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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-01-29
CAP FARE COLLATERAL.
Some of the Things offered Fo
Rides In New York.

Some of the Things offered For
Rides In New York.
81 wish to go to One Hundred and Six
teenth street, and | haven't ticket.
Here is a Sc umbrella. Couldn't you let
me ride if l leave it as security r
The questioner, handsomely dressed
woman. Scene, the elevated road sta
ton at Twenty third street. The woman
was peering through the ticket sellers
window with an anxious expression on
her face.
The dispenser of tickets looked at the
woman scrutinizingly a moment. Then,
without a word, he passed a ticket
through the little window. In exchange
the woman thrust her closely rolled, silk
covered umbrella through the aperture
There was ball of enameled copper on
the end of the handle, and to outward
appearances the umbrella was worth ev-
ery cent of the woman's estimate.
"Oh, we get plenty of that sort" said
the ticket seller afterward. II had a wo-
man offer me a French poodle, but as it
is against the law to let dogs on the train
I couldn't take the collateral. A bystand-
er bought her the ticket, however, and
she went off.
tsAll sorts of things are left. One day
an old gentleman left a pair of gold cuff
buttons as security. He never came back
Whether he forgot what station it was OF
whether he left town never knew. That
was six months ago. am wearing the
buttons now.
sometimes they leave books, but
have refused to take these, as the read
A xuoll known
clubman left a fine matchbox one night
1t had his name and address on 1t. be
forgot it, and three weeks afterward
mailed it to him. He sent me 81 for my
trouble and said l had cleared up mys-
terry. He had suspected one Of his sery-
ants of stealing the article. 1t was late
one night when he got on, and perhaps
he had been out to some little extent.
81 have had pocketknives, brooches
umbrellas, walking sticks, workbaskets
gloves and suits of clothes left with me
Usually the owners redeem their cent
pledges the same day. Sometimes
keep them weeks and months. The great
stations for these things are Twenty
third, Twenty-eighth, Thirty-third and
Fourteenth streets on the west side and
Ninth and Twenty-eighth streets on the
east side.
Besides leaving personal property fol
rides, some travellers do curious things
Persons in a rush will hold their tickets
in one hand and throw whatever they
have in the other into the ticket box
Women are the offenders in this line.
saw woman drop her baby on the tor
of a box one day. 1t was only the ter
rified cry of the infant that brought hel
to her senses. The act was thought
less impulse, of course, and as the baby
was not hurt the incident created no END
of amusement.
Sometimes they drop small packages
into the boxes. A woman broke the
glass in the box on the station with hel
umbrella not long ago. She was making
a rush to catch a Harlem train anc
thrust the umbrella instead of the ticket
into the box.
"There is an old gentleman who gets
on at Sixty-sixth street who invariably
thrusts his morning paper into the ticket
box. The guard at that station has hac
to call him back several times. New
York World.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-01-29
Earth Impoverished by the Sea.

A muddy river betokens one of the
greatest of national losses. 1t means
that the rich soil, which Jack Frost and
other national agencies have been ages
in forming, is washing away into the
ocean. Tillers of the land could do much
10 prevent the loss by keeping the ground
On the hillsides covered with trees OF
with sod 1t is the cultivated field on a
slant which washes away most rapidly.
1t is contrary to public policy. or at least
to the welfare of the future. that the top
soil of such land should be sent down to
the ocean when it might be yielding grass
crops. Many rivers that are now muddy
were clear before the coming to this con-
tinent Of civilized man.-Youth's Com
panion.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-01-29
From sire 70 SON.

As family medicine Bacon's Celery
King for the nerves passes from sire tc
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 & Son, Columbus, E. D
Prickitt, Mount Holly; W. @. Jones, New
Egypt; Edw. w. Rossell, Pemberton, and
]. H. Leeds, Rancocas, the leading drug
gists, are sole agents and are distributing
samples free. Large packages SOC. and Csc
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-01-29
CENTRIFUGAL FORCE.
Its Power Shown In the Effect of
Balanced Wheels Upon Steel Rails.

