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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-08
PERSIAN RULERS JEWELS.
Fabulous Tale of the Costly Gems In the
Peacock Throne Room.

Fabulous Tale of the Costly Gems In the
Peacock Throne Room.
Who has not heard of the Persian
jewels-their glory, their number,
their priceless worth? When the doors
were unlocked and was taken into the
peacock throne room, I found myself
surrounded by mass Of wealth un-
equaled in the world. Nowhere are such
treasures, but nowhere also is there
such an accumulation Of rubbish. /
will, however, dismiss the rubbish and
refer only to the treasures. Down each
side of the room were chairs entirely
covered with sheeted gold, and. at inter
walls were tables of gold, nailed, l shud-
dered to note, with the commonest Of
black headed tacks.
At the far end of the room was the
wonder of the world, the peacock
throne. Whether it is one Of the seven
thrones of the great mogul and was
brought from Delhi I don't know, but
it is certainly the most costly ornament
that the eye of man can look upon. l
inspected it most carefully. 1t is entire
ly of silver, a great camp bed structure,
but modelled in lovely designs. 1t is in
crusted from end to end and from top to
bottom with diamonds.
At the back is a star of brilliants that
makes you blink. The rug on which the
shah sits is edged with precious stones,
and the pillow on which he reclines is
covered with pearls. l could keep on
writing about the dazzling beauties OF
the throne of the king of kings, but
never could get beyond declaring it to
be superb jewel. Some people have
valued it at e5, 900, 600. Its real value
is between 1900, 900 and $4,000. 600.
But, though the peacock throne is
the magnum opus of the Persian crown
Jewels it by no means extinguishes the
magnifcence of the other treasures.
| Who can attempt, however, to recount
the number of bejeweled arms, the roy
al arms, the flashing aigrets, the trays
piled up with cut and uncut stones and
the bowls filed with pearls that yor
can run through your fingers like q
handful of rice? Every one has heard Of
the Daria-i-Nur, or Sea of light, sister
diamond to the Kohinoor, ur Mountain
of Light Every one has also heard Of
the Globe of the World, made by the
late shah of 70 pounds of pure gold anC
81, 1856 gems-the sea of emeralds, Per
STA of turquoises, India Of amethysts
Africa of rubies, England and France o.
diamonds-and valued at e947, 000.-
Illustrated Magazine.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-08
"OLD COMPARISONS"
An Eccentric Westerner Who Has Gained
tho

An Eccentric Westerner Who Has Gained
the Sobriquet.
The people around the little mountain
town, says the Yakima Wash. Herald,
called him "Old Comparison, and l
knew in a general way why the sobriquet
had been given him, but did not. during
my months stay, have an opportunity
to test it, though l had speaking ac-
quaintance with him. One day l was
passing his house and he was sitting on
the steps of the little vine clad porch
in front
GOOD morning." 1 said. cts a
lovely day
elmer silk" he responded.
Chow are you this morning?"
"Friskier' a colt. F"
'How's your wife?''
"Pearter n pullet.
1.-THE weather is very hot and dry for
this season, don't you think?''
"Hotter'n a run horse and drier'n a
clean shirt"
81 suppose you went to the wedding
last night in the meeting house? A
pretty bride, 1 thought
"Purtier'n speckled dog"
''The young man is very rich, hear. :"
"Richer'n fertilizer a foot thick. "
By the way, are you willing to sell
me those saw logs Brown couldn't take
off your hands?''
Williner'n girl to get spliced."
"When can see them?'
"Quicker'n a lamb can shake his
tall
And the old man grabbed his hat and
stick and led the way to the river, offer
ing no remark. but answering all ques-
tions as usual.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-08
The BEDOulNS.


