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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-08-16

A curiosity rarely witnessed in this
country was seen at the Office of the
pension examiners in this city today. 1t
was negro man turning white The
mans name is Sam Smith. He is 81
years old and came here today from
Georgetown to stand an examination
for pension, he having served in the
Union army. More than three-fourths
Of the man s entire body is white, the
skin fairer by far than that of the or
binary white man. The dark skin re-
naming ON the body is only in small
spots. Smith says that his skin began
turning white in 1867, and the dark
skin has been disappearing from the
body ever since. The physicians who
examined him today think that should
the old man live few years longer he
will be entirely white save perhaps the
face. A peculiar feature of the case is
that the face has not been turning white
along with the rest of the body, the
white only showing at few places be-
meath the hair on the forehead, and not
on the face at all.-Lexington (Ky.)
Letter in Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-08-16
BILINGuAL TELEPHONES.

A Story at the Expense of a Milwaukee
Millionaire Brewer.
J. G. Nolen, who is an old timer in
the electrical construction business, tells
a story on "Val" Blatz, the millionaire
brewer of Milwaukee.
"Our company had had some CORE
spondence with Mr.. Blatz regarding the
putting in of a telephone plant in his
big brewery establishment, and was
sent up to try to close deal
81 took couple of phones with me
in order to make practical demonstra-
ton should one be required, and went
with the intention of making a sale.
81 got to talking with Mr.. Blatz and
showed him the advantage Of putting in
our intercommunicative system through
out his establishment. He listened at
tentively, and finally said:
Yes, that is all SO; very true
But, and he spoke with the conviction
Of one who was putting a poser, but
my men down in the malthouse and the
warehouses and cold storage are all
Dutchmen.
AAJ pCl1g q SO11udA eh14o q
graduate of Leipsic and Heidelberg, can
speak English, but what would your
telephones be to my Dutch workmen,
who cannot speak English at alp
"Well, l saw how the land lay. Old
Val could not get it through his head
that the telephone would transmit any
thing but the language of America. I
was bound to make the deal, as I said
before. So remarked to Mr.. Blatz:
I can put on some German receiv-
ers if you so desire. / have some with
me-.
81 connected up the phones, made
show Of changing the receivers, and in
half an hour Mr. Blatz was talking to
one of his Dutchmen down in the malt
house. He was delighted.
You may put them in, he said,
and shall want one German one in
the malthouse, one German one in each
warehouse, English ones in my Office
and the business office and German
one in the cold storage house.
"We closed the deal and Mr.. Blatz
was glad to pay 80 extra for each Ger
man enunoiator we put in. When the
phones were shipped from the factory,
I had them labeled German and English
respectively, and the big brewer was
perfectly satisfied.
sit was five years before saw Blatz
again, - concluded Mr.. Nolen. "He rec
ognized me at once and said with
hearty German laugh: You are the &C.
commodating gentleman who put in the
German and English telephones for me.
Well, you are good one. "-Milwau-
kee Telephone.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-08-16
An Ancient Agricultural Implement.

An agricultural relic of considerable
interest was unearthed recently ON the
farm of Amos Buchanan, in Springfield
township, Delaware county. Buckman's
farm is known as the Lewis Home
stead,'' and it is said to be the Oldest
place in the county, the title dating
back to William Penn's time. The
farmhouse, a solid stone structure,
about $50 years old, has begun to show
signs Of age, and last week steps were
taken to put it in repair. Preparations
were made to reshingle the roof, but be-
fore this could be done it was necessary
to tear down and rebuild the large
chimney. The men engaged at this
work had RACED the chimney to the
level of the roof, when they came to
large fiat piece of iron which had been
put in to brace the chimney against the
stone wall This was torn out and
thrown to the ground, when one of the
workmen noticed its odd shape After
the mortar had been cleaned off it was
examined and proved to be an old fash
Toned "sod cutter" A name was sunk
on it, of which only the three last let
ters isis could be made out, but the
date, 1853, is fairly legible. At that
time the plows were very primitive,
yet they had in a crude form the cut
tiers still frequently used on modern
plows to open the way for the share.
Owing to the mortar the cutter is we'll
preserved, but the worn edges attest
that it had turned many a furrow in it's
palmy days before it was built into the
chimney. -Philadelphia Record.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-08-16

