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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-04-05
EARLY FRENCH EXPLORERS.
The Work of Cartier, Champ1ain and 9th
ers In the Great Lakes.

The Work of Cartier, ChampIain and 9th
In the Great Lakes.
W. S. HARDWOOD writes in st. Nicho-
las of 1.-THE Great Lakes" Mr.. Har-
wood says:
Jacques Cartier, who shipped from
st. Malo in 1884, explored the coast of
Newfoundland and made the circuit of
the gulf of st. Lawrence, and he did
much else, too, for New France in open
ing up negotiations with the many tribes
of Indians who thronged thousands
strong and friendly from all the regions
in and about Quebec and Montreal and
Ottawa and Kingston. Another mariner
of ST. Malo-Francis Greve-began the
colonization of the land. About 1870,
in France, Samuel de Champlain was
born, and when he reached the age of
early manhood he, too, Joined in the
new world exploration in the region
above the great lakes The kings of
France were much interested in the
new land and did all in their power not
only to explore the region, but to colo
nize and develop it. Champlain, in
1915, made an expedition up the Ottawa
river and penetrated as far as into
Georgian bay, thus touching on the wa
tiers of Lake Huron
In 1913 Etienne Brule, an old inter-
prefer, came into Champlain's camp
with the news of the discovery of Lake
Superior. Lake Erie, with Ontario. was
probably discovered some time earlier
than this. Nicollet, in 1884, started in
a canoe from the head of Georgian bay,
skirted the eastern and northern shores
of Huron and at last found himself at
Sault Ste. Marie, or the falls of St.
Mary, now shortened to "Soo"-the
first white man, it is believed, to reach
this key to the noble lake beyond. He
went as far as Green bay, on Lake Mich
igan, and so the various lakes at last
came into the actual knowledge of the
explorers and were no longer myths
But as these French explorers con-
tinued to develop new and hitherto I'M
dreamed of possibilities of empire the
English began to take deep interest in
the region-an interest little less marked
than that they were then taking in
their schemes of colonization in Vir-
ginia and Massachusetts. Again and
again through the years that follow the
threads cross and recross, not weaving
beautiful garment of harmony, but
tangling in wretched snarl, patch
work of disputes between the nations.
ENHANCEMENT followed entangle-
ment, wars harassed the land until at
last the English were masters of the
northern lake region for all time-un-
less some day we shall see the stars and
stripes floating from the heights of
Quebec.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-04-05
lElSURELY LANE,

Is there no road now to Leisurely lanef We
travelled it long ago,
place for the tagging of leisurely steps, sweet
and shady and slow.
There were rims of restful hills beyond and
fields of dreamful wheat,
With shadows of clouds across them blown and
peoples asleep at our feet.
There lads and maids on Sunday met and
strolled them, two and two.
The leaves they laced in roof o'erhead, and
only the sun peered through,
And there was time to gather rose and time
for the woodbird's call
And plenty of time TO sit by stream and
hearken its ripple and fall.
Is there no road now to Leisurely lane? God
knows we have hurried ATARI
There was once lamp through the brooding
dusk, and over the tree a star.
There was once breath of the clover bloom
sweet heaven, we have hurried so long i
And there was gate by white rose clasped,
and out of the dusk a song.
That song-the echo is strange and sweet; the
voice-it is weak and old.
1t hath no part with this fierce, wild rush and
this hard, mad fight for goldl
1t hath no part with the clamor and din and
the Earring of wheel and stonel
Oh, listen, my heart, and forget-forget that
we reap the bread we have sownl
Is there no road now to Leisurely lane, where,
lingering, one by one,
The summoning bells of twilight time over the
meadows blown
May find us strolling our homeward way, glad
of the evening starr
Is there no road now to Leisurely lane2 God
knows we have hurried ATARI
Virginia Woodward Cloud in Ladies' Home
Journal.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-04-05
THE FOODS WE EAT.
Various Kinds and What They Are Sever
ally Good For.

