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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-01-04
A SLAVE TO DUTY.
An Elephant That Would Not Neglect
Baby 1t Was Caring For.

An Elephant That Would Not Neglect a
Baby 1t Was Caring For.
Marie A. Millie in St Nicholas, tells
a number of "Stories of Elephants. "
Mrs Mile says
Some time before the elephant hunt
have described my husband was at a
station in Bengal His work kept him
out nearly all day, and, being i'll,
used to lie for hours in long garden
chair on the veranda, too weak to read
or enjoy any more exciting amusement
than my eyes supplied to me.
We had three elephants for our tents
and baggage, and one dear creature
used to feed from my hands every day
and seemed as gentle as any pet dog or
cat.
One of our government chaprasis was
particularly devoted to her and invari-
ably shared his meal of fruit or -four
cakes with his dumb friend On par
ticularly hot day the chaprasi, to my
surprise, placed his tiny child of 6
months at the elephants feet, warning
her expressively that the infant was in
her charge and was to be cared for till
his return l myself was an eyewitness
of her wonderful sagacity Large ba-
mana trees and fig trees grew around,
and, to my surprise, the elephant broke
off one of the former S spreading leaves,
held it like fan i'll her trunk and from
time to time gracefully waved it over
the slumbering child, whether to tenn
per the heat of the atmosphere or to
keep off flies am unable to say The
gentle way in which she moved her feet
over the child and across to each side
astounded me. l sent for white loaf
and some oranges, and, calling her by
name (she was never chained) tried in
vain to tempt her to my side ON the low
veranda- Nothing would induce her to
leave her charge The warm air and
monotonous wave of the swinging fan
overpowered me with drowsiness, to
which l yielded, and, after a sleep of
some duration, | was awakened by
quiet, subdued snorts beside me, To
my surprise found that the chaprasi
had just returned to his offspring, and
the elephant stood near the veranda be-
side me, patiently waiting and gently
asking for the tempting dainties SO
bravely withstood for over two hours.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-01-04
pIsMlsslNG A WEAkLINe.
The Poor Fool Could Not See That He
Had Her Won.

The Poor Fool Could Not See That he
Had Her Won.
Reginald Hanscomb stopped in the
hall and nervously fumbled at the rim
of his hat meanwhile gazing into Po-
cahontas Poindexter's eyes with fond
ness that the beautiful girl could not
mistake.
He opened his lips as if about to
speak, but the words that he sought to
utter would not come, and the fair
maiden gave low, sweet sigh that
was calculated to fill his heart with
blowholes.
( Yet he stood there, and she stood in
front of him, looking and longing and
wondering why he hesitated.
\ Once she was almost tempted to take
him back into the parlor and tell him
that it was all right; that she knew
/ how he felt about it, and that she
would just take it for granted without
the usual formality. But her maiden
modesty rose in rebellion, and she said
to herself:
"No. If he is too timid, too cowardly,
to say the words, it will perhaps be bet
ter for us both if we take diverging
ways"
Then, speaking aloud, she said:
well, good night, Mr. Hanscomb,
if you must be going"
"Well good night" he said. 81
guess must be going"
well, good night" she said again,
holding the door open for him.
"Well, good night, he said, passing
out through the vestibule
She shut the door with bang and
sat down upon the stairway and buried
her face in her hands and sobbed
But half a minute later she heard
him returning. Her heart gave GLAD
leap, and she rushed to the door to ad
nit him.
He stood looking down into hel
sweet, expectant face for moment aft
er the door had swung back, and then
clearing his throat, he said:
"Some pesly kid punctured my TIRE
while was inside wonder if coult
borrow your mending outfit for abou
two minutes?"
mo-" she replied "My repairing
outfit is up in the attic, and can't fine
it tonight. Walk home. It'll do you
good +"
Then she slammed the door in hi
face, and he tried to think-poor fool
as he wended his way homeward, wha
he had done to offend her. --Clevelant
|, Leader
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-01-04


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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-01-04
A STRANGE MIX UP.
How the Theft OF Bicycle Led to EN-
barrassing Complications.


