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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-06-22


Il thought you'd see how much bettel
position DR.. Brightright could give
you'll thought you'd forget-I wrote
Neal you were going to marry the doc
tor and hadn't courage to tell hin
yourself and that you did not want
to hear from him again. II goi
your letters both times by taking them
to slip into the drop while / asked yoI
to get stamps or cards at the window
do you remember? II did 1t because
/ thought you would be happier, Re
ginar'
The tall, stern girl, standing like an
avenging goddess, looking down on
the hysterical, weak woman huddled
In the chair, did not speak for some
minutes.
-Why didn't you destroy them when
you got themT' she asked abruptly.
81 didn't dare" wept Esther. 81
was afraid it was criminal or some
thing"
The faint flicker of humor which
swept Regina's face even in her mo-
ment of righteous wrath spread to her
generous heart.
I'VE won't talk about it again, Es-
ther," she said quietly. you'd better
go to bed. And now-now Pm going
to write to Neal"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-06-22
t. a Sham


The Aryan root 'ak' meant ito be
sharp" and the idea Of sharpness has
followed 1t at least through 1O,O0C
years into ell Of the family Of Ian
guages of that tongue. 1t Is quite like
ly that the property Of sharpness was
conceived of by these ancestors from
handling shells, the first knives that
man knew That cutting edge was re-
ferred to by FAX" long before the most
primitive people had learned to put
an edge on flint. When these Aryans
wanted to express the idea Of sharp
ness of mind they used the same word.
This root went into the Greek, where
it became ''akros," meaning pointed
In Sanskrit 1t is acre." meaning the
same thing. In the Latin we find
"acrimonia,' signifying sharpness, from
which our ''aerid" comes. The Latin
also has "acer," meaning sharp, and
"acus," a needle. In the Anglo-Saxon
it became ''eag," an edge. So the idea
of sharpness runs all the way through,
and we have it in our "acid," ''acute, "
ledge" and FAX" as well as in "acrid"
and "acumen "-Argonaut.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-06-22

n YOT all lands need tile drainage,
Az but there are none on which
the problem of maintaining
fertility is not an important
one. Fertility of the land In its broad
est sense means its ability to produce
large crops.
One of the important factors infu-
encing fertility is the amount Of plant
food In the soil. Ten elements, car
bon, hydrogen, oxygen, calcium. mag
nesium, iron, sulphur, nitrogen, potas-
stun and phosphorus, are necessary to
the growth of plants. From 80 to 80
per cent of the dry matter Of plants Is
made up of carbon, oxygen and n.y.
drogen, which are obtained from air
and water. OF the others only three,
nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, are
used in such large quantities that the
supply in the soil is likely to become
exhausted. These three are usually
spoken of as the essential plant foods.
Amount of Plant Food In Soils.
These plant foods are present In
varying amounts In all soils. In many
cases it Is necessary to increase the
supply by the use of commercial fer
tilizers The real need of most soils,
however, is not the addition of more
of these materials, but the judicious
use Of those already there. 1t Is esti-
mated that there is enough phosphor-
us In the upper seven inches OF soil
in the Mississippi valley to raise a
hundred bushels Of corn to the acre
every year for sixty years and enough
potassium to last 600 years at the
same rate. Much of this phosphorus
and potassium is combined with other
materials in such a form that 1t is I'M
available for the use of the plants.
One of the principal problems of the
farmer, then, is to make this stored fer
tility available.
One of the most effective means of
doing this is by keeping the soil plen-
tifully supplied with humus. Hunus
Is the name given to decaying organic
matter in the soil. 1t is the humus
that gives the dark. rich color to soils.
1t leaves that brown streak in the
furrow" that farmers have long re-
garded as an indication Of fertility.
Humus gives the soil spongy texture
and greatly increases its water holding
capacity. 1t also makes the soil lighter
and warmer Soils which contain large
amounts of humus do not bake or
become cloddy easily. They are mel
low and respond readily to cultivation
Humus contains considerable nitrogen
and furnishes a home for bacteria.
which aid IN making plant food avail
able Certain acids are also formed In
the decaying Of humus that aid in
making the phosphorus and potas
SUM available 1t might almost be
said that the chief problem Of main
tanning fertility Is the problem of keep
ing the soil supplied with humus.
Maintaining the Humus Supply.
Probably the best way of maintain
ing this huinus supply is by the liberal
use of barnyard manure. The surplus
straw should be used for bedding. so
as to save all the liquid portion and
add to the bulk Of the manure. Shred
ded fodder is also good for this pur
pose The manure should be hauled
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-06-22
KILLED THE JAGUAR.
Tho Terrible Boa Constructor Of the

