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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-06-27
A Card Table Rnmance.

Speaking of the mania of some So
ciety women for gambling, a story is
told of an interesting card playing TO-
nance which was recently enacted in
London:
A very rich man sat playing ecarte
with pretty girl whom he intensely
admired. She went on recklessly stalk
ing her money till ruin stared her in
the face.
DOUBLES or quits, said the tempter.
She assented. knowing that she could
never pay. She lost.
yourself or quits, said her oppon-
ent.
Again the girl summoned all her wits
and looked him straight in the face
'Are you proposing to marry met" she
asked.
He nodded.
He won the game, and the pair made
one of the happiest unions known in
England at the present day. Paris
Harold
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-06-27

This account Of how an intimate
friend of the great artist Kyosai obtain
ed one of the painters drawings is
from Mrs. Hugh Frazer's Letters from
Japan"
Kyosai always refused If asked out
right for sketch. So his friend began
the negotiation by offering the artist an
excellent dinner When Kyosai had
drunk deeply and seemed in mellow
humor, his host would call for drawing
materials, saying that he felt an artis-
tic fancy taking possession of him. No
one was surprised, as Japanese gentle
men often amuse themselves in this way
after feast The servant then brought
an enormous sheet Of white paper and
spread it on the floor with the brushes
and Indian ink beside it.
The crafty host, without looking at
his guest, sank on his knees and began
to draw, apparently absorbed in his &C.
cupation, but Intentionally producing
few weak and incoherent lines. Kyosai
watched the feeble effort in silence and
growing irritation, and at last jumped
up, dashed the tyro aside and tore the
brush out of his hand. exclaiming
"Out of the way, you wretched bun
gleri l will teach you how to drawi"
And the result was priceless sketch,
which remained in the possession Of the
willy entertainer.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-06-27

Hoods Pills are irritating and the
only cathartic to take with Hoods Sar-
saparilla.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-06-27
Does Conee Agree win you.q

Even the wbirl of society is not expect
ed to make the chaperone giddy.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-06-27
A Mean Inference.

A young physician was once called in
by gentleman who had a very sick
mother in-law After looking into the
case carefully the young M D. called
the gentleman aside and said. well,
the only thing can suggest is that you
send your mother-in-law to warmer
climate
The man disappeared and came back
with an ak moment later and ex-
claimed Here, doctor, you kill her
really haven't the heart.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-06-27
Curious BIRD Habits.

1t is well known fact that If the
young of almost any kind of bird are
taken from the nest before they can fly
the old ones will feed them most atten-
lively if the cage in which the little
birds are inclosed is placed somewhere
where the parents can reach it, and a
popular but erroneous belief is current
that they do this for time. and end
by poisoning the young ones.
This, however. is mistake, the fact
being that at a certain stage of young
birds existence, when it is naturally
able to begin catering for itself, the
parent birds, also quite naturally, cease
TO attend it, and then, if the birdlings
are shut up in the cage and their GUS
todian has not thought Of placing some
food at their disposal they necessarily
die, not from poison administered by
the parents, but from starvation. st
Louis Post-D Dispatch.
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gDN7o r4se End

lrsasnzgut svhees4 olSofz sapA*h sAss
No Nnns the fusase holds. put tbs / tre16sss
Whichever wsyssny feet ere forced 20 90,
AGtala Be gwen courage 10 the end.
3spugh God that awful gift Of his meW Aapd.
We Can long Ma. where heAdstonaa qn'eseON
Hide al Of happiness, yet be it aos
xshah be given courage 10 the end
n dAFk the-daspentns shadowa be 4heN hlsqA
With lfeis pale Sunlight when the sun dps
low,
Though joy speeds by and sorrows steps are
slow,
shall be given courage to the end.
do not question what the years portend-
Or good or i'll whatever wind may blow:
1t is enough, enough for me to know
shall be given courage to the end.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox In Youths Companion.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-06-27
A LITTLE BIT OF A DARKY.
He Told His Story Well and Reaped


