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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-06-16
PREFER THE PLURAL USAGE
Most People Use the Expression "None
Are" Instead of the More Cor
rect "None Is"

Whether or not the use of a plural
verb after the word none" is gram
matically right, or even permissible,
does not strike us as a question of
vital Importance, but 1t has a consid-
cradle interest for good many peo-
pie.
Curiously enough, every one of these
communications has been more OF less
strongly defensive of the plural usage
as sometimes correct or at least not in
correct. If this unanimity of opinion
is expressive of something at all close
ly approaching like consensus of
habit and belief among a large ma
jority of the literates of the day,
further argument of the problem is
unnecessary because useless. Any
word in any language means exactly
what the better speakers and writer's
of that language want it to mean, and
appeals from their decision to ety.
mology or abstract logic are an utter
waste of time.
1t is the same with locutions Their
rightness or wrongness depends on the
quality and extent of usage, not on rea-
sons at present demonstrable.
One correspondent impatiently asks
if we would say, None is so blind as
those who will not see," and evidently
thinks that there is but one answer
Yet a second is perfectly easy, and
even third-the elusive or side-step-
ping answer that to say none either is
or are blind as some involves an alb
surdity too obvious for discussion. So it
does, If you think twice Of the famil-
lar assertion. Another critic quotes
authority for the rule that none" is
plural when it means mot any" But
when does it mean anything else7
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-06-16

to explain to Bessie Delorme why
he wanted to see her and to hear from
her lips that she had decided not to be
an actress after all and that she had
taken her dying fathers advice and
gone east to seek work in New York;
her only aid had been one of
ChurchilPs business cards found
among her fathers effects
Well, Churchill" said his sales
manager when at last he interviewed
the travelling man. you can put
mourning band on your sleeve-Pm
going to change your territory"
Not New England?" asked
Church delightedIy.
Yes thought you'd kick lot over
it-you-ve been so keen for the west.
Il was looking for something out
there but I've found it now. say Mr..
Robinson, fix 1t up so / can have a
month off in October, will your"
Not getting married." asked the
other.
Perhaps" returned Churchill guard
edly, but in his heart he knew that
Miss Wildfire and he had not crossed
the continent in search of each other
In vain.
Then I'll see that you get a pass
over the line to Niagara Falls"
grinned his chief
Copyright 1913, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate)
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-06-16
MIae comnromtae in Slam.

Good slang is permissible among
school children according to DIR. G..
Stanley Hall. Precisely the same thing
is true of college boys, Of college girls
and of the rest of US. Slang is newt
able. To thunder against 1t, to ignore
it, to burlesque it is equally idle.
Since we cannot. end it-and, really.
we should not and would not If we
could-the part of wisdom is endeavor
to mend it. Let educators direct their
satire and condemnation against vul-
gar, vicious, idiotic slang-of which
there is abundance-an they will ac-
complish something The slang that
Is racy, spontaneous, humorous. ex-
pressive deserves kindly federation II
not encouragement. Some Of 1t es-
tablishes itself and becomes classical
English.
AS to the question what good slang
is, 1t is manifestly foolish. There is
no fixed test. but persons of taste and
cultivation have no difficulty in differ
entiating between legitimate slang
and grotesque. silly and offensive
slang.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-06-16
OF the New knowIedoe.

Sage John Burroughs, looking back
ward with the wisdom given by al
most seventy-seven years and forward
with the calmness that comes from
life given to reflection, has this to
say in his latest book, THE Summit
of the Years" of the changing world:
I'VE must face and accept the new
conditions. They will seem less hard
to our children's children than to US.
II the old awe and reverence must go.
the old fear and superstition must go
with them. The religious ages begat
a whole brood of imps and furies-su-
perstition, persecution. witchcraft. war
and they must go, have gone, or are
going. The new wonder, the new ad-
miration, the new humanism with the
new scientific view of the universe.
chilling though 1t be, must come in.
We shall write less poetry, but we
ought to live saner lives; we shall
tremble and worship less, but we shall
be more at home in the universe. War
must CO. the zymotic diseases must
go. hide-bound creeds must go, and
a wider charity and sympathy come
in"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-06-16
The CITY a Bio Business.

