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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-10-17
English Taught In French Schools.

The French minister of public instruc-
tion has issued circular which will have
the effect of greatly stimulating the
study of the English languagein France.
In all the higher schools and training col
leges the compulsory studies hitherto
have included two modern languages,
one of which must be German. This or
der is now annulisd.
Two modern languages will be the rule
as before, and one will remain at the OPP
ton of the pupil, but as to the other he
can choose between German and Eng
fish. Moreover, the time given to the
study of German is reduced by two
hours, while that devoted to English is
increased by the same length of time,
and pupils will begin their English les
sons one year earlier than hitherto
London News.
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ESTABLISHED 1879

II a lobster is clever, his life in the pound
may be long and full of JOY. If he is
stupid, he will be fished, out with drag
seine and packed in barrel, with piece
of ice for pillow, and sent to Boston.
The seine is made of stout Irvine and is
weighted at the bottom with heavy
chain. Along the top is row of corks,
which sustain the weight of the seine
while the chain drags on the bottom of
the pound.
A single cast of this seine will bring
up Holsters enough to fill II barrels. The
chain as it sweeps along the bottom stirs
up the Holsters, which Immediately shoot
backward into the slack Irvine. In TAX
ing them out the men wear heavy nit
tens, though even then they are often
nipped. In the pound the Holsters are
fed on salt herring, men rowing about
in skiffs and pitching the herring over
board. This is called feeding the chick
ems" and it takes about six barrels to
make light luncheon for the flock
Boston Globe.
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O. A. SNOW 81 CO..
No. 900. n

IN ID. PRIcKITT, No. 80 Main street. makes
II. Puimonie syrup. CSC. Worm syrup, 2Sc
iJiarrhna Mixture, 25c, and other family medt
ines. These remedies have had years OF trial
aud are the best onthe market.
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Why ri.h should Be Cared For.

Migratory fish are Matched and partly
matured in fresh water. They feed and
grow in the sea, but they are never
caught there, SO that their protection
and preservation should be In the hands
of those who are so deeply interested in
making them salable commodity. Be-
sides all this there must be some consid-
Grafton for the sportsman, who without
question spends in the neighborhood in
which he fishes 10 times as much money
as all the fish he catches, if sold, would
fetch,-Fishing Gazette.
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Enact of Mnsic ON Penn.

Walter Savage Lander introduces Pc
terborough in conversation with Will
liam Penn and makes him applaud Penn
cynically, when the latter declares that
there is something in violin if played
directly that appeareth to make hot
weather cool and cold weather warm
and temperate, not. however, when its
cords have young maidens tied invis-
IDLY to the end of them, jerking them
up and down in a strange fashion before
ones eyes, and unless one taketh due
caution waiting their hair upon ones
face and bosom, and their very breath,
too, between ones lips if peradventure'
one omitteth to shut them bitterly anG
hold tinht Musical Courier
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COUNTY

4B Irvine binders moving in a steady pro-
cession half mile long and cutting
great swaths of grain.
They were told by the owner of this
farm that in harvesting time he cut a
square mile of grain in day and en-
ployed so men to shock it up. At noon
the visitors sat down to a prairie chicken
dinner on mammoth scale, which ex-
cited their surprise almost as much as
the prairie acres on which they gazed.
Afterward they visited the famous
Dalrymple farm, covering 81, 900 acres of
ground, and saw numerous thrashing
machines making their inroads into the
stacks of wheat which it required 1870
Irvine binders from two to three weeks
to cut.-New York Post.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-10-17

Only now, and in roundabout way,
via Bonn, has the text of the speech
which Prince Bismarck made at the re-
ception of Bonn students become known.
The prince confessed that at the univer-
sity he neglected study, but added; ''The
only thing that l am sorry for on look
ing back to those times is that could
not later on make up for what had neg
lected then. What one has learned aft
erward does not remain so firmly in ones
memory. l do not dissuade you from
working, but am not Mortified if my
sons commit studentlike excuses, and
above all things I believe that the stu
dents life In corporations has this ad-
vantage-that it somewhat steels the
character by subjecting each to the crit
icism Of his comrades. This is great
thing. AS long as one belongs to cor
poration, to the opinion of which one at
taches much importance, one does not
easily go astray. The same thing plays
an important part later on in life. What
is it that is the backbone of German Of
ficials? The university and the sword
knot Berlin Cor. London News.
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A mig Lohster Pound.

