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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-08
Human Nature In the steerage.

H. Phelps Whitmarsh writes of "The
Steerage of Today" in The Century.
Mr.. Whitmarsh, who crossed the ocean
In the steerage himself, says: To me
the most noticeable thing about the life
was the ease with which the yoke of
civilization was thrown off. If oondi-
lions be favorable, opine that large
proportion of the steerage passengers
throw back to their Darwinian ancestry
about the third day out. Away from
home, country and religious influences,
unrestrained by custom and convention
atty, bound by no laws of action and
separated from all that force of opinion
so strong in the world ashore, they let
themselves go and allow their baser ma
lures to run riot No sooner has the sea-
sickness left them than they growl and
snarl over their food like dogs. scram-
bling for the choice pieces and running
off to their hunks with them; they
grow quarrelsome; their talk is lewd
and insulting; brute strength is in the
ascendant, and, without shame, both
sexes show the animal side of their ma
lures. But most apparent and obnoxious
are the filthy habits into which many
of them fall. The sea seems utterly to
demoralize them. Some of them will
remain for days in their berths, where,
without changing their clothes, they
eat. sleep and are sick with the utmost
impartiality and without the blessing
of soap and water. Hence the steerage
as a whole, the married quarters"
(where there were ohildren) in particu-
lar, was i'll smelling and otherwise OBJ
fashionable.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-08


Did you make your Grain-O this way?
Here are the latest directions Use one
tablespoonful of Grain-O to two cups of
cold water. Mix the Grain-O with half
an egg and add the water. (Be sure to
measure.) After the water gets to the
boiling point let boil for fifteen to twenty
minutes. Use cream and sugar to suit the
taste. If you have not cream use hot
milk.
A lady said: "The first time 1 drank
Grain-O did not like it, but after using
it for ten days and forming the habit,
nothing would induce me to go back to
coffee" This is the experience of all. II
you will follow directions. measure ii
every time and make it the same, and try
it for ten days, you will not go back to
coffee.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-08
Two Not Always COMPANY.

People who are shut off from contin-
ual contact with their kind are apt to
grow splenetio. Army officers who have
lived for long periods at one company
post on the frontier and the wives of
these army officers may know something
about the difficulties of small groups Of
human beings living together and low
ing one another.
Keepers Of lighthouses do not always
get along together, and if there are two
lighthouse keepers and two lighthouse
keepers wives the result is generally a
monkey and parrot time.
Light housekeeping in lighthouses by
lighthouse keepers wives often leads to
heavy work with rolling pins.
Even husbands and wives have been
known to quarrel on the honeymoon
tour, not because they did not love one
another, but because, being in foreign
countries, they were cut off from their
kind and were forced to rely entirely on
one another's society. 1t is one of the
weaknesses of human nature. Man is
gregarious. When few individuals are
isolated, they nearly always quarrel -
Exchange
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-08

A head writer ON the ST. Paul Pho
neer Press wrote the top line of "slug
head" this way, Minnesota a Sheep
State. - The wooden headed murderer
of common sense set it up Minnesota
a Cheap Skate. - This puts us in mind
of two bulls made by Gig Martin ON
the old Omaha Herald in 1886. One
night Gig got hold of chunk of Frank
Morrissey's editorial headed "Multum
in Parvo," and he set it up Mutton
in Fargo" Once again Martin caught
one of Franks illusions captioned "a
Red Letter Day, and printed it "a Red
Setter Dog"
But about the worst break ever made
on the old Herald was made by Billy
Hardy. The style on The Herald in
those days was to hyphenate and abbre-
viate to beat the band. For instance,
Farnam street was styled "Farnam ST., :"
and Capitol avenue as "Capitol -av. :"
Hardy lifted a take of commercial re-
view off the hook one night and it
quoted Bradstreet as saying this and
that. Bill, ever mindful of the style
and ignoring common sense arranged
the type to read Brad st. predicts, ="
etc. Of course it was marked on
him, but Bill wouldn't have it. He
went down into the proofroom and kick
ed for ''ring," demanding an apology
and wanting to know eff they were 60
ing to change the id style every
day. "-Dyersville (Ia.) Newsletter.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-08
THE TROUBLESOME DUST.
Why the Scientist Appreciates 1t More
Than the Housewife.

