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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-07-09

Among several species Of the birds of
prey a Difference for the female sex is
shown which is not met with in the
great majority of the feathered kind,
declares an ardent student Of the ways
of birds and beasts. He says:
Several years ago it was my fortune
to capture two young eagles Of the
baldhead species. When meat was
thrown into the room where they were
confined, the male showed plainly how
great was his desire to pounce upon it,
but a glance from his sister was Suff1-
cient to keep him rooted to the perch
until she had finished. When beef and
other similar meals were given them,
this easy victory for the fair sex was
the rule, but when a fish was intro
duced 1t was only after fierce fight
that the female succeeded in remind
ing her brother of the respect due her.
"a pair Of young great horned owls
which at one time owned had also dis
played this female domination. fed
them principally on live rats, and when
they were turned loose in the room the
male retained a stolid and Indifferent
pose upon his perch until the female
had satisfied her hunger, after which
he would dispatch what was left. Many
other are the instances among the ca
giles. hawks and owls In which the fe-
male bird is the master of the situa-
ton" baltimore Sun.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-07-09

Touching the matter of eating, the
stories told by the old chroniclers and
historians Of the abnormal appetites of
certain Roman and oriental men of
note fairly stagger belief. Gibbon tells
of Soliman, caliph in the eighth cen
fury, who died Of indigestion in his
camp near Chalcis, in Syria, just as he
was about to lead an army of Arabs
against Constantinople. He had emp
tied two baskets Of eggs and figs,
which he swallowed alternately, and
the repast was finished with marrow
and sugar. In pilgrimage to Mecca
the same caliph had eaten with impu-
nifty at a single meal 10 pomegranates,
q kid, fowls and huge quantity of
the grapes of Tayef.
Such statement would defy belief
were not others Of similar character
we'll avouched. Louis XIV could hard
~ boast of an appetite as ravenous as
Soliman's, but he would eat at sitting
four platefuls of different soups, a
whole pheasant, partridge, a plateful
of salad, mutton hashed with garlic,
two good sized slices Of ham, a dish OF
pastry and finish with fruit and sweet
meats
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-07-09

miserable looking fellow boarder who
was tortured by dyspepsia. "Hello
Smith," he cried, varen't you feeling
well9" And Smith growled back: Wits
none of your business how Pm feeling"
Talk about adding insult to injury !
What could be any worse than asking a
man who had suffering stamped all over
Elm, cAren't you feeling we'll 2"
It's rather hard for the dyspeptic to
make a stranger to the disease under
stand lust how much suffering dyspepsia
can cause. Words don't express it.
That terrible gnawing sensation in the
stomach Is past description. Even after
you have recited the specific aches and
pains there are no terms to express the
all upon both mind and body.
DON'T CULTIVATE DYSPEPSIA.
That would seem unnecessary advice,
vet it Is a fact that in the main, people
who finally become dyspeptics seem to
have studied how quickest to bring on
the disease They eat irregularly. They
eat unwholesome or nutritious foods.
They eat heartily when they are tired
with days work and the stomach needs
rest instead of exercise. In fact If they
made study of the quickest way to
dyspepsia or disease of the stomach in
general and Its allied organs of diges-
ton and nutrition, they could not ptac-
tice more successful methods.
When dyspepsia once has its grip on
the stomach the man who has expert
mented with tablets and powders and
other pslliatives without permanent re-
lief finds himself asking the question,
Yam 1 ever going to be well again SO
that can eat with appetite and enjoy
mentl Z"
The one necessity to the recovery OF
health is the cure of the diseases of the
stomach and other organs of digestion
and nutrition. Tablets of soda, mint,
ETC., will for the moment alter the con-
dition in the stomach, but they won
alter the condition of the stomach itself.
These things are therefore merely pal
liatives. Not only do they not cure but
by affording temporary relief they lull
the victim into a false security until he
probably 6nds himself some day very
much worse for their use.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-07-09
Professions Not Overcrowded

