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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-09
CRAWFISHING.
How the Ugly but Toothsome Creatures
Are Caught.

How the Ugly but TOothsome Creatures
Are Caught.
Mr.. A. Ulrich Of Chicago, who once
lived in New Orleans and is familiar
with the matter Of which he speaks,
account of the way in which crawfish
are taken by the men who fish for them.
He says
Around New Orleans there are
swamps which are always being hunted
for crawfish, and yet the supply is I'M
limited. So numerous are they that one
cannot leave fish ON string in the wa
ter, for they will tear the fish into
shreds.
"A small net about the size Of but
terfly net, about ten cords, each two feet
long, and cents worth of meat COM
plete the outfit for one person.
In the swamp there are small islands
and long necks Of land which intersect
one another in all directions and upon
which the catchers go.
''The start is usually made in the
early morning, when the sun does not
shine SO fiercely and walking is much
easier.
Arriving at their destination, they
cut their meat into small pieces about
two inches around. Each piece is now
attached to one of the cords. After this
they are thrown into the water, and the
other end of the cord is attached to a
stick which is stuck into the ground SO
that the crawfish cannot pull the meat
away. One usually waits few minutes,
and then when the cord is gently raised
the catcher Will see about half dozen
crawfish with their pinchers stuck into
the meat, eating ravenously.
"The net is now gently put into the
water directly under them, and with a
sudden jerk they are landed, for as soon
as they strike the air they will let loose
of the meat
1.-THE crawfish are of large species.
The writer has caught some measuring
10 inches from tip to tip. These are by
no means uncommon.
''The average catch for three persons
is about an ordinary bucketfuL The
meat when prepared right makes de-
licious delicacy. Forest and Stream.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-09
Glover on Sandy Soil.

The difficulty experienced in obtain
ing good catch of clover on sandy soil
is, in the opinion of American Guilt
vator due to the exhaustion of some
mineral element in the soil, probably
either lime or potash; both of which are
essential to clover growth, as it contains
both in considerable quantities Sand
soils are very likely to be deficient in
potash. Sandstone has no potash i'll its
composition, as have the GRANTEES and
other hard stones from which clay soils
are formed. Wood ashes contain both
lime aud potash; so, too, does the humus
of soil formed by the decomposition of
leaves and other vegetable growth. 1t
may be that lime alone is needed. Ii
that be true, a dressing of 100 pounds
gypsum or sulphate of lime per acre
will supply it, But on land cultivated
for many years the potash as well as
the lime has been exhausted. Large sup
plies of potash will be required to put
such land in condition.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-09
Machinery and Men.

Since 1916 machinery has on an enor-
nous scale supplanted manual labor
The knotter of the self binder completes
a round of mechanism which threatens
to make the farmer man of sedentary
habits. If the cotton boil remains un
picked by machinery it may be because
the botanist must first produce plant
maturing all at once instead of at sue
cessive periods. In superseding the hand
the inventor often succeeds by feats far
removed from imitation. Merganthaler
replaces the typesetter by arranging
matrices from which lines of solid metal
are cast. Lanston's machine for sim
liar purpose exemplifies a noteworthy
aim of nvention-initiation by means
involving the slightest exertion possible.
An operator at keyboard symbolizes
manuscript as a series of punctures in a
strip of paper, the pinholes free pulses
of compressed air which actuate the
machine. Initiation, however, reaches
its final form in electrical devices A
clerk in New York perforates successive
messages on a paper ribbon, which,
driven between electrical springs, trans
mits 5000 words minute to Philadel-
phia. Intelligence in such feat as this
is given only that part of task for
which it is indispensable. All else is
committed to mechanism actuated at
speed and with force denied to nerve
or muscle. Self Culture.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-09
ARCHITECTURAL ART.
Nineteenth Century Experiments and Re
vivals Which Have Been Fruitless.