The city is corporation and should
be conducted on business basis, just
as much as a bank or a dry goods
store or life insurance company or
a newspaper. There was a time when
newspaper could not be conducted
except as an advocate of the prin-
ciples, right or wrong, of some politi-
cal party. 1t was expected to turn
its batteries on the opposition, right
or wrong, and to defend It's party,
right or wrong.
That attitude is changed now. In
the big cities scarcely a newspaper is
found, worthy of the name, that is
not Independent. The reason for the
change was that the people wanted
reliable news, not partisan news. They
supported newspapers that put the in
terests Of the country first. The party
organ went into the scrap heap.
The same principle applies to mu-
nicipal affairs as to other corporations,
banks, dry goods stores, manufacture
ing plants. newspapers, what not.
They are all purely business PROPOSE
tons, and should be conducted as
such.-Albuquerque Journal.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-06-16
How curtis Learned the Rooee.


The recent announcement that M. B.
Curtis, long the star of "Sam1 O. Pc
sen," had located in a email California
town as a theater magnate recalls the
time when Curtis and few others
took a cruise ON Lake Ontario in a
sloop yacht, leaving Toronto with
Rochester, N. Y, as the objective
point.
Curtis was the cook for the COM
pany, but his efforts never caused
Marion Hariand or Mrs. Rorer to lose
nights of sleep for fear of mislay1ng
their well-earned laurels.
AS a sailor he was even worse. He
never could learn the difference be-
tween the fo'c'sle and the anchor. His
companions were naturally surprised
one afternoon to find him earnestly
engaged In tying playing cards to ev-
cry rope available, explaining that
1t was for their mutual benefit.
III you want jib sheet loosened,"
he said, call 1t the little casino, and
SO on, but for the love of Mike don't
tell me to tie bowline in the jib hal
yards, for l don't know the difference
between the bowsprit and the cockpit;
besides"
Just then the wind blew Mr.. Curtis
overheard. and as they fished him out
he said:
"And don't want to-"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-06-16
DInIno EarIv.

Lord Shaw told good story at a
dinner to the Bench and Bar. given re-
Gently by the Fishmongers' company
He said that In the old days the Scot
fish bench in Edinburgh were accus-
toned to dine at four o'clock In the
afternoon, and sometimes these con-
vivial gatherings were prolonged to a
late-or early-hour, as the case
might be,
At two O'Clock one afternoon a client
called at the house of distinguished
lawyer and asked to see the master.
He's at dinner" replied the maid.
AT dinner," gasped the caller Din
ner at two o'clock in the afternoon!
Surely your master dimes early?"
NO." replied the maid. Its yester-
days dinner he's still eatin'i"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-06-16

Where, a generation ago, 100 teeth
we're pulled out, SO of those teeth
are now saved by dental science"
The speaker was Zane Grey, the
popular dentist-novelist. He went on:
why, back in the eighties, it was
the usual thing, in the rural districts,
for a girls teeth to be ruined by the
time she was twenty-five or twenty
three If girl was going to be mar
ried she prepared for the occasion
with fine double set of store molars,
the same as nowadays she prepares
for it with a mountain Of beautiful
clothes.
"Once, in Croydon Four Corners,
two old women were conversing
'When's Bill goin' to marry Liz?'
said the first old woman. He's been
a-courtin her now nigh on ter four
years
well said the second old wom-
an, I shouldn't be s'prised ter see a
weddin' afore long. Liz had all her
teeth out last week.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-06-16
Russia,s Sand plaque

Russia is confronted with a yellow
peril. This does not appear in human
shape, but 1t comes In a much more
dangerous and insinuating form than
q Mongol invasion. Slowly, but surely,
Russian agriculture is threatened
by the drifting masses of sand which
are being steadily blown across some
Of the most fertile parts of southern
Russia
1t is known fact that every year
1000 square miles of fertile land in
the Don province and 1900 square
miles in the government of Astrakhan
are being swallowed up by the in
vader and rendered unfit for culti-
walton. One large agricultural colony
In the Don region has had to emf
CRATE In a westward direction for the
fourth time in 80 years.
The only way to stem the spread
Of the sand plague is afforestation.
The cost, 1t is figured, would only
amount to a fraction of the amount
which is now lost every year to Rus
sian agriculture.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-06-16
HER IDEA OF A GENTLEMAN
According to Ruling of Snobbish Ca
madam Miss, There Are Few Of
Them on Earth.

