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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-05-27
WHAT MOVED The DoGf
A Remarkable story of Canine In
teIIigence and Affection.

A Remarkable Story of Canine In
telligence and Affection.
Among the tales told of the intelli-
gence and affection of our canine
friends by Mrs. Sarah K Bolton in her
book, Our Devoted Friend, the Dog. "
Is the story of Dan, deerhound owned
by Mr.. L. G. Meachamp of Homer, La.
Mr.. Meachamp was one day going on
a squirrel hunt and. not wishing Dan
to accompany him, tied the dog to a
post by rope. Dan whined and beg
ged, but finding his master obdurate he
at last lay down quietly before his
kennel
1t was growing dusk and time for
the hunter to return, when Mrs. Mea-
champ was suddenly disturbed by the
whining and barking of the dog, who
had been quiet all day up to that time.
She spoke to the dog, but instead of
being pacified at this attention he re-
doubled his exertions and broke the
rope which held him. Then he bounded
away, over the fence and into the
woods.
He was gone perhaps half an hour
when he came running back. painting
and almost breathless, with his mas
ter's hat in his mouth.
Mrs. Meachamp became at once
alarmed, and, calling her son, they set
off to find the missing man, Dan all
the time bounding ahead and leading
the way. At length they came upon
Mr.. Meachamp lying helpless In the
woods, where he had fallen into little
ditch and broken his leg.
The accident happened, as nearly as
could be reekoned, at the moment
when the dog began to show his IN
easiness. That he should have had
knowledge of the accident seems in
credible, but his master firmly be-
Heves that he did know it and that it
was because he knew it that he was so
anxious to get away.
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Renan had great contempt for mere
words, however eloquent. One evening
he met at sort of a literary dinner NJ
Caro-, the philosopher beloved Of fine
ladies', who set himself to prove a Ger.
tain theory. His eloquent assertions
did not seem to interest the sage In
the middle of one of his most sonorous
periods NJ. Renan attempted to make
himself heard.
But all the ladies were intensely in
terested. They would not have their
pleasure spoiled.
'sIn moment M. Renan, we will lis
ten to you in your turn
He bowed submissively.
Toward the end of dinner NJ Caro-,
out of breath, stopped with a rhetorical
emphasis At once every one turned to-
ward the Industrious scholar, hoping
that he would enter the lists, and the
hostess, with an encouraging smile,
said:
'Now, M. Renan"-
81 am afraid, dear lady. that l am
now a little behindhand."
mo, mop
II wanted to ask for little more po-
tato."-Fortnightly Review.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-05-27
HE HAD A BIG HEART.
an Old Miner Who Was Mark
Tyvain's Ideal Gentleman.

Twain's Ideal Gentleman.
''The finest gentleman / ever knew"
said Mark Twain In a chat with a re-
porter one day, twas an old California
miner wso could barely write his own
name. He was a forty-niner, and he
and his partner had struck it rich in
the early days. The old man had nei-
Their chick nor child, and he had work
ed hard all his life, and when he did
get his money he hardly knew what TO
do with it.
"He did not try to jump into society
or to push his way with the big fell
lows there. He continued to live with
the people whom he had associated
with all his life, and many an act Of
kindness was done, many a wandering
son and father saved, many a sorrow
ing woman's burden lightened and her
home frightened by an unknown dom
or whose identity with the old man
was only known to a few.
at was different with the partner.
He had wife and two daughters with
social aspirations, and after a whole
lot of pushing and hauling and showing
they landed in society. The expense
was too much of a drain on the hus-
bands purse, and he speculated, with
the inevitable outcome. He lost his en-
tire fortune and then shot himself
Then 1t was that the true gentleness Of
the old man showed itself. The wild
ow and her daughters had no one to
turn to but him, and he did not disap-
point them. He saved their home for
them when everything else went I'M
der the hammer. and he maintained
them in all the regal style to which
they were accustomed, although he
still lived in his old lodgings. He lived
long enough to see both of the girls
well married and the mother carefully
settled for life. Then he died in a
charity hospital in San Francisco. He
had spent every penny he owned on
the family of his partner" st Louis
Republic
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-05-27
A Kind Hearted Waiter.