Nineteenth Century Experiments and Re
vivals Which Have Been Fruitless.
The best that can be said of the archi-
lecture of the nineteenth century is that
it has been an architecture of exception
ally learned, ingenious and accomplish
ed Municipalities. 1t has been an art of
experiments which have failed and of
revivals which have been fruitless.
These Municipalities, with their con-
seriousness highly educated and trained,
have been embarrassed rather than aided
by their knowledge of the great achieve
ments Of the past. 1t does not seem to
have occurred to them to appeal to the
sympathies Of the people by uttering
their inspirations in the vulgar tongue,
but they have labored with immense
talent and ingenuity to interpret and
apply dead languages. Their efforts
have been reminiscent, exclusive and
experimental The architects have an
alyzed, theorized, disputed and argued.
classic or romantic traditions-schools
which have fallen apart because prog
ress has been found to be impossible on
merely archaeological lines.
Many of the Municipalities developed
under these conditions have been bril-
liant and powerful and have had great
following of lesser men. AS the century
has advanced certain of these individu-
alities have been inspired by nobler and
loftier motives. The architecture of the
century, because it has been nourished
in the same soil that produced the cleo
trio telegraph, the telephone and all the
other triumphs of industrial art, has
exhibited certain sporadic vitality, has
occasionally thrown out mighty branches
full of the possibilities of a great frui-
ton, but because it has not enjoyed the
advantage of concentrated effort it has
not lowered as it Powered in the thir-
teenth and sixteenth centuries, still less
as it Powered in the ages of Pericles and
Augustus Henry Van Brunt in At
lonAio
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-09
OUR OWN MAKE.
One Piece of Architecture That Is Far
Above Comparative Criticism.

One Piece of Architecture That Is Far
Above Comparative Criticism
There was an air Of tolerant superior
ity about him, which made his unfavor-
able comments ON the things brought to
his attention doubly hard to bear. His
Washington host was doing his best to
show him the city in such manner as
20 leave good impression, for he had
announced his intention of writing a
book as soon as he got back to London.
But whatever he saw served only to
bring to mind something in Europe that
he liked better
VERY good" he remarked as one Of
the department buildings was brought
to his attention. every good in it's
way. But it has the defects which al
ways result from the efforts of a mere
copyist. a"
we are inclined to regard that as
very handsome building" said his en-
tertainer mildly.
No doubt. And it does well enough.
Yours is young nation-one that can
not be expected to hold any great emf
hence for it's achievements, either arts
tic or political y
"You mean that we haven't any style
of our own?''
That expresses the idea.
"You come with me. I'll show you
style of architecture that reflects the
national spirit Of this country, some
thing that's our own design and that
commands the respect Of two conti-
nents There it is-the Washington
monument. One look at it tells the
whole story, and it doesn't need any
duted columns or filigree work around
the corners to make people admire it
either Upright, massive and immuta-
BILE, it's the biggest thing Of its kind on
earth, and it means business from the
ground clear up to the topmost molecule
of the lightning rod. Washington
Star
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-09
Women Bank omciaIs.

Mrs. Sarah F. Dick has for the twen-
ty-fourth consecutive time been chosen
to the position of cashier in the First
National bank of Hungtington, Ind. In
the % years Mrs. Dick has capably filed
the Office she has lost but two days
time on account of illness. Besides Mrs
Dick, who is director of the institu-
ton also, the bank has another lady d.
rector, Mrs. Frederika Drover, who for
years has filed the position, taking an
active interest in the affairs of the con-
Germ. which has 5000, 900 deposits and
a capital Of 100000
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-09
What is paines Celery Compound?

Paine's celery compound is the one
remedy that can be trusted to make
person WE'LL
1t stops the drain on the nervous sys-
tenn; dispels harmful humors from the
blood, and increases its volume and its
nourishing capacity.
Its ability to relieve those ailments
that seem to be peculiarly the misfortune
of women is overwhelmingly proved by
the many testimonials from women of the
highest standing in the communities
where they live.
Its regulating power does away with
"that disheartened feeling"
The aggravated causes OF disordered
liver and kidneys, mental depression,
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-09
STREET MUSIC.