There is dearth of thoroughly train.
ed men In all professions. The more
exacting the conditions the greater the
need. The thoroughly trained man
nowadays must be college man. The
universities are using every effort to
train men along special lines for def
mite efficiency in something. The old
idea of college education as general
culture is passing away. The UNIVERSE
ty takes men as they are and makes
the most out of what they can do. A
man today in America is foolish to be
"self made" when better means are al
hand. It is equally foolish to choose a
self taught man as against other men
who have worked with equal zest and
force and with much better advan.
tages.
Formerly a man of an executive turn
leader in business or politics, found
in college education little that could
help him. Now he finds everything
In the future the college men will be
the natural leaders in industrial and
political affairs. The reason is that the
men born to lead cannot afford to stay
out of college.-Success.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-07-09

'There are some 10000 persons of all
classes and ages missing In London
every year." said a Scotland Yard Off
eial.
eve are generally able to account for
5000 by referring to the bodies 'un-
known found in the Thames and other
places and by taking for granted that
the rest have left London for various
reasons. We have the majority of the
latter on our records as wanted Still
even then 1900 are left. The greater
number of these>are probably living In
London under assumed names and dis
guises and In different walks of life.
They are cut off from all intercourse
with their relations and former friends
and have as citizens changed their per-
sonalities.
ain fact, there is a town Of many
thousand inhabitants in the heart of
London which is to all intents and pur-
poses missing to the rest Of the world
and If wanted cannot be found.'
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-07-09

Old Lord Forglen, the Scotch judge
died in 1927. DIR. Clerk, who attended
his lordship to the last, calling on his
patient the day he died, was admitted
by the judges old servant and clerk
David Reed. "How does my lord dor
INQUIRED the doctor. 81 houp he's
weel," responded the old man, whose
voice and manner at once explained his
meaning. With tears streaming dowr
his face he conducted DR.. Clerk into 8
room where there were two dozen bot
ties of wine underneath the table.
Other gentlemen presently arrived
and, having partaken of glass or two
of wine while they listened to David's
account of his masters last hours, they
all rose to depart. mo, no, gentlemen
not So" said the old factotum. ut was
the expressed wish Of the deceased thai
l should fill We a. fou, and maun fulfil
the will O. the dead" DR.. Clerk uset
to add when relating the story, "And
indeed he did fulfill the will O. the
dead, for before the end OF there was
ma ane of us able to bite his air
thoombp
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-07-09
Agoraphobfa.

Builders, with their stone and NOR
tar, brick and lime, water and sand,
have left little puddles on q stretch Of
upper Broadway. An irregular string
Of pedestrians flung itself past the
place, ignoring for the most part the
slight inconvenience of stepping over
the miniature lakes. But one man.
when he was confronted with the situa-
ton, started back with an exclamation
of vexation and passed around the
pools.
'eThat chap has agoraphobia," said
one Of two men who had noted the
movement.
HAS what?" asked the other.
"Agoraphobia. 1t means simply an
adherence of open spaces, and it has
great many victims. Specialists in
this sort of nervousness say 1t takes
various forms, some of its subjects
having an insurmountable dread OF
crossing from one side Of the street
to the other, while others have a dis
inclination to go more than a few
blocks from their home.
"Some dread to step across puddle
of water, like the man we just saw
Others dread descending into a well
beyond a certain depth, and still 9th
ers have a fear of getting too high in 6
| building or an elevator. AS a rule
these persons are acutely intellectual
SO it is no mental disgrace to be vic
tim Of agoraphobia, simply misfor
tune that is commoner than most per
sons suppose. New York Telegram.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-07-09
Natural waters.