Its Power Shown In the Effect of
Balanced Wheels Upon Steel Rails.
Some years ago, before the railroads
had begun to replace the light rails with
rails of heavier section and at the same
time when the development of the loco
motive had reached a point where the
concentrated axle loads were greater
than the track was well able to carry, ii
was found that the passage of train
at high speed was liable. to produce a
serious distortion and permanent set of
the rails. In one particular case, after a
new and unusually heavy engine had
passed over a certain stretch of track, it
was found that the rails had been bent
vertically, the depressions occurring at
regular and evenly spaced intervals.
Inquiry into the cause developed the
fact that the locomotive carried large
amount of excess balance-that is to say,
the reciproeating parts had been so COM
pletely counterbalanced that there was a
large excess balance in a vertical direc-
ton, which resulted at the high speed at
which the train was running in vertical
hammer blow, whose downward effect
was sufficient to depress the rails beyond
their elastic limit and leave them perma-
nently distorted. The best practice to-
day is to reduce the weight of the
reciprocating parts to the lowest limit
consistent with safety and then counter
balance only certain proportion of these
weights.
In stationary and marine engine prac-
tice, where the engine is bolted directly
either to massive foundation or to the
rigid structure of the ship, the necessity
for careful balancing is not so pressing,
the effect of the unbalanced weights and
moving parts being absorbed by the
inertia of the whole mass of the founda-
ton, of which the engine forms prac-
tically part. So long as an unbalanced
engine is controlled within the speed of
rotation for which it is designed no seri-
GUS effects are to be feared from the I'M
balanced reciprocating weights, but
should a powerful stationary or marine
engine get beyond control and run away
it can be readily understood that the
tremendous forces developed may reach
a point at which the engine will be Ell
Their ruptured internally or torn from its
foundations.-Scie American.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-01-29
New Use For strnws.

After taking his last mint julep for the
evening Mr.. Jagway absentmindedly put
the straw in his pocket.
1t was this straw-this last straw
which Mrs Jagway found when looking
through his pockets next morning for the
purpose, no doubt, of mending the holes
in them.
"Hm" she exclaimed as she noted the
faint aroma it exhaled. This shows the
way in which he blows his money!
Chicago Tribune.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-01-29

The rapid extension of polite terms
appears to Madison avenue resident tc
threaten an era of Chesterfeldian courte'
sy. A negro boy whose duty it is to look
after the family wash when taken to task
for delay of several days replied:
'The washlady says that the wash
gentleman was sick and she had to wait
on him."
The presumption was that the husband
sf the laundress had been ill.-Baltimore
Sun.
Teutonic peasants were the providers
of blond hair for rich Roman princesses
who loved the contrast of its faxen hue
with their black eyes. They even had
morning wigs. small and tightly curled
Of any color. and kept the beautiful. fan
ones to wear when receiving their ad.
mirers In the evening.
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CaIIinw enc Elements TO order.

observation-disclosures is sometimes anus
ing and sometimes impressive, and Brit
fish statesman recently furnished an in.
stance which has both qualities, for his
mistake was due primarily to his serious
regard for the business in hand and bis
concentration upon it.
The man was Sir U. Kay-Shuttleworth
and he was presiding over a parliamenta-
~ committee During the session heavy
thunderstorm came up, which made hear
ing somewhat difficult. Finally an unusu-
ally heavy clap interrupted speaker,
and the chairman, who had been listening
intently. seized his gayel, pounded on the
table and cried sternly: Order! Orderp'
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-01-29

A remedy recommended tor patients aftiict-
ed with the grippe, is Kemps Balsam, which
is especially adapted to the throat and lungs.
Don't wait for the first symptoms of the dis
ease, get a bottle to-day and keep 1t for use the
moment it is needed. 1T neglected the grippe
has a tendency to bring on pneumonia,
KEMP'S BALSAM prevents this ny keeping
the cough loose ana the lungs free from in
flammation. All druggists sell KEMP'S BAL
SAM at 25c. and SOC,
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-01-29

6aTOo OtHOu GstGs No0 HdhSs Gsios
These with Cherry Croft, AJAX and
Ardnaree high acting trotting bred cob
are the leading stations at Glen Moore
Stock Farm for 1901. Baron Dillon,
greatest race horse, son of Baron Wilkes,
is sire of Dillonite 2II, Baron Walter
2 IoA, Fanny Dillon 2.25A, Lord Lin
ton 2.a5A, Lady Dillon 2.2oA. Dill
Ions fee $50, return privilege. Red
Lakes (sire of Grace Lake 2.2o25) and
Cherry Croft's fee for ordinary mares Of
questionable breeding $500. For
mares fairly we'll bred, $ro. To extra
we'll bred mares, with $40 speed, they
will be bred free. Service fee of Ard
naree $40 90 for ordinary mares; better
mares IS. 90. Well bred mares with
800 speed free-well bred in trotting or
pacing lines. Terms cash or secured
note. Mares kept by the year for 500.
Before you breed, visit the farm or
write for descriptive circulars E. S.
WELLS, Glen Moore, N. j., on Phila
& Reading Ry., nine miles north OF
Trenton, >between Hopewell and Pen
nington.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-01-29
Extent OF Florist Industry

The florist business in the United
States is by no means an unimportant
industry 1t Is estimated that the re-
tail value of flowers sold annually Is
$12,5O0,000 and Of potted plants $780,
100000 There are no less than 10000
establishments In the United States de-
voted to the growing of plants under
glass.-Chicago Chronicle.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-01-29

In 1856 astrologers said the world
would be destroyed by the conjunction of
the planets. A few years later another
alarm was raised. and in 1882 Simon
GouIart claimed a mountain had opened
in Assyria and scroll had been shown
him on which was written the prediction
the world was coming to an end. He
frightened everybody.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-01-29
The Disease More Prevalent than Ever and
Quite as Fatal. The Best Treatment.


