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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-09-24
ABOARD A MAN-0F-WAR.
Life Largely Made Up Of Scrubblnas
Ran,,Ia+ione and fnenee%fone


Regulations and Inspections.
The days programme aboard a man.
of-war is calculated TO make the boy
who wants to run away 10 sea sit up
and think twice 1t varies somewhat
according as the ship is In port or at
sea and under different commands. but
h any case, from o'clock in the morn
ing till 7:30 at night, it is a rather
strenuous round of scrubbings and
drills. The recruit realizes very soon
that the expression 'shipshape" means
o good deal
Saturday morning is tremendous
cleaning time, called field day." which
Is followed by a half holiday In the
afternoon, and on Sunday morning the
captain himself inspects hts ship from
keel to truck. The marine band is sta
toned Just below on the hurricane
deck, and the bluejackets stand on the
port side of the quarter deck and the
marines on the starboard, all ready
for inspection.
But life isn't all scrubbings, regula-
lions and Inspections On the larger
ships the government furnishes ath-
letic supplies, and each man-of-war
has her champion boxer and baseball
and football teams. These teams are
managed or supervised, at least by
officers. and many an ensign or lieu
tenant who has won his M at the
Naval academy plays shoulder to shoul.
der with his bluetackets. Such ia,
mfliarity would have scandalized old
Commodore Porter beyond words.-St
Nicholas.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-09-24
A REWARD OF FAITH.
The Story of Church Twice Struck
by Lightning.

The Story of Church Twice Struck
by Lightning.
A congregation in a billy district In
Ohio. says the Youths Companion,
bought small tract of land and
erected a church building upon It
Then the question of insurance came
up Mr.. Sipes, the wealthiest member.
who had contributed more than half
the money needed for the new struc-
ture. declared that he did not believe
in insurance. This is the Lords
building. He'll take care Of it" he
said
His view prevailed, and there was
no insurance. In a few weeks the
building was struck by lightning and
almost totally consumed by fire. An
other one was erected, Mr.. Sipes con-
tributing the greater portion of the
fund as before. This time the demand
was almost unanimous that it be in
sured. but Mr.. Sipes again objected
on the same ground
IF it burn down again, brethren"
he said, I'm agree to rebuild 1t my
self"
Again he carried his point. In less
than month the new church was
struck by lightning again, and al
though strenuous efforts were made
to save II, the loss was almost total
There must be some reason for
this, brethren" said Brother Sipes. "I
am going to find out what it is"
Thereupon he employed a force of
men to sink a shaft on the site of
the twice destroyed church. Within
a few days a rich vein of ore was
found, and the church property was
sold for many times the amount
needed to buy land In another locality
and build again
Il tell you, brethren" said Brother
Sipes. ut pays to trust the Lord He's
a great deal better business manager
than anybody in this congregation"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-09-24
MAORI SAvAGERY.
The Women Slaughtered the Victims

The Women Slaughtered the Victims
For the CannibaI Feasts.
Mrs. e. NJ. Dunlop of Auckland, New
Zealand, writes of the Maori women;
THE Maori woman can keep at will.
She has practiced the art, which has
formed an important part of her train
ing. She weeps so genuinely and SO
cOpiously as to melt the heart Of a
sympathizing witness. The Maoris
hold 'tnagis,' or weeping parties, to
mourn their dead, and in these gather
ings the women play conspicuous
part. While weeping they utter low
mournful cry, which has very weird
effect when produced by number OF
voices. The mourners sit In groups
with their heads partially covered, Civ
ing forth their monotonous wailing and
shedding copious tears.
1.-THE Maori woman of past ages al
most excelled her lord in savagery. Or
the return Of triumphant war party
they usually brought home a number
of prisoners and slaves. 1t was tht
privilege of the women of the tribe tx
fall upon these slaughtering them II
preparation for the cannibal feas
which followed The women bore the
painful ceremony of the tattoo withou
shrinking. Spiral marks were cut int
the flesh of their chlns, lips and faces
a SCOT made by peculiar method wa'
rubbed into the wounds, causing an in
delible blue-black stain.
''The Maoris, even in their forme
state, treated their women with Ger
tain amount of consideration, although
the lot Of the female slave was yer.
hard and often ended In her beint
served up as a dainty dish to appeas
the appetite of her voracious lord, VIII
would kick away the baskets Of vege
table food presented to him by hi
wives as signal that he required tn
tender flesh of a slave girl"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-09-24
THE MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
A Woman,s Health

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All letters Of consultation are held as
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gical Institute. Buffalo. N. Y.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-09-24
SAVED THE SCENE.
A Case Where Necessity Was the
Mother Of Invention.

