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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-08-06
COUNTERFEIT BILLS.
The Check Letter Test on United
States Currency.

The Check Letter Test on United
States Currency.
The United States government prints
Its currency and numbers its bills in
series of four, so that every piece OF
paper money turned out bears one of
the check letters-A, B, @, D. One Of
these letters Is always found In two
places on United States bill, in the
upper left hand corner and In the low
er right hand corner The placing of
the letter on the bill is not determined
by the number of the bill. The rule is
to divide the last two figures on the
note by four. Should the remainder be
one, the check letter must be A; should
It be two, the check letter is B; three,
the check letter is G, and nothing, the
letter D.
For example, have before me a
five dollar certificate. Its number is
S14S9730 The terminal number is 80.
Divide by four The result is seven
with two over The check letter is B.
Here is q yellow back gold certificate
with twenty-three as its terminal num-
ber Divide this by four, and we have
five with three over. G is the check
letter.
Should this rule Of four fail to work
on any United States currency note
you may bet all you have that the
money is bad Some counterfeited bills
are right to their check letters, but a
great many are not so If the rule Of
four works. The bill may be still bad,
but if it doesn't it is surely bad This
rule applies only to United States cur
rency and not to national bank notes
Minneapolis Journal.
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A Plea For Enlistino.

No man who will look carefully into
the work of the army or of the navy
can fall to realize that a career in
either branch of our military service
Is one to which any man may give
himself with the fullest devotion and
with the highest ideals. Americans,
as rule, know little about the actual
work Of either Of these services, and
few realize that when a man enters
the service Of the army or of the navy,
whether as officer or enlisted man, he
enters great school, a school in which
is taught not only the discipline of
self restraint, of cleanliness, of devo-
ton to duty, but in which are taught
also the elements Of an education An
enlisted man who enters a regiment
Of the army, barely able TO read and
write, comes out. If he be a man Of
ambition and industry, at the end Of
three years in possession of the funda-
mentals Of an English education. His
officer stands to him not only In the
relation of military director, but In the
relation also Of a teacher and friend.
There is no career open to an American.
boy, unless it be that of a teacher,
which offers larger opportunity than
that of the army or navy officer to
minister to the service of men.-Presi-
dent 81. s. Pritehett in Atlantic.
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pardonaaIe oHensea.

After a careful canvass these have
been found to be pardonable sins:
Lying about fish. One can hardly be
expected in explaining the length OF
his fish to use microscope.
Saying you're not at home. This is
the pardonable sin Of social circles usu-
ally, and of men who have calls from
collectors frequently.
Lying about your remarkable chill
dren. Of course fellow doesn't real
ly lie, but when he thinks of something
bright his four-year-old might have
said he hesitates through modesty to
admit authorship, and so 1t is properly
attributed to the four-year-old.
SURPRISING, altering or otherwise
Disgusting the facts Of your age, false
hair and wrinkles.
Beating the other fellows story.
Example: Jones has just finished a
story; Smith waits impatiently to the
end and then begins: That's nothing.
Why, when 1 was touring the west
with Custer" etc.-Baltimore News.
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the launch gained speed. At the
south end of the island was a little
cove where he could go ashore and
have lunch. 1t was a short task to
broil the ham over the Goals and heat
the coffee. Then he filed his pipe and
lay back to enjoy a smoke before
starting back to town.
The cove was difficult of access from
the picnic grounds, and not even an
echo Of the merrymakers reached him.
He drowsed off and finally fell asleep
to dream of Mabel.
He reused to find her sitting on the
sand beside him.
you are not very courteous to your
guests" she scolded in mock anger.
''Here I've walked all the way from
the picnic grounds to visit you and
find you asleep"
II wasn't expecting company he
said "How did you know / was
hereT
kitty said you had gone off to have
a picnic by yourself, and 1 guessed
where you had come. You brought me
here twice last year. 1t was awfully
good of you, Guy, to bring the poor
child"
"She seemed so broken up" he ex-
planned awkwardly. Manlike, he hat
ed to be thanked.
"And l want to tell you" she went
on bravely, that l am sorry that I
was so horrid the other day"
1--WE were both to blame" he con-
coded, but it's all right now, dear"
"And, please, will you come around
to the picnic groundsT' she asked.
For the same fare that Kitty paid"
he offered as he took her in his arms.
"But l took Kitty for half fare" he
added, and their lips met again.
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The Burlington and Bristol Steansboa.
Ferry Company.

