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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-05-11
Servant Girls in pefoe's Day.


It is evident from the comment be-
low. found in "Gleanings After Time"
that there is nothing new to be said
on the servant question:
Defoe,. castigating the extravagances
Of his time, fell foul of the downward
spread Of fashion. His theme was a
familiar one-the Nervousness of a
servant girls attempt to initiate her
mistress costume.
"Her neat leathern shoes" Defoe's
amusing indictment runs, ARE now
transformed into laced ones with hlgn
heels, her yarn stockings are turned
into the wooden ones with silk CLOCKS
and her high wooden pattens are kick
ed away for leathern clogs. She must
have a hoop. too, as well as her mis-
tress. and her poor linsey woolsey pet
ticoat is changed into good silk one,
four or FIVE yards wide at the least.
Not to carry the description further
in short. plain country Joan is now
turned into a fine city madam, can
drink tea. take snuff and carry herself
as high as the best"
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WILD ELEPHANTS.
A Herds Successful Raid on Granary
In Ceylon

IN OeylOns
Some soldiers stationed at an out
post in Ceylon, says a Colombo paper,
to protect granary containing large
quantity Of rice were sent off a few
miles to quiet some unruly villagers,
only two of the party remaining be-
hind. No sooner had the soldiers de-
parted than a herd of wild elephants,
which had long been wandering about
the neighborhood, appeared in front OF
the granary. Its walls were Of solid
brickwork, very thick, and the only
opening into the building was In the
center of the roof, which was reached
by ladder. On the approach Of the
elephants the two men clambered up
into a lofty banyan tree to escape in
jury. Screened by the thick foliage,
though unseen by the elephants, they
easily saw all that went on below.
The sagacious animals began opera
tons at the corners of the building.
Two powerful elephants, after putting
forth every effort, but In vain, to make
an impression on the building, were
forced to retire exhausted. A third
came forward, and, applying his tusks
as levers, he at length succeeded In
dislodging a single brick. An opening
once made, others of the herd ad-
vanced, and soon an entrance was OBJ
tanned sufficiently large to admit them.
AS the whole company could not be
accommodated at once, they divided
into small groups of three or four.
After satisfying themselves they re-
tired and gave place to others until
the whole herd, upward Of twenty, had
made full meal. By this time shrill
sound was heard from one of the ele-
plants, and those still in the granary
rushed out and Joined their compan-
ions One of the first divisions, after
leaving the building, had acted as SEN
tinel while the others were taking their
turn He had perceived the troops
returning from the village and gave
the signal for retreat, when the whole
herd, flourishing their trunks, moved
4 rapidly into the jungle.
The soldiers found the animals had
/ devoured the greater part Of the rice.
A ball from fieldpiece was discharged
at them in their retreat, but they only
wagged their tails as If in mockery
and were soon hidden in the receSses
Of their native forests.
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CASTORlA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature sssss sss & &Mzzzzz@
THE CHAMELEON.
This Curious Animal Is Like Two Half

