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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-21
GYPSIES CAN'T COME HERE

NOTICE GIVEN TO THE TRIBES
 AT ELLIS ISLAND THAT THIS | LAND IS LOCKED AGAINST
 THEM, RICH OR POOR.
 New York, July 21.-In the steerage
 of the Lamport and Holt liner Verdi
 which sails tomorrow for Brazil and
 Argentina, will be twenty-four Rou-
 manian gypsies, who although they
 had more than s1,5OO were deported chiefly because it has been the habit of Ellis island to keep out the unwor- thy of the nomadic type. There are YsA men in the band, all black eyed, d d$5fk skinned, black haired fellows with
 unamiable countenances. They arriv-
 eds here recently by the liner Tenny-
 son. They said that they were going
 to Oakland, Cal, where there is an en- campment of gypsies, and that they expected to sail thence to Asia They had been telling fortunes, trading horses and doing other things that gypsies have the name of doing and not saying anything bout.all through they disposed of their live stock and wagons and bought tickets for New York. They spoke a dialect of Ro- Island understood, and they told him that they were very honest and good gypsies.
 They learned the other day that they were to be sent back and they began cutting up in pantomime Ev- cry uniformed inspector who came near them received a villainous glare from fierce eyes, and six forefingers were passed under six swarthy throats. This was the theatrical way the gypsies used to convey the infor- nation that everybody who had a hand gin sending them away from Am erica might expect to get his wind pipe slit by the vengeful nomads or their friends here. The inspectors laughed. Fifteen other gypsies who had arrived by the Hamburg-Ameri- can liner President Grant and were sent Europeward last Saturday, also had made comic opera signs at the in- ispectors and scowled in the fiercest Romany style.
 Commissioner Williams said that he sirable class, as his predecessors had, excluding them- He had read in the and he was inclined to be- lieve that the gypsies were too fond of other peoples horses and chickens. They had never. stolen any chickens from him, however, perhaps because he had no chickens. The band had enough money to take them to Cali fornia, and might have some. over af- ter they got there, but he hardly thought that California would thank | the Government of the United States | for sending her people with traditional | regulations as vagabonds. Gypsies | certainly were not producers anyhow. |
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-21
PROPRIETARY MEDICINES
 PRESCRIBED BY DOCT

Examination of the fornulary de- partments of leading drug stores throughout the country has proved that a very large percentage of the prescriptions filled for doctors are for proprietary medicines.
 This is because the average doctor of to-day is unable to devise prescrip- tions equally as efficacious.
 Such standard remedies as Lydia D. Pingham's Vegetable Compound are prescribed over and over again by fair minded physicians throughout the country.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-21
ROCKEFELIlER PUTS
 UNEMPLOYED PROPERTY
 ON THE MARKET

Especial from United Press)
 Cleveland, July 21.-The latest devel- opment growing cut of the wholesale transfer of real estate by John D. Rockefeller to the Abeyeton Realty Company through his sen, John D. Rockefeller, Jr is that all lnimproved property is to be placed on the mar ket at once. Whether it is to be dis posed of by allotment or the parcel package plan is unknown.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-21

Many people with chronic throat and lung trouble have found comfort and relief in F'oley's Honey and Tar as it cures stubborn coughs after other treatment has failed. L. M. Ruggles, Reasnor, Iowa, writes: ''The doctors said I had consumption, and I got no better until I took Foley's Honey and Tar. It stopped the hemorrhageS and -pafn in my lungs and they are now as sound as a bullet" F. B. Brill, local agent. "135
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-21
The D. M. Read Co.
 Established IS5z
The Sale of Refrigerators
EstabAsbed 1857.

great many Refrigerators were sold last week, the need of them for next took advantage of the lowered prices. We subjoin list of desirable styles remaining.
 Glass lined Refrigerators Style $55OO for $44.00 Style $6O.OO for $48.00
 The Eddy Make Style $39OO for $3O.4O Style $25.75 for $2060 Style $3125 for $25.00 Style $24.OO for $19.20 Style $29.OO for $252O Style $13.5O for $1080
 White Frost, all steel Style 25OO for $2O.OO Style $4O.OO for $3200
 Ash Cases steel enameled Things Style $28eo for $22.4O Style $32 .OO for $256O
 Ash Gases, galvanized Things Style $22.0O for $17.6O Style $16.oO for $1280
 Soft Wood galvanized Things Style $500 for $14.40 Style 5000 for 5 800
 Ice Chests Style s4.5o for $3.6o Style s5.5o for $40
 Style $7.OO for $5.6O Bandanna Handkerchiefs, gay colors that make up into coquettsh bathing caps g. 9, TO- and 13 cts each Red Silk Bandannas, 75 cts, $1O0 and $1.25
 Handkerchief Section. Chamos Belts soft quality, natural color lined with satin, fastening with heavy brass harness buckles Very stylish, 50 and 75 cts. Closing Sale of Hammocks in the basement, and chance to make good investments. T1 n M Poo1 C~
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-03-23
DIED

