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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-03-09
FIVE SENSES NOT ENOUGH.
Our Limited Scale Of consciousness
Shuts Out Many Vibrations.


Between the vibrations that we call
electricity and the vibrations that we
call heat we imagine there must be
other vibrations filing up the gap. but
we do not know, simply because we
have no senses that can comprehend
them The spectrum is just such a
little scale. Below the darkest red at
the lower end we cannot see; at the
other end as the vibrations get faster
and faster through the orange, the blue
and the violet Is another unknown
gap-that is, we cannot see It. But
surely the vibrations are there. Some
of them, for instance, that we have
never seen and never can see mark
their presence on Photographic plate.
And this same spectrum may be used
as an analogy to describe spiritualistic
phenomena. Just as there are limits
at either end of the scale Of vibrations
beyond which our own senses can tell
us nothing so may there be psychic
forces at work beyond the limits of orr
consciousness. These are seemingly
supernatural to us when we witness
their effect, but they really are no
more supernatural than the < ray that
pierces the solid body or the Invisible
ultra violet ray that marks the photo
graphic plate.-From Are the Dead
AliyeY by Fremont Rider In Define
atOr
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"cREAsING" A WILD HORSE.
For One Captured by That Method
Fifty Were Killed,

FIFTY were NIlled.
VIII @. Barnes, writing in Mcclure
of the various methods Of capturing
wild horses in the old days on the
plains, says:
'Creasing' was one Of their devices
This consisted in shooting bullet Sc
that it struck the animal on the tor
of the neck just In front of the with
ers and about an inch or so deep clos
to the spinal column. The shock tenn
porarily stunned the horse, and the
hunter ran up and tied the animals
feet together before he recovered. A
rope halter was slipped on bis head
A gentle horse or sometimes work
OK was led up alongside the PROSTATE
beast, and lie was securely necked ul
to the gentle animal and thus could be
handled EARLY. Old mustangers say
however, that for one horse caught
this way fifty were killed and that as
a matter of fact the method was moi
used very much except in an emer
gency, when a hunter, after days OF
attempts to capture, finally took the
risk Of successfully creasing an un
usually fine animal rather than see
him escape altogether.
zone of the best COW ponies ever
owned l bought from mustange'
who had ,eased him on the plain"
east of the Pecos river in New Mex
leo. There was a hole in his mech
fully two inches deep and wide, wher'
the ball from the heavy buffalo gu
had plowed it's way through the fiesf
Just high enough above the spine mo-
to kill and low enough to stun effectu
ally"
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combat is their great seed producing
capacity. 1t is not difficult to kill one
formal plant, but no sooner is that
done than another springs up to take
its place.
Early fall blowing gets rid of many
of these weeds by turning them I'M
der before the seed is ripe Some of
the seed which is ripe will grow up,
and the plants will be killed by the
first freezes of winter If the field is
narrowed early in the spring many of
the remaining seed can be induced to
start. The more weeds that come up
at this time the better, since they will
be killed In the subsequent prepare
ton of the land for planting
There is no better implement for
killing weeds before corn comes up
than the harrow. Narrowing is a
cheap operation, since so many acres
can be gone over in a day. The more
times cornfeld can be gone over
with the harrow before the corn comes
up the better In narrowing to kill
weeds care should be taken not to do
the work when the weather is cloudy
or the ground too wet, or the weeds
will be transplanted rather than killed
In regard to the value of narrowing
growing corn opinions differ greatly.
1t is almost impossible, however, to
harrow corn without destroying some
of it. 1t Is a waste of time to test
the seed and planter with the idea of
getting a good stand and then harrow
part of it out. Unless the weeds are
very bad the harrow had better be
put away In the machine shed as soon
as the corn begins to appear above
the surface of the ground.
Thorough cultivation from the time
the corn is two or three inches high
until it is ready to 'lay by will do
much to keep the weeds in check. The
deep early CIVILIZATIONS will bring up
the seeds that have been lying dor
mant at the bottom of the furrow
Slice These will terminate and be
killed by the later CIVILIZATIONS. Fox
tail may grow up and go to seed after
the crop gets too large IT, cultivate.
1t is often a good plan to Sow rape in
corn at the last cultivation. This will
come up quickly and shade the ground
so completely that it will prevent the
growth of annual weeds almost en-
tirely.
Annual weeds seldom do much dam
age in small grain. If the grain is
drilled in on a properly prepared seed
bed it will get such start that most
of the weeds will be smothered out
and die for lack of plant food and
light. One annual that is sometimes
troublesome In grainfields is mustard.
Since this weed is easily killed by
cultivation it seldom goes to seed
in cornfields Consequently when
small grain follows corn there is little
mustard seed in the soil except that
which is sown with the oats.
There is another annual. or rather
winter annual, that is much harder to
eradicate than those mentioned so far
This is squirreltail grass, so called be
cause of its fuzzy heads. The seeds
are very light and are attached to
long boards, which cause them to be
carried for considerable distances by
the wind.
Squirreltail grass is not troublesome
in cultivated fields. but often in
tests meadows and pastures to such
an extent as to make them almost
worthless. Moving as soon as the
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-03-09
Few Beds In Raadad.

