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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1895-05-21
rae wooo DUCKS FIRsr SWIM.


How the Mother Gets the Little Ones
From the Nest to the Water.
A few miles from my home there is a
lake that has for years been the abiding
place of a colony of wood ducks. have
spent hours along the shores watching
these prettiestof water fowls The wood
duck has one popularity not possessed
by other members of the duck family
it builds It's home high up in the cavity
Of some decsyed limb, usually one that
juts out over the water.
The eggs, from seven to IS in num-
Der, are creamy white In color House.
keeping is begun in May, and the young
are ready to leave the nest early In June
was curious to know how the little
bucks reach the water from their lofty
homes. j had osssf seen them, when
hardly clear of their shell, swimming
about with their mother and felt con-
WINGED that they never could have left
home unaided
One bright June morning fortune ia
vored me. ! had rowed along the lake
shore to pay visit to houseful Of
noisy red wing blackbirds Ny boat was
lying motionless among the tall cat
tails that fringed the shores Of the lake.
Suddenly I heard loud splash behind
me, and turning to look saw ON the
water short distance away, just shak-
ing the spray from her wings, q female
wood duck and near her two tiny yellow
balls, 80 small that they resembled wa
ter lilies floating on the surface.
The old bird took wing, lowered and
circled above her babies for few min
utes and then few to cavity in tall
tree, short distance away. In short
time the male bird, arrayed in the hand
soonest of plumage, joined his mate.
Then for few minutes / could hear q
soft cooling noise, which reminded me Of
husband and wife discussing some i'm
portant point relative to the welfare Of
their children
The cooling soon stopped and the moth
or duck appeared II the doorway of her
home Then she dropped toward the wa
ter at q slight angle. As her breast
struck the surface she Immediately
dived, and where her body had been
was surprised to see two little ducklings
swimming about as unconcerned as
though they had been travelling in the
water for years
The routine Of flying to the nest was
repeated four times in rapid succession,
and each time il resulted in an addition
Of two to the family In the water, which
kept growing until it numbered 10.
Then the mother duck SWAN out in the
lake, followed by her brood. while the
male bird brought up the rear of the
procession, acting, no doubt, as guard
and protector. &C. s. Shick in Phila-
delphia Times
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1895-05-21

Yesterday lady in Broadway cable
car addressed me, and everybody listened
and was amused She was young and
pretty and well dressed AS we rolled
down Union square cab passed the car.
My neighbor craned her neck. and point
ing her finger at the cab remarked to
me, "That's Judge Hilton In that cab "
Every one In the car looked at the occu-
pant Of the cab Then she took me into
her confidence and retailed such facts
about the judge as have been printed
from time to time in the papers.
AS the car tore around the Broadway
curve her attention was diverted, and
she hadn't done scolding about the speed
and the curves when we passed Broad
way shop window ON which was an
nounced in white enamel letters, "Col-
lars and Cuffs Laundried +" IF they
don't correct that misspelled word
soon, she exclaimed, IT shall scream F"
Everybody turned and looked at the
freak in photography. Then man who
was watching the woman from the rear
platform came in and tapped her on the
shoulder, and she arose and followed
him. AS she passed out the men opposite
smiled, and one said to his companion,
Crazy as loon But how could they
tellp All she said was true.-New York
World.
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KILLED BY THEIR ARMoR.
1t Weighed Too Much For the Stoutee
Russian Soldiers.

1t Weighed Too Much For the Stoutest
Russian Soldiers.
One Of the interesting features of the
late car s funeral was, as usual, the two
men clad in medieval armor, one ON
horseback and the other on foot.
The mounted knight had his visor
open, and his armor was Of FURNISHED
gold, which glittered in the sun He
symbolized life.
The other was ON foot His armor
was coal black steel His visor was
closed, and in his hand he bore drawn
two handed sword, the blade of which
was shrouded in Grape. He symbolized
death.
The weight of these two suits of ar
NOR is SO great that, notwithstanding
the most gigantic men of the imperial
guard being selected to don them, the
one on foot who officiated at the obse-
quies of Emperor Nicholas fell dead
from exhaustion on reaching the church
of S. Peter and Paul, where the impe-
rial mausoleum is situated. While at the
funeral of Alexander II the black knight
tainted during the march from the
Winter palace to the place Of interment
and was carried to the hospital, where
he died the same night.
A similar fate overlook the black
knight at the recent cars funeral It
was observed that he could scarcely drag
himself along during the latter part of
the procession through the capital, and
on reaching the fortress he sank uncon-
scious to the ground and has since died
New York Advertiser.
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Cardinal ni Randa.

