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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-22
Story of a Ring and a Slipper.

The daughter of a wealthy resident
of the hill section presented a young
woman friend with a pair of dainty
slippers, and in the toe of one of them
she placed a valuable ring, set with an
opal and two diamonds. The present
went to the destination, but the slippers
did not fit, and the recipient of the gift
did not discover the ring. She sent the
slippers back to the store, and they were
placed on the shelves with the thou
sands of other similar boxes
On Monday the floorwalker in the
shoe department received a severe shock
when a young woman rushed into the
place and rambled off lot of talk about
missing jewels. After some difficulty he
managed to get the facts of her story to-
gether, and then every one of the en-
ployees was ordered to begin a search
for the slippers. In two hours they were
found, and the ring was just where it
had been placed. -Brooklyn Eagle.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-22
IN BONDAGE.

Silent, forever silent, through the years, sss75
The dreary years which empty come and go,
Why do cry to one who never hears
And, far away, my griefs can never know2
See herel burn the letters one by one,
Although my heart burns with each burning
word.
II chains are broken, freedom must be won.
My chains are loosd, but my heart has not
stirred.
What else is left for me to cast away,
What clinging mem'ry from the too sweet
pastP
Upon the altar, midst the fire, I lay
This little relic, dear 1t Is the lasti
And now claim the freedom which gain.
am no more a slave to long dead things
No victim to swell thy triumph train,
But freed bird, with new recovered wings.
What shall do with this great gift long
sought
A gift which looked, far off, so passing sweet
Clasped in my hand, 1t fades and turns tc
naughti
Once more come and lay it at thy feet.
Lillian Robinson in Sketch.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-22
HOW A MAN MADE $1,000.
Because the Chap Who Lost 1t Told His
Business In q Cafe.

Because the Chap Who Lost 1t Told His
Business In q Cafe.
"Don't discuss your private business
affairs in a public place, said an old
Brooklynite to the New Yorker who ap-
preached him in a cafe near the city
hall. Then the Brooklyn man, pointing
out real estate dealer, said:
Talking about a business deal in
this very cafe cost that man 81, 900, and
the money went into my pocket too.
You see, he represented syndicate that
wanted to build on some property in
which was interested as the owner of
one house and city lot. The agent did
not know me from Canarsie clammer.
Well, he came in here with a friend
one of the syndicate-for luncheon on
an afternoon in last July. They took
seats at this table. 1 sat at the next
one.
81 began to take notice, as grand
mas say, when heard the strangers at
the next table discuss quite loudly a
deal in relation to the property adjoin-
ing mine. The agent had ordered a fine
layout for luncheon and was evidently
well pleased with his deal. He said to
his friend:
"'Well, pulled off the trick for
that property at 219 Cheap street today.
The owner thought was doing him a
favor. 1 started in at $15, 900 and final
ly closed with him for SIS, He bit
in hurry. Why, the property is worth
$25, 900 if it's worth dollar to US.
Now must look for the chap that owns
221. He'll be glad to get SIS, 900 for
his house. It's lucky for US they're not
on to the fact that we want to buy that
entire block.
81 didn't need to do any eavesdrop-
ping, you see That little speech of the
agent cost him exactly 81, 900. You can
readily guess that /, as the owner of 221
Cheap street, was not especially anxious
to sell after that l kept Mr.. Real Es-
tate Man on the jump for nearly five
months, and when | let up ON him I
got my price, exactly $40, 000-a neat
little profit of 81, 900 above what I
would have gladly accepted. So you see
the point of my remark to you, Don't
discuss private business affairs in pub
lie place. Now we'll go to my Office,
and I'll listen to your proposition. =
New York Sun.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-22
HIDDEN GOLD IN PARIS.
Many Fanatics Spend Their Lives Hunting
For Buried Treasure,

