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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-08-07

Action from youth, advice from mid
die age, prayers from the aged.-Ha
siod
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-08-07

81 feel as if | should fly to pieces. How
often those words are on woman's lips
They express to the uttermost the nerve
racked condition of the body which makes
life daily martyrdom. If this condition
had come suddenly it would have been un-
bearable. But the transition was gradual.
A little more strain each day on the nerves.
little more drain each day of the vitality.
Any woman would be glad to be rid of
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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-08-07

Go on and make errors and fall and
get up again. Only go onl-Brackett.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-08-07

Old Saying With New Meaning.
The saying Cast not a clout till
May be out" has been understood to
be a caution against laying aside win
ter clothing until the month of May
has ended. A correspondent of Lon
don Notes and Queries says that an
old gardener he knows gives diffe--
ent turn to the proverb, affirming tha
after the may has come into bloom
there is never any further danger of
frost and the saying is really eau
ton against throwing aside extra gar
ments not until the month has come to
an end, but until the may be out in
hlnSSnm
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-08-07

Just arrived from Great Britain, and
are to be Sold on board the Ship Alice
and Elizabeth, Capt. Paine Command
er, several likely WEIGH and English
Servant Men, most of them Trades
men. Whoever inclines to purchase
any Of them may agree with said
Commander, or Mr. Thomas Noble,
Merchant, at Mr.. Hazards, in New
York; where also is to be sold several
Negro Girls and Negro Boy, and like
wise good Cheshire Cheese.-New York
Gazette, September, 1882.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-08-07

Stella-He told me 1 looked sweet
enough to eat
Bella-He doubtless meant you were
well preserved -NewfYork Sun.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-08-07

Alfred de Musset once said, None
laugh better and oftener than a WON
an with fine teeth,
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-08-07

Inebrfety and the Eating of Fruit. r
There Is but one sure cure for the
drinking disease or habit, and that is
the simplest of all. The cure consists
in eating fruits. That will cure tt
worst case of inebriety that ever af-
flicted a person. 1t will entirely de-
stroy the taste for intoxicants and will
make the drunkard return to the
thoughts and tastes of his childhood.
No person ever saw a man or woman
who liked fruit and who had an ap-
petite for drink. No person ever saw
a man or woman with an appetite for
drink who liked fruit. The two tastes
are at deadly enmity with each other,
and there is no room for both of them
in the same human constitution. One
will surely destroy the other.-What to
Eat
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-08-07
A Erench Verdict.

All juries have way Of tempering
justice with mercy and strict logic
with good or bad sense. French juries
excel in these practices. A Nine. Ca
naby of Bordeaux was accused of hav-
ing forged two prescriptions and of
having thereby obtained large Quanti-
ties of poison, some of which she adj
ministered to her husband, who nearly
died and was only saved by his doctor,
who suspected something wrong and
took him away. The evidence was
overwhelming, for the prisoner COM
pletely failed to give any plausible ex-
PLANTATION as to why she wanted the
poison enough, as the chemist said, to
kill two regiments. Nevertheless the
jury found Nine. Canaby guilty OF
forging the prescriptions, but not guilty
of attempting to poison her husband.
Perhaps the jury thought the husband
imprisoned was punishment enough in
himself for one crime.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-08-07

One may purchase in New York q
gown apparently made by any one OF
a dozen celebrated French dressmakers
address of the Paris house on its waist
band-which was made entire on this
side the water. Years ago a few of the
noted Paris dressmakers sold their
Wristbands to foreign makers Of
gowns. 1t is said that one or two of
the other famous houses found that
makers in other cities were counter
feiting their waistband marks. Decid-
ing to reap some benefit from what
they could not prevent, they began
selling marked wristbands to be at
tached to dresses made in London,
New York and elsewhere.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-08-07
QUAINT BITS OF NEWS
A PICTURE OF NEW YORK LIFE IN
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.

Items and Advertisements Quilted
From the Newspapers of the City
From 1890 to 1885 A Strenuous
Method of Reforning a Husband
Publick Notice is hereby given, That
Nicholas Bayard of the City Of New
York has erected a Refining House for
the Refining Of all sorts of Sugar and
Sugar Candy, and has procured from
Europe an experienced Artist in that
Mystery. AT which Refining House
all persons in City and Country may
be supplied by Wholesale and Re-tale
with both double and single Refined
Loaf Sugar, as also Powder and Shop
Sugars, and Sugar-Candy, at Reason
able Rates.-New York Gazette, Au-
gust, 1870.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-08-07

NewYork, March 20, 1732.-We hear
from Hampstead on Long Island, that
Last Week the wife. Of William UNI
phrys of that Township was brought to
Bed of a Dauter. which Child's Grand
father hath Grandmother yet living;
being arrived at that age that she can
say-Grandson send me your Grand
daughter, that l may have the Pleas
ure to see of my Issue, one of the
Fifth Generation!
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-08-07

To be Sold by Peter Lynch, near Mr..
Rutgers Brewhouse, very good Orange
Butter, it is excellent for Gentlewomen
to comb up their Hair with, it also
cures Childrens sore Heads.-1734.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-01-30
REMOVING IN. shutt.r.