Schedule In effect $40 a. M, June 18th, 1907
Subject to change.
LEAVE BRISTOL FOR BURLINGTON.
Daily-Except Sundays and Saturdays.
64O $500, $500, 1000 #lO.4O, sll.l5 q. m 1890
s1.S0, 1870 1880, s4.30, $3.50, $40. 10 p. m.
LEAVE BURLINGTON FOR BRISTOL.
$50 1880, $3.50, slO.2O. #ll.O0, lilo M, *l00,
900, 1900, 800, $500, $50. $50, 7.30 p. M.
LEAVE BRISTOL SATURDAYS.
64O $780, $500, 1000, xlO.40 Ills a. m, 80,
Il 30, $40 $500, 1910 *420 800. $780, $40, 40,
800, 1000, llOO p. IN.
LEAVE BURLINGTON SATURDAYS
ESQ., $3.50. 1880. 1920. ll.OO. *lIsO M, 800,
1900, s240 *3.2O 100, 49, $780, $780, $50, $50,
$50, 1890, ll.l0p m.
LEAVE BRISTOL SUNDAYS.
$780, 800, 5000, 40 49, H. Is M, Az. 30, *l.3O,
800 1900 s3.4O, *42O 800, $40. $780, 7.20, 500
800, l0OO ll.00 p m.
LEAVE BURLINGTON SUNDAYS.
1880, $780, 1920, *ll.O0, IL 80 a. M. *l.OO 1900
*24O 1870, 400, k440, *52U $780, $50, TAO, 8 20
ESQ, 1870, lilo p. N.
Notes-Read Carefully.
Trips marked with star viii stop at Bur
lingtOn Island Park, and W hen there are three
or more passengefs for the Park the boat Will
leave the Park win notify the wharf tender
who will raise the signal flag for the boat
from Bristol.
trip the schedule will be same as Sunday
schedule.
August q 1907, the 1000 O'Clock morning trip
from Bristol win be Withdrawn and the boat
The boat for the performances In the Audi
forum win leave Bristol at 740 p. M, return
ing will leave Burlington twenty minutes
after the performances.
No trips will be guaranteed in foggy weather
WILLIAM f. DORON,
Sec'y, Treas. and Genl Manager
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a Ponv Seminal

During one Of General Clusters In.
dian campaigns he had boy bugler
with him who was mounted on a cir
Gus pony he had picked up somewhere.
The animal was not only full of tricks,
but he proved himself a better sentinel
than any Of the soldiers. Three times
in four months he saved the camp
from a night attack when no other
suspected that danger was near. Upon
one occasion the pony, who was loose
and walking about camp, discovered a
sentinel asleep on his post. That was
wrong, and the animal knew it was,
and he gave the soldier such a bite on
the arm as caused him to yell out and
arouse the whole camp. Pony and boy
both died in Clusters last battle. The
pony had twelve arrows in his body
when found.-Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune.
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Behind the
ChoirCurtain
By VIRGINIA BLAIR.
Copyrighted, 1907, by P. c. Eastment.

Copyrighted, 1907, by P. c. Eastment
ANcvNNN~NNNANNN NNNN~NHNNNN<a
There had been an immense amount
of irreverence In the choir before the
new soprano came. The tenor and
the contralto and the bass and the old
soprano had f1irted from the opening
anthem to the benediction, and as they
were hidden from the congregation by
green baize curtain there had been
no scandal, although certain members
Of the session had complained of weird
sounds that had seemed to echo from
the organ loft and die in the steeple
With the advent of the new soprano,
however, came different state OF af-
fairs. Both the tenor and the bass
fell in love with her at sight, and the
contralto, being forty and fat and fair,
submitted comfortably to the new
singers conquest and smiled on her in
a way unprecedented In choir history,
where the green eyed monster is sup
posed to rage rampant.
The new soprano was not irreverent,
and hence 1t came about that romance
was succeeded by religion, and the
tenor and the bass paid strict atten-
ton to the responses and to the ser
mon and bent their heads during pray
ers, although 80 earnest were the So
prano's meditations that the bass was
constrained now and then to glance at
her and after intercepting the tenor's
ardent observation would again seem
wrapped in his devotions
At the time of the opening prayer
the sun came through the rose win
dow. A white dove spread his wings
against the stained glass background,
and as the soprano stood up for her
solo he seemed to hover over her head,
and her shining hair made a golden
halo
"Oh, she's too good to be true" the
bass told the tenor as they went home
together one Sunday in May.
"She is perfect" the tenor declared
fervently. 1--WE are a lot of sinners,
and she has come among US like lit
tie saint to make us ashamed of our
selves"
1t was discovered after three weeks
that the bass had given up smoking.
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Finnish Honesty.

