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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-06-13
YOUR DAILY TASK.
Bring Your Whole Self to 1t With
All Your Powers Intact.

Bring Your Whole Self to 1t With
All Your Powers Intact.
1t makes all the difference in the
world In results whether you come to
your work every day with all your
powers intact, with all your faculties
up to the standard; whether you come
with the entire man, so that you can
fling your whole life into your task, or
with only a part Of yourself; whether
you do your work as a giant or as a
pygmy. Most people bring only small
part Of themselves to their tasks. They
cripple much of their ability by irregu-
lar living, bad habits In eating and in
furious food, lack of sleep, dissipation
or some other folly. They do not come
to their tasks every morning whole
men. A part of themselves and often
q large part is somewhere else. They
left their energy where they were try
ing to have a good time, so that they
bring weakness instead of power, in
difference and dullness instead of en-
th1siasm and alertness, to the perform
ance of the most important duties Of
their lives. The man who comes to ms
work in the morning unrefreshed, Ian
guild and listless cannot do good, hon
est days work, and If he drags rotten
days into the year how can he expect
sound career or a successful achieve
mentf
Good work is not entirely a question
Of will power Often this is impaired
by low physical standard. The quail
ity Of the work cannot be up to high
water mark when every faculty, every
function and every bit of your ability
Is affected by your physical and mental
condition. You may be sure that your
weakness, whatever its cause. will APP
pear In your days work, whether it is
making books or selling them, teaching
school or studying, singing or painting,
chii,eling statues or digging trenches
Orison SWEET Marden In Success Maya
Il
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WOMEN WRITERS.
sone Among Them Has Ever Attain

Name Among Them Has Ever Attain
ed Real Greatness In Poetry.
Though the quality and range of her
genius were deep, generous and wide,
Elizabeth Barrett Browning cannot be
described, if language is to be used ac-
curately, as occupying place among
the poets justly designated great
In no tongue hitherto has any female
writer attained to that supreme posi-
ton. and were this the appropriate mo-
ment. which it is not, it would perhaps
be possible to explain why no woman
is likely ever to do so. Not a few fe-
male writer's are In effect in the front
rank of novelists. But prose-romance
is one thing and poetry quite another,
and there is a chasm between them;
nor does the circumstance of novels be-
ing in this age more popular than po-
etry affect In any degree the inherent
and immutable difference. Elizabeth
Barrett Browning was, aurora Leigh
Notwithstanding, essentially and al
most exclusively a lyrical poet. Ii
would be easy to add almost indefinite
" to illustrations of her being one or
those who learn in suffering what
they teach in song" not one OF the
greater poets who pass through that
experience but end by getting beyond
it-Alfred Austin at Unwilling or
Bust of Mrs. Browning.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-06-13
GULLlBILiTY OF SHEEP.
A Comical Study of the Extreme OF
Animal Stupidity.


Animal Stupidity.
The utter stupidity of sheep is per-
haps nowhere more strongly evidenced
than in the perfect satisfaction with
which eve that has lost her lamb
will take to a strange lamb around
which has been fastened the skin of
her dead offspring.
Considering that the skin Of the dead
lamb is often merely thrown loosely
over the back of the living lamb, some
times hanging almost to the ground on
one side or the other and making the
lamb appear the quaintest kind of ami
NAL imaginable, the ewes gullibility in
this respect is remarkable. There can
be no other explanation of her satisfac-
ton than that she really thinks the
muffied little stranger is her own prog
eny; otherwise she would give it no at
tention whatever.
Its appearance does not seem to count,
nor even its voice. Its smell is every
thing, which may be seen in any flock
of ewes and lambs, for while the moth
ers certainly appear to know the bleat-
ing of their own children, the identified
ton is always completed by the eve
shifting the coat of her lamb.
l have been looking at two such
quaint families in the lambing pens re-
Gently, and the picture of a sedate eve
placidly attending to two weird little
creatures which look as If they have
been half flayed tone of them was ac.
tually dragging its second skin in the
straw was the most comical study OF
animal stupidity which could be imag.
ined.-London Express.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-06-13
THE BUDDHIST HADES.
Eight S'Easy Stages" of the Most Aw
full Kinds of Torture.

