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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-07-06
Why She Learned French.

81 had new type of pupil last
week" said high priced French
teacher. who has the reputation of
taking infinite pains in the matter of
pronunciation. "a young woman came
in and wanted to arrange for a few
lessons which would drill her into re-
peating a few phrases to absolute per-
lection l thought 1t a strange re-
quest, but presumed she was going to
take part In some theatricals and that
the part required some short French
phrases. What was my surprise when
she quite frankly told me that she
was a music teacher and almost all
of her pupils spoke French fluently
and that their pet dogs understood
nothing else. To her pupils she could
speak English. but to the pet dog 1t
was impossible. She had her own list
of phrases she wanted to learn.
drilled her on Good morning, dear lit
tie dog and 'Goodby, darling Bijou,'
and several other expressions of equal
Importance until she spoke like ma
tive. She also learned how to say
Lie down and Good dog and few
endearing pleasantries. She was an
apt pupil, and we had good times over
the lessons, as we both saw the alb
surd side 1t was the first time I'd
ever heard Of pet dogs to whom
French was, as one might say, a ma
tive tongue but I've inquired since
and find it's so.''-New York Sun.
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FIG VIII HAVE GRAIN WE'LL SHOCKED
the seed is put where it can grow to
the best advantage Glover has bet
ter chance in drilled grain. The drill
should be run north and south, so that
the sun can shine in between the rows
on the little clover plants.
Harvesting the Crop.
Preparation for harvest should be
made by having the binder in perfect
running order beforehand. If oats are
not cut as soon as ripe they will al
most surely go down and be lost
Great care should be taken In shocking
to see that the bundles stand up firm
ly If the straw is not too green the
shocks should be capped, as capped
shock will shed rain better. A shock
that stands up straight and Is well
capped will shed a great deal Of rain
without wetting in much. 1t Is much
better to stack than to thrash out of
the shock The oats will sweat some
where, and they will be Of better quail
ity if they do 1t in the stack instead
of in the bin. 1t has been proved man.
times over that there is nothing to be
gained by thrashing oats from the
shock Oats that have been permitted
to go through the sweating process
a well protected stack are always OF
better quality than those which have
been hurried into the thrasher.
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CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature sssss the Ct lzza1z3
one Wav Of Eindina II.

A farmer was working in his hay
field when a neighbor came up and
engaged in a chat which developed
into dispute about something or
other.
ITS like looking for a needle in a
haycock,' said the first farmer.
"And that's easy enough said the
neighbor
Easy, is it," retorted the other. 81
bet you 5 shillings you won't find a
needle I'll hide in that there haycock
In an hour
..Done with you for 5 bob" cried
his neighbor.
The first farmer thereupon hid a
needle In the haycock and called
"Timer'
His neighbor drew a match from his
pocket, set fire to the hayeock and
rushed off at top speed to his own
house. Back he came presently and
found the haycock reduced to heap
of ashes Flourishing a huge horse
shoe magnet, he plunged it into the
ashes and in a minute withdrew 1t
with the needle ellnging to it,
1.-THE result Of scientifick eddicationw
he said proudly to the first farmer,
who was gazing ruefuAy at the ashes
of his haycock. Of you'd "a bin ed
dicated scientifically up to date like
me you'd be richer by bob and he
haycock. '-London Answers.
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NOISY WEDDINGS.
HoIstsrous Prelude to Marriages In Old |
Rothenbura.

Hothenbura.
They love music in Rothenburg, and
1t Is an incident of most functions,
public and private. In front of the
rathhaus, when wedding formalities
are going on inside. hired musicians
loudly drum and trumpet, whereat the
people come running from all direc-
lions, for a wedding is not carried on
with the quietness which would please
the shy and retiring. Marriage is
sacrament neither lightly nor secretly
entered into.
On the night before the wedding it
is considered de regueur to hurl old
pots and pans against the house of the
bride with boisterous good wishes. and
without these delicate attentions a
bride would really feel sighted. Her
two best friends wait upon her during
the din and give her a wreath and a
veil and some verses composed In her
honor, and that the verses are curl
ously like those offered to brides in
the past, except for necessary change
of name, is not at all a drawback.
Weddings are usually on Tuesdays.
and they take from z O'Clock In the
morning till 4 or o'clock in the after
noon, including the time at the town
hall AT the home there will likely
be play given in which are set forth
the supposed foibles of the bride and
groom, and some friend, masquerad-
ing as a gypsy, will come In and give
whatever kind of prophecy best ac-
cords with his wits.-Robert Shackle-
ton in Harper's Magazine.
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THE LIVERY STABLE DOG.
Some Ways In Which He Differs From
the Fashionable Pets.

