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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-08-14

Colonel Evans in his book on Califor-
MIA speaks of "buck fever as being
one Of the most violent diseases which
ever attacked the human system. 1t
has been the undoing of many an ex-
perienced hunter, but in the case cited
by Colonel Evans, it proved to be the
making of a reputation.
A farmer In Illinois named Wheeler
had never fred a gun. One winter,
however. he heard so much talk about
the sport of hunting that his ambition
became excited, and, borrowing a gun.
he started out. When he came back
he brought a magnificent buck, shot
by himself square in the middle of the
forehead He said little about his
achievement, but got the. credit Of be-
ing crack shot, reputation which,
although he went hunting no more, he
held for several years.
Then one day he told his story and
lost his name as a sportsman.
He had seen a doe drinking out of
creek at the foot Of bluff about TWEEN
ty feet high With wild excitement he
got his gun to his shoulder, shut his
eyes, set his teeth and pulled the trig-
ger. TIE his astonishment he saw the
doe bound away unhurt, while at the
same time a glorious buck pitched
headlong from the bluff into the creek,
stone dead
The buck had been looking down at
the doe, and Wheeler had not seen
him at all, but his shaking gun sent its
shot on fatal, although unintended,
Grand
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MOVING IN PORTUGAL.


IT Takes About Fifteen Women and
Five Men For One job.
Moving day in Portugal is greater
time of trouble than it is even in this
country. A traveller tells about IT.
Evans are unknown, the only means OF
wheeled transport being rough carts
drawn by bullocls, these in turn prov.
ing so ruinous to furniture that only
kitchen utensils, iron stoves, bedsteads
and other unspoilable articles are sent
by them For the rest, the goods are
carried often for many miles by wo-
men, only the heaviest things being
taken by men, of whom four are EN-.
ployed to take pianos, wardrobes and
other heavy furniture. They carry
these on poles laid across their shout
ders, 10 which they are tied by scarfs
passing under the opposite arm. AL
lighter goods are taken by the women
on their heads. Six dining room chairs
fern an ordinary load for one woman.
"She. carries these by placing one Oh
her head, to which, chair the remaining
five are tied, forming a sort Of cage
around her Previous to starting the
woman gives herself shake, the chairs
vibrate around her, and, with her hands
on her hips, she starts off at content.
ed jog trot, Covering six miles perhaps
in an hour and half and considering
herself fairly and sufficiently well paid
with II cents or TO cents for the return
journey there and back again for a
fresh load. For long distances only
two journeys are made in the day.
THE women are nearly always bare
footed. except on the coolest days in
winter, when they may perhaps wear
sabots, but they often wear as many as
fourteen or. fifteen much gathered petit
coats of all colors and. materials tied
with sash round the waist, the bunch
thus formed upon the hips making q
rest for the hands All the china and
glass are carried in big round baskets
on the head and very rarely support
ed by the hand About fifteen or six
teen women are generally employed IL
an ordinary move and four or five
men, Chicago News
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RecaIIinw = MaiIea retter.

Many times people would like to re-
call letter after it has been mailed.
This can be done even If the letter has
reached the postoffice Of its destina-
ton. At every postofice there are what
are called withdrawal blanks'' On
application they will be furnished. and
when a deposit Is made to cover the
expense the postmaster will telegraph
10 the postmaster at the letters desti-
nation asking that 1t be promptly re-
turned. The applicant first signs this
agreement: ut is hereby agreed that,
If the letter is returned to me, | will
protecA you from any and all claims
made against you for such return and
will fully indemnify you for any loss
you may sustain by reason of such &C
ton. And | herewith deposit 5 to
cover all expenses incurred and will
deliver to you the envelope Of the let
ter returned" In many cases persons
have made remittances to fraudulent
parties or irresponsible firms, not learn
ing their true character until after the
letter had gone, and have succeeded In
recalling them.-Boston Transcript.
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A Quick start.

