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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-10-10
COAST DEFENSE

Concrete Forts and Big Guns That
Protect Our Sea Line.
The modern seacoast fort is bat.
terry whose guns are protected In front
and flank with enormous monoliths of
concrete, covered. in the sides exposed
to the fire, with sand enough to de-
feet projectiles before they reach the
concrete, says the Engineering Maya
zine. Deep down in the interior of
these huge masses Of stone are placed
the magazines and operating rooms re-
CURED for the service of the batteries.
They are simply caves in stone. arti-
fetal, to be sure, but as permanent as
the everlasting hills. 1t is weird and
uncanny to reflect that In one Of those
caves, scintillating with the highest
resources of science, men stand over
q drawing board on table and prac-
tically see and plot on chart every
movement and position of the ships of
a hostile feet and flash forth to the
gunners in the open such instructions
for pointing their guns as enable them
to make consecutive bullseyes on a
target 5000 yards away or from groups
Of great twelve inch rifled mortars to
make At per cent of hits with fiocks
Of projectiles on the deck Of moving
target anywhere within range.
1t is vastly important that such
rooms be made as comfortable as pos
sible for the strained human intel
lects working out their country's de
Tense within them But to make them
comfortable is a difficult problem In
the United States the first modern bat
teries were completed during an
exigency caused by the war with
Spain But since their completion
during the warm and humid months
of summer and early fall their gal
leries, magazines and service rooms
reek with moisture Water stands in
great beads upon the walls and cell
ings, from which 1t drips down to form
great pools upon the floors, and they
are not safe places for either human
beings, ammunition or material Of war
To remedy the evil many expedients
have been tried and much valuable
experience gained But the problem
is beset with difficulty.
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ThOrIey'
Heart Trouble
He Finds a Satlsfac-
tory Cure
By CLARISSA MACkIE
Copyright by American Press Assoc
citation. 1911.

Thorley was convalescing after a
long fever, and the sensible family doc
tor shifted contemptuously at the sug-
gestion of a change of air as afforded
by some fashionable resort. whether
north, south, east or west.
You want to get near to nature.
OF course know that's a hackneyed
expression, my boy, but you do want
to get as far back In the country as
your pocketbook will take you and
stay at some isolated farmhouse
where you will not want to see any
thing save the cloud effects when the
sun sets over the mountain peak or
hear anything except the songs of birds
and the blare Of the dinner horn.
Drink milk and eat eggs morning, noon
and night. Sleep and rest and walk
and sleep. and I'll guarantee you'll be
made over again in three monthsw
Where shall goY demanded Thor
ley helplessly.
Anywhere. Buy ticket for the last
station on the line and get Off there
and ask for board at the last house on
the turnpike It's long chance they'll
take you" laughed DR.. Gregory as he
turned to go.
A week later Mr. Fred Thorley was
uncomfortably established in a red
plush covered seat in dusty passen-
ger coach viii was one of three
shaking their way slowi5 after an an
cient and asthmatic engine. The Gin
gle track road led from the junction
where Thorley had boarded it straight
into the country through rock ribbed
crevices dripping with moisture and
hung with ferns. past level daisy fields
white as the driven snow, shooting into
/ the dim arches of tall woods only to
emerge near some highway crossing
where the engine shrieked warningly.
There were tedious stops at tiny sta
tions that looked like bird houses and
these grew smaller and smaller until
when they reached the terminal the
station was not much larger than a
sentry box
"Rosedale all outl' yelled the brake
man. and he lent a strong hand to
help Thorley's evident weakness.
There was no other passenger. and
when his one trunk had been dumped
on the platform and the train had
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-10-10
coLoRs AND NERVES.
Red and yellow Are Said to Have q
StinauIafino Effect.

