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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-11-14

The lord mayors show is an annual
theme for the newspapers. Very little
can be said about it that has not been
said again and again. 1t costs about
$1,000, the banquet from E2,0C0 to e.
600. The show has sunk during the
century to borrowing some of It's splen-
doris from the property man." There
by hangs a tale.
A certain lord mayor hired from the
Surrey theater two suits of armor.
brass and steel, with couple of SUI
pers to go inside them. The manager
Of the Surrey stipulated, by the way,
that the steel armor should not be
used If the day be a wet or a foggy
one. After the show the men in armor
were taken to the Guildhall. remain
Ing there several hours without food
No one, 1t appears, was able to rid
them of their ironmongery.
Wine was given them, and the man
Of brass became intoxicated. The by
ISLANDERS, thinking if he fell about that
he would injure others as well as him
self, tried to eject him. But he show
ed fight, and. to add to their further
dismay, his companion in arms Joined
him. They were overcome at last only
by sheer weight of numbers. Then
the maker of the armor was sent for.
He eventually succeeded In freeing the
men, who were in danger of being
stitied by the weight of their equip
ment.-Good Words.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-11-14

Not all of the drivers skill is devoted
to driving ahead; it takes a good driver
to be able to back up In good shape.
Not every driver, by any means, can
halt and then back up to a curbstone
and hit it square and true with both
wheels the first clip. That is something
that requires more skill than might be
imagined by one who had never tried
1t.
But in backing up on the level, if a
man fails to hit the curb exactly the
first time, he can maneuver until he
does. There are places where skill
must be exercised and where a level
head is called for too. For instance,
in backing up, or rather backing down,
Into an excavation on the inclined
causeway left for that purpose. The
excavation is begun at the rear of the
lot, and the earth forming the cause
way, running up to the level of the
street at the front, is left until the last.
In the later stages of the excavating
the causeway Is left just wide enough
at the top for the carts or wagons to
move on, and its sides slope down pre-
cipitously. The driver who backs
down on one of these narrow cellar
causeways simply must hit it right
New York Sun.
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what the Church carne, c.,

The Chicago Advance gives the fol-
lowing estimate of the direct and col
lateral cost of church carpet The
price was $500, but as the women of
the church raised the money by Civ
Ing entertainments the pastors esti-
mate was that when all the items of
cost were figured in the carpet had cost
fully $4,000. He reached this aston
ishing total by estimating the work,
worry, nervous strain, bodily weari-
ness and heartaches of 100 women,
the heroic efforts of men, women and
children to eat the things which were
to be eaten and hear, see or buy things
which had been provided to extract
money from them; the colds, fevers
and other ailments contracted while
attending the entertainments and the
consequent DOCTORS bills; the money
spent in other churches. for if they
come to your entertainment you must
go to theirs, and, worst and most cost
ly of all, the Generalization of the
church and the curtailment of the le-
Ultimate giving which follow in the
train of such methods of raising mon
ey. But they got their carpet
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-11-14

A Memphis family which employs an
old time negress as a cook recently had
gas range put in the kitchen. When
the range was put in place, the work
man who put it there lighted the jets
inside the oven and then closed the
doors. He opened them, turned off the
gas and then, relighting the jets, ex-
planned to the old negress how the
range was used. The jets cannot be
seen when the doors of the oven are
closed, and In the excitement Of the ex-
PLANTATION the workman closed them
and forgot the lighted jets.
The old negress, after hearing all he
had to say, said:
"'Tain't no use ter tell me erbout
hit. I'm gwinter use dis yere ole wood
stove whut Ise cooked on SO long"
The workman laughed and went
away, not thinking that the old cook
meant what she said. She did mean
it, though, and continued to use the
old wood stove to cook with.
When the head of the family that
employs her received his gas bill Is
days after the gas stove was put in, he
almost dropped dead The bill showed
that he owed the gas company $21.
Investigation proved that the jets in
the oven had been burning from the
time the workman left. The old cook
had never opened the oven doors
Memphis Scimitar.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-11-14
A COLONY OF YoNsoNs.
Many of That Name In business In a
WiacOnRin Town.

