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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-12-29
eILA MONSTERS BITE.
The Reptile Turns ovei. to Get Venom
Into IFS Victim

The Reptile Turns Over to Get Venom
Into Its Victim.
1t was his turning over habit that
led me to the discovery as to the bite
of the ella monster This creature
more like a short, stocky snake with
legs on than anything else, has no poi
son fangs, like the rattlesnake, yet his
bite may be just as dangerous. His
poison teeth are In his lower jaw, and
the poison comes from gland under
the tongue. If he bites without turn
Ing over the wound is not serious, but
if he turns over there Is great danger
DR.. Snow Of the University of Kan
sas wrote me some time ago Of an ex-
perience he had with the bite Of a
ella monster.
The reptile was caught and put In a
bucket, the top of which was covered
with paper. The bucket was then put
In the wagon in which the doctor was
driving. AS the road was somewhat
rough, the bucket was bounced up and
down, and in order to steady it DR..
Snow put his hand behind him and
took hold OF the bucket, tnfuStlng MS
fingers through the newspaper cover
on its top SO that he could hold 1t Sc
cure. Suddenly he felt the monster
grip on his fingers. Startled and some
what alarmed, he carefully pried the
Jaws Of the reptile open and released
himself The wounds were such as
any ordinary bite would have made
and he suffered no more inconvenience
than might have been expected.
There are many stories current IN
Arizona and Sonora SIS to deaths that
have occurred from ella monsters
bites, but it is hard to get at the facts
Careful experiments made with ami
mails show that when the reptile bites
and turns over, so THAT the poison
flows down the tooth grooves into th'
wound, the bitten creatures die in 9
short Suburban Life.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-12-29

A fortune teller of lower order
who lives in a dirty and obscure
house is constantly applied to by jeal
GUS lovers. A girl who has a hated
rival sends the latter under the veil OF
friendship to consult the fortune teller
who is prepared beforehand to fright.
en- her from her pursuit Of the man
she loves. While the bag mixes the
cards and the girl watches three
knocks are heard at the door.
THAT is a bad sign" says the
witch. at means that you are not be-
loved"
The fortune teller continues to lay
the cards several times. but always
with a bad result The girl is told that
the man she loves has no intention Of
marrying her and is advised to have
recourse to all sorts of magic, for
which she pays considerable sum.
The rival who has sent her also pays
the witch. who thus earns a double
rec. The objects sold by the witch as
charms are many and various. One is
a bit of rag. another is a purse con-
tanning salt. bit Of hay. some barley
and some nails These charms are said
to lose their power after month or
two. when they must be replaced
Chambers Journal
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l AIN not one of those who insist that
everybody should mind his own bust
ness; that is too harsh doctrine. One
of the rights and privileges of a good
neighbor is to give neighborly advice
But there is corresponding right Oh
the part of the advisee, and that is tC
take no more of the advice than he
thinks is good for him. There Is one
thing that a man knows about his own
business better than any outsider, and
that is how hard 1t is for him to do it.
The adviser is always telling him how
to do it In the finest possible way,
while he, poor fellow, knows that the
paramount issue is whether he can dc
1t at ALL 1t requires some grace on the
part of person who is doing the best
he can under extremely difficult cir
cumstances to accept cheerfully the
remarks of the intelligent CRITICS. NJ
Crothers in Atlantic.
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BRITISH PRINCES.
Very Different From the King In Ex-
ennption From, avs.


emption From Laws.
So privileged is the king of England
In his exemption from any and every
law that one would naturally expect
his children might do pretty much as
they like But Englishmen have al
ways been very jealous of royal per-
sonages, and the fact is that princes
enjoy very few privileges indeed A
prince of the royal blood may be fined
like any ordinary mortal, If his motor
car exceeds the legal limit Of speed.
The Prince of Wales cannot be sued
personally for debt. If the debt is not
paid the creditor may take out a sum
mons, but he must summon the treas
urer. not the prince. II the case goes
against the treasurer the money Is PAID
out of the princes assets.
No child of the king who Is under
twenty-five can marry without the
kings consent Supposing, however, q
prince over twenty-five desired to marry
and the king refused his consent, then
the prince could give notice Of his IN
tention to the privy council. After that
he would have to restrain his patience
! for whole year. If during that time
either the house of lords or the house
Of commons disapproved of the mar
rage it could not take place. But If
both houses Of parliament were salts
fed the prince could marry the woman
Of his choice.
A prince has not even the right to edu-
cate his own children, for it was long
ago laid down that the king has the
care and education Of his grandchil-
dren while they. are minors.-London
Fr~In<-~o~h
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EATING TOO MUCH.
Overnutrition Is Just as Harmful az
Mainutrition.