Various Kinds and What They Are Sever
ally Good For.
Nature supplies us with two complete
foods, milk and eggs, which contain in
the proper proportions all the necessary
elements for the sustenance of our bod
les AS these are the only complete
foods it is necessary in the absence to
have mixed foods, and it is in the mix
ing that mistakes occur, because the fat
forming, muscle forming and other
parts are taken in wrong proportions,
some in excess and others the reverse.
Left to his own taste primitive man in
variably selects the best food. This in
stinct, however. is defective at the pres
ent day. For children food rich in bone
forming substances is necessary. Among
muscle forming foods the following are
the best and most common: Oatmeal
porridge, with rich milk and whole
meal bread buttered; meat is a highly
condensed food of this class. TO men of
sedentary occupation free use of meat
is injurious. For men engaged at hard
manual labor generous meat diet is
admirable.
Vegetables contain but little nourish-
ment, but are useful as blood purifiers
and also supply bulk to the food, which
is necessary to give the consumer salts
faction. Milk should never be taken
with meat, because they are both rich
in one substance Tea should not be
taken with meat either, because it
renders the meat tough and indigesti-
BILE. Beef ranks first as muscle former
and mutton next. Pork makes a very
digestible dish, and fowl and bacon are
very useful and palatable dish. Cere-
ais enter largely into our diet and are
of much value, because they supply food
or starch as we'll as muscle food. Pota-
toes provide little nutriment, but with
plenty of milk, which supplies the pre-
else ingredients they lack, good diet
is formed.
Sugar is well worthy of notice, and
the child's love of it is a perfectly
healthy instinct and should always be
gratified in reason. Fruits are good
blood purifiers and should be considered
as essentials rather than Injuries Beef
tea contains scarcely any nutriment
whatever and is almost purely a stimu-
liant. A dog fed on beef tea starved to
death, while another fed ON refuse meat
throve. Tea, injurious if taken in ex-
cess, provides, if taken in moderation,
most refreshing drink. Many scientists
recommend its use about two hours be-
fore our principal meal and without
food. Coffee is stimulant, unlike all
others, in fact, that it is followed by no
reaction. 1t stimulates the brain and is
called AN intellectual drink Cocoa de-
serves to be classed as food. Pitts
burg Dispatch.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-04-05
STARTERS OF RESTAURANTS
A Business Operation by Which Some Men
Make Considerable Money.

A Business Operation by Which Some Men
Make Considerable Money.
ut may seem strange to say SO, re-
marked lawyer the other day, "but it
is true, nevertheless, that there are men
i'll the city who are getting rich by es
tablishing restaurants that do not pay.
This is the way they do it: A cheap
shop is rented and fitted up as a restau-
rant at COST say, of $3.50. Food val
ued at about 800 is purchased, and
some judicious advertising is done.
More food is sold for the money then
than customers can get anywhere else
in the neighborhood. The result is a
crowded restaurant, though the pro-
prietor is losing money steadily. When
he has first class line of patrons and
he appears to be doing big business,
he advertises the place for SALE III
health or desire to move south, east
or west is one of the excuses. Custom
ers appear promptly, and the proprietor
usually sells his place for $1,000 or
81, 500, half in cash. His investment
has not been more than $500, so he
clears from $500 to 81, 900. OF course
the place proves a failure, and the pur-
chaser loses his money. The restaurant
starter, however, moves to another por-
ton of the city and repeats his enter
prise. -
The lawyer said that he recalled one
man in particular who had started no
less than ten restaurants in the last six
months, all of which he sold. With two
exceptions the places did not pay, and
the men who bought them were COM
PEELED to close them.-New York Com
mercial Advertiser.
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FORTUNES BY ACCIDENT.
How a Captain Made Million by Garry
ing One PASSENGER.