This Curious Animal Is Like Two Half
Creatures Joined.
The chameleon is not allied closely
to any other animal. 1t stands as a
genus by itself The nervous centers
in one lateral half operate independ-
emily of those In the other. This
seems outrageous, and it is, but it is
true. The chameleon has two lateral
centers of perception-of sensation and
of motion. There exists also third
center-that common one in which
abides the power of concentration by
means of which the two sides Of the
creature may be forced to work in
harmony with each other. But this
center of concentration does not al
ways dominate the situation. Not
withstanding the strictly symmetrical
structure of the animals two halves,
the eyes move quite Independently,
and they convey distinct and separate
impressions to their respective centers
of perception AS of the eyes, so of
the other members each reports to
and is controlled by its own center.
The result is that when the faculty
of concentration becomes disturbed
everything is jumbled. Let the chame-
leon be much agitated and its move
ments grow cratic. They are those
of two creatures fastened together, or,
rather, of two half creatures Joined.
Each half exhibits its intention of go
ing its separate way The result is
pitiable confusion of movement. There
is no concordance of action. A curl
GUS example of the chameleon's help
lessness when unduly excited is found
in the fact hat it cannot swim. The
shock of being plunged into water up
sets the poise of its faculty for concen-
tration. Forthwith each side strikes
out wildly for itself, to its own undo
ing. The chameleon Is the only four
legged vertebrate that cannot swim.
When the creature is calm every i'm
pulse to motion is referred to the COM
mon center of concentration, and the
entire organism acts in fitting accord
with the commands issued by that fac
ulty. Thus. while totally different Inn
pressions from the two eyes are trans
mitted from their centers to the COM
mon one, that concentrating power de-
cides as to which scene is the more
important and then directs the eye
otherwise engaged also to regard 1t.
The same principle applies In the con-
troll of all the members-so long as the
animal remains unexcited. Any OBJ
server may easily verify the existence
Of this dual nature In a superficial way
by some experiments with sleeping
chameleon. A touch on one side Of
the animal will wake that side up,
while the other side sleeps calmly on.
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ANCIENT BELLS.
They Were Often QuadranguIar and
Made Of Thin Iron Plates.

They Were Often Quadrangular and
Made of Thin iron Plates.
There are several old bells in Scot
land, Ireland and Wales. The oldest are
often quadrangular, being made Of
thin iron plates which have been ham
mered and riveted together. At the
monastery Of St Gall in Switzerland
the four sided bell of the Irish mission
airy ST. Gall, who lived in the seventh
century, is still preserved, but more
ancient still is the bell of st. Patrick
In Belfast, which is ornamented with
gold and ganas and silver filigree work.
The curfew bell is that about which
most has been written and said 1t
has been thought that 1t was only used
in England, but it was quite common
on the continent in the middle ages.
The ringing of bells by rope is still
very popular in England, especially in
the country, where almost every ham,
let, however small, has its church with
its peal of bells, which are often re-
markably well rung The first real
peal of bells in England was sent by
Pope Calixtus III. to Kings college,
Cambridge, and was for 300 years the
largest peal in England. About the
beginning of the year 1900 sets of eight
bells were hung in a few of the large
churches.
In the middle of the seventeenth cen
fury a man named White wrote IA
oil In which q intro
duced the system of numbering them
1, 2, 8. A, ETC., on slips of paper in diff
ferent orders, according to the changes
intended to be rung. 1t is calculated
that to ring all the changes upon TWEEN
.ty-four bells at two strokes a second
swould take III billion years.
I One of the most famous bells in the
world is the first great bell of Moscow,
which now stands in the middle of
square in that city and is used as a
chapel This bell was cast in 1873, but
was In the earth for over a hundred
years, being raised in 1886 By the En-
peror Nicholas. 1t is nearly twenty
feet high, has circumference of sixty
feet. is two feet thick and weighs al
most 200 tons. The second MOSCOW
bell, which is the largest bell In the
world that is actually in use, weighs
1913 TONS There are several bells ex-
tant which weigh ten tons and over of
which Big Ben. the largest bell in Eng
land, weighing between thirteen and
fourteen tons. is one. Big Ben is I'M
fortunately cracked.-London Globe.
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a Cowboy Spider.

Taking aside said the nature stu
dent. there is In New Zealand cow
boy spider This creature throws a
coil Of web like a Iasso over its prey's
head. then adds more and more coils
and when the prey is bound hand and
foot devours 1t.
"There is a Borneo spider that In
the spring days plays fiddle. It is
common thing for loyesick spider to
dance before his girl, but this Borneo
boy my drawing his arm across his
tum produces a sweet, clear note.
Whenever he sees a good looking
young lady spider he stops and gives
her a tune. hoping to win her by mu
Philadelphia Bulletin.
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Home Course In
Modern Agriculture
XVIII.-The Business Side of Farming
BY c. v. GREGORY.
A&rfculfurof DfOision. IOtOa State COLLEGE
coDyrisht. 1900 By american Pres. A.sosi..ion

