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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-09-20
How to Candy Pins.ppIs Strips.

Candied pineapple strips are deli
cious and are easily prepared. The
fruit is first peeled, then cut in strips
two inches long, half an inch wide and
about a quarter Of an inch thick.
Measure the fruit and add half the
quantity Of granulated sugar and let
it stand until the sugar is dissolved,
which may be nearly twenty-four
hours. Drain of the juice and boil it
five minutes; then add the fruit and
cook for three or four minutes. Drain
the pineapple and spread on a platter
to dry. The process may be fastened
by putting the platter in the sun, the
warming closet or even on the top of
a radiator The fruit should be turned
once and then rolled in fine granulated
sugar. The process is a much more
lengthy one than that required for the
fruit peel, but few pieces put In each
box make a delicious addition.-Wo-
mans Home Companion.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-09-20
How to ov.rcom. Embarrassment.

How to Overcome embarrassment.
If you are so shy that it is painful,
instead of trying to brazen it out or re-
firing into your shell go in for cult
waiting self forgetfulness. 1t is misery
to be conscious of embarrassment. No
one knows this better than the victim,
yet often she sees no way to conquer
her feelings The only certain cure
for embarrassment is self forgetful-
ness. There is an old saying that the
one sure way to make friends is to be
a friend. This may be paraphrased
to read that the one way not to think
too much of yourself is to I'LL up your
thoughts with some one else. The
next time you dread going into go
ciety try to recall some one of your ac-
uuaintances who is shier and more
awkward than you are. Determine to
make her enjoy herself for one time at
least II your efforts are honest you
will be surprised to find that you have
been so busy in good times giving
that you have forgotten to be embar-
raised. The next time you are caught
by your failing hunt up another buffer
for your embarrassment, and before
long not only will your shyness be in
leash, but you will find you have be
come popular where before you were
pitied or stunned.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-09-20
A RUNAWAY HORSE.
Impossible For Him to Take tho q
RAtNUAan His TAAth

Impossible For Him to Take the Bit
Between His Teeth.
The runaway horse in story books,
as in most of the veracious and detail
ed accounts given in the daily press.
invariably takes the bit between his
teeth" as preliminary measure 1t
would be interesting to know how he
does this. He obviously cannot get it
between his molar teeth tgrinders) I'm
less both his cheeks are slit up from
the corners Of his mouth, and If the
cheek straps be the right length it is
equally impossible for him to get it
down to the level Of his incisors (nip-
pers), and there are no teeth in be-
tween! Thus perishes another hoary
headed superstition
What does happen is that through
steady, unremitting tension on the
reins the bars of his mouth become
numbed and impervious to pain. This
enables him to set his jaw firmly, put
the whole weight of his head on the
bit and successfully resist anything
short of one horsepower at the other
end of the reins. This is the reason
why when run away with one should
never try to recover control by steady
pulling, but should always use short.
sharp pulls with intervals of complete
relaxation between them.
Although it is always advisable to
drive new horse, temporarily at least,
with the bit to which he has been ac-
customed, provided that he goes salts
factorily in it. it is never safe to as
sumo that it is the best possible one
for him. This assumption. which is
general, is responsible for much trou-
BILE that might be obviated 1t is sur
prising to note how complete and rad
zeal change of bit may be made. not
only with impunity, but with advan-
tage, If only the change be in the right
direction.-Outing Magazine.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-09-20
HOW
CASE FOR CLIPPINGS.
How to Make a Classified Rseeptaei
For Small Pieces of Paner