Speculation on his successor by the
pope himself is humorous and interest
ing. Leo XIII smilingly told some car
dinals recently that Cardinal Di Rende,
archbishop of Benevento, would be the
next wearer Of the tiara On being ask
ed why he thought SO, Joachim Pecci
looked round slyly at the cardinals and
said: Because he is the youngest The
mortality among aged members of the
sacred college is so great " Cardinal Di
Rende is one Of the pope's favorites He
speaks English perfectly and was for
some time attached to a church in the
Marylebone road. London, and a pro-
fessor at the Westminster diocesan semi
nary Of st. Edmund's, Ware. He was
afterward nuncio in Paris. He belongs
TO the Odescalchi family. The mention
If his name by Leo XIII makes him top
ical New York Advertiser.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1895-05-21
Marriage Of the Dead.

A strange custom prevails among a
certain tribe In the Caucasus. When a
single young man dies, some one who
has carried to the grave manageable
daughter In the course Of the year calls
upon the bereaved parents and says:
Your son is sure to want wife.
I'll give You my daughter, and You
shall deliver to me the marriage portion
in return.
A friendly offer Of this description is
never rejected, and the two parties
soon come to terms as to the amount of
the dowry, which varies according to
the advantages possessed by the girl in
her lifetime. Cases have been known
where the young mans father has given
as much as 80 cows to secure dead
wife for his dead SON -Buch fur Allie.
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called. They overreached themselves,
and now their customers will buy no
more milk of those honest" dairymen.
The fraudulent milk was mixture of
chemicals.
Switzerland has 225, 900 milk COWS
and tuberculosis is unknown among
them. This is because they are pastured
upon the mountains as late as the COM
ing of winter will allow. They are not
housed up the year around and forced to
give milk till they take consumption.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1895-05-21
He Was a Hard Loser

"That fellow Jones is the closest poker
player ever saw in my life, " remarked a
well known cigar dealer after an all night
sitting at the great American game.
"Does play hard game, was the con-
sentative opinion of the gentleman ad-
dressed.
1T don't mean that don't object to a
man playing the best he knows how, but
don't like to see man fall in love with
his money"
"I've noticed that he would never lend
money In a game"
Eyes. If he's losing, he always says:
I can't do it. I'm too much loser, and If
he's winning he says: No, sir. 1t always
knocks down my luck
"That's figuring it down pretty close,
isn't itY,
sClosel That's no name for him. Why,
last night we had played five hours, and
he was s1.75 loser. My cigar went out,
and 1 asked him for light from his. He
shook his head and said:
Uhl Uhl Can't doit. I'm too much
loser. San Francisco Post.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1895-05-21
How to Cure Yourself while Using It

How to Cure Yourself While Using 1t.
The tobacco habit grows on man until
his nervous system is seriously affected,
impairing health, comfort and happiness.
10 quit suddenly is too severe a shock to
the system, as tobacco to an inveterate
user becomes stimulant that his system
continually Graves. Baco-Curo is a sclen-
tific cure for the tobacco habit, in all its
forms, carefully compounded after the
formula of an eminent Berlin Physician
who has used it in his private practice
since 1872, without failure, purely vege-
table and guaranteed perfectly harmless
You can use all the tobacco you want,
while taking Baco- euro, it will notify you
when to stop. We give written guaran-
tee to permanently cure any case with
three boxes, or refund the money with 10
per cent. interest. Baco-Curo is not a
substitute. but scientific cure. that cures
without the and of will power and with
no Inconvenience. 1t leaves the system
as pure and free from nicotine as the day
you took your first chew or smoke. Sold
by all druggists, with our ironclad guaran-
tee, at ST 90 per box, three boxes, Thirty
days treatment $3.50, or sent direct upon
receipt of price. Send Sic TAO Gem
Stamps for Sample Boz, Booklet and Proofs
Free. Eureka Chemical & Manufacturing
Company, Manufacturing Chemists, La
Crosse, Wisconsin.
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TIMES HAVE CHANGED.

