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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-02-01
A FAMOUS MULBERRY TREE
Planted by Milton In Christ's College Gar
dens, Cambridge.


dens, Cambridge.
In the gardens Of Christ's college,
Cambridge, stands a venerable mulberry
tree, which, tradition says, was planted
by Milton during the time when he was
a student at the university. This would
be between the years 1924 and 1889,
for the following copy, from the Latin
of his entry of admission, accurately
fixes the former date, and his admission
to the degree of NJ. A., to which he pro-
ceeded in the latter year, ended his in
innate connection with the university:
"John Milton, native Of London. son
of John Milton, was initiated in the
elements of letters under Mr.. Gill, mas
ter of St. Paul's school; was admitted
lesser pensioner Feb. 10, 1924, under
Mr. Chappell and paid entrance fee,
los. He was then 16 years and 2
months old.
The tree SO intimately associated
with his name is now much decayed,
but in order to preserve it as much as
possible from the ravages of time many
of the branches have been covered with
6u66J lthQ dl0 dtI6 Ny
stout wooden props, while the trunk has
been buried in a mound of earth. The
luxuriance of the foliage and the crop
of fruit which it annually bears are
proof of it's vitality, but to insure
against accidents and perpetuate the
tree an offshoot has been planted close
by. In the event of a bough breaking
and falling it is divided with even JUS
tice among the fellows of the college,
and many pieces are thus preserved as
mementos of the poet. 1t was during
his residence at Cambridge that he COM
posed his ode, "On the Morning of
Christ's Nativity" "Lycidas, too, is
intimately connected with Millions life
at the university, since it was written
in memory of Edward King, his college
friend and contemporary, with whom
he doubtless shared the same rooms.
In those days students did not, as
now, occupy separate apartments, as
witness the original statutes of the col
lege, "In which chambers our wish is
that the fellows sleep two and two, but
the scholars four and four, - in conse-
quence of which much closer intimacy
was formed among them than is now
possible. DR.. johnson relates that Mil
ton was logged at Cambridge, but the
fact is doubtful, though there is reason
to suppose that he had differences with
the authorities in the earlier part of his
college career, since he was transferred
from his original tutor. This tree is
still pointed out to visitors and was un-
til recent years especially marked by a
bough of mistletoe growing upon it
Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-02-01
The French Peasant.

Laurence Hutton in Harper's M
zine.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-02-01
Red Men So Love to Drink.

81 was down in the Indian Territory
a few weeks ago, said st. Louis man
the other day, ''and business took me to
the capital of the Cherokee Nation
There is no country in the world where
prohibitory laws are as strictly enforced
as in the five civilized tribes 1t is
against the law to import any sort of
Intoxicating liquors under severe penal
ties. The result is that it is common
thing for people to drink camphor, per-
fume, hair tonics and any old liquor
that contains the faintest suggestion Of
alcohol
81 actually saw one fellow drink a
large swallow of red ink and learned
that this carmine fluid was a most pop
ular beverage. A good sized bottle of it
could be had for 90 cents, and it was
warranted to make the drunk come
1t seemed to me that when the Indians
were willing to go to such extremes to
indulge their craving for fire water that
it would be just as well to let them
have the genuine article, which couldn t
at the worst be half as baneful as the
vile compounds they habitually use. -
Kansas City journal.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-02-01
TOSSED BY THE HURRICANE,
The Shorn Colonel and the Wrecked
ssCaptain" Dine Together.