Eight GsEasy Stages" of the Most Aw-
full Kinds of Torture.
The place of torment to which all
wicked Buddhists are to be assigned
on the day of final reckoning is ter
rible place of punishment This
Buddhistic hell is divided into eight
"easy stages" In the first the poor
victim is compelled to walk for I'M
told ages in his bare feet over hills
thickly set with redhot needles, points
upward. In the second stage the skin
is all carefully filed or rasped from
the body and irritating mixtures ap-
piled. In the third stage the nails,
hair and eyes are plucked out and the
denuded body sawed and planned into
all sorts of fantastic shapes. The
fourth stage is that of "sorrowful lam
entations." In the fifth the left side
of the body and the denuded head are
carefully roasted, Yema, the Buddhis-
tic Satan, experimenting the work. In
the sixth stage the arms are torn from
the body and thrown into an immense
vat among the eyes, nails and hair pre-
viously removed. Then in plain hear
ing Of the sore footed, blind, manned,
roasted and bleeding victim the whole
horrid mass is pounded into a jelly.
In the seventh stage the other side of
the victim and his feet are roasted
brown, and then comes the eighth and
last stage, in which the candidate Is
thrown into the bottomless pit of per-
ditiOn
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-06-13

Before the North American colonies
reyolted it was the British custom to
present medals to Indian chiefs with
whom treaties were made. These med
ais bore a figure of the reigning Brit
tsh sovereign on the diverse and en-
blems of peace on the reverse and
were called Indian medals. After the
Declaration of Independence Washing
ton presented United States medal
to the Seneca chief, Sa-go-ya-wat-ha
Cde Keeps Them Awake, who was
known popularity as Red Jacket. This
Red Jacket medal is interesting as one
of the earliest of the medals issued by
the first president of the great repub-
lie across the sea.-Pearson's Weekly.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-06-13
A DANISH BOARHOUND.
He Was a Jealous Brute and Careful
IL Guarded His Mfstreaa

He Was n Jealous Brute and Careful
ly Guarded His Mistress.
During a visit to a friend in the
country Sir Henry Hawkins had an adj
venture with boarhound which hs
describes In his "reminiscences"
There was an enormous Danish boar.
hound which had, unperceived by Us,
followed Mrs. Harlstone from the Il.
brary. He pushed by without cere-
the lady, who was some distance In
advance. He then carefully took the
skirt Of her dress with his mouth and
carried it like an accomplished train
bearer until she reached the bottom of
the stairs and the garden, when he lei
go the dress and gazed as an interest.
cd spectator
But before we parted from Mrs.
Harlstone and while I was talking to
her / felt my hand In the boarhound's
mouth, and pretty capacious mouth
1t was, for seemed to touch nothing
but his formidable fangs. So soft was
the touch of his fangs that was only
just conscious my hand was In his
mouth by now and then the gentlest
reminder. l knew animals too well to
attempt to withdraw 1t, and preserv-
ed calm more wonderful than could
have given myself credit for.
While was wondering what the
next proceeding might be Mrs. Harl-
stone begged me to be quite easy and
on no account to show any opposition
to the dogs proceedings, in which case
she promised that he would lead me
gently to the other side of the lawn
and leave me without doing the least
harm
AS I was being led away Mrs. Harl-
stone said: do exactly as he wishes.
He Is Jealous of your talking to me,
and any one who does so he leads
away to the other side of the garden"
Having conducted me to the remot-
est spot he could find, he opened his
huge jaws and released my hand, wag-
ged his tail and trotted off, much pleas
ed with his performance.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-06-13
A Deadly spider.

