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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-02-07
MOMENTS FAps.


Vn& OF I0Gm II MAulA l0E t1lQA0k
Things from Burglars.
Every woman is possessed of some
mania in mild form. which, however.
is of as pronounced type, though less
aggressive, as that which has sent
many poor mortal to the insane asy-
lum. The New York Commercial Ad-
vertiser claims that this Is no rash
statement, but merely a study from
actual life. Take In your own family,
for instance: Do you not say: "Jessie
or Belle OF Susie is absolutely crazy on
such and such subject?" And though
the topics vary with the women the de-
mentia is not lessened one whit there
by. Look at the number of feminine
care-takers who have passion for hid
ing away their possessions, and SO care
fully do they put them out of sight that
they themselves forget where the
place is when it comes time to find
them. Those people would Indignantly
resent any insinuation as to their san
ity, but does it seem possible that we'll
balanced minds win stow away gold
thinble or roll of bills in pair of
rolled-up stockings, or put jewelry or
cash in the scrap basket or the CRATE,
and then, in less than twenty-four
hours, give the stockings away to a
blind beggar, sell the contents of the
basket to the ragman and light coy
frs In egrste- right on top of the
most cherished possessions? Yet this
is done every day, if the papers speak
the truth; and who would have the
boldness to doubt the statements of the
press? Then again there are women so
morbidly afraid Of robbers that 1t be-
comes a mania with them, and every
night search begins under beds and
into dark closets, which, If successful in
its object, would turn their hair gray
in one night. When bedtime comes
they load themselves down with the
family silver, which they carry up to
their sleeping apartments; every win
dow is not only bolted, but tin pans are
set at such angles that q burglars
breath would knock them over and thus
throw the tirnid creatures upstairs into
violent mysteries, instead of putting
them ON guard against the intruders, as
Is the intention of the wobbly kitchen
utensil. Some women have a mania
for bargains and own yards and yards
of remnants In lengths and colors that
are simply useless, yet which, because
OF their craze, they could not possibly
resist buying. These are but few in
stances, but hundreds of others could
be cited, and certain it is that though
the writer and the reader Of these lines
think themselves quite sane on every
point there IL some flaw in their mental
armor that their friends could probably
dilate upon for hours.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-02-07
Hr4vY TAXES IN ROME.
LsvyinR Of an Unwonted Family Tai
Raises Discomfort.

LsvyinR Of an Unwonted Family Tax
Raises Discomfort.
The British consul in Rome, referring
in q recent report on the condition OF
that city to its financial position, mem
tions the levy Of an impost called "tassa
di famiglia." or family tax. This, ac-
cording to the New York Post, Is one of
the taxes which all Italian communes
are authorized by law to levy, but
which until the present time had never
been resorted to in Rome.
The general law on this subject has
fixed one hundred dollars as the highest
amount chargeable on q family, where
as. in Rome, as also In other chief towns
Of Italy, the necessary power was OBJ
tanned to raise the maximum figure to
ESQ. This tax has caused great discon-
tent, chiefly on account of its nature, as
it is inquisitorial, and Is imposed in pro-
portion to the presumed income or well
fare of each family. There are forty
two different classes of taxpayers.
Those having minimum income Of
four hundred dollars year are taxed
at the lowest rate Of two dollars, and
those having a maximum income of
twenty thousand dollars or more the
highest, four hundred dollars This
tax Is expected to yield about two hum
bred thousand dollars year.
Foreign families who have not their
permanent residence in Rome, and who
do not own real property or who exer-
else any profession and have no car
riages, although they may have rented
unfurnished apartments for number
Of years, have not been included on the
rolls of this tax
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-02-07
HE WAS WELL Received.


