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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-11-13

that / fad my good p'ints as well as
my bad. want you TO remember that
used a clothes biler with seven holes
In the bottom fur nine years without
mendln and that | hain't had new
corset fur 'leven years. Our teakettle
is over 8 years old. and I've made one
set of cups and sassers last us since
we was married That's all Samuel.
and now I'll go in and die. and You kin
be lookin around fur your second
wifey
She rose up with sob and retreated
into the house. but Mr. Gallup knew
nothing Of it. He hung the sickle on
a nail near the door. put the whetstone
and lacks on shelf In the wood shed.
and then walked down the path and
closed the henhouse door and cast a
look into the pig pen. When he re
turned to the house. Mrs. Gallup was
looking at her bowl of emptyings under
the stove and humming the air of II
Want to Be an Angel" She had had
her lamentation and got over It, and 1t
would be three or four days before she
would break out again. NJ. QUAD.
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A Cjeyer DIind man.

The New Orleans Times-Democrat
tells of a blind man in a southern city
who goes to the postotfice every day
carrying a small. light riding whip,
which he holds slightly inclined to the
front. with the tip just touching the
pavement His sense of touch has be-
come so delicate that the whip is al
most an artificial eye When the point
encounters anything. he makes few
swift passes over the surface and gen
orally determines the exact character
of the obstacle. 1t is done SO quickly
and deftly as to attract no attention,
and few passers have the least suspi-
cion of the old mans infirmity. When
he reaches the postoffice. he turns I'M
hesitatingly, mounts the middle stairs,
walks over to the lock boxes and with
out any feeling around thrusts key
into the right aperture.
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coI,a5s+ Crs1ge 56e sion.

England is said to be the freest coun-
try in the world but its freedom does
not extend to the alteration of a public
house sign by licensed victualer.
This was proved at the South Hants
Brewster court, where a brewer asked
leave to alter the name of an inn from
The Duke of York to The Panther.
Admiral Field, NJ. p, who acted as
chairman, asked the reason of the pro-
posed transformation, and was inform
ed that the applicant owned another
Duke of York, some distance off, fact
which was liable to cause confusion in
business. The admiral, however, con-
sidered it discourteous to the brave
old Duke of York to put panther In
his place. Eventually the application
was refused.
A similar fate attended the request
to change the name of house from
The Royal Oak to The Radstock, Adj
miral Field urging that Lord Rad
stock, as an eminent philanthropist
and Christian man, might justifiably
object to his name being thus taken in
vain, and the justices, perhaps out Of
regard for French susceptibilities, also
rejected an application to change the
sign of The Alma tavern to that Of
The Fashoda.-London Telegraph.
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The Rats They Eat.

1.-THE current impression that China
men eat rats-I mean ordinary Ameri-
can rats-is all nonsense" said DR..
James ]. Mason, well known Chi
nese missionary, chatting about his ex-
periences In the Flowery Kingdom.
1.-THE truth in regard to it is this:
There is small animal in China
known colloquially as the tsui-chow.
that Is often bred especially for food.
1t infests the ricefields. and is about
the size of an ordinary rat, but has a
longer body and head shaped some
thing like that of ferret 1t is very
prolific creature and is sold in enor-
nous numbers In all the markets of the
great cities-neatly cleaned and skew
cred apart and strung In punches Of
20 or 80 on bamboo reeds.
1.-THE tsui-chow is strictly an edible
animal, and, feeding entirely on rice, it
naturally has very delicate and savory
flesh. have eaten them, and if | had
been able to get the rat idea out of my
mind would have relished the dish
They taste something like young SPUR
rels, and alive or dead are certainly
much less repulsive than many things
We commonly esteem as delicacies-
cells and frogs, for example"
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A NIGHT OF SOBBING.
MRS. GALLUP LAMENTs THAT HER
TIME ON EARTH IS SHORT.