" Love Is not love that alters when 1t alteration
finds"
That is one of the sublimest lines in all
literature. 1t is the final definition of love
by the worlds greatest reader of the human
mind, - Shakespeare. Nearly all women
who truly love- love in this sublime way
Men seldom do.
Woman's most glorious endowment is
the power to awaken and hold the pure
and honest love of worthy man. When
she loses 1t and still loves on, no one in
the wide world can know the heart agony
she endures. The woman who suffers
from weakness and arrangement of her
special womanly organism soon loses the
power to sway the heart of a man. Her
general health suffers and she loses her
good looks, her attractiveness, her anna
bility and her power and prestige as a
woman. DR.. K. V. Pierce, of Buffalo. N Y :,
with the assistance of his staff of able ply
sicians, has prescribed for many thousands
of women. He has devised perfect and
scientific remedy for women's ailments. II
Is known as DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
ton. 1t is a positive specific for all weak
nesses, diseases, disorders, displacements,
irregularities, and facilitating drains pc.
culiar to women 1t purihes, regulates,
strengthens and heals. Medicine dealers
sell it, and no honest dealer will advise
you to accept q substitute that he may
make a little larger profit.
II was afflicted with kidney trouble and
have always had torpid liver writes Mrs z
Crosswhite, of Duffau, Erath Co, Texas. when
commenced your medicine was not able tc
stand on my feet. / used one bottle Of DIR
Pierce's Favorite Prescription and five walls of
his Pleasant Pellets am now well. I had
the treatment but In ten days l was able t.
walk everywhere"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-08-16
THREE QUEER CITIES.
Each Ono Is Built on Islands Connected
by Many Bridges.

Each Ono Is Built on Islands Connected
by Many Bridges.
The city of Client, in Belgium, is
built on 26 islands. These islands are
connected with each other by 80
bridges The city has 800 streets and 80
public squares. 1t is noted for being the
birthplace of Charles V and of John Of
Gaunt, whom Shakespeare called "time
honored Lancaster. " and as the scene Of
the pacifoation of Client Nov. 8, 1916,
and of several Instructions, sieges and
executions Of we'll known personagesL It
is associated with American history by
the treaty made there Dec. "a, 1914,
terminating the second war between
England and the United States, known
as the war of 1912.
Amsterdam, in Holland, is built on
piles driven far below the water into
the earth. The city is intersected by
many canals, which are spanned by
nearly 800 bridges, and resembles Ven
ice in the mingling of land and water,
though it is considerably larger than
that city. The canals divide the city,
which is about ten miles in circumfer-
ence, into 80 islands.
The city of Venice is built on 80
islets, which are connected by nearly
400 bridges. Canals serve for streets in
Venice, and boats, called gondolas, for
carriages The bridges are, as a rule,
very steep rising considerably in the
middle, but have easy steps. The cir
conference of the city is about eight
miles. The Venetians joined the Lom-
bard League against the German en-
peror, and, in LIT, gained great VIC
tory in defense of Pope Alexander III,
over the feet of war vessels headed by
Otto, son of Frederic Barbarossa In
gratitude for this victory the pope gave
the Doge Ziani a ring, and instituted
the world famous ceremony of "Venice
Marrying the Adriatic Sea" In this
ceremony the doge, as the chief ruler of
Venice used to be termed, with appro-
pirate ceremonies dropped ring into
the sea every year in recognition of
the wealth and trade carried to Venice
by the Adriatic.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-08-16

A cooking teacher tells of manufac-
tured cream that is worth knowing
about in emergencies, when the real
article is not to be had. 1t is made from
the whites of two eggs beaten stiff,
with tablespoonful of sugar and tea
spoonful of cornstarch Half cup of
cold milk is added by degrees and all
beaten together very stiff. A cup of
milk is heated over the fire, with a
small butter ball melted in it. This is
allowed to come just to the boiling
point, when it is removed to a cooler
part of the stove and the beaten egg
mixture added. When it has all thick
ened very slightly to about the consist
ency of thick cream, it is taken off and
strained and cooled This may be used
as cream for serving with fresh or pre-
served fruits, but it is needless to add
1t will not whip.-New York Post.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-08-16
81 MIND THE DAY."

