davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-02-26
SILK or THE SPIDER.
The Delicate Machinery That Spins
the LIQUID Threads,

The Delicate Machinery That Spins
the Liquid Threads.
The snider is able to secrete at least
three colors of silk stuff-the white,
which forms the web, and the en-
swathement of captives and the egg
cocoon: the brown mass that fills the
cocoon interior and the flossy yellow
between that and the inside of the
sac The glands end in minute ducts
which empty into spinning spools reg
ularly arranged along the sides and
upon the tips of the six spinnerets, or
spinning mammals" or spinning fin
gers" which are placed just beneath
the apex of the abdomen. The spin
nerets are movable and can be flung
wide apart or pushed closely together
and the spinning spools can be man.
aged in the same way.
The silk glands are infolded in mus
cular tissue, pressure upon which, al
the will of the spider, forces the liquid
silk through the duct into the spool
whence it issues as minute filament
since it hardens upon contact with the
air. One thread as seen in web MAJ
be made up Of number Of the fila
ments and is formed by putting the
tips of the spools together as the liquid
Jets are forced out of the ducts. Wher
the spinnerets are Joined and mum
Der of the spools are emptied at once
their contents merge, and the sheets
or ribbons are formed which one seei
In the enswathement Of captive o.
the making of Arglope's central shield
This delicate machinery the owner OPP
crates with utmost skill, bringing int
play now one part and now anothe
and again the whole with unfailini
dizziness and mastery complete.-Dl
H. c. McCook in Harper's.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-02-26
THE LicoRlcE PLANT.


Where 1t Grows and How Its Black
Juice Is Treated.
Black licorice Is made from the Juice
of the licorice plant, mixed with starch
to prevent it from melting In hot
weather. The licorice plant grows for
the most part on the banks of the
Tigris and Euphrates rivers, which
flow through immense treeless prairies
of uncultivated land. The climate of
these great plains is variable. Half the
year 1t Is mild and pleasant, but for
three months it is very cold, and for
three months in summer hot winds
sweep across the country, raising the
temperature to 104 degrees for weeks
at time.
The licorice plant is a shrub three
feet high and grows without cultiva-
ton in situations where its roots can
reach the water The usual time Of
collecting is the winter. but roots are
dug all the year around. At first the
root is full of water and must be
allowed to dry, a process which takes
nearly year. 1t is then cut Into small
pieces from six inches to a foot
long. The good and sound pieces are
kept, and the rotten ones are used for
firewOod
AS the valley of the Euphrates con-
tanned one of the earliest civilizations
in the world, 1t is probable that licorice
Is about the oldest CONNECTION extant
and that the taste, which pleases near
ly all children today, was familiar to
the little brown boys and girls of
Babylon and Nineveh 5000 years ago.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-02-26
THE FIRST zoo.

China, II Seems, Counts That Among
Her Many Records.
The Chinese had the first ZOO. Men
ageries are thought to owe their orr
gin partly to the cult of sacred ami
mails and partly to the ambition of
rulers to possess specimens of rare and
valuable creatures from foreign lands
the simplest forms geological gardens
were one of the earliest Developments
of culture and were familiar to the
Chinese, Indians, Greeks, Romans and
pre-spanish Mexicans in ancient times.
The Oldest recorded menagerie Is Chi
nese, dating from 1850 B. G. The den
Of lions kept by Darius, as described
in the book of Daniel, is an example
of one Of those primitive menageries,
while the cult of sacred white horses
by the ancient Greeks and Romans
and that of so called white elephants
In Burma and Siam are instances Of a
second type. A live giraffe was re-
ceAved at the menagerie of Schonbrunn
as early as 1928.
The Paris establishment is regarded
as the earliest entitled to the designa-
ton geological gardens" in the mod
ern sense Of that term, which owes Its
origin, however, to the formation Of
the menagerie in the Regents park.
OF German establishments of this sort
the one at Berlin is the earliest
Amnrfnon z0os nofa hlo AIMING which
is New York and Chicago are among
the completest in the world. = Elk
change
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-02-26

