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Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-10-15

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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-10-18

Among the musical instruments used
ON the Congo we notice the long and
short drum. Some drums are used to
beat the time Of the dance. Some other
drums are used as telephones for the
transmission Of messages to neighbor-
ing villages. The stringed instruments
represent the African harp. The ivory
horns are used for the convocation of
popular assemblies. The double bell is
used to call the attention of the people
to some proclamation of the chief The
Africans everywhere are very musical,
but their music does not always suit
European taste.
The African dance is not always in
dulged in for amusement alone. Dane
ing enters into some of the most solemn
ceremonies, as, for instance, the in
auguration Of new king. Then the
chief elect of the tribe dances very
gravely before the assembled elders and
the people.
The madimba had been called the
African piano, 1t is made of calabashes
of graded sizes, which are surmounted
by boards, of graded sizes also, all be-
ing attached to a semicircular frame.
Each board represents note or half
tone and emits its appointed sound
when struck by one of the two rubber
balls at the ends of two sticks, which
are cleverly handled by the musician.
While almost every native can beat the
drum or play some of the minor musical
instruments, the playing of the madim-
ba is an art which only few special
lists learn. They must be paid for play
ing at festivities or ceremonies, and
their art supports them, either partly
or entirely. journal of American Folk
Lore.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-10-18
MEN BURN SPONTANEOUSLY

Medical Science Records Instances OF the
Combustion of Flesh From Within.
When Dickens used SO effectively the
spontaneous combustion Of the human
body as climax for novel, he had
back Of him a great deal Of evidence
that such miracle had actually taken
place.
In an article on 1.-THE Pathology of
Man., in the old French Encyclopedia
Methodique, " D'Azyr gives the case Of
a woman 80 years of age who had made
"a practice Of going to bed drunk every
day for many years. Her bones We're
finally found in the bed with the flesh
charred from them, as scientists sup
posed, by spontaneous combustion.
The somewhat similar case Of Grace
Pitt is given in the transactions Of the
English Royal society. She was the
wife of q fishmonger who lived at Fps
wich and she was found stretched on
the kitchen floor by her daughter, burn
ing, the girl said, without flames. ="
Her body and legs resembled smoldering
Goals and when water was thrown on
her gave forth the odor of scorched
flesh, accompanied by suffocating
smoke. The girl ran from the house and
called In the neighbors who found
nothing but bones and charred flesh left
of the woman. She, too, had been a
hard drinker
A third case, given in q French essay,
is that of Nine do Boiseon, so years
old, who lived near Dol 1t is said
she was very lean and that for several
years she had drunk nothing but spirits
Her waiting maid found her burning
in her room, the fire in her case, as in
the others, seeming to originate in the
flesh itself and not In the clothing
Water thrown on her failed to check the
fire, and she burned until nothing but
her skeleton remained in the chair
The chair itself was only slightly
scorched. New York World
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-10-18
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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-10-18

To make good portrait in the ordi-
nary room is quite difficult task, as
all the light to be had comes through
the window and leaves the shadow side
Of the portrait underexposed. This can
somewhat be remedied by the use of a
piece Of white muslin about 10 feet long
and about 8 feet wide or more
Stretch string across the room par
allel with the window and fasten it to
point about six feet from the window,
and also six feet from the floor Fasten
the muslin over the top of the window
and throw the other end over the string,
allowing it to fall to the floor. This forms
sort of one-half side of o tent, and
this somewhat confines the light and re
fleets 1t ON the shadow side Of your OBJ
ject and helps to brighten and soften
the light. In using curtains for back
ground place them back of the sitter Us
far as the wall will allow, so as to pro-
duce soft effect. Place the sitter about
three feet from the window and about
opposite tho far side of the easement
Pull the window down from the top, and
perhaps 1t would be best to cover up the
lower part Of the window with some
dark cloth or paper. Close all doors SO
as not to have any draft, and then make
the exposure j. A. Boos in New York
Mail and Express.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-10-18
Mozart'a Method.

