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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-01-25
A RUSSIAN PRISONER.
Experience of Man Who Was Chain
ed - MJhaaIharro,.,

ed to Wheelbarrow.
In writing of the Schluesselburg
prison i'll McCNre's Magazine David
Soskice tells of prisoner who was
chained to wLeelbarrow:
''Schedrin had been condemned to
hard labor in the convict mines of ST.
IBERIA and for an attempt to escape
from there had been sentenced to be
chained to heavy wheelbarrow.
When the order came for his transfer
from Siberia to st. Petersburg no con-
veyance could be found large enough
to contain him. the wheelbarrow and
the convoy of gendarmes. Yet as the
wheelbarrow had become a part of
the prisoner. the gendarmes were
afraid to leave it behind 1t was there
fore decided to place Schedrin with his
convoy in one cart and the wheelbar-
row behind in another. For several
months, day and night. Schedrin and
the gendarmes galloped through 81
IBERIA upon a troika Ia three horsed
cart or sledge), while another sped be-
hind them upon which the wheelbar-
row reposed, causing the deepest
amazement among the peasants In the
villages through which they passed.
Upon the arrival of the prisoner In IS.
Peter and Paul he was once again
chained to the barrow. and only after
he had been six weeks in the Schlues-
selburg was he finally detached from
it and given freedom Of movement
within the narrow confines of his cell
when they unclaimed me- said
Schedrin subsequently. i could not get
enough movement. wanted to run
and run, and it seemed to me that
could never stop. How strange it is
that men who can enjoy perfect free
dom of movement never realize the
wonderful happiness that is theirs"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-01-25
THE EARLY STAGE.
Boys In Female Parts and the First
English Actress.

Boys In Female Parts and the First
English Actress.
Not long since a critic, noticing the
advent of new Ophelia in London,
observed that. while the actress &C.
quilted herself very well, she could
hardly be considered "Shakespeare's
Ophelia," which was undoubtedly the
case, inasmuch as Shakespeare's Ophe-
liza was boy, either chorister or
page in the service of one of the thea
ber's patrons.
No English actress made her appear
ance before the restoration. On Jan.
Pepys records, ITO the theater, where
was acted the 'Beggar's Bush it be-
ing very well done. and here the first
time that ever saw women come
upon the stage"
But these, it is suspected, were mere
walking ladies'" A few days later the
diarist vwent to see a performance Of
'The Silent Woman" among other
things here Kynaston, the boy, had the
good turn to appear In three shapes
first as poor woman In ordinary
clothes to please Morose, then in fine
clothes as a gallant and In them was
clearly the prettiest woman in the
whole house." He had year before
declared that "Kynaston as Olympia
made the loveliest lady that ever saw
in my life"
The distinction of being the first
English actress has been variously
ascribed to Mrs. Dave port. Mrs.
Knipp and Mrs. Davies. They all APP
peared the same year Q661J. Mrs. Da-
vies, together with the principal ac-
tresses in Sir William Davenant's CON-
pany, being boarded in the managers
Gown house. London Strand Maya
zine
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-01-25
Anticipation.

Lieutenant Shackletoh tells how
when in the antarctic wastes he and
his companions sustained their spirits
and their bodies as well when sup
plies had to be cut down to a mini
mum by dwelling upon the glorious
eating they would have on returning
to headquarters. The value of such
mental sustenance has long been rec
ognized by up to date commanders
There was the German officer In the
war of 1870 who sustained the flag
ging spirits and weary legs of his men
by shouting: There is brewery in
side that town. Let us get there be-
fore anybody else!' History relates
that the men did get there with re
markable speed. Equally shrewd was
that Japanese commander In the Man
churian war who. seeing his men ex
hausted with thirst and knowing full
well the wonderful properties of picked
plums, cried out, Two miles from here
there is forest of plums." The an
dcipated plums went far to relieve
their parched mouths.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-01-25
"AN0THER'S SHOES"
A Phrase That Had Its Origin In Al
Ancient Custom.