A surprising experience was that Of a
lady who received a bit Of advice on
table etiquette. She is sufficiently free
from vanity to tell the story herself.
She says:
/ know that am not a person of i'm
pressive appearance. | am inclined to
be short and stout and to dress plainly;
still | had hoped that | had an air of
acquaintance with polite society. But
now | shall be more modest than ever
In my idea of the impression | make
upon strangers.
At my first meal at the hotel where
! passed last summer | was pleased
with the face of my waiter. 1t was
radiant with kindness and good ma
ture. began my dinner with soup and
fish. AS the waiter set them in front
Of me he glanced at the persons of
fashionable appearance who were my
neighbors at table. His kind heart
was suddenly struck with the fear that
/ might make an unfortunate impress
sion on them.
He bent down and whispered in my
ear:
Eat your soup first"
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Professor Huxley, DR.. Wayland de-
clared, was once sitting at dinner be-
side a lady who in impassioned tones
asked him whether he did not think 1t
q very terrible thing that the Rev. Mr..
Jones. the vicar, should have adopted
the eastward position in administering
the sacrament. MY dear lady" he re-
piled, Il am told by Sir John Herschel
that to drop pea at the end Of every
mile Of voyage on Hmitless ocean
to the distance of the nearest fixed star
would require feet of 10000 ships,
each of 600 tons burden, all starting
with full cargo of peas. Now, do you
really suppose that the Maker of the
fixed stars considers this new position
Of Mr.. Jones a serious thingY'
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-05-27
AN ODD CALLING.
Pie Professional Business Adviser
and Hfs Methods.

ana HIS mEtnOOHs
One Of the oldest of occupations is
that of the professional business adj
viser." If your affairs are not conduct
ed to your liking, this gentleman for a
consideration will station himself in
your Office in a position to see all that
b going on. He will nose into your at
fairs for week or longer at your op-
ton. at the end of which time he will
sbe prepared to point out the faults Of
your system, employees who neglect
their duties, wastage of supplies and
time, and suggest means of improving,
extending and conducting your affairs
on sounder basis"
The words quoted are from this mod
est gentleman's advertisement. In
brief this man, after a weeks observa-
ton, will undertake to rearrange the
most complex office systems "for a
consideration and give you advice
Stree, gratis, for nothing" AS drown
ing men catch at straws, so do men
whose affairs are hopelessly and mex
trfcably muddled grasp at the chance
this gentleman holds out to them. The
professional business adviser" has
plenty OF clients, and nine times out Of
ten his advice to his employer is to
s'make an assignment for the benefit OF
your creditors" 1t is the safest coun-
sci he can give.-Ph Philadelphia Times.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-05-27

To no man is the world so new and
the future so fresh as to him who has
spent the early years of his manhood
in striving to understand the deeper
problems OF science and life and who
has made some Roadway toward COM
pretending them. To him the COM
monest things are rare and wonderful
both in themselves and as parts of a
beautiful and intelligent whole. Such
thing as staleness In life and its du-
ties he cannot understand.
knowledge is always opening out be-
fore him in wider expanses and more
commanding heights. The pleasure of
growing knowledge and increasing
power makes every year of his life
happier and more hopeful than the
last.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-05-27
LINcoLN's DISPATCHES.
why Many of Them Were Dated
From the War Department.

