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THE OLD OAKEN BUCKET.
Subject of WOOdwOrth's Famous
Poem suggested by MOss-Grown
Well ON His Fathers Farm.

Many of the most popular songs
and poems have not been the result of
labored and thoughtful effort, but of
some sudden impulse. "The Battle
Hymn of the Republic" was the re-
suit of a sudden inspiration of Mrs.
Howe's S. F. Smith had no idea, when
he penned the lines of america" that
he was writing the one poem that
would be remembered when all else
that he had written would be for
gotten.
Samuel Woodwork did not think
very much of "The Old Oaken Bucket"
when he wrote the poem of that title
in the summer of 1917, and it would
have grieved him had he known that
his lasting fame was to rest upon the
simple lines. The other writings of
Woodwork fill several large volumes,
and he has been eulogized as poet by
such men as Webster, Irving, Chan
ming and Sir Walter Scott, but to-day
very few could name any one of his
poems except "The Old Oaken Bucket"
There was at one time foolish
story afoat that Woodwork wrote,
this beautiful poem in saloon, but
nothing could be further from the
fact. He wrote the poem in his own
home in Duane street, New York. One
very warm day in midsummer, when
he had walked home to his dinner, he
drank glass of water as soon as he
had sat down to the table. Putting
down the empty glass, he said to his
wife: 'That is refreshing, but how
much more refreshing would it be to
take good, long draught this warm
day from the old oaken bucket left
hanging in my fathers well at home!"
Mrs. Woodwork replied: ''Why,
Samuel, wouldn't that be good sub
ject for a poem?"
Woodwork reflected for a moment,
and then said: $50 it would. I must
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-10-30

beetles, and so are those splendid
golden fellows we call Junebugs.
Sometimes when you are walking
along beneath the trees perhaps you
will meet a stag beetle with his fine
large horns.
If you come across a dead bird or
field mouse lying on the roadside, you
must turn it over and see the burying
beetles at work. They are very busy
creatures and very useful to us be-
cause as soon as any little animal
dies they gather round it in great
crowds and dig out the earth from un-
der it until there is hole deep enough
for it to sink down into. Then it is
carefully covered up, and when they
are hungry they go where there is a
hearty meal waiting for them.
There are beetles that live in the
ponds and brooks, too. They are
called whirligigs and boatmen, and
are fine divers and swimmers.
All the beetles have hard, shining
coats of mail. These are only the COW
ers to their wings, and when they
want to fly they open the wing covers
in the middle and spread out their
soft, gauzy wings that they keep fold
ed up underneath.-Orange Judd
Farmer,
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-10-30
THE BEETLE FAMILY.
Its Members Wear Shining Coats Of
Mail with Which They Protect
Their Wings.

What is that flashing jewel that
scampers across the dusty road? 1t
must be an emerald, it is such splen-
did, shining, green color. Let us 60
closer and look at it, softly, softly.
All! it hears us and is off, and flying
above our heads when we are still a
yard from the spot where it was rest
ing. 1t is too small for a bird, and but
terfies never run. Can you guess
what it is?
A beetle, the beautiful tiger beetle.
The beetle family is very large one,
and there are some, of the cousins,
and uncles and aunts or sisters or
brothers in every country in the
world. &+ aG g
We all know the cunning little lady
bugs, red and black, that fly away
home when we hold them on our fin
ger tips and tell them that their
houses are on fire and their children
will burn. ..
The big brown dorbugs that come
in and fly about the lamp in the even
ing, with . loud humming noise, are
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-10-30
PLEASING PRESENCE.
Woman's Mind and Body Should
Work In Harmony to Develop
Pers0ual Grace.

