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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-06-11
PRICE OF A PICTURE.
Terms corot is Said to Have Exacted
E.~.. H:. c.:.-L n..:.

Terms corot ls Said to Have Exacted
From His Friend Perier.
A French paper gives the following
anecdote of Corot: NJ. Perier, brother
Of the former French president. M.
Casimir Perier, was a close friend of
the great Barbizon painter. One day
it was a Sunday-when he was visit
ing the artists studio he grew en-
thusiastic over figure painting that
Corot was at work on, for on Sun
days Corot devoted himself to figure
subjects.
THAT is my distraction" he used to
say.
NJ. Perier determined to acquire this
picture and COrot was equally deter
mined not to let him. as his modesty
would only allow him to rank as a
landscape painter.
"All right said Corot at last, you
may have the canvas. but on one con-
dition-you must pay in exchange for
it the butchers and bakers bills of
my friend Millet." NJ. Perier agreed
to this unusual price and with the
painter went to find the two shop
keepers. The bakers bill came to
$4,000 and the other to $4,000, for the
bills had been running for twelve
years So NJ Perier's Corot cost him
$4,000.
What stroke Of business" com
mented the artist. My picture was
har1iy worth $300p'
Good stories should not be dissected,
but analysis of this one seems to show
that the Millet household spent at least
81 a day at the bakers and over 81 d
day at the butchers, which seems ex-
cessive at the French prices of those
days.-New York Sun.
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Held ON 10 thu Bills

A prominent minstrel man says that
not long ago an attache of his show
was sent out in certain town to give
some handbills or heralds to boys fol
distribution. The man found only one
boy willing to work. He didn't deem
1t necessary to explain to the boy thai
the bills were to be distributed about
town He took 1t for granted that the
boy knew The youngster took the
printed slips Of paper. and the man
gave him quarter and left. Half an
hour later the Snowman CHANGED to
pass along the street and saw the boy
standing on the sidewalk, crying.
What's the matter?" asked the man
The boy gave a couple of final sobs
and. wiping his eyes on his sleeve
said:
"a man jist come along an took one
of my bills New York Telegraph.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-06-11
SPEED OF SHIPS.
influence Of the Depth Of Water and
the DRAGGING From Below.

Influence Of the Depth Of Water and
the Dragging From Below.
On first thought the seas depth
seems Of small Importance If the ship
finds depth enough to give her an easy
draught. If she can run free appar-
emily it makes little difference whether
she has six feet or 600 feet between
her keel and the bottom. Such an in
ference is erroneous, however, for the
depth exercises an important influence
The British cruisers Blake and Blen-
helm were expected to run twenty-one
knots, but actually ran two knots less
in shallow water. They ran again
under the same power, but the depth
was between 135 and 165 feet, and
their speed was twenty-five knots-one
knot over the maximum calculation.
The difference in speed is attributed
to the influence of the "wave of trans
lation" displaced by the ship as she
moves forward. which acts as a brake
The nearer the ships keel to the bot
tom the stronger the friction. ship
drawing twenty seven feet of water
(say a ship of 1900 tonnage) feels
that friction over depth Of $50 feet.
According to some calculations. the
dragging influence ceases to be felt at
a depth equal to ten and one half times
the draft if the ship stands high out of
the water
A curious feature of the matter Is
that the speed of the ship is as i'm
portant an element as the depth of the
water-that is to say, the influence Of
the depth on the ships speed is more
or less powerful In proportion as the
speed is great. ship increases her
speed more easily over deep water;
but, on the other hand. the faster a
ship runs the more depth of water she
needs to prevent the hindrance caused
by the dragging influence of the fric
ton which is always felt when the
ships keel senses bottom. Running
ten knots an hour. ship must have
between twenty-six and twenty seven
feet of depth or she is dragged from
below. II running twenty knots she
needs a depth of 104 to los feet. and
when running thirty knots she feels
the drag over depth of nearly 324
feet -HarDer's Weekly
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-06-11
SWORDS OF JAPAN.
Religious Rites Follow Every Process
of Their Making.


