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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-06-18
What Mas on the rahla4

An Ohio author, now in Chicago. re-
Gently had visit from a friend who
still lives in the town where the two
were boys together. He gives this ac-
count OF one memory of that call:
Nesbit,' said he, with the pleasant
est kind of look ON his face, you re-
member that little old house on Main
street where you were bornT When
he said that it brought up a vision of
mat house as clear as the reality. I
saw the queer little windows, the nice
friendly door, the yard, the lilacs-ey-
erything. Yes. BILL 1 said, with emo
ton. I remember very WELL Well
ne said, the folks have gone and nut
tablet on that old house. At first
couldn't speak. l had all could do
to keep the tears from coming. The
folks hadn't lost sight Of me, theni
They knew what had been doing. A
tablet was. admitted to myself. some
what beyond my deserts, but-but
there 1t was. When l could speak |
said, And what does the tablet saw.
Bill, old man? Bill looked away out
OF the window. Main street. said he
softly. "-Argonaut.
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When Seneca wrote his inspiring phi
Of the Alps were savages. We may
take some pride In the fact that he
points to these savages as exemplars in
fortitude for the Romans: You may
see what endurance might effect in us
If you observe what labor does among
tribes that are naked and rendered
stronger by want Look at all the ma
lions that dwell beyond the Roman en-
pire-I mean the Germans and all the
nomad tribes that war against us along
the Danube. They suffer from eternal
winter and dismal climate The bar
rem soil grudges them sustenance. They
keep off the rain with leaves or thatch;
they bound across frozen marshes and
hunt wild beasts for food Do you
think them unhappy? There is no I'M
happiness in what use has made part
of ones nature. By degrees men find
pleasure In doing what they were first
driven to do by necessity. They have
no homes and no resting places save
those which WEAKNESS appoints them
for the day; their food, though coarse.
yet must be sought with their own
hands; the harshness of the climate is
terrible, and their bodies are unclothed.
This, which you think a hardship, is
the mode Of life of all these races.
How, then, can you wonder at good
men being shaken in order that they
may be strengthened? No tree which
the wind does not often blow against
Is firm and strong, for it is stiffened by
the very act of being shaken and
plants its roots more securely. Those
which grow in a sheltered valley are
brittle. And SO 1t is to the advantage
or good men and causes them to be I'M
dismayed that they should live much
amid alarms and learn to bear with
patience what is not evil save to him
who endures it i'll.
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In the Hull elementary schools a
prize was offered for the best essay on
the evils of drink, and nearly 10000 pu-
pills competed. Extracts from their
compositions were given by DR.. Eccles
In a lecture before the Society For the
Study of Inebriety. He quoted the fol
lowing gems:
To-day many people are in Jail for
committing suicide while under the in
fuence Of drink"
"Alcohol has an effect upon a medical
mans conclusions"
doctors say that fatal diseases are
the worst"
Doctors say that the increased death
rate shortens lives"
Some people think that the abuse Of
drink is right; some take it as medi
cine London Tit-Bits.
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A party of ladies and gentlemen ex-
ploring the depths of celebrated mine
arranged that lunch should be mar.
taken of on the 800 foot level Four
large baskets full of dainties. both
liquid and substantial, were therefore
lowered to the depths. These descend
ed first among a group of honest Corn
ish miners, delving on the 1,2OO foot
level, who, in the absence Of any in
struction, decided, after much discus
sion, that it must be a national holt
day or something of the kind above
ground and that this was a kindly If
Tie compliment from the owners. They
therefore fell to on the eatables with
much energy. When the exhausted ex-
cursionists inquired for their refresh
ments they discovered only the EMMY
hampers and about twenty brawns
miners full of chicken salad. char,
payne, mashed ice other things
dancing a Cornish breakdown.-London
Express.
A young man who was to be mar
ried in church to a Miss Way, after a
courtship Of four years, privately re
quested the choir not to open the serv-
Ice By singing, This is the Way l long
have sought"
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TUESDAY, JUNE 1s, 1907

