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Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1899-03-18

A. F. Radue's barber shop is at
tractively furnished and a model
place to get shave or hair cut.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1899-03-18

The performance of the Co. min
strel troupe at Hancock on Tuesday
evening is said to have been even
better than it was here. The wea-
Their was extremely bad and the
troupe did we'll to make expenses.
In the cake walk, the Hancock audi
ence awarded the cake to f. E. Dan
ielson and Miss Clara Curtiss.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1899-03-18

Take your prescriptions to j. r.
Krueger's to be filled. The utmost
care will be used.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1899-03-18

These long wjuter evenings you
want a book. Get one at j. r. Krue-
gers.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1899-03-18

The school will close March 3lst
for weeks vacation.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1899-03-18
ON THE CITY CIRCUIT.
DR.. Niven at Cyrus March "a.

DR.. Niven at Cyrus March "A.
III. B. Lund, practical matchmaker
have three good mares for sale.
T. j. MOORE.
The school will close March 3lst
for weeks vacation.
Be the weather warm or cold go to
Krueger's for yopr drugs.
These long wjuter evenings you
want book. Get one at j. r. Krue-
gers.
A. F. Radue's barber shop is at
tractively furnished and model
place to get shave or hair cut.
To reduce my stock of picture
mouldings, I will, till April LIST, give
10 per cent. discount. E. F. Hill.
Will Simons is soon to sever his
connection with the Healy-Hack
Mercantile Co. and will go on the
road.
Fred Bailey sustained a sprained
al kle last Friday night. Here's hop
ing that he may be out and about
soon.
In season and out of season Krue- |
gers drug store is the place to buy |
perfumes, soaps, combs, brushes, toll |
ct articles, ect..
News comes from Litcbfield that
Capt. r. c.. Dewe, has been rendered
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1899-03-18

| have three good mares for sale.
T. j. MOORE.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1899-03-18

Be the weather warm or cold go to
Krueger's for Your drugs.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-08-22
Polly Mt the Phone.

One West Madison street druggist
lost customer throughShis fondness for
pets. He has large green parrot, and
the cage is hung near the telephone,
with the result that Polly has become
quite proficient in telephone talk" and
furnishes much amusement to the GUS
toners who have the time to stop and
listen.
The other day a stylish1y dressed
young lady came rustling into the store
and asked permission to use the phone.
The druggist pointed to the. rear of the
store, and she started in that direction.
The store was rather dark, and when
she heard some one apparently talking
into the receiver she seated herself on a
chair to wait.
Hello central-hello, hello--yes,
give me four double-eight express. Yes.
hello; who is that Oh, yes: what, yes
hello. say; no, I didn't get that il
that sol Well, goodby; ring off Hello,
central; hello, hello; give me and SC
on and so on through several repeti-
tions.
Then she rose and advanced. with a
stately air to the clerk and asked if he
thought "that person. intended to use
the telephone all day.
s'Why, that's only the parrot She
But the front door had slammed be-
fore he could finish his sentence.--C Chi
capo News
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-08-22

''Law me. but I'm jes' plum beat out
frum runnin cross lots, but then seed
Mis- Green headin this way, an 80 I
jes' seq. 'Marthy Potts, don't you give
tibet miserable ole gossip Their satisfac-
ton nv tellin Mis- Brown Their news
fust, an dropped my bakin an rushed
right over here. You remember that
lopsided, snag toothed Hiram Medders,
what went to ther city las month. or
ruther he had to go. fer he wus SO
ornery an shiftless nobody In town
would put up with himf Well. what
do you think He hadn't been in Their
city week before he got in ther way
nv street car, gittin both legs broke
an n'rally Jared up, an doggoned if
he didn't have seven thousan dollars
given him fer It'll Jes' Think Made
seven thousan dollars an him only in
ther city week. Laws a-massy An
we said he'd never amount to anythin /"
San Francisco Examiner.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-08-22
Saving the Day.

