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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-10-15

You have sometimes been surprised to
feel a SILVER pass through you in warm
weather, and you don't understand it.
Your friends have informed you with a
cheerful smile that it is some one walking
over your grave, and you have tried to
go one better by correcting them, where
the grave will be-"
The fact is, 1t is electricity that is re
sponsible for that SILVER in the majority
of cases. There is an immense amount
of electricity in the earth and its atmos-
phere, and it is constantly being gener-
ated.
When the positive and negative poles
meet near a human being, that human
being is likely to be affected.
We have a good supply of the fluid, as
1t is often called, in our bodies.
You may feel a SILVER in the region of
the spine or pain in your knee. 1t af-
fects you in different parts of your anat-
omy and in cold weather as well as in
warm, but you don't notice 1t so much In
winter If you have the shiver rather
frequently, it means that you are run
down.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-10-15
When the Kangaroo Is Dangerous.

The kangaroo seems poorly provided by
nature with offensive weapons. His
powers of biting are not formidable, and
his fore paws are 80 weak as to seem al
most rudimentary members of little use.
His hind legs are muscular and strong,
but are apparently of use only to assist
fight from his enemies. On these hind
legs is found, however, most formidable
weapon in the shape Of long claw as
hard as steel and sharp as a chisel-as
terrible to dogs as the scythe chariots Of
the ancients were to their enemies. When
run down, the kangaroo, placing a tree
behind him to protect his rear, will seize
in his fore paws such hdiscreet dogs as
rush up to him and, holding them firmly,
disembowel them with a sweep of his
sicklelike claws.
Even the hunters themselves thus
caught In the viselike grip of an 'old
man" kangaroo of the larger breeds have
sometimes suffered in like manner and
have now and then taken their own turn
at being hunted as the enraged animals
turned upon them and attacked their
horses with blind ferocity.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-10-15

1t happened at one Of the Baltimore
police stations. The prisoner, long
haired hobo son of Erin, lounged against
the bar of justice. The justice glared at
him over his spectacles.
whats his name?" he inquired of the
lieutenant.
"Michael O'Hara, squire; charged with
being drunk on the street"
Him! Foreign born" unused the JUS.
tice. "Sprechen sic Englischen, O'Hara p
The prisoner Strengthened up in his
soleless shoes and. with the dignity Of
generations of kings, said:
"Squoir, it's an American citizen am
from me birth, being born in Oireland. l
want me case tried by an American judge
an not by foreign dago with spache
that a Christian SAINT understand"
"Oh, you're Irish. thought your name
had German sound" said the squire,
more humbly. Cease dismissed, heuten-
baltimore Herald.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-10-15
THE SUCKER FISH.
How These Strange Creatures Attach
Themselves to Larger Fish.

Themselves to Larger Fish.
People of certain temperament some
times attain their wishes by hanging toE
the skirts of persons of larger capacity. /
In the fish world these find their coun-
terpart in the remora family (the suck
ers), which is represented on the Atlantic
coast by five species. In these fishes the
first dorsal fn-i e., the fin on the back
nearest the head-is transformed for all
practical purposes into sucking organ, l
by means of which they can attach them
selves very firmly to the gill covers orr
sides of larger fish. Thus there are the
shark sucker, the swordfish sucker, the /
billfsh sucker, etc. Being excellent
swimmers, it is difficult to see why they
prefer to go through life as an appendage
and burden to others, but it is well
known that they travel with sharks con-s
tinuously in this manner, and their hosts
have actually been found emaciated and
exhausted from carrying about their I'M
invited guests.
An eminent observer of fishes has
thought it very probable that the object
Of the suckers is to share the fragments
of food with their hosts, but whatever
the cause the latter are surely entitled to
our sympathy. 1t happens, however, that
this very propensity for changing on" has
recoiled on the sucker much to his disad-
vantage, for as soon as man discovered
this popularity he cudgeled his brain for
some practical application which would
rebound to his own advantage, and, be-
ing himself perhaps a "hanger on" to
other people, some resourceful individual
conceived the idea of using this fish as
bait and make him do the catching. In
Ogilbys america" occurs the following
description of how the Indians Of long
ago used these fishes to aid in the cap
ture of others:
columbus from hence proceeding on
further westward discovered a fruitful
Coast, verging the Mouth of River,
whose Water runs Boyling into the Sea.
Somewhat further he saw very strange
Fishes, especially of the Guiacan, not I'M
like an Eel, but with an extraordinary
great Head, over which hangs Skin like
a Bag This Fish is the Natives Fisher;
for, having a Line or handsom cord fas-
tened about him, so soon as a Turtel, or
any other of his Prey, comes above wa
ter, they give him Line; whereupon Che
Guiacan, like an Arrow out of Bowe,
shoots toward the other Fish, and then
gathering the Mouth of the Bag on his
Head like Purse-net, holds them SO
fast, that he let not loose till hal'd up out
of the Water. Los Angeles Times.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-10-15
THE EYE OF AN ARTIST.
A Case Where 1t Was More Reliable
Than Sailors Optic.

