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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-01-31

Colonel R., an English officer station
ed in India, met with singular adven-
ture while tiger hunting in which he
lost an arm. The colonel had wounded
a tiger from an elephants back The
tiger charged, and the elephant, taking
fright, bolted through the jungle. TIC
save himself from being Drained and
swept off by overhanging branches,
Colonel R. seized stout limb and, rails
ing himself, left the elephant TO go on
alone through the forest. To his dismay
he found he had not strength and agil-
ity sufficient to swing himself up to sit
on the branch. In vain he strove tc
throw leg over and so raise himself
Looking down, the sportsman discov-
cred that the tiger had spotted him and
was waiting below. The horror of the
situation can be imagined the enraged
tiger and the helpless, dangling mar
knowing he must fall into those crue
jaws.
How long he hung there he never
knew He shouted and shrieked in ar
agony of fear. He eased one arm lit
tie and then the other, then hung de
spairingly by both-till at last tired ma
ture gave way and he droppedl
He. remembered thrusting one arm
into the tigers jaws, and then conscious
ness left him His life was saved by the
arrival of friendly rifle barrel helt
close to the tiger head and through the
subsequent amputation of the manglet
arm by skillful surgeon. -Youth'l
Companion.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-01-31
VOCAL CULTURE.

The First Step Is Keeping the Mouth
Shut, Asleep or Awake.
Proper breathing is so essential in
voice production that it must receive
first attention, and the first requirement
is to keep the mouth shut" writes
Katharine E. Junkermann in The Wo-
mans Home Companion
'Of course no tone can be either
strong or pure if the lungs are cramped
SO that the air cannot find room. In or
der to increase the size Of the lung ca
pacity raise the chest and keep the body
well and strongly poised.
$50 much harm has been done to
voices by allowing the mouth to become
the regular air passage that the need OF
care cannot be too frequently empha-
sized. Besides the injury done by the
unwarmed air entering the lungs the
mucous membrane is hardened by the
saliva being dried up, and the muscles
of the tongue and throat grow stiff and
less responsive. 1t is comparatively easy
to control ones breathing when awake
but when asleep the harm goes on. Tt
remedy this involves slight discom-
fort, but one can endure it patiently
looking to the end. Cut court plaster in
to little strips about one-fourth of az
inch in width and paste several across
the lips, placing them up and down.
with the lips held naturally. If one Ii
tempted to give up rather than endure
the discomfort this method involves, {
walk through an ordinary day coach Oh
night made hideous by the presence
of a snorer in near berth will cause {
solemn vow to be taken never to d.
likewise. -
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-01-31
THE LADY THE WINNER.
Amusing Occurrence In an Office
Building Elevator In Chicago.

Amusing Occurrence In an Office
Building Elevator In Chicago.
People who ride in lifts" in this
city acquire some queer experiences at
times. The calling of the floors where
passengers desire to debark or embark
not infrequently produces some anus
ing situations. 1t all depends upon the
style of the person making the an
nouncement. OF course conductors
are mute participants in the game.
Here is one happening of yesterday
which is certainly out of the usual run.
Half dozen passengers entered an
elevator in big down town Office build
ing Doctors office there almost to the
exclusion of other professions. One boy
with package asked to be deposited
at the second floor. A woman stood
mute while medical man thought he
would leave at the fifth. The conductor
turned an inquiring head and the re-
naming passengers with one voice
Ginning in full chorus shouted:
"Tenth. -
Seven up" murmured gentle
VOICE as inc car reached Gno 1nQlcdG6Q
floor
Two men seeking the tenth floor
glanced at each other with grins of ap-
probation as a stenographer, and a
pretty one, by the way, entered the car.
She seemed unconscious of having Gre
ated more than passing interest, but
the conductor was alive to the situation.
1.-THE lady wins" he muttered to
himself as he gave the lever yank and
the car shot upward again.-Chicago
Chronicle.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-01-31
The AT of Doing Nothing.

