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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-04-10

When William Jennings Bryan hrst
went to Nebraska, he was hired to take
the stump against Thayer, who was
running for governor, and said some
hard things against the candidate.
"erhayer was elected" Bryan is quoted
as saying in the Chicago Times-Her-
aid. after he took the governors
chair he was called to be toastmaster
at a banquet at which was set down
for speech. did not care to go to
that banquet. l did not wish to meet
the governor. remembered all that
had said of him, and felt cheap. But
went and sat there through the early
proceedings quite uncomfortable.
'Finally 1t came time for the govern
or to call upon me. He rose from his
seat, with programme before him, and
slowly said, Mr. Bryan-Bryan.' Then
he slowly turned his eyes upon me and
addressed me, DO you speak or singY
''That is all l ever heard from Gov
ernor Thayer as to what he thought of
my campaign speeches against him."
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Fasting.


Personal experience is the best teach
er. l have tasted 48 hours at time
without the slightest discomfort, but
drank in that period many gallons of
water, of the plainest. most Croton
kind. once had acquaintance of a
pig that tasted 100 days. A dog can
fast two months without being much
the worse. Rabbits live three weeks
without food, while cold blooded ami
mails can go for years without eating.
The bear in a state of Information
passes into a kind Of trance, so we
shall not count him. The alligator like
wise ''dies" in the long months Of win
ter, craving no food. There Is a fish
called the father lasher that can live
a month out of water. That is fasting.
We have heard the tradition about the
toad that was sealed in rock for
5000 years and hoped about in lively
fashion when released from his arcbe-
onomous prison. A horse has been
known to fast for month.-Exchange.
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OF a Good Beginning

Earth's noblest thing, woman perfe
od
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-04-10
THE BABY's LITTLE JOKE.


1t Worried the Fat Man, but He Tried
to Enjoy 1t.
1t happened in one of the late trains.
Everybody was trying to get to sleep,
and when the voice of baby was sud-
denly lifted up in a robust wall it was
not met with expressions Of joy. 1t
cried steadily from Spring Garden
street to Columbia avenue. Then it
accidentally dropped pasteboard box
it had. A very stout and, like his kind,
very affable man across the aisle
stopped heavily and picked it up.
The child stopped crying as it took
1t and promptly dropped it again. The
man, thinking it an accident, picked
1t up once more. This time the baby
actually smiled, and as he threw it
down audibly cooed with delight. The
man looked distinctly uncomfortable
and became interested in something
outside the window. The child looked
at the box a moment, then at the man,
and, seeing nothing else, resumed his
wall, with much added wind. The
look of despair resettled on the face of
gave a convulsive shudder as she felt
her head beginning to jump.
She gave one awful glance at the
baby and then leaned over to the stout
man, back Of whom she was sitting.
my dear SIR" said she, II have yio-
lent headache, and l am In misery.
Won't you please pick up that box
again.? And with a highly artificial
smile he complied. Out of pure cour-
tesy he became a box lifting autom-
atom, his piles of adipose making each
stoop come harder. But when he wip-
ed the perspiration from his brow and
staggered out of the car at German
town he got grateful smile from the
afflicted woman. as well as every other
passenger, that he felt paid him.
PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER.
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DO NOT BAND TOGETHER.


There Are No Such Things ms
"Gangs" of Criminals.
"The gang idea as applied to GRIM
inals is a ridiculous blunder," said an
experienced detective. "There are no
such things except in story books.
There seems to be something about the
inner nature of confirmed crooks that
forbids them to band together. Honest
folks instinctively drift toward each
other and form societies and combina-
tons for self protection and mutual
interest, but criminals are exactly the
reverse.
'Safe burglars generally work In
parties of three, but that is because
three men are necessary to the average
.job'-two to manipulate the drill and
other tools and one to pipe or watch
the outside. Whenever it is possible
for a burglar to turn trick, as they
call it, single handed he is certain to
go alone. It is the same with all other
thieves.
"You read of gang Of pickpockets'
descending on some country fair. They
do their. work in pairs, SO in that case
it would simply mean that six or eight
of the crooked couples happened to
strike the place at the same time. The
detective novel theory is that criminals
are organized into great societies with
regular heads and cast iron laws and
bylaws, to violate which means sud
den and mysterious death.
"That Is all rubbish If such an or
ganization was formed, the police
would know it ten minutes after the
first meeting adjourned. One of the
things that keep thieves apart is their
horrible treachery. 1 have been de-
tective for over a quarter Of century,
and never knew a single crook who
would not betray any other crook
merely to curry favor with the officers
They are well aware Of that little pecul.
iarity themselves and dread one an
other good deal more than they dread
the authorities. New Orleans Times
| Democrat.
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The word Tin.

