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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-09-26
CAUSE oF ToRNApoEs.
Result of the Meeting of Head Winds
From North and South.

Result of the Meeting of Head Winds
From North and South.
From the gulf of Mexico to the north
pole and from the lakes to the Rocky
mountains is a vast extent of country
crossed by no mountain chains to inter-
cept or retard the velocity Of air cur
rents.
The extent of this country is equaled
by none on earth. Cold air being heav-
Ter to the square inch than warm air,
the cold air, when coming in contact
with a warm current from the south, al
ways predominates, forcing the warm
air into the upper currents.
The cause of cyclones is the meeting
of head wind from the north with a
head wind from the south. They meet
like two vast armies of men.
The pressure at the point of meeting is
so great that the air, by compression,
becomes heavier to the square inch than
wood or the human body, hence either
one will float in the same manner that
wood will float in water-it floats be-
cause it is lighter to the square inch
than water.
Place water in an ordinary wash bowl
and remove the plug, and it will be OBJ
served that in passing out the water
forms a circular reaction. Air being q
liquid does the same in passing either
upward or downward, hence the funnel
shaped spout of the cyclone center.
When two immense bodies of air com
ing from opposite directions meet, the
only egress is upward and sideways, and
in passing upward it forms the funnel
The same as water passing out of wash
bowl downward.
The theory that cyclone forms 6
vacuum is absurd. Withdraw air from
a glass jar with an air pump and feath
er within the vacuum formed will droI
with the same velocity as lead, or, on the
other hand, you can compress air until II
is heavier to the square inch then wood
in which case wood will float in the air
The lifting power Of a cyclone il
caused first by the compression o.
density of the air, and second by its We
locity. Combining the power of density
with that Of velocity, which occurs a
the center or funnel, no power can re
sist it. The feeling of suffocation or diff
Guilty in breathing when near the tract
Of q cyclone is caused from the compress
sion of Minneapolis Tribune.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-09-26
Making Up the Face.

Actors have always painted the face to
render it more expressive, or rather to
give it some sort of expression when
seen at distance which it would other
wise lack if, as in ancient Greece, masks
were not employed for that purpose.
China furnishes probably the best exam
pie of the antiquity of the custom. The
use of the mask in Greek theaters, which
were vast and had not the modern re-
source of achromatic glasses, was ex-
cusable or even necessary. The Roman
theaters were smaller. and the desired
facial expression was obtained by the
application of color. In Shakespeares
time, when female parts were played by
men, painting of the face was absolutely
essential to the required illusion. Sim
liar reasoning is used on the modern
stage when painting the face is consid-
cred necessary for the stimulation of
youth or age, or to make the features
more expressive at distance.
The practice is in many cases excusa-
BILE or even indispensable, for if the
actor or actress has not good stage
face, but one of those round, inexpress-
i've countenances in which eyes, nose
and mouth are at the distance of 20 feet
inextinguishably blended. it is certainly
permissible to obtain some measure of
facial expression by artificial means. II
is another question whether the contem-
porary woman should ever apply any
substance to her face to make her appear
younger, more beautiful or in any sense
what she is not.-San Francisco Chron.
I'll.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-09-26

S. H. Clifford, New Cassel Wis, was
troubled with Neuralgia and Rheumatism,
his stomach was disordered, his liver
was affected to an alarming degree, appe-
tite fell away, and he was terribly reduced
in flesh and strength. Three bottles of
Electric Bitters Cured him.
Edward Shepherd, Harrisburg, H., had
running sore on his leg of eight years.
standing Used three bottles Of Electric
Bitters and seven boxes of Bucklens Ar
MICA Salve, and his leg is sound and well.
John Speaker, Catawba, o., had five large
fever sores on his leg, doctors said he
was incurable. One bottle Electric Bitters
and one box Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured
him entirely. Sold at Elmer d. Prickitt's
drug stores Mount Holly and Lumberton
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-09-26

