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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-05-17
GOLFlNG PHILOLoGY.
Derivation of Curious Terms Which BE
long to the Game.

Derivation of Curious Terms Which Be-
long to the Game.
To the enthusiastic golfer the game is
never out of season. Fitted with "aro-
tic'' goloshes and a warm knitted
waistcoat, he is seen upon the links on
many day which appears Indictment to
the uninitiated. Perhaps this disregard
of snow and ice is natural when one
comes to look up the derivation of golf
ing terms. Many of the words come di-
rectly from the Icelandio languages,
others have synonyms in Gaelic or
Swedish.
The tee, or little nodule of gravel or
earth from which the golfer strikes off
his ball, at the beginning of each link,
is derived from tia, " an Icelandic verb
signifying "to point out
Again. "golf' itself evidently comes
from the Scandinavian "kolf," club,
the Gaelic form being "colb" and the
Icelandio form being "kolfr" "a clapper
of a bell or bulb).
The links" come straight from the
Swedish "lynka, meaning "twist"
or crook" hence its application to the
windings of the coast, the sandy, barren
ground called "links" in Scotland.
To put" pronounced putt comes
from the Gaelic put" signifying to
push or throw, as when the useful put
ter" propels the golf ball from the
putting green" into the hole.
The "lofter" is derived from the Ice
landic "loft" -that is shy or air-a
Danish form being "loft" for ceiling or
loft.-Philadelph Inquirer.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-05-17
Homes of the Anthracite Miners.

A group of papers dealing with the
Pennsylvania coal regions appears in
The Century. Jay Hambidge gives can
Artists Impression Of the Colliery Re-
gion." Mr.. Hambidge says of one of the
patches" where the miners live: Each
little house, with the boxes, cubby
holes and fences about it, has been built
by the man who lives in it. And he is
a laborer, struggler for mere existence,
not deft in the use of tools, nor with an
eye for the symmetrical, nor with an
appreciation for anything beyond the
most primal facts of living. The roofs
of the buildings slant at all angles,
with no two sides of the same length or
DETECTION. One portion will have caves,
while it's companion will scorn the lux
ury. The same incongruity prevails ev
erywhere. Some of the small openings
used for windows are high, while others
are low. One door will open in and an
other out. The hinges have evidently
come from the company scrap pile, and
the staples and latches and locks from
the same source. Some of the roofs have
shingles, others weatherboards, while
others are formed of great pieces of
rusty sheet iron.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-05-17
George Got His Wheel.

George had wanted a bicycle for a
long time. Last year his birthday was
embittered by the fact that he did not
get the much coveted wheel, and SO he
awaited the day this time with much
anxiety.
During the week before he regularly
and earnestly resorted to prayer that he
might have his. desire granted. His par
ents really feared for his faith should
he again be disappointed. Therefore on
the morning of his birthday he found
awaiting him by his bedside beautiful
new wheel.
When his mother entered the room,
she found him delightedly gazing upon
it.
"Well," he called out cheerfully, II
thought the Lord wouldn't have the
nerve to refuse this time New York
World.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-05-17
All Germans Go to the Opera.

1.-THE opera begins in Dresden at
o'clock and closes at TO-" writes Lillian
Bell from Berlin to The Ladies Home
Journal. 1.-THE best seats are absurdly
cheap, and whole families, whole
schools, whole communities, l should
say, go there together. Coming straight
from Paris, from the theatrical, viva
cious, enthusiastic French audiences,
this first German audience seemed seri-
GUS, thoughtful, appreciative, but un-
enthusiastic. They use more Judgment
about applause than the French. They
never interrupt scene, or even a mu-
steal phrase, with misplaced applause.
Their appreciation is slow. but hearty,
and always worthily disposed. The
French are given to exaggerating an
emotion and to applauding an eccen-
tricity. Even their subtlety is overdone.
The German drama is cleaner, the fam
lily tie is made much of, sentiment is
encouraged instead of being ridiculed, as
it too often is in America, but the Ger
man point of view of Americans is quite
as much distorted as the French. That
statement is severe, but true. 1t would
be utterly impossible for the American
girl to be more exquisitely misunder-
stood than by French and German men. :"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-05-17
His Resources.