Russians all over Russia are glad to
employ Finnish servants, because
they never steal, and nothing has to
be locked up" l remember how once,
when I went to the captain of steam
err which was carrying me to Stock
holm to find out when l could tele-
graph to Helsingfors for valuable
gold buckle had left in the hotel, he
replied: ''There is no occasion to tele-
graph. Write to the hotel manager
when you get to Stockholm, and he
will send the buckle on to you. No one
ever steals in Finland" l wrote as he
directed, and the buckle followed me
to England, where 1 received 1t soon
after my arrival Mrs. Meakin's Rus
sia.
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The Size of the Sea Horse.


The popular mistaken idea as to the
size of the sea horse Is a constant
source of amusement to the guards at
the aquarium. According to them,
visitors, after looking at the big sea
COW and peering into the tank where
the turtles lead a placid life, next be-
gin to hunt around among the inhabit-
ants Of the big floor tanks to find the
sea horse. They reread all the placards
and carefully reinspect all the occu-
pants of the big tanks; then, failing to
discover any immense fish which close
ly resembles a horse, they turn to q
guard as last resort. When they are
directed to one of the smaller tanks
upstairs and when they learn that this
supposed monster Of the deep never
attains a size of more than ten inches.
they are amazed enough. The sped
mems of the sea horse at the aquarium,
are much below the maximum sizesi
and when seen cllnging by their cuEi<
GUS prehensile tails to the different OBJ
jects in the tank look more like little
chessmen than anything else. = New.
York Sun.
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Suain's Buried Wealth.

The Carthaglnians and the Tyrians
regarded Spain as Ell Dorado. 1t is
but poor country today, but potential
wealth lies in its rock bound hills, just
as in the days of the ancients. When
those acquisitive mariners, the Phoe-
nicians, first set foot in the country
they exchanged their commodities,
says Aristotle, "for such immense
quantities of silver that their ships
could neither contain nor sustain the
load, though they used 1t for ballast
and made their anchors and other i'm
plements of silver" So rich in silver
was the country then that the people
are said to have made their commonest
domestic utensils of the metal and
even their hangers. The Romans
found that their greedy forerunners
had sadly diminished the precious
store, yet enough was left to satisfy
not a few proconsuls.
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A Crocodile In a Tree.

An African hunter once found a
large crocodile hanging In the fork of
a tree about ten feet from the ground.
AS the place was fully half mile
from any water, it was difficult to ac-
count for the orocodile's strange posi-
ton. When questioned upon the sub
ject, the natives explained that 1t was
put there by an elephant. 1t seems
that when the elephants wade into the
Lake Ngami TO battle the crocodiles are
IN the habit Of worrying them and bit
ing their legs. Sometimes when an
elephant is annoyed beyond endurance
1t picks up It's tormentor in its trunk,
puts 1t among the branches Of tree
and leaves it there.-London Graphic.
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rraes and +ha Air