A Case Where 1t Was More Reliable
Than a Sailors Optic.
Mr.. n Chevalier, the well known
artist who accompanied the late Duke
of Edinburgh on many Of his travels,
was once going from Dunedin to
Lyttelton, New Zealand, by steamer.
Anxious to catch the earliest glimpse
Of the coast he went on deck at dawn
and was alarmed to see that the vessel
was heading straight on to the land.
Calling the officers attention to the
fact, he was told that it was only a
fog bank. The artist maintained his
point, but the second officer looked
and confirmed his mate.
The artist then said: "Well, gentle
men, I will back my artists eye
against your sailors eye, and say
that what you mistake for a fog bank
is a low range of hills, and there is
range of mountains appearing above
them"
But he was only laughed at, until
the captain coming on deck found In
the growing light that the artist was
right and the seamen wrong. The YES
sci was out Of its course, and there
was only just time to avert disaster.
The helmsman was dismissed in dis
grace and the course given to the new
steersman, but the vessels head still
pointed landward-the compass was all
wrong.
The cause was discovered later. A
commercial traveller had brought box
of magnets on board and deposited
them In a stern cabin, causing what
might have been a fatal DETECTION of
the compass.
To return to the question Of inter
probation, the artist was dealing with
the appearances which his eye was
trained to see and his mind to inter-
pref. A speck on the horizon might
have remained a mere speck to him
long after the sailors had interpreted
the speck into a vessel of definite rig.
There can be little doubt that the
trained eye is accompanied by sort
of mental seeing, an instinct outrun-
ming OPTICS
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-10-15

'T'm so glad you told me to keep
accounts, Henry" she said. 81 have
just been going over them, and l find
that have saved 5000 in the last three
months"
''GoodI' he exclaimed. where's the
moneyT
"Oh, l haven't got the money" she
answered, "but the accounts show that
/ have saved it just the same."-Chi-
eAgo Post.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-10-15
Returned For the Pan.

Only the experienced and methodical
housekeeper knows the agony Of the wo-
man whose maid forgets her tray while
performing the ceremonious obligations
of the house. That the Importance of the
tray is recognized in Milwaukee is evil
denced by the relation by The Sentinel
of the horror which seized upon fash
ionable mistress while listening to con
versation in the hall.
The maid had just arrived and had
been solemnly instructed as to the neces-
sity of carrying the silver card tray when
answering the doorbell. 1t was an "at
home" day, and the domestic, in immacu-
late cap and apron, rushed to the door at
the first tinkle. The caller proved to be
the most imposing representative of the
very upper set.
'Sure an she's in" said Mary affably
in answer to the usual inquiry and start
ed up stairs. Half way up she turned
and rushed madly back, snatched the
card tray from the table and, holding it
out to the astonished visitor, exclaimed:
IAN wasn't after forgettin me pan!'
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-10-15
TO A gooKwoRM.

