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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-10-21
OTHER lists" A POOR SECOND
PessImist and optIrtlst Alike Had e
Yield the Palm TO the Quiet,
Undisturbed Fatallst.

Three students Of philosophy sat on
top of a high hill. One was pessi
mist, enc an optimist and the third
had not declared himself.
While the first were warmly dis.
cussing their opposing theories OF
life, q sudden gust Of wind simultane
ously lifted OF three hats and sent
them bowling down the hill. The
pessimist and the optimist gave
chase. but their companion remained
calmly sitting on top of the hill and
watched the others running after the
hats. Presently each procured his
own hat and the optimist picked Ut
also that of the third man. Then they
painted back up the hill.
"Whewi" gasped the optimdst, az
he handed over the hat TO him who
still sat on top Of the hill. Il guess
you're an optimist. too. You didn'i
seem to worry any"
VIZ should II" was the dispas
sionaA reply. Il knew that mine
own shall come to me- You see,
am a fatalist, "-Lippincott's Maya,
zine.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-10-21
Yes. She Probably Would.

Does anybody ever kick you In
the nose?" said the ass.
AYE, does there" said the spider;
you and your like that are always
walking on me. or lying down on me,
or running over me-"
well. why don't you stay on the
waIl2'' said the ass.
Sure. my wife is there" replied the
spider.
What's the harm In thatr said
the ass.
Shed eat me-" said the spider
Have you got wife yourself now p
Il have not" said the ass. II wish I
had"
That's bachelors talk" said the
spider; "all the same, we can't keep
away from them"
IF your wife was an ass she
wouldn't eat you," said the ass.
Shed be doing something else,
them" replied the spider.-From
James Stephens 1.-THE Crock of Gold. "
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-10-21
RELIC OF HEATHENISM
BELIEF IN VAMPIRES IS MANY
CENTURIES OLD.
Az Strong Today In Russia and the
Balkan States az II Ever Was
Superstition Leads Frequently
to Violation Of Graves.

Proofs Of the persistence of the
belief in the reality OF vampires are
to hand from a small Russian village,
Some three years ago the head Of q
family resident there died, and since
that date nine other members Of the
family have also died.
Believing that their deaths were the
result of the rowing spirit of their
chief. the remaining surviving mem.
bers Of the family assembled together
a few evening since, disinterred the
remains, and cut off the head. again
burying the body. They hope by this
means to prevent any further evil
happening to the family.
The belief in vampires can be
traced back for more than two thou
sand years, yet there is not on record
a single authenticated instance of q
vampire having been seen by a hui
man being, and there are no data
available by means OF which the orr
gin of the belief can be ascertained
with any degree of certainty.
These blood-sucking apparitions, or
living, mischievous, murderous dead
bodies" as one writer quantity term
ed them, were common to all coun.
tries. whether Occident or Oriental,
but 1t was generally agreed that the
phenomena of vampirism were to be
seen only in persons cursed by their
parents, communicated by the
church. the illegitimate offspring OF
parents themselves illegitimate or
people attacked by vampires after
death
Quite recently there was reported
in the daily press the story of Hun
garian farmer who had dug up the
corpse Of supposed vampire, stuffed
three pieces OF garlic and three
stones in the mouth and then driven
a stake through the body Servia and
Bulgaria follow closely In the wake
OF Hungary, and in the eighteenth
century an official examination of
many graves was made, and the re-
port Of such examination embodied in
public document It states that a
large number Of undecomposed bod
les. undoubtedly those of vampires,
were discovered. In 1858 there was
an epidemic Of vampirism in Bull
garian village.
The Inhabitants became so fright
ened that when night set In instead Of
retiring to rest In the usual manner,
they all assembled together IN one
central hall to pass the night in com
pany. While they we're away from
their houses, however, the enraged
vampires entered them. turned every
thing topsyturvy and smeared all the
pictures, ornaments and furniture
with blood and dirt
The Russians hold tenaciously to a
belief in the reality of vampires. but
they attribute the birth of a vampire
as due to an unholy union between
witch and werewolf. or devil In
many parts Of Russia watchers re-
main by the dead right through every
night until burial.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-10-21

One can imagine the sardonic smile
with which Emily Bronte might re-
ceive the tidings that Ave Of her I'M
published poems have been sold for
$195. For. when the three sisters.
Needless Of repeated warnings of va
rlous respectable publishers Char
lotte records-"committed the rash act
Of printing volume OF poems" the
receipts cannot have totaled much
more than SO pence. In the space Of
q year the publisher disposed OF just
two copiesi The rest OF the edition
was distributed gratis to friends or
sold ss waste paper.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-10-21
NOTHING TO SCARE HIM
HUNTER ROSE SUPERIOR TO
FEARS OF COMRADES
Question Put by InquIsltIve 5oarder,
Though, Seemed Rather to Imply a
Doubt az to the VeracIty Of
the Story He Told.

