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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-21
FAMOUS AS GREAT ENGINEER
Mark Isambard Brunei Won High
Rank Among Men Noted for Their
Service to the World.

Sir Mark Tsambard Brunei, engineer
of the Thames tunnel. died at London,
December 10, 1S49. The great enter
prise by which he became popularity
distinguished was the tunnel connect
ing the shores of Essex and Kent. One
day Brunei conceived the construction
of cast-iron shield, which should bore
like an auger by means of strong
hydraulic screws, while as fast as the
earth was cut away, bricklayers
should be at hand to replace II with an
arch. He patented the plan and re-
vived the project Of road unIer the
Thames. In 1924 the Thames Tunnel
company was formed, and the next
year the work started and was pur-
sued through many difficulties from ex-
ploslons of gas and eruptions of wa
:er-until 1928 AT the beginning Of
that year about 600 feet had been
Completed when the river broke
through and six men were drowned.
Work was suspended until 1885, when
the government advanced the company
over a million dollars. At last the
] 200 feet was completed and the tun-
mel opened on the 25th of March, 184S.
Brunei was knighted by the queen
and his fame was borne to the ends
OF the earth.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-21
NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT
George Really Couldn't Get Interested
Over Probable Loss Of Another
Persons Boat.

They were tossing about on the wild
and restless firth in small open boat,
at least a hundred feet from the
beach. He was struggling manfully
to battle with the surglng waves and
to pull for the shore; she was sitting
in a heap in the stern of the frail
bark. holding on like grim death and
mentally vowing that she would never
again be tempted by her sweetheart's
daring spirit to venture so far from
land.
81 know we shall go over" she
shrieked, as the boat gave another
lurch. "Oh, George. try and manage
tr'
Il WILL" replied he firmly. 81 could
get along splendidly if the waves
didn't make it go all ways at once.
Don't be afraid. Sarah. We're getting
nearer, aren't we?"
"A little. Oh, George, what shall
we do If the boat Is lost?"
Don't worry yourself about that,
my DEAR" said George soothingly.
You mustn't upset yourself about
other peoples business. It isn't our
boat"
And he continued to fight with the
cruel, remorseless waves.-Rehoboth
Sunday Herald.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-21
NOTED MEN NAMED WILLIAM
Long List Of Those Who Attained the
Front Rank as Writers, Poets
and Statesmen.

There have been more famous VII.
Hams than men Of any other name.
and the majority Of these Williams
have been writer's, poets and states
men, but rarely musicians, for William
Is evidently not musical name.
The list of poets is a long one: VIII
liam Shakespeare, the greatest Eng
fish writer; William Cowper, the Eng
fish poet who wrote ION Receipt OF
My Mothers Picture;" William Words
worth. the English poet, who
wrote Lucy Grey" William Blake.
who wrote 'The Marriage of He'll and
Heaven" William Collins, the Eng
fish writer; William Morris, the pre-
Raphaelite. who began life as a de-
signer, invented the morris chair and
translated several volumes from the
Icelandic; William dillingham;, the
Irish poet, who wrote Lovely Mary
Donnelly;" William Yeats. the Irish
playwright, and the American poet,
William Cullen Bryant. who wrote
Lines to a Water Fowl"
Besides these poets we have the
prose writer's: William Makepeace
Thackeray. England's second greatest
novelist, and who wrote vanity
Fair;" William Rossetti, brother Of
Dante Gabriel Rossetti. and the great
art critic; William Dean Howells. the
American novelist; William Hall
Caine. the novelist known as Hall
Caine, and William Sharp, the Irish
writer. who wrote under the name Of
Fiona Macleod.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-21
FoRERunNER OF THE BICYCLE
isloeIpeds Was Considered q Swift
Moving Vehicle When First Intro
dvcsd Into This Country.

The velocipede made its appearance
In Washington 50 years ago. much hav-
ing been heard Of this new device.
which had developed veritable fever
h France. In an article In the WASH
ingtou Star Of November 20, 1888. II
was noted that the use of this vehicle
had been brought to such perfection
that 1t u claimed - miles an hour
has been made with It" The Star
said:
Lately the veloeipede has been In
troduced in this country. and our
1oung Americans, who at one time
had the boxing mania. followed by the
baseball mania, are now going strong
on the vel0cipede. and II win doubt
less have Its run all over the country.
Graham. the carriage dealer on d
street between 6th and 9th, has Just
imported drst-class velocipede. and
It II an object Of great attraction at
his establishment. It is a smart. styl-
ish-looking affair. but very simple In
Its working. It can be run most rapid
y with two wheels. but 1t is convert
tble to q three-wheeler. The working
Of 1t brings In play most Of the mus
eies Of the body. and It 10 said to be
very healthful. From the facility with
which 1t is steered or turned. 1t can
be used on any sidewalk or gravel
walk. The gravel walks Of the Smith
sonian would be just the thing for We
iocipeders. The style Of velocipede to
be seen at Graham's Is the latest
French style. introduced in this coun-
try By the Hanlon brothers. gym
nasts."
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-21
The Swallows Back.

