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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-12-01

beaver sits up on his launches facing
the tree and with its fore paws rest
ing against it. With its head turned
and then one below and bites out the
chin. taking it off in almost the same
way an axman would
He thus saves himself the trouble
of gnawing all the wood up into fine
cuttings When the tree is felled the
whole community attack and cut up
the tender limbs, carrying them away
to the cache.
Unlike many of our gnawing ami
mails. the beaver does not sleep through
the winter. He remains active. often
venturing abroad during the whole of
the cold weather He must, therefore.
have food. and a large part of the
summer and autumn is devoted to Sc
curing this food and depositing it in
caches. This food consists of the
limbs and twigs of the trees most pre-
ferred by the beaver
They are cut from one and half
to three feet long. stripped of their
leaves and smaller twigs. carried TO
the water and foated to the cache.
where they are sunk. And here comes
a very curious point
These sticks are floated to the cache
and are sunk by the beaver to the bot
tom Of the water. where they remain
without any apparent anchorage. They
are not stuck in the mud of the bot
| tom or held down by weights. III
| you lift one to the surface 1t will
float. but you may move 1t about on
| the bottom without its rising.
l have myself tried this with sticks
from which the bark has been eaten.
but have never done so with the green,
unpeeled limbs before the beavers had
| taken them into their houses. This
matter to me Is a very mysterious one.
| and have never been able to get any
| hint as to how these sticks were sunk
All through the winter the beavers
visit these caches. carry the sticks to
their houses where they eat of the
| bark. returning the bare sticks to the
| water.
Sometimes it may happen that for
some reason or other the cache may
not contain enough to last the whole
winter. In this case the beavers. II
| possible. get on land through some air
hole or piece of open water and then
forage among the timber Occasional
ly a combination of scarcity and severe
weather mar oblige the colony to emf
CRATE during the winter to some more
| favorable spot
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-12-01
WORK OF THE BEAVER
Feats Performed by This Indus
irious Little Worker.
A CLEVER HOUSE BUILDER.

He Is Capable of Constructing q DWELL
ing as Large, Though Not So High,
as q Small Haystaek. and He Can
Cut Down Big Trees With His Teeth.
Almost every one knows something
about the beaver and that it builds
dams and houses to dwell In, but very
few people have seen beavers in their
wild state 1t is also a fact that the
rapidly disappearing In the older dis
tricts beavers generally live in the
hanks of the streams they inhabit. and
the sight of a beaver house is uncom-
mon
Where beavers do build houses, says
Forest and Stream, the structures diff
fer greatly In size, shape and location.
Some are as large, though of course
less high, than a small haystack; 9TH
ers are hardly more than six feet
through at the base. They may stand
either wholly on land or partly in the
water and partly on the bank or who'll
~ in the water.
1uC9 dIC nCfCt PluSC0 III FCAy oCCR
water, for base must be built for the
house to stand on reaching up to the
surface. since the chamber inhabited
by the occupants must be dry.
The shape of those houses on the
shore approaches the conical. Those in
the water are more irregular, some
times only rounded, at others long and
rather fat on top.
Within each house and connected
with the water by a concealed passage
through which the beavers pass to and
fro is the chamber which is the ami
mails dwelling place.
1t is large enough to contain seven or
eight of them and high enough so that
a beaver can conveniently sit up on his
launches 1t is warm, dry and clean,
for the beaver is extremely neat in all
his habits.
The food of the beaver consists
chiefly of the green bark of twigs and
young limbs of various trees. Cotton
wood bark is preferred; then comes
willow. then alder. but the bark Of
almost any tree may be eaten
| have known them to eat pine and
white cedar. The beaver often cuts
down trees of very considerable size to
get at the smaller limbs, which they
eat.
have seen cottonwoods twenty
inches in diameter so cut, and once on
Vancouver island found a cedar two
and one-half feet through which they
had gnawed down
The work of cutting down a large
tree is done by a single animal.
have seen the beaver engaged In the
operation, which is as follows; Inc
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-12-01
Thread Used In Surgery.