Il just got back from a big-game
hunt yesterday" said the young sports
man. There we're six Of us In the
party and we had a lot OF fun
Did you bring back any trophies p
asked a fellow boarder.
We'll, no, but we had plenty of
sport. Two of US who had never killed
mountain lion and bear learned exact
ly how to do it from the four sports
men on the train going up. The way
! do said one of the old hands, Is to
shoot the bear under the fourth rib,
and l always like to get my mountain
lion with a bullet just over the left
eye.'
81 don't said another big-game ez-
pert. shoot them in the neck
81 like hand-to-hand encounters,
said third expert Especially when
it comes to bear. Let Mr.. Bear start
hugging me and he gets my hunting
knife right in the hearth
The first night after we got to
camping one of the old hunters came
in and told how he had killed bear
with his hunting knife after desper-
ate struggle, but the bear had fallen
into a chasm where the hunter couldn't
get him.
Another came in and said he had
killed the biggest mountain lion he
ever saw, but the lion had jumped
over cliff.
"A third expert came in and said
that he bad seen a bear carrying OF
the other two members of the party
by the trousers. He said it was lucky
for me that had stayed in camp that
day.
While we were talking a big storm
broke. There was flash of lightning
and clap of thunder. 1t scared the
hero whose bear had fallen into q
chasm and he said:
Boys, told lie. l haven't killed
q bear or even seen onel'
Then there came terrible clap of
thunder and the hunter who had
brought such sad tidings of our absent
friends said:
told lie, too. No bear carried
on the other boys. They said 1t looked
like rain and so they went into town
The next clap of thunder did away
with the other fellows lion. When the
next fash of lightning came there
stood bear about ten feet high, right
In the door of our tenti
"One of the hunters who had
achieved such triumphs at various
times jumped up and Owed into the
milk can and closed the top down
tight after him. The others bolted I'M
der the edge of the tent and escaped.
what did you dor"
"Oh. killed the BEAR" said the
sportsman. "As soon as I saw how
badly scared the other fellows were I
drew my hunting knife and killed the
bear. 1t was funny, though, how
frightened those other fellows werel"
Aren't you afraid of thunder and
hghtning?" asked the inquisitive
boarder.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-10-21
New Eorm of MuaIo.

He was a fellow of delicate organ
ism. When he heard sound which ir-
ritated him he leaped madly to his feet
and rush from the room, or, If 1t
happened to be on the ground floor,
Owed through window and landed in
the flower garden.
Having been invited from the city to
the country, he found himself sur
rounded every day by family who
had not the faintest elemental ideas Of
how to eat SOUP He stood 1t two
days, his iangling nerves urging him
every moment to rebellion Finally
the Oldest daughter Of the house con-
! dded to him her objection to her IA
theirs habit of eating soup in a loud
manner.
The nervous visitor, who thought
the father didn't have much on the
daughter in this respect, exclaimed:
Loud eating Of soupi He doesn't
eat it. He whistles itl"-Popular Mag
azine.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-10-21
COULDN'T SPELL IT HIMSELF
Amusing Story Related by Secretary
Tumulty of Former Member Of
Board of Education.

Joseph P. Tumulty, secretary to
President Wilson, tells Of a former
member of the Jersey City board of
education who, upon a visit to one
of the schools took a reader from the
teachers hand and addressed the
nearest little girl
My dear, can you spell EGYPT p
he said
The little girl didn't recognize the
word, but was willing to take a
chance, so she said:
'E-g-g-p-i-t"
"Erroneous-can anybody else spell
itf" the inquisitor asked. looking over
the room.
Other children tried. Come spelled
1t with one 6. others with two It's.
Still wrong. The member of the board
had his big finger on the word, and
knew. He turned to the teacher.
"Of course, ma'am. you know how
to spell it?"
The teacher blushed and confessed
that, whiia she was not familiar with
the word, she would expect It to be
spelled as 1t sounded-"e -g-g-p-i-t"
Not familiar with i'll" roared the
guardian of the public instruction.
mot familiar with tits right here
in the book"
The teacher looked and ssw the
word-EGYPT.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-10-21
Voices Of the NIoht.