An uptown man who may be desig-
mated as Mr.. Blank was asked by his
wife the other day to aid In removing
inside shutters from windows through
out the house so that they could be
washed. Being In a hurry, he asked
his better half to defer the matter I'M
til his return from the office. "rII do
1t myself" was her retort "Don't,"
was Mr.. BIS counsel as he departed !;
women don't understand such work. ("
This of course only more firmly decid-
ed Mrs. Blank to go ahead, and when
Blank returned that night he found
the shutters down. His wife was nurs-
ing several lacerated fingers, but she
wore triumphant air 1.-THE screw
driver slipped once or twice." she ex-
planned in response to his inQuirinR
glance at her bandaged digits. Screw
driver slipped" repeated Mr.. B. in q
dazed tone. Great snakes, womanl
You don't mean to say you unscrewed
all the shutter hingesY "Of course. !"
said his wife complacently. What
other way could l get the shutters
DOWN. For answer Blank lifted a
shutter and pulled the pin out Of one
Of the hinges, showing that the taking
down Of each shutter only involved the
removal Of two pins. When he figured
that there were ten pairs of shutters
and each pair required the driving of
sixteen screws to put them up he
swore while his wife Philadel-
phia Record.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-01-30
A Buttered Book.

How the Rev. Mr.. Johnston, Scot
fish minister and the author Of numer-
GUS books, succeeded in getting one Of
his works reviewed by Alexander Rus
sci, the distinguished editor of the
Scotsman, is told by the writer Of ''Fa-
nous Editors"
A member of Mr.. Johnston's congre-
cation was an old and valued servant
In Mr.. RussePs family. When the
preacher published his new book he
asked this member to bring it under
the notice of her master, with the re-
quest to review it in the columns of
the Scotsman. Glad to be of service
to her master, the good woman lost no
time in making her wish known to the
celebrated editor and next morning
placed The Gospel Rolf beside his
breakfast cup.
When at breakfast, Mr.. Russell took
up the book and remarked, with a mer-
ry twinkle In his eye, Helen, this is an
awful dry roll which you have given
me this morning."
Perhaps it is, sir. " the servant quick
ly replied, but you can butter it weel
on both sides"
Next morning an excellent review ap-
peared.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-01-30

Aid In sucn u case Is iU message
sent TO the citizens friendsr ques-
toned Miss Anthony.
Certainly. If Mr.. Pearson had any
clerk or secretary In his office the dep
uty marshal would likely notify that
person, and Mr. Pearson could send a
message to his family If he has one"
Miss Anthony and Miss Darling ex-
changed glances. They knew that Mr..
Pearson had no family and at the time
Of his unwelcome seizure he had no
clerk, and Miss Anthony knew why no
message had been sent to her.
And Mr.. Pearson cannot come away.
he is-he is held thereT'
Held by the government" he replied
smilingly.
Miss Anthony thanked him courteous
ly, and he passed on.
Miss Darling unlocked the door, and
the two girls entered the office.
rs the work Mr. Pearson wanted
done all stenographic work. Miss An
thOny asked
mot all. There are some abstracts to
be copied and
Il shall help you" with gentle deci-
sion.
When the grand jury adjourned Unit
ed States Marshal Brown handed a
note to Juryman Pearson.
Miss Darling and have your work
nearly DONE read the astonished Pear
SON. PLEASE come to me as soon az
you are released. think we had better
arrange matters SO that If you are held
by the government again you will have
some one to whom a message must be
sent"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-01-30

In his "Die Anfaenge der Kunst'
caThe Beginnings Of Art') DR.. q.
Crosse investigates primitive art and
its sociological aspects. He shows how
in the dance there was social evolution.
The dance was among savages a sig
nifcance and value which civilized
races do not appreciate. The dance
originally might not have been for the
pleasure 1t gave. That came later. At
first the dance may have been one Of
the preparatives for war or a propitia-
tory act. Anyhow 1t brought men to-
gether and became a social factor. It
must have gone, too, hand In hand, or,
rather, foot by foot, with music. At
first such music was simply rhythmical.
Possibly all the early hunting folks
danced. We may not today deem dane
ing an art, but it was motive power.
1t must have helped to bring about per-
sonal decoration, and then came the
first faint glimmer of an aesthetic con-
ception.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-01-30
CHRISTMAS.

