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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-02-05

Young man." said Senator Sorghum,
IF you want to succeed in politics
never break your word"
But are there not times when it is
impossible 10 keep promise?"
ITO be sure. But you must make
your arrangements so that you don't
break the promise yourself Put the
blame on somebody else. washing
ton Star.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-02-05
al pnaaihIe Renann

Freddie's father had just been strug
Cling with an old fashioned bureau
and retiring disheartened from an IN
successful effort to open one of its com
partments he moved to the window
and looking out upon the lowering sky
exclaimed:
ITS mighty strange that the weatheI
bureau can't give us change OF
weather."
Maybe shyly lnterposed Freddie
they can't open the bureau drawers
Weekly Bouquet
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-02-05

Marriage brokers are a regular insti
tuition in Italy. In Genoa there are reg
ular marriage brokers who have pocket
books filed with the names of the mar
riageable girls. of the different classes
with notes of their figures, personal at
fractions, fortune and other circum-
stances. These brokers go about endeav-
oring to arrange connections in the same
offhand mercantile manner which they
would bring to bear upon a purely bust
ness transaction, and when they succeed
they get a commission of 2 or 3 per cent
upon the portion, with such extras or
bonuses as may be voluntarily bestowed
by the party.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-02-05

Mrs. Floodyer-Oh. Mr.. Bats. how |
enjoyed your lovely volume of poems!
Batts-you're very kind. indeed Do
you like the alcaic meter?
Mrs. Floodyer-Alcaic meter? Oh, |
see; you want to change the subject!
Modesty's the crown of genius But real
~ ! can't say. Does It save much gas?-
BrooklyR Life.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-02-05

We are sorry to say that we missed
the item last week about COW break
ing through the Looking Glass river
bridge and breaking her leg. but we
are in time to announce that 1T was her
left hind leg and that she is owned by
Farmer Savage. He thinks he can
amputate the leg and save her life.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-02-05
Hard luck-a gold brick.

A remedy tor Nasal Catarrh which is
drying and exciting to the diseased mem
brane should not be used. What is needed
is that which is cleansing, soothing, pro-
tecting and healing. Such a remedy is
Ely's Cream Balm. Price so cents at drug
gists or it will be mailed by Ely Brothers,
Sc Warren Street. New York The Balm
when placed into the nostrils, spreads owe
the membrane and is absorbed A cold in
the head yanishes quickly.
A handy workman-the manicure.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-02-05

81 suppose" said the visitor. "it's
like pulling teeth to get any money
out Of your husband these days?"
"Oh." Clipped in little Tommy. be-
fore his mother could speak, INA don't
have any trouble pullin teeth. She
just takes 'em out and puts 'em in a
glass. Philadelphia Record.
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Used largely in this and foreign coun-
tries. Only complete, absolutely success
full, never failing cure. External and in
ternal treatment Relief at first applica-
ton, and quick cnre. Price soc. at
Druggists, or sent promptly by mail. on
receipt of price. E. S. WELLS,
Chemist, 7Io Graud St. Jersey City, N. ].
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-02-05

We received a call day or two since
from Mr.. Sam Norton, who lost a dol
lar on Main street few weeks ago and
has not recovered it up to date. He
may never recover it, but he has the
consolation of knowing that the dis
honest finder will not go to heaven
along with the rest of us.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-02-05

Vital statistics tell the story. The
average life of the man In the stoke hole,
the rolling mill, the blast furnace, the
glass factory, is far below the average
life of the open air worker
Yet the average life of these hard
working men could be considerably pro-
longed, if once and for all they would
learn the force of that Biblical state
ment, vThe blood is the life" If man
seeks to prolong his life, he must take
account of his blood - for that is the
vital fluid
WAITING FOR THE WORST.
The chief cause of a physical break
down is often the fact that people put
off giving themselves proper care. They
don't want to spend the money for medi-
cine, or they don't feel quite sick enough
to want to take it They feel languid,
vplayed OUT" as they say, and when the
days work is over there isn't bit of
wgo" left in them. That's the time
when the use of Dr. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery means new grip on
life, and the prevention of more serious
disease
cit has been five years since I took
your Golden Medical Discovery for an
aHeCllOn CalleQ SCIOiutOuS enlargement
of the glands of the neck" writes Mr..
Zebulon B. Loftin, of Grifton, Pitt Co.,
N c., Wand l am glad to tell you that
have had no return of the disease.
thought would write you and let you
know that I have not forgotten you, and
never will while l live.
cYou may publish this if you wish,
and if any one wants to know about my
testimonial they are at liberty to write to
me, and 1 will acknowledge the truth in
RETURN
vFor three years have suffered
with that dread disease, eczema" writes
Mrs. J. Koepp, of Hermann, Oregon III
was told to try DR.. Pierce's Golden Med
ical Discovery, which did, and after
had taken fourteen bottles was perman-
emily cured. It has been year since
stopped taking your medicine and the dis
ease has never appeared since. Your
medicine produced wonderful cure, and
I hope others suffering as l did, will
take it and be relieved Of their suffering"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-02-05

