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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-11-12
E... Eliza In aahamIa.

Bohemia is singulariy free from dies
In most Of the dining rooms In Prague
during the course Of a meal perhaps
three or four fiies appear during the
season. In restaurants there are very
few flies. There screen doors to keeI
out flies and other insects are unknown
The buildings are all constructed OF
brick, stone or concrete. The docks
along the river front are of granite
The pavements and sidewalks are made
Of granite blocks. There are no wood
en- sidewalks, stairways or buildings In
the city. Decayed vegetable or animal
matter is not openly exposed to flies
and the streets are frequently cleaned
during each day. There are no open
drains in the city to attract and breed
flies. The absence of flies can only be
ascribed to the lack Of breeding places
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The horn of the unicorn was reputed
instantly to reveal poison in a dish by
sweating blood. and great was the r.
valry as to the possession Of the finest
specimen while this belief stin dour-
ished. Charles the Bold proudly
paraded six. two of them eight feet
long, two six feet. two Eve feet Ac-
cording to Benvenuto Cellini, 1.-THE
finest ever seen, which had cost seven
teen thousand ducats Of the Camera
was the one for which at the pope's
command he made design. "the finest
thing imaginable. modelled half on q
horse and half on a stag, with a very
fine name and other adornments-' :
Coryat speaks Of the one at st. Denis
as about three yards long. and Windsor
had two of four ellis. The real 'uni.
corn" In many cases seems to have
been the narwhal.-London Chronicle.
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A butcher who had some spare time
made a study of the New York teIe
phone directory for butchers whose
names are out Of the ordinary or fit
the business. Sam Frankerfurter has
a shop at 219 East Seventh street and
A. Weiner Is at l443 avenue A. John
Now is on Third avenue and Frank
Then on Amsterdam avenue. If they
formed a partnership Now & Then
would sound familiar. Wing Sang Is
in the poultry business and A. Fox Is
game dealer. Louis Rich IL on
Third avenue and John Richer is in
the Bronx. Emil Half is on Amster-
dam avenue. George Idler hustles In
a market on Webster avenue John
Grab is taking things easy In his shop
on Second avenue. Max Warm Is on
East Houston street. Max Lent of
Norfolk street never keeps It Joseph
Hug Of West Fifteenth street should
be a favorite with the women. For
the finish how about Julius Goodby OF
avenue A7-Butchers' Advocate.
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tn. E,asl. Drill

The fiddle drilr' is one OF the Oldest
stonecutting tools In existence. II is
said to antedate Greek sculpture and
is in use today in about the same form
as it was 1000 years ago. AS its name
implies. its action resembles a fiddle
The drill is of two pieces. In one hand
a carver holds the drill stock. which Is
like carpenters brace. except that 1t
is straight instead Of having a crank
In the other hand he holds the bow
which is strung with brass wire and
which is given a turn around the drill
stock. To use the drill the carver
places the drill stock against his breast
holding it with his left hand. and with
his right he draws the bow back and
forth. fiddle fashion. This imparts q
rotary motion to the drill stock. and
the drill is ground to cut in either way
1t turns. The fiddle drill Is used In the
finest work. In crevices where the
sculptor could not reach with his chisel
and hammer without endangering the
carving
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Columbus.

