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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-10-30
Has the Wasp Anections

A colony of wasps made nest in the
dark room of a studio last summer. All
first the party who used the room did
not relish their company, but for GER
tain reasons he did not modest them
He paid no attention to the little buZ-
zers, and they came and went at their
own sweet will. After time he began
to study them and soon came to the
conclusion that they were gradually
becoming acquainted with him, his
ways and his dark room. One day a
stranger was seated on the window sill
The first wasp entering the room paid
no attention to him, but made for the
old crack in the wall Then out came
a big fat fellow who darted through
the open window like a bullet Within
five minutes half a dozen wasps came
with a rush at the stranger and two
of them located him. But the writer
has never been touched by his wasp
colony.-Outing Magazine.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-10-30

Discussing pistols as dueling weap-
ons, the Paris Figaro sought the views
of a man who had the reputation Of an
expert on the field Of honor. He at
once began to rail at duels with pistols.
He could not bear even to speak of
them. The fact was that he had once
himself at an encounter of that kind
received ball In the shoulder
"Then you disapprove of them simply
because you were defeatedT
"Why, l was not defeated"
"What!"
mo; l was second. You may well
believe that l promised myself never
to mix again in affairs of that sort
However. one day had to accompany
a friend on the field. He had asked it
of me as personal favor. l could not
refuse, But | insisted upon one con-
dition."
What was thatT'
THAT 1 should climb a tree during
the firing"
"a good scheme"
"You think so? Well, was wounded
again. My friend fired in the airy
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-10-30
Lizards, TaiIa

Certain lizards are remarkable for
the fragility of their tails, although
this weakness is not always the draw
back that may be imagined. The dia-
mond tailed gecko, for instance, fire.
quently owes Its existence to the readi-
ness with which Its caudal appendage
can be snapped of. This reptile, which
will perch upon rock head downward
and tail in the air, Is liable to be prey
ed upon by hawks. One Of these for
midable birds will swoop down upon
lizard and seize what 1t takes to be
the head, but is really the tail. The
brittle tail snaps off, and the gecko
wriggles away. not much the worse, to
grow another.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-10-30
CA TOR a.
Bears tbs >,Th0 Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature af A/NAzzzMx

No false pretence has marked the ca reer
of Ely's Cream Balm. No idle promises
of rewards for cases it will not cure Be-
ing entirely harmless, it is not responsible
like the catarrh snutfs and powders, for
minds shattered by cocaine. The great
positive virtue of Ely's Cream Balm is
that it speedily and completely cures ma
statement is the testimony of thousands
and a reputation of many years success.
All druggists, Soc, or mailed by Ely Bros.
56 Warren Street, New York
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-10-30
The Philosophers Sport.

A balloon trip gives one sense of
utter and complete stiffness and also
beautifully serene feeling of aloof-
ness from men and tiresome matters,
a contempt for the puniness Of earth
and an unbounded sense of sociability
and camaraderie with those with
whom one is basketed aloft in those
few square feet of wicker. 1t Is q
philosophers joy, ballooning, the sport
of the scientific, and the idea that ii
provides a new thrill or curdles the
blood of jaded and sinful butterflies
may be good enough for the halfpenny
press, but not for the wiseacres of the
Aero club.=Bystander
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-10-30

There is a right way and wrong In
the picking up of horseshoe. l was
walking with country bred boy along
a Somerset lane and saw one lying in
the crumbling summer rut There Is
a horseshoe" said l. The lad sprang
forward, but stopped suddenly before
his fingers touched the iron. But
won't pick it up" said he, 'or l shall
spoil your luck" 1t may perhaps have
been only point Of etiquette, but he
assured me that a horseshoe of my
finding could bring luck neither to him
nor to me if he touched it before me-
London Standard.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-10-30
Famous King ox.


Never before was there so much
study of poetry and the drama. This
is due to the modern extension Of edu
cation and to the spread Of reading
matter among the masses. Poetry ID
not the fashion Of an hour; II Is an
eternal need of the soul-a need thai
Increases with the increase Of intel
Iectual hght.-Edward Markham II
Success Magazine.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-10-30
Golf and the Liver.