SOuI0 ways iH tHIiCU TIC GIIIGTS GT0Itl
the Fashionable Pets.
The common livery stable dog is to-
tally unlike the powder puff or
'toots and skigums" dog, but his dis
position is infinitely better. To lie on
cushion and growl and snap at the
hand that would caress it is considered
the height Of folly in the livery stable
variety.
The livery stable dog approaches you
ingratiatingly and offers you a dirty
paw to shake. After you have shaken
II he solemnly gives you the other.
Then he crawls up in your lap and
ticks you on the mouth.
The livery stable canine is a most
industrious digger of holes. The the
DRY is that he is going to lie down in
the hole he digs, but he does no such
thing. He goes and lies down right
in the middle Of the sidewalk, where
people will have to step over him. He
will never get out of anybody's way.
He even lies down In the middle of
the street and tries to make carts,
wagons and automobiles avoid him.
He doesn't enjoy as large vocab-
ulary as the powder puff or skigums
dog. A phrase like Does ums want
ums itty bass?" would scare him to
death. His advantages have not been
such as to acquaint him with such
hifalutin talk, but he does know few
simple phrases like cit to blazes out
Of hera Won Harmed nastr' He under-
stands that perfectly-Puck
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THE CABBAGE CURE.
Old Ezekiel Hed Long Been Wanting
a Boiled Dish.


This idea that people thrive best
on the food they like best is not as
modern as you seem to think" said
the old doctor to the young doctor
when Ezekiel Holmes was something
over 100 years old he was taken sick.
and my grandfather, one of the best
physicians in that section, was called
in to see him after the family had
done their worst to make him better.
Grandfather pronounced Mr.. Holmes
very Ill and told the family that the
end was probably near-he might not
live out the night As soon as this
news spread through the neighborhood
several friends called to sit up or
watch with the sufferer. Among them
was sea captain, who took the sec
ond watch.
"A little after midnight Mr.<Holmes
awoke and said the doctor was starv-
ing him. The captain asked what he
would like to eat.
"'Corned beef and cabbage replied
the old man.
1.-THE captain found some in the pan
try-it was a staple dish In those days
and gave him a generous plateful,
reasoning, as he said afterward, that
so long as the old mans hours were
numbered he might as well have what
he wanted while he lasted After eat
ing heartily Mr.. Holmes said he felt
much better and went quietly to sleep.
The next morning, when grandfather
called, he found his patient on the
road to recovery. The old man not
only got well, but kept so for four
or five years afterward, and he al
ways stoutly declared that his mid
night meal had cured him.
"T'd been wanting a boiled dish
fortnight he used to say, and mother
wouldn't let me have it. But worked
a traverse on her and got WELL -
Youths Companion.
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cunid and the Cook.

When a stately cook showed up at
the same employment agency for the
sixth time on the lookout for new
situation the manager lost patience.
Said she:
'What is the matter? That was a
good place 1 found for you last time.
Why are you leaving?"
The cook looked sheepish for mo-
ment, then tossed her head, prepared
to brazen it out.
Pm going away" she said, because
l have no chance there. I've got ac-
quainted with every clerk and every
delivery man in the neighborhood, and
it's plain that none of them means
business. can't afford to waste any
more time there | want to go into a
neighborhood where l can get ac-
quainted with new set, where there
may be something doing I'm all alone
in the world, you See and I've got to
look out for my chances the same as
yourself
The manager gasped, but promised
to find a situation on more promising
ground.-NeY York Globe
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aoRAN AMoK ~
The 5IoodthIrsty Malay When He 10
Maddened by Frenzy.

"Amokv is a religious fanaticism, a
his mind to kill any one he can until
he himself is killed. Brought on by
drink or religion or from whatever
cause, the process is the same. The
mailman seizes his creese and PUSHES
headlong down the street, cutting at
has seen a creese or a parang further
detail is unnecessary.
A man running amok is as a dog
with hydrophobia, but the panic caus-
ed by the former is by far the worse.
Like the mad dog, the mailman is fol-
lowed by a noisy rabble, who sooner or
later run into their man and extermi-
nate him. When this vengeful rabble
is made up of bloodthirsty Malays and
Cinnamon its wild rage and fury are
beyond control, beyond description
The clamor and bloodcurdling yells Of
the pursuing crowd and the ever near
ing shout Of "Oran amok, oran amok"
are incidents which can never be for
gotten by any one who has seen or
heard them. The bravest Quails when
suddenly turning the corner of street
his ears are greeted with the cry Of
"Oran amokv' and a few yards of he
sees a Malay running straight at him,
brandishing in his hand the bloody
creese with which he has already
slaughtered all In his way.-LOndon
Chronicle,
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TIDES AND FISHING.
Fish Are More Active In Search For
Food on the Flood Tide.

