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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-10-05
THE wooDPEcKER.
Four characteristics of the Little Drum
mer of the Woods.

Four characteristics of the Little Drum
mer Of the Woods.
There is an article by Frank M.
Chapman in St. Nicholas on 1.-THE
Little Drummer of the Woods giving
much curious information concerning
the woodpecker Mr.. Chapman says;
If we had woodpecker in our hands,
we should see in the beginning that its
bill is not slightly hooked, with the
upper mandible turned down at its end
and overlapping the under mandible, AS
in the crow and other birds that ''pick
up living" but that both mandibles
are of equal length and cut squarely
off at the tip. 1t is, therefore, like a
wedge or ohisel.
Perhaps the tip of the birds tongue
will be seen appearing through its near
ly closed mandibles, and our attention
is at once attracted by its peculiar
shape. We discover that it is remark
ably long, and when fully extended
reaches almost if not quite an inch be-
yond the point of the bill It is not
fat, like the crows, but round and
feshy, and has a sharp, horny point,
which, by looking at it very closely, we
see has a series of barbs ON both sides.
In the meantime our hands have
doubtless been pricked by the birds
tail feathers, each feather being stiff,
bristly and pointed at the end Some
of the larger woodpeckers-the pileated
and ivorybill, for instance-have this
singular kind Of tail feather highly de-
veloped The main stem or shaft Of the
feather is much larger than usual, and
each barb growing from this shaft is
curved downward and inward and is
strong and pointed. Comparing this
feather with the fiat tail feather of a
crow, we see at once how different it is
in form.
The wings do not impress us as in
any way unusual. They are neither
very long nor very short, but the ar
rangement of the toes is so peculiar
that they were at once commented upon
by blind girl, TO whom / had handed
a specimen of one of these birds In
stead of the disposition common to most
birds, three toes directed forward and
one backward, we discover two front
toes and two hind ones. and we will
note also that each toe is armed with a
strong curved nail
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-10-05

At very early period in the north
ern republics of Italy commerce and
manufacture became very active. due in
a great measure to the stimulus given
by the maritime supremacy of the cities
of Genoa, Pisa and Venice and to the
corresponding activity in trade in such
prosperous interior cities as Milan,
Florence, Bologna and Padua. Milan
and Mantua gave us milliners and man
tua makers, and Leghorn attached its
name to certain kind of hat and straw.
England, Ireland and Scotland have
given a number of names to fabrics
made in certain localities, of which
tweeds, cheviots and linsey wOolsey are
familiar examples Worsted comes from
the village of Worsted, near Norfolk,
and drugget may be traced to Droghe-
da, Ireland.
Other materials of diverse origin are
batiste, SO called from its French in
ventor, Baptiste, and grenadine, which
was first made in Grenada. The deri-
walton of the word jet is quite interest
ing. 1t was first found near the river
and town of Gagas, in Asia Minor,
whence its old French name, gagate,
jayet or jaet, which eventually devel-
oped into the English jet.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-10-05
CUNNING OF THE LEFT HAND

Some of the Advantages That Are Pos
sessed by the Ambidextrous.
Ambidextrous men and women, or
those who can use either right or left
hand with equal facility, are not near
ly SO frequently met with as might at
first be supposed-in fact, they are quite
rare. This double faculty is, however,
much more frequently met with among
butchers and sailors than in any other
walks of life. Left handed butchers are
numerous, as walk through any Of
our large market houses will quickly
demonstrate, but it is very interest
ing study to watch one of them who
will cut, chop, saw and handle his
meat without once changing it from
one side to the other on the block or
changing his own position
In view of the many advantages de-
rived from the ability to use both hands
equally well many people have often
expressed surprise at the action of edu-
cational authorities in insisting on the
use of only the right hand instead of
trying to develop an equal skill in the
other. They all stick to the right hand
ed idea, however, and an old resident
of Frankfort, noted for his ambidex-
trousness, is still mourning the loss of
a prize at school through the use Of his
left hand in writing, although he was
equally skillful as penman with his
right.
The benefits derived from the use Of
both hands were excellently illustrated
IN the experience of two carpenters who
lived in Frankfort some years ago,
Their names were Cross and Walton,
and the former was right handed, the
latter left handed AS one was also
very tall and the other very short, they
made curious couple, but they always
worked together laying floors and put,
ting up joiners' work in buildings.
They could take jobs of this charao-
ter cheaper than any other, because
they could work from either end toward
each other so handily. Cross would
square floor board at one end and
Walton would scribe and cut it off
to fit at the other end and then nail
down, working together from opposite
ends.
Left handed machinists are always
at disadvantage, as machinery is in
variably adapted to people who work
right handed, but the ambidextrous
man or woman is always at home in
whatever work is undertaken. -Phila-
delDhia Record
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ERRORS IN LIVING.
Mans Excessive Appetite and the Body's
Capacity For Food.

