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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-07-07
CITY CONQUERED BY ANTS
All Living Things In q Jamaican
Town Were Driven Out
or Eaten.

The photographers throughout the
country are having fun with the little
red ants that Mrs Morse brought
over in box from the other side,
and the careless customs officers al
lowed to escape. 1t is obvious that
the tokesmiths knew very little about
red ants. That box of ants may be-
come a menace to the city of New
York. The ruins of a splendid city,
on the north coast of Jamaica remain
as evidence of the devastation that
red ants are capable of causing. An
army of the insects invaded the city
one day and drove away every living
creature, animal and human, that
could escape. Prisoners in the jails
and bedridden patients in the hospi-
tails were devoured. Not even rat
or chinchbug remained alive.
In Liberia and other parts of West
Africa anthills as large as native huts
are found. The large black ant is the
builder Of that sort of home. Such
anthflls are not unknown in this coun-
try, although they are rarely so large;
but the black ant rarely invades
houses. He is a scavenger and Is pro-
tected by most farmers. At the north
ern end Of Greenwood lake l remem-
Der to have seen two such ant COM
munities, with hills six feet high.
When / asked the manager Of near
by hotel why he didn't DESTROY the in
scots, he replied that they were of
value in destroying reaches and in
keeping away many pests-except rat
tiers, which are foes Of the black ant
and feed upon them.-Julius Cham
bers, in the Brooklyn Eagle.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-07-07

Among the sports of India is the
capturing of bears, and to this end
curious means are sometimes de-
vised. For example, four or five sturdy
men are armed, two with long spears
cross-barred on the handles close to
the sharp two-edged blade, and two or
three with ten-foot bamboos, of which
the ends are smeared with bird-lime,
These hunters sally forth with dogs
before dawn. They pass along the
base of the hills with the fresh morn
ing wind blowing up the plains below.
Should the hunters be lucky it is not
long before the dogs wind the bear.
The dogs are slipped and disappear
in the semi-darkness. Soon the roar,
ing and growing indicate that they
have found the game. The hunters
run up to the spot where the bear Is
fighting with the dogs. The men with
the lined poles poke the bear in the
ribs and adroitly twist the ends in its
long hair, thus holding 1t fast on each
Hank The spearmen complete the
operation by repeated spear thrusts.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-07-07
GOOSE NEVER FORGOT FAVOR
Kindness Shown Costing in Dire Elk
tremity Gained Man
Constant Friend.

One day lad saw young gosling
struggling In the grasp OF a huge
rat 1t made vigorous resistance,
but by the time the lad came to the
rescue it was so severely bitten that
1t must have soon become its antagon-
lists victim. The youth continued his
care over it until it recovered from
its injuries, dressing its wounds every
day. During his attendance on it a
friendship sprang up between them.
and the gosling might be seen limping
after him everywhere. The boy de-
parted for school, and on his return
home at holiday time was joyfully
recognized by the goose, which showed
its joy as plainly as a dog, and at
tached itself to him as before.
He became a man and the gosling
a goose. but neither of them outlived
their regard for each other. The
grateful bird deserted her feathered
companions as soon as her friend Wis
tied his home, and followed him as
before, and when the young man was
seized with Illness the poor bird be-
came restless and pining as though
she knew something was wrong.
Guided by some wonderful instinct,
she made her way to his room, cor
ner of which she had occupied during
the time he had tended her wounds
in his boyhood, and when she heard
his voice she crept under the bed and
established herself there.-H. A. Page
in 1.-THE Inner Life of Animals"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-07-07
PROPER FEEDING OF TREE
Gardeners Should Understand Just
How Much Sustenance 1t 10
Necessary to Supply.

Every gardener knows that a tree
can be fed and made to grow with in
creased vigor If proper nourishment
in the form Of humus, nitrogen, phos-
phate, etc., be placed about its roots
the tree will absorb this food and grow
rapidly and strongly.
But how the tree feeds is somewhat
more difficult to explain. In all prob
ability the tree digests its food first
and consumes 1t afterward Certain it
is that the average tree has no means
of consuming food as a whole, as mem
bers of the animal kingdom absorb it.
1t is well known that the larvae Of
certain insects digest their food first
and consume it afterward, Observation
would indicate that this is exactly
what the tree does. The tiny rootlets
act on the substances in the earth.
dissolving and breaking them up SO
they can be absorbed through the root
pores. In order so to be taken up the
chemicals must be in liquid form and
devoid of all waste.
The end of each root is armed with
a horny substance with which it can
burrow through the hard soil in search
of food. When food is found 1t is dis
solved into liquid and absorbed by
the root ffbers. From the root the food
is carried by the sap to all parts of the
tree.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-07-07
WHICH is THE DARK AGE7
Some Food for Reflection in Compare
son Drawn by Writer in the
Atlantic Magazine.

