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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-11-26
CURIOUS MEDICINES.
Prescriptions Which Were Use
EARLY In the Eighteenth Century.

Prosecutions Which Were Used
Early In the Eighteenth Century.
The following prescriptions which were
published in 1871 show degree of credul-
ity hardly to be expected from ''the ia
Their of modern chemistry and brother of
the Earl of Cork" The book is said to
be written by the Honorable r. Boyle,
ESQ, late Fellow of the Royal Society,"
for the benefit of chose poor Upholders
of Families who cannot find or fee a Sur
geon or a Doctor" Here are few speci-
mems:
For Commissions, Especially In Chill
dren.-Take Earth Worms, wash them
we'll in White-wine to cleanse them, but
so as that they may not die in the Wine;
Then upon hollow Tiles or between them,
dry the Worms with a moderate Heat,
and no further than that they may be
conveniently reduced to Powder; to one
Ounce of which add pretty Number of
Grains of Ambergrise, both to perfume
the Powder (whose Scent Of itself is rank
and to make the medicine the more etica-
cious.
To Prevent the Toothache and Keep
the Teeth Sound.-Let the Patient fire.
quently rub his Teeth moderately with
the ASneS tnat remain III 1ODaccO-ElpeS
after the rest of the Body hath been con-
sumed in Smoak; some time after, wash
ing Gf need be- his Mouth with fair Wa
ter not too cold.
An Uncommon but Experienced Rem
edy For Dysenterical Fluxes.-Take the
Bone or the Thigh of a hang'd Man (per-
haps another may serve), calcine it to
Wilderness, and having purg'd the Pa
tient with an antimonial medicine, give
him 1 Dram of this White Powder for
one Dose, in some good Cordial, whether
Conserve or Liquor.
A Choice External Remedy For a Sore
Throat.-Take Millepedes alive, and sew
them up between the Foldings of a piece
of LINEN, and apply them to the Throat
in the form of a stay, which is to be kept
on all Night.
For an Ague.-Take of the Bone called
"Platella," of the Knee of a dead Man,
and having reduced it to fine Powder, give
of it as much as will lie upon a groat or a
siX-pence for one Dose, in any proper
Conserve, or fit Vehicle.-Lancet.
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CHERRIES SALE.

By virtue of writ of fieri tacias, TO me di-
rected, issued out OF the Court of Chancery OF
the state of New Jersey, will sell at public
sale, on
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1901,
between the hours of u and O'Clock in the
afternoon of said day (to-wit at o'clock, at
Benjamin W. Zelley's hotel, IN Mount Holly,
All the following described lot of ground
with the dwelling house and other buildings
thereon erecte d, situate in the village Of Hart
ford, county of Burlington and state of New
Jersey, and is bounded as follows, to-wit: Be
ginning at a stone in the middle of the Mount
Holly and Moorestown turnpike road and also
in the middle of the public road leading from
said village to Bridgeborough; thence by the
middle of last mentioned road north thirty
seven degrees west three chains aud seventy
links to corner to Darling Evans land;
thence by said land south ffty-two degrees
west one chain and thirty-nine links to
corner to said Evans land thence still by the
same south six degrees east fOrty-t1ve and a
half links to corner to LAND of Joseph Bal
linger thence by said land norty f1ty-tive
degrees and twenty minutes east forty-nine
links to corner TO said other lands; thence
still by the same south twenty-six degrees ana
thirty minutes east eighty-one links to a
corner to said other land; thence still by the
same south two degrees and twenty minutes
east one chain and torty-five links to stake
in the middle of the aforesaid turnpike road;
thence by the middle of said road north
eighty-eight degrees and fifteen minu ties east
two chains and thirty links to the place
of beginning, containing sixty one-hundreths
OF an acre of land, be the same more or less,
Being Inc same CracI OF lahu ana premises
which were conveyed to the said Elizabeth g.
Lippincott from under the hands and seals of
Joseph Ballinger and Martha A. Ballinger by
deed bearing date the twenty-sixth day of
September, A. ID. 1892, and recorded in the
Clerks Office of Burlington county at Mount
Holly, in Book 29g of Deeds page 42S, &C
Seized as the property OF William Praeger,
ct ux., ct ais defendants, taken in execution
at the suit of George w. Reeves and Sarah E.
Ward. trustees, etc, compliments, ana to be
sold by
CHARLES X. FENTON,
CHARLES EVAN MERRITT, Sol'r. Sheriff
Dated Nov, IS, 1901. [Pr's adv. fee, $l2 90,
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BURNING DIAMONDS.
| Costly Experiments Finally Settled
m Much DISPUTED Question

