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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-01-30
The Legend of a Bell.


The largest hanging bell in the world
is in Buddhist monastery near Can
ton. 1t is IS feet high and As feet in
circumference and is of solid bronze
Canton has pretty little fable CON
nected with 1t. The story is told by
Mrs. ]. P. Newman in one of hel
sketches of travel The life of the
founder of the greatest bell of China
had been threatened by the emperor
because Of his unsuccessful attempts
to make a bell having perfect purity
of tone. The bell founders beautiful
daughter, witnessing her fathers
agony while imploring the emperor for
one more trial, consulted the gods as
to the reason for failure. Being told
that should the blood of a fair maiden
mingle with the bell metal the result
would be secured, she. waiting beside
her father until able to see her face in
the molten ore. plunged in and was de-
stroyed. To the sacrifice of this maiden
the Chinese attribute the beauty and
sweetness of the tone of the great bell
of Ia Cung- tz.-New York Times.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-01-30

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 g Son, Columbus;
E, D. Prickitt, Mount Holly; W. c. Jones,
New Egypt; Edw. W. Rossell, Pemberton,
and 81. Fl. Leeds, Rancocas, sole agents,
will furnish you free sample bottle of
this guaranteed remedy2 Its success is
wonderful, as your druggist will tell you.
Sample free. Large bottles SOC and 25c.
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He Had Been Noticins,

Thought He Had Been Noticing.
Willie Washington was trying to be
conversational, but the young woman
wore glasses and looked severe, and
her mother surveyed the scene with al
expression of austere liberation. VII
lie ought to have known better than te
call on Monday, wash day. anyhow.
"Have you read any books lately 2
asked Willie, with the inane grin which
he uses in society.
eyes," answered the girl.
"Been some pretty good ones writer
lately, don't you thinkY"
81 haven't read any recent novels
she answered.
"You ought to read some"
81 find ample entertainment in tbs
classics" was the rejoinder, while hel
mother looked on with an approving
smile.
'Oh, yes; Shakespeare, suppose
He's good old classic"
81 read Shakespeare OCCASIONAL!
when read English. | also read Cor
nellie and Molieres and Goethe ant
Schiller, but only for diversion. Philo
sophie studies are my especial occupa
ton at present"
"By lover exclaimed Willie admir-
ingly. you're getting to be a regula
Questioning. aren't your
"a whatr' repeated the young wo
mans mother grimly as she rose t
her feet.
"Why, a bluestocking, you know
that isl
mo explanations are necessary
Amelia, am going to tell the servan
| to take in the clothesline at once
J Hereafter neither of US will be at hom'
! to Mr.. Washington. Washington Star
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-01-30

A childless home is a cherries home
The maternal instinct exists in every wo
man and when it is unqualified she is de
prived of much of the happiness of life
1t oftens happens that childlessness IS du,
to some cause which can be removed, ant
often is removed by the use of Dr. PIERCE
Favorite Prescription. The vigor ant
vitality which this remedy imparts to tn,
delicate womanly organs, puts them in
condition of normal health, the lack O
which is often the sole obstruction to ma
ternity. Every woman should read DR.
Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser
a book containing 1908 pages and 7Ot
Illustrations. 1t is sent entirely free Oh
receipt of stamps to pay expense of mail
ing only. Send 81 one-cent stamps fol
the paper bound volume, or 81 for clotf
covered. Address DR.. r. v. Pierce, 66s
Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.
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OLD POINT COMFORT. RICHMOND,
AND WASHINGTON.
siz-pay Tour via Pennsxlvania Raalroad