BAILEY-March 20. at Medford, Elizabeth
Bailey formerly of Philadelphia, in her els
year.
BoRDEN.-March q, at New Hope, Pa, Caro-
line S. Borden, widow OF George W. Borden,
formerly OF Jacobstown.
BULLocK.-March p, at Chesterfield, Annie
W., widow Of Anthony Bullock and daughter
of the late Gus Ryan.
CHALLENDER.-March 10, at Cookstown
Sa muel Challender.
DAvIs.-March l6, at Chairville, B. Frank
Davis.
EDwARDs.-March 10th. at Burlington. Car
RE W., widow of Frank Y. Edwards and dauRh
ter of Anna l.. Williams
GUY.-February %, at Seattle, Washing
ton, Mary Roberts, wife of William Guy and
daughter of Joshua and the late Eleanor Hol
month.
HAwKINs.-March Is, at NJ oorestown, Susan
Haw kins, in her 85th year.
JoHNsoN.-March Is, at Burlington, Mar
garet E. Johnson, wife of Milton Johnson, in
her 37th year.
JoNEs.-March l8, at Lenola, Hannah L..
wife of Charles d. Jones and daughter of Ed
ward L. and Emma L. Evans, aged SO years.
KIRKBRIDE.-Marchl 10, at Medford. George
w. Kirkbride, son of the late Benajah- and
Esther Kirkbrtde.
KUsER.-March 49, at Bordentown, Hubert
Anthony Kuser, aged years months and ID
days.
MoRRIs.-March 2 at Burlington, Edward
Morris, ST., aged IS years
MYERs-March Is. Thomas Myers, of Bur.
ington, aged 81 years.
NEAL.-March 49, at Burlington, David r.
Neal, in his Goth year.
O'NEILL.-March II, at Burlington, Chris.
topher o NELL, aged 70 years.
PATTERsoN.-March 10, at Indian Mills
John Patterson, aged so years.
PHILLIPs.-March Is, at Burlington, John
Phillips, aged Sc years.
PHILLIPS. March 10, near Nashville
Emaline Phillips, in her S6th year.
REAGERs.-March 2Ist. at burlington, Mar
tina E., wife of William Reagers, aged 81 years
REED.-March q, at Camden, John s. Reed
Inferred at Pemberton.
VANDERBILT. = March 16, at Riverton,
George W. Vandegrift, in his 64th year.
vENABLE.-March 2, at Moorestown, Mar
garet Venable, in her SSth year.
WARRIcK.-March %, at Medford, Charles
Warrick.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-03-23
ORIENTAL PARAG0NS.
Japan's Four and Twenty Models Of
EiIiaI PietY.

Japan's Four and Twenty Models Of
FiIiaI Piety.
Filial piety, as is well known, is the
special virtue of China and Japan.
From it springs loyalty to the emperor.
who is regarded as ''the father and
mother of his people," There are no
greater fayorites with the Japanese
than the -four and twenty paragons
Of filial piety," whose acts of virtue
are the subjects of Chinese legend.
One of the paragons had a cruel
stepmother, who was very fond 0
fish. Never repining at her cruel treat
ment of him, he lay down on the fro
zen surface of lake. The warmth OF
his body melted hole in the ice, al
which two carp came up to breathe.
These he caught and took home to his
stepmother.
Another paragon, who was of the
female sex, chung to the jaws of IT,
ger that was about to devour her ia
Their until the latter escaped.
The drollest of all these stories is
that of Rorashi This paragon, though
seventy years old, used to dress in be
by's clothes and crawl about on the
floor, his object being to delude his
parents, who were really over ninety
years of age, Into the idea that they
could not be so very old, after all, as
they had such an exceedingly infantile
son.-Sunday Magazine.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-03-23

