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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-08-20
COLONEL PARSONS GREAT RIDE.
The Feat Was Such That General
Meade Would Not Believe 1t.

The Feat Was Such That General
Meade Would Not Believe 1t.
Colonel e. Bloss Parsons OF New York
was brevetted general for distinguished
service during the war, but characteristic
modesty forbade the use of that title
when he returned to civilian life. Not
only did he perform the only authentic
feat of decapitation during the civil war,
but he was the hero of remarkable ride.
A few days before the battle of Gettys-
burg was fought General Meade had an
important message to send to General
Harding, 100 miles distant. As the route
was through a country swarming with
rebels, the message was written on tissue
paper. that 1t might be swallowed In case
the carrier was captured. The COM
mander was in doubt regarding a suitable
messenger. He summoned General Davis
to headquarters.
General, who is the hardest rider as
well as the most trustworthy man in the
serviceP asked Meade.
''Colonel Parsons, sir" was the prompt
reply.
"Send him to me at once"
It was o'clock on a Monday night
when General Meade gave the young Of
uCeE Ills luSIruClIOuS. IlG WAS 70 1AOO
with all haste to General Harding's head
quarters and return at once with an an
swer.
The messenger retired. Two hundred
miles were to be covered. The roads
were heavy, and they led through the en-
emy's country.
Exactly at noon the following day Colo
mel Parsons entered General Meade's
tent. The latter's face grew purple with
rage, and he ripped out string of oaths.
as this the way you obey ordersT' he
Numbered. what are you hanging
around camp for? You ought to be with
General Harding by this time"
81 have just returned from General
Harding, SIR"
''You liew exclaimed the exasperated
general.
Parsons face paled, and he dug the
nails into his hands to restrain himself.
General Meade" he said in voice that
i'll concealed his anger, 'if you were not
my commanding officer, | would knock
you down for that insult
Without the formality of a salute, he
turned on his heel and left the tent.
Meade afterward made an ample apology.
Colonel Parsons killed two horses and
went himself without a particle of food.
For 10 hours he was not out of the sad
dle.-Bangor Commercial.
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The credit Of O. Good Dinner.

Everything" says Yuan Mel, Chi
nese writer, has Its own original consti-
tuition, Just as each man has certain nat
ural characteristics. If a mans natural
abilities are Of low order, Confucius and
Mencius themselves would teach him to
no purpose. And II an article Of food is
in itself bad not even I-ya (the soyer of
China could cook flavor into 1t.
Yuan then goes on to show what care
must be exercised In the choice of food.
"a ham Is ham, but in point Of good
ness two hams will be as widely sepa-
rated as sky and sea. A mackerel is q
mackerel, but in point Of excellence two
mackerel will differ as much as ice and
live Goals. And other things In the same
way. So that the credit of good dinner
should be divided between the cook and
the steward, 40 per cent to the steward
and 60 per cent to the cook"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-08-20

The Consciousness Displayed by
Plant Life and the Intelligence and
Powers of Reason shown by the
Lower order of Animals.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-08-20
Avn wivea on widows.

"When girl is born in India" relates
a woman missionary, ''the first question
asked Is, Whom shall she marry? Every
high caste girl must be welded at IL
and to a man Of her caste and her horo-
scope. He may be comparatively young,
middle aged or old, immoral, diseased or
brutal. 1t makes no difference. IL his
caste and horoscope agree with hers. A
woman In India is perfectly helpless.
"She is generally married at 8 or 8,
but does not become member Of her
husbands family until she is IL. If It
should chance that her husband die be-
fore that time, she becomes child Wild
ow, tho most despised Of creatures. A
curse is believed to be upon her, and II
she goes the ordinary course she commits
suicide in desperation. There are 72,000
child widows under years Of age In In
dia. There Is no wooing or being won In
India. Every girl over IL is wife or
widow"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-08-20

Quick lunch" is one of the commences
of city signs. The sign doesn't ssay "a
healthy lunch of good food-the character
of the food apparently is not considered.
It's just quick lunch, and get away.
Is it any wonder that the stomach breaks
down? Food is thrown at it, sloppy, in
digestible and innutritious food, very of
ten, and the stomach has to do the best ii
can. Normally there should be no need
for medical assistance for the stomach.
But the average method of life is abnor-
NAL and while this continues there will
always be a demand for DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery. 1t is not a
cure-all. 1t is medicine designed for the
stomach, and to cure through the stomach
remote diseases which have their cause in
the arrangement of the stomach and di-
gestive and nutritive system. 1t cures
when all else fails
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-08-20
A Structural worker. Yarn.

