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New-York tribune., 1901-02-03
WHERE TIE GUILT LAY.

From The Indianapolis Press.
"You say the play entirely without
villain
''Yes-that is if you choose to omit the au
thor"
New-York tribune., 1901-02-03
.iRTFUL.

From The Chicago Record.
Madge painted me a calendar
Oh. she's a girl of arts.
For all the decorations are
Just hearts and hearts anc hearts
New-York tribune., 1901-02-03

tization is by Paul M. Potter. A strong cast ma
been selected. Miss Blanche Bates VIII play tn
mari of Cigarette.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-08-13

What more distressing occupation can
one hit upon than to burn up old letters
on a rainy day? 1t is always wet day
one chooses for this, feeling rather like a
Judas one minute and like Hercules In
the Augean stables the next. 1t is posi-
lively surprising the way letters accumu-
late, especially with people who are ell
Their not methodical enough or too senti-
mental to ruthlsssly destroy letters not
OF any really permanent value as they are
read and answered. The gloom and
pathos Of this occupation are enhanced
when 1t Ia our painful Office to look over
and weed out the correspondence Of one
dear to US who has journeyed ITO the
bourn whence no traveller returns"
Certain letters are sacred and should,
think, II kept. be labeled Strictly Pri-
vate." This is a matter which must be
considered with reference to the impor-
lance of the letters to the happiness Of
the writers. Where the disclosure Of the
contents Of letter would work sorrow
or wrong to another 1t had better be de-
stroyed at once. So much harm has been
done through the careless handling of
personal letters, so many friends have
been estranged. that to neglect to destroy
letter is sometimes almost criminal
Ledger Monthly.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-08-13
Artificial stone,

Quarrymen and stone dressers will
probably be gradually crowded out of
their occupation by the use of artificial
stone. In the manufacture of this stone
the sand is heated and the cement add
ed to the amount Of IL per cent of the
mixture. The steel molds are filled
with the dry material and moved into
an immense cylinder, which is closed
and bolted. Boiling water is then
turned in under pressure sufficient to
force it all through the sand In the
molds. The cement Stacks. but the
steel molds do not permit any expan-
sion to occur, and the stone is formed
and dried under an immense pressure.
The result is very hard stone, which
can be supplied in shapes desired and
much cheaper than the natural stone.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-08-13

People say there is no such thing as =
glass snake, but they are mistaken. 1t
is true this reptile is not very common,
and is becoming more and more rare, but
1t is still occasionally to be found. The
popularity of the snake is its joints are
SO loosely connected that If you strike it
with stick it breaks into half dozen
or more pieces. The old superstition was
that the pieces would reunite if let alone.
There is no truth about this part Of the
story; though, like many other creatures
Of the lower order, this snake is believed
to have the power Of reproducing por-
ton of its tail should part be broken
off. But when thoroughly broken up by a
hard blow the joint snake. as they call it
in the country, Is quite dead, and the
ease with which 1t is killed accounts for
its rapid MISUNDERSTANDING.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-08-13

Odd as it may appear to jewellers in
small cities, some of the down town
restaurants of New York are In build
ings in which no cooking is allowed.
Some Of the busiest of the midday res
taurants purchase all their meats and
stews already cooked and merely heat
them through again before serving
them to patrons. This branch Of the
restaurant business has reached such
proportions that the mere operation Of
cooking for such places has become an
established business, and owners Of
ovens thrive at it.-New York Sun.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-08-13
0,MAlL.A.l