Oh, gentle worm, most wise, though oft denozno'
ed pest,
VINO didst the pages Of the ancients' books In
fest,
Their contents chew upon and inwardly digest,
/ envy thee when DER thy course looki
For 'twixt the velium walls of some sweet classic
Tome
Mid leaves ink scented thou didst have thy clois-
tered home,
All margined round with virgin fields in which to
roam
whene'er thou earedst to leave thy lettered
nook
And when thou'dst riddled thy last line, o
Ptinidus,
What happy destiny was thine, denied to us,
To lay thy sapient bones in such sarcophagus
And be forever buried in book!
John H. Finley in Century.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-10-15

Dog days are so called from Sirius,
the most brilliant of the fixed stars in
the head of the constellation CAMS Ma
jor, or the Greater Dog, and include the
period from July to Aug. IL. During
this period this star and the sun rise
within the same hour, and the ancients,
who worshiped the dog. attributed the
existence of summer to the influence Of
this constellation, a superstition which
has been perpetuated to the present day
In the use OF the term.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-10-15

A woman of high social distinction
in America was presented to the kaiser
at some dinner that was not attended
with royal state. She was talking to
him when she was offered a famous
German salad. 1t was handed on her
right, and the kaiser was on her left,
which put her In a predicament. She
did not dare turn her face from the
emperor to help herself to the salad.
The situation was too much for her.
The emperor, seeing the condition at a
glance, looked at her for an instant and
laughed as he said, "a kaiser can wait,
but salad cannot"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-10-15
WHY He Kent a Dog.

A prominent dog fancier and wealthy
man of Philadelphia stepped into a gro
Gerry the other night, says The Press, and
accidentally stumbled over a fat old Ger
man, who was sitting In a corner smok-
ing his pipe.
Under his chair was the most remark
able specimen Of a dog that the gentle
man had ever seen. 1t had the appear
ance of pug, with rough red hair and a
long tail. 1t was impossible to resist
laughing at the placid old man and his
nondescript dog.
"What kind of dog is that?" asked
the gentleman.
II don't know" replied the German.
81 suppose you use him for hunting?"
"No."
SIS he good for anything?"
mo"
"Then why do you value him soT"
Because he likes me-" said the old fel-
low, still putting his pipe, and the express
sion of the dog as he looked up from I'M
der the chair fully confirmed the state
ment.
There is no better or stronger reason
than that" asserted the gentleman en-
phatically as he walked away.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-10-15

Almost all fruits and flowers have
their legend. One about the peach
comes from Japan and tells how poor,
pious old couple were searching for
food by the roadside. The woman
found a peach, which she would not
eat of, though starving, till she could
share it with her husband. he cut it
exactly in half, when an infant leaped
forth. 1t was one of the gods, who had,
he said, accidentally fallen out of the
peach orchard of heaven while playing.
He told them to plant the stone of the
peach, and it brought them happiness,
friends and wealth.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-10-15

zone of the names of the great,
clumsy, moon shaped, wide mouthed fish
commonly called the angler" said an old
fisherman, "is goosefsh. There is moth
ing gooselike In the anglers appearance,
but somebody once saw an angler, big
and clumsy as 1t Is, come up unaware
and nab a goose that had settled on the
water and drag 1t under; hence the name.
"But then, as far as that's concerned,
you wouldn't expect seals to be bird
catchers, would you? AS matter Of
fact the harbor seal does occasionally get
a bird, such as a duck, which it might
so chance upon as to be able to capture
"A
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-10-15

In the series of debates between Ste
phen A. Douglas and Abraham Lincoln
in 1858 on one occasion Douglas sneer-
ingly referred to the fact that he once
saw Lincoln retailing whisky. eyes"
replied Lincoln, sit is true that the first
time 1 saw Judge Douglas l was selling
whisky by the drink. l was on the in
side of the bar, and the judge was on the
outside, l busy selling, he busy buying, "
which is about as neat retort as the an
nails of the stump afford-rich, but not
malicious
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-10-15

