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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-03-28
Children and Dolls.

Writing in The Contemporary Re-
view, Professor Sully discusses the Curl
GUS aspects in which children regard
dolls. He says; Professor Hall has
brought to light some curious prefer
ences of children. He tells us, for ex-
ample, that, whereas out of 945 children
191 preferred wax dolls. as many as IA
pronounced in favor of rag ones. Odd
preferences are sometimes shown with
regard to size. A lady writes me that
she preferred A inch halfpenny dolls
because there was SO much more to be
done with these in the way of putting
on wigs made from doormats, mixing
in eyebrows, etc. On the other hand,
another English lady tells me that her
childish ambition was the possession Of
a big doll-''one that would fill my
arms and take some of the cuddling
that l wanted to bestow and which no
body seemed to want. This girl image
is, so far as the uninitiated adult can
divine, the true child's doll.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-03-28
Coalneldn of the WorId.

Biologists estimate the great coal
fields of the world in square miles as
follows: China, 200, 900; United States,
east of the Rockies, 100, 900; Canada,
65, 900; India, So, 500; New South
Wales, "a, 900; Russia, 20, 900, and the
United Kingdom, II, 500. There are
many deposits in other countries, but
their extent is inconsiderable. Eng
lands coal area is small; still she
for years produced more than any other
country. Now the United States is
ahead. English coal veins are thin one
only IA inches wide has been worked
1, 900 feet down. On the other hand,
there are veins in the Pennsylvania an
thracite region so feet thick and in
the bituminous regions IS feet thick.
Our Appalachian coalfields are the lar
gest known, and alone could supply the
whole world for centuries to come.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-03-28

A Mexican mining company, which
owns 800 mules, keeps a dentist on its
staff simply to look after the mules
teeth.
One of Mr.. Mule's amiable weaknesses
is the habit of boiling his food, which
frequently cause dyspepsia or other dis
eases. This boiling of his food is not
caused by a desire to hasten his meal,
but because his molars, or back teeth,
having more work to perform than his
front teeth, wear away in the course of
a few years and become much shorter
than the front ones, thus allowing the
food to pass into the stomach without
being properly masticated. In cases Of
this kind the incisors, or front teeth,
have to be filed down an eighth or a
quarter of an inch.
The molars Of the mule are three and
a half inches in length, while the in
cisors measure two and a half inches,
and, judging from his signs of pain,
the nerves are as sensitive as those Of
human beings. An expert dentist oper-
ates on "a mules a day.
The extracting instruments are from
two to three feet in length, and the en-
tire case of instruments weighs fully so
pounds. The teeth of every mine mule
are examined and treated, if necessary,
once or twice a year.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-03-28
he took from under his arm.

he took from under his arm.
"'My wife is trying to sell her
shawl, he said.
"Well, Hooked at the shawl he shook
out of its folds.
"FYou shall have it for 81, as a sam
pie of my generosity, he said, with a
tear in his eye.
"Well, l knew you'd like it, my
dear. 1t looks like one 1 used to admire
you in when l courted you-red center,
cashmere border" and Mr.. Christy
shook out the folds-the old shawl Mrs.
Christy had exchanged for the vases
that morning. She knew that at once
she could not mistake it. But as she
looked at her husband, beaming and
twinkling with good humor, she could
not bear to utter the truth outright
and tell how completely he had been
taken in.
''Six pounds for the coat and 60 for
the spoons, +" he said merrily, "and 81
for the shawl, and this'-holding out a
Ell note-"is all l have out of my e10
motel Poor old fellowl The last pound
he had in the world, he said. Hellol
What is thisf" Mr.. Christy put on his
glasses and looked at the note. "Your
name is written on it in red ink, my
dear-'Caroline Christy. All This is
counterfeit. Why, what in all the
world
"Ohl" cried William, at this mo
ment entering the door. CHATS the
note mother took a long while ago-a
counterfeit"
"And it has come back to me, said
Mr.. Christy. "You never passed it,
Caroline. Perhaps some servant took it.
What a fool l was not to put on my
glasses when the man gave it to mel"
1--WE both need spectacles, +" said Mrs.
Christy. "My dear, neither of us can
laugh at the other. We are both COM
pletely sold" And when she had told
her story it became very plain to all of
them that the peddler who had stolen
the coat, spoons and the counterfeit
note from Mrs. Christy had by chance
entered Nh. Christy's Office in his bust
ness travels; that he had sold him back
his own stolen coat and his own plated
spoons under the guise of a wonderful
bargain in solid silver.
Happily the Christy family were toll
erably well off and could afford to laugh
at the farce they had taken so promi-
nent a part in, and Mrs. Christy declared
she was glad to recover the shawl that
her husband remembered her wearing
during the happy period of their court
ship days.
A member of the police force called
shortly after to state that the thief
could not be traced and was no doubt
a very cunning fellow. But the Christy
family did not confide their joke to the
worthy officer. They had the wisdom
to keepi it in the family London Spare
Moments.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-03-28
THIS QUEER OLD WORLD.

