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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-10-30
AFRICAN WOLVES.
They Are Very Ferocious, and Even
the Lions Fear Them.

They Are Very Feroci0us, and Even
the Lions Fear Them.
The African wolves, when hunting in
packs, are very formidable, and M.
Foa, the great French explorer, says:
Experience has shown me that they at
tack not only all animals of medium
size, but also the lion itself. They wage
terrible battles, in which the lion sue
cumbs to numbers, though not without
having ripped open some Of the enemy.
But the survivors in their turn soon
tear it. Consequently the large, raven
GUS beast has salutary terror of them.
In this connection he relates a story of
how his servant once scared away
some lions who had surrounded them
in the darkness away from camp.
The night was as black as pitch, and
we did not distinguish the trees until
upon them. Lions prowled around US,
and one of them roared within alarm
ing proximity; but we could not see
them; we heard them walking in the
leaves on all sides. Reaching the tree,
we found one of our companions with
the rife cooked, another trying to re-
light half extinguished torch. Still
the lions walked. We guessed them
coming and going in the darkness.
At that moment Tambarika whisper
ed to us the advice to initiate the pun
pts (wolves) in the distance. So we i'm
mediately began barking and shouting
"Hu, hu, hur' in an undertone, as
though the pack was still at distance,
while the man at the camp made the
same well initiated cry. The effect was
instantaneous There was rapid gal
lop in the dry leaves; the lions decamp-
ed. The more or less well initiated ap-
proach of pack of wolves rid us of
them for the whole night. We returned
to the camp with our honey, and moth
ing troubled our tranquility until
morning.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-10-30
CECIL RHODES IDEA.
His Reason For Declining a Dri

His Reason For Declining a Drink
In the EARLY Days at Kimberley.
In connection with the foundation of
Cecil Rhodes colossal wealth, there Is
a story told by an old fellow miner,
himself lately q colonial minister Of
finance, which illustrates at least one
trait in the character of the great
South African financier and politician.
During the early days Of the Kim
berley diggings it was the custom
when miner found particularly fine
gem to invite those about him to the
ceremony of 'wetting the stone"-i. g.,
drinking champagne at the finders
expense, with the idea that it would
bring good luck In the discovery Of
another treasure. In the adjoining
claim to that first taken up by Mr..
Rhodes, In the very center Of the crater
holding the precious blue dirt, this In
vitation had upon a certain occasion
gone forth, and the men were going
their way up to the hotel when it was
noticed that Rhodes stood aloof.
"Hellol Come on Rhodesw shouted
the lucky finder Of the gem. "Aren't
you coming up to wet the stone for
good luckY To which. however, Cecil
Rhodes only shook his head.
~ say, come on, there's good fell
low" persisted his neighbor.
what are you going to doT asked
Rhodes, looking up.
"Wet the stone with champagne, Of
course"
"Well," replied the future magnate,
decisively, 81 did not come out here to
drink champagne, but to make money"
and then went on with his work.
That Mr.. Rhodes has succeeded in
that purpose, probably beyond all
flights of his Imagination, is now a
matter of history.-New York Sun.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-10-30
AN EFFECT OF LIGHTNING.

Damaged n Pair of Eyes That Were
Large and Bright.
Through the brotherhood of af1fctton
that comes from wearing glasses In
one Of their various forms popular
official of the Rapid Transit company
told in conversation the other day Of
a curious reason why he wore prescrip-
ton helps to eyesight. 1T was because
I was struck by lightning" he said. 1T
was when I was in my teens. l sat
between an open window and an open
door and there was a fash. The last
can remember is q sense of having an
envelope of light around me. l was
picked up insensible and those who
first saw me say that smoke issued
from my mouth and nose. All thought
l was dead, but slowly recovered and
soon seemed to be as well as before the
heavenly visitation.
1.-THE serious effects of the shock,
however, developed in my eyes. Their
largeness and briIiancy had been often
commended on by my friends, but
these more or less desirable features
had been destroyed by the electric
fluid. The pupils and the irises con-
tracted and found great difficulty
in my vision. An expert oculist exam
ined the eyes and gave some scientific
name to the difficulty. That's another
story. l only know that can see and
am glad to be alive.
Zone effect remains, however, that is
rather curious. Most people who have
been struck by lightning are fearful Of
being struck again. Not SO with me.
Pm not nervous even in the height Of
an electrical storm, but | confess I'm
not anxious to sit in a room at such q
time where there are two openings into
the disturbance. That would be invit-
ing destruction" -Brooklyn Eagle.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-10-30