barrassing Complications.
Among the strange complications for
which the bicycle has been responsible
the following is rather masterpiece in
point of intricacy. Those persons who
took part in it are now disposed to view
the incident with some pride as tri-
umph Of confusion and misunderstood
ing not likely to be duplicated
B., who lives far up town, had occa-
sion to visit bicycle store on the Bou-
levard few days ago He left his
wheel outside, near the rack in which
stood several machines for rent. While
he was attending to his errand inside
the shop he CHANGED to glance out
through the door just in time to see a
man spring upon his unguarded wheel
and ride off at furious pace down the
street With an exclamation of rage B.
rushed to the sidewalk, seized one OF
the wheels from the rack and started off
in hot pursuit of the thief.
The proprietor of the shop stood for
a moment aghast He had not seen the
beginning of the trouble, and the only
thing clear to him was that his sup
posedly honest customer had made an
astonishingly bold attempt to steal g
wheel from the rack. There was only
one thing to be done. Jumping upor
another wheel, he joined in the chase
and the three scorched up the Boule
ward in admirable racing style. The
real thief proved the poorest rider o.
the three, as the shopkeeper was unques
tionably the best, and the result of thi
state of affairs was that the distances
between the different members of thu
trio grew speedily less AS they drew
together a truck crossed the avenue
crowding them into a small space. Th'
rate at which they were going preclud
ed any dismounting, and the three CAM
into collision with resounding crash
Before they had fairly extricated them
selves policeman appeared His frs
proposition was to run them all in
for scorching, but, impressed by the un
usual excitement Of his prisoners, VIII
seemed to be more disturbed in min'
than ordinary scorchers, he waited t
hear their stories.
This, as may be imagined, was n
short task The genuine thief was tn
only one who saw humor in the situa
ton Knowing that he had nothing t
say for himself, he stood by and grin
ned, while the shopkeeper and his Gus
TONER sputtered out angry and conflict
ing accounts of the affair But the trut
was finally ascertained AS he collare
the guilty man and dismissed the othe
two the policeman announced that n
charge of scorching would be presse
against anybody.
eff l have two or three more case
like this to SETTLE" he remarked to
bystander, "it's lawyer I'll be CALI
meself instead of an officer. "-Ne'
York Tribune.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-01-04
THAT FAMILY CLOSET.
And the Various Kinds of Skeletons That
Abide Therein.

Abide Therein.
Every family has it's skeleton. We
know that, of course anatomical speci-
mems, neatly put together and stored
away in secure cupboard, of which
only family members have the key-a
skeleton key, probably. Only when the
family is alone, with no visitors about,
does it go to the door cautiously and
unlock it and bring the bony occupant
forth. The family knows It's own skele-
ton, but outsiders are supposed to be In
total ignorance of its existence, and II
they are wiser than people think them
and Of course they always are-it is only
a point of politeness to pretend to be
blind and deaf.
OF how many kinds are family skele-
tons? The Joneses possessed an uncle
who died insane. You can't go near the
Jones cupboard, or, in other words,
even hint at the subject of hereditary
insanity in their presence, without the
skeleton audibly knocking its bones to-
gether and all the Joneses turning pale.
You can't mention Turkish bonds to the
Browns without their jaws suddenly
falling you can t think why. And when
drink statistics form the cheerful sub
ject of conversation at the Robinsons'
table you observe with wonder that all
the family grow uncomfortable and
writhe in their chairs. You haven't the
faintest notion why, but the skeleton
has
met q man once at dinner party
who was perfectly sane upon every
point on earth but one, and on that he
was the opposite He could talk about
politics, science, art, Shakespeare and
the musical glasses, but if by any
chance the conversation touched OF
dueling he went straight off his heao
then and there.
Dueling was the skeleton in his cup
board, and the reason was one that can
not be enlarged upon here. On one da.
in every year he shut himself up In hi
house and was not seen by mortal eye
That was the one day when his skele
ton came out and stalked about.
Many people have what seems to tn
| general public a harmless enough skele
ton, but it is real and CHASTITY to them
selves 1t is of humble origin. 1t is sur
prising the pains people will take t
conceal that their grandfathers wer
poor, but honest, the lies they will tel
(which only proves that the grandpar
ent's qualities have not descended il
the direct line) and the meannesses the
will indulge in, in the pitiable effort t
hide the fact that two generations ag
they kept small greengrocer's shop @
wore plush and powder. After all, tn
longer the line the more certain it is
contain ancestors who won their brea
by the sweat Of their face.
If all the world were not descende
from the same grand old gardener,
there might be more common sense i
trying to forget honest toil.-Englis
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-01-04

Tom-How do you like that novel
brought you yesterday
Alice-I don't like it at all don't
care to finish it
Tom-How much have you read?
Alice-One chapter.
Tom-Then you really haven't got
into the story. The first chapters mere
ly sort of introduction.
Alice-But the first chapter isn't the
one I've read, and the heroine dies No;
you may take it back.-Chicago News.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-01-04
LITTLE MONEY IN MEAT.