Rifle Etiquette and surly Hospitality of
the Tribes of the Desert.
I heard that the Bedouins gave me
the name Of the walking Englishman
and once or twice were kind enough to
say that Twas one of themselves Tri-
f1es like these are important when deal
ing with men who have the minds of
children. With them whether you are
to live or die depends SO often on q tri-
fle that it is as we'll to have as many
trifes as possible in your favor. I wore
their dress in my trip to Siwas, not with
the idea of taking any one in at close
quarters, but of making myself unno-
ticeable at distance. Igenerally walk
ed some way in front of my men and
camels l did this because the incessant
drone of the Arab songs became intoler-
able to me, and as l found Abdulla
couldn't possibly get on without his
eternal song l used to put mile be-
tween us when the track was clear.
Once or twice, on reaching the bow
Of sand hill, | would find myself in
sight of string of camels The first
O14nS GA4O A1CuOh4Ao WOd40 w wac W
load and hold their f1intlocks at the
ready. They meant no harm. 1t is the
ordinary etiquette of the desert, at
which no one dreams of taking offense
Then I would have to sit down to show
that meant no mischief, and converse
ton would be carried on in shouts. /
generally asked them for bowl of cam
el's milk, which they always gave if
they had it. On one occasion l came
upon solitary Bedouin watching his
herd of camels grazing. That man had
probably not seen human being for
weeks. He was squatting on the ground.
He neither moved nor turned his head.
asked him for milk, and he pointed to
his camels and said, "Take it. y AS the
art of milking camels never formed part
of my school curriculum this invitation
was of little use to me. But could not
rouse that man to more active hospital
ity. He probably looked upon my ap-
pearance as an impertinent intrusion.
Geographical Journal.
How Alaskan Indians Trap Bears.
w 4l1IdAu ID. Ob16J VIII las DS6A OIL
over the world as one of the ichthyolo-
gists in the employ of the government,
speaking of his experience in Alaska,
! said:
"Strips of whalebone are folded into
the shape of the letter N, enveloped in
hunks of fat and frozen that way. The
fat thus prepared is left in promising
spots for great white bears to devour.
Along comes one of the monsters, gulping
lump down whole The gastric juices
melt the fat and eat away the strings Of
tendon with which the whalebone is
bound, the whalebone springs out
straight across the animals stomach,
and presently it dies. Next day Mr.. Els
kimo comes along and gathers in bear
skin worth several quarts of whisky. y
Portland Oregonian.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-08
TO THE PURITAN.

Louise in pink and filmy lace,
A fay in blue, the sweet Irene.
Minerva of the classic face,
In glowing red stately queen,
A court of beauty's honor maidsl
The richest robe from royal loom
Best mates such loneliness, yet aids
Not cheeks that shame cen roses bloom.
But, though them all I do admire,
turn from ballroom visions back,
From beauty, colors, Jewels fire,
To seek little girl in black.
Oh, little girl in black, to you,
Aweary of the gay deceit,
come to learn what is the true,
Where naught distracts, in calm most
sweet.
Though sparkling glance and bright array
The senses touch with potent charms,
They vanish in the steely day;
The music dies in harsh alarms
That fill the world Of busy strife.
So in the hard and clodden track
Love lights alone would through life
Walk with the little girl in black
George Henry Dougherty in Womankind.
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The doctor may be good old man, but
even so, medical examinations and the
''lecal application" treatment are abhor-
rent to every modest woman. They are
embarrassing useless. They should
not be submitted to until everything else
has been tried. In nine cases out of ten,
there is no reason for them. In nine
cases out of ten, the doctor in general
practice isn't competent to treat female
diseases. They make branch OF medl-
cine by themselves. They are distinct
from other ailments. They can be prop
erly understood and treated only by one
who has had years of actual practice and
experience in this particular line. This
is true of DR.. R. V. Pierce, chief consult
ing physician of the Invalids' Hotel and
Surgical Institute, at Buffalo, N. Y. DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription, remedy
for all arrangements of the reproductive
organs of women, has been in actual use
for more than thirty years. 1t cures
every form of female weakness"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-08

Is at all times to attend to the comforts of
catch a 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 ]. II.
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, 1898-03-08
Soaking Small Seeds.

