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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-03-11

How to Make Yourself Invisible.
Purchase a new pot, dish, mirror,
agate, steel and finder. Convey q
black cat-a dead one will do. At the
stroke of midnight fill your pot at the
fountain, light fire and put the pot
on it. Place the cat in the pot and hold
the lid on with your left hand. Remain
for twenty-four hours in this position
without moving, speaking, eating or
drinking and be especially careful not
to look behind you whatever noises
you may hear.
At the end of this time take of the
pot and place the contents on the new
dish. Separate the flesh Of the cat
from the bones and throw the former
over your left shoulder, saying, SAC
cipe quod tibi do, ct nihil amplius. +"
Then place each bone in succession be-
tween your teeth on the left hand side.
looking In the mirror meanwhile.
Those which produce no effect must be
thrown over the left shoulder with the
scarcely civil but very necessary re-
mark given above.
Retain that bone which when placed
between the teeth makes your image
disappear from the mirror and, having
secured this, the object of your expert
ment, retire from the room backward.
Petit Albert.
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Brahms, the Composer.

For everything fresh, simple and
genuine Brahms had the heartiest
love. He is said to have always car
ried candy in his pocket for the chill
dren he knew, and lady described in
a letter how she had seen him on the
hotel piazza on all tours clambered
over by his young playmates. He was
on cordial terms with walters and
servants and told Mr. Henschel with
emotion the story Of serving maid
who lost her position in order to shield
careless postman. who, being mar
ried. could not afford to lose his.
Another pretty story. showing at
once his modesty and his catholicity
of taste. recounts how all the musical
friends of the daughter Of Johann
Strauss the great waltz composer,
were writing their names, with phrases
from their works, in her album. When
it was his turn, the composer of the
German requiem wrote the opening
phrase of the "Blue Danube" waltz
and underneath it the words, mot, l
regret to say, by your devoted friend,
Johannes Brahms" So wholesome
and unaffected was the character of
this great man.-Outlook.
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THE GOLDEN RULE.

The Golden Rule is worldwide and is
variously voiced as follows:
Do as you would be done by.-Per-
sian.
Do not that to a neighbor which you
would take Ill from him.-Grecian.
What you would not wish done to
yourself do not unto others.-C Chinese.
One should seek for others the happi-
ness one desires for oneself Buddhist.
He sought for others the good he de-
sired for himself. Let him pass on
Egyptian.
All things whatsoever We would that
men should do to you, do We even so to
them.-Christian
Let none of you treat his brother In
a way he himself would dislike to be
Observation-Disclosures
The true rule In business is to guard
and do by the things of others as they
do by their own.-Hindoo.
The law imprinted on the hearts Of
all men is to love the members of So
ciety as Demonstrations
Whatsoever you do not wish your
neighbor to do to you do not unto him.
This is the whole law. The rest is
mere exposition of it.-Jewish.
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DO YOU KNOW

how fascinating English history really England during
the past thousand years. has given
heroine than all the of the ages What you know
OF the private and lives of her queens who being
stately overegns with passions of love and hate living ppa
ting women?
Do know Of that king and who stood barefooed and
all naked from their waists upwards in great hall
ser? Or what plumbers dog licked the blood of kng
Henry VII hanged his four English masts
king poogzed for taking long die why Marlborough
his duchess disgraced?
Do you know the story of Thomas Emirs
daughter? OF fair Rosamond Clford bower labyrinth
Woodstock and the ae sken thread Henrs golden spur
led her becoming fatal ap-door of
Vdomar? Of the dreadful warning that hung bed
bella Angouleme? Of the queen who discovered London
disguised cook-maid
Do know how the mere fact that the Duchess
putting by mistake the queens gloves changed Voae
the desne of Europe Or why the great Elizabeth and her
minister had deal secretly with Catherine Medcs taors
what that which passed between Nan
meath the yewee the clustered Sopewe nunnery
to Wolsey?
Those who interested may have specimen pages
that will show how English history had quite
from that presented by Hume Rapn Macauay Guizo
or Hallam, Froude.
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doors and Diseases.

