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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-11-04
PURE SUNLIGHT AND AIR.
Places Here which Shame the OLD
Wnrld,a Favored CIImen

Places Here which Shame the Old
Worlds Favored Chimes.
We have often heard of "sunny TIA
ly" or the "clear light" of Egypt, says
the Desert; but. believe me, there is no
sunlight there compared with that
which falls upon the upper peaks of
the Sierra Madre or the uninhabitable
wastes of the Colorado desert.
Pure sunlight requires for its ex-
istence pure air, and the old world has
little of 1t left When you are In
Rome again and stand upon that hill
where all good Romanists go at sun
set, look out and see how dense is the
atmosphere between you and st. Pc
ter's dome. That same thick air is all
over Europe, all around the Mediter-
ranean, even over In Mesopotamia and
by the banks of the Ganges. 1t has
been breathed and burned and battle
smoked for 10000 years.
Ride up and over the high tablelands
of Montana-one can still ride there
for days without seeing a trace of hui
manity-and how clear and scentless,
how absolutely intangible, that sky
blown, sunshot atmospheric You
breathe 1t without feeling it, you see
through it hundred miles, and the
picture is not blurred by 1t. Once
more ride over the enchanted mesas of
Arizona at sunrise or sunset, with the
ragged mountains of Mexico to the
south Of you and the broken spurs of
the great Sierra around about you, and
all the glory of the old shall be as
nothing to the gold and purple and
burning crimson of this new world.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-11-04
FRUITS AND FLOWERS.

Land cannot be too rich or too mel
low for fruits.
Manure for the garden should be free
from weed seeds.
The head of tree needs to be fairly
open to admit sun and air for full
growth of fruit.
The dahlias will never disappoint
you. Pink, white, yellow or crimson.
tall, dwarf or cactus. it is bound to
flower.
In the fall after the leaves have
dropped is generally the best time for
taking cuttings from ounces. but they
may be taken later.
Heliotrope should not be mixed with
other cut flowers in water. They de
cay quickly and have a harmful effect
upon the other blossoms.
Myosotis (forgetmenob needs partial
shading, but not the shade of tree.
Plant among taller flowers or around
rosebushes. and 1t will do well.
Plenty of yellow blossoms should be
secured for places which lack sun
shine. Yellow is good in almost every
situation and is the cheeriest of tones.
Good cultivation causes an abun-
dance of fibrous roots to be made. The
growth of any plant is largely meas
ured by the number of its fibrous
roots.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-11-04
BIRD DOGS.

Some of the Almost Human Work
These Clever CANNES Perform.
Reading denotes that dog is follow
ing a trail toward the birds by their
foot scent, as man in an analogous
manner might follow a flock of sheep
by watching their tracks.
Drawing denotes that a dog Is APP
preaching birds by a scent In the air,
as man might follow a flock of sheep
by the long line of dust lowering over
and around the trail Drawing is con-
sidered a much superior manner to
reading 1t is commonly marked by
greater accuracy, quiekness of execu-
ton and dash of manner.
Pointing is the stop which the dog
makes when he has definitely located
the birds or when he thinks he has
done So 1t is the preliminary pause to
accurately determine the whereabouts
of the hidden birds before he springs to
capture. If he mis1udges and springs
in the wrong direction, all his pains
and labor come to nothing. In his
training he is encouraged to point, but
is prohibited springing, so that after
time he makes his point and holds it
stanchly.
If by any act. willful or otherwise,
he alarms the birds and they take
wing, it is called flush. If the dog
when going up wind on game flushes
the birds, he commits an error. If IN
der certain circumstances he Pushes
when going down the wind. the error
may be excused on the ground that be-
ing up wind of them 1t was impossible
to scent them and therefore impossible
to know of their presence.-Outing.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-11-04
Too Smart.