Are you aware that the modern sur
geon employs in his work dozens of
different kinds Of thread for sewing
up cuts and wounds? Among them
are kangaroo tendons, horsehair, silk
and very fine silver wire. Many of
these threads are intended to hold for
a certain number of days and then
naturally break away. The short,
tough tendons taken from the kanga-
roo, which are used for sewing severe
wounds, will hold for about four
weeks before they break away. Silk
thread will remain much longer, some
times six months, while the fine silver
wire Is practically indestructible.
With the entire outfit a surgeon is
able to select a thread that will last
as long as the wound takes to heal
and will then disappear completely
To accommodate this assortment OF
threads special varieties of needles are
required. Besides the needle craned
in different segments Of a circle, sur
geons use needles shaped like spears,
javelins and bayonet points = st.
James Gazette.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-12-01
CATCHING Rats.

The best way to catch rats is to put
any animal substance, well perfumed
with oil Of rhodium, into trap. This
induces them to enter readily and even
draws them from a considerable dis
lance, as they are extremely partial to
this oil An ounce of oil of rhodium
will cost you 80 cents. Catnip to cat
is nothing like rhodium to rat. Oil
Of rhodium is made from species of
bindweed and Is used in perfumery.-
New York Press.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-12-01
The J.panes. and Their Prisoners.

The japanese have a rather kindly
way of treating prisoners who have
not yet been convicted. The regula-
ton prison dress is kind of straw
berry red colored kimono, but men on
remand wear light blue as sign
that, although under strong suspicion,
they have not yet been found guilty.
When prisoners in this class have oc-
caslon to pass through the public
streets curious extinguisher-like bas-
kets are placed upon their heads
Wide World Magazine
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-12-01
w.,kI,o on Your Hat.

Nothing Is wasted in this house"
Is the proud remark which you may
often hear from the lips of an expert
housekeeper. 1t is boast, however,
that few people could really justify.
Take the case Of wornout derby hat.
In the majority of instances this dis
carded article of headgear finds its
way to the rubbish heap or perhaps
into the hands Of passing tramp.
If only people were aware of the fact,
the most excellent felt soles for the
inside of their boots and slippers are
thus being discarded. These soles can
be cut from the sides Of an old hat
and are much more comfortable than
the ordinary cork ones.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-12-01
He Would Return.

NARROW was three years old. On'
day his mother said to him, Now
NARROW, you may go outdoors to play
for awhile, but If / see you crossing
the street to play with that naughty
little boy Willie Burr again I'll give
you a hard, hard spanking"
Half an hour later the mother looked
out after her boy and saw him playing
with Willie Burr. She raised the win
dow and called with forced gentleness:
MARROW, come here to meP'
NARROW came, but as he did so be
turned to his companion and said:
You stay wight here, Willie. I'm
dom in to Diet spanked I'll be wight
back Delineator
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-12-01

All the good qualities Of Ely's Cream
Balm, solid, are found in Liquid Cream
Balm, which is intended for use IN atom
jzers. That it is wonderful remedy fer
Nasal Catarrh is proven by an ever-in-
creasine mass of testimony. 1t does not
dry out nor rasp the tender air-passages.
It allays the Inflammation and goes
straight to the root of the disease obsti-
nate old cases have yielded in few weeks.
All druggists, Toe, including spraying
tube, or mailed by Ely Bros, Of Warren
Street. New York.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-12-01

"Old man Titewad must be worth q
billion dollars" observes the man will
the ingrowing mustache.
"Nonsenser' says the man with tns
detected ears. HE hasn't over hun
dred thousand to his name"
.'But | was estimating it at what he
would be worth If dollar was as big
as he thinks it is "-Chicago Post.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-12-01
The wrono Shoulder.