If gray. Wells Hair Balsam gradually
restores to original color, black or brown
an elegant tonic dressing, soc; 81. Drug
gists, or sent by express prepaid. E. S.
WELLS, Chemist, Jersey City, N. j,
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-02-05
A Remedy for the Grinpa,

remedy recommended tor patients afiict-
ed with the grippe, is Kemp's Balsam, which
is especially adapted to the throat and lungs
Don't wait for the rirst symptoms of the dis
ease, get bottle to-day and kept for use the
moment 1t is needed. Ii neglected the grippe
has a tendency to bring on pneumonia,
KEMP'S BALSAM prevents this keeping
the cough loose ana the lungs free from in
Illumination All druggists sell KEMP'S BAL
SAM at 25c. and SOC,
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first into an empty barrel in front OF
Strong's grocery. The thruster was
Abner Green, who had been drinking
and was in jokeful mood. We trust
it may not happen again. The position
was undignified.
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B0OMvILLE HoMELETs.
rcopyright. 1900, By G. B. Lewis.1

Boomville ought to have fire de-
pertinent. At the present time the
only conveniences for fighting the lurid
destroyer are stepladder and an old
bucket without handle. Let us not
wake up when it is too late.
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] A NAN
! Or.
s INTEGRITY
& 49, BY ~. Quad.
9 Copyright, 1900,
= By @. B. LEWIS.

For 80 years or more / had known
myself to be an honest man. I mean
that 1 had never wronged fellow man
out of so much as penny, though l
had had hundreds of opportunities. In
my business dealings l had been abso-
lutely square if not little too liberal,
and in private life l had gone out Of
my way to prove my integrity. l had
found umbrellas and journeyed half
way across London to restore them. l
had found small sums of money and
paid for the advertising out of my own
pocket. ] had taken in homeless dogs
and fattened them up and sent them
home in cabs. / had been cheated in
buying a cob, but in selling him again
/ had pointed out the spavins. l had
bought South African stocks at 80 and
sold them at 100, though the market
price was ITO. In buying and over
hauling an old cabinet had found pa
pers of value and restored them with
out demanding reward.
1t never occurred to me to pat myself
on the back for an honest man, but in
a general way l realized that l was
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-02-05

ASK For Aliens FOOt-Ease, POwders
10 shake into your shoes. 1t rests the feet
Cures Corns, Bunions, Ingrowing Nails
swollen and Sweating feet. At all druggists
and Shoe stores, Csc. Sample FREE. Address
Allen S. Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y.
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what Shall we have for Dessert ?

This question arises in the family every day.
Let us answer it to-day. Try Jell-O, delic-
ious dessert. Prepared in two minutes. No
baking! ado hot water and set to cool. Fla
vors:-Lemon, Orange, Raspberry and Straw
berry. At your grocers. 10 cents.
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Mother Gray's Sweet Powders tor Children
Cure Feverishness, Bad Stomach. Teethfng
Disorders, Break up colds, move and regulate
the Bowels and Destroy Worms. They never
fail. Over 10000 testimonials. At all drug
gists, 25c. Sample mailed FREE. Address
Allen 8. Olmsted, LIE Roy, N Y.
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fHE LANTERNS OF ST. EuLALls.

fl4E LANTERNS OF ST. EULALle.
In the October afternoon
Orange and purple and maroon
Goes quiet autumn, lamp in hand,
About the apple colored land
To light In every apple tree
The lanterns Of st. Euialie.
They glimmer in the orchard shades
Like fiery opals Get in jade
Crimson and russell and raw gold,
Yellow and green and scarlet old.
And, oh, when am far away,
By foaming reef or azure bay,
In crowded street or hot lagoon
Or under the strange austral moon,
When the homesickness comes on me
For the great marshes by the sea,
The running d. 8, the trimming tide
And the dark frs on Fundy side,
In dream once more / shall behold,
Like spiral lights those globes OF gold.
Hung out In every apple tree,
The lanterns of st. Eulaliel
Bliss Carman in Ainslee's Magazine
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Nature seems to have snubbed some of
the best people, if you count noses.