We speak today, lightly and con-
temptuously of the Dark Ages" i'm
plying thereby that our own age is
not dark at all, but light; ignoring
the fact that all records of life in
those past days seem to be records Of
happiness amid adversely and poverty,
while our own life manifests itself
largely as life of dense unhappiness
in the midst of prosperity and wealth.
We call our ancestors intolerant be-
cause they believed things intensely.
on no better basis than the Catholic
religion, and utterly forget that this
same spirit Is manifested among US
by those who believe things on no
better warrant than the guesses of
physical science.
Some advanced thinkers prate of
the Black Death as an awful instance
of the lack of preventive medicine,
and at the same time refuse to vac
cinate their own children against
smallpox. Folks talk Of the dense
ignorance Of the days of yore, which
in their ignorance, however, produced
a Chaucer, Dante, a Petrach, Boo
caccio, a Thomas Aquinas, a Spin
oza, and also a public which read
them. People talk of art, as though
1t had been our province to create it.
when the despised ages of the past
produced painters and sculptors and
architects whose work our own age
has not surpassed or even equaled.
and when in past times, instead Of our
hideousness, the observer might have
seen nations whose cottages, barns,
fences, chicken yards, bridges and
even pig styes were beautiful.-Ber-
nard l. Bell, in the Atlantic
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-07-07
ABSORB IMPURITIES or AIR
Drops Of Rain Water Gather carbonic
Acid Gas In Their Progress
to the Earth.

Rain water as it leaves the clouds is
pure. AS 1t passes through the at
mosphere 1t absorbs more or less car
bonic acid gas and air which it carries
with 1t into the ground AS it seeps
through the upper soil it will generally
absorb still more carbonic acid gas
from the decaying animals and vege-
table matter almost always present.
Should the water fall on insolub4e
rocks, such as granite or marble, it
will remain fairly pure, says Power.
But If 1t passes through layer of
limestone the carbonic acid gas which
it carries will cause it to dissolve away
this rock, and as a result bicarbonate
of lime will be present in the water
Should 1t pass through layer of sui
plate of lime or gypsum the water
will contain a large amount of this
material.
1t is generally known that the bicar-
Donates of lime and magnesia, when
present In the water, form a compare
lively soft scale; the sulphates of the
same and also silica form hard, fiinty
scale; the chlorides and nitrates are
apt to cause corrosion; and the salts
of soda and potash present, while not
scale-forming, are apt to cause foara-
ing when sufficiently concentrated.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-07-07
ESTABLISHED 1875

IraVers, although his voice was rather
loud and he spoke very carefully and
seemed to weigh and measure his
WORDS as though he wanted the robins
outside the window to hear them too
ana chfrp them abroad. "and look at
lie very differently from what 7 did
years ago when l was your age II
all depends on how much we nut into
life that Is going to affect our own
happiness and that OF others. 1 always
think of line of LowelPs, Not what
We give but what we share. for the
gift without the giver is bare You
see, helping the next fellow who has
a heavier load to carry, perhaps. than
yours will help you, too, and whether
you see 1t or not, there viii be a bet
Ter feeling In your heart for it. And
lots OF times things will appear
strange and unreasonable, but before
you speak or judge look for the me,
tive underneath it all, and often you
VIII find that, although things went
wrong. nothing but goodwill and kind
ness were meant May God bless you
both.''
He slowly opened the door, and with
glance towards the private office.
passed out into the hall and rang for
the elevator. AS he stood waiting he
eagerly and anxiously listened with
ear near the office door, All was quiet
and the Judge bravely fought a fear
That stubbornly rose to his heart.
Then he heard rush from the pri-
Vate oftice and the happy words that
meant SO, much.
Helenl Roberti"
The old Judge passed out from the
building with head held high, happily
twirling his cane and trying to bring
back boyish whistle that he had
lost years ago in the fierce fight for
fame.
Copyright, by Daily Story Pub Coz
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-07-07
Once Bitten.

