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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-08-22
A Queens RIunder.

For some time after her marriage
with Napoleon the Empress Marie
Louise was extremely ignorant of the
French language. On one occasion
seeing her husband look vexed over a
letter he had received from the court
OF Austria, she inquired of him what
was the matter. "Oh. nothing" replied
Napoleon; your father is an old
ganache, that is ALL" Marie Louise
did not know that this was French fol
fool and took the first opportunity OF
asking courtier what it meant. say
ing that the emperor had applied the
expression to her father 1T means
some one very learned and wise
stammered the unfortunate courtier
The empress was perfectly satisfied
with this explanation and pleased ia
learn new word A day or two after
she received the ArchchancelIor Cam.
baceres in a crowded salon. Some
question was being warmly discussed
in the circle. and her opinion was
asked. Wishing to be very gracious
Marie Louise turned to Cambaceres
and said, I'VE will refer that point
to the archbishop. for we all know he
is the greatest ganache in Paris"
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Abiding Impressions.

1t is said that by certain expert
ment you may perceive on the retina
Of an ox's eye, some time after death
the pictures of the objects upon which
1t had last looked If this is true OF
the eye of the OK, what shall we say
of the soul of man? If on the eye i'm
pressions are made which abide after
death. what of impressions made upon
the conscience, the memory and the
whole retina of the immortal spirit
Surely these abide after death. Is Il
possible ever to erase one? Do not al
impressions, from the first to the last
through life, made in all ways, con
tinue as immortal as the soul itself
Surely we undying ones ought to be
careful upon what objects we look
from which we get impressions upon
our souls. The Impressions made OF
the soul in time will form their owl
picture gallery, upon each of which II
will gaze through the boundless ages OF
eternity.-Bate.
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THE WORD LOBSTER. +"
In It's Slang Sense 1t Has Been In
Use For Centuriea

In It's Slang Sense 1t Has Been In
Use For Centuries.
In letters from Sir Walter Scott to
William Clark Of Eldin, under date of
Sept 10 and 80, 1892, are found allu-
sions to the word lobster" as a play
full sobriquet for the redcoat officers
and soldiers of the British army. In
this case a. boiled lobster is meant, as
per evidence of the following couplet,
once familiar to the English street
boys, and quoted whenever a rifeman
in green was seen walking arm In
arm with soldier in red:
There go two Holsters, claw in claw;
One is boiled, and t'other's raw
Sir Arthur Hazlerigg, in CromwelPs
time, commanded a regiment Of cuiras-
siers, who from their complete armor
obtained the nickname of Holsters"
(Baldock's Cromwell as a Soldier. y
What was mere raillery In England
may readily have grown into an ex-
preston Of hatred and contempt in
America at the time Of the Revolution,
and, in point of fact, Bancroft's Ills
tory of the United States relates that
HOLSTERS" was one of the abusive
eplthets applied to the soldiers by the
mob ON the occasion Of the Boston
Observation-Disclosures Press.
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BIRD CUSTOMS.
The Habit of Billing and the stock
Doves Bow In a Fight.