How often we meet well-meaning
women in our daily travels here and
there, on the street, in the home, in
society, who, in one way or another,
present an awkward appearance. They
may have sweet manner but an un.
calmly walk, a pretty face but an in
correct posture, a pleasing voice but
an ungraceful handshake.
In these days of advanced ideas on
all lines the world will not tolerate
imperfections in womanly grace, as it
once did. Gas a drop of dew reflects
the grandeur of the heavens" so wom-
an is expected to reflect all that is
beautiful in personality.
h It does not require the addition of a
costly gown to be attractive. True,
grace of motion and manner will adorn
the plainest attire. Ones influence for
all that is high and noble is far greater
when presented by an attractive pic
ture of personal grace.
Women occupy no small space in the
great affairs of the world to-day, and
the individual must meet the condi-
tions of her time in manner pleasing
to the spirit of the age in which she
lives. Mind and body should work in
harmony. BY the enlightenment of
the one the other will become correct
" poised and properly controlled.
Feed the mind with beautiful thoughts
and good literature, study the laws
of health and beauty, and note the re-
suits. The face being the reflection of
the soul, you will have countenance
which expresses nobleness of spirit
which, in spite Of plain features, is at
tractive, certain to leave an impress
sion for good, and fair to look uponi
grace of mind with grace of body
making the perfect woman, who il sure
to be loved.-N. Y. Weekly.
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ELEPHANT AS A NURSE.
Zip Pushes Baby's Carriage More
Gently Than Any Maid, aaA
Keeps on Strangers.

The large and sagacious elephant
has proved himself an excellent sub
stitute for the more attractive but
often frivolous nurse maid.
In India the elephant has long
been employed to take care of chill
dren. The experiment has now been
tried in this country with success.
Down at Glen Island, where great
collection of animals is enjoying the
healthful breezes of Long Island
sound this summer, they have q per-
feet jewel of an elephant nurse, says
the New York Journal.
His name is Zip. His particular
duty just now is to take care of little
Irene Princehorn, daughter of the
curator of the Glen Island Museum
of Natural History. He is extremely
fond Of her. He could be trusted to
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-10-30
I.t-.t Thinr In Jewe1rv.

The latest idea of the jeweler Is the
betrothal basket. The basket is q
small, graceful affair with tall, curv-
ing handle of woven gold wire. The
whole is not more than an inch and a
half high. As for the flowers in tho
basket tiny stone serves for q bud.
The flowers have four and five petals
with stones of the regulation cutting.
Rubies make theprettiest flowers, while
emeralds are used tc che best advan.
tage for foliage. The baskets are used
as betrothal gifts in Italy. The jew.
eler is attempting to introduce the Gus
tom in this country. The baskets arc
attached to neck chainA
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DUCHESS OF ARGYLL.
vorite Sister. Deeply Interestea
in Philanthropy.

King Edwards favorite sister, Lou.
Use, duchess of Argyll, has come to tho
front lately with her characteristics in
terest in philanthropy. The interna-
tional congress for the welfare and
protection of children, held in London
in July, and in which delegates fram
the United States have taken so prom
inent a part, enlisted the cordial sup
port of Princess Louise, and, through
her, of the king. When the princess
wrote to the committee, who were ar
ranging the congress, that she would
be it's patron, she delighted it's pro-
moters by expressing also her royal
brothers willingness to allow his
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-10-30
Anra,a far House Work.

Aprons are household necessities
both for mistress and maid as aids in
keeping the trim, neat appearance
both desire while employed in house
hold duties. The new style is to have
instead of shoulder cape effect across
each shoulder a wing-shaped rever on
each side of the bib in front.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-10-30
The Tooth Brush Plant.

One of the most curious plants in the
world is the toothbrush plant, spe-
cies of creeper which grows in ia
maica. By cutting a piece of stem
and fraying the ends the natives make
= toothbrush, and powder to use with
1t is prepared By pulverizing the dead
Otems,
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-10-30
Some Strange Meat Dishes.

A globe trotter says that in Antwerp
and Rome, with lordly meat markets
at their disposal, the natives-and not
the poverty natives, at that
dine off broiled cat and pick poor
pussy's bones with relish. In various
South American cities, stewed mule
IS familiar dish on a table d'hote
menu
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-12-09
Fashionable Life In italy.