The dinner-hour over, the workmen
returned to their work-that is to say,
to the fierce political discussion which
the dinner-hour had-fortunately per-
haps-interrupted.
But proceedings soon reached a
deadlock - an ominous, interesting
deadlock The arguments on both
sides seemed exhausted, and nobody's
convictions had changed.
Then one of the men turned to a
mate who had been silent through
out the debate.
ERE, Joe," he said, you're pretty
good at argument. Wot's your opin-
ion?"
Il amt going to give no opinion"
replied Joe. me and Jim Green
thrashed out that matter last week. ;"
"Ah!" said the other man artfully.
And what did you arrive?"
Arrive at, indeed" There was bit
terness and contempt In Joe's gruff
voice. "Jim-'e arrived at the 'os-
pital, and well, / arrived at the
perlice station!"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-07-07
Papal consistory.

In a consistory the pope and cardi-
nails are seated in a circle. At the
pope's right hand sits the senior cardi-
nal bishop, beyond whom are the 9TH
ers of that order. according to senior
ity. After the last cardinal bishop
comes the senior card lal priest, and
so on through that order. Finally,
after the last cardinal priest comes
not the senior but the junior cardinal
deacon, and SO on in reverse order,
finishing with the senior deacon at
the left hand of the pope
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-07-07
, more. He walked sorrowfully

! no more. He walked sorrowfully
away
Though people were, naturally, diff
dent Of saying anything to the young
er Kershaw concerning the old gentle
mans eccentricities, some things in
evltabiy came to Joe's ears. Hardly
day passed on which he did not
hear something of his fathers contin-
ued evil courses TO make him anxious
and miserable.
But things reached a climax when,
late one night, on his way home from
the club. Kershaw met his father with
a gang OF young roysterers, marching
arm In arm down the middle of the
street, wearing their coats turned in
side out, and singing "There'n Be a
Hot Time In the Old Town Tonight"
Catching sight of his son, Mr.. Ker
shaw broke away from his compan-
ions and darted up a side street Fol-
lowing, at leisurely, dignified pace,
young Kershaw ran his quarry to
earth, near his own door.
Won't you come in and take a
n1ght-cap, father?" he asked.
The old gentleman accepted the in
v1tation, and over a cigar and a glass
OF toddy he was the first to breach
the painful subject that occupied the
sons mind these days to the exclusion
Of everything else.
Tell you what it is, Joe," he said
I'm going to reform"
"Reform?" the young man echoed.
as If he considered his father the
most exemplary old gentleman in
the world.
oh, you know, Joe. No need of
pretense between you and me. Fact
is, Joe. I'm going to the bow-wows,
and you know it,
Il wouldn't say that, father"
Why shouldn't l say 1t, when it's
true. I'm disgrace to you, and
there's no use of your denying it. But
I'm going to alter my hand. Trouble
is that didn't SOW my wild oats when
l was a young fellow That was dead
wrong. It's always best to get it over
and done with. A man may 20 along
to forty or fifty and think he's deuce
of swell on the water wagon, but if
he's got bias for playing the giddy
OK, it's bound to come out Still, that
doesn't alter the fact that I've been
trying to do so for a long time. Joe.
but it's uphill work. Now, you know
the ropes, Joe; you've been through
the mill yourself Tell me-what's
the best thing for fellow to do In
order to break away from it ell. Give
the old man straight tip, joe"
Well. father" Kershaw replied.
after a moments reflection, you're
not an old man. You're good for
rs or 80 years yet; why don't you
marry and settle DOWN."
You're right, boy. That's what /
told you to do, a few years ago-to
get married and settle down Give me
your hand! What's sauce for the
goose is sauce for the gander. Yes,
I'll take my own medicine, too"
Copyright by Daily Story Pub. Co1
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-07-07
SUGAR Makes Best Mortar.

