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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-03-12
GIANT sWoRDflSH.
Monsters Fifteen Feet Long Armed
With Threo Foot Weanona.


With Three Foot Weapons.
A queer fish is the swordfish. 1t Is
found In the tropical and subtropical
zones of both the eastern and western
hemispheres. Some Of the tropical spe-
cies are OF enormous size and measure
from twelve to fifteen feet in length
with swords ut least three feet long.
The sword is much the shape of a
cone somewhat hattened the end
sharply pointed. 1t Is smooth on the
top and sides. but the under part is
rough. 1t is really an elongation of
the bones of the upper jaw and is pos
sessed of very great strength. for with
these weapons they nave been known
to pierce the copper sheathing OF YES
sells and heavy plates and timbers. but.
although they can drive the sword far
into these substances. they cannot
draw them out. so break them off and
swim away without them.
A large fin extends nearly the length
of the back of the creature. which is
folded back when the fish is swim
! ming in order that its progress may
not be impeded if speed Is desired. but
when quietly swimming 1t is often
erected and acts as sail to carry 1t
| through the water. The swordfish Is
very aggressive in its disposition and
will often assail fish much larger than
itself. Even the whale is not exempt
from its attacks. The food of the
swordf1sh consists of smaller fish
which it kills by stabbing them with
its sword. There is quite large bust
ness done in swordfishing. as the flesh
Is used for food The larger species
are caught by harpooning. the smaller
| In nets.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-03-12
A RAZOR PROOF SNAIL.
Il Strolted the Entire Length Of the
Blades Keen Edge.

u 0tFoHcd tuo 6nNtFo ISU9tn OF Gue
Blades Keen Edge.
when photographing snail"
writes Professor Ward in the London
Strand Magazine. Il was surprised at
the fact that even the rough cut edge
of sheet of glass presented no diff
culIies to its locomotion. Its even pace
was continued in spite of the fact that
the sharp corner appeared to be pene-
trating its body. There we have ex-
hibited the animals delicate sense OF
touch, and this led me to make fur
Their experiment.
after had placed the snail on the
butt of razor's blade 1t slowly moved
along the back Of the blade and then
climbed completely over the sharp
edge, the razor being in excellent con
dition. As the successive waves
brought the fore part of its foot near
the edge Of the blade its head was
held low down. and the lower and
shorter pair of feelers nearly touched
the blade. as If feeling the way.
'At the moment when the sharp edge
was reached the small feelers were
fully extended toward it, and just al
the very instant when | expected to
see them cut of they we're both In
stantly retracted. They were little
more than a hairbreadth away. and
though the lower feelers possess nc
eyes. yet by their sudden movement
l was quite convinced that the snail al
that instant recognized danger.
"Still the foot Travelled on, and slowly
the snail dragged its whole weight Of
exactly one and half ounces oveI
the edge. later moving toward the but
and remaining perfectly unframed
The species experimental with was
the Roman or edible kind, which &C
counts for its comparatively large
weight, it being the largest of BRITISH
snails."
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-03-12
THE TEST THAT TELLS
Is The Test of Time. Many Mt. Holly
People Nave Made This Test,

Years ago this Mount Holly citizen
told lin public statement, the benefit
derived from Doan's Kidney Pills. The
statement is now confirmed-the test
imony complete. Instances like this are
numerous. They doubly prove the merit
of Doan's Kidney Pills. Can any Mount
Holly reader demand more convincing
proof? It's Mount Holly testimony-it
may be investigated.
Mrs. E. D Thomas, 81 Main St, Mt.
Holly, N. J., says: 81 had acute pains
in the small of my back and physicians
were unable to help me. The secretions
from my kidneys bothered me and had
almost given up hope for relief when
Doan's Kidney Pills were brought to my
| attention. Getting box at Jones' Phar.
macy began their use and they were
| very effective. My back and kidney:
, were strengthened and my pains and
aches disappeared" Statement given
January 10, I9o8.)
"A willing Reimbursement
When Mrs. Thomas was interviewed
on May 8, 1911, she said: II am pleased
to verify my former statement regarding
Doan,s Kidney Pills. They are Ger,
tainly good kidney medicine and can
be relied upon to act just as represented y
For sale by all dealers. Price so cents
Foster Miiburn Co., Buffalo, New York
sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name-Doan's-a
take no other.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-03-12
Ewes Get the First Attention.