Many of That Name In business In n
Wisconsin Town.
"Up in the central part Of Wiscon-
sin" said a Chicago travelling man who
had got tired talking about the trusts,
.'there is town that is inhabited al
most exclusively by 'Yonsons.' The
name of the man who keeps the hotel
is 'Yonson,' the drug store on the cor
ner is owned by a man named 'Yon-
son. the proprietor of the establish
ment that uses our goods is Mr..
'Yonson,' and / noticed when | was
riding up town from the station that
the grocer and the butcher were both
'Yonsons.'
"'What's the matter hereY l said to
the bus driver. Haven't you any peo-
pie in this town who don't belong to
the "Yonson" familyY
"'Vall, Ay tank dare been Won or
two,' he replied.
"'What's your name? | asked.
"'Yonson, he replied.
''I was about to make some further
inquiries as to the 'Yonson' family,
but at that moment we passed the pub
lie laundry, and, looking at the square,
red sign above the door, l read:
"'Yip Yonson, Laundry
Inside the Chinaman who owned
the concern was busy ironing and per
hitting his pigtail to hang down his
back. l am almost convinced now
that some of those 'Yonsons' are
frauds. "-Chicago Times Herald.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-11-14
"sHovING The QUEER"


terfetterS Pass Their Product.
Counterfeit money showers form a
distinct class Of criminals" said an old
federal officer "They have nothing to
do with making the queer, but simply
put it in circulation. They go about
their work very systematically and re-
duce the chances of detection to mini
mum.
"a woman shower, for example,
starts out to unload ON the big retail
stores. Her dress is quiet, but elegant.
and she has the surface appearance of
a refined lady. In her hand is pocket
book containing one bad bill and a
number of good ones. She goes into a
store, makes some trifiing purchases.
tenders the counterfeit and pockets the
change. AS she passes out she brush
es against boy, who slips her anoth-
er queer bill and then drops back a
few PAGES in the crowd.
In that way she makes the rounds,
and If she understands her business
she can get rid of an astonishing num-
Der of counterfeits in the course of
lew AOuTb. IL lIlS Di1l SHE OuerS 10 Qc-
tected on the spot, she never attempts
any argument. Dear meP she ex-
claims. I wonder If l have any more
of the horrid thingsP And thereupon
she empties her pocketbook on the
counter and asks the clerk to examine
the money and see whether it is all
right.
'In 80 cases out Of 100 that disarms
suspicion at once. II she happens to
be arrested, only one bill is found in
her possession, and there Is nothing to
disprove her assertion that she recelv
ed it somewhere in change. Meanwhile
the boy who carries the roll quietly
disappears. Often he sells newspapers
as a blind. Have a paper. missT he
will cry and hands the shower a bill
under the folded sheet. Altogether
it is highly skilled trade. The upper
class showers are very seldom caught"
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-11-14
Truth never loses any of its power by
being spoken in love.

More haste, less speed" and "hasten
slowly, are proverbs born of experience
that some things can't be hurried without
loss and waste That is especially true of
eating. The railway lunch habit, Five
minutes for refreshments, is habit most
disastrous to the health. You may hurry
your eating You can't hurry your di-
gestion, and the neglect to allow proper
time for this important function is the
beginning of sorrows to many busy man.
When the tongue is foul, the head aches,
when there are sour or bitter risings, un-
due fullness after eating, hot fushes, irri-
liability, nervousness, irresolution, cold ex-
tremities, and other annoying symptoms,
be sure the stomach and organs of digest
ion and nutrition have broken down .
Nothing will re-establish them in active
healthy operation so quickly as DR.. Piercs
Golden Medical Discovery. 1t strengthens
the stomach, nourishes the nerves, purifes
the blood, and builds up the body. 1t is a
strictly temperance medicine containing
no alcohol or other intexicant
Given away DR.. Pierce's great work,
The Peoples Common Sense Medical Ad-
wiser, is sent free on receipt of stamps to
pay expense of mailing only Send 81
one-cent stamps for the paper covered
book, or 81 stamps for cloth binding, to
DR.. r. v. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-11-14
~ Fascinating Animal EXHIBIT.