Sugar, which is far more expensive
in Europe than in the United States,
has many uses nevertheless. 1t is an
ingredient Of compounds for removing
and preventing boiler scale, Of shoe
backing, soap, explosives, dyes and
leather filler"
The kind of sugar you drop into
your coffee in the morning is not the
kind used for these purposes. but
specially prepared or "denatured"
sugar, or sugar from which the food
value has been extracted. In France
sugar as food product is heavily
taxed but there is no tax on denatured
sugar
The manufacture of copying ink also
requires denatured sugar. One part of
lime, one part of sand and two parts
of sugar make fine grade of mortar.
This use of sugar was known to the
ancients, and many Of Rome's finest
ruins are constructed of sugar-mixed
r,aorfor
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-07-07
March Of PROGRESS.

Mother, here is scientific discov-
cry which will be Of interest to you.
You needn't make dungeon Of the
parlor now to keep the sun from fad
ing the carpet"
"How's THAR" demanded mother
with some asperity.
by using a prepared glass you can
have plenty of light, and yet exclude
the ultraviolet rays"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-07-07

PENDANTS pattering behind me and en-.
tered another and larger room. I was
glad to sink upon cushion they of.
Tered me on raised platform at one
side OF the room, for | was becoming
little nervous. | don't know WHY
my aunt didn't come and | Ionaed
with all my heart for John, who al
ways knew what to do. A woman's
voice singing soft, sweet melody
noated IN from an adjoining room.
This is your future husband" said
the Go-Between, who, in his official
ropes, looked like an animated tea
chest. A woman lifted my veil and I
glanced at what had been Indicated
as my husband. but it looked like a
bundle Of gorgeous silks on the plat
form beside me. Near by was a small
table on which were three cups of DIFF
rerent sizes and bottle of wine
Drink some of this" said the wo-
man, pouring out the wine. then mass
II to the bridegroom. After you drink
three of these you will be married.
will not" l cried, springing to
my feet. Il am an American. | will
not be married unless l wish" The
bundle of silks wriggled up from the
hoor and came toward me, attemntins
to take my hand.
Go away l will not marry wont"
| recoiled in horror. He was not an
inch over four feet high. His face
he must have been eighty at least
was like bit of parchment that had
been folded and creased and never
pressed out.
You must drink the wine" said the
Go-Between. you must he married
There is law in this country which
compels a woman after reaching a
certain age unmarried, to marry the
man we select. You have lived here
long time. ct was not true. but 7
dared not interrupt) You have
again and again deferred your mar
riage with the man in your own
country who wants you, and now YOU
must marry this man. Drink" he
commanded. holding the cup to nv
lips
VIII not!" l shrieked and dashed
the cup from his hand. and as it fell
to the floor smashed to atoms. there
was a loud knock at the door.
Helen, Helen! What on earth ia
the matter?" demanded my aunt
shaking me by the arm. You must
have had terrible dream!"
arose from the couch relieved, but
foolish. picked up the book on jap
anese customs had been reading.
John is in the library, and he
seems quite amenable to my reason
Ing" said my aunt.
| went down to the library. John
and l will be married In June and we
are going to Japan to defy the Mi
kado and the Imperial Nakodo.
Copyright by Daily Story Pub. Coz
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-07-07
Side LIne.

How would you like to sell eggs
for me?"
But run news stand, my friend.
sell newspapers and magazines"
Il know. But there's a boycott on
and regular dealers won't handle my
eggs. How would you like to sell
them as side liner
Il don't know. Are they returnable. .
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-07-07

Telephone troubles in the tropics
are largely due to the wires becoming
covered with air plants. In Porto
Rico the humidity of the atmosphere
is so great that the plants continue to
grow until they are detached by the
linemen.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-07-07
DANDRUFF,.FA[L|NG
HAIR STOPPED
Harmless, DID, Fashioned REM
edy Brings Back Color to Gray
Hair and Makes It Grow,


How many old-fashioned remedies are
being used, which goes to show that it
is hard to improve some of our grand
mothers old-time, tried remedies. For in
stance, for keeping the hair dark, soft and
glossy nothing equals our grandmothers
sage tea" Although, by the addition OF
sulphur and other Ingredients, this old
fashioned brew has been made more eff
fective as q scalp ltonic and color re-
Nowadays, when our hair comes out or
gets faded or gray, instead of going to
the garden or garnet for herbs and
making the ''tea" ourselves, we simply
90 to the nearest drug store and ask Tor
a bottle Of Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur
Hair Remedy. ;.
Druggists are authorized to sell 1t
under guarantee that the money Will be
refunded il It fails to do exactly as rep
resented.
This preparation Is offered to the
public at fifty cents bottle, and Is
recommended and sold by all druggists
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-07-07
noesn,t Want to Know Aoe.