Malcolm Kerlin, of Washington. d. c.,
was home to visit his parents last Tues
day and incidentally to vote.
The oyster supper given by the ladies
of the Baptist church on Friday night.
netted them over 800.
Election day passed very quietly here,
and everybody In town has been quiet
ever since.
A union temperance meeting was held
in the NJ. E. Church on Sunday evening,
addressed by Rev. William Beard, pastor
of the Baptist church. The audience was
large and appreciative. The address was
brilliant and effective argument for tenn
perance. A revival of these union tenn
perance meetings monthly would no doubt
condone to the interest of the community.
Freebooter Kerlin continues to improve
In health and will soon take up his bust
ness affairs again.
County superintendent of schools visit
ed the schools In Mansfield township last
week and was favorsblY impressed with
the progress exhibited. All of the public
schools in this township will be closed to-
morrow for the remainder of the week, on
account of the teachers institute.
The tax rate for Columbus is 80 cents
per 800 less for 1912 than for 1911,
while the tax rate for the township is
s1.19 for 1912, as against $1.16 for 1911.
Joseph Chapman, aged SO years, COM
mitted suicide at the home of his son-in-
law, Walter Cotterell. at Fieldsboro, near
here, Wednesday morning. Mr.. Chap
man had been a widower for some time
and had been living with his married
daughter. No cause Is known, as yet,
why he took his life.
The Rev. Howell Davis, of townsville,
N. Y. has accepted call to become the
pastor Of the First Presbyterian church
at Bordentown. to fill the vacancy caused
by the resignation of the Rev. Charles H.
Whitaker in April. 1911, to become the
assistant pastor of the West Hope Presby-
terrain church In Philadelphia.
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he.n,,., wIre,e.s.

"A very efficient system Of wireless
telegraphy exists in every hospital
said the nurse. Apparently all pa
tents have the knack Of transmitting
messages; otherwise the news Of seri
Gus cases would not travel 50 quickly
and accurately from ward to ward Il
IL contrary to the rules for hospital at
tendants to retail gossip. and most Of
them observe strict secrecy. yet not
withstanding that precaution there Il
never an interesting case in the build
ing whose history IL not known and
discussed in the remotest corner.
Last week a boy suffering with
peculiar kind of throat trouble was
brought into a first floor ward. The
doctors were very much interested II
the case, yet they took special pains
never to mention it In the hearing Of
another patient But for all the good
their caution did they might as wei
have lectured on the case in every
ward, for when the boy died men and
women all about the hospital said t.
the nurses: so that poor boy died
did he7 | suppose there wasn't mucf
hope for him from the start
How did the news travelT-Nev
York Press.
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Reversed HE Decision.

1--WE once had a customer" said an
undertaken, ''who had lost his wife
and who came to US to bury her. which
we did. After the funeral he came
back to us. He had selected the cas-
ket In which his wife was buried, and
now he bought one just like 1t for him
self. He was man In health, with no
prospect Of death, SO far as that was
concerned, but he was greatly grieved
and czat down over the death of his
wife, and when ne should die he want
ed to be buried In a casket just like
that IN which we had buried her. So
he bought this casket, and we held 1t
for him.
Something more than year after
he met another woman with whom he
fell In love and whom he married.
and after that we got q letter from
him saying:
"'Sell my casket I've NO use for it
now New York Sun.
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InainatIana af Lana Llfa.

Il seems to be generally agreed that
every person affords physical indica-
lions Of his prospects Of long or
short life. A long lived person, it is
said, may be distinguished at sight
from q short lived one. In many
cases a physician can glance at the
hand of patient and determine
whether he will live or not. The pri-
mary conditions Of longevity are that
the heart, lungs and digestive organs.
as well as the brain, shall be large.
II these organs are large the trunk
will be long and the limbs compare
lively short The person will appear
tall white sitting and short while
standing The hand will have a long
and somewhat heavy palm. with short
fingers. The brain will be deeply
placed. as shown by the low position
of the orifice of the ear. The blue.
brown or hazel eye is favorable In
dication. The nostrils, II large, open
and free, Indicate large lungs. A
pInched and half closed nostril indi-
Gates small or weak lungs. These are
general points of distinction. but are
Of course, subject to the usual indi-
vidual observation-disclosures.
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Fooljnu the poua.