Red and yellow Are Said to Have q
Stimulating Effect.
That colors have a profound psyche
logical effect on human beings is q
fact that should be emphasized Used
in small quantities, either In the cloth
ing or in household decoration, the
color red, for instance, Is most stfmu-
lating. both in the way Of helping to
overcome depression and Quickening
the intellectual processes. But when
used In any amount 1t tends TO over
stimulation, with resultant nerve
strain. According to leading Eng
lish authority who has made Q care
full study Of the psychology Of coIors,
there are some people so constituted
that they become violently excited, fall
into convulsions or faint If obliged
even for a short time to look at any
thing wildly red.
The same effect has been noted from
yellow. In one instance, the case OF
a man operated on at the age Of thir-
ty years for congenital cataract, it u
recorded that "the first time he saw
yellow he became SO sick that he
thought he would vomit" And that
yellow has a nerve stimulating effect
fully comparable with that OF red is
curiously evidenced by the statement
of friend Of mine, shrewd observer.
who says:
whenever the day is overcast or
have to do piece Of work calling for
unusual mental exertion always wear
red or yellow necktie. ] ind that
either color has a beneficial effect on
my thinking apparatus. "-H. Adding.
ton Bruce in Ainslee's.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-10-10
She Loved Her
Native City
How a Boston Girl Behaved In
England
By HELEN [. WOODRUFF
Copyright by American Press Asso-
citation. 1911.

Miss Gwendolin Robbins OF Boston
possessed all the various traits usual
ly attributed to the girls Of that city.
She was intellectual, well read and In
dependent
Miss Robbins being in London with
some friends endeavored to make up
a party to visit the castle of Lord It'd
minister at Abercrombie, some twenty
miles from the city. but since every
one of her fellow tourists was bent on
occupation for the day in another di-
rection Miss Robbins determined TO
make the visit alone. So she boarded
train from Paddington station and
on reaching Abercrombie took a cab
for the castle.
Abercrombie. though thriving town
today, was in medieval times but a
cluster of houses surrounding the
castle and big church as well. occu-
pied by the tenantry of the earl. 1t
is not therefore to be expected that the
streets would be very straight or
very broad. The cabman was lumber
ing along at snaips pace when round
a sharp curve came an automobile
driven by young man IN white fan
mel suit and a straw hat. The cabman
lost his head and, instead Of going to
the right. jerked his horse to the left
Then. seeing his mistake. he gave an
other jerk to the right. The young
man in the auto endeavered to follow
the reverse of these variations, but, not
knowing which side the cabman would
eventually decide upon, did not sue
coed
The result was crash. The cab
man went up in the air. The cab broke
into many pieces, from which Miss
Robbins stepped forth as imperturba-
bly, as If she had thrown OF wrap
The young man sprang from his auto
mobile and with wild look in his eye
asked her If she was sure no bones
were broken.
She coolly turned to the cabman
who was lying on the stones insensi-
BILE, and began to direct the matter of
taking care of him.
IAN ambulance call!y she said to
those who were gathering about.
Since no one knew what she meant
no ambulance was called Then, see
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coughed Its way to siding Thorley
surveyed the rustic scene with some
dismay In his town bred eyes.
"And not vehicle to be had for
love or money!" he groaned after his
Interview with the sleepy agent.
''Well, I'll walk to the village. You
say it's only mile and half7 III
send somebody after my trunk as
soon as 1 find out where I'm going to
stop"
The agent awoke suddenly to action.
There amt no hotel here he said
aggressively, as If questioning Thor
ley's right to thus throw himself OH
the hospitality of Rosedale.
ANY boarding housesY' demanded
Thorley. .'Any farmhouses that will
take boarderg
The man shook his head "Ain't
heard Of any" he said indifferently.
Thorley turned on his heel and
walked down the sandy road which
led away between tall growing oaks
and chestnuts The afternoon was
advancing. and be was hot and tired
and hungry He chided himself for
falling in with DR.. Gregory's ideas.
1t would have been far better II he
had sought railroad guide book and
picked out some good stopping place,
Nevertheless there was a certain ele-
ment of interest In the fact that he
did not know where he was to lay
his head that night. For the rather
spoiled young man this was a novel
experience
He passed a frame house freshly
painted in a pinkish lavender, with
green blinds. and he closed his eyes
and shook his head
The next house be came to was q
broad and comfortable one. painted
white, with green blinds. Grapevines
were trellised all about the house. and
there were an old fashioned flower gar
den and rolling slopes OF finely kept
lawn. In an adjoining pasture a herd
Of Jerseys showed dun colored agains'
the green grass.
Thorley fingered in front Of the gate
eying the place wistfully. Here was
the very place for him to recuperate
his strength. and yet there was little
likelihood that they would let him in
for it evidently was the home Of q
! prosperous farmer-one who had nc
need to board an invalid young man
no matter how handsome and charm
ing he might be, and Thorley was bott
of these
Still, be stood there watching the
chickens scratching in the gravel and
hearing the soft muf1ed nip Of the
Jerseys as they cropped the clover.
Then came a surprise. A sunbonnei
came down q shaded path that wound
among thick syringa bushes and bob
bed to standstill before him. They
stared at each other, stricken with sur
prise.
'Well?" said the girl at last. for sh,
was the prettiest farmers daughtel
Thorley had ever seen. and he hat
held her brown eyes in his own de
lighted gaze.
well" echoed Thorley. "you Sc,
I'm looking for board at farmhouse
/ rather like the looks OF this one"
''You do, do your" she mimicked him
with dancing eyes. shall run an,
ask Uncle Nathan If he wishes to TAX
a boarder?''
You wouldn't be SO kindl" be erie,
excitedly.
Wait" she called over her shoulde
and was gone. Presently she returned
and beckoned him into the house
| where. in the cool recesses Of din
| parlor. he concluded a most satisfac
tory bargain with the girls aunt. Mrs
! Beck, kindly, white haired woman
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servia,. death Mask. s,.mo..

