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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-02-28
The turkeys Real Name.

The original name Of the turkey was
oocoocoo, by which it was known by
the native Cherokee Indians. 1t is sup
posed that our pilgrim fathers, roam
ing through the woods In search Of
game for their first Thanksgiving
spread, heard the oocoocoo calling in
the familiar tones of our domesticated
fowl, TURK, turk, turk" These first
Yankee huntsmen, mistaking this
frightened cry of the bird for its real
song, Immediately labeled it turkey"
and turkey it is to this day. Much
more beautiful and musical was the
Indian name oocoocoo, the notes pc
GUITAR to the flock when summing them
selves in perfect content on the river
beaches.-Sunset Magazine
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-02-28
DETECTIVE STORIES.


The Literary Weakness In the Novel
of Crime and Detection.
l know Of one good reason, and only
one, which really prevents detective
stories standing among the noblest
forms Of art. Most Of the objections
raised against them by the vague mind
ed world of modern culture (probably
the most vague minded world that has
ever existedl are quite narrow and
childish. To say that the detective tale
Is sensational Is simply to say that it
is full of feeling or is aesthetic Aes-
thetic is the Greek for sensational.
Sensational is the Latin for aesthetic.
To say that the thrill which it gives
Is connected with bald and positive
sin, with bald and positive death and
not with any of the fine spun drawing
room emotions which it is now the
fashion to consider deep" is to pay 1t
a high compliment
The Bible is concerned with these
great plain sins and judgments. So
are the great Greek dramas. so are
the tragedies of the Elizabethans, so
are the old ballads, and so are all men
anywhere who live lives sufficiently
real to have ever seen the great plain
sins and judgments.
There is one good argument, as l
have said, and one only, against the
police mystery, and that is that police
mysteries exist to destroy mystery
when they have created it. A sad tale
should be saddest when we finish it;
happy tale should be happiest when
we finish it; stirring tale should be
most stirring at the end, a fantas-
tic tale most fantastic at the end.
But this kind of mysterious tale is
mot most mysterious at the end. 1t
lis then least mysterious, or, rather,
not mysterious at all. Instead of max
ing a commonplace thing mystical
(the aim of all good art) the detec-
tive reverses the process and makes
mystical thing commonplace And
from this comes that one fatal weak
ness in the sensational novel of crime
and detection, the one thing that does
separate it, l am afraid, from great
fiction, the fact that there is no i'm
pulse to read it again. A detective
tale we have read is an empty bottle
of wine, an exploded shell, thing de-
stroyed. The mystery of the sanity of
Hamlet is alive and kicking still.-G.
x. Chesterton in London News.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-02-28

At all times it has been an object
with French parents to teach a child
to be providenta and economical. A child
of three can become a member of the
Mutualite by giving only 2 cents a
week. One cent will entitle it to get
ting 10 cents day when it is Ill, and
the other goes toward getting pension
when it is at certain age. No one
knows how long child can live, but
what does the contribution amount tor
There is hardly a child in the world
who does not spend that for candy.
Now, boy of eighteen giving "a cents
a month to the society will when he is
sixty have pension of $72 year.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-02-28
ARTIFICIAL Flowers.

1t was in Italy that demand for ar
tifcial flowers first arose. This was due
primarily to caprice Of fashion which
demanded that during festivals bios
SONS in and out of their seasons should
be worn and also to the fact that their
color and freshness were stable Later
on, In the middle ages, the artificial so
far superseded the natural that both
men and women decked their heads
with imitation flowers Of cambria, pa
per, glass and metal The best artificial
flowers are now made In Paris.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-02-28
scotch Stories.

1t was late in the afternoon when
the Scotch minister arrived at the
farmhouse The housewife suggested
that perhaps he would like cup of tea
before engaging in exercises" INA,
ma" said he, Il aye TAX my tea better
when my work is done. I'll just be
gaun on. Ye can hing the pan on and
leave the door ajar, an I'll draw to a
close in the prayer when / hear the
ham fizzin'"
Another woman of Scotland when
asked If she had understood the ser
mon to which she had just been lis
tening replied. "Wad / hae the pre-
sumption?'
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-02-28
Preventative Peat.

Peat possesses wonderful antiseptic
and preseryative qualities owing to the
presence Of tannin, iron and other sub
stances in 1t. Here is an instance: At
the time Of the .covenanters, in 1885,
three men were shot at place called
Crossgelloch on the moors above Old
Cumnock, in Scotland. In 1928, when
a monument was being erected to their
memory, the workmen came upon the
corpses rolled In their plaids. The bod
les were In exactly the same state as
when they were buried. The moss had
preserved them as If they had been en-
balmed.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-02-28
Animal. That Shed Tears.

