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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-03-16
Life Lost by Fire.

In spite of the careful efforts of the
physician and family one of the few hours
old twins. who figured in the thrilling
rescue from the burning home of William
Garwood of the Camden pike, in Burling-
ton township, on Wednesday afternoon,
died Thursday afternoon. To the prompt
arrival Of DR.. J. M. Davis at the fire is
due the safety of Mrs. Garwood, who,
1t Is believed, will suffer no evil effects
from her hurried removal from the sick
bed.
One of the many thrilling incidents of
the fire was the rescue of Mrs. Sarah
Moore. an aged lady who lived with the
Garwood family. The fact that anyone
remained In the building was unknown to
the fighters, who were busy removing the
household goods to place of safety when
Officer Claude Sell appeared at the top of
the stairs with the body of the aged lady
In his arms.
The woman had been found in one of
the upper story rooms, which the flames
had already surrounded. Had 1t not been
for Sells presence of mind and brave rush
into the room, her escape would soon
have been impossible. The rescue was
witnessed by large number of the early
arrivals at the fire, and the officer was
highly praised for his work.
As soon as the firemen could get streams
turned on the flames, they did excellent
service in combining the fire to the upper
story. The salvage corps proved their
usefulness, and by the aid of neighbors
and spectators. great part of the con-
tents OF. the building was saved
All the companies responded. Eli Law
renee, George Barclay, Chief Engineer
George w. Slack and Assistant Hamlet
P. Ghaul were among the active workers.
The entire roof of the brick part of the
mouse ives destroyed, and the roof of the
frame portion was damaged. The loss to
the house is placed at 5000, on which
there is insurance amounting to $780, The
property is owned by the Foley estate, of
Philadelphia.
Owing to the excellent supply of water,
the firemen wereable to keep two streams,
each through 1900 feet of hose, on the
blaze. The alarm was given from Broad
and Talbot streets at II SO.
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While holding a term Of court at
Augusta once Judge Walton sentenced
a man to seven years in prison for a
grave crime. The respondents coun-
sci asked for a mitigation of the SEN
tence on the ground that the prison
er's health was very poor your
honor" said he, 81 am satisfied that
my client cannot live out half that
term, and l beg of you to change the
sentence" "Well, under those circum-
stances" said the judge, 81 will
change the sentence. l will make it
for life instead Of seven years" 1t is
almost needless to add that the re-
spondent chose to abide by the orig
inal sentence. which the judge per
mittad him to alact-AE0nnant
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DIED

BERRY.-February IL, at waretown, Maja
l.. Berry, formerly of West Creek.
BoRDA.-March 9, at Tuckerton. Eugene
Borda, Jr.
BRADFoRD.-March IL, at Juliustown, Eliza
beth A, widow of David O. Bradford, aged "
years.
DAvIs-March IL, at Mount Holly, Sarah
A. Davis, widow OF Charles s. Davis
GowER.-March Q, near Medford, Frederick
Cover.
KEEBLER.-March 8, at Norristown, Pa,
Emma F., wife of Charles J. Keebler, of River
side.
MATHIs.-February %, at Atlantic City,
Schuyler Mathis, formerly OF Tuckerton,
aged 80 years.
MATLAoK.-March u, at Mount Holly.
Charles A. Matlack. in his SD year.
PEhKINs.-March 49, at Beverly, Carrie R..
wife of Alfred T. Perkins.
RoBBINs.-March 6, at Philadelphia, Re-
becca A., wife of Shreve B. Robbins, of near
Vincentown.
SMIREs.-February %, at Forked River, Rob
ert Smires, formerly OF Waretown, aged "
years.
TAYLoR.-March II. at Philadelphia, VIII
liam Taylor formerly of Burlington.
VIEBEcK.-March IL, at Burlington, Charles
+. Viereck, aged SO years.
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County Engineer.
Not to be copied by other papers.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-03-16
Cracked Furniture.