why Many of Them Were Dated
From the War Department.
Surprise is often expressed by very
intelligent people that so large pro
portion of President Lincoln's most im
portant kilograms and some of his let
tiers are dated from the war depart
ment instead of the executive mansion
and none of them from the navy, treas
ury or other administrative bureaus
lar fact, and from it writers have
plausibly drawn the conclusion thai
Lincoln personally liked the secretary
of war better than any of the other
cabinet officers. While this indeed ap-
pears to have been true, it does not nee
essarily SO follow. He certainly held
Mr. Seward in high regard. yet he sci
dom went to the state department.
In the circumstances it was not at all
singular. The explanation is easy. War
was the business of that time, and Lin.
coins eyes were always bent to the
army, especially when great military
events were impending. He habitually
haunted the adjacent war department
and army headquarters, where abode
General Halleck, his military adviser,
for news and views. Head and heart
were strenuously concentrated ON the
fight, wherever 1t might be. His fertile
brain saw, too, the critical points in the
game oftentimes far more clearly than
some of his SO called 'ablest generals
He not only wished to know what was
going on in the field, but performed his
own part nobly. In the heat of action
or at crucial moments his orders, sug-
gestions and inquiries were fired off
spontaneously from wherever he might
be at the moment, and at such periods
he was generally ''over at the war de-
partment" with Mr. Stanton. That is
the chief reason why so many of his
dispatches are dated at that depart
ment and not because he perhaps held
Stanton in higher esteem than the sec
rotary of the navy or state or treasury.
-Lippincott's Magazine.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-05-27
Some Phonettc spelI,nr

Before we complain of the spelling
OF our daughters we should perhaps
take exception to the pronunciation of
our fathers. Most of the eccentricities
In spelling common to children arise
from their attempts to reproduce words
as they hear them pronounced by their
elders. A child who was told to make
a list Of all the fruits she knew wrote
down, "Apls, strorbriz. rarsbriz, gooz-
bris, bnarners." Another spelled the
word idea" with the addition of an
IT." "Idear" exclaimed her teacher.
THAT is a funny way of spelling
idea" Her pupil, however, was not to
be outdone. Il know" she answered
readily, "but ! spelled it that way for
short London Chronicle.
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A RemarkabIe Sentence.

The Latin sentence, "Sator arepo ten
ct opera rotas," which is, 1t must be
admitted, pretty bad Latin, is curios-
ity nevertheless. 1t can be freely trans
lated as 81 cease from my work; the
sower will wear away his wheels" Its
fine oddities are these:
1t spells the same backward as for
ward
The first letter of each word spells
the first word.
The same may be said of the second.
third, fourth and fifth letters.
The last letters, read backward, spell
the first word. the next to the last the
second word, and so on throughout
There are just as many letters in
each word as there are words in the
sentence
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-05-27
veneration For a Single Hair.

Look at the veneration paid in Asia
to even single hair of the beard of
MOhammed. This precious relic is en-
shrined in monument erected espe-
cially for it in 1135, 500 years after the
prophets death. Where it had re-
posed during the long interval is as
great mystery as that connected with
the holy coat of Treves. But at any
rate there it is now. precious "heir"-
loom kept in box of gold and crystal,
In which small holes have been bored
for the purpose of admitting water to
float the blessed hair, which is done
at an annual festival when the faith
full from all parts are gathered togeth-
er.-EngliSh Magazina
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-05-27
Low Rate Tour to the Yellowstone Park via
Penusylvauia Railroad

On account of the Annual Convention
of the National Education Association at
Minneapolis, the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company will run personally-conducted
tour to Minneapolis and the Yellowstone
Park, leaving New York July S, and. re-
turning, arriving New York July 20.
Round-trip tickets covering all necessary
expenses for the entire trip. will be sold at
rate of $50 from all points on the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad east of Pittsburg. Rate
from Pittsburg IS less. A special train of
Pullman dining, sleeping compartment,
and observation cars will be used Six
days will be spent in Yellowstone Park.
For itineraries and full information APP
ply to ticket agents; Tourist Agent, 1895
Broadway, New York; A Court Street.
Brooklyn; 78o Broad Street, Newark, N j.;
or address Geo. w. Boyd, Assistant Cen
eral Passenger Agent, Broad Street Sta
ton, Philadelphia.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-05-27
THE BULLET FROM AFFAIR.
How Modern War Methods Try the
Soldiers Nerves.