One mark of the modern man is his
inability to idle. When he has to work
for his living, he will grumble lavishly,
telling you that leisure is what he
longs for; that an idle life is his unat-
tainable ideal But let him come into
fortune and you will see. Does he use
his new afiuence in the only reasonable
way, making soft places for himself
wherein he can idle happily Not he; he
runs to and fro about the city like the
Scripture dog, risking the portion Of
goods that has come to him among the
outside brokers, or he tries the muscles
of his stomach on yacht, or he deliv-
ers himself bound hand and foot, to
the tyranny of the racing stables, or he
becomes a philanthropist, or throws his
unconquerable energy into amateur
photography.
To dweller in the sheepfolds the
question comes urgent, insistent, When
does man come into this his birthright
of antlike industry? When does this
inability to idle grow on him7 In the
time of his lambhood he will do any
thing, everything, to insure his doing
nothing. To attain this object he will
spare no patent pains, no anxious
thought. He will achieve his end even
in prep. with the eye of the shep-
herd upon him, and it will be perceived
that to do nothing when talking is i'm
possible and staring about, an expensive
luxury, requires talent amounting al
most to genius. Pail Mall Gazette.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-01-31
The Magic of Rome.

The story of Rome is tale of muir
der and sudden death, varied, chang
ing, never repeated in the same way
there is blood on every threshold; a
tragedy lies buried in every church and
chapel, and again we ask in vain
wherein lies the magic of the city that
has fed on terror and grown old in
carnage, the charm that draws men to
her, the power that holds, the magic
that enthralls men soul and body, as
Lady Venus cast her spells upon Tam
hauser in her mountain of old Yet
none deny it, and as centuries roll on
the poets, the men of letters, the must
clans, the artists of all ages, have come
to her from far countries and have
dwelt here while they might, some for
long years, some for the few months
they could spare, and all of them have
left something, verse, line, sketch,
a song that breathes the threefold mys-
terry of love, eternity and death
"Studies From the Chronicles Of Rome, "
by Marion Crawford
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-01-31
A VICTIM OF TELEPATHY.
His Absurd Delusions Finally Ban
ished by the Hypnotic Route.

His Absurd DeIua1Ons Finally Ban
ished by the Hypnotic Route.
There came to me late one night a
stranger in widest despair resolved to
commit suicide that night if could
not help him, says Professor Munster
berg in The Atlantic. He had been a
physician, but had given up his prac-
tice because his brother, on the other
side of the ocean, hated him and had
him under his telepathic influence,
troubling him from over the sea with
voices which Knocked him and with i'm
pulses to foolish actions. He had not
slept nor had he eaten anything for
several days, and the only chance for
life he saw was that new hypnotic in
huence might overpower the mystical
hypnotic forces.
/ soon found the source Of his trou-
BILE In treating himself for wound he
had misused cocaine in an absurd way,
and the Authorizations of voices were
the chief symptom of his cocainism.
These products Of his poisoned brain
had sometimes reference to his brother
in Europe, and thus the telepathic sys-
tenn grew in him and permeated his
whole life hypnotized him, and sug-
gested to him with success to have
sleep and food and a smaller dose of
cocaine. Then 1 hypnotized him daily
for six weeks. After ten days he gave
up cocaine entirely, after three weeks
the voices disappeared, and after that
the other symptoms faded away. 1t was
not, however, until the end that the
telepathic system was exploded
Even when the voices had gone he
for awhile felt his movements controlled
over the ocean, and after six weeks,
when had him quite well again, he
laughed over his telepathic absurdities
but assured me that if these sensations
came again he should be unable, even in
full health, to resist the mystical inter
probation, SO wildly had he felt the
distant influences.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-01-31

Voltaire, when ON his estate of Fer.
ney, was fond of assuming the air Of
nobility and displayed most philosoph-
ical hatred of poachers. One luoklest
fellow was caught and brought before
him. Voltalre determined to try him
according to law, and took his seat al
judge, directing his secretary to act al
counsel for the prisoner The advocate
made long speech in favor of the cul
prit and stopped suddenly.
why do you hesitatef" asked Vol
taire.
II wish to read a passage from a vol
ume in your library"
He procured the book and silently
turned its leaves. Voltaire became i'm
patient and demanded the cause of hii
silence.
"Well," answered the secretary, 81
have been looking for the word thu
manity' and 1 see you have omitted it. y
Voltaire thought the argument sc
forcible that he set the poacher free.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-01-31
He Got the Votes,