Judge Ermston tells a good story
about man he was questioning as to
his being good to go on 5000 bond.
"What property have you to the
amount of SCOOP" asked the judge
81 have 5000 in building associa-
tion," replied the witness.
well, and what more?"
81 have stock in trade to the amount
of $780,"
$50 on"
II have household furniture worth
$780,"
"Well, we still want $10."
81 have your note, judge, for that
amount, which you gave me seven years
ago at College Corner.
Tableau l-Cinoinnati Enquirer
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-05-17
Electric Lightine In Tunnels.

America is leading the way in the
matter of Illuminating railway tunnels
by means of electricity. The Baltimore
tunnel is thus lighted, and arrange
ments are being made to light the Hoo
sac tunnel in the same way. Similarly,
on the continent the great St. Gothard
tunnel will shortly be illuminated by
means Of arc lamps. The advantages
claimed for an electrically illuminated
railway tunnel are many. Among other
things, it will presumably greatly re-
duce the chances of an accident happen
ing either from collision or through a
broken rail or an obstruction, as the
engineer Will be enabled to see clearly
a long way ahead-far enough at least,
if the lights are properly distributed,
to stop his train in time. Industries
and Iron
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-05-17

liant mat ne thrust IL into lantern
which he wore slung round his neck
and set out to rejoin his fellow gnomes.
On reaching them he cried out:
"Come and see what a magnificent
gem have found
His companions laughed at him, say
ing;
"Why, it is but Will-o' -the-wisp. "
81 tell you it is an Opal. picked ii
up, and its fire scorched my hand"
"Yet tits but Will-o' -wispr'
The poor gnome was furious with
anger and exclaimed:
81 know that it is an Opal, and ye
are jealous because am weather. than
ye ALL"
He preserved his treasure for some
days, but he perceived that it dwindled
slowly away as its rays grew fainter and
fainter-so faint, indeed, that it scarce
ly seemed to shine.
''Take it back to the lake" cried his
companion. Perhaps it may there re-
cover its effulgence and beauty"
So the gnome went sorrowfully back
to the lake, hoping against hope. Hard,
ly had he opened his lantern when the
flame sprang out. and, increasing per
ceptibly in size, glided noiselessly over
the surface of the water to the center OF
the lake, where it distended and sepa-
rated itself into broad green leaves,
whence emerged the ohaste Water Lily,
which once more lifted its fair face to
gaze on the Respondent Moon. Carmen
Sylvia Queen of Roumania) in Lady
Realm
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-05-17

The Successful Remedy For Nasal Catarrh
must be non-irritating, easy of applica-
ton, and one that will by its own action
reach the inflamed and diseased surfaces
ELY'S CREAM BALM combines the
important REQUESTS of quick action and
specific curative powers with perfect safe
ty to the patient. This agreeable remedy
has mastered catarrh as nothing else has,
and both physicians and patients freely
concede this fact. All druggists cheer
fully acknowledge that in it the acme OF
Pharmaceutical skill has been reached.
The most distressing symptoms quickly
yield to it. In acute cases the balm inn
parts almost instant relief.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-05-17
One Veteran without a Pension.

sat on a hill with sergeant who
knew history and horses. He remem-
bered Pansy, which had served 10 years
in the troop and first rate old horse
then, but a id inspector with no
soul came browsing around one day and
condemned that old horse. Government
got measly $10-or something like
that This ran along for time, when
one day they were trooping up some
lonely valley, and, behold, there stood
Pansy, as thin as a snake, tied by q
wickieup. He greeted the troop with
joyful neighs. The soldiers asked the
captain to be allowed to shoot him, but
of course he said no. l could not learn
if he winked when he said it. The col
umn wound over the hill, a carbine
rang from its rear, and Pansy lay down
in the dust without a kick Death is
better than Indian for horse. The
thing was not noticed at the time,
but made a world of fuss afterward,
though how it all came out the sergeant
did not develop, nor was it necessary. =
Frederic Remington in Harper's Maya
ziua
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-05-17
HOW THE GURKHAs FIGHT.