captain" Dine Together.
Two men who had been chums in a
western town before financial hurri-
cane hit it met for the first time in
years in a Sixth avenue eating house
the other day. In the days of their pros
perity one of them was political lever
and was called colonel. He had been on
the governor staff. The other in some
way had acquired the title of captain.
Both had front seats in every event of
the town in which they had lived. The
governors ornament is now a plain
bookkeeper in Broad street. The other
man is dry goods clerk.
After greetings, explanations and a
few mournful references to persisted de-
lights, they had a combination meal. and
if you don It know what that is you have
never had any trouble, and any one who
casts shadow is worse than heather.
When the meal was over, the two old
friends walked out and stood for a few
minutes under the splutter of an arc
light. AS they were parting the man
who used to ride the big bay horse in
the governors parade, and who had
commanded the populace of his town to
stand back, said in low, mournerlike
tone:
eff you come to see me, don't call
me colonel. Nobody knows me as colo
mel now. am just an employee on a
salary"
The arc light spluttered again as the
little man replied in a squeaky, hall
bedroom voice:
"And if you come to see me just call
me, Say, you'll That's what everybody
calls me in the store. p"
"Well, goodby, captain
$50 long, colonel :"
1t was the first time they had heard
the titles in years and each walked
away with lighter step and lighter
heart New York Sun.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-02-01
SMOKED CANARY BIRDS.
Do Clouds From a Pipe Develop q Rich
Color In Their P1umage?

Do Clouds From Pipe Develop a Rich
Color In Their Plumage?
A little old shoemaker who has a
busy, old style cobbling shop on the east
side is bird fancier, and he has Pc
ouliar ideas about canaries. One night
he was sitting on his leather covered
bench, smoking an extremely odorous
quality of tobacco in black pipe. A
customer was waiting for him to finish
strengthening up worn heel, and he
made several remarks concerning the
birds which hung about the cobbler's
shop. They were fancy birds, and he
could not help noticing it. Finally he
asked the shoemaker how he got such
richly colored birds.
"It's part in the breeding and part in
the atmosphere, said the cobbler.
"You raise birds in shop where two
or three men are constantly smoking,
and in time you will get the darkest
orange color if you use a little judg-
ment in mating and they don't run to
green.
II should think that tobacco smoke
would be unwholesome for the birds, 7"
said the visitor.
"On the contrary, it makes them
hardy and seems to be good for them
every way. Women who have canaries
would do well to put them where they
can get a little tobacco smoke once in
awhile, although don't think cigarette
smoke would do them much good. What
they need is strong tobacco smoke from
an old pipe like this or the smoke from
a black cigar. I've raised my best birds
when had two jours working in this
little shop with me and all of US smok-
ing pretty nearly all the time
Then the old man sighed and said: :
"That was before they half soled and
heeled shoes while you wait-before
machines were used for cobbling. No
two or three jours and an apprentice for
me now. / sit here alone, with my birds,
pegging away and keeping them well
smoked. New York Sun.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-02-01

The pain that sometimes strikes a man
at the most inopportune moment is due to
indigestion. 1t may come in the midst of
dinner and make the feast mockery.
1t is reminder that he may not eat what
he chooses, nor when he chooses He is
slave TO the weakness of his stomach.
mans health and strength depend
upon what he gets out of his food. This
depends on his digestion. Remove the
obstruction by taking DR.. Pierce's Pleas
ant Pellets. They are positive cure for
constipation and its attendant ills-head-
aches, sour stomach, fatulence, dizziness,
biliousness and heartburn" The "Pel-
let's" are very gentle In their action.
They simply assist nature. They give no
violent wrench to the system. They
cause no pain, nor gripping.
Send 81 one-cent stamps to cover cost of
mailing only and receive free a copy of
DR.. Pierce's Medical Adviser Address
Worlds Dispensary Medical Association,
Buffalo, N Y.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-02-01
uNFADING COTTON DYES.

Special Fast Diamond Dyes for Cotton, that
Will Not Wash Out with Soap or Fade In
the Sunlight,
1t is absolutely impossible to get fast
and satisfactory color on cotton from the
same dyes as used for wooden goods, and
FIR that reason Diamond Dyes have
specially prepared line of fast colors for
cotton that will give perfect satisfaction.
Be sure to get the fast cotton dyes, and
you can make colors that even washing
in strong soapsuds and exposure to the
sunlight will not fade.
Do not risk spelling your goods with
dyes that claim to color both cotton and
wool with the same dye, as they are liza
BILE to ruin your material and cause the
loss of your time and work. Some d, al
ers try to sell new and untried dyes in
place of the old reliable Diamond Dyes,
but this is simply because they can buy
them cheaper than the Diamond.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-02-01
FRUITS FOR THE TABLE.
Mrs. Rorer Tells the Best Kinds-HoV
They should Be Served.