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-
!onged, If once and for all they would
learn the force of that Biblical state
ment, cThe blood is the hfe." If man
seeks to prolong his life, he must take
vital fluid.
WAITING FOR TIE 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,
oplayed OUT as they say, and when the
days work Is over there isn't bit Of
vgo" 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
ut has been five years since l took
your Golden Medical Discovery for an
affection called scrofulous enlargement
of the glands of the neck" writes Mr..
Zebulon B. Loftin, Of Grifton, Pitt Co.,
N. c., rand am glad to tell you that
have had no return of the disease.
thought 1 would write you and let you
know that have not forgotten you, and
never will while 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 l will acknowledge the truth in
return"
oFor three years have suffered
with that dread disease, eczema" writes
Mrs. ]. Koepp, of Hermann, Oregon. III
was told to try DR.. Pierce's Golden Med
zeal Discovery, which did, and after I
had taken fourteen bottles was perman-
emily cured. 1t has been year since I
stopped taking your medicine and the dis
ease has never appeared since. Your
medicine produced a wonderful cure, and
1 hope others suffering as did, will
take 1t and be relieved of their suffering"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-08-13
HARD WORK.
It Tests the Quality of Both
Blood and Muscle.

There are grades even in hard work.
The actual labor may not be greater in
one case than in another, but the con-
ditions under which the work is done
intensity the strain upon the entire body.
To work in the harvest field, under hot
sun, is, after all, hea1thful occupation.
To work in stoke hole, deep in the
bowels of an ocean liner, or under
ground in some basement, imposes far
more strain and produces greater exhaus-
ton than the hardest work in the field
on the hottest of July DAYS.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-08-13
scandinavian English.

Sir Herbert Maxwell gives in his
Memories Of the Months" the follow
ing copy Of beguiling advertisement
set forth by Scandinavian who could
'spik Inglis'' and who had a shrewd
idea of Turing tourists to his salmon
river:
Look Herr Salmon The honorable travellers
are averted to, that undersigned, who lives in
FJorde pr. Vol. den Romsdals county, Norway,
short or long time, hires out good Salmonriver.
Good lodging finds. DIDRIK MAAA.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-08-13

blood, which feeds every nerve ana
tissue of the body. It cures eruptions,
boils, sores, salt-rheum, eczema, letter,
scrofula, rheumatism and blood poison
ing.
Accept no substitute for e Golden Med
ical Discovery" The main motive OF
substitution is to enable the dealer to
make the little more profit paid him by
the salesof less meritorious preparations.
Sick people, especially those Suffering
from diseases which have become
chronic, are invited to consult Doctor
Pierce, by letter, free. All correspond
ence is held as strictly private and
sacredly confidential. Address DIR. r. v.
Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
This invitation, to consult DIR. Pierce
by letter, free, is not to be COMPOUNDED
with the spurious offers of vfree medical
advice made by those who having nc
medical knowledge OF experience, are moi
qualified either professionally or legally
to give medical advice.
DR.. Pierce, chief consulting physician
to the Inva1ids' Hotel and Surgical In.
stitute, Buffalo, N. Y, assisted by his
medical staff of nearly score of ply
sicians, has in little over thirty years
treated and cured hundreds of thousands
of sick men and women.
The success of Dr. Pierce's method:
and medicines may be inferred from the
fact that of the hundreds of thousand.
who have consulted him 90 per cent. have
been perfectly and permanently cured.
There is no similar offer of free con
sultation by letter which has behind il
an institution of such world wide reputa
ton as the Invalids' Hotel and Surgica
Inststute, Buffalo, N. Y with its staff o.
nearly score of physicians and its great
record of cures
FREE TO ALL.
DR.. Pierce's Common Sense Medica
Adviser is sent free on receipt of stamps
to pay expense of mailing only. Thil
great work on family medicine ant
household hygiene, contains more thar
thousand large pages and over 7ot
illustrations. Send 81 one-cent stamps
for the cloth-bound volume, or only q
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, 1901-08-13
A ProitabIe Customer.

