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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1895-10-01
Robbing the Good Natured.

A scheme has been worked success
fully in this city for the past few days,
and the police are searching for the
sharper. A we'll dressed man enters one
of the first class restaurants, and after
partaking of hearty meal feels for his
pocketbook. He makes the discovery
that he has left it at home, and turning
to some substantial looking business
man who happens to be in the place ex-
plains his predicament and asks the
gentleman to settle his bill In nine
times out of ten this is cheerfully done.
Then the suave stranger asks the gen
tleman for his card, that he may return
the amount at his earliest opportunity
This is handed over, and the business
man and stranger part When the bust
ness man returns to his home in the
evening, he finds that the man has call
ed during his absence and presented the
card to his wife, with the request that
she send him some money, clothing or
jewelry, as the case may be. If the bust
ness man happens to be bachelor, the
card gives the stranger the privilege Of
going to his apartment after some ar
ticle, and then the drawers are ransack-
ed A number of the patrons of the St.
Nicholas and Burdick's were caught by
the trick. Post
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women into prince S caravans, but stin
it was business. Lord, if could only
get that royal Austrian to punch my
head, that and the story leading up to it
would sell like new Yankee toy in the
Strand 1t was a good enough thing to
take chance on.
Gan right, said. eco on.
Like lightning she was off down the
aisle, past the smoking compartment,
where my Winnipeg friends were await
ing my arrival, and into the rear coach.
Three piercing shrieks uttered as she
disappeared brought crowd Of foreign
notables to her rescue, and | was uncer-
enormously hustled off the platform by
one of the biggest of the lot. The next
instant l was struggling desperately in
the arms Of those three engineers from
Winnipeg, who swore l had suddenly
gone insane and wanted to telegraph my
friends. 1t took me half an hour to ex-
plain matters to them and to the con
ductor, whose indignation passed all
understanding. Then Miss Stanford
emerged, leaning ON the arm of stiff
backed dignitary of the Austrian court,
who bowed her into our car with pro-
found ceremony.
"Shake hands," she cried, her face
flushed with excitement and satisfac-
ton, shake both hands, kiss me if you
want to. I've got 1.-THE best story that
ever was printed. y
Somehow | always thought that Miss
Stanford forgot to print the best part of
the story. And this is the whole truth
about that interview with Ferdinand. =
Arthur James Peglar in st. Louis Re-
nuhlic
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Anlmals understand Hrriene.

Enough is now known of the nature
of animal materia medica to excite in
terest and curiosity. There is abundant
evidence that many species know and
constantly make use of simple remedies
for definite disorders, and at the same
time observe rules of health to which
only the highest civilization or the sane
ton of religious prescription eompels
man to conform.
1t has been noted that the general
condition of animal health, especially
in the case of the herbivorous creatures,
corresponds not inexactly with that of
such tribes as the Somalis, men feeding
almost solely on grain, milk, dates and
water, living constantly in the open air,
moderate in all things and clearly, be-
cause their religion enjoins constant
ablutions. Like them, wild animals
have no induced diseases. The greater
number do not eat to excess. They take
regular exercise in seeking their food
and drink only at fixed hours. Many Of
them secure change Of climate, one Of
the greatest factors in health, by mi
grafton.
This is not confined to birds and
beasts, for the salmon enters the soft
water partly to get rid of sea parasites
and returns to the sea to recruit after
spawning. With change of climate,
change of diet and perfectly healthy
habits their list of disorders is short,
though they readily fall victims to con-
tagious disease just as recently numbers
Of the Hamran Arabs of the Sudan, as
healthy livers and good Mussulmans as
the Somalis themselves, friends and fell
low hunters with Sir Samuel Baker,
persisted of contagious fever ON the
banks of the Nile tributaries. London
SDeatator.,,
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duplicate Names In Congress.