six-Day Tour via Pennsylvania Railroad.
The first of the present series of person
ally conducted tours to Old Point Comfort,
Richmond, and Washington via the Penn
sy1vania Railroad will leave New York
and Philadelphia on Saturday, February 8.
Tickets, including transportation. meals
en- route in both directions, transfers OF
passengers and baggage, hotel accommoda-
tions at Old Point Comfort, Richmond,
and Washington, and carriage ride about
Richmond-in fact every necessary ex-
pense for a period of six days will be
sold at rate of $500 from New York,
Brooklyn, and Newark; $32. so from Tren-
ton; $500 from Philadelphia. and proper
tionate rates from other stations
OLD POINT COMFORT ONLY.
Tickets to Old Point Comfort only, in
ending luncheon on going trip. one and
three-fourths days board at that place, and
good to return direct by regular trains
within six days, will be sold in connection
with this tour at rate of $500 from New
York: $3.50 from Trenton; $I2 so from
Philadelphia, and proportionate rates
from other points.
For itineraries and full information
apply to ticket agents; Tourist Agent, IIo6
Broadway, New York; a Court street,
Brooklyn; 7So Broad street, Newark, N. ].
or George w. Boyd, Assistant General
Passenger Agent, Broad Street Station.
Philadelphia.
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MEXICO AND oAL1roRN1A.
Forty-Six Days. Tour via pennsylvania
1la

Forty-Six Days. Tour via Pennsylvania
Railroad.
The Pennsylvania Railroad personally
conducted tour to Mexico and California
which leaves New York and Philadelphia
on February IL (Pittsburg February Is,
by special pullman train, covers a large
and int nsely interesting portion of North
America. Mexico. California and Colo
RADIO are mighty trio in all that appeal:
to and fascinates the tourist.
Stops will be made at San Antonio, Tam
pico Guanajuata Guadalajara, Queretaro
City of Mexico five days., Cuernavaca,
Aguascalientes, Los Angeles, San Diego
Riverside, Pasadena, Santa Barbara, Saf
Jose Mt. Hamilton), Del Monte, Sar
Francisco five days., Salt Lake City, Col
orado Springs, Denver, Chicago, ant
other points of interest. Fourteen day
will be spent in Mexico, and nineteen il
California.
The Mexico and California Special,
an Exclusively Pullman train of Parlor
Smoking, Dining, Drawing-room Sleep
ing, and Observation cars, will be us4G
over the entire route.
Round-trip rate, including all necessary
expenses during entire trip, $3.50 from al
points on the Pennsylvania Railroad sys
tenn east of Pittsburg; $545 from Pittsburg
For itinerary and full information appI
to ticket agents; Tourist Agent, II9
Broadway, New York; q Court Street
Brooklyn; 78e Broad Street, Newark, N
IL; B. Courlaender, Jr., Passenger Agen
Baltimore District, Baltimore, M. D.
Colin Studs Passenger Agent Southeast
ern district, Washington, D. c.; Thoma
E. Watt Passenger agent, Western dis
trict, Pittsburg, Pa; or address Geo. w
Boyd, Assistant General Passenger Agent
Broad Street station. Philadelphia.
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THE QUEER cRUsTACEAN.
interesting Characteristics of Lob
STEERS and Turtles.

:
STEERS and Turtles.
HOLSTERS, when young and frivolous,
change their shells several times a
year, but as they grow older and. pre-
sumably, more sedate they are content
with q new suit every summer. The
lobster is his own tailor, and persons
who have watched the process say
that the difficulty seems to lie In get
ting rid of the old garb and not in fit
ting the new. First he Is attacked by
series of commissions lasting for sew
eral days. During these faint line
Of breakage appears down the middle
of the back, which gradually grows
broader with every spasm. The head
piece ia the first to break entirely, and
suddenly a violent effort enables the
lobster to withdraw his head, leaving
the larger part of his eyes in the shell.
After a rest of a few hours the strug-
gle begins again, and the shoulders, OF
large claws, emerge, with effort SO ex.
hausting that nearly a day is required
for recuperation.
During this time he presents a curl
GUS spectacle, with head and body com
pletely out Of the shell and only the
tail inelosed. Then the convulsive
movements are resumed, and shell by
shell the tail covering is loosened, un
til, with violent struggles, the tail is
free, and the lobster, looking as If he
had been boiled, lies down for sleeI
~ fxuo mr. fh1ao DAVIS
The new suit grows with great
rapidity and fits in perfect tailor made
style, literally nodded to the form.
Like the crab, which is most esteem
ed when soft shelled," that is, at pre-
cisely this period, which is similar IL
both, the lobster is regarded by cpl
cures as especially delicious when thus
denuded of his shell covering, but as
he hides carefully among the rocks he
is seldom procurable.-New York Trib
me
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-01-30

