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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-02-20
AMOUNTING STONES.
A Custom That Was Very Common
Among the Ancfenta.

A Custom That Was Very Common
Among the Ancients.
The custom of amounting stones with
oil Genesis xviii, IS, 49, and leaving
them as memorial pillars or objects Of
worship was one that was very COM
mon among the ancients. The stones
first worshiped were probably Of mete-
oric origin, which, having been seen to
fall from heaven, were easily associat-
ed with some deity. In Roman mythol-
ogy Abadires was the name given to a
stone which was worshiped because 1t
was the general belief that it had once
been swallowed by Saturn.
The standing images" referred to as
being prohibited in Leviticus (xxvi, y
are thought to have been these same
''anointed stones" In the light which
modern investigation has thrown upon
the curious customs Of the early east
the act of Jacob, which is recorded at
the first Scriptural reference mention
ed in this mote" is Of special interest
as showing the mood of his mind and
heart after a nights entertainment Of
such gracious and blessed vision. To
this day the amounted stones" Of the
orient are called bactylia, which Bo-
chart suggests may be derived from
Bethel, where Jacob first anolnted q
pillar as q sacred memorial.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-02-20
A MUSICAL LEGEND.
rhe Chinese story of the Eight Prfm-
tive Hidden Sounds.

The Chinese story of the Eight Prim-
tive Hidden Sounds.
The Chinese have some extraordinary
superstitions relating to music. Ac-
cording to their queer notions, the Gre
ator of the universe hid eight sounds in
the earth for the express purpose Of
compelling man to find them out On
piter, according to Virgil, hides fire in
flint and honey in trees in order to
whet the ardor of mans industry to
persevere in his efforts to rediscover
the hidden treasures.
According to the Celestial idea, the
stones, silks, woods of various kinds,
the bamboo plant, pumpkins, in the
skins of animals, in certain earths and
in the air itself. Any one who has ever
had the pleasure @ of seeing and lis
tening to a Chinese orchestra will re-
were made of all these materials ex-
cept the last and that the combined eff
forts Of the other seven seemed better
calculated to drive the ethereal sound
away than to coax it from the air,
which is really the object of all Chi
nese musical efforts. When the bands
play, the naive credulity of the people,
both old and young, hears in the thuds
Of the gongs and the whistling Of the
pipes the tones of the eternal sounds
of nature that were originally deDOSit.
ed In the various animate and mani
mate objects by the all wise Father
Exchange
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-02-20
CLOTHES IN KOREA.
Changed According to the Calenda
and NOT the Weather


Changed According TO the Calendar
and Not the Weather.
A characteristic of the Koreans
which has helped to their undoing as
nation was the fact that they were
guided wholly by precedent When a
new situation presented they did not
cope with 1t In the light of the day
they were living, but were guided en-
tirely by the old saws and the ancient
maxims of wise men who had been
dead a thousand years or so. A strik-
ing illustration of this national trait
was furnished in the matter Of their
wearing apparel which was changed
according to an ancient calendar and
without any regard to the temperature
of the day.
Korea is land of great extremes Of
heat and cold, and the man who draft
ed the calendar by which all clothing
is changed, though Chinese sage, 1t
is said, was not success as q weather
prophet, unless, as some maintain, the
climate In the course of the hundreds
Of years which have elapsed has chang
ed. When the calendar announces now
begins the period of greatest cold the
conservative Korean, although the air
may be soft and balmy, pads out his
white garments with six or seven
thicknesses of cotton wadding, until
the thin man becomes a fat man and
the stout party swells up to such enor-
nous size as to bleck up the streets
when he walks, or, rather rolls, abroad.
Again, though spring and early sum-
mer may have come and the heat pre-
vailing be almost tropical, the Korean
swelters about in his wadded clothing
in perspiring veneration of his heredi-
tary calendar.-New York Herald.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-02-20
A HISTORIC SHELLFISH.