Ancient Custom.
The expression stepping into an
others Shoes" like many another COM
mon phrase, had it's origin in an an
cient custom.
The old Morse law required that a
person to be adopted must step into a
previously prepared shoe. This shoe
was made from the skin taken from
the right hind leg of "three- winters
old bull"
The skin was flayed from above the
hook, and out of this the shoe was
made. The person to be adopted step
ped into this shoe, taking into his
arms one at a time, it is presumed, the
younger sons of the man making the
adoption. If there were also sons who
were of age they stepped into the shoe
afterward, by this sign showing their
consent to the adoption.
A man in this way could adopt an
llegitimate son, making him his law
full heir. but in that case the father
was obliged to step into the shoe first
If there were any full grown sons,
they stepped into the shoe afterward;
If there were no full grown sons, then
the next of kin did the stepping, and
without his consent, by the way, this
special adoption could not be made.
Witnesses to the ceremony in the
use of the shoe were required to es-
tablish its legality.
1t will be seen that this was con-
sidered IN important ceremony. and
since So much "shoe stepping was
done it is not strange that the express
sion as now used passed into common
speech.-Ch.cago Record Herald
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-01-25
HENRY cAvENDISH.
A RecIuse, He Lived Far From th
M~AIfMM

A RecIuse, He Lived Far From the
Madding Crowd.
Henry Cavendish, the famous natural
philosopher and chemist, was recluse
who astonished England.
A son of Lord Charles Cavendish
and nephew of the third Duke Of
Devonshire, possessed of enormous
wealth, the subject of universal ad-
miration because of his scientific at
tainments, he preferred the solitude
of his study and the company of his
books to the pleasures society could
offer him.
For many years he lived at Hamp-
stead in large, roomy house, attended
by number of female servants, who,
however, were strictly enjoined to keep
out of his sight. If a domestic by the
merest chance came into the presence
Of Cavendish she was instantly dis
missed.
Every morning the philosopher would
leave note on the hall table naming
what he wanted for dinner No one
saw him place the note there; but, ac-
customed to the strange customs of
the establishment, the meal would be
prepared, and only the remains of the
repast signified the presence Of the
master of the house.
When Cavendish died in 1910 he left
behind him nearly million pounds
sterling, besides lasting reputation as
q scientist and writer on natural mil
DISQUALIFICATION Telegraph.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-01-25
ATOP THE FREIGHT TRAIN.
Walking the Care = Hair RaisIne Ex
perience For q Novice,

waking tne Cars Ft9tr H0tBaWQ tx
perienee For q Novice.
There came over me as sat In the
caboose that evening wild desire to
ride with the engineer In the cab.
Planning to slip ahead along the half
nile or so of train at the first stop, /
made known my desire to our con-
ductor over that part of the run.
They'll be glad to see you" he told
me. You won't have any trouble get
tin there. It's a mild evenin'." He
swung open the window of the lookout
and called to his rear brakeman, Jim
mic, run along with this here party"
Jimmie pulled me through the window
of the lookout before clearly realized
the entire plan.
1t was slippery path over the roofs
Of sixty cars to the big engine that
was pulling US, and the wind that
swept in from the shores of the Ice
bound lake, along which the tracks ran
for many miles. snapped sharply over
those car roofs Jimmie hung on to
his lantern with one hand, to his con-
voy with the other Long miles over
those slippery car roofs had taught
him to regard 1t as no very serious
business.
This amt nothin'," was his assur-
ance. 1T sometimes gets nasty when
we get down to zero an a blizzard
comes a-rippin' from of over the lake.
Sometimes you have to get down an
crawl on all tours. 1t wouldn't be
much fun to be swept off the tops of
those cars"
There was no disputing that, nor
that the three lengthwise planks at
the gable of the car roofs were not
wide promenades. You jump from one
to another to cross from car to car,
and a man has got to have something
of gymnastic training and some cir
Gus as well as railroad blood In his
veins to do it many times without
dropping into one of the hideous dark
abysses between them.
A hand out Of the dark slapped me
in the face. Drop" said Jimmie, and,
fearing possibly that might not obey,
he pulled me fat down upon the car
roof.
THAT was 'telltale,'" he explained,
and before could ask further we
were in a short reach Of tunnel, and
understood. We were whirled
through that tunnel like a package In
tube, and II we had raised our arms
we could have touched the flying roof
Of the bore. The smoke lay heavy in
the place. 1t filed our eyes and nos
trils.
mot real NICE" said Jimmie cheerily.
But no danger in the holes. save now
and then an icicIe gets crack at your
nut You see, there amt much use IN
arguin' the matter after that 'telltale'
strikes you."-Edward Hungerford In
Harnar's.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-01-25
OSTRICH BATTLES.
The Great Birds, as Strong as Horses,
Boy With Their Feat

