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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-03-28
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature ssass sss q &sz14zzzz3
M'eAHAN AND scoBELEFF.


The Newspaper Mans Picture of the
Great Russian General.
McGahan was the correspondent who
first described to Europe the Bulga-
rian atrocities. What a brilliant crea-
ture he was, with his steel blue eyes,
his face as delicately chiseled as
though it were of marble, his 1.-THE,
light frame and that suggestion Of alb
solute courage, iron resolve, under
meath the almost feminine tininess of
the features He was one Of the in
Inmates Of Scobeleff-indeed, the men
were so attached to each other that
Ecobeleff nearly always insisted that
McGahan should share his tent with
him, and McGahan was in the tent of
Scobelefr the night after the disas-
trous assault on Plevna Scobeleff
was, said McGahan, wonderful pic
ture Of the horrors and terrors of war.
His face was black with powder, his
uniform was in rags. and his sword
was twisted like a corkscrew. 1t is
evident from this description that SEQ
belief took part with his own hand in
SOu1c VI Lie WOAh VI l1S OlJ. AACAC
was sequel, by the way, to this pic
ture l am not quite sure whether
McGahan published it, but he told it
to me. Scobeleff was always a dandy.
Even in leading a charge he was dress
ed with dandical precision. In the
middle Of the night McGahan was
woke up and he saw Scobeleff dress
ing himself with great care, putting
on a new uniform and even pertaining
his hair and clothes. And then came
another transformation Scobeleff, his
elaborate toilet finished, sat down on
his bed and burst into shower of
tears and a tempest of sobs, thinking
over all his poor men who had been so
vainly sacrificed in the attempt to gain
the fortress-London M. A. P.
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THE RUSSIAN ICON.
1t Ii Simply a Religious Pictur
Blessed by q Priest.


1t Ia Simply a Religious Picture
Blessed by a Priest.
An icon is simply religious picture,
generally of little artistic merit, and
the subject usually represented Is ell
Their Russian saint, some event in the
life of Jesus Christ or the Virgin Mary.
In the Greek church, as in other Chris
tan churches, the worship of craven
images is forbidden, but no objection
Is made to anything reproduced on g
nat surface. Therefore icons are per-
mitted In the form of mosaics, paint
ings, enamels or prints. They play an
important part in the religious life Of
the Russians and are to be met with
everywhere-in churches, public offices,
private houses and shops. A picture
to become an icon must be blessed by.
a priest, and 1t is then regarded not on
ly as an ornament, but as an accessory.
In the worship of the Greek church.
Icons are also worn on the person,
when they take the form of a plaque
or book with two leaves. Almost ev-
cry soldier wears one on his bosom,
and when he prays he takes out bis
icon and, opening 1t, kneels down be-
fore it as If it were portable altar.
Every regiment has its own icon,
which It carries as 1t would carry its
banner when the regiment goes into
battle.
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some People Are blind to Ch.nce.,

1t is a dangerous thing to wait for op-
portunities until 1t becomes a habit.
Energy and inclination for hard work
ooze out in the waiting. Opportunity
becomes invisible to those who are do
ing nothing or looking somewhere else
for it, 1t is the great worker, the man
who Is alert for chances, that sees them.
Some people become so opportunity
blind that they cannot see chances any
where-they would pass through a gold
mine without noticing anything pre-
cious-while others will find opportuni-
ties In the most barren and out of the
way places. Bunyan found opportunity
In Bedford jail to write the greatest al
legory In the world on the UNFINISHED
paper that had been used to cork his
bottles of milk A Theodore Parker or
a Lucy Stone sees an opportunity to go
to college in a chance to pick berries
One boy sees an opening to his ambi-
ton In chance to chop wood, wait on
table or run errands, where another
sees no chance at ALL One sees an op-
portunity to get an education in the
odds and ends of time evenings and
half holidays, which another throws
away.-Orison SWEET Marden in Sue
cess Magazine
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The nxcfamntion Point.

The exclamation point In converse
ton or in life betrays emotional lack
Of balance and waste Of energy. Poise
reserves itself for the right occasion
and emphasizes important things with
out the need of exclamation In other
words, 1t saves its owner from unnec-
essary words or acts and prepares her
for necessary ones. Unless one have an
aim in life poise is never really attain
cd. 1t is not mere repose. 1t is the col
lect1ng and balancing of ones forces.
A well known modern doctor asserts
that a woman with a perfect bodily
carriage is always noted for exception
al power, either mental or physical, but
generally both" If this is true Of bodi-
ly poise. what power must come from
the right poise and aim Of the whole
nature!-Harper's Bazaar.
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A FIRE in BURMA.