Golf Is the greatest of all games. 1t
is the only recreation that Is at one and
the same time health giving and a
complete preoccupation without being
unduly physically exhaustive. But I
am profoundly convinced that 1t is far
better for a mans liver that he should
play a poor game than a good one. /
know from personal experience that it
is far better for the liver to play a
really bad game. Nothing stirs up the
liver like the irritation, the excitements
and the paroxysms of a really bad
game.-London Graphic.
The CaIOric Paradox.
Freezing is usually associated with
cold, but water can be frozen on red
hot plate. This pretty experiment has
rightly been called the caloric para
dox. If drop of water Is placed on a
redhot or white hot metal plate it
does not suddenly flash Into steam I'M
der the influence of the great heat. 1t
does not even boil. 1t simply evapo-
rates quietly and slowly as it rolls
about the plate. Now, suppose that
the drop on the plate is volatile liz
aid like sulphurous acid. 1t will evap-
Drate, and this evaporation will pro-
iuce cold. Let a drop of water fall
In the sulphurous acid drop, and 1t will
be frozen in spite of the heat. NJ. Bou-
tigny thus froze water on white hot
platinum capsule. Faraday carried
this remarkable experiment even fur
Their. Pouring some ether and solidi-
fed carbonic acid gas on redhot plat
mum capsule, he formed a spheroidal
mass which evaporated very slow
ly. He then brought some mercury
into contact with 1t, and this was In
stantly frozen. Now, mercury requires
a temperature of 40 degrees below zero
to solidify it, and here it was frozen on
redhot platinum.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-10-30
which Was LII

The governor was puzzled. Look
here" he said, turning to his private
secretary. Can you tell me whether
this note comes from my tailor or my
legal adviser? They're both named
Brown"
The note was as follows:
I have begun your suit Ready to be
tried on Thursday. Come In. BROWN.
Toledo Blade.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-10-30

She have not seen you for an age,
Herr Doctor, notwithstanding that we
live only few streets apart here In
Berlin. learned with much regret that
you've been i'll. Herr Doctor-Who told
you that? She-My brother wrote me
from India. Fliegende Batter.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-10-30
HOW frees Are balanced.

A tree grows In perfect balance on
every side. When a large branch
shoots out on one side, one of equal
size or two smaller appear on the other.
The roots are balanced In the same
way, a large branch on one side being
matched by large root The center
OF gravity is thus always perfectly
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-10-30
Soldiers In Battle.

ut is important to be cool and self
possessed at the beginning Of fight"
writes one who has commanded men
In battle. "As soon as the first shot is
fred men become serious and go into
action with a calmness which is most
impressive. High explosive shells,
with their deafening noise, make the
most impression on young and unsea-
soned soldiers, while shrapnel affects
the old soldiers the most Those who
imagine that 1t is possible to see a
heroic look on mems faces at de-
cisive moment are completely mistak-
en-. Their faces are pale and have a
hard look about them. The struggle
which is going on within them betrays
itself by the nervous haste of their
firing"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-10-30

Over in Europe there are many hap
by towns where the note of the mos
quito Is never heard and the inhabi-
tants don't care a snap about the pen
nyroyal market. But in America the
cities which can claim to be mosqui-
toless would not run up to dozen.
Denver is one of them, and, strange to
say, Grand Rapids. Mich, only short
way from the gnat Gehennas Of Lake
Superior, is another. The explanation
is that the city is built on hillocks Of
drift sand so deep and SO finely pull
verified that they absorb moisture like
tissue paper Stagnant water does not
get ghost of chance to accumulate,
and mosquitoes have carried their car
go of microbes to more congenial mar
kets.-Health Culture.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-10-30

The women with thin lips and raspy
voice stepped up before the languidly
Indifferent ticket seller in the railway
station.
Where do you want to gof' he ask
ed as his jeweled fingers riffied bunch
of pasteboards.
None of your business where want
to gop she snapped. Just you sell me
a ticket to New York, but bear In mind
that I'm going there because I've got
to; not because want to."-Washing-
ton Star
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-10-30

Don't waste your time in clipping
off the branches" said the woodman to
his son, "but lay your ak at the root Of
the tree" And the young man went
out and laid his ak at the foot of the
tree, like a good and dutiful boy, and
then he went fishing. Truly there is
nothing so beautiful as filial obedience.
Strand Magazine.
Speaking Of the irony of fate, why is
1t that mans friends sometimes for
get him, but his enemies neverf-Ter
rill (Tex) Transcript.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-10-30
Hidden Jewels.