Costly Experiments Finally Settled
q Much Disputed Question.
In the year 1894 it was discovered by
actual experiment that diamond would
burn. Then Cosmos III. had one fixed
in the focus of burning glass, and after
some exposure to the rays of the sun it
cracked, corruscated and finally disap-
peared like a ghost, leaving not single
trace that it had ever existed, not even
an atom Of ashes.
But experiments Of this sort were cost
ly; they were long in yielding any scien-
tiic result. 1t was only king or a SOW
ereign prince that could afford to see his
jewels vanish like the gifts of fairy
godmother. Another potentate, Francis
l., tried the quality of number of valu-
able diamonds in the heat of a furnace
and may have felt some qualification
when he found that they had disappear
ed. This was in 1850. and about twenty
years later scientific experimenters burn
ed magnificent diamond in Paris.
A jeweler named Leblanc now came
forward and denied the possibility Of
burning a diamond, even going SO far as
to accuse the chemist, Macquer, of fraud
In conducting his diamond burning opera
TONS He had often, he asserted, exposed
diamonds to great heat, with the sole re-
suit of increasing their brilliancy.
A Mr.. Streeter had done the same with
success, but 1t seems that Leblanc only
knew half Of what Mr.. Streeter knew.
When Macquer demanded that the jew
eler inclose some diamonds In coal In
crucible, he rashly assented, and in three
hours they had all disappeared.
Then Maillard, who seems to have had
his suspicious of these operations, put
three diamonds in an earthen bowl pack
ed in powdered charcoal and exposed
them to intense heat without injury
Next Lavoisier came forward with his
explanations of the phenomena attending
the results of these various experiments
He says that by shutting out the air dia-
monds are preserved in the intense heat
of a furnace, but that the admission Of
oxygen, which combines with the carbon
of the diamond, allows it to burn almost
as readily as a piece Of coal.
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SALE.

By virtue OF a writ OF fieri facias. to me di-
the state OF New Jersey, will sell at public
sale, on
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1901,
between the hours OF II and O'Clock in the
Benjamin w Zelley's hotel. in Mount Holly,
N. j.,
All that certain tract or parcel of land and
premises hereinafter particularly described,
situate in the village of Riverton. in the
county OF Burlington and stare of New Jer-
sey, bounded and described as follows, viz :
Beginning in the westerly line of LippincOtt
avenue at the SoutheaSterly corner of lot No.
TO- and running from thence ID southwest
along the southerly line of said lot No 20
fifty feet to the building line; thence onward
still by said line of lot No: 70 one hundred
and forty feet and six inches more to the
southwestery corner of lot No. 20 in the east
erly line OF an alley; thence (2) southeasterly
along the same eighty feet to the northwest
erly co ner of lot No. u thence (3) northeast
erly along the same one hundred and forty
one feet to the building line, then onward
still by said line of lot No. Y nifty feet more
to the northeasterly corner thereof in the
west line of said avenue; thence ~ norther-
ly by the same eighty feet to the place of be-
ginning. Being the same lot that John X.
SAMSON and wife granted and conveyed TO
said Theodore Haas by deed dated October
9Th, 1856 and recorded october 18th, 1886, in
the clerks office of Burlington county at
Mount Holly, in Book o IL of deeds, folio IL,
clauses contained in previous deeds, contain
ing within said bounds lot No Il on Lfppin-
colts Extension OF Riverton.
Seized as the property of Theodore Haas
and wife and Others, defendants, taken in ex-
ecution at the suit of Emmor Roberts and
William Stokes, administrators, &c, of the
estate of Lydia Lippincott, deceased, COM
plainants, and to be sold by y nn
CHARLES X. FENTON,
ISRAEL ROBERTS, Sol'r. sheriff.
Dated November 20, 1901. [Pr's. adv. fee, $1,000.
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ABSOLUTE PERFECTION.
Something Which Seems to BE Ne.
pond Mans Attainment.


