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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-12-04
Tbe HoIIoyv Bones of Birds.

The hollow bones of birds are fire.
quently cited as beautiful instances of
providential mechanics in building the
strongest and largest possible limb
with the least expenditure of material,
and this is largely true, and yet BIRDS
like ducks. which cleave the air with
the speed of an express train. have the
long bones filed with marrow or satu-
rated with fat, while the numbering
hornbill, that fairly hurtles over the
tree tops, has one of the most complete
iy pneumatic skeletons imaginable,
permeated with air to the very toe tips,
and the ungainly pelican is nearly as
well off. Still it is but fair to say that
the frigate bird and turkey buzzards,
creatures which are most at ease when
on the wing. have extremely light and
hollow bones; but, comparing one bird
with another. the paramount impor-
lance of a pneumatic skeleton to bird
is not as evident as that of pneumat-
ic tire to bicycle.-Popular Science
Monthlv
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-12-04

The popular idea expressed In the
phrase, wthe art of self-defense," shows
the opinion that the chief enemies man
has to defend himself from are visible
and external. But the real danger OF
every man is from minute and often in
visible foes. In the air we breathe and
the water we drink are countless minute
organisms leagued against the health OF
the body.
The one defense against these enemies
is to keep the blood pure. DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery thoroughly
purifes the blood, removing poisonous
substances and accretions. When the
blood is pure there is no harborage for
the germs of disease which find lodg-
ing only when the blood is impure and
corrupt.
~I consider your Golden Medical Discovery
one of the best medicines on the face Of the
earth,n writes Mr.. VIM Floeter,. OF RedoaE
Montgomery Co., Iowa. awhile in the south
west. three years ago. got poisoned with poi,
son wv. The poison settled in my blood and
the horrors suffered cannot be told IN words
/ thought would go crazy. tried different
kinds Of medicine, tried different doctors, ou'
ali the relief they could give me was to make my
pocket-book lighter. I then began taking DR.
Pierce,s Golden Medical Discovery. Took foui
bottles without relief Kept taking It. took
in all ten bottles and got entirely cured"
DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure con
cfi1,afiOn
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-12-04
AFRAID OF BEING KISSED.

tipation.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-12-04


A lazy liver may be only tired liver, or
a starved liver. A stick is all right fol-
the back of lazy man. But it would be
a savage as well as stupid thing to beat
a weary man or starving man because
he Jagged in his work. So in treating the
tagging liver it is a great mistake to lash
it with drastic drugs. In ninety nine
cases out of hundred torpid or slug
gish liver is but symptom of an i'll
nourished body, whose organs are weary
with overwork. Let your liver alone.
Start with the stomach and its allied or
gans of digestion and nutrition. Put
them in proper working order, and see
how quickly your liver will become active
and energetic. DR.. Pierce's Golden Med
ical Discovery has made many marvellous
cures of oliver trouble" by its wonderful
control of the organs of digestion and nu-
triton. 1t restores the normal activity of
the stomach, increases the secretions of
the blood making glands, cleanses the
system from poisonous accumulations
and so relieves the liver of the burdens
imposed upon it by the detection of other
organs.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-12-04
ThnurhtIeaaneaa.

Thoughtlessness is at a discount in
this practical, workaday world. An
employer once asked a clerk why he
failed to take advantage of an oppor-
tunity to make good sale. 81 didn't
think, SIR" was the reply THAT is nc
excuse" very justly rejoined the mer-
chant. ''You are paid to thinkw Per
haps half the failures to achieve sue
cess in life come of thoughtlessness
Brains were created not for ornament
but for use. The man who thinks wins
the race
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-12-04
The Copereeation smiled.