Ugly marks caused by splits or
cracked places in furniture are easily
filed in with beeswax, and the mark
is never detected. In fact, this is how
furniture dealers cover such blemishes.
First slightly soften the beeswax until
it is like putty, then press firmly into
the cracks and smooth evenly with
a thin knife. Sandpaper over the
surrounding wood and work the dust
into the beeswax. This gives wood
finish or color, and when the furniture
is vanished you will look in vain for
the blemishes 1t is better than putty,
since putty soon dries, crumbles and
falls out, while beeswax will remain
forever just where it is placed.
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They Nesdad PRAYERS.

A member Of parliament tells good
story of an out of the way country
clergyman who did not keep up to
date in what was going on in the
world One Sunday he asked his sex
ton: rs the prayer for parliament to
be used today? IS parliament still sit
ting?"
The sections reply came promptly.
''Well. sir, l don't know; but, anyhow,
better pray for them, for they're a
precious bad lotp'-London Standard
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Friends at Moorestown.

"God never created single soul for
hell. nor has He created hell for human
soul, declared Isaac Wilson, of Canada,
on Thursday, at the Haddonfield Quar-
terly Meeting of Friends, held at Moores-
town.
He expressed the belief that every soul
must make its own heaven or hell, and
that every one Is by nature religious
Continuing he said:
''If there are any who should be demon
strators of the immediate revelation of
Gods will TO man. they are members of
the Society of Friends. We believe in
the divinity of humanity. That is the
life of Christ and not the death of Jesus
that saves u.s."
Sarah T. Linyill, of Philadelphia;
Keziah Wilkins, of Medford; Nathaniel
Richardson, of Byberry, and Edward
Holmes, of Mickleton, also spoke.
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Asassiz Forced His Pupils to Find Out
. For Themselves.

II OF tn0mS0iVSSs
When l sat me down before my tin
pan Agassiz brought me small fish,
placing it before me with the rather
stern requirement that I should study
1t, but should on no account talk to
any one concerning it or read any
thing concerning fishes until had his
permission so to do. To my inquiry,
''What shall l DOR lie said in effect:
Find out what you can without dam
aging the specimen. When l think
that you have done the work | will
question you" In the course of an
hour thought l had comprised that
fish. But Agassiz, though always
within call, concerned >1nself no fur
Their with me that day nor the next
nor for week At first this neglect
was distressing. But saw that it
was game. for he was. as | discern
ed rather than saw, covertly watching
me. SO | set my wits to work upon
the thing and in the course of Il hun
bred hours or so thought | had done
much, a hundred times as much as
seemed possible at the start. l felt
full of the subject and probably ex-
pressed it in my bearing. AS for
words about it then, there were none
from my master, except his CHEEKY
Good morning" At length on the
seventh day came the question,
'Well? and my disgorge of learning
to him as he sat on the edge of my
table, putting his cigar. At the end of
the hours telling he swung off and
away. sayin~. "That is not right"
went at the task anew, discarded
my first notes, and in another week
of ten hours day labor l had results
which astonished myself and satisfied
him. Still there was no trace of praise
in words or manner. He signified that
it would do by placing before me
about a half a peck of bones, telling
me to see what could make of them,
with no further directions to guide
me- Two months or more went to
this task. with no other help than an
occasional looking over my grouping
with the stereotyped remark, "That is
not right" Finally the task was done,
and l was again set upon alcoholic
specimens. Autobiography Of Pro
fessor Shaler'' in Atlantic.
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Ocean County.

