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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-04-29
MAeNIFIED ECHOES.
Curious Results Produced by Shots
Fired Hiuh In the Air,

Curious Results Produced by Shots
Fired High In the Air.
To most persons it would seem i'm
possible for an echo to be louder than
the sound that produced the echo, but
under certain rather peculiar condi.
lions this is really true.
When a revolver is fired from a bal
loon the report is sharp, but not 50
loud as it would be if the gun were
fred on the surface of the earth.
II the balloon is up something like
1000 feet or higher there viii be few
seconds silence after the revolver shot.
and then a roar or deep rumble will
rise from the earth.
If an explosive is lowered from the
basket Of the balloon until 1t hangs a
few hundred feet below and it is dis
charged with an electric spark from a
battery in the hands of one Of the aero
nauts there will come to the ears of
those above report like a revolver
shot and then few seconds of silence.
followed by peal of the loudest thun-
der ever heard
There is no solid background about
or above the balloonists to produce a
rebound Of the atmospheric sound
wave. and the air is more dense below
Thus when the sound waves penetrate
the denser lower strata of air and then
the solid earth the echo produced
seems to the ears of the occupants of
the balloon far louder than the original
sound.-Harper's Weekly.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-04-29
DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING.
But Try to Know One Thing Better
Than Anybody Else.

But Try to Know One Thing Better
Than Anybody Else.
Don't dabble in too many things;
don't scatter yourself on too many
lines; don't study too many languages.
Better be able to speak one correctly
and know something worth doing.
Douglas Jerrold said he knew a man
with twenty-four languages, but who
had not an idea in any of them.
Coleridge was man of gigantic in
tellectual capacity. and when Charles
Lamb heard of his death be wrote to a
friend. "Coleridge is dead and is said
to have left about 10000 treatises on
metaphysics and divinity and not one
of them complete
Would you win, concentrate both
mind and energy in one chosen pur-
suit. This is the power that drives
ahead.
Edwin Booth played every day the
same characters. and Joseph Jefferson
stuck to Rip Van Wrinkle until it be-
came a part of his personal Identity.
Be man of intense purpose Don't
know everything. Know one thing bet
ter than anybody else.
Avoid as you would the plague being
A man so various that he seemed to be
Not one, but all mankind's epitome;
Stiff in opinion always in the wrong,
Everything by starts and nothing long.
But in the course Of one revolving moon
Was chemist. fiddler. statesman and buff
foon.
Madison c. Peters in Detroit Free
Press
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-04-29
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE.
His Misfit Title Is a Legacy From tn
English Parliament.

His Misfit Title Is Legacy From tina
English Parliament.
The title of speaker" is a palpable
misnomer. if the word is to be used in
the ordinary sense, for most emphat-
ically it is not his chief duty to make
speeches. but to maintain order and de-
corum, to conduct the business of the
house and in a general way to super
wise things in that large and tumultu-
GUS assembly. He is expected to de
liver a short inaugural address and a
short speech at the close of each SEES
sion, the only speechmaking which Gus
tom makes binding on him.
The speaker has the same right as
any other member to speak from the
floor In the earlier days it seems to
have been the rule rather than the ex-
ception. 1t was Henry Clay's habit to
participate in debate whenever the
spirit moved him, which was quite fire.
quently.
1t being a most Insignificant portion
of the duties Of the presiding officer OF
the house of representatives to make
speeches. how came he by the misfit
title Of speaker? 1t is not difficult
matter TO find the reason for the mis-
homer. The presiding officer of the
house of commons is called speaker be.
cause originally he spoke for the house
to the king and the lords on ceremonial
occasions. We simply borrowed the
title from the English without rhine
or reason, as we borrowed so many
other features of our government from
them. Champ Clark in Youths Com
panion.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-04-29
BLOOD POISONING.