The grip has surprised the doctors
and health authorities this season by
its rapid spread and by some novel
symptoms While it spares nobody
it is proving especially dangerous to
middle-aged and elderly persons. In
many cases either fatal onset Of
pneumonia, or complete breakdown
of health and strength, is apt to fol
low an attack of grip.
The wise course for all is proven
ton. By wearing Benson's Porous
Plaster on the chest and back you
protect the lungs from cold and chill
and with ordinary care) you are safe
from grip.
For those who are already suffering
from grip, or from the usual winter
coughs and colds, Benson's Pldsters
are sure and speedy relief and cure,
Highly medicinal and scientific.
Refuse limitations and substitutes.
Only the genuine are effective. Elk
anime when you buy. Seabury 4
johnson, Manufacturing Chemists,
New York.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-01-29
Rough on Bunions.

New and successful treatment, only
complete cure Gives ease and comfort
at once. Subdues Inflammation. Allay:
fever, pain, soreness, tenderness. Re
duces swelling and enlargement of joints
cures both hard and soft corns, and tc
tired, sore or fevered feet it gives reliet
and comfort at once. 35c at druggists
or sent promptly by mail. E. S. WELLS
Chemist, Jersey City, N. ].
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-01-29
Lnie Shocked Hardy.

If the actors get queer impressions O
playwrights. the latter class also &C
quires singular notions of the "profes
sionals," relates the New York Tele
graph. Loie Fuller was once introduced
to Thomas Hardy by Paul Potter a:
she came from the stage after doing he
fiery walk around.
"Mr Hardy-Mr. HardyT' said tn,
dancer inquiringly.
Author of Tess Of the D'Urber
villes,' said Potter, soto voce.
"Oh, knew you wrote plays or some
thing" said naive La Loie. 'You are
such a queer looking man. Won't yor
please write a play for nle?"
This experience is said to have quit,
disenchanted the novelist with the stage
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-01-29
Short rations-pastry.
This il WHAT Thev Saw.

Those who take Hoods Sarsaparilla fol
scrofula, eczema. eruptions, catarrh, rheu-
matism OF dyspepsia, say it cures promptly
and permantly, even after all preparations
fail You may take this medicine with the
utmost confidence that it will do you good
What it has done for others you have
every reason to believe it will do for you
Constipation is cured by Hoods Pills, 25c.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-01-29

"Why do the boys in the Office call the
bookkeeper Banjo Smith?"
"Lemme see 1t is either because he
plays the banjo all the time or because he
hates it. can't remember which. -
Exchange.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-01-29

If gray, Wells Hair Balsam gradually
restores to original color, black OF
brown, elegant tonic dressing, soc. 81.
Druggists, or sent by express prepaid
E. S. WELLS, Chemist Jersey City. N. ].
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-01-29
vanishing of the Bride.

While there is no hard and fast
definition a married woman may be
thought to have ceased to be bride
when, Of the 16 hooks in the clothes
press, she has scaled down the num-
Der devoted to her husbands ward
robe from eight to two.-Detroit Jour
nal.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-01-29
One Way to pc Happy

is 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 & Son, Columbus; E. d. Prick
lit, Mount Holly; W. G. Jones, New Egypt
Edw W. Rossell, Pemberton, and ]. 81.
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 25c
We do not always count the theatrical
advance agent among people of advanced
ideas.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-01-29
IMPORTANT TO WOMEN.

DIR. Pierce invites sick
and ailing women to con-
suit him by letter free Of
charge. All correspond
|ence is regarded as sacred
and the written condolences
of women are guarded by
the same strict professional
privacy observed in per
sona1 consultation with
women at the Invalids' Ho-
tel and Surgical Institute,
Buffalo, N. Y, to which in
stitution DIR. Pierce is chief
consulting physician.
Women in general and
young women in particular
express their appreciation
of the privilege offered by
this free consultation by
letter with DIR. Pierce, not
only because his profes-
sional advice is supplement
ed by his wise fatherly
counsel, but because it af-
fords them "a way of escapa
from the indicate ques-
tionings, the offensive ex-
aminations and obnoxious
local treatments, which Of
fend the delicate sensibili-
ties of modest women.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-01-29

This question arises in the family every day.
Let us answer 1t to-day. Try Jell-O, delic-
ious dessert. Prepared in two minutes. No
baking! adC hot water and set to cool. Fla
vors:-Lemon, Orange, Raspberry ana Straw
berry. At your grocers. 10 cents.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-01-29

