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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-09-05
A Cold Night In China.

One of the facts that we ineffaceably
cut into my memory during my first
winter in Newchwang was the finding
on one morning about New Years time
SO masses of ice. each mass having been
a living man at 10 o'clock the proceed
ing night
The thermometer was a good bit be.
low zero It. }. The men had just left the
opium dens. where they had been en-
joying themselves. The keen air sent
them to sleep, and they never wakened.
North China Herald.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-09-05

A recent Siberian traveller relates
cat Sadonsk in the intensely cold
nights the silence was sometimes broken
by loud report as of cannon. This
was the bursting of one of the ice bub-
bles in the river, a phenomenon had
neither heard nor read of before. The
streams coming down from the hills
were frozen on the surface some six to
nine inches thick The water beneath
flowed faster than it could escape, and
the pressure, on the principal of by
draulic press, became irresistible.
First, the elasticity of the ice was seen
by the rising of circular mounds from
six to eight feet in diameter and from
four to five feet high. The bursting
point came at last with report like an
explosion. The water escaped, but soon
froze again. have seen scores of these
ice hillocks in few verets of the
rivor -
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-09-05
Eugene FIELDS Arithmetic.

The first book which Eugene Field
had printed was ''The Tribune Prim-
err" published in Denver in 1882. 1t
was composed of short lessons in diff
ferent lines of study. AS there are
said to be not more than seven or eight
copies of the book now in existence
readers may be glad to see two speci-
men paragraphs from the lesson in
mental arithmetic
IF you have Five Cucumbers and
eat Three, what will you have leftl
Two. No; you are wrong. You will
have more than that. You will have
Collie enough to double you up in a
Bow Knot for Six Hours. You may
go to the foot of the Glass.
IF Horse weighing 1000 pounds
can Haul four tons of Pig Iron, how
many seasons will Front Gate paint
ed Blue carry young Woman on One
Side and a young Man on the OtherY'
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-09-05
women.s shoes and rhe4r,Heels.

1t certainly is pity that women,
with all their neatness4a correctness
Of dress, should be so dreadfuliy Lax
about the heels of their shoes. II It Is
not clearly understood what is meant
by this, just take lat the heels of
the next woman passing. As she
raises her skirt daintily to cross the
street, there is swish iof. silksn dra-
peries, wee bit of bright hued ruffie
displayed, and, alas, two woefully
downtRodden heels.
The run down heel is aachaEacteristic
Of almost every woman-the athletic
girl not excepted. They are exceeding
~ remiss In this direction When a
mans shoes begin to get rum down, he
Immediately bundles them of to the
shoemaker, who speedily makes them
presentable. Women should take he's
sons on this score from their brothers,
and attend to the sloppy shoes with
out delas st. Louis Post.D Dispatch,
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-09-05

A distinguished Massachusetts cler-
gyman tells a story at his own ex-
pense He was on a tramp through
the White mountains with another
clergyman for companion. One day
they mounted the drivers seat of a
stagecoach. AS is often the case, the
stage driver was an interesting char
acter, whose conversation abounded In
good stories. The three speedily be-
came friendly, and it was with reiuc-
lance that they parted at the end of
the Journey Pm glad to hev met
yer fellers," said the driver on leaving
them; yer see, haven't seen man
this summer-only ministers"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-09-05
His Mistake.

A parrot, In remote English coun-
try district, escaped from it's cage and
settled on the roof of a laborer's cot
tage. When it had been there little
time, the laborer caught sight Of it.
He had newer seen such thing before,
and after much gazing in admiration
at the bird with its curious beak and
beautiful plumage he fetched ladder
and climbed up it with view of Sc
curing SO great prize. When his head
reached the level Of the top Of the
roof, the parrot topped wing at him
and said, what dye want?"
Very much taken back, the laborer
politely touched his cap and replied,
II beg your pardon. sir; thought you
were birdv'
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-09-05
THE WEAPON OF SCIENCE.