The Habit of Billing and the stock
Doves Bow In a Fight.
An Englishman, Edmond Selous, has
been watching doves at play and In
combat. OF the habit of billing" in
which SO many birds engage when they
are nesting, he says: Where birds nov
merely BILL they once, in my opinion,
fed each other, or the male fed the fe-
male, but pleasure came to be expert
enced In the contact alone, and the pas
sage Of food. which was never neces-
sary, gradually became obsolete
think 1t by no means improbable that
our own kissing may have originated
In much the same way, and that birds
when thus billing experience the same
sort of pleasure that we do when we
kiss must be quite obvious to any one
who has watched them"
OF a popularity of the stock dove Mr..
Selous writes: when these birds fight
they constantly interrupt the flow Of
the combat by bowling In the most alb
surd way, not to ore another, but gen.
orally, so to speak, for no object or
purpose whatever, apparently, but only
because they must do so. The fact Is
the bow has become a formula Of court
ship, and, as counting and fighting are
intimately connected, the one suggests
the other In the mind of the bird, who
bows all at once under a misconcep-
ton"
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/
Mercury, made of quicksilver, is a
heavy fluid, dull, silvery metal in APP
pearance. 1t is used in the forms Of
blue ointment, blue mass and gray
powder.
Blue mass is powerful substitute
for calomel, acting heroically on the
liver, but is not often given
Mercury ointment is a mixtur of
mercury, lard and suet 1t 10 pow
erful- remedy and is used In some skin
affections rubbed on externally; also
is used for sciatica by rubbing twice
day in the axilla under the arms).
Mercurial ointment mixed with
warm lard so that it can be applied
with a brush is used to destroy para
sites.
Blue mass is one-third mercury. The
remaining two-thirds is a suitable ma
terial to bring into pliable form. The
dose is from three to twenty grains.
Too much mercury taken into the sys-
tenn will evince itself by the following
symptoms: Tenderness about the teeth,
fetid breath, with spongy gums. If
the use Of mercury is continued the
skin of the neck and chest becomes Of
fected and salvation follows; also the
nervous system becomes affected
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The French mode of conducting auc.
tons is rather curious. In sales Of i'm
portance, such as of land, houses, etc.
the affair is placed in the hands of a
notary, who for the time being becomes
an auctioneer The property, what.
ever be its nature. is first examined
by competent judges, who fix upon II
a price, considerably less than its
value, but always sufficient to pre-
vent any ruinous loss by a preconcert-
ed plan or combination Of bidders. The
property is then offered with the fixed
valuation stated. The auctioneer is
provided with number of small wax
tapers, each capable of burning about
five minutes. AS soon as a bid is
made one of these tapers is placed in
full view of all interested parties and
lighted. If before it expires another
bid is offered, it is Immediately .extin-
guished and fresh taper placed In
its stead. and SO on until one fiickers
and dies out of itself. when the last
bid becomes irrevocable. This simple
plan prevents all contention among
rival bidders and affords a reasonable
time for reflection before making a
higher offer than the one preceding
By this means, too, the auctioneer is
prevented from exercising undue in.
iuence upon the bidders or hastily ac-
cepting the bid of a favorite
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THE JAPANESE GIRL.
She Is GentIeness Itself, With al
Air of Dainty, Modesty,

She Is GertIeness Itself, With an
Air of Dainty Modesty.
There were not many japanese wom-
en- at the party, which made me Won
der considering the fact that there
were hundreds of men present, but
perhaps the absence of the many might
be explained by the uncomfortable
and self conscious air of the few who
We're there in most unaccustomed for
eign finery. Not that they wore it so
badly Not at all That is a fiction of
the foreign woman who is pleasantly
blinded to the imperfections of her
own kind.
or course there are no Japanese
girls with Gibson figures of nssom
grace and Fifth avenue strides of
splendid freedom. but the same thing
may be said of many other women in
many other climes. Everybody cannot
be an American girl, you know, and 1
declare | think the Japanese girl runs
some of her European sisters very
close second In her ability to wear I'M
graceful clothes as gracefully as pos
sible with very limited assistance from
Mother Nature. All Japanese waist
lines run up in front and all japanese
girls are pigeon toed," but all Japa-
nese girls are gentleness itself, and
their dainty modesty serves to conceal
multitude of peculiarities-
Weekly.
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THE GOOD OLD TIMES.
Text From Which Is Spun Lots Of
StuR and Nnnsansa

