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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-03-18

81 took severe cold which settled in
the bronchial tubes,n writes Rev Frank
Hay, of Nortonville, Jefferson Co., Kan
sas cAfter trying medicines labeled
Sure cure, almost without number
was led to try DIR. Pierce's Golden Med
ical Discovery. / took two bottles and
was cured, and have stayed cured When
/ think of the great pain had to endure,
and the terrible cough l had, it seems
almost miracle that was so soon re-
ieved. That God may spare you many
years and abundant1y bless you is the
prayer of your grateful friend"
Men or women suffering from disease
in chronic form are invited to consult
DR. Pierce by letter, free All cores
pondence is held in strict privacy and
sacred confidence Address DIR R v
Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y
This offer of free consultation by let
ter places at the disposal of the sick the
skill and experience of hearty score of
the best physicians who are associated
with DR. Pierce, chief consulting physi-
clan, to the Invalids Hotel and Surgical
Institute, Buffalo, N Y.
Accept no substitutes for e Golden Med
ical Discovery No other medicine is
v1ust as good for diseases of the organs
of respiration.
uTHE BIBLE OF THE BODY"
is a title that has been given to DR.
Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adj
wiser 1t is perfect guide to the health
of the body, as the Bible is to the health
of the soul This great work contain
ing more than Thousand large pages
and over seven hundred illustrations is
sent free on receipt of stamps to pay ex-
pense of mailing only. Send 81 ono
cent stamps for the cloth-bound volume,
or only al one-cent stamps for the book
in paper covers. Address DR.. R. ".
Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
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old Saw. and Sayings.

A few old sayings on the subject of
food come to US rather as a surprise
In our age of daintiness and refine
ment, yet they have their raison d'etre
Notwithstanding. Meat is much; man
ners are more;;" cease your chatter
and mind your platter The ass that
brays most eats least" ''The wing with
the liver to him who's the giver;' He
can give little to his servant who ticks
his own trencher."
Apropos Of this remark, it is anus
ing TO note that manners was the
name given to the remnants of meal.
These came to the servants as official
perquisites; hence our well worn ex-
preston before emptying a dish,
Leave the last slice Tor whatever it
may be- for manners" though if votes
were collected on this point it is hardly
likely that any of us would have taken
it as 1t stands in the original.
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Some of the worlds greatest humor-
lists unite with that sprightly gift a
deep tenderness and broad sympathy.
Their lips smile at spectacle of the
absurd at the same instant that their
eyes overflow in recognizing the pathos
that is its so frequent accompaniment.
1t is this quick perception of situa-
ton as a whole. this power to see all
its aspects at once, that gives us just
judgments tempered by mercy, severity
lined with leniency, that acts as saw
ing grace to culprits.
The world would be better and hap
pier If every one in it who is invested
with authority over his fellows had
this peculiar sympathy with wit, which
makes it impossible for one to be
bigot and a tyrant. Humor and cruel
ty do not go together, although there
is a kind of counterfeit humor, some
times mistaken for the real thing,
which is essentially oppressive, be-
cause 1t finds enjoyment in looking
upon that which Is at the same time
grotesque and horrible. But this is
far removed from the gentle humor
which mellows their judgments and
humanizes actions. = Florence Hull
Winterburn in Woman's Home Com
panion.
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Commence or begin? The best writ
ers, and the best speakers, also, prefer
''begin" to Commence" for all every
day purposes. The reason for this pref
erence is not, as some have said, that
''begin" is older, for commence" is OF
very respectable antiquity; nor is it,
as others have said, that ''begin" is of
Anglo-Saxon origin, for words Of
French or of Latin origin that have
been fully adopted into our language
are just as good English as native
words. 1t is rather that begin" has
the strength of simplicity. whereas
commence" has fallen into disrepute
from being associated with the cheap
f1nery of writing. Elizabeth A. Whitney
In Ladies' Home Journal.
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NOW LOOK ouTl

