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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-06-14
Animal Drunkards.

Most of the higher animals-as mon
keys, elephants, bears, horses and dogs
have natural fondness for fermented
liquors, and suffer from the abuse of
these liquors as men do. From the book
of Maccabees it is evident that war ele.
plants were maddened of old with new
wine, as they have been and are with
arrack down to the present time. Man
ayers of menageries and employees at
the various geological gardens know
that the elephants under their care are
prepared to go on a wild drunk when
ever opportunity offers Whisky is off
c1ally given them when they are i'll or
low-the quantity varying from five to
ten gallons, according to the require
ments of the case This is put into their
drinking water Bears and monkeys
drink beer like German students, and
love whisky equally we'll
In Africa the natives make use of this
evil trait to capture their poor relations
The monkeys there are extremely fond
of a beer brewed by the natives. So
the latter place quantities of the liquor
within easy reach of the monkeys and
wait until their victims are thoroughly
befuddled In this state they are unable
to recognize the difference between ne
gro and ape When the negro takes the
hand of one of them to lead him off, a
second monkey takes the hand of the
first, third that of the second, and so
ON. A single negro may sometimes be
off
monkeys. Fresh doses of beer in de-
creasing quantities are administered to
the captives, so that they may only
gradually awaken to the sad results of
their spree. -Lippincott's
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"The liar is much abused person, "
said we'll known local physician to a
reporter last week 1.-The liar is not al
ways to blame, and if you have any
friends who are addicted to false repre-
sentation of things advise them to con-
suit their doctors There is hope for at
least one class of liars Medicine and
medical methods are applicable to those
who suddenly develop an adherence for
the truth and lie on all occasions, even
though the truth might better suit their
purpose. This has come to be thought
of only as a species of dementia that is
ofttimes successfully treated.
1.-The malicious liar is difficult prob
lem, for he knows that he is telling a
lie and there is no hope for him. But
there are lots of people who just lie
naturally, without knowing what they
are saying or why they say it The in
dividual often has nothing whatever to
accomplish by lying. but does SO just as
some people stutter But, as said be-
fore, he should not be blamed and frown-
ed upon. His mind is unhealthy and his
nervous system is out of order. Rest,
tonic and good nursing often restore
these people to their normal self, and
then the love of rectitude returns, and
they are effectually cured of very en-
barrassing habit. Washington Post
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WHERE THE JOKE CAME IN.

The Boys Hauled the Professor Back.
Much to Their Chagrin.
A very good story is told of the head
of college who was the possessor of a
very clumsy, old fashioned vehicle to
which he was very partial and which
he constantly used in riding through the
streets of the town, to the disgust of
most of the students.
A plan was formed among some of
the boys that on q certain night they
would remove this offensive vehicle
from the coachhouse to a wood about
half mile from the college Their in
tention was to run the carriage into the
thickest of the woods and underbrush
and leave it there.
But the principal by some means
learned or suspected their intention
Accordingly, in the evening, he
quietly went out to the coachhouse,
and, we'll wrapped up, crouched in a
corner of the carriage and waited
Soon the boys came, very stealthily,
and, without looking into the vehicle,
began their operations very quietly, and
i'll whispers, and with many "Hush"
and ''Take care and Look out, - they
succeeded in getting it out of the house
and yard and into the road
There they were all right, but they
were puzzled to find the thing SO heavy
to haul, and amid grumblings and puff
ings and paintings, varied occasionally
with strong expression of disgust, they
succeeded in reaching the woods, the
principal listening to their complaints
and rather enjoying the situation
Having with some difficulty backed
the carriage into the brush, they began
to congratulate each other on the sue
cess of their vancouver The old gentle
man, letting down the window, to their
utter surprise and alarm, very quietly
said:
Nov, young gentlemen, just take
me back very carefully, if you please. +"
Spare Moments
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DID THE GIRLS PAlNT2