A Text From Which Is Spun Lots of
STUFF and Nonsense.
l take no stock In the lainentation Of
the sentlmentalists about what they
call 1.-The good old times" There is a
deal of stuff and nonsense trolled off
on this text Every man over fifty who
is not precisely boor Is described as
"a gentleman of the old school" We
need but turn to the English satirists
from Fielding to Thackeray to learn
that all the essential ingredients of
Vanity Fair" had their existence 100
or 200 years ago. In the proportion
that there We're more nature and coarS-
er fiber there were liveller doings. In
proportion that there We're fewer dra-
matte persons upon the stage there
was better play for the individual.
confess that | like little blood In
mine. Sincerity even In wickedness
has flavor quite its own. But he who
fails to see the world as it Is and re-
fuses to take it as he finds 1t falls in
evitably betwixt the three legged stool
of a very false philosophy and the
high backed chair of very Ill judged
perverslty, with consequences some
times serious and always humillating.
Henry Watterson in Louisville Cou-
rier-Journal
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Bishop ThirlWall, an English prel-
ate, had the greatest possible aver
sion to answering questions. One day
a tailor said to him when he had been
summoned to take the bishops meas
urements, What are your lordship's
orders?' Il want a suit of clothes"
Here is a very nice cloth, my lord .
"Ah! And this is likewise a very
good one" Yes" Here is another
of excellent quality" Very" (Which
material will your lordship decide
uponY' Il want a suit of clothes.''
And that was all the answer the tailor
could get When the new gardener
accosted him as he was walking, book
in hand, in the garden to ask, How
will your lordship have this border
laid out?" there was no answer How
viii your lordship be pleased to have
this border laid out?" was the next
attempt Still there was no reply, but
when the question was repeated for
the third time the answer came, you
are the gardener. believe. and am
the bishop"
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When Thackeray was a candidate
for parliament from the city of Oxford
some one remarked to him that he
must be well known to most of those
whose votes he sought. Now" said
Thackeray, laying down his knife and
fork and holding up finger, there
was only one man among all that 1
went to see who had heard my name
before, and he was a circulating IL
brarian. Such is mortal famer' That
was in 1857 and Vanity Fair" had
been published ten years.
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umes over JUST TO look once again INTO
her eyes and see happiness. He had
been a coward, no kin at all to the
soldier sleeping there in peace, to
have let the quarrel of the elders sep
arate him from his sweetheart-his
weetheart-doubly dear in that she
had shown herself thus brave.
Melissa met him on the porch. The
wet flag bravely strove to fiutter in
the rainy wind over their heads. For
a minute they stood apart, looking
one at the other. Then John held open
his arms, saying:
Darling | found the letter, and
am never going to leave you unless
you say l must"
81 say you must stay" Melissa said
under her breath and hiding her face
in his breast
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-08-22

The gambling Of today is a mild af-
fair compared with the extant records
of English society. We shall never
again see the days when General Scott
won a fortune Of 100000 at whist,
chiefly by dint Of keeping sober. And
high play, it must never be forgotten,
is a relative term. When Lord Stavor-
dale gained FL 900 by a single coup at
hazard, his only comment was that if
he had been playing deep" he might
have won millions. When the dimen-
sions of modern wealth are taken into
account the widest excuses ever wit
messed at the card table would have a
timid and parsimonious aspect to the
bucks of the regency.-Times of India,
Bombay
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PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
The Standard Railroad of America. Pro-
tected throughout BY Block Signals
and InfeykOcking Switches.
IN EFFECT JUNE 20. 1905.
Trains teave Mount Holly

Trains Leave Mount Holly
For Philadelphia, 5.55, 6.52, ia, 7.47, 1872 8l3
$751; 9l7 ii IL a. m, Lilo, 2.42, 30 AS 537 SOB
$40, 7.24, 7.34, 1856, lO.45 p. m. On Sundays
sos, 8.57, 1882 a. M. AIS, 5.49, 49, 9.26 y. IN.
For Pemberton, 655, 9.06, ll.2l a. M. I.4l, 207,
ABB 5.4l, 6.O7, 7.20, (l240 a. m. Friday only }.
On Sundays 1871, 1903 a. M, lao, $50, $50 D.
For Burlington, $50, $40, l0.45 a. M, 4.05, ABB
sos 7.35. 800 p. ia.
For Bordentown, Trenton and New York, $50,
$40, 10 As a. M, 4.05, 4.33, sos, 7.35 p. m.
For Lumberton, MedfOrd, Marion and Had
donfield, $40, li.3O, a. M, 440 p m.
For Toms River, Island Heights and Sea Side
Park, 9.06, 9.56 q. m. 2.07, 4.2s, 54l p. IN. On
Sundays, 8.3l a. m.
For As5ury Park and Long Branch, sos, 9.56
a. m., 207, 4.2S p. m. On Sundays, S.3l a. m.
Trains Ieave for Mount Holly as (ottos0s:
From Philadelphia 800, sic, 908 go, 1885, II. 40
a. m 1850 l3O $50, $50, 1856, 49,, 10, 5.16, 544,
sos, 628, 100, $40, l040 l.50, p. IN. On Sundays
$50. $40 a. m. l240 2-30, 600, 740, l0.lO, p. m.
From Trenton, 7.40, $50, a. M, 2.55, 30 p. m.
From Burlington, S.lS, 1905 a. m, $780, 6. 3, IA,
9.52 p. IN.
From Newly ork, via Trenton and Burlington,
500, a. IN, Loo, 400, p. m.
From Medford. 7.07 a. M, l.3O, sos p. m.
From Toms River, 6.55, 8.l9 a. M, 1222, 3.43, GAP
pm On Sundays, 6.n y. m.
From North Pemberton, 6.6, 7.lS, 7N, S.O2, a..
M, l247, III, 3.46, 4.l5, 6l2, S2l p. m. On sun
days, ia a. m, 1928, 5.35, 655, 9.l5 p. M.
From South Pemberton, 1872, a.. M, l2.6S, AZ,
6.52 pm On Sundays, 7.0l p. m.
From Asbury Park, III, lib a. M, 2Sl, b IS p.
m. On Sundays GIL p. IN.
From Long Branch, 6.5S, 1855 a. M, 2l2 5.l5 p.
m. On Sundays. 500 d. M.
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l recently saw it stated somewhere
that women are much better tenn
pered than men" This, Of course, is a
self evident proposltion-up to a Ger.
tain point. Women, as rule, are al
together more self possessed and have
men, who want everything their own
way, resent all trouble, cannot endure
the smallest discomfort and are rarely
unselfsh.
But in justice to men 1t must be said
that, generally speaking, they have
very much more to try their nerves.
London World.
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There are a host of authorities on
hydraulics and mechanics that could
be quoted to support the assertion that
the steam engine is not modern in
vention. Carpini in the account of his
travels. A. d. 1886, describes a species
Of aeophile, or steam, engine made in
the form of man. This contrivance
was filed with "lnfiammable liquid
probably petroleum. and made to do
terrible work in the battles between
the Mongols and the troops Of Prester
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-08-22