Of what it costs to produce each par
ticular crop. In figuring the cost of
labor enough should be added to pay
for the use of the machinery. The
cost of seed will include cleaning, test
ing and other preparation. Perhaps
the best way to figure the value of the
manure applied is to include it in the
rent of the land. Thus the corn crop,
which receives the first benefit from
the manure, can be charged higher
rent on this account. The amount
charged to the oat crop will be less,
while the clover crop, which really
adds to the fertility of the land, will
pay the lowest rent of all. Where the
grain is. fed on the farm there will Of
course be no charge for marketing.
The cost of clover seed, which is sown
with the oats, should be charged to
the next years clover crop.
Following the expense account
should come a profit and loss page:
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Once a year these two pages can be
balanced, and you can see just where
you stand in the hog business. In
addition to the expense and income
pages for the different classes Of
stock there should be pages for keep
ing track of changing works. at
thrashing time, for breeding records,
for butter and cream. for poultry and
for any other special line in which
you are interested. Lining up and
arranging the pages will make a
good rainy days job for some OF the
children, and after that the time re-
quired to keep the accounts in shape
will be too small to be noticed
Business methods In marketing are
also necessary If the best results are
to be obtained. A daily marlxe. paper
is Indispensable in keeping posted on
the stock and grain markets and viii
pay for itself several times over in the
course of a year A telephone is also
valuable for obtaining up to the min
ute market reports on special occa-
sions In keeping in touch with the
local butter egg and poultry markets
the telephone is especially valuable. 1t
is also a time saver in many other
ways, so much so that the up to date
business farmer cannot afford to be
without one.
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The o. s. Government in its ''Pure
Food Law" does not Endorse" or guar
antee" any preparation, as some manufac.
turers in their advertisements would make
it appear. In the case of medicines the
law provides that certain drugs shall be
mentioned on the labels, If they are in
gradients of the preparations. Ely's
Cream Balm, the well-known family
remedy for cold in the head, hay fever
and nasal catarrh, doesn't contain single
injurious drug, so the makers have simply
to print the fact that it complies fully
with all the requirements of the law.
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DAYS OF THE WEEK.
At One Time They Were Designated
Merely by Numbers.

Merely by Numbers.
Formerly the days of the week were
numbered one, two, three, four, five
and six, beginning with the Sabbath
Even now the custom still prevails
among certain modern Greeks, the
Slavs and the Films. Many old fash
toned and orthodox Quakers, particu'
larly In the north of England, still hold
to this custom, which was the common
one in the days of the apostles and
down to the fourth century as well as
usual among the Jews and the Arabs
The orthodox Quakers use the numer.
ical system in preference to the ordt
nary on the ground that the gods and
goddesses. from whom the names were
taken, were not Of the highest respecta-
bility in point of morals.
The week was originally only con
venient quarter of the lunar month
hence 1t began ON Monday, or moon
day. The Italians still call Monday
the first and Sunday the seventh day
Of the week Tuesday is derived from
the Morse Tiw, who correspondent to
Mars, the god of war, most disreputa-
BILE person in the eyes of Quakers
Thursday was Thor's day, Thor being
. a god warrior who was morally no bet
ter than he ought to be- Wednesday
again, was Woden's day, Wooden being
the god of battle rage. The Romans
called this day Mercury's. Friday was
supposed to be the luckiest day Of the
week-for women. 1t was called after
the Morse Frija, the goddess Of love
and is the best day for weddings. Fol
the pagan Romans it was also the day
of Venus, though the Christian Romans
called it the day of Ill luck because
Christ had been crucified on that day
Saturday was called after Saturn, and
Sunday was known to the Christians
as resurrection or sun day.
The week of seven days was import
ed from Alexandria into Greece and
into Italy about the time Of Christ
The Greeks had previously divided
their month into sets Of ten days, the
Romans into sets of eight days, three
and a half sets being equal to one
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Most dismal of all men off the stage
was Grimaldi. the clown, and his
father fathered him. He had that
curious dread Of certain date which
assails so many The elder Grimaldi
hated the 14th Of the month, and when
it was passed he regarded himself as
safe until the next He was born
christened and married on the 14th
of the month, ands being discontinued
with all three events, we will hope his
death on March IA, 1888, satisfied him
London Taller.
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principles III the gredteSt pioA-
its are to be realized. The
farmers work is by no means done
when he has raised large crop Of
corn or successfully fattened a car
load of steers. He must be able to
market his produce at profit and
must also know whether the steers
were fed at profit or loss and what
It costs to produce each crop of grain.
It is a fact that the only way to
know just what you are doing and
Just what parts of your farm are
bringing in profit and what ones are
being run at loss is to keep books. ;"
This does not necessarily mean a com.
plicated system that will require half
your time to keep in shape. By lit
tie care the method Of keeping accounts
can be SO systematized as to amount
to only few moments a week.
The first and most important book is
the check book. The 'check book hab-
it, viii often save great deal of
money and trouble If you lose your
check book or have it stolen, you still
have your money left You do not
have to waste time trying to make
change, since the check can be always
made out for exactly the right amount.
When you give man a check in pay
ment for what you owe him, he must
sign that check before he can draw
the money on it. At the end Of every
month the bank returns these signed
checks to you, and you thus have re-
ceipts for all the money you paid out
during the month.
For general accounts any good sized
blank book will answer. There are a
number of specially made farmers ac
count books, but blank book which
you can rule to suit yourself will be
Just as good or better. The first page
should be devoted to an inventory Of
the stock, grain and machinery, to-
gether with their value. Following
this should be a map of the farm.
Next to this should come the cash
account. A convenient and simple
way of arranging this is as follows:
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FLINT AND FINDER.
Making Fire In the Days Before W.
Had Matches.