The famous death mask" stamps Of
Servia were special series issued to
commemorate King Peters coronation.
He 1t was who in 1904 assembled the
throne left vacant by the assassination
of King Alexander and Queen Draga.
The central portion Of the design con-
sists Of two heads, one. that Of Peter
being placed slightly to The right OF
the other, that the founder Of the
Karageorgevitch dynasty in such
way as to show the whole Of the one
and the profile Of the other. It Is q
grim coincidence that when the stamp
is inverted human face can be easily
dlscerned. which is supposed by many
to bear distinct resemblance to that
or the murdered king.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-10-10

A recent observer has noticed that at
Gibraltar the swifts may be seen flying
up to 1890 at night and reappearing
at daylight. Where do they spend the
short Intervali It Is suggested that
they spend the night in the air Many
careful observers who have watche
them say that some time during the
evening they ascend into the upper air
until they are lost to view. 1t Is be-
neved that they spend the night In
the higher regions of the atmosphere
and descend again In the morning.
Long ago Gilbert White observed that
the swifts performed almost every &C
tion OF life on the wing. Do they even
sleep In the air?-L London Globe.
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ing q chemists shop, as they call drug
store in England, near by, she direct
ed several men to carry cabby there.
The automobilist, who was watching
this self possessed young woman, at
this picked up the fallen man and car
ried him to the shop. Before reach
ing it cabby recovered his senses and
began to howl. 1t was found that he
had got off with broken arm and rib
and a severe confusion Of the head.
By this time the automobilist. having
recovered his eauanimity. Issued orders
for the mans care and gave him an
address where be might call and re-
ceive pay for his cab. Then. turning
TO Miss Robbins, he said:
KINDLY inform me where you were
going when | met you and | viii take
you there in my auto don't think it
is injured"
al came here" said the lady, ito
visit the castle. Can't l. walk there
from herer
mot on any account One moment"
and, returning to his car, he made a
brief examination, then. opening the
door of rear seat. held it waiting for
her to approach She got in with
Thanks. very much"
rs the castle open to visitors to-
day?' she asked as they sped along.
mo. but ! ran gain you admittance."
''In that case your misfortune is my
gain. have come out from London
to see it,
"Beg pardon, but should be pleased
to know where you are from"
"Why does that interest your
Because I'm quite sure you must
hail from place where young ladies'
are brought up to be very self reliant.
l was amazed to see you take charge
of this affair. which was my part"
81 am from Boston"
"Oh. yes. Bostonl That's in Amer
ica, isn't it?'
New England"
New England? Now | remember
The New Englanders are much like us
old Englanders. aren't they?"
VERY You have Oxford and Cam
bridge. We have Cambridge"
Il see. And why, may ask. do you
wish to see this old pile Of stones?"
Because of the historic interest at.
tached to It."
Historic interest? How's that?''
why. don't you know? 1t was be-
sieged during the Wars Of the Roses
and taken by the parliamentary forces
In Cromwell's time"
"Oh. was itT
IF you live about here I should
think you would have heard Of that"
But I'm not that kind of fellow
you know. l run to horses and dogs
and cricket and all that"
They were climbing an eminence or
which the castle stood. Miss Robbins
asked If he was sure he could gair
admittance for her. and he replied that
he would show her over it himself.
"Are you a-a friend Of the earlY
she asked.
Il know him well enough"
What kind of man is hep"
"Oh, he's good sort; not much
brains. He and l were at Oxford to
gether. We went there for the student
life"
Il thought you said you were no
fond of study"
Pm not. What meant by the stu
dent life is the boating and the games
In short, the college life barring thu
lectures. l pulled one year agains
Cambridge"
They reached the castle. chug-chugget
over the drawbridge. under the port
cullis and drew up in the court.
lackey came running up to them Tn
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PhvsicaI DiMcuIty.