Hands upl"
Shay. off'sher. wh-wher' d. l liver
you needn't ask him in, Bertha;
it's nearly midnight"
Boys. ! don't mind your taking my
watch and my loose change, but wish
you wouldn't pull off that ring; it's a
ksepsakei"
Maria, you needn't sit up for me; l
shall be detained at the office until
very late"
Now turn y'r face to that wall, an
don't look aroun till you've counted a
hundred. or I'll I'LL yuh full O. holes!"
That you, NellY I've had hard
time getting you. I'm talking over the
long distance phone I've just missed
the boat and won't be home till tomor-
row afternoon"
You're too late, officer; the thieves
have got half an hour the start of
you'll"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-10-21
Inspiration Suggested a way Out.

ttoHb aetSu Sd&HSokCQ q way OQts
1t was the morning after, and he
was telling the fellows at the Office
about 1t. Tom and spent last eve
ming with some friends and were re-
turning to our hotel at rather late
hour. We walked In the middle of
the street, for we felt so good we
wanted room in which to expand. At
a place where some work was being
done there was a pile of dirt about
five feet long and about ten inches
high. Arm in arm we made an effort
to step over the obstruction. We met
with utter failure. Try as we might,
our feet seemed to be too heavy to
lift over the obstruction. We were
about to give up In despair and resign
ourselves to being marooned on that
lonely street for the rest of the night,
when had one Of those rare inspira-
tons that come only to men of geni-
u.s.. Tom exclaimed. we are
saved; we will go around this pile of
dirt And we did"-Kansas City
Star.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-10-21
sleep ls First Necessity.

A very frequent cause Of nervous
ness in many persons is loss Of sleep.
1t gives rise to headaches and neural
gia, and is mainly responsible for
other distressing ailments. The man
or woman whose sleep is unduly dis
turbed as the result OF heavy mental
work, by night watching at the bed
side Of the sick or through irregular
hours of employment, should endeavor
to secure a little refreshing sleep
whenever possible in order to make
up for the loss sustained. For not
only will headaches and other all
ments develop from sleeplessness. but
the nervous system will soon become
considerably deranged as q conse-
quence. So be careful upon this point.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-10-21
United States Lead. In Cotton.

After many years of earnest en-.
deavor on the part Of various govern
ments and organizations of manufac.
turers and others interested in the cot.
ton industry of Europe to widen the
cotton fields Of the old world, the
United States continues to produce
from so to 60 per cent. of all the cot
ton grown. This country, Egypt and
India account for about IS per cent. OF
the worlds supply, and with China
and Russia added, fully 95 per cent
The 4 or per cent. grown under the
Russian flag is chiefly the product OF
Turkestan, In Central Asia.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-10-21
rrsatmsnt Tor Narxou. child.

With highly strung children there is
sad readiness to pick up nervous
tricks from their elders. Thus from
one he learns to stammer. while from
another he adopts various nervous
movements of the muscles of the face
or limbs. Such children need to be
we'll fed and kept as much as possible
in the open air, to lead quiet life
without excitement, and without over
exercise of the brain. Above all. they
must be kept as much as possible
away from those people from whom
they seem to be taking the tricks of
nervousness.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-10-21
China Acailsd" Livingstone.

It is not generally known that Liv.
ingstone originally had the intention
Of devottng himself to the work OF "a
pioneer Of Christianity in China" II
was as such that he offered himself
to the London Missionary society in
1887. but when he had received his
diploma from the faculty OF physicians
and surgeons in 1910. he found China
closed to him. as Great Britain was
then at war with the country. 1t was
his meeting with Moffat who had re.
GENTLY returned from South Africa.
that led his steps to the Dark Cont
nsnk
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-10-21

Women cnnnot be lawyers In Eng
land, but they can be queens. mar
shals, champions Of England. sex
tons, church wardens. constabIes.
workhouse governors, returning Of
ficers, overseers OF the poor and
sheriffs of assizes. And yet the objec-
ton Of the law society to a woman
entering the legal profession is that
she is not person" Certainly when
English law entities her to fulfill so
many functions she cannot be called
a nobody. "-Rochests Post Express.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-10-21
VISIBLE REDUCTION.

