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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-01-11
COST OF SABLES.
How the Price Advances After the Skin
Leaves Siberia,

How the Price Advances After the Skin
Leaves Siberia.
Up in the great watershed dividing
Siberia and Mongolia lives peculiar
race of people, half Chinese, half lib
etans. Few Europeans have ever seen
them. In fact, with the exception of one
or two enterprising explorers or geo.
graphical enthusiasts who have crossed
the Altai range, European eyes have
never gazed upon the aboriginal Syots
of northern Mongolia.
Sable hunting in the Siberian noun
tains and northern Mongolia is confined
almost exclusively to the Syots and 9TH
er native races, and it would surprise a
good many fur dealers in England to
know the prices which are paid by the
Siberian traders to these poor aborigines
for the skins they collect.
The Siberian trader, knowing his
market, makes periodical journeys into
Mongolia. 1t is safe to say he does not
take a kopek Of money with him, but he
drags behind him we'll stuffed caravan
loaded with tea, tobacco, guupowder
and shot, strings of beads for the wom-
en- and roughly made moccasins for the
men. In due course he will come across
Syot enoampment.
The trader sits on his wagon and bar
tiers cheerfully. With the eye of con-
noisseur and with fingers rendered deft
by long practice he sees and feels the
smooth, warm skins of the little ami
mails
This small black one-well, a two
ounce packet of tobacco is enough for
that; that large black one-a handful
of shot and an equal quantity of gun
powder; a packet of tea for a lovely
skin with long black stripe down the
center; this one, fine skin, but lit
tie bit hurt by the shot entering the
blackwell, say string of beads for
that.
In their original undressed state it is
safe to say that the skins do not cost
the Siberian trader much more than a
few pence each on the average As the
poor sable travels farther westward,
however, he gets dearer and dearer. In
1Omsh Ouo CdA puy q NOAy Soou enpAo
for something like or 6 rubles, about
13s In Omsk few are sold under 10 ru-
bles-e1 Is. In Moscow 100 per cent
goes on, In. St. Petersburg no one ex-
cept the middle class or functionary
would wear sable under Go. LII Paris
and London a real Siberian sable skin
will fetch anything up to ego, but the
imitation sables of the present day have
done much to depreciate this wonderful
trade.-London Mail
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-01-11
HIS HIGH PRICED EYE.
How a Clever Bunko Game Was Play,
nm n Son of Sunnv Ttalv

How a Clever BunkO Game Was Played
on Son of Sunny Italy.
A well planned scheme was worked
on down town Italian confectioner
the other night whereby he lost $50
About p. m. man who had one good
eye and one glass eye came wandering
along the street and stopped at this
Italian s fruit stand. He stopped over
to look at some of the fruit, when I'M
expectedly his glass eye fell from its
socket down among the bananas and
oranges
The pretending purchaser at once be-
gan a diligent search for the missing
glass eye. With both hands he clawed
into the fruit, scattering it in all di-
rections- The Italian came forward and
told the stranger to stop. The one eyed
man explained that his glass eye had
dropped down there and that he wanted
to get it.
The Italian became enraged and told
the stranger to come around in the even
ing and he could get the other eye. The
man explained he was stranger and
would not be here in the evening, but
if he (the Italian) found the eye he
should bring it to his hotel. where 800
would be paid to him.
An hour later another man came
along, pretended to make a purchase,
and while lingering around in the fruit
suddenly espied the wonderful glass eye.
The man from Italy made grab for it,
but was too late, as his would be Gus.
toner already had it. Both claimed the
eye, and quarrel ensued The Italian
patched matters up by giving the stran-
ger $50 for the eye, thinking he would
get 800 upon returning it and he
would have $50 clear.
He went to the hotel with the eye to
get the 800 that he was told awaited
him there. He found that no such man
had been there and no 500 was left
there for him. He then saw how he was
worked and notified the polioe.-Pitts-
burg Commercial Gazetta
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-01-11
TO DYE CARPET RAGS.
A Simple and Easy Way to Color Carp
Rags, SO They VIII Not Fade.