ANY disease may be deadly enough
when you have no adequate means
at hand to confront it. Plenty of peo-
pie die every day of durable diseases,
simply because the stereotyped, routine,
senseless methods and remedies usually
employed are not halfway equal to the
occasion.
But when truly scientific remedy like
DIR. Pierce's great " Golden Medical Dis
covery' is brought to bear upon tie
complaints which it is designed to cure,
it penetrates the tough hide-bound ar1nor
of obstinate disease with the same un-
erring accuracy and power with which a
modern rife penetrates savage shield.
II had been doctoring and using patent medi-
cine for about year and half, being unable to
work most of the time" says John L. Cough
enour, Esq, of Glensavage, Somerset Co., Pa
- The doctor said had heart disease and indi-
gestion. 1t began with achoking and oppressed
feeling in the chest l seemed to be raw from
my throat clear down into my stomach. My
appetite was usually poor, and was as weak
and nervous as though had been starved out
for months My heart kept throbbing contin-
ual1y and was short of breath.
Finally wrote to DIR. r. " Pierce, Buffalo
N. Y, for advice and he informed me that had
indigestion and torpid liver. did not think
that diagnosis was right, but ordered six bot
ties of DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
and began its use After using three bottles
began to improve slowly and soon went to work.
and have been working ever since,
For obstinate constipation Dr. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets are the most perfect
medicine ever devised. They give
prompt, comfortable, permanent relief.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-09-05

Parsgrene, the new insectieide, made by
Fred l.. Lavanburg, New York, manufacturer
of the we'll known "Star'' brand OF paris green,
is much better than paris green at one hall
the cost, and does not injure the foliage. Ii
combines all the effective properties OF Bor-
deaux mixture and paris green. 81 have used
and found Paragrene the best, safest and
quickest insecticfde ever used, and recon-
mend 1t to every grower of currants ana
gooseberries for absolute destruction of cur
rant worm ana does not injure foliage. Please
send at once two more IA lib. packages OF
Para0rene.-Geo. W. Finger, Tivoli, N ~
81 used Paragrene just as l would paris
green. 1t did not injure the foliage but killed
the potato bugs quickly; like it better than
paris green and shall always use 1t in the fl-
tnre.--A. e. Bunker, snburba, Tenn
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-09-05

THE HORSE coLoRER.



~Rfnger Preparerr
''See that man who just went outY'
asked a blacksmith, referring TO @
middle aged man who had left the
shop a moment before.
well. he's the greatest horse colorer
IN the country and the only man who
has got the business down to perfec-
ton"
"A horse colorerf What kind Of q
profession is that? Never heard of 1t
before"
Well, the business amt generally
known to the public, but nowadays the
horse coiorer is the whole thing in rae
ing circles. For some time there has
been an opening for a clever horse
colorer. and the man who just went
out has made good many thousand
dollars during the past few years
working around race tracks
''Of course, you know that the out
having rules on the race track are
pretty strict, and 1t has become very
difficult to start a ringer on any track.
A ringer you know, is good horse
made to appear like an old skate SO
that he can be entered in the slower
races.
This professional colorer Is nothing
more nor less than a ringer preparer,
and he's got the slickest methods you
can imagine. He can take bay mare
into his barn and within "a hours
bring her out as white as snow or Jet
black, just as you please. The old
fashioned way of coloring horses was
done by liberal use Of paint but I've
known it to go pretty hard with own
ers when their colored horses happen
ed to be caught In q shower.
The new method Is fully known
only to this one man, but he says that
he uses some kind Of chemicals and
can give any color to any horse. He
can give a black horse white feet and
turn sorrel into dapple gray on
very short notice. In another "a hours
he can bring back the original color Of
the horse. He charges $25 a trans
formation. &C Chicago Democrat.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-09-05

