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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-08-02

Sugar beets are properly a factor in
only the highest type of agriculture.
They demand careful labor, and with
this they yield high returns, but are not
satisfactory without it.
The, reaction of the soil can be easily
tested by pressing into its moistened
surface slips of litmus paper such as
can be found at drug stores. If the soil
is acid, the blue paper will be turned
red; if it is alkaline, the red paper will
be turned blue.
In regard to celery plants going to
seed T. Greiner says in Farm and Fire
side that the most probable cause of the
trouble is that the seed for the plants
was sown too early.
A chemical journal reports a new
German discovery in "anilite, " which
is to be used to inoculate seed or soil
with micro organisms which are capa-
Bile of extracting nitrogen from the air
and supplying it to the cereals during
their development.
The farm horses need specially good
grooming and care during the hard
work and heat of haying time.
A Vermont grape grower advises not
to use stable manure on vines after they
begin to bear, as it will cause too rank
growth of vine, and the fruit will not
ripen well. Apply fertilizers which are
very rich in phosphoric acid.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-08-02
THE COLONIES STORY.
How Jim Adkins Went to War, Got Burie
and Was Resnrracfed

80 A~So--AANN@~~f
Talking about war times" said the
old colonel, did any of you ever hear
the story of Jim Adkins?''
"No"
well, I'm surprised. Everybody in
the settlement knew it. Jim was no
count sort of fellow, and the old man
was anxious to get rid of him, so when
the war broke out and they were look
ing around for men the old man gave
him away"
"Gave him away?"
Eyes. Jim was in the hayloft, and
they were about to leave without him
when the old man winked and pointed
to the barn.
That was enough, and they got him
and marched him to the front.
''The old man was sorry after Jim
was gone and his conscience hurt him
bad. But he hoped for the best, until
one day he got message that told him
Jim had been killed and buried on the
battlefield.
''Then he packed his grip and started
right off to bring Jim's body home, il
possible, for the grief stricken mother
would have nothing else and made life
miserable for him with her reproaches.
"He went to Virginia, and was there
informed that it would be impossible tC
remove the body. So he stood over the
| spot where it was buried and wept fol-
three days. Then he went sadly home.
"And, 10 and behold, the first mar
he met as he neared bis gate was jim
safe, sound and right side up witt
carel
''It was some time before the ole
man could say word, but when hi
found it was really Jim-in flesh anC
blood-that they had got Jim mixed III
with some other Adkins, and he hadn
been killed at all, the old man wa
hot Il He slowly Invested himself Of hi
coat, then rolled up his sleeves ant
made for him 1t was the liveliest scral
you ever saw-the old man on top, ant
the two of EN- wallowing in the dust |
at took the old lady and the tire
girls and two stout darkies to pull tn
old man off.
'He never did explain why he did 1t
and Jim didn't ask any questions, bu
the next morning he told his mothe
that while his furlough wasn't out still
he knew his country needed him AM
he couldn't stand to stay at home unde
those circumstances, so he left hi
blessing for the old man and took tn
first train for the front. Atlanta Con
stitution.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-08-02

A little story that appeared not long
ago in Spanish comic paper is sent tC
us by correspondent to show how Span
iards thought of their navy before the
present events. A Spanish admiral
touching at some foreign port in the
natural course of events calls on the
governor of the local fort, and on the
return call the governor sees the one lit
tie gun Of the Spanish man-of-war run
out to fire a return salute, but at the
critical moment the Spanish admiral
rushes up and throws the gun, carriage
and all, into the sea.
"Whatl' exclaims the distinguished
visitor. why do you throw your gov
ernment's guns overboard?'
Because, replies the admiral, ''if
the gun had gone off, it would have
blown this whole ship to piecesl That
means another decoration for mel'
''How's that"
"For my courage in saving this ship
from destruction London News.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-08-02
The SULkY PLOW.
Where This Implement May Find Use.
full Place In the East.