It was on a Seventh street car that q
well dressed man carried his hand to
his jaw now and then and uttered a
stif1ed groan. After bit fellow pas
senger had his curiosity aroused and
brusquely queried:
"TootbacheY
eyes"
'I've been there and know all about
1t. If she's boiler and has the jumps,
it amt no use fooling around. What
you want to do is to go to dentist"
"Uml Jerusha, but how it achesw
go right to the dentist and have 1t
yanked out. Man with the toothache
always feels little scared about hav-
ing it yanked, but that's all magma
ton, you know"
'T'd rather be shotY' groaned the suf-
ferer.
ooh, pshaw! Go to some dentist
who gives laughing gas. He'll give you
gas and take the tooth out without
your knowing it. l pledge you my
word that it won't hurt any more than
pairing off finger nail"
"Uml What a liarl G'way from
mep'
"Why, man, pledge you my word
that you'll never
Don't talk to mel know all about
I'll I've been dentist myself for the
last Is yearsp'
ooh, you haver' growled the other
as he backed away. well, that's diff
ferent 1t will not only seem to you as
If your blamed old head was being
pulled off your shoulders, but your jaw
will ache two weeks after, and I'm
burned glad of it tooY'-Washing
Post
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-10-30

'Every man should learn to say
no." she said, for she was a strong
minded young woman and had well de
fined views on the temperance ques-
ton. MANY young man has been
ruined because of his inability to say
mo-"
"And every woman" he returned,
Should learn to say yes Many q
young man of excellent promise has
been brought to that condition Of mind
where he is disinclined to say NO ow-
ing to the disinclination of some girl
to say yes Let us, therefore, en-
deavor to correct our own faults. Be
fore asking us to say mo- you should
learn to say yes"
After a few minutes given to the con-
sideration of the question she confess
ed her ability to say ives" 1t is just
as well to hang on to young man
who is smart enough to make such fal-
lacious arguments sound plausible
Chicago Post.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-10-30

There came to a young doctor an I'M
commonly unclean infant, borne in the
arms Of a mother whose face showed
the same adherence Of soap. Looking
down upon the child for moment, the
doctor solemnly said:
"It seems to be suffering from hydro
pathic hydrophobia.'
''Oh, doctor, is it as bad as thatT'
cried the mother. THAT'S a big sick
ness for such a mite. Whatever shall
do for the childT
wash its face, madam" replied the
doctor. ''The disease will go of with
the dirt"
"Wash it's face-wash its face, In
deedp' exclaimed the mother, losing
her temper @What next, I'd like to
known
'Wash your own, madam-wash your
own" was the rejoinder.-Buffalo En-
Quirer.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-10-30
r,aNHd .IS4o0mce.

If history be true, Governor Taylor
of Tennessee is not the only man who
fiddled himself into Office. Losing re-
lates that In 184S he met at Oswego
N Y, Major Cochran, then nearly sc
years old, son-in-law of General Phil
ip Schuyler, who told the story of bis
election to congress during the admin
istration of the elder Adams. A vessel
was to be launched on one of the lakes
in interior New York. and people came
from afar to see it. The young folks
gathered there, determined to have q
dance at night. There was fiddle
but no fiddler. Young Cochran was
an amateur performer. and his services
were demanded. He gratifed the joy
GUS company, and at the supper table
one of the gentlemen remarked. in
commentator Of his talents, that he
was SIT for congress-" The matter
was talked up, and he was nominated
and elected representative in con
gress for the district then comprising
the whole of New York west OF
Schenectady. He always claimed t.
have "fiddled himself into congress. VI
1t seems that history repeats itself
according to the proverb. Washington
Star.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-10-30
THE WINDOW IN THE TENT.
An Old Soldiers Way of Securing
Ventilation when In the Field.

