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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-04-21
ANIMAL VISION.
lee Aeutensss Depends Upon the Size
of the EyebalI.

lee Aeuteness Depends Upon the Size
of the Eyeball.
DR.. Alexander Schaefer investigated
the vision of many animal species and
found that the size of the eyeball is
the principal factor of acuteness of
vision. The bovine species has the
sharpest sight. The second place is &C.
cupied by man and the horse, which
have nearly equal visual powers, the
third by the sheep. Small and espe-
cially small eyed animals, whether
mammals, birds, amphibia or reptiles,
have very poor sight Owls and buzz
yards are the only birds that possess
great acuteness of vision. The low POI
sitions in the scale occupied by dogs,
cats, bats and many fishes which feed
upon living prey is contrary to all ex-
pectation In the case of dogs and GER
tain fishes lack of sharpness of vision
is due to the great size of the retinal
elements. 1t has long been known that
dogs have such indistinct vision that,
as a rule, a dog is not able to recognize
his master by sight alone.
These results emphasize the distinc-
ton between vision of motionless OBJ
jects and vision Of moving objects.
The latter faculty is necessarily keen
In all animals Of prey. A cat is little
affected by the sight of motionless OBJ
Jects. but pounces on fleeing mouse
or trailed string instantly and with
unerring precision. A trout will rise
to the most impossible artificial fly If
its molten resembles that of living
fly.
The inclusion and position Of man La
the series are based upon the ocular
measurements given by Helmholtz In
his "Physiologische Optik. - Scientific
American.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-04-21
The Tuscan Farmer.

The Tuscan peasant stands in the pc
culiar position of being neither a pro
prietor nor a dependent, writes Helen
Zimmern in the Youths Companion.
He is instead the partner in an indus
try. According to this method OF
farming, which is called mezzadiia,
the proprietor of the land pays all The
taxes, advances all money required,
furnishes capital for the purchase OF
cattle and keeps in repair the dwelling
house The peasant in return works
the fields. attends to the live stock ;ind
to other home Industries, sells the
products-in short is the absolute mas
ter of the land that is confded to him.
He works the soil exactly as If it were
his own, and then. at stated intervals
in the year divides the products and
profits with the real owner.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-04-21

Mrs. Munro was reading items Of in
terest from the weekly paper and max
ing frequent EXPLANATIONS of surprise
or pleasure or dismay.
'Why, Edward, listen to thisT she
cried Here's a man who makes
business of taking new tables and
chairs and treating them in some way
so they look as if they were a hun
dred years old
"And he makes great deal OF mon
ey by It," she added, reading on
Does he indeedY' said Mr.. Munro
'Well, I'd trust our Tommy to make
new table look as If it were a good
deal more than hundred years old,
but / hadn't thought of it as q paying
business. Youths Companion.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-04-21
OUR NEED OF WATER.
Muscles Made Elastic and TemPera
4ura ReauIstad hv Moisture.

Muscles Made Elastic and TemPera-
ture Regulated by Moisture.
Psychologists tell us that the animal
body consists Of almost so per cent OF
water. Admitting this to be true, it
would seem plausible, says the Medical
Record, that this quantity is necessary
in order to carry on the normal physi-
illogical processes Of the animal econo-
my in proper condition.
For similar reasons 1t would also APP
pear plausible that should this quantiI
ty in any way be greatly reduced OF
diminished, either through normal proc
esses of the body or through abnormal
processes, this lost quantity must Inn
mediately be resupplied. Should such
a withdrawal Of water be permitted t.,
be unduly prolonged the disorders Will
assume such grave dimensions that 1rs
itself may ultimately be terminated
Elasticity and pliability Of musclesl
nerves, cartilage, tendons and even
bones depend mainly on the amount Of
water they contain. Water also serves
as a distributor OF. bodily heat and req
ulates the body temperature by the
physical process of absorption and
elimination.
Under normal conditions and In a
proper degree of health this supply Is
ordinarily furnished partly by the food
and partly by the drink we are daily
consuming An overindulgence In the
- - 1x,o+a,. y1rovf6ad If ic n0f carried
to excess, will seldom if ever be pro-
ductive of any deleterious conse-
Quences.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-04-21
WILLING to Tell.