''Take care Of yourself" say our friends.
"I'l try to-" we answer. We do take little
care, yet in spite Of warm clothes, rubbers
and mackintoshes, an army of people were
bowled out by pneumonia and other lung
and chest diseases last winter. They
caught cold, neglected it, let it Ak upon
them, were torn by coughs, choked by
infammations and COMPOSITIONS, 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 where the pain or oppres-
sion is felt. II you think two are needed
make it two. No harm if you were COW
cred with them They act quickly and
prevent the engagement of blood in the
organs. In this way-with ordinary eau.
ton as to sxposure-yeu will break up the
Geld and avoid q serious sickness. No
other applications, or any other form Of
treatment, will 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 rheuma-
tism, the grip Cback and chest) and all SIM
liar ailments. Women, who are chief suffer-
era from cold weather complaints, should
keep these plasters always within reach.
Get the genuine. AL druggists, or we viii
prenay postage ON any number ordered in
the United States on receipt of 25c. each.
8eabury 4 Johnson, Mig. Chemists. N. Y.
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CAUsTIc GERsTER.
Comment the Singer Made ON a kiss
That Patti Received

comment the singer Made on a kfnG
That Patti Received.
While the rivalry between Patti and
Gerster In San Francisco In 1884 was
at its height it was made known that
General Crittenden, governor of Mis-
souri,, had given Patti kiss. There
upon Nine. Patti was interviewed,
when she spoke as follows:
Il had just finished singing Home,
Sweet Home last Thursday evening
when a nice looking old gentleman,
Crittenden, began congratulating me.
ALI of sudden he leaned down, put
his arms around me, drew me up to
him and kissed me. He said, Nine.
Patti, l may never see you again, but
cannot help it, and before l knew ii
he was kissing me. When a gentle
man, and such a nice old gentleman,
too, and a governor of great state,
kisses one SO quick that one has not
time to see and no time to object, what
can one dor
The following dialogue on the sub
ject between Nine Gerster and re-
porter who had interviewed her was
afterward published:
Modest Reporter suppose, Nine.
Gerster, you have heard about that
kissing affair between Governor Crit
tenden and Patti?
Nine. Gerster- have heard that
Governor Crittenden kissed Patti be-
fore she had time to resist, but don't
see anything in that to create SO much
fuss.
Modest Reporter dnterrogatively)-
You don't?
Nine. Gerster-C Certainly not There
is nothing wrong in man kissing a
woman old enough to be his mother
Argonaut
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CATARRH
THE DESTRUCTIVE TEREpo.
A Curious and Fragile Worm That
Digs Tunnels In Timber.

A Curious and Fragile Worm That
Digs Tunnels In Timber.
1t was in 1871 that Holland narrow
~ escaped inundation along its coast
because the tjmbers of the sea dikes
In many parts were discovered to be
quite unsound. The timely discovery
Of the real condition of the bikes saved
the country from an awful catastrophe,
the full extent of which was COM
pretended by only few Dutchmen.
The timbers had been honeycombed
by the teredo, or shipworm This
creature burrows into any wood i'm
mersed in sea water. 1t makes an en-
trance when young and digs channels
along the grain of the wood, living
and often dying in the timber. The
worm grows in some localities to
length Of twelve inches, its girth be-
Ing one and a half inches, and the
curious thing about its whiplike body
is its exceeding tenderness. 1t cannot
bear its own weight. 1t will break If
subjected to any strain.
1t will burrow straight along the
grain Of the wood unless turned aside
by knot or nail, and, no matter how
many Of these worms may be burrow-
ing in the same piece of wood, they
never run their channels into one an
other. By some marvellous instinct
they keep clear of each others pre-
serves. We have recently seen a cross
section Of a log eighteen inches in
diameter, and we counted no fewer
than 800 distinct burrows.
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Our surpris,ne sunnowerr.