Tho Terrible Boa Constructor Of the
Mexican Jungle.
l had been travelling for about an
hour, trying to locate the source OF
the Santa Rita and winning every.
inch of ground by hacking and slash
ing with the machete, when | was star
tied by a most fearful scream, which
seemed to come from somewhere i'm
mediately behind me. Turning round
and looking back over the trail l had
fust made, l saw a great commotion
taking place among the vines, dead
leaves and decaying branches which
carpeted the ground and the blood
curdling screams had heard rang out
again and again Returning little
nearer. | discovered a tiger" or, prop
erly speaking, jaguar or American
leopard, and it was writing in the
coils of an enormous boa constructor.
The great snake appeared to have the
side of the jaguar's head in its mouth
and a coil or two of Its body around
the neck of the beast, which was max
ing frantic efforts to regain its lib
erty. The snake had its tail coiled
round small ebony tree about a foot
in diameter, and whenever the hapless
jaguar relaxed its efforts the serpent
would swiftly release itself from the
tree and make an attempt to get an
other coil around the body of its oppo-
nent
stood there fascinated with horror
and yet forgetting my fear in the in
terest l was taking in this terrible
fight between beast and reptile. Pres
emily the snake with an Incompetent
sively quick movement succeeded In
getting two more coils around the body
of the 1aguar, but not without receiy-
ing severe liberation from the formi-
dable claws of its victim. Then, letting
90 the jaguar's head, where it seemed
to have a firm hold. the boa constructor
raised its head seemingly In triumph
and, with its tail still wrapped round
the tree, lifted the body Of the jaguar
up In the air. I heard the bones crack
under the fearful strain, and with one
awful, despairing scream the Jaguar
fell back, dead World Wide Maya
ufno
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-06-22
The Man In the Rain.

Men," said a fashionable tailor, ''are
much more particular about their
clothes than women, though few peo-
pie realize this fact Take man In q
light gray suit caught in shower
Does he go blithely on, needless of the
elements? No. He seeks the nearest
shelter and remains there till the
downpour has stopped absolutely. But
it is his straw hat that a man takes
most care to preserve. / have seen
men In pouring torrents hurryine
along bareheaded, their straw hats
carefully concealed beneath their
coats. Did you ever see woman &c
to those lengths2 Often a man caught
In a shower carries his hat sort OF
casually at arms length at his side, as
If he was doing it unconsciously, don't
you know. And how often do we see
rnem holding newspapers over their
hats. Ever see a woman do that
No. Somehow women seem to be able
to go through a shower without max.
ing conspicuous figures of themselves
They are always serene, never trou-
bled. and they never seem to get as
wet as men do."-London Answers
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-06-22
A VOTE OF THANKS.
The Way Dwight L. Moody Handled
the Question In England.

The Way Dwight /. Moody Handled
the Question In England.
Possibly the most novel response
ever made to request to return q
vote of thanks to a. chairman was that
made by Dwight L. Moody during his
first visit to England.
He had attended a meeting at which
the Earl Of Shaftesbury was chair
man. The duty Of proposing vote OF
thanks was assigned to him and tbs
announcement made:
"Our American cousin, the Rev. Mr..
Moody Of Chicago, VIII now move
vote Of thanks to the noble earl who
has presided on this occasion"
The whole thing was quite out Of
Mr.. Moody's line. English formalittes
might or might not have come grace
fully from his lips had he attempted
them, but he did not. With an utter
disregard of conventionality he burst
upon the audience with the bold an
nouncement:
"The speaker has made two mis-
takes. To begin with, I'm not the
Rev. Mr.. Moody at all. I'm plain
Dwight L. Moody, a Sunday school
worker. And then I'm not your Amer
lean cousin. BY the grace Of God I'm
your brother, interested with you in
our Fathers work for his children.
"And now about this vote OF thanks
to the noble earl for being our chair
man this evening" l don't see why
we should thank him any more than
he should thank US. When at one
time they offered to thank our Mr.
Lincoln for presiding over meeting
In Illinois he stopped 1t. He said he'd
tried to do his duty and they'd tried
to do theirs. He thought IT was about
an even thing all round"
That opening fairly took the breath
away from Mr.. Moody's hearers. Such
a talk could not be gagged by any
known standard. Mr.. Moody carried
his English audiences with him from
that beginning to his latest labors.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-06-22