He Told His Story Well and Reaped
His Reward.
He was a little bit of a darby, not
much bigger than lump of coal and
not much whittier, and when l called
him up to do an errand for me across
the street his eyes snapped as if they
were electrified.
'tWhat is your name9" inquired
''Tank, boss" he answered, with a
bow and grin.
''That's a queer kind of a name
Your people aren't temperance folks,
are they 2"
Deed, boss, dunno. Dey calls me
Tank, but my names Pasquotank Per-
quimans. "
"Ohp' I laughed. 'Tbat's name
enough for two kids like you. Where
do you come fromr'
'I'se FUN Norf Ca 'liny, boss"
"What are you doing SO far from
homer
''Doin the best kin, boss.
He stopped moment to study.
Glow much have you made today -
"When 1 gets de 10 cents you'H
gwinter glib me. /" he said. with a
shrewd little smile-I had not agreed
upon price at all-'san / gets o cents
mo- FUN de mex gem'man it'll make
90 cents, boss.
els that all2 You can't live on go
cents day, can your
A shadow. If shadow could show
there. came into the little black face,
and with it hard line as of determi-
nation.
else gotter lib, boss, +" he said. 81
CANT die. fer dey amt nobody but me
ter take kesr OBJ nanny. an she's
mighty poly mos OBJ de time.
Possibly Pasquotank Perquimans was
working on my sympathies and his
story may have been told many time
before, but l think not, and l know
that his revenue for that day was more
than 30 cents. Washington Star.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-06-27
BY ADsOrpttOn.


Catarrhal sufferers should remember
that Ely's Cream Balm is the only ca.
tarrh remedy which is quickly and thor
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but changes them to limpid and odor-
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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 tn,
nasal passages, allays Inflammation, there
by stopping pain in the head, heals ant
protects the membrane and restores thu
senses of taste and smell The Balm i.
applied directly into the nostrils.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-06-27

The New York Times relates an anec-
dote concerning Mr.. Howells that is
good enough to be true. whether 1t is
or not According to report, dispute
as to the words lunch and 'slunch-
con" recently arose between Mr.. and
Mrs. Howells. Mr.. Howells championed
"lunch" as the proper term. while his
wife defended luncheon. At last, at
Mr.. Howells' suggestion, they appealed
to the Century Dictionary to settle the
question. "Well, l was right, after
ALI" he exclaimed in triumph, and he
read aloud the following extract quoted
as showing correct usage: 1--WE lunched
fairly upon little dishes Of rose leaves
delicately preserved.
'sFrom what author is that sentence
taken r. inquired Mrs. Howells.
"Why, I declare, from w. D. How
ellsl"
"Pshawp' was the retort. "He's nc
authority. -
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DEADLY FOE TO INSECTS.

Jugs and jugglers are supposed to be
full of good spirits.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-06-27

Ended in a row-the regatta.
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nehorned to Save Rnnm.

Down here they saw the horns off the
wild or Texas cattle before they ship
them east. The animals pack better,
take up less room in the cars, are not
so likely to injure one another and look
better to the buyer. A Texas steer may
carry just as much beef and tallow as
muley COW, but his long horns make
him look leaner. Texas cattle have a
bad reputation. too, and when their
horns are sawed off they look as inno-
cent and harmless as barnyard heifer.
lola (Kan. Letter Chicago Record.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-06-27
A ForgetfuI spou.e.

Mrs Bilkins-I never saw such for
getful man in my life as you are The
clock has stopped again
Mr. Bilkins-That's because you for
got to wind it.
Mrs Bilkins-You know very well,
Mr. Bilkins, that told you to remind
me to wind it. and you forget about it
New York Weekly
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-06-27

From the day that a young man starts
out to seek his first position to the end of
his business life, his health has a world to
do with his success. When a Young man
applies to business man for position, his
personal appearance has deal to do with
the outcome. Personal appearance" does
not mean dress alone It does not mean
exterior cleanliness alone. A young man
may be clean, so far as soap and water will
make him, but be dishgured by unsirhtly
pimples, eruptions and alterations on the
skin These are due to impurities In the
blood. The blood becomes impure because
1t Is improperly nourished. Instead of
receiving the life-giving elements of the
food, 1t receives the foul emanations Of
indigestion, bilousness and costiveness
The reason that Dr. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery 10 the best remedy for
disorders of this description is that 1t goes
right to first causes. It gives a man an
appetite like a horse" It facilitates the
flow of digestive juices. It correets all
disorders of the digestion, and makes the
assimilation of the life giving elements
Of the food perfect. II invigorates the
liver. 1t purifes and enriches the blood.
It makes the muscles strong and active.
1t tones and steadies the nerves 1t makes
q young man look as he should-strong of
body, alert of brain and clean and whole
some of skin. Medicine dealers sell il,
and have nothing Just as good"
II had eczema In itz worst form" writes
Austin Ramsey. Esq, Of Saltillo, Huntingdon
lief . thought 4 would set me wild, II itched
and burned 50 badly. The neighbors thought I
would never be cured. I took your Golden
Medical Discovery and am aow Wsil"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-06-27
One Way 70 be Hannv

BaIloonists have some trouble in keep
ing up reputation.
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sporting sp,rtt.