There are some things which at first
thought would seem easy enough of &C.
complishment, but which man does not
seem able to do. One would think that
with plenty of time and care 1t would be
easy enough to get out book absolutely
free from all typographical and gram
NAUTICAL blunders, but it is said that such
q thing never has been done. Some years
ago q prominent firm of publishers at
tempted to get out such book. Picked
compositors only were allowed to handle
the type and three proofreaders in sue
cession went independently through the
revise" 1t was then submitted to one
of the most eminent living grammarians
and finally fifteen proofreaders, connected
with as many publishing houses, went
over it line by line in their own time, be-
Ing induced to extra care by the offer of a
reward of $50 for every error discovered.
Not single mistake of any kind could
one Of them detect. Yet after the work
was given to the public it was discovered
that there were two glazing errors in the
first chapter.
The Duke of Sutherland once ordered
from the Royal Worcester Porcelain
works jeweled cup, which he demanded
should be absolutely perfect. After more
than 300 attempts the managers Of the
works were obliged to confess themselves
beaten To the ordinary eye, indeed, the
cup finally selected appeared to be per
feet, but under the microscope it could be
seen that the jewel points were not of the
same size or length. Nevertheless the
cup was as nearly perfect as any piece of
china ever has been or probably ever will
be.
Neither has man ever been able to
make a rife absolutely to be depended
upon. The modern Lee-Enfeld rife is
guaranteed to explode $685. cartridges
out of every 100000. and the Mauser
has shown that its liability to miss fire is
but one In 1 LII, 900. Yet, you see, neither
weapon IL infallible. We have merely got
as near perfection in that line as we prob
ably ever shall get.
But what an advance it is from the
days of Wellington, when prisoner once
was reprieved because all six of the rifles
Of the firing squad ordered to shoot him
failed to go off.-New York Press.
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HONEY AND BEESWAx.
Where They Are Produced ana
Where Much Beeswax Goes.


Keeping bees is a pleasant and classic
occupation, sanctioned by poets in al
ages; moreover, and to the practical mod
ern this is far more important, it is pay
ing business when scientifically conduct
ed The number of beekeepers in this
country is estimated at about SOO,OOO,
and they sell annually some 3,OOO,OOO or
100000 pounds of their sweet produce.
In every state Of the Union they may be
found, but Florida, Texas, California,
Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Michi-
gan, Wisconsin and central and northern
New York are the great beekeeping sec
tons. Wherever great quantities of bass
wood, buckwheat and, of course, clover,
are found, there beekeeping means pref
ty good income. Some bee farmers have
1900 to 5000 colonies under their care
and have reduced the business to pretty
exact science.
In Colorado, Arizona and states in the
neighborhood of the great desert the
honey "crop" is as sure as anything can
well be. even the proverbial death and
taxes" Elsewhere the clover crop may
be ruined by rain or drought, but there
the sun is sure to shine and the canals are
sure to irrigate, so that the lack OF clover
is practically impossible. And 1t is al
falfa clover, too, of which four crops are
certain every year. Under these condi-
tons it is not surprising to find in Ari-
iona and similar states whole counties
keeping bees as in other parts of the
country people cultivate farms. 1t is, in
fact, the only certain thing in that Ill IA
yored land as the alfalfa clover is the
one green thing that can coax livelihood
out of inhospitable soil.
Maeterlinck has written a book about
the bee. Perhaps some philosopher will
one day arise to sing the praises OF the
clover, living where nothing else can
grow, and alone of all weeds" enriching
the soil which gives it life. Arizona folk
may not be philosophers, but they are
properly grateful to the kindly blossom.
If the story of the clover is somewhat
romantic, that of the beeswax is hardly
less so. Several hundred thousand
pounds of beeswax are produced every
year, and prices are steady and conserv-
alive. Much of it goes into common
place uses Shoemakers, dentists, thread
manufacturers and the like use much
of it and cannot use anything in its
place; glassworkers, too, require it for
molding purposes, but the interesting part
of the beeswax business comes when it is
exported to Russia. The Greek church
uses nothing but pure beeswax for its
candles. This, apparently, is an ecclesias-
teal law. So beeswax is exported In
enormous quantities to burn in Russian
churches. When the price is low, all that
can be procured is bought up for exporta-
ton. 1t is distinctly an interesting ca
reer, this of the beeswax, beginning with
the irrigation Of the desert and ending as
the candles flicker before an eastern
shrine.-New York Tribune.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-11-26