There are women who seem to be peren-
nially youthful. The grown daughters are
companions as well as children, and the
color in the mothers cheeks, the bright.
ness in her eyes, and the roundness of her
form, all speak of Astounding health.
What is her secret? She is at the middle
age of life when so many women are worn,
wasted and faded, and yet time has only
ripened her charms. The secret of this ma
tronly health and beauty may be told in
the brief phrase, DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription. The general health of
woman is so intimately related to the local
health of the delicate womanly organs,
that were these who are diseased, the
whole body must suffer "Favorite Pres
cription" dries the facilitating drains.
heals liberation and inflammation. cures
female weakness, and imparts to delicate
organs natural vigor and vitality. WON.
en- who have lost their health and their
beauty have been made robust and ROSY
checked" by the use of this marvellous
medicine.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-02-26

stomach were In the very best order.
He never lost his composure or his
good nature for an instant He played
perfectly fair and honorable game.
and at first he made it a rule never to
play for more than fixed sum, which
he could afford to lose. He won so
steadily that 1t wasn't long before he
was prepared to risk any sum which
even the wealthiest or the most reck-
less of his adversaries would venture
to propose.
A story which illustrates capitally
SCOTS patience in the face of hard
luck has been preserved One night
while he was at the card table news
was brought to him that his wife, the
first Mrs. Scott, had given birth TO a
girl.
"Ah," he said, II shall have to dou-
BILE my stakes to make Il fortune for
this young lady"
But in a few hours he was $4,000 to
the bad. Retaining his invariable Sc
renity, he said he was sure of his luck
returning, and at a. NJ. he went home
the winner of f15,00O That's the sort
of play that went on at Whites night
after night during the years that John
Scott was winning the largest fortune
ever accumulated by gentleman gam
hlap
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-02-26
THE MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1907.
Bad Svmntoms.

The woman who has periodical head
aches, backache, seas imaginary dark
spots or specks floating or dancing before
her eyes, has gnawing distress or heavy
full feeling in stomach, faint spells, drag
ging-down feeling in lower abdominal or
pelvic region, easily startled or excited,
irregular or painful periods, with or with
out pelvic catarrh, is suffering from
weaknesses and arrangements that should
have early attention. Not all of above
symptoms are likely to be present in any
case at one time.
Neglected or badly treated and such
cases often run into maladies which de-
mand the surgeons knife if they do not
result fatally.
No medicine extant has such q long
and numerous record of cures in such
cases as DIR. Pierce's Favorits Prescrip-
ton. No medicine has such a strong
professional Endorsement of each of its
several ingredients-worth more than any
number of ordinary non-professional tes-
timonials. The very best ingredients
known to medical science for the cure of
woman's peculiar ailments enter into it's
composition. No alcohol, harmful, or
habit-forming drug is to be found in the
list OF its ingredients printed on each
bottle wrapper and attested under oath.
In any condition of the female system
DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prescription can do
only goOd-never harm. Its whole effect
Is to strengthen, inyigorate and regulate
the whole female system and especially
the pelvic organs. When these are de-
ranged in function or affected by disease,
the stomach and other organs Of digestion
become sympathetically deranged. the
nerves are weakened, and long list of
bad, unpleasant symptoms follow. Too
much must not be expected of this VA
vorite Prescription" 1t will not perform
miracles; will not cure tumors-no med
icine will. 1t tcjlI often prevent them, If
taken in time, and thus the operating
table and the surgeons knife may be
avoided.
Women suffering from diseases of long
standing, are invited to consult Doctor
Pierce by letter, free All correspondence
is held as strictly private and sacredly
confidential. Address DIR. r. " Pierce,
Buffalo, N. Y.
DR. Pierce's Medical Adviser 1000 pages)
is sent free on receipt of q one-cent
stamps for paper covered, or 81 stamps
for cloth-bound copy. Address as above:
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-02-26
NO SENSE OF HUMoR.
A Scientists Criticism of a Comic
Book For Children.