How the Question Was Decided and a
Bet Paid.
Two we'll known society swells went
to the Imperial theater one afternoon
when East Lynne" was the bill. A
few evenings before there had been dis
cussed at their club the subject Of wom-
en- painting their faces Several girls
were mentioned who were suspected by
their admirers of wearing an artificial
carnation bloom. Others defended the
young damsels and said it was natural
How to find out and win wager
that was laid then and there was the
subject of the young mems visit to the
Imperial.
EAST Lynne" is play which ought
to make all women cry, they reasoned,
for it makes even mems Threats grow
thick They sent tickets for reserved
seats to the girls under discussion, beg
ging them to invite whomsoever they
pleased of their acquaintance, as they,
the donors, would not be able to escort
them.
The ruse was successful. In an upper
box sat the young men ready to win or
lose the wager, and right below, in the
parquet, where they could see their
faces and every move of their hands,
were the young women. There were six
of them, two of whom shed copious
tears and hesitated not to wipe
them away with their handkerchiefs,
while the other four never WINGED
Among those who did not cry were the
girls suspected of laying ON the red
pigment, and it was on just that evil
dence that the bet hinged That night
the wager was paid with a supper at
the University club.-St. Louis Repub-
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COLOR IN FLAGS.



Red Predominates Largely In the Stand
ards of the Chief Nations.
Though the policy of military au-
thorities in using less glaring colors in
uniforms has been very marked Of late
years red remains the most popular col
or for national standards OF 25 coun-
tries 10 have flags with red in them,
the list including the United States,
England, France, Germany, Austria,
Italy, Spain, Denmark, Belgium, Swe-
den, Switzerland, Turkey, Mexico,
Chile, Portugal Venezuela and Cuba
The countries which have blue as an
element of their flags are the United
States, Russia, France, England, Hol-
land, Ecuador, Sweden, Chile, Ven
ezuela, Portugal and Cuba. Three coun-
tries have black as one of the elements
of their flags, Germany, Belgium and
China, but Germany is the only one of
three which has black and white to-
gether.
There are five countries (excluding
from consideration Ireland, the familiar
flag of which is not officially recognized
among the national standards) which
have green as color; Brazil, the flag
Of which is green chiefly; Mexico
Egypt, Italy and Persia. There are nine
countries in which the flag is partly of
yellow. These countries are Austria,
Spain, Belgium, Egypt, Sweden, China,
Persia, Brazil and Venezuela. Countries
with flags partly white are the United
States, France, Germany, Russia, Aus
tria and Italy, six of the seven chief
powers.
There is no white in the national
standard of England, but the British
naval flag has a white background.
Other countries having white in their
flags are Switzerland, Turkey, Persia,
Japan, Mexico, Holland, Denmark, Por-
tugal, Cuba, Chile and Ecuador, the
flag of which is nearer white than any
other country, being made up Of two
parallel white columns, between which
is column of blue, upon which are
white stars. New York Sun.
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Some time ago l was at small vii.
lage in Somersetshire fitting upa steam
dairy.
AS is well known, water is a most
essential thing in dairy. So being
unable to obtain a sufficient supply from
well already sunk, it was suggested
to open disused well near and try the
water there.
Instructions were given to the men to
be careful on opening the we'll, as II
might be unsafe to descend on account
of foul air
They were told to light candle and
let it down, and if it continued to burn
they would then know that there was
no danger in descending.
On the following day, on asking if it
was safe to go down, one of the men
replied; Eyes, that's safe enough. !
took the candle down with me, and it
burnt beautifully London Globe,
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These conditions are due to disorders of
the digestion or torpidity of the liver
These cause impurity of the blood and one
cannot continually pump impure blood
into every organ of the body without max
ing those organs sick. Pump impure blood
into the brain and there is soon sick brain
1t will show in headaches, dizziness, drows-
mess, dull eyes frightful dreams and loss
of sleep. Pump bad blood into the lungs
and the result is consumption, bronchitis
asthma weak lungs, splitting of blood or
throat or nasal troubles. Feed the nerves
and brain cells upon the poisons of an i'm
pure blood and the consequence is nervous
exhaustion and nervous prostration. DR.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery cures
these diseases and cures the conditions that
cause them. 1t restores the appetite, makes
digestion and assimilation perfect the liver
active the blood pure and the nerves
steady 1t is the great blood-maker and
cases of consumption. 1t is the best REM
edy for blood and skin diseases. Druggists
sell it.
Wis, writes: :" 1 wish to say that DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery is the best medicine
for the Grip that have ever tried / was cured
twice with it when could not get any other
relief"
"a stitch in time saves nine" Doctor
Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser
tells the mother how to take one little
home stitch that saves nine costly visits
from the doctor. For paper-coyered copy
send FL one-cent stamps to cover cost of
mailing only, to the Worlds Dispensary
Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y. Cloth
binding, 10 cents additional.
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The Dome of st. Paul,s.

