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Gains Wife.

'T never discuss marriage" said the
late General Fitz-Hugh Lee, without
thinking of an old colored preacher in
my state who was addressing his dark
skinned congregation when white
man rose up in the back Of the build.
ing.
"'Mr. Preacher said the white man.
"'Sir to you,' said the parson.
"'Mr. Preacher, you are talking about
Cain. and you say he got married in the
land of Nod after he killed Abel But
the Bible only mentions Adam and
Eve as being on the earth at that time.
Whom, then. did Cain marryY
THE colored preached snorted with
unfeigned contempt.
"'Huhp he said. You hear dat, bred
eren an sisters? You hear dat fool
question am axed? Cain, he went to
de land O. Nod, just as de good book
tells us, an In de land o. Nod Cain
gifts SO lazy an SO shif'less dat he up
an marries a gal o. one o. dem no
count pore white trash families dat
de inspired apostle didn't consider
nttin' to mention in Do holy word"
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At mothers meeting young wom-
an recounted with some pride a num-
Der of proverbs about mothers.
"Tt's easier for poor mother to
keep seven children than for seven
children to keep a mother That sad
and striking proverb," she said, "is
from the Swiss.
ga mothers love is new every day.
He who will not mind his mother will
some day have to mind the jailer.'
Better lose a rich father than a poor
mother "A fathers love is only knee
deep, but a mothers reaches to the
heart Those proverbs are all German.
1.-THE Hindoos say POLITICALLY, Mother
mine, ever mine, whether be rich or
poor
"The venetians say: Mother! He
who has one calls her. He who has
none misses her,
1.-The Bohemians say, "A mothers
hand is soft even when 1t strikes
''The Lithuanians say, Mother means
martyr"
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sPEoIAL MASTERS SALE OF

By virtue of decree of the Court of Chan
Gerry of the state of New Jersey, bearing date
february nine teen, one thousand nine hun
dred and eight, in cause wherein Mabel H.
Francis and Elmer e. Francis are com plain
ants, and Russell Thomas Bowker and others
are defendants, will be sold al public vendue,
on the premises, at No. 2l0 Garden street,
in Mount Holly, county of Burlington and
state of New Jersey, on
THURSDAY, the second day of April, 1908.
between the hours of twelve and five o'clock
in the afternoon, to wit at two O'clock, all
that certain house and lot of land and alley
privilege, situate the southerly side of
Garden street, in the town of Mount Holly,
county of burlington and state of New Jer-
Sey, bounded and described as follows, viz
Beginning at stake In the edge of the foot
way on the southerly side of said Garden
street and opposite the northerly end of
the partition wall between the house now
owned and occupied by Miss Mary Rogers
and the house hereby intended to be con-
veyed, and distant fifteen feet from the front
of the houses. and runs, passing along the mid
die of the partition between the said houses
Q) south twenty-four degrees east fifty-nine
feet to the southerly end of the said parti-
ton; (2) south twenty-three degrees and forty
minutes east ninety-seven feet two and a
half inches to a post corner to the lot owned
by the aforesaid Mary Rogers, and in the
northerly side of a twenty feet wide alley;
(3) along the northerly line of said alley
north slxty-six degrees and twenty-five min
utes east twenty-four feet six inches to post
corner to lot belonging to Isaiah Bowker;
(4) by said Bowker's lot north twenty-four de-
grees west one hundred and fifty-sfx feet two
inches to beech tree on the edge of the foot
way; (5) south stxty-six degrees west twenty
four feet to the place of beginning, be the con-
tents what it way. Also the right and priv
ilege of passing and repassing along the
aforesaid twenty feet wide alley by herself
and servants, with horses, cattle, carriages,
&C., from Mount Holly avenue to the lot
hereby conveyed, which privilege is for the
use and benefit of the owners and occupiers
of said houses and lots. Being the same
premises of which Annie E. Coates became
seized, in her lifetime, by deed from Villa m
II. Galley, dated May q, A. d. 1894, and record
ed in the clerks office of Burlington county,
in Book 30 of Deeds, page 4O5, Sc, including
the estate and interest in dover of the de-
fendant Drucilla Clementine Bowker. widow
of James Bowker, deceased. ia the said prem
Uses, together with all and singular the here
ditaments and appurtenances to the said
premises belonging or in anywise appertain-
ing
Conditions at sale.
To be sold in the presence and under the d.
rectiOn of
ECKARD P. BUDD,
Special Master,
Mount Holly, N. j..
SAMUEL A. ATKINSON, Solicitor.
Mount Holly, N. j.
Dated February q, 1908. Prs adv. fee. 5000
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How to Check Bleeding.

