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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-08-27

The first patent in America was
granted to Joseph jerks, a founder
and machinist who had emigrated
from Hammersmith, England, where
he was born in 1902 He was a very
ingenious man, and was induced by
Governor Winthrop, the younger, to
come to Lynn, Mass, about 1912, as
master mechanic to establish "the iron
and steel works."
He was acknowledged head of the
iron smelling and founding business
and the first builder of machinery in
this country and first patentee of in
vention in America, having introduced
the idea first granted by act of par
lament in 1925 of protection for the
manufacture of Improvements by pc
tition to the government of Massachu-
sets Bay. In 1916 he took patents for
mill improvements, and in 1855 he pat
ented the present form of the grass
scythe, for which he should be held
in grateful remembrance In 1862 he
made dies for the first coinage Of
money, the pine tree shillings. In 1864
he built the first fire engine to the
order Of the selectmen of Boston (the
first ever built in this country; In 1857
he built forge and entered upon the
manufacture of his improved scythes
nine years before his application was
granted.-Journal of American His
tory.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-08-27

Great Scott, what do you call these,
HelenY' asked Dan Foss. He was gaz-
ing at an deliberately garnished plat
ter which held two tiny fish.
you wanted smelts. I didn't know
how big they were 1 never heard of
smelts in the west You know l got
two mackerel last week, and they
made a nice little meal, so l thought
two smelts would be enough. Our
fish mans been sarcastic since that
day phoned for a halibut and he ex-
planned halibut was too large for
two people-it occasionally weighs 100
pounds. Today he began to be funny
about the two smelts. l got freezingly
dignified and hung up the receiver.
The boy had gone before 1 looked at
them. l knew right away, Dan, 1 had
made a miserable blunder, only /
boiled eggs, you see, to make out a
meal"
Gail right, little woman" laughed
Dan. They're a nice appetizer Only
next time order twenty anyway. Fiji
teens about my limit on smelts."-
cess Magazine
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-08-27
Reade,s EooentrIc EnaIish.

Reade's use of the English language,
too, was eccentric, not to say ludicrous
In "a Simpleton," when he wished to
signify that two people turned their
backs on each other in fit of temper,
he wrote, '"They showed napes." De.
scriblng the complexion of the New
Haven fishwives In Christie John.
stone" he says; 1T is race Of wo-
men that the northern sun peachifies
instead of rosewoodizing." In "Readi-
ana" he describes a gentleman giving
q lunch to two ladies at railway res
taurant as follows: "He souped them
he tough chickened them, he branded
and cochinealed one, and he branded
and burnt sugared the other (brandy
and cochlneal and brandy and burnt
sugar being Reade's euphemisms fol
port and sherry respectively. While
he was preparing his series Of articles
on Old Testament characters he read
what he had written to John Coleman
on one occasion and came to this star
Ting passage In his argument:
Having now arrived at this conclu
sion, we must go the whole hog OF
none"
Coleman objected to this phrase.
"You don't like the hog see," said
Reade. ''Well, It's a strong figure Of
speech, and it's understanded of the
people, but-yes, you are right. It'f
scarcely Scriptural, so out 1t goes."-
Gentleman's Magazine.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-08-27
How viii the World EndY

1t has always been an intensely in
teresting conjecture to scientists and
at the same time, the greater part OF
the other intelligent members Of soci
ETY. as to the way in which our world
VIII at length come to an end. Many
think that 1t will be through the gradu-
al cooling of the sun, which will even
tually fail to give out sufficient heat
to sustain life on our planet. But an
other-and a particularly unpleasant
fate that might befall US Is explained
in work by Mr.. Ellard Gore. "Real
danger" says he, ''is always TO be
feared from the presence Of immense
dark bodies, moving unseen in space
vast dead suns, whose collision with
our own would increase its heat
enormously and thus instantly destroy
the earth" We should not. however
be without a warning of our terrible
end, for on entering a radius of 15,0OO,-
100000 miles from the sun the advanc.
ing body would begin to shine with re-
1ected light, and fifteen years would
elapse between the time of the destroy
ers being sighted and its collision
with the sun.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-08-27
Animal peoullarities.