Sometimes it is a pleasure to answer
questions, even If the questioner may
put them In an unpleasant way.
what do you do for livingT asked
a lawyer, frowning horribly at
hatched faced young man who was
undergoing cross examination.
"I. sir" answered the witness, hasti-
" diving into his side pocket, Fam the
agent for DR.. Korker's celebrated corr
and bunion destroyer. greatest remedy
of the age, used by all the crowned
heads of Europe, never known to fail
to remove the most obdurate corns In
less than twenty-four hours or money
cheerfully refund'- Here the court
interfered.
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at may be, but I've done nothing to
earn it, and don't know more than
ten members by name 1 wish that the
Teller who left 1t would come back"
He was told to hang on to the money
until the owner called for 1t, but he
was much perplexed and put out BY
a curious coincidence three weeks later
he found two other farmer members
who had come into possession of $500
each in just as mysterious manner
There seemed to be a philanthropist
going about among the conscientious
members and distributing rewards Of
merit
When the house adjourned for a
week and Honest John" went home
to his daughter he had that thousand
dollars with him, and its history was
still a mystery. In a few hours, how
ever, he was enlightened, and he went
back to the legislative body to en-
tighten others.
The day finally came when Lawyer
Trask's bill was up. He had counted
noses and was sure of its passage. He
sat there in the utmost confidence, to
be amazed and dumfounded when it
was defeated by a majority Of three.
Honest John and his two farmer
friends had recorded their votes among
the mays" although they had been
bought and paid for. An hour later the
former had a caller at his room. The
caller was pale faced and desperate.
"Mr. Thompson" ne said, 81 left a
thousand dollars on that bureau one
night few weeks ago"
"Geewhittakerl But you denied it
was yoursi"
'Tt was little present"
"But why should you make me a
present of a thousand dollarsY
"Because-because wanted your
help on that bill and because was 60
ing to ask your daughter to be my
wife"
"And mebbe you left 5000 apiece for
Crane and WilfiamsY'
"Y-yes."
"And you were going to ask their
daughters to be your wifeT
moo"
"see here, Mr.. Trask," said the old
man AFTER looking at MIN TOT nalI a
minute, ''if I were you wouldn't ask
Minnie to be your wife. told her all
about the money when went home.
She said as it wasn't yours and as no
one had lost it and as Crane and Wiz
Hams was In the same FIX that the mon
ey belonged to charity.
1--WE sent it down to her, and she d.
vided 1t between a couple Of orphan
asylums, and she's got the receipts to
show that it reached 'em. No, I
wouldn't ask her. might object to
you as son-in-law, and she might take
1t that you were trying to buy your
way into the family.
"Lemme Just add that you are
mighty careless man with your money,
and If you don't mend your ways your
bring up in the county house before
you are forty years old
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an idea for a costume. Let's drop in
here and have an Ice" he added as
they reached fashionable restaurant.
perhaps your mother would like
"Tea," declared the crimson faced
woman. 81 was never so mortified in
my life, Dick. wish you'd hurry up
and marry Florence if only to cure her
Of her silly habit of fads."
with all my heart to the first partr'
cried Dick as his glance sought the
girls.
I'm cured of the second part" added
Florence demurely. what wonder
1t was no one used the mahatma for an
advertisement for a-a"-
"a minstrel show" said Dick, with q
laugh. HE was black enough"
And then Fennister offered up pray
er that it might never be discovered
who had planned the advertisement.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-04-21
A Few Human Bromides.

Now that surgery has advanced TO .
point where diseased or defective parts
of the human body may be removed
and replaced with those from an AMI
NAL, it is presumed that the following
will no longer be regarded as mere
nature fakes: The man with the eagle
eye, the man with the lion heart, the
man with the chicken liver, the man
with the bull neck, the man with the
pig head and the man with the dog
face.-New York World.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-04-21

In the Isle Of Egg, one Of the Hebri
des, is cave into which one can hard
" creep on hands and knees. Inside 4
widens enormously and runs down t.
the terrific depth of $50 feet To this
day the bottom is strewn thick witt
human bones, the relics of the whole
clan of Macdonalds, over 200 in mum
Der, who were miserably suffocated by
the Macleods from the island of Skye
This tragedy is supposed to have oc
CURED In the thirteenth century.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-04-21

The race of people to whom The name
Lotus Eaters" was applied was a
Lybian tribe. known to the Greeks as
early as the time of Homer. Heredo-
tus describes their country and says
that a caravan route led from 1t to
Egypt. The lotus still grows there in
great abundance-a prickly shrub bear
ing a fruit of a sweet taste. compared
by Herodotus to that of the date. 1t is
still eaten by the natives, and a kind
Of wine is made from its juice.
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Wanted Browning.