Papua is the home of a small spider
the body of which is about the size of
a pea 1t is black in color, with a
brilliant red spot in the center of the
back 1t is frequently to be found
making its nest in old packing cases
which have lain neglected for some
time. Unless molested it will not at
tack The bite is very small, al
though fatal in inverse proportion.
The chief effect of the virus is that 1t
paralyzes the intestines of the patient
and contracts them into knots
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-06-13
The vice of IdIeness.

OF all vices to which young men be-
come slaves idleness is by no means the
least 1t is vice easily contracted in
youth and hard to throw off In man.
hood or old age. Unfortunately 1t is
not generally looked upon as an evil in
the sense that drinking, gambling and
debauchery are evils, yet its influence
Is no less certain in breaking down
character and sapping physical and in
tellectual strength. = Portland Orego-
MAN.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-06-13
THE DOUGLAS PINE.
A Tree That Is the Memorial Both Z
n Man and n Tragedy,

A Tree That Is the Memorial Both of
Man and n Tragedy.
A tree whose name is at once the
memorial both of man and tragedy
Is the Douglas pine, famous for it's
magnificent cones. Now, David Doug
las was originally a Scotch lad who
came under the notice of Sir William
Hooker, the we'll known botanist, and
through his influence was appointed
collector of rare plants to the Horti-
cultural society. He Travelled for the
society in all parts of the world and
was extraordinarily successful in his
finds. 1t was he who discovered lu-
pins, eschscholtzias and godetias as
we'll as many magnificent varieties Of
pine trees, including the one bearing
his name But when quite a young
man he met a tragic fate while plant
hunting. He was In the Sandwich
isles, and there the natives dig deep
pits to catch wild animals, covering
them over with branches and grass to
conceal their openings. On to one Of
these treacherous pits Douglas walked
one day when alone and was at once
precipitated to the bottom. No help
was at hand, and he was devoured by
a wild beast which was also impris-
oned
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-06-13
nnhinatein.s Charity.

Rubinstein probably Travelled more
than any other virtuoso. In his time
he made many fortunes and gave them
away to the poor in Russia. During
a famine which ragged among the BUS
sian peasants he journeyed to Vienna,
Moscow and st. Petersburg to play for
charity. The price of seats rose to I'M
heard of figures, but every penny Of
the money went to the starving farm
ers. 1t is said that in the course Of
twenty eight years the sum which he
thus disposed of amounted to $250,O00-
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-06-13
EASTER CUSTOMS.
Curious Observances of the Past and
Present In England

Curious Observances of the Past and
Present In England.
Some of the old Easter customs in
England are curiously barbaric, and
even at the present time the observ-
ance of this particular festival is sur
rounded with more or less superstition,
Just enough to lend to it the charm of
mystery.
Twentieth century maidens don
bright yellow garters, secure in their
belief that they will be engaged before
the year ends. Others give their tresses
"a hundred strokes three times" with
the brush while thinking intently of
their hearts desire. And who does not
take good care to wear their new
things on Easter day2
Among the earliest of Easter Gus
toms are the following:
At Queens college, oxford, herring
placed by the cook to simulate man
on horseback is set on corn salad and
brought to the table. This is supposed
to represent a red herring riding away
on horseback and is the last vestige of
the once popular pageants of rejoicing
for the end of the Lenten fast.
1t was erstwhile a habit In English
towns for the boys after the Easter
service to run into the street and
snatch the buckles from the shoes Of
the girls whom they were able to catch.
Easter Monday, however, 1t was turn
about, and the women chased the men.
If the men refused to pay a sixpence
or happened to wear boots the women
tried to snatch their hats, and to re-
cover a hat cost a sixpence.
In some old towns great cakes were
brought to church and there divided
among the young people.
A singular Easter custom was that
Of lifting and weaving" A man sit
ting contentedly In his home was sur.
his household, who entered bearing a
great armchair lined with white and
decorated with ribbons and favors
The man was forced to sit in the chair
and be lifted by the women, to each OF
whom he must give a sixpence. On 6
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Tuesday, the man lifted the womer
with similar attendant ceremonies.
Edward 1. was lifted in his bed BY
his ladies and maids of honor, and +,
record shows the payment made b,
him to have been some $1,000 in six
pences.
In older days in England monks a
Easter acted plays In churches, the ia
vorite subject being the resurrection
Not only were these plays enacted Il
the churches on these festival days, bu
there was dancing, particularly in tn
French cathedrals.
Even the sun, 1t is said, dances OF
Easter day.
In Ireland great preparations wer
made for the last day of Lent. Hol
Saturday, about 8 o'clock, hen and
piece Of bacon were put in the pot, an
at II there were eating and much mel
rymaklng At all rose to see the su
dance In honor Of the resurrection.
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In the Woods
Scholarly version.

