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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-02-13
WATERMARKs ON PAPER.
The History and Significance of the
Ancient Devices

The History and Significance of the
Ancient Devices.
Nearly all kinds of paper bear water
marks of some description, and it Is
interesting to learn something of the
origin of marking paper In this some
what obscure and peculiar manner.
The earliest known watermark was
sphere surmounted by cross, which
was introduced over 700 years ago, and
lambs. Peters cocks, st. Catharine
wheels, Calvaries and feVrs-de-lis-reli-
gious symbols with embellishments
have survived as watermarks in an
unbroken chain up to the present day.
Many papermaking terms derive
their origin from ancient watermarks.
Hand" "foolscap," "Pott" and
crown" are traceable to this source,
but their ancestral meanings have dur
ing the long interval of years been
gradually lost. Thus the legendary st.
Grail, or cup employed at the last sup
per and serving subsequently to gather
the blood from the wounds inflicted at
days in the form of double" or quad
Pott," but the French size, ''raisin,"
owes its derivation to a bunch of
grapes, evidently intended as an en-
blem Of the true vine.
One of the commonest papermarks
in the middle ages was a bulls head
embellished with such additional SYM
bols as the cross and serpent The OK
was emblematic of patience and
strength, and in some writings it is
accepted as symbol of Christ, the
true sacrifice, and of prophets, apos-
ties and saints slain for his sake, and,
thirdly, of all who patiently bear the
yoke and labor in silence for the good
of others The bulls head watermark
is found as early as 1910 and lasted
until about 1900, evolving gradually
into a shieldlike scroll, with horns at
either corner. This shield design is in
use by modern papermakers and still
retains traces of its bulls head ances-
try.
The fieur-de-lis, mark wrongly sup
posed to have been introduced into
England by the French refugees from
the edict of Nantes, is found as early
as 1896 and is still used.
AS an ecclesiastical symbol-that Of
the trinity-the fieur-de-lis is still much
In USE
At one time watermark notices were
very popular, and particularly so in the
seventeenth and early part Of the
eighteenth centuries. The clock water
mark was regarded as the symbol of
approaching day, and the pelican wa
termark the emblem of self sacrifice.
The pelican symbol may be seen
carved In the stonework outside the
eastern windows of St. Paurs cathe-
dral. 1t was supposed, owing to red
spot at the top of the bill, that the pei
lean pierced its breast in order to feed
it's young with its feblood.-London
Spectator.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-02-13

sels or amber wnlcn nave come down
from ancient times suggests that the
art of csmenting and molding together
pieces of amber must have been
known. And it is found that by boiling
1t for prolonged period In rape oil am
Der becomes softened, and pieces can
then be Joined together.
The Latin name for amber, "succi-
num-" from which comes the French
'succin," points to the fact that the
Romans knew its origin. For the word
means gum stone. And so we find
Pliny stating clearly that "amber is an
emulation from trees of the pine fam
lily, like gum from the cherry and resin
from the pine" And this agrees with
the opinion of biologists, who claim
amber as a fossil, fossil gum. 1t is,
In fact, similar in its origin to the gum
which oozes from the plum or cherry or
the resin which flows from the wound
ed pine.-LOndon Standard.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-02-13
The Horn of oidenburx.

A drinking horn of marvellous work
manship is one of the relics kept in
the church at Oldenburg, Germany. 1t
is known throughout Europe as ''the
horn of Oldenburg" and has most
wonderful history According to the
story, the great Ohio of Oldenburg was
out hunting and, becoming exhausted
from thirst and fatigue, sank upon the
earth, with the exclamation, 20 God,
would had a cool drinkw The sound
Of his voice had scarcely died away
among the trees of the forest when
suddenly beautiful maiden appeared
before him bearing richly carved
drinking horn filed to overlooking with
cool, sparkling water. Ohio was more
captivated with the beauty Of the horn
than he was with that OF his fair ben
efactress and, without even staying to
say ''Thanksr' turned and ran at the
top Of his speed, carrying the vessel
with him. To save himself from The
consequences of such a peculiar theft
Ohio bestowed the horn upon the
church, and to this day the story as
given above Is told by the guides who
display the relics to the gaze Of curious
visitors.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-02-13
SIZE OF A fHUNDERBOLT.
Biologists Have a System by which
such Measures Are Taken
!. eMuTr.