We do not believe there is any truth
in the alarming rumor that there is
some uneasiness in expert quarters in
regard to the stability Of the dome of
st. Paul's We imagine that the only
substratum of fact is this: 1t is known
that huge iron chain is imbedded in
the stonework Of the drum of the dome.
An eminent architect some time since
amused himself by describing the con-
sequences which might ensue if the wa
ter were to reach this chain. There is
no reason to suppose that such thing
has occurred or is likely to occur, and
the newly appointed surveyors, Messrs.
Somers Clarke and J. T. Middlethwaite,
are fully alive to the desirability of
finding and examining the chain The
first difficulty appears to be that its ex-
act locality is somewhat uncertain The
second will be to get at it effectively
when it is discovered. London Satur-
day Review.
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Members are not allowed to refer te
each other by name i'll debate. The only
member who is properly addressed by
name IS the chairman who presides ovel
the deliberations of the house in com
mittee. On a member rising to speak il
committee he begins with Mr. Low
ther, F" and not with "Mr Chairman, u
as at public meetings. When the speak
er is i'll the chair, the formula is 'Mr
Speaker, sir. +"
In debate a member is distinguished
by the Office he holds, as "the right
honorable gentleman the chancellor Of
the exehequer, - or by the constituency
he represents, us the honorable gentle
man the member for York +" Some
make use of the terms my honorable
friend or My right honorable friend. -
In case of family relations the same
form is usually observed Occasionally
my honorable relative" or my right
honorable relative" is heard but my
right honorable father" or my right
honorable brother, though no doubt
allowable, has not been hitherto used.
-Nineteenth Century.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-06-14

A survey of the powers of Europe
shows that from the beginning of the
century to the end of 1896 Turkey had
experienced 81 years of war and 80 OF
peace; Spain comes next with 81 years
of war and 60 Of peace; France with
~ years of war and SO of peace; Rus
STA, "a years of war and ~ of peace;
Italy, % years of war and 70 of peace
England, 81 years of war and 70 OF
peace; Austria Hungary, II and 70;
Germany exclusive of Prussia), IS
and s3; Sweden, 10 and So; Portugal,
II and "a, and Denmark, and 81.
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She viii Teach Bonnet Making.