The fashionable season in Italy, says
Luigi Villari In Italian Life In Town
and Country" is from Christmas to
Easter, the time generally known as
the carnival. At Naples, Messina and
some other places there is also a sum-
mer season. Commenting on the pc
culiarities of life among the upper
classes, Mr.. Villari says:
italians, even in the grandest estab-
hshments, do not wear evening dress
for dinner unless there is a party. A
black coat is enough for ordinary pur-
poses. A few men who wish to be par
ticularly fashionable wear smoking
coat with a black tie, which garment
Is sufficient for all save very large din
ner parties and balls. On the other
hand. there are occasions when a man
dons his dress clothes by day 1t is de
rigueur at court functions, even in
mornings, and at weddings. Ladies
wear hats at the theaters except on
gala nights. They display more jew
elry by day than English ladies. The
Italian aristocracy have magnificent
Jewels, and even in quite small towns,
where there is no great wealth, the old
families can make fine display The
tall hat is only necessary at marriages,
funerals and at court Young men Of
fashion wear it also when paying calls
during the season. Among the bour-
geoisie evening clothes are hardly ever
worn at all"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-12-09
Two Clever Statesmen.

One crisis in Lord Palmerston's life
illustrates the absolute good humor
which may prevail even when political
enmity Is at its worst Lord Derby had
made an attack upon him in the upper
house with such energy and eloquenee
that the odds against him seemed over
whelming. But he defended himself
and his policy from the dusk of one
day to the dawn of another with such
tact, dexterity and force of appeal to
the national sense of honor that he was
acquitted of all blame by a majority of
fourscore.
Next day in passing through the cor
ridor leading from an anteroOm to the
upper house one swing door opened to
his hand and at the same moment the
other to that of Lord Derby. They
were opponents, but they were also
manly and sweet natured men. They
smiled
81 was just thinking" said Palmer
ston, ''what clever fellow he was who
SO nearly put me in holer
"Ah," was the rejoinder, ''but moth
ing like the cleverness Of the fellow
who got you out Of itP'
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-12-09
Some survivals of Fashion.

Man is unquestionably a highly ra-
tional being. Still, if you travel and
observe, from the mouth of the Danube
to the Golden Gate you will find most
men wearing a coat with a useless col
lar marked with a useless V shaped
slash and decorated with two useless
buttons at the small of the back and
one or two more useless buttons at the
cuffs. The collar, the slash and the
buttons are there in answer to no
rational need, 1t is not a common eli
mate nor common racial need of pro-
lection against climate that they repre-
sent, but a common civilization whose
form and ritual they mutely confess
Over this entire area those who aspire
to be of the Brahman caste deck their
heads for wedding, funeral and feast
with black cylindrical covering, suit
ed, so far as we can discern, neither to
avert the weapon of the adversary or
the dart of the rain nor to provide q
seat whereon man may sit and rest
himself And as for the women con-
tanned within this same area we behold
that the amplitude of the sleeve, the
disposition of the belt and the outline
of the skirt all obey the rise and fall
of one resistless tide which neither
moon nor seasons control.-Benjamin
Ide Wheeler in Atlantic.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-12-09
Long Tailed Fowls.

There is a special breed Of fowl In
Japan with tails varying from ten to
twelve feet in length. The breed Is
about century old and the extraor-
binary development of the tail was due
to the action of a japanese prince. His
crest was feather, and he offered an
annual prize to the subject who could
bring the longest feather plucked from
an ordinary fowl. AS a result the peo-
pie began to select birds and cross
breed them and in time the immense
length of twelve feet was attained.
The tail feathers grow at the rate Of
from four to seven inches a month and
continue at this rate for two years.
After that period they increase very
slightly. although there is really an
increase in length so long as the bird
lives, which is usually eight or ten
years. The hens sit on a fat perch all
day and are not allowed to move about.
Once in two days they are taken for
walk for half an hour, attended by
man who holds up the tail SO that the
feather shall not be soiled or injured.
The tail feathers are occasionally
washed. the bird being placed ON the
roof of hut that the feathers may
dry. The hens lay about thirty eggs
during the summer and autumn, which
are Matched by other BIRDS
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-12-09
WISDOM OF THE WIDOW.
Views of a Man Who Does Not Agree
With Tony Weller.

