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The Washington herald., 1912-01-17
CURB MARKET.

Quotations furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co. mem.
bers Of the New York Stock Exchange. Hfbbs Build
The Washington herald., 1912-01-17
BOSTON COPPER STOCKS.

uotstions furnished by ". B. Hibbs & Co.,
nbers Of the New York Stock Exchange, Hibhs
The Washington herald., 1912-01-17
Wants sIandamus Issued.

The Royal Life Insurance Company of
the District yesterday petitioned the
District Supreme Court TO issue a man.
damus directing George V. lngham, sup
erfntendent OF insurance OF the District.
to grant a license TO the company TO
transact business in the District.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-02-20
BATTLE OF THE KEGS.
A eIoodIess Naval Conflict Of the Rev.
dictionary War.

A sloodIess Naval Conflict of the Rev
dictionary War.
All wars have their humors and
jokes, and the Revolutionary war was
no exception. Jan. 5, 1777, figures In
history as the date Of the battle Of the
kegs, and, though bloodless. it has been
celebrated in verse Six months after
the Declaration Of Independence, while
the British feet was stationed at Phil
adelphia, the Americans undertook to
destroy the ships by means of impro-
vised torpedoes. which. set afioat In
the river above the city, were to carry
death and destruction among the en-
envy.
The alleged torpedoes were shaped
like kegs, and when the British land
forces discovered them floating down
the river they were drawn up and or
dered to fire on everything that came
within range. The officers remembered
the Trojan horse and feared every keg
might contain an armed rebel. AS the
kegs came floating down there was
great excitement and much firing. but
no casualties. The only explosions
were from the British guns. for the
torpedoes were a failure
The incident furnished much amuse-
ment to the patriots and was cleverly
versified by Francis Hopkinson, a
prominent lawyer of the day. one of
the signers of the Declaration Of indie
pendence and the first district judge
of Pennsylvania by appointment of
Washington. He was one of the most
popular writers of the day, and ''The
Battle Of the Kegs" had great run
among the patriots and distinct infiu-
ence in the way Of military inspiration.
Francis Hopknson was the father of
Joseph Hopkinson. author Of Hail Co
lumbia. indianapolis News.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-02-20
HARVESTING A SHARK.
craeI Revenge That Has the Sanction
Of Immemoriai Custom.

CrasI Revenge That Has the Sanction
Of lmmemoriat Custom.
The sharks jaws are pried open to
the fullest extent A stout eight foot
spar Of tough timber, by inches In
cross measurement, Is fixed trans
versely far back In the angle Of the
jaw, the ends projecting on either side.
A strong rope leading from the ends Of
the spar is drawn close and frightened
with Glove hitch round the fish's tail
behind the wide tail iukes. 1t Is thus
the sailor harnesses his enemy.
The clamp Of the cruel jaws drives
the two inch long teeth deep into the
tough spar The tight line holds it in
place, and, struggle as he may, the
shark fails to move the spar an inch
from its position. AS finishing touch
the sailor drew his knife blade across
the sharks eyebalIs and let him go.
Bltted and bridled, blinded, with
jaws wide gaping, he swan through a
hmitless sea in never ending fatuous
circles. The queer furnishings he bore
scared away others of his kind. Lone
ly and silent, he passed like Cain
among the fishes till starvation and
sheer misery ended his existence.
Cruel? OF course it was. But sure
~, like the venomous snake, the shark
has long put himself beyond the pale
of human mercy. Soft hearted as he
usually Is, the sailor man has a long
memory. The shark has followed for
weeks In the shadow Of his ship and
has watched each man Of the crew
with greedy, maleyolent eye There is
a heavy debt against all the shark
tribe for many a lost mariner, and
when the chance comes to settle old
scores the sailor pays it to the full
Besides, the thing has the sanction Of
immemorial custom. 1t was some old
Phoenician, trading out Of Tyre to the
far Cassitorides, who probably first
put the trick in practice.-Wide World
Magazine.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-02-20
POLICE BLUE BOOK.
Only Eminent Raseafs Find a Place
Among Its Pagea.