A herd of wild Asian buffaloes will
charge any foe, even a tiger, to save
the life of one of their number that has
been wounded. Elephants, baboens
and other animals will do the same
thing in a Wild state.
On the other hand, monkeys have
been known to fall upon one of theil
number that is i'll and drown him, pos
sibly as an act of mercy. Similarly
wolves destroy one Of the pack thai
becomes helpless.
If an otter is trapped, his brother OF
tiers will run around him all night
showing the utmost concern.
A writer in the London Spectator
states that he has seen sparrows In
groups discussing and lamenting wheI
one of their number had fallen into G
trap. Next day, when a robin was
caught, the sparrows paid no attention
He adds that he had seen a big pis
try to help a smaller one through 6
hole in the fence paling by pulling al
it's head.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-08-27
The GRAY Horse.

You may change farmers religion
or politics, make him think he is rich
and handsome or sell him a dog, but
you will never make him think a gray
horse is not a jewel. read some
where recently that gray horses were
not up to the standard, or words to
that effect l never was so astonished
in my life. I have always thought,
and do now, that gray or white horses
were the handsomest, toughest breed
on the planet.
The celebrated Arabian horses are
white or dapple gray. Famous gen.
erals in all wars have ridden white or
iron gray chargers. Circus men select
gray horses to draw the band wagons
In street parades. A great packing
company always selects Percheron
horses, not so much for the color, but
because their feet Will stand travelling
on the pavement better than any draft
breed. 1t is said that Joan of Arc rode
a milk white horse. and ST. John the
revelator saw white horse In heaven
Revelation vi, q. Half of the draft
horses In Aroostook are white or gray,
and another decade viii see 80 per cent
Of them of that color
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About Strawberries,

Many persons have wondered how
Strawberries got their name. They
have been so called by AngIo-Saxon
people for hundreds of years, but no
corresponding name for them appears
IN other languages. On the contrary,
their fragrance mainly is set forth in
the names by which they are called
in non English speaking lands. The
old Anglo-Saxon form was "streaw-
berige.' 1t seems probable that the
straw" is the long stem of the vine.
which runs along the ground Some
have thought, however, that In ancient
times the Anglo-Saxon berry hunters
brought the berries home or sent them
to market upon straws. The explana-
ton that the word is a corruption of
strawberry" due to the running habit
Of strawberry vines, is believed to be
erroneous as well as that which would
derive the name from the habit Of
placing straw among the plants to
keep the berries off the ground.
Coronets Of dukes are adorned with
strawberry leaves, though authorities
on heraldry insist that they are not
strawberry leaves at all, but merely
conventional leaves which popular
fancy has turned into the foliage of
the favorite berry. However, straw
berry leaves are actually borne by the
house Of Fraser of Lovat as a pun
ming allusion to the family name, since
"fraises" is French for Strawberries.
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would furnish q fat Could you be
content to live in a tiny fiat and trust
me to take care Of you as best
could" He peered eagerly into hel
face, and neither of them saw the cat
drawn by a madly frightened horse
dash around the corner.
When she recovered consciousness
she was on seat in a corner drug
store, with John Martin bending anx.
iously over her.
"Drink all this" he commanded, tax.
ing the glass from the druggist. ''I be.
lieve your arm is broken, dear, and
feel murderous enough to smash every
cab in the city to kindling wood"
She smiled family
II think you had better leave one
whole one and call 1t TO take me back
to the hospital
In the cab he placed her arm, accord
ing to her directions, in a position that
would give her as little pain as posi-
BILE, then drew her head against his
shoulder.
Poor little girlv' he said commiser-
atingly. This is a sorry ending for
the pleasant evening hoped you were
going to have"
She sat in silence, and unconsciously
her face nestled into a more comforta-
bic position on his shoulder His arm
held her to break as much as possible
the jolting of the cab. Still half dazed
and not wholly recovered from her
faintness, her mind, with peculiar re-
6ex action, ran over and supplemented
the thoughts of the day
"John''-her voice was faint and
sleepy-''Pd rather live in the tiny fiat
than to roll in chair on the sands at
Palm Beach forever"
He tried to see her eyes by the light
through the cab window
"My dear, I'm afraid you have some
fever" he said anxiously
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-08-27
From Out the Grave.