"They amt no good, said Uncle Ike,
Gan all the thing wish
Is at them city chaps could see
The way us ter fish.
ave didun't hev no clickin things
Ner highfalutin buds;
We didn't hev to wade the creek
An lash it into suds.
ave us ter cut straight birch pole
An dig q mess o. bait,
Then jes' set down longside hole
An chaw terbac-an wait.
Then just to demonstrate the fact
Old Uncle Ike went out;
He guessed he'd "get below the dam
An ketch mess O. trout"
We went at noon and took peep.
There Uncle Ike sat, still
And motionless as If asleep.
Besides the ripping rill.
And when he came in after dark
He had one little trout
That measured just three inches
And half from tail to snout.
GET amt no good, said Uncle Ike,
Gan all the thing wish
Is at the fish 'ud bite ez good
Ez when | us ter fish,"
New York Sun.
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Would Bear watching.

"Kitty, what brings that young chuc-
klehead of Spoonamore to this house so
oftenf''
why, Uncle Allen, he comes to see me-
suppose"
"What do you know about himP'
II know he's a very pleasant, agreeable
young man, who belongs to a good family,
always dresses well, is in good circum-
stances and is well educated and well
read"
what else do you know about himf'
II know he hasn't any of the habits
many young men have. He doesn't drink,
smoke, gamble, attend prize fights, or go
into bad company"
"Does he keep race horse?''
"Oh, mol I am sure he doesn't"
"Part his hair in the middle?"
"No."
LET his little finger nails grow extreme
ly longf"
'No."
"Quote Ibsenr'
"Never'
"Chew gumP"
"Oh, mol"
"Wear pointed whiskersP"
"He does not. "
Garry chocolate creams and caramels
In his pocketP"
s'No."
(Still suspicious)-"He may be all right,
Kitty, but you'd better watch him. III
bet 81 he calls his father papa Chi
cago Tribune
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1895-05-21

Except milk, there is nothing wors>
than water for absorbing any impurity
in stable. See to it therefore that your
COWS have clean, fresh water to drink.
They don't like filthy, foul smelling
drinking water any better than you do,
and You have no more business to give ii
to them than to your own children. See
that the troughs are kept clean. If each
COW has an iron tank to herself and it
has lid that she can open and shut
with her nose, do not let that tank be-
come foul either by standing water OF
by PARTICLES of dust, food or manure get
ting into 1t. Some people who think
they have very moe COW stables are
guilty of sickening neglect in the mat
ter Of the COWS drinking water.
It is prophesied and the prediction
will come true that the sterilizing OF
cream will quadruple its consumption
in and near the large cities. A firm
near Milwaukee was the first to start
the trade in pasteurized cream.
Creameries will find good profit in
working up cream trade in hot wealth
or when butter is dull.
It Is now the custom for those who
sell cream to grade it. II customer
wants moderately thin cream. they mix
milk with 1t and sell it at a lower rate.
If, ON the contrary. he wants the thick,
rich cream, then the dealer sells him
the pure article and charges according
ly. Restaurant cream is always of the
second, some time even of third and
fourth rate of richness
Ohio is the state of ideas, and a new
Ohio idea has appeared that is likely to
land numerous milk sellers in court of
Justice The new idea is nothing less
than manufactured milk. The formula
for making it has been obtained by the
dairy commissioner Of Ohio, and he
will prosecute to the extent of the law
those who use it. The dealers in the
fraudulent fluid were making money
famously, when some one observed that
they were selling more milk than the
COWS they had could possibly produce.
It is only fair to say that the men
caught using the compound were dairy
men themselves. honest" farmers. so
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nYPHENATED NAMES.