Il lie Invariably Caused by Bacterial
infection of Wound.
The bette noire of honesty surgery is
blood poisoning. Blood poisoning, OF
septicaemia, as surgeons call it, Is not
caused by colored stockings, dyes
chemicals or anything of that kind
1t is invariably caused by bacterial In.
fection of wound. The wound may
be mere pin prick or it may be
large wound 1t makes no difference
what implement produces the wound
The question is, Was the implement
covered with germs? No matter what
metal it may be made Of, If the nipple
ment is clean-i. e., surgically sterile
and If the skin about the wounded
part is clean, there is no likelihood OF
blood poisoning following.
When blood poisoning does occur ii
announces itself by characteristic
signs. First there is general chilIiness
with perhaps light headache and gen
eral aches such as one feels with any
oncoming fever. The wounded part
swells, burns, becomes throbbingly
painful and stops discharging for a
time. Then within a few hours red
streaks may be seen extending up the
extremity to the glands in bend of eli.
bow, knee, groin or armpit Such
signs are always serious. though gen
orally disappearing upon the institu
ton of proper surgical treatment
For general purposes where an anti.
septic is desired one Of the safest and
most satisfactory to use is ordinary
tncture of iodine-not the colorless
iodine, which isn't iodine at all. but
the brown tincture. A few drops or
teaspoonful Of this in pint or less OF
water makes valuable gargle. mouth
wash or wash for irrigatinga wound
DR. William Brady in the New York
World.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-04-29
"Down Brakes.1

In newspaper accounts Of railway
collisions one frequently encounters
this statement:
ION seeing the danger the engineer
whistled down brakes and reversed
the lever"
AS matter of fact, the expression
down brakes" has been obsolete for a
long time. What the engineer really
does when a collision seems impending
is to shut Off steam, apply the air brake
and open the sand valves. All this
takes about five seconds, and In that
time all that human effort is able to
accomplish for the train and passen.
gers may be done. Railway engineers
are instructed never to reverse the en-
CINE after the air brake has been ap-
piled, because the reversal reduces the
resisting power of the brakes.-Har-
per's Weekly.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-04-29
BATHING WITH INDIANS.
An Experience That Tried the Nerve
of White Visitor

An Experience That Tried the Nerve
of White Visitor
The Indians of the Pacific coast evil
IDENTIFY enjoy their sweat baths" A
correspondent who once took one of
these baths with a party of his Indian
friends thus describes the ceremony:
The season was early spring. and ice
still foated in the river. The Indians
built an oval hut on the shore, thrust
ing plant willows into the ground to
form a framework. over which they
spread grass mating covered with
earth They lighted fire before this
hut and heated several large round
stones. When everything was in readi-
ness an ancient savage came up to the
house and invited me to join In the
festivities.
took a warm blanket and accompa-
MED my guide to the Sweat house."
The Indians were standing about the
fire unclothed. except that each one
was wrapped in blanket was told
Then | wrapped my drapery about me
and stood with them by the fire. One
Of the Indians began a chant, and we
all started for the sweat house ]
brought up the rear.
The first Indian threw aside his blan-
ket, stopped. entered and curled him.
self up in a corner. One, by one we
crept in until we were packed in like
sardlnes in can. An attendant passed
In bucket of water, rolled in one of
the heated stones and fastened several
heavy blankets over the opening Of the
tent. 1t was dark-and hot.
The Indian nearest the opening threw
some water on the hot stone, and i'm
mediately the hut was filed with
steam. | never endured such torture
in my life. The Indians kept up the
chant, and we lay there and suffocat-
ed. When l at least had reached the
limit of endurance the leader threw
back the blankets and made a dash for
the river, followed by his companions.
l saw that l was expected to follow
their lead. and | did so with fear and
trembling.
Into the water they plunged. and in
plunged l. Cold? 1t was certainly not
very much above the freezing point.
We splashed round in the water for
several minutes, emerged and wrapped
ourselves in blankets The Indians
stood about the fire for several min
utes and then re-entered the swea
house. As for me, l had had plenty.
Clad in my blanket, with my garments
trailing over my arm, | scurried home
ward.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-04-29
The Wnndarful Raa

Maurice Maeterlinck, the eminent
Belgian student and author, writing on
comb honey. says that it is an article
ito which we can add nothing. from
which we can take nothing. an article
that unites in equal perfection the sci
ence of the chemist, the geometrician.
the architect and the engineer. Its mas
terpiece, the hexagonal cell. touches
absolute perfection. a perfection that
all the geniuses in the world. were
they to meet in conclave, could in no
way enhance No living creature, not
even man, has achieved in the center
Of his sphere what the bee has achieved
in her own. and were some one from
another world to descend and ask Of
the earth the most perfect creation we
need but offer the humble comb Of
honey"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-04-29
How He Was Paid.