A Scientists Criticism of a Comic
Book For Children.
Charles Monselet, a Frenchman of
letters, published a comic scientific
dictionary for the benefit of children,
who found no little amusement In his
odd accounts of things in the animal
world which were perfectly familiar
to them, but which were described in a
rather fantastic way In M. Monselets
book
The editor of a certain scientific jour
nal, however was much surprised and
shocked at NJ Monselet's ignorance
when he took up the book, and he
which ran as follows:
"a certain NJ Monselet has publish
ed dictionary for the use Of children,
which contains definitions showing the
most extraordinary ignorance, such as
the following:
'Sardine-A little fish without any
head which lives in oil
'As if fish could live without a
head and in oil!
another definition:
Parrot-A bird somewhat resem-
bling the pigeon, generally green when
1t is not red or yellow or blue. Cocka-
toos sometimes live to be hundred
years old, except when they are stuff
ed, and then there is no limit to the
length of their life
Now, 1t happens that the parrot 10
not pigeon at all and never has the
colors that NJ Monselet gives to him,
and, in short, this NJ. Monselet knows
no more of natural history than he has
grains Of common sense"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-02-26
A QUEER HOUSE.
The Novel and Famous Fossil Bont
Hob;n IL wuoNaiuo

The Novel and Famous Fossil Bono
Cabin In Wyoming.
1.-THE queerest house in the world"
said a zoologist, lis undoubtedly the
famous bone cabin in Wyoming, near
the Medicine Bow river. This cabins
foundations are built Of fossil bones.
Bones Of dinosaurs-jaws of the dip
lodocus, teeth of the brontosaurus,
knuckles Of the ichthy osaurus, verte-
brae Of the camarasaurus, chunks Of
the barosaurus, the cetiasaurus, the
brachiosaurus, the Stegiosaurus, the
ornitholestes or bird catching dinosaur
all entered into this wonderful cab
ms foundations, making 1t the most
curious and most costly edifice in
America
"This hut was built by Mexican
sheep herder who had happened by
chance on the grandest extinct animal
bed In the world. This was a plot
about fifty yards square, wherein lay
In rich profusion the bones of all the
animals of the reptilian age. The heav-
lest and the lightest, the largest and
the smallest, the most tranquil and the
most ferocious, lay side by side.
1.-The place was evidently once riv
or bar, and the dead bodies that float
ed down the stream were here arrested
to lie for hundreds Of thousands Of
years till sheep herder came along
and, roofing among bones as big as
powders, set about the building of the
worlds queerest cabin."-New Orleans
| Times Democrat.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-02-26
CR0MWELL'S HORSES.
An Accident That Befell the Protector
In Hyde Park.

An Accident That 6efell the Protector
In Hyde Park.
"As Cromwell rose in power and rank
his love of horses began to be more
| conspicuous" says a writer In Black
| woods. When he started from Lon
| don in 1649 to reconquer Ireland he
went forth in that state and equipage
as the like hath hardly been seen, him
self in coach with six gallant Elan
ders mares, reddish gray" In 1855,
when the Spanish ambassador took his
leave of the lord protector, Cromwell
sent him his own coach of six white
| horses to convey him to and from
Whitehall. Certain it is" adds the
narrator, that none Of the English
| kings had ever any SUCH"
The protector was not much of a
whip, however. In 1854 the Count Of
Oldenburg sent Cromwell a present of
six horses, and the protectors anxiety
| to make trial of their quality led to his
well known adventure in Hyde park.
On Friday, Sept. 20, he went with Sec
rotary Thurloe and some of his gentle
men to take air In the park, ordered
the six horses to be harnessed to his
coach, put Thurloe inside Of 1t and I'M
dertook to drive himself His high
ness" said letter from the Dutch
ambassador, "drove pretty handsomely
for some time, but at last, provoking
those horses too much with the whip,
they grew unruly, whereby his high
ness was flung out Of the coach box
upon the ground. His foot getting
hold in the tackling. he was carried
away good while In that posture, but
at last he got his foot clear and so
came to escape. He was presently
brought home and let blood and after
some rest taken is now well again. The
secretary, being hurt on his ankle with
leaping out of the coach, hath been
forced to keep his chamber hitherto
and been unfit for any business"
The royalist ScrOggs, afterward chief
justice, writing of this incident, hoped
that the next fall would be from a cart
limiting at the gallows. AS to Crom-
wells views on the burning question
of horse racing it is difficult to arrive
at a positive conclusion. His constant
aim was to possess as many good
horses as he could afford. Whether he
entered his horses for races or had
the satisfaction of owning a winner
history does not SAY,
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-02-26