The word is old in the language, at
least of slang, meaning a gift or loan.
"Tip me your daddle" or 'tip us your
ripper" give me your hand), ''tip me a
hog" give me a shilling), "tip him a
wink" Tor a gleg')-these are all of
common parlance and have been so, at
any rate, since an earlier date than
1875, when some of them, as well as
some others, were recorded by Crosse
in his classical Dictionary of the Vul-
gar Tongue" DR.. johnson gives: ITO
tip-to give; a low cant term. Dry
den" A Tip" meant also "a draft, y
or, as we should now say, "a drink
also recorded by Crosse. This may very
probably have come from another
source. In the seventeenth century
Swift wrote:
When saw the keeper frown,
Tipping him with half crown,
How, said !, we are alone.
Notes and Queries.
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Ia Alaska Growing w.rmerf

Prospective visitors and gold seekers
In the Klondike region may extract
some comfort from the discovery, made
by the Hartman Alaska expedition,
that most of the glaciers which abound
in that territory are receding. The
fact is an indication that the average
weather there is growing warmer. If
it were growing colder the glaciers
would be advancing, while If it were
about the same one year with another
they would maintain the same general
position, neither creeping nearer to the
sea nor melting away from their termi-
nal moraines The rate of glacial re-
cession Is so slow, however. that fur
overcoats and warm sleeping bags are
likely to remain as a part of the neces-
sary equipment of Alaskan travel for
some years to come.-Leslie's Weekly.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-04-10
Many school Children are sick,y.

Thine own friend and thy fathers
friend forsake not.
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how Ju.tice Was tempered.

Tact in the management of your
Judge is a great thing. A certain well
known British treasury counsel was
driving over Blackfriars bridge one
day on his way to Surrey sessions. No
ticing Sir Peter Edlin trudging along
in the mud and rain, he instantly stop
ped his hanson and offered the judge
lift" 1t was accepted, and the pair
proceeded to Newington in great am
ity. Arriving, the learned counsel hur-
ried in, as he had an important appli-
cation to make on the sitting of the
court. To his horror and surprise, the
said application was CURLY refused.
He was dumfounded at the sudden
change in the demeanor Of the judge
until the usher in a husky whisper
said:
"Do you know what you've doneT'
mo! What Is it?"
"Why, you ran in and left the judge
to pay for your cab"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-04-10
origin of the Boat.

Only lately has the original boat beer
found in use and among the savages
Of the south sea islands. There the
natives take the stump of tree whose
roots offer good seat, and, launching
this primitive craft, they paddle around
as contentedly as If there was no sucf
thing as a European steamer, and, tt
tell the truth, they do not suspect Its
existence.
There can be no doubt whatever thai
in this stump boat we have the origina
method Of transportation by water
Accident certainly contributed to thif
discovery.
A tired swimming savage found log
floating near him. he grasped 1t ane
found that it held him above water
He mounted his log and used floating
branch to propel the log.
1t was but step from the log to the
more comfortable root Of a tree ant
anothes step from the branch propeller
to shaped paddle.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-04-10
A STORY or DAN RICE.
The Great Clown Did Not Forget thu
Tent Mans Bill.