Negroes consider Christmas day the
best in the year for wedding
Christmas was first celebrated as q
feast Of the Christian church about the
year 100 A. d.
at Culdaff, In Ireland, the game Of
kamman, sort Of hockey, is played ON
Christmas day.
A leaf from Christmas decorations Is
preserved In Yorkshire as a remedy
against toothache.
Scottish servants each endeavor to be
the first to draw water from the well
on Christmas morning.
1t is an old Irish superstition that
gold should not be paid away on
Christmas day nor silver lent
Christmas day at Cape Town is usual
ly celebrated with picnics. The tenn
perature averages 81 degrees.
On Christmas morning In Norway
every gateway, gable or barn door ID
decorated with a sheaf Of corn fixed on
a tall pole in order that the birds may
eat from it their Christmas dinner.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-01-30


Count Boyenta, Nine. Modjeska's
husband, was arranging with Senator
Tabor for Modjeska's first appearance
In Denver, and the founder Of dramatic
art In Denver asked what parts she
played.
'Well,' said the count. there is Ma
~ Stuart"
who wrote it?" asked Tabor.
Schiller" said the count.
"Is he a nrst class dramatistr asked
Tabor.
Surely, surely" said the count. "He
b most illustrious."
"Humph! Never heard Of him." COM
mented Tabor. What else does she
DOR
"'As You Like It, Antony and Gle
opatra,' Macbeth -
"Who wrote themT
Shakespeare"
Flows he? Good writerr'
Excellent; excellent"
"Well," said Tabor ruminativeiy,
those fellows may be all right as au-
thors, but they amt well enough known
to suit the people out here. What we
want Ia something popular, something
that everybody's heard of. tell you
what you do-you get her to give us
something OF Hoytsw-Harper's Week
w.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-01-30
J0S sS1 : place ::::==e 80 ~ -
behind a thousand dollars 2"

JoS is1 : place ::=e - ~ 80 49,
behind thousand dollars 2"
That's what / said" rather testify,
"aud enough for man to lose every
year, the Lord knows"
Allan whirled to Lois.
"In take all that back once more"
he cried, what said last. can make
a living, and want you to help me"
Then to his puzzled host: Don't you
sell the farm. sir. There won't be any
need. thought Lois-she's promised
to be my wife, you know-meant
pounds. That's what I've been losing.
But yours are dollars-dollars Don't
you see the difference will be nearly
four housand-dolIars? That will be
a nice profit for US, with what the farm
yields. will buy part Of the valley,
or the whole of it If you like, or we will
live ON 1t together"
Mr.. Bristow was choking
you and Lois may fix that up be-
tween you," he gasped at last. The
problem is too complicated for me. But
I'm glad the valley isn't to be sold
Now let us get the dogs on a new
scent. The foxes will be getting old
and fat II we leave them like this"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-01-30

A German beekeeper undertook to
carry some of his choicest bees TO d
bee show. He took train in Hanover
with his bees in a basket at his feet
The bees escaped from the basket and
crawled up bis trousers legs. His &C
tons soon aroused suspicious In the
hearts of two women who occupied the
same compartment with him. They
pulled the bell cord and stopped the
train. When the bee fancier explained
the situation he was placed In an emp
ty compartment to have it out with
the bees all by himself Here he re-
moved his trousers and began shaking
them out Of the window to free them Of
the swarm Unfortunately they caught
a telegraph pole and were swept away,
bees, money and all. At the next station
the irate station master brought forth
the reluctant bee fancier in a rug, and
he pawned his watch to acquire decent
rairnent to walk back along the line Ia
search of his bees and trousers.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-01-30
ESTABLISHED 1875

70 snoot at. She was waving that gun
round so she'd have blown the whole
side of the car off If she had fired. II 1t
had been a man we'd plugged him, but
we haven't been used to feminine soci-
ETY. lately, and we were kinder taken
aback."
Sage, the superintendent, took much
the same view Of it the next morning
when he had Halliday in the Office.
"Of course" he said, lit was a dis
tinct violation of the rules to have the
girl aboard. and yet it was the fact that
a woman was holding them up that did
the trick"
Il didn't let her come on the car"
protested Halliday, to whom violation
Of the rules seemed more important
than the capture of the outlaws.
well" said the superintendent, with
just the suggestion of smile, the best
way to stop that is to get you a place
as express agent and keep you In the
station. That ought to keep your wife
from breaking the rules about strangers
In the cars. With the larger salary and
the $4,000 reward you ought to make
pretty fair start"
Cant start any too quick for me-"
muttered Halliday, and he proved it the
next morning by getting married.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-01-30