In the highlands of Scotland 1t used
to be the practice for each shepherd to
take his collie dog to church.
These dogs" as Dean Ramsay
wrote, "sit out the Gaelic services and
sermon with commendable patience TILL
toward the end Of the last psalm,
when there is a universal stretching
and yawning and all are prepared to
scamper out. barking ina most excit-
ed manner. whenever the blessing Is
commenced. The congregation OF one
Of these churches determined that the
service should close In more decorous
manner. and steps were taken to at
tain this object Accordingly when a
strange clergyman was officiating he
found the people all sitting when he
was about to pronounce the blessing.
He hesitated aud paused. expecting
them to rise. till an old shepherd. look
ing up to the pulpit. said:
"'Say AVA. sir. We're a-sittin' to
cheat the dowgs-'"
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Theatres.
CHESTNUT STREET THEATRE


The revival of that splendid comedy
-AsBxewster's Millions served to draw full
houses at the Chestnut Street Theatre,
Philadelphia, only surpassed in Checkers"
the past week, seen here for the first by the
Orpheum Players, which thus far has kept
up the remarkable record this organiza-
ton has established for the past uninter-
rupted five years, and it is safe to predict
that in the production of 1.-THE Eternal
City, week of November nth, will prove
one of the greatest events to be seen this
winter at this favorite playhouse. The
name of the author, Hall Game, is famil-
lar to everybody, as peer among men of
letters, especially so as novelist and play
write.
In the play of ''The Eternal City,, the
writer has chosen Rome, the centre of po-
litical strife, even up to the present day.
The scenes among them are the Prime
Minister'S Palace, the studio of the hero
inc, hall in the castle of St. Angelo, the
garden of the Vatican, and others, give
ample scoop for magnificent stage setting,
while the characters of most importance
are Donna Roma Volonna, Hon. David
Rossi, The Baron Bonolli prime Minister),
Bonno Rocco, General Nora president
of the Military TribunaD, His Holiness,
The Pope, Ambassadors, Military, ETC.,
all of which will be seen with realistic
effect. Adv.
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Women. Love Of uoly Men

The illustrious men In history who
were distinguished as much for the
fascination which they exercised over
the fair sex as for their talents and
ability were, as rule. plain and In
significant in appearance. julius Gaze
sar was very III favored man. and
yet when q mere STRIPPING, before his
fame in Rome. girls Of his own age
sighed for him and mature women
longed for his love. Among the men of
later times who were renowned In like
manner were Sir Philip Sidney, plain
almost to ugliness; Paul Scarron, the
comic poet, a cripple; Voltaire. unmis-
takably ugly. and Rousseau, whose
manners were awkward as his face
was plain, while John Wilkes, who had
the power TO subjugate any woman
who spoke to him for even FIVE min
utss, was admitted by his own show
ing to be the ugliest man In England
On his time.
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Dueling survived In England unit
about the middle Of the forties, when, y
says Lady Dorothy Nevill. IAN en-
counter between Lieutenant Colonel
Fawcett and Lieutenant Monro, In
which the former was shot dead, led
to debate in the house Of commons
owing to the wife of the former being
refused pension. On this occasion
Sir Charles Napier declared that but
one way existed Of effectuaIly putting
an end to dueling. No duel should be
allowed which was not fought across
table OF the two pistols used only
one should be loaded with ball, lots
being drawn to see who should have
the loaded one. If this produced no
result then both pistols should be load
ed with ball and the survivor. should
there be one, hanged"
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windmiII. n. Nsw.oap.rs.

In Holland births. marriages and
deaths. instead of being recorded In
newspapers. are indicated by wind
mills. When a miller gets married he
stops his mill with the arms Of the
wheel in a slanting position and with
the sails unfurled His friends and
guests frequently do likewise with
their mills. in token of the ceremony
To indicate a birth the wheel ia
stopped with the arms I'm q slanting
position. but at a more acute angle
than for a marriage and with the
two upper sails unfurled. Should a
miller die the sails Of his mill are all
furled and the wheel is turned round
until the arms form an upright cross.
in which position they are left until
after the funeral has taken place.
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rhamss Waternsn.