The black handkerchief which the sail
or of the English navy knots around his
throat was first worn as mourning for
Nelson and has ever since been retained,
while the bright stripes around the broad
blue collar of the sailors jumper COM
memmorate the victories of Trafalgar,
Copenhagen and the Nile. The broad
blue collar itself is older than Nelson and
was first adopted at that period when
sailors plastered their hair into stiff
pigtail with grease aud powder.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-11-26

Early in his career as a missionary to
the Indians Bishop Whipple had jour
neyed into the Indian country to preach
a sermon to the assembled Chippeways in
Chief Good Thunder's village. Bishop
Whipple had with him the costly gar
ments of his Office, which he wore on such
occasions, and it became necessary to
leave them unguarded in the chiefs tepee.
1t seems that the bishop had his doubts
at that time as to the inherent honesty of
the average Indian. Before leaving be
asked, turning to Good Thunder:
"Chief, do you think it will be safe to
leave them here?'
"Never fear, bishop" was the reply;
"there isn't a white man within three
miles of here"
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Lies Contraats.

According to Noah Brooks, in his vol
ume washington In Lincoln's Time"
at was natural, but to lover Of Lincoln
almost surprising, that while the lifeless
form Of the martyr was being borne home
to Illinois the newly installed president,
Andrew johnson, was surrounded, court
ed and hattered by eager crowds of cour-
tiers and office seekers In Washington.
Multitudes from every part Of the coun-
try rushed upon Washington, some with
windy and turgid addresses to the new
president and many more with applica-
lions for official favor. To thoughtful
man this exhibition was disgusting be-
Kond description"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-11-26
MENDING POCKETKNIVES.
Sentimental Reasons That Lead PeO'
nIa IN tho CrtIer,s ShOn

sentimental Reasons That Lead PeO-
pIe to the Cutters Shop.
A man of an inquiring turn who had
read on the front of a cutters shop the
sign "Pocketknives Reloaded and Re
handled" and who recalled the fact that
when he was boy he used to get new
blade put in sometimes when he broke
one out of his knife, found, upon inquiry,
that boys still get new blades put in
knives just as they used to, but that, as i
matter of fact, the people who have peck
etknives repaired are mostly older persons
and that the knives are likely to be val
ned for their associations.
"I've carried that knife for fifty years, v
says one gentleman, and he hands over a
knife that he's carried since he was a
boy and that he'd hate to lose.
Many knives brought in for repairs are
priced because they are gifts, or they
were bought in some foreign country, OF
they just suit the hand of the man that
uses them There are various more or
less sentimental reasons why man may
prefer to keep the old knife rather than
discard it for new one. Then it may be
that in some other cases the knife is toe
valuable to be thrown away. So that hrst
and last and for one reason and another,
out of the vast number of pocketknives
carried, a good many come in to be
mended.
The repairs made to pocketknives are
Of a varied character. They may con-
sist, for example, in the putting on of one
new pearl side ON a pearl handled knife
to replace a side cracked or fawed. With
long use the blade at the hinged end OF
the spring in the handle or the rivet by
which the blade is held may get worn SC
that the knife blade won't close properly
or maybe the spring is no longer as it
should be, flush with the back of the
knife. In fact, great many things can
happen to a pocketknife, and of course
the more blades the more things can hap
pen, but the cutler repairs them all.
The phrase ''rebladed and rehandled'
suggested, of course, the idea of complete
renewal, and the inquirer wondered ii il
might not be possible that with the re-
pair of a knife in one part and another
such renewal might occur. And the
cutler said that not only was it possible,
but that sometimes it actually did happen
that with successive renewals of its vari-
GUS parts the whole knife came some
times to be entirely renewed. and there
was left of the original knife nothing
New York Sun.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-11-26