The methods used by the Romans for
warming their houses were clever. In
Rome itself artificial warmth may have
been brought rarely into use, though
the italian winter requires fires al
times, but when the Roman took up
his abode abroad as the conqueror he
certainly lived in chilly climates In
the country houses he built in England
he had carefully devised heating ar
rangements, which are called hypo
causts. These are hues running I'M
der the tessellated floors. Fires were
lit outside of the house, and the hot
air passed under the floors. To dc
this much required a knowledge OF
the builders art, with the necessary
precautions against fire. Remnants Of
these hypocausts are found today II
England, built during the Roman oc
| cupatiOn
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-02-26
LADYLIKE GEOMETRY.

Figures of the same shape don't al
ways have the same style.
Figures of the same size never con
slider themselves equivalent
A straight line is the shortest dis
lance between two millinery openings.
A plain figure is one all points Of
which have been neglected by the
dressmaker.
A mixed line is line composing the
reception committee of clubs presi
Dental candidate.
A broken line Is a series of success
sive straight lines described by a won
an alighting from street car.
A straight line determined by two
bargain tables Is considered as prolong
ed both ways until the store closes.
Women equal to the same thing are
not always equal to each other.-Nellle
Parker Jones in Chicago Record Her
aid
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-02-26
PORTED PARAGRAPHS.

The only thing some people always
have ready is ali excuse.
Almost any one can be induced to lie
if you ask enough questions
The better you behave the better you
get along. It's old, but it's true.
A man nobody can quarrel with has
the life problem reasonably well solved.
Lack of opportunity has to stand as
an excuse for lot of general shiftless-
ness.
The trouble with some people lies In
the fact that they consider their faults
their lnisfortunes
Are you among those who treat their
new acqGaintances better than they
treat their old friends?
If man has plenty of money to back
up lot of fool notions, people call him
eccentric, but if he only has the notions
he is q crank-.AtchisOn Globe.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-02-26
Tanned the Box Office Man.

A theater box office man whose seats
We're all sold days ahead was turning
away disappointed patrons more than
gluffly when a man who had watched
the process with glowing ire reached
the window. Selling any more seats
this season. he began. The ticket
seller answered with a stare. The ques-
ton, quietly but firmly repeated, finally
received an affirmative answer. Give
me two" "When?' growled the seller,
recovering. ANY time said the man.
The seller was almost too crushed to
ask "Wheref' Anywhere" replied
the man. How much? ?" whispered the
seller, his voice deserving him. ANY
price" said the man. The tickets were
transferred in an awed silence, and the
line of purchasers that had overheard
smiled beneyolently at the noticeably
tanned man in the cage.-New York
Post
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-02-26
Antiquity of Proverbs.

Proverbs existed long before books
In the earliest times they served as
the unwritten language of morality
and have been passed down through
the generations. In Africa there are
numerous quaint proverbs. Among
them are: "He who dives on dry land
will scarify his face" 1.-TWO people
cannot sit down upon the point of the
same thorn ut the same time" In the
Transvaal the proverb, Beware of g
silent man; he has brass band in his
mouth" is often heard
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-02-26

A small negro boy was putting his
head against the marble steps of the
capitol. He would step back few
feet and then run toward the steps,
striking them full force with his head.
What on earth are you doing that
for, boy?' asked a senator who came
by. Are you going to fight goat?"
Nav, sab, rs dom it cause it feels
so good when | don't" - Rochester
Democrat and Chronicle.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-02-26

Bees Laxative Cough Syrup contains
Honey and Tar, is especially appropriate
for children, no opiates or poisons of any
character, conforms to the conditions of
the National Pure Food and Drug Law,
June 80, 1906. For Group, Whooping
Cough, etc. 1t expels Coughs and Colds
by gently moving the bowels Guaran-
teed. Sold at H. B Aliens drug store.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-02-26
Strictly BusInesa

