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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-03-24
MARCH OF THE MESSENGERS.


The Way Millions on Millions Of Dol
Iars In Checks Change Holders In a
Few Minutes In the Daily Balancing
Of Accounts Between Banks.
@Clearingr' That word Ia the order
for the shufiing Of many feet and the
pattering Of thick envelopes upon hard
wood. Men with leather bags hung
against their chests Ike bass drums
pass up and down rows OF desks at
which other men sit and as they go by
deity hand out brown paper packages
containing the equivalent of millions in
gold. Thus do the banks Of New York
transfer money each business day.
xAs vast as the figures involved in the
operation are, they do not make an
impress upon the mind. One is more
apt to wonder whether the gray haired
messenger In the blue serge suit would
succeed in disorganizing the line If he
gave the wrong envelope to bank No.
49 and, If so, whether he would be con-
demned forever by his associates. But
no one seems to make mistake, and
the visitor has no reason to worry
about the possibility Of misplacing $685.
100000 even for half second. The
machinery of the clearing house is al
most too perfect to slip cog.
The clearing house begins to show
signs of activity as early as $50 o'clock,
when the vanguard Of bank runners
makes its appearance. They travel In
pairs and are mostly young men, al
though the veterans have not all re-
tired Their badge of Office is bag,
any sort of bag, suit case, telescope,
kit bag, canvas bag. Sometimes 1t has
the name of the bank it came from
printed across the end. More often it
bears no distinguishing mark
Further, its identity Is frequently
hidden behind an exceedingly shabby
exterior. That is perhaps virtue. At
all events, it is not considered good
form In banking circles to be ostenta-
tious. A strong bag even though it be
old and chafed is just as good vehicle
for fortune as a new one and is less
likely to produce burnings in the heart
of thug. So this is the reason why
the young men who sweep up the mar
BILE stairs look as if they were carrying
bags filed with their own clothing in
stead Of other persons checks. Self
conscious they are not despite the loads
they carry, and one might well imagine
they were going upstairs to change
their garments for gymnasium suits.
But when the visitor reaches the floor
above and climbs to the little gallery
ut one end he realizes that not basket
ball, but another game, is to be played.
Already the players are preparing to
take their positions. At the side walls
are benches on which delivery clerks
are sitting, their bags at their sides,
and opposite is solid counter divided
into about seventeen compartments, to
the front Of which are affixed, II occu-
pied, the name plates Of different
banks. Beyond the first Is a second
eeuntsr and betwean ths two q rackfQ
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-03-24

"Mostly of Chicago" is the way a
man described his residence. His char
acterization seems reasonable. When
he was six years old, he cut off one OF
his toes with scythe. When he was
eight, he shot off two joints of one of
his fingers He ran away from home
when he was fourteen, and the frost OF
a winter night took off three more toes
and the tip of his nose. At twenty-five
he lost his entire right foot. A drunken
half breed bit off an ear in the Klon-
dixie, a Dakota corn shelter took his
left forearm, and since then he has lost
three fingers, a joint from another fin
ger and one eye.-Youth's Companion.
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pepIorable Levitx.

eve students can stand good many
things" said the college girl. "but this
last missionary was too much for us
He preached on the glories of the mis-
sionary calling for women. He told us
we ought all of US to go and help the
heather. That was all right.
"But then he worked up to glow
ing finish. Now, appeal to you, as
college women, how much better than
mere learning and mere books it is to
go forth into the world and become
fishers of menp
THAT was too much. OF course we
smiled In fact. some of us snickered
audibly. Then the missionary com
planned to 'prexy' that he couldn't help
noticing deplorable spirit of levity
apparent among the students. "-Phila-
dalnhia Ted1er
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-03-24
A COSTLY NAP.
sIumber That Led to the Death o:
Kino Charles |.