But hear the iron men and their own
stories. A group of them sat one night
in my presence and spun yarns.
"Out on the Louisville bridge" said
John as he took fresh puff of his cigar
''the false work suddenly gave way. The
false work, you know" Ito mel sis the
temporary wood bracing we work upon
while building. The men below could see
1t buckling; the fellers on top knew when
they started to work on it In the morning
that 1t wasn't safe. All at once, as say,
1t went One of the fellers made jump
for the river. 1t was 200 feet down, but
he tried 1t. AS he jumped he interlocked
his legs (he had on big, heavy boots).
Those boots weight carried him down
straight. He struck the water on his
feet and wasn't hurt at ALL A few days
later he was out walking, slipped, fell
three feet and broke leg. That's true.
knew the man."-Leslie's Monthly.
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diseases which had failed to yield to the
treatment of local physicians, and which
in many cases, as In that of Mrs. Doug
glass, had been pronounced incurable.
Many women write to DIR. Pierce for
his medical, advice and the wise and
fatherly counsel which are the outcome
of more than thirty years of practice and
success. Dr. Pierce gives to every sick
woman the privilege Of free consultation
with him by letter This offer Is not to
be COMPOUNDED with those offers of free
medical advice made by men or women
who are not physicians and are not quail
fed legally or medically to give the
advice they offer.
All correspondence is held as sacred,
and the written condolences Of women
are guarded by the same strict profess
sional privacy observed by DR.. Pierce In
his daily personal consultation with sick
women. Address DR.. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
Do not accept a substitute for Dr..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription. There IL
no motive for substitution except to en-
able the dealer to make the little mora
profit paid by the sale of less merltorious
medicines 81 PENNIES
is a small sum but it will bring you big
and valuable book. For III one-cent
stamps to pay expense OF mailing only
you will receive free on request copy
of DR.. Pierce's Common Sense Medical
Adviser, in paper covers, containing over
1000 large pages and more than 100
illustrations The book bound In cloth
will be sent for 81 stamps Address Dr..
R. v. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
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CATARRH.
ELY'S
CREAM BALM
COFFEE GRAINS.

Americans are the greatest coffee topers
In the world.
One-half Of the worlds production OF
coffee berries comes to the United States.
Every week more than $1,OOO,O0O Is
sent out of the United States In payment
of coffee.
Last year Germany and France togeth-
er only consumed half as much coffee as
the United States.
The coffee grain Is the seed OF PUPPY
fruit which resembles a cherry and Is
very sweet and palatable.
In Abyssinia the coffee plant grows
wild in great profusion and derives Its
name from Kaffa, district Of that coun-
try.
The coffee plant is indigenous to Asia
and Africa, but the greater part OF the
worlds product now comes from the
western hemisphere.
Most of our coffee comes from South
and Central American countries The
rest comes from Porto Rico, Java and the
Philippines, with little from Hawaii
The use of coffee as beverage began
In southern Arabia in the latter half OF
the fifteenth century. 1t was introduced
into Constantinople in 1854 and into
Venice In 1915.
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Eating.

It was only when the savages fell to
wrangling among themselves, some being
for mayonnaise and others for curry,
that the missionary was warned OF the
fate that awaited him.
"Whatp he cried In the utmost alarm.
Certainly you do not propose eating me
off my own tablep'
The simple folk shrugged their shout
ders.
1--WE are no donation party" protested
they, "that we should eat you out Of
house and ome."-Detroit Journal
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-08-20
CHANGING Butterflies.

Butterflies change their color according
to the heat Of the atmosphere. This I'M
teresting fact was discovered by M. Sand
fuss Of Zurich, Switzerland, who sub
iected 10000 butterflies to experiments
under different degrees Of the suns heat.
On one occasion, 1t being unusually cold
in Switzerland, butterfly common there
took on an appearance of butterfly from
Lapland. On the other hand, butterflies
which were subjected to higher degree
of solar heat than the normal looked as
il they had been born and raised in Cor
sica or Syria. One result of these novel
experiments is the production Of butter
flies of an entirely new type, some OF
them being of bewildering beauty.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-08-20
A BOOMERANG JOKE.
Played by and ON General Crook. the
Indian Fighter.