Where This Implement May Find . USE
full Place In the East.
Flowing, even when the plowman
walks behind the pillow, is not reckoned
hard work if the ground be smooth, free
from stones and easily turned. Any
child old enough to walk and tall
enough to hold the pillow handles can do
it. In fact, there is scarcely any hold
ing needed unless the pillow strikes a
stone. Then strength is required to pull
the plow back to its place. Therefore,
while the common western spectacle of
man riding on seat, with the horses
drawing both him and the pillow, may
strike the average eastern plowman as
the extreme of laziness, The American
Cultivator thinks the westerner has
something to say in his own defense,
which is as follows:
The sulky plow runs on wheels and
is therefore much more easily drawn
by the team than if it We're dragged
through the soil, turning it by brute
force, as is done in ordinary blowing.
The whole weight of the pillow is carried
on wheels This, in part, if not wholly.
offsets the weight of the driver, who is
also carried. Two good horses will draw
a sulky plow The plow is also held to
its place better than it can be when it
is directly pulled by powerful team.
Therefore the western farmer will con
tinue to use the sulky pillow and also the
sulky cultivator, both Of which are only
adapted to comparatively level land and
free from stones.
Most New England farms have some
rocky fields. And yet in the fertile
valleys where most of the cultivation is
done there is plenty of land as free
from stones and nearly as level as the
western prairies. On such land the
sulky pillow and also the sulky cult
vator, which are in great favor at the
west, may find useful place. Besides
the advantage of carrying the weight Of
the cultivator ON wheels, and thus run
ming it through the soil, the sulky cul-
tivator cultivates o row of corn hills
right up to the hill each time it goes
through the field When the single team
cultivator goes through, it is usual to go
twice in row, SO as to make sure of
cultivating up to the hills.
While the sullSy cultivator needs two
horses SO as to straddle the rows, this is
more than offset by the fact that two
horses can keep at work steadily all
day, while the labor of drawing cult
vator through the soil requires for
single horse frequent rests, both for the
horse and the man who is guiding the
cultivator. The western claim for the
sulky cultivator is that it will cultivate
more than twice as many rows of corn
as can be done by the single cultivator
and do the work better.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-08-02
Unnecessary to Bowel sllo slaves.

For silo Is feet in diameter, the
outside of the slaves being six inches
wide, the inside of the slaves should be
one-seventh of an inch narrower. It is
not necessary to pay any attention to
beveling the slaves, and indeed ques-
ton whether it is not better not to bev-
Ell. If the slaves are set up without bev-
cling, the point of contact will be the
inside edge and perfectly tight joint
will be secured at that point. With the
tub silo it seems that the simpler we
can make it the better. While some
have had the slaves tongued and'groov-
ed and others have had them beveled
just as good results are secured where
the slaves are simply set up with no
treatment whatever, but are used as the
saw leaves them, says L. A. Clinton in
Rural New Yorker.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-08-02
Profit From Poultry and Fruit.

The orchard is never injured by fowls,
but, on the contrary, excellent work is
done by poultry in destroying insects
According to an exchange, every one
who has an orchard and does not keep a
flock is losing profit that is more east
ly secured than in any other manner
with poultry, as there is no additional
interest on land to add to the cost. The
free range of the orchard, with the trees
for shade, will assist in greater egg pro-
duction and when the hens have broods
of chicks there is no better location than
to make each hen comfortable in lit
tie run under tree, where the chicks
can be permitted to have their freedom.
1t is not well to have the grass too high
in an orchard if fowls are to use the
ground. A we'll kept orchard is the one
to use, and combination of poultry
and fruit gives the farmer profit from
the fowls while waiting for his young
trees to come into bearing
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-08-02
Liver Ills

Like biliousness, dyspepsia, headache, eonsti-
patton, sour stomach, Indigestion are promptly
cured by Hoods Pills. They do their work
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-08-02