King Charles |.
In the middle of Holborn once stood
an inn. the George and Blue Boar, and
there took place an incident which en-
tirely changed the whole tale OF Eng
lands history.
AS twilight was falling in October
1913, very tired post boy mounted
on a sweating horse pulled up outside
the old inn. The lad knew nothing Of
the Importance Of the letters which lay
in his post bag. His orders were tc
convey them to point on the Grea'
North road, where he would be met by
other messengers.
But Cromwell's spies had followed
him from the south coast, for eng
lands liberty depended upon his dis
patches miscarrying. The boy hat
some supper and afterward fell asleep
his head pillowed on his post bag.
While he slept Cromwell's men took
the bag and found in it letter from
King Charles l. to the Scottish gener
ais arranging for his rescue, an imme
date advance on London and the ar
rest and execution of Cromwell and his
friends. That same evening Cromwell
had the fatal letter and determined OF
Charles death.-London Tit-Bits.
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carrick's Wit.

David Garrick on one occasion passed
Tyburn as a huge crowd was assem-
bling to witness the execution OF a
criminal. "Who IL her asked the
great actor of q friend who accompa-
MED him.
II believe his name is Vowel" was
the reply.
"Ah." said Garrick. 81 wonder which
of the novels he is, for there are sew
eral. At all events 1t is certain that II
is neither U nor IT-London Saturday
Review
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-03-24
MURDER OF THE SEAL.
The Way the Animals Are Slaughtered
nv the Hunfers

The way the Animals Are slaughtered
by the Hunters.
The ice echoes no footballs, so the
murder of the seal Is a stealthy act.
Yes, it seems like murder. On the pan
ries one of the hunters. Lifting his
bat above his head, he measures the
distance; then, swinging downward the
iron shod point, he strikes the skull of
the seal such a blow that it Is crushed
in as if of pastebOard. Tossing aside
the bat and whipping out the scalping
knife. while the creature is still CULVER
ing. with swift undercut and two Oh.
three side strokes the keen blade has
severed the hide and the layers of fat
beneath so they can be rolled into a
pelt, the hide holding the fat in its
folds. The next whitecoat is with its
parents. Their hide is coarser, but
worth having, so the gunner takes a
quick aim, lodging charge of shot in
the head of the growing mate just at
the base of the brain. Here the skull
Is thinnest. One of the batters stands
guard over the blowhole to prevent
the mother from escaping, while an
other bats the cub. Then the female,
who would desert her offspring to save
her own life, is dubbed on the head.
A few strokes of the knives and three
more bloody carcasses crimson the ice.
The peIt of the first seal is piled with
the other three in a pan. The fiagman
sticks a flag by its side, and the hunt
ers hurry forward, leaving the pelts to
be towed back to the ship when the
hunt is ended.
Thus the slaughter continues hour
after hour until nightfall only ends the
stroke of the bat and thrust of the
knife. If it began at daybreak the
field may be strewn with thousands of
dead seals, for If the pan of ice is
thronged with them, as is sometimes
the case, a hundred men will kill ten
times their number in day, since most
of the seals are harps, which seldom
try to protect their young, and are
slain without attempting to defend
themselves.-Day Alien Wiley in Met
ropolitan.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-03-24

Do the right thing if you have Nasal
Catarrh Get Ely's Cream Balm at once.
Don't touch the catarrh powders and
snuffs, for they contain cocaine. Ely's
Cream Balm releases the secretion that in
flame the nasal passages and the throat,
whereas medicines made with mercury
merely dry up the secretions and leave
you no better than you were. In word,
Ely's Cream Balm is a real remedy, not 9
delusion. All druggists, so cents, OF
mailed by Ely Brothers, SO Warren Street
New York,
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-03-24

A large crowd had gradually formed
around the two fashionably dressed
and oblivious young girls, and at one
time it seemed necessary to separate
them.
what can it mean?" said the stran
ger who had just come up.
1T took me-" said the man addressed
"some time to learn; but, as l under
stand it now, one girl has been siS
months in Europe, and while she was
gone the other one has learned to play
golf, and they are trying to tell each
other about it."-Life.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-03-24