An office boy employed by a firm of
shipbuilders, in answer to the query
as to his occupation stated that be
was ian Office yard and any odd jobs,
etc." Doubtless the ct cetera was elo-
Quent with meaning to the youth him.
self, and he may congratulate himself
on having come as near to the truth
as an engineering apprentice to the
same firm. who contrived to crowd
into the limited space provided for the
reply to the question as to how he
was paid. SALARY or wages?' the ilIu-
minating answer. In envelope, through
little window Glasgow News.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-04-29
Made the Most of II.

The American love Of the superIative
has an amusing illustration in SamueI
M. Crothers' book 'Humanly Speak
ing" DR.. Crothers had been travelling,
He finally reached seemingly sleepy
little place where he thought to fin6
only contented mediocrity. But when
he sat down to write letter on the
hotel stationery he was confronted
with the statement, This is the big.
gest little hotel In the slater
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-04-29
He niRadraAd

what pity we have no artists who
can paint like the old mastersr said
the sincere lover of pictures.
But" replied Mr. Cumrox. who had
recently acquired spurious signature,
"the great trouble Is that we have
Washington Star.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-04-29
A Losinu Game.

"Your wife doesn't play bridge at all.
does she?"
mo. She's stopped entirely"
what was the cureT
"She lost 81 to her dearest friend"
Lost both her money and her friend,
eh7"
Exactly. "-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-04-29
A Ready Answar.

"Be mine cannot live without
you
"Bahr said the heiress. "You have
lived without me for years"
"True," retorted the duke. but the
cost Of living has got to me at last. -
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-04-29
CALCULATING INTEREST.
Formulas Which involve Fractions Il
Mo Part of the Eiour;no

Formulas Which involve Fractions In
No Part of the Figuring.
In recent issue you quote a for
mula FOR calculating interest on any
number of days at per cent. If you
will grant me the space | will submit
several formulas absolutely correct
and involving fractions In no part Of
the operation.
Before stating them I will say If
the principal consists Of dollars alone
the first two right hand figures must
be pointed off for cents. If, however,
it consists of dollars and cents, then
the first four on the right must be
cut off.
Principal
D-Number of days. iiHs
per cent. PxD, divide by $50. E
III per cent, PxD, divide by "a ~
per cent PxD divide by 1s0. *
2a per cent, PxD, divide by IN
per cent PxD. divide by 120
1-S per cent, PxD, divided by l0s.
per cent, PxD. divide by 90
AZ per cent, PxD, divide by 3d.
per cent. PxD. divide by II
8 per cent. PxD, divide by 60.
81 per cent. 5xPxD. divide by @a
per cent, 7xPxD, divide by $50.
71k per cent, PxD, divide by 49,
per cent. PxD. divide by a.
. per cent, PxD. divide by 40
10 per cent. PxD. divide by SO.
II per cent, 11xPxD, divide by 800.
IL per cent, PxD. divide by 80
12A per cent. 5xPxD. divide by IA
To those who are not quick in finding
the number of days between two given
dates. would suggest the following
method, simple and correct: Example,
Find the number of days from March
q to July "a. inclusive:
5 more days in March.
80 days in April
81 days In May
30 days in June.
"a days in July.
f7n dave anoua~
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-04-29
Wonderful.

