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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-06-28
brave Acts.

On Jubilee day, which commemorated
the discovery of gold in California in
1849, squad of Battery of the regu-
lar army was firing salute at Lime
Point fort, near San Francisco. One
load-the charge was so pounds of pow
der inclosed in wooden bag-did not
go off, and the officer in command or
dered it to be pulled out of the cannon.
The charge was withdrawn, and as
it dropped to the ground it was seen
that one corner of the wooden bag was
on fire. In an instant the powder would
have caught and the seven men with
their officer would have been killed.
Private John NJ Jones jumped toward
the smoldering bag, rolled it in the
mud and with his bare hands plastered
the singed edges with damp earth.
1t was a quick, brave deed, and had
the hero been a British soldier it would
have brought him Victoria cross to
wear on his breast.
During the sepoy war a young cap
tain of artillery saw an ignited she'll
fall near his battery. Instantly he lift
ed it up, carried it to a distance and
flung it away. Just then it burst, shat
tering his left forearm.
In the Crimean war Captain Peel
of the royal navy, son of the former
prime minister, Sir Robert Peel, COM
manded naval battery in front of Sc
vastopol. One day large shell, its fuse
burning, fell into the battery near
where Peel was standing. Picking it
up, he carried it to the rampant and
tossed it over 1t exploded before it
reached the ground. Exchange.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-06-28
Queer Funeral mistakes In Maine.

There have been some queer mistakes
made of all kinds, but this is one of
the most unusual and undesirable, al
though no real harm was done: A man,
one time prominent in professional life
of this city, died He was member of
certain society in this city. which
sent representatives to the funeral. The
members of the organization were mott
fed of the death of their fellow men,
Der by postal cards sent out by the sec
rotary. One of the cards was addressed
to and delivered at the late residence of
the dead member, inviting him to at
tend his own obsequies.
A similar incident was, if anything
worse A member of a secret society
died and his fellows were notified of
his death and the time and place of the
funeral, as usual A card was delivered
at the address of the dead man, directed
to him in his own handwriting. He
had been the secretary of the organiza-
tion and had addressed sets of postal
cards to the members at his leisure.
When member died, set of the ad-
dressed cards were sent to the printer,
who printed the name of the deceased
member ON the back with the other
secretary died his assistant or successor
sent set of the cards to the printer,
so that the dead man was sent one adj
dressed by his own hand Portland
EXPRESS.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-06-28

1t was a cynic who said that mar
riage is a lottery, but i'll the province
of Smolensk, in Russia, this aphorism
has been reduced to quarterly fact,
for four times year there is held the
most remarkable lottery ever devised.
A charge of ruble is made for a
ticket, only one prize is to be drawn,
and it consists of the entire sum yielded
by the sale of the tickets, amounting to
5000 rubles. The lucky winner of the
prize is bound to marry certain dam
sci if he takes the 5000 rubles.
Should he be married he is at liberty to
turn over the money and the lady to
any friend whom he may wish to put
i'll for such good thing. Should the
lady, however, refuse to marry the win
ner they are allowed to divide the ru-
bles between them.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-06-28
Eriendshin For Friends.

The dogs of Constantinople are the
scavengers of the city. For this reason,
as we'll as from innate humanity, the
Turks are tolerant of them, although
visitors to the city find them unamia-
BILE. AS proof of their intelligence and
recognition of friends Major Johnson
relates this experience of his own:
One evening I was walking with an
English officer, when a dog came up and
licked his hand. He told me to notice
that she would follow us to the bound
airy of her district, as he had once petted
her and she had never forgotten it. Ex-
actly as he had said, she followed us a
little way and stopped short in the mid
die of the street. She wagged her tail
and looked wistfully after us, but did
not stir when we called her.
A few nights afterward, returning
alone to my hotel passed the same
spot, when l suddenly felt cold nose
put into my hand and tongue licking
my palm. I locked down and saw the
same dog. She had recognized me as
having been with her friend, the officer,
and as before, she followed me to the
boundary of her district
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-06-28
HOW Mozart Improvised.