The quantity of turquoises that lie
er stones and with gold or by them
selves, Is so extensive in the cities Of
eastern Europe that it Is believed that
more Of them are bought by gem mer-
chants In this way than are at present
secured from the principal mines.
This is not strange. however, for not
only turQuoises, but other precious
stones, are known to exist In remark
ably large collections In Constantinople
as well as in cities In Turkestan, Per-
sia and communities of southeastern
Europe. They are hidden away in GIN
ger jars, rugs, old boxes and other re-
ceptacles of the household, where the
owner believes there Is little prospect
of search being made for them. Gem
collectors who have searched for stones
In this part of the world say that no
one can tell how many and what valu-
able specimens are thus hidden away,
only to be brought to light when the
owner Is absolutely forced to part with
them through dire necessity. Undoubt-
GUY many BcAu UIOuSHl lEOIu the Ia
nous mines of India, Egypt and Per
STA has been thus secreted.-People's
Magazine.
Famous King Og.
Og, the famous king of Bashan, men
toned In Deuteronomy, had bedstead
nine cubits long, or about sixteen and
half feet 1t is doubtful whether
Og himself was Of the full length OF
his bedstead. Many bones Of reputed
giants have been found In different
countries of the world, and uniformed
people hastily concluded that the men
to whom these bones were supposed
to have belonged must have been from
fifteen to thirty feet in height. All
such remains have been proved to be
those of the gigantic animals existing
In former era of the worlds history
The Washington times., 1906-03-02
ISLANDER OF YOUNG BRIDE
DRIVES HIM TO SUICIDE

BERLIN, March "A man Eamed
Luppin has committed suicide through
grief at the receipt of anonymous let
teTs containing ISLANDERS on his young
bride.
Immediately after the ceremony the
letters began to arrive at the rate of
several a day, each containing the
worst accusations against the bride.
They are believed to have been written
by Lippin'S mOther-in-law. who. it is
said, had expected to be in her daugh-
LaT's place at the wedding
Luppin became moroSc and depress-
ed by the continual slander on his
wife, and shot himself. leaving n letter
explaining the reason Of his suicide.
The Washington times., 1906-03-02
NOTED MEN At BIER OF
PROFESSOR LANGLEY
Funeral Services Over the Body of
the Famous Scientist Held
This Afternoon.

Funeral services for Prof. s. p. Lang
ley, secretary of the Smithsonian Insti-
tuition, will be held at All Souls Church,
Fourteenth and L streets northwest, at
$50 o'clock this afternoon. The services
viii be conducted by DIT Edward Ever
EFT Hale and the Rev. Ulysses c. b.
Pierce.
The body Of Prof. Langley arrived in
Washington yesterday afternoon from
Aiken. 5. G., where he died. The re-
mains were taken Immediately to the
home OF his niece, Mrs. Maty Herrick.
1895 Clifton street.
The remains Will be shipped to Boston
this afternoon for interment in Forest
Hill Cemetery.
Honorary paIlbearers for the services
here will be Chief Justice NJ. W. Full
Ter. OF the United States Supreme
Court, and Chancellor Of the Smithsonian
Institution: Vice President Fairbanks.
Senator Lodge, Senator Bacon. Repre-
sentative Robert Adams, jU., Represen-
tative W. NJ. Howard, Dr. Alexander
Graham Bell, Speaker Cannon, of the
House OF Representatives; Henry
Adams, Arnold Hague, secretary Of the
National Academy of Sciences. and DR..
Charles ". Walcott. president of the
Washington Academy Of Science.
The active palIbeaTers viii be Or.
Richard Rathbun, assistant secretary of
the Smithsonian; DR.. Cyrus Adler, Dr.
Frank Baker, Prot w. H. Holmes, c. G.
Abbot. w. I. Adams. James c. Taylor,
and II. W. Dorsey.
At Boston the honorary pallbearers
viii be regents OF the Smithsonian In
Sutuuon. representatives If Harvard
University. and of the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
Resolutions commanding Prof. Lang
ley for his contributions to scientific
navigation were communicated TO min
by the Aero Club of america shortly be-
fore he died.
The exhibition halls of the Smithsonian
Institution VIII be closed today during
the hours of the funeral services.
The Washington times., 1906-03-02
CLERK SAYS DR. GRAHAM
HIT HIM WITH HATCHET
Dentist and Patient Quarrel Over Pro-
fesSiOnal SeTvices-Case Con-
tinued at Police Court.