Mozart's method Of composition was
such as could only have been pursued
by child of genius, He would rise
early, eat hearty breakfast and then
stroll for several hours il forest near
his home, where, inspired by natures
beauties, heavenly melodies came troop
ing through his brain. Repairing to his
cottage, he would summon his wife,
very witty woman, and bid her tell
him stories He would then mount his
high stool and proceed TO commit these
inspirations to paper, his wife telling
him jokes and funny stories while he
wrote. These he enjoyed immensely,
frequently interrupting her with hearty
bursts of laughter and sometimes even
falling from the stool and rolling on the
floor But amid all this hilarity and
uproar the flow of music which was to
move the world went steadily on. His
productions were wrought without the
least thought or study, but came almost
unbidden ''direct from heaven Like
Shakespeare, he was purely the creature
of inspiration, genius of the highest
order.-C. G. Heat in Housekeeper.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-10-18

Occasionally an eloquent testimonial
to the virtues of health resort" fails
to find place in the printed matter
sent out by the hotel keepers or others
interested in the prosperity of the place.
A railway president who had gone to
one of the summer resorts of the north
west to spend few weeks was sitting
on the veranda of a hotel enjoying the
lake scenery and his cigar when he
was accosted by resident boomer"
with the remark:
"You' II find the air here full of ozone,
sir You'll sleep like log. Before you
have been here week you will gain
ten pounds or l miss my guess, and
I'm generally right. =
81 don't doubt it, replied the rail
way magnate. 81 gained eight pounds
the very first day"
"That beats the record, said the
boomer, slightly dazed, but recover
ing himself promptly, though I've
known instances almost equal to it. -
"Yes,' rejoined the other, eight
pounds. weighed myself on nickel
In the slot machine at the railway sta
ton when 1 landed here, and the in
Dictator pointed to 1877. An hour later
stepped on the same kind of machine
at the hotel, and the figure was 1876.
Gain of eight pounds in 60 minutes,
sir, and hadn't eaten bite Hadn't
done anything but breathe this wonder
full air. Never saw anything like it.
Marvellous climate, sir-simply marvel
GUS. And all it cost me was 10 cents. !"
Youths Companion.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-10-18
REACHED FAME AT A BOUND.
How the Famous Dialect Novelist Made
His First Hit.

How the Famous Dialect Novelist Made
His First Hit.
The man who had sprung into sudden
prominence in the literary world had
grown a trife reminiscent under the
influence Of a good cigar and small
bottle, and one of the members Of the
party decided that there could be no
better time to get the story of his re-
markable success
81 do not recall that any one ever be-
came more suddenly famous in the lit
erary world than you" suggested the
curious one
81 imagine that l came very close to
breaking record, " replied the literary
light.
Zone day you were unknown, and
the next day every literary critic in the
country was singing your praise and
people were standing in line to buy
your books . continued the curious one
"Quite true, +" admitted the literary
light My reputation was made by
single story, and that story might be
called an accident.
That's what / want to get at, T" ex-
planned the curious one. 81 want to
hear the story of that story Where did
you get the idea and what impelled you
to write it? What was your inspira-
tion?''
The literary light laughed and reached
for his glass.
1.-THE secret Of that story is soon
told" he said as soon as the glass was
empty. "You see, had typewriter. "
Young and prettyP" they all broke
in.
Machine, not OPERATOR" explained
the literary light. Machine was all /
could afford at that time, and had to
get that on the installment plan. ran
it myself, you know"
"Well? Go on "
lone day thoughtlessly went out
without putting the cover on it, and
my 5-year-old boy got at it. +"
Couldn't run it, could he?" they
asked
"Of course not, but I'd let him help
me put the paper in and take it out I'M
til he had mastered that much of the
operation of the machine, and as the
click of it pleased him and there was
no one there to stop him he hammered
away at it for about two hours.
"But what has that to do with your
story?'
"That was the story" answered the
literary light "When saw what he
had done, l gathered the pages to-
gether, numbered them, got up a title
and sent the whole thing to leading
magazine with a note saying that it
was dialect story of Scotch Welsh
settlement that got mixed up with the
Dutch in South Africa, and-well,
haven't had to do a thing since then
except buy typewriters for the boy.
He's little bit rough at times, but SO
long as he doesn't smash over one ma
chine month / can afford it. Chi
cago Post
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-10-18
Noos,nr a SEQ Lion.