Tax Collector n B. Horner, of Tuck
erton, has blood in his eye now as re-
suit of the refusal of several owners of
bank stock to pay their tax for the year
1907 He will sell the stock for the taxes.
The owners announce their intention of
testing the law regulating the taxing of
this stock
John Weaver, convicted of atrocious as
sault and battery on Farmer Grub, of New
Egypt, at the September term of court,
1907, and sentenced to two years in state
prison. has again made application to the
Court of Pardons for pardon. His time
will be out this coming June. Weaver
walked into the American House barroom
and put two bullets through Grub with
out word of warning and apparently
without cause. Grub was healthy and
soon recovered Weaver was an employee
of former Senator ShinH.
Saturday morning the Dover township
school authorities had Fred and John
Gaskill, two sons of Thomas Gaskill, who
persist in staying away from school,
brought before Judge Berry on the tru-
ancy complaint. The court told the boys
that they would either go to school at
Toms River. or else at Jamesburg, In the
state home for boys. He also told the
father that if he didn't make them go to
school the court would see that his failure
to do SO was put before the grand jury
for his indictment.
Although there is no train service to
and from Barnegat City, the people there
get their mail regularly each day. AL
Sprague carries the mail pouch on foot
He meets the noon train from Philadel-
phia at the junction, gets the mail and
tramps to Barnegat City, and returns
with the outgoing mail at night.
When B. Ney RidgwaY, a baker, called
at the house of Eugene Borda, Jr., at
Tuckerton, on Wednesday, to see if he
wanted any bread. he was startled to find
the lifeless body of the man seated in a
rocking chair. Ridgway had knocked at
the door, and as he received no answer he
decided to look in the window to see If
any one was at home, when he was con-
fronted by the sight of the lifeless man.
He ran to neighbors for help, thinking
that Mr.. Borda was i'll. When the door
was broken all were almost stified by gas,
which was found to be flowing from a gas
range where three cocks had been turned |
on. Gas was also flowing from a gas |
heater, which was used to warm water.
Mr.. Borda and his wife moved to Tuck
erton a few years ago from Philadelphia,
but had been in the habit of spending |
their winters away The family had been
away all this winter as usual and were
about to return. Mr.. Borda came home
to get the house in readiness
for his family, which consists of wife
and son. There is no known motive for
suicide. The house was all lighted at 10
o'clock but the Jets were all turned off |
the next morning.
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IL Silicon Were a Gas.

Whistler at West Point seems to
have had sort of subconscious knowl-
edge of his destiny, and this gave him
an utter Indifference to everything not
consonant with it. Here he was fail
ure. A direct statement in class rec
itation that Silicon is a gas" discour-
aged his chemical Instructor and was
one Of the final blows to his military
career AS Whistler says himself, If
silicon had only been a gas he might
have become major general. But the
fates were against it,
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The greatest frmness is the creates
mercy.-Longfellow.


"Fine old Spanish emeralds" Is
phrase which means something quite
different from what it seems to imply.
There never was an emerald mined In
Spain, but after the conquest Of Peru
the conquerors brought home great
quantities of loot, Of which emeralds
formed an important part. In this
way the finest emeralds came into
possession Of the old Spanish families,
and as very few had been seen in
Europe previous to that time all the
best stones soon became classed as
fine old Spanish emeralds. Today the
expression still applies to the best
--.s~..A.-.>- s<-an,s sasaEaa-
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Force of Habit.

II wish, john" said the EDITORS wife,
shat you'd try not to be so absent
minded when we are dining out"
"Eh? What have l done now?'
why, when the hostess asked you
If you'd have some more pudding you
replied that owing to a tremendous
pressure on your space you were COM
PEELED to decline. "-London Tit-Bits
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ne WOFQ TSTSO0s
General Benjamin f. Butler, it is
said, once asserted that a woman was
not a person" and a London suf-
fragette. insists that the word person"
in its legal sense includes woman. The
word has had an interesting history.
Signifying by etymology something to
make sound through, the Latin per
soma" began by meaning an actors
mask with its mouthpiece. Then it
meant the character represented by
the player-"dramatis personae." Then
1t came to mean the part or character
one sustains in real life, and so the
persona ecclesiae," the man who rep
resented the church, became known
as a person" in a special sense and
was eventually spelled as ''parson."
On the other hand, person" faded
away to mean just anybody. And so,
though woman naturally resents be-
ing referred to as a 'person" in or
binary talk, many women no less nat
urally desire to count as persons" In
the eye of the franchise law.-Chicago
News.
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His oeeupation.

A big, brawny fellow in answer to a
question in Justices court as to what
he did for living said
"Well. SIR, in the spring ! ketches
an sells young mockin' birds, in the
summer 1 mostly sells rattlesnake but
tons fer rattles fer the babies. but in
the winter l sometimes has to chop
wood. Atlanta Constitution.
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MARRIED.