He was evidently a German, and his
speech didn't belle the fact. He caught
the attention of the librarian.
"Blease, l want book" he said.
"What book ~ she asked.
"Boetry," he replied.
"Who is the author?"
He looked troubled.
"Blease, l hat forgot it." he said
''but his name begins nit p
"Poe?" asked the obliging girl.
mot Boe," he answered.
pope"
mot Bope."
His face frightened up.
"He is der Teller dot wrotit I'm q
Palcony." he said.
"Why, that was Browning"
"Sure. browning" he repeated. i
couldn't remember, but l knew dot 1t
commenced NIT a P.'"-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
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Too We'll Done.

Eyes, DEAR" continued the newly
made husband as he gazed responding
ly at the steak that was broiled almost
to a crisp, you are very charming,
and you do several things uncommon
ly well, but you don't know how to
cook a steak"
"And yet, my love-" answered the
culprit with a becoming penitent air,
you said yourself that it was very
well DONE
1t is scarcely necessary to add that
the cyclone was az
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-04-21
CHEERING Him Up.

Little -Grampa. why do you
look so sad? Grampa-I was just
thinking. Here am sixty years OF
age. and have never done anything
that will be likely to make posterity
remember me- Little Elmer-Oh, well,
don't worry. Mebby you'll still have
a chance to live In history as some
body's grandfather.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-04-21

Why is a new house unhealthtul2
That is q question which has been
asked by many and answered by few.
And yet the reason is obvious. In the
construction Of just one medium sized
house it is estimated that over $4,000
gallons of water is used. This water
does not evaporate so quickly as it
would In the air and sunlight, but lies
near the surface Of the earth and I'M
der the house and in the walls Of the
cellar; hence the house is damp, and
damp houses foster illness. A house
that has been standing for a year or
so is much more healthful than new
one.-Minneapolis Journal.
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HE Card Trieka.

Mrs. Stryver-We had most enjoy
able time at Mrs. Hunters tea. Count
Tedout was there and kept us mysti-
fed for an hour with his tricks with
the cards. Mr. Stryver (dryly)-He
kept us mystiied with 'em for three
months at the club, but we're on to
him now.-New York World.
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Ostend-Pa, what is numismatistl
PA numismatist. my son, is a col
Iector of coins. Ostend-And. pa? Pa
We'll, my son? Ostend-Is head wait
er numismatist?-Ch Chicago News.
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''Use the whipl" yelled the driver
His shrill shrek ripped through the
car and drowned the mans voice.
The girl turned toward the window,
and the fur boa on her shoulders shook
suspiciously. The man had dim idea
that she was laughing.
"LettyT The man was desperate.
IL love you"
A loud yell Of triumph came from
the driver, and a merry peal Of laugh
ter from the girl helped the echoes as
they buzzed around the car. The noise
was tremendous. The drivers yeIs
were deafening, and the shouts Of the
motorman and the truckman toll the
man that the work of removing ths OBJ
struction was nearly finished He took
one hasty glance at the moving truck
and, springing back, quickly seized the
laughing girl In his arms.
"ThereY' he cried triumphantly as he
kissed the blushing face. "And there!
And there againr And over the girls
muff1ed laughter and protests came
victorious cheer from the motorman
and the two truck drivers, informing
the two passengers that the truck was
clear at last
Three minutes afterward the con
ductor kicked the snow from his boots
and gave the go ahead" signal to the
elated motorman, and the car moved
off AS they passed the disabled truck
the man pointed to the name painted In
red letters on its side, and the girl
read, s'John Love, Truckman."
"One Of Dan Cupid's aliases" whis-
pered her companion. And the blush
on her face made the beauty loving
conductor stare at her for the rest of
the journey to the infinite delight of the
man.
The Reporters Dictionary.
Brilliant, a. Must be used In de-
scribing parties or receptions given by
people worth $1,000 or more.
Magnificent, a. Indispensable in re-
ferring to any house costing no less
than $1,000.
Sumptuous, a. Must be used in re-
ferring to parlor furnished at an ex-
pense Of $3.50 or more. Must be used
AisO III referring 10 IepdSL COAS1SllAS
Of three or more dishes.
Recherche, a. Indispensable in refer
ring to any society event. no matter
how Insignificant
intoxicating, a, Any kind of music,
no matter how discordant, furnished
at swell reception. "Ravishing' and
enhancing" are also good words and
are perhaps more appropriate than in
toxicating in a prohibition state.
Spacious, a. Grounds embracing two
or more lots.
Event, n. A party given at resi-
dence containing eight rooms or more.
Party, n. Obsolete.-Atchison GlnhA
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LORD DUNDREARY.
Tho Elder sothern's Story Of How II