A correspondent writes to point out that
none of Mr.. Gladstone's biographers ap-
pear to have dealt with the etymology OF
his name, which must be assigned to the
category of place names Its original
spelling, which seems to have been Glad
stane, or "Gledstane, = was probably the
name of some border Hardship or farm, SC
called from the rock or cairn used by the
'gled which is lowland Scotch for kite
or hawk-as favorite perch. Its exact
equivalent is to BIO found in the German
'Falkenstein," which is both used as a
place name and patronymic-the former,
of course, being of prior usage. This is
the pure Germanized form of the Scottish
''Gledstane" or Gladstone. - Interna-
tional analogues in personal names are
very interesting .-London Chronicle.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-08-02
English and spanish,

see every little while certain big
sign on the street which reads thus, ga
patos and Sombreros. y
This is the sign of a Cuban gentleman
who deals in hats and shoes 1t is easy tC
understand why shoes are zapatos and
hats are sombreros in Tampa, but why
should they be connected with the Eng
lish conjunctionP This was a mystery I'M
til it dawned upon me that the thing had
been done by an American sign painter, tc
whom the copy, "Zapatos & Sombreros, 2
with the character g." had been fur
nished He had "spelled out, /" with the
unexpected polyglot result. But the China
men whose signs run thus, Hop Sing
Tren de Lavado," are more consistent in
their Spanish So are the milk carts in
Ybor City, which bear only tho words,
"Leche Frcsca." And yet, strange to say,
all the beer saloons in town sell just
'beer."
One wonders whether there is no Cuban
equivalent for this term. There is un-
doubtedly considerable Cuban consump
ton of the article.-Tampa Cor. Boston
Trananrint
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-08-02


The time has come when the man
who has either garden or orchard seems
to need spraying pump as much as he
does pillow upon the farm. If two men
spray and receive bountiful crops as a
consequence, they will produce them at
less cost than the man whose crop is re-
duced by the insects. They can sell a
better quality of fruit or vegetables at a
low price and make money, while his
half crop at the same price yields him
but loss. The man who does not keep
up with the times enough to obtain as
good crops as his neighbor at as small a
cost will experience hard times as the
result He should then get spraying
pump and use it regularly, according to
directions, says American Cultivator.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-08-02
HIS INNING.
Rejected Once With scorn, He Returned
Well Able to GIOat.


Rejected Once With Scorn, He Returned
Well Able to GIoat.
The natty young man looked at the aged
banker.
"I'm afraid you do not remember me, y
he said, with smile.
The banker squirmed uneasily. Old
recollections were Juggling at his memory
strings.
81 am sorry to say that do not fully
recall you, - he hesitatingly replied.
Let me refresh your memory" said
the young man. On the seventh day OF
September, 1895, you kicked me through
that doorway and down the outside stairs =
The aged banker turned pale.
"I-I remember, . he stammered.
Eyes, - said the young man. 81 thought
you would recall it. I had asked you for
your daughters hand You harshly re-
pulsed me. You called me designing
pauper. You jumped on me and flung me
out. Do you remember those pleasant de-
tailsP'
"Yes yes,'' groaned the banker as he
looked at the card the youth had just
handed him.
"Of course you do" said the young
man. "You are not as senile as you look.
see you recognize the name on the card.
You know 1t is that Of the smartest oper-
ator ON the street. Yes, sir, the paupe1
target for your boot is now treble mil
ionaire. In this little valise have Sc
curities to the value of 100000. By the
way, is the rumor true that your bank is
toppling?"
TT is too true" groaned the banker.
"And would $500, 900 help you
Eyes, yes' cried the aged man.
"And how is your lovely daughterS"
"She is well'' shouted the banker.
''And unmarried?''
"Still unmarriedr" shrieked the old
man.
"Then," said the youth as he calml
picked up his handbag, give her my com
pliments and tell her to expect cards o
invitation for my approaching marriage
with the Harlem heiress, Miss Van Damn
That's all, old boy. Good day. No, you
needn't show me out, ha, ha, know the
wayp"
He was gone with the handbag, and
the banker fell back on the velvet fauteuil
and cursed his unfortunate quickness OF
foot.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-08-02

When Leyden was besieged by the
Spanish army in 1874. the city govern
ment issued credit notes ON leather.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-08-02
A MODEL WIFE.
Ehe Dons Black In Memory of Her I'm