The fifty fourth congress will contain
considerable number of members Of
duplicate names There are two mem
bers by the name of Arnold, one from
Pennsylvania and one from Rhode Is
land; three Bakers. from Kansas, Mary
land and New Hampshire; two BAIT
let's, from Georgia and Texas; two
Blacks, from Georgia and New York /;
two Burtons, from Maryland and Ohio;
three Clarks, from Alabama, Iowa and
Missouri; two Cannons, from Illinois
and Utah; two Cooks, from Illinois
and Wisconsin; three Coopers, from
Florida, Texas and Wisconsin; three
Curtises, from Iowa, Kansas and New
York; two Cobbs, from Alabama
and Missouri; Gillett from Massa-
chusetts and Gillet from New York;
two Henrys, from Connecticut and
Indiana; two Johnsons, from Indi-
ana and North Dakota; two MiIlers,
from Kansas and West Virginia; two
Murphys, from Illinois and Arizona
two McCalls, from Massachusetts and
Tennessee; Miner from New York and
Minor from Wisconsin bear the same
name, with the distinction Of one letter !;
two members bear the name of Russell,
one from Connecticut and the other
from Georgia. There are two Smiths,
one from Illinois and one from Miohi-
gan; two Stones. both from Pennsylva-
mia; two Turner'S, from Georgia and
Virginia, and two Walkers, from Massa-
chusetts and Virginia Then we have
more men bearing the name of Wilson
than any other-four in all-from Ida
no, New York, Ohio and South Carolina.
Washington Post.
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Sources of Color.

An interesting enumeration has been
made by somebody and published in a
technical journal of the sources Of color
From this it appears that the cochineal
insects furnish the gorgeous carmine,
crimson, scarlet, carmine and purple
lakes; the cuttlefish gives sepia-that
is, the inky fluid which the fish dis
charges in order to render the water
opaque when attacked; the Indian yell
low comes from the camel; ivory chips
produce the ivory black and boneblack
the exquisite prussian blue comes from
fusing horse hoofs and other refuse ami
NAL matter with impure potassium car
Donate; various lakes are derived from
roots, banks and gums; blue black comes
from the charcoal of the vine stock
turkey red is made from the madden
plant, which grows in Hindustan; the
yellow sap Of Siam tree produces gam
boge; raw sienna is the natural earth
from the neighborhood of Siena, Italy
raw lumber is an earth found near Um-
bria and burned; india ink is made
from burned camphor; mastic is made
from the gum of the mastic tree, which
grows in the Grecian archipelago; bis
ter is the SCOT of wood ashes; very little
real ultramarine, obtained from the
precious lapis lazuli, is found in the
market; the Chinese white is zinc, scar
let is iodide of mercury, and vermilion
is from the quicksilver ore cinnabar.
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Pretsnsions of King Menelik.

The missionary Flad, German, be-
longing to Wurttemberg, writing from
Abyssinia, says that one Goban Desta,
who was educated near Basic and has
been colporteur of the English Bible
society, working in Harrar and Shoa,
was taken and put in chains merely be-
cause he wrote reports to Europe. King
Menelik seemed determined to suppress
every one who might report his prepa-
1ations against the Italians. The king is
surrounded, says Mr.. Flad, by French
and Russian courtiers and boasts be-
forehand Of his victory over the Italians,
and how he means to set forth from the
Tigre to Jerusalem to free the Holy City.
He needs the help IF Rpssia and prom
Uses rich booty to his soldiers. He thinks
he will do all this as easily as he car
ried out raid lately against the Gallas,
killing the men and making slaves OF
the women and children. He declares
he is direct descendant Of David and
Solomon. London News.
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aonerenrs o. nrsrnane noted that
both Hans AH 6ss wife wore very grave
faces In 4w days they announced
that yon1e traveller from Boston waa
dangerousl s. nf com
up stairs, and the Dutch physiciaai-
who had but just arrived from Holland
was sent for. He came again and
again, and the faces of the worthy
couple showed deep sympathy for the
youthful guest. Finally the doctor came
in the middle of the night and staid till
morning, but the soul of his patient fed
before the dawn.
Heavy grief o'erhung the Schneist
household, and the Wursthaus was
closed till after the funeral Even then
old Hans showed a settled grief in his
altered demeanor.
Observant neighbors noted that the
big butt in the corner was never used
after the soldiers drank from it, and
when few months had sped, and COM
parsons came to be made, it was found
that the gray cloaked phantom had
never been seen since the young stranger
was taken sick. 1t was also commented
upon that no one came from Boston to
inquire about him. But there was a
many who believed till their dying day
that it was a genuine ghost that had
been seen by Jacob Twiller ct al, Gid
ing along the old Bowerie road.-Pierce
W. Hart in New York Advertiser.
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Not His Funeral.

