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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-04-29

There are some women who seem to be
perennially youthful The grown daugh-
tiers are companions as well as children,
and the color in the mothers cheeks, the
brightness in her eyes, the roundness of
form, all speak of Astounding health.
What is her secret? She is at the middle
age of life when SO many women are
worn, wasted and faded, and yet time has
only ripened her charms The secret of
this matronly health and beauty may be told
in the brief phrase, DR. Pierce's Favor
lite Prescription. The general health
of woman is so intimately related to the
local health of the delicate womanly
organs. that where these are diseased. the
whole body must suffer "Favorite
Prescription" dries the facilitating drains,
heals liberation and Inflammation, cures
female weakness and imparts to the deli
cate female organs natural vigor and
vitality Women who have lost their
beauty have been made robust and rosy
checked by the use of this marvellous
medicine.
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BROKEN LANGUAGE.
We Understand 1t Much Better Than
Do the EurOueana

We Understand 1t Much Better Than
Do the Europeans.
One is astonished that the Partisan.
the London man and the Berliner can
not understand any one who speaks his
language brokenly. Where would we
who are of Anglo-Saxon stock be II we
were ike that? We must understand
many sorts Of English not "as she is
spoken" but English as she Is bro
KEN by half dozen sorts of wreckers
OF our tongue. We must understand
corner grocery" English, peanut stand
and bootblack's English, the pidgin
English of the laundries and the truly
awful middle of those who start with
a potpourri called ''yiddish' and end
by massacring English with 1t.
In Paris If you merely shift the en-
phasis from the last syllable, where il
Is always placed in French, to the first
syllable, even the most familiar French
words fall like so much Greek upon tie
unyielding French ears. In London If
you say. "I'll come back at noon" they
declare you "a foreigner because you
did not say midday" but if you took
any real liberty with their tongue and
should say, Il will back again by dinner
time come" you might as well ask the
average Englishman to understand
Chaldaic. 1t Is the same in Berlin.
You must go to Bombay, Port Said OF
Shanghai if you want to find English
made elastic as 1t is in our American
citea-New York Mail and Express.
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Low RATES TO uA11roRN1A

Parties desiring to make trips to Califor.
MIA, Arizona or New Mexico, either for
business or pleasure, can do so now at a
small cost. Daily until April 80, inclusive,
tickets marked ''Colonist'' may be pur-
chased via Southern Railway at rate of
SAT. 50 from Washington and Ae.5o from
Philadelphia to Los Angeles, San Fran
cisco and other points. Correspondingly
low rates from other points.
The Southern Railway operates through
tourist sleepers from Washington to Los
Angeles and San Francisco without
change, leaving Washington $50 P. M.
every Monday, Wednesday. and Friday.
The berth rate in these sleepers is ouiy
800, two people being allowed to occupy
one berth if desired. Personal conductors
and Pullman porters go through with each
sleeper There are other new, convenient
and economical features connected with
these sleepers which may be ascertained
from Charles L. Hopkins, District Passen
ger Agent, Southern Railway, 828 Chest
nut ST., Philadelphia.
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GRANT AND ocHILTREE.


The Grievance the President Haa
Against the Colonel.
"After the war;" said a veteran Of
hceholder, "a warm friendship sprang
up between General Grant and Colonel
Tom Ochiltree, although they had
fought on opposite sides. When Grant
appointed large number of people
who had been under him to federal
offices, he also appointed Ochiltree.
Tom had been under him in sense.
Tom was made United States marshal
in Texas.
"Well, you know, in those days Tom
took very deep interest in the ponies
and was sort Of patron saint of rae
ing In the new southwest. He was so
much admired by horsemen generally
that it became quite the thing for own
ers to name their horses after him. At
one time there were not less than q
dozen horses running at various tracks
under the name of Tom Ochiltree.
Everything went lovely until Tom
came up to Washington, several months
after assuming his new duties. In the
course of his visit he called at the
White House for a conference with
the president After talking generan-
ties for awhile Tom noticed that the
president seemed to have something on
his mind-didn't appear to be as frank
and cordial as usual. He finally asked
General Grant what the trouble was,
limiting that the chief executive might
not be satisfied with the manner in
which the marshaps Office was being
conducted.
swell, I'll tell you,' said the presi-
dent, i don't like the way you've been
running about the country. following
the races. l see by the sporting col
umns of the papers that first you are
in Louisville, then you're in New York,
next you're in Saratoga and next some
where out west. I would rather you
stayed at home and looked after your
office Washington Post.
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LAMP wIcks.


