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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-16
WHITE HOUSE MINsTRELs.

A Performance That Was Given by willie
and Tad Lincoln.
In ST. Nicholas is a paper by Julia
Taft Bayne ON Willie and Tad Lin
coin, J" who were playmates of Mrs.
Bayne's brother. Mrs. Bayne gives the
following picture of one of their pranks:
went to the White House. ASH ap-
preached | saw that it was standing in
deed, but l noticed strange grin on
the face of an orderly holding some
horses. Some soldiers lounging near al
SO wore the same grin, which was in
tensified ON the countenance of negro
coming down the walk, and this wild
grin rippled and spread like wave as
went on-orderlies, soldiers, doorkeep-
ers, all wore that peculiar smile. / ask
ed where the boys were. Cup stairs,
miss, - the man said, and / heard him
chuckle as he turned away. AS came
along the upper corridor Tad appeared.
"Oh, Julia, come and see our circusl'
he cried when he saw me. We've got
a circus in the attic. We're minstrels
I've got to be BACKED up, and Willie
can't get his dress on; it's too big. Pin
it up, will you? Hurryp'
took a Mortified survey and said: "a
circus Does the president know itp''
"Oh, yes, he knows it." said Tad.
He doesn't care. He's got some gener-
al or other in there Come on, hurry p
Willie was struggling with the full,
long skirt and 1ounces of lilac silk l
had seen Mrs. Lincoln wear at an after
noon reception, while Budd wore ruff
fed morning wrapper which he was
pinning up in billowy festoons.
When the boys were nearly ready to
go before their audience" Tad began
singing at the top of his voice, cold
Abe Lincoln came out of the Wilder
ness. :"
"HushI' said Budd. 1.-THE president
will hear you. F"
L don't care if pa does hear, and he
don't care either" said Tad. "We've
got to sing that in the show" And
think he did. But some time after, as
Tad was singing a campaign song at
our house about "Old Abe splitting
rails Willie asked my mother: Mrs.
Taft, ought Tad to sing that song? Isn't
it disrespectful to par" Tad kicked the
chair, as he always did when displeased,
and said, Everybody in this world
knows pa used to split rails -
Mamma explained why she thought
it in bad taste, and Tad said, "Well,
I'll sing about John Browns Body,
then. . He always obeyed my mother,
though generally SO headstrong.
I was at their circus only short
time. A curtain of sheets pinned to-
gether was stretched across one side of
the attic. Their extensive "repertory''
was somewhat mixed, and they did
not keep very closely to the programme.
Tad as the Black Statue" was great
success. Every one who paid / cent
went in, think, though it said 50
cents" ON the bill Servants, orderlies,
soldiers, strangers, came and went all
day
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-16
High Grade Fertilizers.

1t will almost invariably be found
more economical to purchase high grade
fertilizing materials. In applying fer
tilizers bulk is often desirable, but in
purchasing commercial fertilizers the
object should be to secure as much nj
trogen, potash and prosphoric acid in
available forms as possible for 81, in
stead of as many pounds as possible of
fertilizer, regardless of the amount of
plant food contained in it. This is par
ticularly applicable to mixed fertilizers.
Since there is smaller bulk to handle in
mixing, smaller number of packages
for holding, and consequently less weight
and freight, it is, as a rule, more eco
nomical to purchase fertilizers in their
more concentrated forms. For illustra-
ton, it is more economical to purchase
one ton of high grade fertilizer than
three tons of a low grade fertilizer, one
ton of the former containing the same
amount of plant food contained in three
tons of the latter, because in making
the latter three times as many packages
are required and three times as much
freight must be paid, all for the same
amount of plant food. Bulletin New
York Station.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-16
THE MARINE ENGINEER.
An Officer With Vast Responsibilities VIII
Seldom Gets Credit

