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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-10-14
WASHED UP BY THE WAVES
lnnumerable Articles, Many Of Value,
Reward Search Made Along the
New York Beaches.

Along the beach at Manhattan and
Brighton. as well as at the Rockawaye,
articles aggregating 800 in value are
picked up every morning, relates the
New York Herald. And this amount
is considered by the regulars along
those shores to be very conservative
estimate.
The articles found range from the
gold filing Of q tooth to a cork leg.
And you need not think the cork leg
statement is drawing it with a long
bow. There was one washed ashore
the last week in June.
It belonged to James J. Fftzsim.
mons, cook on a Maine coasting
schooner. Fitzsimmons had removed
it, 80 it came out afterward in a Wa
ter street tavern, so that he might in.
dulge in bath. The schooner lurched.
So did the cork leg. Fitzsimmons
walled an alarm, but the skipper, be-
ing in hurry to make a Maine port
at q particular hour, refused to luff
and pick the leg up. So 1t washed
ashore and its identity was revealed
by a brass plate containing the own
er's name and New York address. II
was sent back by parcel post.
Every now and then a wig is picked
up. The supposition Ia that the owner
was swimming at night and was over
confident that his top piece would re
main on his head when he dived. Lock.
cts and chains are found In numbers.
1t is likely they are kept on the neck
by girls and women when they don
bathing costume and slip off when
their owners are frolicking in the
waves. OF course they are dropped
close to the shore line or they would
never be seen again. The constant
rolling shoreward of the waves grad.
ually forces them into view.
Watches, chains, finger rings, scarf.
pins, cuff links. studs, eyeglasses,
belts, fountain pens, key rings. full
sets Of artificial teeth. garters, era
watts. hatptns, canes, umbrellas, crutch-
es, shoe buckles. gold hairpins, purses
and scores of other things are among
the daily morning flnds.
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HaIpInn a Brother.

Suddenly the man with the chin
beard, who was eating his luncheon in
a restaurant, reached across the table,
touched the button in the lapel of the
coat worn by the man directly oppo-
site him and gave him the grip of the
secret order to which they both be-
longed.
Brother" he said, 81 see you're in
need. and to live up to my sworn duty
l am compelled to"
in need!" interrupted the other, in
wide-eyed establishment, "in need OF
what?"
"Of some one to tell you that knife
is not the proper implement to use
when you are eating corned beei
hash"
By prompt action half dozen wait
ers quelled the disturbance that began
Immediately. but they were too late
to prevent the destruction of about 81
worth of tableware.-Standard News.
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When Is a Boat Not a BoatY

Harbor officials are In Quandary
over this question: when is boat
not boat2" 1t all comes about
through the popularity of the hydro.
aeroplane, and so far there is no one
connected with the government serv-
ice who seems to be abel to answer It.
The officials whose duties include the
enforcement of the harbor regulations
maintain that it is boat and as such
comes under the regulations governing
power boats and therefore must com
ply with the laws by carrying the slip
ulated equipment of signal horn, lights,
life preservers, etc. On the other hand,
the officials of the Aero Club OF Ameri-
ca as stoutly maintain that it is not q
boat, but an aeroplane, and for proof
point to the fact that 1t must have
Aero club sanction to participate in
competitive events and that its pilots
must operate under an aviator's Ii.
cense. just as though 1t had only
wheels instead of hull for water ma.
neuvering. Even the tentative court
Of last resort, the American Power
Boat association, confesses Itself
'stumped"
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Testing Wool Fabrics.

Two good ways Of telling whether
or not the cloth you buy for "all
wool" is really what it is represented
to be are given by Miss Anabell Turn
er Of the home economics department
of the University of Wisconsin in the
Rural New Yorker.
"Unravel sample of the material
exposing the warp and welt threads
separately" she says. Wool fibers
are more curly than the cotton. Then
burn some Of the threads; II cotton.
they will burn quickly; If wool. more
slowly with an odor like that OF burn.
ing feathers or bone.
IF cotton and wool have been spun
together in the same thread the
above test Is not reliable. In such a
case, the alkan test should be used.
Mix together one tablespoonful OF
Lewis I've and one pint Of water.
Place the sample of goods In q gran
lite dish, cover with solution, and boil
for five minutes. At the end Of this
time all the wool will be dissolved
out leaving the cotton intact, so that
it is easy to see how much cotton was
used to adulterate the pure wool
fabric"
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Persian c,rn.ts


