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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-03-06

A man who lives in flat near Central
park recently had peculiar experience
A couple of deaf mutes rented an apart
ment underneath his own and were
blessed in due season by the arrival of a
bouncing baby with an excellent pair of
lungs. AT night the little one woke up
nearly the entire house by its cries, but
through all of it the parents slept until
the tenant above, at the solicitation Of
his wife, went down stairs and fairly
forced an entrance. The deaf and dumb
couple resort to many ingenious devices
to overcome the disadvantages under
which they labor. They are unable to
hear their .doorbell, so they have ar
ranged a piece of colored paper upon
the gong in such way that the paper
flutters when the bell rings. BY keep
ing watchful eye on the bell they are
able to receive their visitors promptly,
but their inventive genius has not as yet
devised a scheme to indicate the baby's
distress at night. New York Mail and
Express.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-03-06

1.-THE strangest test of will power and
endurance ever made, said E. D. Con
sauls of the City of Mexico, at the
Southern, "was in Mexico, the charac-
tiers being Mexican girl and an Amer
lean man. They were lovers, and the
girls parents refused their consent to
the union, insisting that she should
marry a wealthy Mexican sutton. AT
the suggestion of the girl they agreed
to die together, and to test the strength
and endurance of each others love
they chose a means of suicide unlike
any ever dreamed of before. Food
and fruit were placed on table In the
center of room, occupied by both, the
girl having escaped from her home, but
being unwilling to elope with her lover.
1t was agreed that they should starve
to death with plenty before them, and
should either succumb to nature and
partake of the food then both were re-
leased from the bond of death, but there
should be an everlasting separation. For
10 days they endured the pangs of hun
ger without murmur or thought OF
wavering from their purpose to die to-
gether. The twelfth day the father Of
the girl discovered her whereabouts,
and breaking the door they were car
ried out, too faint to stand alone. 1t
took them several days to recover their
strength, and when they did they were
married. This is true statement, and
the American is living with his Mex
lean wife today st. Louis Globe
Democrat.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-03-06

Kabarega. the negro king of Unyoro,
in Central Africa, is man who rules his
subjects with arod of iron. Like all ty-
rants, he regulates their smallest actions,
and host of spies inform him of any
disobedience to his commands.
Among other things, he has made a
fixed tariff of prices for everything
bought or sold in his country, and every
deviation from it is severely punished.
An instance of this is given by Vita Has
san in his book about Emin Pasha and
the Equatorial Province.
About a month after Hassans arrival
in Unyoro he bought a fowl and paid 80
cowries for it, while the market price
was only %. In that part of Africa it
takes about $50 cowries to make ST..
Soon afterward a dragoman of the king
appeared and brought back cowries,
with the message:
"a fowl costs only 20 cowries, while
you have given 80. The seller has done
wrong, and the king will punish him,
but he sends to you the advice to be care
full henceforth in your purchases-never
to give for anything more than it is
worth, first of all in your own interest,
and next to this in order not to disturb
the market. Youths Companion.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-03-06
THE DATE OF THE EXODUS.
IL Would Seem to Lie Between the year
1880 and 1900 ID. @.