The Purpura Was quite a Factor In
the worlds Civilization.
A small sea creature has done lot
to assist the development of civiliZa-
ton. 1t is known as the murex or
purpura. From it the Phoenicians
manufactured the Tyrian purple, the
origin of their wealth and prosperity.
AS each shellfish yielded but one drop
Of the dyeing material and as 300
pounds were needed to dye fifty pounds
of wool the home fisheries became In
time exhausted. Then, finding it neces-
sary to seek supply elsewhere, the
traders started on the first voyage of
discovery ever made. Owing to this
voyage the Mediterranean, with all the
countries that surround it, was dis
covered.
Through this small creature also the
first colonies were founded. The PhOe-
nicians, finding it impracticable to
bring home large shiploads of the fish,
built at those spots where the raw ma
terial abounded factories, which gradu-
ally developed into permanent settle
ments.
And as many of these colonies were
founded on Grecian islands the apt
natives quickly acquired the arts and
industries of their visitors, which were
soon diffused throughout Greece, and
the first seeds of civilization were
sown.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-02-20
THE TOY INVENTOR.
His Hardest Task Is to Catch the
Fancy of the Public

5is Hardest Task Is to Catch the
Fancy of the Public.
The small inventor is an important
factor In the mechanical toy business,
and he earns all of the living he gets
In thinking up devices. He is most con-
cerned with the small mechanical toys,
and, in addition to the prime requisite
Of putting forth something novel, he
must get something which costs as lit
tie as possible and which catches the
fancy of the multitude. This last point
is one which Is most difficult to cover.
No student of the subject has ever yet
been able to discover or deduce the
cycle In which the public taste moves,
and it is still hit or miss as to whether
figure which walks on Its hands, an
airship with wings or an acrobat who
works by gravity will be the best sell
er. Then, when the invention has been
achieved, the inventor has still the
problem Of finding the maker who will
buy it and pay fair price. The in
ventor and maker are In much the
same position as the writer and pub
Usher; both go through the same men
tai turmoil as to the timeliness Of the
output and both take the same risks.
The inventor who has been in the
business long learns at last the best
places at which to offer his wares and
has more or less of an idea Of what
they ought to bring him, and once he
has acquired this knowledge his entire
energy is devoted to keeping up with
the demand for newness. Something
absolutely different from anything else
previously offered is in general better
than an Improvement of an old idea
and that is why in mechanical toys the
same device is seldom seen two seasons
In succession.-Ph Philadelphia Record.
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The BARK OF TREES.
Natures Provision For the Relief Of
the Growing Plant.

Natures Provision For the Relief Of
the Growing Plant.
The practical cultivator understands
that nature makes provision for getting
rid of the bark of trees as the trunk in
creases in size. On the growth of the
past season may be seen small olive
spots. These are formations Of cork.
From year to year, in subsequent de-
velopment, these little patches spread,
really eating their way through the
bark. This is the provision which ma
ture makes for finally rlfting the bark
in each species of plant These cork
cells have their own special lines of de-
velopment, and this is the reason why
each kind of tree has its own particular
bark. The characteristics are so prom
Inent that clever observers can select
different kinds of trees by their bark
even at midnight. As it is the evident
intention of nature to get rid of old
bark, it is a great help to the tree to as
sist nature in this respect, and any
wash or treatment which aids the
plant in getting rid of it is a prac-
teal advantage. Soapy water wash or
I've water is useful, and even scraping
has been found of great advantage.
In a rough sort of way lime wash Is
frequently used the only objection be-
ing the white and gIaring color. 1t Is,
however, the cheapest and the best Of
all bark treatment
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-02-20
What is a cold in the head