Tho Great Birds, as Strong as Horses,
Box With Their Feet.
Ostriches battle for supremacy with
as much ferocity as stays, bulls, buff
faloes and other animals. An ostrich
fight is amusing, inasmuch as it
amounts practically to boxing match
with the feet, wherein the combatants
lightly dance around each other.
There is. however, this difference-if
any human boxer could hit as hard
with his hands as can an ostrich with
its feet the championship would be
decided by single blow. In sparring
the ostrich stands on one foot, Will
the other foot and the wings raised,
the bill wide open and the neck dis
tended. He strikes with the force of
a trip hammer.
Sometimes on an ostrich farm a
keeper will become involved in such .
mixup. In which event it is not infre-
quently the case that the human
energies from the scrap with a broken
leg, arm or head.
Under modern training an ostrich
equals horse In power and indeed
can perform many of the stunts
whereof his equine colleague is capa-
Bile. In one respect, however, he ex-
GELS the horse, for by the aid of its
wings the ostrich can leave behind
the swiftest running thoroughbred. In
harness an ostrich has at Hot Springs,
Ark, paced in about horses time
Harper's Weekly.
The Humorous Nature.
"Haw. haw, | see that old Jones has
been swindled out of e200."
Anything funny about that?"
"Why. yes! Jones is an old friend OF
mine."-London Scraps.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-01-25
HOW LONG is A DAY7
Some of the Worlds Inhabitants Eat
ais Meals Durino One.

Some of the Worlds Inhabitants Eat
3t5 Meals During One.
II we should meet man and he
should casually remark that he ate
Bis meals yesterday we would doubt
less be somewhat astonished at his ap-
petite. Likewise we would feel sorry
for the man who said that, having
foolishly eaten three eggs with bacon
for breakfast, he had no appetite for
his Christmas dinner But maybe the
first man was from Spitzbergen. where
they have a day three and half
months in length, whereas the poor
chap who missed the Christi AS feast
lived in Finland, at Torena, where
Christmas day is something less than
three hours long
On the whole. 1t would be rather
wise if one should undertake to do
certain work, to receive so much per
day In payment, to understand just
where the work is to be done, else one
might have to labor eighteen and a
half hours at Stockholm, if it happen
ed to be the longest day of the year,
or all the time from May 81 to July %
If at Wardbury, In Norway. In st.
Petersburg the longest day is nineteen
hours and the shortest five hours. At
Torena, Finland, there is a twenty-five
hour day. At London and Bremen the
longest day is sixteen and half
hours, while at Hamburg and Dantzig
there are seventeen hours in the long
est day. In Washington the longest
day is about fifteen hours.-Exchange.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-01-25
A vINDIcTvE KNIFE.
The Weapon That Tried Several Times
To Kill kinIino

to Kill kiplins.
My mind has flown back down the
years to London and into the large
corner room on the second floor, VII
liers street, Embankment Gardens. On
the wall fronting the Thames hangs
the most vicious looking knife | have
ever seen. 1t is serpentine in shape,
and its downward point is as sharp as
9 needle.
what villainous weaponw said.
Eyes," replied Kipling, and forgot
the name he gave it or the section of
India from which it came. THAT
knife has tried to kill me several
times. It's always on the watch.
When 1 got it there was affixed to it,
like button on a foil, one joint of a
mans backbone. The knife had been
run into the vertebrate. given savage
twist and brought away with it piece
of human framework"
AS he spoke he approached the gilt
tering, snakelike knife.
Don't touch itr' / cried. You
ought to keep it in locked box"
He didn't touch it, so far as l saw.
but as he raised his hand the knife
dropped like plummet and stood
quivering in the floor within an inch
of his boot.
Look at thatp' he said and stood
there without moving muscle until
saw how nearly the sinister blade had
come to impaling his foot. = Robert
Barr in London World
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-01-25
Many sufferers from Nasal Catarrh