A Moorish woman regards it as
point of honor to be absolutely ignor
ant of her age.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-07-07

When man has money to burn,
there is generally a woman to apply
the match.-The Pelican.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-07-07
Unanswered Prayer.

Did you ever notice how hard 1t Is
at the table to get a cupful OF coffee!
Denver Times.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-07-07
In effect October I, IyIi
Mails leave as follows.

Collections at 6l5 and $50 a. M, and 500
p m.
Deliveries at 7.50 a. M, and e Is p. m.
Rural carriers leave Office at $50 daily eX-
cept Sunday and holidays.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-17
COMPLIMENTS
FOR ENEMIES
Germans al Front no Longer Be.
little Fighting Qualities
of Allies.
BRITISH ARE THE TOUGHEST

Berlin, Dec. 17.-Evidences Of the
reaction OF German officers and sol
dicrs fighting at the front against the
tendency TO belittle the fighting quail
Ties of the enemy continue to accum-
ulate
Soldiers letters and returning sol.
dicrs speak In terms Of high appreci-
alton ot the military prowess and sol
dierly qualities Of their opponents
and among several hundred wounded
with whom the correspondent Of the
Associated Press has talked In his
visits to hospitals the last fortnight
no one was found who refused to cred
II the enemy In general Russian,
French and Belgian and English with
bravery and military skill
British Toughest,
Distinctions are drawn, It Is true,
the British being generally reckoned
as the toughest opponents on the
west front.
The Germans had high opinion
u the fighting qualities OF the French
soldier before this war began. The
fighting which occurred on the marcD
from the Belgian frontier to the Marne
and Paris tended to lessen their re-
speCt for toughness Of French moral
fibre, but the last two months have
changed that again and soldiers
letters reflect increased respect for
them
The recent fighting OF the remnant
Of the Belgian army In Flanders also
has greatly raised the German esti.
nation Of the Belgian soldier, who, In
the general army opinion had not
greatly distinguished himself at IleEe
Namur and Antwerp and the interyen-
Ing field engagements.
Az to the British, field post letters
continue to bear ont the statement
from a German expert as TO their ro-
bust fighting qualities One Of the
latest Of these letters, printed In the
Cologne Gazette, contains the follow
ing striking passage:
They Shoot Well.
People at home appear To have
wrong notions about the fighting qual-
tiles Of the enemy. The English are
the toughest and brayest foe we have
10 meet Every individual man keeps
ON shooting cody 10 long AZ he is
not taken prisoner and these trained
veterans shoot well. When we storm
position the French will run wnem
we close In with our shouts Of 'hurah
but the English stick tenaclously to
their entertainments to the last"
Dancers Arneezeitung, the leading
military publication Of Austria, pays
high tribute to the Serylan, Bel
gian and Russian troorrt The Seryians
nre called brave, but declaration Is
made that they are without food and
ammunition Credit IL gievn the Bel
CLANS for standing with England and
France when they must have real
lied that their own cause was ire
deemably lost" The press Is critlciz
ed for its attacks on the Russians
saying they are brRye and capable.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-17
SLAVE CHARGE
AGAINST BRADY
Illinois State Auditor Charged With
Violating Mann Act by His Mlchl-
gan Wife.

Chicago, Dec l7.-Jumes j. BRADY,
state auditor has been accused of
having violated the Mann white slave
net. The charge was brought by Mrs
Mary Qulnan Khuns Brady, MS
Michigan wife, whose suit alleging
breach Of promise through Brady
having refused to re.marry her In IL
llnois at the expiration Of a year
from her divorce, Is pending.
Mrs. Brady visited Charles ". Clyne,
United States district attorney and
charged that the state auditor had VI
nlated the federal law In transporting
her from Detroit to Chicago. She Is
also said tn have told the United
states officinls NJ other Interstate
trips IN addition 10 her wedding
Journey.
Mrs. Brady charges the auditor with
having married her In Michigan y few
days after she had been divorced from
former husband The Illinois su-
preme court has held that re-marriages
within II year of the divorce are llle'
cal. Brady refused 10 make her his le
gal wife In this state, Mrs. Brady
Charges.