All natural waters contain greater
or less amount of mineral matter in so
luton Rain water has the smallest
percentage of solid impurities Of any
and therefore it is taken as the stand
ard variety of soft water.
The terms soft and hard, however
as applied to water are scientifically
considered purely relative.
Water Is usually reckoned to be
"soft" when it contains less than one
five-thousandth part Of it's weight OF
mineral ingredients and "hard' when II
contains more than one four-thou-
sandth.
Soft water has the property Of easily
forming a lather with soap and is
therefore suitable for washing pur-
poses, while hard water will only form
a lather, and that imperfectly, with
considerable difficulty.
A mineral water has more than one
two-t housandth of its weight Of nat
ural dissolved solids, and a medicinal
water is a variety of mineral water
containing a varying percentage of dis
solved natural solid or gaseous drugs.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-07-09

Diplomacy is a fine art, and in its
successful practice much depends upon
the observation of social conventions.
Some of the most successful diplomats
seem to spend most Of their time at
dinners and parties, apparently doing
nothing but enjoying themselves, but
In reality serving well their countries.
In truth, the reputation of country at
a foreign court and ofttimes its well
fare In important issues depend very
largely upon the social abilities of its
minister, for the man who Is popular
socially is very likely to drive better
international bargain than his unso-
ciable brother. This is well understood
at Washington, and the selection of a
chief for one of our foreign embassies
depends In no small part upon his So
cial culture.-Edward Page CASTOR in
Woman's Home Companion.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-07-09
THE Willy WIDOW.
And the Visits to Her of Suitors Niles
and Giles.

And the Visits to Her of suitors Niles
and Giles.
The widow is a resident of Brooklyn.
Two Of her friends are stockholders
in Wall street and fellow club mem
bers, but they had never spoken of her
to each other.
And the widow was wary. While
aged both and arranged that they call
on different occasions. But one even
ing, unfortunately, the two suitors met,
and the situation became embarrass-
ing. Giles, who had entered first, be-
lieved he had the right of possession.
Niles was of opinion that the earlier
caller should take his leave first. There
fore both tarried.
At length, as the hour was growing
late, Niles suggested that they depart
together and discuss a matter of in
terest to their club on their homeward
way. Giles, unable to find real ex-
cuse, agreed.
Together they boarded car and to-
gether reached the ferry for Manhattan
borough.
At this juncture Niles, somewhat I'M
necessarily, it appeared to Giles, be-
came engaged in controversy with a
man who had jostled him, but the op-
portunity seemed heaven sent to Giles,
and he embraced it to return the way
he had come He had been on the
point of asking crucial question, and,
being man of resolution, he determin-
ed not to risk another hours delay. He
stopped a moment in a cigar store to
arrange his necktie.
Arriving at the apartment house, he
was informed by the hallboy that the
elevator had just gone up for the last
time. So near the object of his adora-
ton, this seemed but a trivial incon-
venience, and, like the ardent P. j.
Beranger, Eighty he vaulted up four
pair of stairs"
He stood at the door. He entered.
There sat Niles.-Harper' Magazine.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-07-09

Once, when the late DR.. Tanner had
asked in the house whether it was true
that the Duke of Cambridge had re-
signed his position as commander in
chief, Major Jones of Penzance was
so outraged that he challenged DR.. Tan
ner to duel, and the following tele-
graphic correspondence took place:
'Tn reply to your despicable question
about the Duke of Cambridge, desig
nate you a coward. Delighted to give
you satisfaction across the water. Pts
tolls"
To which DIR. Tanner at once replied
"Wire received. VIII meet you to.
morrow in Constantinople, under the
tower of Galata, midnight. Being chal-
lenged, prefer torpedoes. Bring anoth-
er ass.-Tanner."
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-07-09

In late years men have made fortunes
out of the falling of gold mines The
mills in which the ore formerly was crush
ed and the crude processes then in use
allowed large percentage of the precious
metal to escape, and that loss amounted
in some cases to fortune. The stomach
is just like stamp mill in this respect,
that when it is not in perfect order it al
lows the escape and waste of much of the
precious nutriment contained in the food.
That loss when continuous means the loss
of mans greatest fortune, health.
Science offers remedy for this condition
in Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery.
1t corrects the weakness" of the stomach,
prevents waste and loss of nourishment,
and puts the stomach and organs of diges-
ton and nutrition into condition of
health which enables them to save and
assimilate all the nutriment contained in
the food which is eaten. In all cases OF
of constipation the use of DR.. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets will speedily and per
manently cure the disease.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-07-09
PASSENGER Elevators.