An Officer With Vast Responsibilities Who
Seldom Gets Credit.
From the time, less than so years
ago, when the first steam vessel crossed
the Atlantic the evolution of the marine
engineer has been rapid, but he is the
one class of marine craftsman that,
above all others, has kept pace with the
developments Of this fast speeding age,
and he stands today the most finished
more new types and more new occupa-
lions than any that has preceded it. The
marine engineer today is more impor-
tant than any deck officer, but his i'm
portance is as little recognized by the
nonseafaring man as his identity is con-
cealed from the view of those who tray
ell in ships. Down in the bowels of the
vessel, he controls not only the propul-
sion, but the steering, lighting, pump
ing, anchoring, ventilation of the mod
ern marine structure, and ON the war
ship he is even responsible for the
manipulation of heavy guns. The eyes
that steer the ship are those of the Off
Ger of the watch, but the brain that
guides the ship to her destination and
regulates her internal economy is the
brain of the marine engineer. His is
the real responsibility, and, we are
afraid, his is the least share of the hon
or that is given to those who serve their
country or their employers with courage
and devotion ON the sea.
All the world heard of the gallantry
of Captain Kane of the Calliope in
working his ship out of the Samoa an
chorage in the teeth of a cyclone Who
heard of the struggle of the engineer
officers with the machinery down be-
low, and how many know even the
names of them?-Pall Mall Gazette.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-16
Meat and Grain.

For the successful production of eggs
at any season Of the year it is necessary
that the hens should have mixed ami
NAL and vegetable diet. During the sum-
mer months insects and worms are
abundant, and fowls having range can
easily supply themselves with animal
food, but in the winter this necessity
must be supplied if the best results are
to be obtained Meat scraps and green
bones are the best substitutes and should
be fed at least twice a week. When
farmers feed more wheat and less grain,
they will have larger profits from poul-
try. The introduction of the green bone
cutter also lessons the cost, as cheap
bones and meat can be cut fine and fed
without the necessity of cooking the
meat
A fair comparison between grain and
meat will show that meat is really
cheaper than grain, because it increases
egg production and also contains less
waste. A grain fed hen appropriates a
large part of it to the storage of fat,
which is not desirable, while lean meat
is almost entirely heterogeneous. The food
which produces no eggs is decidedly the
most expensive to use.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-16
Honest Failures.

No greater opportunity is afforded
the commercial man to exemplify the
amenities of business than in case Of
distress of his fellow man who has hon.
estly failed in business. I say honestly
failed because there are many such fail
ures. These are the times when the
commercial vultures descend beside the
Christian Samaritan, one as the COM
mercial gravedigger, the other as the
physician with the balm of fellowship
and brotherhood. The first will try to
squeeze the lifeblood, but the second
will stand and demand that, although
1t is stipulated in the bond that pound
of flesh shall be forfeited, one extra
ounce of blood will cause the loss of
that which he might have received
Swedenborg said, Charity itself con-
sists in acting justly and faithfully in
whatever Office, business and employ
ment person is engaged in"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-16

Women who are SO pronounced in
their aversion to men who assiduously
read newspapers in street cars while
women are standing ought to know that
the men who read papers while standing
are by far the more dangerous class.
There is a class of thieves, technically
known as mollbuzzers, who always
operate in street cars through the medi-
um of newspapers. They work in pairs.
The accessory pretends to be so absorbed
In his newspaper that he does not notice
that it strikes the chin of a man near
him and covers his scarfpin while the
principal dexterously makes away with
the pin. At other times the interested
reader allows one sheet of the paper to
cover the lap of a woman who has her
pocketbook there, and the pocketbook
thereupon disappears. = Philadelphia
Record.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-16
Her old Slave Aided Her.

Two members from Mississippi were
swapping stories during the intervals
between refreshments, when in an acct
dental way the name of ex-senator
Blanche K. Bruce was mentioned.
That reminds me, - said one, 'of a
story told me a long time ago by bar
keeper at the Ebbitt. l was in there one
day when Bruce came in, went into one
OF the side ICONS, and, having been
served, walked out without saying any
thing to any one.
You don't draw the color line here,
John, I remarked to the barkeeper.
Not on that man, sir, don't, was
the reply. i have had a pretty good
opinion of him since a little thing that
happened soon after he first came here.
Bruce was in his seat at the capitol
one day, when card was brought to
him. He read it and at once went out
to the waiting room. There he met the
woman who owned him when he was a
slave. With her was her daughter. Both
were in tears. She had lost all of her
property during the war and was abso-
lutely penniless. The negro once her
slave was the only man she knew in
Washington. She appealed to him.
Bruce listened to her story He got his
nat and went outside with her His car
rage drawn by handsome pair of
Days, was waiting there. He called the
carriage, assisted the mother and daugh-
Ter TO enter 1T with as much Difference
as he could possibly have shown them
IN the old plantation days, closed the
door and told the coachman to drive to
the treasury. Then he called a public
cab and followed. The three entered the
treasury together, and before Bruce
came out he had placed in the hands of
the woman he had once called "missus"
an appointment to a good clerkship in
the treasury department.
THAT, . added the Mississippi mem
Der, was the reason why the barkeeper
didn't draw the color line at Blanche
K Bruce, and it seems to me the reason
was mighty good one too
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-16