Had Matches.
A friend of mine of just my age used
to laugh about his own boyhood and
tell the story Of his mother shaking
him in bed and bidding him put on his
boots when he dressed and his over
coat and wade through the snow to
the next neighbours to get pan OF hot
Goals with which to make the fire.
suppose Joe's mother had lost her
flint. We kept our flint and what was
called 1.-THE STEEP In a round tin box
such as would hold quart Of straw
berries now, and 1t was on the man
telpiece In the kitchen. 1t was half
full of finder. Half the boys and girls
of today do not know what finder is
or was.
Now. whoever was in the kitchen In
the morning and found that the last
hot coal of the wood fire had gone out
took down the finder box and struck
the steel with the flint smartly and Of
ten until a redhot spark fell on the
finder; then very carefully she blew
with her breath on any fakes OF the
finder which had lighted until she had
quite little cove Of lighted finder.
Then she took what we called a brim-
stone match and put that very care
fully In the little hot hole. II all
things worked well, the birthstone
lighted and the wood Of the match
lighted, and she lighted the candle,
which made part of the finder box.
Oh, dearl There were thousands OF
finder boxes in little Boston the day l
was born, and few years ago | tried
to buy one as curiosity, and l could
not find one in any of the junkshops.
In those days old women would stop
at the door and ask you to buy some
bundles of matches. They had made
these themselves of pine wood four
inches long. which they had dipped In
hot birthstone at both ends. And those
were the only matches that anybody
ever heard of.-Woman's Home Com
panion.
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Not the Same.

Excuse me-" he said as he entered
the public library at Pegantic, but do
you have any social registers here|
s'No. we hain't," said the librarian,
with considerable hauteur. This here
buildin' is het up by steam. and we
hain't got nothin' but radiators, and
we don't allow no settin' around with
your feet on to them neither. The near
est thing we got to social registry In
this town is the postofice stcys."-LAp-
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shv on the Son.

"But l do not know the candidate"
said an old Yorkshire farmer who was
appealed to for his vote.
But you know his fatherT
eyes, | know him, and he's a grand
man"
'Then you will surely vote for his
son, won't your"
But the old farmer was still doubt
full.
Pm no so sure about that" he re
piled; 'it's no every coo that has a
eauff like herseP." Liverpool Mercury.
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A Want.

