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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-04-03
LIQUOR WEAKENs THE WILL
One Of the Most Baneful Effects this
Drinker Who Desires to Stop
Using Alcoholic Stimuiants
Must Overcoms.

One of the first effects that constant
drinking has ON the individual is
weakening Of the will power. Though
he may at times awaken to the thought
that his indulgence In alcoholic stimu-
lation 10 getting the best Of him, and
he makes q sincere resolution to stop
drinking, he discovers when he endeav-
ors to put his resolution into practice
that the alcoholic craving, which Is
the root Of the trouble, has grown too
man reaches this stage 1t is time for
him to call halt and seek means to
destroy the craving before he Is hope.
lessly entangled IN the web of drink.
A prominent business man Of New
York, member Of the chamber Of COM
merce, known among his friends as
man OF Napoleonic will, stimulated
freely in order to work necessarily
during months when, owing to panic,
the investments Of nearly 10000 peo-
pie were imperiled, and he felt respon-
sible for their protection. When the
strain was over he decided to stop the
stimulant and was amazed to find him
self in hopeless bondage. In private
interview he had sought he said: doc
tor, never had my will baff1ed before,
but in this l am as helpless as baby.
/ have struggled in vain and in my
extremity have called upon my God
for help. To strengthen my will have
ON my knees recorded a solemn oath to
my God l would never touch whisky
again, but | have perjured myself to
my God. / do not believe l have q
spark of manhood left. Do you think
there is any hope for meT' At an age
that should have marked the prime of
his life that man went to his death
through alcoholism.
The Oppenheimer Treatment is a sue
cessfuI remedy for the cure of alco-
hOlism, which is Endorsed by many per-
sons prominent In national affairs,
business life and the social world.
Through its agency the craving for
alcohol is entirely removed within
forty eight hours and the patient re-
stored to health in short time. There
is no interference with the usual bust
ness pursuit, and consequently no pub
licity
II you are interested in the welfare
Of a relative or friend who has be-
come addicted to the drink habit, q
request to the Oppenheimer Institute.
New York, will bring you instructive
literature on alcoholism that may be
the means Of effecting radical change
for the betterment of the Individual
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-04-03
LineoIn and Hay.

From a somewhat careful study Of
the literary characteristics of Abraham
Lincoln and John Hay. as well as OF
their respective natural dispositions,
LesIie's Weekly is led to remark the
likeness between these two celebrated
men. They were both humorously in
clined, Lincoln in his somewhat homely
way, Hay in his more cultured style.
Each was able to clothe his ideRs-al-
ways notably permeated with charity
in clear, simple, logical English. On
special occasions each rose to heights
Of classical expression in voicing great
thoughts. One may almost conclude
that Hay was the perfected type Of
Lincoln's cruder personality and that
as a disciple Of his great leader, with
whom he was SO closely associated In
his younger formative days, he had
consciously or unconscfously imbibed
not only his masters style. but bis
spirit as well.
mere can DE no friendship w. We -.
virtue, for that intimacy which among
good men is called friendship becomes
faction when it subsists among the I'm
principlsd. -Sallust.
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Fetaehism-New style.

The case Of a German student who
is reported to have been arrested for
stealing plaits Of human hair Is an ex-
ample of what has been called fetch
ism, not inapt use Of an old term
for an old tendency A certain de-
ceased English nobleman of the pres
ent generation who used to pocket the
silver spoons of others when he went
into society was never believed to do
80 In order to enrich himself. He was
wealthy. A few years ago In a Man
chester court an elderly man of many
convictions was before the Judge. He
was not o mercenary thief. He had
always stolen one particular thing, to
the exclusion of all others-shovels.
Similarly, one remembers a woman
thief, with long record of previous
convictions, whose theft was always
OF one kind, and that not of a remu-
nerative description. Her fetch was
newly washed clothes hanging upon q
line to dry, and she never tried to DOS
sess herself of anything else. Fetch
Ism Is not confined to criminal psy-
chology. There seems strain of it in
the normal mind. A distinguished uni
versity graduate and traveller told me
that he found fetichism so universal
that much of his recreation In going
through the world lay in a constant at
tempt to discover the fetlch Of each
person he met.-Manchester Guardian.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-04-03
THE MOTORISTS JOYS.