Simple and Easy Way to Color Carpet
Rags, so They VIII Not Fade.
To color carpet rags so they will not
fade one should be sure to get the Fast
Diamond Dyes for cotton. There are
some twelve fast and special colors, while
for wool there are about thirty. All OF
the Diamond Dyes that are marked fast
will make colors that do not fade or crock.
1t is impossible to get satisfactory colors
on both wool and cotton with the same
dye, although some cheap dyes that are
able to make only few colors, claim
that their dyes will color both cotton and
wool. A trial soon shows by ruined goods
the fslsity of these claims. Take nothing
but the original and reliable Diamond
Dyes that have been used in thousands of
homes for the last twenty years.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-01-11

The workman often eats his lunch on
the same bench where he does his work.
The Office man turns his desk into a din
ing-table. Neither gets the out of doors
exercise he needs, neither takes the prop
er time for eating. 1t is a small wonder
that the digestion of both gets out of order
In such cases DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets
come to their assistance by aiding nature
in taking care of the food.
The cause of nine-tenths of the sickness
of the world is constipation. From this
one cause come indigestion; disorders OF
the stomach, liver and kidneys; bilious
ness, headaches, fatulence. heartburn,
impurity of the blood and the serious
complications that follow. To begin with
constipation is a little thing. and little
thing will cure it. The pleasant Pellets
are tiny. sugar-coated granules They
will perfectly cure the worst case of consti-
patton and indigestion. If the druggist
tries to sell you some other pill that pays
him greater profit, just think of what will
best pay you.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-01-11
Metallized Wood.

The following process, invented by
Mr.. Rubennick, for metallizing wood,
is thus described by Les Mondes: 1.-THE
wood is first immersed for three or four
days, according to its permeability, in
a caustio alkaline lye (calcareous soda)
at temperature of from 70 to 80 de-
grees. Thence it passes Immediately
into bath Of hydrosulphite of calcium,
to which is added, after "a or SO hours,
a concentrated solution of sulphur in
caustio potash. The duration of this
bath is about 48 hours, and its tempera-
ture is from 30 to 90 degrees Finally
the wood is immersed for 80 or 80 hours
in a hot solution (35 to 90 degrees) of
acetate of lead. The process, as may be
seen, is long one, but the results are
surprising. The wood thus prepared,
after having undergone proper drying
at a moderate temperature, acquires I'M
der burnisher of hard wood a polished
surface and assumes a very brilliant
metallic luster. This luster is still fur
ther increased if the surface of the wood
be first rubbed with piece of lead, tin
or zinc and be afterward polished with
a glass or porcelain burnisher The
wood thus assumes the appearance of a
true metallic mirror and is very solid
and resistant. Invention.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-01-11
DIDN'T RECOGNIZE GOULD,
Story of Man Who Thought the Finan
cier a Runkn Staarar

Story of a Man Who Thought the Finan-
cier a Bunko Steerer.
Once when the late Jay Gould went
to Margaretville, N. Y, with his ply
stefan and private car, he called on his
old friend George Decker, retired
merchant of the village, who was for
merly clerk with Gould in Roxbury.
Every one who knows Mr. Decker well
calls him Sc" and this was what Mr..
Gould said to him:
"Hello, 'Gi' guess you know me
this time, don't your"
A few years before Decker, while in
New York on business one afternoon,
was suddenly confronted ON Broadway
by dapper, black eyed little man, who
grasped him by the hand, exolaiming
"How are you, Mr.. Decker? am glad
to see you"
Mr.. Decker looked the little man over
from head to foot, and hurriedly an
swered:
"Yes. SO am I, but don't know you,
sir. Good day"
"But, hold up" said the other,
"aren't you George Decker of Margaret
ville?''
"Oh, yes; that's all right, respond
ed Decker, "but am in too great a
hurry to be interviewed today. my
friend. You have struck the wrong
man.
Eyes, perhaps" said the little man,
''but my name is Jay Gould. Don't you
know mep''
"Jehosaphatl" exclaimed Decker. 81
took you for confidence man. Phil
adelphia Press.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-01-11
Father Ryan.

No American poet has given clearer
proof of the possession of poetic genius
of rare order than Father Ryan. Ger
tainly no poet has achieved a more en-
during fame and secured warmer place
In the hearts of the people of the south
than the 'poet priest. He is distinc-
lively known as the poet of the ''lost
cause"-as the bard whose harp sings
SO sweetly and SO pathetically the re-
QUEEN Of brave and proud people
over the grave wherein their hopes and
aspirations have been buried by the
mysterious dispensation Of an almighty
and all wise Providence This fact puts
Father Ryan in a unique place, separat-
ed from any other American poet of his
time. AS to the high intrinsic literary
value of the majority of his poems, of
the genuineness of his poetic faculty
and the excellence of his gift of song
there can be no manner of doubt. AL
kahest.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-01-11
OUT oF The ERE.


