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NAIL CHARACTERISTICS.
They Are an Aid In Diagnosis of Disease


They Are an Aid In Diagnosis of Diseases
and Traits.
1t is said that the moon at the base Of
the nail is simply an indication of good
health and excellent circulation, while
the white spots are always the accom-
paniment of an impaired nervous sys-
tenn. The common idea that AN external
application of vaseline will cure the
white spots is erroneous, and those af
ficted with the little 'story tellers''
would far better turn their attention to
securing perfect physical health, in the
assurance that the spots will disappear
with improved circulation.
1t is not possible to create moons at
the base of the nails. Frequently the
moon is there, but through negligence
it is covered by skin, which, without
attention, will grow upward over the
base of the nail.
1t is not generally understood that
the shape and appearance of the finger
nails are carefully considered and form
an important factor in the diagnosis Of
disease. Long nails are said to indicate
physical weakness and tendency to lung
trouble, and this tendency is aggravated
where the nails are corrugated, and yet
more aggravated if they curve from the
top back to the finger and across. Where
the nails are long and blush they indi-
cate bad circulation. This same type OF
nail, but shorter, denotes tendency to
throat affection, bronchitis and the like.
Short, small nails indicate heart dis.
ease. Where they are short, fiat and
sunken you may look for nervous dis
orders. The short nailed woman will
criticise her friends and her foes. but
she will critioise herself with the same
severity. She is apt to be sarcastic and
sometimes SO quick at repartee that she
appears almost brutal The best dra-
matte and literary critics possess this
type of nail. Exchange.
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QUICK PROFITS.

A Boys Improvements on the Usual Pro-
gramme In Fairy Stories.
Business is the watchword of the
day, and the small boy is developing ON
that line with a rapidity which aston
ishes the previous generation. But the
practical side of his nature has not OBJ
scured the poetry Of childhood. The
fairy tale is as potent as ever, and there
was q smile of pleasure on the face Of
the lad who remarked at breakfast;
II had a beautiful dream last night. ."
"What was it?'' his father asked.
II thought was out in the woods,
and ! saw most gorgeously dressed
lady coming toward me.
''That is a good deal like some of the
stories that you have been reading"
eyes; it doesn't get very different IN
til the end. I knew by her looks that
she was the fairy queen, and made up
my mind that l wasn't going to lose
chances like some of the boys in story
books who didn't know a good chance
when they saw it. .
Ibid she offer you three wishes?''
Yes, and called to mind how she
sometimes took advantage of a mortal
being excited and nervous when he
wished in order to make him waste his
opportunities and have a good laugh at
him. So when she said, Little boy, I'll
give you three wishes, didn't jump at
the chance. said. will you give me
whatever l ask for?' She answered:
Yes; you may have three wishes.
"What did you do?'
81 wished for four. w Washington
Star
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IDOLS FOUND WANTING.
Thrown Into the Fire For Failing to Re.
spond to Prayer.

Thrown Into the Fire For Failing to Re
spond to Prayer.
A missionary of the Basel society in
India gives an account of a lad IS years
of age named Velayuthan, whose ia
Their sought to take him away from the
Christians, whom he had joined. The lad
stood firmly, but efforts to shake his
resolution were continued.
In the middle of July his mother
came and told her son, with many tears,
that his father was dangerously ill and
wished to see him once more before his
death. This message melted the heart
of Velayuthan, and, wishing to see his
father, he was permitted to accompany
MS on our tour. How glad he was in the
anticipation of seeing his parents and
brothers and sisters again his face clear
~ indicated. We heard no sound as we
entered the compound, the door of the
house was ajar, and Velayuthan's IA
Their, who was lying on mat behind
the door, was heard groaning as if with
great pain. His son rushed into the
house, stopped down over his father and
asked him how he was.
All Of a sudden the seemingly dying
man jumped up, clasped his son in his
arms and dragged him into an inner
room, trying to fasten the door, raising
at the same time such howl that 1 felt
quite stunned. When the missionary
tried to prevent the door being shut, the
father, brandishing his long knife,
wounded his arm and forced him to let
the door go. The bowling ceased for a
few. seconds, and voice was heard
screaming in piercing accents: don t
kill himl Don't kill himp' We shud-
dered and feared the worst. But few
moments afterward there was q shout,
He is gonef' and the lad was seen run
ming like a chased deer across the COM
pound, followed by his enemies, his
mortal fright giving him strength to
leap the hedges. In a few minutes he
had reached the missionary's house and
was safe.
We learned afterward that Velayu-
than 8 father, when he had his son in his
power inside the room, had uttered some
OhAOADo Wh4Cu luuOO tu0 lftQ 16dE bltb D6
was about to be killed. Filled with ap-
prehension, he inwardly called upon the
Lord for help, when suddenly he saw an
opening below the wall plate and escap-
ed thereby. The father, who now feared
we should bring an action against him,
made two deep gashes across his chest
with his knife, ran to the magistrate
and accused us of having broken into
his house and wounded him.
But the magistrate asked some trust
worthy witnesses and rejected the com
plant. Next day the mother and brother
of Velayuthan came to ask our pardon
and told us that his father, after his re-
turn from the magistrate, had kindled a
fire, taken his idols and thrown them
into the fire, with the words: ''You did
not help me. You may burn. Parish
Visitor.
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coach started for town. The drummer,
the miner and several others watched
the little man intently, but he made no
movement, nor did he speak until the
coach numbered up in front of the post
office and hotel. Then he said in quiet
voice:
I am Tom - Gone Of the famous
men of the Black Hills), and I have
$40. 600 in this grip. The only way to
save it was by telling the robbers of the
old woman's money. l am glad to re-
turn it to her and stake extra for the
worry | caused her. AS for the rest of
you, l have nothing to do with your
losses. We all ran the same risk. l wish
you good evening, and he stepped
quickly from his seat to the door and
into the street, dropping a bundle of
bills into the lady's lap as he passed"
And after lighting his pipe our story
teller passed out into the night and
wendell his way to his humble cabin.
New York Tribune.
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His Little FelIer. .