The country boy knows that the fine
dust of the brown fungi he calls puff
balls will stop bleeding, says Harper's
Bazaar. When he cuts himself he hunts
for one of these if the cut is not seri-
Gus. If the cut is deep, 1t is wise to
battle it in warm water with carbolic
in it or a tablet of chloride of mercury
dissolved in the water. Carefully re-
move all foreign matter in the wash
ing, and then, pinching the lips of the
cut together, put on strips of adhesive
plaster. Be sure to leave little spaces
for pus to run out This running of
pus is a natural process and is not
alarming unless persistent and the
pus comes in unreasonable quantities.
Sometimes the blood flows so rapidly
that you cannot close the wound with
plaster. If so, tie a bandage tightly
above the wound before you attend to
the wound itself. This will stop the
flow of blood, and, nature having
formed her clot, you can do your part
with plaster.
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TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 1908

A BILL has been introduced in the Legis-
lature adjusting the salaries of Judges of
the county courts and Prosecutors of the
Pleas. II It becomes law the salary
of Judge Horner and Prosecutor Atkin-
son would be increased 1880 each. The
introducer of the bill claims that the pay
of the officials named in 1t Ia not now in
accordance with that of the other officers
Of the state who do similar work and
who do not put in as much time at their
labors. The claim is also made that a
Judge Of the county courts should not
accept cases in his own county and this
rule has been adopted by Judge Horner.
This frequently works hardship. and it
is doubtful If the latter cannot easily
show such condition In his own case.
The amount Of increase in the salaries
mentioned are not out of the way.
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1t is the atmosphere that makes the
sky look blue and the moon yellow. If
we could ascend to an elevation Of if
ty miles above the earth's surface, we
should see that the moon Is a brilliant
white, while the sky would be black,
with the stars shining as brightly In
the daytime as at night
Furthermore, as most picturesque
feature of the spectacle we should no
tice that some of the stars are red,
others blue, yet others violet and still
others green In color. OF course all
of the stars, If we bar the planets of
our own system, are burning suns,
and the hues they wear depend upon
their temperature.
The hottest stars are blue. Thus
Vega, In the constellation Lyra, is n
blue sun hundreds of times as large as
our own solar orb. We are journeying
in its direction at the rate of millions
of miles a day, and at some future
time it may gobble US all up.
For, after all, humiliating though the
confession be, our sun is only very
small star-of the sixth magnitude or
therea bouts-and Of an Importance in
the universe so slight as to be scarcely
within the pale Of responsibility.
Reader Magazine.
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Full of "Reminiscences.

At the different army stations in the
west it is the practice for the officers
on leaving their post for some distant
station to sell off everything they do
not care to keep. In connection with
this custom in "Reminiscences of Sol
dier's Wife" Mrs. Ellen Biddle tells an
amusing story.
There was a very estimable woman
living at the garrison, veritable Mrs.
Malaprop. She told US of some jew
elry she had lost, and among the
things was topaz chain with beau
tiful pendulum"
The lady held an auction before she
left, after her husbands death, and
when some silver plated knives were
put up for sale she rose and in a sob
bling voice said: ooh, dear, no. | can
not sell them! They have been in dear
Johns mouth too often!'
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THE COUNTRY BANKER.
His Influence on National Finance Dur
ing Crop Harvesting.

