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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-02-05
A FEAT OF MEMORY.
ZangwiII's knowledge of the FamOu
Trials of HiafOrv

ZaDgwilI's knowledge of the Famous
Trials of History.
AS an indication of the quality of
ZangwilPs mental processes / may re-
late an incident that occurred while
we We're producing THE Children of
the Ghetto" Mr. Zangwill was seated
in my office, and we were going over
some of the details of the play. 1t was
the day that Labori, intimately con-
nected with the Dreyfus case in Paris,
was assasslnated. Knowing that Fang
will had intimate knowledge of the
case, New York newspaper sent a
representative up to see him. The re-
porter entered and after conveying the
news said:
MIR Zangwill, we want from you a
history of all the famous trials you can
call to mind for our paper"
"Indeed?" said Mr. Zangwill. 81
think can prepare that for you Come
to see me IN three or four days, and /
viii have it ready"
I'VE want it now" objected the
newspaper man. I'VE want to print ii
in our paper tomorrow morning"
But you surely don't expect me to
quote you dates and facts out Of my
mind on the spur of the moment, do
your" asked Mr.. Zangwill in astonish-
ment. Such thing Is out of reason"
Pm sorry, but it's the only way we
can make use of it." replied the news
paper man firmly. Mr. Zangwill thought
a moment and then asked if he could
have my stenographer for a short time.
He was called in, and Zangwill die
tated TO him then and there two col
umn resume of all the famous trials of
history, from Savonarola down, and
quoted every important date and his
torical feature connected with each
From Israel Zangwill," by George @.
Tyler, in Bohemian.
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In London CIubland.

In some Of the ultra exclusive clubs,
says the London Chronicle, it is q seri-
GUS breach of etiquette for one mem
Der to speak to another without obtain
ing ceremonious introduction before
hand. A painful case has just oc-
Cured in certain old established and
extremely respectable Pail Mall cara
yansarie. 1t appears that newly join
ed member in callous defiance of ems.
tom ventured the other afternoon to
make remark about the weather to
gentleman with whom he was not per
sonally acquainted The recipient IT
this outrage glared stonily at its per-
petrator
did you presume to address ne,
sir?' he demanded, with an awful
frown.
Yes. l did" was the defiant reply.
81 said it was fine day" The other
digested the observation thoughtfully.
Then, after an impressive pause, he
turned to Its bold exponent "Weli,
pray don't let it occur again." he re-
marked as he buried himself once mare
in his paper.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-02-05

The finest grades of raZors are so del
icate that even the famous Damascus
sword blades cannot equal them in
texture 1t is not generally known that
the grain OF a Swedish razor is so SEN
sitive that its general direction is
changed after a short service. When
you buy fine razor the grains run
from the upper end of the outer point
in diagonal direction toward the han
die. Constant stropping will twist the
steel until the grain appears to be
straight up and down. Subsequent use
will drag the grain outward from the
edge, so that after steady use for sew
eral months the fiber of the steel occu-
pies a position exactly the reverse Of
that which it did on the day Of pur-
chase. The process also affects the
temper of the blade, and when the
grain sets from the lower outer points
toward the back you have a razor
which cannot be kept in condition even
by the most conscientious barber. But
here's another curious freak that will
take place in the same tool: If you
leave the razor alone for a month or
two and take it up you will find that
the grain has assumed its first position.
The operation can be repeated until the
steel is worn through to the back
Strand Magazine.
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Death Through a Tarantnla.