Mans Excessive Appetite and the Body's
Capacity For Food.
To the lay mind nothing seems to au-
CUR SO strongly in favor of robust health
as a hearty appetite. Furthermore,
there would seem to be strong con-
viotion in the public mind, sanctifed
by tradition from time almost imme-
mortal, that the more man eats the
better he is. The quantity Of food that
many people naturally eat is very large
as compared with their actual physi-
illogical requirements Add to this the
many tempting forms in which food is
presented to the palate by our modern
culinary arts, the sharpening of the ap-
petite by the anteprandial cocktail, the
stimulus afforded the appetite by bot
tie of good wine, and the result is often
the consumption of an amount of food
that simply overwhelms the assimila-
tive organs. Such indulgence, if unre-
stricted and habitual, taxes both the as
similative and the excretory organs to
their highest capacity, especially when
coupled with sedentary life, and, more
over, it lends an additional impetus to
the evils springing from the use Of i'm
proper quality of food.
The human celebrating and excretory
mechanism was evidently adjusted for
ordinary wear and tear to an average
limited period of about 20 years. I'm
der 40 per cent Of extra work we must
naturally expect impairment or break
down of the mechanism much earlier.
1t should therefore excite no special
surprise thatso large proportion of our
well to do people die from Bright's dis
ease, heart failure and allied diseases at
90 or 90 who should, and under prop
erly regulated lives and habits would,
have attained the natural age of 70 or
over. Paradoxical though it may seem,
such people usually spring from excep-
| tionally healthy stock and often point
with pride to the fact that their imme-
diate ancestors lived to advanced ages
of 80years or more. This paradox, how
ever, is more apparent than real, for in
vestigation will usually reveal the fact
that for the most part the parents in
such cases were people of more simple
AoNAScJ SSaOh etS SOAANEk WAbA ANOW
England life 70 or 100 years ago.
The truth is that the we'll to do man
Of today lives in faster age than that
of his father and grandfather. He meets
with greater opportunities and posi-
bilities and therefore greater stimulus
to all his energies. He more easily ac-
quires pecuniary resources, and in
larger amounts, and therefore he pos
sesses greater luxuries of domestic life.
With these come greater temptations to
excess. While he has often inherited a
splendid constitution from his ances-
tors, unlike them he has run his phys
ioal mechanism at breakdown rate,
and it must of necessity more quickly
wear out.-Charles W. Purdy, M. D.,
in North American Review.
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Our Temperature.

The ordinary temperature of an adult
when thermometer is placed in the
armpit is 9S.4 degrees, in the mouth
80. 8 degrees. The blood is about 100
degrees. Blood heat is marked on the
thermometer at 80 degrees F. In fevers
this is much exceeded, and the heat of
the patient may rise to 105 degrees or
100 degrees. A higher temperature than
this will generally prove fatal unless
it descends very quickly. The highest
temperatures recorded have been in
some cases of rheumatic fever, when
that of the body rose to 100 degrees
and even to Ill degrees.
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Ten Thousand releerams At once.

In 1871, at a celebration held in New
York in honor of Professor Morse, the
original instrument invented by him
was exhibited, connected at that mo-
ment by wire with every one of the TO-
900 instruments then in use in the coun-
try. At signal message from the in
ventor was sent vibrating throughout
the United States and was read at the
same time in every city from New York
to New Orleans and San Francisco. =
st. Nicholas.
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An Interpretation.

81 wonder said Mrs. Cumrox
thoughtfully, what that nice, old fash
Toned lady means by putting P. P. G. >
on her card. y
THAT means she is going away" re-
piled her daughter.
"Oh, l see, and she wants us to know
that she is going to travel in Pullman
palace car. Washington Star.
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COUNTING APPLE SEEDS.


