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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-08-19
THE COUGARS FIGHTING.
How q Bull Elk Won a Battle by
Solar Plexus Blow.

How q Bull Elk Won a Battle by a
Solar PIexus Blow.
The cougar does not leap upon its big
game nor drop upon it out of treetops,
but sneaks close or lies in wait upon
the level and goes from cover in
straight rush like the tiger or the hunt
ing leopard. 1t endeavors to seize upon
the lower throat or shoulder with its
teeth and to twist the quarry's head
against this purchase in it's power
full forearms until the neck is broken.
Failing in its attempt, yet making
good its catch hold, the cougar will-to
put it modernly-go in and finish in
any old style. 1t will usually finish
once tooth and claw are engaged, but
sometimes it fails and even gets the
worst of an encounter.
Felix Michaud, a most reliable free
trapper of the old regime, once told me
he had watched a lion stalking a bull
elk. 1t was a Teton mountain cougar
of the big variety. 1t went from cover
in headlong rush, but missed its neck
stroke as the bull lunged ahead, catch
ing him at the point of the shoulder
and going under his belly. Both ami
mails were bowled over in a mixup of
hair, hoofs, claws and horns. In a
brief struggle, as they rolled over to-
gether, the cougar was thrown into the
air, as if hoisted by a spring trap, by
convulsive kick from the bulls hind
leg. The maddened elk gained its legs
and chased its enemy off the field. An
unlocked for punch in the wind had
taken the sand out of pussy.-Outing.
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A GENEROUS EDITOR.
Cheated by a Fake story In His Ow

Cheated by a Fake story In His own
Newspapers.
The following true story of a New
York reporter is told by a correspond
ent:
''As a reporter my friend had not won
the regard of his city editor He fire.
quently failed to return from an as
signment with a good story So when
he was told to draw $40 from the Of
flee, go out and give 1t to a man genu-
inely in need of it and then write as
social study. the needy mans valuation
of current reports of Astounding pros
perity in the country my friend thought
he had task that was easy, but or
ganized charity would not, because of
principle, encourage such 1ndiscrimi-
nate giving and refused to tell of any
one who was in extremity. Going
down to the Bowery, the reporter
questioned a policeman and was di-
rected to a certain tenement. When
he got there, the man had been dispos-
sessed and had taken his family out of
the neighborhoOd. After no success
with two other devices for discovering
a man really in want it looked as
though the reporter would once more
have to go back to the office and re-
port failure.
But what so preposterous as to say
to the city editor that a man who was
badly off for the lack Of $40 and who
had views on the subject of prosperity
was not to be found?
''Press time was near. Some plan Of
action had to be decided on. Meeting
friend who, though earning a good
DEAL always spent more, the reporter
said, For heavens sake, don't you
need $10Y With excellent presence of
mind the man answered in the proper
way, and the reporter dashed back to
his desk to write his little social study.
He imagined poor man who had a
pitiful need and told an imaginary tale
about him.
ut was charming but very sad.
The city editor next afternoon praised
him; it was the finest story of the
day. He added: Already several men
have stopped in to leave checks, and
here is a fifty dollar bill the chief him.
self just dropped on my desk for the
poor man. You cash these checks and
take all the money to him and write
something about the relief it will at
ford to him. Wait a moment; here's
another $25. Why, it's from the chief
again; you see what an impression
you've made! Taking the money, the
young reporter hesitated. fumbled it.
'WellY inquired the city editor.
''Then the young reporter had to
give the account of the hunt for a
needy man as here set forth. After
looking out the window long time
the city editor said:
"'Of course you are indefinitely sus-
pended. l ought to devise some tor
ture for you also. You might he con-
cluded, rising, picture to yourself what
feelings the old man will have-that
kindly old chief to whom l must return
this $75-when he hears that he was
cheated by fake in his own news
paperv New York Commercial Ad-
vertiser.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-08-19