DR.. Charles g. Graham, dentist with
an office at S06 Pennsylvania avenue
northwest, appeared in Police Court this
morning, charged Npth assault and bat
terry. committed with hatchet upon
Frank Sanford, a clerk in the Depart
ment Of Commerce and Labor. Sanford
on account of his injuries did not ap-
pear, and the case was continued on
this account, and TO comply with the
defendants demand for a trial by jury.
The alleged assault resulted from a
discussion over I1r. Graham's profes-
siOnal services on SaufOTds teeth. which
occurred in the dentists Office late yes
terday afternoon. and ended IN the in
Fiction of a wound on SanfOrds s head.
Sanford was taken 10 the Emergency
Hospital, where his wound was dressed
by the surgeons, II was regarded as
trivial. but when he was on his way 10
the Police Court this morning he broke
down and had to return home.
The Washington times., 1906-03-02
PRIESTS TROLLEY FUNERAL
EXAMPLE TO HIS PARISH

CHICAGO. March 2.-Straugc and sol
emn was the funeral this morning of
The Rev. Martin Van &c Lar, a Cath
olic priest of South Chicago. His body
was borne to the burial ground on a
street car. Behind that which carried
the coffin were nineteen other trOIIeys
crowded with the priests sorFOWine
parishioner5 and church dignitarieS.
No sign of crepe or other badge OF
mourning marked the cars.
The funeral was planned by the priest
when he lax hopclessly Ill in a hospital
as an objert lesson to the people Of St.
Patrick's parish. who are poor. but
never too poor to have some pomp and
display AT the funeral
The Washington times., 1906-03-02
WOMEN IN WISCONSIN
GET MINING FEVER

MONTFORT. Wis. March "A com
pauy has been formed here composed Of
women Fifty of MontfoTt met and or
.-0mpany. They VIII prospect on the
Refine farm OF l6O acres near Miffiin
These officers have been elected. Mrs
J H FTankIand, president. Mrs A r.
Manley. vice president; Miss Jennie
Frankland. secretary Mrs. George
Brown. treasurer: directors. Mines.
W. q. Baxter, F. r. Parish. T. r. Web
ster. J. NJ Rosenaw. " 4. Rollins.
Thomas Rain. L Bolzell. and Miss
Mabel Mcdonald.
The Washington times., 1906-03-02
COULD NOT GET PRINTERS
NEEDED OUTSIDE OF UNION

The printing firm of StoTmOut AZ Jack
son, who late yesterday afternoon sign
ed the eight-h6ur schedule Of the Typo
graphical UniQns started in today on
that basis. They said today that they
withdrew fromthe Typothetae and signed
the scale because Il was impossible to
get competent printers outside the Un-
ion, and they wanted TO be IN position
to deliver work on time
The Washington times., 1906-03-02
WIDOW AND HER BABY
LEFT IN DIRE WANT
Husbands Death Takes Away Sole Support of Mrs
Oeson and Child of Nine Months, Utter Suang-
erS in This City

after the funeral tomorrow before con-
sulting her.
The family is without relatives in
Washington. but Mrs. OlesOn is said TO
have an aunt I'm Trenton, n. J., whence
the family came to Washington. Three
months ago the life insurance ..Clicy
which Oleson had carried for a long
period lapsed because of his inability
to pay the assessments.
Has No Support at All.
The body is now at Wrights under
taking establishment, where funeral
services Will be held tomorrow after
noon
There is every evidence to those
who have visited Mrs. Oleson that her
case is one that calls for attention. She
has no evident means OF support, now
that her husband is dead and neither
has she the faintest idea what it viii
be best for her 10 do. She apparently
does not know which way to turn and
every effort to discuss her future was
interrupted by a burst Of grief
The Associated Charities will re-
ceive any subscriptions which may be
made by citizens who des re to aid.
The Washington times., 1906-03-02

Looks like the demand for The sun
day Times with the Gibson picture
next Sunday viii exceed the supply.
Cant positively tell about it until the
edition is put into circulation. To avoid
being among those VINO wanted but
couldn't get one, in case the supply is
exhausted. better order your newsdealer
today TO secure q copy for you.
The Washington times., 1906-03-02
STRUCK FOOT WITH AXE.