A schoolmaster not famous for his
personal beauty swooped down on the
inattentive boy and found him draw
ing caricatures. He picked up one
and asked the boy In a voice of thun-
der, as this meant for meP'
please, sir" said the victim, in a
state Of terror" please, sir, did not
mean to make 1t so like"
The master destroyed the picture
and let the matter drop. = London
GiQba.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-06-22

An Oh City man, who was detained
at the house for a part of the day,
handed his wife, who was going down
town, a quarter of dollar and re-
quested her to get him three cigars
for It. according to the Blizzard.
When she returned she handed him
the package, remarking exultantly:
'That shows that women can beat
men all hollow when 1t comes to max
ing purchases. l found place where
I could get eight for quarter instead
of three Isn't that going some"
And the poor man, as he took bis
medicine, merely remarked:
aft certainly Is. dear"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-06-22
Satisfied.

People praise my work." said the
artist boastingly.
"And they laugh at mine" rejoined
the sad faced party, ''but / don't
mind"
"what is your lineY' queried the
artist.
''rm a professional humorist" re-
piled the other.-Chicago News
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-06-22
- Alexandrian Llbrarx.

Omar, fanatical caliph who over
ran Egypt about the middle of the sew
enth century, proclaimed that since
the Koran contained everything that
human beings ought to read, no other
books had any right to exist, so he
condemned to destruction the immense
library at Alexandria founded by the
Ptolemies and constantly enlarged by
their successors until the advent Of
the Saracens. How enormous 1t was
can be imagined from the fact that for
six months the manuscripts supplied
the fuel of 1000 public baths. 1t was
the most terrible blow ever inflicted
upon literature.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-06-22
stoa.s Hunt In Packs

In some years stoats appear to be
more numerous than in others, and
they are seen not in ones and twos-
but in dozens, hunting together IN
small packs. Stoats will hunt together
from scent and In full cry like pack
Of hounds, one always keeping the line
and followed closely by the others
This sight has been recorded by differ
ent observers who have also seen wea-
sells hunting in the same way.-Fur
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-06-22
THE SHIPS CAPTAIN.
At Sea He Is a Gear, and hIs Author
NV In AhNoIute

Ky ~ FtBDot6hSs
When you have passed down through
the Narrows and then passed Sandy
Hook you see a man In whiskers and
REFER climbing down rope ladder
that drops him into a waiting boat
1t Is the pilot You have dropped the
last link connecting you with shore ex-
cept wireless telegraphy, and you are
now member Of community that
for few days, a week, is as much an
entity as any nation.
The captain Is pacing the bridge.
Until you reach shore again he is your
overload. His decision is final and with
out appeal. He can order you locked
in your stateroom or he can put you in
irons.
If occasion arises he can alter the
course of the ship and land you wher-
ever he pleases You have recourse
when you get ashore, but If he wants
to drop you at the Azores when you
have paid passage to Bremen he can
and Will do It.
Of the ship alike. from the cargo to
the saloon deck ana from the engine
room to the scullery.
Navigating a ship is a ticklish bust
ness and one that requires that there
be no division Of the highest authority.
So, for the brief period until he touches
port, he is your car.
The ship is q great community, some
times with a population Of 5000 souls.
living. eating and sleeping under one
roof. 1t has its policemen, its nremen,
cooks, butchers, bakers, doctors, clerks,
carpenters. electricians, boilermakers
and a horde Of personal servants.
In the control Of this organization
the captain has at his right hand his
officers The ships officers are the
important persons in the detail man
aRement.-Bookkeepe
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-06-22
Who He Was.