One little plant of South Africa pro-
tects itself by assuming a curious like
ness to a white lichen that covers the
rocks. The plant has sharp pointed
green leaves. These are placed close
together, with their points upward,
and on the tip of each leaf is little
white, scaly sheath. The resemblance
of the smooth surface these present to
the lichen growing on the rocks, be-
side which it is always found, is so
great that it is not till you tread on
1t that you discover the deception
Fortnightly Review.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-10-15

The oath was originally an appeal to
divine authority to ratify an assertion.
The old Greek gods swore by the Styx.
and Jehovah is represented in the early
books of the Bible as swearing by him
self, there being none higher. The form
of an oath among the Hebrews was
"By the God of Abraham" "God do so
unto me" and "God knoweth."
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-10-15
COMING RAIN.

Hung In the shining north, light showers-
Az over breast Of silks and flowers
Like dusky unbound hair
Trail weeping, but the west is dark,
And the rain crows tripping voice, oh, harki
Treads down the echoing airi
Hark, how the bobolinks ripple and bubbiei
Out Of the orchard what rapture Of robinsi
And look, the brown thrust up and facing the
storm
With shaken iubiant splendor and storm Of song
And more than the heart can bearl
Oh, look and listenl The last hghts glisten,
Save for the moments giarei
Oh, look and haSzenl The valleys darksn,
Fade, for the rain is therei
Joseph Russell Taylor in scribner'a
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-10-15
Brevity Takes Time.

A Scottish minister was once asked
how long be would require to prepare a
speech. "That depends" said he, upon
how much time am to occupy in it's de-
livery. II I ana to speak for quarter
Of an hour, I should like week to pre-
pare: if l am to spsah for halS an boSe,
three days will Dc; Il I ana to so Oa as
long as like, am ready now"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-10-15
A Bar to Marriage.

Daughter (coaxing)-Papa, do have a
little mercy and let Charles and me be
happy together.
Papa mathematical professor)-What?
You want to think Of marriage when
you don't even know where to find the
hypothenuse of right angled triangle?-
New York Times.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-10-15
Use Anen's Foot-Ease.

A powder to be shaken into the shoes.
Your feet feel swollen, nervous and hot, and
get tired easily. If you have smarting feet OF
tight shoes, try Aliens Foot-Ease 1t cools
the feet, and makes walking easy. Cures
swollen, sweating feet, ingrowing nails, bus
tiers and callous spots. Relieves corns and
bunions of all pain and gives res and comfort
Try it to-day. Sold by all druggists and shoe
stores for 25c. Trial package FREE. Address
Allen S. Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-10-15

81 presume, my good fellow, you're a
laborerY' said a lawyer to plainly
dressed witness.
"You are right. l am a workman,
SIR" replied the witness, who was civil
engineer.
"Familiar with the use of the pick,
shovel and spade, presume"
ITO some extent Those are not
the principal implements of my trade
though"
Perhaps you will condeseend to en-
tighten me as to your principal imple-
mentsW
at Is hardly worth while. You don't
understand their nature or USE"
Probably not" loftAy, "but l insist
on knowing what they are"
"Brains. "-Iondon Tit Bits.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-10-15

tired feeling all the Tina I dragged ground In
medicine After taking first bottle began to
feel better. took fouf bottles Of Or. Heree'e
Favorite prescription, two Of Golden Medical
nsed ono bottle of DR.. saaes catarrh Remedy.
NOW feel like a new person. cant tnanf
YOU enough for your kind advice and the good
your medicine has done me-
al have sister who Is taking your meoisans
and It Is helping her."
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets promote
regularity of the bowels, and assist the
action of uFavorite Prescription" No
other laxative should be used with DR..
P;erce,s Medicines
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-10-15
Remunerative.