In the little village Of Tewin, Hert
Yorkshire, England, there are five large
trees growing out of a single grave
and thereby hangs curious story. Or
the slab that marks the grave was
carved the inscription:
"Here lyeth inter'd the body of the
Right Honorable Lady Anne Crime
stone, wife of Sir Samuel Grimestone
Bart, of Gohambury, in Hertfordshire
daughter of the late Right Honorable
the Earl Of Thanet, who departed this
life Nov. %, 1713, in the sfxtieth yeal
of her age"
The village story says that Lady
Grimestone, persisting in lifelong de
NAL of the existence of God, on hei
deathbed declared in answer to the
exhortations of her friends that Il
in the other world she found that ther,
was indeed a God FIVE trees would
grow out of her grave. The woman
died and was buried. Shortly after
the interment the five little shoots be
gan to appear, growing constantly un
til they split the masonry and wrecked
the railing about the tomb.-New York
Tribune.
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Oldest ArtifciaIIe

What is said by the British Medical
Journal to be the oldest artificial leg
In existence is In the museum Of the
Royal College of Surgeons of England.
1t was found In the tomb of Capua
and Is described in the catalogue as
follows: Roman artificial leg. The
artificial limb accurately represents the
form of the leg. 1t is made of pieces
Of thin bronze, fastened by bronze
nails to wooden core. Two iron bars,
having holes at their free ends, are at
tached to the upper extremity of the
bronze. A quadrilateral piece of iron,
found near the position of the foot, is
thought to have given strength to it..
There Is no trace of the foot, and the
wooden core had nearly crumbled
away. mat skeleton had its waist
surrounded by a belt of sheet bronze
edged with small rivets, probably used
to fasten leather lining. Three paint
ed vases (red figures on black ground)
lay at the feet of the skeleton. The
vases belong to rather advanced
period in the decline of art about 300
B. CO."
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-08-27
Glass cuttinn.

The layman who Is introduced to the
mysteries of cutting glass for the first
time is amazed at the amount Of work
that the workman does entirely by his
eye. The first stage Of the bowl which
is to be cut finds it in a perfectly plain
condition, not scratch upon it and
only half dozen or more marks In red
chalk, which mean absolutely nothing
to the Impractical eye. But to the
workman they mean the whole pat.
tern. Perhaps the dish is assalad bowl
The marks in chalk will run from the
edge, five intervals apart, down to the
center of the bowl at the bottom. Ii
one of the divisions of the bowl thus
marked there may be a little further
marking In the shape perhaps of Q
diamond This indicates the pattern
into which the bowl is to be cut, and
1t will be repeated In each of the five
divisions. All the intricacies Of the
design the workman has In his head
and they develop on the glass In way
which seems to the locker on absolute
~ marvelous.-New York Times.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-08-27

When Richard lie Gallienne first Wis
tied this country he was introduced at
one Of the clubs to gentleman who
delights in elaborate funmaking and
does it all with an Intensely sober
face After the first formaHties were
over the humorist asked the poet
abruptly:
well, Mr. lie Gallienne, how is the
poetry businessr'
Mr.. lie Gallienne surveyed the face Of
his ,questioner and, seeing nothing in
the countenance to enlighten him, re-
piled, with dignified seriousness.
II should hardly speak Of poetry as
business"
"Why not?" said bis interIocutor
''The grocer sells groceries, the mer-
chant dry goods and you sell rhymed
stuff. The market rates you obtain
vary with conditions and the quality
Of the article offered for sale. The
grocer Is complimented when inquiry
is made as to the conditions Of the
grocery trade. Why not the poet when
asked about his business-his sonnets,
lyrics, ballads and other forms, which
are often sold at ruinous sacriflcer'
Mr.. lie Gallienne stared, still perplex-
ed at this barangue, when the half sup
pressed laugh Of the listeners cleared
the air and the humorist himself smil-
ed. The poet woke up and said, with
an air OF great relief:
"Oh. see; you are gT-Judge.
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The Burlington and Bristol Steamboa
Ferry Company.