She Heard the Summons to Get Ready
to BE an Angel and Had Little
Talk With Mr.. Gallup About Whom
He should Select For His Second
Wife.
copyright, 1900, by c. B. Lewis.1
After supper Mr.. Gallup had gone
over to the store for milestone and a
paper of carpet lacks, and as he went
Mrs. Gallup was washing up the dishes
and singing 1.-THE Home Over There"
with great feeling He returned In
half an hour, and as he reached the
kitchen door the sound of sobbing met
his ears. He looked In to find Mrs.
Gallup weaving back and forth on a
chair with her check apron at her eyes.
Something had happened. He didn't
inquire what it was, but turned about
and sat on the doorstep and In an alb
sent way began sharpening a sickle
with the stone he had bought 1t was
five minutes before Mrs. Gallup volun-
teered an explanation. When she saw
that he had neither anxiety nor sym
pathy, she hitched her. chair into the
doorway, used a fresh spot on the
apron to wipe her eyes and finally said:
Samuel, when you've got that sickle
sharpened you might go over to Mrs.
Bebee's and tell her that / shall be q
dead woman before tomorrer. You
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WHEN MEN MSS SUCCESS.
Idleness and Incompetency Keep the
Business Novice Down.

Id1eness and IncOmpetency Keep the
Business Novice Down.
Walter =. Phillips, the founder Of the
national newspaper corporation known
as the United Press, and the inventor
Of Phillips telegraphic code, a typical.
energetic American, who has put many
young men in the news gathering busi-
ness, believes that the cause of failure
everywhere among young business be-
ginners lies in incompetence.
Nine-tenths of the young men who
are struggling for name and place in
the world are united for the callings
they have picked outfor themselves. Be
sides an unlimited supply of energy
and whole heartedness in the work be-
fore him, the successful man of the
future must know his business from
A to D.
The next great drawback to success
is idleness. Nothing worth while is
accomplished without work. and plenty
of it. Things do not happen without
a cause, and behind every great life
there are years Of concentrated energy
and tireless industry. Idleness will
make any man a failure; intelligent
work will land any man among the
successful. 1t is all so simple and SO
trite that one hesitates to put the fact
down in cold blood, and yet how few
men recognize, or, recognizing, live up
to the axiom that labor conquers all
things.
Idleness and the consciousness of In
competency should make any man
ashamed of himself and drive him to
do something that is worth the doing.
1t is within the grasp Of every one to
learn some one thing that will yield
both pleasure and profit. Success
comes only to those who seek it.
The young man who is really in
earnest will not have to be advised
how to succeed. He may learn much
by studying the failures Of others, how
ever, and he will always find, after a
survey of the great legion Of the I'M
successful, that two causes have
brought them to their present misery
-idleness and incompetency-Saturday
Evening Post.
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A Maintain of su1nhur.

The Soufriere, or sulphurous noun
tain, is considered to be the greatest
natural curiosity of st. Lucia. and. in
fact. of the West midas. 1t is situated
about half an hours ride from the
town Of Soufriere. to which 1t has
given its name. and nearly two miles
to the east of the Pitons, and is at the
foot of two small hills, both of which
are quite bare of vegetation on the
sides facing the crater 1t covers
space Of about three acres, and is crust
ed over with sulphur and alum. There
are several caldrons in a perpetual
state of ebullition. The water is quite
black in the larger ones. but In the
smaller ones 1t Is quite clear. Visitors
never fail to boil some eggs In one of
the smaller caldrons. obtaining them
from one of the creole guides, who
keeps supply on hand for that pur-
Dose.
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Was it night when Eve came?

To accommodate those who are partial
to the use of atomizers in applying liquids
into the nasal passages for catarrhal trou-
bles, the proprietors prepare Ely's Liquid
Cream Balm. Price including the spray
ing tube is rs cents. Druggists or by
mail, The liquid emb dies the medicinal
properties of the solid preparation.
Cream Balm is quickly absorbed by the
membrane and does not dry up the
secretions, but changes them to natural
and healthy character. Ely Brothers, So
Warren ST., N. Y.
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WHY HE LIKES MUSIC.
A Physician Whose Reputation as
Critic Was Blasted.