gome Are Genuine, Others Simply Stand
For snobbery-How to Distinguish.
Hyphenated names in Europe may be
divided into two categories-namely,
those wherein the hyphen is mere piece
Of mobbery and affectation, and those
wherein it is consequent upon q legal
obligation The latter are in the minor
ity and are borne almost invariably by
legatees and their descendants, who have
inherited property, usually real estate,
contingent upon their lacking the name
Of the testator on to their own, or else
they are men who have married heiresses
and been accepted as husbands for the
latter ON the condition that they should
append the family name of their wives
to their own patrony1nic.
People In the other category, who use
the hyphen merely with the object of
creating the impression that they are of
more ancient lineage than is really the
case, invariably prefix, instead Of ap-
pending, the additional name, and it is
shis that enables one to distinguish the
"bona fide double barrel, I" as Lord Ran
dolph Churchill used to call them, from
those who are not, for you have only to
ask Mr.. Ponsonby- Jones for the name Of
his paternal grandfather in order to find
out that the old gentleman was a simple
Jones, devoid Of the aristocratic Ponson-
by, whereas In the case of surnames
adopted in Difference TO testamentary
dispositions one viii invariably find on
inquiry that the paternal grandfather
and ancestors bore the first Of the two
patronymics
The persons who make use of hyphen-
ated names without being compelled to
do so are usually the owners of patro-
nymics overwhelmingly plebeian, who
hope, vainly, it is true, to redeem the
commonplace character of their name by
prefxing thereto one calculated, they
trust, to create the impression that they
are connected with some Of the great
houses of the nobility. Thus it is quite
common to find Montmorency Smiths,
Plantagenet- Robinsons and We're de
Vere- Browns. Chicago Tribune.
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CHAIR OF the aian. rdr,s.

One Of the mountain peaks Of north
Wales is known as the Chair of Idris. or
Cader Idris, as the Welsh people call it,
because its top is followed out like an
immense couch. According to local ira
dition, whoever spends night in the
Chair of Idris viii, on the following
morning, be dead, raving mad or en-
dowed with the Hottest poetical inspira-
ton. No one seems to know exactly who
Idris was or when he lived, but he must
have been giant II his body was in
proportion with his celebrated ''chair. I"
Mrs Hemans has fine poem with the
Chair of Idris as the theme, and Tenny-
son also mentions it In "Enid. st
Louis Republic.
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life of unselfish generosity and died in
poverty. He spent his Last days in the
county Of Appomattox ! have heard
this story about him. ! do not vouch for
its truth:
Before he died, his mind wandering,
he said to his sister: Come here. The
old banjo is out of tune, the screws are
slipping, and the bridge is about to
fall. " These were the last words of the
old fellow, who had charmed two con-
tinents with his melody and song. His
brother Sam was in the cavalry service
during the war He often played for
General Stuart, and the brave troopers
would dance to his merry music as he
sang:
"If you want happy time, jine the
cavalry"
! never heard of him after the war
Richmond Dispatch.
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New York,s Reputation,

Mr.. Gotham-No, Inever have par
ticle Of fear on the ocean. Don't you
know, sir, that one is safer ON trans
atlantic fier than ON city street?
Mr.. Lakeside (of ago)-Humphl
Well, to tell the truth, believe if had
to choose between an ocean steamer and
New York street, I'd do as you do
take the steamer New York Weekly.
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The Tallahassee Maidstone.

The most famous southern maidstone
belongs in the family of Ex-Governor
Walker of Tallahassee, Fla The stone
was presented to the governor several
years ago by the person who took it from
the stomach of deer. The valuable lit
tie concretion is oblong in shape, about
1 Is inches in length and of blush gray
color. One end tapers to blunt point
the other is flattened and has an aper-
ture through which the spongy, porous
interior may be plainly seen. When in
use, the opening is applied directly over
the wound, and the pithy substance
which forms the interior of the stone is
supposed to 'suck out" and absorb the
poisonous venom, whether injected by a
deadly serpent or rabid dog. Persons
who have seen the stone applied declare
that it adhered firmly to the wound as
long as there was particle Of venom In
the system st. Louis Republic.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1895-05-21
Alpaca For rravelinr Gowns.

Silk alpaca is fabric much in favor
at present. 1t bears but little resem.
blance to the material known by that
name some years ago This season al.
paca is shown in all the new colors and
in variety of charming patterns. It is
a pliable material, graceful and service
able and one especially suited for trav.
cling gown. 1t sheds the dust and soorne
wrinkles. New York News.
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Cost of po,leemen,s Uniforms.