What is cold in the head2 Nothing to
worry about if you treat it with Ely's
Cream Balm as soon as you begin to sneeze
and shuttle. Neglected, the cold may
grow into catarrh, and the air passages be
so infiamed that you have to fight for
every breath. 1t is true that Ely.s Cream
Balm cures catarrh, promptly and certain
~. But you know the old saw about the
ounce Of prevention. Therefore use Cream
Balm when the cold in the head shows
itself All druggists, 5Oc., or mailed by
Ely Bros, IS Warren Street, New York.
Nature has'ju st one pigment on he
palette with which she produces all the
marvellous tints of beauty, and that one
pigment is the blood. The shell like pink
beneath the finger nails the delicate rose
OF the cheek, the cherry ripeness of the
lips, the irridescent brillance of the eyes
are all produced by the blood. just as
the permanence OF beautiful painting
will depend upon the purity of the colors
with which 1t is painted, so the permance
OF beauty depends on the purity of the
blood. Paint, powder and cosmetics
won't avail to preserve beauty. Beauty
begins in the blood DR. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery is a true beautifer, be-
cause it provides for nature that pure
blood with which alone she can paint
The use of this medicine will cleanse the
skin. heighten the complexion, brighten
the eyes, and give to face and form that
radiance of health which is the greatest
charm of beauty. DR.. Pierce's Pleasant
Pellets are very effective in Kidding the
system of clogging residum, which &C.
cumulates with constipated habit.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-02-20

Though the Scottish guard of France
had long lost its natural character, 1t
jealousy retained until the crash of
1889 all its curious old privileges,
which, though they led to constant
wrangles with other regiments, had
been duly allowed by Louis XIV. he
was actually obliged to intervene at
his own wedding TO compose dispute
as to the precedence of the Scots
guards and the Cent gentilshommes.
Proud as a Scotchman'' was an old
proyerb in France, and their successors
in the bodyguard did their best to JUS
tify ii. But the most curious survival
long after word of Scotch had been
heard in the corps, was the practice OF
answering ''hamir' "a corruption for q
am here'D when the roll was called
which was religiously maintained, al
all events, down to the revolution
Macmillan's Magazine.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-02-20


The Fiddler Crab In Winter Quarters
In winter, when the surface Of the
ground in which it is accustomed to
burrow may become frozen or covered
with ice, the fiddler crab bores deep
into the mud or sand and stays until
spring. The black or mud fiddler fairly
riddles the meadow banks along the
salt creeks. 1t bores in, usually hori
zontally, and it may be as far as six
or eight feet from the face of the bank,
and then down into the mud at various
angles until it gets below the level of
the tide, which rises and falls through
the loose mud, in the fiddler crabs
burrow. There are myriads of the
black fiddlers, and they SO honeycomb
the bank that sometimes under the
added weight Of ice gathered upon the
top of it the bank breaks down.-New
York Tribune.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-02-20
HAIR POWDER.
The High Price of Grain In England
Sealed It's Doom.

scared 1Wn Doom.
During the last years of the eight
zenith century the price of grain in Eng
land was very high. So much -four
was used as hair powder that an at
tempt was made to check It's use. A
book, "At the Sign of the BARRIERS
Pole" contains copy of document
issued by the mayor, justices and
principal inhabitants" of Great Var
mouth, recommending the disuse of
hair powder for time.
I'VE fatter ourselves" they said in
this proclamation, which was issued in
January, 1895, 1.-The military viii not
hesitate to adopt 1t, being fully convinc-
ed that appearances are at all times to
be sacrificed to the public veal and
that In doing this they really do good.
Jan. 81, 1886"
In the following April party of gen.
tlemen at Woburn abbey entered into
an engagement to forfeit a certain
sum of money If any Of them wore
their hair tied or powdered within a
certain period.
Nevertheless the Tories regarded with
distrust persons who did not use hair
powder So late as 1920 a certain
Major Cox of Derby, an excellent Tory,
declined to allow his son to become a
pupil of well known clerical tutor,
for the reason that the clergyman did
not powder and that he wore his hair
short, which suggested that he must be
a dangerous revolutionist.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-02-20
BELLS AS BAROMETERS.
Their Tone VIII Indicate What the
weather VIII Re