Blufkins wrote very bad hand gen
orally, but in writing hurriedly, max
ing an appointment with a friend, he
excelled even himself.
He had left the letter lying for halt
an hour, and on going to address the
envelope he happened to glance at his
epistle.
Scarcely word could he decipher,
but calmly inclosing it he said to him.
self:
''After all, what does it matter? It's
Hawkins has to read it, not L Dos
ton Budget.
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If man at the very beginning was
hirsute, when did he afterward yearn to
get rid of at least portion Of his hair?
That brings us down at once to shaving
At first the hairs on the jaws and chin
must have been plucked out singly.
Could a process of this kind, carried
out during Unreasonable periods, have
produced comparatively beardless race,
as are our Indians? If man shaved first
wild, shell OF a hit Of -fiints his suffer
ings must have been intense Prehis-
toric men in Great Britain, Ireland,
France and Italy used bronze razors, for
we find them today. Generally these
razors had tang, with hole in the
tang, so that they could be suspended.
The razors are rounded ON the edge and
resemble in shape those of the Chinese.
New York Times,
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When the sinker trailed at the bot
tom Of the sea approaches mass of
metal-a lost anchor, parted iron
chain, broken telegraph cable; still
more, a sunken ironclad-the electric
indicator in the mahogany case ON ship
board sounds more or less loudly, ac-
cording to the nearness of the sinker to
the submerged mass, and so the posi-
ton of the latter can be pretty accurate
ly ascertained before divers are sent
down.
Much time wasted in painful crop
ings in the dark by the divers under the
special difficulties of their condition
may thus be avoided. The submarine
detector was primarily designed to en-
. able warships to discover anchored tor
pedoes, and the connection eata he'd
by the sinker was intended also to serve
as a means of firing in safety torpedo
discovered by the 'detector. Cham
bers' Journal
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THE cANNY SCoTcHMAN.
His Vices and His Virtues Compared With
Those Of Other Folks.

Those Of Other Folks.
One is not quite sure that the religi-
osity of the Scotch makes them so much
more virtuous than people who pay less
attention to ''the means Of grace. " But
while it cannot readily be proved that
they have more of the positive virtues
than their neighbors there is at least
some reason to believe that they are
freer from few of the ugly vices than
their southern cousins, although when
the Scot is bad he is very bad. When he
gives way to drink, for instance, he
runs to great lengths But it will be
found that there is much less wife beat
ing (there being nothing in Scotland at
all resembling the frightful practice of
''clogging" known in Lancashire
towns), much less cruelty to children,
much more kindness and fellow feel
ing among the Scottish people than
among the English, while at the same
time the Scotch are not nearly so clan
nish as the Irish. the Jews or the Chi
| nese.
In his poem ON Nothing" Rochester
has classed "Scotch civility" along with
"French truth and 'Hibernian learn
ing'' as being nonexistent. Even Walter
Scott causes Mr. Owen to speak Of 6
typical Scot like Bailie Nicol Jarvie, as
"that cross grained crabstick of the
Saltmarket, and are we not told that
the term "Scot" as we'll as Gael" de
rived from a word for "wind, !" means
"the violent, stormy people?" In spite
Of all this and much more to the same
end the Scot, take him all in all, is MOI
fairly chargeable with being lacking il
courtesy. The word "couthy" (the op
posite or positive of "uncouth, (" dimin
utived by the addition of the termina
"y''), signifying a combination of quiet
kindliness and sweetness of manner, hai
no English equivalent, and thus would
seem to indicate peculiarly Scotch
quality, which, it may be said, tends t.
wane considerably with the growth O.
commercialism, giving place to brus
query peculiarly the outcome of thu
crush" of business, and what Carlyle
called the "mere cash nexus' between
man and man.
Scottish speech abounds in what may
be called pet words, which would seen
to testify that, whether the Scotch b.
stormy and sharp tongued or not, the,
can, upon occasion, be as insinuatingl,
smooth tongued as the willy Italian him
self. -Westminster Review.
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YaE srRAyEp REvELER.


As she fees up the mountain side
The valley is astir
EithFkay companions racing wide
In vain pursuit of her.
In every tangled copse they seem
To see her streaming hair,
And where the wild white lilies CLEAN
Her face lily there.
But. laughing, hand to side to still
The beating of her heart,
Tiptoe upon the lonely hill
She stands, with lips apart.
The gay rout passes, and there falls
A silence in the place.
Again the cuckoo softly calls,
The watchful squirrels race.
Then, like sigh among the trees,
A wind is softly heard,
And, like leaf blown down the breeze
There darts a songless bird.
For one swift moment then she slips
Into a world apart.
She thinks of mold upon her lips
And dust about her heart.
Frank Tooker in Century.
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One day a mule who was drawing q
cart along highway suddenly came to
stop and began lamenting his hard
fate.
"How, now, you ingrater' shouted
the peasant in reply. "Are you not well
fed and lodged. and do I ever ask You
to work ON the Sabbath day?"
''But behold the muddy highway |"
replied the mule. my strength is taxed
to the utmost to pull my load.
Idiot of a mule, it is owing to the
mud that I have loaded the cart with
only 600 pounds If there was no mud,
I'd insist that you draw 1,000W
Moral The man who complains of O
pimple may have escaped boil. DE
troit Free Press.
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Condemned.