A certain clergyman when preaching
extemporaneously touched on the sub
feet of miracles. Some people. he said,
had difficulty in accepting the miracu-
lous stories of the Bible. as, for ex-
ample, the story of the speech that
Balaam's ass made to his master.
Looking solemnly at the congrega-
ton the preacher hammered in his con-
tention with the remark, why should
not God make an ass to speak-he
made me to speak."-New York Trib-
une
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-12-04
MASTER or HIMSELF.
The Test Was a Unique One. but the
nov Cfnnd

| The Test Was a Unique One. but the
Boy stood 1t.
That was unique way in which Mr..
Smith. a merchant Of an eastern city
IN want of boy, is said to have tested
the young applicants who came to him.
He put sign in his window: Wanted,
a Boy; Wages 81; Sc to the Right One"
As each applicant appeared the mer-
chant asked, "Can you read?" Then
he took the boy into quiet room, gave
him an open book and babe him read
without break until told to stop.
! When the reading had been going on
for few minutes, Mr.. Smith dropped
book to the floor and then rose and
moved certain articles about the room.
This was sufficient to pique hecuriosi-
| ty Of some of the candidates. They
looked up, lost their place on the page,
blundered. and the merchant said:
"You may stop. shall not need you
at present. want boy who is mas
ter of himself"
If the reader was undisturbed by Mr..
Smiths movements, lot of rOguish
puppies were tumbled out of a basket
and encouraged to frolic about the
floor. This proved too much for most
Of the boys. They looked. hesitated
and were dismissed.
Boy after boy underwent the same
treatment until over 30 had been tried
and had failed to control their curiosi-
ty. At length. one morning, boy read
steadily on without manifesting any
desire to look at the puppies.
"Stop!' said the merchant finally.
ibid you see those puppies%
mo, SIR replied the boy. Il could
not see them and read too"
"You knew they were there"
Eyes. SIR"
"Are you fond of dogsT
Eyes, SIR"
"All right. think you will suit me, :
said the merchant "Come tomorrow.
Your wages will start at ST. and if you
prove master of yourself, as l think
you will. you shall have Sc, perhaps
more"
1t was not many weeks before the
wages were So. and promotions follow
ed. Now the young man fills a high
position in the store. = Youths Com
panion.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-12-04
The H,ehest Art.

The word artistic" has been so mis-
applied that the majority of people sup
pose it means something rather disor-
derby and haphazard. How often liter
AZURE gives us the prim, precise maiden
aunt, with her narrow. intense love of
exact outline. and the art loving niece,
all on fire with raptures over '.color
harmonies" and contempt for every.
thing which is not picturesque! Let us
give our sympathy, however. to the de-
rided aunt. Craze for color is lower
degree of the sense of beauty than ap-
probation Of symmetrical arrangement
Sculpture is finer achievement of the
intellect than painting. Savages and
ignorant children can take pleasure in
color display. but only an educated
mind is moved through effects of form.
Florence Hull Winterburn in Wom-
ans Home Companion.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-12-04
A Trick of Indian Thieves

In some of the thieves schools in In
dia a regular course of training Is
gone through in the art of 'pouching,'
or concealing articles Of value in the
throat The Englishman, newspaper
published in Calcutta, thus describes
the process:
"Aty first a small piece Of lead, at
tached to a thread, is swallowed and
guided by the action of the tongue to
the orifice of the sac in the throat. AS
soon as this has been thoroughly learn
ed the lead is coated with lime. This
eats into the sac and enlarges it. The
size of the article to be pouched Is
gradually increased until 1t is said
that many of the Indian thieves can
pouch s or 10 rupees at once. "-Toron-
to Mail and Empire.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-12-04

Sophy (who accepted Mr.. Charles
Fleetwood the night before)-Does Mr..
Fleetwood strike you as being sensi-
tive man. Pauline?
Pauline (who doesn't know OF the en-
gagement)- Gracious, mol A man who
has been rejected by IA girls within six
months and gets fat on 1t cannot be
sensitive. Why, Sophy, what's the
matter?
She had fainted.-London Fun.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-12-04
How the Rnrmese Make E,re.