JOHN CUMMINGS, Chauffeur, killed a
seven-year-old boy in Camden, on We'd
nesday. Cummings was arrested for the
offence and 1t was found that he was not
licensed to drive an automobile In this
state For this offence he was fined $50,
and for killing the boy he was compelled
to furnish bail In the sum of $1,000. 1t is
charged that Cummings was driving his
car at reckless pace. One can readily
believe that Within the past two weeks
cars have gone up and down our principal
streets at rate visibly beyond the legal
limit. Yet what is to be done? A Justice
of the Peace In Trenton. who took action
against auto drivers, has been brought to
q round turn and is to be impeached.
Possibly he exceeded his authority, but
that is always the cry when an automo-
bilist is held up on the charge of fast
driving. Not one of this class is willing
TO acknowledge that he is going too fast.
And the speed limit in the country Is to
be increased by bill before the present
Legislature. That may not make any
difference, however. as little regard has
been paid to the statute in force, and those
who use carriages for business or
pleasure must, as usual. keep out of the
way. There will be the regular number
of accidents. probably, in the country and
in the towns, but in many cases the vic
tins will be the innocent persons who
happen to get in the way Of the reckless
drivers.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-03-23

The usual pass bill'' was before the
Legislature, last week, and failed to get
through. 1t contained provisions for the
transportation of number of clerks and
other state officials who felt they had a
right to ride without paying fare, and the
question put by them was eff it is right to
grant free transportation over the railroads
to one state official, is it not right to grant
it to them all 2" There may be some
weight to this query yet it can plainly be
seen where the pass system would get to
if it were extended as proposed at nearly
every session of the Legislature. Under
the provisions of the charters of some of
the railroads it was compulsory for the
corporations to furnish free transportation
to certain officials. The railroads, a few
years since, decided to cut out the passes
and issue only to those absolutely entitled
to them. Then the lawmakers got to
work and passed acts adding to the list,
which was gradually increased. There is
discrimination In the present system and
bncIc olO 5oMo VIM mas NJ asiiy anu uone-
ficially be cut of. Especially should the
members of Boards which come In con-
tact with the railroads and who have to
pass on subjects of equal interest to the
state and to the corporations be able to be
absolutely free from any criticism on the
point of being recipients of favors from
either side. The pass system was greatly
abused when 1t was in existence, and one
of the best moves the railroad companies
made was to abolish it.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-03-23
FOG Filters In London.

"An London public buildings are
now erected with fog filters" said an
architect. '"rhey are essential. Lon
don's yellow brown fog, made of the
smoke of a million soft coal fires,
smells of sulphur, irritates eyes and
throat and causes headache. 1t pene-
trates houses. Waking on a winter
morning, you can't see across your
bedroom for it. So now all public
buildings filter it. The air is drawn in
one orifice only. and fans hurl it
against curtains Of cotton six inches
thick. 1t is forced through these cur
tains. 1t comes out on the other side
for distribution through the various
rooms fairly clean, pure, transparent
air. But the white filter curtains! Ev-
cry day they must be changed. 1t
takes only an hour to gray them, and
by nightfall they are as black as ink"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-03-23

Victor Emmanuel when prince royal
held the rank of colonel in a regiment
of artillery, and Humbert l. was on
the throne. A new explosive had been
invented, and the young prince was In
vited to be present at some expert
ments that were to be made with It.
At the first shot the cannon being used
burst with terrific force, scattering
pieces of metal in every direction, but
luckily not seriously injuring any one.
Nevertheless the natural impulse to fly
from danger seized officers and experts
alike. and off they rushed with more
unanimity than dignity. Only Victor
Emmanuel remained at his post. He
watched them for a moment and then,
in a quiet tone of kingly tenor. called
them back.
mo use running now" he said, with
a ghost of smile playing about his
lips "All danger is over"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-03-23

Two bills were acted upon by the Leg
islature, last week, which seem to have
the same principle involved. yet each
went different course. Senate bill No.
IS. which was intended to allow member
Of the Board of Freeholders, after posi-
bly, i've minutes resignation, to be elect
ed county collector. The idea was adj
vanced that it was not the thing to put
man in the position Of being able to In
duence his election or fix his salary. This
was following out the principle which I'M
PEELED the Attorney General to give an
opinion that member of Board OF Ed
ucation was not entitled to be elected dis
trict clerk. The same principle was In
yolved in the case of Senator Knox, who
was declared to be ineligible to cabinet
Office owing to his being member Of the
body which increased the salary. But
the Legislature, after defeating the coun-
ty collector bill, passed an act, which has
been signed by the Governor, legalizine
the election Of member of the Board Of
Education as district clerk. There seems
to be some Inconsistency somewhere. The
difference in the Importance of the posi-
tions ought not to change the principles
involved.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-03-23
DEMOCRATIC PEERS.
The House Of Peers Not One Of Birth
ar Aneaxfrv