Professor Waugh of Vermont has been
experimenting with soaking small seeds
in a solution of pepsin or diastase to in
crease their terminating or feeding
power. Professor Waugh writes to
Rural New Yorker that diastase has
proved much better than pepsin for this
purpose. He says: "Our diastase is
really only malt extract. We dissolve
one part of powdered malt in ten parts
of water, strain it and put the seeds to
soak for "a hours. A quart of malt,
worth cents or less, would thus make
ten quarts of liquid, or enough to treat
ten pounds of tomato or radish seeds or
peas.
AS explained in the journal men
toned, "this idea embodies much the
same principle as that made use of by
humans who chew 'pepsin gum or
other substances to promote digestion.
The soaking of the seed makes the
starchy matter more available as food
for the little germ and thus starts an
earlier and more vigorous growth. This
plan may not be entirely practicable
yet, but there is something in 1t, and
an investigating farmer may we'll try it
in q small way -
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-08
WASTE OF MANURE.

How to Save the Stable Accumulation.
Concerning Commercial Fertilizers.
Too much manure Is wasted on the
farms; as rule enough is wasted every
year in this county to pay its proportion
of the state tax Make the stable floors
and cutters tight, use horse manure, road
dust, coal ashes and plaster to absorb
the liquids and save nitrogen. The
liquids represent so per cent of the
value of the weddings of our animals.
Nearly all these are lost. If you will
save both the solids and liquids. draw
them out and spread them where you
want them. You will be surprised at
the results. When a man will do this,
he will have a clear conscience and may
90 out and buy fertilizers If he actually
needs them, but If you are to buy these
goods select the highest grade and do
not be guided by it's smell and appear
ance. They are no index as to its value
or the sources of the plant foods in it.
Patronize the best manufacturers and be
sure the analyses on the sack tags are
guaranteed.
Another point, first know what the
needs of your soils are for the crops you
want to grow. Do not buy the same
formula for every crop, just as a patent
medicine man sells bottle of his stuff
guaranteed to cure every disease man is
heir to- from headache to corns. Ask
the soil, through the plant, what it
wants. It's appearance will tell you. 1t
may be more or less nitrogen, potash
or phosphoric acid. The potato wants
nitrogen to grow strong stalk, but
must have a surplus of potash to perfect
the tuber Too much nitrogen produces
soft. unhealthy growth, the straw is
weak and fails down. Potash strength
ems it, gives the leaf or fruit good
color and hardens the season s growth
of wood, while phosphoric acid perfects
the seed and grain and makes it plump.
The teachings of the New York state
farmers Institutes are helping the
farmers of that state more by showing
them how to save money rather than
how to make it, as the above extract
from one of Director Dawley S addresses
indicates
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-08
How to wheedIe a librarian.

note that an Oxford scholar of my
acquaintance, if he wished valuable
book to be taken from the Bodleian
library into the Radcliffe reading room
that he migat continue reading it after
the library was closed, used to begin by
asking leave for some unique manu-
script, and when that was refused a
book somewhat less valuable, coming
gradually down a scale and being re-
fused with less emphasis, until he
reached the book which alone he want
ed, when he would say, "At least you
can have no objection to my taking
this. '-Cornhill Magazine.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-08

AS Andree was about to depart on his
polar balloon he was asked how soon
tidings from him might be expected.
His answer was, cat least not before
three months, and one year, perhaps
two years, may elapse before you hear
from us, and you may one day be sur
prised by news of our arrival some
where, and if Motif you never hear
from us-others will follow in our wake
until the unknown regions Of the north
have been surveyed.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-08
Her First Thought.

