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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-10-26
MY PAROQUET.


1 had a parrot once, an ugly bird,
With the most wicked eye l ever saw,
Who, though It comprehended all it heard,
Would only say, "Oh, pshaw"
1 did my best to teach it goodly lore.
l talked to it Of medicine and law.
1t looked as If it knew it all before
And simply said, ''Oh, pshawl'
sat me down upon a dry goods box
To stuff sound doctrine down its empty
craw.
It would have none Of matters orthodox,
But yawned and said, fOh, pshaw"
l talked to it of politics, finance.
hoped to teach the bird to say 'Hurrahl"
For my pet candidates when he'd chance.
He winked and chirped, "Oh, pshawl'
am for prohibition, warp and wool,
But that bird stole hard cider through q
straw
And tipped and teetered off at my reproof
And thickly said, ooh, pshawi'
Enraged, hurled a bootjaclz, missed my aim
And plugged a passing stranger in the jaw.
He wheeled to see from whence the missile
came.
The demon laughed, "Oh, pshawl''
gave the creature to an old maid aunt
And shook with parting grief its skinny
claw.
"He'n serve to cheer" she said, ''my lonely
hearth,
For I'd not marry the best man on earthi"
"Oh, pshawl' sneered Poll. "Oh, pshaw''
Emma Herrick Weed in New York Sun.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-10-26

In many of the great cities of Europe
whenever great festival is about to
take place all the questionable and sus-
picious characters are urged by the
police to take few days airing in the
country and to disappear for a time
from their accustomed haunts- This is
found preferable to putting them under
lock and key.
In Petersburg and Moscow and in vi
emma those who do not leave of their
own accord on being thus pressed are
shipped off by the police in a special
train, and Japan has recently adopted
the same excellent custom
Now, whenever popular pageant is
about to take place the Soshi-no- Kisha,
or train of blackguards, i" may be seen
steaming away into the country with
its freight Of known and suspected
malefactors
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-10-26

Compared with last year, there is a
decided reduction in the potato supply
A big shortage is indicated in the
Fcorn crop of 1897
The oat crop is moderate one, but
of fair quality
Returns indicate a heavy yield of
winter wheat
Most growers agree that level culture
of potatoes brings the largest crops
Professor j. c. Arthur of the Indiana
station has found that a solution of
formalin gives ON the whole better re-
suits than the corrosive sublimate in
preventing potato scab
Rural New Yorker says: Don't dig
the potatoes until the vines are entirely
dead The tubers grow while there is a
spark of life in the vines
The agricultural department, after
long experiments with lawn grasses,
declares that creeping bent is the finest
lawn grass known.
The government crop reports show
the apple promise as extremely low save
In the far west and on the Pacific coast.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-10-26
WRITING A STORY.

"Nona, how pretty they always read,
The stories out of the bedtime book.
The best liked was THE Daring Deed
About the terrible risk he took.
Mona, put the book on the shelf.
Ib'lieve I'll write a story myself.
"They're as easy to write as they are to read
Stories like those in the bedtime book,
And I'll call mine The Terrible Deed
And have it daring risk that he took,
And while tell it you will write,
And we'll have the story finished tonight.
No, don't feel sleepy at ALL
And I'm plenty warm with my arms out SO,
And Wen say the man was very tall,
And he and his horse were lost in the snow,
And then at his door he knocks and knocks
And we'll say that the man has craven locks.
"(Nona, I'll thank you not to say
That l am drowsy, and all like that.)
And the man kept knocking and knocked all
day.
Mona, what are you laughing at?)
And he was hungry and cold and mad,
For the weather was stormy and very bad.
"Then in the darkness he saw light
And he followed it, and he fercely strode
And through the forest and through the night
It brought him home in turn Of the road.
Twas the stable door where he'd stood and
stood,
For the house was farther on in the wood.
s'Now is 1t fnishedP Let me see--
I'm getting so-tired-that forget,
But I'm wide awake as can bel
haven't thought of-sleeping-yet
And remember-the hght-was-down the
road
And-the man-with the-craven-locks-
-strode."
30 ended the story which all may read,
Like to the one in the bedtime book,
But lacking still the daring deed
And the terrible risk that the hero took
And the sleeper hears in dreams the knocks
OF the hungry man with the "craven" locks
Mary Elizabeth Stone in independent
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-10-26
A BARN CAR.
It Lightens Farm Labor by Carrying En-
silage Manure.