A Case Where Necessity Was the
Mother Of Invention.
William Faversham once saved him.
self dismissal from company in his
early days through his quick wit
Il had been engaged as utility
man." he says, with a company that
opened with war play IN a western
town. l had difficult part that ran
through every act, and 1t was impor-
tant even If l had little to say or do.
l got along very well, and in spite of
the many costume changes I had I
met with no difficulty until the last
act. was an orderly in this scene,
and l was hurrying to buckle my belt
when heard my cue.
81 fastened to the wings. Some one
threw fullers earth all over me to
show that had been riding hard, and
1 dashed madly on Just as the sound
Of hoofs died away. When reached
the center of the stage and the ap-
plause had subsidized my hand went
into my tunic for my dispatches, which
/ was to hand to General Allen. l had
forgotten them!
"Now. these dispatches furnished
the climax of the play, and something
had to be done, and done quickly. I
felt my heart rise in my throat and
knew that every one on the stage was
looking at me. The wait was growing
awful, terrible. and was just about
losing courage when brilliant idea
came to me. l threw open my shirt
ripped off porous plaster was wear
ing and thrust it into the generals
hand. Then l staggered to chair and
dropped exhausted. There was a
round of applause, for the audience
thought that had been shot and had
lowered the wound with the dispatch
,eS." bohemian.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-09-24
Philips's March. 2pp.-2d p.
Absentminded.

She was an exceedingly dainty Lit
tie woman, who was taking a very
great interest in the welfare of the
convicts when she was being showI
through the penitentiary the other day
Guard OBrien was along when sh,
happened to speak to one of the prison
ers. Il am SO sorry for you,s she re
marked In a tender tone of voice. "Oi
course you will be very thankful wher
the time comes for you TO leave this
dreadful place"
NO" retorted the man. I'D sigh
rather stop here where l am" The
little woman almost collapsed
isn't it stranger she asked, turn
ing to the guard. II had no idea the
prisoners We're so contented. What
was the poor fellows offense7"
The guard concealed a covert grin
HE was just a little absentminded
that was ALL" followed the grin.
"Absentmindedr' exclaimed his as
tonished interrogation.
Eyes. madam" politely reptile,
OBrien. HE persisted in forgetting
he was married, and now when his
time is up he has five wives awaiting
him on the outside"
The woman could not deny that the
convict had sufficient reasons to be
contented with his present lot-Colum
bus Dispatch.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-09-24
FIGHTING AGAINST SLEEP.
Experience of a Traveller In Crossing
the Cobb Desert

Experience of Traveller In Crossing
the Cobb Desert.
Many difficulties must the traveller
contend with when crossing the desert
Of Cobb, and one of these is the almost
overwhelming desire to sleep. Hans
Doring writes In the North China
Daily News: Hitherto l have thought
that travelling by carts over stony
roads and staying In Chinese inns at
night was the hardest thing foreign
traveller in China was called upon to
endure, but since have travelled with
a caravan of camels l have changed
my opinion. The monotony of the des-
ert by day and the bed of camels' sad
dies at night, the evil smell of camels
and the slowness of their drivers and
the acrid, choking smoke of the little
fire on which oneis food is cooked
none of these things is so trying to
the foreigners as the sleepiness which
attacks one in this high region This
to me was real torture. Travelling
through the cold night with no other
company than duh Chinese, who seem
to sleep while walking alongside the
camels or while sitting on their backs,
and being weighed down by heavy
sleepiness is the worst thing have
endured
You sit on your horse and, In spite
of every effort, fall asleep. Presently
you wake up and find yourself on the
ground with your horse standing be-
wildered at your side, wondering
whether you are alive or dead. Then
you try to keep yourself awake by
walking and talking bit to the camel
drivers, but you soon find that they
are just as sleepy as yourself A few
words are exchanged and then you are
too tired to open your mouth to talk
or even to think of anything but sheep.
sweet sleep. Oh, for just a few MIN
utes there at the roadside in the soft
sand! But, no, you must go on and
fight against this desire. 1t is too dan
gerous to sheep by the roadside on the
ground. The caravan cannot wait and
your servant would not watch over
you; he would soon fall asleep like
yourself. The wolves would then have
an easy time.
yet in spite OF all this reasoning
you feel as If you were drawn to the
ground by the power Of a thousand
strong magnets and soon yield to
sleep again. Suddenly your watchful
horse, whose reins you have kept
slung around your neck-this Is a wise
thing to do-pulls up, starts and jerks
you wide awake You jump up, not
knowing where you are for some Sec
onds. but you see your horse trembling
and realize that danger is near.
"For few minutes you are fully
awake and feel glad and refreshed.
You Jump on your horse and catch up
with the caravan, which has gone
few Ii "a II is 654 yards) ahead.
"After another ten II or so sleep
creeps on again like a huge boa con-
strictor embracing you In its irresisti-
BILE grasp. The same fight has then to
be fought over again. Then at last the
caravan arrives at the halting place
for the night"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-09-24

Between the ages of fifteen and forty
FIVE, the time when womanhood begins
and motherhood ends, 1t is estimated that
the aggregate term Of woman's suffering
is ten years. Ten years out of thirty
One third of the best part of woman s
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from the eyes, the fairness from the form.
They write their record in many crease
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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-09-24
A PARASITE cREEpER.
New Zealand's Vegetable Caterpillar Es
a Most Peculiar Plant.