Therefore Con. Butter Did Not Deliver
the Speech He Had Prepared.
good many people, says the Boston
Journal, have heard the story OF Gov.
Ames and Gen. Butler when they had
their famous ride to Capbridge after
the refusal Of the university overseers
TO grant the governor an LII. ID. But
here is new story In connection with
the dinner-ex-Go Axnes' own en-
planation of what was rather rsystify-
Ing to good many people at the time:
THE real explanation OF Gen. But
ler's moderation In bis speech at Harry
ard college after the overseers had re-
fused him the degree of Ill. d. has
never been told In print, l think. I
rode over to Cambridge with the row
ernor in a landau, and on the way over
limited that discretion would be called
for. Butler was rather reticent and
moody, but he replied: I am well pre-
pared. rather expected an outbreak.
But when we arrived and the governor
was received with even more express
sions OF regard than usual by gradu-
ais and undergraduates alike, he be-
gan to k- more genial and approacha-
BILE aa he was In his role of q private
,itiEen. At length the dinner was
served, and George Choate, the presiding
officer of the day, paid most generous
and eloquent tribute TO the governor In
his Introductory speech.
Butler turned to me and said quick
", just before be arose to speak: Il
have thrown my speech to the winds,
Then followed his model oratian
without fling, without hit--a schol.
arly, eloquent address. II was not till
at Williamstown the next week that /
learned what he meant when he said,
7 have thrown my speech TO the winds.
He meant that he had prepared an
address which he believed he would be
justified in delivering, an address that
In its scope took In all the sins Of that
institution and Ito management, from
the time of tho defalcation OF one OF lis
treasurers down through succeeding
generations. But the hospitablc treat
ment he received disarmed him. He
had expected Misses, he received cheers;
ho had been prepared for snub, and he
was compnmeuted.
with his quick perception he under
stood his position exactly and kept back
the proposed speech, substituting for Il
the impromptu, and ono Of the mosf.
brilliant impromptus ever delivered"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-02-07

An English inquirer. armed with . mi.
crophene. or sound magnifier, has been
listening patiently through long hours
TO the curious noises made by house flies
and reports his belief that they have =
language OF their own. The language
does not consist OF the buzzing sound
which we ordinarily hear, which 10
made by the rapid vibrations Of their
wings In the air. but of smaller. finer
and more widely modulated series Of
sounds, audible TO the human ear only
by the aid Of the microphone. Proba-
bly, this fly conversation Is perfectly
audible TO the ay ears, which. a. every
schoolboy knows who has tried to move
his hand slowly upon them, are very
acute The hops Is expressed that since
the heretofore insndible whispers of
dies have been detected and recorded,
some inventor znay construct micro
phone which will enable ns 10 make out
the language 81 the microbes and 90
SURPRISE them p the horrIhle secret Of
their mode of Operations --chicaFo Post
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-02-07
London Drinking water.

Prof. Frankland, in his report just
issued, speaks unfavorably Of the con-
dition of water when taken for con-
sumption in London during November,
says the London Public Opinion. He
SAYS that on November eS the Thames
at Hampton was chemically In an even
worse condition than on October H.,
though bacterialiy it was considerably
better. The water was very turbid and
brown, but was In every case except
one efficiently filtered before delivery.
The unfltered water, taken chiefly
from the Lea by the New River COM
pany, was, on November %. both chem
ically and bacterially In an unusually
bad condition. Compared with the
sample taken in the previous month, 1t
contained more than twice as much
organic matter and more than four
Zines as many microbes. 1t was also
turbid and yellow, but before 1t was
distributed it was efficiently filtered
and improved. The deep well waters
Of the East London and Colne Valley
companies contained more organic mat
ter than usual, but they were. organ
ically, much better than any of che
river-derived supplies
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-02-07
CURIOUS MEXICAN BELIEFS.
The Old-Time Idea Of Heaven and the
Hereafter.


