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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-12-25
TAKING IN Mr.. MOODY.
Row His Confidence Was Abuned by
the Natives of Bethany.

How His Confidence Was Abuaed by
the Natives of Bethany.
When D. L. Moody went to Bethany
during his travels in the east. he was
very soft hearted over all the multi-
tude of beggars there, not only because
the place is SO unusual. but because he
was moved by its beautiful traditions.
He gave quantities of 'baeksheesh'
and then asked if any of the children
had the names of Mary and Martha.
Yes, indeed. they had. And that open
ed his pockets again.
The news of his generosity spread
through the village. and new claim
ants came until his visit seemed likely
to result in fight for existence. The
case was getting desperate, and be
told the dragoman to call for silence
while he made an address. Then he
said:
81 have come 5000 miles to see this
little village of Bethany. 1t was a
place my Master loved to VISIT and
have come to see it because he loved
it. am very glad to meet you all, but
now / want to be alone. | have no
more backsheeSA, and l bid you good
by"
A fine looking boy of 16 replied to the
address. He spoke fiuently and with
the grace of an orator. Mr.. Moody
was delighted with the beginning of
bis Grafton, but not with its conclusion.
1--WE are glad to see the gentleman
and his friends who have come so tar,
but the gentleman must not think that
his actions are equal to the Importance
of his visit. Six thousand miles Is a
long way to come. and the gentleman
must have sacrificed much to make the
visit. In consequence it Is natural for
us to expect that he would be munifi-
cent in backsheesh. This he has not
been, and we now expect that he will
give us great deal more"
Mr.. Moody was SO Disguised that be
abandoned the situation entirely and
hurried away with his friends.
81 did think" said he, that boy had
soul above backsheesh."
"And did you think. too. that some
of the children were named Martha
and MaryY' he was asked.
Certainly. Why notT
Nothing; only they were all boys" p
Youths Companion.
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rarlon Of tnis rhetorical fragment Of

ration or this rhetorical fragment of
the eighteenth century.
But the inalienable right to the pur
suit of happiness has never been ques
toned since it was proclaimed as a
new gospel for the new world. The
American people accepted it with en-
thusiasm, as if it had been the discov-
cry of gold prospector. and started
out In the pursuit as if the devil were
after them.
Ii the proclamation had been that
happiness is common right of the
race, alienable or otherwise; that all
men are or may be happy, history and
tradition might have interfered to raise
a doubt whether even the new form of
government could so change the ethical
condition. But the right to make a
pursuit of happiness given in funda-
mental bill of rights had quite differ
ent aspect Men had been engaged in
many pursuits, most of them disas-
trous, some of them highly commenda-
BILE. A sect in Galilee had set up the
pursuit of righteousness as the only or
the highest object of mans immortal
powers. The rewards of it, however,
were not always immediate. Here was
q political sanction of a pursuit that
everybody acknowledged to be Of a
good thing.
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A 5-year-old boy went with his moth.
er to make a call. The lady of the
house, who was fond Of children, told
him she meant to ask his mother to lei
her have him. Don't you think your
mother would let me buy your she
asked.
mo, ma'am." answered the little
fellow; you haven't got money
enough"
"How much would it take" she con
tinued
''Ehree hundred dollars" said the boy
promptly, as if that would settle the
matter at once for all.
"Oh, we'll. then" said the woman, 81
think l can manage it. If | can, will
you come and stay with me?"
mo, ma'am." he said, with decision
Mamma wouldn't sell me anyhow
There are five of us, and mamma
wouldn't like to break the set."-Buf
falo Enquirer.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-12-25
ANXIETY OVER A TOMcAT.
A Mystery which Was Explained b,
Wall Street Man.