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. c. Jones,
New Egypt; Edw. W. Rossell, Pemberton,
and Fl. H. Leeds, Raucocas, sole agents,
will furnish you free sample bottle of
this guaranteed remedyP Its success is
wonderful, as your druggist will tell you
Sample free. Large bottles SOC and 25c.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-02-05

1t now transpires that Mr.. John Girls
combs year-old baby did not swallow
pair of scissors, as stated in our last
issue. What it got away with was half
a dozen tacks and brass thimble, but
the doctor anticipates no malign re-
suits. Boomyille cherubs have healthy
appetites.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-02-05
THE GRIP EPIDEMIC.

Spare rooms but none to spare-in {
New York flat
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-02-05

Even your most worthless neighbo are
worth talking about.
Jell-O. The New Dessert,
pleases all the family. Four fiavors Lemon,
Orange, Raspberry and Strawberry. At your
grocers. 10 cts. Try it today
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-02-05

IF the coat fits, put it on, is no excuse
for sneak thief.
The Republican journal., 1901-01-31
QUEER LOCAL NAMES.

Almost every country town has its
queer names, the origin of which, to
the lover of the curious has its own
| peculiar interest. Any one in Freedom
can tell you that Beaver Hill was named
for the beavers which once inhabited
the pond at its foot. Traces of the old
dam they built can be found there at
the present time. Northwest of Beaver
Hill, in the town of Albion, is Quaker
Hill, so called from the church of that
name, or rather Friends. | we'll re-
member the old meeting house, where
used to attend Sunday school, with its
partition in the middle and its row of
pews in 'front.' one higher than the other
where the older ones sat facing the rest
of the congregation. The old meeting
house is gone and those dear old people
who used to meet there sleep in the
grave yard now where the old house
stood. l cali to mind the peaceful faces
of those old saints. There was Mr..
Narney and wife, Mr.. Meader and wife,
whose son is the agricultural editor of
the Turf, Farm and Home; and there
are many Others whose names | do not
now recall.
When the post Office at South Free
dom was established number of years
ago, the late Stephen Strout named it
Smithton, in memory of the Smiths
who settled that part of the town. The
old school house that stood near the
cemetery was called the Randall school
house. The building was torn down a
few years ago and more modern one
built in its place.
South of Smithton is Sodom, social
ed as far back as the memory of the
oldest inhabitant extends / have
heard the old folks say that it original
ed from travelling preacher who held
a meeting there using this text: Get
ye out OF this place for the Lord will
destroy the city
Just below Sodom is tract of land
called Aroostook; why [ never have
learned, for anything more unlike the
Garden of Maine it would be hard to
find
On the straight road from Smithton
to Freedom village we go over Goose
pecker Ridge, and it is said that an old
gentleman, long since dead, who used
to travel that way, named it Goose
pasture Ridge on account of the large
number OF geese kept on the road. AS
time went on it became changed to
Goosepecker, as the name now stands.
There are many other names in the
towns around here whose origin [ have
never been able to trace; and among
them the Kingdom" and "New Ire
land" in the town of Montville.
[E. D. B.
The Republican journal., 1901-01-31
An Old Yarn Re-Spun.