Che Dons Black In Memory of Her Un
mourned Predecessor.
He had asked her to be "his'n,'' anG
she had made up her mind that she haG
worked out' long enough anyway. Sc
she accepted him. She was perfectly
satisfied with her place, but she wanted
to have a house of her own. So they
were married.
1t wasn't long afterward that she
came back to see her former mistress
about something, and the latter noticed
that she was wearing mourning. Oh
course she was sorry for her and was
rather surprised that she made no men
tion of her bereavement. 1t is, indeed,
grievous thing when honeymoon il
cut short.
Finally the former mistress brought
up the subject herself.
You are in mourning, Maggie" she
suggested.
Eyes" replied Maggie complacent.
", and with no show of feeling at all.
~ fought it was the least could dc
fer i'm.
"It is showing no more than proper
respect of course. l am very sorry. 1t
must have been great shock.
"Great shocki' exclaimed Maggie in
surprise. Then as she grasped the idea
she went on, ooh, he amt Dead" with
the accent on che.
"You haven't lost your husband?"
Maggie shook her head.
"Then why are you in such deep
mourning?"
"Just to please the poor lad, :" an
swered Maggie. "You see, it's this
way, - she went ON when she had de-
oided to tell the story. After we was
married he comes to me an he says,
Maggie, he says, the poor woman niv-
er had anybody to put on mournin fer
her, an dunno that she's been treated
right, he says 'Who?' saysI. Me first
wife, says he. She was all alone in
the world, exceptin fer me, he says.
She had no wimmen folks to wear
mournin fer her And so says to him,
I'll do it fer the poor woman, I says.
An here l am.
And the best of it is that the story IL
absolutely true Chicago Post.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-08-02
Simple RUBY Larnp.

Secure an ordinary quart size red
Rhine wine bottle and by gently tap
enough glass to allow the insertion of a
candle A hammer can be used for this
purpose, if little care be taken. Then
wrap piece of ruby paper all around
the bottle, securing same by paste or
mucilage. The lamp is now ready for
use, and by standing the bottle on q
triangle of burned matches and lighting
the candle, will burn without any trim
ming of wick and other oil lamp incon.
veniences. The little white light ema-
mating from the top will do absolutely
no harm. New York Mail and Express.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-08-02

'We are very proud of our trees" sait
Mr.. Gladstone once to party of excur
sionists from Lancashire, land are there
fore getting anxious, as the beech has al
ready shown symptoms of decay We Sc
great store by our trees :"
why, then, 3" roared a Lancashire lad
"do you cut EN- down as you dor"
1--WE cut down that we may improve
We remove rottenness that we may restort
health by letting in air and light. As
good Liberal, you ought to understand
that. " Lancashire set up roar of delight
and the discounted interrogation came il
for many a fleer from his companions.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-08-02

Striking Description of the Daring and
Courage Displayed by the Retired GEN
eraI who Would Not Permit an Eng
lishman to Guido Him.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-08-02
Worms on Tobacco.

"About July 10 the first crop of
worms may be expected, says an Ohio
correspondent of The National Stock
man and Farmer, land every one of
this first crop allowed to escape will de-
velop into a moth in six weeks, and this
moth will lay at least 300 eggs. have
always destroyed the worms on my own
crop by hand picking, as l believe the
use of poisons to be dangerous to the
chewer of leaf grown under its use, but
paris green is cheap convenient, speedy
and effectual, and its use on tobacco is
now almost universal. +"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-08-02

system OI WOluCA SUI
iects them to terrors of nervous apprehen-
sion which no man can ever appreciate
The peace of mind, the mental poise and
calmness under difficulties, which is neces-
sary for happy womanhood is only possible
when the sensitive feminine organism is in
perfectly healthy condition. If there be
any weakness or arrangement in this re-
spect no remedy in the world so COM
pletely restores womanly health, nervous
vigor and capability as the wonderful
Favorite Prescription /" invented by DR..
R. " Pierce, chief consulting physician of
the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute
of Buffalo, N. Y. 1t purifes, heals and
strengthens; insures functional regularity
provides physical reinforcement and sus-
tanning power at periods of special weak
ness and depression.
It is the only medicine which makes
the coming of baby safe and comparatively
easy. In personal letter to Dr. Pierce,
Mrs. Marguerite Collin, of Cutler, Algoma
Co., Ont, says:
81 was a sufferer and was cured by Dr.
Pierce's wonderful medicine. When L COM
menced the medicine l could neither eat nor
sleep. My hands and feet were constantly cold;
I had wasting, troublesome drain for three
months md my monthly periods were never
regular. took DR.. Pierces Favorite Prcscrip-
ton and it cured me. l feel well. 1 thank the
Worlds Dispensary Medical Association"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-08-02