Fish Are More Active In Search For
Food on the Flood Tide.
The most essential thing In sea fish
ing. next to tackle and bait, Is a tide
table, because all marine fishes ex-
cept the fiatfsh-founder and fiuke-
are captured more readily at a certain
tide. The main cause for such is that
fish are more active in their search
for food generally on the flood tide.
Vast schools of little fishes move
close into shore on the incoming tide,
working their way into the smaller
bays and inlets, especially near the
edge of banks, where they feed on
the small crustaceans, shrimps and lit
tie minnows that can effectually hide
from their larger enemies when the
tide is low and the large fish are I'M
able to get at them in very shoal wa
ters
1t is a common and interesting sight
to see a school of weakfish slowly
moving in near the surface with the
early tide. Suddenly one sees the
smooth surface all in commotion. Sill
very minnows leap frantically In all
directions, looking like flashes of dia-
monds, then instantly disappear to GER
tain death. At such times anglers
should be ready with their boat
trimmed snug, lines out floating forty
feet away, baited with live shrimps.
Tide affects bottom feeders, though
not to such a large extent. Fishing
from piers and docks an hour before
and after food is most likely to give
good results. On wrecks much de-
ponds on the kind Of fish. The last of
the ebb and at low tide is considered
the worst condition for general fish
ing. In the open sea, on the banks,
tidal influence counts for little or moth
ing. Any tide is as good as another
Outing Magazine.
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THE USEFUL SWALLOWS.


Friends of the Farmer.
From the standpoint Of the farmer
and the orchardist perhaps no birds
more useful than the swallows exist.
They have been described as the light
cavalry of the avian army.
Specially adapted for fight and I'M
excelled In aerial evolutions, they have
few rivals In the art of capturing in
sects In midair They eat nothing of
value to man except a few predaceous
wasps and bugs and In return for their
services in destroying vast numbers of
noxious insects ask only for harborage
and protection.
1t is to the fact that they capture
their prey ON the wing that their pc
culiar value to the cotton grower is
due Orioles do royal service in catch
ing weevils on the bolls, and black
birds, wrens, fycatchers and others
contribute to the good work, but when
swallows are migrating over the cot
ton fields they find the weevils flying
In the open and wage active war
against them. AS many as forty-sever
adult weevils have been found In the
stomach of a single cliff swallow
Bulletin of Department of Agriculture
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MAY Ours snorIna Too.

'T'ye found cure for nightmare"
said the man who will eat despite his
subsequent sufferings. when I go
to bed at night l slip string through
an empty spool, secure the spool firmly
so it will not slide and then tie the
string around my waist in such way
that the spool comes in the middle Of
my back. The result is that If l try
to turn on my back in my sleep l lie
on the spool, and 1 can assure you 1t
awakens me promptly. No; it isn't
pleasant to be wakened in that way
but 1t is better than having to go
through one Of the diabolical night
mares from which l have suffered for
several New York Press.
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Rrsakinu Away From Work.

Our business men ought to break
away from trade exactions long before
they do-ought to do so as a matter Of
volition and ethical judgment rather
than of physical necessity. They ought
to get and give more enjoyment in life.
They ought to do less for self and more
for others. They ought to live more In
books and more In the open and less
at their desks and realize better health
and longer lives as result. More and
more culture In all its forms is exer-
cising a growing influence. which must
manifest itself In lessened effort along
the lines of money getting and the de-
votion of more time on the part of our
business men to the pursuits which
naturally accompany fortified leisure.
Aristotle said, 1.-THE end Of labor is to
gain leisure" and Aristotle was a wise
mana. Barton Hepburn In Century.
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A Curious Tree.

One of the natural curiosities of
south Mashonaland is German
sausage tree" 1t bears deep crimson
flowers, three inches long, in blazing
punches of twelve, but when the tree
fruits into fat, substantial, sausage
like pods there remain no leaves, and
1t looks like a sausage larder indeed.
These beans are twenty inches long
and twelve inches in girth and are be-
loved of the native tribe of Shangaans
and balloons But the tribe of the
Karenga are a very superior people
and would never deign to eat them.
There can be no reason for this, as
at least no one can accuse these "sau.
sages'' of being connected in any way
with dogs or cats.-Natal Witness.
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FatherIy Advice.

dad" said the country youth who
had just graduated fromsthe district
school, 81 have long cherished desire
to go on the stage and have at last
decided, with your permission, to-
my boy" interrupted the old gran
ger, "all the worlds stage. You hitch
the mules to the big red pillow and
transfer the outfit to the ten acre lot
behind the barn. where you can enact
the star role in that beautiful drama
entitled Down ON the Farm Chi
cago News.
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Sensitive Tobacco Plants.

In Cuba the best tobacco comes from
one strip of land only, the slopes of a
certain river, and even there north
wind may ruin the crop. Tobacco Is
the most sensitive plant we know of.
The smallest thing affects its flavor.
Plant Virginia tobacco in Germany,
and the result is better tobacco, but
1t Is German tobacco, not yirginian.
In north Borneo they produce the most
delicate and silky leaves that ever
were seen, but the tobacco lacks char
acter and taste. Send Havana seeds
to the Philippines, and you merely pro-
duce a superior Manila.-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
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Homsmads Names.