John Wesley, founder of the Metho-
dist church, was born at Epworth, Eng
land, on June II, 1903, and died in
London on March 2, 1791, aged eighty
eight years. He was educated at Ok
ford university and entered the min
istry Of the Church of England, which
corresponds to the Episcopal church
In this country. Three years after
General James Oglethorpe had founded
the colony Of Georgia he came over at
Oglethorpe's request mainly to convert
the Indians. This was in 1875. On
the voyage he met and conversed with
some Moravians, and ON his return to
England he studied that religion and
was converted to it. After further
study Of the Morayian doctrines he
was moved by unconquerable zeal to
declare free salvation to all men
through simple faith in Jesus Christ.
On May IL, 1889, he laid at Bristol,
England, the cornerstone of the first
Methodist church building.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-01-30
A 1.-THE Collector.

When any one, even the minister, at
tempted an argument with Miss Maria
Higgins, he was pretty sure to find
himself worsted in the end.
The minister objected at times to the
firm manner in which Miss Higgins
placed his duty before him at every
opportunity, although he had a great
respect for her character.
Il can't see my way to preaching q
sermon on tithes just yet" he said
meekly, one day, when Miss Higgins
had been making him long call 1.-THE
people haven't much money, you know.
Miss Higgins, and they can't divide I'D
other things very we'll Even you
couldn't, always. Suppose, for In
stance, you should go home and find
your hens had laid fifteen eggs, how
would you manage to give a tenth Of
them to the Lord?"
Il should come back and take YOU
and your wife home to tea with me-"
said Miss Higgins, with a grim smile,
and | guess when I'd made q scram-
bic OF six of those eggs and set you
two down to it the Lord would get his
1.-THE fast enough
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-01-30

A country justice of the peace called
upon a retired attorney and. after pre-
senting a statement Of facts; asked az
a matter Of friendship for a legal opIn-
ion upon them. This the attorney gaTe.
When the attorney had finished the
squire rose and said:
well, those are just the facts In a.
case l am a-going to try next Saturday
In my court, and / knowed you would
give me the right kind of an opinion,
SO l como to you. The costs in that
case will be just $3.50, and am will;
ing to divide with you When l was;
a candidate some Of the folks in my
county lowed didn't know, enough to-
run this Office, and l intend to show.
them that do. The next case I have
l will come to you again, and we will
run that court right or bust a ham,
string a-trying"
With that the justice of the peace
dropped 1878 on his astonished friends
desk and took his departure. (.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-01-30
MENTAL ATTITUDE.
1t Has Much to Do With WinMtn@
Success In Life.

II Has Much to DO with WinMinm
Success In Life.
The mental attitude which we al
ways hold toward our work or our aim
has everything to do with what we
may accomplish. If you 60 to your
work with the attitude Of a slave who
goes dashed to his task and see in II
only drudgery; If you work without
hope, seeing no future In what you are
doing beyond getting a bare living; II
you see no light ahead, nothing but
poverty, deprivation and hard work
all your life; II you think that you
were destined to such hard life, you
cannot expect anything else than that
which you look for.
If, on the other hand, no matter how
poor you may be today, you can see
better future; If you believe that some
day you are going to rise out of hum
drum work, that you are going to get
up out Of the basement of life into the
drawing room, where beauty, comfort
and joy await you: if your ambition ia
clean cut and you keep your eye stead
lily upon the goal which you hope to
reach and feel confident that you have
the ability to attain it, you will accom-
plish something worth while. The d.
rection of your effort will follow your
eye. If that looks up as well as on,
you will climb
That one quality of holding persist
emily the faith In themselves and new
er allowing anything to weaken the be-
lief that somehow they would accom-
plish what they undertook has been the
underlying principle of all great
achievers. The great majority of men
and women who have given civilization
great uplift started poor and for
many dark years saw no hope of ac-
complishing their ambition, but they
kept on working and believing that
somehow way would be opened.
Think of what this attitude of hopeful
cess and faith has done for the worlds
great inventors - how most of them
plodded on through many years Of dry,
dreary drudgery before the light came,
and the light would never have come
but for their faith. hope and persistent
endeavor.
What if they had listened to their
advisers Even those who loved them
tried to beg them to give up the fool
ishness of coming their lives into that
which would never be practical or use
full. We are enjoying today thousands
Of blessings, comforts and conveniences
which have been bequeathed us by
those resolute souls who were obliged
often to turn a deaf ear to the plead
struggled on amid want and woe for
many years.-Success.