He was one of those men who are
constantly trying to beat down prices, "
said a bank cashier. land had evident
ly been looking around for bargain
prices for his bill of exchange. When
he presented it to me and asked the
rate. replied, 'One-tenth of l per
cent
Now, look here he said. You are
too high. | have done business in this
bank for ten years, and yet you charge
me a higher rate than l can get from
the Farmers bank. over the way. They
will do 1t for one-eighth. If you don't
do it for that. I'll take my account over
there
"'Al right l remarked. We will do
1t for the same rate, considering that
you are an old customer
1.-THE bill of exchange cost him GO
cents more than it would had he kept
quiet. New York Times.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-11-04
Movable Drops In Diamonds.

1t has long been known that dia-
monds, especially the class known as
rose diamonds" are likely to explode
If subjected only to what would seem
very ordinary degree of heat, such as
strong rays from the sun, etc. 1t is
now believed that the explosions are
the result of the rapid expansion of
certain volatile liquids inclosed In cavi-
ties near the center of these precious
stones. A great many diamonds, even
though cut. mounted and worn as gems
of perfection, are still In an unfinished
condition that is, the liquid drop from
which the stone is being formed has
not as yet deposited all of its pure
crystals of carbon" These movable
drops may occasionally be seen with
the naked eye.
When this is the case, a strong mi
croscope will give the drop the appear
ance of q bubble in the fluid of car
penter's level. 1t is also highly prob
able that besides the liquid mentioned
these cavities may contain gases under
great tension. This being the case,
one may readily comprehend how a
very small amount of heat would
cause the liquid and gas to expand to
such degree that the diamond would
give way with all the characteristics
of miniature explosion
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-11-04

Forty years ago in certain parts of
the United States it was the custom to
grow long nails. | well remember
some of the swells and buffers who
devoted more attention to their little
finger nails than they did to their
teeth, and often have l seen the fifth
digit with claw on it an inch and
quarter in length. The nail was car
ried in a stall, and on occasion was
split after the manner of a steel or
quill pen, so that its wearer could sign
his name to check with it, says a
writer in the New York Press. The
trimming of nails today is an art
which gives employment to many pref
ty women who style themselves mani
cures. Nearly every first class, up to
date barber shop has its manicure.
who delights the man needing a shave
or hair cut with an innocent Irritation.
She dresses garishly and has a strut on
her that would arouse the envy of a
saddle astride fox chaseress.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-11-04
WAVES OF WATER.

For over 1000 miles the Nile does
not receive a single tributary stream.
The Jordan Is the crookedest river
known, winding 213 miles in distance
of CO.
The Potomac river is only 500 miles
long and in its lower course is rather
an estuary than stream.
The highest of all navigable rivers is
the Tsangpo, which flows for nearly
1000 miles at an elevation of from
11,000 to $4,000 feet.
The Indus, the second sacred river of
India, is LOO miles long, Its waters
have always been considered almost as
holy as those of the Ganges.
Three rivers as big as the Rhine
would just equal in volume the Can
ges. three Gauges the Mississippi and
two Mississippis the Amazon.
When free from ice. the Yukon river
is navigable for large steamers 1865
miles, a distance more than twice as
great as that from Chicago to New
Orleans
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-11-04
THE BALkY HORSE.
a Little Trick That, 1t Is Said, VIII
Start Him Every Time.