Eyes. De Blood has been riding a
horse a great deal lately for the pur-
pose of reducing flesh"
That SO? Has it reduced his weight
much?"
NO. But you ought to see the
horse"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-10-21
Nothinn 10 II

Il thought you promised me that you
would not wear one Of those silhouette
skirts"
Il never promised you anything OF
the kind, on the contrary you gave me
permission to wear one"
Woman, you must be crazyi When
did ! ever give you such permission?"
Didn't you say the other day that
you heard had ordered oneY"
Eyes, and did hear It,"
"And didn't say: There's moth
ing to it7'"
"Yes.1
And when said that you replied:
oh, all right them"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-10-21

Hoping for the Worst
"Ratherby is an optimist-"
How is that7"
HE says SO much is happening to
the Bulgarians, maybe something will
happen to the Bulgarian blouses."
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-10-21
Burlington and Bristol Steamboat
and Ferry Company
Schedule in effect $40 a. M, June %, 1913.
Subject to change
Daily. except Saturdays and Sundays.

LEAVE BRISTOL FOR BURLINGTON.
e4O. sO0. " co. 1000. 1000. IL. l5, a. m. $3.50
$780, 80, $50. 1885, $3.50, s6.40, TO, p. m.
SATURDAYS
GAO. 500, $500, 1000, #l0.4O. li.l5, a. m. 1920
$780, 70 90 $780, 49, 40, $500 800, $40 $40. TAO
p. m.
SUNDAYS
$50. $780, $1,000 $780, Ills. q. m. 1920. *l.S0
%, $780, s340 $40, 800, $40, $780, 100 TAO
$50. p. m.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-02-13
Z POULTRY
|VVlV&l
GRINDS ROOTS FOR POULTRY
Machine Intended Mainly for Chop
ping Cabbage viii Be Found Of
Convenience for Fowls.

The grinder is intended mainly for
chopping cabbage when making sauer-
kraut, but 1t Is also Of much service
in grinding vegetables and roots to
be cooked for poultry. says the Popu-
lar Mechanics.
The base, A, is made of plank. at
least one foot wide and four feet
long, with a nine and one-fourth by
nine and one-half inch hole cut In the
center. The grinding part. or cylin-
der Is made of wood three inches In
diameter and nine inches long. with
eight-penny nails, spaced three-six-
teenths inches apart, driven partly
into 1t and then cut of so as to leave
one-fourth inch projecting. The
cylinder Is turned by means Of
crank attached to the end Of the
shaft.
A hopper. B, is constructed four
by nine and one-half inches inside
measurement at the bottom and as
large az necessary at the top. A
space Is provided at the bottom as
shown to receive the concave c, which
consists of one-inch board, three to
four inches wide and nine inches long,
with nails driven in and cut of as de.
scribed in the cylinder,
The hopper Is securely fastened on
the top Of the Dashboard and over the
cylinder. The concave is slipped into
place and held with wedges or by driv-
ing two nails in lust far enough to
fasten 1t temporarily. The concave
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-02-13

inch from outside put two three-eights.
inch steel rods the full length of Gel
lar, and In the concrete above door
frame lay three four-foot lengths of
three eights-inch rofs. Roughen the
top OF walls to make good bond with
root
When side walls are a week old be-
gin the roof. On floor or bit OF
smooth ground mark q half circle with
radius OF Ave feet eleven Inches.
Across this lay board ten feet long,
so that its ends will just touch the
mark. Tie part OF circle above the
board is the correct shape and size for
the arched roof Cut boards to match
this arch ring and space the rings two
feet, fastening securely to side wall
forms. Cover tightly and reinforce
with three-eightsinch rodds IL inches
the long way and six inches crossing
the cellar, wiring the rods together
where they cross. Cover with FIVE
inches OF concrete. Give the roof
smooth finish. In about three weeks
the forms may be removed. Any form
OF ventilation desired may be pro.
vided. The cut shows q cross section
Of such cellar.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-02-13
FATTEN SHEEP FOR MARKET
Where Work Has Seen Postponed
Until Too Late for Pasturlne
Special Food 10 Needed.