How to Make Classified Receptacle
For Small Pieces of Paper.
If one has the clipping habit and
does not have some regular place to
keep the little pieces of paper they
generally become a nuisance and are
constantly in the way. And yet any
girl who takes much interest In read
ing is sure to find something every
now and then that she would like to
keep.
The best way to manage the matter
Is to have classified clipping case
and so keep them all ready for imme-
date reference whenever they are
wanted. Such a saving Of time and
energy there is in not having to hunt
for what one wants on the instant.
An easy way to make clipping case
Is to buy some of the long legal en-
yelopes and mark each one with a
word or several words indicating some
subject one is interested in and then
fasten them all together
The words should be painted or done
In fancy lettering with a pen. Such
subjects as Travel" art" Drama"
''Music" and Useful Suggestions are
used, but the maker can choose her
own subjects, and new envelopes can
be added at any time.
After the envelopes are marked two
covers must be made just the same
size as the envelopes. They are made
of cardboard, painted or covered with
brocade or embroidered linen. They
are placed outside Of the envelopes,
and the whole thing is fastened to-
gether by cutting holes through them
all near each end Of the lower edge of
the envelopes, the side away from the
flaps. putting ribbon through the
holes and tying bow at the back.
These ribbons can at any time be pull
ed out and new envelopes put in either
to renew torn ones or to add a new
subject.
The covers of these cases are some
times very beautiful. Some are made
of handsome brocade and others of
leather, with cut designs lined with
satin. Any kind Of elaborate embroid-
cry may also be used.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-09-20
GREAT SALT LAKE.

An Immense Fresh Water Sea Some
Thousands of Years Ago.
In glacial times Great Salt lake was
a magnificent fresh water lake the size
of Lake Huron-that is, about $4,000
square miles-and had Its outlet into
the Port Neuf, the Snake and the Co
lumbia rivers. This was at least 10000
years ago, but since that time the eli
mate has become arid, and not enough
water has fallen over the Great basin
to supply that lost by evaporation.
Consequently the lake has ceased to
flow from its outlet and gradually dried
up from over a thousand feet deep to
fifteen feet and from $4,000 square
miles in area to less than 100.
It is now seventy miles long and
about thirty wide, but is beautiful
still and is the home Of myriads Of
sea birds and other waterfowl 1t is
the great resort of the people Of Utah,
for from 5000 to 5000 visit its shores
daily In the summer, and many battle
IN its waters. The lake contains about
T,OOO,OOO,0O0 tons OF salt.
When the lake is high the salt is so
diluted that 1t has gone down to IL
per cent. When it is low, as 1t was
not many years ago, it reached satura-
ton which for the mixed ingredients
Of the water is SO per cent.
There is nothing mysterious about 1t
any more than there would be about a
teacup with a teaspoonful of salt in
the bottom. If a tablespoonful OF
water were put in the cup on the salt
It would taste very salty, but IL the
cup were filed to the brim with water
It would not.
The salt has come from the water of
the rivers flowing into 1t since 1t
ceased to flow from its outlet. All
river water contains salt, and the an
nual evaporation Of from two to five
cubic miles Of this water leaves large
quantities of salt behind, and so it has
accumulated for thousands Of years.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-09-20
LoRDLY FoRMALITIEs.


Preparing New Peer For His Seat In
House Of Lords.
Numerous formalities have to be
gone through before any new peer is
entitled to take his seat In the house
Of lords.
One Of the most important matters
10 the preparation Of the patent. long
strip Of parchment to the end of
which is affixed the wax seal, the color
OF which varies, according to the rank
Of the new member. Another item is
the robe. made Of scarlet cloth with
three doubiings of ermine, the number
OF bars varying according to rank.
Thus duke has four bars In front
and the same number behind, a mar
quis one less. and SO on.
Then there are preparations in re-
gard to making or changing coats of
arms, In connection with which fees to
the extent Of about 90 guineas are paid
by the recipient Of a summons to the
house Of lords.
Altogether the financial disburse-
ments amount in the case of a new
earl to between 5000 and f7OO, some
Of which finds its way to the chancel
Tor Of the exchequer and some to the
crown as represented by the college
Of arms A considerable portion of
this expenditure Is, Of course. incurred
IN the purchase of the coronet--Lon-
don News.
The Social Botanist.
Jones-He seems very nice young
man. What's his profession?
Brown-He's q social botanist.
Jones-And what is that, prayf
Brown-Oh. we invite him especially
to give attention to our wallhowersl
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-09-20
How many farmers rotate cropsa
How many are exhausdng the fer
6Ety Of their farms instead Of tn
creasing ita
ONE VIEW OF FARMING.
Read Here About Conditions Found
Thirty Miles From CHICAGO,