The Medical Record is authority for
the statement that the odor Of new
mown hay is an indication of py@mia,
typhus is indicated by an ammoniac
smell, jaundice by musky one, vel
low fever by the odor of bun barrel,
hysteria by suggestion Of violets or
pineapples. intermittent fever by the
smell of fresh baked brown bread and
measles by one like fresh picked feath-
ers
In cholera the odor Of the skin is am
moniacal. 1t is acid in what is called
milk fever. acetoformic in rheuma-
tism, partie -Ilarly in the region of the
engorged calculations; Of new baked
bread in scarlatina. In smallpox the
odor is that of the fallow deer; in ty-
phoid fever it is that of blood.
1t seems somewhat incongruous that
the smell of the plague resembles
honey
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FLOATING ISLANDS.
3ne Island, Covering Two Acre.
Seen In the Gulf Stream.

9ne Island, Covering Two Acres,
Seen In the Gulf Stream.
OF all passengers carried by ocean
interesting. Many of them have been
found voyaging on the Atlantic. These
Islands were originally parts of low
lying river banks which broke away
under stress of storm or food and
foated out to sea. The Orinoco, the
Amazon, the La Plata and other trop-
ical rivers often send forth such pieces
of their shores. Some of the bits of
land are Of large size and carry ami
mails, insects and vegetation, even at
times including trees, the roots of
which serve to hold the land intact,
while their branches and leaves serve
as sails for the wind. Generally the
waves break up these islands shortly
after they put to sea, but sometimes,
under favorable conditions, they travel
long distances.
The longest voyage Of floating is
land, according to government records,
took place In 1893. This island was
first seen off Florida, and apparently it
had an area of two acres. 1t bore no
trees, but it was thickly covered with
bushes, and in one place it was thirty
feet high above the sea level. 1t was
In the gulf stream, travelling slowly
and with occasional undulations to
show where the ground swell was
working beneath it. Probably it got
away from its river anchorage in the
spring of the year, for toward the lat
ter part of July it had reached the lat
itude Of Wilmington, Del.
No large animal life had been seen
on it, though there must have been
myriads of the small creeping things
which abound in the tropics. By the
end of August it had passed Cape Cod
and was yeering toward the Grand
banks. 1t followed the steamer lane
routes quite accurately, and several
vessels reported it. One month later
1t was in midocean northwest of the
Azores, and its voyage evidently was
beginning to tell on it. 1t was much
smaller and less compact. 1t was not
seen again, and probably it met de-
struction in the October gales. But 1t
had travelled at least 1000 miles, and
If, as was thought. it came from the
Orinoco, it must have covered twice
that distance.
1t is quite possible that floating rs
lands larger than this one, under more
favoring circumstances, might during
past ages have made the complete jour-
ney from America to Europe or Africa
and SO brought about a distribution of
animal species. OF course it is not abb
solutely certain that this island went
to pieces in October. 1t might, though
this is not probable, have foated down
into the region of calms and seaweed,
where it would be longer preserved
Theodore Waters In Ainslee's-
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Beauty is born in the blood. Beauty is
more than skin deep, it is blood deep.
When the blood is tainted by disease the
flesh will feel it and the skin will show it.
Sallow or muddy compilations, pimples,
blotches and eruptions are only the surface
signs of impure blood Face washes,
lotions, complexion powders, may palliate
the evils but they cannot cure the disease.
The only cure is to cleanse the blood of
the poisonous matter which is the cause of
the outbreak in the flesh and skin. I'm
pure blood can be absolutely purified by
the use of DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery. Its effect on flesh and skin is
marked. Sores heal and disappear. The
skin becomes smooth, and regains its
natural color. The eyes brighten and
sparkle, the whole body is radiant with
the brightness and beauty of health.
Golden Medical Discovery" contains no
alcohol, whiskey or other intoxicant, and
is absolutely free from opium, cocaine and
other narcotics. The use of Dr. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets assists the action of the
Discovery by cleansing the system of
clogging matter.
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NAC OAOAAdl pIdClllIOucI
In the treatment and cure of womanly
ailments is the difference between skill.
and success on the one hand and casual
experience on the other.
GAINED TEN POUNDS.
NJ took four bottles of DIR. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription and two of his
Golden Medical Discovery and re-
ceived great benefit" writes Mrs. Elmer
d. Sheare, of Mounthope, Lancaster Co.,
Pa. III do not have those sick spells as
formerly. Before took your medicine
could hardly walk at times, when had
uterine trouble. / can truly say that
after taking four bottles of 'Favorite
Prescription and two of Golden Med
ical Discovery l did not suffer any
more. l gained ten pounds in weight.
In June commenced using the medicine
and in July helped to harvest the wheat,
so you may know that did not feel
very bad"
Doctor Pierce's Favorite Prescription
establishes regularity, dries disagreeab1e
drains, heals inflammation and ulcera.
ton and cures female weakness. IL
tranquilizes the nerves, encourages the
appetite, and induces refreshing Sleep
As tonic for weak. WORKOUT, rundown
women it is unequaled. 1t makes weak
women strong, sick women we'll.
Accept no substitute for vFavorite
Prescription" The only motive for SUBJ
stitution is to enable the dealer to make
the little more profit paid on the sale of
less meritorious medicines.
GIVEN AWAY.
The Common Sense Medical Adviser
referred to in Mrs. Schnetyer's letter is
sent free on receipt of stamps to pay
expense of mailing only. This great
medical work contains over a thousand
large pages and more than seven hundred
illustrations. Send 81 one-cent stamps
for the cloth-bound volume, or only III
stamps for the book in paper covers.
Address DR.. R. v. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
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By a Hairs
Breadth
BY D. II. TALMAI,cE