ais 1t anything serious. doctorr
asked a youth of doctor after the
latter had examined him.
mo. no; not at all" replied the med
zeal man. Nothing serious-just q
little stiffness in the back Of your neck
my lad. But you must keep an eye on
it-"-London Telegraph.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-10-10
A Fortune In
BOrneO
The Story of an Eccentric
viii
By EDNA D. BARLOW
Copyright by American Press Assoc
citation, 1911.

The three heirs at law were grouped
about the table in the library. At the
head Of the table, seated in the favorite
chair Of the late William Lane, was
his lawyer, who looked sharply over
his spectacles at the girl and the two
men and then glanced down at docu-
ment in his hand.
"You all know" he began gravely,
that your late uncle was a man Of &C.
centric habits. He was fond Of travel,
especially in the remote quarters Of
the globe His departures and his
homecomings were startlingly unex-
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-10-10
Novel Funeral Instructions.

Curious instructions as to the man.
ner Of her burying were left behind
by an old lady at Stockport. England.
Her funeral. she directed. should be
attended by six Of the best horsed
coaches Stockport could provide. and
another direction was that after the
interment the funeral party should re
pair to the best Tory hostelry In Old
ham, there to be served with the best
repast the house could afford, which
was to be supplied by Tory land
lord and served by Tory waiters.-
London Telegraph.
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A.r Aot.

"Well, have you heard the news"
asked friend brightly. MY wife
and l are going ON the vaudeville
stage. A clever friend has written an
act for us and we are going to put it
on next week"
Good work, old man." we exclaimed
enthusiastically what Is tia song
and dance act or society sketchY'
''Neither-it is monologue."
"A monologue7 i thought you and
your wife were both in the act"
1--WE are. But-do you know my
wife T'-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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"Before marriage used to dream Of
life in fine house. with sixteen serv-
ants
ssDreams never come true"
'sThey do. partially. We 1--we In fat
instead Of house, but we've had the
sixteen servants, Washington Her
aid.
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81 can give you the part of a but
ler."
Il couldn't take small part like
that"
You are evidently not used to So
ciety drama. The butler has his share
of the epigrams. Pittsburg Post.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-10-10
His Intentions.

Mrs. Rasher-uas Mr.. Goldcoin.
with whom you have been dancing all
the evening. at last declared his inten-
tons. Mabel? Mabel-Yes, aunt. Mrs.
Rusher-I am so glad! And what did
he say? Mabel-He declared he would
never marry.-Vogue.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-10-10
BROODING.

Broodins over trouble is like sur
rounding oneself with a fog-it
magni6es all objects seen through
il. Occupation Of the mind pre-
vents this.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-10-10
The First Lottery.

The earliest known lottery was
drawn at Bruges, Belgium. on Feb. "a.
lA4a
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-10-10
DIR. ATWOOD
DENTIST

rs Main Street, Mount Holly, N. J..
Filings OF all kinds. Teeth with or without
plates, crown and fridge work. Teeth regu-
lated. Plates repaired. Nitrous oxide gas
administered. Teeth extracted in your own
home.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1911-02-17
BET ON PRISONER
BEING WRONG MAN
OF DOLLARS AT
LEXINGTON CHANGE HANDS
ON THAT BEING PROVED.