Philadelphia, Nov. THE popu-
larity of Hagenback's trained animal
show as a midway attraction is accen-
tuated with each days progress of the
National Export exposition, AS each
succeeding day increases by thousands
attendance at the exposition, so is the
crowd Increased that continually
suYges around the attractive quarters
on the esplanade of the Hagenback
aggregation. Never was the power in
the glance OF woman's eye so well
illustrated as when Mme Pianka or
Nine MorelH comes upon the ENGAGED
stage with ferocious lions, panthers and
jaguars all around her, watchful for
an opportunity to rend her In pieces,
yet yielding unwilling obedience to
her commands and showing the mas
terry Of femininity over ferocity. There
is something fascinating about these
wild beasts, trained by human skill
and patience to execute such marvel
ous and surprising feats, scenes that
afford the spectators moments of
thrilling excitement, in performance
SO Kaleidoscope as to make 1t ever
new, it matters not how often seen, and
that in a measure accounts for the
number of times the same persons find
themselves at the Hagenback show.
Once seen 1t seems to cast spell over
the spectator. and he or she is irresist-
IDLY drawn again and again to this
Of most exciting interest.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-11-14

A number of people come home from
the seaside quite deaf, and very many,
if not deaf, are much harder of hearing
than when they left home. The cause
Of this is blowing the nose after bath
ing.
OF course one blows his nose because
there is some salt water in it, which
makes him uncomfortable. This water
he forces into the little eustachian tube
that runs from behind the nose to the
ear. Here the water remains for days,
and the particles of salt set up infam-
nation. The next step is that the eu-
stachian tube gets blocked and remains
more or less so permanently, causing
partial deafness.
You should always wait some time
after your bath before blowing your
nose, and then you should do it gently.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-11-14

So many people suffer from insomnia
nowadays that it is a wonder they do
not adopt the time honored custom Of
French kings and indeed of our an
cestors generally, the zen cas-" by the
bedside, the meal of fruit or bread and
cold chicken, put ready in case of
wakefulness. Many a merry little meal
might be eaten in the middle Of the
night, when thoughts crowd on the
mind and care sits heavy. 1t Is the
wakeful digestion that claims its due
and clamors to be fed. Our forefa-
theirs were wise, and many hunter
after old furniture knows the quaint
little cupboard with grated door
which served for the night meal and is
now sometimes labeled cheese cup
board. A bedside book Is of no use
when the pangs of hunger make for
mastery, but with a book and a
smack" one can contrive to pass
some pleasant hours. even when sleep
does not touch ones eyelids and the
sweet boon of unconsciousness eyades
mes grasp.-New York Times
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-11-14
Burglary with Sponge and water.

When burglar wants to break into
a Peruvian house, he takes a sponge
and bucket of water and moistens
the walls, which are covered with only
a thin coating Of mud and easily dis
solve upon the application Of moisture
Then when the mud is removed he
takes a sharp knife and cuts the strips
of split bamboo, which serve as a sub
stitute for laths. That easy little oper-
alton produces hole In the wall large
enough for a man to crawl through
and can be performed so silently that
people sleeping In the house will not
be awakened. Not long ago the resi-
dence of the cable manager at Barran-
ca was entered in this way. The
thieves frightened the family. but
were discovered before they had seized
much booty.-Chicago Record.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-11-14
THE ILLUSTRATIONS

Will be remarkable. Besides original draw
ings, there will be valuable unpublished por-
traits lent by Her Majesty the Queen, and by
owners of the greatest Cromwell collections.
Other features includes:
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-11-14
visiting Day For Jersey Residents

Philadelphia, Nov. 7.-Nov. 10 has
been decided upon as Trenton day" at
the exposition. Reports from New Jer-
sey's capital received yesterday indi-
cate that great interest is being taken
there and that the state as well as the
city will be handsomely represented in
the number of visitors. At the exercises
which it Is proposed to hold in the au-
ditorium music and speeches by promi-
nent men will be leading features. Hon.
James Buchanan. of Trenton, has been
invited to be the orator of the day.
Prominent state and city officials are
expected to take part, among them be-
ing Governor Voorhees,. William s..
Hancock. secretary of state, General N.
A. Donnelly and others. Frank S. Katz
enbach, president of the councils at
Trenton, has issued an invitation to
the members of that body to attend.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-11-14
TjvjcGi noYJ1e Pececfior.