Mile. Valentine About, daughter of
Edmond About, the author, is going to
open ''class in hat and bonnet MAX
ing" Everybody in Paris is surprised
at the necessity for it, as during his
lifetime About kept open house in his
hotel on the Rue de Donai, and fete
that he gave to the Authors society in
the chateau he had just bought at Pom
toise is remembered as almost princely.
By what reverse of fortune About's
family were left destitute nobody seems
to know. Although he himself began
life humbly as the son of a grocer, his
daughter was brilliant young society
woman brought up in luxury, and every
body is admiring the courage with
which she has undertaken to solve the
difficult problem of the struggle for
life. boston Woman 8 journal.
Chamberlain and the puritan Maids
A Baltimore woman, in The Sun Of
that city, tells this story Of Joseph
Chamberlain when he was in Washing
ton in 1887:
He was a big, burly man, caring so
little for his appearance that at one of
the most fashionable dinners of the sea-
son his cravat got turned to almost I'M
der his ear and his shirt stud became
unfastened, and he sat calmly oblivious
to either incident. His brains and charm
IN conversation won him friends wher-
ever he went. One day he called on a
lady who happened to be giving girls
luncheon. She went out at once to see
him, and laughingly said if he did not
mind being the only man present she
would be delighted if he would come
in the dining room and take the vacant
place of one of her young friends who
had not come.
HE was not afraid to face a lot of
American beauties, so he accepted
gayly, and the vacant place happened
to be next that of Miss Endicott, daugh-
ter of Secretary of War William @. En-
dicott of Massachusetts,, a dovelike,
slender girl, one of the greatest bellies
of the day. The outcome of this was
the marriage of the English statesman
and the Puritan maid, as she was
often called, his neighbor at an enter
tainment to which he had only been
hidden by that fate which shapes our
ends, rough hew them as we will. 2"
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The MohAMMEDANS.
The Queer Manner In Which They Mi
Up Religion and Murder.

A16 NUc6E manner IN w nlCn 1n6y MIX
Up Religion and Murder
The month of Ramadan, in which the
first part of the Koran is said to have
been revealed, is observed as fast by
all Mohammedans. The fast extends
over the whole month Of raging heat"
and involves extraordinary self denial
and self control No food or drink Of
any kind may be taken from daybreak
until the appearance Of the stars at
nightfall.
The rigor with which Mohammedan
observes this fast and the great gulf be-
tween its observance and obedience to
the moral code are both illustrated by a
story told in the life Of one Of the he
roes of India, Major John Nicholson.
While Nicholson In 1854 was deputy
commissioner in Bannu, a native killed
his brother and was arrested. He was
brought before Nicholson on a very hot
evening, looking parched and exhausted,
for he had walked many miles, and it
was the month of Ramadan.
why" exclaimed Nicholson, sis 1t
possible that you have walked in fast
ing ON a day like this?''
"Thank Cod" answered the Ban
nuchi, IT am good faster"
"Why did you kill your brother?"
II saw fowl killed last night, and
the sight of the blood put the devil in
to me. +"
"He had chopped up his brother,
stood a long chase and been marched in
here, but he was keeping the fast, "
wrote the commissioner to friend, that
he might know what sort of blood
thirsty and bigoted people he, Nichol-
son, had to govern.
One day wretched little child was
brought before the commissioner He
had been ordered by his relatives of the
Waziri tribe to poison food.
Don't you know it is wrong to kill
people?" asked Nicholson.
81 know it is wrong to kill with q
knife or a sword, " answered the child.
"Why?"
Because the blood leaves marks, >"
answered the trained poisoner.
A Pathan chief, who fell by Nichol-
son s side in a skirmish, left little son,
upon whom the English officer lavished
care and attention. One day the 7-year-
old boy asked his protector to grant him
special favor.
"Tell me first what you want.
"Only your permission, sahib. to go
and kill my cousins, the children Of
your and my deadly enemy, my uncle,
Faltri Khan.
To kill your cousins?" exclaimed the
Englishman, Mortified at the answer.
eyes, sahib, to kill all the boys while
they are young 1t is quite easy now. +"
"You little monsteri Would you
murder your own cousins?"
Eyes, sahib, for if 1 don't they will
certainly murder me. +"
The little boy wished to follow Pa
than usage and thought it very hard
that his guardian should prevent his
taking SO simple precaution
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ON THE BIRTHDAY OF DoNlzErrl

