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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-05-11
Crimson Clover.

The climate and soil of Delaware are
peculiarly adapted to the successful
growth of crimson clover Rural New
Yorker explains that in colder climates
and on heavier soils this clover cannot
be expected to do SO we'll. and this lack
Of growth must change the system Of
using fertilizers in connection with it.
In the north we must evidently use ex-
ira nitrate of soda to secure more sol
uble form of nitrogen. With the long,
hot seasons of the south the organic
forms of nitrogen will be more useful;
there is larger season for nitrification.
The shorter season and colder springs of
the north make more soluble nitrogen a
necessity. We notice that northern
farmers who have made a careful study
Of the fertilizer problem generally agree
that at least one third of the nitrogen
should be in the form of nitrate of So
da. In other words, it is likely that
more of the nitrogen il a clover sod
would be liberated during one season in
Delaware than in Connecticut. Anoth-
er thing about crimson clover is the
fact that it must be fed The clover is
the crop on which to put the potash
and the bone or rock. Some farmers
buy crimson clover seed and SOW it on
the poorest land they have without
manure or fertilizers. OF course they
fail. The mission of this plant is not to
live ON nothing You must give it pot
ash and phosphoric acid, and it will
steal the nitrogen to go with them.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-05-11

Notwithstanding all that has been
written about the southern cowpea,
many persons confound the Canada
pea with the southern pea. Many wish
to know whether they should SOW cow
peas with oats for forage A writer in
The National Stockman explains that
"only the Canada pea is used in this
way. In the north oats and peas furnish
fair amount of good feed per acre, but
in southern Ohio neither oats nor Can
ada peas, nor both together, are profit
able forage crops i'll comparison with
corn. This is probably true, though in
less degree, in northern Ohio" At the
experiment station Professor Hickman
says that neither peas nor oats have
given sufficient yields when grown
alone to warrant their use as forage
crop, but where grown together they
have given relatively a much higher
yield, enough higher to justify further
experiment. !"
The authority first quoted says: Son
the other hand, the cowpea is a south
ern bean, and its use in southern Ohio
is confined to the renovation of worn or
foul land. 1t is sown the first of June,
after cold rains are past. 1t is legume,
taking nitrogen from the air; has ex-
tensive root growth, and furnishes a
good coat of vines that are converted
into humus in the ground when turned
under. / have used it with much profit
where clover fails and could not afford
to abandon this plant, but it is not to
be reckoned forage plant north of the
Ohio river. -
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-05-11
PARLIAMENT AND THE TURF.
A Csse In Which Government Was Al
most Oyerthrown bv Ascot

A Csse In Which Government Was Al
most Overthrow by Ascot.
Five or six years ago an astute Rad
ical, Mr.. Samuel Storey, with charao-
teristic wariness, very nearly caught
the government of the day tripping He
had been cleft speaking" ON a Tuesday
night iH June and announced his in
tention to continue his remarks on a
rather exhaustive scale upon the follow
ing Thursday, when the debate was to
be resumed. This was just what num-
Der of Unionist gentlemen wanted, for
it happened that little ''event" known
as the Gold Cup was to be decided that
afternoon at Ascot, and, much as it
grieved them to miss the eloquence of
Mr. Storey, they were bound to choose
between the two attractions. So-possi-
bly, with grieved hearts, and also posi-
bly, not-they hied them to the royal
heath in comfort and contentment
On returning they looked in" to the
house of commons to see every thing
was all right and found that everything
had been all wrong. For the sagacious
Sunderland Radical, having glanced
around him and beheld the poverty of
the land, thought that his own words
might be silvern, but division would
be golden. Accordingly he stated his
intention not to indulge in further crit
icism, and before the few Unionists
could recover from their amazement or
put up a man to talk against time until
the Ascot visitors returned division
was called.
A few Of the ''early BIRDS" having
Westminster as speedily as possible,
drove into Palace yard as the leather
lunged policemen were shouting &C wi
sionp The dread word, borne on the
summer breeze, told its own tale. Into
the lobby they rushed like madmen,
just in time to save the government
from an awkward defeat. Mr.. Storey,
though not a sporting man, smiled
sweetly. He had been done by "only q
short head" And he would have actu-
ally won if dozen horse racing lovers
of his own side of politics had not also
abjured Westminster for the pleasant
plain of Berkshire. Thus was Mr.. Stor-
ey prevented from bringing off glori-
GUS triumph
The moral of the tale is the fallibiI-
ity of human nature-even Radical hui
man nature. ''The Cup" begat Mr..
Storey's fearful hope of "a COUP" and
he very nearly succeeded in bringing il
off. Since that time the party whips
have marked the Ascot Thursday with
black mark and taken heed unto their
forces
By way of revenge it was the Ascot
Friday = which nobody troubled tc
think about-that ruined the Rosebery
government in 1885, Men went away
to see the racing, and ON returning to
town found, when dining at the club,
that an ardent band of astute diplomat
lists had skillfully toppled over Sir Hen
ry Campbell Bannerman, the war min
lister, ON the comparatively insignificant
question of cordite. 1t is hard thing,
after a black" week in backing horses,
for poor legislator to find himself face
to face with the terrors of a general
election. London Telegraph.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-05-11
LIGHTHOUSE IMPROVEMENT
Changes That Have Been Made In Lights
and Lenses.