Iney Should be served.
Fruits are more appetizing and, per
haps, more easily digested if taken in
the early part of the day-whether or
not before the breakfast must be de-
termined by the eater.
Grapes, oranges and shaddocks may
be served before the cereal. Baked ap-
pies, peaches, baked bananas, figs, dates,
prunes or stewed fruits should be served
at the close of the breakfast.
Raisins, sultanas, dried figs and
prunes should be soaked thoroughly, SO
that they may take up the same amount
of water with which they have parted
in the process of drying, and should
then be heated just enough to soften the
skins.
The subacid fruits, such as apples,
figs dates, peaches, persimmons, pears,
prunes and apricots, are, perhaps the
best of the winter fruits and may be
used to good advantage with animal
foods.
Acid fruits must at all times be used
most sparingly, especially by persons
inclined to rheumatic troubles. The
continued use of an orange or shaddock
before breakfast will diminish the pow
or of stomach digestion, for which rea
son they should be served with cereals
or such foods as require only intestinal
digestion.
The papaw and pineapple belong to a
class alone. They contain a vegetable
pepsin which assists in the digestion of
the heterogeneous principles. These fruits,
then, may be served with meats and
will aid in their digestion. When served
with bread and butter, they do not form
SO good diet. They are more digestible
raw than cooked, as the heat destroys
the activity of the ferments.
Apples as rule are more easily di
gested cooked than raw, although raw
apples are more palatable
The fashion of adding sugar to fruits
should be avoided, as they have already
been endowed with sufficient amount
of sugar, and as all the starch and cere-
ais are converted into sugar any further
amount would be stored in the system,
to it's detriment If our bilious friends
would throw aside their liver pills and
with them sugar, they might be free
from much discomfort. -Mrs. s. T.
Rorer in Ladies' Home Journal
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-02-01

To judge from the list of Jacobite
clubs and associations given in the
"Legitimist Calendar For 1895, which
includes the order Of the White Roses,
the Devon White Rose club, the Legiti
mist Jacobite League of Great Britain
and Ireland (ponderous titleD the East
ern Counties Shade of CromwellD
White Cockade club, the Forty-five club
of Grimsby, the Glasgow Jacobite club,
the Oxford University Legitimist club,
the st. Ives (Hunts) Jacobite club, the
Jacobite Restoration league, the Surrey
White Rose league, the Mary Stuart
club of Lanark, the Legitimist Regis
tration union, the National Royalist
and Jacobite association, the order of
st. Germain and the Hemingford Grey
Royal Oak club, not to mention our old
familiar Thames Valley Jacobites and
two or three foreign legitimist bodies,
it ought not to be difficult for the sup
porters of the lost house of Stuart to
put several hundred adherents in the
field Cor even Ludgate circusl if they SO
decide. Mail.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-02-01
Melting Metals.

A note concerning the peculiar phe-
nomenon noticed in the melting of met
ais when under extended pressure has
recently been published by H. Bischof
of Wiesbaden When metal is bedded
in a mortar of chemically pure alumni
ium oxide, thoroughly dried and then
subjected to the necessary heat. con-
siderable retardation i'll melting is no.
ticed. For instance, q rod of silver,
which should melt at !, $3.50 degrees F. /,
when thus treated will not change its
form and melt together until 8, $50 de
grees F. Palladium, which should melt
at 2, $50 degrees F., shows no sign of
yielding at 1900 degrees F. 1t would
seem that these rCcis of metal, unable to
expand while in the powerful grip of
the aluminium oxide, which contracts
on heating, simply cannot melt as they
would under normal conditions.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-02-01

The French peasant has an independ-
ent means of existence. He owns the
soil he tills. If he employs laborers,
they at least will own house and gar
den and hope to own plot. The Eng
ish villager is either a small tradesman
or laborer. A garden which he Guilt
Yates but does not own is as rule, the
extent Of his possessions. There are two
classes in an English village, and these
may be subdivided into various religious
sects. There is only one class in our
French commune-a fact which has a
material bearing upon the social econ
omy of the community. Every inhab-
liant of the commune is proprietor of
something, and all are bent on saving;
yet, with all their individualism, they
combine for common and mutual inter
est This is illustrated by the organiza-
ton of the syndicate for buying at
wholesale prices. They unite for the
cultivation of the soil, lending each
other horses and making up teams.
Every commune has field, which is
common property and where, on pay
ment of a trifing fee, animals Craze.
After the harvest all the fields become
common property, and the gros betail
and the other betail are allowed to roam
at large. Contemporary Review.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-02-01
A Thing to Boast OF.