DUBELL-BURR.-March IL, at Burlington.
by Rev. T. M Eastwood, Albert Dubeii OF
Florence, and Miss Nettie Burr, OF Burl1ng-
ton.
GAsKILL-GILBERT.-Jan 10, at Mount
Holly, by Rev. r. Ii. Baker, Joseph Gasklli
and Miss Ruth Gilbert both OF Mount Holy.
L. Hough, Jr., and Miss Mary V. Atkinson,
of TuckertOn.
HULTs-DowDNEY.-Ja % at Camden,
by Rev. Harry Miller, George Hults, and
Carrie II. Dowdney, of Camden.
IRELAND-HARTGRovE.- 8, at Bur.
lington, by Rev. 7. 8. Hammond, Howard
Ireland, and Miss Marion Hartgrove, both Of
Burlington.
TTITLEMAN-BREST.-M 8, at Ph1ladel-
phia, Morris Ttitleman, OF Burlington, and
Miss Anna Brest, of Boston.
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Country EoIk Ar. rend.r With aird

Country Folk Are Tender With Birds.
Real country folk are very tender in
their dealings with the birds that live
near them. In the course of my ex-
perience. extending over many years,
/ have never known case of wanton
cruelty occur in regard to wild birds
The laboring man, whose work so Of
ten lies far from the haunts of men,
seeks companionship with the birds
OF these none is more friendly than
the robin, which is sure to appear,
however lonely the place. : Cornhill
Magazine.
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The Grocery Order

an6 uiUCeEy UFu6F
will be easy to make out and save
you lots of time and worry by
using one of our Kitchen Grocery
Cards. They can be obtained
FREE. Call and get one; it con-
tains almost anything you can
possibly want in the grocery line.
MACKEREL
Have got few barrels of the fat
test, whitest Norway fish that you
ever saw they will weigh about
pound each and are certainly de-
licious, 2oc pound.
OLIVE CHOW
Something entirely new, a combi-
nation of olives, mustard and
spices that forms one of the finest
table relishes we ever handled, I5c
bottle.
EASTER HAMS
These hams are selected from
small pigs and cured in a mild
sugar pickle that gives them a
peculiarly pleasant and nutty flavor,
lac pound.
HERRING AND BLOATERS
Try a box of those dry Scotch
Herring in your next order, about
fifty in box and very nice for a
change, 25c a box.
BUTTERINE .
Why pay to much for Butter for
cooking, when you can get a
pound Of Butterine for about half
the price, that you cannot possibly
tell from butter. Call and get
sample. 25c pound.
FRESH MEATS
The fact that our sales are increas-.
ing steadily in this department
proves to us that it pays to buy the
best grade possible to get and that
you appreciate our efforts in this
direction. A full line of Home
Dressed Meats, Beef, Veal, Lamb,
Mutton and Pork, can always be
found at our market.
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EnIaraina the Limit.

you are very foolish, Alfred. That
is your third cigar, and you know the
doctor limited you to one a day"
eyes, dear, but I've consulted two
ether doctors, and each has allowed
me one cigar a day; total, threer'
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WHAT A WOMAN WILL NOT DO

There is nothing woman would not do to
regain her lost beauty. She ought to be fully
as Jealous in preserving her good looks. The
herb drink called Lanes Family Medicine or
Lanes Tea is the most efficient aid in preserv
ing beautiful skin, and Will do more than
anything else to restore the roses to faded
cheeks. At all druggists ana dealers, Csc,
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rI,o WHOM If MAY ooNOERN.