Humboldt states that he had a mon,
key that shed tears when it was seized
with fear. Rengger noticed that the
eyes Of small South American monkey
filed with tears when it was prevented
from getting some coveted object or
was much frightened. Darwin cites a
third case Of monkey from Borneo
which In the geological gardens was
frequently observed to cry when griev-
ed or even when much pitied. Sir e.
Tenant, describing the capture Of ele-
plants in Ceylon, says that when
bound some Of them lay motionless
with no other indication Of suffering
than the tears which necessarily flow
ed from their eyes. The keeper of the
Indian elephants In Regents park has
several times observed tears rolling
down the face Of the old female eIe-
plant when her young one was taken
away from her.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-02-28

A woman WORKOUT, who never has to
lift q hand for herself, who does not
know the meaning of the word worry I
How can it be possible1 That it is posi-
bic is proved by the experience of many
q woman who, because of sleeplessness,
nervousness, backache and other wom-
an1y ills, becomes an utter physical
wreck
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new life and new strength to weak, worn
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Inflammation and liberation, and cures
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rI suffered for Ave years with Inflammation
which caused violent pain and often torture SO
bad at times that could not be about to attend
to my daily duties" writes Mrs Julius C. Bell,
misery to me and did not know which way to
turn for relief. Had tried doctors but found
they did not help me. Ny druggist advised me
giving it in glowing terms decided to give it
a trial and brought bottle home. I am happy
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Sick women are invited to consult DIR.
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wFavorite Prescription makes weak
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DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets should be
used with Favorite Prescription when
ever laxative Is required.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-02-28
stockhroker. and surie..

A prominent New York stockbroker
says: THE newspapers do not get wind
of even a small fraction of the suits
brought against brokers because of mis-
understandings between us and our Gus
toners. Ninety-nine customers out of
every hundred think we rob them when
they lose their money in the market
and give us no credit when they win.
We do our hardest to settle all suits
out Of court, for there is not a jury on
earth that will find a verdict for a
stockbroker. Why2 Simply because
every juror has been scorched now and
then in the market and holds grudge
against all brokers. York Press.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-02-28

In the republic of Colombia there is
a tree highly esteemed as shade for
the coffee plant. 1t is found also In
tropical Brazil and possesses qualities
that make it peculiarly suited for this
particular USE 1t will live on a stony,
poor soil, and a tree only eighteen
months old will shade IA square yards
Of ground, while, when full grown, it
may be fifty feet high and have
spread Of fifty feet ON every side.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-02-28

Were it not for the disgusting self
conceit Of the roosters one might en-
Joy a poultry show. The rooster Is
near to natures heart He has not
civilization enough to veneer his opin-
ions with common politeness and SAVIOR
faire, and his disgusting exhibition Of
the art Of being it offends good taste
and refinement. How the hen man
ages to put up with it is certainly one
Of the mysteries Of the coop. If six or
eight hens would join hens club
modelled after Sorosis and throw the
rooster down good and hard once or
twice, he would soon discover that he
was not the only kernel on the Cob
Minneapolis Journal
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-02-28
Not What He Meant.

Mother Ito her daughter)-Will you
play that new sonata for the doctor2
Daughter-But mamma, the doctor
has had so much sorrow lately Doc
tor-But, my dear young lady, to hear
you play will not be pleasure.-Flie-
gende Batter.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-02-28

An Irish gentleman had splendid
looking COW. but she kicked so much
that it took very long time and it
was almost impossible to milk her, so
he sent her to fair to be sold and told
his herdsman to be sure not to sell her
without letting the buyer know her
faults. He brought home large price
which he had got for it. His master
was surprised and said, "Are you sure
you told all about herF' "Bedad, did,
SIR" said the herdsman. HE asked me
whether she was good mixer. Be
CORA, SIR says l, it's you'd be tired
milking her. "-"Seventy Years Of
Irish Life"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-02-28
ICE CREAM A SPECIALITY.
Authorship of Ancient Literature.