81 happened to be down in my cellar
the other morning when the ash man
came around to collect the ashes, +" said
gentleman who resides on Second ave.
nue.. 81 was opening a barrel of great
red apples at the time, and when the
big, dust covered and necessarily untidy
man came back with the empty ash
barrel picked up an apple and held il
out toward him, saying as I did so:
Won't you have an apple?'
He took it eagerly, saying as he did
so:
"'Thank ye, sir. I've a little Teller
at home who'll be tiokled to death tc
git it. l most always find something OF
other in the ash barrels to carry home
to i'm at night, but it amt often l git
anything equal to this big apple. / tell
ye the little feller's eyes will shine
when he sees it.
IT don't know how many times that
day my thoughts were of that big, rough
handed fellow, with that apple put
away SO carefully in his pocket for that
little Teller.
when evening came, | thought of
the little Teller who was on the look
out for the big, dust covered father with
the calloused and soiled hands, but with
the true heart and the kindly word that
made him king in the eyes of that
little Teller.
"These little fellers' glorify and
beautify many home in which poverty
abides. But human affections can
sweetly and patiently endure toll and
rags and poverty when there is little
Teller to meet and greet the father when
the long day is done. Detroit Free
Press.
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al NInssuIman,s Ideas.

A respectable and honest Mussulman
and of course there are millions of
Mussulmans entitled to that description
will not swallow alcohol if he knows
it, even for the good Of his health; will
not lift "the harem veil, even if lift
ing it is essential to the life of his wife
or daughter; will not take out an insur-
ance, even when failure to do so is ruin
GUS to him in a business competition,
and will not in a country ruled by Mus
sulmans from any motive whatever
short of necessity such as destroys
freedom of will accord equality to men
of any other faith. In these respects he
is a fanatic that is, he will act
upon the precepts of his creed, as inter
preted by its doctors, without reference
to any other consideration, and espe-
cially without reference to convenience
or to the opinions, moral or otherwise,
of men of any other faith.
A Mussulman's creed is for him the
operative law, as custom is for China
man, or a caste rule for Hindoo, or duty
for good Englishman, or that which is
covenant for respectable Frenchman,
and though there are points upon which
he will break the law, especially for
gain, there are also points, especially
those we have mentioned, upon which
he will not--rather will be chopped in
pieces or chsp you and take all conse-
quences serenely. London Spectator.
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sllenced the .Nrashsr.n

He had smile as bright as his gay
ly colored trap as he rode up alongside
demure young woman who was walk
ing in Central park the other morning
upon one of the asphalt paths. She
heard the rattle of wheels ut her side,
yet she turned neither to the right nor
to the left.
Good morningp' said the handsome
young man as he raised his straw hat
with the dizzy band. "Wouldn't you
like to take ride with me this morn
ingf"
The girl didn't say ''Sir-r-rr' or
"What means this intrusion?" She
slowly turned around and looked the
young man over from head to foot. He
bore her gaze without finching and
started to get down from his seat, as if
to assist her into the trap
The girl looked at him, and then at
the pocketbook which she held in her
hand.
81 don't know she said half aloud
81 don't know, I'm sure. How much
would you charge to take me to the
Art museum"
There was whirl of yellow trap, Of
bright red hatband and flying wheels.
you'll dol" the young man said as
he rapidly drove away. Exchange.
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THE PRAYER OF cGLEss.