A law has been passed by the shah
OF Persia forbidding persons to weave
carpets according to European design.
Violation of the enactment is crimi-
nal offense, and the imperative atti-
tude taken will have a greater tend
ency than ever to raise the Persian
| carpet or rug in esteem. Often a Per-
sian carpet will remain in the family
for generations, such careful treat
ment does it receive. When the owner
of valuable carpet dies he very often
gives instructions that it shall be cut
up in pieces as heirlooms to his sue
cessors, and should a member of the
family not receive a portion he would
feel very greatly sighted The designs
of Persian carpets have been handed
down from remote ages. Each family
keeps its own design. no two carpets
being alike for fear of the Evil Eye
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GIVE THIS A LITTLE THOUGHT
There 10 Point to This Imported
Joke, But Perhaps You VIII Have
To Look for IL

This Is not an American joke The
reader Is solemnly warned that 1t
ia of German extraction. Germans,
as everybody knows, like their jests
broad and brutal The victim OF this
one was Cousin Hugo.
1t seems Cousin Hugo made a night
of 1t and got home as the small hours
began to cease to be so small AS
he climbed the stairs he stumbled lin
spite of the most elaborate care) and
rolled down into the hall below. The
consequence, for Cousin Hugo is not
80 young as he used to be, was a brok-
en- collarbone and a strained back
Ahead even of the milkman, then,
came the family doctor, an estimable
old gentleman, and administered
soothing words while he encased the
patient in plaster.
Il know, my dear SIR" he said, that
it hurts like the deuce. but it is not
bit dangerous. All the same you'll
have to stay in bed for while. You
got a nasty fall. How did 1t happen?
Was it dark?"
TT was not, doctor" replied Cousin
Hugo with some asperity, 1T was
light"
But perhaps you are not a beer
drinker.-New York Evening Post
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WHEN THE SEA TAKES TOLL
Lone Survivor OF Gallant Crew All
That the Life Savers Might Bring
Through the Breakers.

The vessel fought in that last half
hour as it had fought all day-game-
ly, but without hope. Those who
watched from the lee shore saw the
Wheelhouse. like a smashed match
box; saw the crazed, demented move
ments In the cauldron, drifting here
and there, but always terribly shore
ward. Sea followed sea in wild con-
fusion, great jungle of mad mon
sters, foaming white at the mouth,
roaring, snariing. swapping with vi.
cious teeth. 1t was nearer now. Only
a few minutes to live A great,
shaggy brute, bigger and wilder than
the rest, charged it, caught it as it
were on the tusks and threw it high to
where 1t struck, beaten at last. with
its nose on the outer rocks.
The first rocket was true, but as
the line fell across the deck a great
green monster sprang forward and
downward. Only two men remained
where there had been seven The sec
ond line fell clear, but the third land.
ed. and the survivors made 1t fast to
a winch. The chair was half way
out to them when the next cruel
charge came. 1t beat one of them
for, when the shining cataracts rolled
from the deck 1t was a solitary figure
that chung with arms and legs to the
slippery metal. The buoy was wait
ing for him, but he dared not move.
He chose his chance well, toppled
across the perilous deck and got him.
self into the seat. Blinded and stung.
he gripped the rope AID was dragged
through the welter of waters. His
look was the look of drowned man
and his chilled hands held the rope
with what seemed a death grip. 1t
was only by force that the rescuers
could unloosen the stiffened fingers
and carry him to the station
He gave no sign for a long while,
and even when he breathed again an
hour passed before he found his
tongue. He lay there with blank eyes,
his mouth half open, his jaw loose. no
look of comprehension on his face.
Not word did he speak until, outside
in the shed, the station mascot set 70
barking at the wind
The man moved uneasily.
ION de ship" he said, very slowly,
each word apart. "On de ship / hat
had Won little dog"
And he wept, unrestrainedly, as q
young girl weeps.-San Francisco
Chronicle.
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where she had hidden it l would get it
out and take my chance on its being
carried off by a burglar. Burglarsl l
can fancy that a man could get so
lonesome that he would be glad to
meet burglar. / am sure If one
should turn up now would invite him
/ to sleep In the spare room"
Then he slowly assembled the stairs
and entered the dainty gray and pink
bedroom where twin four poster beds
stood In solitary splendor.
IF she was SO keen about putting
things away, why didn't she hide this
abandoned twin?" he grumbled as he
/ turned from it. Again, like Golden
Locks, he ventured to try another bed,
the spare bed, which graced a room
which had no personal associations for
him and therefore seemed less dreary.
But the mothballs had taken posses
sion of that room and in utter discour-
agement he returned to the twins,
which at least were innocent of offen-
sive odors
Upon again entering his own room
his eye fell upon his wife's little ma
hogany sewing table, with its armless
chair drawn up beside 1t, and out of
idle curiosity he opened one of the
drawers
IF l were a real hero of romance"
he unused, Il ought to find letter
tucked away in here, a letter that
would reveal my wife's hopeless pas
sion for another man."
But instead OF letter there were
the gold thimble he had given her. a
neat little row of scissors and spools
Of thread of all sizes and colors These
seemed to agitate him as much as a
guilt-reyealing letter would have done,
and he looked away from the drawer
to the picture Of happy face smiling
at him from the wall. He returned the
smile.
When later he tumbled into bed his
final reflection was: We'll, l don't
care how lonely am, If only she has
good time. Chicago Daily News.
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UnconventIonaIItIes.