There Is an ancient British anec-
dote. still in perfectly good standing,
which gives a definition of lady"
This states that the mistress of a
house on returning from an after
Moons shopping was informed by her
housemaid: "A lady was here to
see you, Num-" Asked the mistress:
"How do you know it was lady?"
Said the housemaid: Because she
was covered with joolry and smelt of
sherry somethin' awful, Num-"
A New Yorker used to recall the
anecdote in telling of Canadian def
milton of gentleman" which he re-
ceived some years ago.
II was at dance in Ottawa" he
said, "the year before the Boer war
One Of my partners was snip of a
miss who had virulent Anglomania.
The talk ran upon class distinctions,
and she voiced some bizarre opinions
as to the gulf between gentlemen
and all other men.
well, won't you please tell me
exactly what Is gentleman finally
asked.
"She was puzzled. but Just for
moment. Her eyes ran around the
room until they rested upon Lord
Ava, the eldest son of the then Mar
quis of Dufferin
"a gentleman said my partner. is
a man who knows Lord Ava well
enough to ask him for a match"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-06-16

visiting girl friend whose family
had an all-the-year-round house in the
country. In enjoying a skate on a pond
it was Miss Beatrice who broke
through the ice, and it was the other
one that screamed for help. 1t was
Miss Beatrice, however, who recog-
nized the foremost of three young men
who answered the screams. She was
clinging to the broken edges and
benumbed by the cold, but as she was
seized by two strong arms and pulled
out she had spirit enough left to say:
''Weally, Mr.. Montague, doncher
know that l am glad to see you'll"
Forget It'll" he said, in the very
best English ever spoken in the United
States.
He, too, was winter visitor at a
house not far away.
A romance begun in lake shouldn't
end in pond, and this one didn't. AL
ger Montague no longer looked BRAIN
less to the girl whose life he had
saved. He was no longer tagging his
mother about. He was no longer con-
ceited about the girls. And, last, when
he asked for hand and heart, there
wasn't flaw in his pronunciation,
and it was the victorious and mischiev-
GUS girl who got the chance to say:
IF l don't forget it, me deah Teller.
I'll think the mattah over tonight and
let you know in the morning!"
Copyright, 1913. by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate)
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-06-16
SNAKES THAT REALLY WALK
Scientists Assert They Have Method
of Locomotion of Which Few
Are Aware.

Apropos of the recent discovery In
Africa of the Gigantosaurus Africanus
1t is interesting to note the many facts
which point to the conclusion that
snakes swan before they took to land.
1t Is not impossible that the traces of
former snake locomotion which are
found In the python and other snakes
are the remains OF former fms. 1t is
said that when the reptiles came to
land and learned to burrow In the sand
they lost these.
There is one explanation of the ru-
dimentary foot of modern times in the
snake world, and that is in the re-
mains Of the flying dragon. When the
dragons ceased to fly and came to
earth it is said that some of them sur
vived as snakes and that the remains
of their feet and wings survive in the
species that tempted Adam and Eve.
The usual method of walking In the
snake tribe Is peculiar and is more like
walking in bag. A snake walks; he
does not crawl, as the average layman
imagines. Snakes walk on their ribs
The old Germans or Teutons used to
have a warlike custom OF proclaiming
their kings The sturdy warriors
would lock their brazen shields togeth
ell lifted high above their heads, on
which the future king was elevated.
The snakes belly is in some respects
like the interlocked shields His feet
are his ribs, which he is capable of
working forward or backward, at the
same time bending them
Over each rib there is a shield. and
as the foot moves the point of the foot
is lowered and digs into the ground or
takes hold of any projection on the
surface over which it is going. This
moves his bulk along. He also curls
himself up and thus moves along more
swiftly. Grabbing with his front ribs.
an ugly snake can hold fast while he
pulls up his other half Scientists do
not believe that snakes can spring,
but that they sometimes jump.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-06-16