Tribute to the Beauty and the De-
lights of the Road.
To ''see life steadily and see 1t
whole" was Matthew Arnold's ethical
aspiration. That Is how the motorist
sees the land he traverses. His teach.
er is the road. A road Is the most In
teresting and instructive thing ON
earth. 1t is the chain that binds q
country together; it is the artery along
which the lifeblood of a people flows
1t is the story Of their past, the exhibit
ton of their present, the presage OF
their future; it is the book of human.
ity, with picture and story and q
lesson on every page. The history OF
Rome is in her roads. Once know and
love the road and you can tolerate nc
other transit. Too fast? Read the
wonderful poem w. e. Henley wrote
after friends motor car had revealed
England to him:
Speed and the range of Gods skies,
Distances, changes, surprises;
Speed and the hug of Gods winds,
Beautiful. whimsical. wonderful
Read the whole Of this '1mperishabIe
poem" as William Archer calls 1t q
had the privilege Of giving 1t to the
public, and never talk to me again of
'going too fast to see anything" II
is just because we go fast that we see
everything.-Henry Norman, M. p, In
Scribner's.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-04-03


A most curious utensil Of a Bahaman
dwelling Is a big cement oven. like a
cone, at the back Of the house. In this
the family bread is baked. Bahamans
are physioiogicaliy starved, and their
thin, attenuated forms show 1t. An
unvarying diet Of fish and fruit is not
nourishing enough. and the fact speaks
for itself in these islanders. The white
Bahamas are hOmely and salIow un-
less burned SO that complexion Is q
thing of the past. They rarely-some
never-wear shoes; hence feet in these
ATTITUDES are feet and not merely the
ends of legs. used to gaze in admira-
ton at the feet that daily and nightly
visited our schooner The owners Of
the appendages could walk where q
shod foot could not bear to tread. The
skin becomes tougher than leather.
Black Bahamans are the finest speci-
mems of the negro race to be seen out
side of Africa-strapping fellows with
magnificent arms and chests. but they
are dreadful beggars and dreadful
liars.-LondOn Chronicle
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-04-03
Birch Bark shoes.

Shoes and other articles besides bas.
kets and cabinets are manufactured
from birch bark by the Russian peas.
antry. The bark from which these ar.
ttcles are made is from the inner skin
Of the Russian birch tree, common In
almost all parts of the empire. 1t ID
gathered spring and fall, and the proc
ess Is very simple one. An incision ia
first made around the trunk of the
tree, and the peasants have a knack OF
tearing or unwinding the bark from
the starting point, which gives them a
strip Of even width that they wind
into ball and keep through the win
ter until 1t is dry enough to use. 1t Ia
then made into shoes, baskets and 9th.
er useful articles. The bark shoes are
universally worn by the Russian peas
antry. Other shoes used In winter are
made of sleeps wool. These are man
ufactured by itinerant cobblers who
travel from house to house, using the
peasants own materials.
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Bit. Of wedasns Traa.tion.

Knives formerly formed part Of the
accouterments of a bride. This Is easi-
~ accounted for by the fact that an
GENTLY it formed part Of the dress for
women to wear knife sheathed and
suspended from their girdles. A bride
says to her Jealous husband in Dek-
ker's Match Me In London" 1881:
See. at my girdle hang my wedding
knives.
With those dispatch me.
The use Of bridesmaids at weddings
is of remote antiquity. Among the
Anglo Saxons the bride was led to the
church by a matron, who was called
the brides woman, and followed by q
company Of young girls, who were
called bridesmaids. 1t was at one time
the custom for the bridesmaids to lead
the bridegroom to church and for the
bridegroom's men to conduct the
bride. This is clearly alluded to In the
golfers Wedding
Two lusty lads, well drest and strong.
Step'd out to lead the bride along,
And two young maids of equal size
AS soon the bridegrooms hands surprise.
The bridegroom's men were ancient
Iy called bride knights, which was an
appropriate name at the period when
they actually fulfilled that Office.
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ESTABLISHED 1875

