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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-10-08
CHINESE WISDOM.

Flowery paths are not long.-Li Hung
Chang.
The female always overcomes the male
by her stillness.-Lao, a Chinese Sage.
Heavens way is to bless the good and
bring calamity on the evil.-Counsels of
Tang, B. @. 1776.
Know that 1t is more dangerous to close
the mouth Of the people than to arrest
the waters of a torrent.-Chao Kong.
The great mountain must crumble, the
strong beam must break, and the wise
man wither away like plant.-A Favor
lite Quotation of Confucius.
When the circulation Of buyers and
sellers is interrupted from morning to
evening, the empire is on the brink of
ruin.-Chinese Popular Saying.
As God has given the hand several fin
gers, so has he prepared for men various
ways by which they may go to heaven
Mongon, Emperor of the Mongols.
Here is one who steals hook for his
girdle. He is put to death for it. Here
is another who steals a state. He be-
comes a prince. = From Writings of
Kwang-Zze.
The requisites of government are that
there be sufficiency of food, suficiency OF
military equipment and the confidence OF
the people in their ruler. If it cannot be
helped and one of these must be dispens-
ed with, let it be the military equipment
-Tonf1ciuc
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her, she didn't realize her own weari-
ness. But once at home, exhaustion over
came her. If woman were thoroughly
robust, without ache or pain, she could
not keep this work up without under
mining her health. What shall be said
then of those women, who are not strong,
who suffer from headache, backache,
bearing-down pains, and other conse-
quences of a diseased condition of the
womanly organism? And these women
are in the great majority. There are
few women who are free from diseases
peculiar to their sex.
BURNING THE CANDLE AT BOTH ENDS.
That expressive saying not only sug
gests the most rapid form of waste but
also the most foolish. When woman
overtaxes her strength in any cause,
whether in the enjoyment of social
pleasures, or in the service of church or
charity, she is rapidly Fastening to the
end of her public activity.
The proof of this is found right at
home. Young matrons who are not
dancing any more, church workers who
are no more active these have not step
ped aside because of loss of interest but
because of lack of strength.
There is not weak woman who would
not like to be made strong again. There
is not sick woman who would not like
to be made we'll. And there is not the
least reason, in ninety-eight cases out of
every hundred, why women should con-
tinue to be weak and sick. The first
step to the establishment of the gen
eral health is to establish the local
womanly health.
81 feel that it is only my duty to send
you statement of my case" writes Mrs.
Mary E. Wilcox, of Emo Rainy River),
A1go1na Co., Ont q III suffered untold
misery for many years with uterine
trouble, until l commenced taking DR..
Pierce's good medicine and used the
local treatment as advised. took two
bottles of Favorite Prescription and
two of Golden Medical Discovery I
also sent for one box of your 'Antiseptic
and Healing Suppositories. I have only
used two and that was two months ago.
Have not had to use any since, but I
shall keep them in the house. 1 would
advise every woman who suffers from
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CULINARY CAPERS.
Uncooked bananas are difficult of d.