A correspondent of Rams Horn mar.
rates pulling match between a sea lion
and farmer:
Near Tllamook. Or, an old German
farmer CHANGED TO be driving along the
beach, when his watchful gaze was
greeted by the sight of large sea lion
some distance ont on the sand. fast
asleep
1t was the work of moment for ia
cob to make lasso of stout rope be
had in his wagon, fasten the end of it
TO the hind axle and adjust the moose
over the sea lions head Then Jacob
jumped into the wagon and started
homeward with his prize
The sea lion did the same and as his
team was the stronger of the two ia
cob started seaward at good pace, and
only saved himself and his outfit" by
springing quickly to the ground, grasp
ing his jackl1nife and cutting the rope.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-10-18

When young man asks father for his
daughters hand in marriage, if the father
is a wise one, he thinks of one thing equal
ly as important as the young mans morals,
social and business standing and intelli-
gence. A young man who suffers from i'll
health has no right to marry until his health
is restored To do so is to commit crime
against the human race. While all diseases
may not be directly inherited, the constitu-
tional tendency to acquire them is inner
tied If a man is a consumptive, the
chances are that his children will have
weak understood lungs, and predisposi-
ton to acquire the same disease.
The young man who suffers from bron-
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disease of the air-passages which, If neg
lected leads up to consumption, may take
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builds new and healthy tissues.
Mr John c. Born, of 4o7o Liberty Ave. Pitts
burgh Pa, writes Some thirty months ago l
said to my wife, l don't want to keep anything
from YOU / must tell you am In the last stage
of consum ption.' In December 1896 commenced
taking DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery.
I could then only speak in whispers. l have
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am greatly benefited. People surprised to
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was never in better condition. Formerly could
not eat without suffering very much Immediately
after, but now can eat anything"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-10-18
INDIA RUBBER.
Tests by Which the Quality of the Ma.
terial May Be Established.

Tests by Which the Quality of the Ma.
terial May Be Established.
Some few years ago Lieutenant Via
dimiroff of the Russian navy made a Sc
ries Of experiments to establish the test
ing Of rubber goods on sound and sat
isfactory basis, the following being the
main conclusions at which he arrived.
1t will be seen that the tests advocated
are physical ones, as he came to the con-
clusion that chemical testing gave no
reliable results.
First India rubber should not give
the slightest sign of superficial cracks
on being bent to an angle of 1870 de-
grees after five hours exposure in a
closed air bath to temperature Of 1875
degrees @. The test pieces should be
about centimeters thick
Second. Rubber containing not more
than so per cent by weight Of metallic
oxides should stretch to five times its
length without breaking.
Third. Pure caoutchouc free from
all foreign matter, except the sulphur
necessary for its INFLAMMATION, should
stretch seven times its length without
breaking.
Fourth. = The extension measured
Immediately after rupture should not
exceed 10 per cent Of the original length
of the test piece. The test pieces should
be from to 10 millimeters wide, and
not more than 6 millimeters thick and
8 centimeters long.
Fifth. THE percentage of ash gives
certain indication Of the degree Of
softness, and may form basis for the
choice between different qualities for
certain purposes.
Any excuses of sulphur over that re-
CURED for inflammation should be re-
moved at the works, and should not ap-
pear on the surface of any object.
Now, these tests on the whole seem
very we'll calculated to give useful indi-
cation to engineers as to the quality of
the goods they are buying, only we
would interpolate here the remark that
unless good price is paid for the rub
Der it is no use submitting it to such
physical tests as these India rubber
substitutes made from oil and recover
ed rubbers'' shat is, old rubber worked
up again with oil-have nothing like the
elasticity appertaining to new, sound
rubber, and they are quite incapable of
standing the elongation or heat tests
mentioned Engineering
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-10-18
ANCIENT MEDICAL METHODS
The Manner of Doctors Consultations In
the Fourteenth Century.

The Manner of Doctors Consultations In
the Fourteenth Century.
Coming to Mondeville's exposition of
the method of holding discussion, we
find his description almost a story of
what might take place today. First, "
he says, 1--WE should inquire into the
nature of the disease, examining care
fully and feeling, because the diagnosis
is made by touching with the hand and
observing with t1le eye All the consult
ants engage in turn in the examination.
Then, if the case demands it, they make
a new examination all together, point
ing out to one another the symptoms of
disease and the special or remarkable
features either in the patient or the dis
ease. Then one of them, the highest in
rank, says to the patient, Sir, we per-
ceive very clearly what is the matter
with you, and you ought to have full
confidence in us and be glad that there
are SO many of US here and such doctors
enough for king-and to believe that
the youngest of us is competent to pre-
scribe and carry ON your treatment and
DllllS ~ W SOOQ I6SuluA LA6A nS
terrogates the patient about the circum-
stances of his attack, Sir, do not be
displeased or take it i'll, but when did
your illness begin?' following this with
many other questions, the answers to
which are recorded as indications fur
nished by the patient.
when all the questions called for
by the case have been asked, the con-
sultants retire to another room, where
they will be alone, for in all consulta-
tons the masters dispute with one an
other in order the better to discuss the
truth, and sometimes they come to a
pass in the heat of discussion which
would cause strangers witnessing their
proceeding to suppose there were discord
and strife among them. This is some
times the case. 80 Fourteenth Century
Doctors, " by NJ E. Nicaise, in Popular
Science Monthly
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-10-18
The Mannish Woman.