LEXINGTON, KY, Feb. 13.-Thous-
ands of dollars changed hands tere
today when it was proved that the
man supposed to be King" McNama-
"a, brought here from New York at
ter surrendering to the police, was
John Vowells. Mcnamara Is wanted
for the murder of Jacob S. Kellar sew
eral years ago. When it was reported
that he had surrendered in New York
keen local interest at once became
manifest. Those who believed Nc
Namara, member Of family inwhich
tragedies had been numerous, would
never surrender, offered to back
their judgment with cash. 1t was
soon taken and it is stated that for
mer County Judge Frank Bullock and
John J. Riley, McNamara's bonds
men, won the largest amounts.
They say Mcnamara has been dead
several years, but men who say they
knew him identified Vowells as the
alleged slayer in New York. It is be-
lieved that vowells is demented.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1911-02-17
SEVEN IN ONE
FAMILY ARE DEAD
GIRL WAS TO HAVE BEEN MAR
RiED IN A FEW
DAYS.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 13.-Seven
members of one family, the father,
Lyman Berkowitz, mother and five
children, were killed by Illuminating
gas in their home in the Ghetto dis
trict of this city today.
The children's ages range from IL
to years. When the bodies were dis
covered in the gas filled room by
the father lay fully dress
ed on the bed with the small toys,
while the mother and three girls were
in another bed in the same room on
the third floor. The gas was escaping
from a tube which connected gas
stove on the first floor, where are the
kitchen and living rooms. The father
was seen by neighbors coming homo
about one o'clock this morning, and
it is supposed that he accidentally
stumbled against the tube, pulling 1t
away from the fixture on the wall
The eldest girl, Minnie, was to have
been married in few days.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1911-02-17
SAWS HIS WAY OUT
OF HOT SPRINGS JAIL
H. w. EVERETT, ACCUSED DE-
FRAUDER FROM PACIFIC
COAST ESCAPES.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark, Feb. 13.--H.
W. Everett, wanted on a charge Of
defrauding chain of Pacific banks
through bogus drafts on Chicago and
New York banks, sawed the bars in
his cage in the county Jail here last
night and escaped. At nine o'clock
this morning "trusty" reported to a
deputy that Everett was gone. That
was the first intimation the officials
had of the affair. Meanwhile detec-
tives who are here to take Eeverett
back to Seattle on a requisition which
had been honored by Gov Donaghey;
expect to capture him within a few
hours.
Prisoners say that after filing bars
In his cell, Everett found the door to
the walk around" and the outer door
to the jail open. Another fact which
is noted is that Everett's wife visited
him yesterday. Last night she left
the city presumably for Texarkana,
for which place she purchased tick
et
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1911-02-17
AMERICAN NAMED
AS PERSIAN TREAS.
w. MORGAN SINISTER, WELL
KNOWN IN TENNESSEE, TO
REoGANlZE FINANCE.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.-To as
sist the Persian Government In re-
organizing it's finances, w. Morgan
Shuster, of this city, will be appoint
ed Treasurer-General of the empire,
it was announced today. Mr.. Shus-
ter, who recognized the Philippine
customs service and devised the Phil
ippine tariff law, is one of five Am
orleans who will be employed by
Persia in it's financial rehabilitation.
Mr.. Shuster married Miss Pearl
Trigg, of Glasgow, KY, and is a
brother-in-law of John W. Vreeland,
of Louisville.
The Persian Parliament recently
passed law authorizing the Govern
ment to seek live American experts
to reorganize the finances. The Per.
sian charge in washington there
upon took up the matter with the
State Department, which suggested
the names of FIVE Americans compel
ent to undertake the task.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1911-02-17
USES AN OLD TRICK
OF DANIEL BOONE
RAISE HATS ABOVE
BARRICED, DRAW NEGRo'S
FIRE AND CATCH HIM.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 13.-Barri-
caded behind pile of cotton bales on
a pier at the foot of Chestnut street,
a supposed highwayman held squad
of policemen at bay here today until
his ammunition was exhausted. The
gro, in TMPhtn ohsdoeETAOI
gro, feet, 8 inches in height, was
charged with attacking Robert War
rem, aged SO years, Waterman ON
the pier, and beating him so severely
that he was removed to hospital in
condition. Police who
came to his rescue were fired upon by
the negro. Finally by raising their
helmets on sticks, they drew the fire
Of the desperate and cased him to
waste all of his ammunition. The po-
lice then rushed the improvised fort
and took him into custody. He says
his name is Robert Johnson. He was
held without bail to answer a charge
of highway robbery.