Mein friends, I'm blaying, as you know,
Re lofely, lifely piccolo,
Nit trills ind shakes Of songs or psalms
More sweet as anysing of Brahms.
Ach sol Ach sol
Mein lofely. lifely piccolol
Und /, mein friends, make music flow
From out mein cornet soft or low
Or shrill und loud boze can he be,
Re noble instrument is he.
Ach sol Ach sol
Mein cornet loud, or soft und lowi
Nit all mein lungs prafely blow
Mein big trombone fortissimo.
Und when you'fe heard me play him, achi
You will not wish for zings by Bach.
Ach sol Ach sol
Mein big trombone fortissimoi
Und NIT bangings to und fro
Mein drums sweet music will show.
1t may be loud or soft, mein friends,
bang it till re music ends.
Ach so. Ach sol
Mein drum is loudest will show.
Veil play ze "Wacht am Rhein," alzough
You seem to wish Eat We should go.
Achl Vat you say Eat We must cease
Or you will fetch us 20 policeS
Ach sol Ach sol
If re police komm, We must go.
Milwaukee Sentinel.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-09
SKATING IN OLD DAYS.
How the Sport Became Popular In New
VorIx

How the Sport Became Popular In New
York City.
While skating is now one of the most
popular sports of the winter season it
is only comparatively few years since
it has become SO in this city When the
Central park was being constructed in
1860 and the small artificial lake at
Fiftyninth street was nearly completed,
the park commissioners announced that
it would be thrown open for the use of
skaters. A few men took advantage of
the invitation, but women could not be
induced to go ON the ice The skates
then in use were of the most antique
pattern, some of the runners extending
a long way in front of the foot, ending
in a ringlike curl In crowd these
skates were quite dangerous, and the
first year skating was anything except
popular.
During the next winter the larger
lake at the upper end of the mall was
in such condition that it could be used
for skating. Here there was more room
for the sport, but still the women could
not be induced to venture ON the ice.
A number of gentlemen determined to
overcome this prejudice and organized
the New York Skating club, having
regulation patterned skate, almost even
with the sole of the boot, which was
laced up tight to the ankle, while the
Objectionable strap was done away
with, the runner being fixed to the sole
while in use by ball and socket and
held firmly with a clamp. These be-
came popular that winter with the men,
and lighter kind was made for wom-
en-. The prejudice, however, still ex-
listed among the latter, until the olub
invited a lady, who was fine skater,
from Portland, Me-, to visit the Cen
trail park and skate with the club. This
lady wore d pretty and appropriate
dress, similar to that worn in winter by
women skaters in Europe, and she
created such a sensation by her artistic
skating as to attract much notice The
result was that before the season ended
several young ladies were induced by
the club to venture on the ice, and the
season of 1923 found many, with
pretty costumes, enjoying the sport.
A series of carnivals were arranged
by the club during the following season,
and skating in the evening became one
of the fashionable winter amusements
New York Mail and Express.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-09
WHAT Foes ARE MADE OF.
Nebula Pulverea and Their Airy Relatives


Nebula Pulverea and Their Airy Relatives
of Town and Country.
A convenient though not strictly sci
entific classification of fog types is sea
or coast fog, valley or hill fog and town
or dust fog. The last named has been
given the euphonic designation nebula
pulverea 1t is an artificial rather than
natural condition. The Rev. Clement
Ley, who gave large portion of his life
to cloud study, says, in his book,
"Cloudland, that in some parts of the
globe nebula pulverea is occasionally so
thick as to obscure almost totally the
sunlight, and in Abyssinia has led to
the tradition that the plague or dark
ness in Egypt was in reality an unusual
dust fog. The amount of moisture varies
SO much in different fogs that the terms
"dry" and "wet" are used, the scien-
tific name of the latter being nebula
stillans. In wet fog the particles are
apt to be larger than in dry fog. A still
further division, due, we believe, to
Robert Fl. Scott, is anticyclonic fog, or
fog in which no rain falls, while the
temperature, generally low in the morn
ing, continues to rise during the day,
and cyclonic fog, in which rain does
occur, while the temperature remains
about temporary.
Before leaving these town fogs we
may notice the part played by them in
affecting the health Of the community
Mr.. Scott has given figures showing the
mortality from diseases of the respira-
tory system for some of the more memo
rable fogs of London. We have room
for but one of the many periods he gives
From Jan. 26 to Feb 8, 1880, London
experienced eight days of fog. The aver
age temperature at O'Clock in the
morning was 80 degrees F. The total
death rate was 49, per 1000, rate
unequaled since the last cholera cpl
demic, and there were no less than 1, 557
deaths from diseases of the respiratory
organs.
1t is not always an easy matter to
trace direct relationship even where the
statistics are carefully gathered, but
there can be little doubt that these town
fogs are unwholesome. Indirectly they
affect the health of the community in q
way few would imagine. A town fog is
an excellent trap for noxious gases, hold
ing them close to the ground. DR. R.
Barnes, studying this question, found,
by inspection of gas plants near London,
that in foggy weather the escaping gas
was held in concentrated form in and
near the works There are other sources
of contamination in foul emanations
from the ground, sewers, etc. On clear,
bright days, even if no wind is blowing,
the law of diffusion of gases acts more
effectively and helps dispense the gases.
-Harper's.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-09