Here is something / believe to be
true: 'TThere is in every persons life
crucial hour in the day, which must
be employed instead of wasted If the
day Is to be saved"
That crucial hour is the hour when
you begin to feel lazy. I have known
1t to come to some boys the moment
they get up In the morning. They
yawn while they are dressing and even
stretch at the breakfast table, Some
times this crucial hour does not come
until they are at school, and then, just
when they should be active and alert,
laziness sets in, and If they do not
brace right up the day will be lost. He
who gives up in the morning is sure to
fail of accomplishing anything in the
afternoon. Do not yield to the tempta-
ton to be idle If you want to save the
day.
Sometimes temptation sets in before
we get up In the morning, and we lie
in bed one or even two hours longer
than usual, and in those hours the day
Is lost. 1t is the idle hour that causes
one to lose the day. Beware of this
hour while the day is yet young. You
will find 1t impossible to return to your
work with the same freshness and en-
thusiasm you felt when you put that
work aside. No one who is steadily
and cheerfully industrious can lose his
day, and no one will enjoy his well
earned rest and playtime as he will en-
Joy them.-J. l.. Harbour
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-08-22

Volrath Moehle sleeps under his old
anvil at Walnut Fiji cemetery in Belle
VILE
Moehle was village blacksmith. For
over 80 years he had toiled at the same
anvil. which had been given to him by
the old blacksmith to whom he was
bound out" at Pilot Knob, Mo.
He became attached to the old anvil,
and many times expressed wish that
he should not be separated from it in
death, but that it should be his monu-
ment.
The blacksmith was never sick until
his blood was poisoned by the use Of an
unclean instrument by a chiropodist.
The only hope for his life was in an
operation, but his condition would not
admit of an anaesthetic being used
His leg was ta1en off while he was
fully conscious. He stood the shock
well, but died few days later.
Dying, he repeated his request that
his anvil should be his tombstone. In
accordance with his wish the old anvil
was coated with enamel, topped with
i large horseshoe and set in base of
solid granite. A few Sundays after his
death the monument was raised with
ceremony, and Hon. 1. Nick Perrin de-
livered eulogy.
The odd monument is one of the
sights of the cemetery, and to every
stranger who pauses before 1t the story
of the village blacksmith is told.-St.
Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-08-22

During my IA years Of hermit life l
have run across many incidents that
prove that wild animals comprehend
the meaning of death. Two years ago
l found the nest of wild" domestic
cat in an old stone wall. There were
three live kittens and one dead One-
left the dead kitten as an. experiment
Whenever l had found q nest before
this, a visit few hours later would
find the nest deserted the kittens re-
moved to some secret spot. When /
again visited the nest in question it
was deserted save for the dead kitten.
If that cat had no conception of death.
she would have placed the dead kitten
beyond my reach, and for the same
reason that caused her to remove the
live kittens. Forest and Stream.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-08-22
The shape Of am An@.thetic.

1t is Bath physician who tells the
following:
Some time ago happened to spend
the night In a country town not far
from Bath, and 1t happened that there
was stopping at the same hotel an
itinerant eye specialist.
I'VE drifted into conversation. and
during the course of the evening he
told me Of some of the marvellous opera
tions he had performed on the eye. One
case in particular be spoke of that
caused me considerable establishment,
for l didn't know. confess. that the
operation had been successfully per-
formed. He said he had recently taken
out patients eye. scraped the back
of it and returned it to its proper place.
The patient, he said. was never trou-
bled by bad eyesight afterward.
''That was difficult operation, doc
tor, said l.
Eyes. said he. sit was.
II suppose you found it necessary to
employ an an@stheticT
Eyes, did. he admitted.
''What anasthetio did you use, doc
tori persisted
''Oh. well, unless you are familiar
with such operations you probably
wouldn't understand if l were to tell
you. But-well, 1t was shaped some
thing like spoon, explained the emf
nent specialist. Lewiston Journal
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-08-22

What we in New England call drop
ped eggs all the rest of the country
call poached eggs, but | am going to
stick to the name In spite Of every
thing and call the method l am going
to give you now dropped eggs"
Put one quart of boiling water, one
teaspoonful of salt and one teaspoon
full of vinegar in frying pan. Place
in the pan as many muffin rings as
there are eggs to be dropped and set
the pan where the water will just bub-
Bile at one side. Break each egg care
fully and drop it into a ring. If an
egg seems not exactly fresh, or If the
yolk breaks, do not use 1t. Cook until
the whites of the eggs are firmly set,
then gently pour off the water, remove
the rings and lift the eggs with a cake
turner; place them on slices Of butter
ed toast and serve at once. Putting
them in muffin rings makes it much
easier to do them and bring them out
whole 1t may take a little practice
to serve a dish perfectly, but when
once you get the knack you will Won
der that you ever had any trouble or
thought it once hard to do.-Woman's
Home Companion.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-08-22

