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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-09-03
Oil of the Porpoise.

The porpoises killed In winter are
the latest and produce most oil. The
largest size measure about seven feet
In length, five feet in girth aud weigh
about 800 pounds. Such n porpoise
yields from six TO seven gallons OF oil.
The blubber OF Il big porpoise weighs
about 100 pounds and is one and "A
half inches thick in summer and two
In winter. The jaws OF the porpolse
yield superior quality of oii.| When
hung up in'the sun 1t readily drips
away. into cans provided for the pur-
pose, the quantity OF Oil thus procur-
ed. however. being not more than half
a pint to the jaw. The oil from the
blubber gives an excellent light and is
in demand along the coast for fight
house use. 1t has no offensive odar
Justice discards party, friendship
and Kindred and Is therefore represent
ed as blind Addison.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-09-03
A WElGHTY REASON.

1T Told Why One of tho Nineteen Com
missions Was Executed.
Before certain gentleman set out
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ana in1ure each other.

Often when this time comes the
quick growing tree is SO much larger
and finer looking that the owners
heart fails him. and he compromises
by hacking the branches on all the
row, running them all and affording
only temporary relief In a few years
the quicker growing varieties begin to
die. and soon straggly row of melan-
choly cripples exist where might have
been noble specimens, good for gener-
atoms to come.
Trees should never be planted so as
to shade too densely building where
humans or animals abide The sun
must reach every part Of dwelling
at least part Of the day or the doctor
will be frequent visitor.
Trees must not be planted In the CEN
ter Of a lawn. At the side of the rear
is the place for them. A spreading
apple tree or two In the back yard are
good for shade and for fruit If they are
sprayed to kill insects and fungous
diseases.
If the house is too densely shaded
use the ak ruthlessly and open up a
place to admit air and light. II two
trees crowd each other select the best,
or the best located, and cut down the
other unless it is small enough to
move Don't trim. Cut down. One
perfect tree Is of more value than a
yard full of crippel or stunted speci.
mems.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-09-13
SIMPLE CORN CURES.

How to Relieve Oneself Of Trouble
some Affections by Simple Methods.
With proper attention and suitable
footwear children should not be at
fiicted either with callous spots or
corns. Nevertheless children often do
suffer with both. In such case one Of
these three sure, safe and simple rem
edies will be found satisfactory:
Peel and chop very fine two small
white onions and apply directly to the
afflicted part by means Of firm band
age. Leave on overnight and next
morning bathe the foot in very soapy
warm water. Repeat for three nights.
Bind half a prune from which the
pit has been removed with the soft In
ner side upon the corn and leave over
night. Repeat three or four nights.
Thoroughly soak thick slice Of
white bread in strong, undiluted vine
gar, tie this poultice firmly over the
callous place for the night and in the
morning battle the foot In sudsy warm
water. Repeat one or two nights.
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plant growth. While plants can with
stand great extremes in temperature
corresponding extremes In moisture
will surely tend to ruin If not kill ever
the strongest plants.
Water should be given only wher
needed and then in such copious guam
titles that the soil is thoroughly soak
ed. When potting plants space should
always be left at the top for pouring
in water. An inch or an inch and 9
half viii suffice.
Consider the kind of plant you are
watering Soft stemmed kinds, espe
cially those with large leaves, will re
Quire much more water than hard
wooded. slow growing kinds. While the
former easily recover from drought
the hard wooded suffer permanently
from extremes.
The character of the soil should also
regulate watering. Heavy clay soils
sour easily. while very light loan
soils dry out quickly, Ind unless care
fully watched plants In them will wilt
In either case 1t is better to water
thoroughly and less frequently than to
water sparingly and often.
The seasons aud time of day should
also be watched. Plants not in active
growth should be watered sparingly
until they have regained their foliage
Watering in the evening just befor
dark greatly aids fungous diseases, a
the foliage remains wet through the
night
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-09-13
CARE OF TABLE SILVER.
How to Polish Up the Tarnished and
Dinsy Pieces.