"Here is cigar" said the dealer,
"that would like you to give trial. u
"All right, T" said Watts. Gland il
over.
It was handed over. WI
"What do you think of it?'' asked the
dealer.
"It doesn't deserve trial." said
Watts. "It ought to be lynched. In
kanapolis Journal
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Gratitude.

Gratitude is short cut to sincere and
lasting friendship Some people COM
plain that they have no friends. Have
they never had favor done to them?
Why, every man has had score of ia
vors done him every day of his lifel
Those who bear it in mind, who say a
word of hearty thanks. who watch a
chance to do a favor in return, never
lack friends
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WHY MOTT

Our memories are shadow views
On which the fancy plays.
HTis fancy gives that tender charm
To long departed days.
Like modern finishers, who work
Upon the pictured face,
II fills out dim, uncertain lines
With it's own curves of grace.
It softens what is harsh and hard;
1t shadows what is bold;
It wipes out times defacing marks
Each telltale frown and fold.
Then hghtens up the doctored scene
With its dim, mystic rays,
And we, enraptured, gaze and cry.
80 dear departed daysi"
Now fancy is a servant that,
Though hayward, may be led.
Let's bid it leave the past and work
On passing days instead.
1t can make present ills seem light,
The present joys enhance,
And prose is turned to poesy
Where its soft colors glance.
All things are good, all things are bad
When thus they seem to be,
And life is this or life is that,
Just as we think or see.
Laura G. Carr in Boston Transcript.
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"What dat mule good foh?"
"He amt good fob much, was the
reluctant reply.
"Kin he pull er kyaht?"
''Not fur. -
"Whut's he good foh?"
"Well, I guess he ain good fob much
'cep' tradin. l'ze jes keepin i'm fob 'er
ewappin mule Washington Star.
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WHEAT AND CLOVER.

On one side slept the clover,
On one side sprang the wheat.
And /, like a lazy lover,
Knew not which seemed more sweet
The red caps of the clover
Or the green gowns of the wheat.
The red caps of the clover,
They nodded in the heat,
And as the wind went over
With nimble, flying feet
1t tossed the caps Of clover
And stirred the gowns Of wheat.
o rare red caps Of cloveri
o dainty gowns Of wheatI
You teach lazy lover
How in his lady meet
The sweetness Of the clover,
The promise of the wheat.
London Spectator.
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Castoria..

"Castoria is so well adapted to children that
recommend it as superior to any prescription
known TO me-"
II. A. ARCHER, N. D.,
III So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. z.
sour physicians in the children's depart
ment have spoken highly of their expert
ence in their outside practice with Castoria,
and although we only have among our
medical supplies what is known as regular
products, yet we are free to confess that the
merits of Castoria has won US to look with
favor upon it."
UNITED HOSPITAL AND DIsPENsARY,
Boston, Mass.
ALLEN c. SMITH, Pres,
urrav Street, New York City.
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Castoria.

"Castoria is an excellent medicine for chill
.dren. Mothers have repeatedly told me of its
good effect upon their children"
DR.. G. G. OseooD,
Lowell, Mass.
"Castoria is the best remedy for children OF
which am acquainted. hope the day is not
far distant when mothers will consider the real
interest of their children, and use Castoria in
stead of the various quack nostrums which are
destroying their loved ones, by forcing opium,
morphine, soothing syrup and other hurtfui
agents down their throats, thereby sending
them to premature graves"
DIR. ]. F. KINcHELoE,
Conway, Ark.
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PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
THE STANDARD RAILROAD OF AMERICA.
PROTECTED THRoUGHoUT BY
Block SIGNALS and InRrlOCking Switches
IN EFFECT JULY az, 1895.
aims Leave Mount HoEIu as ToIEot0s::