Next to the sunlight of heaven is a
cheerful face. There is no installing
It. The bright eye, the unclouded brow,
the sunny smile-all tell Of that which
dwells within. Who has not felt its
electrifying influence? One glance at
this face lifts us out of the mists and
shadows into the beautiful realms of
hope. One cheerful face in the house
hold will keep everything warm and
light within. 1t may be a very plain
face, but there is something in it we
feel. yet cannot express, and its CHEEKY
smile sends the blood dancing through
our veins for very joy. All, there is a
world of magic in the plain, cheerful
face. and we would not exchange it
for all the soulless beauty that ever
graced the fairest form ON earthl-Ex-
change.
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CURES FOR TooTHAcHE.
Remedies That Do Not Appeal to the
Ordinary Man Today.

Ordinary Man Today.
The man In dental anguish some
times curses with Burns 1.-The venomed
stang that shoots his tortured gums
alang." Sometimes, on the other hand,
he prays. ST. Augustine In his ''Con-
fessions' relates how he once suffered
from "dolor dentium" (toothache), ap-
parently in an aggravated form, for
he could not speak. Thereupon he
wrote on wax a prayer to God for the
other brethren to repeat, and as soon
as all were on their knees the pain
went But what painr' he says.
Never since my tender age had ex-
perienced the like" Southey In his
Life of John Wesley" tells of that
eminent preacher that when his own
tooth ached he prayed and the pain
left him.
Unfortunately ordinary men do not
seem to have such efficacious faith.
When the excruciation begins, they
must bear it philosophically, and on
Shakespeare's authority toothache
finds out just the weak place in the
philosophers armOr of patience. In
the middle ages the devout who were
racked with pain had special patron
to whom they could call for deliver
ance. st. Apollonia, martyr under
the emperor Philip, among other
cruel indignities had her teeth pulled
out. In consequence she became tooth
aches tutelary saint, as her emblems-
one of which is holding a tooth In
pinchers" sufficiently testify.
And there would seem to have been
yet another martyr, st. Blaize. who
took cognizance of the disease He was
honored In the little town of st. Bla-
zey, in Cornwall, where candles Of
fered upon his altar were supposed to
be an infallible cure for toothache.-
Chambers Journal.
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A PANTHER's DEN.

Clean and Bright, In Decided Con-
trast to the Popular Idea.
1t was my good fortune to discover
the newly abandoned lair of a cougar
family and further and to me new
evidence of that fastidious cleanliness
which is a marked characteristic of
the animal. This retreat was not at all
the typical ''panther's dem of tradi-
ton, but bush grown harborage I'M
der the edge of rock with just enough
of shelf to keep off the rain. l should
not have found this breeding place but
for a certain we'll gnawed array of
bones scattered over a little smooth
bench above a creek channel. From
this boneyard there was a very tracea-
Bile path leading through grass and
brush to the retreat where the dam
had housed her young. The evidence
here told plainly of the cougars long
immunity from annoyance and attack
and of a thoroughly clearly habit of
life. There was no bone or other sign
Of feasting about the lair. The dam
had carried her kill to the creek bench
in every instance, and the children lad
been called to the dining room. AS
bones which would have been crunch
ed or eaten by grown animals had
been perfectly cleaned by the kits
was able to judge of their summers
diet. This had consisted mostly Of
minor game, rabbits, marmots, grouse
and the like, with an occasional small
deer. At least one whole family of
badgers, old and young, had been
served, pussy having probably lain for
them at their hole until they were all
in.-Franklin Welles Calkins in Out,
inc
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-08-19

81 thought candles went with stage
coaches, but a good many people must
use them yet" said a shopper who
pointed to collection of candlesticks,
all of the utility sort, arrayed In a
house furnishing department. There
were big and little, ornamental and
plain, practical and impractical ones.
Some had broad trays, and others had
none at all and some had devices for
lifting the candle, while others were
made with deep necks. There still re
main people who cling to the traditions
of their ancestors and will have none
of the modern lighting inventions for
their sleeping rooms. Certain women
prefer a light in their bedrooms until
they are asleep, and for this purpose
candle is just the thing, for it will put
itself out at the time proportional by
its length.-New York Tribune.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-08-19
IGNORANT OF GEOGRAPHY.
How a German Pat Posers to an
American Girl