One day while Mark Twain was con
nected with publishing house he wen
into bookstore and. picking up vol
ume, asked the price. He then suggested
that as a publisher he was entitled to 81
per cent discount. To this the clerk as
sented.
As l am also an author" said Mark
at would appear that am again en-
titled to so per cent discount"
Again the clerk bowed.
'And, as a personal friend Of the pro
prietor," he modestly continued, Il pre-
sumo that you will allow me the usual Y
per cent discount"
Another bow from the salesman.
"Well," drawled the unblushing humor
list, "under these conditions I think ma!
as well take the book. What's the taxY'
The clerk took out his pencil and fig
ured industriously. Then he said will
the greatest obsequiousness:
"As near as can calculate, we ow,
you the book and about 3711a cents. Cal
again. youths Companion.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-08-13

Just think what horrible receptacle
of unclean things the carpet is in the
rich English or French housed Where
there are carpets, people should on en-
tering be given slippers, as in the Meth
erlands. or the footbath, as at Turk
ish mosque. Making servants sweep
carpets Is another proof that evil is
wrought for want of thought. Flou-
rens attributed the prevalence of lung
and throat diseases in England to car
peted rooms.-London Truth.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-08-13

After figs have been collected they
are dipped in boiling brine and then
dried on trays for from two to four
days, according to the weather. The
dipping is supposed to bring the sugar
to the surface and hasten the drying.
After being dried the figs are placed
In Sweat boxes" holding 1000 pounds
each, where they remain for two weeks.
Then they are washed in cold salt wa
ter to remove all dirt and are packed
by women and girls in half pound, one
pound and ten pound boxes in layers,
being split preliminarily with a short
bladed knife.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-08-13


happen to him" Isl am quite certain l
have had a vision, yet 1t seemed as If I
were awake; certainly was so the mo-
ment before this happened The whole
thing is as distinct as possible and as
unlike an effect of imagination. OF course,
cannot account for it, but it has made
me quite happy, and l know you will
come back safe.' On receipt of this letter
bethought me of the ring, and begged
my mother in reply to describe infinitely
the appearance of the mysterious visitor.
My mother said It was young woman
about 81 years of age, rather pale, with
very straight features, large gray eyes
and an abundance of brown hair worn in
rather an old fashioned manner. The
sleeves of the gray silk dress were what
we call bishop sleeves l sent copies Of
my mothers letter to Palgrave Simpson,
and he answered me that the description
was in the minutest particular the coun-
terpart of the lady who on her deathbed
had given him the ring, some 16 or IT
years before. 1t Is to be observed that
no communication whatever passed be-
tween me and my mother between the re-
ceipt of the ring and my arrival at Malta,
and / will swear that ! told no one the
story"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-08-13
swallowed Two pounds of Stone,

Stones do not form part of the rec
ognized diet Of the cormorant, but one
Of these birds in the National Zoolog
ical park In Washington had craving
which could be satisfied only by eat
ing two pounds of stones. The keep
er's attention was attracted to the bird
because after having once sat down
It couldn't get up. He was picked up,
and then the stones were heard rafting
inside Of him. An official connected
with the park decided that something
must be done, and he promptly cut the
cormorant open and relieved him Of his
burden. One of the stones, Of irregular
shape, was 81h inches long. The In
cision was sewed up, and for five days
the bird got along all right, the wound
healing finely, but at the end Of that
time the cormorant grew FESTIVE and
pulled out the stitches with his hooked
BILL AS consequence of opening up
the wound he died.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-08-13

Northwich is the oldest town IN all
England.
There is not straight street or, In
fact, straight house in the place. Ev-
cry part of it has the appearance Of hav-
ing recently suffered from the visitation
of an earthquake. Northwich, as every
one knows, is the center of the salt in
dustry.
On nearly all sides Of the town are big
salt works, with their engines pumping
hundreds Of thousands of gallons Of
brine every week. At depth of some
200 or 800 feet are immense subterranean
lakes Of brine, and as the contents of
these are pumped and pumped away the
upper crust of earth is correspondingly
weakened, and the result is an occasion
al subsistence.
These subsidences have a pulling"
effect on the nearest buildings, which are
drawn "all ways" giving the town an
upside down appearance.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-08-13
MichaeI and His Honor.