One Horse That Was Not Panic Stricken
When His Master Went to Rescue Him.
The common belief that horses in
burning building are always panic
stricken and refractory, not recognizing
their friends and refusing obedience to
those who would rescue them, is not
strictly true, as is proved by an incident
related by Companion contributor.
The governor had fine black driving
horse called Dexter. Although strong
and spirited, Dexter was docile and ODE
dent and was petted and made much
of by his master. AS the governor kept
no other horse, Dexter had the stable
all to himself, with clean stall and
full manager.
The stable was near the house, and in
addition to Dexter's stall and harness
room contained large carriage room,
an oat bin and haymow over the STALL
One night, when the family and the
servants were away from home and the
governor was in the house alone, he
was awakened by an ominous cracking
and bright glare on his chamber win
dow, and before ne could collect his
sleepy wits he was startled by cry I'M
like any sound he had ever heard. AS he
sprang out of bed the cry came again,
and fastening to the window he learned
the cause. The stable was all ablaze,
and out of the smoke and flames Dexter
was calling his master to his rescue.
Pausing only to don coat and slippers,
the governor rushed out. The outside
door Of the stable leading into the stall
was already blocked by the flames, and
the only entrance to be had was through
the carriage room, the harness room and
narrow entry leading past the oat bin.
These rooms were on fire overhead, and
burning wisps of hay and shingles were
raining down in showers.
Blinded by smoke, the governor STUN
! bled along the roundabout way and,
reaching the stall sooner than he expect
ed, fell headlong down the steps against
the excited animal, who was vainly
Juggling at his halter. Thinking some
new danger threatened him, Dexter
gave mighty kick that sent his master
sprawling and famed him for month.
"Whoa, Dexterl'' shouted the govern
or. Don't you know me, sir? Steady
now, old fellow, and we'll get out of
this. Z"
Recognizing his masters voice, Dex-
ter turned his head toward the PROSTATE
man and uttered a coaxing whinny quite
unlike his previous loud cries Of alarm.
Knowing he need fear no more kicks.
the governor crept up and cut the halter
and, calling Dexter to follow him,
limped blindly through the smoke filled
entry and the two blazing rooms be-
You'd, and close after him went Dexter,
his nose pressed against his MASTER
shoulder, man and horse reaching the
safe outer air together.
''It was Dexter obedience that saved
him." said the governor. 81 could not
lead him, and had he shown the least
obstinacy or any less readiness to fol-
low at a word through all that round
about, unaccustomed way must have
left him to perish in the flames, but he
followed like well trained soldier, and
we escaped from our burning, fiery
furnace almost as safely as Shadrach,
Meshach and Abednego did from
theirs "-Youth's Companion.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-01-11
FIVE REMARKABLE TREES.
Which Rank Among the Curiosities o
Plant Life