Changes That Have Been Made In Lights
and Lenses.
An article about lighthouses, entitled
''The Lights That Guide In the Night, !"
is contributed by Lieutenant John M.
Ellicott to ST. Nicholas. After telling
of the growth in the number of light
houses Lieutenant Ellicott says:
Meantime the means of lighting were
being steadily improved. The open fire
gave place to the oil lamp, then a
curved mirror, called parabolic mir
ror, was placed behind the lamp to
bring the rays together; next, many
lamps with mirrors were grouped about
central spindle, and some such lights
are still in operation. The greatest
stride came when an arrangement of
lenses, known as the Fresnel lens, in
front of lamp replaced the mirror be-
hind 1t. This lens was rapidly improved
for lighthouse purposes, until now a
cylindrical glass house surrounds the
lamp fame. This house has lens shaped
walls, which bend all the rays to form
horizontal zone of strong light which
plerces the darkness to great distance.
The rapid increase in the number Of
lighthouses has made it necessary to
have some means of telling one from
another, or, as it is termed, of giving
to each light its characteristic. (" Col
oring the glass made the light DINNER,
but as red comes most nearly to white
light in brightness some lights have red
lenses. The latest and best plan, how
ever, is to set upright prisms at inter-
walls in a circular framework around
the lens and to revolve this frame by
clockwork. Thus the light is made to
flash every time prism passes between
it and an observer. By changing the
number and places of the prisms or the
speed Of the clockwork the flashes for
any one light can be made to occur at
intervals of so many seconds for that
light Putting in red prisms gives still
other changes Thus each light has its
characteristic" and this is written
down in signs on the charts and fully
stated in the light lists carried by yes
sells. Thus, on chart you may note
that the light you want to sight is
marked IF. W., V. W. FL, 10 sec.
which means that it is fixed white
varied by white flashes every ten Sec
onds. " When light is sighted, you see
If those are its characteristics, and if so
You have found the right one.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-05-11

The pope has received, through the
Countess Maria Festetics, maid of hon
or to the empress of Austria, some
what remarkable portrait of the En-
peror Francis Joseph. 1t is wrought in
silk and cotton, and its production in
volved an enormous amount of labor
and expense, the effect of light and
shade being produced by only two colors.
The factory from which it comes is the
famous one of Wernstadt, in Bohemia.
The portrait, which Leo XIII is having
placed ia his library, received a gold
medal at the Chicago Worlds fair.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-05-11
PAPER MONEY.
The Kinds of Currency That Are Used by
Foreign Countries