About 60 per cent of Bagdad's pop
ulation possess no beds. These poor
people rest on blankets spread on the
floors of their houses in the winter
and on the roofs in the summer. Owing
to the excessive heat Of these regions
sleep is made impossible elsewhere
than on the roof or in the open gar
dens. 1t is an interesting sight to see
how the women at sunset emerge from
their houses to prepare the evening
meal on the roof and spread the bed
ding for the night. Inasmuch as the
climate is very dry, there is little to
fear from exposure to the night air
While a considerable number of the
roofs are surrounded by latticework
to insure a certain amount of privacy.
by far the larger number are quite ex-
posed to the gaze of curious and in
quisitive neighbors.
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copyrisht. leoe. By Amer..sn Pre-. Ass0siati0n

heads appear will not kill the plant,
but if kept up throughout the season
will prevent it from producing seed.
In bad cases about the only remedy is
to pillow up the Geld and put it in to
some cultivated crop. Where a regu-
lar rotation whITh includes the mead
ows and pastures is followed this
weed can be readily kept in check. A
point that must be carefully attended
to in preventing the spread of this as
well as of >sy other weed is to keep
the roadsiAes and fence corners from
raising weed seed enough each year
to keep the entire farm seeded.
Another troublesome annual in some
sections of the country is the Russian
thistle. a form of tumbleweed. BY
rolling across the fields after it ripens
it scatters its numerous seeds very
widely These weeds are usually not
so plentiful but that they can be easily
destroyed by pulling before they form
seed. BY doing this they may be kept
from becoming thick enough to do any
serious damage.
Biennial weeds live through the first
winter and produce seed the second
year of their life They die as soon as
the seed is ripe The common bull and
prairie thistle and burdock are con
spicuous examples of this class OF
weeds Biennials are not difficult to
subdue In cultivated fields they sell
dom live long enough to produce seed.
They seed so late that they hardly
ever ripen seed in meadows. In per
manent pastures they may be con
trolled by cutting off below the sur
face of the ground just at the begin.
ming of blossoming time. Sheep and
goats will rid a pasture of these and
all other troublesome weeds.
The hardest class of weeds to com.
bat are the perennials. These do not
depend entirely upon seed production
to spread themselves, but are propa.
gated by means of underground
stems. These stems extend along be-
meath the surface of the ground, send.
ing up stalks at short distances. They
live in the soil from year to year, send.
ing up fresh shoots every spring.
Some of the most common and trou-
blesome perennials are the Canada
thistle. morning glory. wild artichol1e.
milkweed and quack grass. These
weeds are found on all parts of the
farm-in cultivated fields, in small
grain and in meadows and pastures
The only way to kill them is to de.
stroy the roots or starve them by pre-
venting leaf growth. This is much
more easily said than done. Where
the weeds occur only in small patches
the desired result may be accomplished
by covering them with a thick layer
of straw In a dry season thorough
cultivation will discourage them,
though it will seldom exterminate
them entirely When the ground is
wet cultivation will do more to spread
perennial weeds than to kill them.
The pieces of the underground stems
which stick to the shovels will grow
wherever they happen to fall and thus
start a new center of trouble.
OF all the means of getting rid of
perennial weeds that have been tried
none is so effective as turning the field
into hog pasture. If the fields are
fenced hog tight and the rotation in
cludes the hog pasture the hogs will
get a chance at all parts of the farm
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THE MEASLES cANNIBAL.
Method of a Vancouver Island Tribe
to Drive AWAY Disease.

Method of a Vancouver Island Tribe
to Drive Away Disease.
A few years ago an epidemic OF
measles broke out among the Indian
tribes living on Vancouver island, in
British Columbia, not far from Fort
Rupert, and the shamans or medicine
men came to the conclusion that can
nibal sorcerer, whom they termed the
"hamatsu" (measles cannibaD, was
Staying their children to eat them and
that he would continue to do so until
he was killed
AS they could not Stay a ghost in his
own person they arranged a ceremony
IN which one Of their number posed as
the cannibal ard was treated as they
would have liked to treat the real foe.
This fact Of substitute was, Of
course, not made public, only the med
icine men knowing the truth Of the
matter
Against a wall Of rock was painted
an imitation opening, in the center Of
which the "eannibaP' was fastened.
At the proper time, after going
through various inaantations, cover
ing was jerlSed away, exposing the
cannibal apparently springing through
the solid rock. He was promptly grasp
ed by two of The priests, who dragged
him out and rushed him through a fire
which was burning In front Of the
place and which was surrounded by
all the members Of the tribe beating
drums and singing at the top Of their
voices. BY some jugglery the canni-
bal was got rid of, and the people were
told that he had flown away through
the air and would not come back.
After this ceremony had been re-
peated several times to put an end to
other epidemics. which were only too
prevalent among the Indians, it grew
into a sort of annual affair, managed
by the members of a secret society
whose members know that the sup
posed "hamatsu" was only man.
Scientific American.
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N attempting to produce largs
crops the farmer finds that he