A Mystery which Was Explained by
Wall street Man.
1t was in a Broadway pharmacy. A
reporter was waiting with others wher
the druggist stepped to the telephone
and, after getting the number he called
for, said:
what is that tomcat doingY
He listened with apparent excitement
and added:
''How is spinach?"
After holding the receiver to his cal
for a few moments he rang on ano
started to attend to his customers. He
seemed nervous, however, and finally
excused himself in the midst of filling
an order and called up the same mum
Der on the telephone again.
"Sell my tomcat at the market" ht
said as soon as he had some one at the
other end.
Then he returned to his customer
with apparent ease of mind. The re
porter wondered what the druggis
meant by this strange conversation un
til 1t was explained by Wall stree
specuIator. "Tomcat," it seems, is {
pet name among brokers for TENNESSEE
Coal and Iron stock. Spinach" Is ths
familiar name for Southern Pacific
The druggist had evidently bough
''tomcat" low. and his excitement wal
caused by his eagerness to take prof
it's"
These are not the only stocks tina
have pet names in ''the street" PEG
Plies Gas OF Chicago is known as post
Office" and Brooklyn Rapid Transit II
known among many as Little Manhat
tan" The names are not the same IL
all brokers' offices. The jargon ena
bles customers to give orders over thu
telephone to their brokers with Ger
tain amount of secrecy. The practic'
is as old as 1.-The market New Yorl
Mall and Express.
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masidny Tonr VIA Psnnsyfv~nia Railroad
December az has been selected A. the
date for the personally Conducted Holiday
Tour Of the Pennsylvania Railroad C
WashinRfon. This tour will cover period
Il three days, aHording ample time &c
xisis all tho principai points Of interest Al
The Nsiionsi Capital. including the CIR
nrenzionai Library and the new Corecran
Art Gallery. Round trip rate. covering
railroad transportation for ihr roand trip,
hnsel acromnodasioua. and guides. si9-st
ffom Srw York. Sfs.e'o frosu Trenton. and
frs 50 from PhsiA4elphia. The1e rates
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AflinRtun. Scrmandie. Riggs o. Eob.ti
Hoaee. Per ncconmodztioaa a. Wiilarda .
Rrxrnt. Metropolitan. oE National Hotels.
a. s. lrna SIDE tFsps 20 Aoant tcfnoa,
kichm0nd. Old Point couslori. and Nor
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All giekefs gcod Zoe TIN days. With special
hesei rsfrs AMER erpiration Of hotsl
coupuaA
For isinernries and fall infornaassoa ap
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kfoa1way. Nee Yosk I Conrt street
nFookiyn. q address George ". BOYD.
Asalssanf CenefAi Passenger Agent. Broad
street Staiion. Philadelphia
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A spASM OF REFORM.
THE REVIVAL THAT WAS SUGGESTED
FOR THE TOWN OF JERICHO.

Pap Perkins, the Postmaster, Tells
About the Enthusiasm With Which
Abijah HoIden's Idea Was Greeted
and How Lish Billings Doused II
with n Wet Blanket.
Copyright, 1900, by c. B. Lewis.l
1t was Abijah Holden who first got
the idea, and he sprung it on the post
Office crowd one Saturday night in the
most unexpected manner. He'd bin
keepin powerful quiet fur week OF
two, like a man who's left his jack
knife stickln In the barn door and is
tryin to remember the fact, and this
made the surprise all the greater. The
crowd was most ready to go home
when he got up and said:
"Feller Citizens Of Jericho-I want
to see this town doomed as much as
any OF you. / want to see her git uI
and hump herself till Boston or Chica'
go won't be in it, but when it comes to
choosin between size and goodness I'm
fur goodness. | think it's better fun
ones soul and body to live in a small
good town than In big, bad town
I'm willin to go in and help push Jeri
cho along, as / said, but let's do it OF
right lines. Let's start her of on
high moral plane and keep her So"
There's pint and mebbe mighty
strong one, In what Bijah says" re
marked Deacon Spooner as the speak
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The pleasures of old Age.