There is no such disguise as that Of
the eyes. II we want to get an i'm
preston of a persons face we have to
look at the eyes. You will find this
in any railway carriage or public con-
veyance. You are interested in a
face; you fix your eyes on the opposite
eyes. If the eyes meet both fall; the
eyes drop alphabetically, for the in
quiry is too intimate. The two people
know well enough, though neither may
be an artist, that you cannot get an i'm
preston of the face by looking at the
chin or the forehead or the nose. You
must look straight at the eyes-the
window Of the soul-and the face be-
comes a recognizable unit. The best
disguise, as burglars and grownup chill
dren know, is the mask that covers the
eyes only.-London Standard.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-03-12
DANDRUFF, FALLING
HAIR STOPPED
Harmless, Old-F ashioned 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 Of
sulphur and other Ingredients, this old,
fashioned brew has been made more eff
fective as q scalp tonic and color re-
storer.
Nowadays, when our hair comes out Or
gets faded or gray, instead of going to
the garden or garnet for herbs and
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 be
refunded II 1t fails to do exactly as rep
resented.
This preparation Is offered to the
public at fifty cents q bottle, and is
recommended and sold By all druggists
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-03-12
Trouble IN stor. For Him.

There Is a rough time in store for
the little boy whose antics have led
his distracted parents to thus appeal
for assistance through an advertise
ment in an English paper:
''Nurse.-Wanted. a robust. God fear
ing Scotch nurse, who can teach the
shorter catechism and has a working
knowledge of the business side of
slipper, to take charge of four-year-
old boy who has a double dose of
original sim
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-03-12
A Cheerful Suggestion.

Not long ago stock of crockery was
sold at auction, and Mrs. Wilson at
tended the sale. When she returned
her face was radiant with joy
"You must join the cremation soci-
ety." were the first words she said tc
her husband
MI W.-What for?
Mrs. W.-Ive bought such a lovely
vase to hold your ashesl You have nc
idea how it will set off the mantel
piece.-London Answers.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-03-12
Sense of hunger and Thirst.

Whether the hunger sense has its seat
in the stomach and thirst in the throat
has been a subject of much scientific
controversy. The Italian physician, Va
lenti, puts the seat Of both these emo
lions in the gullet. He found that a
cocaine injection In the oesophagus the
channel from the mouth to the stom-
ach) resulted in immediate suppress
sion Of the feeling of both hunger and
thirst.
Savages have long known that the
chewing of coca leaves renders the gull
let insensitive and destroys any desire
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-03-12
A Great Blow.

A western financier was talking to
Washington reporter about a financial
deal that had ended disastrously
ut was too bad" said the reporter.
TOO bad?'' said the financier. with
a grim smile. ''Oh. too bad is not
strong enough to fit the case. Too bad
is ludicrous. 1t suggests the farmer
who when his wife and family were
killed by a cyclone said it was "a great
blow to him.'-Exchange
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-03-12
Relieved.

A young north side father on arriv-
ing home the other evening found his
wife In state of great excitement
Harold she exclaimed. baby got
hold of the ink bottle this morning
"And what hes ne done"
SPILLED ink all over the new dining
room rug"
-'That can he easily remedied.
thought you we're going TO tell me
that the misguided child had written
a novel"-Pittsburgh Post.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-03-12
JENNY Lind In the PORK House

When Jenny Lind made her tour OF
America in the early ffties under the
management of p T Barnum, Madi
son was the only Indiana city in which
she would sing The city still boasts OF
how the diva stopped there on her way
down the Ohio river from Cincinnati to
Louisville The city had no auditorium
large enough, so one of the largest pork
warehouses was emptied and secured
and filed with flowers to remove any
eled from all parts of the state to heal
Jenny Lind sing in the pork house, SOME
Of them spending from three to si>
days on the journey rgonaut-
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-03-12

Il don't mind having my trousers.
my coat, my neclItie or even my collar
splashed with mud by an automobile.
says South Broad street man. But
when one motorcar spatters my spec
tacles so that | can't see to dodge the
next one | think have right to feel
resentful- Newark News
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-03-12
Me-. Corr t;ons,

Porter y =. your train IS Precise
Passenger M ran why do you say
"your train when Won know 1t be
longs to the railway company Porte
Dunno. miss Why do you say INV
man" when yon know belong TO my
old woman? London Tit Bits
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-03-12
No Emancipation.