Some interesting things are recorded
of Mozart, who, like Mendelssohn and
Beethoven, was great at improvisation.
At party of musicians one day he in
vited Nine. Niclas, the vocalist of his
day, to suggest theme, which she did,
and from the refrain she sang he evolved
a brilliant and charming fantasia.
jain, in his ''Life] mentions that
when as child he extemporized song
on the word "Perfido" he became very
excited, struck the clavier like one pos
sessed and several times sprung up from
his seat. After rehearsal of his lido
meneo'' writer says the oboe and horn
players event home half crazy, so de-
lightful to musicians was MoZart's mu-
sic, while during the rehearsal Of lie
Nozze di Figaro, . when Benucci was
singing "Non piu andrai, - the orches-
ira and listeners We're all at the same
moment SO excited and enthusiastic over
it they rose as one man, crying,
Bravo, bravo, maestro; viva, viva,
grande Mozart " When the composer of
the immortal Twelfth Mass produced
his Entfuhrung aus dem Serail'' in
1882, the emperor of Austria expressed
the opinion that it was too fine for our
ears, my dear Mozart-too many notes. y
To which Mozart replied, Exactly as
many notes as are required, your maj
acfv -
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rear.
"Sure, they think you're a hero,
ma am, whispered Ann to her mistress
as they went up the stairs
Into the sitting room they marched
and arranged themselves before the
closet door.
The captain unlocked and opened it;
two officers sprang forward and dragged
for their victim.
Mrs Wylks peered from behind the
open door, where she had hidden, and
looked at the prisoner.
She then came out to get closer look,
and with rather shamed expression on
her face she observed:
"Why, Nh. Wylks, is that your
After short and entirely satisfactory
explanation the officers withdrew, and
Mrs. Wylks fondly embraced her cap
tured burglar, who faithfully promised
he would never, never, never, never dc
SO ally more.-New York News.
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HAPPY LOVE.

While they sat before the fire -.
Nothing more did he desire
Than to get little higher
If he could
And his heart beat high and higher,
And her look grew shy and shier
When he sidled up close by her,
As he should.
Then he ventured to inquire
If her sister, Jane Maria,
And her mother and her sire
Wore quite well,
And from time to time he'd eye her
As though Ice would like to buy her.
And his bs4shfulness was dire
For spell.
Then his husky throat grew drier
When he told her that the squire
To himself would gladly tie her
II she would.
Might he now go ask her siref
And he thought he would expire
When she said to his desire
That ne could.
Burlington Hawkeye.
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he Found the F'irei9ag.

An Australian farmer who was re-
Gently burned out on a large scale, be-
ing certain that his grass had been felo-
niously i2nited, offered e25 reward for
the discovery Of the perpetrator and
employed trackors at great expense.
After "a cursCry examination they decid-
ed that woman had made the tracks,
and when they had unearthed the shoe
that made them it was found to belong
to the farmers 17year-old daughter,
who, when questioned, admitted that
she had started the fire because she
loved to see the people excited and the
water carts huirying about. y The farm
er is now called upon to pay the e25 re-
ward and another $50 expenses in con-
nectiOn with the crackers
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-06-28
The sympathy of sorrow is stronger
than the sympathy of prosperity.

The two most critical times in a WON
ans life are the times which make the
girl woman and the woman a mother
At these times, Dr. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription is of incalcuable value. II
strengthens and invigorates the organs
distinctly feminine, promotes regularity
of the functions allays irritation and in
flammation, checks unnatural exhausting
drains, and puts the whole delicate organ
ism into perfect condition. Almost all the
ills of womankind are traceable to some
form of what is known as female com
plant. There are not three cases in a
hundred of woman's peculiar diseases that
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription will
not cure.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-06-28

A wonderful feat in dancing is re-
corded from Berlin. At a recent ball a
prize of gold ring was offered to the
lady who waltzed the longest without
stopping. Twelve couples competed.
They began waltzing at y 80 a. m and
1T was 5 40 Il. IN. before the winner and
her partner stopped waltzing. By 2 80
five couples dropped out, and at 5:15
another lady tainted. Two more couples
dropped out at 4 40, and at 4 80 only
two couples remained ON the floor
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-06-28

In the life of William Stokes, written
by his son, which has appeared in Lon
don, it is told how Soyer was sent over
to Dublin during the great famine to
show the people how make soup. Stokes
asked starving beggar why she did not
go and get some of the soup that was
being freely distributed.
Soup, is it, your honor? Sure, it
ism t soup at all - "And what is it,
them" inquired Stokes. 1T is nothin,
your honor, but quart of water boiled
down to pint, to make it sthrongp
This is the soup maigre which Ho-
garth caricatured in his picture of the
French troops at Calais.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-06-28
TOMORROW.

fond, doting mother. with eyes full Of love,
Said, Charley, oh, do pray tonight,
And the angels will come on their shining
wings
To cause you sweet dreams of delight"
"Oh, mother" he cried, 81 am weary and sad,
But tomorrow, dear mother, will"
Alas, alas, that night was his lastl
Tomorrow he was pulseless and still.
An old man lay on his narrow couch,
And fever was racking his brain.
"Pray God to forgive you," his pastor would
say,
"For the penitent's prayers are not vain.
81 am better, much better, he breathed in
reply.
'Tomorrow''-and here he loud sighed
Tomorrow I'll ask No more could he say.
With the sentence unfinished he died.
Finley johnson in New York Ledger.
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Judge-Did you see the beginning of
this trouble?
Witness-I did, your honor. 1t oo-
Cured five years ago
Judge Why, how is that?
Witness-It began when the minister
pronounced them man and wife Chi
cago Record.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-06-28