THAT little girl" remarked the
druggist to the doctor, was just in for
10 cents worth of tincture of benzine.
But I've had it before and gave her
benzoin."
THAT was easy" answered the doc
tor. 'sThis morning on a diphtheria
case the woman wanted to know II
administered antitoxin with an cpl
demic syringe New York Press.
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Make note now to get Ely's Cream
Balm if you are troubled with nasal ca
tarrh, hay fever, or cold in the head. 1t
is purifying and soothing to the sensitive
membrane that lines the air passages. Il
is made to overcome tn disease, not tc
fool the patti Mt by short, deceptive re
lief There is no cocaine nor mercury il
it. Do not be talked into king sub
stitute for Ely's Cream Bal M. All drug
gists sell it, Price SOC. Mailed by Ely
Bros, Sc Warren Street, New York.
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Must Keen II Dry,

The teacher had explained to pri-
mary class the difference between sol
ids and liquids and illustrated her
points by objects kept on a table.
When she thought her pupils had
grasped the idea she held up her watch
and asked, "Now, children, must put
this among the solids or among the
liquidsY' Among the solids, teacher"
a bright little boy replied. "Why not
among the liquidsY' she asked. BE
cause" replied the little fellow-"be-
cause II you do you will get 1t wet"
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Stage Manager-Re Remember, Bangs,
we are depending ON your baby to cry
Justify in the third scene. Do you
think he'll do his part? Actor Father
He ought TO, sir. He's been rehears-
ing night and day.-Boston Transcript
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A Reflection.

ITO my annoyance" she said, Il
found he had lock of my hair. How
he got ii can't imagine"
The older girl smiled oddly.
when You were out of the room,
perhapsY she hazarded.-Cincinnati
ENQUIRER
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Sidestepped.

Father lat supper table)-Well, John
ny, how did you get along at school
today? Johnny-Papa, my physiology
books says conversation at meals
should be of a pleasant character.
Let's talk about something else.-Chi-
cago News.
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Just the Opposite.

when ] first met you" cried the
woman who had been married for her
money, "you occupied low, mental
position, but now, thanks to me, your
position
as a hymeneal one" her husband
INTERRUPTED.
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He Had Noticed.

Father (who is always trying to
teach his son how to act while at the
table)-Well, John, you see, when
have finished eating l always leave
the table. John-Yes, sir. and that is
about all you do leave.-London Mail.
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Mus;csI R.c.ntion.

BROWN What did your wife say
about your being SO late home the 9th
er night?
Jones-Nothing at all. She just sat
down at the piano and played "Tell
Me the Old. Old Story"
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Easv Job.

The Boss-Td like to give you en-
ployment, young man, but there is no
work to do The Applicant-That's
just the sort of Job I'd like, sir, If the
salary were satisfactory. = Cleveland
Leader.
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Making Money
On the Farm
N.-Odt Growing
BY G. Y. GREGORY.
Author of Home Course In Modern
Agriculture"
Copyright. 1909. by American Press
Association

AYEXT to wheat, oats are the most
IN widely grown small grain
crop. 1t is crop that is need
ed on every farm for feed, es-
pecially for young stock and horses.
In the corn belt oats I'LL in a place in
the rotation that cannot well be taken
by any other crop. The work Of seed
ing and harvesting fits in well with the
work of growing a corn crop; hence
oats are and probably always will be
an important crop In the corn belt
In spite of these reasons for growing
oats they are not usually considered to
be a profitable crop. The price is less
than that Of corn and the yield usual
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snreI

"De man dat don't do muffin but
look out for No. L. said Uncle Eben,
rs purity sure sooner or later to at
tract attention to hisse'f as about de
smallest fieger in de 'rithmetic =
Washington Star
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Wigwag- Bjones says that when he
Is at your house he acts just like one
OF the family. Henpeckke-Yes; he
seems to be just as much afraid of my
mother-in-law as 1 am
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Just the Opposite.

sYou are a poor young manT
81 am"
.Then what you want is thrifty
economical wife,"
mot at ell. What l want is rich,
liberal wtfe."-Democrati Telegraph.
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Little minds are too much wounded
by little things; great minds see all
and are not even hurt.-La RoehefOu-
eauld.
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All About Her.

Winkle-See that little woman IL
black over there? Pll bet there are
more men crazy about that woman
than any woman in town. Hinkle-
What makes you think so? Wrinkle
Well. she's the matron out at the in
sane asylum.
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The nobleness Of life depends on its
consistency. c,earness Of purpose, quiet
and ceaseless energy .-Ruskin.
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Without a friend the world is Q
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Proverb.