great seal of the United States,
unchanged in the slightest degree from
| the day of its adoption. Stripped of
heraldic technicalities, it may be de-
scribed as follows.
An escutcheon of thirteen perpendic-
| alar stripes, alternate red and white;
blue field; this escutcheon on the
breast of an American eagle, displayed,
! holding in its right talon an olive
branch and in its left bundle of thir-
| teen arrows in It's beak a scroll in
scribed with the motto, "E Pluribus
| Unum;" for the crest over the head
of the eagle, which appears above the
escutcheon, golden glory breaking
through a cloud of surrounding thir-
teen stars forming constellation of
white stars on blue field.
| The reverse is an unfinished pyramid
In the zenith is an eye In triangle sur
rounded with glory. Over the eye are
the words, 'Annuit coepts," which
may be freely translated as God has
favored the undertaking" On the base
of the pyramid are the letters in Ro-
man numerals, MDCCLXXyI and un.
derneath is the motto "Novus ordo
seclorum"-a new order of the ages
denoting that now order of things
had commenced In the western hemis-
phere.
Thus, after six years of fruitless eff
fort, a very simple seal was adopted
and yet remains the arms of the United
States.-Thomas w. Lloyd in St Mich
olas.
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The Dandy of old Days.

What has become of the dandy of
the old days? Is there now anything
to compare with him? To be a dandy
three things We're requisite, according
to the expert of the London Saturday
Review-the man had to dress himself
In more artistic and original fashion
than his fellows, he had to be In the
best society and he had to be possess
ed of brains. Brummel was not a man
of birth, but both he and D'Orsay were
men of brains, or wit, as 1t used to be
called. Lord Harrington in his book on
handles gives us a picture of Count
DOrsay riding down to Richmond on
a superb hack dressed in blue coat and
brass buttons, buff walstcoat, wide ex-
panse of snowy shirt front. tight fitting
feathers, bload brimmed glossy hat
and spotless white kid gloves. And he
tells us that this raultless makeup was
stared at by the passers with respect
and the greatest admiration. He set
the styles for New York and Philadel-
phia as well as London.
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OUR COUNI'RY'S SEAL
ITS DESIGN WAS SUGGESTED BY
SIR JOHN PRESTwIcH.

Tho Device He Proposed Was Adopt
ed By Congress In 1882, and 1t Re-
mains TO This Day the Great Seal
Of the United States.
Jet one Of peculiar significance that the
great seal of the United States, which
was adopted in 1852, was suggested by
. citizen Of a country with which our
own was then at war.
The history of the great seal and the
difficulties which beset those having in
charge the matter of selecting a suit
able and satisfactory design are full of
interest Soon after the Declaration of
Independence was signed Benjamin
Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and John
Adams were appointed a committee to
prepare q great seal for the infant re-
public. They employed a French West
indian named Simitiere to furnish de-
signs and sketches; but, although a
number were suggested. none proved
satisfactory.
Then each member of the committee
lin proposed for the device Moses lift
ing his wand and dividing the Red sea
and Pharaoh and his hosts overwhelm-
ed with waters, and for a motto the
words Of Cromwell, Rebellion to ty-
rants is obedience to God" Adams
proposed the choice of Hercules, the
hero resting on a club, Virtue pointing
to her rugged mountain on the one side
and persuadng him to ascend and
Sloth on the other side glancing at her
1owery beds and persuading him into
vice. Jefferson proposed the children
OF Israel III the wilderness. led by a
cloud by day and pillar of fire by
night, and on the reverse side Hengist
and Horsa, the Saxon chiefs from
whom we claim the honor of being
descended and whose political princi-
pies and form Of government we have
assumed. Jefferson was then requested
by his colleagues to combine their sep
arate ideas into one design, which he
d:a and this -descrlption. In bis own
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The cls.. $ body is completely en-
shrouded ii the mantle. except for two
openings, through one of which the foot
can be pushed out. The other Is for the
siphon or what is commonly known as
the neck of the clam. In some respe Dts
the clam may be better off than we are
for he has a little brain in his foot and
also gland for secreting strong fibers
With this he spins a byssus by which
he can attach himself to whatever he
likes. lie does not even have to search
for his food, but waits for it to come
to him. He makes burrow in the
mud or sand, attaching himself to the
bottom by the byssus. Then he thrusts
his siphon up through the mud and
water until it reaches the surface. The
siphon Is made up of two tubes, the
water flowing in through one and out
through the other. When the infowing
current, laden with minute plants and
animals, reaches the gill chamber, some
Of these are sifted out and retained for
food, while the water and waste matter
flow out through the other tube.
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A lazy liver may be only tired liver,
or a starved liver. A stick is all right for
the back of a lazy man. But it would be
a savage as well as a stupit thing to beat a
weary man or a starving man because he
Jagged in his work So in treating the
tagging liver it is great mistake to lash
it with drastic drugs. In ninety nine cases
out out of hundred or a torpid or sluggish
liver symptom of an i'll nourished body,
whose organs are weary with overwork.
Let your liver alone. Start with the stom-
ach and its allied organs Of digestion and
nutrition. Put them in proper working or
der, and see how quickly your liver will
become active and energetic. DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery has made many
marvellous cures of liver trouble" by its
wonderful control of the organs of diges-
zion and nutrition. 1t restores the normal
activity of the stomach, increases the
secretions of the blood making glands,
cleanses the system from poisonous ac
cumulations, and so relieves the liver Of
the burdens imposed upon it by the de
lection of other organs.
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PUMICE STONE.
The Product of Monte Chiricn, ON the
Island of Lfpari