Few people in England, remarks a
London paper, who grow the sunfow
er for ornament have any idea Of it's
usefulness. And then it proceeds thus
to describe the sunfiower on its native
heath in the United States:
So rich is this plant in oil that the
seed Of one of these monster plants
viii yield fifty gallons of oil, while the
refuse of the seed after this quantity
of oil has been expressed weighs
1900 pounds when made into cattle
cakes.
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A Massachusetts, business firm prints
this paragraph at the top of its letter
heads: "Errors-we make them; so does
every one. We will cheerfully correct
them If you will write to us. Try to
write good naturedly if you can, but
write to us anyway. Do not complain
to some one else first or let the matter
pass. We want the first opportunity to
make right any injustice that we may
do" The little sermon deserves a wide
audience. Few people have not had oc-
casion at some time in their lives to re-
greet the sending of harsh or hasty
note Of complaint. 1t may be necessary
to assert ones rights in subsequent let
tiers, but there is no better rule of cor
respondence than to make the first one
good natured.-Youth'sC Companion.
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A Way of Cooking Rodents.

The negro slaves of Jamaica used to
regard rats as dainty, their masters
not providing them with any other
meat. Their method of cooking the
toothsome rodents was to impale each
one on long wooden skewer after
cleaning the animal and cutting off the
tail. turning it briskly around over a
fire until the hair was all burned off.
Then it was scraped until free from
fur, and finally the end of the skewer
was stuck into the ground, inclined to-
ward the fire, until it was toasted dry
and crisp. thus being made ready for
the meal.
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Indian Homes.

The young Indian wife Of today is
clean, a fairly good cook and tidy with
her house, says an exchange. She is
not yet well versed in the art of dec
grafton, and red and green are pre-
dominating colors in all of her rooms,
whether in harmony or not. The house
has good furniture, but it is strangely
arranged. The lounge is a favorite
piece of furniture, and one sees it in
every Indian household, always in the
parlor. If the Indians have a piano or
organ. it goes into the bedroom. The
young bucks best saddle also goes into
the parlor, and in many houses it is
hung upon the wall. Red ribbons are
tied to everything, even the tail of the
cat, for no Indian household is COM
plete without cat and a dog.
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'sWhile the people as a whole may
write more legibly than they did gen.
Grafton ago" said an old writing teach
er, there are not so many really ex-
cellent penmen. The multiplication of
business colleges has improved the
handwriting of portion Of the public,
while the invention of the typewriter
has made it useless to acquire extra
skill in penmanship. Time was when
the first class penmen commanded high
salaries, but now there is such slight
demand for good writer's that the mar
ket is overstocked. No penman can
compete with typewriter, and so the
art of superior penmanship is gradual
" dying out and will soon be LOST
Chicago Inter Ocean.
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HORSES OF VENICE.
Actual Count Increases the Nunbs
e. uaffnou

Actual Count Increases the Number
to Fifteen.
1t is q popular joke to say that there
are but six horses in Venice, four over
the portico Of st. Marks cathedral and
two bronze animals Of heroic size, one
bestrode by Victor Emmanuel and the
other by General Colleone But this Is
mistake There are four other
horses, also of bronze, In the Church
of st. John and st. Paul, and quite q
number of plaster and marble in the
different public buildings, making alto
gether at least fifteen or sixteen. Rus
kin and other competent critics have
declared the statue of Colleone to be
the best equestrian monument ever
cast In bronze. 1t was designed and
cast by Andrea Verrocchio, painter,
sculptor, jeweler, engraver, poet and
musician, man of infinite genius,
whose greatest fame lies III the fact
that he was the instructor Of the great
est artists of all centuries Michael
Angelo, Raphael and Leonardo da Vim
Ct. The statue of Victor Emmanuel ia
not SO highly thought of.
The horses on the top of St Marks
are famous and have had trying ex-
perience. They date back to the pre-
historic age and are supposed to be the
work of Greek artist named Lyssip-
pus and designed for a sculptured char
lot. They were taken to Rome during
the empire and first used as ornaments
upon triumphal arch erected by Nero
and afterward by Trajan. The EN-
peror Constantine took them from
Rome to Constantinople, where the
Doge Dandolo seized them as loot and
brought them to Venice. When Napo-
leon entered the city in 1897, he had
them taken down from the roof of the
cathedral and shipped them in wagons
over the Alps to Paris. They served
as ornaments upon the triumphal arch
in the Place du Carrousel till 1915,
when Emperor Francis l. Of Austria
redeemed them, and they were replac-
ed, at his expense, where they now
stand. These ponderous animals are
of pure copper, and each weighs about
two tons. They were formerly gilded,
but the gold has been worn off by the
weather, and the verdigris which has
accumulated upon the copper gives
them rich green tint.-William e. Cur
tbs In Chicago Herald
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Ascum-I suppose you haven't had
time to figure out yet how much your
cashier took?
Bank President-Oh, yes. We knew
In very short time
Ascum-Why. thought he took .
great deal.
Bank President-Exactly. We mere
ly had to count what he ft.-Philadel-
phia Press.
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No Thanks Due.