An Old Soldiers Way of Securing
Ventilation When In the Field.
81 never pull down the window al
the top to let In a little fresh air when
l go to bed" said the old soldier, with.
out thinking Of how we used to open
the window in the tents in the army
In wartimes. An A tent seven feet
square at the base and running up
wedge shaped, to a ridgepole seven
feet above the ground, made comf0rta-
BILE enough quarters for four men II
you could leave the tent open, which
was equivalent to leaving off the front
of the house, but If it were cold or
Of the tent SO that you had to close it,
why then you wanted ventilation some
where, and you got it by making an
opening in the back Of the tent.
There was seam, overlapped, run
ming down the middle Of the back Of
the tent from the ridge pole to the
ground, and we used to cut the stitches
along that seam, up near the top Of the
tent, and spread the sides apart by
putting In a stick six or eight inches
long across the middle, making there
a diamond shaped opening about a foot
long, which served the purpose ad-
mirably.
'1The mems guns stood at that end of
the tent, butts resting on a piece Of
cracker box, the barrels held in some
sort Of holder secured to the tent
pole. If the wind changed on some
rainy night and came around to blow
against the back of the tent, the rain
would come in on the guns and on us,
and then somebody would get up and
shut the window-that Is, take the
stick out and let the canvas come to-
gether again there and then open the
tent little at the other end, at the
front
"This all used to seem kind o.
strange, then somehow, though prac-
tically it was just what would have
done in the old house at home and just
what I'd do here now."-Chicago Inter
Ocean
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-10-30
WHY !, i. Called putch Gap.

why HI Is OHAlGu DuICn WtAVs
When Ben Butler was endeavoring
to get the Union gunboats up the
James, he found the water in the bend
at Dutch Gap too shallow to let them
pass, to say nothing of the fact that
the Confederates had erected two or
three batteries along the bend in order
to give him a warm reception. So he
went ahead and cut n canal across the
neck and suddenly, instead of being
Is miles from Richmond, he was only
six Ever since that time the canal
has been used, and the government
now considers it the channel Of the
river and keeps it in shape. The plan
tations along the land were thus sud-
denly drained Of their very lifeblood
and have naturally fallen into decay
The place is called Dutch Gap be-
cause at this spot, in early colonial
days, Dutchman worked very
smooth game upon the unsuspecting
Indian The Dutchman wagered the
Indian that he could beat him padding
O canoe around the bend. The Indian
took him up on the instant and gave
him mile the start They started
just above the bend, the Indian mile
behind, and when the Dutchman reach
ed the neck he jumped on shore, grab
bed his canoe out of the water, ran
across to the other side with it, drop
ped 1t into the water again and calmly
awaited the arrival of the astonished
Indian, who had padded frantically
around the bend in the endeavor to
catch up with him. What the wager
was is not recorded, but the Dutchman
doubtless got possession of 100000 or
100000 acres Of land as a result of the
trick.-Cor. Chicago Record.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-10-30
Sorrows of the millionaire.