Many anecdotes were told of Bishop
Williams of Connecticut, after bis
death. for the good bishop was as well
known for his love of fun as for his
earnest piety.
AT meeting of the bishops a meas
ure was proposed and explained by it's
originator, but with such indifference
that nobody understood It, A second
speaker essayed to make the matter
clear, but only darkened it. When he
had finished Bishop Benjamin Smith Of
Kentucky tried to explain the question
and also the explanations Feeling that
he had failed, he said:
Bishop Williams smiles What has
he to say about it ~
''Only this. said the old bishop,
shat the mess of Benjamin was found
to be greater than the mess Of any Of
his brethren
1.-THE humor of DR.. Williams, says
friend. twas always present and
ready like the fash of sunlight 1t had
one popularity, 1t never scorched nor
left scar behind.
At an assemblage of noted men,
lawyer who conducts the legal business
Of great railway system tried to "guy
the parson" by malicious quizzing. AT
last he said: why don't you get these
railway managers to give you pass
over their roads, bishopf You can pay
for 1t by giving them entrance tickets
into heaven"
''Oh. nol'' gently replied the bishop
II would not part them so far from
their counsel in the other world. y
The laugh was general. and the law
yer concluded to ''let the parson alone
Youths Companion.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-08-22

across the aisle and nearly smashing In
his ribs against the side Of the seat.
"Oh, you dear, good man, l felt sure
right from the start that you We're
going to PROPOSED l knew the symp-
toms right off, and What's the mat
ter, lovey? Hain't been taken sick all
of a sudden, have your
But Nubbins, who had wriggled out
of the seat and without waiting to Sc
cure his hat was frantically sprinting
down the aisle in the direction OF the
smoker, answered not.
Dashing out of the door and slam
ming it shut behind him, he scooted
across the platform and disappeared
into the car ahead, and as he dropped
into q corner seat next to the coal box
he gasped:
by George! That was pretty mar
now escape for me. If | hadn't got
away just as | did she'd have hunted
up a minister, in case there was one
to be had on the train, and married me
in spite of myselfr'
Half an hour later, when his courage
had begun to return (but not sufficient
| Iy to induce him to again enter the car
containing Miss Doolittle), Nubbins
called brakeman to him and said:
would you like to earn ST.?
Just try me and see" responded the
brakeman. with a wink.
"All right. Go back into the next
car and tell the six foot female in the
last car that Pm dead and that the
corpse would like his hat"
Eyes. sir"
"And then, after you bring mekmy
hat, If you will stand guard andtsee
that she doesn't get in here to slobber
over my remains between here and
Troy, and when the train reaches there
help her off with her bundles and, see
that she stays off, I'll see that youtget
| the V and another on top of it,
Yes, sir. Just leave it to me, and
! ri fix it all right, SIR
And five minutes later Nubbinsehad
his rescued hat, now somewhat \ the
worse for wear, pulled down over Shis
eyes and was peacefully doing inshis
seat while the vigilant brakeman
with one So fee in his pocket and a
second in view only 40 miles away
was doing picket duty at the door,
New York Mail and Express.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-08-22
His Half way scheme.