All old and such young ewes as the
owner does not desire to keep should
be culled out to fatten short
time before the ram is turned in with
the breeding ewes. The Gull sheep
can be fattened earlier In the season
by turning them into rape field as
pasture. but II you put of too late
special food Is required. In pure
bred tiocks the ewes are often kept
until they die OF old age. as their
lambs are worth more than they are,
but In a graded flock It does not pay
to keep ewes that do not have sound
mouths. An old eve 10 likely to prove
unsatisfactory.
In selecting rams the aim should be
to select those that are strong In the
points In which the ewes are weak.
For instance. ewes that have an open
coat and are narrow breasted should
be bred to rams that are strong on
those points. BY this method very
uniform flock can be established IN
a very few years. 1t Is good idea to
turn the ram with the ewes In the
evening after he has been fed and
take him out In the morning before
being fed A ram should be we'll fed.
Bran. oats. roots Of vegetables. make
q good ration with clover as rough
age
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-02-13
OUTDOOR CELLARS FOR FARM
Directions for Constructing Concrete
Affair That Should Be OF Much
Convenience Anywhere.

A suitable size for outdoor farm Gel
lars is 10 by IA feet inside. with self
supporting arched roof FIVE feet above
floor at sides and seven feet eight
inches In center, says the National
Builder. The side walls are eight
inches thick. Dig the hole eleven feet
, four inches by fifteen feet four, to the
depth desired, usually five feet. At
one end cut the earth to width OF
four feet four inches and slope upward
for seven concrete steps with rise OF
eight inches and tread of ten inches.
and for a thickness Of four inches Of
concrete back Of the steps proper. Ar
range for 1S-inch landing at bottom OF
stairs.
Make side wall forms Of inch siding
on two by four uprights. spaced two
feet. AS concrete floor will be four
inches thick. set up the forms on four.
inch concrete bricks. To curve the
end wall forms lay them out with
six-foot string in the same way as de-
scribed later for arch rings. At ell
trance, to provide a doorway, set be-
tween the forms frame Of two by
eight-inch stuff, three by seven feet
III the clear.
Mix the concrete one part cement
to four parts bank run gravel. Lay
the four-inch floor the same as side
walk. but without joints. Six inches
from the top Of side walls and one
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-02-13
DISHES FOR DINNER.

Here 10 an unusual Creole Gumbo:
Joint and fry young chicken until
tender in butter, an onion. Glove OF
garlic and a tablespoonful OF flour.
When the chicken is brown. pour over
It enough water to cook it. gently sim
mering for an hour. Just before serv'
Ing add generous tablespoonful OF
ground sassafras and season with
cayenne and salt. Oysters may be
added, II liked, and should be In the
liquor Just long enough to curl the
edges In serving this dish, put .
spoonful Of rice on each plate and
place the Creole Gumho on this
Ralsin cookles.--Cream together
one cupful Of butter and two cupfuls
OF sugar, add two well beaten eggs.
two CUPS Of raisins, stewed and
chopped fine, two tablespoonfuls OF
sour cream. one tablespoonful OF nut
meg, two Of cinnamon, and two tea
spoonfuls of soda. with -four enough
to make a soft dough. Bake IN q
quick oven. watching carefully, -
these cookies burn easily.
Cherry Pudding Mix together the
following ingredients: One and 9
third cups of sugar butter the size OF
an egg. one cup Of milk. two cups OF
-four sifted with two teaspoonfuls OF
baking powder, the yolk OF an egg
Ind the white beaten stiff and added.
Pour this batter over a quart OF cher
ries from which the juice has been
drained, and steam for half 80 hour
To make the sauce, mix a Tablespoon
full Of -four with little of the juice:
add to the remainder with a table
spoonful OF butter a dash OF nutmeg
and sugar to sweeten Cook until
smooth.
A pretty dessert is prepared by cut
ting bananas in halves lengthwise;
spread them with "aspberry jam and
put the slices together. Lay Oh
plate and heap sa"etened whipped
cream over the fruit.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-02-13
Wheat, Rye and Barley.

Wheat and rye have about the same
composition. although wheat Is some
what richer In protein. Rye Ii in gen
eral tougher and harder to grind
Both are quite digestible, but less so
than corn, on account Of the larger
percentage OF hull. When they can
be had at about the price Of corn they
may profitably form a part OF some
rations. They are fed more satisfac-
torily when ground than when whole.
Barley seems to rank between wheat
and oats. 1t Is not used very ex.
tensively as a stock food in the east.
except when the quality Is too poor
to permit It's use for mailing pur
poses.