Played by and ON General Crook the
Indian Fighter
ITO most people the late General
George Crook. the Indian fighter, was
solemn man, but he loved q practical
joke" said man who wears colonel be-
fore his name. Back In the seventies,
soon after he was made brigadier gem
eral and stationed at Omaha, General
Crook organized wildcat hunting party
among a lot Of us, and one moonlight
night we started across the prairie from
Omaha for the fort. The plan was to
sleep at the fort and at daylight start
for the wildcats. After we were all fast
asleep General Crook came down stairs
without any shoes on and took from our
rifles the ball cartridges, replacing them
with blanks. On the way to the woods
the general indicated the order In which
he wished us to fire on the first wildcat
in case we should tree the beast. We
had hardly reached the woods before
General Crook rose in his saddle and
said:
by thunder, boys, there's cat right
In the crotch Of that fri Drop of your
wagon and bag himp
1--WE were on the ground In twinkling,
and In less time than 1t takes to tell 1t
we were blazing away at monstrous
big wildcat which was hugging the limb
Of the tree. The cat never stirred as the
successive shots were fred. and the hunt
ers looked at one another with open
mouthed establishment. We looked
around for General Crook and found him
behind a stump laughing away to beat
the band. At once 1t flashed on US that
we hsld been hoaxed. The general had
Just Strengthened up and was beginning
to explain the joke when the driver, a
hired man at the fort, pulled from under
a blanket in the wagon double barreled
shotgun loaded with buckshot. The gen
eral didn't see him fire, but he turned
around Just In time to see tufts of fur
and hair fly from the wildcat as 1t drop
ped from the tree.
"Of went the general into another fit
Of laughter. But this time the laugh was
on himself, for the hired man had pour
ed both charges of buckshot into beauti-
fully stuffed wildcat, completely running
it, and the general subsequently paid the
saloon keeper from whom he had borrow
ed it about SIS. All that Crook said
was:
"'Boys, It was 800 apiece to see five
good marksmen miss wildcat in broad
daylight at 80 paces.' New York Trib-
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-08-20
Animals as Doctors.

Every animal doctors itself, says Nc
Calls Magazine Dogs and cats, when
not feeling well, eat medical plants, the
dog selecting spear grass and the cat
showing preference for valerian. They
vary this treatment with an occasional
dose Of ashes or cinders, just as the croco-
ollie, lizard and some birds swallow grav-
ell and stones.
The elephant uses Its trunk cleverly In
dressing wounds, and by this means ap-
plies water, dust or mud to the injury.
Sir Samuel Baker. the famous big game
hunter, saw an elephant plaster up bull
let wound with mud and frequently OBJ
served the readiness with which small
sores were attended to.
Fierce, carnivorous animals, when trap
ped, often act as surgeons and bite
through limb to free themselves. Rab-
bits, when wounded, burrow into the
ground and lie SO that the wound touches
the raw earth.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-08-20

once there was a man who complain
ed constantly because it required SO
much toll for him to make living. He
declared that he would rather be buried
than work for a living, and SO his
neighbors started out to crafty his
wish. A stranger, seeing them about
to entomb living man. inquired why
they were doing SO. On being told that
the man complained of having to work
for living and preferred to be buried,
the strangers heart was moved, and he
offered to give the complaining man
ten bushels of corn. SIS 1t shelledY
asked the discontinued soul, and when
informed it was not he remarked.
'Well, then, let the burial proceed"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-08-20
scoRN THE THORN.

There wss never rose without thorns
Never g cake that we ate and had.
The COW had ever a crumpled horn
To toss the maiden all forlorn
Until she was yet more sad.
The apples over the farmers vail
We're probably grated from Eden's treas
But when we had eaten them after all,
Trespassing somewhere about nightfalls
They commonly failed to agree.
And love, my Phyllida, love the rose,
Love. the apple that tempted Evaf
Because Of the thorn that about it grows.
Because Of the greenness that nothing shown,
Apple and rose shall we leave2
No, my Phyllida; come what may,
Bleeding fingers or broken hearts,
Live and love for our little day.
Tear of armor and cast away
Shields against Cupid's dartsl
Westminster Gazette.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-08-20
Kent His Umbrella.

The composer Panseron, while driving
homeward in his cab during terrific
shower, met the aged composer Cheru-
bini piodding along on foot, protected
from the storm only by shabby old UNI
brelIa full Of holes. Panseron took conn
passion on the old gentleman and begged
him to make use Of the cab, saying that
he himself would walk home. Cheru-
bini accepted and took the others place
In the cab. Then Panseron naturally
asked the old gentleman for the loan OF
his umbrella.
"Oh, no, my dear boy" said Cheru-
bini. ut Is a well known fact that q
man never again sets eyes on an UNI
brella that he has lent" And he drove
off In Panseron's cab.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-08-20
Too Much For Him.

Witness He looked me straight In
the eye and
Lawyer-There. sir. you've fatty con-
tradicted your former statement.
Witness-How SO?
Lawyer-You said before that he bent
his gaze on you. and now you'n please
explain how he could look you straight
IN the eye with bent gaze.
Witness faints. ...xs.sk.-..
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my Head F! Ny Head! II
Sudden Blindness and Dizzi-
ness. What Causes It?

The first step to the finding of a cure
for any disease is to find its cause. And
it's a notable fact that the cause of
disease may be quite remote from its
manifestations Headache, spots before
the eyes and dizziness are only symptoms
of disease. When the experienced ply
stefan is confronted with these symptoms
In a woman. he enquiries at once as to
the condition of the womanly health.
He knows that the general health Is
intimately related to the local womanly
health, and from the very symptoms he
argues arrangement or disease of the
delicate womanly organism. So far he
is right. But when he begins to treat
the disease he has located how often he
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-08-20
ne sIeenr.fke TON.