Such Measures Are Taken.
"Did you ever see the diameter Of a
lightning fash measuredT' asked a
geologist. "Well, here is the case which
once inclosed flash Of lightning, fitted
1t exactly, so that you can see how big
1t was. This is called 'fulgarite.' or
lightning hole,' and the material it IL
made of is glass.
when bolt of lightning strikes q
bed of sand it plunges downward into
the sand for distance less or greater,
Transforming simultaneously into glass
the silica in the material through which
it passes. Thus by its great heat 1t
forms a glass tube of precisely its own
size.
Now and then such tube, known
as a fulgarite, is found and dug up.
Fulgarites have been followed into the
sand by excavations for nearly thirty
feet. They vary in interior diameter
from the size Of quill to three inches
or more, according to the bore Of the
fash. But fulgarites are not produced
alone in sand They are found also in
solid rock, though very naturally Of
slight depth, and frequently existing as
a thin, CLASSY covering on the surface.
"Such fulgarites occur in astonishing
abundance on the summit of Little Ara
rat, in Armenia. The rock is so soft
and porous that blocks foot long can
be obtained, perforated in all direc-
lions by little tubes filed with bottle
green glass formed from the fused
rock
"Some wonderful fulgarites were
found by Humboldt on the high Nevada
de Toluca, in Mexico. Masses Of the
rock were covered with a thin layer Of
green glass. Its peculiar simmer in
the sun led Humboldt to ascend the
precipitous peak at the risk Of his life"
A Mourner.
Mike-Did ye attind Casey's funeraIf
Pat-Of did. Mike-Was We wan av tn
mournersf Pat-Oi was; somebody
stole me hat
Attack is the reaction never think
! have hit hard unless 1t rebounds
Johnson.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-02-13

Value of the Average Man.
Genius is phenomenon; the average
man Is a law. He has seen Shake
speares and Goethes and Napoleons
and Wagners rise and fall, and he
goes on calmly, knowing that 1t is he
and not they who are the race. Despise
him, kick him as you will, the last
word Is with him. He Is natures IA
vcrite. Like a true mother, she loves
her dull boy best A Shakespeare was
too much for her, but she saw to it
that his faculty persisted with him. He
died, wonder among men, and his
family reverted to the average. Lest
the abhorred thing should reappear in
the course of generations the family
presently died out. The case is typical.
1t is almost commonplace Of the sci
ence Of heredity that the appearance
Of extraordinary talent in any branch
OF family means the extinction OF
that branch.-London Standard.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-02-13
The Famou. old willow war.


You may know plate Of old willow
ware by this decoration: On the right
there is mandarin's country seat In
the foreground there should be a pa
vilion, in the background an orange
tree and to the right peach tree. The
place is inclosed by fence, and through
the estate there should wander brook,
and In this brook there is an island
high at the left side, with cottage on
1t. Over the brook there Is a bridge,
and on it there should be three figures.
The willow tree, the famous willow
tree is at one end and gardeners cot
tage at the other. Two birds are high
in the air above the picture. The whole
Is supposed to tell the romance OF the
mandarin's daughter, who is one of
the figures on the bridge. The others
are her lover and the mandarin him
self. The birds are turtledoves, into
which the lovers were changed by the
gods that they might escape the wrath
Of Father Mandarin, who pursued
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-02-13
One Sure Method.