Fool that l wuzl Why can't man
see when he's actin a dern fool? An
Milly wuz SIGH good girl-sich a good
grill Now, thinks l, who'll comb yer
ole ha'r before ye go to bed nights?
Who'll get you cool drink when yer so
tagged out that you can't do it yerself?
Milly was a good girl, sir-she wuz
that. One thing for sure, I tho't, l wuz
ashamed to go into that house ag'in an
| face mother, fer thar's not many men
as is got as good wife as I hev, an
that's shore She wuz purity as peach, :"
and his eyes frightened, "when she
wuz Milly's age. us t to like to watch
Milly working around, fer it seemed l
wuz young ag'in, fer she wuz just like
mother, gentle an patient, an when
mother come in l could see what Milly
would be in years to come.
Poor mother By my bein SIGH q
fool she's seen lots an lots of trouble.
She amt what she us't to be, but is the
patientest woman in the world today. I
don't know if Dick turned out bad He
never was SIGH bad chap-not like some
city raised boys I've seed. don't even
know if he's Twin or dead; jist know
that Milly's a-comin, an that she don't
say nothin about Dick
II often wonder if she's got any chill
dren. don't desarve ter know, blamed
ole idiot that wuzl It would sarve me
right never to know or even see our lit
tie Milly ag'inl
81 often wonder If thar wuz boy if
'twould be named fer its granddadP
''No, I never go to York It's all 1
kin do to get to Roseville. Ihev been so
crippled up with the rheumatism in this
leg since it was hurt three years ago by
that ole black boss, that / can't git
about, and do say that if it want fer
Andy l don't know what would become
of this yer farm. Yes, Andy goes to
York some times, but he says he's never
located Dick Plummer, though 'twould
be like huntin fer needle in a hay
stack fer him to try to find him in SIGH
place as New York.
81 can tell you all about Dick Plum
mer, uncle" I said "Dick Plummer
has one of the dearest, best little wives
In the world, and three of the sweetest
children that ever learned to lisp the
name of grandpa -
Uncle Ben rose as quickly as his stiff
ened old legs would allow and gazed at
me as if were one of the seven won
ders.
"What, stranger, you know Milly-
my Milly?'
Not stranger, father but Dick Plum
mer +"
WAL, waal-I'd never a.
Yes, and I'm not so bad husband.
Just ask Milly. There she comes. You
need not mind that old harness. See?
Milly, Bonnie, Richard and Dotl''
Dear Millyl My little wife came
from the summer house by the gate, the
little ones by her side, and, with glad
cry, fell in her fathers arms. The old
man held her and was silent. Tears
came in his eyes, and turned away,
while Bonnie said:
us that grandpa? Then what they
cry'n for? Mamma cried while we was
waitin I thought we'd be happy when
we got here. -
The kitchen door then opened, and
the chickens that picked about it flew
in all directions and a bent, white cap
ped figure hurried painfully down the
path in our direction Ella Edmondson
Church in St Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-16

Mrs. Newcomb, writing from her home
2205 Market ST., st. Louis, says: 81 was
taken with heavy cold, which 1 neglect
ed, and pleurisy set In. Then 1 was in
bed for several weeks When recovered
so that could get up l had that tired
feeling and was never very we'll My
doctor told me to take Paine's celery com
pound, 80 1 got bottle and have taken it.
Il feel much better than l have for months
was nervous and could not sleep al
night. Now | rest easy, sleep well, cal
well, and will say that Paine's celery com.
pound has really made me new woman
Paine's celery compound is used by
physicians in their own homes as we'll as
prescribed to patients suffering from ner.
vous diseases, sleeplessness, neuralgia,
rheumatism and "run down" condition.
1t Is within the reach of every one.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-16
"FELlcE NoTTEp