The Legislature will meet again today
TO consider measures that have been dis
approved by Governor Stokes, and to take
up such new business as may be desirable.
1t is not thought the session will be of long
duration as 1t is not deemed advisable to
open the door for new legislation. The
Governor has vetoed several bills, among
them that allowing police officers in town
ships to retire on pension after service of
twenty years. The Governors objection
was that the time limit was too short. He
holds that it would not be right to allow a
policeman who had gone on the force at
twenty-one years of age, to retire at the
age OF forty-one years. The fact that
there was referendum attached to the
law did not carry any weight, as the
people sometimes vote favorably on such
questions without making diligent in
quiry. The mistake In this particular bill
was the omission of an age limit. There
are already two laws of similar nature
on the statute books but they do not apply
to townships. In them is a clause that
the officer desired to be retired shall be al
least sixty years of age. This was omitted
from the bill the Governor has vetoed and
the clause will possibly be inserted today
and the bill be made law.
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AMONG the bills that have become laws
without the Governors signature was an
amendment to the liquor law removing
the provision which requires an applicant
for liquor license to reside within the
state one year. The action of the Gov
ernor is criticised In some sections where
the opinion prevails that applicants
will be allowed to enter into business in
communities where they are not desired.
1t would seem as If that was up to the IL
censing powers. 1t may make them little
more careful about the character of the
applicant and have the effect of closer
scanning of the applications The remov-
al of the restrictions may work to disad-
vantage in some localities but In Others it
will be benefit. Not long ago hotel
keeper could not dispose of his property
to advantage to very worthy customer
because of this law. and in another case a
man who had been in the hotel business
for some time, and who had a property
admirably adapted to the purpose, was
refused license because of the residence
restriction. If the authorities who grant
licenses cannot take care of the matter SO
that localities will be protected from I'M
desirable residents, they had better give
up their job.
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PROPOSALS FOR BRIDGE.
Tne undersigned Committee of the Board
OF Chosen Freeholders of the County of Bur-
Hngton, Will receive bids for the erection of a
combined Bridge and Spillway, of concrete
on the site of the present fiOod-gates in the
County Collectors office in Mount Holly, on
Monday, July l, at 10 o clock in the forenoon.
at which time and place all bids will be
opened and publicly read.
The plans and specifications may be seen
at the ofhce of Charles Evan Merritt, County
Solicitor, No. 81 High street, Mount Holly.
g. In addition to the erection of the bridg
provide such temporary structure as may be
the work
a. Every bidder shall with his bid deposit
certlf1ed check for the sum of One Thousand
Dollars, payable to the order of Joseph
Powell, County Collector, to be returned in
case the contract shall not be awarded to
the bidder, or if the contract be awarded, to
be held until the succeeding conditions be
com piled witt.
B. The successful bidder will be required to
sign written contract with the said Board,
and to enter into bond to the amount of the
bid, secured by an approved Surety Company,
conditioned for the faithful performance of
The covenants aid conditions of said contract
the contract and file the bond, the check de-
posted under the preceding condition shall
at the option of the Board be retained as
l1qu1dated damages.
8. The Committee reserves the right to re-
Ject any and all bids.
TURNER BIRKHEAD,
CHARLES K. WOODWARD.
EDWARD T. HAINEs,
WILLIAM ii. SMITH,
Dated June 10, 1907. Committee.
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THE UNc0NoUERED ONE.
Tribute Of Philosopher to Well Es-
tahlishad Mind.


tabIishsd Mind.
Demetrius, who was surnamed Poll
orcetes, took Megara, and the philoso-
pher Stilbo, when asked by him wheth-
er he had lost anything, answered, mo;
/ carry all my property about me-" Yet
his Inheritance had been given up to
pillage, his daughters had been out
ragged by the enemy, his country had
fallen under foreign dominion, and 1t
was the king enthroned on high. sur
rounded by the spears Of his victorious
troops, who put this question to him.
Yet he struck the victory out of the
kings hands and proved that, though
the city was taken, he himself was not
only uncOnquered, but unframed, for
he bore with him those true goods
which no one can lay hands upon.
Amid the fash of swords on all sides
and the riot of the plundering soldiery,
amid the flames and blood and ruin of
the fallen city, amid the crash Of tenn
Piles falling upon their gods, one man
was at peace. Behold" says he. 81 am
here to prove to you that. although, un-
der the direction of that destroyer of
so many cities, walls may be shaken
by the stroke of the ram, lofty towers
may be suddenly brought low by gal
leries and hidden mines and mounds
arise so high as to rival the highest cit
adel. yet no siege engines can be
discovered which can shake a well es-
tablished mind. have just crept from
amid the ruins Of my house, and, with
CONGREGATIONS blazing all around me,
have escaped from the flames through
blood What fate has befallen my
daughters, whether a worse one than
that of their country, 1 know not
Alone and elderly and seeing every
thing around me in the hands Of the
enemy, still l declare that my property
is whole and untouched have, / hold
whatever of mine / have ever had
There is no reason for you to suppose
me conquered and yourself my con-
Queror seneca.
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Acurioua sunerstitinn-