There is lobster farm, or pound, as it
Is called, 10 acres in extent at Southport,
Me This pound is the most successful
on the coast, whence 1000, 900 Holsters
are shipped each year. The pound is
formed by building solid dam across a
tidewater cove. This dam does not quite
rise TO high water mark. but across the
top is placed fence Of iron rods, per
hitting daily change of water and pre-
venting the Holsters from escaping. In
the spring and fall business is most brisk.
When the fishermen bring the Holsters
to the pound, the fish," as they are
called, are hoisted to the dam, measured,
and those which are more than 10f
inches long. the legal limit.are thrown in.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-10-17

A landlord in Orchard streetwas eject
ing female tenant for nonpayment of
rent when passerby inquired the cause
of the trouble, and being told said that
he would not see a woman turned out of
her home and that he would pay the
rent. He handed 800 to the landlord,
who took four months rent out of it and
gave the balance ($52) back to the good
Samaritan and receipt to the woman.
The man then went away, and the land
lord few minutes later discovered that
he had been swindled, as the 800 bill
was a counterfeit.-Ne York Letter.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-10-17

Professor Won Nissl has been investi-
eating the path of the meteor that APP
peared July Z, 1892, and was seen both
in Austria and Italy. The result of this
computation has shown that undoubt-
edly the path of the meteor at the latter
end of its course was directed upward.
The length of its path measured lilo
kilometers from its nearest approach to
the earth surface (6S kilometers above
the surface) to the point where it disap-
peared, which was at height of 1853
kilometers. This is about the first time
that the path of rising meteor has been
so accurately investigated. Nature.
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Sterling signifies money from the le-
galized standard Of coinage of Great
Britain. According to one theory the
term originated as follows: 1t is cor
ruption of Easterling-a person from
north Germany, on the continent Of
Europe, and therefore from the east in
geographical relation to England. The
Easterlings were ingenious artisans
who came to England in the reign of
Henry III to refine the silver money, and
the coin they produced was called mon
eta Easterlingorum-the money Of the
Easterlings.-New York Evening Sun.
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No, she wouldn't doit. The very ideal
Would she sacrifice her womanly digni-
tyP Could she lock the door of her pleas
ant home and 60 forth ON such a mission
with the prattle Of her innocent babes
sounding in her ears2 No, thousand
times no. She could die easier. She
never could bring herself down on the
level of a vile man and go to the polls
and vote. Her bonnet and gloves are
tossed in q corner, and as she retires to the
back yard to split the wood for the NOR
rows fire she's heard cheerfully hum
ming, seWhat Is Home Without Moth
er?'-Buffalo Express.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-10-17
A New reIephone.

Interesting experiments were made
last week with new telephone over 40
miles of ordinary telegraph wire be-
tween Saratoga and Albany. The new
telephone is the invention of William
Marshall of New York and is entirely
novel in construction and principle. No
magnet coil or diaphragm is used, the
telephone being dependent for its work
ing upon the acoustic Interpretation of
electric pulsations of sheets of ordinary
tin foil and paper arranged as con-
denser. By means of the system con-
versation can be carried on at distance
of 500 miles over a telegraph wire on
which a Geographic message is being
sent at the same time.-Boston Tran
script.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-10-17
A Phosphoresoent Tree.

A large willow tree on the bank of
Tan run in Frankfort fell over recently
and developed into natural curiosity.
The inside of the tree, which has been
dead for several years, was found to be
a mass of phosphorescent light known
as fox fire. AS darkness came on and
the curious phenomenon was discovered,
hundreds of people gathered, and as
many as could get around the old trunk
went to work with hatchets and knives
to secure specimens. Soon the ground
around was strewn with small chips,
which glittered like so many little stars.
Philadelphia Record.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-10-17

A large party Of foreign agricultural
commissioners TO the Worlds fair, I'M
der the escort OF Governor Shortridge of
North Dakota, saw some harvesting
operations In that great wheat country
a few days ago which must have opened
their eyes, accustomed as they are to the
small acreages Of Europe. Driving
through vast wheatfield bounded only
by the horizon. thew beheld as many as
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-10-17

Palettes of famous painters form an
interesting collection in the possession
Of M. Beuginet Of Paris. His collection
numbers over 100 specimens, chief among
which are the palettes used by Corot,
Troyon, Delacroix. Benjamin Constants,
Bonnat, Rosa Bonheur, Detaille, Puvis
de Chavannes and other artists OF celeb
ritY.-Ph iladelnhia Ledger.
A Story About Painting.
The story is told that woman once
asiDd st. Francis de Sales whether she
might use paint to improve her com
plexion. His reply was; "Some holy men
object to it's use, while others see moth
ing wrong in 1t. would adopt mid
die course and grant You dispensatii.on
to paint one side Of your face only. =
New York Times.
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a vILANELLE.