Editor Ito Miss Oldgirl. age about
forty)-Your work shows promise but
do you know madam, good literary
work is seldom done by woman until
she is thirty or thirty-fve? Several
years hence you will be able to write
acceptable articles, Miss Oldgirl (as
she leaves)-That was the most de
lightfuI man ever met
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-03-24

'sThat sharp tongued Miss Redpepp
has been saying some mighty mean
things about you and your WIFE"
''What. for instance"
"Says you picked her up at bar
gain counter"
"Great Scott, did! She was the
prettiest girl that ever stood behind
one Chicago Tribune.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-03-24
On Terra E;rr.

what does become of all the pinsY
cried Mrs. X. as she vain1y sought for
one on her dressing table.
Il know, mamma" cried her little
son, who had just begun to study Latin.
'"They fall to the earth and become ter
raplns. "--Harper's Weekly.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-03-24
Generous.

Professional Faster-I should like tc
undertake fast of four weeks in this
show of yours. How much will you
pay me. Showman-I can't give you
any salary. but will pay for your
keep Fliegende Batter
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-03-24

Jason-There are three periods In a
mans life when he does not under
stand a woman Grayson-And they
are? Jason-Before he knows her,
when he knows her and afterward!
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-03-24
This Earthly STAGE.

'The sum-" remarked the kindly citi-
zen, ''shines for ALL
"And that's what worries some peo-
ple," averred the caustic citizen. "They
seem to think the sun ought to be ham
died as a spot light Cou-
rier-Journal
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-03-24

Mother Gray's sweet Powder for Children.
Successfully used by Mother Gray, nurse In
the Children's Home in New York, cure
| Feverishness, Bad Stomach, Teething dis
| orders, move and regulate the Bowels and de-
stroy Worms. Over 10000 testimonials They
Address Allen S. OImsted, Leroy N. Y.
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"Do 1T To-DAY!''

.And to think that ten months ago locked like
this owe 1t 10 German Syrup"
qThe time-worn injunction, Never put
off It'll tomorrow what you can do to-
day." Is now generally presented in this
form "Do 1t to-day p That is the terse
advice we want to give you about that
hacking cough or demoralizing cold with
which you have been struggling for sew
eral days, perhaps weeks. qTake some
reliable remedy for 1t To-DAY-and let
that remedy be DIR. Boschee's German
Syrup, which has been in use for over
thirty-five years. A few doses Of 1t will
undoubtedly relieve your cough or cold,
and its continued use for few days will
cure you completely. ono matter how
deep-seated your cough, even If dread
consumption has attacked your. lungs,
German Syrup will surely effect cure
AZ It has done before In thousands of APP
parently hopeless cases Of lang trouble.
GNsw trial bottles, 2ss; regular Eza,
75c. At al druggists.
FOR SALE By
ALLEYS PHARMACY
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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-03-24

There is as yet no method Of progress
known to men that is SO rich and com
plete as that which is ministered by q
truly great neutrality-suspicious. Brooks
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-03-24
A Comnarison.

"Ever seen congress in session"
mo" replied Farmer Coboss. but |
know about how it looks. hev hired
man who kin git as busy dom nuthin'
as ANYTHING YOU ever saw louisville
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Burr MSIrtoSh-
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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-03-24

The first mail steamer from England
arrived in New South Wales in 1853.
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A Couple Of Bo's'nss Chairs, . Trio OF
[ shaped Iron Pegs, . Heavy Ham
aaer and Ball Of Irvine Will Take
Him In Safety to the Summit
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ALIENS PHARMACY
PRIeKIZT 8 PHARMACY
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-14
ADDRESS BY sTRAus.
Principal Speaker at Gotham Dedi-
cation Function.