According to a reliable computation,
a single tree IS able through its leaves
to purify the air from the carbonic acid
arising from the respiration Of con.
siderable number of men, as many as
q dozen or score. The volume Of
carbonic acid exhaled by human be-
ing in the course Of twenty-four hours
is estimated at 100 gallons, and sin
gle square yard Of leaf surface. count
ing both the upper and under sides Of
the leavos, can dccompose about a
gallon of carbonic acid in day.
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aoly. Then one morning there was a
letter at his plate at the breakfast
table that for a moment seemed to
stop the action of his heart.
Bess was coming to town on Friday.
and she suggested that they might
lunch together and he could take her
to a roof garden in the evening.
Il have lot to tell you," she wrote.
Il met one of your friends up here, and
want to tell you what he said. I
shall save it for lunch"
Somehow the days dragged by, but
Friday came at last Sitting across the
table from her Vardon could not real
lie his good fortune.
Il thought you were angry" he said
as he leaned forward.
II was" she admitted frankly. 81
was counting so much on your visit.
l had made no other plans for those
two weeks, and when your letter came
and you did not even offer an expiana-
ton of your rudeness 1 could not I'M
derstand it. 1t seemed as though you
wanted to hurt my feelings
Gould you think thatf" he cried re-
proachfully
Il am afraid" she confessed shyly,
that In my disappointment 1 was not
fair Then your friend came, and it
was all explained"
"Who was thatT' he asked curiously.
He did not remember having told any
one of his real reason.
"a gentleman of the name Of Solo
mon," she smiled "Moxie Solomon,
believe it Isl
What is Mox doing In your part of
the countryY he demanded II under
stood that he was at Melrose.''
THAT is just below u.s. We drove
over there one day to see the Riddles,
and Mox told his story"
Vardon moved awkwardly in his
chair. He did not want to be praised,
even by Bess.
Il suppose Mox put lot of trim
mings to it?" he said after pause.
HE was very truthful" she said,
smiling softly. He said that you
were the best man he knew"
"And you think so too?' His voice
trembled with eagerness. Bess nod
ded
Good enough-for a husband, your
husband?"
Il think so, Dick" she whispered.
That's what 1 came to town to tell
you-to make up for your lost vaca-
ton"
Lost vacationw he echoed. why,
Mox's vacation was the most selfish
thing l ever did since 1t won me you"
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Tn. Truthful Woman,

1t is no exaggeration to say that
more or less truthful woman is looked
upon with grave suspicion. What is
more, nobody believes her. If she
quite truthfully pronounces her age to
be twenty nine everybody at once says
then she must be at least thirty-five,
while If she should ever be cajoled In
to admitting the number of proposals
she had in her youth 1t will only con-
firm the popular impression that she
had been very lucky to catch a hus-
band at an.-London Ladies' Field.
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One For the DEBATING Club.

A group of half a dozen physicists
all eminent; sheet Of paper; a pencil.
With the latter one Of the group draws
a pulley, cord over the pulley. tree,
a bough from which the pulley hangs
To one end of the cord is attached a
stone; to the other cord clings a mon
key The stone balances the monkey.
If the monkey proceeds to climb up
the cord, what will happen? VIII the
stone rise or fall7 Heated discussion;
breakup of the party; no result Can
any reader help to settle this question:
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Blanchard's
Fares. Il
By LILLIAN wHITMARK.
1907. by M. M. Cunningham

Copyrighted, 1907. by M. NJ. Cunningham. Z
AVN.NNNNNNNNNNN NNNNNNNNNN.N<a
whats upT' Blanchard smiled down
Into Kitty's tear filed eyes.
1.-The boat" she sobbed. at left me-"
"Most discourteous boat" said
Blanchard severely. "How did it hap
pen%
81 was late" she explained. "They
had just thrown the ropes off, and the
horrid captain would not tie them up
again, and there's all the girls, and l
can't CO."
THAT'S the Sunday SCHOOL excursion,
isn't it?' he asked.
Kitty nodded her head. They're 60
ing to Beaver island, and I've got a
brand new dress, and Ted had the
lunch box, and the house is all shut
up because everybody is on the boat,
and I've got to sit on the steps until
they come home, and
"Stop," implored Blanchard laugh
ingly. Three more 'ands' and you
will have totaled the worlds unhappi-
ness. Not for millions would I have
you sit on the front stoop all this pleas
ant day bereft of your family and
friends. This is a serious matter,
Kitty. / think that we shall have to
go after that boat and make the cap
tain apologize. Now, you wait here a
little while and see what happens"
He perched the child on a dry goods
box on the dock and went off toward
the street. Kitty looked out over the
lake at the departing steamboat, but
her tears had dried There was some
thing so comforting about Guy Rlanch-
ard. He was so big and strong and
SO kind to little folks. He would do
something; he said he would.
Presently she heard soft coughing
sound. and then came Blanchard's
voice in CHEEKY hail. She slipped from
her perch and peered over the edge of
the dock.
There, just below her, was Blanchard
standing IL front of gayly striped
awning that all but concealed the gun
wales of a saucy little power launch.
Jump, kidlets," he called cheerily.
"Don't be afraid. I'll catch you. This
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ESTABLISH ED 1875