Many sufferers from Nasal Catarrh
say they get splendid results by using an
atomizer. For their benefit we prepare
Ely's Liquid Cream Balm Except that
it Is liquid it is in all respects like the
healing, helpful, pain-allaying Cream
Balm that the public has been familiar
with for years. No cocaine nor other
dangerous drug in it. The soothing spray
is remedy that relieves at once All
druggists, 75c, including spraying tube.
or mailed by Ely Bros, Sc Warren Street,
New York.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-01-25
chrxsanthemuma.

ChrysantEemums stand fourth In
commercial Importance among flowers
Only the rose. the violet and the car
nation surpass them, and that chiefly
because the chrysanthemum season is
so short, while the others can be had
from the florist nearly the whole year
round. Greece gave us the name
Chrysanthemum means golden flow
er." But the name was invented long
before the big butter yellow globes
were known In the occident. 1t re-
ferred to the prevailing gold in the
small varieties that were known.
Strangely enough, the first chrysan-
themum brought into Europe was not
gold. but purple. 1t was small flow
er about two inches across. shaped
like an aster. Somebody took it to
Europe from China in 1790-and, pres
to, the modern history of chrysanthe-
NUNS was begun.-Argonaut
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-01-25

"Can get the silver service for the
fire Department." inquired young
man at the free library.
The whatY" asked the girl at the
desk.
1.-THE silver service for the Gre de-
psrtment-.he questions they ask you
when you take the silver service exam
nations. you know" Newark News.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-01-25
Knew What She Was DOING.

Pastor-I was sorry for your wife
during the sermon this morning. doc
tor. She had such dreadful fit of
coughing that the eyes of the whole
congregation were fixed upon her.
Doctor-Don't you be unduly alarmed
She was wearing her new hat for the
first time
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-01-25
Took II Back.

II give you my word, the next per-
son who interrupts the proceedings"
said the judge sternly, will be ex-
PEELED from the courtroom and ordered
home"
"Hoorayr' cried the prisoner.
Then the judge pondered.-Judge
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-01-25
Why He Could Beat Mcereoor.

Alexander IRE. the lord advocate Of
Scotland, is a keen golfer, and he has
good store of golting tales. These be
is always ready to relate. even If they
tell against himself
Playing on a certain course in Scot
land. he remarked incidentally to his
caddie: by the way. played round
with Todd McGregor the last time
was here. Grand player, McGregor|
Aye" said the caddie, but We could
bate McGregor the moo"
do you think SOP exclaimed the
gratified lord advocate, being well
aware of McGregor's prowess.
Aye" drawled the caddie. "Mc-
Gregor's deid. "-Golfing.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-01-25
His Stroke Of State

She'll wager you have told lots of
other girls that you loved them. He
Well. if such has been my misguided
career 1t is now in your hands to put
a sion TO IT
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-01-25
URGE AND USE OF THE CHIEF FOOD
G0NgTTTTIEETQ


