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Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1910-04-01
The Deserted Village.

Sweet Auburn, loveliest village of the
plain,
Where health and plenty cheer'd the
laboring swain,
Where smiling spring its earliest visit
paid,
And parting summers lingering
blooms delayed;
Dear lovely bowers of innocence and
ease,
Seats of my youth when every sport
could please,
How often have | loitered in thy
Where humble happiness endeared
each scene;
How often have | paused on every
charm,
The SHELTERED cot, the cultivated farm,
The neverfailing brook, the busy
The decent church that topt the
neighboring hill,
The hawthorn bush, with seats be-
meath the shade,
For talking age and whispering lovers
made!
How often have | blest the coming
day,
When toll RENTING lent its turn to
play,
And all the village train from labor
free
Led up their sports beneath the
spreading tree,
While many pastime circled in the
shade,
The young contending as the old sur
vey'd;
And many a gambol frolick'd DER the
ground
And sleights of art and feats of
strengthwent round
And still as each repeated pleasure
tired,
Succeeding sports the mirthful band
inspired
The dancing pair that simply sought
renown,
By holding out to tire each other
down;
The swain mistrustless of his smutted
face,
While secret laughter titter'd round
the place;
The bashful virgins sidelong looks OF
love,
The matron's glance that would those
looks reprove-
These were thy charms, sweet village,
sports like these,
With sweet succession taught cen
toll to please;
These round thy bowers their cheer
full influence shed
These were thy charms-but all these
charms are fed
Sweet, smiling village, loveliest of
the lawn,
Thy sports are fed and all thy
charms withdrawing:
Amidst thy bowers the tyrant's head
Is seen
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1910-04-01
Little Brooches.

Little BreecheS.
| don't go much on religion,
| never amt had no show;
But I've got middlin' tight grip, sir,
On the handful O things | know
| don't pan out on the prophets
And free-will and that sort o thing,
But | b'lieve in God and the angels
Ever sence one night last spring.
| came into town with some turnips
And my little Gabe come along
No four-year-old in the county
Could beat him for pretty and
strong,
Peart and clipper and sassy,
Always ready to swear and fight
And I'd learnt him to chaw terbacker,
Jest to keep his milk teeth white.
The snow come down like blanket
AS | passed by Taggarts store;
| went in for a jug of molasses
And left the team at the door
They scared at something and STARED,
| heard one little squall
And hell-to-split DER the prairie
Went team, Little Brooches and all.
Hell-to-split over the prairie
| was almost froze with Skeer;
But we reused up some torches,
And sarched for 'em far and near.
At last we struck bosses and wagon,
Showed under a soft white mound,
Upset., dead beat-but of little Gabe,
No hide nor hair was found
And here all hope soured on me
Of my fellow critters aid
| jest Topped down on my marrow
bones
crotcht-deeP in the snow and prayed.
By this the torches was played out
And me and Israel Parr
Went off with some wood to a sheep
fold
That he said was somewhat thar.
We found it at last and a little shed
Where they shut up the lambs at
night,
We looked in and seen them huddled
thar
So warm and sleepy and white;
And thar sot Little Brooches and
chirped
AS peart as ever you see,
Il want a chaw of terbacker,
And that's what's the matter of
me"
How did he git there? Angels?
He could never have walked in that
storm.
They jest schooped down and toted
him
To whar it was safe and warm,
And | think that saving a little child
And bringing him to his own
Is dern sight better business
Than loahng around the throne.
John Hay,
Formerly Secretary of State and Am
haSSaHnr ~ Enclo,I
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1910-04-01

1t is wonderful how much 1
runs into manners.-Emerson
| don't believe in the goodnts
disagreeable people-Dewey.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1910-04-01