AS a family medicine Bacon's Celery
King for the nerves passes from sire tc
son as legacy. If you have kidney,
liver OF blood disorder get free sample
package of this remedy at once. If you
have indigestion, constipation, headache
rheumatism, etc, this specific will cure
you. Wells & Son, Columbus; E. D
Prickitt Mount Holly; W. G. Jones' New
Egypt; Edw w Rossell Pemberton, anG
]. H. Leeds, Rancocas, the leading drug
gists, are sole agents and are distributing
samples free, Large packages soc and Csc
The first part many actresses have is thu
one with their husbands.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-09-05
snales Charm and KIM a Horse

Abram Robson near Grantsburg,
Ind, while hunting a stray horse
which had been missing for two days
noticed large black snake. which re-
treated toward a cave formed by an
overhanging ledge Of rocks in one of
the high bluffs surrounding his pasture
field. His horse was found lying in
this cavern, but covered by what look
ed to him like mountain Of snakes, SO
numerous were the reptiles. Robson
fed to his house and secured his shot
gun, with which he returned and open
ed fire until his cartridges were ex-
hausted. After the battle he counted
the bodies of 413 snakes lying around
and over the body of his horse, which
wasidead, while many reptiles escaped
in a wounded condition. He believes
that his horse, which was a magnif-
cent animal, weighing 1000 or more
pounds, had been charmed by the rep
tiles SO that he was powerless to es-
cape.
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rakinr No Chances.

"Now," said the enterprising inter-
viewer, please read this over and
hold up your right hand"
"But," said the public man. this is
merely an interview"
That's all 1t is now But l thought
1t would be a good thing to be ap-
pointed notary public. We've had too
many deniais, and this articles going
to be an affidavit before 1t gets into the
paper. Washington Star.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-09-05

The girl is the mother of the woman Just
as the boy is the father of the man The
period when the womanly functions begin
is one to be carefully watched and consid-
cred. 1rregularity or arrangement at this
time may be promptly met and cured by
the use of DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
ton. But neglected at this critical per-
iod may entail years of future suffering
"Favorite Prescription" acts directly
upon the womanly organs, giving them
perfect vigor and abundant vitality. 1t
removes the Instructions to health and
happiness, and delivers womanhood from
the cruel bondage of female weakness.
You pay the postage. DR.. Pierce gives
you the book. The Peoples Common
Sense Medical Adviser, 1908 pages. 700
illustrations, is sent free on receipt of
stamps to defray cost of mailing only.
Send q one-cent stamps for the paper
bound book, or 81 stamps for cloth bound.
Address DR.. r. " Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-09-05
M. weaa,na Fec.

A clergyman. speaking OF wedding
fees, said: About a month ago cou-
pie came to my church to get married
in accordance with arrangements made
with me. The church was opened and
lighted up brilliantly, and the organist
played the regulation marches. The
nuptiai knot being tied. the smiling
groom approached me and placed O
spotless white envelope In my hands.
1t was heavy. and touch showed that
It contained coin. concluded that
1t was q $40 goldpiece. After the bridal
party had departed opened the en-
velope. What do you suppose It con-
tanned? A silver quarter. l dropped
it in the poor x."-Brooklyn Times.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-09-05
CITY Boys Idea.

A Gallatin county farmer hired a
boy from the city to assist him through
the summer The farmer told the kid
to go out to the barn lot and salt the
calf The kid took a quart of salt and
industriously rubbed 1t into the calf's
hide. The colts got after the calf for
the salt and had about all the hair
licked off the animal before its condi-
ton was discovered = Montgomery
Ellis. News.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-09-05

Sylvia What's the matter? You look
as if you had lost your last friend.
Maude-I went to see fortune teller
yesterday, and she told me l was going
to marry a tall, dark man. The only
real rich fellow l know is dumpy and
has red hair.-Chicago Times Herald.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-09-05
The reller wouldn't TeIi.