American Girl,
"a thing about Americans which has
surprised me more than anything else,"
said German artist who has been Wis
iting in New York city for six months
past, sis that with all your patriotism
you know so little about the geography
Of your own country, to say nothing of
the rest of the world
There were several Americans In the
circle, and they looked rather sur
prised. None of the men spoke They
knew that they were weak in geogra-
ply and that here was a challenge
which would have to pass.
Not so bright young woman Of
twenty, who rushed into the breach
with her head in the air.
1--WE do know the geography of our
country" she said decidedly. "Of
course we do. Every child learns it in
school"
Might ask you a question OF twoT
the foreigner said quietly. 1.-The names
Of the capitals of some of your states,
for instancer
Certainly. I'll be glad to answer"
And she nodded confidently at the
young American man who was already
beginning to fear for her
What is the capital of Massachu-
sets :" was his first question.
BOSTON, was the prompt answer
from the girl
"And Of North Carolinar'
That seemed to puzzle her a little,
and it was full minute before she an
swered "Charlestonl7
The foreigner smiled, but made no
effort to correct her. 'What is the
highest mountain in the United
StatesT he asked.
TITS not fair to ask about noun
tains," she protested you said /
didn't know the capitals"
1.-THE capital of Illinois isr'
Chi Springfield, mean"
"Of Montana p
For the life of her she could not
think of a town in Montana. Its
been an age since studied geography"
she explained
"Your answers were better than the
average" said the man. "You got one
right tot four. AS said, American
geography surprises me."-New York
Tribune.
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COUGHS QUICK WIT.
A Retort That Silenced an Interrur
ton In the Audience

A Retort That Sflenced an Interrupt
ti0n In the Audience.
An effort of one of John B. Coughs
tours Of the west was to arouse his
converts to political movement in ia
vor of prohibition, and in several states
the politicians began to give considera-
ton to the cry. The distillers and hq-
uor dealers are said to have been so
frightened that they employed men to
follow the lecturer, sit among the audi
ence and endeav0r to confound him
with questions. He had worked a
Topeka QIan.) audience up to a fine
pitch of excitement and In his effective
manner cried:
Temperance! Temperament Tenn
perance! 1t will mean money In your
pocket clothes on your back, happiness
in your home and God in your hearth
Up leaped one of the paid interrupt
ers and shouted to the audience:
Money in your pocketsl Why, fell
low citizens, follow this mans ideas
and we'll be all in the poorhouse!
Think of the fields of tasseled corn
that stretch on every side! Whisky is
made from corn. We sell millions of
dollars worth of corn to the whisky
makers. Stop the manufacture of
whisky, and what'n we do?"
Then, turning to Cough, he went on:
"You, Mr.. Smarty-whatn we do?
Tell us. If prohibition comes. what'n
we do with our cornT'
RAISE more hogs, my friend" re-
piled Cough without seconds hest
tation-''raise more hogsr-Philadel-
phia Times.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-08-19
KISSING THE HAND.
The Practice Was Instituted by tho
Early Roman Rulers.


The. practice of kissing the hands
was instituted by the early Roman
rulers as mark of subsection as much
as one of respect, and under the first
Caesar the custom was kept up, but
only for time.
These worthless conceived the idea
that the proper homage due to their
exalted station called for less familiar
modes of obeisance, so the privilege
of kissing the emperor's hand was re-
served as a special mark of condescen-
sion or distinction for officers of high
rank.
No such restriction, however, was
placed on the emperors themselves,
who, if they wished to confer signal
honor on any of their subjects, kissed
either the mouths or the eyes of those
they wished specially to favor, the kiss
generally intimating some promotion
or personal satisfaction for some
achievement
Roman fathers considered the prac-
tice of kissing of so delicate a nature
that they never kissed their wives in
the presence of their daughters.
Then, too, only the nearest relatives
were allowed to kiss their kindred OF
the gentler sex on the mouth, for in
those days, as now, kissing was not a
mere arbitrary sign. but it was the
spontaneous language of the affections,
especially. that of love.
Under the Romans if lover kissed
his betrothed before marriage she in
herited half of his worldly goods in the
event of his death before the marriage
ceremony, and if she died her heritage
descended to her nearest relatives.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-08-19