Take notice that the undersigned, ex.
ecutrices of the estate of Enoch B. ScuIl de-
ceased, VIII apply to the Farmers National
Bank of New Jersey, at Mount Holly, N. j :.
10 O'Clock in the forenoon for new certificate
for six shares of the capital stock of the said
bank in lieu of a like certificate, bearing date
August 18th, 1899 which was lost, misiaid or
destroyed by the said ,Enoch B. Scull, in his
lifetime.
ABIGAIL ID. SCULL,
HATTIE G.. SCULL,
Executives of Enoch B. Scull,
Dated December s, 1908. deceased.
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For SALE.
Wagonette and harness for sale. Address
p. o. Box 129,
PembertOn N i
ONION SETS.
NOTICE.
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given to the owner or
owners of the lands fronting or bordering on
boil sides of Union street that on Tuesday,
the goth day of March, 1909, at zSO O'Clock P. M,
IN the America Hose House. Mount Holly in
the township of Northampton, Burlington
county, New Jersey, an ordinance entitled
IAN ordinance providing for the construction,
curDlng, recurbing, paving, relayirg and re-
public road or highway known as Union
street from the westerly curb line of Main or
High street eastwardly to the easterly curb
line of Mount Holly Avenue in the township
OF northampton and county OF Burlington, .
Will be considered for adoption.
By order of the Township Committee OF
Northampton Township.
HARRY HAWKINS, JR.,
Dated March 10, 1909. Township Clerk.
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He-Give me a kiss. She decidedly
II won't He-You shouldn't say 81
won't" to me; you should say, Il pre-
fer not" She-But that wouldn't be
true
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Remarkable.

"What was the most remarkable cpl
sode you ever witnessedT
'Well, I once saw a woman close 81
street car door."-Leuisyille CourteB
Journal
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Repartee.

Him-Ano you won't go with me?
Her-No; don't like your style. Him
-Poohl You're as full of airs as a
street piano. Her-Maybe, but | don't
go with a crank.-Cleveland Leader
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Father tangrily)-If my son marries
that adventures l shall cut him off
absolutely, and you can tell him so.
Legal Adviser-I know a better plan
than that-tell the girl.-Exchange.
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OF SETTLEMENT.
4 DM1NIsTRATR1x,s NOTICE.
ESTATE OF KArHER1NE BURNS.

ESTATE OF KATHERINE BURNS.
Notice is hereby given that an order has
been made by the Surrogate of the county OF
Burlington, bearing date on the tenth day OF
February A. T., 1909 upon the application OF
Katherine Heating, the subscriber, requiring
the creditors of Katherine Burns, deceased, to
bring In their claims against the estate of said
decedent, under oath or affirmation, on or be-
fore November TO- 1909, or they will be de.
barred of any action therefor against the said
administrative.
KATHERINE HEATING,
Administrative.
ARNOLD j. BECKENBACH,
Proctor.
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Every person has two Quotations
one which he receives from others and
one, more important, which he gives
himself. -Gihbon.
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Rilsx and the sootohman.

Eugene Field was fond of relating
the following story of James Whit
comb Riley: ITO beguile the tedious
ness Of the return voyage from Eu-
rope it was proposed to give concert
in the saloon Of the ship, an entertain
ment to which all capable of amusing
their fellow passengers should con-
tribute. Mr. Riley was asked to recite
some of his original poems, and of
course he cheerfully agreed to do so.
Among the number present at this
midocean entertainment, over which
the Rev. Myron Reed presided, were
two Scotchmen, very worthy gentle
men, en- route from the Land o. Cakes
to the land Of biscuits upon tour of
investigation. These twain shared the
enthusiasm with which the auditors
applauded Mr. Riley's charming reci-
tations. They marveled that so versa
tile genius could have lived in land
reputed for uncouthness and savagery
Els it no wonderful, Donald re-
marked one Of these Scots, that a
tradesman sud be sic bonnie poetY
"And is he indeed a tradesman?
asked the one.
Indeed he is" answered the other.
did We no hear the dominic intr-juce
him as the Hoosier poet? Just think
Of it, mon-just think Of sic a guide
poet dividing his time making hoo
uan--p
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A DMINIsTRATOR's NOTICE.


ESTATE OF WILLIAM B. ALLEN.
Notice is hereby given that an order has
been made by the Surrogate of the County of
Burlington, bearing date on the first day of
March, A. d. 1909, upon the application of
William Sherman, the subscriber, requiring
the creditors of William B. Allen, deceased,
said decedent, under oath or affirmation, on
or before December 1. 1909, or they will be de-
barred of any action therefor against the said
administrator.
WILLIAM SHERMAN,
ECKARD P. BUDD, Administrator
Proctor.
March 1000