Not long ago Pittsburg life insur-
ance agent persuaded Chinaman to
take out policy of $4,000. The latter
had no clear idea of the transaction,
but understood that on paying the
premiums promptly he would be enti-
tied to $4,000 some time He began
bothering the agent for the money after
couple of weeks had passed, and the
agent tried to explain to him that he
would have to die before he could get
it. The Chinaman fell down a cellar
way and was badly hurt. His friends
tried to attend to him without calling
in doctor. When they did call one in
two days later, the doctor was angry.
"Why didn't you call me sooner3" he
asked. "This man is half dead now
Next day the injured mans brother
was at the insurance office with claim
for 81, 500. You're not entitled to
anything on this, said the insurance
agent, until the man is dead. I"
''Doctol say him half died." an
swered the brother. why he no glet
lat half ~
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-08-22
DEADLY Foe 10 INsECTs

Paragrene the new insecticide, made by
Fred L. Lavanburg, New York, Manufactured
of the well known 'iStar brand OF paris green
is much better than paris green at one hal
combines all the effective properties OF Bor
deaux mixture and paris green. al have used
and found Paragrene the best, safest anC
mend It to every grower OF currants and
seberries for absolute destruction of cur
rant worm and does not injure foliage Please
send at once two more IA ID. packages o
Paragreme W. Finger, Tivoii, N T."
81 u4Ad Paragrene just as l would pari
green. ~ did not injure the foliage but killed
the potato bugs quickly like it better thar
paris green and shall always use It in the fu
urea. u. Bunker, suburba, Tenn"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-08-22
wanted to See THAT Foot.

On the principle that to some persons
even old stories are new, this one, .of
the royal princelings of England, is
given in Mr.. G.. W. E. Russells recent
book, Collections and Recollections ="
An English gentleman who had,a de-
formed foot was going to visit the
queen at Osborne, and before his arrival
the queen and Prince Albert debated
whether it would be well to.warn the
Prince of Wales andithe princess royal
of his physical popularity, SO as to
avoid their making embarrassing re-
marks, or to leave tito their own good
feeling.
The latter courselwas adopted. Lord
- duly arrived. The foot elected no
remark from the royal children. and the
visit passed off with success. Next day
the princess royal asked the'queen:
"Where is Lord --P'
'He has gone back to London. dear. !"
"Oh, what a,pityl He had promised
to show Bertie'and me his footl"
They had caught him in quiet spot
and made their own terms with the
captive
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-08-22
Idiomatic English.

Mrs. Fremont, in sketch of her IA
Their, Senator Benton, tells the follow
ing story Of the French bishop at ST.
Louis at the time of the purchase of
Louisiana. She says:
1t was point of honor among the
older French not to learn English, but
the bishop decided that it would be
better to acquire it. especially for use
from the pulpit.
To force himself into the familiar
practice of the language, he secluded
himself for awhile with the family Of
an American farmer. where he would
hear no French. The experiment proved
very successful Soon he had gained a
sufficient fiuency to deliver sermon in
English
Senator Benton was present when it
was to be given. and his feelings may
be imagined as the bishop, refined
and polished gentleman, announced:
"My friends, I'm right down glad to
gee such smart chance of folks here
today
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-08-22
A Tailor. Advertisement. 1874.

''This is to give Notice to all Gentle
men and others. That they may have
good Druggets. Sagathie, and Duroy
Suits made well and fashionable, for
the first size Men at CD los. suit. and
the larger size at AZ. Cloth Serge, COM
monty called by the Name of German
Serge, suits for ga and ga los. Livery
suits for ga and ga los Colored and
black Cloth suits for G5 and e5 los. At
the Two Golden Balls In great Hart
street, the upper end of Bow street,
Covent- Garden. Also Horsemen's great
Coats to be sold ready made at 20s.
each. Morning Gowns. Callimanco, both
sides, at Dos. piece. blue Cloak-b bags
ready made at 16s each. blue Rockers
ready made. Superflne black Cloth at
los. per Yard. "-Fog's Journal. 1874.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-08-22

There is story told among the peas
antry Of Sleswick, the former Danish
province annexed after the war in 1884,
of how Prince Bismarck was confound-
ed by the tongue of a shepherd lad
Shortly after the close of the war Prince
Bismarck went on an inspection tour
through the provinces, as he desired to
study the feelings and sentiments
among the people. He talked with the
peasants, getting valuable though not
always agreeable information. For days
he was annoyed by constantly hearing
dogs called Bismarck. Desiring to
know what it meant, he called out in a
gruff voice to shepherd boy who had
uttered the dreaded chancellor's name
in connection with his dog
care all dogs in this country named
Bismarck p
Zach nein. mein herr, the urchin
replied as he dotted his cap; ''es list
bloss die schweinhunde. (Oh. no, sir
1t is only the pig dogs.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-08-22
Toll.