In the old days when ocean voyages
were long and tedious an incident oc-
cured on board ship Mailing from Bos-
ton and bound to Calcutta, which caus-
ed every old ''Webfoot" between East
port, Me-, and Cape Sable to hold his
sides to keep himself on an ''even keel"
The story concerns two of the crew
named "Joe' and "Barnabas.' One
day, after the ship had been at sea some
weeks and was rolling laZily along, Bar
nabas, who was aloft on the foreyard,
found it necessary to clay OUT ON the
lee yard arm, where he lost his hold
and tumbled overheard. Joe, the only
witness of the accident, rushed aft to
the quarter deck to report it to the ''old
man''-as they always call the captain
when he don't hear em-and found that
worthy leisurely pacing fore and aft
with the trumpet resting in the hollow
of his arm.
To complicate the situation Joe was
an awful sufferer and with terror de-
picted on his countenance commenced
to tell-or rather to try to tell-what
had happened.
"Ba-ba-ba-f-f-f-" but do all he
could the end of his tongue would not
part company with his lower jaw.
The captain, knowing by Joe's look of
CONSERVATION that something was in
the wind" or in the water, and also
knowing that the generality of STAN
mering people can sing without stutter-
ing and that Joe was no exception to
the rule, yelled out at him:
''Sing it, you darned fool! Sing it!''
Joe Immediately tuned up-improvis-
ing both words and music:
"Overboard went Barnabas-
Half mile astarn Of us?"
That settled it; the ship was ''hove
to-" boat in charge Of the mate was
lowered away and after long pull, a
strong pull and pull all together Bar
nabas was picked up none the worse fol
his involuntary bath. [Clevelend Plain
Dealer.
"Our George handed us this clipping
from a Minneapolis paper, and was
surprised to learn that it was Penob
scot river yarn of half century or SC
ago that had gone adrift on the sea Of
newspaperdom. Indeed, there are many
here who can give the other name o.
suffering Joe, and to whom the above
incident is familiar.
The Republican journal., 1901-01-31
THE FAMOUS SLOoP SPRAY


And Her Commander, Capt. Slocum. will
be at the Pan.American Exposition.
The nautical adventures of the Vik
ings of old, which have been celebrated
III song and story, are overshadoWed in
Importance by the remarkable voyage
of Captain Joshua Slocum around the
world in sloop thirty-siX feet nine
inches in length over all and of nine
/ tons net burden. The solitary Yankee
sea king cruised 10000 miles on all the
oceans, ten times the distance ever
claimed for Viking ship 1t was the
first and only successful attempt to cir
i cumnavigate the globe alone in a small
boat. The extrao rdinary character of
the voyage can only be gagged by those
who have devoted their lives to sailing
the seas and know their varying moods,
and they one and all regard it as most
remarkable exploit.
! Captain Slocum and the boat in
which he made his around-th world
voyage will be at the Pan-American
Exposition next summer. The craft
will ride upon the waters of the Beauti-
full Park Lake, where it may be viewed
or boarded by Exposition visitors. That
it will prove to be great attraction
goes without saying.
/ The intrepid Yankee globe-circler is a
slender man, not above the medium
height, and is somewhat bald, but there
! is little gray in the fringe of surviv-
ing hair or in his full beard. He
has blue eyes, which are frank and
direct. He possesses a dry humor,
which is very amusing. That he is dar-
ing and plucky is attested by his long
and solitary trip.
! The boat in which Captain Slocum
made his voyage is named the SPRAY"
1t was originally fishing boat sup
posed to be century old, and when it
came into Captain Slocum's possession
was in process of decay. Unaided, he
rebuilt it upon the original lines, and
! the splendid manner in which it be-
haved on the long tour is sufficient evil
dence that he builded well.
Captain Slocum sailed from Boston
on April "a, 1895, and his voyage con-
/ sumed three years and two months,
coming to close during the Spanish
American war. In lieu of chrOnOme-
rarely at fault in his longitude. The
| voyage was attended with many unusual
incidents. The first occurred after the
SPRAY" had left her first port of call,
the Azores. The Captain had eaten
freely of plums and native cheese, and
they did not agree with him. He was
attacked with stomachic cramps. He
double-reefed themainsail and, with a
full jib, put the sloop on her course,
dashed the wheel, and went below to the
cabin, where he rolled in agony on the
floor. Becoming delirious, he imagined
that strange man came on board, an
nounced himself as lone of Columbus
crew." and guided the craft. A blow
came up and the Spray. ran like a
deer. When the Captain regained his
full senses and was able to go on deck,
she was holding true to her course. She
had made 80 miles during the night in
the rough sea.
The SPRAY went through the very
dangerous Straits of Magellan, whose
shores are strewn with wrecks and in
The Republican journal., 1901-01-31
NORTHPORT NEWS