Among the superstitions of the Sene
ca Indians was this most beautiful
one: When young maiden died they
imprisoned young bird until it first
began to try It's powers of song, and
then, loading it with caresses and mes
sages, they loosed its bonds over her
grave in the belief that 1t would not
fold its wings nor close its eyes until it
had flown to the spirit land and deliv-
cred its precious burden of affection to
the loved and lost one
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Ruskin to an Admirer.

Ruskin, it Is known, had his own
ways of publishing his works, with the
result that they were sometimes hard
to get and expensive. According to the
Great Central Railway Journal, he
once sent this letter to stranger who
wrote to him complaining of the price
of his books:
81 Woodstock Road. oxford. 4th Nov, 's4
My Dear Sir-I have ordered my pub
Usher to send you in gift book of mine
C'Munera Pulverts') you have not read
Be content with that at present, and Car
lyle. Have not you Shakespeare. cheap?
And the Bible nowadays for nothing?
What good do they do you? Faithfully
yours. J. RUSKIN.
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KARG'S
BOTH PHONES.
Granulated Sugar, SIC.
Pulled Rice and Wheat

PuITed Rice and Wheat
Berries. pufed and toasted
both made by the Quaker Oats
Co, SO you may know they
are good, Ioc for either.
MasOn's Jars, soc for pints,
$50 for quarts ; these are the
best made smooth top jars.
Jar rubbers, best quality, SC
and Ioc per doz.
Chase and Sanborn's Tea in
half-pound tin cans, CSC, 3oc
and $50 a can. These tea are
selected especially for their
good drinking qualities.
CLAIMS, Ioc a can. These
are all right for stews and fritz
tiers.
Extracts. Vanilla, lemon,
orange and almond. These
goods are put up especially for
us, so we know they are pure
and good. Vanilla in Ioc and
25c bottles, the others in zoe
bottles only.
Heinz's Preserves, just as
good as homemade. 25c a can :;
several kinds.
BrOOmS. The Nu-broom
brand has the split handle
which makes sweeping easy,
CSC, goo and CSC, a big heavy
stable broom, SOC.
Cooked Corn Beef, our
own make, nc a pound. Our
customers say it is very good.
PHIL KARG, m n5 a s. King KINGS. St.
MOUNT HOLLY.
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PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
Bulletin.
LOW-RATE NIAGARA FALLS ExCI1psroNS

at soothes, while it the mind" is the phrase used
by the great American author Nathaniel Hawthorne in writ
ing OF Niagara Falls and its many phases of beauty and
grandeur.
To those who have viewed this magnificent spec
tace will prove an enthrang revelation majesty bean
ty and that must remain forever delightful memory
Those who have visited Niagara Falls and wander
ed amid its historic environments its varied scenes
OF wonder delight to return to gather impressions the
falling waters the dashing rapids and the great gorge
This year the Pennsylvania Railroad will run series Of
attractive personalconducted excursions Niagara Falls
on July and IL August and Fl, September and 49, and
October 9.
Tickets will be sold at very low for the round trip
and Will be valid for return passage within ten days.
special train in charge of experienced tourist
agent will be run on each date from Philadelphia carrying
parlor cars, dining car and hghgrade coaches.
Tickets will be good going the special train and to
return on regular train within the time limit permitting
excursionists to stop off at Buffalo and view the beautiful
metropolis of Lake Erie.
Full detailed information of this attractive series of SIM
mer outings may be had application to Ticket AGENTS
5I-2t r,o
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A DEMONSTRATORS SALE OF
House and Lot
THURSDAY, JUNE FL, 1907,
IN MOUNT HOLLY,