Among Its Pagea.
The who's Who" of America s
criminals is handsome volume, bound
in limp leather, limited edition Of
which is issued every year or so. Only
members OF 1.-THE four hundred" of the
criminal world find representation In
this register, and an entire page Is
devoted to each individual mentioned.
Officially the volume is known as the
Bureau of Criminal Identification, an
institution having headquarters at
Washington. Data for the album.
which is literally a blue book, are sup
piled by the police departments Of
over a hundred cities throughout the
country, and it is to these departments
that the volumes are distributed.
Each branch of criminal endeavor
has separate chapter in the book,
one telling Of pickpockets, another Of
forgers, and so on. At the top Of each
page are reproduced two photographs
of a distinguished criminals profile
and full face. Below come name,
aliases, age height, weight, general
appearance ard marks and scars. Ber-
tillon measurements and criminal rec
ord fill out the page. ...
Filed in the bureau are about $4,000
Identification cards dealing with Grim
inals not sufficiently famous to deserve
place in the who's Who" Each Of
these cards is similar to page from
the book. About one-tenth of the to-
tai number of cards are for women
About one-fourth are for negroes
Green Bag.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-02-20
The
Founding
She Did Not Tell All
She Knew of Her
Percentage
By OLIVER D. ARKwRIGhT

had been brought up in the dread
Of making mesalliance. Mother had
lectured me time and again on the sub
ject. and had thoroughly appreciated
the undesirable results of marrying
out of and especially beneath my class
Mother did not insist ON my marrying
a rich girl, but she deprecated my mar.
rying one whose station in life was
different from mine. My father agreed
with her.
A day or two after the Clarkes NOV
ed into the place next ours from my
window | saw Alice In the garden in
the rear. Whether she would have at.
tracted others or not on sight don't
know. She certainly produced pro
found effect on me. She was fourteen
years old, but had completed her
growth-tall and willowy and graceful
In her pastures and movements. Her
eyes were her main feature, bespeak-
ing something impressive, though one
who looked upon her for the first time
would not know what it was.
1t was early spring. and the girl had
evidently gone out into the yard to To-
cate flower garden for the coming
season. She inspected what beds
there were and looked about with a
view to locate more. laying out one by
putting two sticks in the ground with
a string between them.
How l should have liked to join her,
take spade and dig for herI But I
knew my mother would see me, and
this would cause a commotion new
er liked duplicity. but | never liked
painful interviews either. l restrain
ed myself for the time, but | knew
that would not be able to keep away
from the girl next door. Had / known
then that she was a founding 1t would
have increased my alarm at having
her so near me. but it would have
made no other difference. should
have been engulfed all the same.
1t was evident the same evening that
my mother had caught sight of the
danger in the garden That she and
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-02-20
SEA posToFFIcEs.
Handling and Sorting the Mail Matter