An Indian legend tells us that when
men first came on earth they had no
IRE. The Great Spirit taught them
how to do many things; he taught
them how to get food from the for
est. fish from the waters and corn and
beans from the earth, but fire they
themselves must learn to make.
Even with all the gifts they had
showered upon them they were not
happy. but kept thinking all the time
Of the one thing which they still want.
ed. instead OF enjoying the many
gifts which we're already theirs. All
IRE was then In the sun, and they
could think of no way to get 1t. Men
could not reach 1t In any way. and no
bird cared to 90 after 1t.
Finally the swallows, who could fly
more swiftly than any of the other
birds, offered to go to the sun so far
away and bring this gift to men.
The swallows back Is still black,
but no one ever tried to get fire from
the sun again that way. Long years
afterward men learned how to make
are by rubbing sticks together.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-21
sAOFAR OF GREAT ANTIQUITY
Oldest Form Of Wind Instrument That
Has Been Retained in Use by
the World.

DR.. Cyrus Adler, writing of the
shofar, calls it the solitary mu-
steal instrument actually-preserved in
the Mosaic ritual. "It is Also" he
says, 'the oldest form of wind instru-
ment known to be retained in use by
the world. Professor Steinthal point
ed out that this was an instrument
no doubt used in prehistoric times.
Wetzstein Is of the opinion that the
use of the rams horn may have been
! borrowed by the Israelites and goes
back to people who were engaged
solely in the care of sheep; by them
1t was used as a signal of alarm.
There can be little doubt that 1t has
been continuously used in the Mosaic
service from the time 1t was establish
ed until now. The shofar was not the
only horn used by the Israelites as a
musical instrument, but no copies or
representations Of other musical in
struments have come down to us.
From the Talmud we learn that the
use of the sh0far as q note of alarm,
of war, was transferred to other sea-
sons of danger and distress Famine,
a plague of locusts, and drought occa-
stoned the blowing of this instrument.
The shofar was employed at the pub
lie ceremony Of accommodation. A
very curious use of the shofar In later
times was In funeral ceremonies.
quite agree with Wetzstein that this
use of the instrument is quite apart
from the Semitic custom and that 1t
gas probably borrowed. AS a signal
and an instrument of war 1t has its
various uses; it was a signal for going
out to battle, for the announcing Of a
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-21
Women of Hlnh Ideals

II has been claimed by some deliver
into first principles that in the last
century the finest type of women were
TO be found in New England and Vir-
ginia. They were of high ideals and
lofty principles. They were quiet in
manner, pure in spirit, noble and true
in all their relations Of life-these
women who had been so gently reared,
and upon whom was bestowed the def
erential-though absurd-title Of Lady.
They were not taught to think Of the
ugly things of life, but the beautiful.
They we're not impressed with the i'm
portance of studying human deprav-
ity but they were imbued with the
shirt of noblesse oblige-they were
led to believe that they had been born
TO high station in life, for which they
must fit themselves and which station
they must ennoble.-New York Even
INC .EalegrCDb.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-21
Truth About the Desert

The French. who have been the
greatest explorers of the desert. have
corrected many false ideas about the
desert. The most conspicuous and
persistent Of these errors has been
the notion that the desert Is a vast
area of sand. The French have
proved that this is not so. In fact
only about a fifth of the Sahara is
covered with sand.
The greatest desert in the world is
about as large as the United States
and Alaska together. The sand areas
In the desert are somewhat larger
than Alaska; and the rocky table
lands forming most of the desert are
somewhat smaller than the United
States. In other words, the Sahara is
made up of about 100000 square miles
Of sand and 100000 square miles of
rock surface.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-21
Remarkable Glossy Funeral.

Jazz funeral music and three mourn
ers signalized the funeral procession
Of gypsy at Adelaide, Australia, re-
Gently. In front of a photographers
the cortege halted while the body was
snapped In its coffin. Then the march
was resumed with a crowd supple
menting the three fearful ones. The
high cost of wines prevented the
sprinkling of champagne and wines
into the grave. but perfume was SUBJ
stjtuted to conform, as nearly as pos
sible. with the gypsy custom. Fingers
of the body were literally covered
with diamond rings. and several hun
dred dollars In coins and. bills was
tossed into the coffin.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-21
HIs "snakeshlp,sr conversatIon.