Trains leave Mount Holly as JoIIows:
For Philadelphia, $50. 800, e.52, 71O. LA To-
SOL, 9.l6, ll.20 A. M. 1851, Q.32, MQndays
only 2.so. 5o4, 5;l6. Gil, ri, s:se, lO.50H N.
On Sundays 6.45, S.31 A. NJ, 1908, sos, 7.34 p N
For Pembert0n, 703, 9.28. IL .O5, A. NJ, l.37 30
4.22. AL, 5.44. 6.2l, 1906 7.43, P. M. Sundays
S.l6, 1926 A. NJ, los P. NJ.
For B0rdentown, Trenton and New York, 6.35
7.25, 9,15, 1918. A. NJ, 1890, 4.15. 7l5, Pm.
For East Darlington, 6.35, 725 815 9.15, 1875, A
M, 1890, 3, 4.l5, $40, 7.25. P. M.
Sundays trains to East Burlington, 7.25. s35
9.25, 1890, A. NJ, 1900 205, 40 6.l5, 1885, P. N.
For Lewistown, Columbus, KiDkora, etc.
7.0S A. NJ, l.37, AL P. NJ. On Sundays, 7.0t
p. M.
For Lumperton, Medford. Marion and Had.
dOnfield, 9.35 A. M.
For Vincentown, 1895, 6.2l P. M.
For Toms River, 9.2s, 1852 AM, 210, AL, 5.44P N
Sundays, SIG Am.
For Trenton and New York, via Pemberton
and kinkora, 1877 2.10, AL P. NJ. Sundays
7.05P.M.
For Tuckerton, 926 A. NJ. 44lP.M.
Trains teave for Mount Holly as JosEos0s:
From Philadelphia. 600, 6.s5, $50, $40
1000. ll.s0A. NJ, 1890 (l.30, Saturdays only
.320, AGO. 4.s0, 800. $40, $40, $40, $780, 1886
Il.45 P. M On Sundays, 7.S0, 40 A. NJ, LOO
900, 1890 P. M.
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THIS cHINAMAN KNEW ENGLISH.
A Genius For Expression Equal to Hi
Scientific Equipment.

A Genius For Expression Equal to His
Scientific Equipment.
At the business ports of China it is
customary for the Europeans to issue
what is called an express ii. e., a
special bill printed and delivered quick
ly by hand, announcing the arrival Of
any special goods, etc., as means of
advertisement Our friend John China
man at Canton, not to be outdone in this
style, issued the following epistle as an
express" last month, and which is
highly amusing:
FOR SALE.
Best Peppermint Oil Made From Its Really
Leafs.
Can Be Durable For the Sicknesses of Male
Female or Boy.
Dizzy.-Use to put or wipe few drops on the
forehead, both sides under eyebrows, nosehoIei
and both sides the back of ears.
Fever.-Wipe on the forehead and noseholes
Fit.-Wipe most to the noseholes, and drinl
few drops mixed with tea.
Giddy.-Wipe both sides of forehead AND
noseholes.
Gout or Goutswollen.-Wipe both sides Of
forehead, noseholes and much to the breast
| Headache.-Wipe on the forehead and nose
holes. Believe us. CHoY THooNG SUNG.
Tai-pin Gate, Outside Brass Smith Road, Can
ton.
London Tit-Bits.
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Union Transportation company.

TuckertOn Railroad.
Leave Mount Holly tor Tuckerton 9.26 A. NJ.
AL P. M, daily except Sunday.
Leave Tuckerton tor Mount Holly, 7.0S A. NJ,
BOB 2. M. daily except Sunday
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Medford, Marion and Philadelphia.

Other trosns for Mount Holly ieave as foltosos
From New York. via Trenton and Burlington
500, 800 A. M, 100. 400, 800 P. N.
From Trenton, TAO. 9.25, l1.0S A. M, 2.53, $40
TOO p. M.
From East Burlington, 7.52, s.45, 9 45. ll.4S. A.
M, Los, $50. 4.60, 5.52. $50. z 90, P. M.
Sunday trains from East Burlington. 7.52, 800
$780, HOO, A. M, 1928, 235. AS, 100. 500. p. M.
From Toms River, $50. 757 A. M, l2.4l, 1852.
6.37 P. M. Sundays, $50 NJ.
From Asbury Park, $40, Ills A. M, 2.l3, $40
Pm.
From Medford, ll.55 A. M.
From Beach Haven, 100 A. M, 2.55 P. M.
From Island Heights, 6.SS. TAB A. NJ, 1926, 337,
6.2z Pm.
From Long Branch 6.2s. HOO. A. M, 1.55, sos
p. NJ. Sundays, 90 P. NJ.
ll.00. A. M, 12.40, All, 6.03, $40 p N. Sundays,
so GA. A.. $50 LOOP. M.
From PembertOn (south), 1888 A. NJ, 4.S8, 800
p. M. On sundays, TIA P. M.
From VincentOwn 6.45 A. M, LBS P. M.
From Hightstown, via Pemberton, 7.05. 1000
A. M, 7.05 P. M. Sunday $40 A. M. via Bur
iington ,ll.O2 AM, 7.02 Pm