WN attempting to produce iargs
crops the farmer finds that he
"a has many enemies working
against him. Among the worst
of these are weeds. One of the great
est problems that confront the farm
er Is that of keeping his crops free
from these pests. After field has
been SO handled and prepared that
large amount Of plant food is in availa-
BILE form, with plenty of moisture to
dissolve it, it is poor policy to allow
weeds to seize this food and moisture
and convert them into a worthless
product.
Weeds may be divided into three
general classes-annuals, biennials and
perennials. Annual weeds are propo
gated entirely by seeds and live but
one year. An exception to this Is
found in the winter ANNALS which
come up in the fall, live through the
winter as small plants and produce
seed the following spring.
Among the most troublesome annual
weeds are the foxtails. These are
grasslike plants that are too common
to need any special description. The
fact that makes them so difficult to
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-03-09
AN AFRICAN TITBIT.
Hippopotamus Meat Has a Strong
Odor and Flavor of Musk.

Hippopotamus Meat Has q Strong
Odor and Flavor of Musk.
To the African traveller the hippo
potamus is a species of game particu-
larly desirable, for its ivory and its
hide are both valuable, while the not
inconsiderable danger involved in its
pursuit provides the deli. ious emotion
without which every kind Of hunting
is tame and insipid Moreover, the OBJ
expedition lies to feed his servants and
carriers adequately makes one of these
enormous beasts, twelve feet long or
so and disproportionately wide, a per-
feet godsend. Not only does the hippo
potamus furnish formidable amount
of meat, but that meat has the ines
Unable merit of keeping fresh much
longer than any other principally ow-
ing to the fact that flies seem to have
an insurmountable horror of 1t. l
must admit that for a long time
thoroughly sympathized with the flies.
Alive, the hippopotamus has peculiar
odor, somewhat resembling musk,
which discloses the presence of the
animal from afar when he happens to
be to windward of one. In the flesh
of the dead animal this odor-or the
taste of it, rather-persists and is much
appreciated by the natives, though for
eigners take long time to get accus-
toned to it; some are never able to
support it.-Wide World Magazine.
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Punishment In efigy was legally
practiced in France and with great
solemnity up to the time of the first
revolution. If the man condemned es-
CAPPED. a dummy was put up In bis
cell and the entire routine of the law
allowed to take its course. The war
rant was read to it, and on the day
appointed it was conducted to the
scaffold in the presence of all the le-
gal functionaries and with all the cir
cumstance of the law. Sometimes
the same person was executed In effigy
simultaneously in several cities, but
that did not exempt him from actual
punishment should he be afterward
caught
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-03-09
One Needed Rast

"Your husband needs rest, madam,
said the doctor.
81 know ity' she exclaimed trium
phantly. ''I've told it to him fort!
times day for the last two months
If have told it to him once. I've JUS
kept telling It to him all the time
John, how many times have told yor
that you need restr
ION second thought" interrupted the
doctor, perhaps it would be better Il
you rested"
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II must tell you the joke on me,
said a business woman who keeps
bach" in a cunning little apartment.
Last week l invited two friends for
luncheon. AS / have just an hour at
noon l got everything ready before
left in the morning that could be pre-
pared and set on the ice. l made a
lovely salad, a dessert, prepared for
toasted mullins and tea and set my ia
BILE in all its glory, even buying some
flowers for centerpiece. My guests
met me at the Office and we went to
the apartment What do you think l
had done? Left my keys inside and
locked the door!
There was absolutely no way for us
to get in. The janitor had a pass key,
but he was away. All the windows on
the fire escapes were locked, and no
other key in the building fitted. There
was nothing to do but take my guests
to restaurant Then l found that l
had not even brought my purse from
the office. never dreaming that should
need it. had to ask my guests for
money to pay for the luncheon, and,
as it happened, they only had quar-
ter each above their carfare. We went
to the cheapest place we could find
and had sandwiches and coffee.
: Wasn't that funny?" - Philadelphia
aJ .~nt.
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No false pretense has marked the
career of Ely's Cream Balm. Being en-
tirely harmless, it is not responsible like
the catarrh snuffs and powders, for minds
shattered by cocaine. The great virtue
of Ely's Cream Balm is that It speedily
and completely overcomes nasal catarrh
and hay fever. Back of this statement is
the testimony of thousands and reputa-
tion of many years success. All druggists,
5Oc.. or mailed by Ely Bros, Sc Warren
Street, New York.
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The Interview.