1t once happened that boy wander
ed away from his home. thus produc-
ting distraction therein. He was lit
tie boy, and his years were few. He
was gone for hours, many hours, of
daylight and darkness, and Turing the
interval between his goinf, and his
coming, for he returned safe and sound
at last, his mother was prostrated with
nervous apprehension and bis fathers
face aged plainly. The alarm bells
were rung; the community postponed
its business affairs and Joined In the
search; the schools were dismissed,
and children wed with men ind women
to find the missing, but they were IN
successful.
They found upon the river hank tracks
made by the boys small shoes; they
found his straw hat floating upon the
surface of the stream in heap Of
driftwood; they found, trampled In the
sand Of the shore, paper bag bearing
the name of local confecioner, who
testified that the boy had purchased q
penny's worth of caramelsi that day.
And suspicion became con'riction--the
boy had been drowned!
The river was dragged until the
night came down, and one boatload of
determined spirits worked ,yrimiy with
the chains and hooks by tile Pickering
light of lanterns until the clocks struck
II. Then, discounted. they retired to
await the sunrise.
That was night long te be remem-
bered In the town. 1t was, night of
Epeechless agony in the boys home and
of sorrow broken slumber 10 the homes
of other boys. There is something Pc
culiarly sad in the thought of a child's
form alone in black waters under a
starless sky Grand this was the faint
est of hopes-in the thought of a child
wandering alone in the dsrkness, cry
ing out his terrified little heart, Stun
bling here and there, not knowing
which way to turn.
Tears were many in the town that
night. but none flowed in the boys
home. Eyes were dry there and hot.
Lips there were dry and burning.
Hour after hour the father paced the
floor. looking neither to the right nor
to the left. his sweat cold hands
clinched, his breath bursting from him
as from one who strives tt, the limit of
endurance at some manual undertake
ing.
The clocks struck 3. Tie front door
opened and closed with bang. A cry
undesirable was sounded. The boy
was in his fathers arms.
At daybreak the good news went
forth. and the story was told and told
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slightly. and then, putting out a nand
to steady himself. he spoke:
II guess you're right, Mr.. Chester p
said he. 81 know as well as you can
tell me that l haven't shown any abil-
ity in this line of work You've been
very patient with me, and appreciate
it. | don't suppose there will be any
need for me to write out a resignation,
will there?" And, turning, he walked
out of the room.
The sporting editor caught him al
the head of the stairs and laid kindly
hand on the boys shoulder.
Harry, old man, I'm awfully sorry
am for fact. Don't take what Ches-
ter said too much to heart He's away
off tonight anyway. But why didn't
you tell him who the man was, Har.
ry?"
The younger man put out his hand
but WINGED at the grip that met it.
"Joe," said he, Il know I'm not cut
out for this business, and it's just as
well l quit it now as later, only-only
I'm sorry had to fall down so hard.
1t wasn't because didn't know II
would have made good story, butt
can't give the mans name"
The sporting editor spoke quickly:
"Why, man, your hand is bleeding!
Let's have look at it."
Across the palm and the joints Of the
fingers ran deep parallel cuts. and as
the sporting editor bent over them q
great light came to him. Their eyes
met, and the older mans were full OF
tears.
He strobe back to the editorial rooms
Chester" he called, and the city edi-
tor looked up. We've got the mans
name, and, by heavens. it's more than
a scoop for us!''
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Horseshoe Nail Rings.