On the campus of Emory college, in
Oxford, Ga, there is a table to the
memory of Ignatius Few, the first
president. One day a freshman was
crossing the campus with his cousin,
who asked him to explain the inscrip-
ton on the stone.
Whit - non = mortuus = est" she
read slowly. what does that mean,
WHIP
THAT" said the freshman easily,
'oh, that means, He lives-no, he
don't, he's dead"
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An Odd Epitaph.

The following epitaph is to be read
on tombstone at Saragossa, Spain:
Here lies John Quebecca, precentor to
my lord the king. When he is admit
ciety he will embellish and where he
will distinguish himself by his powers
of song, God shall say to his angels,
Cease, We calves, and let Me hear
John Quebecca, the precentor to my
lord the king"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-06-13

'How. do YOU do, Mrs. Venus?' ex-
claimed gentleman of that lady's ac-
quaintance. Pray, what brings you
out so early in the day?'
"Oh. I've just been to the photogra-
pher with my pet pug Pongo' (Which
she carried in her arms. "and we have
had our portraits taken together,
haven't we, Pongo? Beauty and the
beast, you know, Mr.. Johnson with a
saucy little laugh.
"And what little beauty he is, to be
sure" replied johnson inadvertently
as he tenderly stroked poor Pongo's
Uranium.
And then he suddenly remembered
and became hot and cold IN turn, and
they parted strangers foreyermere.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-06-13
Pen.,onine Judges In England.


1t is considered an essential condi-
ton of the English court system that
the judges shall be absolutely indie
pendent financially; that their salaries
shall be so large and provision for their
future shall upon their retirement be
so ample they need at no time of their
service have any monetary anxiety
There are now no fewer than eight
ex-Judges in receipt of total pensions
amounting to $121, 662.5O a year. A
Judge who continues on the bench aft
er completing fifteen years service
really does his work for $7,29975 a
year, the difference between his sal
airy and pension. The lord chancellor
is entitled to pension of $24. 332. so a
year for life. however short his tenure
of the CHARACTERISTIC.
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Her Idea of Necessities.

The young man was interviewing the
stern parent Of the only girl in the
world. "Of course, sir" he said, my
salary is not colossal, but l can give
her all the necessities Of life and some
Of its luxuries.''
"Iy dear Mr.. Softly" replied the
stern parent, you have scarcely i'm
proved your time in her society if you
do not know that she considers all the
luxIries of life far more necessary
than the necessities"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-06-13
Your HabituaI Expression.

What kind of an expression do you
wear habitually? Is it sour, morose,
repellent? Is it a mean, stingy, con-
temptible, uncharitable, intolerant ex-
preston? Do you wear the expression
Of bulldog, a grasping, greedy, hun
CRY expression, which indicates an
avaricious nature? Do you go about
among your employees with thunder
cloud expression, with a melancholy,
respondent, hopeless look on your face,
or do you wear the sunshine express
sion which radiates good cheer and
hope, which indicates feeling of good
will and of helpfulness? Do people
smile and look happier when you ap-
proach them, or do they shrink from
you and feel chilly goose flesh sensa-
ton come over them as they see you
approach?
It makes an the difference IN the
world to you and to those whom you
influence what kind Of an expression
you wear-Orison SWEET Marden In
Success Magazine.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-06-13
Too Much For Her Memory.