0. w. Nickerson and J. s. Baker were
residents of Harwick. Captain Nicker-
son, as he was called, was a man of
means and very shrewd. Joe was less
fortunate. One day the captain met
Joe and said, Come over tonight"
Joe did SO. and as soon as he entered
the captains home the captain took
him into a distant room, closed all the
windows and doors securely and said
Now, Joe, l will tell you the secret
of getting rich and you can pay me
$25. Be saving, of course, and when
you do make a bargain with any one
be sure that no one hears you, and then
If you get the worst of It or want to
back out you can. Now hand me the
$25."
Joe thought second and then said,
did any one hear us make this bar
gain, cantainT'
Not n soul" replied the captain.
"Weii, then" Joe said, Il guess I'll
begin on you."-Boston Herald.
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ESTABLISHED 1875

current belief, the writer having found
it in various parts of this country, par
ticularly in Alaska This seems to
have more foundation than the belief
that in thunderstorms Holsters cast
their large cutting claws. The brain
of the carp was supposed by the an
clients to grow and diminish as the
moon waxed and waned. Pearls were
supposed to be sea dew which the oys-
ter drank in and by some mystic chem
istry transformed into gems, which
were soft until the sun shone on them,
and then, they hardened. 1t was sup
posed that on cloudy nights the oyster
secreted dark pearls and on moonlight
nights clear white pearls.
The Japanese fishermen rarely II
ever utilize the turtles taken In their
nets but, writing some characters on
their backs, turn them loose. 1t is be-
aleved that a turtle so treated will
guide the fisherman back to land
should he ever be lost at sea.-New
York Tribune.
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Making sparrowa white.

The Japanese are ruthless In their
tampering with nature If they de-
eide that they want bird or an an
imal of certain shape or color they
set about manufacturing the article, so
to speak, by the exercise of exceeding
ly clever ingenuity and -untiring pa
tience. Here, for example. Is how the
white sparrows are produced: They Sc
lect pair of grayish birds. and keep
them in a white cage in white room,
where they are attended by person
dressed in white. The mental effect on
q series of generations of birds results
In completely white birds. They breed
the domestic cock with enormously
long tails after the same principle.
They first select a bird with good
tail. giving him a very highfperch to
stand on !. then with weights they drag
the tail downward, carrying on the
same system with the finest specimens
of his descendants till tail almost as
long as peacock's is produced at last.
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Tradition has a weird tale to tell
about the casting of the bell which
STANDS in the center Of Seoul, the capt.
tai of Korea. The mystery Of its sono-
rous clang still inspires the inhabitants
with awe and pity. When the bell was
first cast it was found to be cracked.
1t was thrown into the smelling pot
and cast a second time, with no better
result The artificers proceeded to re-
cast it a third time, and while they
were on the point Of completing their
task a woman walked up to the fur
mace with child and cried, Twice
have We failed, and thrice viii We fail
If there be no blood in itv' With these
words she snatched up her child and
threw it into the molten mass. The
bell, when cast, was found to be with
out flaw, and to this day the people
aver that the tone of the bell as it
peals forth is the piteous wall Of the
child, Mother, mother, oh, motherv'
The legend, it would appear, finds a
counterpart in the different countries
Of the. far east, as do so many in the
western world.
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Yearly picture Taking.

Some families make it a custom to
visit the photographers yearly, ali go
ing together to sit for portraits singly
or in groups 1t is a good custom, but
has to be strictly observed or 1t may
begin to be honored in the breach. One
family permits no postponement of the
yearly trip to the photo gallery. A day
is set, and every one must go. There
are no penalties for nonattendance at
this family reunion before the camera,
because there are no infringements of
the rule. The custom began with this
family many years ago, when the first
baby came to it. Today It has COM
plete Photographic record of family
life for almost a generation. Some Of
the children are married and are now
photographed with their own children.
while death has made vacancies In the
later groups.--New York Press.
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"where the rrensure &c Eto.

Harold said the heiress. Il have
been thinking
Thinking of me, preciousT asked
Harold.
Indirectly, yes. have been think
ing that were you to marry me every
body would say you only did so In or
der to get my money"
what care l for the unthinking
worldY'
But, oh, Harold, will marry you"
MY own dar"-
And l will not have people say I'M
kind things about you, so l have ar
ranged to give all my fortune to the
missionaries. Why, Harold, where are
you goingT'
Harold paused long enough ON his
way to the door to look back and NUT
ter, I'm going to be missionary
judge.
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He Dfan,t Lie.