rhe old-Time Idea OF Heaven and the
Hereafter.
The ancient Mexican idea of Heaven,
he'll and the after state of the soul is
extremely curious and interesting. Ac-
cording to their notions, souls neither
good nor bad, or those whose virtues
and vices balanced each other, were to
enter medium state of idleness and
empty content.
The wicked, or those dying by any OF a
long list of different modes of death,
went to Meitlan, distant hall within
the bowels of the earth. The souls of
those struck by lightning, or of those
dying by given list of diseases, were
transported to remote elysium, called
Tialocan; children went to the same
place The actual Heaven, the House
of the Sum-" was reserved for warriors,
women who died in defense of their
children and those who were offered up
as sacrifices. Immediately after death,
according to their beliefs, the soul
passed to that great "House of the
Sum-" ruled over by the sun himself,
who permitted the faithful to accom-
pany him for long term of years in his
circuit of the skies.
During all these years of continual
fight they were supposed to honor the
sun with songs, dances and other forms
of revelry. After this term of proba-
ton was ended they believed that they
would be terminated and become beau
tiful birds with brilliant plumage, liv-
ing alternately among the stars of
heaven and the flowers of earth
/. Their burial customs werc equally
curious. They buried Jug of water
with each corpse and placed small bits
of white bark In the hands- These
pieces Of bark were usually covered
with characters, fact which caused
some archmologists to suggest that they
were probably passports to the region
beyond the stars. When one Of their
number died the friends and relatives
forthwith made bonfire Of all his per
sonal effects. the idea being TO Light the
soul in it's fight through the cold and
chserless regions of space.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-02-07

What IL claimed to be the largest
freight car ever built was turned out at
Altoona, Pa, few days ago. It is to
carry the one hundred and twenty four
ton cannon Krupp Is making for ex-
hibition at Chicago from Baltimore to
Chicago. The car ID practically two
cars, with eight pairs of wheels each,
jointed together and made into one by
an iron bridge. Another car of almost
equal size Is building TO transport two
sixty-Ave-ton guns and big piece of
srmor plate over the same route.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-02-07

They viii send
value 81. 90 and Z
year for &1.10,
cabinet or carr
Our readers had
copy OF The Free
ticulars OF this
thousands are ta
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-02-07
AFRICAN CATTLE PLAGUE.


Thousands Have Died In the Past Year
and the Epidemic still Spreading.
Within the past year and half a ter
rible epidemic has destroyed millions of
the cattle Of Africa and inflicted crush
ing blow upon the pastoral tribes. The
plague Of thirty-five years ago worked
great destruction, but, according to the
New York Sun, 1t cannot be compared
with the present affection. 1t would
sbgof iucalcr1-hle benefit tc ..sle natives
Il some means were found to arrest the
progress Of this virulent disease Thou
sands Of lives among the pastoral tribes
would be saved II the destruction which
Is carrying off their cattle were stopped.
No competent person has yet reported
upon the nature Of the plague and its
remedy. The symptoms are debility,
rapid wasting away, and refusal of all
food The plague has also practically
exterrninated all the buffaloes In re-
gions where they once roamed in great
herds The results OF the epidemic have
been most disastrous In all the cattle
raising countries OF the Soudan, from
the regions south Of the big northern
bend Of the Niger river for two thou
sand miles east almost to the Indian
ocean. The first news concerning the
plague came In letter written by Capt
Monteil, st Kano, on January 9, last
year. He said he first observed the
plague IN the district of Liptako, west
Of the Niger river, and that he could
say without exaggerntion that not one
animal in thousand for five hundred
miles along his route to SoIxoto escaped.
He lost his baggage animals, and for .
time was hardly able to advance
Capt. Lugard, who has recently re-
turned TO England, reports that the
cattle raising tribes between the Albert
Nyanxa and the Indian ocean have suf-
fered greatly from the plague. The
Wanyi1ra, north Of the Usambara noun
tains. within two or three days march
Of the east coast, have lost all their cat
tle- Flocls Of goats now form their
only wealth. On the great Nasal
pl4teau. farthest west, six thousand
TT above the level OF the sen, the war
Nke Nasal, who have lived upon the
milf md 6mh Of their herds, have lost
fh<Ir ceftIe. This u1efortune. Capt
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-02-07

A resident Of West Chester, Pa, Is an
thority for the following dog story, .
as II was recited TO him by a soldier:
Troop + Of the Sixth cavalry owned q
dog which accompanied II on every trip.
At the battle Of Wounded Knee some
time ago the animal was abandoned
and was found in nnowdrift by SER
geant of troop, who took 1t away and
cared for It. The animal could not be
persuaded to return to Its former own
ers and remained with the sergeant
One day the sergeant was reduced to
the ranks for some breach OF discipline.
From that day forth the dog would
have nothing whatever 10 do with him
and took up ita quarters In another tent.
1t could never again be persuaded to re-
turn to the sergeant, evidently consider
ing reduced man as far beneath its
notice"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-02-07