IL Would Seem to Lie Between the Years
1880 and 1900 ID. g.
Although the monuments and papyri
give us no direct information upon the
subject of the exodus, they do Indirect
ly indicate certain period within
which it must have taken place. Thoth-
mes III, who was the most powerful
king of that dynasty (the .eighteenth)
which finally drove the Hyksos invad-
ers out of Egypt and reunited the whole
country under one scepter, extended his
conquests as far as Mesopotamia, over
running Palestine on his way. He left
lists of the conquered nations, but does
not mention the Israelites among them.
Rameses II of the nineteenth dynasty,
the supposed oppressor, who reigned
about 200 years later, also subdued
Palestine and left lists Of the conquered
peoples. but he, again. does not men,
ton the Israelites among them.
What is perhaps still more impor-
tant is that, while the Israelites have
left records of invasions by Mesopota-
mians, Moabites, Canaanites, Midianites
and Philistines, they do not mention
any invasion by the Egyptians, and the
conclusion is that the Israelites vera
not settled on the west side of the Jor-
dan till after the wars waged by Ram
eses III at the commencement of his
reign, which began not earlier than
1883 B. c., or, as some now say, 1855
b..
1t has been attempted to explain this
difficulty away by suggesting that Ram
eses II kept close to the seacoast on his
march through Palestine and did not
strike inland till he was some distance
to the north of the Israelites, but it is
inconceivable that he should not have
secured his long line Of communications
by establishing posts so far inland that
they must have been brought into con-
tact with the Hebrews If the latter had
at that time been settled in their own
country.
The earliest date, therefore, at which
the Egyptian history will permit the
exodus to have taken place, even when
full allowance Is made for the time
spent by the jews in the wilderness and
in conquering Palestine, would seem to
be about 1890 b. c., while, if the shorter
chronology be adopted, it could not
have been much earlier than 1900 b.
C.-Scribner 8 Magazine.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-03-06
ARABIAN STALLION.

TO the royal stables number of horses
of the purest, choicest strain of the
Nedjid- Hedjaz blood. He promised
faithfully and was secretly liberated
He kept his promise and sent to Abbas
some of the most precious horses in all
Arabia, among them Gadir. the sire
four removes back of Ilderim, the horse
in the picture. The Arabian horses art
noted for their wide forehead and fine,
silky hair. The Russian Orloff gets
his silkep coat from his oriental blood
The Arabian has also always heavy,
flowing tail, slender legs, small feet and
small head, which he carries very high,
giving him an extremely spirited look.
BY the way, how would Ilderin look
with his tail chopped Off The Morgan
horses in this country perhaps come
nearest the Arabian ideal of any of our
American breeds.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-03-06
1vory Carving In chIna and japan

In China and Japan ivory has been
carved the ivory balls inclosed inside
one another being specially noted.
Many theories have been formed as to
how these balls have been cut. Perhaps
a probable one is that a ball of ivory
was taken, around the upper and lower
ends of which four small holes were
carved ont, gradually diminishing in
size toward the center until the axis Of
the one hole met the axis of the other
or lower one at right angles in the cen
ter of the ball, and that then small
tools were inserted, and thin layer OF
ivory, forming part of circle from
one hole to its lower corresponding one,
was cut and loosened from the whole
mass. Sc, gradually cutting from one
hole to the next one, complete inner
circle was eventually loosened, the cir
cles themselves afterward being cut into
the required pattern. Cham Jour
mol
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-03-06

a collar. 1t was before Montana got to
be the greatest state in the Union. l
was prospecting away in the Bull noun
tains. / hadn't seen any dirt that
looked as though it had the right ring
to it. The sun was turning in, and
shadows were coming out of the east. l
took the pack off one of my horses,
picketed the animals and made sup
per off hot coffee and bacon and bread.
Then l coiled up in blanket and knew
no more The night must have been half
spent when l began to dream that
was washing my face in one of the gey-
sers of the Yellowstone. The sensation
became so realistic that | awoke. A
hot breath was breathing on my visage,
and strange tongue was swabbing me
down. ] was sort of dazed with fear
and remained perfectly still. Presently
the licking process ceased, and the hot
breath was withdrawn. A big, dark,
awkward something shambled off, and
/ sank to rest once more. When day
came, l found that my provision box
had been raided, and the soft earth
around me was full of bear tracks. /
shivered a little bit and moved on. :"
The colonel told this as though he real
ly wanted to be believed, and the re-
porter left Washington Star.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-03-06
whss, and Alfalfa Made Mutton.