Love in the dawn is honey sweet
Sweet to the taste and fair to the sight;
Kisses are balm when young lips meet
The heart in the throes of its first white heat
Burns meteor shining bright;
Love in the dawn is honey sweet
Enjoy while you can such moments fleet
Those transient spells of a fond delight;
Kisses are balm when young lips meet
Glad as the morning, Marguerite,
Are your girlish face and your bosom whites
Love in the dawn is honey sweet.
The lilies smile at our very feet,
The roses blush to our left and right;
Kisses are balm when young lips meet.
Welded today in this bower discreet
Our lives shall fall upon lines of light;
Love in the dawn is honey sweet
Kisses are balm when young lips meetI
Eugene Davis in Kate Fields Washington.
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on rne basis that iron would advance
still more in price, it already being high
at the time, he of course found that as
it decreased he was reaping golden
harvest. Well, iron went down and
down. When it stopped. it was worth
hardly anything. Mr.. Long, as l said,
made 100000 by this, and he's been
making money ever since. louisville
Courier-J Journal.
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Met with 9 Serious Fail.

Met With q Serious Fall.
"You are very late this morning, Mr..
Baldwin, said dry goods merchant re-
Gently to one of his clerks. ''Do not let
1t happen again."
Every sorry" said the clerk humbly.
81 met with serious fall"
Indeed" replied the merchant, relent-
ing. care you hurt much2"
principally, sir, In your estimation,
answered the clerk respectfully.
"Oh, never mind that" said the mer-
chant kindly. 81 am very sorry and had
no intention to be severe. We are all
liable to accidents. How did you get the
fallg"
"Well, you see, SIR" said the clerk
oonAdingly, II was called quite early
this morning earlier, In fact, than
usual"
"Ahl"
eyes, sir; but somehow or other fell
asleep again."
"Go to your desk, sir, and don't try
that on again" exclaimed the merchant,
with an air Of severity which was belied
by the twinkle in his eye, which denoted
that he enjoyed the joke.-New York
Herald,
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SWING HIGH AND SWING LOW.

Swing high and swing low
While the breezes they blow.
It's off for sailor thy father would go.
And it's here In the harbor In sight of the sea
he hath left his wee babe with my song and
with me.
Swing high and swing low
While the breezes they blowl G
Swing high and swing low
While the breezes they blow.
It's oh for the waiting as weary days gcl
And it's oh for the heartache that smiteth me
when
sing my song over and over again:
Swing high and swing low
While the breezes they blowi"
"Swing high and swing low" the sea sing
eth so,
And 1t waileth anon in its ebb and its flow,
And sleeper sleeps on to that song of the sea,
Nor recketh he ever Of mine or Of mel
"Swing high and swing low
While the breezes they blow.
Twas off for a sailor thy father would gol"
Eugene Field IN Chicago News-Record.
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ri-nnnoo. Fee-nnnce and FIn-anee.

How ought it to be pronounced? All
the experts on the subject, like Voor-.
bees, Allison, Sherman and Bland, call it
Finance" with the accent on the first,
able. Most of the southerners make
1t 'fee-nance," with lingering drawl. ,
Nobody yet has caught the classical
touch, finance, except Pasco and PEI
fer. But they are right.-Cor. New
York Recorder.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-10-17
Curling by Electricity.

The electric curling iron is very sim
pie. The wires conduct the electricity
into the little stand into which the tongs
are thrust. The latter are made the
proper temperature by heat, which is
generated by the resistance Of the wires
to the current. The stands are about
two inches high and are usually nickel
plated, although some of those manu-
featured by firm in Berlin are plated
with gold and have handsome handles.
In travelling the iron and stands occupy
only very small space in satchel. At
tached to the stand is silk cord, which
may be adjusted to an incandescent wire
after screwing off the little globe.-New
York Telegram.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-10-17
Islander From the Pulpit.

A preacher at Lafayette, Ind, is re-
ported to have about broken up his
church the other day by saying in a ser
mon that "God made the earth in six
days, and then he rested; then he made
man and rested again. then he made
woman, and since that time neither God
nor man has had rest. louisville
Courier-J Journal.
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Lirhtninr and Rain.

1t is popularity supposed that the sud-
den downpour which usually follows a
bright flash of lightning is in some way
caused by the flash. Meteorologists have
proven that this is not the case and
that, exactly to the contrary, it is not
only possible but highly probable that
the sudden increased precipitation is the
real cause Of the Aash.-St. Louis Re-
nt1h1io
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-10-17
alive Toad In a MAIDSTONE.