BY virtue OF a writ of fl. ia de bon ct ter to
f 1Ie uIrecte1, issued out of the Burlington
common Pleas Court, l will sell at public
sale, on
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1901,
between the hours of II and 5 O'Clock in the
afternoon OF said day (to-wit at 2 O'clock at
benjamin w. Zelley's hotel, in Mount Holly,
All the following tracts of land, situate in
ton and state of New Jersey;
Tract No. is in two lots as follows. LOT A
situate on the northwest side of the road lead.
ing from the Blu rlington and Columbus road
10 Jacksonville and contains fifteen acres and
4zI00 OF an acre. Lot Il. situate on the road
leading from the aforesaid Burlington and
GolumDus road to Bustleton and contains
fifteen acres and 59-l00 OF an acre.
tract NO is situate on the road leading
IRON bustleton to Jacksonville and contains
SIX acres of and. Also all that house store
ana al lot OF Iand situate on the northeriy SIDE
OF the old York road containing two acres and
S0IOO OF an acre. Excepting thereout about
23-lOO OF an acre which Asa W SchOoIle con-
TENDER 4, 1876.
Tract No; 3 situate on the Great road run
ming from Burlington to Columbus, contain
ing Two acres and S7-l0O of an acre.
All OF the above lands and premises being
the same that were conveyed to said JosenR
L. Schoone and Asa W. Schoolle by r. n
Aaaronson, Fred 6. Wiese and Thomas E.
p, 1896, and recorded in the office OF the
Clerk OF said county of Burlington. In Book
No. no S24 OF deeds pages 49, ETC., in which said
ueeu SAID tracts OF land and PREMISES are
particularly described by metes and bounds
ana monuments, to which said deed reference
Is hereby made tor more certainty of location
ana description.
Seized as the property of Josenb ScbooIIa
ana asa W. Schoolle, defendants, taken in
execution at the suit of Margaret s. Peacock
complainant. and to be sold by
CHARLES r. FENTON
ROBERT S. GAsKLL, Atty sheriff
Dated Nov. ii, 1901 I[Prs adv. fees, sIe2 g.
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One day in November 1900, was call
ed upon to conduct the funeral of an aged
bachelor, who had three brothers all not
ed for their stinginess. | drove twelve
miles to the church house, conducted a
service and then drove one mile to the
graveyard. After burial one of the broth
ers asked me to stop at his home for din
ner. On taking my leave he asked me
what l charged for my service. l told
him l never made any charges, but al
ways left it to the liberality of the
friends. After saying that "a preacher
who drives twelve miles to a funeral de-
serves something good" he went and
brought two of the largest sweet potatoes
l ever saw. As he put them in the buggy
he said, 'tNow, don't you and your wife
eat till you make yourselves sick.
Homiletic Review.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-11-26

The mistletoe is a Druidical contribu
tion to Christmas. 1t was held in great
veneration by the Druids in ancient Eng.
land, and the cutting of it was attended
by sacrificing and feasting. With weird
lamentations the priest climbed the tree
on which the mistletoe grew and cut ii
away with knife of purest gold, no base
metal being allowed to touch it. As the
twigs fell they were received below in a
mantle of spotless whiteness.
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MANY RUMoRs have been circulated dur
ing the past week relative to the health OF
Senator Sewell, tending to show that he is
in a very dangerous condition. The most
authentic statement, however, which
comes from the Senator's private secretary,
is that the distinguished patient is no
worse than he was when he went South
for rest. He is sick man beyond question:
and it is doubtful if he will be able to take
his seat in Congress on the opening day,
but it is hoped he will be able to attend to
his duties within short time.
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DU RAND S
rs and 80 Main st., Mount Holly.
GRADUATED sugar, SIC.

GRADUATED sugar, SIC.
Honey in the comb is pleasant
change from fruit. You
will find it here in its viz
gin sweetness, zoe a box.
Figs.-Turkish Pulled Figs in
boxes, weighing 81 lbs,
plump, juicy and clean, at
soc per box.
NutS.-For a finish to a good
meal nuts are as necessary
as soup is to the beginning.
We keep all kinds-plain
or mixed.
Cheese. = There is a saying
that good pie deserves
cheese and poor pie requires
it. You can get all kinds
Foreign and Domestic
at our store, at prices rang
ing from 90 cents per h.,
to ID cents per ID.
Dried Fruits used as sauce vii
save you preserves and jellies.
California Prunes, 10c and 12c
per h.; Muir Peaches, 10c and
lie per h.; Apricots, lie per
h.; Apples, loo per lb.
Meats.-A lady asked us why our
meats always looked so nice,
fresh, and tempting. It's very
simple. We get them in fresh
every day and take good care
of them. We have expert
enced men to look after that
part of the business. Quality
is the first thing to consider
in the selection of meats and
that is our motto always
Lard.-We handle only our own
make. You can get it in any
quantity from one pound to
80 pound tubs, or in a nice 3
pound or 5 pound can.
70 $50 : so Main Mai. = St