Another gonel Alas. one more
Deluded by woman's tricki
Another stalwart bachelor
To figure as a Benedicki
"a marriage, see, t'has been arranged
Between Miss Blank and"-yes, and Harry
My well loved friend, you must have changed
You, of all men alive, to marryi
At Cambridge, on debating nights,
Brown and yourself shone in the lists
As valiant foes of "woman's rights
A pair Of stanoh misogynisss.
How valueless your speeches proved
Brown, too, understand, is fated
To make, like you, the deadly move
Which loses all, by which you're mated.
But, though l mourn for you, my friend,
My fears are not for you alone.
This fall Of yours, does it portend
A like disaster Of my OWN
Is love brief insanity
Which seizes all Of us2 Shall no men
Escape its ravagesf Shall
Become a lover2 Absit omenl
Oh, Maud or Muriel or Katel
Your name, from force of circumstance,
/ cannot definitely state
Let me entreat you In advanced
Oh, unknown maid whom shall woo,
Let me put forward my petition
Before you have reduced me to
A semi-imbecile condition.
When. on some fragrant summer eve,
vow that you are quite divine
And ask you simply to believe
There never was such love as mine,
Despise such platitudes as those.
From my demented self protect me,
And If / finally propose,
Be kind, be generous and reject mel
London World.
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Most of the large towns in France
contain workmen's model dwellings or
tenement houses, which have been dig
nified with the picturesque appellation
of barracks, but none Of these has at
tanned to the colossal proportions of the
''Freihaus, :" situated at Wielden, a sub
urb of Vienna This building has ID
courtyards and accommodates 3, 112 per-
sons belonging to all classes of society.
One postman is specially appointed to
deliver letters to the inmates, whose cor
respondents have to be careful to put on
the cover not merely the Christian name
and surname of the addresses, but the
number of the yard. the staircase and
the fiat. If they want the letter to reach
its destination.
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He had just dotted his hat as re-
markably pretty woman passed, and his
companion obviously congratulated him
upon his acquaintance.
"Oh," he replied carelessly, that is
Belle Gotrocks. Pretty, isn't she?''
"Bet your life Know her well?''
"Well, l should sayl why, she's an
old flame of mine.
sold flame of yours?'
''That's what l said. "
"You may be an old fame of hers,
but she is not an old flame of yours. y
Whats the diff?''
eff you are an old flame of hers, her
father must have put you out?"
"Guess you're right, old man. That's
just what he did. Chicago Times
Herald.
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Future Of the K Ray In surgical work

Future of the x Ray In Surgical Work.
The future development of the x ray
phenomena will undoubtedly be in the
direction of surgical diagnosis. 1t is as
great boon to mankind as the inven-
ton of the ophthalmoscope, and Just as
the latter instrument has proved its
worth from the first day to this and has
saved thousands of people from total
blindness, SO will the K ray be benef1-
cial to the human race and save life
and limb of thousands of sufferers. 1t
will, of course, need to be greatly i'm
proved. The one essential quality which
so far prevents applying it to the
densest part of the body with perfect
success is its propensity for travelling in
straight lines, piercing or rather being
entirely absorbed by intervening bodies.
Light rays do not necessarily go through
all substances, as is we'll known, and
they are not all absorbed, except when
falling on certain substances, which are
called from their appearance dead
black. 1t being practically impossible
to reflect x rays to any great extent, we
might still resort to diffusing them-
that is, to allowing them to be thrown
back from any surface in a more or less
regular way. Such feat would enable
us to inspect special sections of the
body, which we are not now able to in
speot, with considerable accuracy. New
York Sun.
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ooh, jes' doin things 1 kahn do ma
self Coin tub places kahn go wivout
leavin ma bus mess. Mighty handy folks
is lawyahs!'
The talk Jagged, and went on with
the cigar and the wine. 1t suddenly oc-
Cured to me, Reuben, how is Major
Baxter getting ON these days?"
Like uh gemman, sub. He's down
on his plantation
II thought he'd lost his plantation?"
"Yessuh, he did onct, but he got it
back again Some Nv his kin folks whit
he didn' know up in middle Ten see
died an lef' him eight thousand dol
labs. CHARLES E. Trevathan in New
York Journal.
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The Reason why.

A lady happened to remark to an ath-
letic friend that it was very strange that
most of the bad bicycling accidents
seemed to happen to women-and could
he account for it-were they more
'foolhardy?" mot at all, he replied.
''The real reason is, l think, that WON
en- cannot judge distances. Now, from
his earliest youth up boy is trained
through his games to accurately meas
ure yards and feet. You will see a
woman rush in between two carts where
man could tell you to a certainty that
it would be impossible to avoid an acct
dent 1t is just the want of a trained
eye that does the mischief. '-Philadel-
phia Ledger.
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THE HIDDEN BEAUTY.