/ mind the day I'd wish l was say gull hyin
far,
For then I'd fly and find you in the west,
And I'd wish / was a little rose as sweet as
roses are,
For then you'd maybe wear it on your breast,
Achrayi
You'd maybe take and wear it on your breast.
I'd wish could be Twin near, to love you day
and night,
To let no throuble touch you annoy.
I'd wish could be dyin here, to rise a spirit
light.
So them above 'ud let me bring you joy,
Mavronei
If them above 'pd let me win you Joy.
And now wish no wishes, nor ever fall tear,
Nor take thought beyont the way I'm led.
/ mind the day that's overbye and bless the
day that's here.
There be to come a day when Wen be dead,
Achrayi
A longer, lighter day when we'll be dead.
MORA O'Neill in Blackwood's Magazine.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-08-16

The grand specific for the prevailing
malady of the age, Dyspepsia, Liver Com
plant, Rheumatism, Costiveness, General
Debility, etc, is Bacon's Celery King for
the Nerves This great herbal tonic slim
ulates the digestive organs, regulates the
Liver and restores the system to vigorous
health and energies Sample free Large
packages SOC and 25c. Sold only by Wells
Il Son, Columbus; E. D. Prickitt, Mount
Holly; w. c. Jones, New Egypt; Edw W.
Rossell, Pemberton, and II. H. Leeds
Rancocas
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-08-16

The gauchos, or dwellers in the ex-
tensive plains of Buenos Ayres, are
marvelously dexterous with both hands
and feet Many of them have acquired
through long practice such skill in
using their toes as if they were fingers
that they can fling the lasso and even
pick pockets with them, Some time ago
a Frenchman who was fishing in one of
the rivers of Buenos Ayres was warned
to be ON his guard against the light fin
gered natives He forthwith kept Wig
liant watch ON his companions but
nevertheless one day, when his attention
was closely riveted OIL his float, willy
gaucho drew near, and, delicately in
sorting his foot, extracted the French
man IS hooks and other yaluables from
his pocket. Boston Transcript
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A REPRESENTATIVE PIRATE.
Captain Kidd Was Utterly without ANY
Sense of Honor.

sense OF Honor
1t is said that Kidd showed no re-
pentance when he was tried, but insist
ed that he was the victim of malicious
persons who swore falsely against him,
and yet more thoroughly dishonest
rascal never sailed under the black flag.
In the guise of an accredited officer Of
the government he committed the crimes
he was sent out to suppress. He deceiv-
ed his men. He robbed and misused his
fellow countrymen and his friends, and
he even descended to the meanness Of
cheating and despoiling the natives of
the West India islands with whom he
traded. These people were in the habit
of supplying pirates with food and other
necessaries, and they always found their
rough customers entirely honest and
willing to pay for what they received,
for as the pirates made a practice of
stopping at certain points for supplies
they wished of course to be on good
terms with those who furnished them.
But Kidd had no ideas of honor toward
people of high or low degree He would
trade with the natives as if he intended
to treat them fairly and pay for all he
got, but when the time came for him to
depart and he was ready to weigh an
Choir he would seize all the commodi-
ties he could lay his hands on and
without paying copper to the distress
ed and indignant Indians he would gay
ly sail away, his black flag Haunting
6pri sivplu in fbe wind
But although in reality Captain Kidd
was no hero, he has been known for
century and more as the great American
pirate, and his name has been repre-
sentative of piracy ever since. Years
after he had been hung, when people
heard that vessel with black flag
or one which looked black in the dis
tance-fying from its rigging had been
seen, they forgot that the famous pirate
was dead and imagined that Captain
Kidd was visiting their part of the coast
in order that he might find good place
to bury some treasure which it was no
longer safe for him to carry about
Frank r. Stockton in Century.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-08-16

AS early as 1919 the French began to
advertise in paper called the Petites
Affiches, and ten years later the first
bona fide attempt at printing newspa-
per was made in London. Among the
very earliest mercantile advertisements
to appear in England was one advertis-
ing the sale Of tea. 1t appeared in The
Mercurius Politicus.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-08-16
The Bamboo Gun.