It is queer how things go by contraries here,
IT'S always too cold or too hot,
And the prizes we miss, you know, always Ap.
pear
To be better than those that we've got.
1t is always too wet or too dusty and dry,
And the land is too rough or too fat;
There's nothing that's perfect beneath the
blue sky
But
It's a pretty good world for all that.
And sweat for the bread that they eat,
While some never learn the hard meaning of
toll,
And live on the things that are sweet.
A few are too rich and a lot are too poor,
And some are too lean or too fat
All, the hardships are many that men must
endure
It's a pretty good world for all that.
The man who must think envies them that
must be
Ever pounding and digging for men,
And the man with the pick would be happy if
he
Might play with the brush or the penl
All things go by contraries here upon earth;
Life is empty and sterile and fat;
Man begins to complain on the day of his
birth
But
It's a pretty good world for all that.
cleveland Leader.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-03-28

From time immemorial straw, prob
ably because of its inseparable connec-
ton with bread, the staff Of life, has
had a more or less sacred significance.
Our Aryan ~forefathers strewed their al
tars with it and swore on it as we
swear on the Bible. 1t is easy to under
stand how this practice would lead to
the stalk of corn being used as the SYM
Dol of a binding contract. For instance,
the Latin for a stalk is stipulatio,
whence naturally m stipulation. "
In medieval times the presentation
of a stalk CT corr was a sign of service
and faith. So, too, at hiring fairs in
later times servants wishing to be hired
carried a straw in their mouths. And in
the days when INSCRIPTIONS persons de-
liberately hired themselves out to liti-
giants to give any evidence that was
wanted, they wore straws in their shoes,
from which custom we have the saying
imam of straw"-a person of no mate
rial II moral worth. The horse with
straw plated in his name and tail is
perhaps the last surviving instance of
the significance of straw as implying or
binding a contract.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-03-28

Frederick the Great made generous
presents to all musicians except flute
players. He played the flute remark
ably well himself A famous hutist
once asked permission to play to the
king, hoping that Frederick would
show his appreciation of his skill by
some valuable gift Frederick listened
attentively while he played a difficult
piece. you play very well. he said.
land | will give you a proof of my sat
isfaction
So saying. he left the room The mu-
stefan waited, guessing at the probable
nature of the proof Presently the
king returned with his own flute and
played the same piece Then he babe
his visitor Good day, saying, u
have had the pleasure Of hearing you,
and it was only fair that you should
hear me
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-03-28
A xantippe outwitted.

An Englishman Of Lymington had
the misfortune to live in a continuous
quarrel with his wife, who was a mod
ern Xantippe and threatened in case
she survived him to dance over his
grave 1t was her lot to outlive him.
but it was not so easy to carry out her
threat The husband had the precau-
ton to make an injunction in his will
requiring his body to be buried in the
sea, near his residence and without
ceremony The injunction was complied
with
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-03-28
AhsnInte InnInerence.

A woman who has been a victim of
Indigestion and is kept to dyspeptics'
diet most Of the time was recently in
vited to a dinner, which she was anx-
ious to attend.
She went to her telephone and, trust
ing to a somewhat unreliable memory,
she asked to be connected by the ever
obliging central with telephone 1894.
When the connection had been made,
she began her plaintive query, without
any PREDATORY, els that you, doctor2"
81 want very much to go to a little
dinner tomorrow night" she began
rapidly, land do you think it would
hurt me if | ate just a taste of soup,
and perhaps a little fish OF The least
trife of game and a bit of salad or ice
l really think my stomach
Here she was interrupted by a voice
from the other end of the wire.
MADAM" it said coldly, ''eat what
ever you please. This is the Meteor
Rubber company. Youths Compan-
ion.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-03-28
He Might Have Married.