1.-The graspin'est man I ever know
ed" said Uncle Jerry PEBBLES, was an
old chap named Snoopins. Somebody
told him once that when he breathed
he took in oxygen and gave out car
bon. He spent whole day tryin' to
find out which of them two gases cost
the most II you have to buy en-. He
wanted TO know whether he was max
In or iosin' money when he breathsd.'
Chicago Tribune.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-02-26
A Pointed pravsr

Aunt Dinah had come to see her old
mistress, who had just recovered from
an illness.
Yes, Miss Lila, l sho'ly done prayed
fer yer to git well all de time, and now
yer see how it done turned out"
Then you believe that your prayers
are always answered, DlnahY
"Sho'ly, sho'lyw Then, with a sly
glance: Yer see, l neber tempts de
Lord, case l don't pray fer nothin' dat
l don't know I'll git. DR.. John, he
done toP me he tort yer was on de re-
covery road" After pause she went
on:
Say. Miss Lila, yer know what |
prayed fer last nightT'
mo"
why, | just pintedly begged de
Lord ter put 1t into yer heart ter give
me dat brown silk dress yer done out
growed. brooklyn Eagle.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-02-26
HoInss on Shelley.

Shelley vaporlzed everything in his
glowing crucible, but there was gold at
the bottom of it. When l look at him
spreading the starry wings of his fancy
over his chaotic philosophy he seems
like seraph lowering over the un-
fashionable chasm, whose blackness is
the abode of "Autocrat of the
Breakfast Table"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-02-26

MsnZan Pile Remedy, put up in con-
venient, collapsible tubes with nozzle at
tachment so that the remedy may be APP
piled at the very seat of theItrouble, thus
relieving almost instantly bleeding, itch
ing or portruding piles. Satisfaction
guaranteed or money refunded. Sold al
H. B. Aliens drug store.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-02-26
The First Bull.

Charon, the boatman of the Sty1.
was thought by many to be of Irish
blood, for invariably as he was casting
off from the hither shore he would
call out to his cargo of souls:
Now. then, look alive!'
This was doubtless as near an APP
proach to an Irish bull as the then
state of civilization permitted.-Puck.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-02-26
Shopping PolIteness.

Never point, my DEAR" said the
mother gently.
"But, mamma" objected the little
girl, suppose don't know the name
Of the thing?'
"Then let the salesman show you all
he has in stock until he comes to the
article that is desired" = New York
Press.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-02-26
The Ponular Sonn.

The definition of popularity as given
by salesman in large music store is
one that may be applied to other things
besides songs.
rs this a popular song? asked a
young woman, holding up sheet Of
music brilliantly decorated in red and
green
We'll, no, MISS" said the salesman,
assuming judicial air, II can't say it
is as yet OF course lots of people are
singing 1t, and everybody likes it, but
nobody's got tired enough of it yet for
it to be what you'd call popular song
miss"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-02-26

''Pineules' mon alcoholic) made from
resin from our Pine Forests, used for hun
dreds of years for bladder and Kidney
diseases. Medicine for thirty days, 81. 90.
Guaranteed. Sold at FL. B. Aliens drug
store.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-02-26

Toilette recently married(-A man Is
called a Benedict when he is mar
ried. What is a girl called under the
same circumstances? Anna (also re-
Gently married)-Well, it depends alto
gether on what she marries!-Life.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-02-26
Grin Eaots.

The grip Is not simply bad cold
and this fact is worth knowing. 1t re-
sembles a cold in some respects, and
colds are often wrongly diagnosed by
the victims as grip. The grip Is 6
malady which has laws of its own
both as to origin and progress after
development. According to the doc
tors, it must run its course-"there Is
no special remedy that can directly
destroy the infection, no drug that car
kill the bacillus or neutralize its tox-
In This also Is worth knowing. The
main thing is to nurse with care and
give the system the best possible aid
In its efforts to throw off the poison.
Baltimore American.
Contagious.
An Irish lad on the east side was
obliged recently to seek treatment al
dispensary. On his return home from
the first treatment he was met by this
inquiry from his mother:
"An' what did the docthor man say
was the matter wild your eyer"
HE said there was some furrin sub
stance in it."
"ShureH exclaimed the old woman,
with an I-to]d-you-so air, "now, maybe,
ye'll kape away from thin Eyetalian
boysw-Success Magazine.