Il Destroyed a Village, and the In
habitants Enjoyed 1t.
1t Is not easy to guess what native
Of Burma would think Of the quick &C.
ton and speed of an American fire en-
CINE and its company What an Amer
lean thought of Burmese custom at
such time of need is recorded by Mr. E.
d. Cunning in his book, 'In the Shadow
of the Pagoda" Mr.. Cunning was inter-
ested In mill situated near a small
Burmese village. One morning a fire
broke out among the lightly built bam-
boo huts and rapidly spread
/ ordered out the little mill fire en-
CINE, had the hands Summoned and ran
the engine to the burning Village, says
Mr.. Cunning. 1t was blazing as only
bamboo and dummy thatch can blaze
One house after another caught in rap
Id succession. The men at the engine
pumped until they were tired out, and
then called on the villagers to re-
heve them.
No one moved save to urge others.
called again. An old man who was a
petty government official, and so prob
ably felt slight responsibility, rose,
girded up his loins and called for men,
His son and one other got up unwill-
ingly, carefully laid aside their cheroots
and took hold of the handles The rest
of the population squatted and laughed.
turned to and worked, though weak
from long fever The old man soon
pumped himself out, and when he left
the others left. l pounced on two men
and made them take hold. AS they
began to work flight of paddy birds
streamed overhead. The flames gIeam-
ed rosy on their white feathers.
RED paddy birds! Look Red pad
dy birds!'' shouted the population.
This was too much for the men at the
handles. They squatted on their heels
and stared up in delighted astonish-
ment. l grew desperate.
Whose house is that?" asked, point
ing to one just threatened.
Your honor, that is the house of
Pho Foo"
Where is her"
Here" pointing to one of the men
had driven to pump. He was crouched
on the root of tree, smoking.
'Is that your house?" l asked him.
He nodded and smiled pleasantly.
ut will be on fire in moment"
Eyes, your honor, I think So" he re-
sponded affably, looking at his dwell
ing with disinterested air.
burst out laughing, and the natives
Joined, rocking to and fro, roaring with
amusement as If the idea of trying to
put out fire was the greatest joke in
the world. 1 told the men to coil up
the hose and take the engine home, and
l resolved not to spoil the innocent
pleasure those light hearted people
took In witnessing the destruction of
their village
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/ am tempted to quote the context Of
this extract from Lady Morgan's book
because of its amusing picture Of the
free and easiness Of Italian actors and
audiences: 1.-THE most exquisite part Of
the theater was the audience They
shouted, screamed and mingled their
braves and bravissimos with 'grambel-
la cosa, cosa superbs, cosa stupenda-
Meantime the most amiable fami1-
tarity subsisted between that part of
the audience nearest the stage and the
performers. The prompter, with his
head propped over the stage lights,
talked to the girls in the pit; the vio-
loncello fiirted with a handsome tras-
teverina in the boxes, and the lady in
the stage box blew out the lamphght-
er's candle as often as he attempted to
light it, to the infinite amusement Of
the audience, who loudly applauded
her dexterity.
with an economy duly pracdced at
Rome by all classes, the musicians,
when they had done playing between
the several acts, extinguised their can
dies, put them in their pockets ana
Joined the audience In the front Of the
house "-Exchange
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THE ENCORE.
II Originated In France In the Seven
teenth Century.