NEW YORK. May 1.-THE new build
1ngs of the college Of the City of New
York on Washington Heights, which cost
100000. were dedicated today with i'm
posing ceremonies. the occasion being
made the more notable by the celebrat ton
Of the sixtieth anniversary of the college
The principal address was delivered by
Oscar S. Straus. Secretary Of Commerce
and Labor. who brought a message from
President Roosevelt. as follows:
my Dear President Finley: shall ask
Secretary Straus to be the bearer of my
good will May II. 1t Is an event of real
and great importance. and am glad that
a member Of my cabinet. who stands pc
culiarly close to me, should be present on
the occasion. With all good wishes, be-
neve me, sincerely yours.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
James Bryce. the British ambassador to
Washington; President Charles w. Eliot
of Harvard University, Joseph H. Choate
and others also spoke.
Mr. Bryce said the College of the City
of New York was certain to become one
of the greatest educational institutions
Of a gigantic city. There Is no danger, he
said. that In city where every howl of
steam whistle urges the young man TO a
struggle upward to wealth and power,
these calls will be forgotten. This col
lese. however. may give to Its students q
taste for pursuits which win save them
from throwing all their force merely into
the winning Of wealth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-14
WOULD MERIT IMPEACHMENT.
Bailey's Declaration as to Reported
Course of the President.

Senator Foraker OF Ohio and Senator
Bailey Of Texas opposed the adoption of
the Elkins' resolution in the Senate yes
terday afternoon, to suspend for twenty
months the operation of the commodity
clause Of the Hepburn rate law. with
the result that 1t was still under consid-
Grafton at adjournment. A dash OF poll
tics was introduced into the debate by
Mr.. Bailey, who declared that the rate
bill was democratic measure. He in
sisted that in spite of the President S
adopting the democratic policies. the re-
publican national convention would in
dorse all that he has done.
Mr.. Bailey declared that if 1t was true,
as had been reported, that the President
of the United States had agreed not to
prosecute the railroads for violating the
provisions of the commodity clause, then
1.-THE President of the United States should
and ought to be impeached."
Mr.. Bailey advocated STRENGTHENING"
the interstate commerce commission in
Its power to fix rates on the railroads
He declared that 1t was remarkable that
Congress in this legislation was proposing
to allow the prohibition against railroads
transporting their own products to stand
and at the same time provide that the
enforcement of the penalty against such
a course shall be postponed for twenty
months.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-14
WHOLESALE MARKET REPORT.
Quotations given below are for large
lots JOhbers' prices are higher.