The Kinds of Currency That Are Used by
Foreign Countries.
The Bank of England note is 5 inches
by in dimensions and is printed in
black ink on Irish linen water lined pa
per, plain white, with ragged edges.
The notes of the Banque de France are
made of white water lined paper, print.
ed in blue and black, with numerous
NEUROLOGICAL and allegorical pictures,
and running i'll denomination from the
20 franc note to the 1000 franc South
American currency, in most countries,
is about the size and appearance OF
American bills, except that cinnamon
brown and slate blue are the prevailing
colors and that Spanish and Portuguese
are the prevailing languages engraved
on the face.
The German currency is rather ar
tistic. The bills are printed in green
and black. They run in denominations
from to 1000 marks. These latter
bills are printed on silk fiber paper.
The Chinese paper currency is in red,
white and yellow, with gilt lettering
and gorgeous little hand drawn devices.
The bills, to the ordinary finanoier,
might pass for washing bills, but they
are worth good money in the Flowery
Kingdom Italian notes are of all sizes,
shapes and colors. The smaller bills, D
and 10 lire notes, are printed on white
paper in pink, blue and carmine inks
and ornamented with finely engraved
vignette Of King Humbert.
The 100 ruble note of Russia is barred
from top to bottom with all the colors
of the rainbow, blended as when shown
through prism. In the center, in bold
relief, stands large, finely executed
vignette of the Empress Catherine 1.
This is in black. The other engraving is
not at all intricate or elaborate, but is
we'll done in dark and light brown and
black inks. The Australian bill is print
ed on light colored thick paper which
shows none of the silk fiber marks or
geometric lines used in American cur
rency as protection against counter
feiting. golden Days.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-05-11
DROCLAMATION.

In obedience to the statutes of New Jersey
in such case made and provided, L, JOSEPH
S. FLEETWOOD, Sheriff of the county of Bur.
lington. do hereby proclaim and make known
that Court of Oyer and Terminer and Gener.
al Jail Delivery will be held at the Court
House, in Mount Holly, in and for said county,
On TUESDAY, May IL, next, A. ID. 1897.
at the hour of 10 o'clock in the forenoon,
for the trial of all crimes of an lndict-
able or presentable nature, comm / t.
ted in said county, and the delivery of the jail
of said county of the prisoners therein; and
all persons who will prosecute against the
prisoners in the Jail of said county, are to be
then and there before the said Court, to pros
eeute against them agreeably to law; and no.
tice is hereby given to all Justices ofthe Peace,
Coroners and Constables of said county, that
they be then and there before the said Court,
in their own persons, with their oaths records,
indictments and other remembrances, to do
those things which to their offices in that be-
half appertain to be done.
JOSEPH S. FLEETWOOD, Sheri If.
Mount Holly, N. j., April IL, 1897.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-05-11
A SEA ABOVE THE CLOUDS.
Extraordinary Superstition Once Preva-
lent In England.

lent In England.
The curious superstition that there is
an ocean above the clouds is illustrated
by the following strange story by an
old English writer: lone Sunday the
people of a certain village were coming
out of church on a thick, cloudy day,
when they saw the anchor of a ship
hooked to one of the tombstones-th
cable, which was tightly stretched,
hanging down from the air. The people
were astonished, and while they were
consulting about it suddenly they saw
the rope move as though some one la
bored to pull up the anchor The an
Choir, however, still held fast by the
stone, and a great noise was heard in
the air. like the shouting of sailors.
Presently sailor was seen sliding down
the cable for the purpose Of unfxing
the anchor. When he had just loosened
it, the villagers seized hold of him, and
while in their hands he quickly died,
just as though he had been drowned.
about an hour after the sailors
above, hearing no more of their COM
AoNtOS Suo oAlO SdO4C uuu SttAlCu away. LII
memory of this extraordinary event the
people Of the village made the hinges
of the church doors out of the iron of
the anchor. 1t is further stated that
these hinges are still to be seen there, "
bit of evidence much like Munohau-
sens rope wherewith he once climbed
to the moon. If you doubted the story,
you were confronted with the rope.
There is another queer tale about
this aerial ocean. "a merchant of Bris-
toll, it is said, set sail with his cargo
for Ireland. Some time after, while his
family were at supper, knife sudden
ly fell in through a window ON the ia
BILE. When the merchant returned and
saw the knife, he declared it to be his
own and said that on such day, at
such an hour, while sailing in an I'M
known part Of the sea, he dropped the
knife overheard, and the day and the
hour were found to be exactly the time
when it fell through the window All
Of which was once implicitly believed
by many and regarded as incontroverti-
BILE proof of the existence of a sea above
the sky. One is at loss to conjecture
how that unknown part of the sea"
connected with the rest of it. A phys
ical geography showing this would be
no small curiosity. = Boston Post.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-05-11