Philadelphia, Nov. THE pretty
little Cuban maiden. the smallest wo-
man in the world. beautifully shaped,
fully developed, accomplished and
graceful, womanly loneliness in MIN
iature form. is holding crowded re-
ceptioHs at her exhibition hall on the
esplanade of the National Export ex-
position. Every day and evening great
crowds round UP to see ChiQuita, the
little one. She coquets with her fan
and handles her train with the ease
and grace of the most experienced So
ciety belle. many Of whom she excels
In the accomplishment of singing and
conversing fluently in three languages.
Nothing of the misshapen or hulking
and enfeebled intellect so common
with midgets or dwarfs is found In
Chiquita. In mental and physical de-
velopment she Is without a biemish;
the little model of perfect woman,
and while 20 years old, is only 26
inches in height, weighing TN pounds.
1t is a pleasure to know her and a
treat to converse with her,
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-11-14
SUCCESS TOLD IN FIGURES.
Attendance at the National Export Exposi
ton on the Way Toward a
Million and n Half
Million and a Il,

Philadelphia, Nov. THE growing
popularity of the National Export ex-
position Is best attested by the increas-
Ing attendance. The daily average OF
the number OF persons who havepassed
In at the turnstiles has steadily gained,
in spite Of the fact that as the EXPOSE
ton progressed the weather became
less favorable for excursions to the
great show. That meteorological condi-
lions have not seriously interfered with
the success Of the enterprise is no
doubt attributable to the fact that the
visitor who has braved the elements to
reach the exposition finds in the build
ings q warmth and cheerfulness from
which depressing exterior conditions do
not detract. Once within the home of
the great show the visitor Is forgetful
of the obstacles encountered in reach
ing 1t, and as all who have gone away
pleased (few could have departed other
wise) have constituted an agency for
fastening visits by acquaintance. the
growth In admissions Is readily ex-
planned. Then. too. those who have
found fascination in the attractions at
the exposition, and yielded to the de-
sire for repeated visits, must be taken
into consideration in accounting for
the upward tendency of the figures
showing the daily attendance.
The record of admissions for the Al
Eecular days of the exposition, from
Sept. IA to Oct. 81. inclusive, offers
some interesting comparisons as show
ing the growing success Of the enter
prise. The total admissions for the Al
days were 774.636, daily average of
1S.S93h. This average, however, was
exceeded by that for October, which
was slightly more than 20,784.
The admissions for the last Is days
of September were 234,236, an average
Of 1856. For the first Is days of Octo-
Der these figures climbed to 287, 1868 for
admissions and 1871 as the average.
The greatest gain, however, was shown
during the last IL days of October, when
252.632 persons, an average of 22,957
each day, were within the exposition
gates. Taking the average for the lat
ter period as basis for the first five
date approximate within 100000 of L.
days of November, the admissions to
100000. Carrying out the same basis of
calculation for the remainder of the ex-
position period, the grand total for 50
days will not fall far short OF a million
and half, about the population of
Philadelphia.
The largest attendance for any one
day was that of Saturday last, the adj
missions numbering 1899, the great
rush occurring in the evening, when in
every aisle were moving throngs of
Oaraona whilst tho ord{fOrinrr1o wao
packed to the doors.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-11-14

The nests of the little swift Ia kind
of swallow, gathered along the rocky
cliffs with so much difficulty and yet
in such quantities on account of the
Chinese demand, are formed of a
salivary secretion which soon becomes
firm on exposure to the air. 1t is a
glutinous white substance with little
red dots. They are clean. the nests
being taken as soon as completed. The
little swift. being repeatedly robbed, is
at last compelled to exc out its waning
supply of secretion with little sticks
and grass and is thus enabled to lay
its eggs and hatch its young. as only
nests free from foreign material are
merchantable.-"A Sketch of the Phil
ippines'' In Self Culture
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sHINPLAsTER TICKET CALLED IN
Exposition Management Has Slight Brush
With the United States Secret