Many Fanatics Spend Their Lives Hunting
For Buried Treasure,
Some Parisians are actually kept from
wandering by conviction that there is
hidden treasure behind the walls or be-
meath the flooring or in the chimney
nook or under the roof, says Chambers
Journal
You are told that during the number
less sieges to which Paris has been sub
jected and the internal revolutions it
has undergone there exists not cellar
or garnet but has become the recepta-
Gle of some part of the immense riches
accumulated IN religious houses and old
families. There is perhaps nothing ir-
rational in the superstition that in the
good old times when converts were
made the repositories not only of the
secrets Of the aristocracy, but of the
family jewels likewise, instances must
have occurred wherein these deposits
were buried and remain undiscovered,
together with the treasures of the con-
fraternity. But human folly has of late
years exalted this rational possibility
into dazzling certainty. Every means is
now resorted to and more gold and pre-
cious time expended than the most val
liable treasure could repay in order to
seize the secret which still resists dis
oovery. "While you of the matter of
fact, plodding Anglo-Saxon race are
toiling and broiling in Australia and
California, searching for gold, we gold
seekers of Paris find it here beneath our
feet in the old quarters of the city round
Notre Dame and the Hotel de Vile,
where gold is teeming in greater plenty
than amid the rock powders of Califor-
MIA or beneath the soil of Ballarat, 4"
said Ducasse, the great treasure seeker.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-22
A MILD HAMMERED PIRATE.

An Ex-Clerk Who Joined the Fierce Sea
Rovers of the Spanish Main.
"The Buccaneers of Our Coast is the
title of a series of narrative sketches
that Frank r. Stockton is writing fol
St. Nicholas. In speaking of John Els
quemeling, who joined the buccaneers
and became their historian, Mr.. Stock
ton says:
1t must have been strange thing fol
a man accustomed to pens and ink, to
yardsticks and scales, to offer to enroll
himself in a company of bloody. big
bearded pirates, but a man must eat,
and buccaneering was the only profess
sion open to our ex-clerk. For some rea-
son or other, certainly not on account Of
his bravery and daring, Esquemeling
was very we'll received by the pirates Of
Tortuga. Perhaps they liked him be-
cause he was mild hammered man and
SO different from themselves.
AS for Esquemeling himself, he soon
came to entertain the highest opinions
of his pirate companions. He looked
upon the buccaneers who had distin.
guished themselves as great heroes, and
it must have been extremely gratifying
to those savage fellows to tell Esque-
melting all the wonderful things they
had done. Esquemeling might have
earned salary as listener.
It was not long before his intense ad
miration of the buccaneers and their per-
formances began to produce in him the
feeling that these great exploits should
not be lost to the world, and so he sci
about writing their lives and adventures
He remained with the pirates for sew
eral years and during that time worked
very industriously getting together ma
terial for his history. When he returned
to his own country in 1879, he there
completed book which he called The
Buccaneers of America; or, The True
Account of the Most Remarkable AS
saults Committed of Late Years UpoI
the Coasts of the West Indies by the
Buccaneers, etc. By John Esquemeling,
One of the Buccaneers, Who Was Pres
ent at Those Tragedies.
From this title it is probable that il
LIS Capacity VI HSpOI1oI Jul AAOOlo1J ~
rate accompanied his comrades on theil
various voyages and assaults, and al
though he states he was present at many
of "those tragedies" he makes no refer
ence to any deeds Of valor or cruelty
performed by himself, which shows hin
to have been a wonderfully conscien
tious historian. There are persons, how
ever, who doubt his impartiality, be
cause, as he liked the French, he al
ways gave the pirates of that nationality
the credit for most of the bravery dis
played ON their expeditions, and all o.
the magnanimity and courtesy, if there
happened to be any, while the surliness
brutality and extraordinary wickednes'
were all ascribed to the English.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-22
Read and Prayed.