1t Is an acknowledged fact that al
most every soul of us eats too much.
The digestive organs are constantly
overturned and finally weakened.
When wisely followed, the practice Of
fasting can be most beneficial. An ex-
pert on the food question has said that
one should rise from the table with
the feeling of hunger, which is an ex-
perience known to very few OF US.
On the contrary, the majority Of peo-
pie leave the board with a sense OF
burden which only an hours siesta
can alleviate. This is not so much
owing to the fact that the food Is I'M
commonly rich, for the rule Of the
simple life obtains now in the fash
ionable cuisine, but it is the quantity
taken. There is a large community at
the present moment which fasts from
breakfast time till dinner at night. 1t
is a question If it is wise to leave the
stomach entirely without food during
all those hours, but there is no ques-
ton that the lighter the lunch taken
the better will be the health of the
Individual BY Eight lunch" in this
instance is meant what most people
would not call lunch at all-that is
to say, a few crackers with cheese
"a much maligned article of diet, a
few NUTS and bit of fruit or a cup
Of cocoa with dry toast Such a
feast" prevents the craving for food
and In no way taxes the digestive or
gans. Overnutrition is just as harm
full as malnutrition and is far more
frequently the cause Of maladies.
With judicious fasting the system re-
covers it's lost tone, and mental work
ers would find that the brain worked
with surprising lightness, for the brain
is one of the chief sufferers from over
eating.-New York American.
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Advice to Smokers.

Here are a number of don'ts for
smokers, some of which no doubt will
surprise a good many men: Don't
smoke directly after meal There is
the most irresistible craving to smoke,
but 1t is wiser to walt a half hour or
an hour. Don't smoke out Of doors
in a high wind or In cold, frosty
weather. In the former case 1t is dan
gerous, and in the latter 1t cracks the
lips and prevents proper breathing.
Don't smoke with the cigar or pipe
held at the corner of the mouth. This
excites the secretion of more saliva
than when the cigar or pipe is held
straight in front. And, above all.
don't get in the bad habit of expecto-
rating frequently when smoking. 1t
is quite unnecessary and merely hab-
it and harmful.-St. Louis Post-Dis-
match.
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Some Odd Animals.

Many curious animals haunt the
marshy parts of South America north
Of the pampas. Frogs. big and Zero
cious (the ceratophyrs). given to max
ing vicious springs when closely ap-
preached; the capybara, cavy ICON
tented with the bulk Of Sheep" the
huge coypu rat and the swarthy, pig
Ike tapir are frequently seen.
Along the forest margins troops OF
peccaries are often met with, occa
sionally the jaguar, sometimes the pu'
ma, likewise that toothless curiosity
the great ant bear, long in claw, LONG
nosed and remarkably long tongued
Very plentiful, too, are those little
knights in scaly armor," the quaint
waddling armadillos. Long toed jaca
mas pace about upon the floating
leaves.
A familiar object is the great jabiru
a stork with preference for the desc
late lagoons, where it may often be
observed statuesque on one leg and
wrapped in prospection. = Edinburgh
Scotsman
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strenuous methods Of Healing.


Papuan medicine men are regarded
with great respect by the natives
Those / have met certainly seemed en-
ergetic and Woodworking. They sit
close to the patient, massaging the seat
Of pain with much yigor, and, while
they are thus rubbing, make a noise
with their lips rather like that which
groom makes when rubbing down
horse. The process is a firing one,
and the medicine man stops at inter
walls to drink hot water In which taro
has been boiled His object Is to ex-
tract some mysterious foreign sub
stance from the sick mans body, and
II he succeeds In this he receives a
fee; otherwise he gets nothing. "Nc
cure, no pay" is apparently the Pa
puan sufferers motto. = Wide World
Maga zine
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called the umpire, and the crowds took