Which Rank Among the Curiosities of
Plant Life.
The whistling tree, or Acacia flstula,
is found in Nubia and the Sudan
The Arabs call it soffar, or piper, be-
cause of the whistling sound that it pro-
duoes, and the specific name of f1stula,
word also meaning pipe or flute, has
been given it for the same reason.
Insects infest the tree and deposit
their eggs in its shoots. A gall-like ex-
crescence about an inch and half in
diameter is produced at the base Of the
shoots, and when the Larvae have
emerged from circular holes in the sides
of the shoots the holes, played upon by
the wind, produce whistling sound
equal to that produced by sweet toned
flute.
The COW tree is SO called because
it yields an abundant supply of milk. To
obtain the milk deep incisions are made
in the tree from which the fluid flows
into vessels placed ready to receive it.
This vegetable milk is white, somewhat
viscid and has an agreeable flavor, and
an analysis of it shows that it is very
much like the milk of COW in its COM
position. The COW tree grows on the
slope of the mountain chain bordering
on Venezuela.
The cloth tree is found at Otaheite, in
the south sea. The bark is taken off in
long strips and put to soak overnight
in running water. The soaking softens
it, SO that the inner fiber may be easily
separated from the rest of the bark.
The fibers are put together in lengths of
about II or IL yards, and the lengths
are placed side by side until they are at
least 10 inches in width, and two or
three layers of fibers are put one upon
another.
The f1bers adhere together in one
piece, and the material thus formed is
beaten upon smooth piece of wood until
it becomes as thin as muslin. 1t is then
bleached in the air for time, when it
is ready to be made up into clothing.
The singing tree of Queensland is
pleasing to the eye, but dangerous to the
touch. Its effects are curious. 1t causes
great pain to the person or animal that
Las 1AO uAoAS1ouuO w GOV oounS W ~
but it leaves no wound, no mark OF any
kind, and for months afterward the part
stung is painful in rainy weather OF
when in any way it gets wet. Frequent
ly it is necessary to shoot horses and
dogs that have been stung by the tree,
SO maddening is its effect upon them.
The angry tree grows in Nevada, east
ern California and Arizona. When
in the least disturbed, this highly sensi-
tive tree shows it's anger by rufiing uI
it's leaves and emitting a disagreeable
odor.-D. V. F. in Philadelphia Times.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-01-11
Tennyson and Birds,

Agnes Weld, niece of Tennyson,
speaks thus of the poet in The Contem-
porary Review: "MlsAh as Tennyson no.
ticed every individual tree and plant,
bird life had still greater attraction
for him. He was much touched by the
fact that the Gagged linnet loses the red
plumage from its head and breast at
the first molt after it's captivity, and
never regains them, and he thought of
devoting whole poem to the deep
yearning for liberty of which this was
the sign and type, And one reason he
climbed almost daily, when at Fresh
water, to the summit of the Beacon
down was because he loved to watch
the wild, free flight of the sea gulls cir
cling around it's lofty cliffs.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-01-11

Mr.. Goodheart-Regard those kit
tens, my dear, the president of our So
ciety says the most humane way to
drown kittens is to put them in an or
binary earthenware fiowerpot and then
suddenly turn the 1owerpot upside
down in pail of lukewarm water.
Mrs. Goodheart-Why, yes, that is
a good idea, isn't it, because, you know,
there is hole in the bottom of the
howerpot for the poor little things to
breathe through.-London Fun.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-01-11
THE SPORTS OF LONG AGO.

They We're Substantially the Same rs
Those of the Present Day.
The boys and girls of the present day
who become enthusiastic over some new
sport and boast that their particular
"club" has the very NEWEST thing
OUT would be surprised if they could
discover how closely many of the old
time pastimes resemble our own.
The Eskimos of the frozen north, the
Tupinambras of the Brazilian pampas,
the gamins of the Paris streets, the boys
and girls of London, of Boston and of
Philadelphia, have one kindred tie-the
love Of sport. There is nothing new IN
der the sun, said the wise man, and es-
pecially is there nothing new in youth
full games.
Arch@ologists have found dolls in
Egyptian pyramids and on prehistoric
tombs; the name of popular ball club
was found scrawled upon the outer
walls of Pompeiian houses, and one of
the most exciting matches on record
was the one stubbornly fought between
the rival mines of Montezuma, king Of
Mexico, and Nezahual- pill, 'tzin of
Tezcuco.
The boys of ancient Greece and Rome
played at whip top, and quoits, and
baseball, and pitch penny, and blind
mans buff, and hide and seek, and
jackstones, and follow my leader, just
as do the boys of today. The girls were
experts at seesaw, and swinging, and
dancing, and grace hoops, and dice
throwing, and ball play, and, in Sparta,
even at running, wrestling and leaping.
Tobogganing is as old as ice and snow,
and when you play at cherry pits you
are only doing what Nero and Commo-
dus and young Themistocles did ages
ago in Rome and in Athens
So, whatever the age or whatever the
CLINE, boys and girls of the world have
always lived more for play than for
anything else, and however harsh or
hard their surroundings, however stern
or strict their fathers and their mothers,
they always found and always made
the most of the time for play.
Said critic recently on the subject
of recreation, 1.-THE sports of the day are
fast reducing themselves into SO many
sciences, overweighted with rules and
restrictions that often take tho real play
element from them and make them as
unyielding as problem in algebra. "
There is no fun in making our sport a
matter of life and death. know grow
ing people who in these days of prize
giving in all manner of games center
their whole desires not on the fun of
the game, but on the prizes offered.
They really seem as much disappointed
II they do not carry off a trophy as if
they had met with some serious loss.
Let us take our fun with jollity or not
at all. Interest is one thing and irrita-
bility is quite another.
We have only to watch the intense
excitement of some of the amateur play
ers in popular games to realize that the
critic was right about that algebra prob
lem. The complaint of 'unfairness' on
one side and of disagreeable triumph
on another seem to be the most notice
able features at the close of the sports
of today, and we cannot help wonder
ing if this was feature of the games Of
olden times or if in this respect the
young people of the present really
have something new. "-Philadelphia
Timaa
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-01-11