Uncooked bananas are difficult Of d.
gestion.
The thicker the piece of beef la mode
the juicier the meat.
To test pulled bread break it, and If
crisp to center it is done.
White feshed fish is more easily d.
gested than the pink flesh ones.
Meat, fish and fowl should be quickly
scared on the outside when cooked.
Potatoes, cucumbers, celery or lettuce
are the best Accomplishments for fish.
If you dip the hands into cold water
when making raw fish into balls, 1t will
not stick.
Clean the beets before boiling them,
but be careful not to break the skins If a
bright color is wanted after they are
done.
In cooking onions and cabbage plenty
of water should be used, and it is well to
change it at least once because of the
strength of the favors.
A few of the youngest pods are some
times thrown into the kettle in which
peas are boiling, considerable sweetness
and flavor being obtained from them.
Unless the peas are picked fresh from
the garden, a little sugar to restore their
natural sweetness will be an improve
ment
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the noon hour While he went to lunch.
An old farmer came up to the counter
with a check for hundred and some odd
dollars that he had received in pay
ment for some hogs he had brought to the
city and sold. l looked at the name of
the payee written on the face Of the
check and then at the man before me and
said. Il don't know you, my friend; you
will have to be identified He gave me
an innocent stare of surprise and, reach
ing into his pocket, said, How much will
that cost, misterY"
"Way back in 1876, when the civil war
revenue tax was still in force" said a
bank official, "a country depositor came
into our bank at Sullivan and asked me
for some stamps, saying he expected to
have use for them pretty soon. What
denomination l asked. WAL he re-
Piled, am a Methodist now, but my
family's all Baptists.' He had evidently
never heard the word denomination used
IN any connection other than religious. y
IndianaDolis Journal
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Those who know both the Mediterra-
mean and Baltic seas cannot fail to be
struck with the vast difference in their
proportion Of salt. The Baltic is almost
fresh, particularly when, after the melt
ing Of the SHOWS, the great rivers Of
Prussia and the nighboring states dis
charge an abnormal volume of fresh wa
ter. The most salty water in the worlds
seas, however, must in all probability be
that of the great lake discovered by the
famous explorer Sven Hedin in Tibet,
which he likens to the Dead sea of Pal
estine. The entire bed of this lake ap-
pears to be one rugose crust of salt, and
the salt is in such strong solution that
the boats and oars and clothes of Hedin
and his party were soon incrusted with
salt Fish life in such water is, Of course,
impossible.
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with female weakness for about four years
before l asked for your advice" writes
Mr.. ]. w. McGregor, of 62d Street and
Princeton Ave, Chicago, Ills. oYou
advised her to take Dr. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription which she did faithfully for
nine months, and now we must acknowl-
edge to you that she is a z6,elI U0naS.
We cannot thank you enough"
YOU CAN BE CURED
by oFavorite Prescription" if your dis
ease is durable by medicine; and the
facts show that only two women in every
hundred who have given vFavorite Pre-
scription fair and faithful trial have
failed of complete cure. Women who
have suffered for years and have had the
advantages of the most skillful medical
treatment, have at last tried "Favorite
Prescription" and been cured. Women
who had been pronounced incurable, and
given up to lifelong suffering, have been
perfectly and permantly cured by the
use of DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription.
Sick and ailing women are invited to
consult DR.. Pierce, by letter, free. All
correspondence is held in sacred secrecy
and the written condolences of women
are guarded by the same strict profess
sional privacy observed by DR.. Pierce in
verbal consultation with sick women at
the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Insti-
tute, Buffalo, N. Y. Address DR.. R. v.
Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
Accept no substitute for UFavorite
Prescription" though the dealer says that
it is cjust as good" If he told the whole
truth he'd say the substitute was better
not better for you but better for him,
because of the little more profit paid by
the sale of less meritorious medicines.
ARE YOU IL?
Then at the expense of one-cent for
each year of your life you can pay the
expense of mailing free copy of DR..
Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser,
in paper covers. This great medical
work contains more than a thousand
large pages and over 100 illustrations,
and is sent absolutely free on receipt of
stamps to pay expense of mailing only.
Send 81 one-cent stamps for the book in
paper covers, or thirty-one stamps for
the cloth-bound volume. Address DIR.
r. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
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INITIATING COQUELIN.
One Time That the Great Actor Dis
appointed His Audience.

