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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-08-31
Her Foot In His Pocket.

Of Princess Pauline Borghese, she
whose charms Canova is supposed to
have immortalized in his Venus Vic
trix, Mr.. Augustus J. O. Hare, in his
'The Story of My Life relates this
anecdote, told him by Lady Ruthven:
She used, when at Rome, to go to
"la toilette DIES pieds" of Pauline
Borghese. Regular invitations were is
sued for it. When the guests arrived,
they found the princess, supremacy
lovely, with her beautiful little white
feet exposed upon a velvet cushion.
Then two or three maids came in and
touched the feet with a sponge and
busted them with a little powder
"c'etait la toilette des pieds. = The
Duke of Hamilton used to take up one
of the little feet and put it inside his
waistcoat like little bird. y
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-08-31
CANNED GOODS.
The Most fragrant and Extensive Kinds
of AduIteration Are Practiced.


The Most fragrant and Extensive Kinds
of AduIteration Are Practiced.
Under one heading we may consider
several groups of food stuffs, which,
while different in composition, are alike
in the form of adulteration which is re-
sorted to These groups include the va
rieties of canned vegetables, fruit but
ters, jellies, preserves and catchups The
forms of authorizations common to all
of these consist in the use of eoloring
matter, of imperfect vegetables or
fruits, of other fruits and vegetables
than those called for or of personalities.
In the case of canned vegetables there is
an accidental adulteration from the in
gradients Of the can, such as lead and
tin, and which may, as a rule, be at
tributed to lack of care in canning.
In all of the groups mentioned the
adulteration practiced is of the most
fragrant and extensive kind. Catehups
are made of skins and cores instead of
the pure vegetables, then colored with
coal tar product and loaded with sail
cylic acid to prevent fermentation.
Fruit buffers are nothing but parings
and scrapings Of fruit to which glucose,
starch and coloring have been added,
with salicylic acid as a preservative.
Jellies are made from glucose favored
with essential oils and colored, to which
salioylio acid is added. Some fruit jel-
lies marked as pure have never seen a
trace of fruit. What is true of jellies is
true of preserves. Put together refuse
material, the cheapest sort of glucose,
some coloring and salicylic acid, and
you have the composition of some Of the
cheaper forms of preserves that are to
be found ON the shelves Of some of our
grocery stores. OF these coarser forms
of authorizations it will be unnecessary
to say even word. They are universal
ly recognized as unfit to be used, and
every honest dealer is of the opinion
that the sooner they are driven out of
the market the better it will be for
trade. -Sanitarian.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-08-31
The Blaolruarda of nrnlnra.

Besides my man Mohammed there
were several other Arab passengers
aboard, and the appearance of these, as
they leaned over the bulwarks of the
steamer, was the signal for a shout of
derisive laughter, curses and stone
throwing on the part of the crowd of i'll
fed and i'll conditioned boys who throng-
cd the quay. For downright black
guardism nothing can beat the type Of
the youth of Malaga, whose expression,
like their morals, is of as debased a type
as could well be imagined. Aowls of
filthy language greeted the appearance
OF the Moors, who, had they disem-
barked, would have run a great risk of
being torn to pieces, so great is the an
tipathy Of the Spaniards to their former
conquerors. The captain of the steamer
appealed to the police, but the two rep
resentatives of this noble body were
busily employed in stealing figs from
the cargo and paid little or no attention
to the fact that an Infatuated crowd of
the worst characters of Malaga-that is
to say, the worst in the world-were
pelting the steamer with stones and
mud. Affairs however, reached eli
max when one of the Moors, who spoke
Spanish, asked after the health Of Cen
eral Margallo, the general who had been
killed before Melilla, and then the cap
tain was obliged to order them below,
though the i'll conditioned crowd hooted
and jeered until at sunset the steamer
left Harris From Batum to Bag
dad -
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-08-31

Until few years ago a little Wis
consin hamlet was known simply as
Hog Back, from the peculiar shape of a
hill near there" said a Milwaukee
drummer Finally the citizens held
an indignation meeting to wipe out the
plebeian name and choose a better one.
1t was decided to honor the place by
giving it the name of the oldest settler,
man named King. Somebody suggest
ed Kings Mills and another Kings
vile, and so on, but the old man him
self objected. Then it was agreed to
name the town for one of Mr.. King IS
daughters, but he had seven of them.
and jealousies promptly cropped out
At last some genius noticed that all the
girls were redheaded and suggested
'Auburndale. And Auburndale it is to
this day Troy Times.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-08-31
MEDITERRANEAN RENTS.
Highest at Gibraltar and Lowest on tn
Island of Malta.