His Influence on National Finance Dur
ing Crop Harvesting.
Enter the small town for almost any
purpose-to sell books, to seek a loca-
ton, to look up land titles, to write life
insurance, to get a news story. to col
lect a debt-and early in your visit you
will go to the ornate, imposing build
ing on the corner of the two busiest
streets. You will pass lattice crown
ed counter and be admitted to a room
large enough only to hold desk and
two chairs. There you will come face
to face with the towns hnancier. the
Pierpont Morgan of the community, the
banker. Not an enterprise, not con-
siderable business undertaking. is
started without consultation with him.
The man who sells farm and wishes
to put his money where 1t will earn in
terest goes to the banker. The widow
with a few thousand dollars of life in
surance-more money than she ever
saw together In all her life before
asks the banker how to invest it. 1t
would be better II more Of this class
would take the bankers advice when
1t is given. Then there is the merchant
who owes for large portion Of his
goods. He comes nervously asking If
the bank will ''see him through" the dull
season. The banker gives assent to
one, explains to another, refuses third
and comes at last to read unconscious
ly the business record of every man he
meets on the street.
The country banker exerts his great
est influence on national finance dur
ing the crop harvesting season. Wheth-
err it be In the gathering of fruit in
California, of cotton in the south or Of
wheat In the plains region, the banker
comes in direct touch with the worker.
Take the wheat harvest as covering
the widest area and creating the most
intense demand during its existence.
In single state 10000 harvesters are
needed besides those already at work
on the farms. Through the labor bu-
reaus and railway departments whole
train loads of workers are secured from
states at distance. These helpers are
AuOotly Al14CkdAlSy dA0 LhCJ AdfC AO ~
cal standing. A grain raiser went
among his laborers one Saturday night
and, asking their names, proceeded to
make out checks for the weeks work.
"What shall we do with them?" ask
ed one.
"Cash them at the bank, Of course"
'Who will identify usT'
The employer cav the point, tore up
the checks and secured currency with
which to pay the men. That made a
demand on the bank. Scores Of other
farmers were doing the same thing.
Hundreds of other communities did it.
The result is that the country bankers
draw millions of dollars from the ire
serve centers" every harvest and to
some degree change national financial
currents thereby.-C. NJ. Harger In At
lantic Monthly.
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CHERIFF's SALE.

By virtue of a writ of fl. ia. de bonis ct ferris
to me directed. issued out OF the New Jersey
Supreme Court, will sell at public sale, on
THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1908,
between the hours of II and O'Clock in the
afternoon OF said day (to-wit, at o'clock at
Richard Lambs hotel, Mount Holly, N. j., the
following described plots of land:
Known as plots 1, ], K, l.. NJ and on the
Nv WHY, q, Al, Az, A3 and A on the
north side of Grand Avenue, E, f, g, II, M,
e ss Broad y " and and ON On the
north side of Broad Avenue, 3, ., and on
Central Avenue !, Sc and IS on Warrick
Avenue a. IT, Is, 10, 90 q, p "a, %. 26, q, %
and 20 on STAFFORD Avenue, 8, 4. 5 and 8 on
Pine Street A, B, d, E, F, s. 8, 8, 9 ID, a. 10,
90 81 %, IS. 49, 49, 80 and 40 on River Road l, g.,
street. l. 2. 8, 4, s, 10, IA and Is on Smith Road.
l. and on Kent Avenue, II and II on High
srss a. & snd g. 81 H q z 2v 81 49,
on maps entitled "Appleby Est Harrisville,
Burlington County, N. j." Also plots known
Oswego Road 6, s, 9, 10, IA, Is, II, TO- o. a. Is
"a and % on Hamilton Avenue, 2, 3, 4. {, 9, 3,
G and G on Warrick Avenue. 10, II, II, IL, IL,
49, 20, q. q, 25, ]. L. P, Q, R. S, t. V and X on
Holden Avenue on maps entitled Rowland
Also plots known as !. 2 ~ 5,6 9; TO- u, Y, Z,
a. 49, l6 81 q, o. a. IS % Y, 2S, 20, 80, 81, -,
A, B, c, D, E, F, e., H, L, J, K, L, NJ, n, 9,
Side e. A " a. Is, Is, r. IS q 80 S. 81 IS, 49,
A.B,C, d, EFF, g, Ii, K, L, NJ, N, R, X, Y,
n Al, AS and Al0 on Belmont Avenue, 3, 4,
5, 6, IA, l5 n, Q, P, Q, R, R, t, Y, x, 2, AS
g. H. r. 49, a. TO- Is, 25, 2, 3d. &c. 81 3S, 80, 40, Al
rs. 10, LIZ, Mis-, Ma and 0l5 on Grinsade
Avenue, 25, 49, q, %, 20, 30, 81 and 81 on Nree-
land Avenue Clifton Place Map, l, ?, 3, 8, 9,
q, 30, 81, So SO, 40 and Al on Vreeland Avenue
lCrescent Avenue Map, G, d, G, H, l, J, K,
l., NJ, o, p, Al, b, Co. D4, E5 and rs on Nree-
land Avenue 10, is, q, a. 3d. 81, 81, 3S, n, Q, p
@ and R on Pierpont Avenue, ., s, ., 10, I'll ~
% and "a on Pierpont Avenue (Section A y
Liz, Mis-, Ma, OH /, 2. 8, 4, 5, s. g. 10, 10, 20
& 26 q, 49, 80, "a, 49, A. 49, 43, "A, 40, 49, AZ and
so on Elton Avenue, 25, 26, a. %, 20, 80, 81, 81
and 80 on Hamilton Avenue on maps en-
Burlington County, n. j." Also plots known
as945, Q, 10, 13, IA, 15 49, IL Is, 10, 81 A,
90. RR and IS on Berkeley Avenue, 8, 4, 49,
Il, is, is, 20, p, q, 3d. Al, b, CS, d., G7, HIS
Mis-, Ma, Ol5, PIG, 12O, A, p, 9, NJ, No, 2, g,
F, H, l, ], K, L, NJ, n, o. +, Q, II Is, IL. u ~
10, 20, XII, Lip, M13, MA, obs, Pl6 RlS and VIZ
on Burlington Avenue, ! and IA on central
Avenue, 2, 5, 4, 6, 7, Q and 10 on Atlantic
l6 acre plot on the north side of Second Street
on maps entitled "Appleby Estate, west
Tuckerton, Burlington County, N. j." All OF
said maps being now on file In the Clerks
Office of said County.
Seized as the property of The Appleby &
Wood Com pany, defendants, taken In execu-
ton at the suit OF Maria Du Bots Appleby,
plaintiff, and to be sold by -
JOHN J. NORCRoSS,
PETER JOHN BENTLEY, Sheriff.
Dated March 4, 1905. PRS adv. fee, sls.O0l
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HOW to Cure Asthma Win coff