called the umpire, and Tie crowds took
up the shout
Thornton realized that in so short a
time line plunges would be futile
There was only one hope of victory,
another drop kick for a goal. While
only twenty yards away, the goal
posts were of to the left at an oblique
angle
There was about one chance IN
dozen Of putting the ball between
them. but Thornton took it. He stood
back of the line ready to call the sig
nal. and the Darnall eleven, seeing II
was to be kick, got ready to plunge
through and break up the play.
Then suddenly the quarterback, look
ing directly between the goal posts
saw Leta In the grand stand in an at
tttude of GREATNESS expectancy, and
he knew more than the game depend
ed upon his quickness and skill.
He stepped back few yards, ana
with his eye riveted on the figure In
orange he gave the signal in clear,
sharp tones, Three, double two. eiev-
enr'
The ball struck his outstretched
hands. and as he dropped it he shot
out his right foot. The next second
big Darnan guard leaped over the line
and struck Thornton head-on, sending
him Keeling senseless twenty feet from
the spot where he was hit.
But the big man was half second
too late, for Thornton's toe had caught
the ball squarely, and it went flying
straight as a bullet between the goal
posts and up into the grand stand. fall
ing almost at Leta's feetl
A wild, deafening yell of joy broke
over the field, but the quarterback did
not hear 1t. Ten minutes later, when
be came to, girl was bathing his fore
head, and he caught the glow Of her
bright brown dress. The crowd fell
back respectfully.
Don't worry, Thornton, dear boy,
she whispered. 81 saw you looking at
me when you made that wonderful
kick, and / know now how much
mean to your
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-12-29

One Of the greatest puzzles, said a
member of parliament, is how to con-
cede the most worthy and honorable
intentions to an opponent, how to pro-
fess an answering and unfading be-
i lief In his uncompromising veracity
and bona fides and at the same time
to convey distinct conviction that he
| is an impostor and a humbug OF the
first water and an accomplished Ana
MAS carrying welter Of thirteen stone
seven pounds in the mendacity handi-
can.-T,ondon Opinion.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-12-29
pIKEs IN GERMANY.
They Are Built With Great Care an
Exactness.

Exactness.
When a dixie is to be built-and they
are still in places making dikes-it Is
first mapped out by the neatly sharp
ened stakes, a long straight causeway
leading out from shore and widening
into a rounded head which abuts on
the red line Of the channel. Then 9
ground sill or foundation mattress OF
willows is woven and sunk at this
head and pinned down and held In
place by the sharpened pegs. Then
wattles are woven and sand filed In
and In places rock, and then, rounding
ND neatly out Of the water and form
inc tight covering to the whole, the
hand squared blocks of stone are laid
as closely as city pavement, all over
the head and back along the neck tc
the old shore 1t Is as permanent and
stable as the Harvard stadium, the
dixie so built, and the river, abandon
ing the space back Of the tip to slack
water or to be filled In with sand
flows on with entire grace in the re
strieted channel beyond the tip.
The care and exactness with which
these bikes are made would be laugh
able if it were not so successful. In
land where hand labor is very cheaI
days are devoted to doing what II
America would be roughly cast by ma
chinery in couple of hours. But th'
result is so admirable that one re
members regretfully the ugly pile
bikes. the horrid fringes of the i'm
proved 'off channel" banks Of the Mis-
sissippi
Where the bikes have accomplished
their purpose and generally on thu
banks opposite to them the river Il
reverted above middle water. This
too, is done with the hand squared
stones, and as result the Elbe wher'
completely finished resembles a broat
canal between stone lined banks. tn
stone rising a few feet above the wa
| ter, and above 1t the green slope of tn
fields or a fringe of willows. 1t is al
peaceful, complete and generally beau
tiful, with at least the beauty Of util
ity where it lacks that of ruggednes
and wildness.-Boston Transcript.
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Little boy"
"Huhf
.Do you know where Broadway is?'
Say, wot youse take me ferY'
"Well, where is it?''
AAw, don't youse believe known
Eyes, Of course, but don't know
Tell me how to get there from here"
Jaw, youse know how"
81 do not. l am a stranger.
haven't the least idea where 1t is"
"Quit yer kiddin'."
"Where-is-Broadway?"
"Gwanr
saThis way or that wayf"
eyer stringin' me-"
"Win you tell me where Broadway
isT
"Hey, Jimmy, here's guy Wot SCI
be don't know where Broadway is?'-
New York Times
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A Dead Bird.

Samuel Butler, the witty but eccen
trio author of "Erewhon," which
means Nowhere" and of many Other
remarkable and suggestive books, is
now more read than during his life
time. He died In 1902. In one Of hi!
notebooks he tells this incident, which
must have amused the great Charles
Darwin:
Frank Darwin told me bis fathel
was once standing near the hippopota
mus cage when little boy and girl
aged four and five, came up. The hip
popotamus shut his eyes for a minute
"That birds dead said the littl'
girl Come along"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-12-29

Do you use an atomizer in treating
Nasal Catarrhi If so you will appreciate
Ely's Liquid Cream Balm, the quickest
and surest remedy for this disease. In all
curative properties it is identical with the
solid Cream Balm, which is so famous
and so successful in overcoming Catarrh,
Hay Fever and Cold in the head. There
is relief in the first dash of spray upon the
heated sensitive air-passagee. All drug
gists 75c, including spraying tube, OF
mailed by Ely Bros, So Warren street
New York.
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Ignorant. but Careful.