Hlghest at Gibraltar and Lowest on the
Island of Malta.
In no place on the surface of the globe
is rent SO high as at Gibraltar, the rea-
son being that the geographical posi-
ton Of the town precludes the POSSIBLE
ity of its being extended in any direc-
tion. A long, narrow strip of what was
once seabeaoh is alone available for
building purposes. All the rest is pre-
cipitous rock
Upon this narrow parapet, in some
cases less than 100 yards in width, are
crowded the homes of $4,000 people
AS much as $40 week is asked and
obtained for the use of one small room,
and this, too, in place where the nor
NAL rate of wages is quite 10 per cent
less than in America. Naturally the
overcrowding is fearful, and, the water
supply being scarce and intermittent,
cleanliness of living as we understand
it is almost impossible.
No wonder that in the old days the
plague and the cholera ravaged the
rock" with virulence unknown in
the filthy and pestilential cities of the
far east
In Malta, on the other hand, house
rent is ridieulously cheap Anywhere
outside of Valetta an excellent seven
room house can be had for $15 a year.
while rates and taxes are unknown
The houses are built entirely of the
cream colored stone of which the island
is composed, and which is so soft that
it can be cut with a saw into blocks or
slabs of any desired size or shape. So
while the Maltese builder is digging up
his foundation he is at the same time
getting out the material for his walls
his flooring and his roof.-Philadelphia
Inquirer
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-08-31
MAPLE SUGAR.
Widespread Ignorance on the Part Of


widespread Ignorance on the Part Of
Consumers
Speaking of maple sugar brings to
mind the fact that there is no product
of the farm concerning which there is
greater ignorance On the part Of con-
sumers than maple sugar and strip. Il
seems to be almost the universal opinion
that maple strip to be genuine must be
dark in color and Of a thick, heavy
body. have carefully studied this mat
ter, and ! am convinced that dealers in
large towns and cities are largely re-
sponsible for this. Maple strip is one of
the easiest things to doctor - For in
stance, gallon of strictly pure, light
oolored maple strip is received, and for
eign substances, as cane sugar or glu-
cose, are added and three gallons made,
and all are branded "pure maple strip"
Some years ago stepped into a gro
Gerry store in the city of Denver and in
quired if they had any genuine maple
sirup "Oh, yes"-and was shown
cans branded "pure Vermont maple
strip" I asked the grocer if he would
kindly let me taste a sample. He did
so, and as 1 looked up suspect he be-
gan to "smell mice" and asked If was
a manufacturer Of the article. / said,
Yes, and l ship it every spring to
your city" Seeing he was fairly
caught, he said: Tho fact is cannot
fool you, see. This strip of ours was
probably made in Chicago"
Last spring / sent a gallon by re-
quest to pastor Of a church in Brook
Ign who in his boyhood days used to
live on farm in Chenango county and
knew what real maple strip was. We
sent him gallon of early make, of a
light amber shade, and at once received
word that the strip was entirely ahead
of any he had ever seen, and that il
was an utter impossibility to procure
such in the city
Why is it impossible? I know fine
sirup is made and shipped The fact
is, as l said before, the consumer is not
allowed to taste that fine. light colored,
genuinely pure article, for once he gets
taste Of it the trade for the bogus ar
ticle is gone. A few days ago friend
told me he sent a pound Of fine sugar,
made by one of our farmers, to his
mother in Baltimore. The cake weighed
Is ounces. and as it went by mail it
cost him IL cents postage. The letter
carrier who delivered it said it must be
something valuable to pay so much
postage. The lady said she could guess
what it was. 1t was cake of maple
sugar her boy had sent her from New
York.
AS the carrier lived close by the lady
told him to come in during the evening
and she would show him something
good. He did so, but the moment he
saw 1t he said: "You can't fool me.
That isn't maple sugar Maple sugar is
always black. She chopped off cor
ner and told him to sample it. He de-
clared he had never seen maple sugar
before and wanted the lady to write
and order him 100 pounds. The sugar
was shipped, cash received, and one
man learned that maple sugar, in order
to be genuine, need not be black as q
stovepipe Country Gentleman.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-08-31
A TOOTHBRUSH FOR Koko