The Multitude OF styles Causes Tr0Us
Bile For storekeepers.
"You wouldn't think that people
would bother to exchange little thiniI
like a lamp wick" said clerk In q
general supply store, "but the fact IN
that we are asked to take back yards
Of the stuff.
Indeed, of all the commodities we
handle none gives us more trouble than
lamp wicks. There are at present
about a thousand different kinds Of
lamps and oil stoves on the market,
each with different sized burners,
which naturally require as many differ
emit kinds of wick. We carry an end
less variety; still we cannot supply the
wants of our customers. This Is pretty
much their own fault, however, for In
stead Of examining the old wick and
finding out just what they reed before
they leave home they merely guess at
its measurements, and when ] ask
what size they want they say:
"'Oh, about SO big!
"They leave me to go the rest Of the
way blindly. As consequence ! often
make mistakes, and the next day they
bring the wick back and want to ex-
change it for something that win at
the burner. If they have taken the
precaution to learn what they want, we
accommodate them. even though the
returned wick does smell to heaven
with oil Through pursuing this pol
Icy we now have hundreds Of yards Of
wick on our hands that we can never
dispose of, but this question Of lamp
wicks is so complex that there seems
no remedy for the difficulty.
York Times.
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Gardiner and Froude.

Speaking of the late DR.. Samuel Row.
son Gardiner. student Of Toynbee
Hall says: His patience and his toll
erance were inexhaustible. his temper
Of the mildest. He had. however, a
pleasant vein of satire For instance.
he would say of Froude. whose bril-
liancy he greatly admired. but whose
unsoundness he characterized as de-
plorable: Whenever | find myself par
ticularly perplexed on any point look
to see what Froude has to say about it.
j always find his help invaluable. for |
can trust implicitly his unfailing in
stinct for arriving at false conclusions,
and the more positive he becomes the
safer feel in adopting Numerically
opposite view"
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INCUBATION IN ENGLAND.
e Was Lady Mary WortIey MOntagu
Who introduced It

It Was Lady Mary WortIey MOntagu
Who Introduced 1t.
1t was Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
who first introduced incubation for
smallpox In England While residing
In Belgrade in 1717 she saw the Turks
practice 'engrafting," as they called
1t, to produce mild form Of smallpox
and stay its ravages. She examined
the process and. being convinced of its
efficacy, applied it to her three-year. old
son. On her return to England she
introduced it in London. At that time
It was computed that one person in ev-
cry seven died Of the smallpox. Yet
she was opposed by the entire medical
faculty. By order Of government an
experiment was made upon five per-
sons then under sentence of death, and
It proved perfectly successful.
But instead Of Lady Mary being ac-
knowledged as a public benefactor
she was prosecuted with the most re-
lentless hostility. The faculty rose to
man against her. Even the clergy
descanted on the awful impiety of seek
ing to take events out of the hands of
Providence. The common people were
urged to boot her as an unnatural moth
er who had risked the lives of her own
children. However, the Princess of
Wales, afterward Queen Caroline, stood
her friend, and truth and reason finally
prevailed. 1t was about the year 1852
that Lady Montagu was honored by
monument erected to commemorate
England's gratitude to her for intro
ducing incubation.
DR.. Edward Jenner substituted cow
pox incubation in 1893. He lived to be
rewarded by parliament by grant of
10000 and later by a second grant Of
10000, and in 1858 statue was
erected to him in London. Only bare
credit was vouchsafed to Lady Mary
Wortley Montagu. who bore all the per-
secution without any of the pecuniary
reward she was entitled to and by no
means fair share of the glory.
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SECONDHAND SMOKES.
Selling Cigar Stubs Is a Lucrative
Business In Naples.