The watermen and lightermen Of
London can trace their occupation back
to a very remote past In statute Of
Henry VIII. passed in 1914, for reg
ulating their fares. it Is recorded that
1t has been a laudable custome and
usage TYNE out of mind to use the river
In barge or winery bote." And the an
mails Of the Watermen's company give
an interesting account Of dispute as
far back as 1898 concerning the charge
for the conveyance of passengers from
Gravesend to London. The regular fare
was one-half penny for each person
but some INSCRIPTIONS boatmen charg-
ed passengers penny. So the offend
ers were taken by the sheriff before
the justices Of assize. who admonished
them and made each waterman give q
bond Of 40 shillings for future good be
havior.-London Graphic.
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Low TeiSpho0e numbers In New York.
sEuch q small thing as telephone
number has some significance In the
standing of a frm," remarked a man
who had little else to do but talk and
observe.
How sOT asked the other.
Take the low numbers-'Broad I.
for instance-and, as a rule, 1t will be
the number belonging to an old estab-
lished firm, provided, of course. that
firm has remained In one location. The
firm now bearing the above number
was In existence before telephones
were In use at all, and in like manner
1t Is possible to ascertain the old es-
tablished business houses. II a firm
moves, but remains In the same ex-
change. It has the privilege of retain
ing its original telephone number.
Americans don't care much for age
and long established anything. as a
class, but there are many firms in this
city that are proud Of their telephone
numbers In a system where the num-
bers run high up In the Thousands. -
New York Press.
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Advice From Her Lawvsr.

Timothy Coffin, who was prominent
at the Bristol county bar in the last
century, once secured the acquittal OF
an old woman accused of stealing a
piece of pork. As she was leaving the
Ourtroom she put her hand to her
mouth and in audible whisper said:
''Mr. Carfin. what'll | do with the
por-rukr'
Quickly came the retort: Eat it, you
fool The judge says you didn't steal
tt."-Bostou Herald.
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There Is a group Of islands to the
south of New Zealand called the Sis
ters. or Seven Sisters. which are re
puted to be subjected to practically
constant rainfall. The same may BIZ
said of the islands and mainland Of
TERRA del Fuego. saving for the diff
ference that the rain often takes form
of sleet and snow. On line running
round the world from four to eight
or nine degrees there are patches over
which rain seldom ceases to fall. Thif
Is called the zone of constant precipi
tation." but at the same time there
are several localities along 1t with very
little rainfall.
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Queer. but cerrset.

Professor Bradner Matthews. in his
quality of philologist. said one day In
New York:
"The past partlciple. gotten has
gone out in England. though 1t still
fingers on With US. In England. how
ever. gotten ls almost as obsolete as
putten.'
"In some parts of Cumberland the
villagers still use gotten and putten.
and q pupil teacher once told me of a
lesson on these past participles where
In she gave her pupils an exercise to
write on the blackboard.
"In the midst of the exercise an
urchin began to laugh. She asked him
why he was laughing and he
answered:
"Joe's put putten where he should
have putten put"
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In the cotton picking season In Texal
q negro who had gone Into the countr,
10 work returned very much Disguised
"Didn' 20 git no offahs ter pick NJ
cottonY asked friend.
'Sech ez dey was White man don.
offered me one-third o. wat All coult
pick. All done tux look ut de Helo
an saw dat when II wah all picked il
wouldn't amount ter one-third So Al
done lit out fer home"
"Yoail was In luck not ter git fooled
none"
SYassuh- All done went ter schoo
an studied rifsntick when All was
young." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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.rakina AIM

II is agreed among anthropologists
that taking aim" is human charac-
terlstic that even the anthropoid apes
cannot be said to share. Apes and
monkeys frequently throw nuts and
sticks, sometimes with unpleasant con-
sequences to others. but they show lit
tie or no ability to take accurate aim.
The baboon is said to excel somewhat
in this respect, but still 1t would never
pass for a marksman. Accuracy OF
eye and the judgment OF direction and
distance that are involved in real aim
ing have been developed only by man
and are among the tokens Of his intel
lsctual superiority.-New York Press
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Children Cry
FOR FLETcHER'S
G a $ TO RIA
ma White Rhinooaroa.