Ignorance nearly always makes
fools Of u.s." said a lecturer. II re
member a man, ignorant of etiquette
who once sat beside me at a public
dinner. l noticed that this man. as
soon as he was seated. took up one
by one the knives at the right of his
plate and began to try their edges on
his thumb. A. waiter behind him
leaned forward and said in a hurt
tonei
The knives are all sharp, SIR
""The point is,' said my neighbor,
I'm looking for blunt one. Last
time attended a banQuet here cut
my mouth"
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Foul or Fair weathar

Small Wallace accepted an invita-
ton to party, as follows:
Dear Lcuis-I will come to your
party If 1t don't rain" 0hen. thinking
that he might have to stay at home in
chat case), "and if it does. "-Delinea-
tor
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-12-29

There has recently been discovered an arc
matte, pleasant herb cure for woman's ills
called Mother Gray's AUsrRALIAN-LEAF. II
is the only certain regulator. Cures female
weaknesses and backache, F,dney, bladder
and urinary troubles. At all druggists or by
mail SOC. Sample FREE. Address, The
Mother Gray Co.. LIE Roy, N. Y.
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81 hadn't been talking with him
three minutes before he called me an
ass. What sort of person is hep
well, / never knew him to tell Il
lfo
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An Ohedient Tiqer.

'How entire remarks the London
Globe, SIS the confidence Of the native
East Indian in the government may be
gathered from the following anecdote.
which comes from Lahore A tiger
had escaped from the geological gar
dens, and It's keeper, hoping to lure 1t
back, followed it. When all other in
ducements had failed, he lifted up his
voice and solemnly adiured 1t in the
name of the British government, to
which 1t belonged. TO come back to its
cage The tiger, it is needless to add.
0haved Mt nncn -
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Isle Of WIGHT.

The Isle Of Wight inhabitants are
not alone 10 speaking of '.going to
England" when they leave their own
fragment of the kingdom. A patriotic
Cornishman also sgoes to England
when he crosses the lamar Similar
ly inhabitants Of the Balkan peninsula
talk of 'going to Europe" when they
leave their own corner of the CONT
nent-in curious contrast with the peo-
pie of our own island. We regard our
selves as both Of and in Europe" and
accordingly 1t is only ''the continent
that we visit The record in the
splendid isolation line is probably held
by that minister Of the Cumbraes, in
the Clyde. who prayed for a blessing
upon ''the inhabitants of Great and
Little Cumbrae and the adjacent is
lands of Great Britain and Ireland."-
London Graphic
It Made a Difference.
A Chinaman of noble birth had been
invited to dine at Williams home. His
mother was very anxious that the
guest should not be made uncomfort-
able by the little chaps curiosity. SC
she took him aside and explained all
about the yellow skin, long braid of
hair and almond eyes of the Mongo
Hans and even showed him pictures of
Chinese. She impressed upon him more
than anything else the fact that the
visitor was his fathers friend and was
to be treated with respect Upon the
Celestial's arrival William tried hard
not to stare or look too curious and
succeeded In being very quiet for some
time when. much to the surprise of
his mother and the amusement of the
Chinese, he called out, Mamma, If he
wasn't our friend wouldn't he be fun
ny T'-Bellman
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The 4Leadins Heavy"

"What's the matter now7"
Were playin' circus parade. an
Willie's a-bein' the elephant an the
lion an the hipp'otamus an the CALI
one an it amt fairi"-Life.
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Taking an Advantage.

"Your family seem to enjoy going t,
Europe"
YES" answered Mr.. Cumrox. moth
er and the girls have observed that
am weak on getting the value of for
sign money Things are ordered AMI
paid for before l have time to make
any intelligent inquiries as to the ex
pense. Washington Star
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TIL. Rrakeman,s Advice.

Down In Maine is town called
Burnham, situated on a small branch
railroad that joins the main line at
Durham Junction One day as the
train approached the latter place the
brakeman entered the car and In his
usual stentorian tones went through
his regular rigmarole when station
and junction are reached.
'Burnham Junction. he shouted.
"Burnham Junction. Change cars fol
Burnham! Leave no articles In the
car! Burn'am, Burn'am| = Lippin
colts.
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Inside and Outside.

The following report was sent by
subordinate inspector to his chief il
the telephone service 1t concerned
faulty house connection:
Found wire with no outside outside
Put inside wire outside and outside IN
side. Need more outside for inside
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