How Captain Made a Million by Carry
ing One Passenger.
If there is anything that makes a
poor, toiling man happy it is to read
about fukes that have made fortunes.
For instance, there was captain of a
vessel plying between English and Aus
tralian points who made lucky strike
when convicts were taken to New
South Wales.
A thine expired man came to the
mariner and begged to be taken home
The former convict had no money, but
he would gladly give his plot of land
for transportation.
The captain accepted the terms, and
great is the JOY of his descendants, for
that plot is now occupied by wharf
and it is valued at 81. 1875, 900.
A Limerick tobacconist believed him
self to be ruined by a fire that destroyed
his shop. The next day he found tins of
snuff that had been in the fire. Curios-
ity prompted him to open the canisters.
He found that the action of the flames
had materially improved the aroma and
pungency of the snuff The discovery
made him very rich.
The discovery Of the Mount Sheba
mine was purely fluke, and its output
of gold is the greatest of any mine in
the world except in the Klondike dis
trict.
A bank clerk in London heard that
there was rich deposit of gold at a
certain place at the Cape of Good Hope.
He set about forming provisional syn
dictate among his fellow clerks, and they
raised about 81, 500 among themselves
A mining engineer was sent out. He
made a thorough investigation, but
found no gold. He had decided to give
up the search and was ready to leave
for home, when he ran across a miner.
"Well, stranger" he said, 81 guess
you are on hunt for the shiny. Tain I
here, boss"
"Have you claim here?' asked the
engineer.
eyes, and 1 want to make tracks up
the country. That's my claim over by
that camels hump. You can have it
for 500, and here's a sample of the
quartz. That claim amt worth It's
weight in gold, but it's worth every
dollar I ask for it. I"
The engineer examined the specimen
and decided that there was gold in it.
He acted quickly.
"I'll tell you what I'll do, mate, }" he
said. "I'll give you $50 on the risk OF
losing it. -
The bargain was struck and the claim
carefully explored. An abundance Of
gold was found in the most unlikely
veins. Today the shares, the face value
of which is 800, are worth $500, 00O
each. New York World.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-04-05
The Texas Girl.

Chivalry used to be described as a
southern virtue, and though we do not
wish to imply that the men of the north
are unchiyalrous it is quite possible
that in the south women are still re-
garded with greater degree of formal
reverence than elsewhere. A native of
Texas describes with enthusiasm the
women of his state and shows why they
cannot fail to excite admiration. "They
are" he declares, 'sweet, polite, gra-
cious and courageous; they do not curse
or swear; they do not use slang, and are
not drunkards. Most of them ride we'll
on horseback and can use the six shooter,
but do not want to take away man S
job or position. :" Gould a more engag
ing picture be drawn? These lovely
compounds of sweetness and strength
know their power, but do not abuse it.
They may resent injury in the most eff
fective fashion. but they are not mean.
They will hesitate before shooting q
man who has family dependent upon
him. They are no mere amazons The
fact that they do not curse and swear
shows that they possess also the gentler
domestic virtues. Those who are in
search of the ideal girl should purchase
a ticket for Texas. Jour-
nal.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-04-05
BURNS AND SCALDS.

Remedies That Should Be Used Before the
Doctor Arrives.
A burn may result from excessive
heat applied in any way-hot air or hot
water, steam, flame or electricity-or
even from extreme cold. The injury re-
sulting from contact with hot water or
steam is usually called scald, but is
practically the same in its results as a
burn.
Surgeons speak Of different degrees
of a burn, according to the amount of
tissue destroyed by it. Thus burn of
the first degree is one that simply red
dens and irritates the skin; burn of
the second degree is one that causes
actual inflammation of the skin with
the formation of blisters, while burn
of the third degree destroys the skin
and more or less of the flesh beneath it,
or even chars and kills all the tissues,
including the bone itself.
The effects of burn depend partly
upon it's degree, but not entirely, for a
burn even of the first degree may cause
death if it involves a very large portion
of the surface of the body. This it does
by interfering with the necessary ex-
erection of waste matter which is con-
stantly taking place through the skin.
A curious effect of a severe burn in
any part of the body is liberation of
the bowels following very intense con-
gestion of the entire digestive canal.
The bronchial tubes and the lungs are,
sometimes injured by the inhalation OF
steam or very hot air, but even apart
from such an accident person who has
been burned about the chest or back isl
very liable to have an attack of bron
chitis or pneumonia in consequence.
The first thing to be done in the case
OF burn of any degree is to stop the
pain This should be done not only from
the natural impulse to relieve suffering,
but because the shock resulting from
the injury may be SO greatly increased
by the agony as to cause the death OF
the patient, even when the burns III
themselves would not do SO.
Covering the part with any bland
substance, such as olive oil, vaseline,
sweet butter or flour paste, to keep off
the air will often afford great relief,
and in burns of the first degree nothing
more may be needed. Carron oil, the
name given to a mixture of equal guam
titles of linseed oil and limewater, was
formerly and is still in many workshops
the favorite application for a burn.
Better still is bicarbonate of soda Cook
ing soda) or oalcined magnesia, made
into an ointment with vaseline or lard
or busted thickly over the skin.
Another application which is often
exceedingly grateful is solution of
nitrate of potash (nitre). Hunters often
make paste Of gunpowder for this pur-
pose. One or other of these applications
will usually suffice in mild cases, and
in severe burns will help to reduce the
pain for the time until the doctor comes.
Youth g Communion
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-04-05
Agricultural Notes.