Coffee is a very excellent remedy for
asthma. Those who do not know how
to cut short their attacks and have not
tried coffee should do so by all means,
says Family Doctor. 1t often succeeds
admirably when almost everything else
has failed. There are one or two little
points to be attended to in taking cof-
fee for asthma. in the first place, it
should be very strong-in fact, perfect
" black. Weak coffee does more harm
than good. If made very strong, much
Of it need not be taken. A large guam
tity is a positive disadvantage, for it is
less rapidly absorbed and only distends
the stomach. Then 1t should be given
without sugar or milk, pure cafe noir.
1t should be given on an empty stom-
ach, for when taken on a full stomach
it often does harm by putting stop to
the process of digestion.
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kKRGS
Both Phones
Granulated Sugar, 5 1-4c.

GRADUATED Sugar, 5 1-4c.
COFFEE.--Our Good brand,
put up expressly for US in one
pound tin cans which keeps it
clean, fresh and good, 25c a pound.
WHITE HOUSE TEA in
quarter and half pound tins, Goo a
pound, there are three kinds, Eng
lish breakfast, Orange Peko and
Blend.
CORN FLAKES.-E. G. and
Kellog's these are both good and
in large packages, but the price is
small, Ioc.
ELUAH'S MAMMA a very
good breakfast food in very large
package, I5c.
CROMARTY BLOATERS.-
q for 1oc, large, fat, bright fish.
PUMPKIN, Ioc a can, makes
pies equal to the fresh articles.
KORNLET, for making corn
fritters, zoe.
BAKED BEANS.-The Dog
head brand large can of very
good beans, and only Ioc a can
either plain or tomato sauce.
MEATS.-Our meats are good
and our prices are right, an ever
increasing business is a sure indi=
cation of the fact.
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On. Scam For Fifteen Years.

1t has been said that the most mo-
notonous form of labor is cumming
labels. But there are many others
which come very near 1t. In the boot
and shoe trade, for instance, the work
is divided among as many workers as
possible. One Will thus make a single
cut in the leather and another give one
turn of the machine handle. In some
cases a pair of shoes have passed
through fifteen pairs of hands before
reaching completion. As a natural re-
suit, there are workers who week after
week go on performing the same work
hundreds of times a day. Indeed in
one factory there is woman who for
fifteen years has sewed only one seam.
Her machine works so rapidly that she
spends as much time inserting and
withdrawing her work as in the actual
sewing.-Westminste Gazette.
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rh. First chrI.tma. eift Book.