On ocean Liners.
Every one is aware that large onan-
tity Of mail comes from Europe Prob
ably most persons assume that IT Is
dumped off the steamers in bulk and
sorted and routed In the postoflce of
the receiving port. Such a system
would result in hopeless congestion,
and practically all OF the 100000
pounds of foreign mail matter receiv-
ed at New York on an average Of re-
cent years is ready, sorted and sacked
when the steamers make port This
work Is done in the sea postoffices
aboard the ships and means days
saved in the time of delivery Of mail
matter intended for inland points.
In the huge mass Of mail brought
into New York each year there are on
an average 100000 separate pieces,
many thousands with Inadequate adj
dresses, yet to such a degree Of eff
cheney has the operation Of the sea
postof1ces been brought and SO care
fully is the work done that less than
500 errors are made annually. As the
entire quantity of the ocean mail re-
ceived in year would fill 1900 stand.
ard mail cars an almost incredible ac-
curacy is indicated than one err
ror Of any kind whatever for every
four carloads of mail
Congress authorized the sorting OF
mail on board conveying steamships in
1890, but it was not until the year fol-
lowing that any systematic effort was
made to do so. The work OF the sea
postoffice is very similar to that Of the
railway mail service. On board a
large liner there win be usually two
United States clerks, two In the en-
ploy Of the country from which the
steamer sails and several subalterns
or porters. This force will on an aver
age trip open and sort from 800 to 800
sacks Of mail. probably consisting Of
100000 ordinary letters and 4,0O0 reg
istered letters, besides 25O,oO0 par
cells and periodicals. Mail for New
York city is distributed and separate
ly sacked for each of the stations and
that for the United States generally
according to schedule which has 1873
divisions. In addition to the mail for
the United States. the sea postoffice
clerks must sort that destined for Gu
ba. Mexico, Canada and the orient, q
great deal of the last class being for
wartied by rail to San Francisco and
theIice by steamer.
To facilitate matters two mail boats
are maintained at New York, and these
meet incoming steamers at the guar
antine station, one taking on the mail
bags intended for direct delivery to
trains and steaming directly to the
railway stations along the river front,
the other that for. New York city and
such others as require rehandling. The Z
sea postoffices cost the government
something less than 100000 per an
mum. -Harper's.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-02-20

my father had had some words about
the matter and that they knew more
than | did about Alice Clarke is evil
dent from the fact that they COW ersed
on the subject of heredity, the disgrace
attached to unknown parentage, and
especially the stigma of being born
out of wedlock
l confess | was much shocked.
would have been crushed to learn
these things about myself and felt a
deal of pity for the poor girl who was
obliged to bear them. And that was
the most dangerous feature of the
whole affair She became an object
of compassion.
If had been Of a combative nature
/ should have made the acquaintance
Of Alice Clarke and quarreled with my
father and mother. AS it was, ! fell
into the channel marked out for per-
sons Of amiable disposition. met
Alice without letting them know any
thing about it-that Is. / met her when
they were away from home. The beds
in the garden had been dug up for her.
and one morning when the sun was
shining warm l saw Alice go out with
seed packages to plant | took occa-
sion to go out to the barn for some
thing ! didn't want There was a
low hedge between the two places;
therefore no obstruction interviewed
between her and me- did not screw
up my courage to speak to her till
returned from the barn: then said:
aren't you putting in your cror
rather early?''
She was bending over the work. and
when l spoke rose and faced me- II
seemed that she looked right through
me-
why, no." was her reply 81 don't
think we'll have another frost Dc
you?"
"You can't be sure. but If we do and
your plants have come up they can be
covered to keep them from being nip
ped"
l chatted with her about what she
but did not cross the hedge-not then.
l was not hurrying on to forbidden
ground. was drifting there.
A month passed. during which no
one in my home knew that had any
acquaintance with the founding. When
the secret came out it was In this wise:
On a frosty morning the plants next
door were seen to have been covered
for their protection from the cold.
knew by the demeanor Of my father
and mother at the breakfast table that
something was wrong. When my IA
Their finished his breakfast and had
scanned his paper he went out. leaving
me alone with my mother.
Henry" she said impressively. 81
am very much alarmed"
cat what, mother? | asked.
81 fear that you have formed an ac-
quaintance. possibly an intimacy, with
the girl next door"
While ] consider deception as a ne
cessity never could get down to de-
iberate lie. said nothing.
Last night" mother continued. "be-
ing wakeful, arose and sat by the
window. In the darkness / saw some
thing white moving from our place to
the one next door. That white thing
this morning covers the young growth
planted by the girl there"
The secret was out ] had been
caught red handed.
IL thought there would be frost.
and wished to save the plants"
did you think Of those in our own
gardeng'
l maintained a confessional silence.
That was all 80 far as words were
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-02-20
Dismal Outlook.