Read Here About Conditions Found
Thirty Miles From Chicago.
81 am willing to believe anything
about the prosperity Of western farm
ers after a recent adventure Of mine
near Chicago" said man just return
ed from his vacation. My wife and
were visiting friends in Chicago when
/ received letter from an old school
mate asking US to run out to the
farm and pay them little visit. The
farm, he wrote, was some thirty miles
out of Chicago, and we were to come
Informally.
I'VE started out to the farm. The
train would land us there at o'clock
in the afternoon, and, remembering
my boyhood up In New Hampshire,
knew that at that hour they would
just be washing up the dinner dishes.
So we took particular pains to have
an early luncheon before we started.
Our first surprise was at the station,
small, one horse affair. Up to the
station at a spanking trot came my
old friend K, driving two well bred
horses In smart carriage.
But this was as nothing to what
awaited US. At the end Of a three
mile drive Z. turned In at what you'd
call lodge gate in England, with the
house back nearly quarter of a mile
from the road. 1t didn't look SO very
large or very fine, but the first thing
l sighted on the piazza was ks three
small children playing, attended by
three nursemaids In white aprons and
caps. Mrs. X. came out to greet us
arrayed in dress that my wife says
couldn't be bought for less than 500
1T grew worse and worse or better
and better, according to your point Of
view. KS man escorted our small
satchel upstairs. and Mrs ks maid
appeared with large dressing bag for
my wife and a kimono that fairly
made her eyes water. A third mental
Of some fancy variety announced to
us that dinner was ready. 1t seems
that they had 1t regularly at O'clock
Dinner was served by the butler
1t began with oysters on the half
shell. Besides the usual filings Of
six course dinner, they had crabs.
frogs legs, alligator pears and cham
payne. hardly dared look at my
wife. remembering. the luncheon we
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-09-20
DIFFICULT TO SHOOT.
Birds That Test the Skill of the Best
Markanan.

Marksren.
We often hear the question as to
which Is the most difficult bird In the
world to shoot. The answer is usually
given In favor Of the pheasant de-
scending with closed wings from a
higher level Of flight, though a few
give the preference to the second bar.
rel shot at teal scared by the discharge
Of a first barrel and darting upward
and In any direction but that which Is
expected
A bird which we have never seen
mentioned and which yet might take a
high place In the category is the sand
grouse, 1t is not to be rated as an
English bird of sport. but Is familiar
to shooters In the east, where 1t Is shot
as it comes fighting to water holes to
drink. Its flight is something like that
Of pigeon. with very swift curves
and undulations, and In its case again,
as In that of the Virginian mosquito
hawk. 1t is said that those who have
acquired the knack can kill 1t with q
comparative certainty which is the de-
spair Of the novice,
After all perhaps our pheasant aero
planning downward must still be given
the highest marks for difficulty, for
we hear of no one who presumes to
say he has discovered any infallible
knack by which this most perplexing
and yet apparently simple shot can
be brought Off with any great assur-
ance.-Country Life.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-09-20

Ely's Cream Balm has been tried and
not found wanting in thousands of homes
all over the country. 1t has won place
in the family medicine closet among the
reliable household remedies, where it is
kept at hand for use in treating cold in
the head just as soon as some member of
the household begins the preliminary
sneezing or snufing. 1t gives immediate
relief and day or two's treatment will
put stop to cold which might, If not
checked, become chronic and run into a
bad case of catarrh.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-09-20