The natives in the Bucherganj dis.
trict of Bengal have been deprived Of
their guns, and since then they have re-
sorted to the native bamboo in the hunt
for defensive weapons.
They hollow out the bamboo, load it
with an ounce or two of native powder
and handful of iron slugs and touch it
off with fuse in the immediate neigh
borhood of the offending person.
Another way, as the cookery books
say, is to employ the bamboo as fork
with cobra pinned to the far end An
application of the cobra to the sleeping
body of an enemy is all that is neces-
sary.-London Tit Bits
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-08-16

to sufferers from catarrh win not be amiss
if cure can be offered. Ely's Cream
Balm has become a favorite in all sections
of the United States Your cold in the
head will be quickly relieved by it, and
the severest attack of catarrh will yield to,
and be perfectly cured by thorough
treatment. Catarrh is not blood disease
but an Inflammation of the passages of
the nose and throat due to climate
changes.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-08-16
Ice Broke the Spell.

There is a curious little tale about
Captain Bagot, M. P. for South West
moreland, which cannot fail to interest
those superstitiously inclined. It is said
that, some generations ago, a witch
cursed Levens Hall, the seat of Captain
Bagot, and said that there would be no
direct male heir to the estate as long as
the Kent-the river which runs through
the grounds-howed. Such has indeed
been the case, until in 1895, when,
owing to the severe frost, the Kent was,
for time, entirely frozen up, and few
months afterward Mrs Bagot presented
Der husband with little boy
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RArAPlAN.


"Oh, Rataplani 1t is merry note,
And mother, I'm for listing in the morn"
tAnd would ye, son, to wear scarlet coat
Go leave your mothers latter age forlornf'
"Oh, mother, am sick of sheep and goat,
Fat cattle and the reaping of the corn.
| long to see the British colors float.
For glory, glory, glory, was born"
She saw him march. 1t was a gallant sight.
She blest herself and praised him for a man
And straight he hurried to the bitter fight
And found bullet in the drear Sudan.
They dug a shallow grave. Twas all they
might.
And that's the end of glory. Rataplani
Living Age.
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SMILES AND TEARS.

You bid me sing gay refrain,
Win from my Tyre note more glad,
And when chose a brighter strain,
6till-still you told me 1t was sad.
did NOT mean 1t should be so,
Nor was my wish to make you sigh;
But you are young and do not know
How Joy and grief together lie.
There ever is a minor chord
Struck somewhere In our earthly lays
Ever shadow on the sward
OF brightest scenes whereon we gaze.
And while we may not heed the one
Nor hear the other, each is there,
Yet lurking in the blithest tone,
Yet darkening the landscape fair.
Thue. often scarcely knowing why,
We cannot look without tear.
And SO 1t Ia we sometimes sigh.
Though joyous by the song we hear.
--Argosy.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-08-16

Instant relief and a permanent cure by
the great remedy Otto's Cure for Lung
and Throat diseases. Why will you irri
tate your throat and lungs with that hack
ing cough when Wells & Son, Columbus;
E. D. Prickitt, Mount Holly; W. Q. Jones,
New Egypt; Edw. w. Rossell, Pemberton,
and H. H. Leeds, Rancocas, sole agents,
will furnish you free sample bottle Of
this guaranteed remedy? Its success is
wonderful, as your druggist will tell you
Sample free. Large bottles SOC and 25c.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-08-16
British Navy salutes.