''Do you think that unselfshness ever
pays in politicsY'
'Of course it pays" answered Senator
Sorghum 1.-The unselfsh man is the one
who doesn't want any Of your money,
and he goes down as clear profit" y
Washington Star
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80
ness, exercise can
only aggravate the
C o hdition. The
womanly health must
be first restored be-
fore strength can be
developed by sxer-
else,
Or. Pierce's Fa-
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makes weak women
strong and sick
women well. It does
this by healing the
womanly diseases
which undermine the
general health. It
stops the drains that
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Inflammation and I'LL
ceration and cures
female weakness.
1t When I first COM
m en- eed using Doctor
Pierce's m e dicin es, =
writes Mre. George A.
Strong, of Gansevoort,
Saratoga Co., N. Y, al
was suffering from 70
male weakness, q dis
agreeable drain, bearing
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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-10-15
Always Careful.

Mammal hope you gave that young
Custer a piece Of your mind when he
kissed you'll
Ethel-Ah, mamma, / wanted to hear
your opinion about 1t 6rst.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-10-15
Throwing money Around.

ais Sydney Spluggs putting on any airs
since he came into his fortuneW
"Airs? | think so. He's had three sur
gical operations. Chicago Herald.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-10-15

We should manage our fortune like
our constitution-enjo it when good
have patience when bad and never apply
violent remedies but in cases Of neoes
pity.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-10-15

1t is useless to grasp an opportunity If
you don't intend to do anything but stand
around and hold ON to it.-GhicagO News.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-10-15
-C0IISthenICS

Are benefit to healthy women. But to
women who are suffering from diseases
peculiar to their sex they are an injury.
When there is weak back or bearing
down pains. sideache or other indications
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Detective Stories
Conan Doyle considers Poe the inventor

Conan Doyle considers Poe the inventor
of the detective story, and as pre-eminently
the master of the short story, and adds; "rhe i'm
gnave quality the intellectual SKILL the keen adaptation
ends the subly insight the management dramatic efforts
qualities upon which delight dwell and would emphasize
Indebtedness to Poe and appreciation great
abilities"
Do know Poe And do you wish
which gives the facts of the life of the ennyson
dered the greatest American author which proves the
of many existing libels? If so, address
GEORGE BARRIE & SON, ID 3 Walnut Street,
Philadelphia.
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that he had but one child and that she
was all in all to him.

Do H6 dONCPOOu eIIO 1110 1e11
telegraphed back:
You may come home, and the sooner the better,
go as to keep the $3.50 for pin money. Tell Harry
he's too sharp to remain clerk and that take
him today into partnership; only he must re-
member that partners never tell tales out OF
school. God bless you'll H. SHELDON
The runaways returned by the next
train. The marriage proved, too, an
eminently happy one. The story never
got out. We only tell it now in conf
dence.-Woman's Life.
Cochise review., 1901-03-02
Another Democrat.

A subscriber writing to the REVIEW this week says: ''I notice, with pleas ure, the name of w. A. Leonard as editor of the Era, of Clifton. The New Mexico friends of Leonard, known among intimate friends as "Pink, ," may be surprised to see his name at the mast head of Democratic journal istic barque; but I have known for a number of years, that "Pink" was in- stinctively desirous of becoming affilia- ted with better crew than that he sailed with when he commanded the Silver City Enterprise; and yetit is a bit of interesting history to note the changes "Pink" has made in his polit- ical faith and affiliations. In 1844 he was an ardent Polk democrat. In 1856 he voted for the Pathfinder" for pres ident. In 1860 he was soliciting votes John c. Breckinridge and Joseph Lane. After the war, when he returned from six years outing in the pine forests of Upper Canada, he eschewed politics for awhile, and has only indulged his penchant in that direction, occasion ally, at the earnest solicitation of num- erous friends. "Pink" is all right, or as nearly so as could be expected of one Mhose life has been marked with so many changes and vicicitudes. Shake, old manl You know, "while yet the lamp holds out to burn," etc.