[From Harper's Weekly.1
Another nitrogen fertilizer, nitrate Of
soda or Chile saltpeter. which has
been secured from ancient deposits of
guano. Is fast being exhausted, not
only by farm demands, but by the de-
mand for gunpowder. We must there
fore look elsewhere for nitrogen to
nourish plants, for soon the supply Of
natural nitrogen fertilizers will fall
short Of the demand. says Harpers
Weekly.
Now, certain plants have the proper
ty of absorbing nitrogen from the at
mosphere through the medium of mil
lions of bacteria which gather the free
nitrogen from the air, and this nitro
gen can be used in place of expensive
commercial fertilizers. The most bene-
fetal nitrogen gathering bacteria form
excrescences called ''nodules" on the
roots of certain plants of the pod
bearing family. These plants are call
ed legumes and include clovers, peas.
beans. alfalfa. peanuts. etc. These
bacteria have one function only to per-
form-they form copartnership with
the plant to supply 1t with nitrogen.
They gather in great numbers on the
roots Of legumes. forming nodules,
which are large colonies of bacteria
stored with nitrogen. In exchange for
sugar food which the legumes give the
bacteria and on which they thrive the
bacteria gather nitrogen from the air
and feed it to the plants as desired.
The plant by giving per cent of sugar
receives 95 per cent Of nitrogen from
the bacteria. When roots Of legumes
die in the ground the nitrogen which
the bacteria have already gathered and
stored In these little punches or nodules
on the roots is given to the soil, which
is then rich in nitrogen. When the
next crop is planted in that soil, no
matter what crop it may be. nitrogen
Is there-the more nodules the more
nitrogen. Therefore it is to the farm
er's advantage. to the advantage Of the
world, to encourage the increase in
growth Of these nodules.
The more nodules that are formed on
the roots the more nitrogen Is fed to
the plant, and this makes the plant
grow more healthily, makes the foliage
deeper In color. more abundant and of
greater food value. the roots stronger
and longer and the stalks taller and
sturdier.
Experiments in transferring nitrogen
rich soil from some sections of the
country where these bacteria flourish
to new localities. to mix with worked
out soil, have been made. Sometimes
the experiment is successful. More Of
ten, however. some harmful Ingredient
of the soil is also spread to the new
soil. The only safe way is to apply
healthy bacteria direct to the seeds Of
the crop before planting-to inoculate
the seeds with bacteria which viii
gather nitrogen from the air to feed
to the growing roots.
When every farmer whose soil lacks
nitrogen employs the aid of bacteria
there will be wonderful increase in
size and weight of crops; there will be
a wonderful increase In the protein
value of food for cattle, which will
make for increased food value for
man
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-09-20
An Initiation

A good story is told of an elder in an
English church who on one occasion
had to take the pulpit in the absence
OF the minister at the last moment. He
got through the first part of the serv-
Ice all right. but on getting up to give
the sermon he found his difficulty then
He started with. Brethren pause)-
b-b-brethren pause)-b-b-b-brethren, ii
any of you wants the conceit taken
out of you come up here"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-09-20
L arm aro
Garden
ANTI-FAMINE INSURANCE.

New Science of FertiIlzlne by lnoeu-
lation of Seeds.
The most expensive mAnurial sub
stance the farmer has to purchase is
the commercial fertilizer which con-
tains nitrogen, such as nitrate Of soda,
guano. tankage. etc. Nitrogen, which
forms four-tifths of the atmosphere, Is
a necessary ingredient In animal and
plant food. The nitrogen In the air
should supply the ground with plant
food, but nitrogen is hard to catch, or
FIX" as the process is technically call
ed, and, while it Is possible to secure 1t
with the aid of static electricity and
also by chemical processes, the cost
is at present prohibitive. When living
things die or animal products decom-
pose, process which is brought about
through the medium Of disintegrating
bacteria, some of their nitrogen Is con-
verted to plant use. which explains
why manure brings such high price.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-09-20
How to Enter the Office

Advance TO the inner door and give
three raps. The devil will attend to
the alarm. You will give your name.
postoffice address and number of years
you owe for the paper You will be
admitted into the sanctum and will ad-
vance to the center of the room. where
you will address the editor with the
following countersign: Hold the right
hand about two feet from the body.
with the thumb and fingers clasping a
ten dollar bill. which you will drop
into the editors hand, saying, "Were
you waiting for me?' The editor will
grasp your hand and the bill, pressing
it, and will say, "You betr'-Thayer
(Mo) District.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-09-20
Ho.. 70 polish H.rdwood Floor,


To repolish hardwood floors melt
half a pound Of pure beeswax and add
a pint of turpentine and half as much
ammonia. Stand the mixture over a
boiling kettle In order to keep 1t
warm. Apply to the floor with flannel
cloth and let stand until quite cold.
Now, as to polishing, the merriest and
quickest method is to give the children
a lark. Collect from the rag bag all
the discarded stockings and socks,
draw them on over the children's
shoes, start a twostep on the piano.
and the children win do the rest. If
unfortunately your neighborhood offers
no children your second choice of a
polisher is an adult with piece of
brussels carpet wrapped around a
brick.-Harper's Bazaar.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-09-20