a IF1ek ThaTt Is Sa10, VIII
Start Him Every Time.
For the benefit of those who have
been caused a great deal of anxiety by
a balky horse, lost trains as well as
tempers and sometimes even ruined
the horse. the next time they have the
experience to run across balky horse,
no matter how bad he is, let me tell
you how to start him ninety-nine times
out of hundred.
OF course it may fail one time in a
hundred. When a horse balks, no mat
ter how badly he sulks or how ugly he
is, do not beat him. Don't throw sand
In his ears, don't use a rope ON his
fore legs or even burn straw under
him. Quietly go and pat him on the
head a moment. Take a hammer or
even pick up stone in the street,
tell the driver to sit still, take his lines,
hold them quietly while you lift up
either front foot. give each nail light
tap and a good smart tap ON the frog,
drop the foot quickly and then chirp
to him to go. In ninety-nlne cases out
of hundred the horse will go right on
about his business, but the driver
must keep his lines taut and not pull
or jerk him back
If have tried this once, have tried
it 500 times. and every time | have
suggested it people have laughed and
even bet S. and bottles of wine that
could not do it. So far l have won ev-
cry bet. This may make you smile, but
horse has more common sense than
most people are willing to give him
credit for. The secret Of this little trick
is simply diversion. am firm believ-
er that with kindness and proper treat
ment a horse can be driven with a
string.-Horse Shoers' Journal.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-11-04

80 you enjoyed your continental
trip, did you" inquired the simple old
gentleman. Il haven't been over in
fifty years. but my recollections are
still vivid. l remember once standing
on Mont Blanc. watching the sun sink
behind the blue waters of the Mediter-
ranean, while to my right the noble
Rhine rushed onward to the Black sea,
and the Pyrenees, still holding the
SHOWS of winter. were on the left. /
remember while standing there
but. Mr.. Grey" feebly interrupted
his listener, II was ON Mont Blanc
myself, and really-you'll excuse me-
but you really must be mistaken in
your geography"
Mistaken returned the old man
lightly. Not bit of it. But l for
got; it's different now. You know, my
dear boy. that since my day the entire
map of Europe has been changed by
these awful wars, and so of course you
can't appreciate what it was fifty years
ago"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-11-04

The minister of parish in part of
New England where doctrinal points
are considered of great Importance
says that his test of satisfactory ser
mon is the opposite of that which is
commonly applied.
MY clerical friends in the city tell
me that so long as their congregations
appear wide awake and interested they
feel encouraged" he said to a visitor.
"but with me it's different.
''Of course l wish to interest the con-
gregatiOn, but if look over to Deacon
Drew's pew and then to Deacon
Shows and see them with their eyes
closed and heads nodding feel that
all is we'll Just as surely as discover
them wide awake and alert after I've
been preaching for ten minutes | know
that there's something wrong to their
minds and that shall hear what 1t is
as soon as the service is OVER
Youths Companion.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-11-04
FATE OF HINDoo GIRLS.

RepauI RaJpOOts Cause Their Daugh-
tiers to BE Murdered.
A Capuchin monk engaged in mis-
sionary work in Nepaul, writing of
Hindoo family life, remarks that it is
very difficult for parents to make adj
vantageous matches for their daugh-
ters The Hindoos therefore find
means of Kidding themselves of too
many daughters by numbering them.
1t is a well known fact that Hindoos
of high birth, those who are called
rajpOots, caused their daughters to be
put to death after their birth by men
specially engaged to do so. This Grim
inal custom had become so general
that in 1910 in the seventy-three vii
lagos of the Allahabad district there
were only three girls under twelve
years of age, and three years later in
the town of Agra there was not one
to be found under that age. All had
been put to death.
The English government has very
naturally passed severe laws against
this abominable crime, but to evade
them the Hindoos allow their girls to
live until the age of twelve, after
which they do away with them by adj
ministering poison in small doses.
Orientals are past masters in the art
of poisoning, and after some minute
inquiries it transpires that in many
districts twenty-five out of every hun
dred girls have been got rid of in this
manner. Those girls who have been
spared they marry very early, gener-
ally between fourteen and fifteen
years, and that not according to their
own choice, but by the will of their
parents, which is decisive.
An Indian family of good rank
could not keep an unmarried daugh-
ter. 1t would not only be a public
shame, but also a crime against reli-
gion. To procure husbands for those
who have not already found them
there are a number of Brahmans, old
and decrepit, called Kulin Brahmans,
who go about with the one object of
going through the ceremony of the
''seven steps with as many young
girls as they can upon receipt of a
large sum Of money but who after
ward leave the country and perhaps
never see them again.-Pall Mall Ca
Zette
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-11-04