In timber yard two workmen were
carrying a large piece Of wood when
the manager, who happened to come
up at the time, accosted one of them.
'Joe," said he, you've got that batten
upon the wrong shoulder"
81 know that" was the ready reply.
at should be upon yours!" London
Scraps.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-12-01

champagne is golden" said bar
tender beer is amber, claret is red
cream of mint is green, whisky is
brown, punches are white. but you viii
never, never find drink that is blue
Doesn't the thought OF a blue drink
seem unpleasant to you?
"Blue drinks could be easily made
but the public would have none OF
them. Nothing blue would go down
with the public. Why is this aversion
to blue so general? Many reasons have
been advanced, but none of them Is
good. One is that blue, being the color
Of poison bottles, incites distaste and
horror. New York Press
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-12-01
Extending Zone.

Teacher says" exclaimed the preco-
cious child, "that we live in the tenn
perate zone"
Eyes" answered Colonel Stilwell,
"and If these Prohibitionists keep go
ing It'll be worse than that."-Wash-
ington Star.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-12-01

81 wonder" said the sweet young
thing, "why man is always so fright
ened when he proposesT
That" said the chronic bachelor. us
his guardian angel trying to hold him
back"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-12-01
wav to Marital Happiness.

MARRY bright woman for success
and pretty one for happiness ad'
vises student Of the problem. Also
one who can cook for the benefit OF the
digestion might be advisable, but the
pesky laws limit you to one.-Louis
vile Courier-Journal
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-12-01

sLook here" said the official, 'there'n
be trouble If your wife disregards US
when we persistently tell her she must
not pick the flowers"
"Then," replied Mr.. Fl. Peck. for il
was no other. why ever do you per-
stT'-Iudcs
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-12-01
rvsrv woman win be Interested.

There has recently been discovered an arc
matfc pleasant herb cure for Womans lns,
allied Mother Gray's AUSTRALIAN-LEAF. II
ia the only certain regulator. Cures female
weaknesses and backache, kidney, ,I 0l aG lei
mail soc. Sample FREE. Address. The
Mother Gray Co.. LIE Roy, n. Y.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-12-01
TIE Resemblance.

at was always interested In airship
and flying machines. SO bought the
ater."
"Why did you do that?''
"A theater has wings and flies"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-12-01
MS LUCK.

al have been engaged to at least
dozen girls" said young man.
"And always been unlucky in love,
eh?' inquired lady.
"Oh, no-rather lucky" was the an
swer. "I've never married any OF
themw
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-12-01

He.had lent her his stylographic pen,
and she commenced to write letter
She-Oh. 1t writes beautifully. | de-
clare I'm in love with this pen
Helm in love with the holder,
She saw the point
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-12-01
az. a,uH Called.

my dear. you grow prettier every
day"
"And shabbier. John Compliments
are all very well, but I'd like to see
little ready cash occasionally."
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-12-01

All who have gardens know what a
nest the green fly, or aphis, becomes. 1t
seems to cover rose trees and other
plants like magic.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-12-01
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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-12-01
AM Order Mot obeyed.

An Order Not Obeyed.
An exasperated Irish sergeant. drill
ing a squad of recruits. called TO them
at last:
Halt! Just come over here, all OF
We and look at yourselves. It's fine
line we're keepin isn't it?'
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-12-01
a Chance.

"It used to be the height of my ambi
ton to own a motor car" said the wor
ried looking man.
"And what is the height of your am
bition now?" asked his friend.
ITO sell t."-Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-12-01
Poor Angel.

Confidence is a plant Of slow glowth
in an aged decentralization.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-12-01
Marked Him.
Spider Cures.

care you aware who / amT'
'Surel Didn't just call you an old
hiotY-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-02-01
Our Premiums.