By virtue of an order of the Orphans Court
of the county of Burlington, made on the
sixteenth day of May. 1907, the subscriber ad
ministrator of John p. l.. Atkins, deceased
will, on
THURSDAY, JUNE 81. 1907,
between the hours of twelve and five O'clock
(to-wit, at o clock) in the afternoon of said
day, sell at public vendue, upon the
premises, on Mill street, in Mount Holly:
All the hereinafter described piece or lot OF
land, situate in the town of Mount II oily, in
the county of Burlington and state of New
Jersey aforesaid, and according to a survey
thereof, made on the twelfth day of March,
A. ID. 1863 is butted and bounded as follows:
viz
Beginning at a stake corner to Robinson
Ellis land standing a few links south of the
middle of Mill street and runs thence Qst) by
said Robinson Ellis lot south sixteen degrees
and twenty-eight minutes west one chain and
eighteen links to a stake corner to the same.
thence (2d) still by the same south one degree
and thirty -four minutes east one chain and
ninety-six links to a stake, thence (3) south
sixty-six degrees and thirty minutes east
twenty-fOur links to a stake in William G..
Tice's line, thence (4th) along said line south
one degree and forty minutes east eleven
| links and two-thirds of link to a stake in
said line, thence 9th north eighty-one and q
| half links to a stake corner to George Og-
burns land, thence (6) by said Ogburn's land
north two degrees east three chains and fifty.
| two links to stone few links south of the
middle of said street, thence ~ along said
| street south siXty-nine degrees and ten min
utes east one chain and nine links to the place
| of beginning be the contents thereof what il
| may.
Conditions at sale.
| T. LACEY AKINS,
Charles Evan Merritt, Administrators
| Dated May q, 1907
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NOTICE OF DRAWING OF BONDS.

Notice is hereby given that, in accordance
with the terms of certain mortgage made
by Mount Holly Lodge, No. 848, of the Benev
olent and Protective Order of Elks to the
undersigned Trustees, bearing date July l,
1903, said trustees have this day drawn by lot
for payment the following numbered bonds,
forty forty-five; and notice is further
given that the same will be redeemed at par
with interest then due by the Treasurer
Charles c. Cowperthwait, on July /, 1907. on
presentation to him of said bonds with the
proper coupons thereto attached, and that
rom and after said first day of july A. ID.
l9U7, interest upon such numbered bonds so
drawn for redemption and payment will
cease.
J. p. HUTCHINSON,
j. C. Cowgirl,
June l, 1907. Trustees.
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.HERIFF's SALE.

BY virtue of writ of fieri facias to me di.
rected, issued out of the Court of Chancery OF
the State of New Jersey, VIII sell at public
WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1907
between the hours of II and 5 o'clock in the
afternoon of said day (to-wit at O clock) at
Richard Lambs hotel, Mount Holly, N. j.,
All the following described tract or parcel
of land and premises hereinafter particularly
described, situate, lying and being In the
town of Mount Holly, in the county of Bur
most northerly end of larger tract of land
that was conveyed to said Ellsworth H. Burtis
by Anna M. Howard, executriX of Robert II.
Howard. deceased by deed dated March 26
A. ID. 1888, and recorded in the office of the
clerk of said county of Burlington in Book
U-l1 of Deeds, page 1879, &c. and bounded as
follows, viz: Beginning at a stake in the east
side of Parsons alley, standing twenty-five
feet southwark from the northwest corner of
said larger lot, and runs thence (I) along the
east side of said alley north six and three
quarters degrees east twenty-five feet toad
stake In the east side of said alley, corner to
land conveyed by Benjamin +. Shreve and
wife to James d. Shreve, and being the north
west corner aforesaid of said larger lot thence
~ along the north end of said larger lot
south seventy-seven degrees and fifteen min
utes east sixty and a half links to a stake cor
ner to the same in the line of land conveyed
by Benjamin f. Shreve to Samuel I'll. Roberts
and being the northeast corner of said larger
lot, thence (3) along the easterly side of said
larger lot, south eleven degrees west twenty
five feet to stake in said easterly side of said
larger lot, thence az through the larger lot
aforesaid, north seventy-five degrees and fif-
teen minutes west about sixty and a half
links to the place of beginning, be the con
tents what they may. With the two story
frame building thereon erected. Being the
SAM premises which Ellsworth II. Burtis and
wife, by deed dated April 20, A. ID. 1896 and re-
corded in the clerks office of Burlington
county In Book 322 of Deeds, page l75. &c,
granted and conveyed to said Henry b. Storey
in fee, and two-th1rds of which said premises
the said Henry B. Storey and wife by deed
bearing even date herewith and intended to |
be recorded granted and conveyed to the said |
Bradford w. Storey and Robert F. Storey In |
fee.
A lien for taxes and costs, $2S2l with inter |
est from September q, 1906, and taxes, s.. 40, |
with costs and interest from December 20, |
1906 are claimed on above lands
Seized as the property of Bradford w Storey,
ct ux., ct ais. defendants. taken in execution |
at the suit of The Peoples Building and Loan |
of Mount Holly, n. j., complain
ant, and to be sold by
JOHN ]. NORCROSS,
Sheriff. |
CHAs. EVAN MERRITT, 'SoPr. u
Dated May 81, 1907. Prs adv. fee Sl46Ol
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Decay of Laughter In England.