It Lightens Farm Labor by Carrying En-
silage Manure.
The help problem among farmers is
today one of the most serious with
which they have to contend, and any
device that tends to lessen or save la
Dor will or should be hailed with de-
light as a boon of no little value. The
accompanying illustration is presented
in the hope that some one may be as
sisted in Tightening the farm labors by
the use of this ensilage or manure car
rier. It was formerly illustrated in
Farm, Field and Fireside and described
as follows by New York correspond
ent, who writes that he had seen it in
practical operation on dairy farm as
an ensilage carrier and in stable as q
manure carrier:
G G G is track of iron such as is
used for barn doors, and F car for
carrying the manure or ensilage. Fas-
ten the track securely to the ceiling
either ahead or behind the COWS, accord
ing as it is desired for use in feeding or
in stable cleaning, running it the whole
length or clear around the stable as is
most convenient, the carrier being SO
constructed that the wheels will turn
on curve in the track.
Four carrier wheels are bolted in
pairs to the blocks, A A, and hung to
the track, the blocks running close to the
track to prevent the wheels jumping
off.
These blocks are bolted to a heavy
scantling, B B, under them, to connect
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-10-26
WITH THREADS OF METAL
Tinsel Fabrics and the More Costly Bro
cades of Gold and Silver.

Tinsel Fabrics and the More Costly Bro
cades of Gold and Silver.
Tinsel fabrics are the lower priced of
the cloths into which gold or silver
threads have been woven. In tinsel fab
RIGS the gold threads are of brass or cop
per, gilded, and the silver threads are
of white metal These threads of metal,
originally fine wire, are rolled fiat and
FURNISHED, and they glisten in the fabric
wherever the pattern brings them to the
surface. Tinsel fabrics are made about
three-fourths of a yard in width, and
they sell at rs cents to So. so yard.
They come in various colors, and many
of them are beautiful and artistic in de-
sign. Some are copies of old Venetian
tapestries. Tinsel fabrics are used for
church and for theatrical purposes and
sometimes for gowns and for decorative
purposes.
The costlier fabrics, with interviewer
metal threads, are called gold and sill
yer brocades. In these the gold threads
are of silver, gold plated, and the silver
threads are of pure silver; the body of
the fabric is of silk. The brocades are all
beautiful, and many of them are ex-
ceedingly SO. These fabrics are made
about five-eighths of a yard in width,
and they sell at various prices up to $25
and sometimes as high as $50 yard
The costliest Of these fabrics are very
rarely imported into this country, bro
cades at $40 and $12 yard being about
the highest priced used here. If more
elaborate fabrics are required, they are
usually imported to order. The finer
fabrics, with metal threads, are made
in France, the commoner kinds in Ger
many.
Gold and silver brocades are here
used almost exclusively for church pur-
poses and chiefly for vestments. They
are imported in red, violet and green
and also in black with silver threads,
the black and silver being for mourning.
Gold and silver brocades are also used
to limited extent for decorative pur-
poses.
Such fabrics and gold embroidery,
often of the costliest description, are far
more commonly used in Europe than
here, both for church and for military
purposes. New York Sun.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-10-26
New Works Hay Crop.

Here is what the New York Sun says
about the states hay crop:
The New York hay crop is larger
than that of any other state in the
Union, but this year the recent heavy
rains damaged part of it. New York
state hay always has the commercial
advantage of access to market The
value of the New York hay crop is
$50, 900, 600 year, and what is called
New York state hay" is placed Oh the
same commercial plane as Kentucky
whisky, Maryland tobacco and Yer
mont maple sugar Maine and Vermont
are hay states to considerable extent,
while Connecticut and New Jersey
yield but little.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-10-26
Queen wilhelmina.