One of the quickest and most COM
plete and justifable killings that ever
l saw came about through tarantula.
1t was at mine camp, and the camp
bully had a tarantula impaled on a
stick. A man newly arrived from the
east stood gazing, fascinated with hor-
ror, at the squlrming reptile, working
its black fangs In the effort to reach
something that it could fasten them
into. Suddenly, without warning, the
bully thrust the tarantula straight into
the tenderfoot's face His whiskers
saved him from the fangs, but he let
out yell as If he had actually been
bitten and jumped back, fully be-
lieve ten feet. Then, as the fellow
came poking the tarantula toward him
again, the tenderfoot drew his revolver
and turned loose on his tormentor. His
first shot would have been enough, as
it went straight through the fellows
body, but the tenderfoot had his ex-
element to work off, and he never
stopped shooting until his revolver had
been emptied and the man with the
tarantula was sieve. Served him
right was the verdict of the coroner's
jury, and the case never went to court
for trial.-San Francisco Examiner.
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you, there'n be fur nyin', you bet, when
he gifts back this mornin'"
Dick wondered why Miss Thurston
with a rose she had just bought. He
could not know that his news had put
an end to a bitter heartache. 1t was
Saturday, half holiday, and her only
fear was that Pierce would not return
in time
The clerks had all left and even the
elevator had stopped running before
she covered the instruments, and still
he had not come. Slowly she adjusted
her hot before the mirror. There came
a rush of eager, impatient feet up the
stairs, and the door of the Office was
burst open. He dropped his suit case
and came forward with outstretched
hands.
"Oh,' he exclaimed, breathless and
relieved, II was afraid you would be
gomez She did not turn
you know, don't you, why l didn't
come yesterday? You understand it
was not my fault-that hadn't time to
send you a note even?" She bowed her
head in silence. "Ah, but you still
think it was unmanly to talk through
that old graphophone! Forgive me,
dear, l didn't know what | was doing.
But l do love you, Mabel" He would
not be discouraged by her silence. II
love you and want you. Tell me. can
you forgive me and love me a little In
return?"
Then she wheeled about, her face
radiant. her eyes shining like gray
stars "Pierce. dearr was all she said,
but he was satisfied, for he read the
answer in her eyes.
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Mart Hoover years ago, when Kan
sas was not the cultivated common
wealth it has since become. had sent a
consignment of corn to a commission
merchant in Kansas City. The mer-
chant telegraphed, telling the consign-
or: "Your credit Is S27.40 Draw on
me at sight"
But Hoover was mad. He had ex-
pected his money, and none came. He
felt he had been duped. and he treas
ured up the grievance. One time,
about six weeks later, the commission
man. came to Hoover's town, got out
of the bus and started to walk down
the street. Hoover saw him and in
stantly drew his revolver and fired.
His eye was fairly good. The bullet
cut away the merchants necktie and
unfastened his collar
Then Hoover put up his gun.
That's expensive shootin'," said he,
"but reckon you're as sorry as I am"
"What do you mean?" demanded the
town constable arresting the gun man.
He told me to-" said Hoover, sur
prised.
Told you tor demanded the white
checked city man. Il never did any
thing of the kind'
"You did, said Hoover And, draw
ing out the telegram, he read:
"'Draw on me at sight
81 done it, said he
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ALMANACH DE GOTTA.
History of This Old and World F.

History of This Old and World Fa-
nous Institution.
The Almanach de Gotha is more than
an almanac. 1t is an institution.
Bravely arrayed in red and gold, it lies
on the table of every diplomatist, is In
constant request In the newspaper Of
fees of all countries and makes a wider
and more international appeal than any
other annual of reference in the world
1t is to Europe what Burke and De-
brett and the other peerages are to the
British isles, and it Is also the lineal
ancestor and model of such topical en-
cyclopedias as our Whitaker. our Ha-
zell and our Statesmans Yearbook
A political and social history of the
world for the last $50 years could
be written from It's back numbers If
these were readily accessible TO stu
dents. But they are not The Alma
mach de Gotha began to appear in
1858, but the purchasers did not file it
for reference The earliest numbers In
the British museum are those for 1774
and 1888, and complete set can be
consulted nowhere except in the edito-
rial office in Friedrich's Alice In the
little Thuringian capital Probably not
one in ten thousand of those who cur
rently use the almanac has any knowl-
edge of its interesting history.
1t had of course its predecessors.
The photographers of almanacs are
ponderous tones, and the middle of
the eighteenth century was the golden
age of this kind of literature. In Paris
alone as many as seventy-three alma
macs were published in the year 1850,
including royal almanac, an almanac
for merchants, an almanac for Free
masons, an almanac of beasts, an al
manac of badinage, etc. The city Of
Gotha itself had its own almanac from
a still earlier date in the shape of an
improved Gotha genealogical and
writing calendar" the origin Of which
is lost In the mist of antiquity, though
a copy dated 174O survives.-Erancis
Gribble In ScrIbner's.
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WEARING A vic.
A Help to the Health of Those With
Bald Heads