.sThe late John Mccullough. the ira
gedian. was a great friend of mine, -
said Comedian Crane. land when In
this city used always to live at
the Gilsey House One day went
there to call on him and, he being
out. left my card. upon which. I'M
derneath my name. by way OF a
joke. / wrote in large letters the
word Actor The next day | was
passing Mccullough on the street. when
he stopped me with Say, Billy. what
do you mean by leaving card in my
box with such an Internal lie as that
written on itY
81 got even with him. however. later.
Mccullough was inordinately fond of
the game of seven up. and one evening
l had the satisfaction of beating him
nine straight games. Bright and early
the following morning again left my
card for him at his hotel, this time writ
ing below my name Seven up player
When saw Mccullough later. in the
day, jollied him with That wasn't
any lie put on my card this morning.
was 1t, JohnY And he evidently saw the
point, for he didn't reply to my ques-
New York Tribune.
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the Best at the Bottom.

Speaking of poison murders, a native
Of Maine told Of peculiar crime thai
occurred in his state. This was the
case of a man who had tired of his
wife, and in order to rid himself of hel
in the shortest and most expeditions
manner possible he determined upor
her death. Divorce, while feasible
method, appealed not to his frugai
mind. since it involved large initia
tory expense from counsel fees and 9
continuous one from alimony.
So on murder he resolved. arsenic as
the agent to effect it. and the method
through which to introduce the poison
into the stomach of his victim with
out arousing her suspicious the usually
innocuous and popular lemonade.
At the trial it was proved that he
carried through his plans with skill
and finesse, but after the deadly lem
onade had been drunk by his too trust
ing spouse. noticing that some Of the
precipitate remained in the bottom OF
the glass, he stirred it well up and
again handed 1t to his victim with q
loving smile, at the same time remark
ing, "But the best's at the bottom, my
dear"
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FLORIDA.
Two Weeks Tour via Pennsylvania Rail

Two Weeks Tour via Pennsylvania Rail-
The first Pennsylvania Railroad tour OF
the season to Jacksonville, allowing two
weeks in Florida, will leave New York
and Philadelphia February g.
Excursion tickets, including railway trans
portation, Pullman accommodations Zone
berth), and meals en- route in both direct
ions while travelling on the special train,
will be sold at the following rates: New
York, 5000; Philadelphia, Harrisburg,
Baltimore and Washington, $500; Pitts
burg, $500 and at proportionate rates
from other points.
For tickets. itineraries, ard other in
formation apply to ticket agents, Tourist
Agent at 1I96 Broadu ay, New York; 4
Court Street, Brooklyn; 7So Broad street,
Newark, N. j.; B. Courlaender, Jr., Pass
enger Agent Baltimore District, Baltimore
Md; Colin Studs, Passenger Agent
Southeastern District, Washington, D. c.,
Thos. E. Watt, Passenger Agent Western
District, Pittsburg, Pa. or to Geo. w.
Boyd, Assistant General Passenger Agent,
Broad Street Station, Philadelphia.
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The Road to succesu.

There is mistaken notion that sue
cess in life is achieved only by hard eff
fort An Education" Is not necessary
to become successful In life, beyond
thorough familiarity with the rudi-
ments. An education comes to an in
dustrious man as naturally as age.
Ability to deliver orations is not neces-
sary. Industry and honesty. which are
easier than idleness and dishonesty, will
achieve success for any man of ordi-
nary ability. Success is easier than
failure Success seldom comes at once;
it is a matter of years of good conduct
and intelligent work.-Atchison Globe.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-01-30
THE Ro.ton now Direction.

Emerson" said Mrs. Beaconstreet,
"how did you comport yourself in the
thoroughfare this morning with your
new neighbors7"
81 fear, ma mere" replied Emerson.
"that our actions were scarcely such as
would much intensity our intellects.
You see, he knows nothing Of Auguste
Comte, his parents have forbidden him
voltaire, he dislikes Mr.. Shakespeare,
and his familiarity with chemistry and
astronomy is superficial to a weary
ing degree. So we made mud pies."-
Boston Courier.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-01-30
Extraordinary Carvings.