'It is impossible to realize that the
little Queen Wilhelmina is now II
years of age,'' said one of the clubwo-
men yesterday Like the little king of
Spain, she is expected to remain child,
but in less than month she will have
completed her seventeenth year, and in
another twelvemonth she will begin
her reign. Already husband for her is
being discussed, indeed may even be
chosen. The very stately official, speak
ing English with dignifed deliberation,
who showed us over the gloomy palace
at Amsterdam a few weeks ago spoke
of her majesty as young lady. He told
us that he had seen her grow up, as he
had been 10 years an employee Of the
palace The little queen lives most of
the time at The Hague, but is obliged
to spend some portion of the year at
Amsterdam. The sojourn generally lasts
but four days, and when one has seen
the ugly, gloomy palace one is not sur
prised to hear it is not favorite place
of living. The old arsenal in Central
park is as stately and elegant on the in
terror; the floors are alike in being
wide boarded and somewhat dilapidat-
ed. Our cioerone at the palace explain
ed that the rooms were dismantled at
this time, but prior to the queens arri-
val were clothed with rich carpets and
hangings. In the throneroom, he said,
Wilhelmina holds audiences, herself
seated upon the throne, with the queen
regent standing beside her. - New
York Tribune.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-10-26

SIT may interest you, children, said
the returned missionary, who was ad-
dressing the Sunday school, "if l tell
you of an adventure had once in In
dia. While going through jungle
came face to face with lion. There
was no chance to retreat, and l had
nothing to defend myself with. 1 stood
perfectly still and looked the fierce
beast steadily in the eye"
(Which eyer" asked breathless lit
tie boy in the infant class. Chicago
Tribune.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-10-26

Instant relief and permanent cure by
the great remedy Otto's Cure for Lun-
and Throat diseases. Why will you irri
tate your throat and lungs with that hack
ing cough when Wells & Son, Columbus
E. D. Prickitt, Mount Holly w. C. Jones
New Egypt, Edw. W. Rossell, Pemberton,
and Fl. 81. Leeds, Rancocas, sole agents
will furnish you free sample bottle OF
this guaranteed remedy? Its success is
wonderful, as your druggist will tell you.
Sample free. Large bottles SOC and Csc.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-10-26
News and Notes.

The next meeting of the Association
of American Agricultural Colleges and
Experiment Stations will be held al
Minneapolis, July 1915.
The farmers national congress meets
at st. Paul. Aug. 81 to Sept. 8.
Cutting timothy with the binder
The arguments on the subject are con-
vincing, says Rural New Yorker.
II you could cover a potato plant with
thin coating of bordeaux mixture, il
would be impossible for the blight fun
gus to start its work The plant could
not blight. That is what you aim to dc
in spraying.
According to one authority, barley is
the best hot weather grain for soiling.
The beet sugar industry in the United
States has been practically developed in
the last six years.
To keep hen manure use enough land
plaster to keep the manure perfectly dry
and store it under cover.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-10-26

The grand specific Tor the prevailing
malady of the age, Dyspepsia, Liver Com
plant, Rheumatism, Costiveness. General
Debility, ETC., is Bacon's Celery King for
the Nerves. This great herbal tonic
stimulates the digestive organs, regulates
the Liver and restores the system to vigor-
Gus health and energies. Sample free.
Large packages SOC and 25c. Sold only by
Wells & Son, Columbus; E. D. Prickitt,
Mount Holly; w. G. Jones, New Egypt
Edw. W. Rossell, Pemberton, and H. H.
Leeds. Rancocas
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-10-26
unaccountab1e Ignorance.

As trolley car turned off from Full
ton street, Brooklyn, the other afternoon
and came to standstill woman got
off who attracted attention by her slow
and painful movements, and woman
got on who moved with equal slowness
and effort. Both were very lame. This
incident afforded an opening for the
conductor, who said to a passenger on
the platform: cit beats all the number
of lame people you see lately in this
town. wonder where they all come
FROM
''Oh, you do, and you the conductor
Of a trolley carp was the sarcastic re-
ply Of the passenger. New York Times.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-10-26
OCTOBER WEATHER.
rheumatism Just Now to
be Feared.
People Catch Cold and Suffer with
the Prevalent MaIady.