Island of Lipari.
Pumice, as is well known, is of vol
canic origin, being a trachytic lava
which has been rendered light by the
escape of gases when in molten state
1t is found ON most of the shores of the
Tyrhenian sea and elsewhere. but is at
present almost exclusively obtained
from the little island of Lipari Most
Of the volcanoes of Lipari have elected
pumaceous rocks, but the best stone is
all the product of one mountain, Monte
Chirica, nearly 1000 feet in height
with its two accessory craters. The
district in which the pumice is excavat-
ed covers an area of three square miles
1t has been calculated that about 1,000
hands are engaged in this industry, SOC
of whom are employed in extricating
the mineral
Pumice Is brought to the surface in
large blocks or In baskets and is car
ried thus either to the neighboring vii
lage or to the seashore to be taken
there In boats. The supply is said to be
practically inexhaustible Pumice is
used not merely for securing and
cleansing purposes. but also for polish
ing In numerous trades; hence the fact
that the powdered pumice exported ex
ceeds in weight the block pumice. Be
tween twenty and thirty merchants are
engaged in the pumice trade on the
island.-London News.
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Cold RIooded Opinion.

when a man loses his money" re
marked the cynlc, ''he finds out who
his friends are"
yes" answered Mr. Dustin Stax, st
is a wise compensation. When a man
loses his fortune he saves the time he
used to spend shaking hands and lis
tenlng to hard luck stories and gets
chance to make another. washing
ton Star
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The severest test of manhood is never
found In good times, but only in hard
times. 1t is not the man who has sue
cess when others are doing well, but
1t is the man who keeps up his courage
and struggles on when everybody else
is waverhg or going down who is the
hero in the sight of God and men. 1t Is
an easy matter to make good time
when both wind and tide are In ones
favor or when one is moving with the
current, but 1t requires character and
skill and daring to make head In spite
of opposing forces or to work success
fully against the Exchange.
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An ideal combination IS to soap the
body all over, using tepid water before
plunging into a cold bath. But there
are many good folks who cannot face
a colo. bath daily and who after taking
one are apt to be cold and shivering
all the day through. For these the best
plan is, after a warm bath, to sponge
the throat and chest with cold water,
which is most stimulating and espe-
ciaIly so where the bather suffers from
chronic colds To insist on cold bath
is just as unwise as to have bath
that is too warm and to remain in II
too long. That is the more general
mistake
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-08-21
The Woman In Business.

A New York real estate agent has
been telling of some of his business ex-
periences with women. Mrs. A., he
says, wanted to find house that would
fit her carpets and wasted several
weeks on the job. Mrs. B. had six
children of her own, but wanted a
guarantee that no other children would
be allowed in the building. Mrs. e.
signed IA lease with a clause that no
dogs should be brought In and then
deliberately brought several into her
family and told the agent such restrlc-
tons in lease were Of no account.
do you wonder" he asks, that men
do not like to deal with women| OF
course, however, Massachusetts wo-
men would never do anything like
that.-8oston Globe.
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HABITS OF BEES.
Chm Instinct to Work Together
For the Good of All.