Inrown ISsln nve years. tuey-n nnu
US in little while. They know this
place"
But Edith could not see the humor Of
the situation
Il was q selfish, cruel thing" she
moaned. "Oh, you poor, poor boyw
Harry looked at her closely Then he
leaned forward and quietly took pos
session Of her hand
"Edith," he said softly, edith, do
you carer
Edith looked out into the dusk "a
cowboy" she thought, Just a plain
cowboyl What would they sayT" Then
with deep blush she looked into his
face. YES" she half whispered. "Pm
afraid do. You see, always said I'd
never marry any but college man."
us that sOi" chuckled Harry. well,
you're keeping your VOW 1 have a
sheepskin kicking around in my stun
somewhere"
And you never told mep Edith ex-
claimed
Harry looked up In surprise. Gee"
he said, I'D forgotten all about it."
And he sighed In absolute content as
he felt Edith's face against his coat
sleeve.
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weiI-B ear: Don't you hate monopoly 7
Let's break that one up"
Then in hurried whispers he told
what he had seen. Hartwell suppressed
a whistle, then said with a quick
breath: "Pll go you Take the taller
ONE
mo; I'm going to dance with the
other. Ghostlike masqueraders don't
demand formal presentation" DENIM
son whispered back as he shot out to
intercept the whirling visions. In a
wink he had his chosen one fast, and
Hartwell perforce took the other. To
gether they made the round of the long
hall-not once, but many times, the
ghost dancers moving so lightly they
did not even breathe more quickly. al
though their mortal partners at last
were painting.
How did you think Of it? How
dared you do itY' Hartwell asked as he
whirled and wheeled. The wrath In
his arms answered evenly: We've
been doing 1t this long time. 1t was a
sort Of outlet. Selma first thought Of
1t after we had found the lost key to
the big gate, but she never would have
had the courage to do 1t IL had not
egged her on. She wouldn't dare be
here tonight If | had let her think.
We have always gone home before 8
o'clock and climbed in by the library
window. This time we shall have to
be ghosts until morning. We can get
In on the heels of the milkman, and of
course we shall run away before un-
masking time. What would Aunt VIII
ton say If anybody told her we had
been here"
Probably disinherit you. should
Ike that Hartwell returned. Then
you wouldn't think. you couldn't, am
fortune hunting when l say / love
you
What more he might have said no
body knows. Just then there came
wild cries of fire and after them gen.
eral panic. Despite the pouring rain,
helped by the raging wind, the old
house burned like finder. Hartwell
had for moment left Bess. When he
looked for her he saw two vapory
creatures fleeing up the stairway.
Bess and Selma, madly bent on avoid
Ing discovery, meant to vanish that
way and escape up the back stairs by
which they had come. A wall of flame
blocked them. As they ran back from
it they heard shout: Stand still!
We are comingg" Then, up the long
main stair, came Hartwell and Denni-
son, to rush down half minute later
through licking flames, each with a
girls inanimate figure crushed against
his breast.
Right there was settled the question
OF a double wedding. Even Aunt VIII
ton insisted on it. Her nieces, she said,
needed stronger guardians. Both
matches have turned out to be IDEAL SO
much so that Hartwell and Dennison
say they shudder to think they gained
such happiness by barely the ghost Of
a chance.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-04-03
Avoid Headaches.

1t is generally thought that people
suffer from headaches owing to indi>
gestion or some similar cause, but they
often proceed from totally different
source fatigue of the muscles Of the
neck. People rarely exercise these mus
Giles unless compelled to; hence they
are weak and easily fatlgued, but II
given little work regularly many a
headache might be avoided The best
way to exercise them is to stand with
the shoulders against wall, keeping
the body motlonless Then move the
head backward and forward, then irst
to one side, then to the other, simply
By the action of the muscles Of the
neck. The muscles will feel stiff at
first, but exercise two or three minutes
a day and that feeling viii pass on.
The end gained is well worth the trou-
Bile, and the exercise also gives the
head better poise and beauties the
!
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-04-03

TO swair up and bust snds make your
self laughingstoek. Get hold of your
self and get your common sense back.
Don't leave me. widderr'
But she did. She went TO the hous.
and dallied around for long twenty
minutes and then returned. The dea
con had been thinking. He was red ir
the face, and his nose was bleeding
and there was roar like Niagara II
his head.
Wilder" he said as he became
aware that she had returned.
"Well?"
"I've got fourteen thousand dol
lars, and Pm goin' to give Burt anG
Eunice 5000 Of it for marriage pres
emit"
Every nice. Pm sure" replied thu
widow as she brought the ar and chop
ped the silver and let him tumble t.
the ground.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-04-03
PowDERlNG THE HAIR.
The Way This Custom Is said to Hav,
Originated.