II Originated In France In the Seven
teenth Century.
The beginning Of the encore dates
1909, probably about 1850, when Louis
XIV. demanded the repetition Of Ger
tain parts of an opera. The opera was
by Corneille, Fontenelle and Boileau,
which was sung before his majesty,
and the king was soApleased with GER
tain parts that he asked to have them
repeated. 1t took fully q century for
the ordinary opera goers to obtain the
kings prerogative for themselves. It
came about in this way: Gluck had
produced an opera which had been q
failure; but, having rewritten the
worst parts, he produced it again. One
or two songs were accepted by the au-
dience with applause, and one In par
ticular was demanded second time.
The most remarkable encores on rec
ord are those which were Insisted upon
by the late king Of Bavaria. Before he
thought eccentric, he had plays per
formed before him as the sole auditor,
the curtain rising at midnight If he
liked the play he insisted on having it
repeated at once. But, unlike most en-
core fiends, he paid literally for them.
Though our word encore is adopt
ed from the French, they themselves
do not make use of it In this connec-
ton. They call IBIS, bis" and obtain
a repetition.-New York Herald.
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The baby camel Is a curious looking
little creature, but one which you
would hardly select as household pet.
Like all young beasts, it Is playful, in
modified, solemn sort of way, and is as
clumsy as it is odd to look upon.
Some one has said that If a camel
were rid of its deformity it would be
quite respectable appearing beast
But the hump is in nowise deformity,
and a camel who possessed pride Of
race would die of shame if such a thing
were to happen to him. In other words,
he would be a camel freak. And with
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People who Radiate Cheer.

Who can estimate the value of a sun
ny soul who scatters gladness and good
cheer wherever he goes instead Of
gloom and sadness? Everybody is at
tracted to these cheerful faces and
sunny lives and repealed by the gloomy,
the morose and the sad We envy
people who radiste cheer wherever they
go and fling out glsdness from every
pore. Money. houses and lands look
contemplate beside such a DISPOSE
tion.-Detroit Free Press.
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THE PRICE OF A LIFE.
How 1t Was Fixed Under the OF
AnRIo-Snxon Laws

How 1t Was Fixed Under the OLD
AngIO-SRxon Laws.
According to Anglo-Saxon laws, ev-
cry mans life, including that Of the
king, was valued at fixed price, and
any one who took it could commute the
offense by a money payment upon
fixed scale. The life Of a peasant was
reckoned to be worth 200 shillings, that
Of man Of noble birth 1900 shillings,
and the killing OF king involved the
regicide In a payment of 1900 shil-
nngs
1t has been pointed out that the heir
to the throne could thus get rid of the
existing occupant by numbering him
and thereafter handing over the fine,
according to the scale, to the excheQ-
uer, when his offense would be purgedi
and his money would come back to
himself, for In those days the sover-
eign received all fines as personal per-
Quisites There is very little doubt
that these rough means were practical
ly applied in the case Of some rulers Of
England In the preconquest period
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Verdi Paid the Bill.

When "Aida" was first played at
Milan an amateur living at some dis
lance came to hear 1t, but was disap-
pointed To make sure he tried it the
second time, with the same result,
whereupon he wrote to the composer
complaining of having been put to con-
siderable expense on his account for
nothing and inclosing bill for thirty
two liri, with request for the money.
Among the items was one Of two liri
for a "detestable supper" Verdi de
Quoted this on the ground that he
might have had supper at home, but
forwarded the balance on condition
that his correspondent signed a formal
agreement not to go and hear the
opera again, which agreement was
strictly fulfilled.
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One Of Browning's letters Is reply
to young poet who wrote asking
Brownings advice about publishing a
volume of poems. The reply, In part,
Is as follows and may serve a useful
purpose to young poets Of today as
well: 1T sounds strange and almost
sad to me that I should be imagined
Of authority in this kind, who for
years could not get line printed ex-
eept at my own expense, and began
half century ago or more"
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Silver thaw' is a name applied to
winter phenomenon of frequent occur
renee at Ben Nevis observatory. 1t con-
sists Of rain falling when the air is be-
low freezing point and congealing
whenever it reaches the ground. OF
course this points to an inversion of the
temperature, which is lower on the
mountain top than at greater heights,
and, being largely associated with cy-
clonic distribution of pressure, it is of
considerable 'forecasting'' value.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-03-28

In China the goose is the symbol of
peace, and the picture Of goose ap-
pears on some postage stamps. 1t Is
said that 40 years before Christ the
ruler of what is now China sent
messenger into a foreign land. BE
never returned and was supposed to
have been killed. One day wild
goose is said to have flown into the
rulers castle, and beneath its wing
was a note from the messenger, who
told Of his trip and the trouble he was
experiencing. An army was sent to
rescue him from his captors, and ever
since the goose has been accepted as
sacred bird among Cinnamon. This is
the story which goes with the goose
on the Chinese stamps.
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"Yes," says our host, this is the
skin of grizzly bear that shot in
the tropics
But" we suggest gently, grizzly
bears are only found in Colorado and
localities in that latitude"
81 know" he replies proudly. but
1 chased this fellow clean out of this
country and shot him at last. l was
clean out of breath when l got within
range of him Chicago Tribune.
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Two Edged Puni.hment.