The singular thing is that all the doctors
in the city gave Mrs. Wentworth mp as
incurable, saving that she could not pos
sibly live Now that they have seen the
wonders performed by this great and val
liable medicine, there is no doubt that
they are prescribing and giving DIR.
Greenes Nervura blood and nerve remedy
for every disease. 1t certainly cures more
diseases than any other remedy eyer dis
covered and physicians and druggists are
recommending it all over the country as
the best of all medicines-the ideal rem
edy, in fact, to invigorate the blood,
strengthen the nerves and start up a
healthy action of the liver, kidneys and
bowels
Use this remedy now and it will make
you strong and well-in fact put you in
perfect health again. 1t is purely vegeta-
BILE and harmless and druggists keep it
for $l.00. 1t is the prescription and dis
covery of the famous physician, DR..
Greene of 35 w. l4th Street, New York
the successful specialist in curing all
forms of nervous and chronic diseases and
he can be consulted free, personally or by
letter
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-09-26
Wheat Alter Hoed Crops.

II is not because wheat is so profitable,
but rather because it is desirable to have
short rotations, that the practice is grow
ing of sowing wheat the same fall that
corn and potatoes are got off the land.
The field is thus kept with some sort
of covering continuously, says The
American Cultivator, authority for the
following: The wheat in the fall uses up
fertility that would otherwise be washed
away in winter. In this way, too, the
land is seeded with clover the spring
after clover sod has been plowed under
and when the soil is full of the fertility
that the decaying clover has left. II
wheat is to be sown after hoed crops, nc
blowing is necessary. Cut the corn very
low and the stubs can be turned under
with cultivator. The tops of potatoes
should be drawn off the field and burned
They are not safe to use as manure be
cause such tops in their last stages art
usually affected by blight and will per
petuate the disease.
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At Woodlands we have arranged our
walk as shown in illustration. 1t is
simple, cheap and generally satisfactory
way, and when kept in good order adds
much to the attractiveness of the place.
The soil is clayey loan. What we need
is clean, dry walk. Sand, gravel and
similar materials were not easily acces-
sible. The planks are two-inch, 10 inches
wide, and as cheap as they could be had.
Knots and other imperfections do little
harm, as they can be filed out with soil.
They are cut to fit, and imbedded to-
gether in the soil as shown by the cross
section at the lower left hand corner Of
illustration. They require no cross piece
to rest upon, no mailing, and the walk is
not only good to walk on, but also good
to look on The soil on both sides of
course must be kept free from weeds.
This is easily done by an occasional
scraping over with the hoe or spade;
possibly the object may be accomplished
by a heavy dressing of cheap, coarse
salt. 1t takes but little time and labor
to keep this walk in good order.
Neither is much fuss made over the
drive on the lawn. In spring we plow
it quite shallow, throwing the burrows
toward the center. Then we go over it
with the common harrow, and finish of
with the Meeker harrow. This leaves
the drive in excellent shape, well round
ed and smooth. Weeds of course soon
spring up again, but we promptly de-
stroy them with our homemade weed
cutter, consisting of sharp steel blade
fastened to an old fashioned thill cult
vator frame. This cuts an inch or two
below ground, loosening the surface and
killing all weed growth.
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WALKS AND DRIvEWAYs.

How These May BE Kept In Order With q
Small Outlay of Time and Labor.
On the average farm, where work con-
nected with the growing crops, the har-
vesting, care of stock, ETC., is ever press
ing, the walks and drives are liable to
be neglected. Indeed it is well, under
many conditions, to have as few walks
and driveways as is consistent with con-
venience or necessity. Some walks,
however, are unavoidable, such as the
direct lines between road and house, be-
tween house and barn, or between any
of the farm buildings. These are trav-
eled over to such an extent that paths
would soon be worn into the best lawn,
to the Disagreement of the whole place.
Formal walks are absolutely needed to
connect these points. How to construct
them is the question. In this connec-
ton the following remarks by 7. Grei-
ner in The Country Gentleman may be
of assistance. He says:
Sifted coal ashes or coal dust, fine
gravel or slate, sand, etc., all can be used
to advantage for walk making, but 1t
takes great quantity of material to
make good walk. First of all lay out
the walk in a graceful curve from road
to house, with few shrubs or trees CIV
ing an excuse or apparent reason for the
curve. The sod, if on lawn already
established, is to be removed and the de-
preston filed out with the material on
hand. Fine sand and sifted coal ashes
or coal dust make walk quite comfort
able to walk upon, but coarser materials,
especially coarse gravel, afford less pleas
ure. A plank walk will be preferable.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-09-26
THE SNAKE BITE WAS FATAL.