Finger rings made Of horseshoe nailsI
They are certainly not pretty or grace
full, but they are said to bring good
luck to the wearer on certain condi-
tons.
To be genuine charm the ring must
be made from a nail taken from a
horseshoe found by the owner herself
and nobody else. This is taken to a
jeweler, who bends it to fit her little
finger and cuts off the superhuous
length.
The ring is not welded together, and
the head OF the nail stands for the set
ting. There's no way of proving it, but
those who have adopted these orna-
ments say that they bring just as much
luck as horseshoe itself hung over the
door with ends up.-New York Herald
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Bay rum is manufactured in Domin-
lea from the dried leaves of Pimenta
acris. Bay rum is procured by distilla-
ton and this in a very simple manner.
The leaves are picked from the trees
and then dried. In this state they are
placed in the retort, which is then
filed with water, and the process of
distilletion is carried on. The vapor is
then condensed in the usual way and
forms what is known as bay OIL"
very small quantity of which is re-
quired for each puncheon of rum. The
manufacture of bay rum is carried on
at the northern end of Dominica and
proves a very lucrative business to
those engaged in it. as the plants are
plentiful in this district.
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ZEE AN 10 rHE FORM ANp K,Er1r BESIDE n

O~-~
again how the boy had gone to the
river to fish and had cravvled out upon
IA log the better to get his ridiculous
bent pin of hook within reach of the
big, big fish. Thus he told the tale
himself. The log had not been fasten-
ed securely. and it had sailed away
with him, far, far away, miles and
miles, almost to Europe he thought.
He was not frightened much. 1t was
fun until the river ran between high
bluffs over great stones and the log
dipped and pitched and rolled. He fell
of at last, and man who had been
watching him from cave up in the
bluff came rushing down and waded
and splashed and swan litter him and
pulled him out. and turned him upside
down and spanked him to get the
water out. and carried him to a cave,
and built q fire and dried his clothes,
and fed him some luscious dried beef
and crackers. and finally. long. long
after dark. put him upon his back and
gave him dandy ride home.
HE was real nice man." said the
boy in concluding the account He
told me stories of kings who had heaps
Iof money and of queens who had so
many jewels they didn't know what to
do | told him I'd bet they didn't have
amy more money than my papa or any
more jewels than my mamma, and he
seemed greatly interested. He didn't
come clear to the house with me. He
put me down at the corner and told me
to scoot, and scooted."
Heaven bless him. said the boys
parents fervently. 1--WE should like to
see him and thank him for the great
service he has rendered us."
81 wish you could" returned the boy
earnestly. HE was such a nice man"
One night about two weeks later the
boys father was awakened by the
sound of a rising window sash. and he
lcrept from his bed and took revolver
from a bureau drawer. Softly he
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stefan. For this reason many woman
lets disease fasten upon her. She con-
ceals her condition and endures daily
martyrdom Of pain because her mind
revolts at the thought of submission to
the treatment she knows the local prac-
titioner will insist upon.
Very many women have written CRATE
full letters to Dr. R. " Pierce, of Buffalo,
N. ", because they have found in his
methods an escape from the offensive
questions, the obnoxious examinations.
and the disagreeable local treatments
insisted on by so many home physicians.
These things are, as rule, not necessary.
DR.. Pierce's experience and success in
treating hundreds of thousands of women,
enables him at once to determine from
the written statements of women the
form of disease which it is necessary to
treat. Sick women are invited to con-
suit DIR. Pierce, by letter, free. All
correspondence is sacredly confidential
and the same strict professional privacy
guards the written condolences of women
as is observed by Dr. Pierce and his staff
in personal consultations with women at
the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Insti-
tute, Buffalo, N. Y.
A woMAN's STATEMENT.
NJ enjoy good health, thanks to
DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prescription and
Golden Medical Discovery writes
Mrs. ]. ]. Schnetyer, of Pontiac, Living
ston Co., III. uHave taken six bottles
of each kind. l was taken sick last
February and the doctors here called it
Grip l lay for four weeks in bed,
then when got up found / had Dis
placement. Had such aches and pains
in my back and limbs could not stand
any length of time. / knew that our
home doctor would insist the first thing
on an examination, and that l would not
submit to, unless was dangerously sick,
and then it would be too late to do any
good. My SON had your book, Common
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The KID Glove Kia.