TOW 10 TotiSn Up Sne arnten0o 9no
pinsy Pieces.
Have you ever used block magnesia
to clean silver? The. f1ourlike sub
stance is not gritty, and it can be used
dry to rub up pieces Of silver that are
not badly furnished. Apply with soft
cotton cloth and rub to a polish with
chamois.
Mixing the silver powder with alco-
hol instead Of water will give more
brilliant luster with less work.
Keep one of the rouged channels
skins in the pantry for emergency pol
ishing. A hasty rub will give bril-
liant shine. When used on part that
must go to the mouth rinse the silver
in boiling water after polishing with
the chamois.
Silver should be boiled occasionally
in water in which small lump OF
washing soda has been dissolved.
Every year or two silver that Is IN
constant use should be taken to the
jeweler for reburnishing and removal
of scratches. This can be done with
little loss of weight.
II there is no regular day for silver
cleaning the hostess viii frequently
be mortified by that sign Of bad house
keeping, dingy table silver.
Where time must be saved it pays
to get some Of the liquid polishers for
repousse silver. Getting powder from
cracks, even with proper brushes, is
laborious
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-09-13
THE scoLD's Birdie.
Brutal Punishment to Which Women
Wara Onca Subjected

Brutal Punishment to Which Women
We're Once Subjected.
The Drank. or scold's bride, or Cos
sips bride. was neither more nor less
than muzzle. 1t was in general use
| In Great Britain from the sixteenth to
| the eighteenth century, and In Scot
land as well women were muzzled for
certain offenses, some at least Of them
more imaginary than real. The instru-
ment Of torture, even dogs leather
muzzle, Is uncomfortable How much
more the scold's muzzle! It consisted,
according to a high authority, Mr.. w.
levitt, OF a kind Of crown or frame
work Of iron, which was locked upon
the head, and it was armed In front
with a gag. plate or sharp cutting
knife or point. which was placed In the
poor woman's mouth so as to prevent
her moving her tongue, or 1t was so
placed that If she did move 1t or at
tempt to speak 1t was cut in a most
frightful manner. With this cage up
on her head and with the gag firmly
pressed and locked against her tongue
bAC u1A6CA0OlC CAGdlulCp WAO6S 6O1G VA
Tending perhaps was that she raised
her voice in defense Of her social
rights against a brutal and besotted
husband or had spoken honest truth Of
some one high in Office in her town,
was paraded through the streets, led
by chain by the hand of bellman,
the beadle or the constable or chained
to the pillory, the whipping post or
market cross, to be subjected to every
conceivable insult and degradation,
without even the power left her Of
asking for mercy or of promising
amendment for the future. and when
the punishment was over she was
turned out from the town hall or the
place where the brutal punishment
had been inflicted. manned, disfgured,
bleeding, faint and degraded, to be the
subject of comment and jeering among
her eighbors.-London Family Her
aid
Care of the skin.
In hot dry climates and in hot, dry
weather the loss of water by the skin
Is very great. and unless proper pre-
cautions are taken the skin will shrivel
Plenty of water should be drunk, and
1t is said to be good plan to apply
pads soaked in cold water to the skin,
leaving them in position about half an
hour. In cold climates loss of heat is
the evil to be guarded against, and to
prevent this fatty foods should be tax
en- literally. In either case the skin
should be protected from extremes Of
heat and cold.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-09-13
A Fairly. Good Appsslt.

Kafars, North American Indians and
the fat boy In ''Pickwick" may wen
be quoted as fearful examples OF vo-
racity, but even their grastronomn
feats are exceeded by the full grown
Eskimo, who win daily eat twenty
pounds Of flesh and oil If he has the
chance, while on the authority Of Ad-
maral Har1tcheff Yakut Of Siberia has
been known to consume in twenty-foux
hours 'ths hind quarter Of large Oh,
twenty pounds Of fat and a quaneiT
of melted butter for bis drink"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-09-13
NS.M.Vawruhl
A QUEER UNIVERSITY.