There is story of medical student
before a board of examiners to whom
the question was put again and again
OF how he would produce perspiration
In patient. He proposed all sorts of
things, to which one importunate ex-
aminer always replied:
swell, and If that would not dor"
At last the poor young man, driven to
his wits end, exclaimed. 81 would send
him before this board to be examined,
and l warrant that would make him
perspire"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-02-13

Charles-I don't see how Blank can
make any money out of that tobac-
conist business Of his. He's always
smoking the best cigars himself. Fred
-Oh, that's his method Of advertisingi
Cbarles-.How SO? Fred-Why, putting
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-02-13

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children.
Successfully used by Mother Gray, nurse in
ishness, bad stomach, teething disorders,
move and regulate the bowels and destroy
worms. Over $4,000 testimonials. They never
fail: At all druggists, 25c. Samples FREE.
Address Allen s. Olmstead, LIE Roy, N. Y.
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TIE MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY IL, 1906.
A NIGHTMARE

Gives point to the fact that excessive or
irregular eating disturbs the digestion.
Nightmare or night nag has its day time
correspondence In the undue fullness
after eating, with the belchings and sour
or bitter rising 80 often experienced after
too hasty or too hearty eating.
Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
cures dyspepsia or bad stomach. When
the weak stomach Is strengthened and
invigorated the whole body shares In the
increased strength derived from food
properly digested and perfectly assimi-
lated.
It was . victim of sleeplessness and ex-
treme nervousness induced by chronic indi-
gestion and felt heavy. tired and worn out
cS1ntWl9nsiy" writes Miss Mary Smith Of lSls
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery las
the only medicine which relieved me. With
ea, s6at eay
and found that was able TO sleep better
than for months previously Ny appetite
toned up. nervousness became thing Of t The
past and have now been In splendid health
for over nine months"
Sometimes q selfish dealer tempted by
the little more profit paid on the sale Of
less meritorious medicines will offer the
customer substitute as being just as
good as the " Discovery" 1t may be
better for him because it pays better, but
IT is not a. good for you, If you want the
medicine that has cured others, and
which you believe will cure you.
IOOO-pade Doctor Book sent free
on receipt OF q one cent
stamps to cover postage only; sN
81 stamps for cloth bound
copy. Formerly sold for as 4
to extent of over 10000 HPkeh&
copies Every family should / ,~A 1850
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erence In case of sudden ILL A\H sznSp
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Pierce. Buffalo, N. Y. D
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-02-13

We do not learn to know men through
their coming to us. To find out what
sort of persons they are we must SO
to them.-Goethe.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-02-13

Cream Balm is placed into the nostris, spreads
over the membrane and is absorbed Relief is inn
mediate and cure follows. 1t not Crying-does
not produce sneezng. Large Size, so cents at Drug
gists or by mail; Trial Size, 10 cents.
ELY BROTHERS. Sc Warren Street, New York
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-02-13
Value Of the Average Man

What we call despair is often only the
painful eagerness Of unfed hope
George Eliot.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-02-13
The watohword of women.


Modesty is wOman's watchword. What
ever threatens her delicate sense of mod
esty, frightens her. For this reason many
woman permits diseases of the delicate
womanly organs to become aggravated
because she cannot bring herself to sub.
NIT to the ordeal of unpleasant question
ings, offensive examinations, and obnox-
ious local treatments, which some physi
clans find necessary. Doubtless thous.
ands OF the women who have taken advan-
tage OF DR.. Pierce's offer of free consul
tation by letter, have been led to do so bv
the escape thus offered from a treatment
repugnant to modesty. Any sick woman
may write to DR.. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
In perfect confidence; all letters being
treated as strictly private and sacredly
confidential. and all answers being sent in
plain envelopes with no advertising or
other printing upon them. DR.. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription has been long hailed
as "a God-send to women" 1t makes
weak women strong and sick women well,
"Favorite Prescription" contains no alco.
hol, neither opium, cocaine or other mar.
cotic.
Do you use an atomizer in treating Ma
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Ely's Liquid Cream Balm, the mildest
quickest, surest remedy for this disease.
In all curative properties it is identical
with the solid Cream Balm, which is SC
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Catarrh, Hay Fever and Cold in the head
There is relief in the first dash of spray
upon the heated sensitive air passages
All druggists 75c., including spraying tube
or mailed by Ely Bros. So Warren St.
New York
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-02-13

TIC DGBN III
you don't resent that authors fla
grant plagiarism
NO" answered Miss Cayenne. "Att
er reading the original portions Of hi.
work wish he had plagiarized mora
Washington Star.
The Obstacle.
II came near clipping once" said The
sweet young thing.
"Indeedr'
Eyes. We had quite made up our
minds"
"WhOr'
"Papa and l, but l could not find q
man who would elope with me-"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-02-13

Even an electric button won't accom-
plish much unless it Is pushed.-Phila-
delphia Record.
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TOILET ARTICLES.