New Zealand's Vegetable Caterpillar |,
a Most Peculiar Plant.
The most extraordinary object have
ever seen is the New Zealand vegetable
caterpillar. The rata is a parasite
creeper which first destroys its forest
host and then brushes 1t to death and
usurping its skeleton, becomes a tree
Itself. If the rata Seeding is dug uI
1t is found to be springing not from a
seed, but from the head Of a perfectly
formed caterpillar
1t is supposed by some that the
caterpillar, which on dissection proves
to be internally the exact counterpart
of its living insect relative, swallows
the tiny rata seed while living and,
burrowing into the ground, becomes,
instead of chrysalis, the terminating
home of the seed, which by some
agency turns its unfortunate foster
mother into wood
Others, however, contend the cater
pillar itself is produced by the rata,
urging in support of their theory that
If springing from a seed the shoot
would grow out of different parts of
the caterpillar instead of invariably
growing out of the head
The Insect vegetable Is yellowish,
about four inches long and is fully ex-
tended. / have seen them freshly dug
up and others that have been kept for
years, and oil had the appearance of a
perfect insect carved In wood-Pear-
sons Weekly
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-09-24
THE SIX HUNDRED.
Incidents of That Mad Ride to Death
at Balaklava.

Incidents of That Mad Ride to Death
at BaiaklaVa.
OF that mad but heroic charge hun
dred incidents are preserved thrilling,
humorous, shocking. The Cornhill
Magazine tells Of a man Of the Seven
teenth lancers who was heard to shout,
just as they raced In upon the guns,
a quotation from Shakespeare, who
is there here would ask more men from
EnglandT'
The regimental butcher of the Seven
teenth lancers was engaged in killing
a sheep when he heard the trumpets
sound for the charge. He leaped on q
horse In shirt sleeves, with bare arms
and pipe In mouth, he rode through the
whole charge, slew, 1t is said, six men
with his own hand, and came back
again, pipe still in mouth
A private of the Eleventh was under
arrest for drunkenness when the charge
began, but broke out, followed his
troop on a spare horse, picked up q
sword as he rode and shared in the
rapture and perils of the charge. The
charge lasted twenty minutes, and was
ever before such daring or such suffer
ing packed into a space so brief2 The
squadrons rode into the fight number
ing 673 horsemen, but their mounted
strength when the fight was over was
exactly 1876.
1t was all blunder, but it evoked {
heroism which made the blunder itsel
magnificent. And as long as Draw
deeds can thrill the imagination O.
men the story will be remembered o
how
Stormed at with shot and shell,
Boldly they rode and well
Into the Jaws of death,
Into the mouth of hell
Nnh1n six h11rdradl
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-09-24

Is the most IMPORTANT feature or me
face, and few people are aware of
how much its eventual shape depends
on character and profession. At ten a
boys nose may be pug" pure and
simple, at fifteen it may be almost
Greek, and at twenty-five it may have
developed a powerful bridge and be
come practically Roman. Almost ev-
cry great general who ever lived, from
Alexander the Great to Wellington and
General Grant, had Roman nose.
1t is to the delicate nerves of smell
In the nose that we owe our apprecia-
ton of well cooked dinner and fine
wine. The palate has comparatively
little to do with it.
We have no special reason to be
proud of our ears. The human ear is
infinitely inferior to the movable, fun
mel shaped ear trumpet possessed by
the horse by cattle OF even by the rab-
bit or hare Both men and apes have
lost the power of moving their exter-
nal ears, and there are many sounds,
such as the squeak of bat, which are
absolutely beyond the compass Of the
human auditory apparatus. There is
one peculiar point about the ears. OF
all our features, they ARE those most
likely to be exactly similar In size and
shape.
We have already mentioned that the
two eyes of one individual are very
seldom alike. The same may be said
Of the face as a whole. Only 2 per
cent of the whole human race are pos
sessed of absolutely symmetrical faces
In seventy-four persons out of hun.
dred the left side of the face is larger
than the right; In twenty-four the
right is the larger; in two the two sides
are similar Next time you visit the
photographer, remember this fact One
side of your profile will look better
| than the othar-Pearson's Weekly
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-09-24