Nothing sharpens the arrow of sar-
casm SO keenly as the courtesy that
polishes it; no reproach is like that
we clothe with smile, and present
with bow.-Chesterheld.
A mans manners are mirror, in
which he shows his likeness to the
intelligent observer.-Goethe.
Good breeding shows itself most
where to an ordinary eye it appears
the least.-Addison.
There are certain manners which
are learned in good society, of that
force that if a person have them, he
or she must be considered, and is
everywhere welcome, though without
beauty, wealth or genius.-Emerson.
Real good breeding is Independent
of the forms and rehnements of what
has assumed to itself the name of
society.-George Macdonald.
The Holbrook news., 1910-03-04
SUICIDE OF SNAKES.
serpent., Scorpions, oentiped.. I'm

serpents, Scorpions, Centipedes I'm.
 mune to Their Own Venom.
 The venoms of serpents, fishes, SCOT pions, centipedes, spiders, bees. etc, as we'll as the blood of the eel, owe their virulence of the presence of tox. ins similar to those which are secreted in bacteria. In both cases the toxins are specific products of the activity of living cells. They are very poisonous, non-crystallizable colloids, of unknown chemical constitution The venom tox- iIs are very sensitive to the action of heat and light, are easily destroyed by digestive ferments, and consequently are innocuous, when swallowed. There is great variety of these toxins, each of which exerts a specific action in the nervous system, the red or the white blood corpuscles, etc.
 It is possible to produce in any ami nal an artificial con6ftion of immun- ity to the effects of any animal venom. This is accomplished by the repeated injection of the venom in doses, each of which is too small to cause death After larger or smaller number of injections the animal acquires the pow CT to resist the action of many times the quantity of venom that would suffice to cause death, if it were inject ed into the veins of a non-immunized animal. The blood of the immunized animal now contains a new substance an antitoxin which has the property of neutralizing the toxin of the venom and this blood Cor rather its watery part, or serum) may be employed to combat the toxic action of the venom in a non-immunized animal.
 The ichneumon, the hedgehog and some other animals which devour ve- nomous serpents, exhibit an extraordi- nary resistance to the effect of their bites. This natural immunity is ex- plained by the presence of antioxins in the blood of these animals. Serpents are also little affected by their own venom. In general, 1t Is almost i'm possible to kill venomous animal by 1t with the venom of its own species, of which 1t can support very large doses with impunity.
 These facts demonstrate the absurd ity of the stories of rattlesnakes and scorpions committing suicide by means of their own venom. It Is asserted that scorpion or rattlesnake i'm prisoned in a circle of red-hot coals will sting or bite itself to death This Is a physiological impossibility- y-Cos mos
The Holbrook news., 1910-03-04
FOR A 0aREEND BELLBoY.

Nervous Hotel Guest, fin Her Will, Rewards Satisfactory Service.
 That Dame Fortune has not ceased to bestow her gifts on those who de serve them is shown by the expert ence of Michael Dunphy, who until a few weeks ago was a bellboy at the Argonaut in this city. San Francisco dispatch to the New York World says Last February Mrs. M. M. Potter, of and being i'll and nervous, was the bane of the "bellhops" of the hotel. Soon after her arrivel Mike" Dun phy, a green lad, was given a job on the bench, and his apparent greenness invited all of the difficult tasks of the bell boys routine Among other tasks that of waiting upon the querulous guest was shifted to Mike
 He accepted the work gracefully and performed his duties in an exception al manner, and when the guest left in the early part of June he was the recipient of many covert jibes from the rest of the boys on account of his
 
 guest He had his chance to laugh, however, when early in July he re- ceived a check for $1OO from Mrs. Pot ter.
 About two weeks ago Assistant Man ager George Dixon of the Argonaut re- ceived a letter from Brown & Car lysle, firm of lawyers in Boston. say ing that Mrs. Potter had died. leaving a bequest of $2,500 for the faithful bellboy. A check for that amount was inclosed, cashed by Dixon and the money given to the lad. who imme diately made arrangements for the purchase of lot in the Richmond dis trict and contracted for the construc- ton of a home on it. With what he had left over he took his aged parents on a pleasure trip to Denver, where he now is.
 His good luck did not end there. Yesterday Dixon received another let receiving his report of the lads dis position of the $2,5OO they were ready to carry out a further provision of Mrs. Potter's will, to the effect that If the boy disposed of his check wisely he was to have a balance of SAT 300, making the total amount $50.O0O. The letter further declares that the lad may draw on the law firm for money up to that sum. and asks that an in- closed letter to that effect be forward. ed to him.
The Holbrook news., 1910-03-04
Didn,t Care for Him.