Cairo Has the Worlds Oldest Eduoa-
tional Institution.
when we think Of Harvard or Yale.
the former dating from 1893 and the
latter from 1701, we think of them as
old universities" says writer In the
American Educational Review; "but
when we pass to the other side of the
world we discover that even the Oldest
American universities are In reality
very young institutions.
1.-THE oldest educational institution in
the world is the University of FL
Ashar, Cairo. founded in the year 988
by the great Saladin. 1t is the central
seat Of learning for the whole Mo
hammedan world, as we'll as a foun-
tain Of spiritual life 1t occupies an
ancient mosque In the Arab quarter Of
Cairo. surrounded by confusing maze
of narrow streets where the population
is made up of representatives of every
race that follows the prophet.
''The old mosque covers several acres
and consists of series Of courts sur
rounded by long clolsters with low
roofs supported by forests Of columns.
The floors of red tiles are covered daily
by multitude of men and boys, squat
ting In semicircles around their teach
ers, who sit with their backs to the
columns lecturing In monotones.
1.-THE chancellor of the university is
always a descendant of the prophet
and is usually a man of ability and
learning. He occupies apartments In
Ell Ashar and is not only the supreme
educational but the ecclesiastical head
Of the church of Egypt
There is no organization similar to
that in modern universities Any rep
utable man who desires to teach can
obtain the privilege by application and
Is assigned column where he may sit
and impart the truth as he thinks
proper. His fame or ability will at
tract more or less students and dis
ciples, who pay him fees according to
their means"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-09-13
KuRIos FROM CORRESPONDENTS

Q. / have brood Of chicks here that
will not eat earthworms. 1 have new
er seen the like. / thought all chick
ems liked them and they were good for
them. Have you ever seen case like
this7
: A. We are not acquainted with the
whole wiggler tribe, but there are Of
ten different varieties of earthworms
in the same plot of ground, and some
Of these have a strong smell, and nei-
Their chicks nor fish will touch them.
At a certain season of the year earth
worms are very strong, and chicks pass
them by.
Q. Does the big hen lay the big egg,
and does the big egg give the big
chick?
A. Big hens do not generally lay big
eggs Big eggs mostly give big chicks,
but hatch poorly.
Q. What is the length Of life of an
egg germ, and how long should eggs
be kept before setting?
A. The life of a germ depends on
the vigor Of its parentage, the manner
Of keeping the egg. and the older an
unset egg is the nearer to death Is the
germ. Eggs have been set seven weeks
afteE being laid and have. patched.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-09-13
A PHEASANT TALE.

It's wonder more don't raise pleas
ants Big money in 1t, and pheasant
tastes so pleasant. In England they're
thick. On the Suffolk estate 1O1, 600
eggs were gathered and 300 birds
bagged In one season. It's like bee
hives Of pheasants busted loose-like
shootin' with a mowin' machine.
But Oregon didn't do so bad. Six
teen years after thirty-six were turned
loose 100000 were shot. But some es-
tates didn't do so well. Pheasants
were brought from Asia and Europe
and served brand Of climate that
didn't suit their system. We have
forty-'leven kinds. and those climates
should have been matched first.
They were turned loose on new
fauna and fora without instructions as
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to what bugs. worms and green's were
good to eat. Food was not supplied,
and they died. Those accustomed to
hills were placed on plains. Those
whose habitat was plains with bushy
coverts were turned loose in dark for
ests, on bleak peaks and sandy deserts.
1t was a pure and simple case of ma
ture taking.
Pheasants need a variety Of environ
ment. They feed, mate and multiply
best where are verdant hills. vine clad
groves and mountains interspersed
with cleaning streams, meadows and
fields Of grain. A climate and habitat
selected to suit their original haunts,
food and protection supplied when nee
essary, they should flourish million
miles away from home. and your I'm
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Heat.

HG&Ts
Little things like baciln win nve IN
q temperature of above 211 degrees 81.
Experimental observations Of stokars
have shown that man Is a cousin to
the salamander. Dante made six fiery
circles Of hell and felt constrained to
resort to Ice for the seventh and last
condemnation of souls Heat, In other
words, is relative term Heat Is
benehc1ent II you like things hot 1t
depends on the point of view. Heat is
supposed to be enervating The hook
worm Is engendered by it. But then.
race horse Will go much faster on q
hot day than cool one. The fiercest
rays of the sun appear to lubricate the
joints. There are various kinds Of
heat, such as just common, everyday
heat, prickly heat and the heat Of de-
bate, etc.-Kansas City Times.
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4 snartan Fati,.r.