! ne said and squeezed her hand ever
SO slightly as he rose to sing a duet
with the tenor.
In the solo part the tenor's voice rang
out with such note of triumph that
the soprano caught her breath as she
heard 1t. 1t was as If he sang, 81 love.
love, lover and yet the words were
sacred. Within the breast of the little
soprano something new stirred, some
thing that was touched with the breath
of divinity, so that it seemed no sac
rilege for her to think of it in church.
How beautifully he singsw she said
to the contralto, and the contralto
agreed, Eyes, dear" but her eyes were
on the bass, who now took up the
strain.
When the tenor sat down, the So
prano whispered in the shelter of the
curtain, How beautifully you sangp
And the tenor said, 81 sang to you"
and between them flashed a glance
that made the bass groan, and he MUIR
INJURED to the contraIto: 1.-THE game Is
up. l have lost They are talking
love in church"
It's as good place as any," said
the contralto. There's nothing half
SO sweet in life as loves young dream"
She wiped her eyes as she said it, and
the bass found himself asking,
DO you really think that young love
is as steadfast as the love Of old
friends?"
Have you just found that out,
BillyY the contralto questioned.
"You have helped me to find it out"
said the bass and squeezed her hand
under the hymn book.
And under the hymn book of the So
prano the hands Of the two young low
ers met.
"The beautiful part is that you told
me in church," said the soprano, with
her blue eyes lighted with divine fire.
yes, that is the beautiful part,"-
said the tenor as, regardless of the
contralto and the bass, he kissed her
beneath the green baize curtain.
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Mox's Vacation
BY HELEN HEDGES.
Copyrighted, 1907, by G. H. sutcliffe.

s copyrighted. 1907, by c. H. sutcliffe. 5
&~~>~~NNNNANNN
Vardon stopped across the street and
turned to smile at the grim old pile.
For fifteen whole days he would not
enter those dull offices on the seventh
floor. For two weeks and a day he
was to be care free-free to loaf, to in
vite his soul and to see Bess Curtain.
The last was the best part Of it, for
Bess had gone to the country at the
first sign of hot weather, and he had
not seen her in weeks.
Up at the house there was a case of
fishing rods, and already he could see
the brook, with its green clad banks,
and Bess, sitting on a fallen tree,
watching his luck. He raised his hat
ironically to the Office building and
turned down the street.
At the corner the newsboys made a
dash Tor him, but Vardon waved them
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REORGANIZATION and Ideals.

A man Is much less apt to fall in
love at twenty-seven than at twenty
two, and a woman is much less likely
to be fallen In love with at twenty five
than at twenty. The damsel therefore
who makes up her mind that the prop
er age for Der to marry is twenty five
and the proper age for her husband
twenty eight and who acts up to this
idea in her youthful days runs great
risk Of achieving something quite diff
terent from her ideal.-London Truth.
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TROLLEY TIME TABLES.
BURLINGTON COUNTY RAILWAY co.

In connection with Camden and Suburban
Railway Company.
In effect April y, 1907.
Leave Fountain, Mount Holly, for Burling-
ton at $40 a. M. and every hour thereafter
to and including lilo p. m.
Leave Broad and High streets, Burlington,
for Mount Holly at Gus q. m. and every hour
thereafter until and including IL .0S p. IN.
Last car ll.95 p. m.
Leave Fountain, Mount Holly. for MOores-
town and Camden at $40, GA a. m. and every
half hour thereafter until and including S44,
D. M, then 944 10 "A, IL "a p. m.
Leave Camden Ferry for Mount Holly at
5Os 6.SS a. m. and every half hour thereafter
until aud including SUS p. M. every hour
thereafter until and including ll.0S.
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Russian Ritual.

The christening of a Russian prince
Is a ceremony Of most ritualistic ma
tire. The infant is first of all undress-
ed and immersed three times in the
font The hair is then cut in the form
of 4 cross, and the shorn locks, having
been rolled in wax, are next dropped
into the water According as the ball
sinks or floats in the font, SO. says
Russian superstition, does good or evil
attend the child through life The
next incident In this elaborate ritual is
the robing of the child In gorgeous
garments, after which it is carried
three times round the church, the god
fathers Of the imperial infant walking
by its side In stately procession.