One Time That the Great Actor Dis
appointed His Audience.
The great French actor, Coquelin, used
to tell with glee the following experience
in which he himself played the leading
part:
81 was tired out and so made up my
mind to leave the theater for time and
go and vegetate in some isolated country
| place. / went right into the center of
France and soon found myself nicely set
tied in a homely, yet comfortable, COM
mercial hotel. l did not want to be
known, so l signed myself in the book,
frederic Febvre, traveller for wines, spir-
its, etc.
cat the table d'hote soon became &C
quainted with those staying at the no.
tel. Ny neighbor on the right Travelled
for a firm which specialized in table
! delicacies, my neighbor on the left was
in the drapery line, another dabbled in
oils, another for a novelty in babies feed
ing bottles. These gentlemen soon became
known to me, and l was myself asked the
name of the house for which I Travelled.
For Claretie & Moliere,' l replied.
"Now, being a new hand at the game,
as / said l was, I was Immediately in
undated with tips, advice, ETC., as to the
value and kinds of wine l ought to go in
for. / carefully made a note of all these
| tins. intending as soon as / got by myself
to lust as carefully light my cigar with
them.
''During dinner all went on pleasantly
| A certain little traveller, full Of life and
conceit, commenced to give us few reel
tations and imitations-some of them
fairly clever, l must confess. He was
applau0ed tremendously, and, filled up
with confidence ard wine, he said:
"'Now l am going to initiate a few
celebrated actors, etc. He initiated
Mounet-Sully as Hamlet, he initiated
Sarah Bernhardt in La Tosca' and then
| finished by saying: L am now going to
give you an imitation of Coquelin. Pay
great attention, and you will all swear
that it is Coquelin himself
"He gave us this imitation, and when
| he had finished I rose and said:
"'Yes, you did that fairly well; but,
although l may appear conceited, really
think l can give you a better imitation.
/ will try, however,
81 commenced. l gave something
from one of my favorite pieces and, as
really think, quite excelled myself.
"Do you think they applauded me!
Not at all. They smiled and said,
Thank you and almost appeared as
though they felt sorry for my ridiculous
| attempt. Later on, when all except the
little conceited traveller had retired, he
came up to me and said:
"May 1 offer you little friendly adj
vice, sir? You are a young hand at the
travelling game, I plainly see, and per-
haps wished to make yourself agreeable
this evening. Never, however, try to i'm
itate a great actor whom you have never
seen. To initiate Coquelin one must
have seen him act. You did your best,
dare say; but oh, dearp
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Rose.

It's easy comes the laugh from your mouth, Rose
in-thyme,
For my heart has but to whistle and your lips are
all in chime,
And you laugh as pipes the blaekbird and sway
as sways the tree,
But, oh, my Rose-in-thyme, will you never weep
with me?
Were they made for only joy, lip and cheek,
crimson fairY
Was it spread for only sunshine, that mist Of
smiling hairP
Were your arms Rose-in-thyme, never made for
sorrows fold2
Shall you never to my grief droop that little head
of gold?
It's ali, brier field sweet, blackbird in the thorni
Where is pain to find you who meier were left
forlorn?
Where are tears to touch you, who never sad may
be2
Laugh again, Rose-in- thyme, and toss it back to
Post Wheeler in New York Press.
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A suNBURNED BALDHEAD.
The Curious Result That Showed
After the Burn Was Cured.

"Some time ago 1 read about a man
who went to the Sullivan-Kilrain prize
fight and who was so badly sunburned
that he could not wear a Numbered shirt
for a week afterward," remarked Old
Sport. 81 was at that fight, and l know
that the story about the heat of the sun
on the spectators there that day in the
piny woods of Mississippi was no smok-
er's article or fairy story either. But
know one man who blesses the sun for
what it did for him that day. That man
Is Major Ed Hughes, gentleman sport
and gambler and for many years at the
head of the fire department of Louisville.
Major Hughes was warm friend OF the
immortal John L. and was in mortal fear
at the time that he would not be able to
get leave of absence from the city coun-
ell that he might come down to New Or
leans for the fight. The leave of absence
was SO uncertain that he had to decline
the invitation of the champion to become
his bottle holder in the contest that was
fated to go down in the history of pugi-
lism as the last fight in America under
the London prize ring rules, calling for
bare knuckles. But Major Hughes final
ly got his leave of absence and hurried
down to New Orleans arriving here late
in the afternoon, but a few hours before
the special trains were to leave for Rich
burg
ain the fighting crowds ON the train go
ing out to the fight scrap started in
the coach in which was Major Hughes,
and in some way his straw hat was
knocked off in the scrimmage, and 1t was
lost out of the window. In that crowd
no man had two hats, and so the major
showed up at the ringside with covering
to his head. His head, if anything, was
balder than the proverbial billiard ball.
AS the rays of the sun struck that oval
and shiny surface they glinted and rico
chetted from it and were thrown with
almost binding dazzlement into the eyes
of the spectators.
"When Sullivan saw his old friend, he
had Muldoon call him into their counsels,
and all, during the fight that followed the
major helped hold Sullivan's bottle, and
he never tried to protect his head even
with a handkerchief. The result was
that after the five hours spent in that
roasting sun the top of the majors head
looked like the red back of a boiled lob
ster, but he made light of it and helped
in the general celebration of Sullivan'S
victory.
1.-The next morning the majors head
was great big blister. Not speck Of
the cuticle of his head but was blistered,
and he had to hunt vinegar and cold
cream and all the other remedies known.
But on his head, from where the collar
struck it at the back of the neck and
front over the ears almost to his eye
hrows in front the blisters feStered.
Later a scab formed over all his head,
and when this fell off, mirabile dictu,
there was a fuzzy growth all over his
head. That fuzz became hair, and in
few weeks the major had as fine head
of hair as any man of his age."-New
Orleans Times-Democrat.
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CULINARY CAPERS.