A congressman is thus quoted by the
Washington Star:
1.-THE first race / ever made for con-
gress resulted in my defeat by less than
so majority, and if one of my friends
had not been too jealous / would have
been elected There was a precinct
where expected to receive 100 votes,
and feared there would be some fraud
in the precinct that would injure me,
SO got an old man who had never par
ticipated in politics, but who had al
most paramount influence in the dis
trict, to take charge of my interests
there, instructing him to see that every
friend of mine voted and that the votes
were counted
when the returns came in, I had
not received a single vote in that pre-
cinct, and the next day bulky envel-
ope was handed me containing 100 bal
lots, together with letter from the
man l had left in charge saying that he
had seen every friend of mine and taken
up their ballots so that none would be
missed, and as he wouldn't trust the
judges of elections he had sent them to
me himself SO l would be sure to gel
them. Since then have seen to it that
men in charge of my interests were not
only honest but knew something about
politics. +"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-01-31
The spider,s ELASTIC Appetite.

The spider has a tremendous appetite,
and his gormandizing defies all human
competition. A scientist who carefully
noted spiders consumption of food in
"a hours concluded that If the spider
were built proportionately to the human
scales he would eat at daybreak Zap
proximately) small alligator, by a.
m. lamb. by 8 a. m. young camelo-
pard, by 1 O'Clock sheep and would
finish up with lark pie in which there
were 1870 birds. Yet, in spite of his
enormous appetite, spider has wonder
full power of refraining from food and
one has been known to live for ten
months when absolutely deprived Of
food A beetle lived in similar state
of unrefreshment for three years. st.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-01-31
One on the Rector.

The little daughter of local clergy
man has reached the age where big
words are apt to floor her and where she
is very sensitive to the remarks of an
older brother.
Not long ago she came running to
her father.
Papa, papa, George called me
names.
''Why, what did George sayT"
"Oh, said the little girl, with a
strong expression of disgust, che said l
practicea what I preached I don't,
do II"
''Well, my child, p
''But 1 don't, do I, papaH 1 don t
any more than you do, do IP'
And then the rector choked up. But
he took half hour from his sermon
and explained the meaning of the OBJ
noxious expression to the best of his
ability. cleveland Plain Dealer
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-01-31
WITH A PAIR OF SCISSORS.
The Wonderful Artistic Feats Per-
fONmed by jeanne KOetren.

The Wonderful Artistic Feats Per-
fOHmed by jeanne KOetren.
More than 200 years ago little girl
was born at Amsterdam, Holland,
whose name was jeanne Koetren. She
was a peculiar child in that she cared
nothing whatever for play and sport,
but found her greatest delight in MAX
ing copies of things about her, initial
ing in wax every kind of fruit and
making on silk, with colored floss, ex-
act copies of paintings. which were
thought wonderful
But after she had become very &C
complished in music, spinning and en-
broidery, she abandoned all these for a
still more extraordinary art-that of
cutting. She executed landscapes, ma
rine views, flowers, animals and por-
traits of people of such striking resem-
blance that she was for time quite the
wonder of Europe She used white pa
pers for her cuttings placing them over
black surface, SO that the minute
openings made by her scissors formed
the eight and shade.
Of high rank paid her honor. One man
high in Office vainly offered her 1000
forms for three small cuttings. The
empress of Germany paid her 1000
forms for a trophy she had cut, bearing
the arms of Emperor Leopold, crowned
with eagles and surrounded by gar
land of flowers. She also cut the en-
peror' portrait, which can now be seen
in the Royal Art gallery in Vienna. A
great many people went to see her, and
she kept book in which princes and
princesses wrote their names.
After she died, which was when she
had lived So years, her husband, Adrian
Block, erected a monument to her
memory and had designed upon it the
portraits of these titled visitors. Her
cuttings were SO correct in effect and SO
tasteful as to give both dignity and
value to her work and constitute her an
artist whose exquisite skill with the
scissors has never before or since been
equaled. Journal
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One serious and at the same time un-
suspected source of fog in photography
is often due to the fact that the black.
ing has slightly worn off the lent
mount and there is a reflection which
results in a loss of brilliancy in the
negative. Constant use and endless
cleaning of the lens in time wear the
blaoking off, and this should be attend
ed to and all metal parts kept we'll
blaoked. Where lenses are mounted in
aluminium still more care is necessary
In this respect, as, wherever in such
cases the backing wears off, white light
instead of yellow light is reflected into
the lens.
Sometimes diaphragms of the iris
pattern are greatly at fault In this re-
speot. By reason of its construction the
leaves or vanes in this diaphragm are in
constant friction while being set, and
thus become polished and reflective, fol
which reason some photographers avoid
having iris diaphragms in their lenses,
notwithstanding their convenience. A
careful examination of the apparatus
will insure safety in this matter. Stops
of the ordinary pattern become in time
little better than bare metal, especially
at the edges of the aperture.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-01-31