The sword making OF Japan L. per
haps the most curious IN the whole
world. In that country swords said to
be equal to those of Toledo or Damas-
Gus are made by a special series OF
processes, but feature Of the industry
is the religious ceremonial that accom-.
pRnies every process.
On the walls OF the huts in which
the work is done are representations OF
the god of the sword makers and the
chief goddess Of the Shintos. There
are also bits Of paper and wisps OF
straw, charms to keep away evil spir.
its. No female is allowed to enter the
place, as the presence of women is sup
posed to be conducive to the appear
ance of demons, who would certainly
bring disaster to the swords mission
Prayer is offered before the work be-
gins, and various religious rites must
be performed before any one Of the
swords can be declared to have been
well and truly made
The last thing that takes place after
the polishing and sharpening OF the
swords is the offering Of them one by
one to the sword god to be blessed.
The weapon is placed In front Of the
kakemona on the wall. with an offering
Of saki, rice and sweetmeats, after
which prayer scrolls are read and
blessing upon the work is invoked
London Globe.
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nIorx Of tha Maintain.

No lowlander can appreciate the
mountain appetite and the facility
with which heavy food called grub
is disposed of. Eating, walking, rest
ing, seem alike delightful, and one
feels inclined to shout Justify on rising
in the morning like a Growing cock
sleep and digestion as clear as the
air. Fine spicy plush boughs for bed
ding we shall have tonight, and glo
rious lullaby we shall have from this
cascading creek. Never was stream
more fittingly named. for as far as
have traced it above and below oul
camp it is one continuous bouncing
dancing white bloom OF cascades And
at the very last, unwearied, it finishes
its wild course In a grand leap of 300
feet or more to the bottom of the main
Yosemite canyon near the fall Of Tam
arack creek a few miles below the
foot Of the valley.-From John Muir's
my First Summer In the Sierras."
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-06-11

Nile green is an Opaque green" saiC
a traveller. 1T isn't the green of /;
wave breaking in the sun It's the
green of the scum that floats on duck
ponds. Every year about the middle
Of April the Nile becomes covered witt
green scum. genuine duck pond
scum. 1t strikes Khartum about Apri
20, and it floats ON down to Cairo-a
solid scum that is often 500 miles long
without break This scum is madt
of minute lives, algae 1t has an of
fensiye smell. 1t is. in fact, as of
fensive to the nose as to the eye. How
green the Nile is them On account OF
this scum the expression. Nile green
arose. But it isn't the waters of the
Nile that are green. No; they are al
ways muddy 1t is the scum"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-06-11
DANDRUFF, FALLING
HAIR STOPPED.
Harmless, d-Fashioned REM
edy Brings Back Color to Gray
Hair and Makes It Grow.

How many old-fashioned remedies are
being used, which goes to show that it
is hard to improve some of our grand
mothers old-time, tried remedies. For in
stance, for keeping the hair dark, soft and
glossy nothing equals our grandmothers
sage tea" Although, by the addition q
sulphur and other ingredients, this old,
fashioned brew has been made more eff
fective as a scalp tonic and color re-
storer.
Nowadays, when our hair comes ont r
gets faded or gray, instead of going 70
the garden or garnet for herbs AMI
making the ''tea" ourselves, we simply
go to the nearest drug store and ask fol
a bottle Of Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur
Hair Remedy.
Druggists are authorized to sell it
under guarantee that the money will he
refunded If 1t fails to do exactly as rep
resented.
This preparation Is offered to the
public at fifty cents a bottle. and is
recommended and sold by all druggists
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10000 VOICES!
AND MANY ARE THE VOICES OF
MOUNT HOLLY PEOPLE.