[ have just hauled carload OF corn
and have fixed my camp for the winter.
I also brought over five Southdown rams
and have received from the Holt Live
stock company carload of fine Young
Shropshire rams There are now run
ming ON my range on the BiJou $500
ewes. and will breed half the ewes to
the Blackfaced fellows to secure lambs
for feeding, and the rest ] shall breed 70
the French merino If the wool is pulled
over our eyes. / am now feeding 2,0o0
lambs and yearlings at my Berthoud
farm and have two carloads oil Black
faces now ready to ship to Chicago.
These sheep were fattened ON alfalfa
and wheat. consider that wheat at 90
cents hundredweight is worth more In
mutton than In -four My mutton is fine,
and expect to top the market. Cor.
Field and Farm.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-03-06

The farm work for February scarcely
differs from that of the other winter
months, excepting that the stock needs
more care. particularly where the cows
are to drop their calves In the early
spring. AS they grow heavy there is
greater danger of injury from slipping,
from blows and from copious drinks of
cold water. Their grain ration should
be reduced in quantity, and heating
foods, like cornmeal, cottonseed or oil
meal, should not be used, unless it be
grained, but having been prolific milk
ers, or from some other cause, have be
come thin in flesh. Even with them
the ration should not be large, and the
effects should be carefully watched
The best hay is none too good for them
or for the ewes that are to drop lambs
soon. Give them good hay with few
roots every day If they are on hand, and "a
little wheat bran if it seems to be needed
TO keep them in good condition.
Do not leave the ewes out in cold
storms; neither allow them to suffer
from a lack of exercise. 1t is to be
hoped that it is known which ewes are
likely to drop the early lambs, and
about when they may be expected, and
that they will be separated from the
others and placed where they can be
quiet, warm and protected from inoles-
tation from their mates and from dogs.
A visit to the pen once or twice during
the night may save valuable lambs.
The sows are more often expected to
farrow in March than in February, but
there seems no good reason for this.
Now that there seems to be demand
for pigs that will dress from i75 to 225
pounds when about months old, there
should be more surety of their attain
ing desirable weight II they appeared
In February, and it is no more trouble
to raise the February pig. With COM
Portable, snug piggery the cold should
not be as intense inside it as 1t would
be In a cold wind in March, which
seems to find out every crack and crew
ice. and If not actually as cold by the
thermometer seems colder by contrast
with the few warmer days that occa-
sionally appear. We would advise ev-
ery farmer who raises pigs to plan for
his spring pigs in February and his fall
pigs In July or August. The latter wi i
then attain sufficient size and strength to
continue growing and fattening during
the winter, If given good warm quarters,
comfortable beds and good food.
II may require little more to make
them fat than 1t would for the spring
pigs. but 1t pays. American Guilt
vator.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-03-06

Alexander the Great was about topass
sentence of death on a noted pirate, but
previously asked him, 'Why dost thou
trouble the seasY'
"Why," rejoined the rover boldly,
"dost thou trouble the whole worldf /,
with one ship, go in quest of solitary adj
venture and am therefore called pirate.
Thou, with a great army, warrest against
nations and therefore art called en-
peror. Sir, there is no difference be
twixt us but in the name and means of
doing mischief"
Alexander, SO far from being dis
pleased with the freedom of the culprit,
was so impressed with the force of his
appeal that he dismissed him unpun-
ished.-Sala's Journal.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-03-06
snanish Etiquette.

There is a curious story of how the
Duke d'Aoste, when king of Spain, told
a muleteer to whom he was talking to
cover himself, the sun being hot, for
getting that by SO doing. he made him a
grandee. Marshal Prim, to prevent this
catastrophe, knocked the mans hat out
of his hand, and according to some the
muleteer had something to do with the
assassination that followed few days
afterward London Spectator.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-03-06
They Insured Him.

The ways and means of insurance
agents for securing customers are many
and varied. The modus operandi seems
to be to get the victim interested and
then lombard him with argument, elo-
ouence and statistics, and it is in the
first that the real genius of the business
comes in.
A merchant was writing at his desk
the other day when two of the craft en-
tered. Being we'll dressed and prosper
GUS looking, he rose to receive them and
inquired their business.
81 want, said one, to introduce to
you my friend, Mr.. Booker, who is a
well known gentleman living here, and
special agent for the Bluster Life In
surance company.
Il am pleased to meet Mr.. Booker, =
returned the merchant, but ! really
don't know that I'm acquainted with
you"
Indeed, " said the first. Booker,
old man, introduce me. "
Booker did, and the merchant, seeing
the trick, burst out into hearty guffaw
and was soon insured by the two
friends, who, if they had entered in the
ordinary style and stated their bust
ness, would probably have been shown
the door.-London Tit-Bits.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-03-06

A LIVING MUMMY.
A TraveRer Tells of One He Found In an
Egyptian Domicile.