People Catch Cold and Suffer with
the Prevalent MaIady.
Mr. 8. e. Chase's Experience-The Very
Simple Remedy He Used.
Rheumatism is growing more and more
prevalent here. And neuralgia adds its
tortures to the disease that is making life
burden to many in Mount Holly.
The cold wet weather, the carelessness
about getting the feet wet, or perhaps
some indiscretion in the diet, result in
the agonizing rheumatism. One part of
the system is attacked after another, and
sometimes the vital organs yield to it, SO
that the increased mortality rate of Oc-
tober is chiefly due to this disease and its
complications.
The methods of treatment are as differ
ent and widely varying as there are ply
sicians, but nothing has yet been discov-
cred that begins to equal the simple rem
edy used by s. E. Chase, a well-known G.
A. R. man of Waltham, Mass. He is an
old soldier, nearly seventy years of age,
and was all run down with chronic rheu-
matism, liver complaint, and heart dis
ease. In fact. he got pension for these
troubles. He was so low that he though t
he could not live long. But he used a
vegetable extract. called Palne's Celery
Compound, which, as he puts it did won
ders for me, and made me feel like new
man."
Mr.. Chase is doing all he can to spread
the good news of this compounds won
derful efficacy in rheumatism, neuralgia,
and nervous diseases. He already has
ten of his friends using it, and says he
can cure any one. When such a simple
preparation as this is known, which ap-
pears to be so reliable, it is foolish for any
one to suffer long.
Wiggins-"Wha makes Bjones look so
sad? Higgins-"He's just heard of the
perfection of the chainless wheel, and
his wife and four children ride"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-10-26

Nearly 200 varieties of Strawberries
have been tested at the station at Am
herst, Mass. The following are report
ed to be of greatest merit: Beverly,
Bubach, Brandywine, Enhance, Golden
Defiance, Greenville, Haverland, Lead
er, Lovett and Parker Earle The ten
most promising varieties of those less
generally grown were Arrow, Glen
Mary, Candy Belle, Towards No. IA,
Luther, Marston, Pacific, Princess, Rio
and Splendid.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-10-26
A ROYAL Relic.

At the recent German military ma
neuvers Emperor William ON one occa-
sion was smoking cigarette when he
saw approaching the carriage contain
ing the empress of Austria and the
queen of Italy. He at once threw away
his cigarette and galloped off to meet
them. Like horde of savages the crowd
of spectators threw themselves upon the
precious cigarette stump, fighting for
its possession. After a Homeric strug-
gle worthy peasant secured it. Sew
eral Englishmen surrounded him, and
he finally yielded up the imperial Gig
arctic, covered with mud, for several
pieces of good gold.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-10-26

them single bolt only being used in
each block, thus allowing the wheels to
turn the curve in the track as referred
to above.
D is crossbar above the car and to
which the car F is hung by rods, H H,
the lower ends Of the rods hooking into
staples near the bottom of the car.
There may be rod from the crossbar
D to the back end of the car to steady it
until ready to dump, which can be done
easily by simply unlocking this rod. O
is heavy swivel connecting the timber
between the two pairs of wheels and the
crossbar D.
By the handles at the forward end Of
the car it can be easily moved in either
direction upon the track, even when
fully loaded, the car holding about one
fourth of wagon load.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-10-26

Juliustown. N j., Sept. 27, 1S97.-My
mother has been sufferer with sicE
headaches. She decided to try Hood'l
Sarsaparilla and it has helped her very
much. l have taken it for the effects Of
the grip, and have not had any trouble
with sick headaches, caused by the grip
since taking this medicine. am now
better than have been for seven years
Raymond E. Lamb.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-10-26
The Small Unwashed.

The Lapp baby belongs to the class of
the small unwashed When its mother
is in particularly neat frame of mind,
she daubs fat on it, and that is all the
bathing that the youngster is likely to
get as it outgrows fondling and fat
clubbing in time
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-10-26
There was young man from Carlisle
Whose father had left him pisle.
He never would deign
To employ his breign
In aught but study of stysle.
of stysle.
Word or Two

to sufferers from catarrh will not be amiss
if cure can be offered. Ely's Cream
Balm has become favorite in all sections
of the United States. Your cold in the
head will be quickly relieved by it, and
the severest attack of catarrh will yield to
and be perfectly cured by a thorough
treatment. Catarrh is not blood disease
but an Inflammation of the passages Of the
nose and throat, due to climatic changes.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-10-26

for those who go to-day and get package Of
GRAlN-O. 1t takes the place OF coffee at
about "a the cost and can be given to the
children as well as to the adult with great
benefit. 1t is made of pure grains and looks
and tastes like the finest grades of Java coffee
tor Grain-O. l5c. and 25c
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-10-26
For Over Fifty Years.