Look at the ways of the millionaire
Given his million. he gives up his house
and builds himself small, first class
hotel In some big city, which for the
greater part of the year is occupied by
servants. He next erects a country
palace at Lenox or at Newport. This
he calls cottage, though it usually
looks more like a public library or q
hospital or a clubhouse.
Then he builds himself camp, with
stained glass windows, in the Adiron.
dacks and has to float small railroad
in order to get himself and his wife's
trunks into camp. Shortly after these
follows q bungalow modelled after a
French chateau. somewhere in the
south, and then yacht warranted to
cross the ocean in ten days and to pro-
duce seasickness IL hours sooner than
the regular ocean steamer becomes one
of the necessities of life.
Result. he never lives anywhere. To
occupy all his residences. camps and
bungalows he has to keep eternally on
the move, and when he thinks he needs
a trip to Europe he has his yacht got
ready and sends 1t over. going himself
on a fast steamer. Oh, it's a terrible
thing to be millionaire and have no.
where to lay ones head, with every
poorer man envying him, many hating
him and hands raised against him ev-
erywherel = Woman's Home Compan-
ion.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-10-30
Made Fat by water.

There Is a six foot laundryman in
Norristown who weighs 300 pounds.
1t Is his own fault too.
"When was 49," he will explain sad
ly, 81 was like lead pencil. A thin
ner fellow you never saw. heard
then that If 1 wished to get fat /
need only to drink, morning and even
ing, as much water as could hold.
wanted very badly to get fat so be-
gan this water treatment. A pint or so
was at first my limit, and even that
would sicken me, but as time passed
my capacity became greater. Soon I
could drink two or three quarts, and in
time 1 could as easily drink gallon.
Well, the result was excellent. took
on flesh at a great rate. got, too, so
that / enjoyed my long night and
morning drinks. l would look forward
to my gallon draft all through the day.
When, after seven years, / had reach
ed the nice weight of 10 pounds,
decided to stop the treatment. But,
alas, 1 couldn't. The long habit had
grown too strong. 1t had made me a
slave. And ever since have been
drinking, night and morning, gallon
of water-I do enjoy it so-and every
year taken on from Is to 20 pounds.
Finally, / guess, I'll bust -Philadel-
phia Record
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-10-30
BROOM CORN SEED.
Tradition Says Franklin PInhted tn
First One In This Country.

Tradition Says Franklin Planted tho
First One In This Country.
Every housewife is supposed to know
how to handle broom. but It is safe
to say that not one in ten has any
clear idea Of what her sweeping utensil
is made of or how it Is made OF where
the material came from. Brooms are
made from the heads or brushes Of
the broom corn, a first cousin to our
common field corn. And in this con-
nection is told very pleasant little
fairy story concerning Benjamin
Franklin. ''Poor Richard" by the
way, seems to have been about the
biggest jack Of all trades that ever
helped the United States to become the
richest and most powerful nation Of
the world. If this story is true, he is
the patron saint of the housewife and
the broommaker, as well as q kite
fier, lightning catcher, printer, pub
Usher, editor, author, philosopher,
statesman and other things 'ttoO nu-
merous to mention"
Broom corn first grew In India. From
there 1t was carried to Europe. The
story goes that DR.. Franklin was ex-
amining whisk broom that had been
brought over from England in the
days before we had any broom corn Of
our own. He found single seed on
the broom, picked it off, planted 1t and
raised a stalk of corn from which is
descended, SO to speak, all Of the
broom corn of the United States.
However this may be, broom corn
grows much like its first cousin, our
maize, which originated here. The
head is larger, however, and the seeds
grow on the head instead of in ears.
The heads are cut off, leaving about
six inches of stalk, and the seeds are
scraped off by a machine, which does
a clean job and does not injure the pam
icles. The seeds are valuable in a
way. They are fed to horses and poul-
try and ground into meal for cattle.
In the making of the brooms, the corn
is put around a handle of Eastwood
or soft maple turned In lathe. Each
layer is wound tight with Irvine or
wire until the desired size is attained.
The broom is then pressed out fiat and
sewed to keep it in that shape. Whisk
brooms are made in the same way
Buffalo Express.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-10-30
rakes on His Hat to MCKINLEY