God send the little golden bees of sleep
To murmur in the blossom of your ear
Their gentle summer music, hushed and deep,
Their softest slumber songs to you my dear.
And may the gypsy, fortune telling dreams
Draw you beneath their painted tent and take
Your palm and tell you fortunes, rosy CLEANS
Too sweet to be remembered when you wake.
Once may your hyacinthine lids unfold
Calm In the pleasant glory Of the moon.
The happiest stars in heaven may you behold
And pray and sigh for Joy and slumber soon.
Irene Putnam in New York Tribune.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-16
WHY7


It happened meath the mist1etoe
Upon Christmas long ago,
And when the reason she would know
He closer leaned and whispered low,
Because, sweetheart, love you so'-
Blue eyes and brown more earnest grow
"You know, dear heart, love you So"
Gone is the Yuletide's CHEEKY glow.
In fern lined haunts the violets grow.
Again the cu1prit's head droops low,
AS swings the lazy hammock slow.
Forgive me, dear, love you SOL
And she forgives, almost know,
Because, you see, he loves her so.
Nell Carey in Times-Democrat.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-16

He is a Bath (Me. } clergyman, and,
OF course, somewhat unacquainted with
new tangled forms of vice, to say the
least. Accordingly, when he espied a
nickel IN the slot machine at seaside
resort last summer his curiosity was
aroused, and he dropped in nickel.
Luck was coming the clergyman's way
that day, and, to his intense horror, ten
nice cigars rolled out of the machine in
response to the affiliations of its interior
as the nickel ratified through it. In fact,
the good man was so scandalized that he
took those cigars away and burned them
One at time. Boston Herald.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-16
Tour to California via Pennsylvania Rail-

In Southern California is found the
realization of dream of the ancients
Here are the Golden Apples of the He's
perides," ripening beneath a sky more
| beautiful than that of Rome, and in g
climate more perfect than that of Athens
Never in the widest flights of his imag
ination did either Homer or Hesiod ever
conceive of garden richer in verdant
beauty, more productive of luscious fruit,
or SET amid more picturesque and lovely
surroundings.
The last of the Pennsylvania Railroad
tours to Golden Gate will leave New York
and Philadelphia March 81, stopping at
Chicago, Omaha, Denver, Colorado
Springs and the Garden of the Gods"
and Salt Lake City. Tourists will travel
by special train of Pullman palace cars
going, and return on regular trains via
any route within nine months. Round
trip tickets, including transportation,
Pullman accommodations lone double
berth), meals, and other tour textures
going, and railroad transportation Oh reg
ular trains returning and one-way tickets,
including transportation and all tour fea-
lures going, will be sold at the following
rQtaa
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-16

Mrs. G. C. Newcomb, of st. Louis, finds
herself "a new woman" in the best sense
of the word.
An invalid woman is always sad sight
-sadder even than that of an invalid
man, because of her greater capacity for
suffering.
Neuralgia, backaches, fits of depression
and headaches compel her to think or
work with half her brain, while the other
half throbs as if it would go to pieces.
There are no more striking examples OF
the great, practical value of Paine's celery
compound than are heard from the lips of
women who haye been made well.
Its ability to relieve those ills that seem
to be peculiarly the misfortune of women
is overwhelmingly proven by innumer-
able testimonials from women of the high
est standing in the communities where
they live.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-16
From sire to Son.

AS family medicine Bacon's Celery
King for the nerves passes from sire tc
son as legacy. If you have kidney,
liver or blood disorder get free sample
package of this remedy at once. If you
have indigestion, constipation, headache
rheumatism, etc., this specific will cure
you. Wells & Son, Columbus E. D.
Prickitt, Mount Holly w. G. Jones, New
Egypt; Edw. W. Rossell, Pemberton, and
]. H. Leeds, Rancocas, the leading drug
gists, are sole agents and are distributing
samples free. Large pack ages SOC and 25c
Every man thinks he deserves a good
wife
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-16