Costly Toilet Articles Purchased by Rich
Girls For Their Pet Dogs.
A score or more of dainty toilet arti-
cles, gold mounted and jeweled, were
scattered over the glass counter, and
the obliging clerk in the fashionable
shop was vainly endeavoring to satisfy
the whims of daughter of wealth,
who had every appearance Of having
been spoiled by overindulgenoe. She had
a costly toothbrush In her hand and
was poking the other articles with il
in a dissatisfied way. 'This is not
small enough" she said, land the hair
is not fine enough.
1T is our very best grade Of goods"
suggested the clerk half apologetioally.
"Then you ought to get something
better. Yes, really, you ought" ex
claimed the willful customer. 81 can't
take such a clumsy toothbrush as that
home to my Koko.
"Ahr' murmured the clerk, with a
scarcely perceptible air Of impatience.
Then you want toothbrush for your
dog"
Yes, of course I do, and want
something very soft and very dainty"
replied the young woman. And, after
pause, she added, with an affectionate
purr, There isn't anything too nice
for my Koko. -
Certainly not, I" responded the clerk,
with cordial smile. Here are some
brushes of rare quality. / had over
looked them. Here is one with. hair as
soft as silk and handle Of solid gold. -
The girl fondled the expensive trinket
for moment, and, without asking the
price, said, ''That will do. Have it sent
with the other things. please" When
this spoiled maiden's father gets bill
from the fashionable jeweler, he will
doubtless be moved to emotion by the
entry, One toothbrush for dog, S22. 80. "
1t is no uncommon thing for shop
keepers in New York to be called upon
to supply toilet articles for dogs, mon
keys, birds and other domestic pets
Some stores maintain special lines Of
combs and brushes for pet dogs, and as
a special concession to the enthusiasm
of the fair owners Of these pets the
prices of dog combs and brushes are
kept aristocratically high.-New York
Times
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-08-31
SONNET.

Our yesterdays inthran our morr0Nu stG1l
By chains no rust Of time can weax sway,
That with their iron and persistent sway
Serve purposes undreamed of to fulfE
And wake up echoes of the good and Ill
In mournful cadence or a rhythm gay.
Outlines what fateful sequences are they
Which follow trifing acts of sudden will
Small streams grow broader as they onward
wind
To reach at last the ever rolling sea.
Hark back through memory's labyrinth and
we find
Small accidents-if accidents there be-
Had power our future years to free or bind
And be the factors of our destiny
Camilla Grassland in Chambers Journal.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-08-31
DREAMS OF THE DAYS GONE BY.


Dreams, come home to my heart again
With the memory of the past
Come with your pleasure and your pain
And your hopes too bright to last.
Come from your hidden graves that lie
In the beautiful realms of the days gone by .
Come from your glorious graves that lie
In the realms Of the days gone byl
Twill welcome ye all again,
As once in the halls OF Ed
Welcome the pleasure and the pain
For the beauty your brief lives held.
Dreams, come out of your secret graves
In the woodland wilds and the dim sea
caves;
Dreams, come out of your myriad graves
In the wilds and the dim sea cavesl
Ye throng the halls of my heart once more
With faces sad with pain.
Oh, faded ghosts of the dreams Of yore,
The Joy comes not again.
Go back to your mournful graves that lie
In the shadowy realms of the days gone by ;
Go back to your voiceless graves that lie
In the realms Of the days gone byi
Emma A. Browne in New York Ledger.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-08-31
A Clever Lawyer.