Help to the Health of Those With
Bald Heads.
An eminent American who while in
Paris consulted a famous physician of
that city to ascertain if there was any
remedy for badness was told by the
doctor that the best thing to do was to
wear a toupee or wig The American
said that he always regarded the wear
ing Of wig as an evidence of a mans
vanity, but he. was quite surprised
when the French physician replied:
"You are quite mistaken. The wearing
of a wig is regarded by those who have
carefully studied the subject of health
as a beneficent safeguard. A man who
from any cause has lost good part
his hair usually loses it some time aft
er middle life, when his vitality begins
to ebb. You must bear In mind that the
scalp is filed with myriads of blood
vessels, and when 1t is exposed with
out the covering that nature intended
to give it man is apt to suffer from
sudden and acute attacks Of cold, ca
tarrh and influenza. l have often pre-
scribed the wearing of a toupee or wig
to a patient who has come to me COM
planning of his susceptibility to colds,
and in nine cases out of ten after the
wig has been worn the susceptibility
has ceased at once. Many cases of
deafness | have traced to colds con-
stantly recurring in those who have
lost their hair and who have provided
no substitute for natures covering.
Some cases of chronic sore throat are
traceable to the same cause. In some
Instances patients suffering from tu-
berculosls of the lungs in the early
stages have found decided protection
from colds by wearing wig. Those
who need to wear a wig and will not
do so must be regarded as victims of
vanity rather than those who, accept
ing the inevitable, make the best of
their misfortune, for l regard badness
as nothing less than misfortune to
any man or woman" -Lesle's Weekly.
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hymn, and the 7nogs were grunting
grunts of satisfaction when that auto
came bowling down upon them. 1t
seemed to be standing ON its hind legs
and paving the air. 1t was kissing
and gurgling and roaring and crying
for blood.
Gosh all hemlockr shouted the
farmer as he made for the fence and
fell over into the field
The hogs had no time for words or
for athletics. 1t seemed to the weep
ing and terrified girl that the full doz-
en- were picked up and flung sky high
Two of them came down in the back
seat and installed themselves In com
Portable positions for the remainder of
the ride, while the others shot right
and left, their remains to be gathered
up by the owner later on.
The hog episode was scarcely two
minutes old when a young man in
buggy appeared mile ahead. He was
q young man with red cheeks and a
marble brow, who was driving to the
city to invest in green goods. He held
up his hand as sign that his horse
did not like autos. No good. Then he
rose up in his buggy and waved his
arm. He was still waving when the
cloud of dust passed over him and left
him wreck on the sands of time.
Some day he may tell his grandchildren
that he was flung 200 feet high and
400 feet sideways, and he will not be
exaggerating much either.
A constable and an old wagon final
~ stopped the runaway The officer
saw it coming and showed the ancient
vehicle across the road. When the col
lision came the auto took a skate into
the bushes and brought up against
tree and rested there Before Miss
Maize could half explain matters she
found herself before country justice
of the peace and he was solemnly say
ing:
This is certainly case for the
higher court 1t Is not only running
away with an auto and letting 1t run
away with you. but you have been
stealing hogs"
Miss Maize wept She looked so pref
ty when she wept that the heart of the
constable was touched He took the
Justice outdoors and was trying to
touch his heart and have the hog steal
ing charge left out when Harry Finch
" drove up on the gallop. He had
traced the auto by trail of dead hogs
and frightened farmers, and he had ar
rived just in time.
ooh, Harry was all that the girl
could say as she threw herself into his
arms and sobbed on his shoulder.
That was quite enough He patted
her golden head and gave the justice
to understand that his honor was de
scended from the Spartans and always
died in the last ditch. and the fine was
reduced to $40 and paid. Then came
the brushing away of tears and the
return home, followed by farAily re
joicing that the lamb had returned
alive. Then-then-well don't be stu
pid Those things always turn out the
same way, and it is the best way
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ESTABLISHED 1875