Thirty thousand voices-What a grand
chorusl And that's the number OF
American men and women who are
publicly praising Doan's Kidney Pills
for relief from backache, kidney and
bladder ills. They say it to friends
They tell it in the home papers. Mount
Holly people are in this chorus Here's
Mount Holly case.
Mrs. Beulah Prickett, al Bispham St.,
Mt: Holly, N. J., says: 1--WE publicly
endorsed Doan's Kidney Pills three
years ago and at this time can again
recommend them. A member of our
family suffered for a long time from
weakness through the small of his back
and sides and often was hardly able to
straighten. He could not sleep well
and felt restless and nervous. MANY
remedies were tried, but nothing brought
relief until Doan's Kidney Pills were
obtained at Jones Pharmacy. They
entirely corrected the trouble
For sale by all dealers. Price so cents.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York,
ole agents for the United States.
Remember the name-D oan's-and
take no other.
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WARM SALT WATER BATH.
First Aid For q Child That Has Been
Badly Burned.

Badly Burned.
All children will play with FIRE IN
less they have been taught, either by
precept or experience, not to do so,
and accidents will happen even when
every precaution has been taken. 1t Is
therefore most desirable in the case Of
burns that parents should know what
and above all what MOTTO do while
waiting for the doctor to come.
The first thing is to fight shock with
all the resources at command, because
shock is usually the immediate cause
of death Too often shock is aggravat-
ed rather than helped by the treatment
it receives.
Valuable time is wasted and un-
necessary agony caused In trying to
remove the clothing; then various ap-
plications Of oil or Of whatever else
the distracted bystanders may have
heard was good for burns are made
until by the time the doctor arrives
irremediable mischief is done
Do not waste time in any such way,
but Immediately prepare a warm salt
water bath and gently place the child
In 1t, clothes and all. If the clothes
are much burned the warm water will
make them easier to remove, and the
child can be kept in the bath until the
pulse and the temperature show that a
reaction from the shock has taken
place. 1t will often be necessary for
some strong and careful person to
kneel and hold the patient In the best
position.
Even after the child has been placed
In bed with the proper dressings the
bath should be given again If there are
indications that shock is returning.
Always remember that speed is essen
tiaL Even the slightest delay is dan
gerous
Almost every one believes that In the
case Of burns water is always harm
full and oil always helpful. You win
be wise to reverse the rule and learn it
by heart. In case of burns I'LL the
bath with warm water, adding salt in
the proportion Of a teaspoonful to a
pint of water, and hold the child in it.
clothes and all, until the doctor ar
rives.-YOuth's COMPANION.
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Daniel v. %. 2S.I He said
While our message for today is meat
in due season to the Household of
Faith ana every way most important
to be understood, it is nevertheless a
subject difficult to treat without Civ
ing OfTenSe. without being misunder-
stood. without seeming harsh Bear
with me, then. whi:c expressing what
! heiieve 10 he TIE Divine Message. in
lust rs kindly manner as know how
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Blind Workars First

1t was the recruits first fire. A
piano factory was burning. Said the
battalion chef to the recruit:
Find out where the tuning room is
and make for that"
The recruit obeyed. Afterward he
asked why
Because during working hours you
are likely to find several blind men
there said the chief. MANY piano
tuners are blind. and in case of fire
they need first help in getting out
When fighting fire in a piano factory
always bear that in mind New York
Press.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-06-11

What is the matter with that poo
fellow?" asked the man who was "see
ing the lunatic asylum" He has al
interesting face"
That's poet" replied the attend
ant Queer case"
''Tell me about him. Is there an!
chance of his recoveryT
mo; it's hopeless. 1t seems he bat
written pastoral poem In which tn,
name of 0beron was used severa
times, but the proofreader was al
Irishman. and when the poem appeared
in print 0beron had been changed Il
O'Brien judges Library
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-06-11
settino Him Riaht.