A Man Who Is Tired

All the time owing to impoverished
blood should take Hoods Sarsaparilla 70
purify and enrich his blood and give hin
vitality and vigor.
This condition of weakness and lack Of
energy is natural consequence of the
coming of warm weather, which finds the
system debilitated and the blood impure
A good spring medicine is necessity
with almost everyone. Hoods Sarsapar
lila is what the millions take in the spring
Its great power to purify and enrich the
blood and build up health Is one of the
facts of common experience.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-05-11
EFf7M Aaaases~
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GAKpEh
THE SUGAR BEET.
Success Depends Upon Thorough Prepa-
ration of Soil and Seed Bed.

foNO~Ooc
ration of Soil and Seed Bed.
The surgar beet thrives on variety
of soils, but succeeds best on good pota-
to or corn land. The soil must be well
drained. Beet culture differs from other
crops in that it is imperative to have a
carefully prepared seed bed. Here is
what The Orange Judd Farmer says on
the subject:
Preparation of the soil should begin
the year before, with proper rotation,
also fall blowing and manuring. Where
this has not been done the subsoil pillow
should follow the turning pillow in early
spring, stirring the soil to a depth of 10
to 16 inches This blowing should be
done as early as possible in the spring.
It is better to allow the ground to settle
| as much as possible after blowing and
before preparing the seed bed, SO that
it will become thoroughly packed. thus
insuring better and quicker germina-
ton. Another important point in spring
blowing for this crop is never to throw
up from below more than two inches of
soil that has not been stirred before,
but the lower soil should be loosened
with subsoil plow.
If the land was fall plowed, it
should be narrowed as soon as the frost
is out of the ground and the soil dry
enough to prevent sticking. Spring
plowed land should also be at once
thoroughly narrowed. To secure a
good crop, it is absolutely necessary to
kill all the weeds in the ground before
seeding. Here is where most failures
occur, as if weeds are allowed to get a
start, culture of the young beets in
wolves much unnecessary and expensive
hand work. After the first narrowing
allow the weeds to grow as much as
possible until ready to plant the beet
seed. This is usually about two weeks
or SO earlier than the average farmer
would think of planting corn.
To prepare good seed bed, work the
soil four to five inches deep with pull
verizer or corn cultivator, once length
wise and once crosswise. Then harrow
lengthwise and crosswise, to level the
soil perfectly and finish killing the
weeds. After this pack the top soil to a
depth Of two to three inches with a
heavy roller. Never use plank float
for this work, as it does not pack the
ground well and will leave it in shape
to be easily blown away or badly wash
ed. The better the soil is packed after
the weeds are killed the better the beet
seed will sprout. This work must be
done when the ground is in good work
ing condition, yet not too damp, and
the working of wet soil must be avoid
ed. Beet seed requires considerable
moisture to terminate; therefore in dry
weather or in an average season the
seed bed must be prepared and the seed
planted the same day, this being the
only way in which the moisture can be
kept in the ground under usual condi-
tions.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-05-11
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Repairing Pneumatic Tires.

Experienced repairmen and riders
know that fiat rubber patch is the only
satisfactory repair for a tire puncture, and
the Morgan & Wright form of tire is the
only one which can be patched in this
way. In fact, no other form of tire car
be permanently repaired. The Morgan
& Wright tire can be taken apart when
necessary. A tire in which the inner tube,
valve, stem and outer casing are all man
ufactured in one piece may seem simple
to the new rider, and of course all the
manufacturer of such tire has to do is
to slap all the parts together and cook
them in lump, so to speak.
But this is not real simplicity. If youl
postage stamps get stuck together, you
are the loser. The parts of pneumatic
tire are worth great deal more than pos.
tage stamps, and any repairman will tell
the rider that sometimes an accident hap
pens which can only be fixed by taking
the tire apart. If the tire is of the all
stuck-together kind it cannot be taken
apart. and must be considered ruined.
Some people, who have not studied
this matter, have asked Morgan & Wright
to make the all-stuck- together kind, but
they have always refused, because they
know that the regular Morgan & Wright
tire gives the least trouble and the mos
comfort to the most people. n
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-05-11
The English Municipal Service.