The Great Clown Did Not Forget the
Tent MANS Bill.
One story Of Dan Rice, the veteran
circus clown, illustrates his strict sense
of honesty and gratitude for favors.
Once he was stranded in Cincinnati,
the story goes, and was unable to start
q show on the road because he had no
tent and could not raise money to buy
one. The tent Rice needed would be
worth $1,000, The manager Of tent
concern sent for the clown one morn
ing and, taking him to his factory,
showed big tent that was just finish
ed. Rice looked at 1t with hungry eyes.
He turned away, with a sigh.
"Fine tent, don't you thinkY asked
the canvas maker.
Rice looked back at it over his shout
der, with another deep sigh.
tits yours" said the tent man.
Rice was like a playful kitten in an
instant.
81 believe there is lot Of money in
you yet" said the canvas man. you
take that tent and start your show,
and if you ever get money enough to
pay me for it the price is $780,"
Within two weeks Rice was on the
road with show and began a success
full career. For Is years he never re-
ferred to the tent, although he often
met the man who made it. One after
noon he asked the tent man to be his
guest at one of his shows, then in Gin
cinnati The two sat looking on, and
Rice remarked.
''Fine show. don't you thinkw
The canvas man declared that it GER
tainly was.
"By the way" added Rice, here's
that $1,000 owe you" He took roll
of bills out of his pocket and handed 1t
to the tentmaker, who pocketed it with
out unrolling it. The old tent man low
ed to relate this story and always de-
clared that the great men of this coun-
try were P T. Barnum, John Robinson
and Dan Rice.-New York Mail and
Express.
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wander. of New Hampabire.

The average reader will be amazed
to learn that little New Hampshire
with less than 10000 square miles, has
no less than 400 lakes and ponds. 1854
brooks. So rivers and 294 mountains
This makes Iowa look small. Colora
do, big state. has $50 creeks. Texas
has comparatively few rivers, lakes
and creeks. Alabama has 663 creeks
and 81 rivers. Iowa cannot approach
that record Minnesota has 222 lakes
and 40 rivers.-New York Press.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-04-10
A High Priced Man.

General Weyler's brutality to the
country farmers of Cuba was the d.
rect cause of the desperate insurrectior
in Cuba which led to the Spanish war
That war cost the United States &c.,.
100000 The cost to Spain was 1885,
100000, exclusive of loss of territory
The cost to Cuba in the way of wreck
ed plantations and loss Of commerce
especially of her tobacco trade, ID
roughly estimated at f20000,0O0 more
So Weyler came distinctly high.-An
sWers.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-04-10
OLD POINT COMFORT, RICHMOND,
AND WASHINGTON.

OLD POINT COMFORT, RICHMOND
AND WASHINGTON.
Six-Day Tour via Pennsylvania Railroad
The next of the present series of person
ally conducted tours to Old Point Comfort
Richmond aud Washington via the Penn
sylvania Railroad will leave New York
and Philadelphia on Saturday, April Ia.
Tickets, including transportation, meals
en- route in both directions, transfers Of
passengers and baggage, hotel accommo-
dations 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; $50 100 from Tren-
ton. $3Io 90 from Philadelphia, and pro-
portionate rates from other stations.
OLD PoINr COMFORT ONLY
Tickets to Old Point Com fort only, in
clud ing luncheon on going trip, one and
three fourths days board at the Hygeia
Hotel, and good to return direct by reg
ular trains within six days. will be sold in
connection with this tour at rate of $500
from New York, $3.50 from Trenton;
SI2. so from Philadelphia and proportion
ate rates from other points.
For itineraries and full infor nation
apply to ticket agents; Tourist Agent, IL
o6 Broadway, New York, 4 Court street,
Brooklyn; 78o Broad street, Newark, N. j.
or George w. Boyd, Assistant General
Passenger Agent, Broad Street Station,
Philadelphia.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-04-10