Francis Jones. fOTty-nine years old.
while chopping wood in the Zoo yes
terdaV afternoon. struck his left foot
instead of the tree and received severe
wound He was sent to the Emergency
HosDital and later conveyed to his home
on Connecticut avenue extended.
The Washington times., 1906-03-02
Too Grief Stricken Now.

Oleson had been i'll many months
Of consumption and his death yester-
day in the Emergency Hospital was
not unexpected. except to the devoted
wife who had hoped against hope until
the end Yesterday, she was so buried
in grief that agents of the Associated
Charities who had gone TO visit her
and try 10 determine how she could
best be helped, decided to wait until
The Washington times., 1906-03-02

The death yesterday of Charles OLE
son, u photographer, of 91S + street
northwest, has left his wife and a
nine-month-oid baby absolutely desti-
tute.
Sympathy for the little family has
been excited through the unfortunate
circumstances surrounding the hus-
bands death an, 1agents of the Asso-
ciated Charities are preparing 10 assist
the grief-stricken wife in a material
way
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-13
RAILWAY BRIEFS

Several of the higher officials Of the
eastern roads having terminals in Los
Angeles are here looking for quarters
near Sixth and Spring streets, which in
the future will be known as Railroad
row.
Peter Harvey, Pacific coast agent for
the Baltimore g. Ohio with headquarters
In San Francisco, arrived i'm Los An
geles yesterday for n short business
visit.
T. G. Peck, assistant general passen-
ger agent for the Salt Lake, and T.
p. Cullen, superintendent of the Los
Angeles division of the same road, are
on the desert on an inspection trip.
T. +. Fitzgerald of the Gould lines is
busy making arrangements for the
picnic that the Pacific Coast associa-
ton of traffic agents will hold at YER
dugo park on Sunday. The members of
the association will leave Los Angeles
at 9 O'Clock in the morning on a special
train over the Salt Lake.
The Denver & Rio Grande has just
issued a handsome booklet entitled "a
Glimpse of Utah." describing the vari-
Gus industries Of the state.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-13
CLoTHESLINE is LIVE WIRE
Washerwonan and Heroic Husband
Nearly EIectrocuted in
EMPLOYERS Yard

ORANGE Tex, June 12.-Charlotte
Gibson, a negress, was washing for
Mrs. G. w. Hole and went to hang out
clothes on the wire. Those in the house
heard frightful scream, and looking
toward the woman saw her writhing in
agony.
1t seems that during the sleet last
month an electric wire leading from
Mr.. Holes residence to his barn broke.
An electrician went to the premises,
but he did not have time to make it fast
right then. tied the loose end to the
post around which was fastened the
clothes wire, the two touching. The
broken wire has remained around the
post and the insulation had worn off
and charged the clothes wire.
Mrs. DR.. Mitchell, who lives next
door to Mr. Hole, ran over and cut out
the switch and the victim was released
When her hands were loosened she fell
to the ground. Restoratives were ap-
piled but it was more than two hours
before she was recovered to conscious
ness.
While the woman was still held fast
by the electric current her husband
came running into the yard and seized
her around the body and yelled vigor-
ously as the shock almost paralyzeG
him.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-13
DESK SERGEANTS HAVE
THEIR LITTLE TROUBLES
HOURLY ANSWER SCORE OF IDLE
QUESTIONS
Vernon Man Brings in Complaint and
Is Referred to Civil Courts but
Decides to Settle Case by Throw
ing Bricks

All sorts of questions are daily asked
of the long suffering police desk SER
geants and their assistants.
Yesterday an excited looking indi :
vidual rushed up to the desk in the
West First street police station and in
quired: Say, where do l go to get a
man arrested?"
well, you might tell us what the
charge is" replied Driver Frank Bart
lett.
well, l have been working for a
man in Vernon for two days. He prom
ised me 81 day. He settled up Satur-
day night and only gave me SO. Now
what shall do to have him arrested 20
THAT is no crime" said Officer Bart
lett. you must bring civil suit to re-
cover the balance of 81. 1t doesn't
look worth while, but if you want to,
just go to him.
II guess 1 won't do that" remarked
the son of toll slowly. 81 reckon suits
cost money in court, as we'll as in
stores. / will just go back and break
all the windows in his stable. That
will square us 1 reckon"