at was printed in your paper, was
1t, mister? That's the reason didn't
see it."
You don't seem to notice, Gerald
that it's nearly midnight, and I'm
yawning to beat the band!"
There's no need Of your apologize
ing for these sliced tomatoes, Mrs
Nayber; saw they were spoiled. and
] haven't touched en-"
Yes, notice, Mrs Sykes, that your
boy Bill takes my Mary Jane to the
moving picture shows quite often
What she sees in him l can't imag
ine."
"Oh, well, Mrs. Glizzard. my Bill
goes TO see your Mary Jane because
nobody else does: he kind O. pities
her. Chicago Tribune.
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Couldn't Call It Stealing.

Whether you believe or don't be-
lieve in the tariff. you'll admit that we'd
have fewer multimillionaires If we'd
never had high protection"
The speaker, Representative Aber.
crombie, lighted a cigar and resumed:
This sort of thing reminds me, just
a little bit, of old Calhoun Clay.
Is this your first theft, Cali? the
old mans mistress asked, after she
had caught him walking OF with a
bottle of beer.
"'Yas'm. Cal replied. 'Yas'm.
reckon dish-yere's nah fust theft,
mum
Now. Cal, be careful said the
mistress, smiling. for she liked the old
man well. Didn't you sometimes use
to take chicken from the "ole massan
when you were young fellow down
south?'
Why, yas'm. mebbe l did take jes'
one chicken Cal agreed. But dat
want no stealth, mum. Dat wuz jes'
prop'ty takin' prop'ty to suppo't prop
y.'-Washington Star.
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curIous Formation Of Ears Of owl


One of the most curious things
about the owl is the formation of the
ear This, remarks writer In Harp
er's Weekly, is truly most remark
able organ The tufts of feathers that
distinguish the long-eared and short
cared owl are no more ears than they
are horns, the writer further states.
The facial disk Of feathers that
gives the owl it's characteristic ap-
pearance serves as a kind of sound
ing board or ear trumpet to concen-
trate the slightest sounds and to trans
NIT them to the orifice of the true ear.
concealed In the small feathers behind
the eye.
Even in the barn owl, which pos
sesses the least complicated arrange
ment of this kind. the orifice Of the
ear is covered by a remarkable flap OF
the skin, while In the other species
there are striking differences in the
size and shape OF this orifice and its
covering flap on the two sides Of the
head.
4 The exact way in which owls utilize
this deliberately specialized apparatus
has still to be discovered.
Found His Titles Costly.
The Duke of Wellington was Prince
OF Waterloo, though he never called
himself so, and had many other IT,
ties. for which he once had to pay
dear. He told a man to order dinner
for him at particular hotel. and the
man did so, mentioning all the dukes
titles. Presently the duke came and
waited a long time. us the dinner
not coming?" he asked; why don't
you bring the dinner7" I'VE are
waiting" replied the waiter. for the
rest of the party" They had pre-
pared dinner for about twenty people
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LIKE A HAUNTED HOUSE
BY FANNY MAJORS.