Beside the hearth one winter night,
Made rosy by the great logs light,
That, flaming up the chimney dark,
Hit every Granny, every nook,
Upon the rug little maid
Sat curled in pose demure and staid
In pensive mood, with dreamy eyes,
She sits, while up the chimney flies
thought with every fiery spark,
Glinting and flashing through the dark,
Till with a sigh profound and deep
She moves as one moves in her sleep.
A rosy apple in her hand
weight Of thought seems to demand.
She taps it with a finger light,
Then carefully she takes bite,
Another bite, now one, now two.
The core is thus exposed to view.
Another sigh! What can it be,
My little maid, that aileth theeY
Ali What is this9 Some incarnation,
Muttered with such reiterationY
Harkl As each seed her bright ewes see.
These are the words that come to me:
"One love, two love,
Three l love, sayi
Four love with all my heart,
Five cast away"
Here tear rolls brightly down.
What the secret she has wonP
Who can sayI But just behind
Sounds voice so soft and kind:
Look againl Thou must indeed
Find for me another seedI"
Roster her bright cheeks grow
In the firelight's rudy glow.
Sure enough, culprit seed
Finds she In the core indeed.
From thy lips fain would hear
What the sixth one means, my dear"
Six he loves, she murmured low.
And the frelght's Pickering glow
Two happy faces now disclose,
With cheeks a-glowing like the rose.
But here we'll let the curtain fall,
For the end is best of all.
Sacramento Union.
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"ANGELS UNAWARES."

A figure by my f1reside staid.
Plain waB her garb and yelled her faca
A presence mystical she made
Nor changed her attitude nor place.
Did neglect my household ways
For pleasure wrought of pen or book2
She sighed murmur of dispraise,
At which methought the rafters shook.
Me young Delight did often win
Ny patient limits to outgo.
Thereafter, when entered in,
That shrouded guest did threatening
show
The SHOWS of life to chill me fell
Where many a gracious mate lay dead
And moved my heart to break the spell
By that ungracious phantom laid.
Now, who art thou that didst not smile
When my maddest jest devisedP
Who art thou, stark and grim the while
That men my tune and measure prizedf
Without her pilgrim staff she rose,
Her weeds of darkness cast aside,
More dazzling than Olympian SHOWS
The beauty that those weeds did hide.
Most like solemn symphony
That lifts the heart from lowly things,
The voice with which she spoke to me
Did loose Contrition at it's springs
o Duty, visitor divine,
Take all the wealth my house affords.
But make thy holy methods minel
Speak to me thy surprising words
Neglected once and undiscerned,
pour my homage at thy feet
Till thy sacred law have learned
Nor Joy nor life can be complete.
Julia Ward Howe in Independent.
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INVASION OF WASHINGTON.
Admiral Cockburn's British Soldiers Loot
ed and Fired the Public BuiIdings.

Admiral Cockbur British Soldiers Loot
ed and Fired the Public Buildings.
The last glimmer of twilight was
fading away when latter the battle at
Bladensburg, two miles distant from
Washington into the we'll nigh desert
ed city rode the redou btable Cockburn
at the head of his band of marauders, I"
writes Clifford Howard in The Ladies'
Home Journal of the invasion and burn
ing of our national capital by the Brit
ish forces under Admiral Cock burn in
August, 1914. "Elated at their decisive
victory over force nearly twice as
large as their own and thirsting for
spoils, the red coated soldiers marched
triumphantly toward the capitol. Dis
charging their firearms at the windows,
the soldiers burst in the doors and with
shout of triumph carried their leader
to the speakers chair, from which, with
mock gravity, he put the question,
Shall this harbor of the Yankee democ-
racy be burned? A yell of affirmation
rang through the hall, and without fur
Their preliminaries papers and other
OOAAOuStlDlOS WSI6 p41Su uuu6E bu6 u6ShS
and set ON fire. In a few minutes this
noble edifice that had been in course Of
construction more than 90 years and
containing the library of congress and
vast quantities of official documents of
great historical value was destroyed.
Now thoroughly aroused to their
work of plumber, bowling crowd of
the desperate marauders hurried to the
White House in the hope perchance of
capturing the president and his wife.
Finding the house locked and deserted,
they battered down the doors, and, con-
selling themselves for the loss of their
distinguished captives by ruthless de-
struction of the furniture, they raided
the larder and RECALLED themselves with
a hastily prepared feast in the state
dining room. Then, destroying the re-
manning provisions and breaking and
mutilating whatever they could readily
lay their hands on. they concluded their
visit by setting fire to the home of the
president. Numerous other public and
private buildings were also destroyed
nv fro -
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INC plstinctlon was rhere.