Mrs. Brown-Our language is full OF
misnomers. For instance, l met
man once who was perfect bear, and
they call him civil engineer"
Mrs. Smith-Yes, but that's not SO
ridiculous as the man they call a tell
err in a bank He won't tell you
anything. / asked one the other day
how much money my husband had on
deposit, and he just laughed at me-
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-09-05
IT RAINED METEoRs.
A Wonderful Display That Wastseel
by Only One Man.

A Wonderful Display That WastSeen
by Only One Man.
Strange the papers didn't say, any
thing about the great seismic disturb
ance and shower of meteors the other
day." remarked Walter Scott Hobart
at the club one afternoon. ut came
off while was down at my place at
San Mateo. You know / have been
taking boxing lessons for some months
to reduce flesh, and it has worked like
a charm. It's good sport, too, and,
though / say it myself, I'm pretty clev-
er with the gloves now. Had an in
structor come down three times a
week, and we had some rafting bouts,
can tell you.
But it got to be rather slow after
awhile. The man had taught me about
all he knew. I was up to all his
tricks. and he simply couldn't touch
me. / saw I'd have to get a more
scientific instructor, and told the man
as much one afternoon. broke it to
him gently, of course, but let him
see l knew he wasn't III my class.
The poor fellow was all broken up,
and l felt so sorry for him that said
we'd put on the gloves anyway for one
last go.
at was then that the extraordinary
cosmic phenomena 1 mentioned took
place. had just put up my hands
and was getting ready to show him n
trick or two when the world seemed to
bump into something hard and Jared
me clean off my feet. At the same
time it ran into rain of meteors that
made the most brilliant pyrotechnic
display have ever witnessed.
Somehow it didn't seem to affect
the professor much, for when recov-
cred from my surprise he was bath
ing my head and murmuring some
thing to the effect that he guessed the
young guy wouldn't be so gay now for
awhile have decided to keep him
on until the cosmogony gets a little
more settled. San Francisco Argo-
naut.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-09-05
One way to be Happy

Is at all times to attend to the comforts OF
your family. Should anyone of them
catch slight cold or cough, call at once
on Wells 6 Son, Columbus; E. D. Prick
lit, Mount Holly; w. c. Jones, New Egypt
Edw. W. Rossell, Pemberton, and j. Il.
Leeds, Rancocas, sole agents, and get q
trial bottle of Otto Cure, the great Ger
man remedy, free. We give it away tc
prove that we have a 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, 1899-09-05

Some doctors believe that a man has
just 80 many hours to be awake, and
that the more Of them he uses up in @
day the shorter his life win be. A man
might i've to be 200 If he could sleep
most Of the time. The proper way to
economic time, therefore, is to sleep
when there Is nothing better to do
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-09-05
Knew What Poverty Meant.

'You have never known the pangs of
povertyI'' he exclaimed bitterly.
The heiress' eyes softened. though
liquid to begin with.
''Indeed have, said she warmly
II went to bargain sale where no one
knew me and found had left my purse
at home indianapolis Journal
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-09-05

''That. sir. exclaimed the indignant
merchant. lis what I,callia gratuitous
falsehood."
Its nothing of thei kind, % replied
the INSCRIPTIONS salesman. 81 get a
salary and commission, for telhngIthat
falsehood. Washington Star.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-09-05
By Absorption.


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 a natural and
healthy character.
The Balm can be found at any drug
store or by sending so cents to Ely Broth
ers So 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, 1899-09-05

lfnot drink Grain O-made from pure grains
A lady writes "The first time made Grain {
did not like 1t, but after using 1t for one weel
nothing would induce me TO go back to coffee. ,
1t nourishes and feeds the system. The chill d
rem can drink it freely with great benefit i
Is the strengthening substance of pure grains
Get package to-day from your grocer. l5c
ana 25c.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-09-05
Their Limitations.