70 work for those we love with hand and brain,
10 spend ourselves unstinting day by day
And see the years slip one by one away,
While we no store amass nor guerdon gain;
To count the night hours pass in restless pain
And watch impatient for the suns first ray
All this till youth be passed and we grown gray,
Yet is not toll, II only love remain.
While eye meets eye and gentle hands csress
And tender word lifts of the weight Of care,
The heaviest load will not too hardly press
II loving heart will still the burden share.
But when love goes-ah then we toll indeed,
And, toiling, find our labor all our need
Mabel Whtmore in Good Housekeeping
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-08-22

A handsome young fellow stood at
the glove counter Of large store the
other day and fairly hypnotized the
four girl attendants.
He had a word for one, a smile for
another, a wink for a third and a
pink for the fourth-by far the pref
test of the quartet.
The floral offering was too much for
the pinkless three, and they all turned
on the radiant recipient Of the flower.
Say, Nellie Norries, you're too
fresh Amt you got a nerve! Flirt-
ing that way with a stranger"
"Oh, go orr laughed the shameless
one 'Youse all jealous! 'Tain't my
fault if he thinks me the prettiest."
The young man laughed gayly.
That's so,' he said. "And you are
too"
He was silly young man.
For the trio now attacked him with
zestful bitterness.
Say, mister, you'd better get your
change and go before the foorwalker
comes around. You'll get that poor
girl discharged, and that'll be nice
thing, when her father drinks and her
mothers in the hospital"
"Nellie" turned on them like a fury.
Don't you tell no lies about me,
she said fiercely, ''or for two pins I'll
tell what you said about the floor
walker. You talk to me all you like,
young man."
But the young man had fed before
the storm that he had so foolishly
fomented.- Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-08-22
Only an Enrthauake.

During his lecture tour in 1898 r.
Marion Crawford, the novelist, had his
first experience with an American
earthquake. 1t was in San Francisco,
nd the shock was one of the greatest
nown on the slope for years Mr..
rawford was lunching at the hotel
with his lecture manager when sud
denly the building began to tremble
with the sickening motion which is Pc
culiar to earthquakes Then the Ia
bles shook and dishes fell Gathering to
the floor.
In an instant there was panic. Men
and women rushed from the room.
Some religiously inclined guest began
to pray, and several women tainted
The manager rose and staggered to-
ward the door, but Mr. Crawford
caught him and pulled him back into
his chair.
What is itY' gasped the manager.
Nothing" answered the novelist,
reaching for another slice of bread
But the building is collapsing."
Nonsense. It's over now"
But what is it?'
Its only an earthquake. We get
them in Italy right along. II doesn't
amount to anything. What kind Of
dessert are you going to have"-Phil-
adelphia Post.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-08-22

Catarrhal sufferers should remember
that Ely's Cream Balm is the only Ca
tarrh remedy which is quickly and thor
oughly absorbed by the diseased mem
brane. 1t does not dry up the secretions
but changes them to limpid and odor-
less condition. and finally to natural and
healthy character.
The Balm can be found at any drug
store, or by sending so cents to Ely Broth
ers 56 Warren St, New York, it will be
mailed.
Full directions with each package
Cream Balm opens and cleanses the
nasal passages, allays inflammation, there
by stopping pain in the head, heals and
protects the membrane and restores the
senses of taste and smell The Balm is
applied directly into the nostrils.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-08-22

The Mexican burros ascertain where
to dig for water by closely observing
the surface of the ground. One OBJ
server writes:
I'VE had found water In an arroyo
of sufficient quantity to make cof-
fee, when we saw three burros search
ing for water. They passed several
damp places, examining the ground
closely, when the leader halted near us
and began to paw a hole in the hot,
dry sand Having dug hole some
thing over foot in depth, he backed
out and watched 1t intently. To our
surprise it soon began to fill with wa
ter. Then he advanced, took drink
and stepped aside for his companions
to drink. When they went away, we
drank from their well and found the
water to be much cooler than any we
had found for many a day. There is
no witchcraft about Mexican burros.
but they have good horse sense"