hysteria and kindred troubles, are recog-
nized and dealt with by Paine's celery
compound, in radical and scientific man
ner that embodies the most advanced med
ical ideas of this last decade of the century.
Paine's celery compound STRENGTHENS the
stomach when it is irritable and inclined
to indigestion, and prevents dyspepsia it
relieves palpitatlon of the heart that re-
suits from irregular nerve supply to that
vital organ. and puts new life into the en-
tire nervous system.
Persons in sound health are not contin-
ually reminded of their heart, stomach or
liver by distress in those organs. When
ever languor or pain attack the body there
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-09

"Do you think, asked the young
man who was preparing some interviews
with great people on trivial topics,
"that light opera singer should marry
if she is really and truly ambitious to
succeed in her art?''
The queen of burlesque stopped read
ing what her press agent had written
long enough to respond:
Surely, sir, you cannot be serious
If we didn't marry, how could the pa
pers say any thing about our divorces"
Washington Star
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-09
cHuRcAGoING IN ICELAND.
Back Country Folk who Travel Msny
Miles to Divine Worship.

Back Country FOLK v no Travel Msny
Miles to Divine Worship.
Jessie Alderman. i'll her articles o,
"Three Women In Iceland, " in The
Woman's Home Companion, tells how
she attended country church in the
northern part Ct the island.
"The Sabbath day was full of inter
est, for we had Lot attended service in
the rural districts In the early morning
we betook ourselves to the front of the
house to watch the country folk assem-
Bile. In the distance we saw them ford
ing the river in long line, and in an
other direction men, women and chill
dren rode slowly over the mountains
down to the farm. What the Sabbath
day means to these people few can re-
alize. Some of them never see a face be-
sides those of the members of the family
from one church day until the other.
What wonder, then, that they began to
assemble fully two hours before church
time? A peculiar form of salutation pre-
walls outside Of the cities With this we
had not yet been made familiar, and
our establishment can well be imagined
when we saw the men dismount, en-
brace and kiss each other. / learned
later that this is the usual form of salu-
tatiOn among men in the inland dis
tricts
1.-THE hour of service arrived, and, in
company with the preacher, who wore
a high silk hat, loose, flowing gown
buttoned from chin to hem and a great
white Elizabeth ruff around his neck,
we entered the church. From the back
seat we had full view Of the congrega-
ton, and, not being familiar with the
language, the time was passed in medi-
tation ON the situation.
'In the pulpit the pastor was assisted
into long white robe, which fell over
the black one, and down his back hung
a large surplice of bright velvet, upon
which golden cross was wrought. On
the altar two great candles about yard
long and three inches thick shed a dim
light These We're the especial charge of
an official who gave out the hymns and
between times snuffed the candles with
an old time pair of shutters After
church the worshipers dispersed, and
many of them did not reach their homes
until night -
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-09
SWINDLING PHYSICIANS.
Clever Bunko Games That Are Worked on
the Profession.