One day Burmese messenger
brought me note. While he was wait
ing for the reply. observed an object
something like boys popgun sus-
pended around his waist. On asking
what it was he showed me that it was
an implement for producing fire. 1t
was rude example of scientific in
strument employed by lecturers at
home to illustrate the production of
heat by suddenly compressed air. A
piston fitted into the tube; the former
was followed at the lower end and
smeared with wax to receive a piece
of cotton or finder, which when press
ed into it adhered. The tube was clos
ed at one end. Placing the piston at
the top of the tube. with smart blow
he struck it down and Immediately
withdrew it with the finder on fire. the
sudden compression of the air having
ignited it. | was so much struck with
the scientific ingenuity, of this rude
implement that procured 1t from the
Burman and sent it to the Asiatic So
ciety of Bengal, with short descrip-
ton of it's .-"Recollections of My
Life" by Surgeon General Sir Johr
FaVer
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-12-04

AS family medicine Bacon's Celery
King for the nerves passes from sire to
son as legacy. If you have kidney,
liver or blood disorder get free sample
package of this remedy at once. If you
have indigestion, constipation, headache,
rheumatism, ETC., this specific will cure
you. Wells g. Son, Columbus, E. D.
Prickitt, Mount Holly; W. G. Jones, New
Egypt Edw. W. Rossell, Pemberton, and
]. FL. Leeds, Rancocas, the leading drug
gists, are sole agents and are distributing
samples free. Large packages SOC. and 25c.
It's natural for the burlesque actress to
''take off" more than she puts on.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-12-04

The shoe seller knows that all people do
not stand on an equal footing.
Take care of the pennies and the
pounds will take care of themselves
Large things are but an aggregation of
small things. If we take care of the
small things we are in effect taking care
of,the large things which the small things
combine to make
Take care of what you eat, and how
you eat, and your stomach will take care
of itself. But who takes care of such
trivial things? That is why, someday,
the majority of people have to take care
of the stomach. When that day comes,
there is no aid so effective in undoing the
results of past carelessness as DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery. Itstrengthens
the stomach and restores the organs of
digestion and nutrition to a condition of
healthy activity. 1t cures biliousness,
heartburn, flatulence, indigestion, palpi-
tation, dizziness, cold extremities and a
score of other ailments which are but the
symptoms of disorder in the stomach and
| its allied organs.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-12-04
THE STORE DETECTIVE.
At Times He Makes 1t Unpleasant
For Others Than Thieves.

At Times He Makes 1t Unpleasant
For Others Than Thieves.
A young woman who sings in church
choir in this city was in one of the de-
partment stores the other day when
the detective employed there stopped
besSde her and pointing to a woman
with long cape and bag at an adj
joining counter, said:
ssJust watch that woman work
The singer saw the woman take two
articles from the counter when the
shopgirl was not looking and drop
them into her bag.
'sWhy, she is stealing" she said
eyes," said the detective, land if you
will follow her to the next counter with
me you will see her take more things"
The singer was interested, and she
walked along with the detective. Two
more articles were dropped in the bag,
and then the detective arrested the
shoplifter. She made the usual scene
and protested her innocence. The de-
tective asked the singer If she would
step back to the office with him and
corroborate his charges. and she went,
unconscious of further trouble. There
was no doubt as to the shoplifter's
guilt. She came of respectable fam
ily, and she convinced the singer that
she took the articles not because she
needed them or the money that they
would bring, but because she had the
shoplifting habit
When these facts we're settled. the
detective thanked the singer for her as
sistance and told her that she must be
In the police court at 9 o'clock on the
following morning as witness. 1t
was the singers turn to make scene.
She protested against being dragged
into a police court and said that such
notoriety would seriously injure her in
her work. The elective insisted, and
had the charge against the shoplifter
not been withdrawn before the case
reached the court the singer would
have been one of the witnesses. She
denounced the detective and the store
which employed him for imposing on
its patrons in that fashion, and she is
going to make it her business hereafter
to keep out of the way of store detect
ives. Had the singer been forced to go
to court her punishment In the conse-
quent notoriety would have been al
most as hard as that inflicted on the
shoplifter.-New York Sun.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-12-04
Gounod,s Opinions.

Music is the most beautiful art, but
1t is the most detestable profession
But is not that right2 That which be
longs most to heaven should fare worst
on earth.
The public moves much faster than
the individual, and therefore the indi-
vidual must place himself before bis
age if he desires not to be behind 1t.
Wagner has some idea of this sort. II
is a necessity which every true artist
must realize. Great men may be said
to be for every age save their own.
Small men are for their own and none
other.-"Reminiscen in Macmil-
lan's
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-12-04
Parsons Pun.