An old lawyer in Paris had instruct
ed very young client of his to weep
every time he struck the desk with his
hand. Unfortunately the barrister for
got and struck the desk at the wrong
moment. The client fell to sobbing and
crying.
what is the matter with your
asked the presiding judge.
well, he told me to cry as often as
he struck the table :"
Here was nice predicament. but
the astute lawyer was equal to the &C.
casion. Addressing the jury, he said:
We'll, gentlemen, let me ask you
how you can reconcile the idea of crime
in conjunction with such candor and
simplicity. 1 await your verdict with
the most perfect confidence '-Ex-
change.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-08-31
SHE MADE A GREAT MISTAKE
Thought She Would Make Tom Happy,
but Both Are Now Miserable.

Thought She Would Make Tom Happy,
but Both Are Now Miserable.
Daughters of wealthy men who fall
in love with their fathers employees
are not entirely restricted to novels.
There is Chicago merchant whose con-
fldential man has for some time been a
sutton for his daughters hand. There
is another departure from tradition in
the fact that his love affair is not as
violently opposed as it might be. He is
a thoroughly capable and upright fell
low, and his prospective father in law
probably doesn't see why he wouldn t
do just as we'll as clubman or per-
haps nobleman for his daughters hus-
band. Of course the two lovers like to
be as much as possible in each other 8
company and try all sorts of little
schemes and inventions to bring this
happy state of affairs about.
The other evening when the young
man, whose familiar name is Tom,
called at the home of his fancee she
was perfectly radiant.
"Oh, Tom, / have just the best piece
of news to tell your' she said to him.
"lndeedl'' was his reply. "Tell it to
me right away
II know you will be so glad 1 did
it,, she continued.
"Did what?"
I'm going to tell you all about it.
Papa said this morning that he was GO
ing to California, to be gone month.
He said I'd enjoy the scenery and the
climate, and he Thought there WASH It
any trip that I'd like SO much. Oh, he
wanted me to go awfully bad, but
just thought that / wouldn't see you for
a month, and so took stand. / must
have made 80 excuses. Finally told
him that I'd promised to go to Cousin
Maude's at Lake Geneva, and that
just couldn't break my promise, SO at
last he let me off. 1t was hard work,
and I'm almost afraid l made him
angry, but knew you'd be SO glad. "
Yes-um-of course, responded
Tom.
well, you don't look half as glad
as thought you would"
Mop he began.
''Then you're not glad" she said in
tone of mixed surprise and disappoint-
ment.
well, no, darling" he said you
see, I'm to go with him. Chicago
Times Herald.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-08-31
Russia and Music.

The astonishing statement that Rus
STA is the country that will presently
lead in music is made by Yaske, the
famous violinist. 1.-The Muscovite en-
pire, he says, has some of the char
aoteristics of those early ages which
gave us the masters of arts. She has
that tranquility. that repose, that isola-
tion under which masterpieces come to
perfection "
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-08-31

The greatest of all luxuries in central
Africa is salt. To say that man eats
salt with his victuals is the same as
saying that be is a rich man. Mungo
Park says, 1.-THE long continued use of
vegetable food creates so painful long
ing for salt that no words can sufficient
" describe il -
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-08-31
Millions Of Frogs Rain Down.

One of the most curious phenomena
Of nature is the precipitation of frogs,
fish, crabs, angleworms, ETC., with
rain from the clouds The story is told
in the annals of the French academy
and may be found in the August num-
Der, 1904. The narrative is by one Pro-
fessor Pontus. In it he gives an account
of an instance of millions of frogs which
fell in a shower near Toulouse. He
states that he himself saw numerous
young frogs on the coats of two gentle
men who were out in the shower Pro-
fessor Pontus says that he forthwith
repaired to the spot where the storm
had burst and found the roads and
fields literally alive with young frogs
and tadpoles. " In some places, says
the professor, "they were three or four
deep all over the ground, and the hoofs
of the horses and the carriage wheels
killed thousands of them. -
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-08-31
THE TRUTH ABOUT 1T.
What Is the Use Of Living if You Can.
Be In 1t?