A Traveaer Tells of One He Found In an
Egyptian DOmicile.
"We went into the hut after some
hesitation-the dragoman whispered
there were ladies there-and found
vigorous old man, telling his Mussul-
man beads crosslegged on mud bench,
and on the floor bent over the fire the
Oldest looking human being l ever saw
alive.
"Mummies have seen, and wondered
not that they were dead, but in what
part of her withered desiccated frame
that old woman found space to keep the
stern vital energies that lined her grim,
carved face l can scarcely guess. She
looked no more living than seaweed
does, dried and stretched on paper. Her
arms, her legs-thrust almost into the
fire-were so shrunk that the long
leathern flesh and haccid muscles hung
round them like dangling shreds on
sticks.
"Round her neck were beads OF
wood, and round her wrists leathern
bracelets though, to be sure, | cannot
feel certain they were not folds of skin
and on her face lus;1ed not only lines,
but gullies and passages, they seemed
so deep and fallen. But for the occa-
sional upturned glance of her cold, I'M
questioning eye / could not have sup
posed her anything else than one of the
earliest and best preserved of the re-
hottest queens of Egypt.
II q lr1CfU vUQI-
come and sent for milk and dates and
filed our pockets. He showed US his
long spear that hung against the wall
and told me with proud gesture that
he had often killed his man, but more
often with a sword, and taking me by
the shoulder showed me fercely how
he used to do it. He was 80 years old
and had never been farther from home
than Assouan, and then only once.
''All his sons sat and stood round us,
and in the background against the mud
granary white teeth glimmered and the
broad, black faces of the women shone.
| asked him what present he would
like, and he asked for little rice and
little coffee. All the time he clutched
and fingered his Muslin rosary, which,
when / admired, he wanted me to ac-
cept. The son came back with us to
the dahbeah and carried off the coffee
and rice in envelopes, to which Iadd-
ed handful of cigarettes and couple
of oranges, with particular injunctions
that one was to be give to the old gen
tleman. ''-Cornhill Magazine.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-03-06

DISTRIBUTING ON HEAD.
without cutting the threads on the bolt.
After nicking one side place sledge on
the other side and nick that side OF the
nut. and YOU will find that you can east
" knock the nut off the bolt. Now run
your die down over the threads on the
bolt and tap out another nut to fit, and
the job is done.
Now suppose, in getting the nut off
the bolt, you have stripped the threads
off. as is often the case, and you have no
other bolt to take its place; then the
thing to do is to make new one or nix
mn the old one. If the bolt is not too
small and short, you can fix the old one.
One way is to heat the bolt on the thread
ed end to yellow heat. 1t is then split
up a little farther than the threads
through the center of the bolt. To do
this. hold the head of the bolt in the
tongs, the end resting on the face of
your anvil. Take your blacksmith chisel
in right hand, and holding it central
with the bolt split the end to the required
length, your assistant striking the chisel
with the SleuSS. having bp1lt tAO DOAo,
draw out wedge of wrought iron the
width of the diameter of the bolt and
drive it into the split. Close the ends
down over the wedge and heat to aweld-
ing heat. Hammer the end down round
and smooth to the diameter of the bolt,
true up the end and cut a new thread,
and the bolt is as good as new.
Here is cheap way to put head on
bolt: Suppose the bolt wanted to be one
half inch in diameter Take piece of
half inch iron and draw the end down
tapering. Now take an old half inch
nut and drive the tapered end into it.
Rivet the end over as at A. Take weld
ing heat on the end and hammer each
side and the end Finish the inside Of
the head by running the bolt through a
piece of fat iron having half inch hole
in it and drive the head down on the
plate. This squares up the inside of the
head. Ohio Farmer, the authority
quoted, advises keeping an assortment
of sizes of old and new nuts on hand.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-03-06