And the Red Nosed Man Went on to Tell
How the Venom Got In Its Work.
"Its all humbug, this talk about rat
tlesnakes being SO deadly poison" said
a red faced man in the smoking car.
1--WE lived among 'em. They used to
be so thick out where l live that you
had to be mighty careful where you put
your feet down if you didn't want to
hurt RATHER or two every time you
stepped.
"My bed was never any more than big
enough for me and the easy conscience
always slept with, but I've woke up
more times than I've got fingers and
toes and found that two or three rattle
snakes had managed to find room with
u.s. They were plenty, tell you, out
where I live. But deadly? Poohl Why,
I've known scores and scores of people to
be socked, and socked deep, by rattlers,
and never knew Of but one instance
where rattler's bite was fatal; never
but once out of more cases than there's
pimples on goose.
'sBill Bulger was the man that was
bit that time-a great, big, rough scuff
of log chopper that didn't look as if q
whole den of rattlers could raise as much
as flea bite on him. But he went to
teasing big buck rattlesnake that had
come down to camp to look around one
day, and the snake just threw his upper
teeth against Bill a couple of times, and
every drop of poison he had he emptied
into Bills wrist. Hollerf Great jees-
wax, how Bill did holleri We grabbed
him and hustled him over to the Pigs
Ear shebang on t'other side of the camp
and began to decant rum into him, and
it wasn't long before Bill looked as If he
was glad he was bit.
Everybody said he'd die, though, sure
pop, because that buck rattler must have
unloaded into Jim close on to three fin
gers of the best poison he had. Conse-
quently folks were surprised more than
you can think when they got around
next morning and found Bill on deck as
clipper as red squirrel and sound as a
white oak knot"
"Whatp exclaimed the man in the
next seat. 81 thought you said that bite
was fatal!''
1T was, sir" replied the red faced
man. BILL got blind, crazy drunk on
the strength Of that snake bite and killed
the bartenderI''-NewY York Sun.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-09-26
India For the Indians.

A Madras native gentleman was once
asked by Lord Roberts what he thought
of India for the Indians" He replied:
go to the geological gardens and open
all the cages. You will then see what
would be the end of India for the In
dams. There would be grand fight
among all the animals, with the result
that the tiger would walk over the dead
bodies of the rest" On being asked
whom he meant by the tiger, he replied.
1.-The Mohammedan from the north"
The moral of this allegory of my
friend, who was certainly one of the
most enlightened native gentlemen /
have ever met with, was that India
could not be left to herself, and that a
supreme power was necessary to hold
together the varied and various races
London Spectator.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-09-26
Calculating the distance of a storm.

Although lightning and thunder occur
always simultaneously, an interval Of
shorter or longer duration is usually OBJ
served between these two phenomena,
which is due to the fact that sound trav-
els only at the rate of LOO feet per Sec
ond, while the passage of light is almost
instantaneous. Based upon this fact, it
is an easy matter to tell, at least approx
imately, how many miles thunder
storm is away A normal pulse will
beat about one stroke to the second, and
by counting the pulse beats during the
interval of the lightning and the thunder
the lapse of seconds is arrived at and
consequently the number of feet, which
can be reduced to miles.
For example: If 80 seconds elapse be-
tween the fash of the lightning and the
crash of thunder, the storm center is at
distance of $4,000 feet, or about Ct
miles. An almost accurate calculation
can be made by using a watch with a
minute dial.-St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-09-26
Use Pure Water Freely.