They Punctuated Their Attacks For
tress With Football Games.
Not two miles from Nilt progress was
again arrested-and this time for weeks
by the fortresses of Thol and Nahum.
These seemed impregnable, for where
the slopes of the cliff were not inaocessi-
BILE the defenders had turned the water
course on the edge of them, SO that they
were quickly coated with ice.
In front of these strongholds the Off
GERS and Gurkhas played football every
afternoon, the latter, who were very
keen, kicking the ball without bending
the knee. The Hunzas, however, object
ed to the game, and as soon as one COM
menoed would open fire, which the
players regarded not. So the Kanjutis
started game of polo on the maiden
outside Thol, but the British fire was
more effective, for the Gurkhas are
capital marksmen, and the game was
soon dropped. Finally a Dogra sepoy
named Nagdu discovered gully which
seemed possible and assembled this alone
The following night, so Gurkhas
and so Dogras of the imperial service
troops under Lieutenant Manners
Smith, an expert cragsman, hid at the
foot of the gully and remained shivering
there for hours until at early dawn
the remainder of the force diverted the
enemy's attention by continuous fire.
Followed by his 80 Gurkhas, Man
Smith commenced the perilous as
cent, and behind them came Taylor and
his Dogras, with the notifying result
that after two hours climbing the gully
was found to be blocked. Steps were
retraced to where the gully forked, and
there he again led upward in such
manner that had one of the leaders
missed his hold most of the party
might have been swept away.
This time they were right, and the
leaders were within so yards of the first
sangar before being perceived. The
alarm being given, the interchange of
shots at once ceased, and all attention
was directed to the daring climbers
Rocks and showers of stones were pour
ed down, but the little band had passed
the most exposed points, and only
few were destroyed. Calmly they swung
themselves up from rock to rock until
at length the pluckly subaltern and
few of his men were seen to storm the
first sangar, the defendants scattering
after a short resistance. Pail Mall
HeRazine. -
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-05-17

Some remarkable observations on the
longevity of germs in dust have been
made by DIR. MIGUEL, a French biologist.
In 1881 some earth was taken from a
depth of ten inches and was found to
contain $500, 900 microbes per gram.
1t was then dried for two days in a tenn
perature of 80 degrees centigrade, when
it was found that the number had de-
creased to about 100000 per gram.
The dust was then Theoretically sealed
and put away in dark corner of the
laboratory. On opening the tubes after
a lapse of 16 years it was found that the
dirt still contained $500, 900 microbes
per gram From the surviving bao-
terra the tetanus microbe was isolated,
and SO wonderful was its vitality that
it caused death in guinea pigs after an
incubation period of two days.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-05-17
GREEN BADGES OF COURAGE,
sashes Worn by Army Surgeons and Their
History.

History.
A great many people do not know
why army surgeons wear green sashes.
1t is not so much an insignia of rank as
it is protection to the wearer. Accord
ing to the code of war, surgeons are
never shot or taken prisoners. To DELHI
erately shoot surgeon while he is
wearing his sash is considered viola
ton of the code, punishable by death.
Because of this provision surgeons of
one army never refuse to look after the
wounded of the other army if it is posi-
BILE for them to do SO. During the civil
war it was often the case that after a
battle the field hospitals would contain
almost an equal number of men dressed
in blue and gray. The Federal army
had the best surgeons and the best
stores, and wounded Confederate con-
sidered himself in great luck if he was
removed to a Federal hospital to be
cared for by Federal surgeons and ply
sicians.
But i'll the heat of battle green sash
is not much protection, and surgeons
were often wounded or killed. But this
did not keep the surgeons at the rear
until the battle was over. They were
often found in the thick of the fray,
dressing wounds and sending the wound
ed to the rear. Theirs was perilous as
we'll as a noble duty, and they perform
ed it well. World Herald.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-05-17