Fitz-Greene Halleck never married.
yet. as Mr. Howe reminds US in his
American Bookman, he could not
have been without attractions, for a
certain superior lady is reported to have
declared
IF | were on my way to church to
be married. yes, even if | were walking
up the aisle, and Halleck were to offer
himself, I'd leave the man | had prom
ised to marry and take him
To this, perhaps, should be joined his
epigram. written for a young lady who
had asked for his autograph
There wanted but this drop to fill
The wifeless poets cup of fame
Hurrah! There lives a lady still
Willing to take his name
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-03-28
An original oath of Allegiance

In the old days when the Spanish
province of Aragon was a proud and
Independent monarchy the people
used, when choosing their king, the
following singular form of election:
1--WE, the freeborn inhabitants of the
ancient kingdom of Aragon, who are
equal to you, Don Philip, and some
thing more. elect you to be our king
on condition that you preserve to us
our rights and privileges. If in this
you should fail, we own you for our
King no longer, "-Harper's Round Ia
a1o
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-03-28

the Medium are drifting helplessly and
nearly deadl''
The captain glanced in the direction
indicated. How should this frantic
young woman have seen what his prac-
tised eye could not discern? Then he
guessed that she was the person who,
they said, had lost her lover in the
wreck.
"My DEAR" he cried, patting her
hand, Ego to your berth and lie down.
You are in great trouble"
But the haggard, hopeful eyes stared
brightly at him.
"For the love Of humanity, captain,
know you will.
To humor her he took a careful sur
vey of the horizon, upon which the
sun was shining. At first he shook his
head, then he stood for a long time ex-
amining the spot under the thin edge
of the line of smoke. He rubbed his
glasses well and looked again, then said
quietly:
Something is there. Sit down in
that corner and wait.
The course Of the steamer was altered
slightly and a boat was lowered once
more to gather in the oceans drift. To
his surprise the captain saw that the
distant object was really a boat, with
out sail or a How could the girl have
known it? Then the group of people
became visible, all evidently in the last
stage of exhaustion, and he went over
to Miriam and told her to look through
his glass and see if her friend were
there.
She took it from his hand with a
wild sob and gazed long and steadily at
the coming boat, then gave the glass
back in the midst of a passion of weep
ing, nodding her head to signify that
she had seen Dick. Then she set herself
to regain self control by the time the
boat came in. When it did, she was
waiting in the hospital for her beloved.
For the next "a hours she shared the
duties of nurse with n of the steward
esses and saw Dicks eyes open with the
first CLEAN of consciousness in them.
With a contented look at her he fell
asleep, and on the ships arrival at Hal
flax he with all those who had been
saved were well enough to be moved to
more comfortable quarters ON shore.
The captain made friends with Mir
lam during those few hours and learn
ed how it was that she knew the boat
was afoat. He could hardly believe it,
and he could not explain it, but was
contented to accept the fact as it stood
and to be present at the simple cere-
mony which made Dick and Miriam
man and wife. Buffalo News.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-03-28
Quite Clever

Bob-How do you stand with your
employer SO well, Tomr You never
laugh at his jokes
Tom-No, but | dine at the same res
taurant and pretending not to see him
| retail all his stories, saying loudly
n cant tell it so well as he can, but
here's a rafting good yarn Mr. D told
us this morning I've been promoted
three times in a year Answers.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-03-28
A snIdier,s

This story told of Sir Ralph Aber-
crombie. the victor of Aboukir. shows
that even in death he did not forget
consideration for others After the bat
tie at which he was mortally wounded
he was carried on board a ship. and a
soldiers blanket was placed under his
head to ease it He felt the relief and
asked what it was.
"Only a soldiers blanket, was the
reply
Whose blanket is it2'
''Only one of the mems
81 wish to know the name of the
man.
at is Duncan Roy's, of the Forty
second. Sir Ralph.
"Then see, said the dying general,
that Duncan Roy gets his blanket
this very night
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-03-28
THE LOVE SIGN OF THE ROSE

She trained a little rose to grow
And grace the gate above,
And hence l love the pathway so
That leads me to her love.
And oft my heart before me goes
To read the love sign of the rose.
Though fairer bloom for lovers tryst,
To me it seems as fair
As If an angels lips had kissed
And blessed it, blooming there.
For heaven its sweetest smile bestows
On the dear love sign of the rose.
The pattering of little feet,
When shadows blur the light,
And rosy twining arms that meet
And necklace me at night
These my glad heart ~enraptured knows
At the dear love sign of the rose.
Not far away loves steps shall stray
In thorny paths to roam,
While Ger the meadows of life's May
Shine signals sweet of home.
When night falls drear, one heart still
knows
Rest at the love sign of the rose.
Frank L. Stanton in Atlanta Constitution.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-03-28
Ar rnernecteh Call.