A minister went from Kansas City
down into the country to preach. Be
fore going into the pulpit he asked if
any one interrupted with "amens'' and
other CALCULATIONS, as he could not
stand such intersections. He was told
of one old woman who always made
herself heard at all good points. She
was asked on this occasion to desist,
and she obliged for once. At the end
of the sermon the minister met her
and warmly thanked her for holding
her tongue.
mo need to thank me, no need to
thank mer' she exclaimed. You said
nothing whatever to make me shoutg'
Kansas CITY Independent.
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"Why do you English people insist
on calling an elevator a lift and pie
q tariff" inquired the young woman.
Really" answered the young man
who came over to get married, Il can't
say. l was about to ask you why SO
many people here call lift an 'ele-
vator' and a tart a pie Washing
ton Star.
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Is there a blue line on your gums
near the teeth? Perhaps you are suf-
fering from lead poisoning. SO attend
TO the water pipes. or. if you are a
painter. carefully wash your hands
and clean your nails before eating.
Is there red line on your gums? Go
to sanitarium for consumptiyes or at
least take cod liver oil. open your win
dows night and day and consult doc
for
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-03-18
An Innocent Author.

Some new authors arrive with such
a hilarious confidence, such a blithe in
nocence, that it is always interesting
to hear about them. One has just sent
to well known London publisher a
letter something like this:
II am told that it is usual on the eve
of the appearance of book to enter
tain all the London reviewers to a din
ner. Will you kindly tell me what this
would cost, where the dinner should be
held and who, in your opinion, should
be invited? OF course the thing ought
to be done Handsomely
1t is amusing and true. - London
Chronicle
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That wonderful piece of mechanism,
the heart, appears to work continually
day and night from birth to death, but
in reality there are short pauses or
rests between each beat which, though
minute in themselves, mount up in the
aggregate to eight hours out of every
twenty-four. These short pauses ena-
BILE the heart to repair the waste which
constant work entails and without
which rests it would break down.
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Crawford-Have they enlarged their
circle of acquaintance since they NOV
ed into their big house?
Crabshaw-Oh, no! Since they be-
came rich they don't know half 40
many people as they used to.-Judga.
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Used to smoke In Church.

The Rev. DIR. Parr, when perpetual
curate of Hatton, Warwickshire, which
living he held from 1888 to 1890. regu-
larry smoked in the vestry while the
congregation were singing long hymns,
chosen for the purpose, Immediately be-
fore the sermon. The doctor was wont
to exclaim, MY people like long
hymns, but l prefer a long pipe."-An
the Year Round.
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A Cure For scnld Head.

have heard my grandmother say
she had cured many scald head by
taking pure pine tar and enough lard
to make an ointment when melted to-
gether so the tar won't stick, then keep
the head as clean as possible and oil
with the ointment. She said she had
seen it cure heads when the matter had
eaten seams in the neck.-Detroit Free
prace
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Fellow Feeling.