Experiments with grass seeds collect
ed from all over the world are being
conducted at Knoxville under the aus
pieces of the agricultural department.
The Pittsburg Dispatch states that $50
varieties of grass and forage plants have
been grown during the season.
A rather startling suggestion is that
of producing butter directly from such
vegetables as COWS feed upon by the use
of electricity.
Bisulphide of carbon as an insecticide
on trees ELECTS contradictory reports.
Some favor it; others claim that it
damages or kills the tree.
''Do not staple wire to trees for posts.
1t is liable to kill the trees, and if you
wish to remove the fence you will find
the wood has grown over the staples.
Nail board up and down on the tree
and fasten wire to it, +" remarks Farm
Journal.
The Ohio Farmer advocates protec-
ton of the skunk on account of its use
fulness in destroying insects, particu-
larly white grubs.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-04-05
A Good Roadmaker.

Edwin Mcintyre, who lives hermit
life in the house near Warren where DIR.
Pilton R. Baker was shot, has queer
hobby. One of the prettiest and best
pieces of road in Maine passes in front
of his retreat. 1t has been built by Mr..
Mcintyre, who for the last 20 years has
been picking up the rocks and stones
near his home and pounding them into
pebbles, which he has put in the high
way. In 23 years time he has pounded
900, 600 stones and made them ready for
road use The town authorities recog-
nizing the value of the work, for years
have compensated the man by giving
him his road tax. He estimates that he
has placed on the road 90 cords of these
manufactured stones Other towns might
envy Warren such faithful roadbuild-
er.-Rockland Ne. Star.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-04-05
TIE RAILWAY.

Upon the iron highway, wreathed in smoke, ]
Or east or west the clanking engine reels,
The weary dust spins onward at the stroke
OF half hundred wheels.
It comes, the breathless driver staring straight
Through misty eyeholes, with the sudden
CLEAN
OF FURNISHED dome, and cranks of ponderous
weight
And clouds of kissing steam.
Old countrymen that trudge from new plowed
lands
And on high bridges stay their weary feet
Bee faces flashed beneath them, waving hands
That may not stay to greet
Or slow, with hollow blast and wealthy din,
BY wide armed signals creeps the laden train,
High vans with shuddering jolt and clinking
pin
And hiss of gathering chain.
Wide eyed, affrighted cattle, meek and still,
And murky coal for city folk to burn,
And dusty blocks hewed from some western
hill
And wreathed in twisted fern.
Sut, best of all, when in the sullen night,
Along the dim embankment, hung in air,
Shoots the red streamer, linked with cheerful
light,
The wide flung furnace glare
Lights the dim hedges and the rolling steam,
Then passes and, in narrowing distance, dies,
Tracked by the watchful lanterns lessenng
CLEAN
Two red, resentful eyes.
Lord wet and Other POEMS by Arthur
Christopher Benson.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-04-05
CHICAGO CHAPERONS.
Society Editors Instruct Youths as t.
Thair TTsaa