There Is In the service Of a Balti-
more man an elderly darby who ia
much given to rebuking the mischiev-
BUSINESS Of his grandson, also In the
employ of the Baltimorean. One day
the latter CHANGED to overhear a con-
versation between the first and third
generations, from which it was at once
apparent that old Nose was scolding
the boy for some trifiing fault The
cross examination appeared unsatis-
factory to old Nose, he suspecting the
pickaninny of concealing something.
Jackson Brown" said the GRANDPA
Their sternly, ''yo' is shore keepin' sum-
thin back Member what de good
book says, chileg'
"Yassah," glibly responded the third
generation; 81 knows dat de Bible says
yo' all mustn't lie, but 1t don't say yo'
all got to tell de truf all de timer
New York Times.
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fred 1t. AS the cigarette railed< she
tore bunch Of grass, tied it with an
other wisp and set 1t blazing like a
torch In another minute wall of
smoke and smoldering fame closed
them In from the rushing herd line.
Come back" called Carruthers The
herd were not quarter Of mile from
them. He could see the leaders, heads
down, and behind them line after line
Of tossing horns.
'Will they reach usY' whispered Rita
as she stood close beside him, her face
lifted to his.
God knows; don't" said Carruth-
ers desperately. 1T is all we can do"
Jack, listen to me-" There was a
new light in her dark eyes, a new
softened tone to her voice "Ramon
has done this. The herd has never
stampeded before. He has done it for
revenge upon you and me- Last night
I told him no. know about him and
the claim he holds over the Fortuna
and my father, but would rather lose
1t all than
Ethan whatf" Carruthers let the
brides trail on the ground and held
her close in his arms. The tremble of
hundreds OF hoofs shook the ground,
the thunder grew louder, now and then
there came a low, threatening below
from some steer gored by its fellows In
the Onrush.
Than lose you" Rita whispered as
she closed her eyes to meet what might
come
The herd was on them, but as the
leaders caught the first sickenlng Whit
of smoke they hesitated and wavered
Low leaping tongues of fame flashed
up before them and rolls of smoke
curled upward.
The leaders swerved westward. After
them plunged the frightened herd, mad
dened and scared at the smell OF the
fire. The two horses, loosened, Joined
them In the frantic gallop, and In less
than three minutes the danger had
passed, and ON the blackened bit Of
land stood Carruthers and Rita alone.
The river will stop Them" said Rita.
"Ramon-I know he has done this to
harm you. You must leave the ranch
No one can say what he may do next"
Carruthers bent to pick up something
from the ground. 1t was the stub OF
a cigarette. He placed it tenderly and
carefully In his case before he spoke.
IT know what Ramon will do next,
sweetheart. He will cross the border
into his own land tonight or else land
In the hands Of the sheriff. l mean to
stay in Texas, and there Ia not room
for both of u.s."
ION the FortunaY
ION our ranch" he said. II bought
the Fortuna yesterday to make sure Of
Ramon and Of my senorita."
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The Burlington and Bristol Steanaboa
Ferry Company.
Schedule In effect GAO a. M. June 2, 1906
Subject to change.

Schedule In effect GAO a. M. June z, 1916
Subject to change.
LEAVE BRISTOL FOR BURLINGTON.
$40 $500 40 co. $1,000, 1000, Ills a, M, sl23O
sl.3O, ~ 30, *3 80, k4.30, 3d. $780, 10 p. M.
Saturdays-6.40 $780, 800 $1,000, *lO.40, liz
a. M, 1880, 30. 1920. 300, *34O 1870, 800
sundays-s.oo, 1900 1900 1000, Ills a. m.
*l23O. $40, 1920, 1900, s34O *4.2O, 800, $40
*7.4O. s7.20, $500 p. M
LEAVE BURLINGTON FOR BRISTOL.
$50, $3.50, 1890, 1920, l1.00, 1l.30 a. m 100
1900, $500, f4.0O, $780, $40, 640 7.30 a. M.
Saturdays-6.50, $3.50, $3.50, *l0.2h, ll.OO, lib
a. M, 100, 900, s240 1920, *40o *4.40, $50
Sundays-sS3O $3.50, 1920, HOO, 11.30 a. m.
$780, 70 co. s24O 1920 400, "a 40, 1920. $50, $3.50
7.40, $40 p. m.
Notes.-Trips marked thus will stop al
Burlington Island Park, and when there are
three or more passengers for burlington
Island Park the boat will stop on other trips
Passengers who desire to leave Burlington
Island Park Will please notify the wharf ten
der who will raise the signal nag for the boa
from Bristol.
on the Fourth of July after the 1870 p. m.
trip, the schedule will be the same as Sunday
schedule.
August %, 1906, the 1900 morning trip from
Bristol will be Withdrawn and the boat VII
leave Bristol at $40 a. N.
The boat for the performances In the Audl
torium will leave Bristol at 7.40 p M. Return
ing will leave Burlington twenty minutes
after the performances.
No trips will be guaranteed in foggy weather
WILLIAM K. DORON,
Sec'y Treas and Genl Manager
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The whales Mouth.