AS used nowadays by the newspa-
pers the word interview is said to have
been the invention of Joseph McCul-
lagh of ST. Louis, and, according to the
Encyclopedia Britannica. It became
popular in England in the early nine
ties. But it was known before that.
A writer on the subject In the Nation
Of 1869 was possibly the first to use
the word in its present sense OF talk
with a representative of the press
Chicago News.
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Gathering Ammunition.

"What makes you think our new con-
gresham is going to be so successful
as a speechmakerY said one constitu-
ent.
Because" answered the other,
whenever he hears a story that strikes
him as funny he goes into the hall and
makes note Of 1t in his memorandum
book." Washington Star.
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Professional Pride.

~ should regret very much to heal
that anybody has ever offered money
for political influence"
"Yes.'' answered Mr.. Graftwell
"your hearing of it would indicate very
crude work on somebody's part. -
Washington Star.
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Little Willie-Say, pa, what is a IRE
spectacle fortune?" Pa-One that is
large enough to make its possessors
opinion on any subject respected, my
son.-Chicago News.
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uinarinus Ejaculation.

He was having some words with her
chaperon.
"T'll-I'll kiss her right under your
noser' he said detiantly.
"Oh. we'll" said that lady, "vicarious
kissing like that can see no objection
Boston Transcript.
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Grant and Sumner.

Concernin3 the reliability of things
in print, It is recalled that Charles
Sumner criticised General Grant saw
agely. and some time after some one
was talking to Grant about atheism in
New ENGLAND and remarked. Even
Sumner does not believe in the Bible"
"Why should he?" quietly replied
Grant. "He didn't write it."
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Very Hioh.

81 just got that doctors bill for that
fever Of mine"
"How was it?"
at was a very high fever - higher
than | dreamed. "-Bellman.
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A Modest Request.

"NIy dear friend, beg you to lend
me $50" wrote needy man to an ac-
quaintance land then forget me for
ever. / am not worthy to be remem-
hared. "-PhilInninas Gnasin
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w.rn;nc The suffraoettes.

Bridgewhist-W What is the subject OF
Mrs. Suffragette's lecture this after
noon? Mrs. Clubwoman-The disas-
tiers of married life. Mrs. Bridgewhist
4 suppose she will have her husband
on the platform as an exhibit.-Town
Tonnes
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The Woman Halter = Can you ex-
plain why 1t is that woman hardly
ever thanks a man for giving her his
seat in a street carr The Man Halter
Easily, sir! It's because she hardly
ever gets the chance.-Brooklyn Life
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The Swaffham Tinker and His Dog.
Two quaint figures are carved on the
two top pews and reading desk of
Swaffham church. According to leg
end, tinker had a dream bidding him
go to London bridge and stranger
would reveal to him how to find a pot
of money. So off he went with his
dog, and at the bridge a stranger
stopped him, saying. Last night had
a dream bidding me go to Swaffham
and dig in such and such place and
there find pot of money but don't
believe in dreams" Then back went
the tinker, dug for and found the pot
as described and also an inscription
bidding him dig deeper, which he did.
and found another, and with them re-
stored Swaffham church. The cary
ings were put up to perpetuate his
memory.-London Strand.
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Thunder at Homo.

Husband-Did you hear the storm
when 1t broke this morning? Wife
That wasn't the storm. 1t was the
new girl washing the breakfast dishes.
Baltimore American.
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Troubled Even In Death.

How is this? l thought you dis
liked your mother-in-law, and here
you are carrying flowers to her
gravep'
Exactly She hated 'em."-Journal
Amusant
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"Although he goes to the club every
night, he's always happy when it's
time to go home"
"In other words, he doesn't go home
till he's happy Is that it|- Elk
change.
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Rare Combinations.

'"The time, the place and the girl
how seldom we see them together!'
"And another rare combination is the
man, the scheme and the coin."-Louis-
vile Courier Journal.
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The Uses of Scenery.

He Cooking through his glass; =
There's glorious glacier which we
shall soon reach. She-Oh, won't II
make a lovely background to my blue
neutrality-suspicious. Batter.
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She during a spaH Why don't you
say what you mean? I'm no mind
reader. Ha-No; If you were. you'd
never speAk to me again. Boston
TRANSCRIPT.
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PIausibIe.

Irascible Magistrate = Officer, why
did you bring this prisoner up before
me? Can't you see he's as deaf as a
doornail? Policeman -Oi was told
ye'd give him a hearing. sor.-Judge.
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Learning without politeness makes
n disagreeable pedant, and politeness
without learning makes superficial,
frivolous puppy Chesterfield.
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