Mrs. Meeks-How do you know that
stranger you were talking to is mar
ried man? Did he say he was?
Meeker-No. but he looked sort of
sympathetic when l told him l was
Chicago News.
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The operation of breaking the bank"
at Monte Carlo consists merely in ex-
haustIng the temporary capital of one
Of the tables. When this occurs, that
table goes out of business for the day.
Washington Star.
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Mrs. Gossippe-It is a positive shame
to see how poorly Mrs. Charitee
clothes her children.
Mrs. Clubb-But you must not forget,
my dear, that her time is so much taken
up with noble slum work that she has
no time to look after them."-Ohio
State Journal
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Henry. how is the plot of that sea
novel running"
"Well. just at this chapter there is q
terrible storm. and the passengers are
afraid the boat will go to the top"
you mean to the bottomY"
'No; this is submarine boat."-Phil-
adelphia Record.
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Modern Preachers.
ARE THEY TO BE TRUSTED
AND BELIEVED?

The only value of the question in the
headline is to bring home the fact that
of all classes of testimony, that offered
by the clergy would be most promptly
accepted without doubt or cavil The
clergy stand for truth and right, and
thousands follow them living up to the
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How He ExnI.in.I II

Stephen-So it is all over with Miss
Bolter. How did it happen that she
threw you over?
james, don't know for certain, but
/ suspect it was because she wasn't
hopelessly in love with me.-Exchange.
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Towne-He's the most disagreeable
fellow ever played poker with.
Browne-A hard loser, Ell?
Towne-No: an easy winner.-Phila-
keiphia PresA
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Il should like to ask you. Mr.. Reiter.
as successful literary man, what ID
an authors hardest struggleT
Staying successful, young man"
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nnconraren,en4

Toni don't think I'll ever get up
enough courage to ask you to marry
me. You know faint heart never won
fair lady,"
Belle (blushingl-B-but I'm a bru-
nette.-Philadelphia Record.
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''Man always wants what he hasn't
and fails to appreciate what he has"
Eyes; that's what keeps the marriage
bureaus and the divorce courts going"
Chicago Post.
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There is a cave on the Jorend ford.
Norway, from which at every change
Of the weather flashes of lightning 10
sue.
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wreck restored to rugged health by the
use of the q Discovery, +" it is impossible to
shut the door of hope on any one how
ever weak he may be. 1t is the record
of such cures which has given Dr.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
pre-eminence among all preparations for
the cure of diseases of the organs of
respiration.
~ desire to send you this brief, unso-
licited testimonial" writes Rev. Joseph
H. Fesperman, of Barium Springs, Iredell
Co., N. c. vIn 1898, one of my daugh-
tiers was suffering on account of severe
cough, hectic fever, wasting of flesh and
other symptoms of diseased lungs
promptly gave her Dr. R. " Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery with gratify-
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Some people can be made to believe
anything except that they don't know
neutrality-suspicious. Globe.
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AZ HAubhors ia his Town.
Children who are delicate, feverfsh and
cross will get immediate relief from Mother
Gray's Sweet Powders for children. They
cleanse the stomach, act on the liver, making
sickiy child strong and healthy. certain
cure for worms. Sold by all druggists, Csc
Sample free. Address, Allen 8. Olmsted, LIE
Roy, N. Y.
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rhs Home,ie.t Man In Mount Holly

vfted to call on any druggist and get free u
trial bottle OF Kemp's Balsam for the Throat
and Lungs q remedy that is guaranteed to
cure and relieve all chronic and acute coughs,
asthma, bronchitis and consumption. Price
Csc nd 60c
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Are You Using Aliens Foot-Ease?
Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot-Ease, n
powder. 1t cures corns, bunions, painful
smarting, hot. swollt feet At all druggists
ana shoes stores, 25c.
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Character is perfectly wen educated
wiu.-Novalis