That serpents are less mute than we
think Is shown by W. II. Hudson In his
reminiscent volume of naturalist ex-
plorations in the Argentine pampas.
He specifies the Philodryas oestivus-
a beautiful and harmless colubrine
snake, "a to 3 feet long, marked all
over with inky black on vivid green
ground-and states that 1t not only
emitted sound when lying undis.
turbed In its den, but several individu.
ais would hold together a converse.
ton that seemed endless. 1t was q
kissing conversation, though not un-
modulated or without considerable va
riety. "a long sibilation would be
followed by distinctly heard ticking
sounds, as of a husky ticking clock,
and after 10 or 20 or 80 ticks, another
hiss, like long-expiring sigh, some
times with tremble In it, as of dry
leaf vibrating in the wind. No sooner
would one cease than another would
begin; and so 1t would go on, demand
and response, strophe and anti
strophe; and at intervals several
voices would unite In q kind Of long
mysterious chorus, death-watch or
hiss"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-21
FROM BEGINNING OF TIMs
Origin Of Atmosphere Goes Back to
Evekts Occurring Tens of Mil
lions of Years Ago.

II we recall the teaching of geology
and astronomy, telling US how the
earth was once too hot to sustain life.
We shall see that the mixture of gases
that covers the solid surface of the
earth, and that we Familiarity call air.
must have had a very interesting his
tory. According to one widely accept
ed theory of the earth's origin. all
that we know now as the solid earth.
and all the liquid matter that now
fills the ocean beds was once gas
eous. The gases of the atmosphere
are simply composed of these particu-
lar elements which are gaseous at
the present temperature of the
earth's surface, which have not en-
tered into complete combination with
the solid matter of the earth's crust.
and which have not been whisked
away into space by centrifugal force,
this being the fate that is supposed
TO have befallen the former atmosphere
of the moon, and some of the lighter
constituents of our own atmosphere.
In the past when the earth's temper
AZURE was much higher, and when
many other conditions were different.
1t Is more than probable, for instance,
that. long before man appeared, the
proportion of carbon dioxide in the air
was much higher than at present. This
would account for the extreme lux
uriance of vegetation. to which
every lump of coal bears Witness the
carbonic acid of the air being one of
the most important constituents of the
food of plants. Again. it is quite GER
tain that, at very much more remote
period, which must certainly date
back tens of millions of years, the
temperature of the earth's surface
was so hot that water could not oc-
cur in its liquid form. At that time
one of the most important and abun-
dant constituents of the earth's at
mosphere was gaseous water. or water
vapOr.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-21
PreparatIon.

These twelve-year-old twins are in
the seventh grade Of Terre Haute
school. Both have paper routes and
with the proceeds from them buy their
own clothes and Thrift stamps. It
takes self-denial often to buy the
stamps. but still they always buy ev-
cry Monday morning.
When the bond sale began recently
their teacher taught them the song:
For your boy and my boy, and all the
boys out there,
Let's get together for the u s. A and
do our share.
She noticed that Clinton and Fred
did not sing with enthusiasm and won.
dered. But at noon she learned the
reason. Clinton brought her a crump-
led five-dollar bill. Its for bond for
Fred and me-" he explained. st will
keep us humping to pay 1t out, but
we're goin' to do 1t so we can sing that
bond song and not feel like slackers
when we're doing it.-Indianapolis
News.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-21
Muskrats Predict.

It Is strange fact that In Novem-
Der the muskrats begin to build their
homes and gradually enlarge them by
adding more material. says Edward
F. Bigelow in Boys Life. For this
reason 1t Is said that, according TO
the height Of the muskrat house, so
is to be the cold Of the winter-that
Is. the higher the house the colder the
weather. This is an error. 1t has
been claimed by the old timers, and
the error still Is perpetuated. that the
muskrats build their houses 20 inches
higher and very much warmer for
long winters than for short ones.
There are many foolish sayings re-
garding the month as an index to
what the winter will be, the predic-
ton extending on even into the fol-
lowing March. Scouts can do q good
turn If they will prove. by their ap-
probation of the month, that II has
been maligned by these predictions
and traditions. The month is charm
Ing and beautiful
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-21
IDEA OF GREATNESS
~ No Means Always Achieved by
Those Who Have Made a Big
Noise In the World.

We make bold to say that there Is a
general misconception In the minds of
people throughout the world as to
what really constitutes a great life.
Unless man or woman has been
in the public view with whatever serv-
Ice was rendered, unless his or her
picture has been In newspapers and
books. unless, in short, they have
made a n0ise," we do not consider
that the lives they led were great lives.
This is not only harmful miscon-
ception; 1t is mistake and Its conse-
quences are, from moral point Of
view, extremely vicious.
Suppose you are walking In the fields
or In the forests and you come across
a strange kind Of bug or insect. You
are curious to know what It Is. Well,
you can secure book In almost any
public library that will tell you Just
what you want to know. That book
was written and compiled by some
man who did nothing his whole life
long but study bugs. cataloguing them.
learning their tribe and origin and the
habits of their existence.
Other men have scent their lives In
equally humble capacities. but adding
always to the worlds sum of knowl-
edge. The drug that soothes your pain.
the spectacles by which you renew
Jour worn-out eyes. the fire you cook
with and that warns you-these and
millions other of your blessings and
delights were wormed out of natures
secret storehouses for you by patient
students whose names you do not
know.
These are the great lives. These are
the lives that have blessed the lives
OF all who followed after them. And
the men and women who led such
lives were great people though they
went down to their graves unhonored
and unsung.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-21
Getting Down % Business.