Some very extraordinary carvings
are to be found at Thomboo, on the
Irawaddy, where they are cut out of
the face of a high cliff rising directly
from the river bank and are of great
size. They consist of a succession of
rudely formed inches, In appearance
something like the catacombs of Rome,
and these are full Of large and small
images of Buddha, who is represented
in several positions On the summit
Of the cliff is pagoda of great sanctity.
which is visited every year by large
numbers Of pilgrims.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-01-30
A Fire In Japan.

A fire in Japan is exciting. The Jap
anese seem to lose their heads com
pletely in the presence of the fire de
mon. The people move from the houses
where the fire breaks out into the next
then to another, and SO on, until the
fire is over, the united families moving
from house to house with great non
chalance. A man dancing on his ROOF
with a paper fire god is supposed to
avert the danger, and no man is more
surprised than he when, In spite Of the
fire god, the house ignites, and In q
moment roof and man fall together
In three days the houses are rebuilt
and all traces of fire removed.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-01-30
No Excuse For Chimney..

Notwithstanding that we have long
since ceased to hoist coal to lofty apart
ments, having abandoned forever the
old fashioned fireplace with its SCOT
and cinders, the said fireplace is still
with US in every new house that is
built. Its open throat leads the same
old draft up the chimney, and the same
old result follows-colds and cold feet.
There is no excuse for a chimney or a
fireplace in a modern house heated
from the cellar. The gas log Is a null
sance and sham.-New York Press.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-01-30
OLD MEXICO.
Twenty-three Days Tour via Pennsylvania
Railroad.

TWenty-three Days Tour VIA Rennsylvan1a
Railroad.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
has arranged for special personally-con-
Quoted tour through Old Mexico by spec
ial Pullman train of parlor- smoking, dining,
sleeping, compartment, and observation
cars, to leave New York and Philadelphia,
February II, visiting all the principal
points of interest in the Land of Monte
yuma" and spending FIVE days in the City
of Mexico.
Round-trip tickets, covering all neces-
sary expenses, $500 from all points on the
Pennsylvania Railroad.
For further information apply to ticket
agents Tourist Agent, IIo6 Broadway.
New York a Court Street, Brooklyn 78e
Broad Street, Newark, N j.; B. Courlaen
der, Jr., Passenger Agent, Baltimore Dis
trict, Baltimore, Md; Colin Studs. Pas
senger Agent, Southeastern District,
Washington, D. c.; Thos E. Watt, Pas
senger Agent, Western District, Pittsburg,
Pa; or address Geo. W. Boyd, Assistant
General Passenger Agent, Philadelphia.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-01-30

Here is a story which Baron Dowse,
the celebrated Irish, judge, once told
in that exaggerated '.brogue" which he
loved to employ:
II was down in Cork holding assizes.
On the first day, when the jury came
in, the officer of the court said, sGintle-
men av the jury. yen take yer accus-
toned places, If We Place And may 1
never laugh" said the baron, III they
didn't all walk into the dock"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-01-30
she Smoked For PROFIT.

A fascinating woman entered the
smoking compartment Of train jour
neying from Vienna to Prague and ex-
cused her presence to the two CONNER
cial travellers she found there by say
ing that she was devotee of the weed.
She offered her fellow travellers ciga-
rettes, which threw them into deep
slumber. When they recovered from
the effects of the opium mixed with
the tobacco. they found that their pock-
etbooks, containing $1,000, were miss
ing. as well as their watches and other
Yaiuables.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-01-30

You are charged, young man." the
magistrate said. not unkindly, with
soaring the complaining witness near
Iy out of his senses by putting him
through some mock ceremony of mi
tiation. can make allowance for ex-
uberance of spirits among college stu
dents, but sometimes this exuberance
is carried too far"
ut was this way, your honor" ex-
claimed the youth who appeared to be
the spokesman-"we were out for a
little lark. and we caught jay"
1.-THE fine will be 50 and costs each,' -
said his honor, his face hardening
Chicago Tribune.
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Hoyv shrapneI Operate..