Clever Bunko Games That Are Worked ON
the Profession.
A correspondent writes: "The follow
ing trick is new, think, and there
fore inform you concerning it, if You
choose to give it publicity:
''Act IA man introduces himself
at my Office as DIR. E. L. Adams of
Stroudsburg, Pa, talks (and talks learn
eddy about the throat of sending pa
tient Of his, Mr.. Henry Sawyer, in
consultation. He then speaks of desir-
ing to buy spray apparatus; asks me
of whom. / recommend B. AS the doc
tor is leaving he asks incidentally for
one Of my cards. 1t is given
''Act 2-He afterward writes on my
card a line of introduction to B; pre-
sents it, saying he was sent by me, Civ
ing details. He orders the apparatus
and desires it sent to Dr. Adams, -
street (who promptly replies by tele-
phone, saying he knows nothing about
it,; presents check made payable to
his order, Endorsed by him, in payment
for the spray and receives balance in
cash Gin this instance $40, believe).
"Act S.-Check returned; no good.
B. writes to Stroudsburg. No DR.. E. L.
Adams and no Mr.. Sawyer reside there
or are known to the postmaster. 1, of
course, have never seen the Mr.. Saw
yer.
Act 4.-The bogus and plausible
representative of the medical profession
has the money. The trick is, of course,
ooT1oh1o of o1-io x,,01iGoo4sa,1
An old trick is being worked upon
the members of the medical profession
with success in several instances. A
man calls at the doctors office at time
he knows he is away Asking for the
doctor and learning he is out, the man
is, oh, so sorry, but maybe the good
doctors wife would answer. The doc
tors helpmate is summoned and is in
formed that the visitor is patient If
the doctor and lives lin one instance)
in Newark, N. j. He is anxious to set
tie bill of 500 and asks the wife to
give receipt for that sum. The good
wife, overcome both by the vision of
$40 debt being settled and also by the
fattering remarks of the pleasant man
nered fellow, gives the receipt. In ex-
change he presents certified check for
$40, gets the So in change, and-well,
in due time the poor doctor jots down
in his account book on the credit side,
For experience, So. Medical Record.
De Piles mentions a blind sculptor
who, guided by the sense of touch alone,
made marble statue of Charles l of
England. 1t is singular, however, that
this sculptor is not mentioned, SO far as
is known, by any other writer, and the
story may be apocryphal
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-09
A Scotch Child.

l have a small cousin, aged 8, who
has already contracted the very bad
habit Of smoking whenever he gets a
chance.
The other evening, after he had been
put to bed, his father went up stairs to
the room where he was and began to
search the youngster's pockets
The boy lay watching him for few
minutes, then suddenly sat up and ex-
claimed:
ooh, father, I clean forgotl I bocht
a pennyworth of cigarettes the day for
present tae We.
And just then his father drew four
cigarettes out of one of the small pock-
cts. Needless to say, he escaped that
time. Answers
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-09
The Standard Barrel.

The New York state law passed last
spring requires the barrel used in han
ding apples, ounces, pears and potatoes
to represent a quantity equal to 100
quarts of green or dried measure. In
buying or selling such articles by the
barrel, it is understood that this stand
ard is intended. When potatoes are sold
by weight the quantity constituting a
barrel must be 172 pounds. The law
provides that no one in the state shall
use barrels made for the sale of these
articles of a size less than that specified
under penalty Of So for every such pack
age made Or used. The Ohio law is very
faulty in the respect that no provision
is made for penalty in case of violation.
1t is therefore imperative. The statute
provides that this Ohio standard barrel
shall contain 81 q gallons liquid meas
ure, while those for the purpose of han
ding apples, potatoes, onions, etc, shall
have a stave 2S16 inches long, with cut
heads of 171S inches diameter, and shall
measure at the bulge not less than Sc
inches in circumference, outside meas
ure. This barrel is favored by neither
the Apple Shippers association nor the
National League of Commission Mer-
chants, says The American Agriculture
fCf
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these diseases but by building up the
system prevents their gaining a lodge
ment in the body.
When one hears it confidently declared
by SO many well-known and representative
men and women everywhere that Paine's
celery compound positively and perma-
nently cures diseases that at the first
glance seem so remote from each other
as chronic constipation hysteria and ner-
vousness, inquiry into these diseases shows
that their common origin Is a run down,
exhausted nervous system and vitiated
blood, and paine's celery compound
builds up the one and purifes anC
strengthens the other