To the virtues of saffron whole vol
umes have been devoted, references to
some of the more important of which
are given in Canon Ellacombe's PLANT
Lore and Garden Craft of Shake
speare," where there is a long article
on the subject. The plant was chiefly
used for diseases Of the lungs, whence
came its title of Anima polmonum; for
assisting the eruption of measles,
smallpox, etc. lin measles it is still oc-
casionally prescribe6; as a cardiac
and general stimulant, and as a diges-
tive and strengthened of the stomach.
To this last supposed virtue its use
In meats" is due. Lyle says that so
taken it "comforteth the stomacke
and causeth good digestion, and sod
den in wine it preserveth from dronk-
ennesse" 1t was also used as a love
philter and still enters largely into
some popular recipes for making up"
horses.
The most extravagant notions of its
powers were formerly held, and some
old writer's went so far as to term it
the king of vegetables. Even so late
as the middle of the last century it
held a prominent place in our official
dispensatories, but it has now come to
be used only as a coloring and flavor
ing agent, being incidentally almost
inert, its property (such as it Isl being
mildly stimulative.-Notes and Que
rieS.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-08-19

Not only the horses, but the powers
of the law, says the London Chronicle,
are swift at Ascot, for the course has
q special tribunal for the punishment
of evildoers. No sooner is the pick
pocket, welsher or ticket snatcher ar
rested than he is standing in little
room In the royal stand, where the
evidence is heard and the verdict and
sentence pronounced before the Offend
er fully realizes that he is caught No
where else does punishment so swiftly
follow crime as at this court, which is
decreed by clause 81 of the indictable
offenses act of 1913.
This race course tribunal arose Gu
riously in the eighteenth century from
an assault upon a royal parsonage. In
his indignation at the impossibility of
instant punishment of the assailant he
ordered that in future a magistrate
should always attend the royal race
meeting. This has ever since been
done, and by the above mentioned act
the chief magistrate of Bow street was
constituted ex officio a justice of the
peace of the county of Berks in order
to enable him to hold this court at
Ascot
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-08-19

In trade the rose is very valuable, as
the affairs of India and Persia sell at
a very high price, and there are large
districts of rose gardens in which men
and women are employed, the harvest
months being March and April In
Turkey also rose farming is largely
carried on, and very fine altar is got
from the rose grown in Kashmir
Even rosewater is luxury which is
by no means. to be despised as to price,
but the altar of roses is immensely
costly, and it takes an enormous num-
Der of flowers to distil even a few
drops.
The altar is said to have been first
discovered by the favorite wife of
Jehan Jeer, through whose garden ran
a canal of rosewater, on the surface of
which the begun found a few drops
of the precious altar or oil floating.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-08-19

"Quiek lunch" is one of the commonest
of city signs The sign doesn't say "a
healthy lunch of good food" the character
Of the food apparently is not considered.
It's just quick lunch, eat and get away.
Is it any wonder that the stomach breaks
DOWN. Food is thrown at it, sloppy, in
digestible and innutritious food, very
often, and the stomach has to do the best
it can. Normally there should be no need
for medical assistance for the stomach
But the average method of life is abnorm-
al and while this continues there will al
ways be a demand for DR. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery. 1t is the one medicine
which can be relied on to cure diseases OF
the stomach and other organs of digestion
and nutrition. 1t is not cure-all 1t il
a medicine designed for the stomach, and
to cure through the stomach remote dis.
eases which have their cause In the de-
rangem ent of the stomach and digestive
and nutritive system. 1t cures when al
else fails.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-08-19
Brougham and M1IIed Port