why the Scientist Appreciates 1t More
Than the Housewife.
The bane of the ideal housekeeper's
life is dust, and yet this seemingly in
significant, exasperating dust has been
a study of scientists for a century.
"When a beam of sunlight enters a
darkened room, it can be seen along its
whole course" says one writer. "The
light is reflected to every side and made
to reach the eye by the dust in the air
Of the room. We do not see the sun
beam, but the dust which is illumined
by it. AS unimportant as this curious
stuff seems, it plays conspicuous part
in nature. 1t is what makes the sky APP
pear blue, and when we look at the sky
we see the dust illuminated by the sun.
Light goes through all the gases-the
dust catches it, reflects it in every d.
rection, and SO causes the whole atmos-
phere to appear clear, in the same way
that it makes the sunbeam visible in
the dark room.
Without this strange, wonderful
dust there would be no blue sky. 1t
would be as dark or darker than on moon
less nights The glowing disk of the sun
would stand Immediately against the
black background, thus producing blind
ing light where the SUMS rays fall and
deep black shadows where they do not.
It is to dust that we owe the moderately
tempered daylight adapted to our eyes,
and it is dust that contributes to the
beauty of the scenery. The finest DUST
gives the blue tone to the sky, while thei
coarser kind produces an almost black
appearance.
1.-THE clouds consist of dust and va
por. If there be only little dust, all
the vapor is preoipitated upon it, and
SO loads the clouds with water that they
sink in heavy drops to the ground.
Without dust the yapor would penetrate
houses, making everything mold with
damp. We should feel upon going out
that our clothes were becoming saturat
ed and umbrellas would be a useless
protection 1t is hard, indeed, to con-
oeive how different everything would
be if there were no dust. This trivial
common stuff has its considerable part
in the processes of nature, and there is
much of the wonderful and mysterious
concealed in its f1lmy particles. DE
troit Free Press
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-08

When airships shall fly gracefully
over our heads and wires carry thoughts
as we'll as words, and people live Oh
their capsules of chemically prepared
food, then names will probably be dis
pensed with and symbol will be suffi-
oient to designate ones person. The
most advanced scientists have always
been unable to remember the names OF
their acquaintance. They never forget
faces, and SO they deem names unneces-
sary. Symbols suggestive of the natu-
raj characteristics Of the person would
be much better. Darwin once forgot his
own name. Professor S. of Harvard,
after committing to memory the string
of names Of Spaniard to whom he
wished to present an old friend, forgot
the name Of his friend at the crucial
moment.-New York Times.
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The activity and power of intellect
of the late Henry George did not prevent
observation-disclosures A writer in The Re-
view of Reviews says that this quality
was "the jest of his circle.
Names escaped him. I heard him say
to Mr.. Dayton, the candidate on his
ticket for comptroller and one of the
best known men in New York.
"You won't mind it, hope, if for
get your name. am SO conscious of the
danger Of getting names wrong that
when the need of remembering comes it
rattles me, and away the name goes"
He came late to dinner at the Lotus
club, where he was to discuss with some
friends the question of his being can
didate in apprehended contingencies. 1t
was raining, and he took from his pocket
the slippers with which Mrs. George
had insisted on providing him in case
he should get his feet wet, and as he
put them ON he apologized with honest
gravity:
ct lost time looking for man kept
asking after as Kinselia, and it turned
out his right name was Moriarity. AT
least l think that was what he told me
it was when found him. :"
But there was no observation-disclosures
when discussion of the business i'll hand
ensued; he was keen and wide awake.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-08