We desire to say to our citizens, tina
for years We have been selling DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption. Coughs
and Colds. DR.. Kings New Life Pills
Bucklen's Arnica Salye and Electric Bit
ters. and have never handled remedies
that sell as we'll. or that have given sucf
universal satisfaction. We do not hest
tate to guarantee them every time. ant
we stand ready to refund the .purchas,
price. il satisfactory results do not follow
their use. These remedies have wor
their great popularity purely on theil
merits. Elmer D. Prickitt, druggist
Mount Holly and Lumberton.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-02-07
MEN FIFTEEN INCHES H,cn.
What French statistician Says WIN b
seen on Earth In Two Thousand xears.


What . French statfstician Says WIN ne
seen ON Earth In Two Thousand Years.
A French statistician, who has been
studying the military and other records
with view of determining the height
of men at different periods, has reached
some wonderful results. He has not
only solved some perplexing problems
In regard to the past of the human race
but is also enabled to calculate its flu
tnre and to determine the exact period
when man will disappear from the
earth. The recorded facts extend over
nearly three centuries. 1t is found that
in 1910 the average height of man In
Europe was 1. rs meters, or say Ave feet
nine inches. In 1900 1t was Eve feet six
inches. In 1920 it was five feet five
inches and fraction. At the present
time II Is five feet three and three
fourths inches. It is easy to deduce
from these figures rate Of regular and
gradual decline In human STATURE and
then apply this, working backward and
forward to the past and to the future.
BY this calculation 1t Is determined that
the stature of the first men attained the
surprising average of sixteen feet nine
inches. Truly, there were giants on
the earth In those days. The race had
already deteriorated In the days of Og,
and Goliath was quite degenerate of
spring Of the giants Coming down to
later times, we find that at the beginning
of our era the average height OF man
was nine feet, and In the time Of Charlie
magne it was eight feet eight inches
But the most astonishing result OF this
scientific study comes from the applics-
ton of the same inexorable law OF
diminution to the future. The caloula-
ton shows that by the year 1000 A. D.
the stature Of the average man will be
reduced to fifteen inches At that epoch
there will be only Lilliputians on the
face Of the earth. And the conclusion
of the learned statistician is irresistible:
that s'the end of the world win GER
tainly arrive, for the inhabitants will
have become 80 small that they viii
finally disappear finish by disap-
pearing''-as the French idiom expresses
it-''from the terrestrial globe"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-02-07
mustachs ana Goatse.

At period after the Moorish invs
sion, when the Christian and Moslem
population became so mixed that II Wa
hard to say which were Moors and
which Spaniards, the pious Spaniards
hit upon the mustache as means of
Identification. They permitted the hair
on the upper lip to grow, and also q
tuft on the under LIP, an outline Of the
cross being thus formed. Thus, say she
Parisians, the mustache becomes q
symbol Of liberty, equality and fratcr-
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-02-07

Many persons are unable to sleep on
their left side. The cause has long been a
puzzle to physicians. Metropolitan papers
speak with great interest Of DIR. FRANKLIN
Miles, the eminent Indiana specialist in
nervous and heart diseases, who has
proven that this habit arises from a dis
eased heart. He has examined and kept
on record thousands of cases. His new
Heart Cure, wonderful remedy, is sold
at Elmer D. Prickitt's drug stores. Mount
Holly and Lumberton. Thousands testify
to its value as cure for heart diseases.
Mrs. Chas, Benoy Loveland. Colo. says
its effects on her we're marvellous. Ele-
CANT book on Heart Disease free.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-02-07
Last wear we told vo,1 n Hi