Selling Cigar Stubs Is a Lucrative
Business In Naples.
Buying and selling cigar stubs IL q
large and lucrative business In the
city of Naples, and many persons are
little stalls or shops near the docks,
the arsenals and the manufa cturing
establishments where workingmen are
in the habit of passing to and from
their tasks. Others with less capital,
have little stands at street corners,
board laid across saw horse, upon
which their stock in trade is displayed,
while the petty dealers in this line of
business exhibit their stock in little
piles upon the sidewalk, sometimes
not even newspaper being under
them.
The supply comes from the cafes,
restaurants, hotels and other public
places. Men and women pick over the
garbage heaps and the dust boxes, and
boys run up and down the pavements
In front of the hotels early every morn
ing looking for "snipes." Some of the
restaurant and cafe keepers sell the
privilege of picking up the cigar
stumps in their places to dealers, and
the proceeds amount to a considerable
sum during the year. In other places
1t is one of the perquisites of the head
waiter.
Some of the stubs are taken to fac
tories, where they are cut up and man.
ufactured into cigarettes and smoking
tobacco, but the greater part of them
are sold to the lower classes of work
ingmen, sailors and dock WALLPAPERS,
who smoke them in their pipes At
the entrance of the navy yard, which
is upon one of the most frequented
streets in Naples and in a very con-
spicuous place, half dozen of these
secondhand cigar dealers can be found
when the men are coming out of the
gates at the close of their days work.
The employees are not allowed to
smoke inside, and their wages do not
permit them to indulge in the luxury
of cigars or even smoking tobacco at
first hand, so, for a centissimo, which
is the smallest coin imaginable-one-
fifth of / cent-they buy cigar stub,
crumble it up in their hands and cram
1t into their pipes.--Chicago Herald.
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AN UNFAMILIAR TEXT.

But II Was q ForcfbIe illustration
of n Great Truth.
Several years ago there labored in
one Of the western villages of Mime
sofa preacher who was always in the
habit of selecting his texts from the
Old Testament and particularly some
portion Of the history Of Noah. No
matter what the occasion was, he
would always find some parallel Incl
dent from the history of this great
character that would readily serve as
text or Illustration.
At one time he was called upon to
unite the daughter of the village may
or and prominent attorney in the
holy bonds of matrimony. Two little
boys, knowing his determination to
give them portion Of the sacred his
tory touching Noah's marriage, hit
upon the novel idea of FASTING together
two leaves in the family Bible so as to
connect, without any apparent break,
the marriage Of Noah and the descrip-
ton Of the ark Of the covenant.
When the noted guests were all as
sembled and the contracting parties
with attendants in their respective sta
lions, the preacher began the ceremo-
niles by reading the following text:
"And when Noah was one hundred and
forty years old he took unto himself
wife," then, turning the page, he
continued, 300 cubits in length, 80
cubits in width and 80 cubits in depth
and within and without besmeared
with pitch" The story seemed little
strong, but he could not doubt the b.
BILE, and, after reading it once more
and rejecting a moment, he turned to
the startled assemblage with these re-
marks, my beloved brethren, this is
the first time in the history of my life
that my attention has been called to
this important passage of the Scrip
lures, but it seems to me that it is one
Of the most forcible illustrations of
that grand eternal truth that the ma
ture Of woman is exceedingly difficult
to omprehend.-Starligh Messenger.
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Alcohol and Tobacco.

According to the London Lancet,
when evil effects ensue from smoking
tobacco they are very much intensi-
fed by indulgence in alcohol. Pyri-
dine, the chief poisonous constituent Of
tobacco smoke. is not so easily soluble
In water as in alcohol. Pyridine bases
can be easily traced in the mouth Of
an immoderate smoker and especially
the smoker of cigars. An alcoholic
drink is. therefore. calculated quickly
to wash out this poisonous oil and to
carry 1t into the stomach.
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wAsHINGTON.
Three-day Personally Conducted Tour via
Pennsylvania Railroad.