nographerS and type-writers. II every
young woman would take the right care OF
her distinctly maidenly self, this complaint
would never be heard The woman who
suffers from weakness and disease OF the
delicate feminine organs is united Tor her
duties, either in the house or in the ONCE
Young unmarried women, especially 90
not like to confde their troubles OF this
nature to their home doctor. They shudder
at the thought of the examinations and
local applications to which they may have
to submit These are entirely unnecessary,
and all letters addressed to DR.. r. V. Pierce,
Buffalo, N Y, are held in the most sacred
confidence Dr. Pierce has been for thirty
years chief consulting physician to the In
valids' Hotel and Surgical Institute. at
Buffalo, N Y, one of the greatest medical
institutions in the world His neighbors
made him congressman and he was per
sonal friend of the martyr president. DT.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription cures all
weakness and disease of the delicate and
important organs of femininity, upon which
depend young woman's health. Honest
druggists don't substitute.
II have recommended your Favorite Prescrip-
ton to great many OF my friends, and there
has not been a single lady who used it, but was
cured by it. 1t is the best medicine for females
have ever taken. I tried four doctors and they
did me no good. They said was bound to die "
thus writes Mrs. c. C. Clark, of New Rome Floyd
County, Georgia.
A bad business head and a bad working
body are the results of bihouSness and cou-
stipation Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are
a sure cure for these ailments. They regu.
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bowels. One a laxative, two a mild cathar-
tic. They never grippe. At medicine stores.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-05-17

Catarrhal sufferers should remember
that Ely's Cream Balm is the only ca
tarrh remedy which is quickly and thor
oughly absorbed by the diseased mem
brane. It does not dry up the secretions,
but changes them to limpid and odor-
less condition, and finally to natural and
healthy character.
The Balm can be found at any drug
store, or by sending so cents to Ely Broth
ers So Warren ST., New York, it will be
mailed
Full directions with each package
Cream Balm opens and cleanses the
nasal passages, allays Inflammation, there
by stopping pain in the head, heals and
protects the membrane and restores the
senses of taste and smell. The Balm is
applied directly into the nostrils.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-05-17
SAFE BEHIND IRON DOORS.

How q Brooklyn Sacrament Service Is
Protected From Thieves.
It is generally accepted as fact that
the most expensive and elaborate taber-
naole for the services in this country is
that belonging to st. Augustine's
church, Brooklyn. Formed entirely of
gold and silver and studded with pre-
oious stones, it would prove rich haul
for the daring but saorilegious marauder.
This fact was fully appreciated by the
church authorities, who have devised a
plan of protection which is as near per-
feet as can be. 1t is an electric system,
unique and effective, and now when the
congregation arrives the tabernacle is
in full view, but as soon as the congre-
CATION is dismissed the tabernacle dis
appears completely, apparently without
human aid.
Two great, heavy harveyized iron
doors, which have been covered with
gold leaf, roll forward at the press of
an electric button and completely con-
ceal and protect the costly chanoel.
These folding doors meet in dome at
the top to afford protection in that direo
ton. The motion of the doors is slow
and easy, special apparatus being de-
vised for the purpose, the doors moving
on heavy roller bearings. The motion
is impaired to them by means of sys-
tenn Of gears, actuated by an electric
motor installed directly beneath in the
cellar. In order that no one should have
access to the actuating push buttons
these are placed in a regulation fire and
burglar proof vault of massive construc-
tion, the combination to which is
known only to the rector and his asso-
oiates. All the wires leading to the mo-
tor from the source of supply are con-
neoted at various points to the local po-
lice and burglar alarm service, so that
should any one tamper with the wires
notification would be given Immediate
ly. The safe doors are so constructed
that should any one attempt to drill
through them other electric circuits
would be closed and the alarm given.
When the doors before the tabernacle
are closed, it is completely inclosed in
heavy iron on all Sides SO that it is
much safer than if an armed guard
stood watch before it.-Cleveland Plain
Dealer
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-05-17
UNLOADING COAL.
Two Ways of Discharging Coal From Ca
nalbOats Into Carts.