remedy that can be depended on to renew
the vitality of feeble persons.
This settled confidence IN Paine's celery
compound is not hearsay belief, but
rests in nearly every case on personal
use or acquaintance with men or women
who have been restored to useful health by
no other means. The rapid change for the
better in color, flesh and expression of
the face is so unmistaksble that repair of
the wasted tissues might well be called
a renewal of life
The process by which Paine's celery
compound is able to build up health in
the run down body is not hard to under
stand when one observes how surely it
disposes the bowels to act regularly, how 1t
increases the capacity to take and assimi-
late food, and regulates the nerves all over
the body.
The heavy alarming pain in the back
and loins disappears the growing pale
ness and loss of flesh is. stopped and a
bright buoyant feeling gradually takes the
place of that amending sense of tire and
depression.
Paine's celery compound is the exact
remedy for that large class of feeble, thin
blood, often hysterical persons whose
greatest need is thorough refurnishlng
of their blood with the red corpuscles
upon which health and happiness in such
large measure depends.
The extraordinary virtue of Paine's
celery compound to increase the proper
ton of red corpuscles in the blood is the
source of its great power over all blood
diseases, rheumatism, neuralgia, kidney
diseases, back aches, loss of flesh and gen.
eral rundown condition.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-08
Beet Sugar In New York.

Last year the state made an appropri-
alton for experiments under charge OF
the state agricultural commissioner Ill
the line of sugar beet raising, and there
were IA experimental plants or patches
in various parts of the state. The re-
suits were SO satisfactory that the com
missioner in his report to the Legislature
requests an increase of the appropriation
this year for the encouragement of the
sugar beet industry. There is now one
beet sugar factory in the state, at Rome.
The law requires that sugar shall be sc
per cent of pure crystallized sugar.
Most of the sugar made at this factory
during the season showed SO per cent.
There are beet sugar factories in Cali
fornia, Utah. Nebraska, Pennsylvania
and Wisconsin. The manufacture Of
sugar from beet juice has become AL
important item of industry in Nebraska,
and the claim is made that the condi-
tions are even more favorable i'll the in
terror of New York than in either Ne
braska or Colorado. The beet sugar in
dustry in the continental countries OF
Europe has grown within recent years
to great proportions, so that now the
production of beet sugar i'll the worlc
exceeds that of cane New York Sun.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-08

man who courts death through some insid;
Gus disease is pitiable, but not admirable
That dread disease, consumption, slay;
more men and women than are slain by
war, famine and pestilence combined Ii
is an utterly unnecessary slaughter
Consumption is durable. One of the most
eminent specialists in the world, DR.. R. "
Pierce, for thirty years chief consulting
physician to the Invalids' Hotel aud Surg
ical Institute at Buffalo, N. Y, so pro-
nounces it. He declares that thirty years
ago he discovered a medicine that cures oS
per cent of all cases of consumption In
his great medical work, The Common
Sense Medical Adviser" the names, ad
dresses, experiences and photographs of
innumerable consumptives who have re
covered are given. This wonderful medi
cine is known as DR.. Pierces Golden Med
ical Discovery. 1t is the greatest of all
known blood makers and flesh-builders, II
gives edge to the appetite makes digestion
and assimilation perfect, renders the liver
and kidneys active, makes the blood pure
and fills it with the life-giving elements
that build new and healthy tissue. 1t
strengthens the muscular system, tones the
nerves, pumps rich, red healthy blood into
every vital organ, and acting directly on
the lungs drives out all impurities and dis
ease germs. Thousands have testified to
its marvellous merits. An honest dealer will
not try to persuade you to take worthless
substitute for the sake of little added profit.
When baby is sick the mother needs to own a
copy of DR.. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adj
wiser It tells the home-treatment of all the or
binary ills of life For paper-covered copy send
Fl one-cent stamps to cover cost Of mailing only,
to the Worlds DispenSary Medical Association,
Buffalo, N. Y. For cloth binding 81 stamps
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-08
NEVER "BROKE" AGAIN.
An ImprOvident Young Man Who viii Al
ways Have a Dollar In His Pocket.