The next Pennsylvania railroad person.
ally-conducted tour to Washington leaves
Thursday, May I. Rate, covering rail.
road transportation for the round trip,
hotel accomm odations, and guides, $I4. SC
from New York, 1900 from Trenton, and
$3.50 from Philadelphia. These rates
cover accommodations for two days at the
Arlington, Normandie, Riggs, or Ebbitt
House For accommodations at Regent,
Metropolitan. or National Hotel, 81. so
less. Special side trip-to Mt. Vernon.
All tickets good for ten days, with spec
ial hotel rates after expiration of hotel
coupons.
For itineraries and full information ao-
ply to ticket agents; Tourist Agent, IIo6
Broadway, New York; Court Street,
Brooklyn; 7S9 Broad Street, Newark, NJ +;
or address Geo. w. Boyd, Assistant Cen
eral Passenger Agent, Broad Street Sta
ton, PhiladelphIa. I6-2t
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NOW LOOK QUIT

''Take care Of yourself" say our friends.
''rn try to, )" We answer. We do take little
care, yet in spite Of waxm clothes, rubbers
and mackintoshss, an army Of people were
bowled out by pneumonia and other lung
and chest diseases last winter. They
caught cold, neglected It, let it hx upon
them, were torn by coughs, choked by
iniammations and CONCESSIONS, wasted by
fever, tired out by pain and then gave up
the fight. The hour you realize that you
have cold on the chest, place Benson's
Porous Plaster whore the pain or oppres-
sion is felt. II you think two are needed
make 1t two. No harm il you were GOV.
cred with them. They act quickly and
prevent the engagement Of blood in the
organs. In this way-with ordinary eau.
ton as to exposure-yeu will break up the
eeld and avoid . serious sicknssa Ne
other applications, or any other form Of
treatment, viii accomplish this as certainly
and speedily. Benson's Plasters have dis.
tinct and positive action and are curative to
the highest degree. Use them with the same
confidence for coughs, muscular rhsuma-
tism, the grip Qback and chest) and all aim
liar ailments. Women, who are chief suffer.
ers from cold weather complaints, should
keep these plasters always within reach.
Get the genuine. AL druggists, or we will
prenay postage on any number ordered in
the United States on receipt Of Csc. each.
Seabury & johnson, Mig. Chemists. n. 7.
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ing himself like a great polar bear.

ing himself like great polar bear.
1--WE invited young Douglas up to
dinner this evening, Kathryn. didn't
think it necessary to phone you. Just
have an extra place laid. He pushed
through that Rothberger deal in SPLEEN
did shape, and in consequence I've CIV
en- him the promotion he deserved. BY
the way, Kathryn, where did you meet
that chap? He was lucky find for
me-"
Kathryn does not answer, but with
a conscious blush looks into the draw
ing room, where the softly shaded
lights play on the gilt edged mirror.
The bell rings, but she does not wait to
receive the guest in the han. He finds
her in the dim drawing room before
the mirror. She is looking over her
shoulder. and she wears a lavender
gown.
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M th. Eronr ncnnrtment.

In the millinery showroom of one of
the large department stores in Phila-
delphia customer inquired of sales
woman what they charged to clean
feathers.
'sTen cents apiece" was the answer.
"Oh, could never pay that pricer'
gasped the lady.
"How many have your If you have
a sufficient number. we might make a
reduction in the price,"
"Why. couldn't count them, for
have two beds full"
Needless to say. she was in the wrong
department.-PhI philadelphia Times.
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rb. rhr.e Mel uahit

Our three meal habit is a fearful
tax on our working capacity. 1t trebles
the temptation to overeating. Our
champions stagger under the weight Of
a physiological handicap One-half of
the functional energy of the system is
diverted by the exigencies Of digestion.
No other hygienic mistake has done so
much to make us generation Of dys-
peptics as the custom of after dinner
work. Its victims, moreover, incur the
risk Of contracting that form Of moral
dyspepsia called pessimism. 1t tends
to rob the working day of it's reward.
Success
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Pretty old inventions are our modern
wash lists. The old German house
wife had an odd way Of keeping track
OF the garments she gave out to be
washed. She had a picture of each
article and wrote down the number Of
everything opposite to it with a piece
OF chalk. which was rubbed out when
the article was returned, to be used
again the next week. 1t was really q
pictorial and perpetual wash list.
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Country FOLK Are Tender with Bird,

Country Folk Are Tender with Birds.
Real country folk are very tender in
their dealings with the birds that live
near them. In the course of my expe-
rience, extending over many years,
have never known a case of wanton
cruelty occur In regard to wild birds.
The laboring man. whose work so of
ten lies far from the haunts Of men.
seeks companionship with the birds.
OF these none is more friendly than
the robin. who is sure to appear. how
ever lonely the place.-Cornhill Maya
zine.
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what Won Her.