The late George A. Hearn, the New
York millionaire art collector. was
noted for his generosity to his en-
ployes.
To reporter who once congratulate
ed Mr.. Hearn on the high wages and
unusual comforts that his employees re-
ceived. Mr. Hearn said:
Il don't believe in cheesaparing
economy in the treatment of those
whose hard work makes a mans sue
cess. Cheeseparing economy, applied
in that way, seems to me as mean
and paltry as the Yonkers man.
"A Yonkers man was summoned
from his evening paper by his wife's
frightened cry:
George, come quickl The cook
has tried to kill herself by inhaling
gasi"
"'Good graciousI" growled George,
as he rushed to the kitchen, leaped
over the cooks PROSTATE form, and
turned off the cock-'good gracious,
think what the gas bill WIN be this
month";
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-06-16
HAD TO BEAR HIS TROUBLES
Circumstances Such That There Was
No Chance for Unfortunate
Man to Escape.

In room 425 of a downtown office
vote one hour of each day to story
telling. Last Wednesday all but one
had contributed his quota to the fund
OF entertainment. The painfully silent
sixth was the man who sells washing
machines on the installment plan.
What makes you SO down In the
mouth today?" the book agent asked.
Does Dame Fortune refuse to fork
over her golden shekels nowadays7'
The silent man shook his head
NO." he said. Il amt enjoying life
very much, but it amt lack of money
that troubles me. The fact is" he went
on. seeing that an explanation Of hts
dependency was inevitable, 81 have
troubles at home and l can't shake
'em OF. even when in the presence of
you genial chaps.
you see, live in Madison avenue
boarding house that Is run by the
meanest woman this side of Tophet-
may heaven forgive me for saying 1t.
Upon my word, haven't had square
meal for a month The woman sets
fairly good table, but when l take my
place l am served with a little cold
meat, some stale bread. a cup of tea,
and dab of potatoes, and with that
bill of fare have to sit and famish
while everybody else fills up.
"Once I was foolish enough to think
could sneak out something after
meals, but | reckoned without taking
the innate deviltry of that woman into
consideration. She not only locks up
the pantry good and tight. but carries
the cold chicken and other choice It'd
bits to her own room and locks them
up in there Ever hear of anything to
beat thatf
Besides, she turns off the gas IN my
room every night at $3.50 o'clock, and
either have to go to bed or sit In the
dark"
You're fool" interrupted one Of
the men, savagely, and don't deserve
a spark of sympathy. / wouldn't live
In such a place for two seconds when
New York is literally running over
with good boarding houses. Why don't
you leave and go into decent place."
The man sighed. Il can't" he said
dejectedly. I'm her husband New
York Times.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-06-16
Electric PouItIces for Colds.

Doctors are recommending to pa
tents suffering from stiff necks, bruis-
es, and similar ailments the electric
poultice. a new and ingenious inven-
ton calculated to take the place of the
bread and linseed variety.
1t consists Of flexible electric wires
covered with asbestos and wrapped up
In a pad or cushion. The poultice Is
connected by wire to an ordinary cleo
trio light switch, and 1t retains the cor
rect temperature all night. There are
three grades of temperature. regulated
by a switch, the highest grade being
$50 degrees Fahrenheit.
The initial cost of the poultice il
3os., and it lasts for life. Its running
cost is roughly I'D. an hour. varying
according to the charges of the cleo.
trio light company. The poultices may
be obtained in any size or shape
Daily Mail
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-06-16
Question OFT Ranaatad.