Is at all times to attend to the comforts o
your family. Should anyone of then
catch slight cold or cough, call at once
on Wells & Son, Columbus E. D. Prickitt
Mount Holly w. G. Jones, New Egypt
Edw. W. Rossell, Pemberton, and ]. H
Leeds, Rancocas, sole agents, and get {
trial bottle of Otto Cure, the great Ger
man remedy, free. We give it away t.
prove that we have sure cure for coughs
colds, asthma, consumption, and all dis
eases of the throat and lungs. Large sizel
SOC and 25c.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-16
Ostrich farming is now successfully car.
ried on in South Russia
The Best way To Cnre

TIC bbbt way TO Cure
Disease is to establish health. Pure, rich
blood means good health, Hoods Sarsa-
parilla is the One True Blood Purifier
1t tones up the whole system, gives ap.
petite and strength and causes weakness,
nervousness and pain to disappear. Nc
other medicine has such record of won.
derful cures as Hoods Sarsaparilla.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-16
Try Grain-oi Try arain-oi

Ask your Grocer to-day to show you a pack
age of GRAIN-O, the new food drink thai
takes the place OF coffee. The children MAY
drink it without injury as well as adults All
who try ii. like it. GRAIN-O has that ricf
seal brown of Mocha or Java, but it is made
from pure grains, and the most delicate stom
ach receives il without distress. Il the price
Of coffee. loo. ana Csc. per package Sold by
a
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-16
WILL FERTILIZERS PAY9
Much Depends ON the Soil and Much Also
ON the Fertilizer.

Much Depends ON the Soil and Much Also
on the Fertilizer.
A Michigan farmer, in long letter
to Country Gentleman, tells of his ex-
perience for years with commercial fer
tilizers He writes that he has sometimes
seen good results and sometimes not.
He explains as follows:
/ believe commercial fertilizers, as q
rule, are more appropriately applied to
where I have seen best results from the
use of commercial fertilizers is in the
garden. The sweet corn never grows
quite so rank and thrifty as when under
this influence. The peas, beans, radishes
and cucumbers all grow to rival Jacks
beanstalk, while my very best success
with watermelons is directly traceable
to them, literally applied. There is no
doubt but that far greater yields might
be obtained by more thorough tillage.
Glover, could we get it, gives us an
almost ideal fertilizer, provided the
proper rotation is followed. Green ma
nure furnishes a most excellent ferti-
lizer. The state of preservation has much
to do with the value of barnyard ma
nure. That allowed to become leached
by rains or fire fanged" is worth much
less than that we'll taken care Of The
liquids, which are usually wasted to a
greater or less degree, are really more
valuable than the solids. Manure from
COWS is richer than that from horses or
hogs, while that from sheep is superior
to any of these.
The concentrated form of the ferti-
1izer makes it much easier of application
than is the barnyard manure. On farm
of large size or where the buildings are
not centrally located the cost of haul
ing and spreading the latter is not less
than SIS per acre if thoroughly done.
cost to me in getting out my barnyard
manure, would buy fertilizers in album
dance for the crop to be grown and that
of the best varieties. Yet I would not
have any one think that do not appre-
ciate the value of stable manure. Every
bit is carefully utilized and considerable
commercial fertilizers purchased be-
Sides
/ do not believe there is any such
thing as complete manure for all kinds
of soil.
believe in using commercial ferti-
lizers in addition to barnyard manure,
for there are few farms where there is
enough of the latter. Ibelieve in green
manuring. believe in tillage.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-16
What Lime Does.

Lime may perform any one of three
offices in the soil. These, as presented
In Farm and Fireside, are: First, it may
serve as a needed plant food All plants
require some lime. 1t is the rule, how
ever, that soils contain an abundance of
lime for this purpose, and the cases are
probably rare in which an application
of lime to serve as plant food is required
Second, it produces mechanical effect
upon soils. In the case of clays lime
serves to render them more open and
tractable. Third, it produces chemical
effect, acting as "a solvent, releasing
some of the plant food in the soil that
has been resting there in an insoluble
form
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-16
For Over Fifty Years.

MRS. WINsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP has been useC
Tor over fifty years by millions of mothers fo
their children while teething, with perfec
success, 1t soothes the child. softens tn,
gums, allays all pain. cures wind collie, and II
the best remedy tor Diarrhoea. 1t will relieve
Druggists in every part of the world. Twenty
five cents bottle. Be sure and ask for "Mrs
Winslow's Soothing Syrup" and take no othe
kind.