A salute in the British navy between
two ships of equal rank is made by fir
ing an equal number of guns. If the
vessels are of unequal rank, the superior
fires the fewer rounds. A royal salute
consists of % in firing 81 great guns.
~ in the officers lowering their sword
points and 80 in dipping the colors.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-08-16

They tell story to the effect that
when the Society For the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals proposed to estab-
lish branch in leading city Of Spain
the municipal body courteously accept
ed the proposal and offered to hold a
grand bullt1ght at once to furnish the
funds. Troy Times
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-08-16
From Baby in the High Chalr

to grandma in the rocker Grain-O is good for
the whole family. 1t is the long desired sub
stitute for coffee. Never upsets the nerves
or Injuries the digestion. Made from pure
grains it is a food in itself. Has the taste and
appearance of the best coffee at "a the price.
1t is genuine and scientific article and is
come to stay. 1t makes for health and
strength Ask your grocer for Grain-O
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Customers,

Little Boy-Please, want the doc
tor to come and see mother.
Doctors Servant - Doctors out.
Where do you come from?
Little Boy-Whatl Don't you know
me? Why, we deal with you've had
baby from here last week.-London
Fun.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-08-16
Politics by the ForeIock.

The Denver Post takes time by the
forelock and launches the following:
For President,
Teddy Roosevelt of the Texas Terrors.
For Vice President,
Colonel Torrey of the Wyoming Wildcats
Platform,
Tighten yer cinches, hit EN- with the spurs
and git therel
Dallas News
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Aliens Foot Ease, Il powder tor the feet 1t
cures painful, swollen, smarting, nervous
feet and instantly takes the sting out If CONS
and hunions lis the greatest comfort dis
covefy OF the age. Aliens FoOt-Ease makes
tight or new shoes feel easy. II is a certain
cure for sweating, ctlous and hot. tired. ach-
ing feet Try il to-day. SOLD nv all druggi Is
ana shoe ~tore'. nv all fen 21c. in sJtmps.
Trial lacsage FREE. address, Allen S. Ohm
sted, lie Roy, ~ Y.
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Hindoos Use Little Soap.

The only soap which the Hindoos of
the orthodox type employ is made en-
tirely of vegetable products. But soap
is little used in India. being almost an
unknown luxury with the natives.
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Probably.

docs your husband get good, strong
food?" asked the doctor of his PATIENTS
wife.
"Onions twice day. l guess that's
Itrong enough. Detroit Free Press.
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The world may owe livelihood to you,
but twill not pay until you force it to.
Rea, Warm weather Rest an,

1NeA' WHTIh WeatheF FSest and Comfort.
There is powder to be shaken into the
shoes called Aliens Foot-Ease, invented by
Allen s. Oimsted, LIE Roy, N. Y, which drug
gists and shoe dealers say is the best thing
they have ever sold to cure swollen, burning,
sore and tender or aching feet. Some dealers
claim that 1t makes tight or new shoes feel
easy. 1t certainly will cure cor:s and bun
ions and relieve instantly sweating hot or
smarting feet. Aliens Foot. Ease costs only a
quarter, and the inventor will send a sample
free to any address
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-08-16

Allow a cough to run until it gets beyond the
reach OF medicine. They often say, "Oh it
viii wear itself away" but in most cases it
will wear them away. Could they be induced
to Try the successful medicine called Kemps
Balsam, which is sold on positive uarantee
to cure, they would Immediately see the ex-
cellent effect after taking the first dose.
Price 25c. and soc. Trial size free. At all
druggists
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4 was troubled with my stomach and
would be obliged to give up work fol-
several days at time. was at last per
suaded to take Hoods Sarsaparilla. After
the first few doses of this medicine l be-
gan to feel better and l can now do any
kind of hard work" G. T. Clayton
Southland, n j.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-08-16

Our happiness in this world depends
chiefly on the affection we are able to in
snire
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A Word OF Two

If you cannot speak well do not speak
at all; employ the time in making good
resolutions
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-08-16

There are many more fools than sages;
and among the sages there is more folly
than wisdom.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-08-16

Liberty, that best gift dealt out by the
impartial hand of nature even to the
brute creation.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-08-16

| Our own temptations should make us
sympathetic; our victories over them,
merciful
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A kind heart is fountain of gladness,
making everything in it freshen into
smiles
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Hoods Pills are the favorite family ca
thartic. Easy to take, easy to operate.
25 cents
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-08-16

Simplicity is a cloak which often makes
a lie appear true; it is often mistaken for
honesty.