A few slices of orange added to a
cream Of tomato soup just before serving
will, it is said, improve its flavor.
If cabbages and caulifower are past
their freshness, a tiny pinch of soda or
piece of loaf sugar will revive them.
When any recipe includes the juice of
one lemon, the quantity used should be
four teaspoonfuls, as both the size and
juiciness of lemons vary.
When making tea, if the kettle should
have boiled, pour a cup Of cold water in
and let it boil up again before making,
and you will find the tea will be as nice
again.
In cooking macaroni or spaghetti 1t will
be found an improvement to melt the
butter and cheese together and add them
to the white sauce, instead of sprinkling
them, as usual, between layers Of the
macaroni.
Some time when you want an apple
tapioca and apples are out of season try
pieplant as a substitute. Cut in pieces
and use with a few raisins. You will be
glad you tried it if you serve whipped
cream with it.
If you want to keep fish, never put
one on top Of another. Wrap each fish
separately in a clean cloth wrung out of
cold water In which some salt has been
dissolved, lay them on dish and keep
them in the coolest place available.
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Church Lights and
Social Leaders.

Every community, however small, has
its group of energetic women, who lead
and light the way in every local enter
prise. If it is charity, bazaar, church
fair, or any other benevolent undertak-
ing, they work day and night to make it
a success. They are not the women who
neglect their homes to serve the public.
They simply do double service. Many
husband knows what 1t is to bring his
wife home from fair or bazaar near the
hour of midnight and see her drop, in
sheer exhaustion, into the first chair she
comes to- While the lights were bright
and the talk and laughter were all about
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Things Better Left Unsaid.

"What a loss 1t is," said one friend to
another when a third had departed after
long description of the symptoms and
disease of relative-"what a loss it is
to admit into our familiar conversations
the miseries and sufferings of our fellow
men and women. Time was when 1t was
considered the extreme Of Ill manners to
talk of sickness, its symptoms, its cause.
its results, except to physicians and those
nearest and closest In love and kinship.
Nowadays well educated and cultivated
people seem to revel in such details.
There is lack of self respect in telling
of our own physical ailments to an indif-
ferent audience. There is the worse
evil of lack of consideration and regard
for neighbor in rehearsing what we
may know of his disordered system, his
sufferings, the means employed to relieve
them. 1t is an invasion of his privacy
the more to be deprecated because he Ii
helpless. "-Detroit Free Press.
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The custom of wearing black patches
to make the skin seem fairer came from
the habit of applying in the sixteenth
century pieces of black velvet or other
dark stuff to the temples for the head
ache. A fashionable coquette discovered
that these were becoming and brought
them into use in France, whence the GUS
tom spread into Europe. They were
worn not only by women, but by ex-
quisites and the clergy, though their use
was not general among men. They were
called mouches and were made round,
square, oval and in the shape of stars,
hearts, crescents and animals of all sorts,
so that a lady's face sometimes had the
appearance of menagerie.
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The passengers scarcely gave them a
passing glance as they entered the car.
He took a seat by the window just like a
long time married man, while she sat on
the aisle. 1t was the part Of shrewd
plan. After two stations had been pass
ed he began to read newspaper and let
her ask questions twice before he an
swered. This was a strain, but they
were trying to establish a record.
Suddenly he jerked forth his handker-
chief to mop his brow, and with it came
many, many grains of rice. Some fell in
the aisle, and some fell on the passengers
about them. In an instant the couple
became the targets of half a hundred
searching eyes. She blushed prettily; he
looked like sheep.
The careless flirt of the handkerchief
did the business, and, as further simula-
ton became useless, they held each 9th
er's hands during the remainder of the
journey.-Ohio State Journal.
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Bananas the Breadfruit of the world