The Elder sothern's Story Of How the
Part Was Written.
| The Theater Magazine tells how the
part of Lord Dundreary came to be
created by Sothern, the elder.
'There is not a single word or act,"
wrote e. A. Sothern three years be-
fore bis death, Gin Lord Dundreary
that has not been suggested to me by
persons whom l have known since
was five years of age"
This was written in 1873, when Lord
Dundreary had become better known
than most members of the English no
bility, when his whiskers had set the
fashion, his clothes had been copied by
the elect, his ulster Suggested by the
long frieze coat OF an Irish pig driver
had introduced that comfortable gar
ment to society, his remarks were
household words, and everywhere this
unique creation of Sothern's mercurial
genius and nfmble wit had become a
familiar and, in spite of his apparent
ly empty mind, a beloved friend. If
Mr.. Sothern's statement is to be ac-
CtDlCQ lllCl AC AAAOS AofN AASN -
vast number of oddities in his time.
Yet at the beginning Lord Dundrea-
ry was a minor part, with just forty
seven lines to speak, In a very poor
play In 1858, as stop gap, Laura
Keene put in rehearsal "Our American
Cousin" by Tom Taylor, comedy
having as its central figure Yankee
Tn pltC Of fhA
time, a grotesque caricature without
merit The role of Dundreary, a conven-
tional English fop, was given to Ed
ward Askey Sothern, an English actor
of thirty-two, who had been with Les
ter Wallack for four seasons, acting
heavy parts and low comedy, making
his first success in 1857 as Duval to
Matilda Heron's Camille.
Dundreary was not at all to his Tx
ing, but permission to gag" ad ibi-
tum made him willing to go on with it.
The role was practically rewritten, in
accordance with an idea Mr.. Sothern
had had in mind for years. Every
thing that was absurd and extravagant
was added, and changes and additions
were frequent. SOOu Cduc Lie SdAI
that was nothing like human, the hest
tating earnest speech, the ''magnifi-
cent sneeze," the letter from his
"bwother," the business Of counting
his fingers, the twisted proverbs, the
thousand and one touches that went
to make up this absurd, half foolish,
entirely amusing figure, who possessed,
nevertheless, a certain measure Of In
telligent shrewdness and whose wild
est conversational shot usually hit
some sort of mark, though not perhaps
the one he had aimed at.
The career of "Our American Cousin"
was long and honorable, and, although
Mr.. Sothern appeared with success and
distinction in other plays, it was as
Dundreary that his audiences wanted
him, and it is in that role that his
name will be handed to posterity.
From 1858 to 1861 he played it in this
country, always to crowded houses. In
1861 he took it to London. For two
weeks the company faced failure; then
came phenomenal success, run Of
over 400 nights. 1t was the first Of the
long runs in that city.
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on che zen Party Line.

Suddenly the alarm clock went on.
The sleeper, half awake, listened.
tits only one ring" he said "Ours
is four rings"
Whereupon he went to sleep again
and missed his train.-Chicago Tribune
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-04-21

First Sportswoman after jumping a
stile)-Come along. Do have a try!
Second Sportswoman-Oh, it's all very
well for you to risk your neck, but
I'm going to be married next week.
Punch.
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ln
9 to go into pol

"Would you advise to go into pol
iticsT'
young man." answered Senator Scr
qhum. sthe mere fact that you are SO
modest as to ask advice about it proves
that you are unfit for the profession"
Washington Star
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Hewitt-Gruet uses very appropriate
language, don't you think SO? Jewett
Well, when l asked him what he
thought of the idea of cremation his
reply was, 1T jars one. New York
Press.
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A Stoxawav.