An ImprOvident Young Man Who VIII Al
ways Have Dollar In His Pocket.
"Queer things happen at funerals, I"
said a clergyman recently who has Off
ciated at many, "and l remember one
occasion which impressed me greatly
on account of the standing of the family
in which it happened, as well as from
the peculiar circumstances surrounding
the incident-the bestowal of money on
dead man. :"
The narrator was urged to relate the
story, and on the promise that no names
would be mentioned he continued:
''It was funeral at the house of one
Of my parishioners, and l was greatly
surprised when l received notice to at
tend and conduct the services. I had not
heard of any member of the family be-
ing i'll, nor had 1 been summoned to the
deathbed, but l jumped to the conclu-
sion that it was an old servant who had
died.
1t proved to be bad son-the black
sheep of the family-whose shadow had
not darkened their doors for years, but
who, it was always believed, had been
supported at a distance far enough to
prevent him from disgracing the family
by his misdeeds.
''Now he was brought home dead,
and / was expected to give him as little
blame and as much praise as was con-
sistent with the dignity of my office and
his relation to the family.
81 need not go into that part of the
ceremonies, but come to what L consider
the real expression of feeling which
consecrated the memory of the man as
nothing that l said could have done.
"Just before the casket was closed
his old mother arose from her seat with
the mourners, and, approaching the
dead, slipped silver dollar into his
vest pocket.
"Jim never liked to be without
money in his pocket, she said, with
low, tremulous voice. 'Many's the dol
lar I've slipped into his pocket unbe-
known to him, but he always found it
and was thankful l don't expect he
going to need it now, and maybe he will
never know that mother put it there,
but somehow 1 shall feel better if he
has it.
"And felt that the woman who had
loved much and forgiven much had
preached a sermon of forgiveness and
mercy before which 1 with my plati-
tudes must remain dumb. Chicago
Times Herald.
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The FIRST PAIR.
The Boys Mother Had Not Become AccuS-
toned to Knickerbockers.

The Boys Mother Had Not Become AccuS-
toned to Knickerbockers.
Doctor chat in hand-Is there little
sick boy here?
Mother of the Sufferer Yes Come
in. Doctor, my poor dear is very sick.
Since this morning. don't know why
he keeps falling down.
Failing DOWN."
eyes, all the time"
"Falling to the foor?"
eyes, to the floor.
"That's strange How old is he?"
"Four years and half. -
"He ought to stand all right at that
age. How did it begin?"
II don't understand it at all, tell
you. He was very well last night, and
he played all around the room. This
morning l went to wake him as usual.
1 put ON his socks, put his little
breeches ON and then put him on his
feet. He fell at once"
Perhaps he tripped.
Listen, doctor. l picked him up.
He fell right down again. was star
tied, but picked him up-bang down
he went, and he did it seven or eight
times running. tell you, don't know
what ails him, but since this morning
he keeps falling down.
'That's very singular. Let me see
him.
The mother goes out Of the room and
then comes back with the boy in her
arms. His chubby cheeks are rosy, and
he appears to be extravagantly well.
! He wears trousers and loose blouse
starched with dried preserves.
"Why, he's a splendid child" says
the doctor. Stand him ON the floor. -
The mother obeys. The child falls.
"Onoe more, please"
The child falls again.
"Once more. F"
Third attempt, followed by the third
fall of the sick boy.
The doctor is thoughtful. "Unheard
of" He says to the boy, whose mother
holds him up by the arms, "Tell me,
my fine little fellow, have you pair
anywhere?"
"No, sir. -
"Does your head ache?"
"No, sir. -
"Did you sleep well last night?'
"Yes, sir. F."
"Have you any appetite now? Would
you like little soup?''
"Oh, yes, sir"
EXACTLY, and the doctor adds with
an air of authority, HE has paralysis. >
The mother cries: "Paral- c
Lord" She raises her hands toward
heaven, and the boy falls.
eyes, madam. am sorry to say he
has complete paralysis Of the lower
limbs. You can see for yourself that the
flesh of your dear child is absolutely
insensible." Speaking, he goes close t.
the boy and prepares to make the ex
periment.) "But-but what's this
What's this?'' And he screams out
Thunder and lightning, madam, what
this you are chattering to me abou
paralysis?"
The amazed mother answers, ''But
doctor
"Of course the boy can't stand on hi
feet. You have put both his legs int
one leg of his breeches boston Jour
nal.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-08
TO ENJOY A CIGAR.
But Few Men Ever Get the Very Best Pos
sible Results.