How Restaurant Proprietors Suffer From
the Make Up of Menu Cards.
eff all restaurant proprietors, +" said
one of them, who has been well known
as the owner of a Broadway eating
place for the last ten years, could on
ly induce their customers to eat less
meat they not only would make more
money, but they would give better sat
isfaction all round In the first place,
there is little or no money for the res
taurant keeper in selling boiled or roast
meats. 1t costs too much to handle them
and requires too much time to prepare
them and serve them as they should be
to leave any profit for the man who
does it.
"And in the second place the patrons
order meats when they would much
prefer something else. That is the fault
of the proprietor. He arranges his menu
wrong. The small steaks, the chops and
the outlets and all the other meats to
order are placed too conspicuously on
the bill of fare. A mans eye is bound
| to catch that list first, whether the man
wants meat or not Being in hurry,
as 80 men out of 100 are in the country,
he orders the first attractive dish he
finds, and the result is he gets some
thing he does not care particularly
about and something which the resi-
rant man does not cue particularly
+, ..souO selling to him.
Last winter the man who runs the
restaurant in the national house of rep
! resentatives tried an experiment which
turned out remarkably well. He DELHI
erately set to work to lure his patrons
away from the steaks and chops to or
der column, and SO instead of printing
it in bold black letters in the middle of
the bill of fare he tucked it away down
in the lower right hand corner and
placed at the top Of the card list of
the dishes that were most profitable to
him. They proved not only to be most
profitable to him, but most satisfactory
to his customers, and instead Of using
six loins of meat day, as he had done
before he used only one and half and
supplied the same number of guests -
! New York Press
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-01-04

who never knows the caressing touch OF q
first born's fingers, cannot know the full
measure of happiness possible to a woman
There are thousands of unhappy womei
who go through life without knowing tn,
supreme happiness of motherhood, who &c
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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-01-04
The UseIess Mem.

Married life ism what it is cracked
up to be, . remarked Mrs. Grimesleigh.
when l married Daniel. | thought it
would be so handy to have man about
the house; but, Lor' that 8 all it amount
ed to. He's never at home when he's
wanted for anything, and if he is he's
tired or busy or something or other, and
SO have to go to work and do the thing
myself s far as | can see, men are
only in the way when they are in the
house and out of the way when they re
wanted. Boston Transcript.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-01-04
FOOD WASTED IN COOKING.
Life Sustaining Value of Meat and Vego-
tables Lost Through Ignorance.

Life Sustaining Value of Meat and vego-
tables Lost Through Ignorance.
A series of Investigations by experts
connected with the United States de-
partment Of agriculture go to show that
there is an immense amount Of popular
ignorance in the matter Of cooking;
that, while the greater part of the food
of man is prepared for use by cooking,
yet the changes which various foods I'M
dergo during the process and the losses
which are brought about have been but
little studied Few persons know, for
instance, that In 100 pounds Of unoooked
cabbage there are but ~ pounds of dry
matter, and of this dry matter from az
to pounds are lost in the cooking pot.
Experiments with potatoes showed that
in order to obtain the highest food value
potatoes should not be peeled before
cooking; that when potatoes are peeled
before cooking the least loss is sustained
by putting them directly into hot water
and boiling as rapidly as possible.
Even then the loss is very considerable
If potatoes are peeled and soaked in
cold water before boiling, the loss of
nutrients is very great, being one-fourth
of all the albumenoid matter. In a
bushel Of potatoes the loss would be
equivalent to a pound of sirloin steak
Carrots contain less nitrogen, but rela-
lively more albumenoid nitrogen than
potatoes, and therefore furnish more
matter available for building muscular
tissues. In order to preserve the greatest
amount of nutrients in the cooking of
carrots the pieces should be large rather
than small. The boiling should be rapid,
so that the food value of the vegetable
shall not be impaired, as little water as
possible should be used, and if the mat
ter extracted is made available as food
along with the carrots loss of 30 to
80 per cent or even more of the total
food value may be prevented. In the
cooking Of cabbage the kind of water
used has more effect on the loss of nutri-
ents than the temperature of the water
at which the cooking is started. In any
case the loss is large. The losses which
occur in the cooking of potatoes, carrots
and cabbages vary with the different
methods of boiling followed. -Pittsbure
Dispatch.
Some idea OF the terrific force with
which a bird passes through the air may
be gained through the fact that COM
mon curlew few right through a piece
OF plate glass quarter of an inch thick
at Turnberry lighthouse, Ayrshire.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-01-04
A Reflection.