Catarrhal sufferers should remember
that Ely's Cream Balm is the only ca
tarrh remedy which is quickly and thor
oughly absorbed by the diseased mem
brane. 1t does not dry up the secretions,
but changes them to limpid and odor-
less condition, and finally to natural and
healthy character.
The Balm can be found at any drug
store or by sending so cents to Ely Broth
ers 56 Warren St, New York, it will be
mailed.
Full directions with each package
Cream Balm opens and cleanses the
nasal passages, allays Inflammation, there
by stopping pain in the head, heals and
protects the membrane and restores the
senses of taste and smell The Balm is
applied directly into the nostrils
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-06-28

The reason for the great popularity Of
Hoods Sarsaparilla lies in the fact that
this medicine positively cures. 1t is
Americas Greatest Medicine, and the
American people have an abiding conf
dence in its merits They buy and take it
for simple as well as serious ailments,
confident that it will do them good.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-06-28
SELF Made Mem of other DAVIS.

The self made man is by no means
solely the product of modern times.
Columbus was weaver, Franklin was
journeyman printer, Pope Sixtus V
was employed in his younger days in
keeping swine, Robert Burns was a
plowman, Asop was slave, Homer was
a beggar, Daniel De Foe was apprenticed
to a hosier, Demosthenes was the son
of a cutler, while Virgil was bakers
son. Ben Jonson was bricklayer, Ger
vantes was a common soldier, Canova's
father was a stonecutter and Captain
Cook commenced life as cabin boy.
Haydn, the musician, was the son of a
poor wheelwright, Pizarro instead of
going to school, was sent to keep hogs,
Kirke Whites father was a butcher.
and Keats father kept livery stable.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-06-28

The Successful II 'medy For Nasal Catarrh
must be non-irritating, easy of applica-
ton, and one that will by its own action
reach the inflamed and diseased surfaces.
ELY'S CREAM BALM combines the
important REQUESTS of quick action and
specific curative powers with perfect safe
ty to the patient. This agreeable remedy
has mastered catarrh as nothing else has,
and both physicians and patients freely
concede this fact. All druggists cheer
fully acknowledge that in it the acme OF
Pharmaceutical skill has been reached.
The most distressing symptoms quickly
yield to it. In acute cases the balm i'm
parts almost instant relief.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-06-28
WINTER.

Merry, though the moon shines pale
And the wind tossed branches wall.
Purest crystals float and fall.
There they sparkle,
Here they darkle,
On the pine and lonely wall.
Merry, though the stream is still
Meath the cold and trackless hill.
There the realms of Hesper glow.
Twilight fingers.
Shining fingers
Gid the sleeping fields of snow.
-Genesee Richardson in Womans Home Com
panion.
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Whom molten Lead won,t Burn.

When the Prince of Wales was study
ing under Sir Lyon Playfair in Edin-
burgh, that gentleman, after taking the
precaution to make him wash his hands
with ammonia to get rid of any grease
that might be ON them, said:
Nov, sir, if you have faith in sci
ance you will plunge your right hand in
to that caldron of boiling lead and la
die it out into the cold water which is
standing by.
"Are you serious?" asked the pupil.
Perfectly, was the reply.
IF you tell me to do it, Twill, F" said
the prince.
Il do tell you, rejoined Playfair,
and the prince Immediately ladled out
the burning liquid with perfect impu-
nity.-London Standard.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-06-28

At Munich there is hospital which
is entirely supported by the sale of old
steel pen nibs. collected from all parts
of Germany. They are made into watch
springs, knives and razors.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-06-28
Victoria amid John Brown.

POL Manear'' is favorite cast near
Balmoral castle and was always held
as the special preserve of the late John
Brown, her majesty's personal attend
ant. John was an enthusiastic and in
veterate fisher, and often the royal
larder was indebted to his prowess for
its supplies of spring salmon when the
rods of the other fishermen failed to
bring them to the bank. 1t is anthem
tically reported among anglerkon Dee
side that when the queen wanted John
he was Immediately at her call, except
when angling, and at such times she
studied not to disturb him. The tacit
understanding between them is said to
have arisen in the following fashion
Her majesty one day sent an imperative
message to the river side, desiring John
to Immediately wait upon her.
TELL her majesty, replied John, in
his usual Doric, that 1 am rinnin a
salmon and | Gamma come"
The messenger came back to him in
hot haste saying that the queen desired
to see him this very minute.
well, tell her majesty this time
that am rinnin salmon and Wilma
come, (" and that settled it.-Pearson' s
Weekly.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-06-28

Packages weighing up to % pounds
and measuring not more than five feet
cube are now transported by the French
postoffice for 81 cents to any part of
France
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-06-28

The largest telegraph office in the
world is the general postoffice building,
London. over 1900 operators being en-
ployed.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-06-28