"You are just going out, l see
Eyes, an important engagement.
What was it you wanted?"
st was about that little debt l owe
you"
"Ah, yesl Take a seat"
81 was going to ask you for a little
delay
''Oh-excuse me, but I'm already
late"
81 say, l was going to ask you for a
little delay when l met a fellow who
paid up what he owed me, and
"Why on earth don't you sit down
Will you take a glass of wine paris
Figaro.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-03-28
Kaffir swimming Feats.

The Kafirs are great swimmers. They
can do things In the water which other
folk would look upon with astonish-
ment. For example, a Kaffir boy can
ford a stream shoulder high, running
as swiftly as if shot from a torrent.
The way they accomplish the feat is
thus: Just before entering the water
they get a huge stone, sometimes as
heavy as themselves, and with the help
Of a companion place it upon the head.
A weight like this gives the hoy bal
ance, and he can keep his footing
against the heaviest stream. If he were
to drop the stone, he would be SO light
that the water would sweep him off his
feet. And this is just n of the Kafir
tricks to accomplish things against tide
and food.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-03-28
VIEWS MATVTINA.

She lies at dawn upon the dew drenched leaf
Alone. The white hard light of morning lies
On the throat wavering with the fall and
rise
OF her low pulse as of a silent sea.
The thick coils of her hair cling shudderingly
To her white shoulder; her deep lidded eyes,
Heavily raised as in a dull surprise,
Look through the vacant shadows vacantly.
Her back is to the sunrise. The low sound
OF a stream slipping past necessarily
Stirs in her raiment light and white as foam.
she, her head erect, her hair uncrowned,
With lax white feet and wrist dropped YEARLY,
Gazes through heaven and earth and finds no
home.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-03-28
WEIGHT of a Lion.

What does a lion weighr Those who
know the look OF the king of beasts best
and how small his little body really is
will probably come farthest from the
truth About 800 to $50 pounds is q
usual estimate But a full grown lion
will tip the scales at no less than SOC
pounds. Five hundred and forty pounds
is the record for an African lion His
bone is solid and heavy as ivory
The tiger runs the lion very close A
Bengal tiger, killed two years ago by
an English officer. scaled $40 pounds
A tiger this size has, however, consid-
cradle more muscular strength than the
biggest lion
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-03-28
OIL For the skin.

The men and women of ancient
Greece and the famous beauties of every
cline always understood the use of oil
in the toilet, says an authority, which
gives the following hint: When animal
oil is used, it clogs up the pores and
renders the skin coarse. but vegetable
oils, such as the Greeks used, feed the
skin. There are many skins that do not
need fabrication after a bath, but there
are many others which are benefited by
the use of fine vegetable oil, such as all
mond cream, which furnishes food to
the skin and is a powerful aid in the
eight against wrinkles. Exchange.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-03-28

Ny friends colored maid came in one
day after her regular weekly outing,
looking as if she had enjoyed herself.
"Well, Susan, said my friend, who
is sympathetic, 81 suppose you saw all
the pretty things in the stores down
town."
Nom; not 'zactly. | ben lookin at
de handiwork OBJ de Lawd."
Indeed? SO you took a little trip to
the country to see the fields and the
fowers?"
Nom; no, indeedy. l ben at de dime
museum. They has a hairy boy there
and a two headed man."-Lippincott's
Magazine.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-03-28
The Overture to- "Tank Ready

A man who writes theatrical gossip
for a London paper gravely declares
that he knows a manager who was
greatly concerned lest the music for a
tank play he was putting on should be
inappropriate, The director of the or
chestra suggested several suitable num-
bers from "Lurline'' and 1.-THE Lily of
Killarney, and so on. But the manager
could not be satisfied. He wanted some
thing that should have direct ~relevance
to the great water illusion. At last his
conductor, in despair, suggested in a
grimly humorous moment the overture
to "'Tancredi.
"The very thing" said the manager.
why didn't you think of that beforef
Put it down on the bill, my boy, in
big letters - the overture to Tank
Ready
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-03-28