The whales mouth is the largest
institution of the kind in the animal
kingdom, being capable Of containing
over two hogsheads of water. The
whales throat, however, is SO small
that an orange would scarcely pass
through it, and he lives on the minute
sea animals contained In the water
Drawing in large quantity, be strains
# through his whalebone sieve, retain
ing the animal organisms it contains
and throwing out the water through
circular holes in his head. Whales en-
gagged in feeding are said by whalers
TO be "spouting.''
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time aIiGp was sem splStwlIng Dy the
collision. She got out of the roadside
ditch to run into a patch of briers and
scream for help, but there was no help.
She had to extricate herself and follow
the bedraggled widow.
The dog alone was responsible for
what happened to the other two old
maids Miss Warner had discovered
one woman ahead and two behind her,
and, suspecting their fiendish inten-
tons, she had almost made up her
mind to abandon her object when the
dog, who had been calling on his broth
er out in the country, came along and
set up barking and growing. Trag-
edy was the result The old maid new
er had encountered big bobtailed dog
at night on a hill, and she at once
scrambled over the fence into the
weeds and ran for her life. She fell
down and rolled over and she rose up
again and struggled on, and when she
reached home two hours later she i'm
mediately went into Mysteries, and DR..
Seaton got his first night call for four
teen years.
The dog had met with such success
that he was encouraged to persevere.
He came upon Miss Hopkins out of the
shadows like frisking haystack, and
as she screamed out and spread her
wings to fly she tripped and went
down. The fall might have injured her
but for the fact that she fell upon soft
mud. She couldn't go back to town
looking like the mortar mixer for a
skyscraper, and she continued on to
the merchants boarding house to get
the use of hoes and scrapers They
We're furnished, but while she was
using them she heard the ten-year-old
daughter whispering to her mother that
she'd bet a cent that Miss Hopkins had
come out there to giggle for Mr..
Strong.
That was an awful night in Clifton,
though only four feminine hearts knew
just how awful it was. Morning
dawned with murky sky overhead.
1t seemed to three old maids and a
widow as if something more was still
to happen. They were right. When
the butcher boy called for his orders
he repeated the same words at every
house on his route:
Say, you heard the news? Mr..
Strong has gone to Phillipsville to git
married today, and he's goin' to bring
the bride home tonight. Hain't it
greatY
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DABCA VMWBF NM& MFGB N3W1AAAGUs
I'm the north country" so goes the
story in Sun Babies" by Cornelia
SOrabja, ''in the month OF Kartik ia
worshiped by the women folks the
great and terrible god Bhishma Light
ed lamps must be placed at the cross
roads of the village under the sacred
fig tree, at the shrine of SILVA, and
one little lighted lamp is sent adrift
on raft in the village tank. When
the lamps have burned low it is good
to rub the black from the wicks un-
der the eyes. 1t keeps away the evil
one. SO that is the reason to this day
we women put the black beneath the
eyes"
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On one occasion Mozart was max
ing merry with his friends at midnight
when not d single note was written Of
the overture to Don Giovanni" which
was to be produced on the following
evening When he had said goodby to
his friends he calmly went to bed and
slept until O'Clock In the morning.
Awaking refreshed, he set to work on
the overture, dashing OF sheet after
sheet with incredible rapidity and dis
patching them to the copyists. The
opera was to begin at In the evening,
and a few minutes after that hour
Mozart was In bis place as conductor,
baton in hand, while the parts with
the ink still wet on some OF them were
being handed to the orchestra.
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Renaan Ennnrh

Benevolent Old Gentleman (rescuinA
one small boy from the pummeling Of
two othersl-What are you hurting this
boy for?
Because he made SO many mistakes
in his arithmetic this morning"
''But what business was that OF
yoursY"
why, he let us copy our answers
from his."
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TROLLEY TIME TABLES.
BURLINGTON COUNTY RAILWAY co.
in connection with Camden and Suburban
Railway Company.