Society Editors Instruct Youths to
Their Uses.
The society editor was humming a
line that ran something like this:
sob, the queer things we do and the
queer things we say.
"What are some of them?' demand
ed the man who does little of every
thing.
"Well, - replied the society editor,
"today young man came in to get
society item in the paper. 1t was about
theater party or something of that
sort, and he had it all nicely written
out, and down at the bottom of the page
was the statement that the party would
be chaperoned by Miss Blank p"
"Well?' said the man who does lit
tie of everything, but who is neverthe-
less not posted on society matters.
"Well," explained the society edi-
tor, 'of course there is no law, written
or unwritten, that says party of young
people may not be chaperoned by an
unmarried woman, although it is not
usual, for she is supposed under such
circumstances to be of mature age and
considerable experience.
"'This Miss Blank is not young
lady, suggested, and he was angry in
a minute.
"tWho says she ism t?' he demanded.
Then he added, I happen to know that
she is just 10 years Old
"'She can't very well chaperon the
party, then, 1 said.
"Who says she can't?' he demanded
again. She's just as good as any of the
swells on the Lake Shore drive, and
don't you forget it.
81 explained to him very carefully
that chaperon should be a matron or
a woman of mature years, and he quiet
ed down.
"'Well, he said, of course we've got
to have a chaperon SOS to be in style.
The girls are all set on doing the thing
right and proper, and we boys have I'M
dertaken to see it through. Maybe Miss
Jones would do for chaperon. She's
% years DID,
"Hardly.' replied. IF you feel
that you must have chaperon, the
thing for you to do is to invite some
matron to accompany you.
"Well, guess not, he answered,
with emphasis. why, that would spoil
half the fun, and besides we'd have to
put up for her ticket. If one of the girls
can't be the chaperon, you can just cross
that part of it out. -
Then the society editor again began
to hum:
sob, the queer things we say and the
queer things we do. Chicago Post.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-04-05
The English Walnut.

Possibly few trees in the old world
are more profitable than the English
walnut, which thrives in England and
all over the northern part Of the conti-
nent of Europe The wood is especially
used for gun stocks and for many articles
of furniture and is found profitable from
trees of 10 years of age and upward.
There is always good demand for the
nuts, so that there are two distinct lines
of proft-by the timber and by the fruit.
In our country they thrive in any por-
tion of the eastern states, although as
they progress northwardly the tips Of
the last years shoots are destroyed by
winter. The living portions push out
again, however, and generally bear as
abundantly as before.
In the vicinity of Philadelphia there
are numerous trees, planted by the early
German settlers, which bear every year.
Single or isolated trees sometimes fail
to bear fruit ON account of the pollen
bearing flower maturing and scattering
pollen before the nut bearing flower is
in condition to receive it, and for this
reason crops are more assured when a
number of trees are planted together. In
this way some of the pollen bearing cat
kins are conditioned SO as to be in bloom
before the time that the nut bearing
flowers make their appearance. Nee
hams Monthly.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-04-05

The lecturer on health had finished
his discourse and invited his auditors
to ask any questions they chose con-
corning points that might seem to need
clearing up when lean, skinny man
rose up and asked:
Professor, what do you do when
you can't sleep at night?'
II usually stay awake, replied the
lecturer, although, of course, every
body should feel at liberty to do other
wise il he chooses Are there any other
Auestions?' Chicago Tribune.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-04-05
Cheapest Form OF Potash.

Rural New Yorker recommends the
muriate as the cheapest form in which
to buy potash: "Kainit contains about
1917 per cent of this substance, while
muriate contains 90 per cent. Kainit
will furnish potash enough if you use
enough of it, but on peaches we would
prefer to use muriate, as we would save
the increase of freight and handling of
a large amount of useless material. Sui
phate of potash costs more than muriate
actual potash. For crops like potatoes,
beets and others where extra quality is
desired, the sulphate is better. For or
binary crops the muriate is better"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-04-05

Little Tommie-Sister Lillian likes
to have you come here.
Mr.. Simperling-Aw, indeed How
do you know that?
Little Well, people always
like what makes them glad, don't they?
Mr.. SUPPLEMENTARY. But how
do you know | make her glad?
Little Tonmie-I heard her tellin
one of the other girls today that she
just had to laugh every time she looked
at you.-Cleveland Leader.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-04-05

The rinderpest and the drought, it is
said. have brought the Orange Free
State to the verge of ruin. The drought
has lasted for ten months and still con-
tinues. A cabbage is sold for shilling,
and there is no meat except the car
casses of wornout wagon bullocks.
Business is being wound up all over the
place, and trade is almost at a stand
still.