He was rather the worse for liquor
when he faced the magistrate in the Cen
trail police court, and 1t didn't require a
sich brogue to indicate his ancestry. The
remnants of fighting jag had left him
very loquacious.
"What is your name?" asked the mag
istrate.
'Michael O'Halloran," was the reply.
"What is your occupation"
"Phwat's that?"
"What is your occupation? What
work do you do?"
"Oi'm sailor" -
The magistrate looked incredulous. II
don't believe you ever saw ship" he
said.
"Didn't OF, thin?" said the prisoner.
"An phwat do viz t'ink Oh cum over in, a
hack ?"-Philadelp Record.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-08-13

"Weli, my boy, and what are you going
to do nowf'
"Well, dad, I don't know. What /
want is one of these fancy jobs where you
do the least possible work for the very
largest possible fee."
Guess you are cut out for a corpora
tfon lawyer. my boy"
mo. dad. l was thinking OF being a
medical specialist" = Cleveland Plain
nnalor
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-08-13
TALK OF MARRIAGE.

It In Proper For the Man, but Not
For the Girl, Apparently.
A man may remark on his intention
to marry at some indefinite future time,
when prudence or other considerations
may make 1t possible or advisable,
without having, as rule, to run the
gauntlet of chorus of impertinent and
stupid would be witty remarks. But
should girl be bold enough, or. rather.
natural and simple enough, to say the
same thing what would be the result?
Why, every one knows that she would
be promptly sneered out Of counte-
nance.
And why7 Is 1t immodest for wom-
an to express a determination to enter
into a state which we are being contin-
ually reminded is a natural and honor
able state, while it is modest and prop
er for a man to do SO? Such distinc-
ton would never be drawn except for
the ''cheapness" to which reference has
been made.
If O man wants to marry, he can mar
ry. If the first woman he asks refuses
him, he has only to ask a second or per-
haps a third or fourth. 1t would be
safe to guarantee that within a month
any man of fairly respectable life and
position and appearance who cared to
make the experiment could marry In
his own class, could marry probably q
woman much superior to himself.
But what about the girl who intends
to marry ''some dayT Is she not in a
very different position from the man?
Here is girl of good character-much
better than the mans, probably-aver-
age intelligence. average good looks.
Theoretically she is free to marry
whom she will, but is she? If she re-
ceives one distinct offer of marriage,
she has had more than her share. ac-
cording to the probable average.
The fact that by an unwritten law q
woman must not take, and. indeed, does
not want to take, the initiative has very
little to do with the extremely limited
choice which modern conditions impose
upon English women.-Nineteenth Cen
fury.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-08-13

They were a group of Thespians on a
corner of the Rialto talking SHOP" as
usualall save one, who evidently rank
ed himself as dramatic critic, and he
was the speaker of the moment.
''You people follow Hamlet's advice all
right" he said, "as you read it, but you
don't know how to read Shakespeare.
This is his instruction to the players as
you see it:
"'Speak the speech, / pray you, as
pronounce it to you, tripping on the
tongue, and saw the air much with your
hands, not gently. Tear passion to tat
tiers, to very rags. Out-Herod Herod.
Do not suit the word to the action or the
action to the word and hesitate not to
o'erstep the modesty of nature. The end
of playing is to hold convex mirror up
to nature. Have not the gait of Chris
tian, pagan or man, but strut and below,
and initiate humanity abominablyv
"And, tell you, you fellows do 1t to
perfection.
He walked away, leaving a stiffness
behind.-New York Herald.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-08-13

Mr.. Porkenlard was confused-Bogtor
is such a devious city! A little miss OF
seven summers passed him, and, patting
her kindly on the head, he queried:
SISSY, please tell me where Beacon
street isY'
How dare you address me by such an
appellation as sissy ! would have you
understand, sir, that l am not an in.
formation bureau. If you wish to know
the whereabouts of Beacon street, pray
consult city directory or apply to the
blue coated menials of the law
Mr.. Porkenlard looked puzzled as she
swept off,
Il don't believe l kin remember all
them direckshuns." he muttered.-O
State Journal.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-08-13
They Were Discovered.