"And so you are an ex-slave," said
the traveller in the south. How in
teresting! But when the war was end
ed you got your freedom
mo, suh," replied Uncle Rastus "Ah
didn't git no freedom. All was mar
ried New York Times.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-03-12
S~'kk1P Postal
Thousands Have Been Cured by DR.
David Kennedy's FaVOFite Remedy
Lives Saved hY a Postal Gard.

They wrotefor free trial bottle, and were
so much pleased with the general results OBJ
tanned, that they bought alarge size bottle of
their druggistand it benefited or cured them.
It has cured thousands-it will cure you.
DR.. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy
is of the greatest value for diseases of the
Kidneys, Liver and Blood; rheumatism, con-
stipation and illnesses peculiar to women.
Stops such dangerous symptoms as painsin
the back, headache back Of eyes, inability
to hold urine, burning pains and frequent
urination. Wonderfully successful for near
" forty years. Write to-day to DR.. David
Kennedy Co., Rondout, N. Y, for . free
sample bottle and medical pamphlet.
Large bottles sold by 40, 900 druggists.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-03-12
An Improvement.

Mrs. Winks-So you have taken an
other companion for better or worse,
eh? Mrs. Second Trip-One for bet
ter, my dear He can't possibly be
worse than the other one was
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-03-12
Liberty.

Liberty Is the right to do what tht
laws allow. and If citizen could d.
what they forbid IT would be no Ionge,
liberty, because others would have the
same powers.-Montesquieu.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-03-12

Cairo, Egypt,
NJ a r C b 3.-The
Com mittee ap-
pointed by the In
ternational Bible
Students Associa
ton to report on
Foreign Missionsis
homeward bound
instead of visiting
the missions OF
eastern and south
ern Africa. They
W ill recommend
..,ers
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-03-12

Mrs. Kicker-The Filigrees have a
Corot in the dining room.
Mr.. That's nothing. We nave
whistler in the kitchen. Satire.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-03-12
GREAT PYRAMID
GODS WITNESS
Symbolic Teachings COrrOba-
rate the Bible.
PASTOR RUSSELL IN EGYPT.

Scientific Lessons Taught by Stone
Monument on the Nile Refute Evolu-
ton and Higher Observation-Disclosures
Length of the Year, Weight of the
Earth, the High Calling of the Church
and the Hope of the World.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-03-12

The real man is the one who always
finds excuses for others. but never ex-
cuses himself. Henry Ward Beecher.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-03-12

ing humility. Ana no sooner nus Ut
| risen than he finds himself confronted
by huge granite obstruction, known
! as the Granite Leaf. and he can make
! no further progress except by bowling
low to pass under it. Granite seems tC
be used in the Pyramid in much the
same way that Gold was used in Is
raers Tabernacle-to symbolic things
| Divine. This Granite obstruction
threatens to block our way, and re
| auires us to bow low before it. Sym
bolically. it says. 1t is not sufficient
that you have a desire for Goodness
| and faith in Jesus. and a desire to bt
taught of Him; you cannot go further
unless you make fuH surrender tt
| God-unless you bow to the Divine vii
| absolutely, in conservation to God OF
your ALL
And here another lesson is taught
for the moment the pupil bows under
| the Granite obstruction he begins tC
tread on the same Granite floor which
| constitutes the floor of the Kings
| Chamber. The lesson seems to be thai
| Tue VI AoAA SOhoSNAuNiNA
the disciple of Christ is begotten Of
the Holy Spirit to the divine nature
symbolized by the Granite. His new
standing thus declares him in Scrip
| tural language a New Creature.
The passage leading from the Ante
Chamber to the Kings Chamber /:
| just as low as the Granite obstruction
which seems to say that as the one
represents a condition Of death of the
will, the other represents actual dealt
only by actual death could our Sa
vior or any of His followers pass into
the heavenly state. symbolized by the
Kings Chamber: for, as st. Paul de
| clares, I'VE must all be changed be
cause flesh and blood cannot enter
| the Kingdom of Cod
Human Restitution Pictured.
We understand the Horizontal Pas
sageway leading to the Queens Cham
Der to symboically represent the trials
and testings that will be upon the hu
man family incidental to attaining hu
man perfection under the glorious
! reign Of Messiah's Kingdom, when tbs
The Washington herald., 1912-03-20
ANALOSTAN BOAT
CLUBS MEETING
Annual Election and Programme
Arranged for Summer
Activities.