81 simply had to do it." said Mr.
Erastus Pinkly in an apologize tone
II had to draw my razzer SOS to hol
up my character"
Ibid he SANDER you behind your
back 2"
mo, sub; twas to my face. He axed
me what business was In. an says
'Raisin chickens Den he looked al
me solemn an says, You doesn' mean
"raisin," you means ''liftin. Wash
ington Star.
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Harry wanted to give Lucy a birth
day present. but could not make up his
mind what it should be; SO the next
time he called he frankly told her the
difficulty under which he was laboring.
"Want to make me present, Har-
ryT' exclaimed Lucy In well counter.
feited establishment. why, Harry,
you forget yourselfw
Harry took the hint and offered him.
self on the spot.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-04-10

female troubles" A pain in the side, or
back, disagreeable drain, bearing down
sensation, headache, nervousness, weak
ness In the distinctly feminine organs, bad
complexion and loss of flesh are forerun-
ners of final collapse. DIR. Pierce's Fa-
vorite Prescription is a specific for weak
women. II cures. In a great ajority of
cases the patient can treat herself at home
and obnoxious local examinations can be
avoided. In few bad cases it is wise for
the sufferers to write to DR. r. " Pierce
himself, at Buffalo, N. Y, and he will give
full advice by mail FREE. He is consulted
daily by great numbers of women through
out the world, and his advice is founded
upon widespread experience. All CORE
spondence is treated by him as sac,edky
confidential. His "Favorite Prescription"
is non-alcoholic, and does not create crav-
ing for strong drink. 1t contains no opium
or other narcotic. 1t Is perfectly harmless
in any condition of the system. No medi-
cine is equal to 1t in any respect for dis
eases of women Therefore, accept no
substitute for this world famed remedy,
though it be urged upon you as being
just as good"
vpsi fs Mich writes: was troubled with
female weakness, and after taking three bottles
of DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription am free
from pains. had suffered for two years when
began taking your medicine. could not walk
across my room without suffering dreadful pains.
Now do all my homework and walk where I
please
Constipation and biliousness are radi-
cally cured by DR.. Pierce's Pleasant
Pellets. They don't gripe; they never fail.
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One day Bunsen satwith another shin
ing light of Heidelberg university
who, like him, had had the highest hon
ors bestowed upon him that could be
gained ia scientific career. Bunsen
was cool and taciturn, while his col
league never ceased to chatter Of his
financial losses suffered through the
great fall in Turkish bonds. Bunsen
remained silent while the other went
on to console himself in this wise:
II can get. certain amount of con-
ISOLATION for my bad investments out of
the fact that the great Helmholtz him
self invested pretty heavily in Turkish
bonds and has lost lot of money toe"
Then, at last, Bunsen broke the ST.
ience with the laconic words, 81 didn't
think Helmholtz was so big a fool. -
San Francisco Argonaut.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-04-10

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 6 Son, Columbus;
E. D. Prickitt, Mount Holly; W. G. Jones,
New Egypt; Edw. W. Rossell, Pemberton,
and Fl. H. Leeds, Rancocas, sole agents,
will furnish you free sample bottle Of
this guaranteed remedy2 It's success is
wonderful, as your druggist will tell you.
Sample free. Large bottles SOC and Csc.
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Cometh good end. When you take
Hoods Sarsaparilla to purify your blood
you are making good beginning, and
the good end will be health and happiness.
This medicine cures all humors of the
blood, creates good appetite, overcomes
that tired feeling and imparts vigor and
vitality to the whole system. It is Amer
ica's Greatest Blood Medicine.
Biliousness is cured by Hood s Pills. 25c.
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More strict Than west pointer.

MOFe StEact IMHM WeBt KuAMteFB'
1t is commonly stated by army Off
GERS that men appointed from the
ranks are the strictest disciplinarians
in the service and more harsh in deal
ing with the privates than West Point.
ers. Probably they may recall their
own experience and regard harsh con-
duct as necessary to compel respect
Washington Times.
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Harry" exclaimed the little boys
mother, of you don't stop pulling that
cats tail will pull your hair and give
you a chance to see how you like II
yourself"
Harry ceased for moment and then
said:
ma, please give me quarter"
"What for?''
81 want to get my hair cut. Chica.
go Times Herald.
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Their Little Wesknesses.

"Nations and women are good deal
alike"
'Ip what wayT
"Well, when one woman gets new
hat her neighbor wants to go right
away and get better one, and when
Dne nation builds a new warship all
the others start right out to get bigger
ones."-Chicago Times-H erald.
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Gala cou,forf.