The House Of Peers Not One of Birth
or Ancestry.
Strangely enough, the house Of lords
still remains the most democratic in
stitution in England. 1t may still
claim for itself to be the Witenagemot
or gathering of wise men. and one
wonders why it does not defend itself
along those lines.
It is not a house of birth or ances-
try, for it is composed today to an
overwhelming extent Of successful
men from almost every walk Of life.
No one cares a fig what mans an
cestry was In this matter Of fact land
IL he succeeds, If he becomes rich
and powerful.
The mother of the great Queen Efiz-
abeth was the daughter OF plain Eng
fish gentleman.
A pot girl of Westminster married
the master of the pothouse. After his
death she consulted lawyer named
HYDE. Mr.. Hyde married her. MT.
Hyde afterward became lord chancel-
lor. with the title of Lord Clarendon,
and his wife. the former pot girl, bore
him a daughter This daughter mar
ried the Duke Of York and became the
mother of Mary and Anne Stewart,
both afterward queens of England.
It is evident that If queens of Eng
land may have barmaid for grand
mother lesser mortals need not fret
on the subject of ancestry.
The Englishman would not be what
he is nor would he in the least be
transmitting his very valuable saxon
heritage if he gave mp his democratic
custom Of an aristocracy of power for
the feeble continental custom OF an
aristocracy of birth. What the one
and the other is today answers the
question as to the relative merits OF
the two systems without need OF dis
cussion. The English, though nova
DAYS many Of them do not know It
themselves. are the most democratic
of all nations.
william the Conqueror divided Eng
land among the commanders OF bis
arny and conferred about twenty earl
doms. Not one Of these exists today,
nor do any of the honors conferred by
william Rufus. 1087-1100; Henry l..
11oo-1135; stephen, 1135-1154; Henry
H.. 11541189; Richard l., 11s9-1199;
or John, 1199-1216.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-03-23

Two SESSIONS of the grand jury have
been held within two weeks at which
nothing appears to have been done That
is the way 1t looks to those on the out
side, but the fact probably is that the
members of that body are acting differ
emily from what has been the usual Gus
tom, and are not revealing all that hap
pens in the jury room. 1t is very certain
that 1t is not as easy as it has been here
tofore to be informed of the doings of the
grand jury. This is quite an innovation
and step in the right direction. When
the bills or findings of the inquest are
presented to the court they are
public property, until then they are
private. The grand jury now in session
has made several changes from customs of
former years, and they have all been ben
eficial Sheriff Worrell exercised great
care In his selection of the men who were
to pass upon the charges against supposed
law-breakers. and the manner in which
they are dischargiDg their duties, using
care and caution, not jumping hastily at
conclusions, and putting upon the petit
jury the burden of rendering the final
verdict, shows that they have a just ap-
probation of their responsibilities. As
is well known, grand jury hears but one
side of case. and frequently there ap
pears to be enough evidence to indict, and
when the matter is taken before the court
and the defence is heard. the first story
fades away. The grand Jury now in COM
mission requires evidence presented that
will give some show Of conviction when
tried below, and the wisdom of this move
has been plainly exhibited by the fact that
but one or two of those indicted by this
body have escaped punishment. the bal
ance having pleaded guilty or been con
gieted.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-03-23
The DEATH PENALTY.
Horrors Incidental to Old Time Exc.
cuticn by Drowning.