"The melancholy days have come. -
said Medford to himself as he unlocked
his front door upon his return from es-
tablishing his wife at a summer re-
sort, and the fellow who said that the
fall days are the saddest of the year
probably never had a wife who went
away every summer and left him to his
own destruction"
He stared about him when he enter
ed the familiar living room and It
seemed to him that a company of
ghosts we're drawn up to receive him.
His wife's coy, sleepy hollow chair
had changed its pretty tapestry dress
for winding sheet. The Morris chair
wore bilious looking blouse and al
though his own leather rocker had
been permitted to remain unmolested
it looked strangely out of place In this
ghostly company.
mo wonder men take to drink and
gay company when their wives are
away for the summer" he said to him
self. as he dropped into his accustom-
ed place. Does any sane woman think
that man Is going to be satisfied with
shrouded chairs and blank windows
for society while his wife is sitting on
a hotel porch talking to the swells?
Il think that at least Lydia might
have left the curtains up. for she
knows how hate bare windows. AS
for this beastly carbolic smell, it
makes fellow feel as II he were in
his grave or in a hospital. which Is
about the same thing"
He wandered about from room to
room, assuring himself that he felt
like the heroine in the story OF the
Three Bears" who was so difficult to
please in the matter Of furniture and
porridge. When he came to the din
ing room he stood aghast at the havoc
revealed there and he was shocked at
the absence of the precious silver cot
fee pot.
No matter II am to take my meals
out, she might have left that coffee pot
just for company" he mourned. 1T
is all very we'll for her. there in
perfect forest Of coffee pots, for she
will probably never give thought to
her own, but next to her there is moth
Ing that miss SO much. If | knew.
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RetardIno Cause.

isn't 1t queer that it seems that
there are just certain moments when
certain things come into vogue. Take
for instance, our successful musical
comedies. Why should they be sc
popular in our day and not In the days
when our grandfathers and grand
mothers we're beau and belle?"
THAT would have been hardly posi-
BILE. In those days. you must remem
Der, bass drum music was still in iti
infancy"
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Fever From the sandnx.

Sandfiy fever as a cause of ineffi-
ciency amongst British troops in India
is now receiving increased attention.
The number of cases has risen to
1898 In 1911 (the latest available sta
tistics) from S12 as recorded in 1910.
This increase must be read In connec-
ton with the reductions under ma
larial fever. The fever In certain gar
risons. such as Nowshera, Attock. Null
tan. Hyderabad In Sind, and Kamp-
tee, has been the cause of some de-
gree of inefficiency among troops. IN
til all troops make a systematic use
OF netting during the night, there Is
bound to be considerable amount of
temporary sickness from sandfiy fe-
yer. Fortunately 1t 10 associated with
no mortality
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Supreme Repartee.

A good story is told Of w. ]. Fox, a
free trade colleague of John Bright
Fox was clever debater and unex-
celled in repartee. His chief heckler
was a local baker, who once had the
misfortune to be fined by the magis-
trates for selling short weight bread.
Fox also had the misfortune to sep
arate from his wife, On one occasion,
after he had delivered an address to
his constituents, the baker got up and
said:
"Mr. Fox, there is just one question
l should like to ask you. What has be-
come of your wife?"
Sir" replied Fox, "she has been
weighed in the balance and found
wanting"
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unnardonahIx Behind

The American chorus girl, who is
now invading London with great sue.
cess. is nothing If not up to date.
Mr. George Arliss, whose perform.
ances in "Disraeh' are arousing so
much interest, illustrates this with a
story. You are behind the times
over here" said a pink and pretty
American show girl. "Why, / notice
that Twelfth Night is playing in one
of the Strand theaters and we had
that two years ago on Broadway"
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Sounds FIshv.

A French inventor has taken out .
patent for the catching Of fish by
means Of the telephone. 1t is stated
that fish. when swimming, emit GER
tain sounds which can be detected by
the telephone. The inventors appara-
tus consists Of a telephone receiver
and detonator. which are sunk in
the water and connected by wires to
a post of observation on the river
bank. When fab in any number pass
the receiver a sound is heard by the
watcher, who has only to press . but
ton to explode the detonator
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Aard.workInn pnlI4lnlan.