Service Department.
Philadelphia, Nov. Tin the effort
to put on the market an admittance
ticket good for any day until the close
of the exposition, the officials of the
National Export exposition were re-
Gently in danger of arrest by the secret
service officers Of the government. A
ticket of this kind has been called for
by manufacturers, merchants and 9TH
ers, who would purchase them In guam
titles and distribute them among
friends or patrons. Under the present
arrangements tickets are good only on
the day Of issue. and are of no use for
such distribution.
To prevent the counterfeiting of the
new ticket the work was put into the
hands of an engrayer, who produced a
finely engraved ticket, printed on bank
note paper, on one side of which was q
vignette of Franklin and on the other
q vignette of the late Dr. William Pep
per, the principal originator Of the ex-
position. Both front and back Of the
ticket bore finely engraved lathe work,
with red rosette, serial number, sig
nature of the chief of the department
of admissions. but no figures. Two
styles were made, one good for en-
trance at any time of day, and the
other good for evenings and Saturdays.
corresponding to the present so cent
and rs cent tickets. Both were about
the size of the old government frac-
tional currency "shinplaster," used
after the civil war.
Special Agent McManus, Of the
treasury department, as soon as the
tickets we're put on sale. served notice
that they were contrary to law and
must be withdrawn. The matter was
referred to the law officer Of the treas
ury department, who held that they
were violation of law, as they were a
stimulation of the old paper currency
1t was argued on behalf of the exposi-
ton that tickets of substantially
the same style were issued for the
Chicago exposition and the Midwinter
exposition at San Francisco. In answer
to this the treasury officials said
that In those cases the tickets had
been issued by the thousands before
being discovered, and it was deemed
inadvisable to attempt to stop them.
The exposition officials at once pro-
cured a new design, fully as difficult to
counterfeit, and to which the treasury
officials could not object, which have
been placed on sale at the exposition
Offices
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upon tie face or the globe. This meet
ing in itself was alone a satisfaction
worth many times the price our con-
Germ gave for its space. We are great
believers In expositions and may as
sure you that the National Export ex-
position has had our most earnest sup
port from its very inception. Ia my
opinion 1t has furnished wonderful
advertisement for American products,
and feel sure that as stimulus to
our trade it will go down to history as
one uArivalled. We have made many
sales throRh the medium of the ex-
position and congress, and look con-
fidently forward to material increase
in our foreign trade"
A large number of other exhibitors
spoke In similar strain to that Of Mr..
Mason, and there can be no doubt that
the exposition has already paid ex-
hibitOrs we'll
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VIEWS OF A MANUFACTURER.
Mr.. Frank Mason Tells What He Thinks
of the National Exnort Exnnsifinn

Philadelphia, Nov. THAT the Ma
tional Export exposition has been emf
nently successful from the point of
view Of the individual business man or
business house is exemplified by the
numerous large transactions which
have been made since the arrival of
foreign delegates and visitors. Great
quantities of steel have been sold to
firms in Australia; locomotives have
been ordered by the Swedish govern
ment for use upon the national rail-
way. and cotton goods even have been
sold in large quantities to the colo
MES Of Great Britain. for years the
leader among nations in the manufac-
ture of textile goods.
MF. Frank Mason. of the Mason &
Hamlin Piano company, said: I'VE
have done business all over the world,
and since the exposition opened 1t has
been our pleasure to meet scores Of
friepds from almost every country
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Philadelphia Day at the Exposition.

Philadelphia. Nov. Mayor Ash
bridge has issued an address to the
people of this city to the effect that
Monday, 10Th inst. has been set apart
by the managers of the exposition as
Philadelphia day. He refers to the OBJ
feet of the Commercial Museums, whose
advantages he thinks win be more
thoroughly appreciated as time passes,
and calls upon "all citizens who may
be able to do so to lay aside their &C.
equations on Nov. 20 and, accompanied
by their families, repair to the EXPOSE
ton grounds and take part in the ex-
Grcises Of the day." He also recommends
the display Of flags and bunting
throughout the city on that day.