The black stream flows along
Whose waters we despise,
Show rs reflected there
Some fragrant Of the skies,
Meath tangled thorns and briers
1.-THE task is At for thee)
Seek fer the hidden flowers
We are too blind to see;
Then win I thy great gift
A crown and blessing call.
Angels look thus on men.
And God sees good in all.
edward Wilbur Mason In Womankind.
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THE CHlLDLESS WIFE.

She sits alone. The day is done,
The house is orderly and still.
Across her floors no quick feet run.
Within her heart no longings thrill.
She fanoies she is satisfied
That motherhood has been denied.
All day her busy hands have wrought
The tasks belonging to her lot,
Unhindered by an anxious thought
OF those sweet cares she misses not,
And now tonight she sits alone
And views the work so deftly done.
From weariness she falls asleep,
Within the quiet of the room,
And dreams dream so real and deep
That she awakes amid the gloom
And cries aloud to find it gone
And she still sitting there alone.
What new, strange longings fill her hearth
What discomfort, unknown beforel
Within her eyes the quick tears start
She longs TO dream 1t Ger and DER
That touch Of baby arms that seem
To clasp her neck as in the dream.
Lillian E. Knapp.
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DON'T STOP TOBACCO,
How To Cure Yourself While
Using II.


Using It.
The tobacco habit grows on a man until his
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MAILS LEAVE AS FOLLOWS
NJ NAILS ARRIVE AND READY FOR Distribution:

&, AMUEL A. ATKINSON,
RCOUNSELLOR AT LAW, SOLICITOR AND
MASTER IN CHANCERI.
No. lO9 Main St., Opposite Washington House,
Mount Holly, M
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PENNSYLVANIA
RAILROAD COMPANY.
Personally Conducted Tours
MATCHLEss IN EVERY FEATURE.
CALIFORNIA

Three tours to CALIFORNIA and the PA
CIFIC COAST will leave New York and Phil
adeIphfa January 81, February "a, and March
II, 1897. Five weeks in California on the first
tour. ana four weeks on the second. Passen-
gers on the third tour will return on regular
trains within nine months Stop will be made
at New Orleans for Mardi-Gras festivities on
the second tour
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The first agricultural newspaper was
The American Farmer, begun at Balti-
more in 1919.
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Medford, Marlton and Philadelphia

Medford, Marlton and Philadelphia.
Leave Medford for Philadelphia at 100. 1907
A. M, 2l3 5.24, Pm.
On Sundays, sol A. M, $50 Pm.
Leave Marion for Philadelphia at TIA, 1920
A. NJ, 2.35, 5.35, P. M.
On Sundays, S.l4 A. NJ, 4.02 P. M
Leave Philadelphia, Market Street, for Med
ford and Marion at 700, 1880, A. M, 800, $50,
Pm.
On Sundays, S.45 A. M, 5.3OP.M.
Leave Marion tor Medtord, S.1l, 1140 A. M,
3.54, $40, P. M.
On Sundays .39, A. M, 6.23 Pm.
For further particulars apply to the ticket
agent at the station.
8. Nd. PROVOST, j. r. WOOD,
General Manager. Gen. Pass. Agent.
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For detailed itineraries and other informa-
ton, apply at ticket agencies or address Geo.
W. Boyd, Asst. Gen'l Pass. Agent, Broad
Street Station, Philadelphia
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Union transportation Company.
ARRIVE
Tuckerton Railroad

Leave Mount Holly for Tuckerton 9.52 A. M.
AL P. M, daily except Sunday.
Leave TuckertOn tor Mount Holly, 7.0S A. NJ,
1903 P. M, daily except Sunday.
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WASHINGTON

Tours, each covering period OF three days,
will leave New York and Philadelphia Deem
Der 20, 1896, January q, February II, March H.
April and %, and May IL, 1897. Rates includ-
ing transportation and two days. accommoda
ton at the best Washington Hotels, $l4 so from
New York, and 81 80 from Philadelphia.
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BURLINGTON COUNTY
Insurance Rooms.

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Thirty Years Of Successful. Business.
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Devoting my entire time to the study and
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and the earnest purpose TO do ONLY SAFE
BUSINESS, warrants me in inviting public at
tentiOn to this office. A call or postal will
receive prompt attention anywhere in the
county without extra expense.
Calendars and Blotters at your service.
Very Respectfully.
CHARLES M. SLOAN, Manager,
MOUNT HOLLY, N. J.
Principal ONCE in Arcade Building, Mount
Holly, NJ.
Office in Burlington, High street.
Borde1town No. Is Crosswick st.