So common are passenger elevators
now and so absolutely necessary in the
tall office buildings that the history of
the first one has been almost forgotten,
and yet it created a sensation In its
day. This elevator was placed in the
Fifth Avenue hotel In New York when
1t was built, and as the first passenger
elevator in the world it was a drawing
card as one of the sights of New York
A small plate suitably inscribed in
forms visitors to the Fifth Avenue no.
tel elevators today of that fact. 1t was
screw elevator, the carriage being
raised or lowered by the revolutions of
a big screw. Compared with the swift
moving elevators of today, which shoot
up and down rapidly and smoothly,
this was very crude affair. Many of
New York's private houses are now
equipped with elevators so adjusted
that the passenger operates them by
pushing a button. These are practi-
cally automatic.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-07-09


cry, and Ave Walls of Dr. Pierce's Pleas
ant Pellets Thanks to DR.. Pierce and
his medicine am well woman to-day.
DIR. Pierce's medicines also cured my
mother of liver complaint from which
she had been sufferer for fifteen years.
We highly recommend these medicines
to all suffering people"
Diseases which seem to be remote from
the stomach, but which originate in the
stomach are cured through the stomach.
For this reason diseases of heart, lungs,
liver, kidneys, and other organs are
cured by vGolden Medical Discovery"
when 1t has cured the disease of the
stomach and its associated organs OF
digestion and nutrition.
It has been surprise to many people
who have taken "Golden Medical Dis
covery" for stomach .trouble," to find
that as the stomach was cured, diseases
of long standing which had affected
other organs were cured also. The
vweak heart becomes strong, the slug
gish liver active, the clogged kidneys
are cleansed, the lungs made sound
The whole body is practically renewed,
built up with firm, healthy flesh, and moi
pulled up with Aabby fat
Some dealers desiring to make sAle
little more profit paid by the sale of les:
meritorious medicines will sometimes
offer the customer a substitute fol
cGolden Medical Discovery" claiming
1t to be 0just as good" Nothing is Just
as good for you which has not just al
good record of cures, and no Other
medicine has record of cures compar
able with those effected by the use o.
cGolden Medical Discovery"
GIVE IT TO soME ONE ELSE.
DIR. Pierce's Common Sense Medical
Adviser, containing over a thousand
large pages and more than 700 illustra
tons is sent free on receipt of stamp:
to pay expense of mailing only. If YOU
don't feel the need of this valuable med
ical work yourself, why not give 1t tc
some friend or young married couple
1t is an invaluable gift, and one which
will be highly appreciated by the recipi
ent. Send 81 one-cent stamps for the
volume in durable cloth-binding, or only
II stamps for the book in paper covers
Address DR.. R. v. Pierce. Buffalo. N. Y
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-07-09
where American. Are Modest.

The American Is shy of proclaiming
to the world his deepest sentiments and
superstitions, If he has any. He pre-
fers to take himself either as joke or
as q matter of business. Hence when
he has a town to name he calls 1t
'Smithville" or "New Bristol or, as
actually happened In the case of one
town, 20. K" He may believe in a 10
cal ghost, he may love his wife, he may
admire the view from his windows and
pine when torn from the woods and
mountains among which he passed his
boyhood, but he does not want to put
those emotions into the postoffice d.
rectory.-Washingto Times.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-07-09
Thrnuinr Rice.

How many people know that the Gus
tom of throwing rice at a wedding
symbolizes not the expression of goo(
luck, but it is metaphorical flight OF
arrows shot at the bridegroom. In un
civilized ages most nations were accu'
toned to the forcible capture of a brl,
by her lover, and the attempts on
part of her male relatives to prevs
her husband from carrying her away
typified by volley of rice instead OF
more fatal missiles.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-07-09

One Of the stories which Levi Hutch
ms, the old time clockmaker of Con-
cord. N. H, delighted to tell related to
the youth of Daniel Webster.
"One day." said the old man, while
was taking breakfast at the tavern
kept by Daniels father, Daniel and his
brother Ezekiel, who were little boys
with dirty faces and snarly hair, came
to the table and asked me for bread
and butter.
II complied with their request, little
thinking that they would become very
distinguished men. Daniel dropped
his piece Of bread on the sandy floor,
and the buttered side of course was
down. He looked at it moment, then
picked it up and showed it to me, say
ing:
"'What pityl Please give me a
piece of bread buttered on both sides;
then If let it fall one of the buttered
sides will be up"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-07-09