Unhygienic habits report themselves
Enthusiastically in the skin both in color
and odor. To health and beauty it is
essential that one should use pure water
(rain water is besD frequently and free
ly and follow its use with brisk friction
all over the body with piece of coarse
flannel, which is wonderful aid to a
soft and glowing skin, as it stimulates
healthful circulation. Sun and air baths
are necessary to the proper nutritive
functions of the skin, and daily atten-
ton to the promptings of nature is i'm
perative to save it from becoming We
hicle for offensive exhalation. Care will
do much to put off the evil day of wrin-
kles and decay.-Exchange.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-09-26

Elton Jacket. He watched her and lis
tened with establishment when she opened
her face and addressed the man in the
box Office.
"Hello, Harryp
"Howdy, Mag"
"Gimme two seats, will yer, HarryP
care you working"
''Sure. Me and Jess is dom turn at
the Olymp'."
The checks for seats were handed out.
and Mag calling Jess the two went in
side, while the ''shlim bit NV a TURKEY"
moved peg or two closer to the box Of
fee.
Another form appeared in the door
way. Its hair was parted in the middle.
and its buzzsaw hat reposed on the back
of its head. Its trousers were freshly
creased and SHARP enough to pare corns.
1t shuffied up to the box Office much aft
er the manner of a crawfish in a net,
and the little Irishman could scarcely
prevent himself from laying violent
hand on it and mussing it up. In low
tragedian voice it said:
"Ah, there, Harry"
"Hello, Falstaff, old boy"
"Favor me with two, old fellowT
care you working"
"Well, 1 should say am"
"Where?'
"Me'n Eds doing Henry Irving bur
lesque at Their Park"
Again two pasteboard checks were
handed out, and by this time the ''tur-
key" on the outside was becoming fran
tic. 1t was coming easy for everybody
but himself, and he resolved to hazard a
chance and keep his half dollar. He took
fresh bite of plug, gave his trousers an
extra hitch and approached the window
on tiptoe. He peered cautiously around
the edge of the narrow opening. Harry
was still there, checking up the house.
He hesitated only for moment, and then
he blurted out:
"Hilloo, Harry, ould bye"
"How are you, sirT'
"Oi'm wur-r-kin.
care you, my friendF"
"Yis.'
"Where?"
"Shtock yards"
And when the doorkeeper was through
with him and the patrol wagon had
gathered him in he sadly wondered at
the eternal unftness of things and why
all men are not born equal. Chicago
Mail.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-09-26
He WANTED A GOOD LIAR.



A Golden Opportunity to Let Loose Vivid
Imagination.
! was sitting on salt barrel on the
shady side of the depot while waiting
for the train on the other road when a
farmer drove up in his wagon. He went
around and talked with the station agent
for few minutes and then returned to
ask:
Stranger, do you want to make $780,
900 as easy as rolling off logf"
81 do"
"Air you religious manP'
"Not exactly"
"Any scruples ag'in lyinT'
"Thats according to circumstances.
State your case"
1.-THE case is just this: own 100 acres
Of land right around here. AS 1t stands
it's worth about So an acre. Split her up
into city lots and each one will bring $50.
You can figure on 81 900 an acre."
"But this is no site for city!" Ipro-
tested.
"Thar's whar the lyin will come in.
I should calkerlate on your maxim the
site."
There's no fuel, no water, no agricul-
ture."
"Got to lie about 'eml'
you've got to have natural advant-
ages to make city"
More lynn"
you've simply got railroad junction,
one house and 100 acres Of mighty poor
land to start on" said as l looked
around on the lonesome prospect.
"That's whar the lyin will come inP'
he answered. "I've known 20 towns out
here to start on a heap less, Is it q bar
gain or nor You do the lyin and the adj
vertisin, and do the sellin, and in year
we'll clear up a carload Of money. Best
chance in the world fur a risin young
man. Knocks silver mine all holler."
Tim afraid l couldn't accept your
liberal proposition"
"All right. No harm done. Pm lookin
fur liar He's got to be good one.
AS you seemed to be out of job and
dead broke thought I'd tackle you. All
the same, however, I'll hit the right man
inside of week, and he'll make his for
tune here. Best of schools, plenty of
churches, six railroads, rich country. fu-
ture Chicago, 10 factories, cultivated So
ciety, purest of water, public parks,
come with rush, sold again. If you
happen to meet liar, send him DOWN.
Springfield Union.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-09-26
DESTROYING Weeds.