A masculine woman has always been
the adherence of men and women alike
She is as repellent to nature as an
effeminate man. The woman who
dresses in mannish garb, who walks
with stride, who talks in a loud,
harsh voice, who assumes an air of bust
ness Importance, who is always threat
ening TO do things that are unreined or
difficult because they have been man +
privilege. is subject of amusement to
some and of aversion to others. Brook
lvn Eaole
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-10-18

what the dash are you here for?'
said an angry passenger, stepping down
slowly from the footboard of a trolley
car. He thought the conductor should
have looked out for him and stopped the
car where he wanted to get off. block
back
Jpn show you what I'm here for, :"
said the conductor, reaching for the
bellcord (ting, tingl) as he spoke, and
Zip. zip, zip F" came the sound of
the motorman's lever turning in the
notches, and
'Bz-z-zz- zz-zzr' sang the trolley,
and before he knew it the passenger
found himself standing alone in the
middle of the road.-New York Sun.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-10-18

The Successful Remedy For Nasal Catarrh
must be irritating, easy of applica-
ton, and one that will by its own action
reach the infamed and diseased surfaces
ELY'S CREAM BALM combines the
important REQUESTS of quick action and
specific curative powers with perfect safe
ty to the patient. This agreeable remedy
has mastered catarrh as nothing else has,
and both physicians and patients freely
concede this fact. All druggists cheer
fully acknowledge that in it the acme of
Pharmaceutical skill has been reached.
The most distressing symptoms quickly
yield to it. In acute cases the balm inn
parts almost instant relief
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-10-18
She Found Ont.

A Boston lady stood on the deck Of
the little bump nosed Ocklawaha steam
er in Florida, notebook and lorgnette in
hand, asking ponderous questions of a
darby roustabout
"Is the alligator amphibious?" was
one Of her questions
The darby scratched his head He
was bit puzzled, as there had been
more corn pone than dictionary in his
bringing up, but his quick wit and
natural logic did not desert him as he
replied:
81 reckon he am, miss He done bite
20 shuah eff yo' monkey wild him. -
New Orleans Picayune.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-10-18

Columbus, N. j., Oct 6, 189S.-Mrs
Lydia Reeves of this place has proved the
value of Hoods Sarsaparilla after serious
illness. She says; 4 have taken Hoods
Sarsaparilla and can recommend it highly
After my daughter had the measles she
was i'll for nearly year. She had pains
in her chest and her lungs were weak.
l gave her Hoods Sarsaparilla and it re-
lieved her"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-10-18

The spirit of this smile is used by
John Bunyan in the meditation "Of the
Horse and Drum, in his Book For
Boys and Girls; or, Country Rhymes For
Children, published in 1886. OF the
genuine Christian he says, inter ALA:
Let drummers beat the charge or what they
will,
They IL nose them, face them, keep their places
still
Notes and Queries.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-10-18
MAcARoNI, ACCORDING TO MARIA DA
PRATO.

Sweet macaroni, you must softly simmer
In savory bouillon till you're soft and mel
low.
Then, blended like the notes of flute and
cello,
The cheese is sprinkled-parmesan' bright
glimmer,
With gruyere grated, unctuous and DINNER,
The whole q wondrous symphony in yellow.
At last served steaming to some lucky fellow,
With red tomato essence for trimmer.
Such was ambrosia that the gods invented
For feasts Olympian. crowned with nectar
thirst.
Great Jupiter himself essayed 1t first,
Then passed the dish, and Juno was contented.
Double faced Janus, off guard for the nonce,
Partook of it. He had two plates at oncel
Henry Tyrrell in New York Sun.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-10-18
A card on the outside Of the office do,

A card on the outside of the office door
says: Gone to lunch. Be back in ten
minutes. And the man will be there on
time. That is for some days, weeks or
even months, he will. Then he will be at
home occasionally for day. He'll tell
you he had headache-a turn of cholera
morbus, or maybe he'll say he had lump
in his stomach and felt too miserable to
move. The lump was probably two or
three ten minute lunches condensed
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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-10-18

A bricklayer can lay about 1900 or
1000 bricks in day of 10 hours where
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per day when both faces have to be
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