For home use the Vermont station
recommends the following grapes
Black, Moore's Early, Worden; red,
Meyer, Brighton, Wyoming Red; white,
Green Mountain. Good grapes may be
easily grown in Vermont, but warm
site must be chosen Summer pruning
is practicable within certain limits.
Special attention must be paid to ripen-
ing the fruit
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-08-02

Aunt Maria-WhatI Mary, cannot
you comb your own hair yet?
Mary-No'm. l amt big enough.
Aunt Maria-Your size has nothing
to do with your being able to comb your
hair.
Mary-Yes, it has. l amt tall
enough to look on the top of my head. -
New York Tribune
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-08-02

According to The Rural Northwest,
in all cases when fruit in the evapo-
rators begins to drip it is conclusive evil
dence that the fruit is too hot, and
either the temperature of the air must
be reduced or the air must be force
among the fruit more rapidly so as to
.ool it tt speedier eyaporation
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-08-02

1t is claimed that the X rays are rem
dered harmless to the human flesh by a
process discovered by Elliott Woods,
superintendent of the capitol at Wash
ington, which involves passing the rays
through gold foil specially prepared for
the purpose.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-08-02

sow cowpeas in my cornfields just
before the last cultivation, the seed be-
ing covered by the cultivator, making
the only expense for seed and labor Of
sowing, say $3.50 per acre. l also SOW
peas after early potatoes, Canada peas
and oats cut for hay-in fact, on any
and all land available from June l to
Aug. 1. If do not intend to save pea
seed, sow broadcast one bushel per
acre. have used many varieties, but
find none that suits me as well for inn
mense growth of vine and early matu-
rity combined as the large early blacks,
writes Delaware correspondent of
American Agriculturist.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-08-02

DR.. Daniel of the Texas Medical
JoUrnal, referring to a recent editorial
in The Statesman on typographical or.
rors, gives an amusing experience in
that line. He says he wrote, "Dr. Jno.
Bailyhache act "a years, born July %,
1922, and died. Imagine his disgust
when it appeared in The Journal, "Dr.
Bellyache ate "A years of corn July %,
1922, and died Austin Statesman.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-08-02
If She Were a Man.

"Oh," she suddenly exclaimed, IT
wish l were a man -
What would you do?' he asked
"I'll not say what l would do, but
there is one thing | will confess that
wouldn't do ~
And that is?''
II wouldn't sit around as if | had
handouts on when l happened to be
alone with a girl. cleveland Leader.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-08-02

heavy losses in western New York, on
Long Island, around Washington and
elsewhere
The disease is spread in number Of
ways, entrance into the plant being Sc
cured through the bites of gnawing in
sects and through the openings along
the leaf margins. The presence of these
openings, called water pores, may be
detected by the emulation of drops of
water during cool weather. The agency
of winds in the distribution of the bac-
terra is somewhat in dispute. There are
indications that the plants may also be-
come contaminated through the seed
bed, manure and soil On this account
the precaution of rotation and choice of
fertilizers should be carefully looked
after. No manure containing cabbage
refuse should be used, and the seed bed
should be in a new place each year.
With these precautions, supplemented
by the destruction Of insects and remov-
al during the season of diseased plants,
comparatively little loss need be sus-
tanned.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-08-02

Talking about war times" said the
old colonel, did any Of you ever hear
the story of Jim Adkins?''
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-08-02

The whole crowd of men raved of her
beauty.
She was divine, they said, incompar-
IDLY divine and gloriously beautiful
So she was, just as they had said.
But one man did not think so.
Her brother Vim