Every season the question is agitated
concerning the destruction of noxious
weeds. Poison ivy, dock, Canada this
tie and dandelions are the subjects of
varied inquiries. Intelligent gardeners
know that no plant can live long without
leaves, and Meehan tells the readers of
his Monthly if plant is cut off to the
ground soon after making leaves in
spring it is generally destroyed at once.
But sometimes another or second growth
will appear of more or less weak char
acter, and if this is again cut the plant
will surely die. Nothing is easier than
to destroy these weeds when this princi-
pie is kept In mind. The writer of this
paragraph has known whole half acre
Of Canada thistle entirely eradicated by
having boy cut them beneath the
ground with knife early in spring. Very
few shot up leaves the second time, but
these were again cut as soon as per
ceived, and the result was to eventually
destroy every plant. 1t did not cost $40
IN do IL
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-09-26

Chichester cathedral has secret dun.
geon, having heavy and massive door.
1t is also provided with secret en-
trance, admission to which is obtained
by sliding panel in room at one time
used rs a library. The cathedral, found.
ed in 1870, was renovated after fire in
ll14, and restored after another fire in
1887 1t consists of nave of eight
bays and four aisles, transept with
chambers instead of aisles, central
steeple and a southwest tower.
Carlisle cathedral, during the period
of the Jacobite rebellion, was used as q
huge dungeon, and many rebels were
imprisoned there in 1745. The chief en-
gineer in the royal forces even demand.
ed the bells as his perquisites, which
claim the dean and chapter successfully
resisted. Having been used for this
purpose, the cathedral was left in such
an intolerable state Of filth that not till
after six weeks cleansing and burning
Of much sulphur and tar could it be used
for service. London Tit-Bits.
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HE WAS AT WORK.
But His Occupation Did Not EntitIe Him
to Free Seats at the Theater.

But His Occupation Did Not EntitIe Him
to Free Seats at the Theater.
He was what Steve Rowan would call
"a shlim bit av turkey" and he stood
near the box Office of the Columbia, first
looking at his last half dollar clutched
in grimy palm and then shooting an
occasional glance at the main door,
through which the strains of the opening
overture could at times be heard.
His clothes were loud enough to serve
as Worlds fair hotel fire alarm, and
the checks were too large to be honored
by anything smaller than first national.
They were of the latest Kerry cut and
hadn't been long enough in this country
to kill the smell of the bog. He wanted
to see the performance, and he hated to
part with his money, SO he waited and
got into an argument with himself.
First he thought he would, and then he
guessed he wouldn't, and while he thus
hesitated trim little woman tripped
across the foyer. She sailed along like
a clipper ship with a free wind and port
In sight. There was distinctive air OF
the 'sprofesh" about her, and she carried
her nerve In the outside nockAt ~ an
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-09-26

A waterspout is meteorological phe-
nomenon of peculiar character, which is
occasionally observed on land, but usu-
ally occurs at sea. 1t consists of cone
shaped pillar of condensed vapor, which
descends, with the apex downward, from
a dense cloud and at sea attracts a
somewhat similar cone in a reversed
position from the surface of the water.
The two may not inaptly be compared
to a gigantic hourglass. The cause of
this phenomenon is supposed to be the
gyratory movement of the air with such
swiftness as to produce vacuum in the
axis of rotation, and the contact of the
lower extremity of such an axis with
water would effect the elevation of a
column of the latter to considerable
height. The most probable solution of
the phenomenon is that waterspouts
originate in adjacent strata of air of diff
ferent temperatures, running in oppo-
site directions in the upper regions of the
atmosphere. They condense the vapor
and give it whirling motion, SO that it
descends tapering to the sea below and
causes the surface of the water to ascend
in pointed spiral till it joins that from
above.-Brooklyn Eagle.
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This much might be said respecting
the typical American face-that the
prominent nose, the sloping forehead,
The fairly large mouth, the full eyes and
predominance of the oval type, are the
natural characteristics Of an aggressive,
talented and shrewd people, agreeablein
manners, but keenly alive to the main
chance. 1t is a composite face, made up
If qualities taken from Puritan, English,
Scotch and German sources.-Ladies'
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