The prices paid by the Baltimore po-
lice are: For overcoats, $50 address, coats,
80. 90; blouses, So; summer trousers,
$5. IL; winter trousers, $6. a5. These
prices, the commissioners say, are lower
than those In any city, with the excep-
ton Of Philadelphia, where a different
system obtains, and where the men are
required to purchase new clothes. every
year, making the cost to them eventual
" more than to the Baltimore police -
Baltimore SIM.
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The sun beat hotly upon the parched
earth.
"Oh, I see, +" he exclaimed joyously.
''That woman who throws the ball is
trying to hit the woman with the bat
Oh, dear, why doesn' It she run the other
way? Are those women out yonder the
bases? How stupid in mel You told me
that before, didn't you? Is our side 60
ing out without run? Isn't that lovely,
after the other side had to run so
much "
Thus the pretty young man with the
blue veil prattled on and on, seemingly
oblvious that the tall lady in the check
ed suit sat silent and preoccupied beside
him Detroit Tribune.
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Driven to Drink.

Food Crank Doctor-Bread is the staff Of
lfep Nonsense If you eat it when it is
fresh, you will die of indigestion. If you
eat it when it is stale, you will die of dis
ease germs that have lodged in 1t. In
short, there is nothing SO fatal to life as
bread.
Patient-Then you advise me to eat
something elsef
Food Crank Doctor-My dear fellow,
science has little to offer you in the way Of
advice. Everything else is as deleterious
as bread, and Of course to eat nothing at
all will result in death by starvation.
Patient-Great Scott guess the only
thing for me to do is to take to drink
New York Tribune.
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While men have more strength, wom-
en- have more endurance and greater
capacity for protracted and monotonous
labor. In those countries where women
work in the fields side by side with
their husbands and brothers, the latter
may accomplish more work, the former
can labor greater number Of hours.
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When virtue is met unexpectedly i
shines the brightest.
nncnlen,s Arnlcn NnIve.

The best salye in the world for cuts
bruises. sores. ulcers, salt rheum, fevel
sores, letter. chapped hands, chilblains
and corns. all skin eruptions, and positive
ly cures piles, or no pay required. 1t il
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, o.
money refunded. Price 25 cents per box
For sale by Elmer d. Prickitt, Mt. Holly
and Lumberton.
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Of Hoods SarsaparilIa wins friends where
ever it is fairly and honestly tried. To
have perfect health. you must have pure
blood. and the best way to have pure
blood is to take Hoods Sarsaparilla, the
best blood purifier and strength builder.
1t expels all faint of scrofula. salt rheum
and all other humors, and at the same
time builds up the whole system.
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The croupiers of Monte Carlo have 6
school of gambling in which they Learn
the ms and outs Of the games, the meth
DDS of defeating trickery, manual dex
terity in clearing the boards and paying
the stakes, readiness In reckoning and il
dealing and shutting the cards and Sc
on Most Of them come from Alsace.
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Gray-I hardly know what to think OF
that boy of mine. The young rascal has
fallen in love.
Beard-Well, that is natural enough.
He is 10 years old, isn't her
Gray--Yes, but instead of falling in love
with some woman past 80, as normal 49,
year-old boy should, he has set his affec-
tions on girl of 15.-Indianapolis Jour
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by buzzing or roaring sound in your
head ? Have you difficulty in hearing
distinctly? Are you troubled with a con-
tinual dropping of mucus, irritating the
throat and causing you to c)ugh? Is
your breath unpleasantly affected and
accompanied with bad taste2 lie your
hearing less acute2 If 80. you have
catarrh and should at once procure bot
tie of Ely's Cream Balm. the best known
remedy. The Balm will give instant re-
lief
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Mrs. T. s. Hawkins. Chattanooga, Tenn
says. "Shiloh's Vitalizer SAVED MY
LIFE consider it the best remedy fol
debilitated system l ever used" Fol-
Dyspepsia. Liver or Kidney trouble it ex
cells. Price rs cts-Sold by R. C. Barring
ton, druggist. AZ Main street.