At the crossing of the river Sty1
Death met a stranger with grin OF
bis face.
'Who are your demanded Death.
II am your manservant" replied the
stranger.
my manservantr' repeated Death
somewhat puzzled to know what thu
new arrival meant
"In other words, the valet Of tht
shadow of Death" chortled the stran
ger.
1t is perhaps superfuous to add thai
before journeying hence the stranger
had been a professional jokesmith.-
New York Times.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-06-22
prof.sslonaI Relics.

Doctor Ito lawyer going through the
medical museum)-Your profession does
not offer any opportunity for the col
lection of professional relics Lawyer
4 am not so sure about that. l have
a unique collection OF family skeletons
at my ofiice.-PHck.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-06-22
Run over Him.

ooh, Mrs. Smith, do you know that
your son Billy has been run over by a
train?"
"Oh, dear, dearl My poor boyl
Whatever shall / do? Where did il
happen?"
Underneath the railway arch. Bill
ly's standing there nowr-London Tel
egraph.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-06-22

Miss (making an unexpected raid on
the Who is this, Mary? Mary
Mime brother, please IN. Mistress
Indeed But he doesn't resemble
You in the least Mary-No'm! But we
was remarkable alike before e 'ad Is
beard shaved off.-London Sketch.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-06-22

Many requests fran Catarrh sufferers
who use atomizers have caused us to put
up Liquid Cream Balm, new and con
venient form of Ely's Cream Balm, the
only remedy for Catarrh which can be
always be depended on. In power to
allay Inflammation, to cleanse the clogge {
air-passages, to promote free, natural
breathing, the two forms of Cream Balm
are alike. Liquid Cream Balm is sold by
all druggists for rs cents, including spray
ing tube. Mailed by Ely Bros, So War
rem Street, New York.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-06-22
Not n Hia Line.

'-They tell me-" said the new report
or. who was doing an interview, that
you have succeeded In forging your
way to the front"
"Eir." replied the self made man
colby. lyon have been misineOrEas4-
I'm no forxeEs"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-06-22

''Hope," remarked the mere man. 'is
certainly a wonderful thing"
1T is" rejoined the wise woman.
"Why, one little nibble win keep my
husband fishing ali day Chicago
NAxEa-
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-06-22

Undecided.
eff he has proposed, why don't you
give him an answerY
81 can't make up my mind whether
I would like him when got him
home Brooklyn Life.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-06-22
Three Meals at Once.

Nov. Mary" said her mistress, you
must come to the door of the drawing
room and say, Breakfast Is ready, and
supper is ready, but dinner is served
The newly corralled domestic In
wardly digested the concise instruc-
lions and that evening convulsed the
guests who were awaiting the an
nouncement Of dinner by stepping be
tween the portieres, dropping cour-
tesy and repeating, Breakfast is
ready and supper is ready, but dinner
is ser-r-vedT Philadelphia Ledger.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-06-22
Advice.

"Can I offer you a little friendly ad-
vtceT
'1f you take little In return"
Here negotiations ceased.-Louisville
Courier-Journal.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-06-22
Thouoht Il Was q PROPOSAL.

Scene-Cab stand near London. Lady
distributing tracts. hands one to cab
by, who glances at it, hands 1t back
and says politely, THANK you, lady,
but I'm a married man." Lady nerv-
ously looks at the title and, reading
abide with me-" hurriedly departs, to
the great amusement Of cabby.-Lon-
don Spare Moments.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-06-22

"Our charges are the lowest In town, F"
observed the barber.
"Cut rates. eh?' said the customer as
he looked at his lacerated chin In the
giass.-Judge.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-06-22

You cannot dream yourself into a
character; you must hammer and
forge yourself one.-Thomas Carlyle.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-06-22

The Treatment.
EYES," said Mrs. Lapsling, "Johnny's
all right now When he was bitten
by that strange dog took him to q
Doctors and had the wound ostractzed
right Chicago Tribune.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-06-22