Horrors Incidental to Old Time Exc
cutcn by Drowning.
Execution by drowning was abol-
ished in France by Henri Quatre, only
to be revived by one Of his successors.
1t was finally abolished as statutory
method Of execution by the earliest de-
cree of the great revolutionaries.
AS late as the eighteenth century
death by drowning was decreed to
felon in Edinburgh and in the middle
ages it was a common enough mode
of doing a convicted criminal to death.
That execution of this nature was con-
sidered as humane as any other, so far
as the victim was concerned. is shown
by the fact that 1t was not unknown
among the early Jews, who varied the
punishment of stoning adulteresses by
drowning them. Among the Egyptians
it was common. The Roman lex cor
nelia sanctioned the method by placing
1t on the statute records. Tacitus tells
us that the Germans copied the prac-
tice from the Romans. The Teuton
termed it the "last baptism and he
did not allow his powers of imagina-
ton to sleep when he set about de-
vising additional varieties which
should add to the excitement attend
ing upon the doomed PERSONS depar-
ture from life. The convict was sewed
up, Monte Cristo fashion, in bag, and
with him were inclosed a vicious dog,
a hungry cat, violent rooster a ven
omous viper. all very much alive and
presumably kicking.
For what reason it is hard to see,
but death by drowning was by many
peoples considered preferable for GRIM
inal women In the case Of very de-
based or very mean offenders the
Romans had a more or less pleasant
fashion of drowning the doomed ones
in marshes, first incasing them in
elaborate crates.
For refined cruelty in killing off their
female criminals the earlier Albanians
were certainly the most inventive in
the matter of ingenuity. 1t is COM
monty known, Of course, that even the
modern Albanian has less respect for
womankind than any other known male
in the human catalogue, not even ex-
Guiding the Chinese. The approved
method of doing a criminal or even
displeasing woman to death prevalent
among them up to rather less than
century ago was to chain her In tank
into which the water was allowed to
flow gradually. AS the water reached
her breast it was allowed to recede,
sometimes back TO her ankles, when
the refilling Of the tank began anew.
If the woman had children. the torture
was varied by the drowning or mutila-
ton of them before her eyes. To vari-
GUS parts of her body was attached
such food as attracts rats Of which
a number would be let loose.-New
York World.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-03-23
PRISONERS OF WAR.


Friendly Foes That Changed Places as
Guests and Hosts.
A cheerful incident of the war be-
tween the states is told in mission
Ridge and Lookout Mountain" The
Third Ohio. under Strengths command,
was en- route for Richmond, prisoners
of war
One night they camped, worn, fam
ished, with hearts heavy and home
sick, near the place where Confeder-
ate regiment, the Fifty-fourth Virginia,
was stationed. Many of the southern
ers strolled over to the prison camp to
see the sorry show Of the poor. sup
PEERLESS Yankees.
They did not stay long. Back to
their own camp they hurried and soon
returned with kettles Of coffee, corn
bread. bacon-the best they had and
all they had. Presently little fires be-
gan to twinkle in the prison camp, and
the aroma of coffee rose like ira
grant cloud of thank offering. Union
guests and Confederate hosts mingled.
The next morning the prisoners de
parted.
Now comes a happy sequel which
well balances the affair. Later, when
the prisoners were exchanged, the
Third Ohio was encamped near Kelly's
ferry. on the banks of the Tennessee.
On the day of the storming Of Mis-
sionary ridge among the prisoners TAX
en- were numbered the Fifty-fourth
Virginia.
Some Of the Third Ohio were on
duty at the ferry when the prison de-
tachments arrived.
'yyhat regiment is that?' they asked
When told they started on the run,
shouting as they went:
z 1.-THE Fifty-fourth Virginia's at the
ferryr'
They dashed into their camp with
the news. The place was astir In
stantly. Treasures Of coffee, bacon
sugar, beef. preserved peaches every
thing was turned out and carried
double quick to the ferry. The cir
cumstances were the same. with the
difference that guests and hosts had
changed places.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-03-23
He READ HIS MAN.
LlneoIn's Rebuke to- Visitor Wha
Would Not Meet His Gaze.

LinooIn's Hebuke to- Visitor Whd
Would Not Meet His Gaze.
AS / came up to the railing in front
Of the president he was reading a pa
per that had just been presented to
him by man who sat in the chair
opposite him and who seemed by his
restlessness and unsteady eyes to be
of a nervous disposition or under great
excitement
Mr.. Lincoln, still holding the paper
up and without movement of any kind,
paused and, raising his eyes, looked
for a long time at this mans face and
seemed to be looking down into his
very soul. Then, resuming his reading
for a few moments, he again paused
and cast the same piercing look upon
his visitor.
Suddenly, without warning, he drop
ped the paper, and, stretching out his
long arm, he pointed his finger directly
in the face of his vis-a-vis and said,
whats the matter with your
The man stammered and finally re-
piled, Nothing"
les, tnere Is, Sdlu AlACOu. 4Ou
can't look me in the face! You have
not looked me in the face since you
sat there! Even now you are looking
out that window and cannot look me
in the eyer
Then, fiinging the paper in the mans
lap, he cried: Take it back! There Il
something wrong about this! l will
have nothing to do with it!' And the
discounted individual retired.-T. B.
Bancroft in McClure's Magazine.