Authorship of Ancient Literature.
In the earliest examples we possess
of ancient literature we are not allowed
even a glimpse Of the Municipalities of
their authors. The works themselves,
If they had been priced because of the
wit, ingenuity, fertile fancy, brilliant
conceit or any other individual pecu-
harity, mental or tempeTamental, Of the
men who produced them would have
been preserved. In some cases, as in
that of the Had and Odyssey, the re
puted authorship has been as obstinate
ly questioned as that Of the fourth
gospel and several of the epistles. In
the very earliest literature the indi-
vidual was of no account in the matter
of authorship; he was only the collector
or editor Of spontaneous and unwritten
folk song and legend or, If he gave these
their final shape, was only joint author
with his race.-H. N. Alden In Harper's
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-02-28

Believe in yourself, believe in human
ity, believe in the success Of your un-
dertakings. Fear nothing and no one
Love your work. Work, hope. trust
Keep In touch with today. Teach your
self to be practical and up to date and
sensible You cannot fail.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-02-28
The Dragon Tree.

The dragon tree Oracaena draco),
which yields the astringent gum resin
called dragons blood, is an old settler
Of the Canary islands. A veritable CO.
lossus of this family once grew in the
town of Orotava, Tenerife, which was
eighty feet in circumference at the
base, hollow inside, with a staircase
for visitors to ascend to the branch
ing top of the trunk. Humboldt re-
marks that its antiquity must have
been greater than that of the pyFA-
mids. This giant went down In a hurr1-
cane in 1867.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-02-28
Then He Did Walk.

Little Brother = Can't you walk
straight, Mr. Mangle? Mr.. Mangle-
OF course 1 can, my little man. Why
do you ask? Little Brother-Oh, nuth-
In, only heard sister say she'd soon
straighten you up when she married
you. And ma said she'd help her.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-02-28
ArxravarIu~.

Wife-Henry, what makes you in
such furious temper? Husband-Pm
trying to read Scotch dialect story.
The plot is fearfully exciting, but l
can't hurdle over the language fast
enough to keep up with the hero!-De-
troit Free Press.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-02-28

The Visitor-Your cook is perfection
itself. How do you manage herY The
Hostess Easily We learn what dishes
she likes best herself and then we have
those only.-Puck.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-02-28
Not Needed.

''Do you favor the whipping post for
wife beaters?"
mo" answered the woman who has
been several times married. '"The fat
iron or the stove litter is good enough
for me."-Washington Star.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-02-28
sidestepped 1t.

Miss de Muir Mr.. Foxey, am l
younger than l look, or am I older?
Mr.. Foxey-All l know about that is
that nobody could possibly be half as
young as you Chicago Tribune.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-02-28
Woman.

Woman has been defined as IAN essay
on goodness and grace in one volume,
elegantly bound" But she doesn't like
to be put on the shelf all the same
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-02-28
Ont.

"He'o out good deal nights, isn't
hep HE was last night. won a
hundred from him."-CleVeland Plain
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-02-28
. FAMILY SAFEGUARD

QThe best family safeguard 10 a reliable
household medicine that will cure Group,
coughs, colds, chilly sensations, running
eyes and nose, sore throat and bronchial
affections-that will keep the children
proof against all contagious diseases.
QSueh a medicine is boschee's German
Syrup, which has record Of IS years in
the cure of consumption, catarrh and all
lung and bronchial troubles.
qThe fame of German Syrup as q con-
sumptive cxre, since its purchase by DIR.
Green from the niece of the famous DIR.
Boschee, has extended to all parts of the
earth. It has big sales everywhere. 20
QTwo sizes, a5c and 7Sc. All druggists
B0y7I7Z(t0n'S Pkz7nzGcu
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1905-10-06
OPPOSITION TO GOVERNMENT
RATE MAKING.
from Railway World.