on r1s stove ana scnooI nad' been dls-
missed for the afternoon. She rose,
very straight and girlish and big eyed.
as Homer Graydon entered the door.
1t was his first visit to the school. and
she was surprised to find clean cut
youngish looking man instead of the
side whiskered portly parsonage she
had somehow pictured this arbiter Of
her money earning fate to be-
Quite some time passed before he
referred to the Billy Dobson incident
and Homer Graydon had taken meas
ure of the woman before the matter
came up for discussion. By this time
Margaret was herself once more, and
she did not strive to dodge the issue.
There is no use talking about the
matter, Mr.. Graydon. was not cut
out for schoolteacher. / know my
limitations, but my father refuses to
recognize them There is only one
thing l want to do, and he will not
permit that
She never knew how it happened
but before Homer Graydon left that
schoolroom he knew what her simple
ambitions encompassed, and he knew
just how she would attain them.
The lowering clouds had lifted sud
denly, the autumnal colorings on the
trees shone in the sunlight, and his
own heart sang in measure to the on
ward plunge Of his car. He was taking
the unsuccessful schoolteacher to the
depot in the village and it was all he
could do to refrain from telling her
then and there what she had brought
into his money grubblng life.
The world says that love at first
sight lives only in novels and maya,
zines. Homer Graydon says he knows
better John Leckie first said 1t was
sheer lazlness on Margarets part, but
sometimes when he goes to the coy
Graydon home and looks from the con
tented face of It's mistress to the proud
face of its master he wonders II II
pays only "to do things-when you're
a woman.
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Children and Dogs.

The child who Is taught to love ami
mails and to have dog as companion
is introduced to a friend of the truest
and best kind-the kind of friendship
that lasts Have you never had dog?
Then you don't know what pleasure
can be had in his eompanionship in
rambles, In his quiet presence In your
room, his unobtrusiveness when human
company would bore you; ''chum"
who always adapts himself to your
mood when man or woman would jar
upon you. BY all means cultivate in
children love of animals, especially
of "man's best friend" the dog.-New
York Herald.
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Mothers and nurses have devised
and invented many ways of procuring
obedience and correct behavior from
their little charges" said park police
man. The familiar 'bogy man is still
employed, but the times change and
the people with them. The last fine
day, when the park was filed with
mothers and nurses, 1 heard a new
way of appealing to the love or fear of
a child. A stylishly dressed young wo-
man leading an irrepressible youngster,
after making all sorts of threats and
promises without effect, said, Child,
child, you give me wrinkles under my
eyesp New York Press
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II Pays to Be Cheerful.
Color and Light.

The peculiar simplicity of the coun-
try darby in the south is Illustrated by
a story told by congressman.
An old negro had gone to postof-
fee in Mississippi and offered for the
mail letter that was over the weight
specified for single stamp.
'This is too heavy" said the post
master you will have to put another
stamp on it,
The old darky's eyes widened in as
constituent. "Will anudder stamp
make it any lighter, bossY' he asked
Harpers Weekly.
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To Cure a Rad liant.

A way to cure bad habit is thus
explained by the Rev Samuel McComb
in the New York World: If you have
a habit you wish to get rid of put your
mind upon it after going to bed. Re-
solve to discard that habit at the mo-
ment you are lapsing from semicon-
seriousness into complete unconscious
ness. Repeat the operation several
nights. several weeks if necessary, and
cure will follow, provided that the day
after the first night the experiment is
started you obey the impulse that will
come on you to avoid the accustomed
habit.
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For two centuries we have been cry
ing "Eneorer at the end of song,
where a Frenchman never says It, his
own equivalent for it strangely being
the Latin "Bisr' And ION the tapls"
appears in English far more often than
in French, and misunderstood at that,
since it does not mean ION the carpet"
but on the tablecloth of the council
table for discussion London Chroni-
Gle
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81 should like to break 1t off, but
can't bear to give up this diamond
ring"
Then why don't you tell him so?
He told me he'd be willing to lose the
ring if he could get out of the engage
ment," Sketchy Bits.
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The Burlington and Bristol Seam6oa'
Ferry Company.