No sane man would like TO live his
life over again 1t Is astonishing how
the ordinary affairs of life seem &c
adapt themselves to your added years
Ones pleasures are quieter, but quite
as enjoyable To live in the lives o.
your children. to watch their progress
the development of their minds. is one
great source of pleasure. Then one has
music. reading. gardening. etc. May
also add that took the advice of an
old friend some years ago who said the
two things most likely to give pleasure
In declining life were to learn whist
and to play the violoncello?-A Man OF
Sixty In Spectator.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-12-25

sis-DsF Tsur - rsnnssis~nsa Railroad
Ths Ara a. the fgoo-seof sefies Of per-
aanaliy condnc1ed fonrs 20 old Point Cons
fort rs the reuntYiFnnta Railroad Will
leave New roEk ane fhilsdeiphia On
Thmrpany. Drosmbrf ~.
TIrkria. iacls6lng isncheon On going
mie and cos three -foaFfhs days board Al
ca p1&nf Comfost. and good 70 return
tIfer1 b regular iFains uifhia six days.
mail BE- sold a. rate u sss.oo from New
YEA. S.. 50 frpm TscutoB. fi7. 50 from
lfoM ofkef polnts
ror ssinrfssirs and fish inf0rmation ap-
pIg 70 Tickel hEsnts. Tourist Agrnt. fi9b
kfaa1Nay, Aeu Yefk. Cosrt Street,
NFs0ktyn. 80 bsoM1 Street.. Sesnsk, j.
q Geo ". Boyd. Assisisnf General Pass
eager Awrnf. hfo4d Street. Station, Phila-
etsphis-
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Demand For Excelsior.

The present annual production in
this country of excelsior is about 10000
tons. Put to great variety of uses,
excelsior is most commonly used for
packing purposes, and in such uses it
Is employed for many very different
kinds of things. 1t is used, for exam
pie. in the packing of things so fragile
as eggs and things so solid as iron
toys. In the various uses to which it is
put excelsior is most in demand where
manufacturing is carried on, SO that
the larger part of the great quantity of
this material now produced in this
country is used east of the Mississippi
river.-New York Sun.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-12-25

According to the science column of
a German weekly paper, the hens of
China lead busy lives. When not en-
gagged in Matching out brood of Their
own kind, they are put to the addi-
tional and novel task of Matching fish
eggs. Chinese cheap labor collects the
spawn of fish from the waters edge,
puts 1t in an empty eggshell, which is
then Theoretically sealed with wax and
placed under the unsuspecting and con-
scientious hen. In few days the egg
shell is removed, and the spawn which
has been warmed into life is emptied
into shallow pool. Here the fish that
soon develop are nursed until strong
enough to be turned into lake OF
stream
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-12-25

Instant relief and permanent cure by
the great remedy Otto's Cure for Lung
and Throat diseases. Why will you irri-
tate your throat and lungs with that hack
ing cough when Wells & Son, Columbus;
E. D. Prickitt, Mount Holly; W. G. Jones,
New Egypt; Edw. W. Rossell, Pemberton,
and Fl. II. Leeds, Raucocas, sole agents,
will furnish you a free sample bottle OF
this guaranteed remedyf Its success is
wonderful, as your druggist will tell you.
Sample free. Large bottles SOC and 25c.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-12-25

Mosquito and all insect bites, wounds Oh
stratches by any animal cured by Wells
miracle of Healing" Powder; Kills Ivy
Poison; Itch, Salt Rheum, Eczema
Miraculous in healing power. Cures ul
GERS, skin diseases, felons, boils, burns
scalds, eruptions Disinfectant, cleans
ing. Cures any sore on man or beast
25c bottles at druggists, or sent by mai
promptly on receipt of price. E. s.
WELLS, Chemist, Jersey City, N ].
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-12-25

Last spring a feminine botanist bios
som laden came upon masculine nat
uralist who was just in the act OF
examining a wriggling something into
a tomato can in which something else
wriggled.
"To preserve Them" he said. feeling
that an explanation was in order.
"Do they make good preservesY'
asked the sister scientist. Youths
Companion.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-12-25
Rnafnn,a Slave Marker,