II there's any one thing that marks
the big man 1t is his ability to get
down to business. While the average
fellow sits drumming at his desk the
man Of skill starts things. There may
be a thousand things to do. but they
will be done sooner If they are done
one at time. It's fine thing to be
able at glance to spot the essential
and go at 1t. The next best thing is to
get busy at the Job that seems to be
most urgent and put that on the shelf
a finished product. You are then ready
for the next thing. But it's just the
lack of this ability that puts the
sprays In most mems progress. They
are confused by the many things to
be done. Instead Of getting busy at
once they waste time In wondering
where to begin. It's no wonder they
fail to accomplish things.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-21
St. Brlce and Football.

In November is the festival of St.
Briee, who may be called the patron
saint of football players, not alone be-
cause his feast day comes during the
season of the gridiron game, but for
quite another reason. st. Brice's day
was long generally observed in Eng
land. and in the year 1902 the celebra-
tion took the form of a general massa-
ere of the Danes. 1t was on that day,
according to tradition. that the Eng
fish game of football was invented,
with the head Of Dane as the ball.
st. Brice, of course. was not RESPONSE
BILE for either the massacre or the foot
ball game, having died some six CEN
turtles before. He was bishop of
Tours and lived in the fifth century.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-21
HOW PLEASE THEM
As Girl Bemoaned, Men Are So
Unreasonable!
Act Which Saved the Firm Large Sum
Of Money Brought Forth Stern
Condemnation Rather Than
Thankfulness.

There was an unhappy quicker In
the forehead of the girl in the leather
cite coat as she said, Men are GER
tainly the most unreasonable beings"
Marvellous discovery" commented
the one In the brown fur as she con-
veyed the contents of her tray to the
not overly dainty cafeteria table. 81
see / might as well listen. so get 1t
off your mind"
"You remember" said the leather
cited one, 81 told you Saturday about
having so much money to take care
of at the office at closing time? Well,
Saturday night robbers broke into the
them, but while he was fiourishing his
pistol at them and ordering them to
hands up they beat him up and got
away"
with all that money!" moaned
the now interested Miss Brown Fur.
"Wait!" commanded Leatherette.
1.-THE Waterman called up the mana
ger of our branch and the police.
Then Mr.. Giles. the manager, sent for
me the first thing Sunday morning. He
asked me how much money | had
taken in Saturday after banking hours.
| told him a little over $1,000. He
turned sort of creamy looking. They
were all standing there-policeman
detectives, the bandaged Waterman
and my boss-looking at that empty
In, hn
they were waiting for it to Speak up.
Ike, an 'spress yourself
"'Did you want that money now,
Mr.. GilesY l asked, not approaching
all the gloom of the situation.
"'Want It'll he roared, and they all
looked at me with that expression
which says, The poor girl has gone
dippy.'
"Then I had to explain that had
locked the safe Saturday night before
had taken care of the money in the
till. was in a hurry cause Clyde
was waiting to meet me at closing
time and SO l just slipped all that
money into an envelope and stuck 1t
in the filing cabinet.
$50 there on Sunday morning took
the money out Of the envelope and
handed 1t over to Mr.. Giles. He count
ed it and they all Toasted their eyes
on 1t as father gazes upon a long
lost son."
Haven't you omitted the point as
TO mans unreasonablenessT
mo. / am just coming to that" re-
spOnded Leatherette. This morning
Mr.. Giles called me into his office and
told me that if l could not be more
careful with the firms money he
would feel obliged to discharge me-"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-21

Nine. Bernhardt's admiration for Ed
mond Rostand was due In part at
least to natural human gratitude.
When once a guest of the great actress
at Belle Isle, her lonely island home
near Quiberon, the distinguished
dramatist had rescued her from
drowning. But apart from this she
always swore by him. have heard
her rhapsodize in terms that seemed
extravagant about his genius. He
was to her the beginning and end
of that form of the drama In which
she had excelled as an interpreter.
She loved him as a reaction visible
against realism, as a protest against
Ibsen and a remover of the fiamboy-
ant In art. Yet who can doubt that
when Rostand Is forgotten men will
know Ibsen? The romantic episode at
Belle Isle merely strengthened Nine.
Bernhardt's profound and touching
faith in this follower Of Hugo.-Ex-
change.