A writer in The Cornhill Magazine
credits the late Canon Bingham with
the following bit of wit:
He was driving one day with other
clergy to a clerical meeting, when the
conversation turned upon the meaning
of the two places they were nearing,
Wool and Wareham, in the county of
Dorset.
How do you account for the origin
of these names, Canon Bingham ask
ed one Of the party.
Don't you know this is a sheep coun-
ty," replied the canon, land at Wool
you wool the sheep and at Wareham
you Wearaem2"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-12-04
AN OLD MANS DARLING.
The hair is white that sweeps across
rreL

The hair Ii white that sweeps across
His deeply flirrowed brow;
The head that once was proudly poised
Droops forward feebly nowi
BE swings no jaunty cane, but leans
Upon heavy stick,
And as / watch him come and go
notice that the step is slow
Which once was light and quick.
Her hand is laid upon his arm,
And love lights up her face,
When he, with trembling gallantry,
Still helps her Ger the place
Where small obstruction chance to lie,
Assists her up the stair,
And, after fifty years have run
Their course, still looks on her as one
Who needs his aid and care.
A smile oft plays around her lips
When she accepts his aid,
For only loving, gentle hands
Has Time upon her laid;
Her eyes are bright, her step is light,
But he, with ancient pride,
Must guard her and assist her still
Must be her knight-as down the hill
He totters at her side.
IS. E. Kiser in Chicago Times-Herald
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-12-04

S at all times to attend to the comforts OF
your family. Should anyone of them
catch a slight cold or cough, call at once
on Wells 6 Son, Columbus; E. D. Prick
lit, Mount Holly; W. G. Jones, New Egypt
Edw. W. Rossell, Pemberton, and ]. H.
Leeds, Rancocas, sole agents, and get q
trial bottle of Otto Cure, the great Ger
man remedy, free. We give it away tc
prove that we have sure cure for coughs
colds, asthma, consumption, and all dis
eases of the throat and lungs. Large sizes
soc. and Csc.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-12-04
Tripped Up.

Mrs. Newrich-That Mrs. Hyart is a
stuck up thing. l know just as much
about music as she does. She needn't
get funny.
Mrs. Browne-Why, what has she
done?
Mrs. Newrich-Oh. she tried to trip
me up today-asked me If I'd ever
heard somebody's Songs Without
Words. philadelphia Press.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-12-04
Tie WHY Celestial.

why does Chi nan purchase bis
burial casket and make all the prelimi.
nary arrangements for his own tuner
alp asked the man who thirsts for in
formation.
Because" answered the man with
diplomatic experience, those people
know better than to trust one another
any further than Is absolutely neces.
sary. - Washington Star.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-12-04

Blobbs-W When he was little boy. he
was always singing 81 Want to Be an
Angel"
Slobbs-And he died young, sup
pose.
Blobbs-No; but he's had his wish
gratified He's backing transformers
Colossal Aggregation of International
Stars Philadelphi Record.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-12-04
n,..ay.,t.ue. of Tau Men.

Tall men, as a rule, have bodies out
of proportion to their lower limbs
that is, smaller than they ought to be-
with the natural result that they are
unable to bear fatigue or to compete in
the struggles of life with lesser men
more harmoniously proportioned. Ar
my experience bears cut these observa-
TENS In a long and fatiguing march
the tall men usually fall out first or
succumb to campaigning unless, as is
very rarely the case, they have well
knit and symmetrical frames. A sol
der between 8 feet inches and feet
or inches is usually the man most
capable Of bearing the strain of life.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-12-04
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
!: An ENPEROR'S NOSE.
By M. QUAD.
cOrrnIaHr, 1900, By Q. B. LEWIS.