A story of List recites that on a
certain occasion a Miss NJ. was play
ing sonata by Sterndale Bennett, a
work Of very prosy type and GER
tainly lacking in anything like spon-
taneity or poetry. List was evident
ly not familiar with 1t. so, after play
ing some six or seven pages, he gently
tapped Miss NJ. on the arm and said,
'Mademoiselle, would you kindly name
the piece you are performingT Ger
tainly, sir" she replied 1T is the
sonata The Maid of Orleans by VIII
liam Sterndale Bennett" Him." said
Lisxt. ITS a pity the original manu-
script didn't meet the same fate as the
maid"
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Lord Seton, the renowned gourmet,
was once Intercepted as to the best
mode of eating Strawberries and re-
piled: Sprinkle them slightly with
powdered white sugar candy and few
drops of Malmsey. Take them after
breakfast or for supper or after dinner
after plain biscuit Ice" When a once
well known diplomatist attended his
first garden party after arriving in
London he was shown a dish of straw
berries and cream. "Pourquol faireY'
cried he. explaining that he could not
bring himself to fancy that the mess
was intended for the food of men,
London Truth.
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POP GOES THE WEASEL.
The Meaning of These Words In the
Old English Song.

The Meaning of These Words In the
Old English Song.
How many people know the meaning
of the words Pop goes the weasel in
the song? Many of us have probably
regarded them as meaningless tag,
having some dim Cockney bearing on
the animal. Such bearing they have,
but In an unexpected way. A writer In
Notes and Queries affirms that the
words refer to purse made of weasel
skin which opened and closed with a
snap. This brings the line out Of irrel-
eyant Jargon into the main sense:
Up and down the city road,
In and out the Eagle;
That's the way the money goes
Pop goes the weasel.
The popping" or swapping of the
purse is declared to be the equivalent
of Bang went saxpence."
But this explanation is not, perhaps,
SO inherently probable as another
which makes weasel a slang term
for silver plate. prize cups, etc.-arti-
Giles which, as the result of gadding in
the City road, were pawned or pop
ped" This idea is repeated in story
of an Islington tailor who, through fire.
quenting the Eagle tavern, had to pop
his weasel" an instrument used in the
cutting Of cloth. Whatever the weasel
may have been, the song went round
the world, and many boy in faroff
Brazil or Ceylon received his first idea
of Londons streets In its reference to
lhe City oad.-London Globe
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Might Be worse.

Winks What makes you look so
blue? Jinks-I, have six daughters,
none of them married OF likely to be.
Winks And you are blue over it? You
are the most ungrateful mortal that ev-
er breathed. l have six daughters, all
married, all have children, and I've got
to support the whole crowd.-New York
Weekly.
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sorry He Spoke.