Reading aloud is recommended b.
physicians as benefit to persons eff
fected with any chest complaint The
recommendation is made because in all
cases of lung trouble it is important
for the sufferer to indulge in exercise
by which the chest is in part filed by
and emptied of air, for the exercise rs
strengthening to the throat, lungs and
muscles Of the chest.
Reading aloud can be practiced by
all and besides being a curative act
can be a pleasure and profit to both
reader and hearers. In this treatment
1t is recommended that an overdose of
medicine be avoided, that the reading
be deliberate, without being allowed
to drag, that the enunciation be cleas
the body be held In an easy, unstrain-
ed upright position, so that the chest
will have free play, and that tb
breathing be natural and as deep az
possible without undue effort.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-07-09
ManfaT Arithuet,c.

Wife of Young Literary Man-Why,
George, f10 for that magazine story ?
How long did it take you to write it2
Young Husband (nonchalantly)-Oh,
don't know. A couple of days, sup
pose.
Wife (exultingly)-Five pounds a
day! That's EDO week and f120 a
month. Twelve times f120 is nearly
f1,500 year. Why, George, we can
keep carriage just as well as not
London Answers.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-07-09
why He pidn,t Go to Church

A Scottish minister who was indefat-
igable in looking up his folk one day
called upon a parishioner. Richard, .
he said, 81 haze ma seen ye at the kirk
for some time and wad like to know
the reason"
"Weel, SIR" answered Richard, 81
haze three decided objections to goin-
firstly, l dinna believe in bein whaur
ye does a. the talkin; secondly, l dinna
believe in ST muckle singin, an, thirdly
an in conclusion, twas there got my
wife."-Albany Argus.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-07-09

Biting the nails is an exceedingly
dangerous practice as the bitter never
knows when to stop and at any mo-
ment is liable to bite into "the quick"
and cause blood poisoning. Even when
the utmost care is taken Of the teeth
a poisonous secretion is apt to collect
on them, and the entrance Of a minute
portion of this into the circulation may
prove as certainly fatal as the pus on
q surgeons scalpel.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-07-09
The skate Fish.

The ray, or skate fish, has mouth
set transversely across its head. the
jaws working with a rolling motion
like two hands set back to back. In
the jaws are three rows of fat teeth,
set like a mosaic pavement, and be-
tween these rolling jaws the fish
brushes oysters and other mollusks like
so many nuts.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-07-09

The rural postoffice is the bureau OF
general information no less so in Geor-
gia than In Vermont, and the Atlanta
Constitution reports a conversation pre-
cipitated by an old darby who ap-
preached the village postmaster and
said:
"Any letters fer me?"
"No."
"Any postal cards%
mo"
as my paper Gomez"
mo"
SCOT any almanacs"
mo"
"Well, does you know anybody what
wants to buy live alligator~
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-07-09

Judge Ito witness)-Let me remind
you that your evidence in this court is
given upon oath, so that you will only
be allowed to state what you know
from your own observation and not
what other people have told you. In
the first place. you are medical prac-
titioner?
Witness-I cannot say that am, my
lord. i only know it from hearsay. l
have had no patients yet.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-07-09

There is an almost certain cure fol
dyspepsia and other diseases of the
stomach and organs of digestion and
nutrition. DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery always helps and almost al
ways cures. In niuety-eight per cent
of cases in which the Discovery" has
been given fair and faithful trial 1t has
wrought perfect and permanent cure
1t has cured the most severe and obsti
nate conditions of stomach trouble which
have failed to yield to any other medi
cine.
Mr.. Ned Nelson, the Irish Comediar
and Mimic of SIT Royden Street, Cam
den, N. J., writes: I'VE fulfilled ar
engagement Of twelve weeks and The
constant travelling gave me bad touch
of that dreaded disease called dyspepsia
had tried everything possible to cure I
till last week while playing at B. F