The white rhinoceros Is not much
whittier than the common rhinoceros,
but instead Of ending in a triangular
upper lip It's muzzle is square. The
white rhinoceros Is the largest animal
ON earth. with the exception of the
elephant. The common rhinoceros
lives on leaves, roots and bulbs, which
he digs up with his frontal horn. The
common rhinoceros is vicious and
cruel; the white rhinoceros is calm and
lazy, living exclusively on grass and
heritage. Though long regarded as a
one horned animal, he has two horns.
But the smaller of the two, set back
Of the frontal horn, is so rudimentary
that it is not seen from distance.l
The forward horn is four and one-half
feet In length, and one of its sides Is
fat Some of the frontal horns are
grooved. The white rhinoceros close
~ resembles the unicorn of antique
legends, whose horns, when used as
drinking vessels, sterilized poisons and
rendered them harmless.-Harper's. ,
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sure Of Hla IlmhraIIa.

Departing Guest-Dear me, what q
wet night wonder If you could give
me the loan Of an umbrella? Host
Certainly, but-well. the fact is, think
would be the better for a walk. I'll
just take a turn home with you and
shelter You by the way.
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Arc You = rrifle ssnsitixe

About the size of your shoes It's some salts
faction to know that many people can wear
shoes q size smaller by shaking Aliens Foot
Ease into them. Just the thing for patent
leather shoes, and for breaking in new shoes.
Sold everywhere, 25c. Sample free. Address
Allen s. Olmsted. LIE Roy, N. Y. 63t
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WELL. 1t Is all over. and there are few
who are surprised, for 1t has been apparent
for long time that the result could moi
be otherwise than 1t is unless, possibly, II
Ia little stronger than was expected. OF
course the Bull Moose people do not feel
good for there were those In the ranks OF
that party who really felt that Roosevelt
had a chance of election and predicted
that be would carry more states than he
has to his credit to day. We do not be-
lieve they are satisfied with the statement
that has been charged to them that the
main idea of the Bull Moose party was to
secure the defeat of President Taft, FOL
while that seemed certain there were
members OF the party in all parts OF the
country who really expected to see Teddy
inaugurated. What the final result In
the destiny of the Republican party will
be remains to be seen. That party has
gone to defeat before. 1t may be again
prominent with new ideas and new leaders
but the peerless" ''holier than thou
Teddy will not be the power that will
manage affairs.
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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER Is, 1912
WONDER how long Woodrow Wilson
and William Jennings Bryan will remain
in perfect harmony with each otherf

THAT THE pitcher may go to the well
too often has been illustrated In the defeat
of Congressman Gardner In the two
previous campaigns the feelings OF the
voters Of the second district were plainly
discernible and were such as to give
warning to any one who was willing to
read the handwriting. Possibly any
other candidate would have been defeated
but we do not believe 1t. Either Senator
Lewis or Senator Nichols would have met
with less opposition than did John j.
Gardner. We do not glory in his defeat
We regret the loss of Congressman from
this district and we are sorry that he did
not realize what was plain to others and
what had been pointed out to him.
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DR.. DEMONS SLEEPING
GARMENTS FORCHILDREN

10 10 years-5oc 70 9oc
The little cover kickers need some
thing to wear these cold nights that
will effectually protect them from drafts
and colds when uncovered. DIR. Denton's
sleeping garments is the ideal night
wear for the little ones. We have a
complete assortment Of them from to
10 years at prices ranging from soc to
9oc.
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An Inference.

Editor-Have you submitted this
poem anywhere else? Jokesmith-No
cir. Editor-Then where did you get
that black eye?
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Any time Is the proper time for say
ng what IS just.-Greek Proverb.
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CHILDREN'S HEAVY
FLEECED UNDERWEAR

Just the thing to keep them warm and
comfy on coolest days. The largest
assortment of good-6tting and long
wearing vests, pants and drawers for
children of all ages that we have ever
shown. The unusually attractive prices
start with I5c for Smallest Size and
range up to 35c for the largest size.