The problem of replacing ones
stock of
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-02-13
Nasal
Gaia R Rh
In all its stages.
EIy's Cream Balm

cleanses, soothes and heals
the diseased membrane.
Itcures catarrh and drives
away a cold in the head
quickly.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-01-31
"Tsxas' Farmers Union. !.

Hon. w. A, Shaw, leader of the Texas
Farmers Union, was severe last week In
his criticism of the Southern Cotton Asso-
citation as ap organization. Among other
things he said: 'trhe Southern Associa-
tion is not produeers' association, a
large majority of the members being
non-prOducers, interested only in profits
In exchanges VI cotton above the price
the producers receive
"lThe producer must not forget that
while the convention in New Orleans
INDUCED in the usual general sweeping
denunciatiop of gambling in cotton
futures, gamblers in futufes from the
million. dollar capitalist down to the
bucket shop variety are recognized lead
ers of the Southern Cotton Association.
The real producers of cotton must not
forget gamblers in futures in New Or
leans are mainly responsible for the or
ganjzation of this association and that,
with them the leading object, announced
In ts.eey.hiTst cali as one of the leading OBJ
jects, is to make New Orleans the great
est tc,,tton market, hence the greatest
gambling hell in the world. There may
be enlisted enough honestly in the Asso-
ciation, however, to control the gam
blers."
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-01-31

A great deal of so-called olive oil
is even put up in this country from
cotton seed oil.
ADULTERATIoN OF COTTON OIL.
Millions have been made in this
country in the compounding bust
ness. Refined cotton seed oil which
did not find its way to Europe has
been used to make cooking com
pounds and sold to the public under
various names, and great deal of
the so-called lard is a very bad mix.
ture of cotton seed oil and refuse
hog fat. The cotton seed oil has
been used by the large packing
houses to render marketable lot of
refuse fat which, but for cotton seed
oil, would have gone into the manu-
facture of axle grease and soap. The
pure, refined cotton seed oil has been
mixed with this fat and in this way
the greater part of the lard and
cooking compounds is made.
Other sections have grown rich at
the expense of the cotton seed oil
mills of the South and they do not
intend to longer allow these middle
men to make the profit.
How will they prevent itp By
simply selling the pure refined oil
direct to the people of the section in
which their mills are located.
EXPERIMENTS TRIED.
The oil mills have learned that all
the leading hotels and cafes in the
world are now using refined cotton
seed oil in the place of lard. Being
vegetable fat it is more healthy
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-01-31
Baby Born 10 Americas Al smallss, Couple. 10,

There was born unto Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Boykin, at. the sanitarilro. In
Greenyille. s. c., on January 1S, "a
daughter. There attaches moro than the
usual amount of interest to the birth of
this child.
Mr and Mrs. Boykin are dwarfs,, and
are said to- be- the smallest persons in
America. They have been associated
with the Barkoot Carnival Company for
some time, having went To- Greenville
with this aggregation three months ago.
Mrs. BDykin is familiarly known as Doll.
eta, aud was the leading figure In one
Of the shows of this amusement COM
pany. On account of declining health
she was forced to give up her work after
the first two or three performances In
that city, since which time she has been
under treatment at the GreeIyille Sani-
tarium.
Mrs. Boykin is exactly % inche. In
height end her baby is lS inches, weigh.
ing six pounds Shs is the daughter of
parents of bormal size and is' the only
dwarf known in her family traced back
for many generations. Her husband
bears the same unique record of being
the only dwarf in his family, his parents
also being Dormal in size. The -physi-
clans state this accounts for the off
spring of the diminutive parents being
well developed and of normal size.
Mrs. Boykin is 30 small she cannot get
into common chair without assistance.
She cannot get into bed without a foot
stnOl or some other contrivance upon
which to climb. When seated in q chair
her feet are ID inches from the floor.
Her body is well developed, however,
her shoulders being broad and muscular.
She is intellectual to, a remarkable de-
gree and her head is crowned with a
weight of nut brown hair. She is 23
years of age and has been married year.
Both mother and child are doing well.
AS soon as Mrs. Boykin is able to travel
she and her husband will spend some
time at their Ohio home, after which
time they will again go on the road with
some theatrical company.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-01-31
Dlspensary Fight In Laurens.