Mr.. Penn-Sir William Thompson
says that the end of the world will not
be brought about by fire, but by frost
and that the finality will come in TO-
100000 years.
Nj Pitt-If there is any comfort in
that, 1t is cold comfort.-Pittsburg
Chronicle-Telegraph.
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Maria, did you read about that Phil
adelphia woman who was cured Of hel
mental troubles by fasting 45 days3
believe such treatment would cure
that unhappy temper of yours"
Eyes, 1t would make an angel Of me
Is that what you would Ike, John Bill
ius r. Exchange,
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Books are like guide boards.
Indigestion

brings on distress after eating with heaviness
and Readiness of the stomach, sick headache.
weary and tired feeling that is not relieved
by rest, unhealthy eruptions on the skin, con.
stipatiOn, loss of appetite, pains in the sides
and back. etc. These are but few OF the symp.
toms of indigestion and dyspepsia. TO null
tttudes who thus suffer MOTHER SEIGEL's CUR
ALIVE SYRUP has proved a help and blessing.
Price Sec and SOC bottle. 1t will cost you
nothing to try it. Sam pie tree. Address a. j.
White, No. 1877, 1853 Duane St.. New York.
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More counterfeits of love than of money


Ask your grocer to-day to show you a pack
age of GRAIN-O, the new food drink that
takes the place of coffee. The children may
drink it without injury as well as the adult
All who try it, like it. GRAIN-O has that rich
seal brown OF Mocha or Java, but 1t is made
from pure grains, and the most delicate
stomach receives it without distress. IL the
price of coffee. is cents and % cents per pack.
age. SOLD bV all grOcers
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Grit and grace win the race.
Does Coffee Agree with You.

Does CO1feo Agree With You"
If not, drink Grain-O-made from pure
grains. lady writes: 1.-THE first time made
Grain o did not like it but after using it for
one week nothing would induce me to go
back to coffeen The children can drink it
freely with great benefit Get package to-
day from your grocer. follow the directions
and you will have a delicious and healthfu
table beverage tor old and young. 15c. ana 25c.
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Twins are a dangerous experiment.
The Homeliest MANN Mount Holly.


AS we'll as the handsomest, and others are in
vited to call on any druggist and get tree a
trial bottle OF Kemp's Baisam for the Throat
and Lungs,a remedy that is guaranteed TO cure
and relieve all Chronic and Acute Coughs
Asthma, Bronchitis and Consumption. Price
25c. and Soc.
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Peac. Laxtnr waman,

Ibid you pay the grocer and butcher.
AmeIia?'
'No; there wasn't enough to pay both
Of them. To pay only one would make
trouble, so ! just took the money and
spent 1t down town." = indianapolis
Journal
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When a husband gets up to give his
wife chair. she fairly beams at tho
thought that other women now see
that he idolizes her and would be VIII
ing to die for her.--Atchison Globe.
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The grand specific for the prevailing
malady of the age, Dyspepsia, Liver Com
plant, Rheumatism, Costiveness, General
Debility, ETC., is Bacon's Celery King for
the Nerves. This great herbal tonic slim
ulates the digestive organs, regulates the
Liver and restores the system to vigorous
health and energies. Sample free. Large
packages SOC and Csc. Sold only by Wells
& Son, Columbus; E. D. Prickitt Mount
Holly; W. G. Jones, New Egypt; Edw W.
Rossell. Pemberton, and H. Fl. Leeds,
Rancocas.
Eortb,s noblest +b;nc q woman narfect.
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"Where Is my folding pipe2"
II don't know, James, but the fold
Ing matches are on the folding maDtel.
piece. &C Chicago Record.
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Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children,
used by Mother Gray, nurse in Children's
Home, New York, Break up Colds in "a hours
cure Feverishness, Headache, Stomach
Troubles, Teething Disorders, and Destroy
Worms. At all druggists, 15c. sample mailed
free. Address, Allen S, Olmsted, Leroy, N. Y.
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It is said that dried currants given to
horses occasionally In lieu Of oats win
increase the animals powers Of en-
durance.