The Way This Custom Is said to Have
Originated.
The custom Of powder1ng the hair
dates back as far as the sixteenth
century and was first introduced by
the nuns in French converts. Those
who had occasion to leave the clOisters
for any reason were wont to powder
their hair so as to make it appear gray
and give them a venerable look. The
fashionable danes were SO struck with
the novel effect of white powder on
dark hair that they soon appropriated
the device as one Of the arts OF the
worldly toilet. Out of this grew the
use of tints in the hair. The Roman
women often used blue powder, and
later, In 1880, Empress Eugene set
the fashion Of using gold powder.
Rome under the empire and Greece
during the time of Pericles were seized
with a mania for golden hair. The
bellies and tops Of the day devised sew
eral methods whereby black locks
might be changed to golden yellow, but
bleaching did not always succeed. Con-
ed with the fair haired tribes beyond
the Alps. who sold their locks to Latin
merchants, to be worn on the heads OF
Roman handles.
Many a dame dampened her raven
tresses in the strongest Of muriatic
acid and sat In the sun to bleach her
hair to the coveted yellow Others
used I've and afterward anointed their
heads with oil made from goat fat,
ashes of the beech tree and certain
yellow flowers.
The itinerant barber, who passed
down and out when people ceased to
use powder In their hair, was quite
parsonage In his day. He went from
house to house, armed with a soap
bowl to fit the chin powder boxes, po-
matum and puffs, was always news
monger and also a gratuitous scandal
bearer.
When wigs were in vogue the Ro-
man danes had in their wardrobes as
many wigs as costumes, and when the
choice of wig was made 1t was nee
essary to arrange the eyebrows, lashes
and complexion in harmony. 1t was
then that the slaves were specially
charged with the makeup of the face,
a delicate operation called by Cicero
'Medicaments candoris ct ruboris."
There were some cunning devices In
vogue among the bellies of the old
world for giving expression to the eye.
The most reckless of them were wont
to place a single drop of that deadly
poison, prussic acid, In the bottom Of
wine glass and hold 1t against the
eyes for two or three seconds, or, more
rashly still, they would take a small
quantity piece not larger than a
grain Of rice-of an ointment contain
ing that mortal drug, atropia, and rub
it on the brow. Each of these was sup
posed to give clearness and brilliancy,
expand the pupil and impart fasci-
mating fullness and mellowness to the
eye. Certain slightly pungent and vol
atile perfumes, such as oil Of thyme,
were occasionally worn on the hand
kerchief, causing the eyes to glitter
and sparkle The eye was made to APP
pear large, full and almond shaped by
the use of fine pencil dipped in anti
monial sulphur or Egyptian black,
rubbed upon the lids along the angle.
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Humble Pie.

The term humble pie originally car
ried no opprobrium with it. 1t was a
pie made out of the 'humbles'' or
'numbles," from the Norman French
''nombrils" e.. the entrails of deer.
To this day 1t is highly esteemed in
Scotland and in northern parts Of Eng
land. So late as the time Of Pepys
tumble pie" was served as part of the
menu OF gentleman's table on an ex-
traOrdinary occasion. Some writer's
derive the contumelious use Of the
phrase ito eat humble pie" from an al
legged custom of serving umble pie be-
low the salt, or at the second table
But this is not supported by authority
1t more probably came into use simply
through the similarity Of sound, there
being no similarity Of meaning what
ever between the noun umbles or num-
bles and the adjective humble.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-04-03
TUCkERTON RAILROAD
Via PennsyIvania Railroad
November 4. 1905.
The Burlington and Bristol Sseamboat
Ferry Company.