Little Eleanor's mother was an American, while her father was Ger man.
 One day after Eleanor had been sub jected to rather severe disciplinary measures at the hands of her father she called her mother into another room, closed the door significantly and said, Mother, don't want to meddle In your business. but wish you'd 8, nd that husband of yours back to Ger mepy."-Ladies' Home Journal.
The Holbrook news., 1910-03-04
Government Investigating Plant That Makes Animals Inc
 duIge in Antics.
EATING PLANT IS A HABIT.
Operation of the Poison Causes Four-Footed Victims to Become
 Dangerous for Mans Use.

No longer are the mustang and the cayuse of the plains to become "plumt locoed" If the bureau of plant industry Of the department of agriculture has its way. The term plumb locoed" has been sort of stock phrase in the range literature ever since the cow boy first noted the peculiar actions of horse, COW or sheep resulting from an overindulgence in the loco weed which abounds in the range country from Texas to Montana. The word loco" Is of Spanish origin, meaning crazy, and has been popularly applied to the disease which robs an animal of It's muscular coordination, causing 1t to do all sorts of fancy antics, and finally results in the animal starving itself to death.
 been Investigating the purple and white loco weed; says correspondent of the Chicago Daily News. One of the peculiar characteristics of 1t is that the pods, when dry and full of seeds, rattle as a person passes through a patch. making a sound that resembles the warning of g rattle snake. Ordinarily neither horse. COW nor sheep will eat the weed if 1t can find any other food
 Loco-weed eating becomes a sort of habit with an animal once 1t has tast- ed of 1t. The operation of the weed on the system of an animal scien- tifcally bears out the fiction which Ascribes to a plumb locoed" animal all kinds of fool antics.
 The first symptom of loco poisoning En horses Is often a change in the general condition of the animal. If high-lived the animal becomes some what dull Following this, irregular aties in its gait and In Its mode of eat sng appear. The Irregularities in the gait may be due partly to weakness and simulate a paralytic affection. The horse drags its feet more or less, this being particularly noticeable In the hind legs. Associated with this paralytic condition Is an apparent loss of muscular coordination
 If locoed horse Is used either in riding or driving. this lack of mus cular coordination may make it ex- tremely dangerous. as such a horse shies violently at imaginary objects, cannot readily be led or backed. and if started in motion is inclined to go in an automatic fashion at the same gait until stopped by some obstruc- tion- In the later stages of the dis ease the animal loses flesh, it's coat be- comes rough. and eventually 1t ceases to eat, and dies.
The Holbrook news., 1910-03-04
have peen bud upon an extensIve ta.

have been put upon an extensive ha- sis.
 From the time when the ore enters the crushers until the finished prod ucts reaches the casks 1t Is untouched by human hands. It Is carried along from point to point by automatic ar engagements through each process of manufacture. The impalpable dust and poisonous gases generated are so dangerous that the atmosphere of the plant has to be kept pure by artificial means. As a further precaution the works are provided with hot and cold baths, of which the men are required to make use as soon as their daily task Is completed
The Holbrook news., 1910-03-04
Making Sure of the Architect.

Norman-Al-Oouar, an Arabian king who reigned long, long ago at Hirah, commanded the architect Sennemar to build him a wondrous palace. This the architect did, and when 1t was done single stone fastened the whole structure, and the colors of the walls changed frequently during the day. The king was greatly pleased and showered all kinds of rich gifts upon the builder with the lavishness of ori- ental kings. But monarchs were treacherous in those old days. and 1t occurred to the king that Sennemar. might build a palace equal In beauty or even superior for some rival ruler. The more he thought over 1t the more jealous. he became until one day he ordered the architect to be thrown from the top of the palace to make certain that no duplicate palace would be made After this the king was satis- fled that his palace was the only one. and the Arabians regarded 1t as one of the wonders of the world.
The Holbrook news., 1910-03-04
SWISS TRAMPs FEW.

A Poor Place for the Man Who
 Doesn't Want to Work
 Switzerland is not a place for tramps, because the man out of em- ployment and who makes no effort to find work Is not tolerated for a mo- ment in that country. The district authorities will secure him a job at hard labor and little pay, and such an offer can be refused only under the penalty of going to a penal work house. These institutions are under military discipline, the work severe, the wages penny or threepence per day. and release is granted only upon the advice of those in charge. No diff ficulty is experienced in determining between beggars and unemployed. be- cause all legitimate laborers have pa pers given them by the district in which they live containing informa- tion concerning the position they have held
 In every part of Switzerland are es- tablished relief in kind'' stations for the exclusive use of respectable unem- ployed. Only those are admitted who have had regular work during the pre- vious three months and have been out of employment for at least five days. These men must be on the lookout for work and accept any situation that is offered, because the chronic loafer Is soon detected by the police and his papers are marked so that he can never again seek refuge in station"
The Holbrook news., 1910-03-04
BREAKFAST FRUIT.
The Best Said to Be Oranges, Grape-
 and Fresh Olives.