81 have here a device" said the In
ventor. ito increase the speed Of motor
cars"
The patent attorney frowned and
shook his head.
But what we really want" said
he. sis a device to increase the speed
Of the pedestrians who have to dodge
them. hange.
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miners, Freedom From Cancer.

! "Adiners never have cancer. In thir-
ty-five years practice in mining town
haven't had single cancerous pa
tient"
"And to what, doctor, do you impute
! this immunity
"Miners are singularly cleanly. They
battle every day. They rarely smoke.
They are temperate and regular set
Above air.
The physician smiled grimly.
miners" he said, die young. Can
Ger is an old age disease. And there
really is the reason of the miners can
cerous immunity" = Cincinnati En-
auirer.
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HISTORY ON A TuSK.
picture Made by a Cave Man Millions
of Years Ago.

of Years Ago.
Long ago, so long that even scien-
fist would hardly dare venture guess
as to the date, a man clad with only
a wild beasts skin about his loins was
sitting at the mouth Of cave in one
of the rocky highlands in what Is now
southern France He was scratc hing
with q sharp flint on the fragments
Of an ivory tusk, perhaps picturing for
some youthful admirers adventures
through which be had passed or AMI
mails he had slain That ivory chip
was stored away as treasure, to be
lost and forgotten after the cave mans
death. One day a man named Lartet,
digging in the cavern floor, found 1t.
On it was scratched very fair rep
resentation Of the hairy elephant,
probably at once the Oldest picture
and the Oldest human record In ex-
istence.
We know the cave man was a faith
full workman, for the melting Ice fields
of Siberia have yielded perfect speci-
men of this extinct mammal, and the
DdleOllIuIC picture 10 q lAuC NOpJ. AtOt
only has this ancient sculptor given us
a sample of the earliest art, but he has
left us, more valuable than all. his
torical record of his time, for this
rude picture is simply page from the
cave mans history which, translated
into twentieth century English, says,
MEN, thinking men, were contempt
raneous with the hairy elephant"
No record that any Of humankind
have ever left is half so ancient as
this. The Oldest Egyptian papyrus is
thing of yesterday compared to this
paleolithic sculpture. While the cave
man was living in Europe the valley
Of the Nile was yet only wild waste.
Egypt was not yet Egypt, and civiliza-
ton as we know it had scarcely made
beginning.-L ippincott's.
Kind Hearted.
"And did you enjoy your African
trip. major? How did you like the
savages"
"Oh, they were extremely kind heart
ed. They wanted to keep me there for
dinner."-London Opinion
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Queer. but ExpressIve.

A Danish girl who has recently come
to this country to take course In
trained nursing was complaining to
friend the other morning OF having
oversight herself "And no reason why
such a thing should befall me, for
had-what do you call 1t in Englishf
know, a sleep watch-all set."-Wash-
inQton Star
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An Authors Initials.

Initials are sometimes the resort o.
the writer who is anxious to concea
his identity, and a glance through any
one of the 700 volumes that comprise
the catalogue of the British museum
reading room will discover some
strange instances. A theological book
entitled Inquiry Into the Meaning Of
Demoniacks In the New Testament
is attributed to T. P. A. P o. A. B. l
G. o. S. Its real author was certain
Arthur Sykes, and the initials revea
his position as the precentor anc
prebendary of Alton Borealis In the
church at Salisbury. London Chron
iplp
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s'That organist Belle Tilted for the
aged millionaire played a spiteful trick
at her wedding"
"What did he dor
Instead of playing them up the aisle
with the wedding march, he struck up
old Hundred Boston Transcript.
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OUIIIIIB TINIIIOIs
With cap and bells jangling, he burst
into the kings presence.
"Have you heard my last joke, your
majesty?' he cried.
Il have" was the reply as the royal
az descended on the neck of the court
ieSter-I.ife.
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II see you got married yesterday
Chloe. Are your prospects brilliantT
"Yaas. Nah husbands friend!
brought me fo' mo- washin's." -Circlt
Magazine.
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"Gayboy has given up horses and
drink and all his bad habits and has
settled down in a quiet little place In
the suburbs
"Where1'
ssrbe cametery"-Illustrated Bits.