that one fourth of the adult men and wo-
men in the civilized world have in their
bodies the seeds of this grim destroyer. A
single grain of dirt taken from city street.
under the microscope sometimes reveals as
many as a million of the minute but murder
Gus bacilh of consumption. There has never
been but one medicine discovered that
will prevent and cure this disease. 1t is
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. 1t
acts directly on the lungs, driving out dis
ease germs and building new and healthy
tissues. 1t allays inflammation of the
mucous membranes. 1t is the great blood
maker, hesh-builder and nerve tonic. 1t
cures % per cent. of all cases of consump-
ton and diseases of the air passages. All
medicine dealers sell it.
Mrs. Louisa Steinmann, of 67th ST., Brooklyn,
N. Y, writes: Three years ago was SO sick 1
could not eat, sleep walk, for coughed all day
and night. My weight was reduced from $50 to
I17 pounds The first night that 1 slept four
hours at one time, was after had taken three
doses of DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery.
The offensive matter expectorated grew less
every day and when had taken the whole OF one
bottle could sleep all night without coughing,
and have been well ever since and weigh I7S
pounds"
When someone is sick in the family and
the doctor is called in, what is the first
question he asks? care the bowels regu-
lar? That's the question, isn't it? If a
wife and mother will see to it that when
any member of the family is troubled with
constipation prompt resort is had to Dr..
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets, there will be
mighty little sickness in the family. One
little Pellet" is aigentle laxative and two
a mild cathartic They cure constipation
and biliousness and never grippe. They reg.
ulate and invigorate the stomach, liver and
bowels Found at all medicine stores.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-01-11
Parliamentary Humor.

The London World gives this as an
illustration of the keen humor Of JUS
tice Darling: On one occasion, when
Mr.. Gladstone was beginning 10 give
I'D the lead in the house of oonnons to
Sir William Harcourt, it was noticed
by the members that he left the house
at the dinner hour and Sir William
Harcourt led for the rest of the sitting.
Mr.. Darling one evening drove Sir Will
liam to fury, on failing to elicit def
mite answer to an inquiry, by casually
observing in the course of his speech,
''I have noticed that lately the party
opposite, adopting an ancient precedent,
has set up a greater light to rule the
day and a lesser light to rule the night. !"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-01-11
THE MOON AND |.

A golden moon that leans her gentle face
On the blue darkness of the summer sky
We watched her steal aloft a little space,
My love and L
Parting the opal clouds, upward she rose
To wander lonely mid the stars on high.
We thought our world as bright as one of those,
My love and /.
Dear love, the moonlight smote your ripping
hair
And made you smile you knew not how nor
why.
MY heart beat strangely as we fingered there,
My love and L
l asked her, fooled by the bewildering light,
II she would try to love me by and by.
She rose and left me. stood in the night.
The moon and /.
"A Matheson in Good Words.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-01-11

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; w. c. Jones, New Egypt
Edw. W. Rossell, Pemberton, and ]. H.
Leeds, Rancocas, sole agents. and get a
trial bottle of Otto Cure, the great Ger
man remedy, free. We give it away to
prove that we have sure cure for coughs,
colds, asthma, consumption. and all dis
eases of the throat and lungs. Large sizes
SOC and 25c.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-01-11

This Tells Where Health May Be Found,
And that is more important than making
money. If your blood is impure, Hoods
Sarsaparllla is the medicine for you. 1t
cures scrofula, salt rheum, rheumatism, Ca
tarrh and all other diseases originating
in or promoted by impure blood and low
state of the system.