Schedule in effect $3.50 a. M, December 10, 1906
Daily-Except Sundays and Christmas Day
LEAVE BRISTOL FOR BURLINGTON.
6.56, $780, 800, l000 ll.00 a. M, 1870, l.3O, 25O
$50, 4.30, $40 p. m.
LEAVE BURLINGTON FOR BRISTOL.
7.5O $50, $780, 1890. Ii 90 a. M, LOO, 200, 3OO
AGO, 800 $50 p. M.
SUNDAYS AND CHRISTMAS DAY.
First boat leaves Bristol at 500 a. m. Last
boat leaves Bristol at $40 p. m.
First boat leaves Burlington at $50 a. m.
Last boat leaves Burlington at $50 p. M.
The $40 p. M, trip from Bristol and $50 p. M,
trip on Sundays will be withdrawn when
there is ice in the river.
Notes.-The above trips will be run on
Schedule time. unless prevented by 1ce-wnen
there is ice in theriver no trips Will be guaran-
iced.
The boat for the Performances in the Aud
itorium will leave Bristol at 7.40 p. M, return
Ing viii leave Burlington twenty minutes
after the Performances.
No trips will be guaranteed in foggy weather
WILLIAM E. DORON,
'Sec'y, Treas. and Gen'l Manager
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He (excitedly)-I tell you the hand
some dress that mlllionalre's wife is
wearing was paid for by blood money,
She (calmly)-Ah, that accounts for
the gore In the skirt Baltimore Amer
lean
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TROLLEY TIME TABLES.
BURLINGTON COUNTY RAILWAY co.
In connection with Camden and Suburban
Railway Company.

III tIItCL OCIODtI IO1 I5OO
Leave Fountain, Mount Holly, for Burl1ng-
ton at $50 a. M, and every half hour there
after until and including $50, after that every
hour to and including 1870 r. M.
Leave Broad and High streets, burlington,
for Mount Holly at 6.l5 a. M. and every hour
thereafter until and including s. 10 p m. after
that y.15. l0.l5, 1l.05 p. N.
Leave Fountain, Mount Holly, for Moores-
town and Camden at 5.44 a. m. and every nan
hour thereafter until and in Guiding S44 p. M,
then 9.44 10 A, IL "a p M.
Leave Camden Ferry for Mount Holly at
Cos, 5.3S a. N. and every half hour Thereafter
until and including sos p. M, every hour
thereafter until and including 1l.0S.
Club Cars thai leave Camden Ferry at $50 a.
M $50 42O and $50 p. m. make connection for
Mount Holly and Burlington.
Club Car connects with cars leaving Bur-
Iington at 4.l2 D. M. Fair Grounds sos, 300 a.
M, 4.3g and 500 d. IN.
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In 1888 NJ. Linquet de la Bastille is
sued prospectus, published In the
Correspondence Secrete," London
1888 volume IA, page 302). of "a singu-
lar machine or experience of the propa-
cation of sound and the voice through
tubes prolonged to great distance"
If 1t succeeded he announced, people
would be able to maintain with their
sweethearts and friends at a distance
of some hundreds of leagues a CONVEX
sation which would become some
what public on the way, but by sup
pressing the names no one would be in
the secret of the interlocutors" But 1t
Is not recorded that the scheme was
put into practice. In a paper publish
ed in ILLUSTRATION for 1854 by NJ.
Charles Bourseul he says: LET us I'M
agine that person speaks near to
mobile plate sufficiently flexible not to
lose any of the vibrations produced by
his voice and that this plate interrupts
and establishes accordingly communi-
cation with battery. Then we might
have at distance another plate which
would give at the same time the same
vibrations. An electric battery, two
vibrating plates and wire would be
sufficient" In apportioning the honors
Of telephone discovery NJ. Bourseul at
least would seem entitled to a share.
1t Pays to BE Cheerful.
The spirit of cheerfulness is some
times the result of a happy tempera-
ment whose nerves have never been
disturbed by loss. sickness or calamity.
Sometimes it is the abundance of youth
Il finding surplus of vigor after the
oils of the day. Sometimes it is the
expression of character which from
the reserves of its own nature and ex-
perlence is able to preserve a cheerful
disposition under even the most dis
couraging circumstances and face life
always with hope and good cheer.
Such a character Is strength and
defense not only to him who has 1t,
but to all his associates and to all who
feel his influence. They are the watch
towers of humanity, whose lights
shine through the dark night of human
struggle and whose word is an inspira-
ton of hope and encouragement.