In connection with Camden ana SuDurDaH
Railway Company.
In effect May 7, 1906,
Leave Fountain, Mount Holly, for Burling
ton at $50 O. M, and every half hour there
after until and including 7.30, after that every
hour to and including Il.30 II. M.
Leave Broad and High streets, burlington
for Mount Holly at 6.I5 a. m and every hall
hour thereafter until and including :. 10 p. M
after that 9l5 10 Is, Hos, p. M, l2O5 midnight
Leave Fountain, Mount Holly, for Moores
town and Camden at 5.44 a. N. and every nan
then 944 10 A, IL "a p. m, 1924 past midnight
Leave Camden Ferry for Mount Holly at
5.O3 538 a. m. and every half hour Thereafter
until and including sos p. m, every hour
thereafter until and including l2.0s midnight
Club Cars that leave Camden Ferry at BOO a
m $50, 4.20 and $40 p. IN. make connection 1oi
Mount Holly and Burlington.
Club Car connects with cars leaving bur
Grounds, 500, 9.0g a. M. 49, sos p. m.
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People who make puns are like wan
ton boys that put coppers on the rail
road tracks. They amuse themselves
and other children, but their little trick
may upset freight train Of converse
ton fcs the sake Of q battered witt
aism-9. w. Holmes,
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India is nation Of pawnshops, ac-
cording to am English authority. The
people think the cieverest man is he
who devises the largest number of
ways by which TO borrow money They
put in pledge their lands, oxen, jew
elry, themselves, their childres and
their grandchildren. and cases have
even been known where a father, to
obtain money to defray the expenses
Of his daughters wedding has pledged
as collateral the first child to be born
Of the union.
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ClNDEN AND TRENTON RAILWAY Co
SUMMER SCHEDULE.
Eagt Bound.

SUMMEK SUI EDU lie.
East Bound.
Cars Leave Burlington-Broad 4 High 542
- al 712 742 SI2, S.42, ZIP, 942, 1912. 1912
GIl2 ii a. 1872 1912, 1I2, l42 2l2, 242, 3l2, 342
40 40. 5l2 5.42, 6i2, 642 7.l2, 7.42, S.l2, S42
9l2 9.42, 1912 Hap.
WESTBOUND.
Leave Burlington, Broad and High-606
ass 7O8 73s sos, S.JS, 90S g.3S, 10 0S 1923, Hos
II AZ l9is f23S 0S i.3S, 20S 2.S, 3.0S, 338, 4O8
IS 5Os. 38 sos, 49, 70S 7.3S, sos, SSs sos, s5s
10 OS III. lS, I2.0S, LOS.
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He KnaW.

Teacher-Now, Robert, do you know
what an isosceles triangle is? Boy
Yes'm. Teacher = Well, what is til
Boy-It's one Nv dem things gifts lick
ed fer not KNOWN wot 1t is.--Judge.
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There are some minds like either con
vex or concave mirrors, which repre-
sent objects such as they receive them
but they never receive them as they
are-Joubert.
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Pennsylvania
n Ih1 q AID
IN EFFECT JUNE 80. 1906.


Trains Leave MOUNT HOLLY as follows:
For Philadelphia $685. 6.52, I'll, 7.43, 7.52, 8.15,
857 BIZ ILL a. M, 1916. LILO, 246, go, AS,
537 COB, $40, 7.2, 7.34, S.36, l045 p. m. On
Sundays, 7.55, S.55 a. m, '1254 Ais, 54s, 7.19,
92S p m.
For Pemberton, 6.54 and ll.2i a. M. L4l,
43S, 6.07 and 40 p. M week days Q240
a. IN. Fridays only. Sundays, 1903
a. m, l28 $50 and $50 p. M
For Vincentown, l2.41, 3.29 and 6.O7 p. m. week
DAYS.
For Burlington, $40 a. m, 4.05, 7.40 p. m. week
days.
For East Burlington, TAO p. M weekdays.
For Bordentown, Trenton and New York
$40. a. M, and TAO D. m. weekdays.
For Lumberton, Medford, Marion and Had
donfield $40 a. M, 4.4z p. m. week days:
For Toms River, Island Heights. Seaside Park
and Long Branch, 906 $3.50 a. m. and 2.O7.
$50 a.. m. Sundays
For Tuckerton, 9.47 a. and 2.07, sos p. M
week days. $50 a. M sundays.
For Barnegat City and Beach Haven, S47
a. m. and 207, BOB p. IN. weekdays 6.sUa. m
Sundays.
f' stops only on notice to Agent or Conduc-
or or on signal
Medford, Marlton and Philadelphia.
Leave Medford for Philadelphia at 700, 1910 a.
m., 2.05 Except Saturday, go Saturday
only, STA p m. Sundays, 7.O5 a. M, 435
p M
M, 223 Except Saturday,, 240 Saturday
only), 1925 p. m. Sundays at 7.l9 a. M ana
AZ d. m.
For further particulars apply to the ticket
agent at the station.
W. W. ATTERBURY, j. r. WooD,
General Manager. Passr Traffic Manager
GEO. w. BOYD,
General Passenger Agent