The Rome Of Caesar crowned with bays
The heroes who increased her might,
The poet for his stately lays,
The soldier victor In the fight
Today 1t has no fair confetti
To grace the tomb Of Donizettt.
The critics long have lost the ear
Which found Rossini charmed and sweet
Fen Verdi, in his early sphere,
Is almost always judged effete,
And all the skill of Donizetti
Is voted crude and alpha betty.
For Wagner s noiseful rule has come
And walked the world with blaring brass.
The tuba, trombone, horn and drum
Have silenced silver strings, alasl
And all his strident strength makes petty
The dulcet airs of Donizetti.
The Venusberg and all the gods
Or Lohengrin are now a-tour,
And no one thinks of laying odds
On Lucia di Lammermoor.
We're told it's foolish and duetty,
This masterpiece of Donizetti.
The very schoolboy whistles DER
The intermezzo, note for note,
And Bizet's braggart toreador
Is daily heard from every throat
But poor old Signor Donizetti
Is not piano-organetty.
TITS ever thus. What prophet hath
The honor that is his by right2
The oak today, tomorrow's lath,
And day must always turn to night.
But shall the darkness dour and jetty
Blot out our dainty Donizettip
London Sketch.
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PLAGUE OF LEGISLATORS.
Why Some Of the States Once Had Two
CanitaIa

Why Some of the States Once Had Two
Capitals.
Baton Rouge freely translated means
red stick That is the limit of my I'M
derstanding of the affair, however. 1t
is quaint old town, consisting chiefly
of river When l studied geography
several decades ago, knew that Louisi-
ana had two capitals, one at New Or
leans and the other at Baton Rouge
They have got tired of entertaining
Legislators at New Orleans of late years
and have unloaded the whole job upon
the smaller and more nearly defenseless
city.
Looking back to those old days, re-
call that Louisiana was one of the very
few states which required two vents for
their legislatures Connecticut was one,
with Hartford and New Haven as cap
itals, and Rhode Island, the smallest of
states, was another, with Providence
and Newport. OF late years there has
been sort of Capitalization of capitals
The fashion of having one at every en-
terprising city in state has fallen into
disuse. You might tramp all over any
of the states nowadays and not run the
risk of laundering into legislature in
full blast where it might have been
least expected asked the Pocatello
man what he thought was the reason
for the wealth of capitals in earlier
times.
I'm those days, . he said, "the states
were young and tender and had not
fully developed their muscle and their
power of resisting great assaults. 1t
was therefore to distribute the evil of
Legislature sitting over a great deal of
country SO as not to give any particular
city the worst of it. AS time went on
and a town showed especial hardihood
and ability to stand great calamity the
legislature was switched upon it as a
perpetual and permanent institution.
New Orleans and Newport and other
towns which in other days were capitals
had the good luck to draw two aces and
to win out, sending the legislature in
the one instance to Baton Rouge and in
the other to Providence. 1t takes game
town to stand persistent plague of
legislature. Chicago Record.
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Would Be Suitor-Good morning,
Miss Brown. Quite an opportune meet
ing, indeed. 1 have been waiting for a
chance to ask when it would be agree
able for me to call on you.
Miss Brown-Oh, you are at liberty
to make your own selection.
Would Be Suitor-Thanks By the
way, see that you have been getting a
new horse and carriage.
Miss Brown-Yes Come around soon
and pail take great pleasure in driving
you out -Richmond Dispatch
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Sometimes it seems to weary woman
that she must certainly give up. The
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If we watch the beautiful golden
marsh marigold, we shall find it rarely
receives visit from the bumblebee. II
is said that those bright, golden bodied
flies of the family Syrphid@ are the
chief disseminators of its pollen. How
ever this may be, one thing is perfectly
plain, the marsh marigold is striking
and snowy yellow flower, which cannot
escape the notice of a multitude of
spring insects. 1t is consequently visit
ed by bees, flies, butterflies and beetles.
Yellow is most common color among
flowers, and one which is peculiarly
conspicuous and fiashy in sunlight, when
it is vanished with gloss like that
which we see ON the buttercup and the
marsh marigold. -Chautauquan
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1t is interesting to know just at this
time that in the United States senate
there are 10 senators who served In the
Union army and IL who served in the
Confederate army. There are 81 repre-
sentatives who served in the Union army
Ind 80 who are xConfederates Kan
sas City Journal.