A writer in the Rochester Post-Ex-
press tells good story about an English
bookseller of whom a lady inquired for
one of Browning's works, and the good
man answered that he had given up
keeping Browning, and what was more
he had tried to read him and could
make nothing out of any of his poems.
Indeed" the lady answered, and then,
being in search of another poet, she
added, "But have you Praed?'' Eyes,
indeed, ma'am, 1 have prayed over it.
but still get no light. -
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-22

A business man is not the most patient
creature in the world. He cannot wait to
hear any long-drawn-out story of the
cause of his ailment. He does not care
two straws about fine spun theory of
how he should treat himself He may be
predisposed to scrofula, or consumption
'That" he will tell you ''has nothing to
do with the case" He wants to be well
If he can be cured, write out prescrip-
ton and send in your bill. So, here's the
first part Of the proposition.
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
is microbe hunter and killer. Many
persons of scrofulous blood encourage the
breaking out of unsightly sores, to prevent
the disease going to the lungs. There is
no need of this state of dread and discom
fort Purify the blood 1t can be done
"Golden Medical Discovery" will cure SO
per cent. of all consumptive cases, also Of
all other lingering bronchial. throat and
lung diseases.
Even in hot weather the naked truth il
cold fact.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-22

A curious dish, potatoes and point,
was said to be only too common among
the poverty stricken inhabitants of west
ern Ireland, who use, according to one
explanatory legend, to place a salt her.
ring in the center of the table and point
their "praties" at it in order to get the
flavor; according to another authority,
salt, in the days when there was a
heavy duty upon it, took the place of
the salt fish. The dish is mentioned in
the Memoirs of Captain Rock, print
ed in 1894: "When there is but small
portion of salt left, the potato, instead
of being dipped into it by the guests, is
merely, as a sort of indulgence to the
fancy, pointed at it. R. Anderson, III
one of his Cumberland ballads, says:
Dinnerless gang ae hawf O. the week.
If we get bit meat on Sunday,
She cuts me nae mair than would physic a
sneype,
Then we've tatey and point every Monday.
Chambers Journal.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-22
wilkes Buttons.

Wilkes had the courage which does
not always accompany a sarcastic
tongue, for he fought two duels and
was nearly killed in one of them, and
when challenged ON third occasion he
behaved himself, on the authority of
Croker, who was certainly no admirer of
his, like man of temper and honor. "
His most serious encounter was with
Mr.. Martin, and Wilkes was only saved
by two buttons diverting the bullet.
One of his admirers procured these pre-
cious relics and put them in case with
the following inscription, NThese two
simple yet invaluable buttons, under
Providence, preserved the life of my be-
loved and honest friend John Wilkes in
a duel fought with Mr.. Martin on the
10th of November, 1868, when true
courage and humanity distinguished
him in manner scarcely known in for
mer ages
''His inyincible bravery, as we'll in the
field as in the glorious assertion Of the
liberty of the subject, will deliver him
down an unparalleled example of pub
lie virtue to all future generations. :"
Wilkes would probably have said to
this, as the Duke of Wellington to the
obsequious gentleman who escorted him
across Piccadilly, Don't be ID
fool, sir l''-Cornhill Magazine.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-22

to sufferers from catarrh will not be amiss
if a 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 catsrrh will yield to
and be permanently cured by 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, 1898-03-22