A hailstorm visited Pawtucket about
10 o'clock Saturday evening, such as has
not visited this vicinity for years, if
within the memory of man. One woman
picked up a large hailstone and allowed
it to melt in her hand. She thought
something was inside the little piece of
frozen rain, but was surprised to find
when all had melted little live toad or
frog in her hand. There is quite gem
eral belief that great many pebbles
came down with the hail.-Providenc
Journal.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-10-17
How to Live If You wish to Live Long.


Aside from the very important and
controlling influence of inheritance, Of
diet and of temperate habits, the points
to be learned from the few statistical
data attainable are that longevity is pro-
NOTED by quiet, peaceful life In re-
tired and rural community, where there
is freedom from nervous strain and wor-
rying and excessively laborious toll. The
business man, with increasing cares and
responsibilities, the mill operative toll
ing hard to keep together the souls and
bodies Of himself and his family, the
politicians, the Woodworking professional
men, are not the chief contributors to
the centenarian ranks. DIR. Holyoke in
deed became centenarian, but his ex-
ample has rarely been followed by his
professional brethren. Medical
and Surgical Journal
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-10-17

The air we live in is gaseous at and
near the surface of the globe, but if NJ.
de Fouvielle is right at an elevation Of a
few miles above the ground air is either
LIQUID or solid or both.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-10-17

There is tribe in central Africa
among whom speakers in public debates
are required to stand on one leg while
speaking and to speak only as long as
they can so stand.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-10-17

The use of the flannel shroud dates
back to acts Of parliament 10 and 10,
Charles ii, which, to encourage the wool
en- trade in England, compelled that all
bodies should be so protected.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-10-17

John and Margaret Bellamy of Fort
Wayne were united in marriage six
years ago by Squire France. Differ
ences arose and a divorce followed Re
Gently they were again married by the
same squire.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-10-17

1t has been calculated that the annual
income of the London Hebrews is nearly
Go, 900, 900, which means that they are
Ct times richer than the Gentiles.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-10-17

Until about a hundred years ago burial
in collins was by no means universal. In
early times corpses were merely wrapped
In linen shrouds.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-10-17

student of nervous diseases, and author
of many noted treatises on the latter subject,
long since realized the truth of the first
statement, and his Restorative Nervine
is prepared on that principle. Its success
In curing all diseases arising from derange-
ment of the nervous system is wonder
full. as the thousands of unsolicited testimo-
mails in possession of the company manufac-
turing the remedy amply prove.
DIR. Miles Restorative Nervine Is reliable
remedy for all nervous diseases, such as
headache, nervous debility, prostration,
bility' St. VItus dance EPILEPSY. etc. 1t is
sold by all druggists on a positive guarantee.
or sent direct by the DR.. Miles Medical Co,
tie, six bottles for 5, express prepaid.
Restorative Nervine positively contains no
opiates or dangerous drugs.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-10-17

"There are two things" remarked.
Fogg In contemplative mood, chat l
don't understand. One Of these is how
the world got along before I came into
1t and the other how 1t Is going to get
along after have left 1t. "-Exchange
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-10-17

Very few can reach deep into their
own minds without meeting what they
wish to hide from themselves
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"More Ha.te. worse speed. ;,

OF all the tournaments" l ever saw,
one among the "dairy maids" at an agri-
cultural show was perhaps the last to
associate itself with that heroic proceed
ure which such word suggests. There
were about 40 Of them armed with
"churns" and started at the same mo
ment to make butter against time. Each
came provided with a watch, and the
temptation was almost irresistible to
turn the handle of the machine as quick
ly as possible. But no, butter must be
''humored," not driven. The silent lists
were filed with the provokingly delib-
crate Flip, flop" of 40 churns. One of
the slowest combatants won the race. I
never realized more plainly that most
haste is worst speed. "-Cornhill Mag
azinsz
The Kafars Thought 1t Joke.
l once took some Kaffirs from their
desolate island home in the Himalayan
gorges beyond the mountain ranges to
the more civilized south. Like most
savages, they looked with stupid indif-
ference at the marvels about them, and
once only were they excited by an Incl
dent which opened their eyes to what
they considered most extraordinary
and unnatural state Of things.
They were descending road when
one Of them CHANGED to remark that he
was hungry, and the English "sahib"
bought him some food at wayside
shop. The Kaffir saw the money change
hands.
Chow is thisY' he inquired in sur
prise. do you have to pay for food in
this country"
Certainly"
"What countryr" cried the man in
amazement. Then after bordering
awhile he continued doubtfully: Sup
pose man had no money in this coun-
try. He might starvef"
at is quite possible"
The Kaffir shook with uncomfortable
laughter. 1t was the best joke he had
ever heard. He then explained the ridic-
ulous system to his companions, and they
roared in chorus. Three En-
hires Meet"