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children.
Cure Feverishness, Bad Stomach. Teething
Disorders, Break up colds, move and regulate
the Bowels and Destroy Worms. They never
gists, 25c. Sample mailed FREE. Address
Allen g. OImsted. LIE Roy, N Y.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-01-29
De Maupassant's Preference.

prefer a pretty woman to all the
arts. put a good dinner, a real dinner.
the rare dinner, almost in the same rank
as a pretty woman.-From His Core
spondence With Marie Bashkirtsef.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-01-29

Mother Eve may have invented curl
osity, but she is the only woman on rec
ord who never turned around to see what
the other woman had on.-Chicago News.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-01-29

Having several pairs Of shoes and
changing them daily or regularly at
longer intervals will enable the wearer
quite frequently to avoid corns even
after they show signs Of formation
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-01-29

WELLS MIRACLE OF HEALING
Powder, marvel of healing, cures any
sore on man or beast 25c at druggists,
or by mail. E. s. WELLS, Chemist,
Jersey CITY, N 7.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-01-29

There is always hope in man that
actually and earnestly works. In idle
ness alone Is there perpetual despair.
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WANTED.

WAN1HD'
Capable, reliable person in every county to
represent large company of solid financial
regulations; 1896 salary per year, paya le
weekly; So per day absolutely sure and all ex-
penses; straight, bona-fide, definite salary, no
commission; sulary paid each Saturday and
expense money advanced each week.
STANDARD HOUSE,
1884 Dearborn ST Chicago, IL
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The passion fower-rose madden.

To accommodate those who are partia
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 embodies the medicinal prop
critics 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, Sc Warren St.,
N. Y.
On his own account-the bookkeeper's
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-01-29
Ask For Athena Foot-Ease. A Powder.

Ask For Aliens FOot-Ease, A Powder.
| TO shake into your shoes. 1t rests the feet.
Cures Corns, Bunions, Ingrowing Nails.
swollen and Sweating feet. At all druggists
and Shoe stores. 25c. Sample FREE. Address
Allen S. Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y.
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THE NEED OF HELP.

There is real need of help for the
young woman. Neglect may pave the
way for years of suffering. The dawn
of womanhood is one of the crises of
woman's life, and every care should be
taken to prevent or cure arrangements
which may have serious results in later
life.
"a heart overlooking with gratitude as
well as a sense of duty urges me to write
to you and tell you of my wonderful re-
covery," says Miss Corinne c. Hook,
Orangeburg, Orangeburg Co., S. Caro-
lima, (care Of ]. H. Hook Wy the use
Of DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription 1
am entirely new being compared to the
poor miserable sufferer who wrote you
four months ago. remark to my par
ents almost every day that it seems al
most an impossibility for medicine to do
a person so much good. During the
whole summer could scarcely keep up
to walk about the house, and yesterday
walked four miles and felt better from
the exercise l now weigh I25 pounds.
/ read in your book of testimonials where
a lady said Dr. Pierce's medicines were
a Thousand pounds of comfort, please
let me ado one thousand pounds more to
it. Mine was a case of complicated fe-
male disease in its worst form.
vMy sincerest thanks for all you have
done for me and hearty God bless
you
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription il
the most valuable and reliable put-up
medicine ever offered for the cure OF dis
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-01-29

A postage stamp is one thing of which
you can say cts all right as far as it
goes"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-01-29
Headache for Forty Years.

For forty years suffered from sick head
ache. A year ago began using Celery King.
The result was gratifying and surprising,
my headaches leaving at once The head
thanks to Celery King, have had but one
headache in the last eleven months. know
that what cured me will help others.-Mrs.
Celery King cures Consti patton and all dis
eases ofthe Nerves, Stomach, Liver and Kid
neys. Sold by druggists. 25c and SOC.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-01-29

Jell-O, The New Dessert,
pleases all the family. Four flavors Lemon,
Orange, Raspberry and Strawberry. At your
procers 10 cts, Try it to-day.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-01-29

Aspider in the kitchen is better than
cobweb in the parlor.
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The GRIP EPIDEMIC.

'tThe minute anything ails my hands,
said the clock, cit shows on my face"
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DATENTs.

PATENTs.
Caveats and Trade Marks Obtained, and
all other business in the U. s. Patent Office at.
tended to, for MODERATE FEES.
Our office is opposite the U. s. Patent ONCE
those remote from WASHING2ON.
SEND MODEL OR ORA WING. We advise
as to patentabiltty free of charge, and we
make NO CHARGE UNLESS We OBTAIN
A PATENT.
We refer here to the Postmaster, the Supt.
of Money order Div, and to officials of the U.
8. Patent ONCE For circular, advice, terms,
and references TO actual clients in your own
State or County. write to
O. A. SNOW q CO.,
Opposite patent once. washington. D. c,