At the annual meeting Of the AnaIostan
Boat Club. held at the boathouse last
night. the following officers were elected
to serve for the ensuing year: President.
Samuel Maddox: vice president. Richard
z. Pairo; recording secretary. r. Ross
Perry, jr.; financial and corresponding
secretary, Joshua Evans, jr.; treasurer,
Avon n. Nevius, all of whom, with Au-
gustus Crane. jr., Louis A. Fisher. Rob
ert c. Howard, and Adrian Sizer, will
compose the board Of governors.
The board then elected as captain DR..
r. W. Mcdowell. Z. S. N. at one time
a holder of national championship honors
for double sculls and a former captain
OF the Undine Barge Club. of PhiladeI-
phia. Vernon E. West and Charles F.
Tittmann were chosen as lieutenants.
The finances of the club were reported
as being in excellent condition, and the
rowing equipment the best in the history
Of the club. another eight-oared shell just
Philadelphia. The plans for the coming
year provide for continuous activity.
Club regattas. musicales, and smokers
are being scheduled at frequent intervals.
Following the business meeting, Messrs.
Charles F. Tittmann, Robert c. Howard
E. J. McQuade. Donald S. Edmonds, and
G. Calvert Bowie, members OF the club
with W. E. Bagley as accompanist, rem
dered musical programme, and later
buffet supper was served.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-20
SAYS PENSION FUND
SHOULD GET FINES
Horse Owners, in Letter to Commits
sioners, Also Oppose Abolition
Of Jury Trials.

Protesting against the recommendation
of Commissioner Johnston that legisla-
tion be enacted reducing the penalty in
cases of cruelty to animals so as to bring
about the abolition Of jury trials in such
cases, the Horse Owners Mutual Protec-
tive Association, in a letter received by
the Commissioners yesterday afternoon.
urges the Introduction OF plan whereby
the fines collected In such cases might
be placed with the police and firemen's
pension fund.
At present the fines in cruelty to ami
NAL cases go into the Golfers of the
Washington Humane Society. The horse
owners organization protests vigorously
against this system and further urges
that the Humane Society be compelled
to pay the expense of jury trials in those
cases instituted by the organization
which are decided in favor OF the de-
fendant.
The object of Commissioner Johnstons
recommendation for a reduction in pen
atty was to abolish the jury trial in
such cases, so that the District might
he saved the expenses of the costly pro-
ceedngs. The Horse Owners Associ-
alton opposes the abolition Of jury trials,
but Points out how the expense to the
DlstrlCt COui0 De leSSeneu.
Under the present enforcement of the
humane laws of the District reads the
letter. the horse owners have been
compelled to unite for their own pro-
lection, and in self-defense are often
forced to invoke trial by jury. The
large percentage OF acquittals shows
that they are justified in so doing.
Under the existing law the fines and
forfeitures resulting from prosecutions
initiated by humane officers go into the
Golfers of the Humane Society. constitut-
ing a large part of its upkeep. Last year
the fines amounted to nearly $500. This
provision causes unusual activity on the
part of their officers, resulting in many
doubtful complaints being made.
IF this feature Of the law Is repealed.
which We heartily recommend. and these
fines and forfeitures go into the very
much depleted police and firemen's PEN
sion fund. where they properly belong,
IL will remove the temptation from hui
name officers to make unreasonable and
trifiing complaints"
The communication was signed by Il.
b. Earnshaw. president, and Benjamin
F. Edwards, secretary, of the organiza-
ton.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-20
PHYSICIAN TO ASK
FOR A JURY TRIAL
DR.. William L. Masterson's Case Of
Negligence" Comes Up in the
Police Court To-day.