Lord Brougham, who as a member
Of the house of commons was a most
abstemious man, upon his promotion
to the peerage acquired less commend
able habits. During his long and i'm
passioned appeal to the lords to re-
frain from rejecting the reform bill
of 1882 five tumblers of mulled port,
with a dash of brandy. were brought
to him at intervals" When he came
to his last sentence C'T warn you, |
implore you-yea, on my Bonded knee
] supplicate you-reject not this bill'')
he knelt on the wooIsack, whence he
slipped to the floor. 1t is recorded in
the Lives of the Lord Chancellors''
that 'he remained some time as If in
prayer, but his friends, alarmed lest
he should be suffering from the effects
of mulled port, picked him up and
placed him safely on the woolsack."
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-08-19
POULTRY POINTERS.

Fowls will not thrive with close pen
ming or crowding.
About Que foot of space on the roost
should be allowed for each adult fowl.
A handsome appearance is worth or
2 cents pound on poultry in selling.
Calcareous matter for shells and
gravel to aid trituration in the gizzard
are indispensable.
Ground or crushed bone is so valua-
BILE for their health that it should al
ways he kept before them.
The morning meal may be made more
palatable and stimulating by adding
cut onions with salt and pepper.
Carelessness in the little details nee
essary to good management will soon
show in the condition of the fowls.
Clean. pleasant and suitable quarters.
with wholesome, nutritious food, have
much to do in determining the favor
and quality of both the eggs and the
flesh of fowls.
A good way to tell fresh egg is by
the air bubble in the large end The
smaller the air bubble the fresher the
egg. A fresh egg must be examined
closely to see the air bubble.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-08-19
THE HUMAN STOMACH.


How 1t Is OverwOrked by Three Big
Daily Meals.
1t requires about five hours for the
stomach to work on an ordinary meal
and pass it out of itself, when it falls
into a state of repose; hence if man
eats three times a day his stomach
must work fifteen hours out of twenty
four. After a nights sleep we wake
up with certain amount of bodily Wig
or which is faithfully portioned out to
every muscle Of the system and every
set of muscles, each its rightful share
the stomach among others.
When the external body gets weary
after a long days work, the stomach
bears its share of the fatigue, but if
when the body is weary with the days
toll we put it to bed, giving the stom-
ach meanwhile five hours task which
must be performed, we impose upon
the very best friend we have-the one
that gives us one of the largest
amounts of earthly enjoyment-andi if
this overtaxing is continued it must as
certainly wear out prematurely as the
body itself will if it is overworked ev-
cry day.
And If persons eat between meals
then the stomach has no rest from
breakfast in the morning until 1, 2, 3
or 4 o'clock next day; hence it is that
so many persons have dyspepsia. The
stomach is worked so much and so con-
stantly that it becomes too weak to
work at all
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There is no spot in all Mexico as
dearly beloved as the little town of
Guadalupe. which is two and half
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Ted's mamma had birthday recent
ly and received as a present from one
Of her friends ten dollar bill. Accom-
panying the money was note in
which the writer, after explaining that
she couldn't think of anything tasteful
to buy and had therefore sent the cash,
made some tender references to by
gone days and dear old scenes. While
the recipient was sitting with the bill
In one hand and the letter In the other
and permitting tears to drip down up
on both Ted went up to her and, put
ting his arms around her neck, ten
derby asked:
whats the matter, mamma? Isn't
the money goodY'-New York Com
mercial Advertiser.
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ono Interference."

There is one thing anarchists will not
consent to, one thing they rebel against
tat least in thought, and sometimes in
act), and that is anybody's assumption
to rule another. whether it be car.
king, nobility or democrat majority.
says William NJ. Salter in The Atlantic
They are disagreed about many things.
There are individualist anarchists and
socialist Tor communist anarchists, be
levers In private property and believ
ers In common property, but all alike
believe in self rule, and they are as much
opposed to democratic state socialism
as to state socialism of any kind. They
believe that power intoxicates the best
of men and are not willing to allow il
in any form. "No master, high or low"
they say. after William Morris. Let
life shape ITSELF" ''Mind your own bust
ness" mo interference such is their
demand