To "sleep like a top" has probably a
very different origin to that which ap-
pears. ''Top" Ia thought to be corrup-
ton of the French taupe, or mole. This
Interpretation is far more in accordance
with the idea usually conyeyed-that Of
a prolonged, undisturbed sleep like that
of a mole In winter rather than the
short, enduring SO called "sleep" of top
when 1t revolves on its axis with gen.
tie, humming sound.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-08-20
animal Mimicry.

Observers of nature are frequently
struck with the singular resemblances OF
insects to leaves, dried sticks, and SO
forth. and these likenesses are supposed
TO have grown out of the necessity of pro-
lection against or concealment from enc
mics. An interesting example OF TINS
kind of resemblance was recently brought
10 the attention of the chronological So
ciety in London by DIR. Chapman, who
exhibited a spider found inhabiting some
rocks near Cannes, on which were also
fastened the cases of a species of moth.
When at rest, the spider exhibited almost
precisely the same form and color as the
moth cases surrounding It
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-08-20
waiting For His Man.

A preacher riding down ravine came
upon an old mountaineer hiding In the
bushes with his rife.
what are you doing there. my
friend1"
'Ride on, stranger" was the easy an
Bwer. "I'm a-waitin fer Jim johnson,
an, with the help Of the Lawd, I'm gOln
70 blow his head off,
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-08-20
"Rough on Bunions. .

New and successful treatment, only complete
cure. Gives ease and comfort at once. Sub
dues Inflammation. Allays fever, pain, sore
ness, tenderness. Reduces swelling and en-
largement of joints. To tired, sore or fevered
feet it gives relief and comfort at once. Best
possible remedy for sprains, mashes, Commissions,
black eyes, etc. 35c. at druggists or sent prompt
ly by mail. E. S. WELLS, Chemist, Jersey
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81 took the manuscript of my old Oak
Tree down to that irritable editor.
"What did he sayT
Advised me to cut 1t down. thought
he was making jokes at my expense and
told him he didn't know his business"
"What happened thenT
"There was a storm, and you could see
the leaves of my Old Oak Tree strewn
from the sanctum to the street Chicago
Nama
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continued the medicine until had taken
nine bottles of DR.. Pierce's Favorite Pre-.
scription and nine bottles of his Golden
Medical Discovery and six walls Of
his Pleasant Pellets. 1 also followed
special directions for home treatment
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life Our family physician said I could
not get well.
wYou can publish this, for am willing
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had been in poor health
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Use Aliens 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 or
tight shoes, try Aliens Foot-Ease. 1t cools
the feet, and makes walking easy. Cures
swollen, sweating feet, ingrowing nails. bis
ters and callous spots Relieves corns and
bunions of all pain and gives rest and comfort
Try it to-day. Sold by all druggists and shoe
stores for 25c Trial package FREE. Address
Allen 8. Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y.
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Dor. Snake or Snider Bites.

Mosquito and all insect bites, wounds or
scratches by any animal, cured by Wells
"Miracle of Healing" powder; Kills Ivy Poison,
Itch, Salt Rheum, Eczema; Miraculous in heal
ing power. Cures ulcers, skin diseases, felons,
boi1s, burns scalds, eruptions. Disinfectant,
cleansing. Makes perfect injection. Cures any
sore on man or beast. Csc. bottles at drug
g1sts, or sent by mail promptly on receipt OF
I1rice E. S. WELLS. Chemist, Jersey City, n. ].
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Are YOu ON Your Feet !?

If you walk or stand much, and your feet get
tired, pain and ache; if they are tender, fever
ish or sweaty, Rough on Bunions" will give
ease and comfort at once, and hardens the feet
to stand any demands, made upon them. The
only real cure for Bunions, and cannot be APP
preached as remedy for sprains, mashes, con:
tusions, etc. Ask for Trough on Bunions,"
&c. at druggists or sent by mail E. S. WELLS,
Chemist Jersey Citv. N T.
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Miracle of Healing.

IVY Poison, Itch, Salt Rheum, Eczema, cured
by WELLS tsMIKACLE OF HEALING" pow
der. Cures ulcers, skin diseases, felons, boils,
burns, scalds, eruptions, mosquito and all in
sect bites dog bites, wounds or scratches by
any animal. As an injection, is cleansing, cor
receive, healing, curative. Csc. bottles at drug.
gists or sent by mail promptly on receipt OF
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my dear sir, you should at least pay
the interest on this BILL"
Il shall do nothing of the sort. It's
not my interest to pay the principal nor
my principle to pay the interest. See%
Jewish Comment.