In the General Advertiser of Jan. 8,
1850. appeared the earliest known an
nouncement of Christmas gift book,
and In this case it was undeniably a
gift book:
"Given Gratis. By ]. Newberry, at
the Bible and Sun, In st. Pauls
Churchyard. over against the north
door of the church (only paying one
penny for the binding, Nurse True
loves Christmas Box; or The Golden
Plaything for Little Children. by which
they may learn the letters as soon as
they can speak; and know how to be-
have so as to make everybody love
them: adorned with thirty cuts. Lon
don Mail.
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there would not be much trouble to make
some localities in Burlington county dry"
without much effort If q special election
were held, an would have to be the course,
there are many other places where edu-
cation on the subject will be necessary
and an organized campaign must be con-
Quoted If success is to follow. The mere
enacting of a law will not ensure the de-
sired end; there must be work, for the
men whose business is to be affected will
not be idle by any means. The loud
hurrahs and boisterous speeches Of paid
agents will not gain votes in themselves
alone. So far as the legislators are con-
cerned they must carefully listen to the
desires of their constituents and act ac-
cordingly. Prohibitionists or liquor deal
lers are not entitled to much consideration
as representatives of their respective classes
The Prohibitionists have meyer sup
ported party candidates, on the contrary
they have always nominated ticket and
drawn support from candidates who were
lust as good temperance advocates as
themselves. sometimes causing sufficient
division to defeat good nominees. The
liquor men in the last campaign were
unit against the Republican party on the
rum issue and they are now shoutlng
themselves hoarse to sustain the Bishops
bill which, prior to election, was con-
sidered such an Ubiquitous measure. AS
stated at the beginning local option may
he sure to come, but it does not appear
that the proper moment has yet arrived.
The Trenton Times puts the matter in a
very clear light in the following article;
1--WE do not believe the Legislature will
pass the Crosby bill, nor that 1t would be
warranted In doing so. In last years cam
paign the controlling issue was the en-
forcement or repeal of the Bishops law,
and on the issue the contest was undoupt-
edly decided. If Mr.. Katzenbach had
taken the same stand as was taken by
Governor Fort, he would now be occupy.
ing the executive Office. The question OF
local Ioption cut no figure in the cam
paign. OF the 394, 284 votes for the CUB
ernatorial candidates. but 5,2o0 went 10
the PrOh1Dltlon canOluate. Ing S0oi"S''
cast 1,698 more votes.
"Governor Fort declared that, II elected,
he would endeaver to secure strict en-.
forcement of the excise laws as he found
them. and that he would not sign q re-
pealer or modification of the Bishops law.
| He intimated that he might approve an
amendant eliminating the injustice OF I'M
posing a penalty on an innocent property
owner for an offeuse committed by ten
ant. Local option was not an issue; en-
forcement of the Bishops law was and on
it the Republicans won.
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LOCAL OPTION is one thing, moral
suasion another and debating or. threaten
ing another. Many of the friends OF the
movement seem to be of the opinion that
the latter is the proper course to pursue
and insist that they are the only people
who have the correct idea on the subject.
The man who dares oppose is not given
credit for honesty nor is he allowed to
express an opinion that does not coincide
with that of the local option people.
This may be all right but it does not
appear to have that imprint. Every man
has right to his opinion even though 1t
may not be In accord with that of his
opponent and for the latter to get angry
and denounce and threaten simply be-
cause another will not agree with him is
the silliest kind of an act. A sample OF
this is given In letter sent to Governor
Fort by minister in the upper part OF
the state. He said.
"a great multitude of church people
are waiting to see how you vote on the
local option bill. You are an able man
and good fellow. / want to see you
continue In public life and realize your
political ambitions, but l give you notice
now that hereafter / shall oppose you
with all my power and get all my friends
to vote against you as long as l live
unless you give heed to the mighty call OF
the best people of this state and grant us,
as far as you are able, through your vote
and influence, the enactment of local
option bill.
IF you evade your responsibility or
vote against this measure l now plainly
inform you that as long as / live l will
oppose you from the pulpit, and by voice
and pen, as an enemy to the pest interests
Of mankind.
eff you vote with the rummies you are
dead to us forever. You and others had
better read the handwriting on the wall.
Refuse us our right of home rule on the
liquor question and we shall be sour and
down on you forever.
II have no i'll feeling to you personally,
but hate the traffic. 1t is only right
that you should know how our multitudes
of church people feel in advance. Sim
cerly yours,
"P. S.-Remember, l can reach hosts of
young voters for you in our Peoples
Palace"
No moral suasion here, nothing but
an attempt at "bulldozing." If such
letter had emanated from the liquor forces
there would have been bowls aud
denunciations from the other side that
would have been heard from Hudson to
Atlantic But this fellow writes as If he
was the whole show" There are many
people In New Jersey who will favor
local option because of various reasons in
addition to the evils resulting from drink,
but if such tactics are to be pursued as
those evidenced in the above letter there
may be change in the minds of some,
and continuance of them may cause a
reyulsion In feeling.