In the Ukraine, Russia, the woman
does all the counting. When she falls
In love with a man, she goes to his
house and informs him of the state of
her feelings. If he reciprocates, all is
well, and the formal marriage Is duly
arranged. If. however, he is unwill-
ing, she remains there, hoping to coax
him to better mind. The poor fellow
cannot treat her with the least dis
courtesy, nor has he the consolation of
being able to turn her out as her
friends In such case would feel bound
to avenge the insult. His remedy,
therefore, If determined not to marry
her, is to leave his home and stay away
as long as she is In it. A similar prac-
tice to that In the Ukraine exists among
the Zuni tribe of Indians. The woman
does all the counting and. also controls
the situation after marriage. To her
belong all the children, and descent,
including Inheritance, is also on her
side
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-11-04
Ancestry Of shoemaking.

There Is nothing vulgar about the
ancestry of the shoemaking trade in
the United States. The first shoemak-
er came over In the Mayfiower. His
name was Thomas Beard, and he had
an income from the London company
of 500 year and received fifty acres
of land on which to settle. Seven
years later the city of Lynn was
founded, and ever since it has been
making shoes for the world. Philip
Kertland. native of Buckingham
shire, was the first shoemaker Of the
city of Lynn. In George Washington's
day Lynn had 200 master workmen
and 900 journeymen shoemakers, turn
ing out every year no less than 300, 900
pairs of fine shoes
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-11-04
KINGS AND QUEENS.

The king of England who could not
speak the language of his kingdom was
George l.
In the battle of Bosworth Field, 1885,
a king was killed Orchard I'LL and a
king was crowned Henry VIII.
The motto, ''Dicu ct Mon Droit," was
first assumed by Edward Ill of Eng
land when he took the title of king of
France.
your majesty" as a royal title was
assumed in England in 1927 by Henry
VIII. The title before that was your
grace" or your highness'' for the king
or queen.
William ". was at the time when he
succeeded to the throne the first Will
liam of Hanover, the second William
of Ireland and the third William Of
Scotland.
Henry VIII. was the first to assume
the title of king of Ireland The title
king of Great Britain was assumed by
James vi. of Scotland when he became
James 1. of England.
Richard l. was the first to call him
self king of England. Every king from
William to Henry II. called himself
king Of the English. The title was as
sumed by Egbert the first king Of
England, in 828.
King of France was title borne by
the monarchs of England for 432 years,
and when Elizabeth became queen of
England she was also king of France"
asserting that if she could not be a
queen she would be king
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-11-04
HOW SALT cooLs COFFEE.
A Little Experiment Worth the Try
ing Out of Mere Curiosity.

A Little Experiment Worth the Try
ing Out of Mere Curiosity.
Between bites of the simple break
fast he had ordered the young clerk
gazed nervously at the restaurant
clock. 1t was plain he had oversight
himself and was paving the way to fu-
ture Indigestion by boiling his food.
The coffee was the stumbling block. 1t
was hot--very hot-but the clerk need
ed it badly, and he slipped it carefully,
having due regard for his mouth and
tongue.
But time pressed, and, with parting
glance at the clock, he reached for his
glass Of ice water and prepared to pour
some of the frigid fluid into his cup.
Don't spoil your coffee, young man."
said an elderly gentleman who was
eating his breakfast on the other side
of the table. You take all the good
out of 1t by putting ice or ice water in
it."
The clerk was at first inclined to re-
archal appearance of the other man
tempered his resentment.
"What am l to dor he asked. 81 am
late for the Office, and l want this cof-
fee badly"
Let me show you a little scheme"
said the elderly man. Taking the cylin-
drical saltcellar from the table, he
wiped it carefully with napkin, then,
reaching over, deposited the glass YES
sci in the cup of coffee.
salt, you know, has peculiar cooling
properties" he said, meanwhile hold
ing the receptacle firmly In position.
''They put it with Ice to intensity the
cold when making ice cream. 1t is used
extensively in cold storage warehouses
for cooling purposes, and being incased
In glass does not affect It's power to
any great extent"
AS he spoke he withdrew the saltcel-
lar from the coffee and motioned to the
younger man to drink. He raised the
cup to his lips and, to his surprise.
found the liquid cooled to such an ex-
tent that he could drink it without in
convenience.
1.-THE uses of salt are manifold" said
the elderly man. with the air of one be
ginning lecture. II remember once
when was in Mexico
But the clerk, with another glance at
the clock. thanked him profusely and
dashed out of the restaurant.-New
York Mail and Express.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-11-04
Look Ont For Your Pate.