Last year we told you in this
pape something about the Chiffon Paints.
how they are made from the best ma
terials that can be bought. how they are
mixed by machinery, and how we turn
out paint superior to any paint now
made. You did not paint your house
last year. Perhaps someone in your
place has used the Chiffon Paints. II you
want to paint this year, 60 and ask the
man who used the Chiffon Paint how be
liked it, ask him all about it; how much
paint it took, if gallon covered as much
surface as he expected, if it was easy to
put on, etc. You can see for yourself
how it looks. II you don't like the colors
be used, send to US for color card. Chill
ton Paint Co., Boston and New YORK.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-02-07

Lugard says, has greatly tanned their
arrogance Usogo, north of Victoria
Nyanza, formerly contained great
herds of cattle, but now ell are gone.
The wahuma, a people west of Usogo.
were exclusively pastoral, living like
the Nasal upon their herds. Now that
their cattle have been wholly wiped
out the people have died in great num-
bers, and those who are left are Deepen
dent upon the tillers of the soil near
them for q scanty subsistence. The
epidemic is reported to be stu spread
ing north and south Of its main route
across thu continent
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-02-07

A friend in need is friend indeed, ant
not less than one million people havs
found just such friend in Dr. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption. Coughs
and Colds. If you have never used this
great cough medicine, one trial will CON
vince you that it has wonderful curative
powers In all diseases Of throat, chest and
lungs. Each bottle is guaranteed to do
all that is claimed or money will be re-
funded. Trial bottles free at Elmer D.
Prickitt's drug stores, Mount Holly and
Lumberton. Large bottles SOC and $1,OO.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-02-07

The most famous Of ancient houses
wea the Golden house, erected by Nero.
Its whole interior Is said to have been
covered with gold and gems, 1t was
adorned with the finest paintings and
statues that the world could furnish, it
had triple portipos . mile In length and
circular banquet hall which perpetu-
ally revolved In imitation of the motion
Of the sun
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-02-07

A sure cure for Group. Keep it handy.
Mr.. Clinton Campbell, Chester, Pa. says
Il can recommend DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup
as sure cure for Group. We have kept
it in our house for the last five years and
would not be without it."
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-02-07

Or any other similar epidemic. the blood
and the whole system should be kept in
healthy condition. If you feel worn out
or have THAT tired feeling in the morn
ing do not be guilty OF neglect. Give Inn
mediate attention to yourself. Take
Hoods sarsaparilla to give strength, puri.
" the blood and prevent disease.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-02-07

The best salve in the world for cuts
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum. ftvel
sores. letter, chapped hands. chilblains
and corns, all skin eruptions. and posi-
lively cures piles, or no pay required. II
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction
or money refunded. Price % cents per
box. For sale by Elmer D. Prickitt. Mt
Holly and Lumberton.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-02-07

! have not used all of one bottle yet. l
suffered from catarrh for twelve years, ex-
periencing the nauseating dropping in the
throat peculiar to that disease, and nose
bleed almost daily. I tried various reme-
dies without benefit until last April. when
/ saw Ely's Cream Balm advertised in the
Boston Budget, procured bottle, and
since the first days use have had no more
bleeding the soreness is entirely gone
D. G. Davidson, with the Boston Budget,
formerly with Boston Journal.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-02-07

II is noted by a London financial jour
nal as one of the causes of the failure Of
SO many Australian banks that many of
them hold such vast quantities of land
that when pinch comes they ars una
Bile to realize and are compelled TO stop
payment. In New South Wales twelve
banks and financial syndicates own
about $1,000, 600 acres Of land, one In
stitution alone owning e.50o. 200 acres.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-02-07

sH1LOH'S viTALIzER is what YOU
need for Constipation, Loss Of Appetite,
Distances and all symptoms Of Dyspepsia.
Prices 60and rs cents per bottle. Sold by
DR.. r. G. Darlington.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-02-07

james said the millsman to his
new boy, dye see what I'm s-doin'
Off" yes, sir" replied James; you're
a-pourin' water into the milk. " mo,
I'm not James; I'm a-pourin' milk 10
the water So II any body arsIss you II
put water in my milk, you tell EN- no
Alters stick to the truth. James, cheat
H. Is bad nough. but lyin' L VIVA. .