"He writes poetry for living"
''How wonderfulr'
"Yes How wonderful that he gets
his gw-Detroit Free Press.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-04-29

The evil inclinations Of mankind
start as cobweb threads and end as
strands Of cable. -Talmud
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-04-29
DANDRUFF, FALLING
HAIR STOPPED
Harmless, Old Fashioned Rem
edy Brings Back Color to Gray
Hair and Makes II Grow.
Schedule in effect $40 a. M, March q, 1918.
Subject to change
Daily. except Saturdays and Sundays


How many old-fashioned remedies are
being used, which goes to show that it
is hard to improve some of our grand
mothers old-time, tried remedies. For in
stance. for keeping the hair dark, soft and
glossy nothing equals our grandmothers
''sage tea" Although, by the addition Of
sulphur and other Ingredients, this old.
fashioned brew has been made more eff
fective as a scalp ttonic and color re-
storer.
Nowadays, when our hair comes out or
gets faded or gray, instead of going to
the garden or garnet for herbs and
making the sstea" ourselves, we simply
go to the nearest drug store and ask fol
bottle Of Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur
Hair Remedy.
Druggists are authorized to sell 1t
under guarantee that the money will be
refunded IL It fails to do exactly as rep
resented.
This preparation Is offered to the
public at fifty cents q bottle, and Is
recommended and sold by all druggists
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-04-29
l9O DAYS. answer

The above formulas will be found
very handy and time saving to one
whose business calculations require the
use Of different rates.-Sherman CTex.)
Cor Dallas News.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-07

| Market street, during the coming
week, when several noteworthy offer
ings will be- placed on view. The
dominant attraction during the first
three days of the week will be Wal
ter Vale & Co., talented organiza-
ton, which will be seen in the comedy
sketch entitled, "At the Threshold -
The same company of players will
also command honors during the lat
ter half of the week, when they will
introduce for the first time with the
Thursday performances their latest
novelty, His Big Brother" These
two pieces were especially written for
Mr.. Vale and his associates, and are
said to be exceptionally effective We
hicles.
During the first three days of the
week the bill will,be accorded added
attractiveness by the appearance of
such entertainers as Brooks and We'd
der, in singing and talking spe-
cialty; Irene West, the singing CO.
incidence; Harry Smirl and Edith
Kelley in a dancing and acrobatic
speciality; the O'Neil trio, rathskeller
entertainers, and Teddy Osborne's
Pets. The photo plays. with COM
plete change of program daily, will
round out the bill.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-07
THE TRIAL OF MARY"
AT PROcTOR'S THEATRE

"The Trial of Mary" will be pre-
sented at Proctor's Park Place The
atre Monday, Tuesday and Wednes-
day of the coming week. This Is
playlet written by John j. Caullet. of
East Orange The critics have been
unanimous in their praise OF Its
merits. A New York newspaper re-
ferred to 1t as lone of the very best
sketches on the vaudeville stage"
THE Trial of Mary introduces a
character that bids fair to become
we'll known to the visitors of the
vaudeville theatre. 1t is the judge
who, like the late Battery Dan Finn,
of New York, whose reputation as
Police Court Judge is practically in
ternational, doesn't follow the pro-
cedure of the statutes in the admin
istration of the affairs of his court,
or according to Hoyle," as the
playlet says, but he is actuated more
by the impulse of an extraordinarily
large heart His is also the type that
was quite prevalent in New York a
few wears ago when the Police
Courts were not presided over by
Judges renowned because of their
| learning, but because of their ex-
traordinary political influence.
1.-THE Trial of Mary treats of the
stealing of a bracelet by the servant
in the house of a preacher. Her
mother was taken Ill and the doctors
decided that an operation was neces-
sary to save her life. She did not
know where to get the money for the
surgeons and finally she concluded
1 to steal a diamond bracelet from the
preachers wife She confessed the
theft and wanted to return the brace
let, but the preacher considered II
his Christian duty and his duty to
society to have her punished"
The judge, in thirty years expert
ence on the seas, acquired great faith
in the Almighty and one time picked
lup an old French priest from a wreck
who told him all about the Goldman
of Gallilea. The story of the God.
Man SO impressed him that he tried
to pattern his life after the life u
i the Nazarene. He was very much
impressed with the treatment oil
Mary. MagdaIene by Christ. He
ascribes it as the greatest act OF
mercy in history and he applies the
principles of this mercy to the case
J before the bar and releases the pris.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-07
NOVELTIES ON THE BILL
AT PROCTOR'S NEXT WEEK