Grogan-Billy has got the true sport
ing spirit In him.
Kilkey-What's the matter with
Billy, nowf
Grogan-He ran against an open door
and blacked his eye. and he tells every
body he got the black eye In a fight
Boston Transcript.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-06-27

The placing of lampposts in front Of
the houses of the chief magistrates Of
towns is an ancient custom We find in
Heywood's English Traveller" that
posts were so placed in front Of sheriffs
houses. Reginald says
What brave carved postsI Who knows but here
In time. sir. you may keep your shrievaltie
And be one o tn serjants2
From sheriffs, the practice extended
to the houses of mayors and provosts.
II has been suggested, with some prob
ability, that the posts were at first in
tended for the af6xing of proclamations
which it was the duty of the sheriffs to
publish.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-06-27

Guests were expected to dinner at
little Flossie's home the other evening,
and she was in consequence hustled off
to bed and milk and bread an hour ear
lier than usual.
Here you grown up folks" she sigh
ed as she was laid away, fare going to
sit up in your best clothes all evening
and eat all those nice things, while I've
got to go up stairs with nothing to eat
but old bread and milk and go to bed
early. Never mind" after reflective
pause. after while I'll grow up, and
then I'll have all the nice things, and
you'll all be dead. Kansas City Star.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-06-27

O'Brien-And SO Phelim is proud av
his DESCENT is her
McTurk-Y Yes. he is terribly stuck up
about it
O'Brien-Well begorra Olive a bit
av descint nesef TO boast about Oh
DESCENDED four stories wanst whin the
ladder broke and niver shpilled brick
Answers
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-06-27

A German tourist declares that what
principally distinguishes Cinnamon
from us is their utter freedom from
nervousness. No matter how much they
exert themselves. they always remain
phlegmatic, and they can sleep any
where in any position and in any
amount Of noise
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-06-27
The Paste nidn,t Hall

~ have shown this to a jeweler, .
said the young woman, flinging the
engagement ring scornfully at his feet.
"Did you think" she asked, with
crushing sarcasm, ''you could cement
our affection with paste 2"
.'Sol" Missed the young man, folding
his arms and gazing at her with equal
scorn. cts paste, is it, And yet you
are not stuck on Chicago Trib-
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-06-27

the Feat sounds Incredible, but she
Orator ut the Liars Club Told .
Ctrcunaatantfal story and DtsDAay-
ed q souvez.&x of the Event.
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Heavy opera is not light, but it's airy.

The Successful Remedy For Nasal Catarrh.
must be non-irritating, easy of applica-
ton, 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, 1899-06-27

"How did it happen that Miss Single
ton refused to marry the young clergy
man2'
why, when he proposed to her she,
being little deaf. thought he was ask
ing her to subscribe to the organ fund.
so she told him she had promised hel
money to some other mission. ''-Har-
per's Bazaar.
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verdict as Rendered.

"Gentlemen of the jury" asked the
clerk of the court, "have you agreed
upon verdict 2"
1--WE have replied the foreman.
1.-THE verdict Of the jury is that the
lawyers have mixed this case up SO that
we don't know anything at all about
II. philadelphia North American.
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Ladies can Wear shoes

The 1st of July will soon be here and SO
on and so Fourth.
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1t is said by an Atchison cynic that
as soon as woman is widow she loses
all fixedness of purpose and can be turn
ed in her plans as easily as the weather.
cock on barn The women will sniff
at 1t. but woman who has once had a
husband to do the deciding is at dis
advantage when she has no one to blaze
the way. -Atchison Globe.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-06-27
shalxenpeare,n Name.

1t has often been puzzle to students
of Shakespeare why his name is spelled
in SO many different ways. Shakespeare
himself is said to have signed his name
on different occasions Shakespeare
and "Shakespere. and learned dis
QUESTIONS have been written to prove
which is the proper spelling None per-
haps was more amusing than the
weather reason given in 1851 by AL
bert Smith, who averred that he had
found it in the Harleian MSS. It was
as follows
How dyd Shakespeare spell hys nameP
Ye weatherre maybe ye change we save
30 write 1t as ye please;
When ye some shone he maybe hys A.
When wette he took hys E'es
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-06-27

Last summer while SEEMING 1 caught
catfish that was literally starving,
with food in his mouth. He had at
tempted to swallow a smaller catfish,
but its fins had caught in his mouth
and pierced through on both sides.
Nearly all but the head had been d.
gested. think this is going Tantalus
one better. Forest and Stream.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-06-27
New York a city Of Auctions,

New York is the city of auctions
There are 800 reputable auction houses
and three times that number of auc-
tioneers in New York, and they do a
yearly business of about $75, 900, 000
This does not take into consideration
the transactions Of scores of small auc-
tioneers who devote themselves entirely
to the wants of the east side. New
York Herald
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-06-27

The best donkeys come from Arabia.
They have clean, smooth coats, hold
their heads high and are used only for
riding purposes. Many are sent to Per
STA, where they sell for high sums.
They are well looked after and their
harnessings are of the richest.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-06-27

George, said Mrs Younglove. ''do
you know that you have kissed me only
once during the past three hoursf''
eyes" he replied, land If You eat
any more onions may make it three
hours and half next time
She could only tremble and wonder
if 1t were to turn out that her love had
been misplaced. after all.-Chioago
News.
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Worse Than the disease.