Laurens, January 2O.-The county
board of election commissioners to-day
investigated all boxes, tabulated the
returns and prepared signed statement
to the effect: 1.-The most just and fairest
manner of disposing of the matter is to
declare that there has been no legal cleo
tion held in Laurens county as provided
for under tho Brice Act" and it was 30
declared. The commissioners declared
that they found all the allegations in the
petition correct, "besides numerous
other Irregularities in other boxes"
Counsel for both sides gave Immediate
notice of appeal, and it seems that the
contest has only begun The official
count, including the contest boxes, gave
mo Dispensary" 81 majority. To have
thrown out the boxes named in the petit
tion would have given the "Dispensary"
18S majority.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-01-31
Cotton Association Officers.

The Southern Cotton Association at its
business meeting at New Orleans re-
Gently showed appreciation of valuable
services rendered by re-eleoting Harvie
Jordan president and Richard Cheatham
secretary at annual salaries of $1,000
and $4,000 respectively. George T. Jes.
ter, of Corsicana, Texas, was elected
vice president, and f. III. Hiatt, of Co.
lumbia, s. c., treasurer, with salary of
$500. The salary of K. d. Smith, of
South Carolina, general financial agent
and organizer of the association, was
fixed at $1,000 a year.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-01-31
CAST TORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature sssss ses se lZxzz1zx

Millions of farmers have policies in the
life insurance companies whose rascali-
ing committee in New York. The dis
closures show that the funds of the
policy holders have been squandered in
most criminal way to feed lot of dis
honest officials, and for all sorts of dis
reputable speculations. Think of these
fellows paying themselves and members
of their family salaries ranging all the
way from $4,000 to $150,OOO. year, to
say nothing of all sorts of rakeoffs as
side lines. All this money is paid in as
premiums by hard-working people all
over the country, who often have to deny
themselves necessities to keep up their
policies. All these officials are overpaid,
not one of them should have over $4,000
a year, and most of them would be we'll
paid on tenth of that.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-01-31
"A sT oETA.
Bears the Hl The Kind You Have Always Bought
s's.s'''' .s IrHzZzzSM
Increasing Use Of Cotton Seed OIL.
Cotton Seed Oil Magazine.

The South is rapidly taking the
bull by the horns in the matter of
utilizing her products, and genuine
revolution is at hand in the matter
of cotton seed oil, that wonderful
product which few years ago was
actually thrown away.
The story of cotton seed reads like a
tale from the Arabian Nights. Hereto
fore the crude oil from cotton seed has
been sent away to the refineries to
be worked over before being placed
on the market. The bulk of even
this refined oil has been shipped to
Europe and there converted into
olive oil, which is conceded to be the
finest for culinary purposes of all the
fats ever discovered. Most of this
oil has been returned to this country
and sold at fancy price to those
who wanted only the best and who
were able to pay the price. 1t has
been thought that olive oil was with
out the reach of people of ordinary
means.
1t is now known that only small
/ percentage of olive oil has been i'm
ported in this country and instead of
getting what is supposed to be olive
oil, the people have been buying cot
ton seed. oil which has been favored
and otherwise doctored to diguise it..
1t is even said that foreigners are
beginning to show preference for
cotton seed oil over olive oil.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-01-31
Steel Splinter Removed from Brain.

Philadelphia, January 2O--A splinter
of steel that has remained imbedded for
three months in the brain of John, Nail,
Winston, N. g., was removed today by
the surgeons of jefferson Hospital. A
magnet had been depended upon to draw
out the steel, but it failed to move the
splinter. Thereupon forceps were used.
The steel was about three inches long.
DR.. Keen carried it away with him as a
memento of the greatest operation he
has ever performed. The patient is rest
ing comfortably, and unless untoward
complications set in he will recover.