suit is malarial troubles, liver complaint,
rheumatism or neuralgia.
The best of all medicines for hard work
ing men and women is DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery 1t invigorates the liver
and purifies the blood, driving out the poi
sons that are responsible for malaria, and
the acids that are responsible for rheuma-
tism. 1t is the greatest of all blood-makers,
flesh-builders and nerve tonics. 1t strength.
ems the muscles and vitalizes every organ
1t brings sweet slumber at night and men
tai and physical activity during the day. II
gives zest to the appetite and makes the di-
gestion perfect. The man or woman who
resorts to this wonderful medicine when
ever the body is out of sorts will be able to
do almost any amount of work without dan
ger to the constitution. Thousands have
testified to its marvellous merits. Medicine
dealers sell it.
Your Golden Medical Discovery cured me
of a severe case of poisoning of the blood
writes Mrs. Selia Ricca, of Coast, Santa Cruz Co.
Cal. Is Boils one after another would break out OF
my arms, and were very painful. l have tried the
loudly praised Sarsaparillas without any benefit
whatever, and not until took your Discovery
did get well. That was two years ago, and
have not had boil or sore of any kind since"
The wise mother looks after the health oil
every member of the family. In this she
cannot have a better aid than a copy of DR.
Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser
It contains 1908 pages and over 300 illustra
tons 1t tells all about the hone-treatment
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Address the Worlds Dispensary Medica
Association, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-22
Modern Methods.

Diggs-I just finished reading an &C.
count of how they burned heretics at
the stake in ancient times. Such bar
barism would not be tolerated in this
enlightened age.
Biggs-No. indeedl The modern
hereto is let off with roast in the re-
hgious journals. Chicago News
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-22

Stable manure and ashes should not
be put on land at the same time, as the
potash would liberate one of the most
valuable elements in the manure, am
monia, which would then escape into
the air and be lost to the trees or the
crop, says The National Stockman. Six
months apart would do we'll, using
ashes in the spring and manure in the
fall
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-22
Jerusalem Artichokes For Hogs.

Jerusalem artichokes are certainly
fine feed for hogs and as grown they
will do their own harvesting. Plant and
care for them the same as potatoes until
ready to lay by. They are grown in
Colorado, but not SO extensively as they
should be. The planting should be done
on lands not wanted for any other pur-
pose for years to come. The yield is
from 800 to /, 200 bushels to the acre.
Denver Field and Farm.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-22
A CATCH.
From the tragi-comedy Of "The False As
trologer.'1

From the tragi-comedy of 'The False As
trologer.'']
We know what is, but what will be
We know not. No one ever knew.
The gods themselves cannot foresee
IF gods there be- what men may do.
Prophecies are arrows shot in the dark
At an unseen mark.
If they miss it, we let them go;
If they hit it, as sometimes they will
When the night winds thither blow,
We magnify the skill
OF the hand that held the bow.
The only thing we know
Is that we live and die,
Not the inscrutable whyi
Poor puppets of crumbling clay,
The world goes round and round,
And we go with There today,
Tomorrow underground
Richard Henry Stoddard In New York indie
Dendent.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-22

"Wouldn' your majesty like to take
out some life insurance." respectfully
asked the agent on being admitted to
the royal presence.
81 can't afford it, !" replied King Sol
ONION. cts all l can do to look after
my family while I'm alive.
Waving his hand to signify that the
interview was ended, he turned to the
speaking tube and ordered his steward
to provide 800 porterhouse steaks and
700 veal outlets, Dreaded, with tomato
sauce, for the family dinner. Chicago
Tribune.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-22
The SILK Hat Epoch.

Mrs. Greathead-I want a silk hat
for my husband and one for my son.
Hatter-I didn't know they wore
them.
Mrs. Greathead-They haven't here
tofore, but now my son is growing his
first mustache and my husband s taking
an interest in politics.
Record.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-22
Awful Error.

"I'll never forget the time 1 took my
good old aunt from the country to see a
Shakespearean revival at one of the the
aters -
Ibid she like it?''
Like it? found out that she would
never have gone at all but for the i'm
preston she had that revival meant
something religious. "-Cincinnati En-
quirer.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-22

Without extra exertion, languid, dull and
listless, your blood is failing to supply to
your muscles and other organs the vital
izing and strength giving properties they
require. Hoods Sarsaparilla cures that
tired feeling by enriching and purifying
the blood. 1t will give you energy and
vigor.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-22

One Way to be Happy
Is at all times to attend to the comforts Of
your family. Should anyone of them
catch slight cold or cough, call at once
on Wells & Son, Columbus E. D. Prickitt,
Mount Holly; VIC. Jones, New Egypt
Edw. W. Rossell, Pemberton, and J. H
Leeds, Rancocas, sole agents. and get q
trial bottle of Otto Cure, the great Ger.
man remedy, free. We give it away to
prove that we have a sure cure for coughs
colds, asthma, consumption, and all dis,
eases of the throat and lungs. Large sizes
SOC and Csc.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-22
From sire to Son.