Today man may die as soon as the
enemy's guns, hidden away in the dis
tant, cloud topped mountains seven
miles away. begin to talk. And over
that seven miles he must walk with
caution, with wide interval between
him and his pals ON either hand. He
must lie down at every short halt and
scratch the ground hurriedly with his
little spade at every long one. for the
great shells are sailing toward him,
and he sees by his officers eye and
hears by his commands that it is con-
sidered that he may perish at any mo-
ment and that precautions are neces-
sary to preserve him. He sees, more
over, how futile those precautions must
be If one of those monsters bowling
overhead should land as near to him as
the last one did to that blasted tree,
for instance, with its scorched. dan
Cling limbs and the huge charred fis-
sure in its stout trunk, or as the one
before did to the team of mules in the
ambulance wagon, now screaming,
struggling tumble of harness and
bloody flesh.
All this is dispiriting and appears I'M
necessary. The country on all sides is
as peaceful as his native dale, not a
sign of an enemy. Even the great blue
hill ahead, on which he is told the enc
my's long guns are posted. looks as
quiet as the mountain on a Christmas
card. Yet for two miles he walks
through death, thinking only of 1t be
cause there is nothing else to think of
and then as twilight falls bivouacs in
extended line, sees his friends run for
their tea between the fall of the shells,
notices one of them time his run back
badly and meet projectile in full ca
reer, to part from it an awful and dis
gushing offense, and then lies down In
the darkness with shaking nerves and
the thought that five worse miles still
intervene between him and the guns he
knows he is intended to take.
Next morning he is awakened by
shell, is marched with infinite caution
fos' two more miles, shelled the whole
way, is shelled even in his bivouac by
the light of the moon and as he watch
es the projectiles bursting like water
spouts of fire along his hillside is glad
when he is told that tomorrow will be
the battle, after which if he wins and
If he lives he may be able to walk and
sleep in peace for space.-"A Line
man. in New York World.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-05-27

Encourage the useful men in the
community. Don't start foolish and I'M
truthful stories about them and dis
courage the work they are doing. If
you cannot do anything for the public
good yourself, don't discourage those
who are willing to give their time and
money toward developing the commu-
nifty in which you uve.-Atchison
Glohe
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-05-27

The correct posture for sleep is to lie
on the right side, with the limbs stretch
ed out to their full length and the arms
either straight down by the body or in
any comfortable position provided they
are not raised above the head. The
mouth should be closed, and all the
muscles of the body should be relaxed
The lungs work with greater deliber-
alton during the hours of sleep. and if
the arms are raised above the head at
this time and for any period the ac-
ton of the heart drives the blood away
from the arms and sends it to the head,
frequently making one very restless
when it does not prevent sleep entirely.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-05-27

To cure corns get little gutta percha
tissue from druggist, cut it into strips
and then wind piece round the corn.
which must first be moistened with OIL
See that the edges of the tissue are as
even as possible, and when you have
wound 1t round wet the inside of the
end with spirits of turpentine This
will cause 1t to stick firmly If you
press 1t down. With a feather dipped
in turpentine touch the edges of the tbs
sue, and they will unite. Leave for
four days. then take of the dressing.
and you will be able to remove the
corn with the back of penknife.
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noe Much Appreciatfan.

A biography of Huxley dwells on the
annoyance which he suffered from
bores. But the plague had its funny
side. Huxley once wrote to friend:
II had letter from a fellow yester-
day morning who must be lunatic, to
the effect that he had been reading my
essays. thought | was the man to spend
a month with and was coming down by
the 5 O'Clock train attended by his sew
en- children and his mother-in-law!'
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-05-27

you say she is good business wo-
manY'
"Oh, splendid, Incompatible. She let's
absolutely nothing drive business out
of her head Why, just before Harold
started for Europe he proposed to her
by letter and asked her to telegraph
her answer"
"Well?'
''Well. most people would have teIe-
graphed Yes or No. but she had
enough OF business head to wire. 1T
affords me great pleasure to say yes to
you. thus preventing the telegraph
company from getting any advantage
of her in charging for a ten word mes
sage" Brooklyn Eagle.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-05-27

No sensible person will ever wear a
single eyeglass unless he is blind of
one eye. Its use means that one eye
is neither employed nor unemployed.
but is engaged IL ceaseless though no
doubt unconscious efforts to see as
much as its more favored fellow. This
straining is as harmful as anything
could well be and cannot fail to lead to
the grayest results-
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-05-27