A steamer was passing by settle
ment on the shore Of one of the grea
lakes and along the water front were {
few houses built out on piles. An ole
man and an old woman, evidently trav
cling that way for the first time, stood
by the rail. Presently the woman no,
ticed one of the houses built over the
water,
"Well, my gracious, Henry" she ex
claimed. Just look at that house
S'posin somebody's taken sick in the
night and they have to run for the doc.
tor. Built right out in the solid water.
o my Lord p'-Boston Budget.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-08

Hope, said she POLITICALLY, ''is that
feeling in the human breast of which it
has been said that it springs
law, can give you better defni-
tion than that " said he
How would you define hope dear?"
sine asked as she changed her head from
one shoulder to the other.
''hope, said ne, sis the feeling that
slips out of you like water out of a
pitcher when you are on the run down
the street for the trolley car and you see
it go by inst as you get half block
from the corner. "-Detroit Free Press.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-08

DR.. Donaldson is an ardent anatomist.
His house is packed full of skeletons OF
bits of such, all articulated by his own
hand.
He has paper knife much admired.
Eyes. he said in explanation, II keep
that for cutting the comic papers You
see, l made it from the funny bone OF
my first wife. Pick Me Up.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-08

There is probably no invention that
has done so much to make winter grain
sowing safe as that of the grain drill.
The fact that it deposits the seed grain
in depression, leaving ridge on each
side, is a great advantage. The drill
marks are often filed with snow SO as
to prevent thawing of the soil over the
roots. The ridges always melt down as
they are disintegrated by freezing and
thawing, and even if the wheat roots
are slightly raised the fine soil falling
over them will usually repair any dam
age that may be done, So soon as the
surface soil is dry enough it should be
lightly narrowed. This breaks down all
the remains of the ridge, and if the
roller is used to compact this soil
around the grain roots the plant will
send up as many as three or four times
as many stalks as if it had not this
care. American Cultivator.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-08
LIBRARIAN Keen.

Speaking of Gregory B. Keen, who
has just been elected librarian of the
Historical society Of Pennsylvania to
succeed the late Frederick D. Stone,
the Philadelphia Inquirer says: ''In
pure library work Mr.. Keen has had
good experience as the librarian of the
library of the University of Pennsyl-
vania. For many years he has been the
corresponding secretary of the society.
His papers on the Swedish influence in
Pennsylvania are marked by the soci-
ety's careful methods of investigation,
and both by tastes and training Mr..
Keen is fitted to prove most worthy
successor to DR.. Stone.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-08
THE DEAcoNps oARTER MABEL

She isn't much on dress an such,
Like maidens in the city.
1t mayn't be only jes' touch
OF goodness makes her pretty.
To keep from blushin when she speaks
Our boys, leastwise, amt able.
OF her they dream fer weeks an weeks,
The deacon's darter Mabel
Across the aisle in church she sits
At every Sunday meetin,
An half the fellers lose their wits x;
Whenever she smiles greetin. ,;syT
She amt no fairy, sprite nor elf, IL
Like those of song an fable. -
She's jes her own dear little self, -
The deacon's darter Mabel. ~
You see her golden curls an swear
A halo rests above her.
There amt one of US d dare
To own how much we love her,
An, as fer dress, canned fruit that's good
Amt bettered by the label.
It's jes the same with womanhood,
The deacon's darter Mabel
Roy Farrell Greene in New York Journal.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-08
Things That Are Told.

California peach growers are using
bisulphide of carbon for peach borers,
but Professor Slingerland tells in The
Rural New Yorker that eastern growers
should not follow this example.
The maple sugar makers of Vermont
are very much in earnest in their efforts
to turn out fine product and market it
advantageously.
An English syndicate has purchased
the menhaden fisheries at Pleasant
Land, N. Y. 1t is said that new ma
chine of English make will be used to
make the fish into fertilizer, by which
the oil and scraps are automatically sep
arated, thus lessening the expenses.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-08
From Sire to Son.

AS 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. Q. Jones, New
Egypt; Edw. W. Rossell, Pemberton, and
]. H. Leeds, Rancocas, the leading drug
gists, are sole agents and are distributing
samples free. Large packages SOC and 25c.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-08
Time Is Also Cruel.