Handout Harry wasted de hull
mornin yesterday readin a piece in de
paper about how ter git rich.
Tiepass Teddy Didn't it tell how
yer could do it7
Handout Harry-It didn't tell no
way but workin. San Francisco Ex-
aminer
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after you have concluded that Won ought moi
to drink coffee. 1t is not the medicine bui
doctors order 1t. because it is healthful, invig
Grating and appetfzing. 1t is made from pure
grams ana has that rich seal brown color and
tastes like the finest grades of coffee and costs
ABOUT as much. Children thrive on it be
cause IL IS genuine food drink containing
cars - 90
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''That young man. said the citizen.
pointing to a sharp featured youth
across the street, ''has made fame both
for himself and this his native vii
lage"
''As to howl" asked the stranger.
"6imply by sending kilograms Of con-
graduation or coincidence, as the occa-
sion called for, to prominent persons. I"
indianapolis Journal
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A Pernon to- Be Avoided.

"Palanquin is certainly a man to
avoid. People have told me stories
about him which are not edifying
''Reallyf You do well to tell me, for
/ need not now give him back the
money he loaned me- Figaro
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-06-27

A writer in The Electrical Review In
clines to the opinion that as the electric
motor superseded the horse car so the
perfection Of paving win ultimately do
away with rails and current altogether
and automobile vehicles rule supreme
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''Are you related to each other2" in
quired the probate judge at Oklahoma
City of German bridal couple bearing
the same name And the groom replied;
''Nein. Das is watts de matter. We
wants to be alretty Kansas City
Journal
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ProducinU = Good Tmpre..,on.

81 suppose, said the editor as he
spread the manuscript out on the desk
in front of him, ''that you call this
poetry. .
"Not at all, answered the young
man who had submitted it. 81 desig-
nate it merely as versification.
When the editor had recovered from
his establishment, he made haste to say
tYou may leave it. / have no doubt
| shall find considerable merit in 1t,
and shall be glad to look it over care
fully at my leisure. Chicago Post.
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Herr Dusen, German traveller who
explored the west. coast of Patagonia,
says that MOSES of all species are de-
veloped there to an extraordinary de-
gree They grow in immense heaps. the
explorer sinking to his armpits in some
of them
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For Company.

''You are so preoccupied sometimes, "
said Mrs. Fourthly, ''that / don't feel
safe in letting you go out alone y
'.That is to say. my dear, . replied
the Rev. DR.. Fourthly, with his benev-
Client smile, "when my mind wanders.
as 1t does occasionally, somebody ought
to go along with 1t. - Chicago Trib-
s1no
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a Cure for Constipation.

have been troubled with constipation for
years. 1t was running my health, nay COM
fort and my complexion, and am glad to
say that Celery King has restored all three,
and this after trying many other medicines
that were supposed to be good, but which
were of no value whatever. ] would like to
tell every suffering woman what Celery King
has done for me.--Neilie Gould, Medina, Ohio
Celery King cures Constipation and all dis
eases of the Nerves, Stomach, Liver and Kid
neys. Sold by druggists. 25c and Soc. 8
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Quinn-Are you fond of Welsh rab-
bitf
Toplif-Before eating, while l am
eating and for a very short time after.
Boston Transcript.
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An Assyrian tablet In the celia

An Assyrian tablet In the cellar Of
the British museum has on 1t repre-
sentation of the hanging gardens Of
Babylon according to Herr Bruno Meiss-
ner. If he is right. this Ia the first testi-
mony to their existence found among
the cuneiform inscriptions
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-06-27

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. G. Jones, New Egypt;
Edw. W. Rossell, Pemberton, and J. H.
Leeds, Rancocas, sole agents, and get a
trial bottle of Otto Cure, the great Ger
man remedy, free. We give it away tc
prove that we have sure cure for coughs
colds, asthma, consumption, and all dis.
eases of the throat and lungs Large sizes
SOC. and Csc.
For croquet and golf, knockabout suits
are the thing.