Schedule in effect $40 a. M, June 18th, 1907
Subject to change.
LEAVE BRISTOL FOR BURLINGTON.
DaiIy-Except Sundays and Saturdays.
64O $500, 500, 1900, *l040 *II.l5 M, $3.50
slS0, 1870 1880. .4.S0, $3.50, $40. TO p. m.
LEAVE BURLINGTON FOR BRISTOL.
65O $3.50, $3.50, 1920. *llO0, I1.30 a. M, *l.00
200, 300, 400, $780, $50. $50, 73O p. m
LEAVE BRISTOL SATURDAYS.
64O $500, 1900, 1000, .iO4O Ills a. M, 2.3O
slS0, s22O $500, *540 *420 800, $40, *64O MA
800, 1000, llOO p. m.
LEAVE BURLINGTON SATURDAYS
$50. $3.50, 1880, 1920, Hoo, *lI30 a. M. .l.00
200, t24O $780, 400, s4.40, $780, $50, $780, 7-6O
$50, 1885, lilo p M.
LEAVE BRISTOL SUNDAYS.
500 1890, $780, 1000, Ills a. M, 81 30, l.3O
x22O $780, $40, $40 300, $40, *640, 49, 500
800, l0O0 Hoo p IN.
LEAVE BURLINGTON SUNDAYS.
1890, 1880, 1920, *ll.0d 30 a. M, *lOO, 200
1240 1870, t4U0, *44O *52e, $50, $50, 740, $40
ESQ, 1870, lilo p. M
Notes-Read Carefully.
Trips marked with star = will stop at Bun
lingtOn Island Park and W hen there are tire,
or more passengers for the Park the boat vii
stop ON other trips Passengers who desire Il
leave the Park will notify the wharf tender
who will raise the signal nag for the boal
from Bristol.
trip the schedule will be same as Sunday
schedule
August q 1907, the 1000 O'Clock morning triI
from Bristol Will be Withdrawn and the boa
will leave Bristol at $40 m.
The boat for the performances in the Audi
forum will leave Bristol at 40 p. M, return
ing win leave Burlington twenty minutes
after the performances.
No trips Will be guaranteed in foggy weather
WILLIAM K. DORON,
3ec'y, Treas. and Gen'l Manager
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run tie Orice Of potatoes up dollar .

run tile price of potatoes up a dollar q
barrel and not go to Jail for it
Everything was ready to begin bust
ness, but there would be need of mon
ey-quite bit of money. Being a for
eigner, Miss Dawson must put up $10,-
900 before filing the suit, and then
there would be need of 5000 addition
al to bride officials and get the papers
started on the right road. The Amer
lean lawyer would bring the money
when he came, but that would mean
more delay. When you are going to
sue for millions left by your grand
mother, you can't begin too quick. If
you fool around too long, a hundred
other heirs will rise from their graves
to hold out their avaricious paws.
When the lawyer had departed, Miss
Dawson was almost in tears She
hadn't the cash to advance Her law
yer was taking the case on a chance,
and 81 900 was all she could raise. She
succeeded in choking back a few sobs
and then suddenly smiled and said it
would make no great difference. If
she had not the money, that must end
It.
Right there was where Mr.. CASTOR
spoke his little piece. He had loved
her from the instant he found the
purse in the steamer chair, and now
that he could be of use to her his love
welled up like spring on the Catskill
mountains. He would advance the
money to the lawyer She must not
say him nay. He wanted her for his
wife, but he would not make formal
proposal until she had had time to
study him and make sure that he was
no CRATER or sordid wretch. She pro-
tested, but he insisted. Even while she
protested he left her dear presence to
fix things with the lawyer. You may
be In Naples and your bank account in
New York, but things can be fixed in
a day to transfer any sum named
The next day as Mr.. CASTOR came
into the presence of the one loved she
blushed and returned the pressure Of
his hand. Old Vesuv still whanged
away, but she was quiet compared
with Gaston's heart For one day
only! On his next call he found the
heiress missing. After anxious in
Quiry he learned that she had taken
the train for Genoa He might have
telegraphed and had her and the fake
lawyer arrested, but he decided not to
do so. He had loved and lost, and
without another look at the famous
volcano he took the steamer for New
York. When his club friends asked
him to describe what he had seen, he
said there was nothing to describe.
To one man only did he open his bleed
ing heart and he was somewhat COM
forted to hear the other exclaim:
'The deuce you say! Why, the same
girl got $4,000 of my good money in
the same way last summer! Glad I'm
not the only easy mark in this old
WOrldp
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In vessel of platinum lined with
gold some sulphuric acid Kissed. 1.-THE
vessel is costly, but the contents are
hardly worth cents quart" said the
chemist. "Yet you have no idea what
a public benefactor sulphuric acid is.
Without 1t, for instance, we could have
none of the finer sorts Of Fourth of
July fireworks, and neither could we
have any more war, for gun cotton,
nitroglycerin, lyddite, dynamite = In
fact, all the high explosives-could not
be made without sulphuric acid. With
out 1t we could have no coal tar dyes.
1t is this acid that releases the lovely
colors locked In coal tar's black slime.
without it the farmers would have
none Of the wonderful superphosphate
fertilizers. 1t is sulphuric acid that,
poured on worthless old bones, turns
them into a marvellous soil stimulant.
Yes, this. the cheapest of all acids. is
admitted to be the most valuable OF all
acids as well. "-Exchange.
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With Tessa
As Proxy.
By JEROME SPRACUE.
Copyrighted, 1907, by Homer Sprague.