In the old colonial days Boston had
an Intelligence Office" which was also
a slave market, as appears from no.
tice published in February, ITO: "The
Intelligence office opposite the Golden
Ball, lately kept by Benjamin Leigh, Is
now kept by Grant Webster. There
Is to be sold at said Office West India
and New England rum, wines of sew
eral sorts, male and female negroes,
several secondhand chairs" etc.-New
York Tribune.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-12-25

A younx dswn town drug clerk who
hnd beard the story 81 the coi0red wo-
nsan Who hsd asked for neSh eolored
eourt plaster and WIS given black by
tie obserxaff dealer stored the Incl
deaf away IL his mentai dust box and
decided % use Il ~ the art opportu-
nify. He bad not long 10 wait. for a
few nirAfs ago a comedy coiorec girl
stepped INTO The store where he WAS
srnployed. ~Ah wnnss some eou't plas-
tar flse said
what coiorT~ inquired the clerk.
Win affected nonchaiance.
~Fieah cullmh. aah.'
Iren1iInE ~ bis shoes and keeping
wfshin ensy reach 81 a heavy pestle.
Dc eierk hnaded the woman box u
black court plaster. and he YES sur
.szssef a. The time that the situation ar
hG 10 little humor. The woman
Rhn boz witb driEberafion IN {
Z 1peus. bnf she Was unrufiied
nufnd The color Of the con
- yef muT n-mlsundersfcS ID
a. azsei feh flesh c.alah
r. give me skin cuilah."
eIerk Il sfilI . little dazed
wumfer. and h. has firmly
nk5Att oxarg Joke % rigid
- !.
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Ants, cockroaches. Bed Bugs.

Mix, say, csc box Of Rough on
Rats carefully with pound or so Of
mashed boiled potatoes, or with loaf Of
finely crumbled dampened bread, or two
tin cups of fine powdered sugar, and
place about their haunts. out of reach
of children or pet animals. Even the
harder Black Cockroaches, Beetles,
Wood or Water Bugs, in one or two ap-
plications will be completely annihilated
Trough GU Rats" is the only thing that
will efectually and permanently annihi.
late Bed Bugs, and it stands unrivalled
the world over for the prompt and effec.
tive determination OF Rats and Mice.
rs and as boxes at druggists.
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They Couldn,t Hurt.

'The ladies in our congregation are
pretty fond of me-" said the minister's
mischievous little boy. Nearly all of
them gave pa some slippers on his
birthday"
81 thought your pa always uses
slipper to spank you with"
80 he does, but these he just got are
the soft kind. that's all made out O
WOOL Philadelphia Press.
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BABY's PORTRAIT.
---------------
[sketched by his mother.1

fSketched by his mother.1
A little head Of shapely mold,
Two baby eyes 50 bright aid Scid.
A dainty little nose;
Two little cheeks so round and fair
With tiny dimples hiding there
Like dewdrops in a rose.
A little mouth SO fragrant sweet,
A tiny dimpling chin so neat,
And both just made to kiss;
Two cunning ears each In its place,
A baby forehead set with grace,
Whose photograph is thisG
Two sturdy shoulders, broad and square.
Two chubby hands SO fat and fair,
And cunning feet so coy;
A roguish smile for you and me,
Sweet baby ways; now, don't you see
The portrait Of our boy2
Parsons Weekly.
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That Tired Feeling.

There's no doubt about it" says q
prominent vegetarian. that for endur
ance. for hard work. vegetaria nism is
the only thing Do you know why? II
is because in vegetables you eat nc
tiredness In meat or fish or poultry
you eat great deal of tiredness, and
that is why the meat eater after 9
hearty meal feels lazy and heavy and
disinclined to work. He has absorbed
with his meat a great quantity of uric
acid, and the definition of uric acid has
been given by an eminent scientist as
the essence of tiredness.' He who eats
only vegetables is never tired after 8
meal-never"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-12-25