A contemporary says pate" is slang
for head. 1t is, Ell? Wherefore? Sure
~ the word is used In q trivial or de-
rogatory sense, as noddle, noggin, era
MUM, brainpan, etc, but its origin is
eminently respectable. Shakespeare
says the learned pate ducks to the
golden fool" Pope's epigram Is good:
You beat your pate and fancy wit will
come;
Knock as you please. there's nobody at
home.
We have bald pate" and SHAVE
pate.r Why, the word is used once in
the Bible, and by David, in Psalm vii,
16, His mischief shall return upon his
own head, and his violent dealing shall
come down upon his own pate" Ac-
curately, pate does not mean the head,
but the crown of the head.-New York
Press.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-11-04
LEARNING A LANGUAGE.
II Is Comparatively Easy to Acquire
Working Vocabulary.

1T doesn't require any great length
Of time to learn language If one has
patience" said a man who has mas
tered several languages, land when l
hear a man regret that he is not able
to speak French or German or Spanish
or some other language unknown to
him / cannot conceal my amusement.
In nine cases out of ten | might say
that the men who express a regret Of
this sort handle English very poorly
If that happens to be their language.
''The chances are that their vocabu-
laries are extremely limited, and it
would probably surprise them to know
that despite the advantages of birth
and education they could not command
more than 800 or 700 words in English
If their lives depended upon it. Yet
they are able to carry on intelligent con-
versation, and many of them may be-
come forcible and even automatic in
their savings, and they plunge into dis
cussions of literature, art music and
other subjects of such fine elegance
and do it rather successfully too.
Now, how long ought it to take for
man to learn 600 or 700 or even 1000
words in any language? Certainly it
ought not to take any great length of
time, and from my own experience /
know that it does not. OF course l am
not speaking now of mastering so that
one can get the full benefit of all the
refinements of speech In particular
tongue.
But | have in mind the idea Of
speaking intelligibly in a given Ian
guage and being able to understand
perfectly what is said in return. have
a system which have worked out, and
it has been of vast benefit to me and
has enabled me to learn a number of
languages. 1t occurred to me while l
was in Mexico few years ago on i'm
portant business.
Il could not speak word of Spanish
and could not understand the language.
l concluded that / would learn the lam
guage. My plan was simply this: l
made up my mind that l would not re-
tire at the close of any day as long as
! was there without learning at least
three words in Spanish, how to pro
nounce them and what they meant.
That would give me ninety words per
month, or something over 1000 in q
years time."-New Orleans Times
Democrat
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-11-04

The city editor was troubled. not to
say angry.
Hang 1t ALL" he exclaimed, as he
read the letter addressed to his depart
ment. my wife has been asking me
that question for the last week. and
refused to be bothered"- He looked at
the letter again and jumped out of his
chair. Thunder and guns he cried,
its her handwriting too! Now that
she has learned the trick she'll make
me settle every social, household and
historical question that comes up. and
I'll be right on hand to take the blame
if | make a mistake"
For long time he remained buried
In thought Then he resigned Brook
lyn Eagle