The judge summoned Raftery.
Young man." he said, you have been
asking those jurors questions. Who
has been informing your"
Il can't tell you. judge Raftery
replied. ut wouldn't be right to the
Juror. He didn't know he was talk
ing to a reporter"
But you asked him questions" said
the judge, heatedly.
Not questions. judge" soothed
Raftery. IT only asked him one ques-
tion-just one-but I asked that one
frequently"
what was that question:" demand
ed the judge.
Why" Raftery replied. my ques-
ton was, What will you have to
drink"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-06-16
SURPRISED THE SMALL BOY
Wonan's Knowledge Seemed Amazing
to the Juvenile Distributor Of
Florists Wares.

Although he was only tiny chap
Of not more than ten or eleven, he al
ready felt the necessity of helping the
family earning capacity, and was
cheerfully doing his small share by
delivering flowers for a florist The
Woman Who Understood CHANGED to
sit next to him in a crowded street
car on an early Saturday evening when
the air was crisp and frosty, and a
clustering wind was playing havoc
with women's skirts and hats.
He wiggled his SMALL body close to
the end of the bench to make room
for her. taking care meanwhile not to
crush his precious burden, and looked
up with an ingraciating little smile.
Across his arm he carried a bunch of
gorgeous chrysanthemums, nearly as
big as himself, and in the other hand
was square purple box, evidently
containing violets In spite of the
rakish tilt of his ragged cap, the
grimy aspect of his sleeve ends, which
betokened many an impromptu face
cleaning, and the grubbiness of his
little hands, you could not help MOTTO
ing that his cheeks had still an ador-
able baby curve
So the Woman Who Understands
smiled down upon him and asked him
the names of the flowers he was car
rying. He didn't know All he knew
were dandelllons. daisies, buttercups
and clover. He picked them In Central
park he confded, when the trees be-
gan to get green. But these pretty
flowers with the fancy" names were
mystery to him. The big flowers, he
said, were called NUNS" He knew
that because he had heard the boss"
say So
'Mums,'- repeated his companion
in establishment Why, no, those are
chrysanthemums. Don't you think
that's SO much prettier?"
He stumbled over the name, but re-
peated it again and again. evidently
impressed with the grandeur of the
title.
And what are tn the box, do you
know? l can almost guess, without
having even seen them
"Deys purple, lady, he informed
her. Il seen 'em go in. And they
smells sweet"
'-Of course they're purple They're
violets-sweet violets."
''V'lets," he repeated wonderingiy.
II read story oncet about vi1ets.
but didn't think how day looked"
Then he looked impressed.
Gee, lady" he burst out. don't
you know an awmul lot!"-Rew York
Press
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-06-16
DANDRUFF,.FALL|NG
HAIR STOPPED
Harmless, Old 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
ssage tea" Although, by the addition o.
sulphur and other Ingredients, this old
fashioned brew has been made more eff
fectiye as a scalp ltonic and color re-
storer.
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
go to the nearest drug store and ask fol
a bottle of Wyeth's Sage and sulphur
Hair Remedy.
Druggists are authorized to sell it
under guarantee that the money will be
refunded II 1t 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, 1914-06-16
That Awful Bow.

In the toy department of one of
London's large shops one Saturday
there was intense excitement for a
while. Nearly all the small boys, a
moment or two after coming in, be-
gan to rub their necks. then complain
to their parents of a burning sensa-
ton down their backs, and finally to
weep bitterly.
There was chaos for some time, and
then an astute assistant made a good
guess at the reason. He went out
side, and found close to the door a
small angel-faced boy, who had
equipped himself with a tin of that
diabolical mixture known as itching
powder and was Systematically
sprinkling with it the neck of every
other small boy
An old bachelor says that whenever
you meet small boy you ought to
beat him, because if he is not actually
doing mischief he is meditating it.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-06-16
How He Knew.

A certain young mans friends
thought he was dead. but he was only
In a state of coma. When. In ample
time to avoid being buried. he showed
signs of life, he was asked how II
seemed to be dead.
"Dead?" he exclaimed; Il wasn't
dead. I knew all the time what was
going on. And knew l wasn't dead
too. because my feet were cold and
was hungry"
But how did that fact make you
think you were still alive?" asked one
Of the curious.
We'll, this way. / knew that If
were In heaven / wouldn't be hungry
And If l was in the other place my
feet wouldn't be cold"