Mrs Biffkin was dissolved in tears
"You have changed, she sobbed
"you have changed most cruelty. You
love me no more You no longer sit
with your arm encircling my waist, as
was your custom before we were mar
ried. -
GOOD heavens, Antoinette!" ex-
claimed Mr.. Biffkin. "You should have
married an india rubber man."
Alas 1t was but too true. Mrs. Biff-
kin had also changed. London Tit
Bits
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-08
After the Battle.

$50 Jones was not reelected"
"No, he was fred out. "
81 wonder if he still believes Office is
a public trust"
~ doubt it. He regards it more in
the light of public thrust. New
York World
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-08

Few women consider that they carry
some 40 on so miles of hair on theil
head. The fair haired may even have te
dress 70 miles of threads of gold every
morning.
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Variable Heights.

"How tall be you, Henry?"
"Bout six foot. l guess, with my
boots off. How tall be your
"Bout six foot when my hairs cut.
-Harper's Bazaar.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-08

Much surprise has been expressed at
the keen sense for business shown in
the letters of George Eliot quoted in
Mrs. ELEPHANTS book about the Black
woods But it turns out that the letters
were really dictated by George Henry
Lewes, who was an able business man
and looked after her affairs so closely
that, in spite of the comparatively
small bulk of her work, she left large
fortune behind her, all of it earned by
her pen during career of 81 years.
BeIated Convict.
Prison Missionary-What are you In
for, friend?
Convict (bitterly)-Just for missing
train.
Nonsense. F"
"No nonsense, sir. I missed train
for Montreal. Harlem Life
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-08

The accuracy of some parts of the To-
connective is ten times finer than in the
watch, but for absolute measurement
the accuracy in the watch is almost
three times as fine as in the locomotive.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-08

coffee at night. 1t spoils their sleep. You can
drink Grain-O when you please and sleep like
a top. For Grain-O does not stimulate; II
nourishes, cheers and feeds. Yet IL looks and
tastes like the best coffee. For nervous per
sons. young people and children Grain-O is the
perfect drink. Made from pure grains. Get a
package from your grocer to-day. Try IL in
place of coffee. 10 and Csc.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-08

As well as the handsomest, and others are in
vited to call on any druggist and get free a
trial bottle of Kemp's Balsam for the Throat
ana Lungs, remedy that is guaranteed to
cure and relieve all Chronic and Acute
Coughs, Asthma, Bron chitis ana Consumption
Price Csc. and soc.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-08

Il was troubled with a skin disease
which almost drove me wild. l heard so
much about Hoods Sarsaparilla 1 con-
Guided to try it and the first bottle con-
WINGED me of its merit. 1 continued tax
ing it until was entirely free from the
skin trouble, and | recommend Hoods"
WALTER JAcoBUs Rutherford, N. ].
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used by Mother Gray, a nurse in Children's
Home, New York, Break up Colds in "a hours
cure Eeverishness, Headache, stomach Trou-
At all druggists, 25c. sample FREE. Ad-
dress, Allen S. Olmsted, LIE Roy, MY.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-08

Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot-E Ease
a powder. 1t cures Corns, Bunions, Chilblains
Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample FREE. Address
Allen S. Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-08

On receipt of ten cents, cash or stamps,
a generous sample will be mailed of the
most popular Catarrh and Hay Fever Cure
(Ely's Cream Balm) sufficient to demon
strate its great merit. Full size Soc.
ETY RROTHERS
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-08

Hoods Pills are the only pills to take
with Hoods Sarsaparila. Cure all liver
Ills
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-08

Britishers can send closed letter to
any part of the British Isles for PEN
ny, provided it does not weigh more
than quarter pound.
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Sc Warren ST. New Yorl

% NOW
Ely's Cream Balm has completely cured
me of catarrh when everything else failed
Many acquaintance have used it with ex-
cellent results.-Alfred w. Stevens, Cald-
well, Ohio.