1.-THE deaf and dumb wonder is aw-
fully i'll tempered today" twittered the
albino, by way of opening the CONVEX
sation.
"What for?" inquired the dog faced
man.
"Some visitor" continued the abb
no, Wrote ON his slate that his photo
graph was speaking likeness Mad?
Say p'-New York Post.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-01-04
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. Prickitt,
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 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, 1898-01-04

AS a family medicine Bacon's Celery
King for the nerves passes from sire to
son as legacy. II you have kidney
liver or blood disorder get free sample
package of this remedy at once. Ifyou
have indigestion, constipation. headache
rheumatism, ETC., this specific will cure
you. Wells & Son, Columbus; E. D,
Prickitt, Mount Holly w. G. 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
Greatness may be present in lives whose
range ia verv small.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-01-04

is the offer of reward for ANY case of ca
tarrh not cured" by certain "cures." Moth
ing is said regarding the number of bot
ties required, and therein lies the decep-
ton. Ely's Cream Balm is an elegant
preparation, agreeable to use, and imme'
diate in its beneficial results. 1t cures ca
tarrh. You can rely upon the fact that il
contains 40 mercury nor other injurious
drug. so cents.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-01-04

The best theaters in Australia are
usually built on English plans, but are
managed more like American play
houses The prices charged are much
less than those cheerfully paid in Eng
land Dress circle seats or stalls. Z
which bring So. 90 in London, will nj
sell for more than $l.25 in Melbod
or Sydney.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-01-04

whats the matter, old man? You
look sad -
At am. 1 just asked Farnsworth to
lend me So"
"And l suppose he said he didn't
have that much in the world. "
"No. He had to get $40 bill chang
ed in order to let me have what / had
asked for. ''-Oleveland Leader.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-01-04
A Wise Decision.

81 had rheumatism and l was unable t.
get up stairs without help. | could not
pat on my coat alone. l decided to take
Hoods Sarsaparilla, and in three months
from the time I began Its use was 6
we'll man. / have had no rheumatism
since taking Hoods Sarsaparilla." JOIN
G. AYERS, Bridgeport, N. ].
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-01-04

The sciara wormlike insect of for
ests of Hungary and Norway, is only
tenth of an inch long, yet in migrating.
in July or early August, the creatures
are said to stick themselves together in
serpentlike mass often 40 to 30 feet
long aud several inches thick
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-01-04

The most scientific forester in Europe
says that the Oldest trees i'll northern
Europe are tie pines of Norway and
Sweden, and that these are not known
to live more than $40 years. Germany's
oldest oaks lived only little more than
300 years.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-01-04
His Notion az II.

why" she asked, 'do SO many Of
the poets write about goldenrodp 1t
seems as if every one of them had tried
to glorify it. -
"Well, replied the man who had
worked on farm, "the only explana-
ton can give is that the poets probably
never tried to raise potatoes in field
where goldenrod had got good start. :"
Cleveland Leader.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-01-04

The following announcement is post
ed in the Boston street cars: The board
of health hereby adJudges that the de-
posit Of sputum in street cars is pub
lie nuisance, a source of filth and cause
of sickness, and hereby orders that spit
ting on the floor of any street car be and
hereby is prohibited The following
sign appears in the street cars of New
York city; Splitting ON the floor of
this car is positively prohibited Goth
am and the Hub have different ways Of
arriving at the same statement -Eleo-
trical Review
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-01-04

The tower of Babel at Babylon was
composed of eight square towers, one
upon the other, the pile being $50 feet
high. Babylon was a square, 10 miles
on each side, the walls being 81 feet
thick and $40 feet high.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-01-04

Chinese nature is curious branch Of
human nature The Celestials not only
continue to buy as freely as ever from
their customers, the japanese, but many
of the Chinese insist that they never
heard of the war.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-01-04

Patient Chad pay)--What is my con,
dition, doctor?
Physician-My frhnd. nv advice tol
you is to pay all your eabts and nrenare
for the end Philadelphia North
American.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-01-04
Early Training.

lit seems strange that they should
make such a vulgar display of their
wealth.
"Oh, don't know-he started as q
window dresser Chicago Journal
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-01-04

The New York stock brokers are said
to wear out the floor of their stock ex-
change every five years