"You women, said he in the pecu-
liarly exasperating way man has Of
saying those two words, You women
buy bargain things because they are
cheap"
"We do not, " said she. ''We buy
cheap things because they are bargains. "
The distinction was almost too subtle
for the laundering masculine intellect,
but it was there. indianapolis Journal
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Recent statistics show that the Eng
lish citizens heaviest bill, after food,
rent, clothing and drink, is his gas bill.
England pays 500, 00O,0 900 a year to
the gas companies, and it is calculated
that the gas companies realize a profit
of e26, 900, 900 year.
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Mabel-Mr Sweetser tells me l am
the only woman in the world he cares
anything about
Edith suppose he doesn't class
May Golding among women. / know
he always calls her an angel. Boston
TRANSCRIPT
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ESTABLISHED 1879.
HER ONLY FAULT.

As went to my bachelor chamber one night
And reflected on life as put out the light
I resolved that the clubs would visit no more
But devote my affections to dear Isadore.
She is faultless in figure and lovely in face,
Every movement the very perfection Of grace
So confiding and gentle, congenial and sweet
That the stoics and cynics are all at her feet.
Like the wings of the humming bird over the
keys
Fly her tapering fingers in Liszt's potpourris;
She excels on the harp and the Spanish guitar,
And her voice is soprano that reaches to "a
She is witty and brilliant in quick repartees,
And she sings cavatinas with marvellous Els,
Conversation in German and French can sus-
tain,
And has travelled in Italy, Egypt and Spain.
All the tender emotions so secuted before
We're aroused in my heart for the fair Isadore,
But my growing affections are nipped in the
bud
For she will drag her skirts through the streets
in the mudi
W. Il. Morris in New York Ledger.
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Melting.

1t was evident to the praoticed per-
ceptions Of the young woman that he
was in melting mood.
As if to verify her aoumen, as soon as
her father appeared the young man ran.
indianapolis Journal.
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GEORGE D. WORRELL,
Cor. Mill and Pine Sts., Mount Holly.

LAW OFFICES OF
CHARLES G. COE,
TEMPLE COURT.
New York, March l, 1891
Mr.. GEORGE d. WoRRELL,
Dear Sir:-I am informed by my client,
the Sunlight Incandescent Lamp Co., that the
attorney for the Welsbach Light Company
has sent you circular letter, asserting that
the Sunlight IncaDdesoent burner is an in
fringement of the patents-owned by the Wells
bach Light Company.
At the request of the Sunlight Company, l
have made careful examination of the pat
ents owned by the Welsbach Light Co. and
l can assure V ou that the Sunlight Incandes-
cent burner and mantle does not infringe up
on or violate in any way or manner the pat
ents or rights of the Welsbach Light Co., and
l am fully confident that you or any of the
customers of the Sunlight Company will not
be held responsible or liable in any way to
the Welsbach Light Company for their sale
or use.
further INFORM you that l am directed and
authorized by the said Sunlight Company in
case suit is brought by the Welsbach Light
Company against you or any person selling
or using the Sunlight burner and mantle to
defend such suit without expense to you or
to any sellers or users of said Sunlight burn
ers or mantles. Yours truly,
CHARLES G. COE,
Attorney for Sunlight Incan-
descent Gas Lamp Co.
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Chess has been known in China and
Japan since 1000 B. @. The game Of
chess, as now played in Europe and
America, dates from the sixteenth CEN
fury.
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The star gazers of the Mount Hamil-
ton observatory say that there ara $780,
300, 900 burning suns in the milky way
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An old ruin has been uncovered on
the Moqui reservation in Arizona and
nearly 200 pieces Of perfect pottery
found
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STOCKS AND BONDS


Aliens Foot-Ease, powder tor the feet. 1t
cures peinful, swollen, smarting feet and in
stantly takes the sting out of corns and bum
ions. Its the greatest comfort discovery OF
the age. Aliens Foot Ease makes tight-fitting
or new shoes feel easy. 1t is a certain cure
for sweating, callous and hot tired, aching
feet. Try it Today. Sold by all druggi SITS and
shoe stores By mail for 25c. in stamps Trial
package FREE. Address, Allen S. Olmsted,
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Union transportation Company.
TuckertOn Railroad.