81 wish, Mrs Brown" said the
boarder to his landlady, Il wish you'd
give me the receipt for that pudding
we had Yesterday"
I'D much rather give you receipt
for the board you had last MONTH" re-
turned the landlady tartly.
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The Burlington and Bristol Steamboat
Ferry Company.
Schedule in effect $40 a. M. June 3, 1906.
Subject TO change.


Subject to change.
LEAVE BRISTOL FOR BURLINGTON.
Daily except Sundays and Saturdays, $40
sou, 500, 1900 tl04O, Il00 M, *l2SO, tl3O
s230, 1880, s4.3O, $3.50, $3.50, k7.20, p. IN.
saturdays, $40, $50, 800, $780, 1000, Jl15
M, *l2 80 sl.3O, s220, 800, $40, 49, 20 w, 54O
sundays, 500, $780, 5000, 1000, Ills a. M,
1920, *I36, .2.2U, *3U0 *34O, *4.20, 800, $40
$40 *7.2O, 500, D. m.
LEAVE BURLINGTON FOR BRISTOL.
Daily except Saturdays and Sundays, $50
$780, $780, 5000, Hoo, ll-30 d. M, tl.U0, 200
1890, 400, $50, $40, tao, 7.3U, p. m.
Saturdays, $50, $780, 1880, 1920, 1lsOO, ll.3O
g. M, tlOO, *2OO s2.4O, s2O AGO. "A 40. s5O. $50
Sundays $3.50, 1880, 1920, HOO, ll.sO, a. M.
s00, *20O s240 1920, 400, n 40, $780, $50, $3.50
TAO, slO p. m.
Trips marked thus will stop at Burlington
Island Park, and when there are three OIL
more passengers for Burlington Island Park
the boat will stop ON other trips
On the Fourth of July after 1870 p. m. triI
the schedule will be same as Sunday scedule.
August ", 1906, the 1000 O'Clock morning
trip from Bristol will be withdrawn and the
boat VIII leave Bristol at $40 a. IN.
The boat for the performances in the Audi
ing will leave Burlington twenty minutes
after the performances.
No trips will be guaranteed in fOggy weather
WILLIAM K. DORON,
Sec'y, Treas. and Gen'l Manager
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The TooIs be Lacked.

"Why don't you go to work." said a
charitable woman to tramp before
whom she had placed nicely cooked
meal.
Il would" replied the vagrant. IF !
had the tools"
What sort of tools do you wantT'
asked the hostess.
"A knife and fork" said the tramp
Tit Bits.
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Her Unhappy Way.

'That girl has an unfortunate idea
Of repartee
YES" answered Miss Cayenne. "She
has an idea that she is saying smart
things when she is merely saying
things that smart. Washington Star.
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WEST JERSEY sEAsHoKE RAILROAD

Medford, Marlton and Phiiadeiphis.
Leave Medford for Philadelphia at 700, 1905 a.
M, zoo, $40 p. m.
On Sundays, 7.05 a. M, 40 p. m.
Leave Marlton for Philadelphia at 7.l4, lois a.
m, 2.23, 5.22 p m.
On Sundays, 7.l9 a. M, 452 p. m.
Leave Philadelphia, Market street, for Med
ford and Marlton at 700, 1880 a. M, Except
Saturdays), 100 p. M, saturdays only. 80,
$40 p. m.
On Sundays, 800 a. m, 30 p. m.
Leave Marlton for Me1ford, S.l7, ll.l9 a. M,
Except Saturdays, LAB p. M, saturdays
only, 4.06, Gil p. m.
On Sundays, 9.46 a. M, 7.08 p. M.
For further particulars apply to the ticket
agent at the station.
W. W. ATTERBURY, J.. R. WOOD,
General Manager. Gen. Pass. Agent.
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She-Oh, l detest sofa pillows and
tidlesl If / ever keep house I'll never
have such things ar He-Will you be
my wife?-Chicag Record Herald.
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a neasonahle Hynothesin.

Johnny-Pa? Father-W Well? John
ny-Do you laugh IN your sleeve cause
that's where your funny bone ISL
Town and Country.
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She-Did your sister get any dupn-
cate wedding presents. He-Yes; she
married widower with two boys