Many birds vary the composition of
the outer layer of the nest according to
the circumstances If the nest is located
among growing leaves. the outer layer
will be of green moss if on a dark
branch. of natural colored lichens
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-03-28
VOL. Xxx. NO. Is
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
The Standard Railroad of america. Pro
tected throughout by Block Signals
and LnteylOcking Switches.
IN EFFECT OCTOBER 4. 1898.
Trains 1sape Mount Holly as Jos1ovs:

Trains teave Mount Holly as JoIIoa0s:
FOR philadeIphia. $50. 800, s.53, 7.lO, 7.49
$50. 9.l5. ll.22 A. M, 1888, 2.33, GAO Saturday
only, ~: 3 o., 6.ls. s-25, 1880 7: M
On sundays, S.3j A. M. l2.O5, 5.lS, S.50P M.
For Pemberton, 736. 9.96, a M, l.45. 3 81. 4.47
On sundays, 1923 A. M, 6t5 pm.
For BordenJown, Trenton and New York. $50
1.4S, 9.lo, lob, I.O5. A. NJ, 1870, 800, $40. All
On Sundays, 1000 A. M, 2.05, sos P. M.
For East Burlington, $50, 1925, 7.49. s.22. $50
BIS. l0,l5. ll,05 A. M, 1870, 300, 3.4O, All, $40
5hss 6.2s, 7.26, s45. 1000 T; M
On Sundays 725, $50, 1910 A. NJ, 1900, 2.05, 2.30
3.I5. s.4l, 40, 800. 5.35. sos, 6.45. 7l5, Sl5,
For Lewistown, Columbus, Kinkora, ETC.,
Las, I. 32 P. M.
On Sundays, sos P. M.
For LumDerton, Medford, Marion and Had
donheld. 9.35 A. NJ.
For N~tncentown, 1926, 6 06 p. N.
For For Toms Toms River 3 rs, A. M: ~ T;
City, 9.26 A. M, AT P. M.
For Asbury Park and Long Branch, 9.26, A. NJ,
Trains Leave for Mount Holly as JotIotos:
from PHILADELPHIA, $50, $50, $50, 1000. l20,
4.30, $40, 6.l0. 6. 80. 800, 1870. LA Pm.
On Sundays, 9.l5 A. M, LOO. 800, 1913 P. M.
From New York. via Trenton and Burlington,
500. $3.50, AM, 100. 2.l0. 400, 500. 800. P. M.
On Sundays, 1000 A. M, 700 P. M.
From Trenton, 6.45, 7.40. BPS, lib A. M, 2.55,
3.42, Ala, $40, 100, 9.55 P. M.
On ~Sundays $40. 1L50, A. M, 4.05, 9.O6, Pm.
1905. lO.45. 1l.AsA.M., LOS, $3.50. 40, $40. 5.5S,
$50, 100. 7.50, $50, 1910 P. M.
On sundays, 500. 800, 1890. A. M, 1890, 2.35.
300. 3.45, 4.3O, 4.55. $50, 800, $50, TO, 7.45, S.45,
1000 P. M.
From Toms River. 7.4s A. M. 4.o2, Pm.
From AsDury Park, 2.N P. M.
From Medford, l1.55 AN.
From Long Branch, LEO P. M.
From Pemberton, (north) 6.3s, 7.2s, s.33, $50,
A. NJ, 1881, 4.07. 6. 10 P. NJ.
On Sundays, 500 A. M, $40 P. M.
from Pemberton (south), 1856 A. M, 4.H P. M.
From Vincentown, $50 A. M, I.42 P. M.
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Ground For Complaint.

Small Politician want to talk to
you. sir. about a remark you made
about me in your paper You called me
a political jobber, sir.
Editor-Yes, it was a very annoying
typographical error. and l promptly
fired the composition.
Small Politician ALL Then you
didn't mean to call me a jobber2
Editor-No, sir. / wrote ''robber"
very distinctly. Catholic Standard and
Times.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-03-28

A Swiss law compels every newly
married couple to plant trees shortly
after the ceremony of marriage. The
pine and weeping willow alone are
prescribed.