When they went into the hotel. he
was determined to do nothing to betray
the fact that they were newly married.
He took up the pen for his first regis
tration under the new conditions and
with an old married man look and
sweep of Indifference wrote. 'Mr. and
Mrs. Mary Tompkins."
xviii you have the bridal chamber,
Mr.. TompkinsY' asked the clerk.-New
York Herald,
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-08-13
A somhinat,ou Tree.

A pine tree and birch tree have
grown SO close together in Woolwich,
Me-, that one trunk serves for both,
sending forth pine branches on one
side and birch on the other. The union
seems happy one in spite Of the fact
that the two trees are as widely sep
arated by the botanists as two well
can be, and the gnarled branches OF
the pine embrace the birch in most
affectionate manner.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-08-13

The green finch is the earliest riser.
1t pipes as early as half past / in the
morning. The blackcap begins at half
past q 1t is nearly 4 o'clock before
the blackbird appears. 1t is heard half
an hour before the thrush, and the
chirp of the robin begins about the
same length of time before that Of the
wren. The house sparrow and the tom
tit take the last stage of the list.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-08-13
The Squirrel Hunters Weapo


The cream Of squirrel hunting is en-
joyed by the man who uses light rife
of small caliber and medium power.
The '22 long" as now turned out by
our leading makers is an excellent
weapon-in fact, the best in the world
for the purpose. Though not of suffi-
Client range TO be dangerous to people
or stock at a distance, 1t throws lead
with surprising accuracy to the tops of
the tallest trees. Good rifle shots al
ways aim for the squirrels head both
to add to the difficulty of the sport and
to avoid spelling meat. And be 1t
known that squirrels head at range
of 40 or 30 yards is no easy mark. II
a reader doubts this. let him go to the
woods for a day, keep all empty shells,
and at the end of the day let him try
to make the dead squirrels and the
empty shells tally.-E. W. Sandys in
Outing.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-08-13
The travelling Enlightenment.

An English woman who has been trav-
cling alone through Italy speaks in the
highest praise of the Italian hotels.
But" she continues, "as long as Eng
were the owners instead of the guests; as
long as they demand instead of civilly
asking for what they require; as long as
they cover their ignorance of the Ian
guage Of the country by buster which
no hotel keeper would for a moment put
up with; as long as they pose as million
aires, though they may be secretly count
ing every sovereign they have in their
pocket. SO long will they find separate
tariff prepared for them. And small
blame to the hotel keepers"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-08-13
THE ALPHABET's MEETING.

The alphabet met and said that they
Were not arranged in proper way"
A had stood at the head too long.
It was not right; it was utterly wrongs
''For you all know and can plainly zee
That place belongs to me-" said @.
"You take the head, indeedl" said u
ssThat place is meant for my dear 3.
sTut, tut, tuti Well, well, WE'LL
I'll stand there myself then," said Ia
EXCUSE US, please. we think that We
Have a word to say" said B, G. d
Suppose you have" said = as hs
Softly whispered word to E.
who'll prevent, I'd like to know,
Standing head N, N or or
''We've listened in silence to all Of you
And now will head you," said P and Q
''Our impression is. you had better trys"
Then angrily spoke both II and I.
s'How rude and coarseP said R, 8, 7.
ssThe airs Of someis said and Y.
ssWould drive one mad" said W, Z, z. =
But, after all, the letters still stand
A at the head. at the foot &
Brooklyn Eagle
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-08-13

Guest Indignantly = Waiter, there
are feathers In the soup!
Waiter inspecting it)-Why, SO there
are. / thought l was giving you gravy
soup. It's chicken broth. sir; costs six
pence more. Changes figures on the
bilID- Exchange.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-08-13

The ostrich has long been laughed at
for pushing its head into a bush when
hunted 1t is really far the wisest thing
the bird could do, for its long neck is by
far the most easily seen part of 1t. Its
body plumage harmonizes perfectly with
the desert sand