Recently first year high school pu
pil handed her history teacher what
she evidently considered an exhaustive
and Anal study Of Lacedaemonian Gus
toms. In it she stated that one Spar
tan habit of strengthening youth wal
to compel the boys TO sleep always or
beds and thistles.
The incident reminds one of a story
that Is told Of one OF the Camerons Of
Lochiel.
The chief, when bivouacking witt
his son In the snow, noticed that the
lad had rolled up a SNOWFALL to make
a pillow. he thereupon rose aud k1ck
ed 1t away. saying sternly, mo ef
feminacy, boyr'-Youth's Companion.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-09-13
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10. 1910,
A THRILLING RIDE.
The Plano Run q Frenchman Gave 4
Locomotive Enoinaar-


The Plano Run Frenchman Gave q
Locomotive Engineer.
Il was lettering around the streets
last night, /" said Jim Nelson, one of the
old locomotive engineers running into
New Orleans. "As had nothing to
DO dropped into concert and heard
sleek looking Frenchman play
piano In way that made me feel all
over In spots. AS soon as he sat down
ON the stool ! knew by the way he
handled himself that he understood
the machine he was running. He
tapped the keys away up one end, Just
40 II they were gauges and he wanted
30 see II he had water enough. Then
be looked MP as If he wanted to know
how much steam he was carrying, and
the next moment he pulled open the
throttle and sailed ON to the main line
as If he was half an hour late. You
could hear her thunder over culyerts
and bridges and getting faster and
faster, until the fellow rocked about
In his seat Like cradle. Somehow I
thought 1t was old SO pulling pas
senger train and getting out of the
way Of a special The fellow worked
the keys on the middle division like
lightning, and then he few along the
north end Of the line until the drivers
went around like buzz saw and got
excited About the ume was fixing
to tell him to cut her of a little he
kicked the hampers under the machine
wide open, pulled the throttle away
back In the tender, and how he did
runI couldn't stand 1t any longer.
and yelled to him that he was pound
ing In the left side, and II he wasn't
careful he'd drop his ash pan. But
he didn't hear. No one heard me.
Everything was flying and whizzing.
Telegraph poles on the side of the
track looked like row Of cornstalks,
and trees appeared to be a mudbank.
and all the time the exhaust Of the
old machine sounded like the hum Of a
bumblebee. tried to yell out, but my
tongue wouldn't move. He went
around the curves like q bullet, slipped
an eccentric, blew out his soft plug
went down grades fifty feet to the
mile and not a controlling brake set.
She went by the meeting point at a
mile and half minute, and calling
nor more steam. My hair stood ND
straight, because knew the game was
up. Sure enough, dead ahead Of us
was the headlight Of a special. In q
daxe heard the crash as they struck,
and saw cars shivered into atoms,
people smashed and mangled and
bleeding and gasping for water. i
heard another crash as the French
professor struck the deep keys away
down on the lower end Of the southern
division. and then came to my senses.
There he was at a dead standstdll,
with the door Of the flrebox of the
machine open, wiping the perspiration
or his face and bowling to the people
before him If live to be thousand
years old I'll never forget the ride
that Frenchman gave me on piano.
LITE.
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Hou to MAX. Your skin Ro.x

The girl who is persistently pale In
spite of dieting and exercise viii find
a pleasant way Of making her skin
rosy by the following simple method:
Dip the finger tips into warm honey,
massage this well into the face, mas
saying the lips also, but gently; wipe
Off the sticky feeling with clean
damp cloth and dash cold salt and wa
ter, teaspoonful Of salt to pint Of
water, over the face for ten minutes,
then dry we'll This acts as tonic to
the skin, giving it color and freshness.
The skin, however, should be well pro-
tected from cold winds Immediately
after such q bath,
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HOW to Clam Plumss.

If the plume is only slightly soiled II
may be cleaned by being placed In a
wide mouthed bottle. such as fruit
jar, and then being covered with gaso-
line to which little white soap jelly
has been added. 1t must be covered
tight and left for twenty-four hours,
shaking the contents occasionally.
Take from the vessel and rinse in clear
gasoline. Keep away from the fire.
Another method said to be good is to
cover the feather with paste made
from laundry starch and alcohol.
When quite dry the starch should be
shaken from the plume.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-09-13
Burning a Diamond.