The average kid glove, according to
those who should know, is not made of
kid at all, but of goat or lamb skin. The
kids from, which the real kid glove is
made are nurtured and cared for al
most as carefully as are race horses.
Most of them are reared in a mountain
GUS district Of France. The kids are
nourished on milk alone and are never
allowed to eat grass, as that would
coarsen the skin. The kid is kept In a
pen, where he can receive no scratch
or bruise. They are thus kept, as 1t
were, in cotton wool until the age when
the skin is of most value. They are then
carefully killed and the skin dressed
with the utmost skill. Sheep, deer and
colts are also pressed into service for
so called kid and dogskin gloves.
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Humboldt says that at the time Of
the discovery Of America the potato
was cultivated in all the temperate
parts of South America from Chile up
the coast. The Spaniards first noticed
it in Peru. The variety of potato cult
waited in Europe and North America
grows wild in Chile. Different species
of the plant are found growing wild in
most parts of South America and, it is
claimed by many botanists, in Mexico
and Arizona
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The Old con.titutinn.

The Constitution originally carried
forty-four guns A particularly inter
esting history is connected with this
ship. During the war with the Barbary
powers in 1903 she was Commodore
PEBBLES flagship In the Mediterranean
and played conspicuous part during
the whole war. Lieutenant Wadsworth,
who was blown up before Tripoh in the
Ill fated Intrepid, was one Of the on
GERS of the Constitution. In the course
Of the war with England in 1872 the
English papers laughed at the Constitu-
ton and spoke of her as "a bundle Of
pine boards sailing under bit of strip
ed bunting" But when under Captain
Hull she captured the English frigate
the Guerrero, vessel Of nearly equal
force, the people who had before ridi-
culed her called her zone of the stanch-
est vessels afioat." A few months aft
er this victory the Constitution, then
commanded by Captain Bainbridge,
compelled one of the finest frigates in
the British navy, the lava, to strike its
colors-
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janet. Way of Growing Youn

AS matter of fact Janet was born
exactly two years before her brother
Fred; therefore in the natural course
of things when he was ten she was
twelve and gloried in 1t. When Fred
was known to be fourteen, she still
confessed to sixteen When Fred
boosted eighteen years, she timidly ac-
knowledged herself just over nineteen.
When Fred came home from college
and had party in honor of his TWEEN
ty-frst birthday. Janet said to her
friends: What boyish fellow Fred
is! Who would think he is only year
younger than IY' When Fred declared
himself twenty-five and old enough to
get married. Janet said to gentleman
friend: do you know, | feel very
jealous of Fred getting married. But,
then, suppose twins always are more
attached to one another" And two
years later at Fred's wedding she said
with girlish shipper to the guests:
Dear old Fredl To see him married
today, and to think when he was only
five years old they brought him to see
me, his baby sister! wonder II he
thinks of it nowp