The Best Said to Be Oranges, Grape-
 and Fresh Olives.
 Of all breakfast fruits the orange is deservedly the most popular. It is a food that is distinctly health-giving. Orange juice adds greatly in reducing the amount of putrefaction found in the intestines of nearly all persons who are submitted to clinical labora- tory tests.
 Grapes are another fruit that should always be eaten freely when obtain able. Apples are preferably eaten be- fore retiring, and two are about twice as good as one. The apple habit. per sisted in, often works rather surpris- ing results with persons who are nat urally listless. Lemons can hardly be eaten as a fruit, but lemonade is a valuable beverage. When used as a laxative fresh figs should form the dessert. When not obtainable the dried figs form a good substitute.
 Of the value of bananas there seems some reasonable doubt. Many persons complain that they find them indigesti ble They are quite likely to reach this conclusion if the banana be eaten frequently as the needless complement of an already hearty meal. On the other hand, there can be no doubt that the growing popularity of the fresh olive Is fully deserved. It surely ranks with the orange and the grape and is. of course, much ahead of either in cases of sluggish intestines or consti- tutional thinness.-H. Irving Hancock in Good Housekeeping.
The Holbrook news., 1910-03-04
FACTS ABOUT ARSENIC.
Poisoning of Cows Leads to Founda-
 ton of Prosperous Mine.


 Arsenic is mined in Japan, Italy, Portugal. Spain. Germany, England and within a limited area in the Unit ed States. Its uses are many. As a poison it has been known from very early times. The peasant women of Austria consume large quantities of it, having faith in it's virtues as a beauti- fer, and the men of the same region Rre addicted to its use in the mistaken belief that it increases their bodily strength and endurance.
 Arsenic is a useful mineral. It is used in the manufacture of glass, white metal. Paris green and a great variety of paints. in printing calico, in making toilet soaps, cosmetics and complexion powders; in the manufac- ture of fireworks and as constituent of many alloys. For these and simi- lar purposes between 5000 and 5000 tons are imported into the United States every year. The average value of white arsenic may be placed at about $S5 per ton.
 It was only few days ago that ar senic ore was discovered in Virginia; then the moutain top around the pres ent mining town of Brinton was al- most an unknown wilderness. The story of its discovery Is most interest ing. A farmer. among the foothills of the Blue Ridge mountains, had cleared a new field there for the pas turing of his cows. Before long the animals sIckened and died. At first 1t was thought that the trouble lay in e spring which bubbled from the rocks in apparent purity. Upon analysis 1t was found that this water contained arsenic in such quantities as to rem der it dangerous either to man or beast Upon this chance hinged ths founding of prosperous mining town, that of Brinton, which speedily be- came busy center of industry. This mine Is located at the summit of a mountain. 5000 feet above the sea level
 The ore body averages 25 to 30 per cent pure arsenic. It is found in fis- sure veins, cropping out at the surface and extending into the earth for an unknown distance. Twenty distinct veins have been uncovered, outcro3- ping for distance of seven miles, so that the deposits are extensive enough to supply the needs of the United States when once the industry shall
The Holbrook news., 1910-03-04
THE ORIGINAL TR1P1ANE.

Flying Machine Built by Strin Ef fell
 low in 1888.
 The Aeronautical Society of Great Britain announced an exhibition in 1868. and offered various prizes, which 1t was hoped, would create competition and result In the production of some practical results with flying machines. added to the idea of Wen ham by placing three planes. one above the other. He also succeeded In pro ducing a very light steam engine, and
The Holbrook news., 1910-03-04

tus, experiments being made by run ming it along a wire, from which 1t oc- casionally lifted itself. This appara- tus received prize from the Aeronau- tical Society, and Stringfellow attempt ed to proceed with the further develop ment of the apparatus, but failing health and eyesight prevented. and he did little more.-Cassler's Magazine
The Holbrook news., 1910-03-04
Improved.