.E@s-@.s9-s-8-ss-@
Two years before the outbreak Of the
Franco Prussian war and the downfall
of the last Napoleon an American
named James Birney landed In Paris
from New York. He was what might
be called a general utility man. He
had been a small merchant in Michi-
gan, bookkeeper in Ohio, a manufac-
turer In Indiana and an editor in Iowa.
He was a good natured, easy going
man, taking life as he found 1t and
making no kicks. If he got dollar
ahead, he would find some new excuse
to get rid of it; if he was behind the
game, his creditors would have to ex-
tend his account. Nobody called him
smart. but everybody said he had a
strong fund of humor and philosophy.
When a man in Cincinnati invented
a bullet proof vest, Mr.. Birney some
how got hold of the European agency
that is, he went to Paris at least to
bring the patent directly to the atten-
ton Of the French emperor, who was
always on the lookout for military nov
elites. The Americans cheek and per-
sistency secured him an audience after
weeks of red tape. He had insisted
that he would not deal with the minis
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-12-04

AS is well known, some metals are
unsuitable for casting. while others,
like iron, can readily be cast in any de-
sired shape. The property of casting
well is said to depend upon whether
the metal contracts or expands on So
lidifying from the liquid form. Iron,
like water, expands in solidifying, and
hence the solid metal may be seen
floating in the liquid iron about it. The
expansion causes it to fill the die into
which it is poured, and SO it can be
cast easily. Gold and silver contract
in cooling and therefore are not suita-
Bile for casting.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-12-04
Getting Acnuainted.

A Ravenswood man tells this story
about a friend of his whose business
takes him away from home frequently;
For the last month or so he has had
a respite, and his neighbors have no
ticed the unusual length of his visit to
his own house. One of them asked
him recently if he had got pretty well
acquainted with the members of his
family.
81 think l am making an impress
sion," he responded. "My little girl
went to her mother the other day and
said, That man who comes here some
times. spanked me today Chicago
News
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-12-04
al Iiternrx Career.

Friend-What is your son doing now?
Lady-He's writing for the papers.
Friend-Oh, be is doing literary work,
Is he?
Lady Well, suppose so. He solic-
it's subscribers. and when they pay him
the money be writes for the paper they
want Detroit Free Press.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-12-04
Bed BUGS and cock Roaches.

For destruction and complete radiance
of Cock Reaches, Beetles, Wood and
Water Bugs, Bed Bugs, Ants, Rats. Mice,
etc., Rough on Rats" though poison
GUS, if used with care is most effective
In fact il is the only thing that will per-
manently anpihilate Bed Bugs and Cock
Reaches. AS an exterminator of Rats
and Mice, Rough on Rats is the old
reliable that never fails or disappoints.
They don't die in the house. Is sold
all around the world Is used by all
civilized nations Of the earth. Is the
most extensively advertised, the best
known and has the largest sale of any
article of its kind on the face of the
globe. 1t gives satisfaction every time
Beware OF limitations. l employ no ped
dlers. Have suspicion of any dealer
offering substitutes said to be as good.
I5c and 25c.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-12-04
A morning rapper-the milkman.

I suffered from catarrh of the worst
kind and never hoped for cure, but Ely's
Cream Balm seems to do even that.-Os
car Ostrom, 45 Warren Ave, Chicago, Ill.
/ suffered from catarrh; it got so bad
could not work; used Ely's Cream Balm
and am entirely well.-A. G. Clarke, 341
Shawmut Ave, Boston, Mass.
The Balm does not irritate or cause
sneezing Sold by druggists at 80 cts. or
by Ely Brothers. 56 Warren ST., New
York.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-12-04
Baron Dillon 2.I2.

The great race horse, son of Baron
Wilkes; Cherry Croft 2.22A, son Of Nut
wood 2.I8, and Red Lake 2.IsA, are the
leading stations at Glen Moore Stock
Farm this year. Baron Dillon's fee is
$50, but anyone having a mare well bred
in trotting, or pacing lines. or with trot-
ting and running blood crosses, can
breed to the two latter horses free this
year. Mares kept by the year for SIS.
Before you breed, visit the farm or write
for descriptive circulars. E. S. WELLS,
Glen Moore, Mercer county, N. j., on
Phila. & R. Ry., nine miles north OF
Trenton,
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-12-04

After the convict has served out his
term In the Maine penitentiary and has
donned the suit of clothes given him
by the state he is required to sit for his
photograph. and it is kept for future