In a recent speech before the New
York Wholesale Dry Goods club Cen
eral Lloyd L. Jackson Of Baltimore
said:
II supported Mr.. Bryan In 1896.
organized Bryan meetings in Baltimore
on the same plan that the New York
men are holding daily meetings for
Mckinley. merely mention this to
indicate that / was the stanchest of
Democrats, yet on election night, when
/ learned that Mckinley had been
elected, l said would take off my hat
to him If he did what he had promised
to do. He has done it, and have TAX
en- off my hat to him. l shall work for
him and vote for him. ! cannot see
why the business men of the country
should regard this question as polit-
ical question. 1t is a business ques-
ton, more so than any of the technical
questions of business which arise daily.
Ny business interests require that l
should support the present admins
tration, and my interests are no diff
ferent, as concerns this question, from
the interests of all the other business
men of the south. Mckinley will carry
Maryland by not less than 10000"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-10-30
Japan,s queer stores.

japanese are very fond of strolling
through their bazaars. You enter at
one door and leave by another. Goods
for sale are displayed on each side of
aisles that wind through the length
of the shop. Passing up and down
these aisles. they lead you to the sec
ond and often third story of the build
ing and then back again through diff
ferent aisles, causing you to travel the
length of the establishment many
times. Finally you see the doorway a
few feet distant. but even then you
must travel this maze several times it's
length to escape.
Usually shopping is very restful in
Japan. You sit around on the floor,
and in some shops they bring you cups
of tea to sip and ''hibachi" from
which to light your pipe.-Baltimore
Sum-
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-10-30

One who spends money imprudently is
not apt to have money to spend prudently.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-10-30
pnved wien truman slkul1n.

At Gwandu, in Africa, which con-
tains between 10000 and $4,000 inhab-
itants. the town, which is oval in
shape. is surrounded by a palisade Of
tree poles, the top of every pole being
crowned with a human skull. There
are six gates, and the approach to each
gate is laid with a pavement of human
skulls, the tops being the only parts
that show above ground. More than
1000 skulls are used in the pavement
leading up to each gate. The pave
ment is of snowy whiteness and pol
ished to the smoothness of ivory by
the daily passage Of hundreds Of max
ed feet.-Cincinnat Commercial Trib-
une.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-10-30
The bachelor.

A bachelor is a coward and a fail
ure. He shaves and primps. but is too
eoward1y to put his arm around sue
cess and press 1t to his bosom. He re-
solves to marry every day for 40 years,
but when the hour for the duel ar
rives, when in the presence Of trem-
bling, rosy cheeks, when beauty shakes
her curls, his courage oozes, and he
fees the field without even learning Of
the cowpath that leads to matrimony.
Better be old darby 'Rastus in his
cabin, where he holds old Dinah's hand
and asks, who's sweetT and Dinah
drops her head on his shoulder and
says. "Bofe Of us."-Shawnee Daily
Chief.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-10-30
kicked ON the story.

Probably most writer's of serial sto-
ries are familiar with the sensation Of
receiving letters of commendation or
dlsapproval from interested readers
who are following up the stories as
they appear in their regular weekly or
monthly installments. Occasionally
some curious person asks for private
information as to what the outcome is
to be, while others offer suggestions
as to the disposition to be made of the
villain or express a fear that the au-
thor is to marry the hero to the wrong
woman.
The writer of serial story In one Of
the popular magazines few years ago
received the following letter from an
indignant reader. The names are
changed for obvious reasons:
Dear Sir-I take the liberty of telling you that
regard your "Simeon Stacy" now running
through The Blank Magazine, as a little the thin
nest novel | have read. Furthermore, the prin-
cipal character in the story, to whom you give
the title role. so to speak, is so thoroughly de-
testable man that have taken the most eff
fective means in my power to show my contempt
for him by changing my name-which happened
to be the same as his-to something as unlike 1t
8 possible. Yours truly, ANDREW JACOBSON,
Formerly Simeon Stacy.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-10-30

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