Their Tone Will Indicate What the
Weather VIII Be.
Church bells can serve another pur-
pose besides ringing you to worship.
They make good substitute for a
barometer. AS the atmosphere is the
sole conductor of sound from the bell
to the ear, it is obvious that the in
tensity and quality Of the sound as
perceived by the ear will depend on
the state Of the medium through which
it comes. For instance, If bells sound
very distinctly of an evening, this
points to the probability of wet day
following, since air heavily charged
with moisture conducts sound better
than dry air. So, too, as dense air con-
ducts better than light air, bells sound
more clearly when the barometer is
high than when it is low, other things
being equal, and so, too, with hot and
cold air. These principles are familiar
to all country folk living within the
sound of church bells. About five
miles from Lebekke, in Belgium, there
are some small bells which are called
water BELLS" When they are heard
distinctly in the town rain Is sure to
follow.-London Spectator.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-02-20
ASPARAGUS.
It's Relation to the Famous Asphodel
of the Early Ages.

of the Early Ages.
has come down the ages with all the
weight of Greek and Roman approval
Plato ate it by the plateful, and Aris-
tophanes, the humorist. regarded 1t as a
great aid in digesting the crank phi
losophers of the day.
1t is an odd fact that this culinary
plant is closely related to the famous
asphodel, which was supposed by the
Rncients to be the leading flower in the
gardens of the elysium, the Greek pur-
gatory or paradise. A part of the
quaintness of this lies In the fact that
the roots possess purgative qualities.
The roots and fruit of both were for
merly much used in medicine for this
purpose.
According to the superstition of the
Romans, the names of the dead fed on
the roots of the asphodel They planted
1t, therefore, in and around the eeme-
teries; hence to this day it covers with
its beautiful golden blossoms as pro-
fusely as dandelions the Apulian hills
and valleys, and the sheep feed on it
greedily.
1t belongs to the same natural order
of perennials, and the only difference
between the asparagus and the as
phodel appears to be in the fruit and
the color of the flowers. So abundant
is the wild asparagus in the steppes of
Russia that cattle eat 1t like grass, just
as italian sheep devour its botanical
cousin
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-02-20
The Cen, of the collection.

Baron X had been going over the
museum of little country town, and
when about to leave he asked the cura-
tor If there was anything more to be
seen.
Eyes, baron" was the reply, there
remains little casket"
mo doubt used as a deposit for the
jewelry of some eminent personageT
inquired the baron.
mo, sir; that is where put the tips
given to me by visitors to the museum"
Paris Journal
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Not a safe Rule.

II believe" said the enthusiastic
young author. that the first thing a
man should do when he proposes to
write u paper of any kind is to get
full Of his subject"
II disagree with you" replied his
more mature friend. I'm fact, shud-
der to think Of what might result If /
followed your advice"
what are you working on?''
IAN address on intoxicating liquors
s.iafv
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-02-20

An English judge recently had an in
spiration. A defendant appeared too
dull to make defense or answer in
telligibly questions put to him by the
judge. Suddenly the judge said. Where
do you liver and the ineligible reply,
about five minutes off, was at once
forthcoming. Then just run home
and fetch your wife, and run a little
quicker than you talk" 1t was done,
and the wife's clear and businesslike
statement of the facts won the day for
her helpless husband.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-02-20
He stopped to Conquer.

English newspapers tell of young
cabman in Birmingham who by his re-
semblance to her dead son attracted the
fancy of wealthy old woman. She be-
queathed him fortune on condition
that he became an educated gentleman.
The cabman studied the classics enough
to fit himself for Oxford or Cambridge,
but doubted whether he knew enough
of the manners of young gentlemen to
conduct himself properly in their soci-
ETY.. So, putting pride in his pocket, he
obtained place as scout" or servant,
at one of those seats of learning and
profited so much by what he saw and
observed In this humble position that
when he eventually proceeded to the
other university as a student he was
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-02-20
Distances In Venezuela.