The diamond was first burned by
Davy and Faraday In 1914. It was
held on a platinum rod In glass
globe Of twenty-five cubic inches Of
pure hydrogen and the Duke Of Tus-
cGny's burning giass-a lens Of four
teen inches and one of three inches
separated six and one-hah feet-con-
centrated the suns heat. In three
quarters Of an hour the stone burst
into a scarlet flame. Out Of focus II
baazed four minutes and was con-
sumed In two more trials
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-09-13
How to Cook currisd Eaa..

Cook six eggs in boiling water twen-
ty minutes. Cool, remove from the
shells, cut into quarters and arrange
lowing sauce: Rub the bottom of a
small frying pan with onion, pour in
one gill Of stock and place over the
fire. Mix one teaspoonful Of corn
starch and one-quarter teaspoonful of
curry powder with one gill of milk and
stir into the boiling stock. Season with
one-third teaspoonful salt and little
pepper. Simmer for five minutes and
then add teaspoonful butter.
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How to obtain a supple Waist.

An exercise to strengthen the mus
cles of the back, hip and abdomen is
the following: Lie quite fat upon the
floor, all the muscles laid straight.
arms folded across the chest, toes
pointed Raise the body to an upright
sitting position and lower it gently to
first position again four or five times.
This will strengthen the muscles about
the region called the waist line, giving
the suppleness so much desired. A lit
tie of this goes long way. remember.
so be careful not to do more than the
prescribed four or five raisings. At
first it will perhaps be quite impossible
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ccAors Of the Starr.

Although there Is no relation q
parent between the two phenomena, ye1
Il Is interesting to recall the fact that
among the stars certain colors ap-
pear 10 characterize different stages OF
change, or evolution Red stars, ac.
cording TO the testimony Of the spec
troscope, dtffer widely In their consti-
tuition from white or yellow ones, and
It has been thought that varying col
ors may give a clew to progressive
changes In the heavenly bodies. Sirius,
for instance, Is said to have changed
from red to white, and some have sus-
pected that Arcturus is fading from
red toward yellow.
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How to Put sI..v.s lrto .

- VI oIesVSs TITO q Waist.
Trim out the armscye to the re-
quired size, then take tape measure
and measure one inch back from
shoulder seam and double the arm.
scye; then cut notch where ii comes
opposite and put the inside seam of
sleeve in notch and arrange fullness
even, and You will never have to
change your sleeve.
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- \. Avoided.

aThers's wilsonl Let US turn becz
I've no desire TO meet that fellow
againi Last week asked him to lend
me Eve pounds"
sWeIl, he certainly might have done
go; he has plenty Of money
eyes. I know-and-he did lend me
the fiverp-London Mail
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Gle Samuel has the goods to raise this
toothsome dainty for an epicurean
world
Pheasants are affected by the same
conditions and diseases that affect
chickens, and the feeding and housing
of adult birds are nearly the same.
The varieties best adapted to this
country are the English and the Eng
fish and Chinese crossed.
The birds in our pictures were raised
by Riverside boy in his fathers yard.
They were fed like chicks and when
grown were placed in a large screened
run yard and housed and fed like
chickens.
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''i PLACING OF TREES.
How TO Plant Them on Streets, Lawns
A Aonaaa

How to Plant Them on Streets, Lawns
and About Houses.
Valuable suggestions on how to
plant and care for trees to an advan-
tage are contained in the following
instructions prepared by the national
council of horticulture:
Street trees should never be planted
to be ultimately less than forty feet
apart. Most Of the better shade trees
are slow of growth. 1t is advisable to
plant quicker growing trees between
them for immediate effect, to be cut
out later, when they begin to crowd
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to lift the body If so catch the toes
under the edge of bureau or wash
stand. thus holding the feet down. This
will enable even weak person tc
raise the trunk 1t is sometimes as
well to work up to this gradually by
raising first the head only, then the
head and shoulders. finally the whole
trunk.