MRS. WINsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP has been used
for over nifty years by millions of mothers for
their children while teething, with perfect
success, 1t soothes the child, softens the
gums, allays all pain, cures wind collie, and is
the best remedy tor Diarrhoea. 1t will relieve
the poor little sufferer Immediately. Sold by
Druggists in every part of the world. Twenty.
i've cents bottle. Be sure and ask for "Mrs.
M1nslow's Soothing Syrup" and take no other
kind.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-10-26

A miner in Staffordshire recently dis
covered petritied arm imbedded in the
solid stone or ore. The popularity of
the arm lies in the fact that the elbow
joint can be made to move to and fro as
though it consisted of flesh and blood
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-10-26

Don't give them tea or coffee Have you
tried the new food drink called Grain-O? It is
delicious and nourishing and takes the place
OF coffee. The more Graiu-O you give the
chlloren the more health you distribute
pure grains, and tastes like choice coffee but
costs about Il as much. All grocers sell it. l5c
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-10-26
Scent Was Strong.

Mrs Van Dyke (as Van Dyke appears
ut 3 a. m. Where have you been?
Van Dyke-I-er-
Mrs. Van Dyke-Now, be careful
what you say, William. Don't think
you can throw me off the scent.-Bos-
ton Herald
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-10-26
The Value of Cow Manure.

Cow manure does not heat quickly.
1t is therefore not in favor for forcing
beds or for crops where early results are
important. For this reason it ought al
ways to be partly composted, so as to
reduce its bulk before it is used. 1t is
excellent to mix with manure from the
horse stable, because the latter, being
drier, is much more likely to become
fire fanged" from the entire destruc-
ton of its vegetable fiber Yet in actual
value the slower COW manure is more
nearly equal to horse manure than is
generally supposed.
From fattening cattle fed as horses
are on hay and oats the excrement is
quite as rich as that from horses, and
it does not differ from the latter SC
much as is commonly supposed. Careful
experiments have shown that on full
ration fed to young growing cattle only
6 per cent of the nutrition of food went
to make growth. With milk COWS Civ
ing milk this proportion was increased
to SO per cent. Considering the amount
Of nutrition which COW in full flow Of
milk manufactures from its food every
day this result is remarkable. In fat
tening animals the food eaten furnishes
in flesh or fat far less nutrition than
this. American Cultivator.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-10-26

Minister was very much grieved
to hear that your husband goes fishing on
the Sabbath" Mrs. Angleyarn-'Ye Yes
but he doesn't recount his experiences
until Monday"
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should take to heart Too many mothers
of the present day bind their children upon
the altar of neglect and misunderstanding
all unmindful that benehcent providence
forbids the sacrifice.
Women who expect to be mothers dc
not care for their own health as they
ought and thus the health and lifelong
welfare of the prospective little one is
sacrificed. All women should know and
use the health supporting power of DR..
Pierce'S Favorite Prescription in every
ing to maternity
This special organism is directly strength.
ened and reinforced by this wonderful Pre-.
scription." 1t renders the ordeal of moth.
erhood entirely safe and comparatively
easy; it gives constitutional energy and
vigor to both mother and child; it absolutely
cures every form of female weakness and
disease. 1t is the only medicine in exist
ence devised for this particular purpose by
an educated, skilled physician of thirty
years experience in this special field of
practice. A full account of its marvellous
properties is given in one chapter of DR.
Pierce's thousand-page illustrated book
The Peoples Common Sense Medical Ad
WISER" a paper-bound copy of which will
be sent on receipt of twenty-one one-cent
stamps to pay the cost Of mailing only, OF
handsomely cloth bound for thirty one
stamps. Address Worlds Dispensary Med
ical Association, Buffalo, N. Y. Every wo
man should read this book.
w. R. Malcolm of Knobel Clay Comfy, Ar
kansas, writes: " Since last wrote you we hav,
had baby girl born to US. My wife took you
Favorite Prescription all during the expectan
period and until confinement, and she had NJ
trouble to mention