Poor Hankinson, who had come to
make an evening call, paused at the
doorway of the parlor. Young Fergu-
son was there ahead of him.
81 can hardly hope for any inter
change of ideas this evening, Miss Ka-
jones, he said, with CHASTITY attempt
to be facetious, on the basis of unre-
stricted reciprocity. You seem to be
fully protected.
sProtected?' exclaimed Miss Ka-
Jones, with a ravishing smile. Not at
all, Mr.. Hankinson. Raw material is
on the free list here. Walk in. Chi
cago Tribune.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-03-06
A BEAUTIFUL ARABIAN.
Horses That Were the Price of Ma

Horses That We're the Price Of Mans
Ransom.
In the illustration is seen likeness
Of one of the most beautiful Arabian
stations ever brought to this country,
He is owned In Wisconsin. A romantic
story Is told of the Arabian breed to
which he belongs, the Nedjid-Hedjas.
A noted sire Of this horse several gen.
erations back was the Arab stallion Ga
dir, the most highly priced horse in the
stables of the viceroy Of Egypt.
A fierce and warlike Bedouin sheik
was taken prisoner by Mehemet Ali
many years ago. He languished In con-
finement 30 years. On the accession OF
Abbas to the Egyptian throne the Bed
ouin was set free by the viceroy on one
condition. 1t was that he should bring
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-03-06

The actor, unless he be in nature per-
verted, must exhibit In his life the eff
feet of his calling, a calling DESTROYS of
the same results as other arts-the adj
vancement of the human mind through
the ministration of beauty and truth
an advancement out of which necessa-
rily flow increased civilization and aug
mented happiness for the human race.
-Scribner's Magazine.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-03-06

The French have long been famous for
their riddles, but it was an English fam
lily who lived in such an atmosphere Of
puzzledom that on the husband inquir-
ing in excited accents of his wife, tWhy
is that door always left open?" she took
On a reflective air, and after moments
musing answered, 81 give it up"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-03-06

I've tried all sorts of blood purifiers"
SAID an old lady to cutter" "and you
can't persuade me that any other Sarsapa-
rilla is as good as Ayers" There's where
she had him. She knew that Ayers was
the best-and so did he, but it paid him
better to sell a cheaper brand.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-03-06
REARING MACHINERY.
Treatment of Rusty Bolts-PuttinG a Head
IN "a Rolt.


on a Bolt.
One of the greatest sources OF annoy
ance in agricultural machinery are bolts.
Who has not wrestled with rusty boltf
The nut refuses to go on, or, If on,
will not come off, or perhaps when the
nut is frightened the bolt comes apart
or the head comes off. In the first in
stance, if the nut won't come off, jar 1t
on each side with a hammer. holding a
sledge or heavy piece of iron on the
opposite side of the nut. This will usu-
ally start it so as to allow the nut to be
unscrewed. If after the above treat
ment it still holds fast, pour a little ben
zine or coaloil on it and let it stand a
few hours before trying the nut with
the wrench.
If the time cannot be spared, then II
possible heat it to red heat and let 1t
cool to black, then put in your wise
and try the wrench. If the above meth
dds are of no avail your only resource is
to cut the nut off the bolt. To do this,
hold sledge or heavy piece of iron on
one side of the nut and nick the other
with cold chisel as deep as possible
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-03-06
Mnntnna Rnnr storx.

Montana is geological garden In
its native state, said Colonel Jim
Struthers. 1--WE have all kinds of wild
beasts, from grizzly bears and prairie
dogs down. Speaking of bears reminds
me of once upon time. 1t was before
the state got polluted by the trolley,
and when 1t wasn't good form to wear
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-03-06

Conductor James McEntee of the Un-
ion Pacific railroad claims to have las
seed deer with a bellcord, an expert
ence that is vouched for by the train
hands. The train was going at full
speed near Echo, U. t., at the time.