''Some of those postoffice people are
very clever They can read illegible
writing and deliver letters when the
address is worse than Chinese puzzle.
Eyes. but they can't help out the
man who forgets to mail his wife's let
fers Brooklyn Life
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-09-05

Mother-Why do you weep so. Elmer
son?
Little Emerson-Because Waldo Smith
informs me that he is to take up the
study Of Egyptian hieroglyphics next
week, and papa refuses to let me begin
until am years old.-San Francisco
Examiner.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-09-05

One size smaller after using Aliens Foot Ease,
powder to be shaken into the shoes. 1t
makes tight or new shoes feel easy; gives IN
slant relief to corns and bnnions. It's the
greatest comfort discovery of the age. Cures
swollen eet,blisters and cailous spots. Aliens
Foot Ease is certain cure for ingrowing nails,
sweating, hot, aching feet. At all druggists
and shoe stores, 25c. Trial package FREE by
mail. Address,lAllen S. Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-09-05

In fifteen minutes with only cake of Ivory Soap and water
you make better cleansing paste than you buy
Ivory Soap Paste will take spots from clothng and will clean
carpets rugs kid gloves slippers patent enamel russell leather and
Shoes leather BELTS painted woodwork and furniture The
special value Of Ivory Soap this form arises from the fact that
be used with damp sponge cloth to cleanse many articles
that cannot be washed because they will stand the free appa
ton of water
DIRECTIONS FOR MAKNG-To
thoroughly dissolved Remove
ussayr eorEa oAMsEo
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-09-05

The Successful Remedy or Nasal Catarrh.
must be non-irritating, easy of applica-
tion, and one that will by its own action
reach the infiamed and diseased surfaces.
ELY'S CREAM BALM combines the
important REQUESTS of quick action and
specific curative powers with perfect safe
ty to the patient. This agreeable remedy
has mastered catarrh as nothing else has,
and both physicians and patients freely
concede this fact All druggists cheer
fully acknowledge that in it the acme OF
Pharmaceutical skill has been reached.
The most distressing symptoms quickly
yield to it. In acute cases the balm i'm.
parts almost instant relief.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-09-05

As we'll 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
and relieve all Chronic and Acute Coughs
Asthma, Bronchitis and Consumption. Price
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-09-05
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life Aray.

To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag.
netic. full of life, nerve and vigor, take MOTTO
BAG, the wonder worker, that makes weak men
strong. All druggists, SOC or 81. Cure guaran-
teee. Booklet and sample free Address
Sterling Remedy Co, Chicago or New York
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-09-05
One thing kneadful-the bread pan.
The ice man gets rid of many hard coldss
Drink Grain-O

aIter you nave Concluded that you ought moi
to drink coffee. 1t is not the medicine but
doctors order it. because it is healthful. invig
Grating and appetiZing. 1t is made from pure
grains and has that rich seal brown color and
tastes like the finest grades of coffee and costs
about "a as much. Children thrive on it be,
cause It is genuine food drink containing
nothing but nourishment. I5c and 25c at gro.
GERS.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-09-05

you wouldn't think that wreck of
Altman over there could speak five Ian
guages."
"No. What caused his downfanY'
Didn't know how to say no."-Phil-
adelphia North American.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-09-05

Clean blood means clean skin. No
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar.
tic clean your blood and keep it clean. BY
stirring up the lazy liver and driving ali i'm
Purlties from the body. Begin to-day to
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets,.. beauty for ten cents. All drug
glsts, satisfaction guaranteed, Zoe, Csc, SOC.
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DEADLY FOE no INSECTS.

An orphan asylum is the place for char
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Climax of Culture.

What Is cosmopolitan
He's man who can go all around
the world without buying souvenir
spoon Chicago Record.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-09-05

A well known professor asserts THAT
the smallest intervals of sound cam be
better distinguished with one ear than
with both.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-09-05
An old timer ethuselah.

To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. Zoe or 25c
If c. C. C. fail to cure, druggists refund money