The sugars and starches have been
grouped under one name. carbohy-
drates, because both these foods con-
tain a considerable amount of carbon.
also two gases. hydrogen and oxygen.
which are always present In the right
proportion to form water. The special
function Of this class of food is to give
energy. Before energy is evolved there
must be heat, but as heat producers
the carbohydrates are not as valuable
as fats. The latter are more than
three-fourths carbon. This fact at
once proves that fat in some form is
the food to be eaten when heat is re-
quired. 1t is the food which appeals
to the appetite more strongly In winter
than In summer and is liked better In
impossible to have both fat and sugar
In the diet no great harm would result
to the body for some time because
both contain the same elements and
both perform the same function-name-
~. give heat and energy. Not so with
the proteids. however, because, being
the only class which contains nitrogen,
no other can substitute for them.
Danger In overeatins.
After learning of the Importance of
proteid foods the first conclusion may
be that they should form the greater
part OF the diet and should largely
compose the daily bill OF fare. This is
q common mistake and one to be care
fully avoided. The intake of food
should not be greater than the needs
Of the body and to preserve its normal
equilibrium. Too much food of any
kind necessitates too much work on
the organs of digestion and elemina-
ton and produces certain Irregularities
Of the body functions. Too much pro-
teid-that is. too liberal an allowance
Of meat. fish. eggs. cheese. etc, In the
meals will clog the system with urea.
throw too much work on the kidneys |
in their effort to carry off this final
product in the digestion OF proteid |
Too much proteid in the diet induces |
rheumatism and similar disorders |
When too much fat, or Carbohydrates |
Is eaten 1t Is stored up in the body |
as fat, and the Individual finds himself |
putting on adipose tissue to perhaps an
uncomfortable degree. There is more |
danger in this country from overeating
than there is from lack of food, just as
the engine is likely to wear out more
quickly because Of too hard firing
than from lack of fuel.
The amount Of food required to prop
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-01-25

Blobbs-Saphedde is always talking
about his point of view SlobbS Yes.
but unfortunately it isn't sharp enough
to penetrate anything = Philadelphia
Record
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-01-25
The Glad Hand.

what do you mean by the glad
hand?'
Anything" answered Mr.. Bloochips,
that will beat three Of kind."-
Washington Star.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-01-25
What West Point Does For Its Cadets.

What West Point Does For Its Cadets.
What West Point does for its cadets
is precisely this: 1t takes its youth at
the critical period of growth; it iso-
lates them completely for nearly four
years from the vicious Influences that
corrupt young manhood and from the
atmosphere of commercialism; it pro-
vides absorbing employment for both
mental and physical activities; it sur
rounds them with exacting responsible
tiles. high standards and exalted ira
ditions of honor and integrity. and 1t
demands rigid accountability for
every momout of their time and for
every voluntary action. 1t offers them
the inducements of an honorable ca
reer and a sufficient competence as a
reward of success, and 1t has impera.
tive authority for the enforcement of
its conditions and restraints. Colonel
Charles w. Larned in National Maya
zine.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-01-25

More than we use is more than we
peed and only burden to the bearer
Seneca.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-01-25
How Customs VARY

She-In some parts of Australia when
man marries each of the brides rela-
of welcome into the family. He-Yes.
and in many parts of America when
man marries each of the brides rela-
tives strikes him with a loan by way
of welcoming him into the family
New York Times
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-01-25

Let us watch all our beginnings. and
results will manage hp'nselves.-Clark
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-01-25

A bond of union is soon formed be-
tween brethren in misfoRtune, lie
Sad.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-01-25
A Reliable
Remedy
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Is quickly absorbed.

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1t cleanses, soothes,
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brane resulting from
Catarrh and drives
away a Cold in the
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How t. get a Razor Free

Subscribe for The Mount Holly
News, one year for $l.OO andget Razor.
If you are already subscriber, pay
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advance and get Razor.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-09-02

Edward Hojsswski. one yenr-oId son
90 Mtadtsiaus HoJsowsk No. 7it
iisstings-st. died. last Monday. az
the result OF burns The baby had
been playing with matches Coroner
hothachsr was not notified until
Thursday.
Mrs. W. =. Packard, No. SOS Bellevue
ave-, was slightly Injured Thursday
afternoon, when the buggy In which
she was riding, was struck by an au-
tomobile driven by Mrs. Frank Bees
senger, No. l49 Grummond-ave. Tho
buggy was demolished Mrs. Pack
ara was able 10 GO home
A horse attached co one of the wagons
OF smith a Sendaii, butchers, No. ~
JEFFERSON ave. was struck by an au-
tomobile, Thursday afternoon. I'm
front Of the shop The animal was
40 badly injured that II was neces-
sary 20 shoot a.. The driver OF the
auto put ON full speed and disap-
peared
Frank CIesisk. two-year-oid child OF
Anthony Ciesiak, No. 1O6 Thirty
ATHEIST. died. Thursday, as the re-
suit OF burns sustained Wednesday
by falling into a tub OF scalding wa
ter The child was. playing In the
kitchen. whlle his mother was In the