In travelling in Venezuela 1t is not
enough to ask how far distant a place
is, but also how far up or down-in other
words, what its altitude is, and, no less
important, what hills and valleys have
to be crossed. Thus it is not only
necessary to know that Caracas is six
miles distant in a straight line from La
Guayra, its seaport but that 1t lies at
an elevation Of nearly half mile above
sea level and that to reach it one has
to cross a mountain wall rising far
above the clouds. This, to the experience
ed traveller, means that he must pre-
pare for an entirely different climate
George NJ. L. Brown in St Nicholas.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-02-20
THE VALUABLE MOOSE.


1t Is the stan of Life In the Great
Northern Wilderness.
What the buffalo was to the plains,
the white tail deer to the southern
woods and the caribou to the barrens
the moose Is to the great northern belt
of swamp and timber land of British
America.
1t Is the creature that enables the ma
tives to live at all. Assisted in warm
weather by various fish, 1t bears prac-
tically the burden of their support. Its
delicious steaks are their staple food,
but its nose or muzzle is a delicacy. Its
hide furnishes the best clothing and
moccasin leather or provides snow
shoes that enable the hunter to kill
more moose. Its back sinew is the sew
ing thread Of the country, It's horns and
bones make tools, its hoofs can be con-
verted into rattles, and its coarse, bris-
tly name, six inches long and white ex-
cept the tips, furnishes raw material
for embroidery. When dyed with ma
tive dyes and skillfully worked into
leather and birch bark, these bristles
are as effective as porcupine quilts and
are, indeed, often mistaken for them
by the unskilled.-Ernest Thompson Sc
ton In Scribner's
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-02-20

"Yes, indeed; he's the homeliest man
In public life today. Haven't you ever
seen him?"
mo, but I've seen caricatures Of
him"
"Oh. they f1atter him. You should
see him." = Catholic Standard and
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-02-20

The fork takes its name from the
Latin furca, a yoke looking like an in
verted V. From this come the italian
forca and forchetta Qittle fork. The
latter word gives the French their
fourchette, while the English go back
to the former and retain the harder
sounding fork"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-02-20
Laying an Early Foundation.

WAS it necessary for you to kiss my
daughter the very first time you met
herw He
No, madam, not absolutely neces-
sary, but | wanted to get on friendly
basis with her as soon as possible
W0man's Home Companion.
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The Prize Medal Holder.

First AthletADo you see that gen.
tleman yonder? He holds the largest
number Of prizes and medals ever pos
sessed by any one man. Second Ditto
What. that fellow? He doesn't look
bit like champion. First Ditto-It
is Just as l tell you, though. He is a
pnwnbroker You see
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Love does not ask for projections: If
asks ONLY for its own. You cannot pro.
pitiate Il with gifts or satisfy it with
al virtues if you cannot pay it back
value for value in its own coin, and if
this tribute be paid it win forgive "
cry weakness. Woman's Life.
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We should make rich personality
our great aim instead of fat pocket
book. If the aim is directed toward
; the pocketbook the head will suffer,
the heart will starve, and the life will
deteriorate.-Succes Magazine.
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Unfamiliar win the Re.,t.

EYES," remarked the professor, 81
rather pride myself on the discovery OF
another hypothesis
Indeed replied Mrs. Cumrox, a lit
tie doubtfully. Il had an idea they
were quite extinct" -Washington Star
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Oid Lady compassionately) = Poor
Fellow! suppose your blindness is in
durable. Have you ever been treated :
Blind Man (sighing-Yes, mum, but
not often. 'Tain't many as likes to be
seen goin' into Il public house with a
blind beggar-London Tit-Bits.
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Tess-Aren't you going to choir re
hearsal tonight? Jess-No. Tess
You'd better. We're going to give that
new hymn trial Jess-Can't. l am
going to give new him a trial my.
self.
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"You must have money to be able to
offer me so beautiful an engagement
ring"
'Mast have had money, you mean
Houston Post
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A Touching Lament,

Addressing a political gathering the
other day, speaker gave his hearers
a touch of the pathetic. Il MISS" he
said, brushing away a not unmanly
tear-"I miss many of the old faces
used to shake hands with" = London
Globe