Subscribers to this paper who have
not yet paid up land there are enough
OF them, all rightly may take as theiI
premium the one year subscription to
the THREE very fine monthly maya.
zines we have offered heretofore, or an
accident life insurance policy good fol-
81 900 and one year from date. The
Republican has no more dictionaries
either large or small ana can now Sc.
cure only enough to fill few orders
that have already been taken.
The three magazines are unQuestion,
ably a very superior premium The
subscription price Of these three pub
lications-Spare Moments, The Moth.
er's Magazine and Dressmaking at
Homes 500 per year. They are
printed on good paper, splendidly H.
Illustrated, and are filed with very
interesting and instructive reading
matter.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-02-01
pARsoN LOOKED, BUT IN VAIN.
His Heart orieved Over Fashionable
FoIlies Of His Wife.

A typical parson of long ago, the
sternly consistent man who sounded
consciences regardless of conse-
Quences. figures In a recent book Of
"reminiscences, "Old Schuylkill Tales"
by Mrs. Ella Zerbey Elliott.
Parson M, one Of the early minis.
ters OF Pottsville, Pa, was never more
earnestly eloquent than when preach.
ing against the love Of dress. His
wife. Mrs. NJ, who was a handsome
woman. nevertheless wore very elabo-
rate gowns, and openly avowed her in.
terest In such >frivolities. The parson
expostulated against this love OF dress
In private, but although she was an
excellent wife, and obedient to his
wishes in other respects. she pursued
her own way, In silk and lace.
One Sunday morning the minister
preached sermon on humility, and
bore down u"on the vanit.es of dress
most powerfully. st the conclusion
he leaned over the high board of the
pulpit, his face pale and determined.
you may think" he said to his
congregation, when l preach against
the love of dress and the sin Of 1t
that | ought to look at home. want
to tell you, dear friends. that l do look.
and look until my heart aches."-
Youths Companion.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-02-01
Cars Many Thrones.


Emperor Nicholas of Russia has
many thrones. The three chief ones
are those at the imperial palace and
the winter palace at st. Petersburg,
and in the Kremlin at Moscow. This
last was present to Car Alexis In
1860 from the shah Of Persia. 1t ls
entirely covered with thick plates OF
gold set with precious stones and al
ternating with plaques OF. ivory, CHS
eled in high relief The fact and date
of the presentation are recorded in
an inscription on the back Of the
throne. Just above are glistening
double-headed eagles of Russia, with
angels on either side supporting the
imperial crown. In the imperial pal
ace at st. Petersburg the throne
stands In an alcove of the marble
throne room, with wide-stretchins
canopy with thick gold cords and deep
fringes OF gold embroidery. On the
curtains behind are emblazoned the
arms of the Romanoffs surmounted by
the crown, with curious stnr.shaped
border all round. Three wide steps
lead up to the throne.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-02-01
AuroeaAr rs CAME IN USEFUL.
Stranded EigIishman Raised Money
on Famous Names.


1t is sometimes mighty useful to
have distinguished relatives. Here is
an instance In point. A young New
Yorker, brother.in.law of Sir Philip
Burne-Jones, the artist. found himself
stranded while In Albany few days
ago. Being unacquainted In the state
capital, the problem OF how to raise
enough money to get back to Broad
way was serious one. Suddenly II
da, ned upon him that couple Of let
tiers which he had In his possession.
and which he only recently had re-
ceived from Burne-Jones and Rudyard
kipling, the author, might be made to
realize, IL not train fare, at least the
price Of a ham sandwich. Acting on
the inspiration, he took the letters to
a nearby bookstore, which made q
specially of the buying and selling OF
original autograph letters of famous
persons.
Fortunately there happened to be
nothing Of particularly private or
confidential nature in the missives In
question. and after examining them
carefully AKA asking some questions
relating thereto the proprietor Of the
store finally offered their owner Si.75
for both letterg-$4 for the Kipling
epistle and rs cents for the Burne
Jones one. Needless to say, the offer
was promptly accepted.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-02-01
ALWAYS WAS SICK.