But Few Men Ever Get the Very Best Pos
sibIe Results.
personal observation has taught
me- said a Cuban cigar dealer to
Star reporter, "that not one person in a
hundred knows how to smoke a cigar
to enjoy it thoroughly. For instance,
most men, after buying their cigars,
stick them between their teeth and
gnaw the ends off recklessly, thereby
tearing and loosening the wrapper.
Then they light their cigars and puff
away as if their very lives depended
upon finishing them in hurry. Thus
treated the finest cigar will burn irreg-
ularly, and the smoker will, nine times
out of ten, lay the blame on the cigar
The cigar may be to blame, but in most
cases the fault lies in the way 1t has
been handled.
"After cigar has been bought the
end should be cut smoothly off by
clipper or sharp knife. The reverse end
should then be placed in the mouth and
the cigar blown through. This removes
all the little particles of dust which
cannot be avoided in the manufacture
and prevents them from being inhaled
into the throat and from producing
coughing. The cigar should then be
lighted, and particular attention should
be paid to it's being thoroughly ignited
all over the surface of the end. Then
instead of putting away like steam en-
CINE the smoker will find that three or
four puffs every minute make the best
way to enjoy the cigar. The smoke
should be kept in the mouth short
time in order to appreciate the flavor of
the tobacco. Then it should be emitted
slowly.
"In case one side of the cigar should
burn and leave a ragged edge on the
other side it is not necessary to relight
it, as I often see many people do. A
gentle blow through the cigar toward
the lighted end will ignite the ragged
side, and it will burn regularly. Smok-
ing this way is pleasure. 1t frets me
to see man smoking a cigar who does
not know how to enjoy it, and / often
feel like giving him few words of ad-
vice and would do SO were it not for
the fear of offending him. Washing
ton Star.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-08

Miss Frances L. Willard, who has been
attending the worlds convention of the
w. c. T. o., says that better health for
women is to-day more urgent matter
than woman's suffrage.
She says: 'fWhat women at present
most need is better supply of red cor
puscles."
From every section of the country, from
Main to California, come we'll attested re-
ports of women, bloodless. dyspeptic, ner-
yous, seriously run down, and In many
cases SO weak as to be bed-ridden, who
have been enabled to resume their places
in the family circle and in social life
healthy, rudy, well-cured women, by the
aid of that great blood-maker and health
maker,-Paine's celery compound.
Mrs. E. A. Ward is one of these fortu-
nate women whom Paine's celery COM
pound has saved from an ailing, unhappy
invalid condition, as her letter shows:
213 Michigan Ave., Mason City, Ia,
Sept. IL, 1897.
Wells d Richardson Co.:
Gentlemen - My greatest trouble
seemed to be general weaknes and all,
over tired feeling. am Sc years of age
and did not expect to be ever strong
again, but l used four bottles of Paine's
celery compound and was greatly strength
ened, and my cough seemed better so that
stopped using the remedy and have not
since felt the need of any further help
whatever. Very respectfully yours,
MRS. E. A. WARD.
Persons of large experience among ner
vous women who, as rule, are thin and
compound as beyond all question the one