A Physician Whose Reputation as a
Critic Was Blasted.
There's physician in Baltimore who
adores music His taste. to be sure.
runs rather to "Old Black joe" ''Su-
wannee River" and such classics. but
still any sort Of music will do. and he
listens to it all ecstatically and with a
properly intelligent look on his face.
1t was therefore believed that he had
fine taste for harmony. and his repu-
tation as a critic was established and
grew apace as regulations will. good OF
bad.
The other evening as his daughter
approached the house in which this
physician lived she heard the strains
of "Home, Sweet Home" proceeding
from the library.
Fathers at 1t again" she said to
herself softly. II wonder who he has
coerced into playing for him now?'
A glance disclosed the fact that be
had bribed three street musicians. two
violinists and harpist into giving
him a private recital They finished
the air just as the young woman enter
ed. and the physician, turned to her
with a beaming face. THAT Nearer,
MY God. to Me- is beautiful thing.
isn't itY' he asked.
1t was the first time he had commit
ted himself on the subject of tunes,
and his glory began to diminish from
that moment. for his daughter told the
incident as what she considered an ex-
cellent joke.
Now the worthy man says that be
likes music solely as an incentive to
thought and listens to 1t when he wish
es to solve some knotty problem of ar
terry or bones. just as those who suffer
from INSOMNIA go TO church and listen
to the sermon to be put to sleep.-Salti-
more News
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no Ants PlnntY

Ants are very Industrious seed col
lectors, and may be seen toillng along
their paths laden with seeds, which
are stored up In granaries in the nest.
In the clear space round the nest there
is frequently patch or patches Of a
peculiar kind of grass that produces
seeds that are much sought after by
the ants. 1t has been said that the
ants make the clearing, and SOW the
seed Of this grass on purpose to reap
the crop, but evidence Is yet wanting
to show that the grass Is intelligently
sown and not accidentally. The fact
remains, however, that on or around
many nests there are crops of the
grass. and that 1t is not destroyed like
other vegetation by the ants.
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To be cured of .catarrh? If you or your
friends have this disease, you know how
disagreeable it is. It's symptoms are in
famed eyes, throbbing temples, ringing
noises in the ears, headaches, capricious
appetite, and constant discharge of mu-
cous. Fortunately its cure is not a question
of what you will give. but what you will
take. If you will take Hoods Sarsapar-
lila, the great constitutional remedy,
which thoroughly puri6es, enriches and
vitalizes the blood, you may expect to be
completely and permanently cured. The
good blood which Hoods Sarsaparilla
makes, reaching the delicate passages of
the mucous membrane, soothes and re-
builds the tissues aud ultimately cures all
symptoms of catarrh.
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fHa pogT,s wlFE.
sAs brings her pretty Knitting. bless hss.

ehe brings her pretty knitting. bless hsRs
Or mystic threads for making laces
That by and by Will serve to dress her
In new and no doubt charming graoe@
She sits and rocks, her rocker ehimings
In measured cadence to my rhyming.
Sometimes with eye that proudly glistens
read a sonnet have written;
She counts her stitches while she listens
Or pulls thread to make it fit in,
And, with her gaze intent upon 1t,
Asks, ''What they pay me for sonnet2"
She little knows Of rhyme or meter
And cares still less, but asks me whether
Chiffon and roses would look sweeter
To trim her hat than jet and feather.
And while Pm framing odes to Cupid"
She tells me, Poetry is stupidP'
But, oh, her eyes-her silken lashes-
Her hairs sweet mutinies-the dimple
In cheek and chin-the outward flashes
OF inward smiles-her tranquil, simple,
Enhancing airl Did she but know it
She is the reason Pm a poetl
Madeline s. Bridges in Ladies' Home Journal.
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1.-THE ATLANTA SPECIAL"