A subscriber asks, What is a jackpot
that | read about once in awhile. and
what seems to be the difficulty in get
ting it openY'
A Jackpot is one for properly cooking
fish and is especially recommended for
suckers. 1t has time lock. over the
combination of which millions of Amer
leans have burned the midnight oil in
vain.-American Thresherman.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-05-27
The Teacher Wa. Not Slow

'Ha. hap laughed Willie 81 chucked
a bananer skin in front of de teacher"
II don't see any joke In that" spoke
up his mother.
Don't you? Well. he tumbIed all
right all right"-PhiiadeIphia Record
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-05-27
She Did.

"Auntie. Charles Gass proposed to
me last night"
''The impudent fellowl Somebody
ought to sit down on him."
''Why, auntie. rather think some
body did"-Baltimor News.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-05-27
Some Foniish Paopla

reach OF medicine. They often say. "Oh. it
will wear away bnt In most cases 1t will wear
them away. Gould they be induced to try the
which is sold on a positive guarantee TO cure,
they would immediately see the excellent
effect after taking the first dose. Price 25c.
and SOC. Trial size free. At all druggists.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-05-27

Daughter-Pa, dear, what is the diff
ference between accident and fate?
Pa-That buttons fly off a mans
clothes is accident. That a mans wife
never sews them on is fate.-Detroit
Free Press.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-05-27

Prosperity has ruined many man."
mo doubt. But if I'm given any
choice in the matter I'd rather be ruin
ed by prosperity than by adversely.
The process is more enjoyable. CHI
cAgo Post.
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REDUCED RATES 70 PORTLAND.
Via Pennsylvania Railroad, Account Nation
al Convention, Travellers Protective As
ISOLATION of America, and the Supreme
Lodge, Ancient Order United
Wnrknaan

On account of the National Convention,
Travellers Protective Association of Amer
lea, June to 7, and the Supreme Lodge,
Ancient Order United Workmen, June 10
to TO- at Portland, Ore, the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company will sell excursion
tickets to Portland from all stations on its
lines, from May c6 TO June 7, inclusive, at
greatly reduced rates. These tickets will
be good for return passage within sixty
days from date of sale when executed by
Joint Agent at Portland and payment of
fifty cents made for this service. Apply
to Ticket Agents. I9-2t
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Husband-I have 81 more in my
pocket tonight than had last night.
Now guess how much | have.
Wife-Seven dollars.-Ch Chicago News.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-05-27
REDUCED RATES TO SAN FRANCISCO
AND Los ANGELES.
Via PeDnsylvania Railroad, Account Imper-
laI Counsel. Mobiles of the Mystic
Shrine.

On account of the Imperial Council,
Mobiles of the Mystic Shrine, at San Fran
cisco, Cal, June 10 to ID, 1902, the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company will sell ex-
cursion tickets to San Francisco or Los
Angeles from all stations on its lines, from
May 26 to June 7, inclusive, at greatly re-
duced rates. These tickets will be good
for return passage within sixty days from
date of sale when executed by Joint Agent
at Los Angeles or Sau Francisco and pay
ment of fifty cents made for this service
For specific rates apply to Ticket Agents.
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with Il hardly know how to thank you for your
kind information tried whole lot of things
before / wrote to you. gentleman told me of
your medicine, and how it cured his wife.
Thought ] would try bottle Of i Am nov
Fave done had it not been for Dr. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery"
The sole motive for substitution IL to
permit the dealer to make the little more
profit paid by the sale of less meritorious
medicines. He gains; You lose. There
fore accept no substitute for uGolden
Medical Discovery
The sluggish liver is made active by
the use Of DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets.
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Not in a Trust or Combine.

The new easy running lie Roy Plowsr are
made by an independent company not con-
trolled by a trust. Farmers, these plows are
the best made. They are ''easy TO hold" and
easy to draw furnished in ali sizes and style
adapted to the conditions of soil on your ia rm
Call tor catalogue and leave your order for a
lie Roy Plow," at Harry Norcross, Pember-
ton, N. j.