"Why do you look SO unhappy
swell, you know Pm pretty well
busted"
yes, but you always were, and yet
you've borne up pretty well. What Is
the particular trouble today?
81 just proposed to the girl love-"
"Ah! And the answer was unfavor.
abIe?"
II don't know"
'You don't knowg Why, what do
you mean7 Surely you must know
whether she accepted you or rejected
you"
That's just It. l asked her to mar
ry me, and she said she would. Then
1 asked her If she was sure she could
be happy with a man who had no
money, and she said she could. She
said she had always preferred buying
things on credit anyhow."-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-02-20
Cathedral a War Chest.

st. Petersburg as well as Moscow
has some cathedrals which are mar
vels of ecclesiastical architecture. St
Isaac's cathedral, for instance, in the
center of the city, cost 24.OO0,OO0 ru-
bles, or $12,OO0.OO0 Scores and scores
Of immense marble pillars adorn its
four equal sides. while several of the
beautiful green malaehite columns
within are worth a kings ransom. II
is said that in the golden domes Of st
Isaac's and the jewels within Rus
STA has war chest that would de
fend her from her enemies for many 8
month If she should need the gold
Christian Herald.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-02-20
Orators and stimuIants.

1t is believed that no modern legis-
,lators keep themselves up to the mark
in the same dangerous way as some of
their predecessors in the British par
lament. "Huskisson told me-" writes
Lord Broughton, that Lord Castle
reagh and Lord Liverpool both took
ether to keep them going when speak
ing He also told me that he once ask
ed Mr.. Wherefore what made his fin
gers so black, and Wilberforce told
him that he was in the habit of taking
opium before long speech, and to
that, said he, 1 owe all my success as
a public speaker"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-02-20
Tia Story Of n Profile.

On the facade of the PaIazzo Vec-
chic, at Florence, to the right Of the
central entrance. the profile OF a mans
head is traced on the marble. the au-
thorship of which is ascrlbed to
Michelangelo. The story runs that
he and a friend made a bet as to
which of them would draw head
best with their backs to the wall, a
bet easily won by Mlchelangelo, for
he traced perfect profile, whereas
the other produced only a wavering,
imperfect outline. The story further
relates that the tool used was nail.
Both drawings are carefully preserved.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-02-20

A writer in the Biblical World
speaking of ''The Minister and the
Boy" says: ITO behold in the boy 9
rough summary of the past and to BIZ
able to capitalize for good the sue
cessive instincts as they emerge is tC
accomplish fine piece of missionary
work without leaving home. $50 The
fire worshiper, the fierce tribesman
the savage hunter, the religion making
nomad, the daring pirate, the elementa
fighter with nature and rival Of every
kind, the master Of the world in max
ing, comes before you in the unfolding
life Of the ordinary boy. 49, He Is
an abridged volume on ethnoIogy."
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-02-20

Lord HerscheI, having delivered an
address before large audience, was
afterward waited on by the local re-
porter. who requested digest Of the
deliverance. How is it you were not
present to hear it for yourself?" in
quired the noble peer. "Oh," said the
reporter, 81 had something more i'm
portant to attend to-a big boxing
matchr Lord Herschel admitted that
this kept him modest.-London Opin-
f0r
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-02-20
A seuIptor,a slim.

How many know that the only fault
ever found with the splendid eques-
trian statue of Washington In the Bos-
ton Public garden. made by Thomas
Ball. was the fact that the horse has
no tongue. 1t is one Of those minor
details that were discovered long after
the statue had been put up. Balls
Governor Andrew at the statehouse
has all its proper members.-Boston
Journal
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-02-20

Wears Daughter I'm sorry you
don't like the wears sermons, William.
What is the matter with themf Are
they too long? William-Yes. miss.
Yon t curate e says, "In conclusion =
and e do conclude. But t vicar e
says Lastly" and e do last.-London
Mail
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-02-20
Lemona Sig.