"Tessa," said Miss Mason, with de
cision, you are not making that bed
properly"
Tessa, tucking in the sheet of the
dolls bed, raised .limpid, inquir1ng
eyes.
II told you 1 wanted hospital cor
ners."
Tessa wavered, curled small red
lip and overlooked.
Don't cry-oh, Tessa, don't cryp'
Miss Mason expostulated as the small
pink aproned atom flung herself at full
length on the floor.
Tessa did not move
"Well, l shall have to let Mary
Brannigan do it." said Miss Mason.
Mary Brannigan and Tessa votoldi
being sworn rivals in the affections OF
the settlement teacher, the small Ital
ian raised a calculating eye. Mary,
every red curl bobbing, every freckle
radiant, already had hold of one corner
of the infinitesimal sheet
Then Mary pulled and Tessa pulled
Perhaps you'd better let Tessa fin.
fish it, Mary" said the teacher weakly
Mary blazed wrathfuAy CAV, she
don't know howp'
"Oh, WELL" Miss Mason sighed, 'see
If you can make 1t, Mary. Tessa can
watch you and tell you if you don't dc
1t properly"
Tessa, sobbing a soft accompanl
ment to Mary's bedmaking, squealed
suddenly:
''She's gotta the hem out-a side"
''Oh, Mary" said Miss Mason re-
proachfully, 81 thought you could do
it."
"An' I can," said Mary, "but !
won't" and straightway, like a small
fury, she tore the bed to pieces and
flung the mattress on the floor.
The twenty small girls of the little
housekeepers' class looked at the teach
er with expectant eyes
"Oh, Maryp quavered Miss Mason
She felt unequal to discipline. 1t was
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ESTABLISH ED 1875
meet Tessa, who was coming toward
her, sobbing.

! meet Tessa, who was coming toward
her, sobbing.
"Oh, Tessa! Crying againT'
1t was discovered after some uues-
tioning that Tessa's conscience was
hurting her. She was sorry, she whis-
pered, that she had been bad
"Poor babyF' Miss Mason .crooned as
she gathered the small culprit in her
arms Dear hearth And the wet
cheek lay against her own.
AS they sat in the alcove the stained
glass window of the parish Office
made a background of sapphire light,
against which Miss Mason's fair hair
shone like halo. Tessa, smiling and
forgiven, lay with her limpid eyes
shut
The rector, still seated on the corner
of his desk, looked at the pair with
thoughtful eyes.
do you really think you would be
happy on the hotel porch7" he probed.
"It would be COOL" Miss Mason said
wistfully, but 1 should miss the
love-" and her eyes went toward the
children playing peacefully at the end
of the room.
whose lover he asked boldly.
Tessa's eyes opened sleepily. 'T
love-a your she murmured fervently.
The eyes Of the rector held the eyes
Of the little teacher masterfully.
''You say it like that!" he COM
handed
"Oh, II can't" she breathed, all
pink and white and tremulous, "but
Tessa shall benny proxyP'
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Don't WahhIs.

There is one sort of man that there
is no place for In the universe, and
that is the wabbler-the man on the
fence, who never knows where he
stands, who is always slipping about,
dreaming, apologizing, never daring to
take firm stand on anything. Every
body despises him. He is a weakling.
Better a thousand times have the repu-
tation of being eccentric, peculiar and
cranky even than never to stand for
anything Success Magazine.
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The flames cracked ominously, thu
water dubbed In the great pot, ant
seated in the shade Of palm thu
naked savages began to sharpen thei
cruel knives.
rs there no HOPPER murmured tn,
doomed commercial traveller.
"None," Kissed the ebon chief.
"Then," said the young man, point
ing to his sample case. IF you are de
termined to eat me, at least let m'
ask you, as last favor, to try oul
brand of mustard with the feast.
am convinced that one trial will secGr'
us your permanent patronage. and r.
But strong arms seized him he
there was a splash, and all was over
Los Angeles Times.
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Why He Felt hannx.

''vernon told me this morning." re-
lated the lady with the cold blue eye
that he passed the tree where two
years ago he carved your initials and
his own and encircled them with a
heart. He says he felt so glad he al.
most danced for joyr'
"Ah," said the tall brunette anxious
", then he must still love me, after
ALL Did he tell you why he felt SO
happyT'
Eyes, dear. He said some men were
cutting the tree DOWN.