Michelot, the famous comedian, suf-
fered a great deal from the spite of his
colleagues, and found it necessary to be
on the alert at every performance. On
a certain occasion he had to scold a
servant in one of Moliere's plays, when
the "claque, which had been bribed
by his rivals, began to hiss.
Miohelot was by no means discomfort
ed. Giving the servant a couple of
blows on the ear not included in the
part, he extemporized as follows:
"You vile scamp of varlet, there is
nothing you think of There you stand
quietly listening to the vermin squeak
ing in the house and never trouble your
self to get the rat poison p
The effect of this sally was striking.
The audience broke out in loud applause
and no subsequent attempt was made to
hiss the actor
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The Audience Cot Angry

There was a scene of wild excitement
during the last week Of May, 1899, at
the Gaiety, London, and all owing to
the singular behavior Of policeman.
Two popular entertainers we're on the
stage, and one of them asked the audi
ence little conundrum, "Why is po-
liceman an utter scoundrel?"
A gentleman in blue who was appar-
emily on duty In the body of the thea
ter at once took offense. He jumped on
to the stage and, seizing the offender.
attempted to drag him off.
The audience rose in indignation.
Men shook their fists and shouted,
"What has he donep'' One frenzied
young lady in the front of the gallery
seized tumbler and would have thrown
it at the policeman if her arm had not
been arrested.
The policeman then dragged his cap
tive off the stage amid the Kisses and
shouts of the audience. But anger was
speedily changed to laughter when Mr.
Policeman reappeared with his victim
and stood revealed as one of the Oosmo
trio. never saw an audience so COM
pletely taken in.-London Correspond
anCa
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-01-31

The pain that sometimes strikes man
at the most inopportune moment is due to
indigestion. 1t may come in the midst of
dinner and make the feast mockery.
1t is a reminder that he may not eat
what he chooses, nor when he chooses
He is a slave to the weakness of his stom-
ach. A mans health and strength depend
upon what he gets out of his food. This
depends on his digestion. Remove the
obstruction by taking DR.. Pierce's Pleas
ant Pellets. They are positive cure for
constipation and it's attendant ills-head-
aches, sour stomach, flatulence, dizziness,
biliousness and heartburn. The opel
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simply assist nature. They give no VIC
lent wrench to the system. They cause
no pain, nor gripping.
Send 81 one-cent stamps to cover cost OF
mailing only, and receive free a copy OF
DR.. Pierce's Medical Adviser Address,
Worlds Dispensary Medical Association,
Buffalo, N Y.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-01-31

ALI Clark of Hopkinsville was local
wag who when Eli Perkins visited that
town on one occasion, stood his sallies
all afternoon long. He was to introduce
Eli that night to the audience to which
be was to lecture. When the time ar
rived, it was found that but few were
present, owing to heavy dash of rain
that came up just before the hour set
for the lecture. Clark took Eli by the
arm and walked him gently to the foot
lights. Making bow, he said:
Ladies and gentlemen, it is my
pleasant privilege to introduce to you
tonight the lecturer of the evening, Mr..
Eli Perkins. Judge Feland, this is Eli
Perkins. Mrs. Colonel Smith, this is
Eli Perkins Mr. Hunter Wood, this is
my friend, Mr. Perkins. Colonel Camp
bell, allow me; this is Mr.. Perkins. "
Thus he continued until he had made
the lecturer personally acquainted with
each member of the audience. -Hender-
son journal.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-01-31
The Minister,n Mistake.