A thing is worth what it will fetch
Dutch Proverb.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-06-22
Making Money
On the Farm
Maintaining Fertility
BY c. v. GREGORY.
Author of Home Course IN Modern
Agriculture"
Copyright. 1903. by American Press
Association

n YOT all lands need tile drainage
Az but there are none on which
the problem of maintaining
= fnr.tilftu q not an irnnnrf q nj
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-06-22

now De vastly lmpIOfSO. AAHSOuAoSO
/: ment and energy at her elbow would
have given Regina the strength Of ten.
/ Instead there were bitterness, COM
plant and reproach weighing her
down, and beneath it all the old long
ing for Neal, the hurt wonder that he
could have failed herl
Sunk in her thoughts, absentminded-
ly making preparation for the night,
! Regina stood for several minutes star
/, ing at what she had uncovered at the
bottom of the long utility box on her
dresser without a complete realization
of what the discovery meant
| First 1t dawned on her bewildered
mind that the box was blue instead OF
pink, as It should have been. Then if
1t were blue it belonged in the next
room on Esther's dresser. The woman
I; who had swept and cleaned for them
that day had probably mixed them.
And at the bottom of the blue box, I'M
der all the handkerchiefs and ribbons
which Regina had mechanically disar-
ranged in her search for particular
ribbon, lay, with a rubber band bind
ing them, the last two letters she had
written to Neal Maxwell inquiring as
to his silence and which he had, OF
course, never answered.
Regina leaned against the dresser,
breathing heavily, clutching the let
tiers, trying to think. The face that
looked out at her from the mirror was
white with excitement. Some one had
kept her letters from reaching Neal
some one
In the doorway stood Esther, still
petulant from the scene downstairs
AS she walked toward her sister Re
gina turned and faced her silently, the
letters in her outstretched palm.
With little gasp Esther saw, crum
pied into chair and began to cry In a
frightened way.
II did It for your own good" Esther
walled. "Neal never will be rich, and
NO want-we need-so muchl ] thought
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-05-21
mo FISHIN' HERE"

Boarder - I've flshed in your old
pond for three days and haven't had
q bite. What does that sign, mo
Fishin' Here mean, anyway?
Hiam-Jest what it says, sir-'No
Fish-in Here"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-05-21
ELKS To
STIR Los ANGELES
Continued from Page one.)

sands of eyes in the parade of all ma
tions in the midsummer floral and al
legorical festival, July 16 which pro-
misses to be one of the most gorgeous
spectacles ever produced. Among the
features of this procession, as adver-
tised extensively on the mainland,
are wild-west riders, the Hawaiian
section, and floats of many nations of
Orient and Occident
Hawaiian souvenirs will take the
form of the ever-popular lei" bear
ing the happy word aloha" Thou
sands upon thousands of these will be
distributed. There will be 2 hundred
thousand Elks in Los Angeles, be-
sides hosts of other visitors, and Ho-
nolulu will naturally come in for a
huge share of favorable notice.
Sunny Jim McCandless has done
much to prepare the way for the go
ing of the Honolulu Elks. In Los
Angeles there will be a handsome
suite of apartments for visitors from
Honolulu and all Honolulu friends
and friends of Honolulu who may wish
to have a headquarters for gathering
These rooms are at the Hotel Lanker-
shine, luxurious and elegant
One point in particular in which
the Honolulu Elks are interested is the
first prize to be awarded for the great
est aggregate mileage. Coming from
Honolulu, over two thousand miles
away, the Honolulu b. p. o. E. will
stand a good chance
All lodges throughout the United
States are spreading themselves in
the matter of circulation literature
and all are contesting for varied hon
ors in the big show. 1t is safe to say
that, with the energy and push and
originality which characterize Ha-
waiian Elkdom, there will be some
thing large and handsome doing from
Honolulu.
Oh, you Best People on Earth ev-
erywhere, tumble to the clarion truth
that Honolulu is the best spot on earth
and that there are men here, going to
Los Angeles, who intend to prove that
fact
Honolulu Elks at Los Angeles will
round up as the best bit of promotion
exhibition ever pulled off on the main
land and their doings there will doubt
less result in the coming of hundreds
of folks to Hawaii.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-05-21
BORN.

HANNA-In Honolulu, May 20, 1909.
to Mr.. and Mrs. G. H. Hanna, a
daughter.