Schoolfellows learn each others fail
ings if nothing else and recall after
years of separation the characteristic
thing about an old seatmate
Two men who had been at school to-
gether when they were boys met and
talked of old times.
By the way, said one, Il saw
Smith when l was out at Seattle "
Ibid you? And what was he brag-
ging about when you saw him?"
He was Dragging about his mod
esty just at that moment. -
Dear old Smith-just like him. -
Youths Companion
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-02-01

Few people are aware that Prince
Bismarck is of Hebrew descent. He de-
rives his Jewish blood from his mother,
whose father-Anastasius Menken, one
of the favorite bureaucrats of Frederick
the Great-was Of Hebrew parentage.
Although of late it has evidently APP
peared polite to the prince to coun-
tenance the anti Semitic movement both
in Germany and Austria, yet while in
Office he invariably showed himself
good friend to the Jewish nation and
chose the Hebrew banker at Berlin,
Baron Won Bleichroeder, as his most
trusted confidant. Indeed, in those days
he was so well disposed toward the
Jews that he even discussed the advis-
ability of marrying his sons to Jewesses
on the ground that it would bring mon
ey into the family again and likewise
Improve both morally and physically
the Bismarck breed. international
Review.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-02-01

/ had occasion at Coolgardie to be
present at public meeting gathered to
protest strongly against the actions of
the Western Australian government
with regard to the mining population
and the insufficiency of it's political rep
resentation. Several speakers held forth.
One declared that he was neither demo-
crat nor socialist, another that he was
democrat, but not a socialist third
at last professed himself socialist.
Sometimes groans, sometimes applause,
underlined certain phrases, but in the
midst of these gold miners, in this town
but three years old, in spite of the re-
Taxing influence of torrid heat, the
most perfect order reigned throughout.
Thanks were voted at the end of the
meeting to all the speakers without
distinction of opinion, motion of pro-
test was adopted, and the crowd retired
in the greatest tranquility thought,
not without shame, of the manner in
which meetings of this kind are often
conducted in France LES Nouvelles
Societies Anglo-S axonnes, Pierre Leroy
Beaulieu.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-02-01
Compressed Flour.

The British admiralty and the war
department are testing, under various
climatic conditions, the new method for
preserving -four. One objection to the
establishment of national granaries has
been the difficulty of storing grain for
any length of time. The grain germi-
mates and is ruined, and to keep large
quantities in sound condition has been
pronounced impraoticable. Experiments
are being made with a system of COM
preston into bricks by hydraulic pres
sure. The trials show that the flour so
treated is not affected by damp, even
under unfavorable conditions, and is
free from mold. The compression de-
stroys all forms of larval life and the
-four is thus rendered safe from the at
tacks of the insects. The saving in stor-
age is enormous, as the cubic space oo-
cupied by 100 pounds of loose -four will
hold more than 800 pounds of the COM
pressed article Scientific American.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-02-01
A Natural Query.

II am getting up a little article about
men of wealth, " explained the reporter,
as he entered the great merchants
office, las a sort of lesson for the young
men of today. Would you mind telling
me how you got your first real start in
life?''
mot at all, not at all, +" replied the
old man pleasantly. "Do you want the
truth, or the regulation biographical ro-
nance that is ordinarily used? It's i'm
material to me. Chicago Post.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-02-01
THE BEAUTIFUL.
Wrinkled and old are those hands a
hers

Wrinkled and old are those hands a
hers,
Hard and full of the seams
OF labor and the years,
Knotted the knuckles
And creased and crinkled
The Skin, Oh the backs Of them,
Dark veaned and large,
With splotches of brown
Between the drawn tendons,
As IL scared by tears,
Thick the nails and blunted,
Rough and with little ridges
Running the length Of them,
Callous the palms
And lacking all pinkness and prettiness.
Old are those hands of hers,
Wrinkled and hard.
But, oh, what story Of
Infinite tenderness
And love
Could they tell,
Those hands of a woman
Whose threescore years and ten
Have been passed in doing the good
That women dol
W. ]. Hampton in New York Sun.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-02-01
A Greedy Little Fish.