"Horcnata de chufa" is the singular
name of the most popular drink In
Madrid. This is made from a nut
called ''chufa," yielding a milky liquid
when reduced to pulp. This is d.
luted with water and forms a most
cooling and refreshing drink. How
ever, IT is an acquired taste. Very few
like 1t at the first trial. The horchata
may be made from different kinds of
nuts. The almond is used also. Strange
to relate. the horchata de chufa is al
ways sold where mating is kept for
sale, so that when you spy roll Of
the latter outside the store door it is
a sufficient Indication that in that par
ticular place you may procure a glass
of the hOrchata In spite of inquiries,
l was unable to discover the origin of
the singular combination of articles on
saie.-London Truth,
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-09-24
Armenian MARRIAGES.

An Armenian mother usually chooses
her daughters husband After all bust
ness preliminaries are settled between
the families the bridegroom's mother
accompanied by priest and two ma
irons, visits the bride and gives her a
ring In token Of espousal, and with
this ring the couple are ultimately
married Among the fishing communi-
ties very ancient and elaborate rings
are used and they descend as heir
looms from generation to generation.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-09-24
The Elevator Eyes.

One of the greatest hardships suffer
ed by men who run elevators In the
tall office buildings downtown Is the
bad effect it has on their eyes. The
cars are run at a high rate of speed,
and, as the men have to look straight
ahead of them most Of the time, their
eyes soon feel the strain of the con-
slant motion.
tive worked In the subway" re-
marked one Of these elevator men,
land ! thought that was pretty bad,
but 1t isn't patch to the way my
eyes feel after days work In these
cars. If you ever run across an ele-
vator man who seems unusually bad
tempered toward the close of the bust
ness day. just look at his eyes and you
will be apt TO forgive him. They gem
orally show the strain that has been
put on them for eight or ten hours
New York Press.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-09-24
EYES, EARS AND NOSE
Curious Facts About These Or
gans of the Human Head.
PEcULIARITIEs OF THE EYE.
The Ball Is Covered With a Tough and
Elastic Coat, and the Pupil Is Deep
Hole Filled by Transparent Lens.
The Nerves of the Nose.

Hole Filled by Transparent Lens.
The Nerves of the Nose.
Did 1t ever occur to you to inquire
why the eyeball of the eye Is white
The reason is rather curious. The
blood vessels which supply its surface
are so fine that they do not admit the
red corpuscles of the blood
The eyeball is covered with coat
known as the '-Tunica sclerotica,"
which is amazingly tough and elastic
and covers the entire ball with the
exception of the part behind where the
optic nerve enters and of the cornea
In front. The pupil Of the eye is a
deep hole filed by transparent lens
and fitted with a most exquisite ar
rangement of muscles which widen 1t
when the light is dim and narrow it
in strong glare
Do you know that you have blind
spot" In each eye? That is, a small
portion of the retina Is Incapable of
exciting the sensation of vision when
1t receives the image of an object
This blind spot corresponds with the
artery lying in the center Of the optic
nerve. BY wonderful provision Of
nature the blind spots do not CORE
spond when the eyes are directed to-
ward the same object, so they cause
no inconvenience, and few beyond doc
tors and opticians are even aware Of
their existence
Practically all persons are right or
left eyed. although they may not
know it. One eye is nearly always a
little stronger than the other and con-
sequently is used more. OF course the
difference in many cases is so great
that it has to be artifciaily corrected.
In many cases, too, the pupils of the
two eyes vary quite considerably In
size.
Shortsightedness, it has been proved,
Is more common among people with
light colored eyes than those with
eyed persons are found those with the
most powerful sense OF vision Of any.
Muscular fatigue of the eye can be
measured by the number Of involun-
tary eyelid movements, or blinks, made
per minute. Read by candlehght or
other insufficient Illumination and you
viii find yourself blinking seven times
a minute In ordinary gasiight you
blink about three times a minute, but
II you work In softened daylight or by
powerful yet shaded electric light your
eye tires SO slightly that you do not
blink more than once m thirty or thir-
ty-five seconds
The eyelashes give most useful aid
In shading the eyes. The average per
son has 100 or $50 hairs on the upper
I'D and so or 100 ON the lower, or.
say, $50 60 500 lashes IN all.
The eyelashes are not permanent
They are constantly falling out and
growing again and are entirely re-
newed at least three times a year
Along their edges the eyelids are pro-
vided with a little oily secretion, Just
sufficient to keep the tears. which
wash and keep clean the eyes, from
overlooking
Eyebrows which grow thick and
dark are a very sure sign Of good
constitution and physical endurance
If they are lighter than the hair. they
indicate lack of vitality.
The nose. so far as appearance goes,