Quotations given below are for large
lots. Jobbers' prices are higher.
EGGS. = Nearby fresh Virginia. II:
west Virginia and southwest Virginia,
1917; Tennessee. 1871 duck eggs. 16.
BUTTER. = Creamery. fancy. 26a27;
Process. fancy, 22a23: fair to good. 22t
90. Store-packed. fresh, 19a2O.
CHEESE - New York state factory.
new. large. 16ha17.
Observation-Disclosures spring. per h..
28a3O; chickens, winter. per IT,. 22a25;
keats, per b. Il; turkeys. hens. per h..
15a16; turkeys, toms. per h.. 10; ducks,
per h., Gall.
DRESSED PoULTRY.-Hens. choice,
per h.. II; roosters. per h., 7aS; chick
ems: per lb. 1sa:o; ducks; per h.. 13a16:
turkeys, hens, per h., 16a18; turkeys.
toms. per h., 16a17.
VEGETABLES. = Potatoes. old. per
bbl.. No. l, 1.75a2.5O; per bu., 100: No. 2.
per bbl, 5Oa1 90; new. per bbl., No. 1.
4.OOa4.25; No. 2. per bbl. 3.OOa3.5O. Vans.
per bbl., 8.5Oa4.5O: cucumbers Fla. per
Texas. per blu. crate. 1.75: peppers. Fla.
carrier. 1.5Oa2 90: cabbage. Early York.
per Dbl, 1.OOa1.25; kale. per Dbl. 75a9O;
spinach. per bill. LOCALLY; eggplant.
per crate. 1.75a2.5o: squash. Fla. per
1.25a1.75; new beets. per bunch. 3a5;
lettuce, per basket. 5Oa1.O0; okra. per
carrier. 2.50a3.OO; celery. per bunch. 5Oa
IS; celery. Fla, per crate, 2.OOa2.5O;
Fa cr pse a saS pes
per basket, 1.OOa2.25: asparagus. per
doz. punches, 1.OOa4.OO; rhubarb. per
doz punches. 15a25; radishes. per 100.
1.OOa1.25.
GREEN FRUITS. Apples. per Dbl ad
800: grape fruit. per crate 30Oa5.o0:
pineapples. Fla, per crate. 3.OOa3.5O;
cranberries. per box, 2.OOa2.jO; straw
berries. per Of. Sa1o.
HAY AND STRAW Hay. western.
14.OOa15o0. Straw. rye bundle. 13.50a
400; rye. machine thrash. 10.OOa1o.50;
wheat. 6.5Oa7.OO: oat straw. per ton.
9.0Oa9.5O.
LIVE STocK.-Cattle, extra, per cwt..
6ooae5o; butcher. p per cW VT 5ooa55o:
cwt.. gross. 5.75ae.25. Sheep. per ID,
5a5h: fall lambs. choice. per lb.. eva
Z: spring lambs, choice. per h.. Sha9;
medium, SasA. Calves, choice, per h..
7a7h medium. per lb.. 6ha7.
\, BEEF NJ 81 h s0 p Sa H. 1s
ib. 13s; No. 2. 9; No. 3. 8; Loins. No: l.
No /. per lb., 10: No. 2. 8: No. 3. Z.
WOOL AND HIDES.-Wool. washed,
free of burrs. per h., 2Oa?2; unwashed.
1Sa2O Hides, green. per h.. 5: dry. per
b. cali. sheepskins. green. each. 5oa75:
dry, each, 25a6O. Mink, each, 2.OOa2.5O:
raccoon. 25a75: red fox. LISA so: skunk
25a75; opossum, 10a15; gray fox, 35a6O;
muskrat. 15a25; muskrat kits, 5: rabbit
skins, /. Calfskins, green. each. 1.OOa
1925; dry flint hides. per h.. 8; dry
sailed hides. 8.
GRAIN.-Wheat, per bu.. S4a9s. Corn
shelled. new. SOas5; ear, oa4.OO. Oats
western white, No. . per bu.. 6Oa65
mixed, 50a63. Bran, per ton. 3O.OOa32 co.
Middlings, per ton, 80. OOa3o.O 90.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-14
SHORTAGE Is GROWING
CASHIERS THEFTS
FOOT UP $1,35o,oO0.

P1TTSBURG. May 14.-As the result OF
further investigation by Bank Examiner
Folds the shortage Of William Montsom-
cry. former cashier of the Allegheny
National Bank. has been increased $780,
COO. making the total $1.350OO.
Montgomery was taken to the office OF
his attorney yesterday afternoon, where
further confession was got from MIN
by Clarence Burleish. counsel for the
bank. 1t is said that much Information
was secured which may result IN the
arrest of other persons.
Details of the system used by Mont
gomery became known yesterday. MOST
of the money WAS taken In exchange TOT
spurious notes signed with the names OF
prominent business men.
1t was announced at the Pttsburs
Stock Exchange that the Marine Nation
al Bank. which for many years mas
cleared through the Allegheny National.
would. commencing today. clear through
the Union National.
The first clue to Montgomery's pecula-
tons was found when an inventory OF
the banks assets was made preparatory
to deal by which the First National was
to take over the Allegheny National. Will
liam Stewart. the president. is advancing
in age and wished to retire. He had ar
ranged for an extensive European trip
this summer.
PITTSBURG. May 14.-Although Is
persistently rumored that further devel-
opments are likely to occur today. noth'
ing new had transpired up to l O'Clock
this afternoon.
Concerning a statement made to him
yesterday by the former cashier, Attor-
ney Clarence Burleigh, counsel for the
bank, said today:
Though he made no attempt to shield
himself. Mr.. Montgomery refra1ned abso-
lutely from duplicating any one else In
his statement before me yesterday after
noon, and it is needless to say that until
papers or some other facts are discovered
which involve other people we must &C,
according to what he has admitted"