The little fish known as miller's
thumb-the fresh water sculpin-is one
of the natural checks on the overpro-
duction of trout and salmon. 1t eats the
eggs and the young fish. 1t is found in
all trout waters as fast as examined 1t
is very destructive. At an experiment
once made in the aquarium of the Unit
ed States fish commission, in Washing
ton, a miller's thumb about four and
one half inches long ate at single meal,
and all within a minute or two, 81 lit
tie trout. each from three-quarters of an
inch to an inch in length. New York
SIM.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-02-01

"This building, said the little city
girl, who was taking her little country
cousin around and showing her the
sights, sis called the half orphan asy-
lum. They intended to make whole
asylum out of it, but they found they
didn t have money enough, | expect. -
Chicago Tribune.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-02-01
The Light Side of Nature.

Siddy-I wonder if we should find
any babies, Katie, if we dug up these
gooseberry bushes?
Katie-Babies don't come out of
gooseberry bushes, Siddy.
Siddy-Well, where do they come
from, then?
Katie-Why, from the big shops, of
course. Haven't you seen printed over
some of them, Families supplied?
Skafch
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-02-01
High Fl6wn.

Mrs. Minnie E. Leo says: "In Par
is cafe l asked the maid whether she
did not think the name on the menu,
'demi tasse cafe au lait frappe a la
glace, was very inflated for such
small cup of cold coffee and milk.
Yes, madame, she replied, it occupies
she mind as we'll as the stomach =
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-02-01

When Lawson TAFT, the English sur
geon, and his wife were driving through
the city of Montreal one hot summer
morning, Mrs. TAFT, observing large
blocks of ice standing opposite each
door, remarked, ''See what a novel plan
they have of keeping the air nice and
cool by exposing small icebergs opposite
each door. Z"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-02-01

Instant relief and a permanent cure by
the great remedy Ottos Cure for Lun-
and Throat diseases. Why will you irri
tate your throat and lungs with that hack
ing cough when Wells & Son. Columbus;
E. D. Prickitt, Mount Holly w. c. Jones
New Egypt, Edw. W. Rossell, Pemberton,
and H. H. Leeds, Rancocas, sole agents
will furnish you free sample bottle of
this guaranteed remedy? It's success is
wonderful, as your druggist will tell you.
Sample free Large bottles SOC and 25c.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-02-01

about the meanest man l ever
knew" said the steady liar, twas a
fellow over in Indiana. His little boy
got a leg cut off in a sawmill, and the
old villain had wooden leg made for
the kid of green willow, in the hope
that it might grow as the boy did and
save him the expense of getting new
one so often. Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-02-01
Right Kind of Advice.

81 suffered with catarrh in my head for
several years and failed to obtain relief
from medicines. 1 was advised to try
Hoods Sarsaparllla. After taking three
bottles l was cured and recommend this
medicine to every sufferer with catarrh.'
Mrs. ELLA M. MYERS, Moscow Mills,
Maryland.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-02-01

There is a species of pine tree which
grows in California and is known as the
giant pine which is the largest of the
pine genus, often rising to height Of
200 feet, with trunk 20 to 80 feet in
girth.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-02-01

The grand specific tor the prevailing
malady of the age, Dyspepsia, Liver Com
plant, Rheumatism, Costiveness, General
Debility, etc, is Bacon's Celery King tor
the Nerves. This great herbal tonic
stimulates the digestive organs, regulates
the Liver and restores the system to vigor-
GUS health and energies. Sample free.
Large packages SOC and 25c. Sold only by
Wells & Son, Columbus; E. D. Prickitt,
Mount Holly; W. C. Jones, New Egypt;
Edw. W. Rossell, Pemberton, and H. H.
Leeds, Rancocas.