She ION the Atlantic liner)-Did you
observe the great appetite of that stout
man at dinner? He-Yes. He must
be what they call stowaway.-I0n-
don Telegraph.
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Copy Reader-How will 1t do to head
this story "a Growing Scandal?" City
] Editor-Cut out the growing" That's
redundant A scandal always grows.
Chicago Tribune.
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The Fife.

It is said by some that we owe the
fife-'ear piercing" as Shakespear.
calls ito the Swiss, and Sir janet
Turner. who busted himself In writing
on military matters, names 1t the "Al
lemaine whistle" In France it was
employed at least as early as 1884, IL
which yeaE it was ordered by Francis
l. that each band of 1000 men was tc
have four drums and two flies.
A few years later In England we
find "drommes and ffyffes' included In
the muster of London citizens. Shake
speare refers to the musician, not the
instrument, when he speaks in "The
Merchant of Venice" Of 1.-THE vile
squealing of the wry necked ife." An
old writer observes, indeed, that
"fyfe is a wry neckt musician, for he
looks away from his instrument
About the reign Of James IL the fife
lost its popularity for time, Sh
James Turner observing, with us any
captain may keep a fifer in his com
pany and maintain him, too, for ne
pay is allowed him, perhaps just al
much as he deserveth. Chambers
Journal
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-04-21

Sometimes noble failure serves the
world as faithfully as distinguished
success.-Dowden.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-04-21

Leave MOORESTOWN every 10 minutes
from 5.42 until 10.a2 q. M; then every " min
utes until 4.l2 D. m; then every 10 minutes un-
til y42 D. M; then every 30 minutes until ll.l2
p. m; then every hour as per night car
schedule.
Leave FERRY sos, 5.sS, sos, 6.Ss q. m; then
every is minutes until 9.38 a. M; then every "
minutes until 8-38 p. M; then every 10 minutes
until S.8S D. m; then every 30 minutes until
lO.O8 D. M; then l1.08 and 1908; then every
hour as per night car schedule.
Leave -MERCHANTVILLEe every min utes
from $50 g. M. until 9.27 O.. M; then every ~
minutes until AT p. M; then every minutes
until S.z7 p. M; then every 10 minutes until
lI.47 D. M; then as per night car schedule.
Leave FERRY at COS and 6.38 a. M; then
every 10 minutes until 5.5S a. MI then every
minutes until 1858 a.. M; then every ~ mln-
utes until 1858 p. M; then every minutes I'm,
tfl7.5g o. M; then every 10 minutes until lzU6
midnight; then every hour as per night car
schedule.
NIGHT CAR-DAILY AND SUNDAY.
Leave Moorestown, l.02. 2 ", w, 4Oz q. m.
Leave Ferry, *I.08, los, S0S, AUS q. m.
*Last trip on Saturday nigh.
Connect with Mount Holly cars at StanWick
avenue.
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Ready money works great cures
Danish Proverb.
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wEsTwARI,
ClHDEA AND SUBURBAN RAILWAY co.

ssr' Stops only on signal or notice to Agen
or conductor to receive or discharge passen
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-05-30
m. c,.yr,ma..s U.Nn,s.,...

Visitors 10 u quaint little church In
England observ" u curious relic IA the
shape NJ n high stool with n leather
tor like n saddle The parish clerk
shows not n little pride Ia this relic aud
tells its story with relish During the
seventeenth aud eighteenth centuries
the country parsons were accustomed
20 spend much Of their time hunting
with their country -qulrcs. often
times the fox got NOR" attention than
the on the following Sunday
Such WIS the Ease with the pnrson who
left the saddle stool behind him as q
relic VI the days ~ fox hunting par
Sous lie VAS n good deul more a
nome In the saddle than IN the pulpit.
90 IN order to Introduce soine of tin
life and spirit Into his diacourses which
be felt while IN the bunting Held. The
reverend gentleman had this snddr
stool made II was placed In the pull
pit before the parson mounted the
steps. once astrlde this hobby the par.
son was able 10 reach a much higher
degree Of enthusiasm and eloquenss
thnn lie could have unmOupted.