An English newspaper says that a
schoolmaster was In the habit OF pun
ishing scholars who came late to
school in the morning by keeping
them In in the afternoon One who
was five minutes late was kept In ten
minutes and so on In proportion. One
morning it CHANGED that the school
master was half an hour late, and a
smart boy among his pupils was not
slow to remind him of the fact. I'm
very sorry for being late, boys" said
the schoolmaster, with twinkle in bis
eye, land as punish you it's only fair
that you in turn should punish me, so
you will all stay and keep me in for an
hour this afternoon"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-03-28

The licorice plant resembles a rose
with a single green stem, reaches a
height of about three feet and bears a
small purple star shaped flower. The
first years root growth resembles a
loosely twisted string Of tow and may
run to twenty feet in length. The sec
ond year it assumes a woody sub
stance when dry, and the third year It
acquires It's commercial value. The
time for digging the root is the win
ter, when it is dried and crushed I'M
der heavy stones drawn round on 1t by
mules, much as olives are crushed to
extract their Oil.
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The Horse Durinx the Middle Age.

The Horse During the Middle Ages.
The Importance of the horse during
the middle ages, especially in the cru
sades and in the tournaments which
followed in the wake of the crusades,
is significant Fully half the glamor
and romance that surrounded the
knight belonged to the horse, for with
out the horse those daring deeds IN be-
half of. the weak and suffering had
never been done. The horse. however,
has had his reward, for the best fea-
ture of the middle age, outside the
church, is closely identified with his
name, lasting traces of which are seen
In the noble word "chivalry"
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eyes. THAT Meant NNo. y

Harry-What did Kate say when you
proposed to her? Frank-She said yes.
Harry-Then she is really going to mar
~ you? Frank-Oh, dear, mol What
put that into your head3 The question
asked was, do you prefer to remain
single rather than accept msT'
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Aunt Jane Il guess Mr.. Spender
must be very neat person Edith
And what leads you to that opinion?
Aunt Jane-He told your Uncle George
all his clothes but those upon his back
were hung up. Some men, you know,
throw their things round anywhere
Boston Transcript.
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Could Do 1t with Test.
oirc, ont oh o, che enaora5 oe@ov

"Going out, eh?" she sneered after
their quarrel.
-Yes," replied her husband, Pm go
ing to congratulate Ned Pilkinton."
You're slow. The engagement was
announced six weeks ago."
''Yes, but it was broken of yester-
day"-Philadelphi Ledger.
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Had Hin own rroub1er.

Are you an advocate Of woman's
rightsT' asked the woman with the
square chin.
mot me-" answered the meek and
lowly representative of the other sex.
MANS wrongs take up all my spare
time"-Chicago News.
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Trform,,ton Rur~au

Holland-Hello, Jones! What do you
think of this for weather? Jones-Pn
tell you when l come back from the
BARRIERS. am always sure to get full
information on the subject from the
man who shaves me.-Boston Tran
ecrfDt
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Lover-You are worth your weight in
gold. The Girl-Then you'd better hur-
ry, for I'm taking antifat.-Cincinnati
Commercial Tribune.
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The Invalid-The doctor says must
not smoke or drink for year. Friend
oh, WELL he knows you'll have to
economic to meet his bill
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Little Edith had spent an afternoon
busily searching with nimble fingers
through the soft fur Of her pet kitten,
says Lippincott's Magazine. When she
was through she came to report to her
mother.
"Oh, mamma" she cried, II found a
little flea on kitty, and l caught itF'
What did you do with itf" asked her
mother.
why, put 1t back on kitty again,
of course. 1t was her flea"
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Unreasonable woman.

His wife asked him to read to her
Taking up the paper, he turned to the
woman's page and started with the
first article that attracted his atten-
ton. 1t was by a distinguished med
ical authority on the subject Of correct
breathing and began:
"As a means for preventing wrinkles
in the face it is certain that the prac-
tice of keeping the mouth shut is one Of
the most positive"
THAT will do, sirT she snapped. 'T
asked to be entertained, not to be in
suited New York Press.
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