The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-03-27
CONDOLENCES.
Some of the Queerest Recorded In
the History of the World.

Some of the Queerest Recorded In
the History of the World.
The late well known archaeologist,
Albert Way, crossing Pail Mall, can
noned against an old gentleman. After
mutual apologies cards were exchang-
ed. On each card was printed, "Mr.
Albert Way" The older gentleman,
dying, left his fortune to the other AL
bert Way.
The planet Neptune, which had for
countless ages revolved in the heavens
unseen by any one on earth, was dis
covered simultaneously and independ-
emily in 1876 by Professor Adams and
NJ. Leverrier, the two most brilliant
astronomers of the day.
Some years ago a shepherd boy
placed sleeper on the railway line be-
tween Brighton and Palmer, with the
result that train was thrown OF the
rails. One year later to day, almost
to a minute, that same youth was
struck by lightning and instantaneous
ly killed within couple Of miles Of the
spot at which the accident occurred.
The four King Georges of England
all died on the same day of the week.
In 1890, few weeks before the CEN
sus taker began the enumeration of the
people of Elm Grove, Va, the town aus
thorities counted their own population
preparatory to filing articles of incor
poration. The following was the re-
markable result: Number of males over
twenty -one years of age, 148; number
of males under twenty-one years Of
age, 14S; number of females over six
teen years of age, 148; number of fe-
males under sixteen years of age, 14S.
Some years ago in Teheran an Eng
llsh sailor was caught in the act Of car
rying off some precious stones from
the shah's palace. The thief was
brought before the liking Of kings"
who swore that the next time the sailor
crossed his path he would at once be
put to death. 1t is curious fact that
this very sailor was crossing the street
when the shah was driving In Berlin
some time after and was knocked
down and instantaneously killed. =
Pearson's Magazine.
THE AGE OF AN OYSTER.
You Can Tell 1t by the Lines ON the
Hinge of the Shell.
In some ways an oyster is smarter
than the man who eats him, but In one
respect the consumer has his victim
beaten In the matter of wisdom. The
consumer has learned the art of max
Ing up" to conceal his age; the oyster
has not. Any one who wishes to do
so can find out just how old an oyster
is. The lines in the groove Of the
hinge of the shell tell the whole sto-
ry. These lines are a true index to
the number of layers composing the
shell, being, in fact, nothing else than
their attenuated tails One of these
layers grows each year, and, no matter
how hard the sensitive oyster may try
to keep it from showing, it Is bound to
overlap its predecessor and leave a
ridge which, no doubt, is Just as an
noying to the oyster tribe as an an
nual wrinkle would be to the human
race.
Up to the time of an oysters matu-
rity these layers are arranged with reg
ularity, but after that they fairly pile
over each other, just as If the little
Diyalve's birthplace had crowded upon
each other so rapidly that he didn't
have time to spread out one new plate
before another was right at his heels.
An oyster comes of age when he is
four years old. Coming of age in the
oyster kingdom means that he is old
enough to take care of a family and
go to market. Going to market is a
disastrous undertaking and is gener-
ally the last of him, for a four-year-
old oyster is particularly palatable, and
people do not hesitate to pay a pretty
good price for pint or a quart of
him. BY this it must not be inferred
that after an oyster has passed the
four layer period and has FIVE, ten or
even a dozen wrinkles on his shell
he Is a back number and At for
nothing but to keep on accommodating
wrinkles until he dies of old age. In
deed, there are records of oysters be-
ing eaten just after celebrating their
thirtieth birthday, and in most cases
they formed quite delicious meal.
This is an unusual age for an oyster
to attain, because few of them are CIV
en- an opportunity to live SO long. If
left to enjoy life in his own quiet way
1t is quite probable that the oyster
would live to become an octogenarian
or even a centenarian. - New York
Press