You say the man you married seems more kind and generous since your divorce than he did before?"
 Yes" answered Mrs. Flimmson. He never says a word about econo;niz- Ing. but sends around his alimony without a murmur r"--WashiDgton Star.
The Holbrook news., 1910-03-04
A RncheIor,. Fear.

q wouldn't trust myself in India, :" said the unmarried man.
 Afraid of the wild beasts?" asked the married man.
 Not a bit; but see there are 26.- 100000 widows in Ipdia- -"-Yonkers Statesman.
The Holbrook news., 1910-03-04
The Missing Part.

Landlady-You say the chicken soup sn't good? Why. told the cook how to make it. Perhaps she didn't catch the idea. Boarder-No; | think 1t was the chicken she didn't catch.
The Holbrook news., 1910-03-04
..safe and sane.n

Why" asked Missouri newspaper. "does our State stand at the head in raising mules?"
 Because" said an Iowa paper, that Is the only safe place to stand."-Jack O'Lantern.
The Holbrook news., 1910-03-04

We always admire people who are good to the old. Wretchedness among the old is as common as happiness among the young.
The Holbrook news., 1910-03-04

We have heard about forehanded people all our lives. but we never knew anyone to prepare for cold weather until 1t arrived
The Holbrook news., 1910-03-04

Experiments are under way in Bos- ton with nickel-in- the-slot turnstiles in elevated railroad and subway sta tions. The idea is to save the pay of ticket sellers.
The Holbrook news., 1910-03-04

There is probably nothing shocks man worse than to hear that an old acquaintance, a man about his own age, has been sent to the poor house.
The Holbrook news., 1910-03-04
Canny Lass.

Wee Miss-Mamma, mayn't I take the part of a milkmaid at the fancy ball?
 Mamma-You are too little.
 Wee Miss-Well, can be a con dansad milk-maid.-Comic Cuts.
The Holbrook news., 1910-03-04

] When souvenir spoons were moro | popular than now, women returning
 from Europe sometimes fastened them
 to the wristbands of their inner skirts | or made extra pockets for carrying
 them Women's garments have always
 offered good hiding places and it is a
 delicate matter to ask woman pas
 senger who appears refined and gentle
 to submit to an inspection. Mistakes are sometimes made and then vast is
 the indignation. As long ago as 1731
 the English customs officers were in-
 structed, when they suspected women
 of fashion" carrying customable goods | to call in the services of a female searcher "in whom they could confide" Now women are regularly employed for the purpose of searching women
 suspected of carrying about their per son dutiable goods which they have not declared.
 On the continent of Europe, French Mrs. Jarley travelled from France into the adjoining countries with her dis play of wax figures. She had done this often, but on one of her trips one of the figures fell, was broken, and dis closed its contents to be fine lace. So each figure then gave up silk or lace or linen.
 In England oil cans with their inte- riors consisting of tin funnel have been discovered. When the customs officer put a stick into the can, turned 1t around and then drew it out, he found that 1t was stained with oil, as stated by the importer But the upper bulging sides of the can held spiritu- ous liquors.
 Another oft-told tale Is that of the ornithologist who prepared birds for scientific associations and savants of Europe. Also in his lonely working hours he talked to his pet parrot When poll had been up to some naughty prank he must have inadver- tently threatened her, for once when he was passing the customs house this parrot cried out: "Oh. Poll, when you are dead I shall stun you with laces" And so 1t was discovered that all his birds were thus stuffed.
 Last month two fashionable dress makers of Boston were arrested charged with smuggling women's ap- parel from France. The customs offi- cials say this is the beginning of the Exposure of one of the cleyerest and boldest smuggling conspiracies ever matched to slip valuable imports into this country. The method followed | was to leave trunks unexamined on | board the ship with the understanding | that they would go back to Europe | with their owners unopened Then | these trunks were quietly slipped of the ship after the customs house off cials had inspected the other baggage That a widespread rottenness has tainted the customs service at New York Is shown in the shake-up recent ly given by Collector Loeb. It may be that inspectors. frightened by the discharge of their fellows, may now give honest attention to their work. But high and complicated tariff of- fers temptation to smuggling which is difficult to offset
The Holbrook news., 1910-03-04

About 6O.00O.OCO barrels (of 1es pounds each) Of wheat flour are con- stunned annually in the United King dom of Great Britain and Ireland