Compared with other professions in
England, the municipal service is on the
whole fairly well paid. Salaries of town
clerks range from $500 in towns of a
population of 10000 to 81, $50 paid by
Manchester, which has population of
500, 900, while municipal engineers are
paid all the way up from e2OO in towns
OF 20, 900 to $1,000 year paid by each
OF the municipalities of Manchester,
Liverpool and Newcastle
For these salaries the councils usually
demand all the time of their servants.
A lawyer or an engineer may do better
as a private practitioner, but in the
municipal service he is sure of his posi-
ton and his pay, and it will be his own
fault if he has not so organized his office
and trained assistants that he can hold
ON to his position we'll on into an old
age. Advancing years may tell against
a man for appointment to municipal
Office, but old age is seldom made the
excuse for getting rid Of town clerk or
a municipal engineer. Most of them die
IN harness, drawing full pay.
The subordinate olerkships under the
municipalities are not much better paid
than clerkships in law and mercantile
offices. The reason why these positions
are priced is that in such a position a
man regards himself as placed for life
and is consequently in the enjoyment of
that feeling of settlement and that alb
sence of worry as to the future which
are so dear to middle class Englishmen.
Excellent men of their class hold these
positions. Their abilities and their re-
spectability would bring them the same
salaries elsewhere, minus only the fixity
of tenure which attaches to all grades
of the municipal service These subor-
dinates, like their superiors in the paid
municipal service, vote at all elections
like other citizens. They never attempt
to conceal how they vote, but the recur-
ring elections give rise to no pleasurable
expectations or disturbing apprehensions
OF any kind on their part They are new
er active in the municipal campaigns
and would as soon expect to encounter
a highwayman in the town as collect
or seeking contributions to a campaign
fund. Harper Weekly.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-05-11
That Catarrh is Local Affection

THU CaLafrh II q LOChI AHeCtIOn
of the nasal passages, is fact establis he'd
by physicians. and this authority should
carry more weight than assertions of in
competent parties, that catarrh is blood
affection. Ely's Cream Balm is a loca
remedy, composed of harmless medicantt
and free of mercury or any injurious drug
1t will cure catarrh. Applied directly to
the inflamed membrane, it restores it to
its healthy condition.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-05-11
MIS-. Putpam,s Amendment.

Mrs. Ellen M. Putnam of Buffalo has
been appointed superintendent of the
new state home for veterans and their
wives and army nurses established by
the efforts of the Womens Relief corps,
which is now almost completed at Ok
ford, N. Y. Mrs. Putnam has for 36
years been one of the most efficient
teachers in the Buffalo public schools,
having held her present position as de-
partment principal for 20 years. She is
well known through the state as wom-
an of unusual executive ability and Of
great patriotism.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-05-11

A visit to the spacious warerooms of
The Rochester Lamp Company at AZ
Park Place, running through to 81
Barclay Street, New York, within easy
reach of all the downtown ferries, will
prove revelation and a delight to all
art lovers. Such bewildering display
of all that is new and beautiful in lamps,
was never before seen in one place. If
unable to call in person, postal will
bring you a copy of their large SO page
Art Catalogue mere glimpse of the
wealth of beauty and art to be seen in
thair shouronroa
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-05-11

Ask your Grocer to-day to show you a pack
age of GRAND. the new food drink that
takes he place of coffee. The children may
drink 1t without injury as well as adults. All
seal brown of Mocha or Java, but it is made
nom pure grains and the most delicate stom-
ach receives it without distress. a the price
of coffee l5c. and 25c. per package. Sold by
ALI Urocera ="
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-05-11

Aliens Foot-Ease, powder tor the feet. 1t
cures painful, swollen, smarting feet and in
stantly takes the sting out of cOrns and bun
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