For the Good of All.
Bees seldom vary in their habits
when honeymaking time comes around.
The places they choose for factories, If
not the manufactured hives, are in
variably hollow trees Some Los An
geles bees, however, got up something
entirely new In the way of a factory,
but it didn't run even one season. They
made their hive in the big chimney of a
millionaire's mansion. 1t was such a
convenient point to. world of honey
laden flowers. The hive was ready to
burst with sweetness when cool day
came along, as cool days will in au-
tumn, and little fire was built In the
CRATE below the hive. The four and
twenty blackbirds baked in pie never
gave king and queen greater surprise
than this king and queen experienced,
and these millionaires have no desire to
see the land of milk and honey, their
experience with honey being sufficient,
for 1t took the whole household to scoop
up the stream of honey that came
pouring down the chimney. At first
NuG 1OuCy was LuiASu VIII SOOl, Uul II
came pouring down so fast and SO CO.
piously that soon the chimney was
cleaned and the last of the honey was
clear and appetizing.
Bees are japanese in their ability as
acrobats. as well as In their clan in
stinct to work together for the good of
the whole. For instance, it has been
noted by those who study the habits of
these busy gatherers of sweetness that
when hive needs a coating of wax a
number of self elected citizens gorge
themselves with honey and hang in
chains or curtains, remaining in this
position for days The quiet is con-
dEcive to exuding wax scales A great
deal Of honey is needed for the manu-
facture of wax, and when the need is
felt these suppliers realize in some oc-
cult way that by keeping still and CIV
ing the wax a chance the end may be
accomplished more speedily than by
using the honey for energy and moving
about. Just why they hold hands while
working for the common veal is not
known.-New York Herald.
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Very curious are the nests Of the sun


Very curious are the nests of the sun
bird, scarcely larger than a butterfly.
1t chooses some exposed spot, probably
close to the public road, and proceeds
to build on an overhanglng twig. The
finishing touches being put to the small
abode, it Is left, according to one au-
thority, severely alone until spiders
have woven their webs over and around
it. Another naturalist says that the
hirls themselves turn ragmen an |, col
Letting any rubbish they can find In the
way Of moss, faded leaves, ends of cot
ton and other such trifles, stick them
on the outside Of the nest by means of
pieces of purloined webs. In either
case the result Is the same, and they
make their future home a thoroughly
disreputable object. Then, and not till
then, does the little hen sunbird lay
her two greenish white eggs, which she
matches under the shelter of a small
porch which has been constructed over
the nest, shielding her from sun and
rain
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Visitor Qn penitentlary)-Who is that
distinguished looking convict? Ward
en-He is known here as No 1147.
Visitor-He seems to hold himself aloof
from his fellows. Warden-Yes you
can hardly expect him to associate with
the common herd. His trial cost the
state 100000.
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The ONLY Wav.

A person of little tact once remarked
to the octogenarian Auber, what a
sad thing it is. this old business
Yes" agreed the old musician, sit
is sad; but" he added. with witty
philosophy, up to the present time no
a long time
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Mr.. Birrell's story about the little
ragamuffin in a church school stirred
a clerical correspondent to write let
ter wherein he spoke of ragamutfins
as "boys who have more rags than
mullins" No doubt that was not meant
to be taken seriously from the etymolog-
zeal point of view. The muffin of the
word has puzzled many. "Ragamuf-
fin,'' says Dr. Johnson, is from rag
and know not what else" According
to DR.. Brewer the word means rag
ged "muf'" or muffin" "a spiritless
fellow. But the original Ragamoffyn
seems to have been a demon in certain
old mystery plays. whose name was
probably just high sounding nonsense.
1t is curious, however, that 1.-THE rag
man" Is an old name for the devil
London Chronicle
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Mrs. Nulywed-You don't love me
any more; know you don't! Nulywed
But, my dear you're mistaken. |
adore you. Mrs. Nulywed = No; you
don't. No man could love woman SO
badly dressed as / am!-Paris Rlre.