Mrs. Benham-Father gave me away
when we were married Benham-
Your father has been quite a fruit
dealer. Mrs. Benham-What do you
mean? Benham-He has married Oh
six daughters, and any man who can
unload half dozen lemons In that
way is a good one.-New York Press.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-02-20

'Miss Soulsby has not a particle of
tact"
what has she done now?"
THE other evening when Mr.. Jag
giles, who is notorious for not paying
his debts, asked her to sing she went
to the piano and sang Trust Him
Notr London Telegraph.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-02-20

Mamma-W What In the world are you
two quarreling about?
Little Dick-Nothing.
Nothing, eh?'
''Yes'm. Dot left her box Of candy
here, an when she came back there
was nothin' In it"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-02-20
Twisted.

Hicks-I hear that Browns speech
at the club dinner last night was quite
funny Wicks-The opening sentence
was-veryi He rose and said, while
was sitting on my thought chair
struck me-" Everybody roared. -Bos-
ton Transcript
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-02-20

+Now you know you're all wrong
about that"
''Oh. yes; If you say so, reckon
I'm all wrong, all right"-Chicago
Tribune
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-02-20
ord..I.s

at must be terrible thing to go
through the third degree"
1T must be, indeed" replied Mr.
Bingdad 'I'll bet it's even worse
than trying to answer all the questions
a twelve-year-old boy can ask
Washington Star.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-02-20

DO your daughters help their moth
er with the homework?
I'VE. wouldn't think Of expecting it.
Muriel is tempera mental and Zaza is
intense Pittsburgh Post.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-02-20

Aice-It's mean of you to tell people
that when Jack kissed me l didn't re-
sent it. Maud didn't. dear. On the
contrary, said that when he kissed
you on the cheek you held it up against
him for quite awhile.-Boston Tran.
script.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-02-20
CompANV.

A crowd is not company. Faces are
but gallery Of pictures where there
is no love. and talk but tinkIing Gym.
bal.-Francis Bacon.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-02-20

Farmer Ito horse dealer)-No, don't
bear you no malice. l only hope when
you're chased by pack Of ravishing
'ungry wolves you'll be a-driving that
orse you sold me.-London Tit-Bits.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-02-20

well. Quigley. what do you know?'
TOO much. | guess. I've been re-
jected as a juror SIX times In success
sion"-C Chicago Tribune.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-02-20

That they are sinners few are will
ing to deny: that they are SHINING few
are ready to admit
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-02-20

The great man is he who does not
lose his child's heark-Mencius.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-02-20

Watch the beginnings. Great foods
have come through little lsakA
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Not A#n;ties.

Mistress why did you leave
your last place? Maid-Me and the
missis was not congenial-H arper's
Bazaar
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-02-20

It is wise man who knows when
he does not know.
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A Spook
Farm
A Wrong Is Righted by Means
Of It
By cLARIssA MAcKIE

Copyright by American Press Asso-
citation, 1911.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-05-11
of men might now be peopling this
earth had not Adam sinned.

of men might now be peopling this
earth had not Adam sinned.
You may say that they are rare. All
good things are. But they are not so
rare as you think. There are men on
your own street, men whom you meet
every day, who are bearing the burden
of harsh fate CALAMITY and smilingly.
They will never tell you. Heroes do
not tell their own stories.
Take up your morning paper, and
there, wedged in between murders
and divorce suits, you may chance
upon short account of heroism so
fine that it will make your eyes dim.
Neither you nor l could have done it..
This man did. He was one of Gods
own gentlemen.
Certain characters in fiction shine
out of the printed page. Such was
Colonel Newcome, Thackeray's mas
terpiece. Chambers "Malcourt" was
another, albeit stricken with madness
at the end. But they are plentiful in
real life, too. We do not see them
because our eyes are bent on success
full men, who stride to power over the
necks of others or burrow their way
to the top. Winning means every
thing today.