'You bad man." exclaimed the fiut-
tering hostess, you've kept everybody
waitingr'
Pardon me-" replied the young poet,
81 have been lettering on the slopes of
Helicon."
'Helicon? Where's that2 Another of
those new north shore places? 1 never
can remember the funny names they
give them towns up that way. Chi
cago Record Herald.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-06-13

Natives of Morocco think that Euro
peans and Americans are dirty. The
habit to which they object Is that Of
washing the hands or face in basin
and, still more, taking bath where the
water is not running. The cleaner the
bather becomes, they say, the dirtier
the water he is washing with must
necessarily become. And eventually
the bather steps forth as cleansed
from water which is no longer clean.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-06-13

'Bigstar's manager has promised to
give a presentation of that comedy Of
NINE" said De Ritter, ''but I don't
know when it's to come off,"
Probably the night after It's put
on suggested Crittick. = Catholic
Standard and Times.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-06-13

When red hair makes it's appearance
on human head all lukewarmness Is
at an end 1t is either loved or loathod.
It's admirers, with artists in the van,
are almost Historically enthusiastic.
They call it golden, though the gold
that comes out Of the earth is not often
exactly that shade. A red haired wo-
man is sure of a success in some quar-
ter, however plain her face or insignifi-
cant her figure. The detractors Of red
hair say 1t is sign of bad temper or
immortality or both and therefore to be
scrupulously avoided.-London Queen.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-06-13

Ethel-What did you say to papa last
night? Ferdy-N-othing. l was so
scared that l didn't open my mouth.
Ethel-Oh, that accounts for it! He
said you impressed him very favora-
blyl-Home Notes.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-06-13

"And now" whispered the lover as
he caught her in his arms, what shall
we do about the rope lauder7 We
shouldn't leave it hanging there"
Don't worry about It," replied the
clipping damsel. Papa said he'd pull II
up again so couldn't get back"
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His Prnnd Moment.

Mike-Oi hear yez w0f' eoined foive
dollars fer assaultin' McDoofey, Pat
OF wor', an it wor' proud msmint
whin OF hur-rd tn sintince, bgorry!
Mike-Pfwhat's tn rayson av thot2
Pat-Faith, an it show'd which av us
had tn best av tn contist.-Chicago
News
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His Mistaken Idea.

But, my dear" demonstrated Mr..
Meekun, there's good deal to be said
on both sides.''
mo, there isn't" answered his
spouse 1--WE told you what | think
about it, and that's all that is going to
be said. Chicago Tribune.
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81 don't see what sense there is In
you women dressing so extensively"
THAT'S just the way papa used to
talk
Talks that way yet, doesn't hep
mo. indeed. When 1 caught you he
admitted that there was method in my
dness."-Houston Post.
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Pat-Did We hear that old Hogan
was dead, Mrs. Ryan? Mrs. R.-Is he,
thin, poor man? Sure, I always knew
that would be the end of him.
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Daughter-Jack promised that II 1
accepted him he would mend his ways
Her Mother-Humph! 1 haven't much
faith In this repairing done while you
wait.
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Comforting Him.

The more erroneous a FOOLS judg-
ment the more firmly he holds it.-Bal-
thasar Gracian
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-06-13

He that hath no inward beauty per-
ceives none, though all around is beau
tiful-Young.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-06-13

Between the ages of fifteen and fourty-
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the aggregate term of woman's suffering
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third of the best part of woman's life
sacrificed Think of the enormous loss of
timel But time is not all that is lost
Those years of suffering steal the bloom
from the cheeks, the brightness from the
/ eyes, the fairness from the form. They
write their record in many crease and
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