How to Renovate Last Years Panama.
Last years panama hat may be
made to look like a 1910 one with the
aid Of an old toothbrush and some
cornmeal Lay the hat on a fat sur
face and sprinkle with dry cornmeal,
Rub hard with the brush. AS the meal
looks soiled brush of and apply clean
meal. Do this until the hat is thor
oughly clean. Do not forget to remove
the band, which II worn should be re-
placed by a new one.-New Idea Wo-
mans Magazine For June.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-09-20

had SO Carefully taken at the Chicago
station to avoid making extra work
for the farmers wife. When the
champagne came on that nearly fin
ished us.
Back to the farm? Well. guess.
but not in the rocks of New Hamp-
shire. When take to farming it will
be raising garden truck for Chicago or
St Louis. New York Times.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-09-20
FIRES THAT ARE ASLEEP.
A Great Range Of Volcanoes In the
Heart of Africa.

- 6Fear mango OF volcanoes IN tnS
Heart of Africa.
It is not very generally known that
right in the heart of Africa at the
southern end of Lake Albert Edward
Is a great range of volcanoes. They
are eight in number, and, though it is
true that, unlike Rukenzor, they carry
no permanent snow, the highest peak
is over 1900 feet in height. These
volcanoes are particularly interesting
on account of their comparative new
ness. Running through the middle Of
Africa there is trench many hundred
miles long, in which lie the great lakes
Albert, Albert Edward, Kivu and Tan
ganyika.
Not very many thousands of years
ago the volcanoes, generally called
Mfumbiro, burst up through the mid
die of this trench and made a dam
across it, with the result that some of
the water which formerly flowed into
Lake Albert Edward and so into the
Nile was cut off and lake was form
ed behind the dam. AS times went on
Tie WdlcIS III Tic ldAC Wn1OA ID III w
called Kivu rose higher and higher
until, not being able to flow over the
barrier of the volcanoes, they formed
the Rusisi river, which runs the other
way into Tanganyika, about hundred
miles distant. OF the eight volcanoes
only two show signs of activity at the
present time in the form of thin wisps
Of steam which may occasionally be
seen, but a vast plain of lava, with
wide black stream curling through its
midst, showed where a formidable
eruption had taken place only two or
three years before our visit. There
are hot springs scattered here and
there. and we felt slight shocks of
earthquakes once or twice, so it is not
safe to say that the Mfumbiro volca-
noes are extinct.-Wide World Maya
zinaL
Stuck Up.
= stick TO me- said the wall paper
to the paste. land Wen hang togeth-
er."-Excbange.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-09-20
sunfower Seed For POULTRY

Sunfower seed is recommended for
feeding poultry from the fact that the
kernel of the seed contains oil that is
thought to be beneficial for improving
the quality of color and gloss upon the
plumage of fowls and as an aid to
poultry during mott The facts are
that sunfower seed is more than 80
per cent waste matter the bulls of
snnflower seeds being very difficult for
the fowls to digest and of little or no
feeding value. says the Country Gen
tleman. A few sunfiower seeds may
be Of benefit to poultry. Any consider
able amount Of them would be detr-
ment.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-09-20

1--WE must economize," he said per-
emptorily.
I'm so gladw his wife exclaimed.
You take the announcement more
good naturally than usual"
Yes; it's pleasant to hear you use
the plural pronoun. Ordinarily when
there is any economizing needed you
expect me to do it ALL"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-09-20
Watar Farmino R.oommended.

water FaTmIhg Hecommended.
Among the multitude Of wise say
ings from the lips of Secretary Wilson
this comes back to us frequently:
'The time will come when a farmer
will realize a greater profit from the
acre Of fish pond that lies on his place
than from any single acre Of land"
Suppose we write to the department
Of agriculture for whatever literature
1t may have on this subject and then
ask the state fish commissioner on
what terms the state will stock that
stream. Even If there is no money in
it there's the possibility of a good
many tasty Friday dinners.-Farm
Press.