When man says he always
was sick-troubled with a cough
that lasted all winter-what
would you think if he should say
he never was sick since using
Billiards. Horehound Syrup. Such
a man exists. Mr.. j. C. Clark,
Denver, Colorado, writes: "For
years l was troubled with a Sc
we're cough that would last all
winter. This cough left me in a
miserable condition. ! tried Bal.
lard's Hcurebound Syrup and
have not had sick day since
That's what it did for me-" Sold
by Ritter Bros. Drug Co.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-02-01
Cold Bedrooms Make Rosy Cheeks.

Cold Bedrooms Make Rosy Cheeks.
A beauty doctor, pausing to change
the roller in an electrical massage ma
chine. said with sigh:
1T 10 true, madam, that my art
brings to your cheek transient flush
and bloom, but l can do nothing for
you. really. till you stop sleeping In
an overheated bedroom. Won't you
change to cold room?
The secret Of the English complex.
ion IL not the list climate, We have
districts "a moist a. q wet sponge,
and in them our women 60 about with
faces like old heather. No, the Eng.
fish secret Is the cold bedroom. In
England, with the open fires, a heated
bedroom Is unknown.
There they sleep all night, under
heavy blankets. with open windows,
the body warm, the head cool, the
lungs inhaling the pure. cold, winter
air. As a result, they awake in the
morning with shining eyes and cheeks
like roses"
The beauty doctor turned on the
current and began to iron out an eye
wri lie.
80 should we awake" she said. If
we removed the radiators from our
bedrooms. And then our skins would
no longer be dry, Opaque and yellow,
but clear pink like the petal OF a
rose.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-02-01
He Fought at Gettysburg.

David Parker, of Fayette, N.
Y, who lost foot at Gettysburg,
writes: Electric Bitters have
done me more good than any me-
dicine | ever took. For several
years ] had stomach trouble, and
paid out much money for meU-
cine to little purpose, until l be-
gan taking Electric Bitters. 1
would not take $500 for what
they have done for me-" Grand
tonic for the aged and for female
weaknesses. Great Alternative and
body builder; sure cure for lame
back and weak kidneys. Guar
anteed by Ritter Bros Drug Co.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-02-01
ALWAYS READY FoR BUSINESS.
Real Estate Man Evidently Never lie:
Opportunity slip.

There was q beefsteak party In
Healy's jungle room In West Sixty
sixth street recently, says a New York
exchange. After the festivities, which
were unusually jolly, two of the guests
got mixed up on Columbus avenue.
and Brady, the cop from Kerry" was
on the job in q minute. He took the
two to the West Sixty-eighth Street
Police station, where they were in.
.vo' ced and consigned to the night po-
lice court. The magistrate was In q
benevolent mood and sent them on
their way with lecture.
Brady, the cop, called on Tom
Healy bright and early to-day
"Wor thin la.ads TUX in last night
all right?" he asked.
Sure they were," replied Healy.
why do you ask?"
We'll, while was riding thin to
the court In the hurry-up wagon one
of thin sold me piece Of ground in
Astoria, l.. l., for $500, and he got me
dough, too"
He was looking his bargain up this
afternoon in the Queens county ar
chives.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-02-01
Love 10 Cruel, inoeed.

Love comes unbidden and fees from
those who pray at his shrine. He
comes like all-conquering kings-free-
hearted, generous. great; he goes like
a thief In the night, carrying away all
that has made life worth the living.
He stabs us with the weapons we have
given him, he drinks our tears and
laughs at the tortures he inaicts. for
love is cruel. And yet we
are ever ready again and again to bare
our hearts to the blows, Men feel
love with more intensity than women,
and they forget more swiftly.-~From
Madame.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-02-01
Cures Winter Cough.

j. Z. Cover, 101 N. Main Stree,
Ottawa, Kans., writes. Every
fall it has been my wife's trouble
to catch a severe cold, and there,
fore to cough all winter long
Last fall I got her a bottle Of
Horehound Syrup. She used il
and has been able to sleep sound.
~ all night long. Whenever the
cough troubles her, two or three
doses stops the cough, and she il
able to be up and we'll" Csc, SOC
and $1.00. Sold by Ritter Bros
Drug Co.