Win TOny Meuers
The man who marries girl just out
Of school has need of much shrewdness,
tact and fortitude, for the first year of
matrimony will produce violent revo-
htion in her mind. AS she learns to
know her husband-she who has never
seen him except when he had his best
coat on-she will deem him a brute and
will be disappointed and Disguised, for
she will compare him with that impos-
sible ideal of manhood which every
girl has in her mind and of which he,
of course, falls short. But with ex-
perience will come wisdom. In time
she will understand that her girlhood's
ideal II she were to have him in the
flesh, would be an unbearabIe prig,
and that her husband is about as good
as men go and even-if she loves him
a little better than the next man.
A widow has all this knowledge of
men and of the world, which a spinster
lacks. A man talks to widow freely
as to one who has found him out. She
is expert in the arts of pleasing him,
and if a bright young widow sets her
cap for man he can escape her only
by flight. A widow has no illusions
and no ideals She is well trained and
used to going double, while the spinster
is an unbroken FLY and is bound to
kick up good deal when she first feels
q tug at the snaffie-San Francisco
Bulletin.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-12-09
FILIPINO FUNERALS.



thetic For the Poor.
One of the most striking things to be
seen ON the streets of Manila is a Fill
Pine funeral If the deceased was
wealthy and had hosts of friends, the
funeral will be headed by band play
ing selections from comic operas. The
body Of the deceased follows in a
hearse covered with black cloth ar
ranged in a grewsome design and
drawn by six black ponies. each be-
decked with headgear of long black
feathers. The hearse will be followed
by men ON foot wearing knickerbock-
ers and cooked hats. and after them
follow innumerable vehicles of every
description. If the body is to be in
tered, the gravediggers will precede
the band, with their tools over their
shoulders.
Most Filipino funerals, however, are
more pathetic. The father of few
weeks old baby will trot out to the
cemetery entirely alone, with the little
white coffin balanced well on his head,
and if a man had not the price of a
vehicle his remains will be carried out
on bamboo poles by four Cinnamon,
and the coffin will be one that has seen
service before.
The natives have different ways of
burial. Some bodies are put into the
ground, while the larger majority are
placed in inches in the wall of the
cemetery. A slab cemented into the
opening of the niche contains a brief
biography of the deceased.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-12-09

/ knew you'd come to me some time.
Oh, I'm not quite such a fool as look!
You-you kept me from getting what
/ wanted most In the world. Now
the scores even-and land | can't
be glad"
"You have done right l was a cur to
come to you. knowing what I did"
Trenwick said thickly. Il cannot ask
your pardon, because l cannot pardon
myself. crossed your path because /
loved my sister and was ambitious for
her. BY the light l had was right
Yes. You were right" Ridgeley
said, dropping his head upon the table,
with a sigh that was half a sob. II
had nothing and wasn't much myself.
But, oh, If you had let me have M-May
I-feel-as- though might have
conquered the world"
"Goodbyw Trenwick said huskily,
again moving toward the door. Half
way he turned back. Ridgeley still sat
with his head on the table. Trenwick
went up to him and said in his ear,
"Will you do one thing for me, Ridge
ley"
what is itf" Ridgeley asked, with
out stirring.
ITO keep this while you live and de-
stroy it before you die" Trenwick said,
slipping golden oval into his hand.
mays miniature" he began. 81 can
not bear to have it found on me and
maybe exploited as the most sensa-
tional feature of the case. There will
be noise and dirt enough In it anyway.
/ don't want it to touch her, yet /
could not destroy this myself"
Il would kill you if you did," Ridge
ley cried, clutching the picture and car
rying 1t to his lips. May, darling" he
moaned, they shall not take you away
from me again. have cried night aft
er night because / could not remember
you-your eyes, your lips and ALL Now
will not give you up for millions ali
the millions in the world"
There is no need. Goodby," Tren-
wick said, with his hand upon the
latch. Ridgeley almost beloved after
him, "Come backp'
His checkbook lay upon the table be-
side him. With a shaking hand he
scrawled his name upon a leaf and
tossed it blank to Trenwick
Fill that in for what you like" he
said. mo; don't thank me. Only come
back as soon as you have things
straight"
Trenwick walked away as one blind,
seeing all things through a mist, but
his spirit was enlightened.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-12-09