Continuous vaudeville Is still pop
ular with audiences at Proctor's
Park Place Theatre and with the
coming week an added spur to enjoy
ment of the performances is promised
in the bill of novelties arranged for
presentation. The bill will be
performances.
For the first three days of the week
the program will be dominated by
the j. j. Caulet players, talented
aggregation, who will be seen to ad-
vantage in the comedietta, 1.-THE Trail
of Many" The piece reflects humor
that runs through vein of comedy,
and Is said to afford those engaged In
its enactment an exceptional oppor-
tunity for the employment of their
talents.
Others who will occupy a conspic-
uous place on the bill during the
first three days of the week are Ma
jor Doyle. billed as the big little
man." in a budget of droll stories
and eccentric character songs; Prin-
cess Susanna, the diminutive come
dienne. who will be seen to advan-
tage in a novel wire walking act;
Thomas and Thomas, singing come
diennes, in repertoire of song hits;
the Carolina Four, in a singing and
dancing speciality; the Edison pic.
lures with daily change in the rep
ertoire of photo plays and the kline
macolor motion pictures, which will
serve to present a number of pan.
tomime novelties.
During the latter half of the week
beginning Thursday, distinction will
be accorded Lawrence Gordon ant
company in a comedy sketch. Others
who will contribute to the bill are
Wyer and Sheldon, in a singing and
talking speciality; Verona Verdi ant
brother, in musical Offering; vii
son and Gallagher, black face come
dams, and the Weber family in {
sensational acrobatic Offering. TIL,
Edison talking pictures and the kin,
emacolor motion pictures with 4:
complete change of films will con
tinue throughout the week as an ex
elusive feature of the bill.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-07
1.-THE LOTTERY MAN" AT
THE ORPHEUM THEATRE

With a specially-selected cast the
comedy THE Lottery Man" will be
given Its first production in this city
at the Orpheum Theatre next week.
The performance will have the sig
nif1cance of first night" and the
Corse Payton stock company appre-
ciate the honor of having the conf
dence of the Shuberts in permitting
them to give the initial performance
here. Great care has been exercised
in preparing the show.
Mitchell Harris, new leading man,
who has won popularity, will be seen
as Jack Wright, a part which will
demonstrate his ability. The actor
is nephew of William Harris, man
ager of the Sothern- Marlowe produc-
ton. He has appeared here with sew
eral of the original companies at the
Newark and Shubert theatres. More
recently he played with Kathryn Kid
der in New York.
1.-THE Lottery Man" is by Rida
Johnson Young, author of Brown OF
Harvard" The three acts OF fun
making will be given, and all the
comedy which Cyril Scott, Louise
Galloway and Helen Lowell and the
rest Of the notable cast got out of II
in New York will be presented to ad.
vantage. Few productions are as
rth-provoking as the doings of Jacl
Wright, newspaper man, who, find.
ing himself indebted to his employers
offers himself as the prize in a news.
paper coupon contest. The woman
holding the winning number at the
end of the contest is to claim Wrigh
as her husband. Every woman IL
the town, upon seeing the picture anC
reading the description of the prize,
starts boarding money to buy thu
| coupons.
On the day of the drawing womeI
throng the streets. Wright is mobbet
| in trying to reach his office. He Il
forced to make a speech from tn
window, in which he asks the womel
to be gentlemen" The humorou
| developments after the winner
| found to be homely spinster keep
the audience in an uproar until tn
| final curtain.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-07
1.-THE WELCHER" AT THE
WASHINGTON THEATRE

Conspicuous among the entertain
ers who will contribute to the pro-
gram of vaudeville specialties at the
Washington Theatre for the first half
of next week will be the. comedy
dramatic playlet, THE Welcher."
presented by capable company OF
players.
Fairman and Furman in a raths-
keller act should have no difficulty
In creating mirth. Stanton and Dale
will be heard in a lively program Of
song, dance and chatter. Another
pleasing novelty will be the Juggling
Jordans. De Sylvia and Neese. two
clever entertainers, whose abilities
make their appearance welcome, and
Miss Gladys Wilbur, a dainty come
dienne, in new and up-to-date songs,
will appear.
At the Thursday matinee six new
vaudevillians make their plea for
local favor. The headline of this
program will be the Eddy family In
a sensational wire act. A new roper
toire of photo plays will be shown
and changed daily.