Two Ways of Discharging Coal From Ca
nalbOats Into Carts.
Scoops like those that are used in
taking up mud from under water, in
deepening slips, that shut together in
the mud, biting out "a great mouthful of
it to be lifted up and dropped into a
scow, are also used in unloading coal
in taking coal out of boats The ordinary
way of unloading coal from boats into
carts ON the wharf alongside is with
big scoops holding quarter Of ton
each, which are hung on pivots so that
when they are cast loose they can easily
be upset and emptied. These scoops are
flied in the boat by men who tip the
scoop on its side toward the coal and
scrape the coal down into it until it is
almost full and then right it up and
finish filling it with shovels. The scoop
is hooked on to a rope and hoisted up
by horse or steam power to the driver
wait1ag with his cart on the wharf,
who empties the scoop into his cart.
Meanwhile the men below are filling
another scoop. The shovelers who do
this work earn good wages, but they
must be men of strength and endurance,
and they may have to work long hours.
The steam scoop is used in only the
smaller sizes of coal, but the work that
it does is done much cheaper than it
could be done by hand shoveling. The
scoop is dropped open upon the coal in
the hold of canalboat and then closed
by power operated by the engineer who
runs it. The separated lower edges of
the two parts of the scoop are drawn TO-
gether down through the coal until they
meet, thus holding the coal inclosed.
The scoop is then hoisted up and
swung in by power, not over the cart,
but over an elevated pocket or bin
which has spout on each side SO that
two carts can load at once. When it
has been swung in, the scoop is opened,
to discharge its contents into the pocket,
and then it is swung out again and once
more dropped open upon the coal in the
boat below.-New York Sun
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-05-17
AN AUTUMN MORNING.


The frost's agleam where the dew was dripping
just in the space of day agone.
The rose deep edge of the sun is slipping
Through mellow mesh of the autumn dawn.
Song of neither the thrush nor the linnet
Rises and sweeps in broken flow.
Only the breeze on a sweetbrier spinet
Shivers pensive adagio.
The frost's agleam ON the path follow.
Scarlet velvet the witch hazel spreads
Adown the slope of the old mill hollow,
Where dodder tangles it's lustrous threads.
What is there left of the summers story
The faded roses, the daisies lost
What of her opulent glow and glory,
Quenched in the film of an autumn frost2
Deep in the fringe of its willow cover,
Where javelin points of sun are thrust,
The stream that sung to a summer lover
Echoes the song of an ended trust.
Hattie Whitney in Woman's Home Compan
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-05-17
Her CAAFING DISH.
When Fanchon to her chatting dish
Ranairs and lights the alcohol.

When Fanchon to her chatting dish
Repairs and lights the alcohol,
We look for miracles and wish
That fate may let us share them all.
Though not to gluttony inclined,
We laugh with gastronomic glee.
And each lays plans with secret mind
To eat tidbits enough for three.
For Fanchon is cook supreme
Of dainties which the dish may hold,
A gracious goddess Of the steam
Whose bounties please us more than gold
Her finnan haddies and croquettes
Are poems of righteousness.
Her oysters and her omelets
Achieve the climax of success.
And yet i wonder can it be
That Fanchon's skill is so unique.
know what SAVIOR all for me
Are her bright eyes and glowing cheek.
Well Fanchon, cater TO the men
And to the maids whom men desire,
But don't get scorched, young lady, when
You're playing with the dainty fire.
Chicago Record.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-05-17
TWO ToILERs.

Two men toiled side by side from sun TO sun.
And both were poor;
Both sat with children when the day was done
About their door.
One saw the beautiful In crimson cloud
And shining moon;
The other, with his head In sadness bowed,
Made night of noon.
One loved each tree and flower and singing
bird
On mount or plain;
No music in the soul Of one was stirred
BY leaf or rain.
One saw the good in every fellow man,
And hoped the best;
The other marveled at his masters plan,
And doubt confessed.
One having heaven above and heaven below
Was satisfied;
The other, discontinued, lived in woe,
And hopeless died.
Boston Transcript.
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The biggest fault of some people is their
to be told their faults.
Trv Athena Foot-Ease

powder to be shaken into the shoes. AT
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