Schedule In effect 100 g. M, December T. 1906
LEAVE BRISTOL FOR BUELINGTON.
100 500. 500, 1000, LOO q. M, lzSo, l-So, ~
$50, 40, go p. m.
On Sunday first boat leaves at 500 .. M Last
boat leaves at 5.21 p. M.
LEAVE BURLINGTON FOR BRISTOL.
7lO $50 $50, 1880, 1l.30 a. M, leo, 200, 300,
100, 500, $50 p m.
On Sunday first boat leaves at $50 q. M. Last
boat leaves at $50 p. m.
The above trips will be run on schedule
time, unless prevented by Ice. Wnen tners
10 ice in the river no trips WILL pc guarantseo'
The boat for the performances in the Audi
torium will leave Bristol at TAO p. m. Return
ing will leave Burlington twenty minutes
after the performances
No trips win be guaranteed in foggy weather.
WILLIAM Il. DOR0N,
Sec'y. Treas and Gen1 Manager.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-04-03

The velocity with which solar storms
move Is very great, and they sometimes
extend over a space several times as
large as the whole Of the earth's sur
face. In common parlance they are
called sun spots" but as they are
known to have a rotary motion ex-
actly similar to terrestrial cyclones
they may be regarded as true solar
storms. 1t has been computed by en-
inent astronomers that these sun
storms move with the astonishing We
locity Of 100 miles per second, and
we can best form an adequate concep-
ton of what the force of such q storm
must be by comparing 1t to an earth
storm moving at 100 miles an hour,
which Is indeed a terrible hurricane.
Darlington and HOdgson, the English
astronomers, described sun storm
which Travelled $4,000 miles In five min
utes, and In 1871 Professor Young of
Cincinnati witnessed one that Travelled
106 miles per second for f0rty-tve min
utes and constantly threw sheets Of
fame and fiery matter to height Of
not less than 100000 miles above the
suns disturbed surfaced
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TROLLEY TIME TABLES.
BURLINGTON COUNTY RAILWAY co.
in connection with Camden and Suburban
Railway Company.

in connection with Camden ana SUBURBAN
Railway Company.
In effect Saturday, November 6. 1905.
Leave Fountain, Mount Holly for Burling
ton at $50 q. M, and every hour thereafter
until and including ll.30 p. M.
Leave Broad and High streets, Burlington
for Mount Holly at 6.l5 a. M. and every nouI
thereafter until and Including l2.O5 past mid
night 49,
Leave Fountain, Mount Holly, for Moores
town and Camden. at 5.44 g. m. and every hall
hour thereafter until and including IA p. m
After that 8.A, 9.44, 10.44, ll34 liza.
Leave Camden Ferry for Mount Holly a. ON
a. M. and every hall hour thereafter until and
including 7.0S p. m. and then every nour IN
til and including l20S past midnight.
Club cars that leave Camden Ferry al oos
q. M, $50, 40 and $40 p. M. make connection
for Mount Holly.
Club car connects with cars leaving burnns
ton at Az o. M; Fair Ground, sos, s.oe q. M
A.ao and SOC d. m.
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CinDEH AND suBuRBlH RAILWAY CO
SCHEDULE.

W I'M EIs oOH41111 . LIT
Daily-Leave Ferry every 80 minutes from
sos, 6.SS q. M, to. 1908 p. m. Then every W
minutes to l208 a. m.
Leave Moorestown every ~ minutes from
Saturday.-Leave Ferry every ~ minutes
all day from Gus, 5.38 a. M, to l2oS q. M
Leave Moorestown every W minutes rom
bx2 q. M to ll.42 p. m, and l2..W a. In.
Sunday.-Leave ferry from Gus q. In. to l20s
q. m. every 80 minutes.
Then l2.07 a. m.
Club cars run daily, except sunday, and
6.O6 p. M
Leave Stanw1ck avenue, Moorestown, at
70l, SOL, 6I4, y44 q. M, 4sl, 6l4, 6ol 90 =. IN
$50 a. M, II 3d. l.z0, 22u, 100, $50, 40 62O 6O6
p. m. s-.-
7Ol $40 S44, g.44 a. m I.3i, 2el, S0l, 5Sl, 4.5i,
ola, Sol, 6.45 p. m
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The Colonel fancy your wife lost
her temper today Smith-Not bit Of
it. She has an inexhaustible supply
illustrated Bits.
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An Erpen.ive Complaint.

Howell-What Is your wife's trouble
Powell--Cataract She wants me to
take her to Niagara falls.-New York
Press.
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mabel, l sometimes think you only
married me for my money"
'sThose lucid intervals are encourag.
Ing"