The route of the "Atlanta Special" is
via the Seaboard Air Line Railway,
"Florida and West India Short Line,''
with through Pullman drawing room and
buffet sleeping cars from New York, Phila-
delphia, Baltimore, Washington and Rich
mond to Athens and Atlanta, where direct
connections are made in Union Depot for
Montgomery, Macon, New Orleans and
all points South and Southwest. Trains
arrive and depart at Pennsylvania Rail
road stations. For further information
call OIL or address w. c. Shoemaker, Gen
eral Eastern Passenger Agent, 1906 Broad
way New York; c. L. Longsdorf, New
England Passenger Agent, 900 Washing
ION street, Boston, Mass. /; w. M. McCon-
nell, General Agent, 1894 New York ave
nue.. Washington, D. c., or the general
Passenger Agent at Portsmouth, Va.
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FtfE LAND OF GRAVES.
Ancient Egyptians Believed I'm Com
slant Reminders of Death.

Dt&AkAt Ae<hAA IL tACAS VI ASC.-@*@s
To the Egyptian death was but the
beginning of a career of adventures
and experiences compared with which
the most vivid emotions Of this life
were tame. He lived with the fear of
death before his eyes. Everything
around him reminded him of that
dreadful initiation into the mysteries
of the tremendous after life for which
his present existence was but q
preparation. His cemeteries were not
hidden away in remote suburbs; his
dead were not covered with mere
grassy mounds or a slab Of stone. The
whole land was his graveyard; its
whole art was of the mortuary. "Are
there no graves in Egypt that thou
has brought us into the wilderness to
dieY asked the Israelites In derision,
and we may believe that Moses vino
ed at the sarcasm.
Egypt is the land of graves, and the
whole energy of the people, that could
be spared from keeping life together,
was devoted to death. The mightiest
tombs In the world-the pyramids
were raised upon the deaths of multi
tudes of toiling slaves. The hills were
honeycombed passages and galleries,
chambers, pits, all painfully excavated
In honor of the illustrious dead, and
sculptured and painted with elaborate
skill to make them fit habitations for
his ghost.
- Wherever he looked the Egyptian
beheld preparations for the great turn
ing point Of existence. The mason
was squaring blocks for the tomb
chamber; the potter nodded images
Of the gods or bowls and jars, to be
placed In the grave for the protection
or refreshment of the Ka, exhausted
with the ordeals of the under world;
the sculptor and painter were at work
upon the walls of the funeral cham
Der, Illustrating the scenes through
which the ghost was to pass, or de-
plotting the Industrious life of the de-
parted.
The very temples which cluster along
the levels beside the Nile were, in
sense, but vestibules to the tombs In
the hills behind. The sacred lake, now
the weedy, picturesque haunt of water
fowl, was then the scene of solemn
ferryings of the dead. The temple
walls were covered with the terrors
Of the Judgment to come. The houses
of the living, indeed, were built of per-
ishing mud, but the homes of the dead
and the shrines where supplication
was made to the gods who ruled their
fate were made to last forever. On
these all the strength, the science and
the artistic skill of the ancient Egyp-
tians were cheerfully lavished.-Sat-
urday Review.
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1t doesn't sharpen newspaper to file it


And you will ward off colds, pneumonia,
fevers and other diseases. You need to
have pure, rich blood and good digestion.
Hoods Ssrsaparilla makes the blood rich
and pure as no other medicine can do. 1t
tones the stomach, creates an appetite and
invigorates the whole system. You will
be wise to begin taking it now, for it will
keep you strong and WE'LL
Hoods Pills are non-irritating. Price
rs cents.
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First Lawyer You are a cheat and q
swindler.
Second Lawyer-You are liar and
blackguard.
The Court (softly) gentlemen,
let's get down to the disputed points Of
the case Philadelphia North Ameri-
can.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-11-13

DR.. Pavy, one of the most eminent
authorities upon diet, says that the
average man In state Of absolute rest
can live on 16 ounces of food day, q
man doing ordinary light work can live
on % ounces and a man doing labori-
GUS work needs from 26 to 30 ounces.
This is food absolutely free from wa
ter, and 1t must be remembered that
everything we eat contains more or
less water, so that from 48 to go ounces
of ordinary food are necessary accord
ing to the work in which man is en-
gagged.
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Anxiou. only About one Thing.