What Is the Use Of Living if You Can't
Be In 1t?
Yes, Erastus, we have noticed that
article in scientific journal advising
people to sleep more in order to live
long, and to tell you the truth we take
but little stock in it. We notice that
Tesla, the great electrician, claims that
man might live to be 900 years old if
he would only sleep most of the time.
And suppose he should. What would a
man amount to sleeping like fat dog
in the summer? For all practical pur-
poses man might as we'll be dead as
to be asleep, with this advantage in the
way of being dead-he isn't in any
body's road.
Suppose man lived for 400 years
and slept 100 of it. He can only figure
out when the thing is through that he
has really lived 40 years, and in that 40
he neither cuts as much ice nor has half
the fun the man hiss who passes in his
checks at so and out of the 80 has only
slept so years. Is there any particular
object, my boy, in simply lying round
asleep for $50 years, wearing out bed
clothes and saving trifie on funeral
expenses? We think not. All there is
in life worth living for you get while
you are awake. All the time You ought
to spend asleep is just enough to enable
you to keep awake the rest of the time.
Sleep is a necessary evil, Just SO
much good time that you have to give
up in order to keep your stomach, liver
and other organs in fair shape. OF
course we have read good deal about
beautiful dreams, when angels hover
overhead and all that, but our expert
ence is that this talk is almost alto
gether rot. When you are in good phys
ical condition, you don't dream. When
you dream. the angels aren't in that
vicinity. 1t is when you have filed
your interior with fatted swine and
boiled cabbage that you retire to sleep,
perchance to dream. To dream-aye,
there is the rubl-when you feel four
headed dog sitting upon your vitals and
know that the horned and cloven tailed
whangdoodle from the barren mountains
of Hepsidam is crawling upon YOU,
breathing smoke and fire, and you are
paralyzed, or you seem all at once to
find yourself in the midst of some gay
and cultured assembly with no clothing
on your person except perhaps paper
collar and pair Of hose supporters and
utterly unable to explain to the ladies
and gentlemen present why you are
there in this decollete costume or to
take your departure.
There is nothing angelic or heavenly
about the average dream. On the con-
trary. it is hades and repeat. The young
man who has to be routed out of bed at
8 or 10 o'clock in the morning may live
a good while, but the chances are that
he won't amount to as much in life as
a three legged dog in jack rabbit
chase. The proper thing, young fellow,
is to sleep less and get hump on your
self, even if you should pass out before
you are 90. One year of life spent in
knocking rich, ripe, luscious persim-
mons is worth five sleeping in the shade
with the worms crawling over your per-
son and the timber bugs trying to roll
you out of their way. Tom McNeal in
Topeka Mail
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-08-31

1t is stated that animal life appears
to be almost absent in the neighborhood
of the north pole. Beyond latitude So
degrees the Fran met with neither
whales, seals, walrus nor bears, though
dog fishes were seen as high as So de-
grees.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-08-31

Wife-John, don't you think you bet
ter give up trying to shave yourself and
go back to the barber?
Husband-Why, of course not. See
how much l save every month.
Wife-Yes, know that, but then
Willie is always around when you
shave, and he is learning SO many bad
words.-Ohio State Journal
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-08-31
SUPPOSE.

Suppose, my dear, that you were I,
And by your side your sweetheart sata.
Suppose you noticed by and by
The distance 'twixt you was too great.
Now tell me, dear, what would you dot
know, and so do you'll
And then, so comfortably placed,
Suppose you only grew aware
That that dear, dainty little waist
OF hers looked very lonely there.
Pray tell me, sooth, what would you dot
know, and so do you'll
Then, having done what just did,
With not frown to check or chill,
Suppose her red lips seemed to bid
Defiance to your lordly willY
Oh, tell me, sweet, what would you dof
know, and so do you'll
-Pearson's Weekly
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-08-31

A silly youth was Dragging of his
great friends in mixed company, in
which Douglas Jerrold was present. and
said that he had dined three times at
Devonshire House and never saw any
fish at table. 81 can't account for 1t, F"
he added. 81 can, said Jerrold. "They
ate it all up stairs. "