TuckertOn Railroad.
Leave Mount Holly tor Tuckerton 9.52 A. NJ
AL P. M, daily except Sunday.
Leave Tuckerton tor Mount Holly, 7.Os A. NJ,
3.03 P. M, daily except Sunday.
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Other trans for Mount Holly leave as JoltosOs.
From New York. via Trenton and Burlington,
800, $3.50, II 90 A. M, 100. 2.l0. 400, 500. $780,
p. M s+a
On Sundays. 1000 A. M, 100 Pm
From Trenton, 6.45. TAO. 1926, I'LL A. M, 2.53,
Ala, $40, 90, 9.55 p. M.
On Sundays, 6.l5, ll.50, A. M, 4O5, 9O6, Pm.
From East burlington, 100, 1853, $685. S.4S, 923,
1905 l046, ii .4S A. NJ LOS, $3.50, 49, $40. 55S,
2.05 P. NJ.
On sundays, 7.55, 900, 1880. A. M, 1890, 2.s5,
800 345, 49, 455 $50, 610, 700 7.3O, 500. $50,
1000 M
From Toms River, $50, 7.57 A. M. 1852, e.s4 P. M.
On Sundays $50 p N.
From AsDury Park, $50, A. M, 2.I3, 5.15 Pm.
From Medfofd ll.55 A. M.
From Long Branch, $685. A. M, l.55, 5.OOP. M.
On Sundays 500P. NJ.
From Fem6erton, (north) e.s5, 49, s57. II. 90
A. M, 1910, 40, 6l6 $40 M.
On Sundays, 72S A. M, 6.COP.M.
From Pemberton tsouth), 7.35 A. M, ABB P M.
On Sunday liar.
From vincentown, 6.45 A.. M, l.s5 P. NJ.
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PENNSYL wanna RAILROAD.
THE STANDARD RAILROAD OF AMERICA.
PROTECTED THROUGHOUT BY
Block Signals and IntGrl0Cking Switches
IN EFFECT OCTOBER 1. 1897.

Trains leave Mount Holly as JoJLos0s:
For Philadelphia, $50, 800, 6.52, ITO, 7.A, 749.
8.5l. 9l6. II 20 A. M, 1857, 230, 50I 5l5 GIG,
7.22, $685. 1880 P. M.
On sundays, 7.o6 A. NJ, 1908, 6.1S, 734, $50 Pm.
For Pemberton, 7.03 ll.O4 A. M, 1877, Az, Al,
5.44, 6.19, 7.33, P. M.
On Sundays, 1926, A. M, 100 p M.
For BordenIown, Trenton and New York, $50,
749, sls, l0.l5. l.05. A. NJ, $780, $780, 40, AT,
5.53, P. M.
On Sundays 9.23 A. M, 2O5, 100 M.
For East Burlington, $50, TBS, 7.49, S22, S.59,
9.lS, 1915 HOS A. NJ, 1890, 800, 4l0, AL 5l5,
5.53, 6.26. 7.25. s45, 1000 P. M. Saturday only
1l5P.M.
on Sundays 7.25, $50, 1926 A. M, 1900, 2O5, 2.3O
BIB, 3.4l, 4lo, 500, 5.S5, $40, 7.O5, 735, $50
Z $40. P. NJ.
For Lewistown, Columbus, Kinkora, etc.,
On Sundays, 7.05 P. M.
For LumDerton, Medford, Marion and Had
donf1eld. 9.35 A.
For Nfncentown, 1875, 6l9 P. NJ.
For Toms River, 9.2S, 9.52 A. M, AL, 5.44P.M.
On Sundays Sl6 A. NJ
For Tuckerton, Beach Haven and Barnegat
City, 9.52 A. M, AL P. M.
For Asbury Park and Long Branch, 81 A. NJ,
AL P. NJ.
On Sundays SIG AM.
Trains teaoe for Mount Holly as JoIIo,0s:
From Philadelphia. 900, $685. $50, &c. l0OO
dl2O, 1890. l30. $40, 400, 4.30, 500, 800 6.10
$50. 800. 1870. I1.45 P. M.
On Sundays, TO, $40 A. M, LOO 500. 1920 M
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Jasper never entered the house again.
He went home, packed up his things,
wrote hurried note in a disguised
hand to Phemie, who on the following
day would be 81 years old and come
into $500 a year, which had been left
her, to the disgust of her mother, by
her fond father-and Jasper went to
bed