The CHASTITY rider on the White horse
stopped at the gate.
81 am Death" he said to the sick
man who was watching from the win
dow.
"You are welcome" replied the latter
and added in whisper: IF you value
your life, don't let my wife see you
tying your horse to that tree. She'd
never let anybody do that. Philadel-
phia Press.
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what to Do at a Fire.

There was a closet under the stairs
In the newspaper office which was
chiefly used as a storage place for
waste paper. The managing editor was
haunted by the fear that some day this
closet would set the building on fire.
To relieve his mind the Office boy. after
much laborious thought, evolved the
following sign and pasted It up on the
door: "In case of fire put 1t out. New
York, Mail aud Express.
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hood. 1t IS not an
uncommon thing to
lay the foundation
for years of after
misery by neglect of
necessary precau-
tons at the first
rchange of life"
The use of DR..
Pierce's Favorite
Prescription not only
establishes regular
ity, b ut 1t Civ e.
health to the entire
wornanly organism.
It is the best medi-
cine for disea ses
peculiar to women
because it cures the
ca us s of disease
completely and per-
manently.
cFavorite Prescrip-
tom contains no
alcohol, n eth er
opium, cocaine nor
any other narcotic.
It cannot disagree
with the most deli
cate constitution.
uFor a number of
1919 -..6e~a1 NTH
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female trouble.s writes Miss Agnes McCowne,
Of IzI2 Bank Street Washington, D: c. 81 tried
various remedies, but none seemed to do me any
permanent good The doctors said 1t was the
worst ease OF internal trouble they ever had.
decided to write TO you for help, received
very encouraging reply and commenced tIeat-
Prescription week before began to feel
better and, as continued, my health gradually
improved, and Is improving every day.
DIR. Pierce's Common Sense Medical
Adviser, in paper covers, is sent free on
receipt of al one-cent stamps to pay
expense of mailing only. Address DR..
R.V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
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Mosquito and all insect bites, wounds OF
stratches by any animal cured by Wells
Miracle of Healing" Powder; Kills Ivy
Poison; Itch, Salt Rheuni, Eczema;
Miraculous in healing power Cures III
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 mail
promptly on receipt of price. E. S.
WELLS, Chemist. Jersey City, N J.
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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. H. 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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ALiveIv Game.

Get large sheet or tablecloth and a
small feather. Have the company take
hold of the edges Of the sheet and form
a ring Then some one blows the
feather into the air and all must do
their part to keep 1t in the air and not
let it touch any one, and so it is blown
from one side to another, while the eff
forts made to keep it floating are very
funny. Sometimes, In the excitement
Of keeping the feather up, some one
will forget all about holding the sheet
up, and then more excitement and fun
follow.
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Ante. cockroaches. Bed BUGS.

Mix, say, a 25c box of Rough on
Rats" carefully with pound or so Of
mashed boiled potatoes, or with a 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 on Rats is the only thing that
will effectually and permanently annihi-
late Bed Bugs. and it stands unrivalled
the world over for the prompt and effec-
tive determination OF Rats and Mice.
IS and rs boxes at druggists.
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IF you walk or stand much, and your
feet get tired, pain and ache; if they are
tender, feverish or sweaty, Rough Oh
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," CSC at druggists, or sent by
mail. E. S. Wells, Chemist, Jersey City,
N
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According to high authority, cold
water is valuable stimulant to many
If not all people. Its action on the
heart is more stimulating than brandy.
His own experience is that slipping
half a wine glass Of cold water will
raise his pulse from 70 to over 100.
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Preferred to Have Her Talk.

Preferred to Have Her Talk.
They were exchanging "reminiscences
of pleasant evening.
"And what did your wife say when
you got homc?" asked one.
Nothing" answered the other.
Nothing? Well. you were in LUCK. :
"Oh, don't know I'd rather dodge
words than some other things. New
York Mail and Express.