DR.. William L. Masterson, Of Stone
leigh Court. who was charged last week
by DIR. William c. Woodward. District
health offfcer. with negligence in re-
porting to the Office as recovered a case
of scarlet fever which had not been en-
tireiy cured, will demand a jury trial
when the case is called before the Police
Court this morning. This request win
result in the case being delayed for some
time.
DR.. Masterson was summoned into the
Police Court last week on a warrant
sworn out by DR.. Woodward, but asked
for a continuance in order TO have time
to employ counsel and prepare a de-
fense. The case was continued until this
morning.
DR.. Masterson has employed as counsel
Attorneys Charles II. Turner and II.
Ralph Burton. The physician said last
night that he will have as witnesses some
OF the best medical men in the city. The
Medical Society Of the District. at a
meeting last week, decided to give its
support to the physician.
DIR. Masterson's defense will be that he
conditioned the report of the recovery
OF the scarlet fever patient by an ex-
PLANTATION to the effect that the feet Of
the patient had not peeled, but that. IN
his belief, the peeling would not occur.
as is not infrequently the case. DIR. Mas
terson contends that he invited the health
department to examine the patient for
the purpose Of deciding whether or not
the case was cured.
DIR. Masterson further maintains that
because OF the conditioned report of re-
cOvery he instructed the patient 10 re-
main in the house, pending investigation
by the health department Inspector. The
physician states that the scarlet fever
sign has never been taken from the front
of the house where the patient lives.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-20
JUDGE oLDHAM's FUNERAL.
Body VIII BE Taken to Ohio Town
for Interment.


The funeral of Judge Francis F. Old.
ham, for years identified with the in.
| solvent division of the ONCE Of the
Comptroller OF the Currency. will he
held in Marietta. Ohio. Friday after
noon Judge Oldham did at his for.
mer home. 1921 Nineteenth street north
west, yesterday, after an illness Of q
week. Funeral arrangements will be
made by Robert Oldham, a son. OF Seat
tie, Wash. who is Fastening 10 this
city.
1t was Judge Oldham's wish that he
be buried in the family plot in Mariet-
ia, where he lived for years before COM
ing TO Washington. The body will be
accompanied by Mrs. Oldham and his
children-two daughters, the Misses
Lowell and Frances Oldham, OF this
city. and his son, Robert r. Oldham.
The services will be held in the Mariet-
ia Episcopal Church, and will be con-
Quoted by Rev. John Boyd. the rector,
who knew Judge Oldham for years.
The rector is more than ninety years
old.
Born in Moundsville. w Va. March 3,
lSs, Judge Oldham resided there until
the close of the civil war. when he
moved, with his family. to Marietta
In 1903 he was appointed to the Treasury
Department. and has since been en-
ployed there. He was weIl-known as a
banking expert, and as a lawyer ap-
peared before President Taft, who was
then an Ohio circuit judge. Judge Old
ham was a member of the Cosmos and
University clubs, of Washington.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-20
Requires Agricultural Course.

At a meeting of the Hyattsville Cit
izens' Association last night, a resolu-
ton, introduced by f. A. Fuller, was
unanimously adopted requesting the
members of the general assembly from
Prince George County to urge an
amendment to the laws affecting the
Maryland Agricultural College so that
students would be required TO take the
course in agriculture. The resolution
also urged the delegation to use their
efforts toward obtaining adequate ap-
propriations for the extension OF the
work Of the college.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-20
COLONIAL WEEK.
Merchants Have Combined in Max
ing Great Denomination.

With forty of Washington's leading de-
partment and hsberdashery stores all
making some special display and exhibit
OF colonial hose for men, it has been
designated Colonial Week.
The popularity of this hose is almost
without parallel The makers report that
during the last eight months there have
been sold Of colonial Isle and silk hose
lS5,o0O pairs in Washington alone. Col
onials are guaranteed TO the wearer di-
rect by the dealer. which is a broader
guarantee than is offered by other guar
anteed hose. in that no coupons are re-
quired and no time limit is placed on
the guarantee period.
The window decorators connected with
the various stores have entered into a
competitive exhibition, for which the
Colonial Hosier Co. has offered two cash
prizes for the best exhibits. The Judges
are composed Of members OF the busi-
ness staffs of The Washington Herald,
Washington Post, and Washington Star
The judges are very carefully weigh
ing the merits OF each window display
and will make their awards later in the
week.