AS family medicine Bacon's Celery
King for the nerves passes from sire to
son as legacy. If you have kidney,
liver or blood disorder get free sample
package of this remedy at once. Ifyou
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
J. H. Leeds, Rancocas, the leading drug
gists, are sole agents and are distributing
samples free. Large packages SOC and 25c.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-22
Chicago Modesty.

'Did she have church wedding?"
"No. There's no foolish desire for
ostentation about her. Why, every time
she's been divorced the case has always
been heard in the judges little side
room. ''-Cleyeland Plain Dealer.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-22

If two tuning forks of the same pitch
are placed facing each other, the one
sounding, the other silent in few Sec
onds the silent one will be giving out a
distinctly audible note.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-22
The business of street car ''trailers'
seems to be running behind.
Many People Cannot Drink

coffee at night. 1t spoils their sleep. You car
drink Grain-O when you please and sleep like
a top. For Grafn-O does not stimulate; il
nourishes, cheers and feeds. Yet it looks anC
tastes like the best coffee. For nervous per
sons, young people and children Grain-O is the
perfect drink. Made from pure grains. Get
package from your grocer to-day. Try IL il
place of coffee. Is and Csc.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-22

Mr.. Beaumonde-How do you like
the new coachman, my dear?
Mrs. Beaumonde-Oh, he's splendid
His hair just matches our pair of chest
nut carriage horses. London Fun.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-22
The moon brings many dogs to bay.
The Homeliest Man in Mount HOLY

As we'll as the handsomest, and others are in
vited to call on any druggist and get free a
trial bottle of Kemps Balsam for the Throat
and Lungs, remedy that is guaranteed tC
cure and relieve all Chronic and Acute
Coughs, Asthma, Bronchitis and Consumption
Price 25c. and Soc
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-22

Pens to the number of $500, 600 are
used throughout the world every day in
the week.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-22

In Germany "von' implies nobility,
and all persons who belong to the no.
bility prefix ''von" to their names with
out any exception. Persons who do not
belong to the nobility cannot have the
right to put won before their names.
A man who is knighted for some reason,
however, has the same right to put
won" before his family name as per-
son of ancient nobility. For instance,
when Alexander Humboldt was knight
ed he became Alexander Won Humboldt.
All his descendants, male and female,
take the prefix. -Philadelphia Press.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-22

1t is not unusual for the Duke of
Westminster's charity ball tc amount
to $40, 1000 year
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-22

Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot Ease
a powder. 1t cures Corns, Bunfons, Chilblains
Sweating, Swollen feet. AT all druggists ant
Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample FREE. Address
Allen s. Olmsted. LIE Roy. N Y
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-22

The most wonderful wine cellars in
the world are underneath nobleman' s
palace at Warsaw. They have been used
for storing wines for over 400 years. ana
the whole place is one mass Of fungi
and stalactites
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-22

Although Greece has an abundance Of
seacoast, most of the fish eaten are i'm
ported, the imports of fish averaging
e7O0. 900 yearly.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-22
When You Are Tired

Of an unstained haracter-furniture in
the rough.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-22

Hoods Pills are easy to take, easy to
operate. Cure indigestion, biliousness.
25 cents.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-22

When the farmer sows patches Of
ground he is not always on the mend.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-22
One Way to be Happy

The fastness of time is not caused by iti
fore-locks
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-22

A lazy ledger is nothing but an idle
roomer.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-22

A painter should not put on coat un.
ess it fits in color as we'll as size.