=
In opening the fall campaign OF the
republican party in Ohio, Senator For
aker, a member Of the cOmmitte on
interstate commerce Of the United
states senate which has in charge the
framing Of a bill on railway regula-
ton to be presented to congress in
December, is reported to have taken
position antagOnisJic to government
control Of railway rates while at the
same time favOring President RoOse-
velt's attitude Of opposition towards
rebates and discrimination, private
freight cars and terminals. Senator
Foraker is Of the opinion that exist
ing laws are ample, SO far as their
spirit is concerned, to deal with rail-
way abuses and that it is only neces-
sary to perfect the details Of existing
legislation without introducing any
new principle. That part Of Senator
FOraker's speech bearing on this sub
jet is as follows:
1T does not follow that to remedy
railroad abuses the rate making pow
er should be conferred on the inter
state commerce commission, as the
Ohio democratic platform of this year
proposes. I believe such a provision
is unnecessary to correct the evils
complained. Of and that it would be
both unwiSe and unjust The rate
making is probably the most cOmpH-
Gated and difficult work connected
with transportation The railroads
employ for this work the brightest
and most skiIlful men, who earn large
salaries More than 5000 men do
nothing but make transportation rates
for the railroads Their field covers
every section, commodity, condition
and classification. They must not
only make rates that Will yield proper
revenue to the railroads, but also TO
reduce. altar and change rates so as to
develop the country through which
they pass, encourage new industries
along their lines, meet new COmpetit-
0rs that come into their territory and
all the ever rapidly-changing COndi-
tons They must not only make rates
as low as justice to the railroads will
allow, but also 50 that shippers can
send their products throughout the
whole country A better way may be
found OF congress to provide il by en-
trusting such a complicated delicate
and vitality important duty to any
such agency OF its creation as that
proposed Serious legal questions are
involved in such a proposition, and
there are numerous practical difficult
ties that must arise the moment the
government undertakes such a duty"
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1905-10-06
THE PRESIDENT AND THE
E-U-a- q IL

The United States senate, as il pres
ent constituted, is antagOnistic TO
President Roosevelt in the perform
ance Of his sworn duties to enforce
the interstate commerce and anti
trust laws now on the federal statute
books The animUs Of the senate Is
not pleasant to contemplate The
people mistrust the senate and stand
by the president in his wise and pat
riotic policy The following editorial
in the Kansas City Star, throws strong
light on the opposition OF congress,
both house and senate, TO the presi-
dents Panama canal policy:
Newspaper readers in general and
newspaper publishers in particular
are well informed as TO the speciOus
propaganda OF the railways against
the presidents proposed regulation Of
disputed rates It IS now strongly
suspected that there is TO be a SINH
lar distribution Of literature against
the Panama canal, the cost to be
borne BY the transcOntinental rail-
ways, whose business would, Of course
be affected by the competition OF ma
rine rates. Certain announcements Of
special correspondence from Pana-
ma which Will for the first tine
give the facts are so manifestly pre-
JUDGED against the canal scheme in
advance as to arouse this suspicion
such a policy would, OF course. be
merely supplementary 10 the general
effort Of the railways, ever since the
Panama canal project has taken
shape, TO discredit the great enter
prise. For years the transcOntinental
lines prevented conclusive action in
congress. Finally when the president,
an recognizing the republic Of Panama
suddenly brought the canal issue to
a working basis, the railroads were
no longer able to use the United states
senate for their purposes ana had TO
turn to other methods They did all
they could TO diScredit the canal plan
They cOntended against the presid-
ent's course in recognizing the l'ana-
ma republic. Sometimes they seemed
to favor the Nicaragua route merely
as a subterfUge in discrediting the
Panama scheme. They were supposed
20 have bought of the first chief en-
gineer sent TO Panama by Offering
aim a more lucrative position They
attempted 70 buy Of Chairman ShOnts
II the Panama commission They
have promulgated exaggerated reports
u yellow fever and other objection
able features OF life OF the Isthmus.
1t would be quite in line with their
general policy, therefore, TO attempt
to create adverse public sentiment
through such misrepresentation as
they can have published by susceD-
tible or Unwary editors
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1905-10-06

Martens, the great authority on inter
national law, who was sent over by
his government to give the peace en-
vOys information along those lines
It is sad, but true that Martens
mouth and a pain in his stO:1ach- II
was the cooking. the work OF the
Ameican cook. that caused all the
trouble, and here is II. de Martens
lament: The first thing I did when
I got on board ship was 10 order a
civilized meal If passed two more
weeks at Portsmouth I would have
had no stomach at all. They are a
great people, our friends, the Amcri-
cans, but they are wholly unconscious
OF the art Of eating"
Whatever in the name Of g5st-Uno-
mics de Martens had been eating at
Portsmouth must remain Il mystery.
He does not inform US, and one would
imagine it was plain sinkers and COT
fee, which. after all, is not a bad COM
binatiOn-
But America rises TO deny the
charge Of this learned Russia lawyer
and to rebuke this unfair gibe at our
cookery The charge rests not only
against the cooks at Portsmouth; il
is IbelOus on all the cooks and house
wives in America Martens was in
the land Of the Pilgrim fathers, made
famous by roast turkey and pumpkin
pie, and there were plenty OF good
Boston baked beans to be had hardly
an hours ride from his hotel The
mystery is too deep