Miss Annie Oakley writes. "My ELF and
many of the Buffalo Bill Wild West Co. have
given Aliens Foot-Ease, the powder To shake
10 the shoes, u most thorough trial, and it
does III II not more than you clnim" 1t in
family takes he sting Out OF Germs and Bun
ions. Aliens Foot Ease is certain cure for
nos. aching, nervous or sweating feet. Sold
by all Druggists and Shoe stores &c. sample
sent FREE. Address Allen s. Olmsted lie
Roy, N. Y.
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to be good humored
Jollity and exhuberant health are pro
verbal combination. The hearty man who
is always laughing doesn't have any trouble
with his digestion 1t has been said that
laughing makes people healthy. The truth
is that health makes people laugh.
1t is impossible to estimate the ire
mendous influence of health upon human
character. A man with a headache will
not be in a happy, contented frame of
mind. A man who suffers from weak
stomach and an impaired digestion will sit
and grumble through the best meal ever
prepared bilious man who is not a
bore, is deserving OF place in museum:
A nervous man who is not petulent and
fault-hnding is curiosity. All these con-
ditions lead to grave diseases, when the
victim becomes not only disagreeable, but
dependent as well. A wise wife will real
ize that while the old saying that mans
heart is in his stomach" Is not literally
true, it is fact that his stomach sweetens
or sours his character according as it is
healthy or unhealthy DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery is the best of medicines
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purihes and enriches the blood and tones
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1t dissipates nervousness and melancholy
and imparts mental elasticity and courage.
1t is the best of all known medicines for
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Through your skillful treatment am once
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and could not find relief until I commenced
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some Foolish People

Allow a cough to run until it gets beyond the
reach of medicine. They often say, "Oh, ii
will wear itself away but in most cases il
will wear them away. Conld they be induced
To Try heeuccessIul medicine called kemp's
SalsIm, which is sold on II positive ulrflutce
To cure, they would Immediately the tx
cellent effect after iaking the first dose,
Price 25c. and SOC. Trial size free. AT all
druggists.
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Hoods Pills cure all liver ills Mailed
for 25c. by G. |. Hood & Co, Lowell,
Mass.
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AS family medicine Bacon's Celery
King for the nerves passes from sire to
son as legacy If you have kidney,
liver or blood disorder get free sample
package Of this remedy at once. If you
have indigestion, constipation, headache,
rheumatism, etc, this specific will cure
you. Wells & Son, Columbus; E. D..
Prickitt, Mount Holly; w c. Jones' New
Egypt; Edw. W. Rossell, Pemberton, and
j. H. Leeds, Rancocas, the leading drug
gists, are sole agents and are distributing
samples free. Large packages SOC. and 25c
Bad habits are as infectious by example
as the plague by contact
One Way to be Happy
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. Prick
lit, Mount Holly; w. c. Jones, New Egypt;
Edw. w. Rossell, Pemberton, and J. 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 a 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, 1898-06-28

Silence is always safe, and is frequently
the smartest thing one can say.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-06-28

The best of us owe more to chance than
we are willing to admit
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The injuries we do and those we suffer
are seldom weighed in the same balance.
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If we love those we lose, can we alto
gether lose those we lover
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What do we live for if it is not to make
life less difficult for each other2
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He surely will walk straight who hath
nothing to draw him aside
La Junta tribune., 1898-01-12
LOCAL NEWS.

Trade at Joys.
G. S. Thompson, funeral direc-
tor and embalmer.
c.. w. Wonderly visited Lamar
last Monday on business.
Buckley & Hart have plenty OF
money to loan on good farms.
]. w. Atkinson, OF Rocky Ford,
was a county seat visitor last Mon
day.
Fox SALE:-Three-room frame
house, two lots, east OF Jail. En-
quire at mill.
Highest market price, in cash,
paid for fat cattle, hogs, calves
and chickens Melvin Bros.
Mrs. B. Pearce, OF La Junta,
is visiting with Mrs. l.. n. Hen
bricks. Ford Enterprise.
Fourteen out OF the forty-one
maids OF honor to the last Noun
tain and Plain Festival have been
married since that date.
E. E. Wheatley, OF Trinidad,
Colo, travelling representative of
the Kansas City World. was a
pleasant caller at the TRIBUNE
Office last Friday evening.
The Baptist church was crowded
to overlooking last Sunday night
to hear Evangelist DAILY. Three
persons were baptized. The mems
meeting in the afternoon was we'll
attended, the audience nearly fill
ing the house. His address was a
vigorous manly discourse full OF
La Junta tribune., 1898-01-12
ssek,es.s Arn,es sssvs.

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skin erup,ions, and positively cures
piles, or no pay required. 1t is
guaranteed to give perfect salts
faction or money refunded. Price
as cents per box. For sale by
Joys pharmacy.