II thought she was going to marry
TomY'
mo; Jack"
why, she told me Tom was willing
30 die for her and
"Yes, but Jack offered to make q
good living for her.
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'Then, when you have finished your
lecture" said the professor of eiocu-
ton and department to young Dulle.
"bow gracefully and leave the plat
form on tiptoe."
"Why ON tiptoeT queried Dulle
$50 as not to wake the audience" re-
piled the professor.
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Tess-She doesn't seem to like Mr..
Creetick.
Jess-No; she heard him speak Of her
as ian artless creature"
Tess-I should think that rather COM
plimentary.
Jess-Ah. but she poses as land
scape Observation-Disclosures Press.
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MANNED For" or NAMED Afterf
Should | say that my son is named
for his grandfather or that he is
named after" him?
You may cay either, but the weight
of good usage is with named after"
NAMED for has some vogue in the
United States, but is no longer current
in England. NAMED after" is in good
use In both countries--Ladies' Home
Journal
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Aseum-Hellol Where did you get
that black eye?
DEMONSTRATING.
Ascum-Gun kick your
Downes-Oh, no. l was just hunting
trouble-Philadelphi Press.
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Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children,
used by Mother Gray. nurse in Chfldren's
home, New York, Break up Colds in "a hours
cure Feverishness, Headache. Stomach
troubles. Teething Disorders, and Destroy
worms At all druggists, 26c. Sample mailed
N. Y -
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He was only four and convalescent
from the grip. Leaning his little head
on his mothers arm. he said YEARLY,
ooh, mamma, feel like a broken
toyg'-Boston Herald.
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REDUCED RATES TO Los ANGELES.

Via Pennsyiyania Railroad, on account of
Convention of Federation of women's
Clubs.
On account of the Convention of FEEDERS
alton of Women's Clubs, to be held at
Los Angeles, Cal, May 1 to 8, the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company will self
special excursion tickets from all station
on its line, to Los Angeles and return, al
reduced rates.
Tickets will be sold from April 70 to 26,
inclusive, and will be good to return until
June rs when properly validated
For specific rates routes, and conditions
of tickets apply to ticket agents. I5-2t
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sThey Draw Easy" "They Hold Easy"
"They look well, !" "They work well. - a eood
deal to claim, but the new "Le Roy PIoWs.0
have been thoroughly tested and found
worthy of alb We claims. They have many
Roy P1ows" superior to any other. They are
furnished in all sizes and are especially
adapted to your soil. Prices are not con-
trolled by Plow Trust, but are sold at a fair
price. For full particulars call at Harry Nor
cross, Pemberton.
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Strenuous Father Tommy. this hurts
me as badly as it hurts youl
Tolnmy-Well, then, pop (boo-hooD
seems to me there's no use in two suf-
ferin' for the faults of oneI Let's call
1t of LSan Francisco Bulletin.
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some Foolish People

Allow q cough TO run nntll 1t gets beyond the
reach OF medicine. They often say. "0h. 1t
will wear away" but in most cases 1t viii weir
them away. Could they be ind uced 10 try tile
which Is sold on q positive guarantee TO curs,
they would immediately see the excellent
enect after taking the nrst dose. Price $50.
and 800. Trial size free. At all druRgists.
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~You say you never gossip"
'Never," answered Miss Cayenne.
when l feel disposed to hear my
neighbors discussed, merely mention
Q name and proceed to Hsten."-Wash-
ingtoo Star.
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what do you think of Dawbitt's
painting?'
HIN! Well. think It looks as If it
had been done with-er-crude oil."-
Philadelphia Bulletin.