The meek looking man walked up to
the book counter Il want sometime
to keep me home at night. show IN,
my faults. tell me how to spend my
Hold ON. old man." said the cIeri.
you're in the wrong depar ment. Mar
rage buseau on the left. three aisle
down" Philadelphia Record
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Wife-You know that Mrs. Newcomb
moved In down the street Monday. Sc
/ called today. Hub-Well, well! How
like poker this social game is. Wife
How do you mean? Hub-Why, in
poker you also call when you want to
see what the other person has.-Boston
Transcript.
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Brooklyn. N. Y,
J u ne 2.-Pastor
Russell addressed
a large audience
again in the Acad-
envy of Music, not
withstanding the
season, His topic
was, 1.-THE Fall of
Mystic Babylon. T"
His text: Meme.
.Hene. Tekel, Ophar-
sin = weighed in
the balances and
fOuud wanting I"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-06-11

Widows Weeds.
Jack-There's one good thing about
widows weeds Tom What's thar:
Jack-They rarely interfere with the
growth Of orange blossoms.
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MYSTIC BABYLON
AND DAUGHTERS
Weighed In the Balances and
Found Wanting,
wine OF FALSE DOCTRINES.

Pastor Russell Treats Difficult Sub
iect With All kindness-Presents a
Clear View of the Divine Message.
Failure of the Completion Of the
Tower Of Babel Expiained-A Won
derfuI Structure and the Cause Of It's
Downfall.
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Found Her unmaiIed Letters.

Found Her Unmailed Letters.
Gibbs-M wife explored my pockets
last night nibbs- How did she come
ont? Glib Az all explorers should
She acquired enough material for a lee
ture Boston TRANSCRIPT
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Our bravest lessons are not Learned
through success. but misadyenture.
Alcott.
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ance. to see some of the mistakes along
this line These see that neither the
Church of Rome nor any of her Daugh-
ter systems are the true Church Of
Christ These see from the Divine
standpoint that these systems are ,har
lot" systems. Each of them Processes
TO be the Bride of Christ yet each
Lamb is 10 take place Il! The second
coming of Christ They have therefore
very generally luSt sight Of Inc fact
that the true virgin" OF Christ. IL lit.
tie flo k, who will h, accounted
worthy to share the marriage. ana he.
for The Lord from Heaven must live
separate from the world Keeping her
self unSpOttp' from thc world :, rl1jH
that she may ice accounted worthy tc
enter INTO the ;uyS of her Lord bncnin- His
Queen and lnini heir in His Kingdom
II Is not 10 TIE expected tissit e!lher the
Mother or the Daughters who are now
claiming to r-Ign with christ vhu are
now claiming that HIS Kingdom IS al
ready set up VINO are now clannins that
their sntons with the kingiuns ~ .his
world re .elfttnlnte unions nave the
Bridegroom approval 4, is not 10 he ex
pected that these realize their own con-
dition that they are disioyai 10 the true
Bridegroom and King symhoic;l 'har.
lots" IN aftilIatior with the kingdoms OF
this world al this present time. anc sup
porting the same and calling them by the
Bridegroom & name hristendom which
means Christ's Kingdom
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In tine symbohcal language Of the Rook
Of Revelation. as already indicated the
name Kabyan Is applied moi only To the
typical woman. Papacy and her mystical
Daughters. the Protestant denominations.
but also applied 20 the great City. Mystic
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-01-18
PHYSICIAN ADMITS
KILLING HIS WIFE
DR.. Harry E. Webster, Of Chi
cago, Confesses His Guilt
Of Murder Charge.

Oregon, H.. Jan. 13.-Dr. Harry p.
" es5sssr pleaded guilty to murder IN
the Ogle county circuit court today on
the first anniversary OF his marriage
to Bessie Kent Webster, who by. his
own confession, he killed near here
last September. webster withdrew O.
plea Of not guilty previously made by
him.
Attorney John e. Erwin. of Webster's
counsel, In q brief statement after the
defendant q taken before Judge Far.
client desired t enter the plea OF
guilty. Webster. in response to inter
rogatlon by the court, then made the
plea Of guilty In person.
Judge Farrand asked Webster IL this
defendant understood that he was en-
titled to trial by jury and IL the plea
own free will. To each question Web
ster replied yes" In an even tone OF
voice.
After he had entered his plea Web
ster seated himself at the side of his
mother. who wept quietly throughout
the proceedings.
States Attorney Emerson placed sew
eral witnesses on the stand to present
certain %eatures Of h states case, The
first was Matthias Mayors, who found
Bessie Kent Websters body In the Ogle
county woods between Dixon and Polo
last fall
Mayors was followed on the stand
by DR.. L. M. Griffin, OF Polo, who made
an examination Of Mrs. Websters body
at the time 1t was discovered. He tes-
titled that Mrs. Websters death waS
due to a knife, or scalpel wound IN
vein. DR.. Gri4h also described en-
operation which, be said had been par
formed on Mrs. Webster some time be-
ford her death.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-01-18
ENGLISH COAL STRIKE
FAVORED BY Miners
Dealers Reap Harvest as Result
of Threatened Shortage
in the Market.