Bananas, probably the first fruit ever
cultivated, possess all the essentials to
the sustenance of life. More people live
on bananas than live on wheat. When
taken as steady diet, they are cooked,
either baked, boiled or fried. The fruit
is very nourishing, as it contains so much
starch and sugar.
Banana -four is highly nutritious and
very valuable. The farinaceous food is
so prone to undergo INSTRUMENTATION in
the stomach when the normal digestion
is disordered that it becomes very inn
portant to seek some variety of starchy
food which can be easily assimilated
without the production of acid eructa-
tions of fatulence or heartburn. There
fore the flour has a decided advantage as
a food for invalids. Thompson states
that he has found that the finest banana
-four, called "bananose," at the end Of
~ hours of pancreatic digestion was
capable of developing twice as much
sugar as the same quantity of oatmeal
or farina and nearly ~ times as much
sugar as cornstarch.-Ledger Monthly.
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IN THE CITIES OF THE WORLD.

The cities Of the world, one after one,
Like campfres Of night, in ashes gray
Crumble and fall; the wind blows them away.
Karnak and Naucratis and Babylon,
Where now are their kings palaces OF stonef
As the cardhouses children build in play,
Tempest and fame and ruin and decay
Rave wasted them, and all their lights are gone
Thus even thus, Manhattan, London, Rome,
Like unsubstantial Pigments, shall depart
Their treasure boards Of wisdom and Of art,
Which war and toll have won ruthless hand
Will scatter wide, as jewels the wild foam
Gathers and wastes and buries in the sand.
William Prescott Foster In Atlantic.
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The Chinese Dragon.

The Chinese dragon has the horns of
the stag. the ears of the OK, the head of
a camel. the neck of a serpent the feet
of tiger, talons of the eagle or of the
sparrow hawk, the scales of fish. 1t is
regarded as the reptile par excellence,
but as a reptile aerial, not making his
sojourn but in the highest air. from
where he descends, however, sometimes
to approach the earth in the case where
1t is necessary that something extraordi-
nary should happen. The character Chi
nese which designates it is Loung.- Me
moires Sur les Chinois"
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There was a time, which some of us re-
member, when a man before taking a
long ride on train would make his will
and say goodby to his family with the
most unpleasant anticipations. In those
early days trains did not run fast, but
when they ran off the track there were
apt to be most uninteresting corpses. To
day when we read of train going 60
miles an hour breaking in two, hurting
part of itself down a steep embankmcnt,
with the result that only few are in
jured and these slightly, we feel that
there has been progress. In fact, one is
safer on a train than almost anywhere
else.-Ph PHILADELPHIA Inquirer.
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His Name For Plymouth Rock.

One of the best definitions of Plymouth
rock is that uttered by q Catholic priest
in Boston many years ago.
The managers of a meeting to celebrate
the landing of the pilgrims on Plymouth
rock thought it would be a good joke to
invite the most prominent Catholic priest
in Boston to be present. An invitation
was sent and to their great surprise was
courteously accepted. At the supper ia
BILE the priest was called upon for a
speech. He excused himself from max
ing one, but, saying that he was disci-
pie of Father Mathew, he would ask
them to fill their glasses with water and
he would give them a toast. All rising,
Father Ryan said, plymouth rock, the
Barney stone of America"