Shrapnel shell is beautiful and in,
genious missile. 1t consists of hol.
low, elongated shell. with bursting
charge of powder at the base and filled
with from 200 to 900 half inch bullets,
according to the size of the gun. 1t Is
fitted with time fuse, which is set
to fire the bursting charge at given
number of seconds after the shell has
left the gun. The bursting charge in
turn blows the head off the shell and
sends forward the 200 to 600 bullets,
which continue their course in conicaI
shower on to the ground
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-01-30
An EXCLUSIVE Book.

The "Almanach de Gotha" Is the most
exclusive book of its kind, and perhaps
of any kind in the world, and to gel
ones name in its pages Implies that
one is either an exalted parsonage OF
something very much like It, And OF
those whose names appear very few
are able to boast Of having portrait
between its select and scarlet covers
London Letter.
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why He Hurried.

young man." said the old gentle
man. my daughter Ia too young to
marry. A girl of her age cannot be
sure Of her own mind in a matter Of
such Importance"
II fully realize that" replied the
young man, who had just secured the
fair ones consent. That's why !
don't want to wait."-Chicago Post
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-01-30

Words are but leaves 1t is not what
we say, but what Hoods Sarsaparilla
does that tells the story. The many won.
derful cures effected by this medicine are
the fruits by which it should be judged
These prove it to be the great, unequalled
remedy for dyspepsia, rheumatism,
scrofula, salt rheum, catarrh, and al
other ailments due to impure or impover
ished blood
Hoods Pills are non-irritating, mild
effective.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-01-30

AS one drives through the country
towns all over Maine one can hardly
fall to notice the frequent old red barn
and oftentimes a whole set Of farm
buildings painted this conspicuous col
or. Query was made as to the reason
therefor. 1t seems red paint is cheap
est, far cheaper than white lead paint
and SO far as serviceableness goes lasts
as long and sheds the rain as well.
Long may the little red farmhouse
brighten our New England landscapes.
Bangor Wing and Courier.
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where II Wa. Needed.

McSwitters-No don't want the en-
cyclopedia.
Agent-Do you know any one around
here who might?
McSwitters-The man next door. He's
one of those fellows who know it ALL
Syracuse Herald.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-01-30

Don't give them tea or coffee. Have you
tried the new food drink called GRAIN-O
1t is delicious and nourishing and takes the
place OF coffee. The more Grain-O you give
the children the more health you distribute
through their systems. Grain-O is made o.
pure grains, and when property prepared
tastes like the choice grades of coffee but
costs about u as much. All grocers sell it.
I5c and Csc.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-01-30

was afflicted with catarrh; could mel
Their taste nor smell and could hear but
little. Ely's Cream Balm cured it. Mar
Gus G.. Shauts, Railway, N. +.
The Balm reached me safely and til,
effect is surprising. Ny son says tn,
first application gave decided relief Re
specially, Mrs. Franklin Freeman, Do
yer, N. II.
The Balm does not irritate or caus
saeezing. Sold by druggists at so cts
or mailed by Ely Brothers, So Warren St.
New York.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-01-30

Clean blood means a clean skin. No
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar-
tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all inn
Danish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads,
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets,-beauty for ten cents. All drug
gists, satisfaction guaranteed, l0c, Csc, SOC.
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In all contentious between wit and
violence. prudence and rudeness. learn
ing and the sword, the strong hand
took It first, and the strong head pos
sessed 1t last.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-01-30

To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag.
netic. full of life, nerve and vigor, take No-To-
BAG, the wonder-worlSer, that makes weak men
strong. All druggists, SOC or 81. Cure guaran-
teed Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or New York
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Not a Violent Case.

Mrs. Peck-Henry. what would you
do If were to die suddenly?
Henry-Pray, don't talk of such a
thing. think 1t would almost drive
me crazy.
Mrs Peck-Do you think you would
marry again?
Henry-Oh. mol don't think |
would be as crazy as that-Chicago
News.
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Athos, small tngxn on the coast of
Macedonia, may not inaptly be termed
1.-THE Bachelors Paradise" as no wom-
an is to be seen anywhere In the place.
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alcoh, u was first distilled by the Ara
bians. and when we talk about coffee
and alcohol we are using Arabic words.