London, Jan. 15.-Coal dealers here
are reaping a rich harvest as a con-
sequence of the ballot of the coal
miners, which unofficial reports state
to be largely in favor of a nationwide
strike for a fxed minimum wage. The
dispute affects about 900, 900 men.
There is no doubt that the requisite
t~wo-thirds majority in favor of a strike
has been secured, but that fact does
not necessarily mean that the strike
will occur, for the employers and work
ers have until the end of February to
reach a settlement and the prospects
of an agreement being arrived at are
favorable.
The public, however, appears not to
be aware of this circumstance and
orders are pouring in to the coal
dealers. The result is that the price
of coal at the mine head has been
raised SO cents a tone for the best
household coal, while retail dealers
have increased the price to the con
sumers from rs to "a cents a ton.
The admiralty is storing big reserves
of coal and orders have been issued to
commanders of war vessels to econo-
mize and to utilize oil fuel as much as
DOSSible.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-01-18
ITALIAN VICTORIES
BRANDED AS FAKES
Life With the Army in Tripola
Is Declared to Be Very
Unpleasant.

Rome, Jan. 15.-Lctters from Italian
officers and men serving with the in
vading army in Tripoli and Cyrenaica,
received by their friends in Italy, de-
scribe in detail the extremely I'M
pleasant position of the Italian troops
at the front.
Fights which have been claimed as
Italian victories in official dispatches
from the commander in chief of the
Italian expeditions, arc said by these
correspondents 70 AVE been reVerses.
The italians appear to be suffering
more severely in the vicinity CT Derna
than at other points. Thc troops who
are engaged III protecting the engi-
neers employed on the construction Of
~aqueducts to bring water into the
town have frequent furious engage
ments with the Turks and their Arab
allies. DetachTnentS of the latter make
harrassIng attacks on tile Italian out
posts day after day;
One italian officer. writing to his
father, says that tho Italian army has
lost a large number CT men in these
engagements. Another letter from q
private says thai in one Battle regi-
ments of G~renadiers and B~eTsaglieri
were nearly wiped out OF existence.
Still another letter says that the
Italians on Il occasion ran out Cf
ammunition, while the Turks and
Arabs. we'll supplied, succeeded in
killing and w%ounding 100 of the Italian
soldiers, many Of whom were mere
boys who in their panic cried for their
mothers.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-01-18
EXPERT IS ON STAND
IN CASE OF PACKERS
Much Technical Evidence Of
Accounting Being offered
BY the Prosecution.

Chicago, Jan. l5.-Surrounded by
piles Of books and records, H. A. Tim
minis, chief accountant for Morris &
Co, resumed the witness stand at the
opening in court today to the trial Of
the packers charged with maintaining
a combination in restraint of trade.
Timmins continued his testimony re-
garding the details of the accounting
system used. The witness described
each book and enumerated the accounts
kept in it.
Special Counsel James M. Sheean
questioned Timmins at length in an eff
fort to trace the items covering the sale
of ~bi-products through the different
books.
An expert accountant worked until
nearly midnight last night going
through the books of Morris & Co, and
Timmins was asked to explain many Of
the items selected by the prosecution.
Voluminous vouchers We're read
showing the transfer of bi-product
credits from me department TO another.
One entry in the general journal Of
Morris & Co, for September, 1907,
showed that 27.037 cattle had been pur-
chased at a cost OF $1,299,195.O3. The
principal credits We're $67,7S7.35 for
hides and S47,586.24 for fertilizer.