Mrs. f. B. Elwell arrived hH
after a long visit in Boston
E. b. Elwell and A. f, liN.
their ice houses with excellent
Capt VIM. f. Patterson bo- '.'
filled an ice house for VIM Nmtlr
The people of this town alr '.'
that the trade for the Mahuut, '4'
was not concluded
Chas. O. Dickey has finished 3-
ice house and that of Beuner 'F'.H.
ice is of superior quality.
Capt. William Hopkins of Seh ND0"','
Ivan, has chartered for Porto ble' ".'"
from New York private terms
Capt. A. C. Batchelder has h'i'-N
schooner r. S. Dean of Rockland,
old tonnage, built in Taunton, Mas
w. II. Folwell, Jr. and MI Evans ".'.@
Capt. Joe. Heald's last week Nj
from Bath, where he had been to I'' 10y" I'M
ing of the four-masted schooue' H"''
his sister, Edith G. Folwell
The Ladies' Aid Society Will h''" .Hs
and sale of fancy and useful aI'''' .,gg
hall of f. B. Elwell, "Wednesday d
Feb. 9th, for the very laudahe l'U'I ,,..
raising money to paint the mf'','- ...-c4
Supper Is cts. children 10 cts ''
next fair evening.
The Republican journal., 1901-01-31
"A Sisters Advice.

tell you, nobody but q mother
Knows how q mother feels when she
. looks at her child and fears that he
may not be spared to her.
The hours of her life are dark and
heavy when she does that.
But that is what Mrs. Frank T. Wash
burn, of Kennebunk, Maine, did more
than once, when punches had formed
on her little boys neck.
She knew they were scrofulous
punches, and she knew scrofula is pro-
gresslve and one of the most destruc-
tive of diseases.
She was alarmed, and told her sister
about her fears for the little fellow, and
her sister comforted her by telling her
that many wonderful cures of scrofula
had been wrought by Hoods Sarsapa-
rllla, and that she should give this
medicine to the boy.
1t is difficult to conceive how her
sister could have thrown more sunshine
into her life at this time, and it is
certain that better advice could not
have been given.
For, mark you! this is what Mrs.
washburn said, on the 18th of Octo-
Der, 1900:
Hoods sarsaparilla cured my boy.
The punches gradually softened and
disappeared. He has been real we'll
ever since and now, at three years of
age, is rugged, healthy child. l am
grateful for what Hoods sarsaparilla
did for him.
This is simple statement of one of
the thousands Of radical and permanent
cures of scrofula effected by Hoods
Sarsaparilla-which is the medicine of
all medicines for this disease and all
its manifestations, lunches, assesses,
eruptions, inaamed eyelids, sore ears,
ricketts,, wasting and general debility,
as well as for dyspepsia, catarrh, kid
ney complaint and rheumatism.
Hoods Sarsaparilla is obtainable of
all druggists. Don't accept any sub
stitute for it, nor any preparation rep
resented as being equally good. No
substitute, no other preparation, acts
like it. Insist on having Hoods.
The Republican journal., 1901-01-31
to give the United States control of the
navigation of the river. One hundred

to give the United States control of the
navigation of the river. One hundred
years later, in January I, 1901, Senator
Lodge said, in speech in the Senate:
Look at your map, great commercial
country, all under one flag, no separate
government, your railroads running in
steady connections, and carrying freight
from the Atlantic to the Pacific and
from the lakes to the Gulf. Europe
cannot beat that. Every State system,
every separate railway she has enhances
the cost of her articles. We are beat
ing her in iron and steel. We can turn
them out at price England cannot
meet. We are going to surpass her in
other articles. She has to take coal
from us. 1t is "a mere question of time
when her last stronghold, the carrying
trade, will be invaded.
This is not buncombe. 1t is the frozen
truth. English statesmen are alarmed
at the invasion of their trades by Amer
lean skill and industry; and well they
may be. We are shipping steel bridges,
railroad material, printing presses and
agricultural machinery to most of the
foreign nations, including Great Britain
and her colonies The United States is
no longer a debtor nation. We are
loaning money to the Old World. The
European wooden and boot and shoe
trades are being interfered with by the
invasion of American goods. Then, as
to the carrying trade. The acquisition
of the Philippines, the Hawaiian Is
lands, Porto Rico, and the control of
Cuba, will furnish large and increasing
business for American bottoms and
has already given a stimulus to ship
building. To quote again from Senator
Lodge: 1--WE may blunder here in legis-
lation, but the American people and
the economic forces which underlie all
are carrying us forward to the economic
of the world"