This story is told of prominent
preacher: On hot Sabbath as he was
preaching he took from his pocket what
he thought was his handkerchief, shook
it out and wiped his face, intently talk
ing all the time. To his surprise broad
smile was on every face in his audience,
when he discovered that what he had
put in his pocket for a handkerchief
that morning was pair of his little
child's drawers, the legs of which were
quite visible as he wiped the perspira-
ton from his face.-Homileti Review.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-01-31
THE WITCH'S CURSE.
AGLooMY OLD LEGEND OF THE TOWN
OF BUCKSPORT, ME.

The TmprecatiOns and Prophecy OF
the Condemned Woman on the
ScaffO1d Recalled by n Strange
Flemish on Col. Bucks Tombstone.
Close by the country road on the out
skirts of the sleepy old seaport town of
Bucksport. on the Penobscot. down in
Maine, is a small family cemetery
Within the Enclosure, with it's high iron
fence, in the quiet and almost gloomy
shade, sleep the Bucks, the blueblooded
and aristocratic clan which first settled
the town and bequeathed it their name
and a legend
Of the many moss grown tablets and
monuments the largest and most con-
spicuous is tall granite shaft in plain
sight of the highway On one side is
the inscription:
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On the occasion of public reception
at Napier. Australia, the school chill
dren of the town. after being duly COM
plimented by his exoellency from Coun-
ty Tyrone on the hearty manner In
which they had rendered the national
anthem, were solemnly assured that if
they put their shoulders to the wheel
they would be sure to reach the top Of
the treeI Upon which compatriot
turned to me and said, "Sure, it was
an axletree he meant, bedad. Spec
sator.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-01-31
"Drunk with Thy Beauty

Charles Dickens once had an argu.
ment with friend about Byron's ex-
preston, Drunk with thy beauty" tc
which he made great objection. During
the discussion the novelist gazed as il
enraptured at his hosts fair haired
daughter, who was In the room. AT
last be sprang to his feet, struck dra-
matio attitude, olasped his heart with
his hands and stalked to the window,
maiden of the amber dropping hair,
Would l. Byronically, thy praise might ut
teri
hrunk with thy beauty. would that l might
dare
To breathe out peans, borne upon q shutteri
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A Poor Shot.

Don't be too hard on him now" re-
marked one clubman to another. He
assures me ia the most positive manner
that he always aims to tell the truth. I"
"Well, I'll be charitable, but if that
fellow always aims to tell the truth |
Just want to say that he's worse shot
than any Spaniard that ever went to
var. detroit Free Press
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-01-31

The grand specific for the prevailing
malady of the age, Dyspepsia, Liver Com
plant, Rheumatism, Costiveness, General
Debility, ETC., is Bacon's Celery King for
the Nerves. This great herbal tonic slim
ulates the digestive organs, regulates the
Liver and restores the system to vigorous
health and energies. Sample free. Large
packages SOC and Csc Sold only by Wells
Holly; W. G. Jones, New Egypt; Edw W.
Rossell, Pemberton, and H. H. Leeds,
Rancocas
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Coincidence.

Somehow I'm awfully stupid to-
night, - remarked young Borum Ian
guidly the other evening.
Indeed you are, retorted Miss Cut.
ting, somewhat impulsively.
''Do you really mean that2" asked
the young man in surprise.
81 merely Endorsed your remarks.
Didn't you just now assert that you
were stupid2'' she queried.
Eyes" he responded. but 1 only
said so without thinking
"And up to the time you spoke Of it, u
she replied, II only thought SO without
saying it. "-Pearson's Weekly.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-01-31

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ommend it for what it claims. Very truly,
(Rev.) H. W. Hathaway, Elizabeth, N. j.
l TRIED Ely's Cream Balm, and to all
appearances am cured of catarrh. The
terrible headaches from which l long suf
fered are gone.-W. j, Hitchcock, late
Major U. S, Vol and A A. Gen., Buffalo,
N. Y.
A 10c. trial size or the SOC. size of Ely's
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