Between the ages of fifteen and forty
five, the time when womanhood begins
and motherhood ends, it is estimated that
the aggregate term of woman's suffering
| is ten years. Ten years out of thirty
One third of the best part of woman's
life sacrificed Think of the enormous
loss of time But time is not all that is
lost. Those years of suffering steal the
bloom from the cheeks, the brightness
from the eyes, the fairness from the form
They write their record in many crease
and wrinkle. What boon then tc
woman, is DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
ton. 1t promotes perfect regularity, dries
up facilitating drains, heals liberation,
cures female weakness, and establishes the
delicate womanly organs in vigorous an6
permanent health. No other medicine
can do for woman what is done by DR.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription.
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The PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.
Political sanction of What All
Agreed 40 BE a Good Thing

Political sanction of What All
Agreed 40 BE "a Good Thing.
One OF the latest writings of the late
Charles Dudley Warner was an essay
for The Century. entitled 1.-The Pursuit
OF Happiness"
Perhaps the most curious and inter-
esting phrase ever put into a public
document is ''-he pursuit OF happiness"
IL Is declared to be an inalienable
right II cannot be sold. 1t cannot be
given away. II is doubtful IL 1t could
be left by VIII.
The right OF every man to be 6 feet
high and OF every wonhQ "a - e1a7
was regarded as self ey \ * +
men asserted their undo q
b feet high also, whel
sion was fltroduced Int
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-12-25
The Warm Turned.

Mrs. Enpeck- You let people domi-
neer over you too much, Henry. You
should learn to say no occasionally.
Mr. Enpeck Yes; that's right and /
wish to goodness you had said it on a
certain ccasion.-Chicago News.
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Used largely in this and foreign coun-
tries. Only complete, absolutely success
full, never failing cure. External and in
ternal treatment. Relief at first applica-
ton, and quick cnre. Price soc. at
Druggists, or sent promptly by mail on
receipt of price. E. S. WELLS,
Chen 7Io Graud St. Jersey City, N. J..
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Are You On Your Feet

If you walk or stand much, and your
feet get tired, pain and ache; if they are
tender, feverish or sweaty, Rough OIL
Bunions' will give ease and comfort at
once and hardens the feet to stand any
demands made upon them. Also cures
Bunions and Corns, Ask for "Rough on
Bunions," 35c at druggists, or sent by
mail. E S. Wells, Chemist, Jersey City
N. ].
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PAM AM MOME.

NJ have taken your medicine with the greatest
satisfaction" writes Mrs. George Riehi, of lock
tFavorite Prescription has Cured me of uterine
trouble that suffered from for fifteen years, and
painful monthly troubles can honestly say !
before taking DR.. Piefce's medicines always
felt tired. Ny pain Is all gone and feel Ike a
new person suffered with headache all the
time, but have no headache now since taking
your medicine. have been cured Of troubles
that suffered from for fifteen years, and the
best doctor In the state could not cure me-"
DIR. Pierce's Common Sense Medical
Adviser, in paper covers, is sent free on
receipt of II one-cent stamps to pay
expense of mailing only. Address DR..
r. ". Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
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81 disown your cried the angry par
ent. 81 shall cut you off with a shil-
lingr'
Eyes, sir" replied the erring son.
"And might have the shilling nowT
STRAY Stories.
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The Brains of the Middle States,
THEIR PUBLIC SPIRIT, CULTURE
AND CAPITAL
are earnestly enlisted
IN FAVOR OF POLICIES WHICH
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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-12-25

The nut trees alone of the world
could at a pinch feed population
three times as great as the present
number of inhabitants.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-12-25

In all stages of nasal catarrh Their
should be cleanliness. AS experience
proves, Ely's Cream Balm is cleanser
soother and healer of the diseased mem
brane. 1t is not drying nor irritating, ant
does not produce sneezing. Price so cent
at druggists or it will be mailed by Eli
Brothers, 56 Warren street, New York
Upon being placed into the nostrils i
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immediate. 1t is an agreeable cure.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-12-25

Mr.. Small-Do you know her?
Mrs. Small-Only by reputation. Her
husband is the inventor of the cash
register for married mems trousers
pockets.-AinsIee' Magazine.