l am perfectly certain that half our
ills are due to the fact that we do not
laugh enough. A good, sincere smile
is something rare in these times, q
laughing face" is scarce, and it is
seldom indeed that one hears a good,
ringing laugh---LOndon World.
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NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR Full
IN FILLMENT OF CONTRACT OF DE.
u A

Whereas, Ida l.. Branin, deceased, in her
lifetime entered into written contract for
the sale of certain lands and premises, situate
Burlingt and state of New Jersey, on the
south side of the stone road from Medford to
Camden, about quarter of a mile from Med
ford, and adjoining lands of Frank Simpkins,
Edward Willftts, Lawrence Jones and others,
and containing four acres and fifteen one
hundredths of an acre. be the same more or
less, with the subscriber.
This is to give notice to all persons con-
cerned. that the subscriber intends to apply
to the Orphans Court, to be holden at Mount
Holly, in and for the county of Burlington, on
the fifteenth day of August, A. ID. nineteen
hundred and seven, to decree fulfillment OF
the said contract according to the form of the
statute in such case made and provided.
Dated June /, A. ID. 1907.
HENRY DORIAN,
SAMUEL W. SHINN, Purchaser
Proctor. June 4, st
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CHERIFF,s SALE.

By virtue of writ of fieri facias to me d.
rected, issued out of the Court of Chancery
of the State of New Jersey, will sell at public
sale, on
FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1907,
between the hours of II and O'Clock in the
afternoon of said day, (to-wit, at O'Clock, } on
the premises at Shelltown, New Hanover
township:
All that certain house and lot of land stu
ate In the village of Shelltown in the Town
ship of New Hanover, in the county of Bur-
nngton and State of New Jersey, and is butt
ed and bounded as follows: Beginning at a
stone in road from Shelltown to ArneystoWn
and rnnning thence along said road south
nineteen degrees and half east, one chain to
stone; thence south seventy degrees and a
quarter west, three chains and fifty-seven
links to a stone in HOdson other line; thence
along the same north twenty degrees and
three quarters east, one chain to a stone;
thence south seventy degrees and a quarter
west, three chains and fifty-seven links to a
stone in Hudson line; thence along the same
one chain and sixty-sfX links to a stone corner
to said Hodson and Joseph II. Kesters; thence
north seventy-six degrees and three-quarters
east two chains and ffty-three links to the
beginning, containing thirty-five hundredths
OF an acre more or less, until the same should
be paid and satisfied.
Seized as the property of Joseph S. South
ard ct ais, defendants, taken in execution at
the suit of Levi Southland, complainant, and
to be sold by
JOHN j. NORCROSS, Sheriff.
Samuel +. Garrison, SoPr.
Dated MAY "a. 1907. PRS adv fee, $780,
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He had paid only 1924 in
premiums. His widow drew
out $1,000. By the terms of
his policy, if an Ordinary Pol
icyholder stops paying prem
iums after a certain time, the
Company will carry the risk
for fixed period afterwards,
without further payment.
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Neither stIIl Nor Small.

when you do something you know
is wrong, doesn't still, small voice
keep reminding you Of 1t eternallyT
"a still, small voice! / guess you
never met my wife, did youY'-Hous-
ton Post