The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-03-28
MISCELLANEOUS.

MISCELLANEOUS
All lies are great travellers Rams
Horn.
--Son-"Papa, what do sailors mean
when they talk about sea-board?"
Father-"Hard tack and other indi-
gestible food, suppose"
The taste of pig in leading such
low life may be criticised, but never
theless the taste of the pig is pretty
good when it is roasted.
-PunctuationaL- What do you
think of the girl of the period?" 81
think she cuts quite dash, and is, in
many lines, very comma-cal your girl
of the period Yankee Blade.
Young Wife-'Bridget, you have
been in the habit of boiling the pota-
toes peeled?" Bridget-"Yis, mum. J."
Young Wife-"Well since the cold
weather has come don't you think you'd
better boil them with the jackets on?"
Judge.
Gentleman of Leisure - Caller
''What real nice little lady you are.
Is your father in business here in the
city?" Little Girl-sNo'm." Caller
Indeed Is he a gentleman of leis-
ure?" Little Giri-"Yes'm. He's po-
liceman. "-Des Moines Argonaut
Restored to Society.-Miss Hautton
II thought Charley Vantrumpery's
acquaintance had been cut by your set"
Slimleigh-'Ya-as it was, you know;
but he has we-esta blished his weputa-
ton as gentleman" Miss Hautton-
Indeed? And how did he do it?' Slim
leigh" He--ah-slapped BERTHE Sap
ley's face at the theatah the othah
night. Puck.
Nine actors and singers in ten go
to work with their stomachs nearly
empty. They take their dinner early
or have light tea before the perform
ance in which they assist, and some of
| them eat their heartiest meal after
leaving the theater at midnight. Most
of them say that it is difficult to sing or
act with any vivacity or any summon
ing of nervous force if they dine heavily
at late hour in the afternoon.
There are 375, 600 miles of railroad
| in the world. In Europe there is one
mile of road for every twenty-seven
square miles of territory and three and
seven-tenths miles for every 1000
people In the United States the figures
show one mile for every nineteen and
three-tenths square miles of territory
and twenty-six miles for every 10000
inhabitants The value of all the rail
roads in the world is placed at $50, 49,
900, O00
The early settlers of Bethel. Me-,
were much troubled by black bears,
which killed the sheep, robbed the bee
hives and raided the cornfelds A
farmer whose corn, being in the milk,
attracted the bears placed a tub of new
rum and molasses in the field. The
next morning he found large bear
stretched out beside it, beastly drunk.
The tub was empty. When bruin woke
up he found himself securely chained.
"A suit for damages has been brought
! by Lester Bennett, mail carrier on the
star route between Weston and Nor
walk, Conn. Bennett declares that ever
since the first snowfall the highway be-
tween Weston and Hurlburt Street post
office in Wilton has been blocked with
snow, and he has had to travel nearly
four miles out of his way every day, be-
ing thus put to extra expense, and de-
lay having resulted to the United States
mails. He has notified the selectmen,
but they have neglected to break out
the roads.
Some men have a queer way of
wearing hair on their faces. One man
in New York City wears two little puffs
on his cheeks. A young man, whose
place of business is on Twenty-third
street, wears his mustache as two widely
separated points, the middle of his up
per lip being shaved. A Brooklyn man
reverses this arrangement, for he is
clean shaver except for a thumbs
breadth of hair just under his nose. Oc-
casionally, though rarely, one sees the
Bowery bhoy's tuft in the hollow of the
under lip, Charley" as it used to be
called.
"A neat illustration of the value of
sagacious advertising was given at
Portland Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation meeting, when General Secre-
tary Mcdonald stated that he had some
curiosity to know what method of ad-
vertising reached the most people. He
had circulated thousands of little dodg-
ers, giving notice of the meeting, and
asked those who had seen them and
had been moved to come through that
means to rise. The hall was packed as
full as it could hold, and of the entire
numb about fifteen arose. Then Mr.
Mcdonald asked all who had read the
notices in the newspapers and had been
influenced by them to rise, and the
crowd rose in body.
"A company has been organized to
use the long moss that grows on trees
| in the south for bedding. Negroes get
cent or two pound for it 1t first
has to buried in a damp soil, in order
to rot off the soft, gray outer covering.
and this leaves hair-like core for each
thread of moss that is said to be- when
dry, both soft and elastic, making an
excellent substitute for curled hair. If
the company is successful it will have
many rivals, for this moss exists in I'M
| limited quantities from Virginia south
ward to the gulf. 1t is a parasite, and
sometimes clothes the tree branches so
thickly as to kill them. Filaments six
| feet long are not uncommon, and
forest thus bearded like Druids of old"
has somber and mysterious appear
ance.
-'Some persons" said New York
promenader, seem inclined to make
sport of the young man who carries his
cane by the middle with the head
downward My own impression is that
1t is reasonable and sensible practice.
Some people carry canes and umbrellas
horizontally under their arms, and
some swing them about thoughtlessly
to the danger and discomfort of others
There are many, however, who carry
their canes carefully in vertical posi-
ton by their sides, and next to these,
so far as the public safety Is concerned,
/ should certainly class the young man
who carries his cane by the middle.
There is little to fear from a cane so
carried, for usually it's head or crook is
heavy enough to bring the cane on a
line that is nearer vertical than hori-
zontal, and it is almost certain to be
carried steadily in one position and not
1ourished about"
AN ELOQUENT AGENT.
She Knew All tho Conveniences of Mod
ern Flat Life.