Take care of the pennies aud the
pounds will take care of themselves"
Large things are but an aggregation of
small things If we take care of the
small things we are in effect taking care
of the large things which the small things
combine to make.
Take care of what you eat, when you
eat, and how you eat, and your stomach
will take care of itself But who takes
care of such trivial things? That is why,
someday, the majority of people have to
take care of the stomach. When that day
comes, there is no aid so effective in I'M
doing the results of past carelessness as
Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery.
1t strengthen the stomach, and restores
the organs of digestion and nutrition to a
condition of healthy activity. 1t cures
biliousness, heartburn, fatulence, indiges-
ton, palpitation, dizziness, cold extremi-
ties and score of other ailments which
are but the symptoms of disorder in the
stomach and its allied organs.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-12-09
The Certainty of Fate.

The Mohammedans have a fable
which they repeat to illustrate the GER
tainty of fate. The Philadelphia Times
quotes it as having been told by Mr..
Robert Barr, the celebrated novelist.
A sultan was once asked by his ia
vorite. the grand vizier. for permission
to leave at once for Smyrna, although
brilliant court fete was then in prog
ress. Upon being asked his reason for
such haste the vizier replied:
Because just saw the angel Of
death yonder in the crowd. He looked
at me so earnestly that l know he has
come for me. l wish to escape him."
go! Go at oncey' said the sultan,
who then beckoned to the angel and
asked why the latter had looked SO
earnestly at the vizier.
81 was wondering" replied the angel
of death, ''why he was here, for have
orders to kill him in Smyrna"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-12-09

SOP Kissed the villain.
The heroine faced him grandly. The
calcium light sputtered delightedly
over the scene, causing her jewels to
glitter like the eye Of press agent.
'So!" growled the villain.
Here the heroine kicked her train
around in front of her, and the hand
painted flowers ON the back breadth
came into full view. Bravely she
clutched the will in her lily white fin
gers.
sop hoarsely muttered the villain.
With the air Of a queen the heroine
turned upon him.
why do you say 'Sor so often" she
asked. do you think you can COW
meY'
Realizing that he was baffled for the
last time in that act, the villain rolled
another cigarette and left the stage
with a tragic stride.-Judge.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-12-09

In reply to inquiries we have pleasure
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There is no drying or sneezing. The Lii
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patients who have trouble in inhaling
through the nose and preferspraying The
price, including spraying tube, is rs cents
Sold by druggists or mailed by Ely Broth
ers, So Warren Street, New York.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-12-09
CASTORIA
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Write for copy of Winter Homes in
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Agent, SIS Chestnut ST.. Philadelphia, will
be pleased to furnish all information.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-12-09

81 heard good story the other day."
began the grocery man, "about a GER
tain politician"
''rhat will do" interrupted the dis
appointed officeseeker 'In the first
place. there are no certain politicians"
Chicago News.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-12-09
To Market on stills.

An interesting and picturesque Gus
tom in southwestern France is that Of
going to market ON stills. Groups Of
young men and women mounted on
high stills may be seen daily crossing
the marshy plains known as ''the Ian
des." ''The Landes" are cut up into
small bitches, pools and hummocks,
and stills are in consequence almost
necessary to those who desire to trav-
erse them.