Bacon-I see according to French
scientist. a man who eats literally
should recuperate in weight every "a
hours; II he lose weight, he works to
excess; If he gain, he has not expend-
ed his maximum effort
Egbert -How, then. do so many Of
those busy politicians get so tat?
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Abdueted In Her school paxs.

The mistress was leading member
of the village woman's club, and was
particularly interested in the courses
OF reading and literary criticism.
which were the subjects of written
essays.
One day she had occasion to remind
her maid-of-all-work Of some short
coming. This led to weeks notice
from the latter. accompanied by the
remark: Sure, and l won't take that
from the likes Of you, who hasn't I'm
ished her eddycation yet. New York
Evening Post
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Now children" said the Sunday
school teacher to the juvenile class.
can any of you tell me what an epis-
tie is?"
Il can" answered a little fellow at
the foot of the class. "An epistle is
the wife of an apostle Judge.
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Parental Wet Blanket,

Cant Miss Brown dance the tur-
key trot any better than that?
never saw anything more unlike it."
Yes, that's true You see, her
father is looking on"
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OLD : FASHIONED GIRL
BY ROB M,cHEYNE.

The eastern express rushed into the
little western junction and stopped
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abruptly. A Sui
len porter opened
the vestibule with
a clatter and a
bang and mechan-
ically set the lit
tie box step on the
platform. From
the inner recesses
Of the stuffy cars
tir Q d travellers
looked out on the
nondescript row Of
cheap 8 al o on 8
standing in the
sun-looked and
sank YEARLY on
t h Q cushioned
seats. The train
stood quiet as an
empty church.
Out of this SOM
bre atmosphere
came a young man
with a jaded look
on his face. In
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LEAVE BRISTOL FOR BURLINGTON.
$40 500, 70 90, $1,000 *lO.40, lIl5, IN. 'i2 30,
$780, 2.30, $780, $3.50. $3.50. GAO, TO, p M
SATURDAYS
GAO SEQ. 500, 1000, 1000, ll.I5 a.. m. .l2.S0.
$50. s22O. $780, $40, $40. 800. 64O, $40 49,
p m
$50 $500. 5000, 1000. Il 10. a m ~ 30 y 30
220 800. .s4O. $40, $780, $40, $40, 100 7-4O'
$50 p m.
LEAVE BURLINGTON FOR BRISTOL
$50 $3.50, $3.50, 1920 Hoo. ll.SO. a. m. *I.OO,
400, 800. 400, $50, $50, 90. 80 p M
SATURDAYS
$50 $3.50, SO 80 5000, Il.00, i1.SO, a. m. 800
900. .2.4O, sS20 u %, F44O, 500 900, $50, 7oO
p. m.
$50, 20 80 *i02O ll.oO, II 30, a. M. 100. go,
.24o. *s.2n, 1900 t44O, 800, 30, $40. 40, 500,
$40, p. m
see notes for extra trips on Saturdays and
Sundays during July and August.
EXTRA TRIPS. Daring the months of July
and August on Saturdays the boat Will leave
Bristol at 1880 r. m, and VIII leave Burhng-
ton at l040p. m.
NoTEs-READ CAREFULLY
On the Fourth of July after 1890 p. m. trip
the schedule viii be the same as Sunday
pnri,pstnn Island PARK. and when there are
fve or more passengers for the PARK the boat
will stop ON other trips. Passengers who de
nlease notify the wharf tender who Will raise
Inc signal flag for the boat to stop from
Bristol
WILLIAM + DORON
Secretary. Treasurer and General Manager
Call independent Telephone, Burlington. N
L.. Via Keystone, Nos. l6eD or l0a-D Bristol
and BID Burlington.
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Burl ngton and Bristol Steamboat
and Ferry Company

schedule in effect 8 40 q. M, June %, 1918.
Subject to change
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Mails arrive and ready for Distributions;

Collections at 6.l5 and $50 a. M, and $50
p. m.
Deliveries at a. M, and 2 p. m.
Rural carriers leave office daily except
Sunday and holidays.