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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-06-23
VOLCANOES IN ACTION
TERRIFIC DAMAGE DONE WHEN
MOUNTAINS BLOW UP.
Long List of Disasters Due to Erup-
tIons-That of krakatoa In 1888
About the Worst Of Which
There Is Record.

The eruption of Sakura recalls that
of Mount Pelee, which destroyed St.
Pierre. Martinique, the most beautiful
city In the West Indies, with appalling
suddenness. Like Sakura, the vol
canio peak of Pelee had been quies-
cent for long period, and was be-
lieved to be practically extinct 1t
smoked little for few days before
1t blew up. but it had previously sent
up similar thin, vaporous clouds at
intervals of ten or twenty years-eo
nobody paid attention to its seemingly
harmless activity. Without warning
pillar Of rock shot up from the crater
Of Mount Pelee to a height of nearly
100 feet, and rent opened halfway
up the mountains slope. from which
blew hot blast, Supplying and incin-
Grating every organic thing In the path
Of its whitening breath. In less time
than it takes to tell, st. Pierre, with
nearly its entire population, was wiped
out and buried in the rain of ashes
which followed the explosion.
In its tremendous force, however,
the eruption of Sakura more nearly
resembles that of Krakatoa in 1883.
This is believed to have been the
greatest cataclysmic disturbance suf-
fered by the earth in historic times.
and possibly within the more recent
OF the geologic eras. Krakatoa was
volcanic peak rising 1000 feet above
sea level. In Sunda strait After warn
ing manifestations, which continued
several days. the outburst came on
August 81. The entire northern half
of the volcano was blown away, and
the soundings subsequently made
showed depth of 1000 feet of water
where the mountain had stood. An
eyewitness of some of the Phenomena
observed from the shore of Java pro-
cessions of native boats, held by a.
current many times more irresistible
than that Of Niagara and sucked into
the vortex caused by the great hole
torn in the floor of the ocean. 1t is
estimated that the column of stones
and ashes thrown up by Krakatoa's
explosion shot up to a height of II
miles. Nearby islands were covered
with volcanic debris to the height of
the tree tops of their forests. The
dust particles left floating in the upper
strata Of the atmosphere encompassed
the earth as with a belt 75 degrees
wide. producing deep red glow in the
sky after sunset for months after the
upheaval. On the day of the eruption
and for several days thereafter lamps
had to be lighted at Batavia at noon.
The waves started by the explosion
reached almost around the earth. They
were distinctly observed at Cape
Horn, and were perceptible even in
the English channel The most re-
markable fact, however, was the dis
lance to which the noise of the explo-
sion travelled. 1t was audible in the
Philippines. 1.40O miles; at Ceylon,
1000 miles. and in South Australia
1900 miles away; and sea captain
claims to have distinctly heard it all
the way across the Indian ocean of
Zanzibar.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-06-23
SAILED HIS OWN MAN-oF WAR
oldtIme Sea Fighter Would Have
Been Properly indignant at Be-
Ing Called a Pirate.

It was the year 1e49. Captain Blau-
veldt, skipper Of the ship La Grace.
would not have liked to be termed a
pirate. He termed himself com
mander-in-chief Of private man-of-
war" He was popular in New Am
sterdam (afterwsrd New York;
among his Dutch countrymen. but also
In the neighboring English colonies
of Boston and Virginia. Captain
Biauveldt on the La Grace used to
come sailing up the river with the
Spanish prizes, which he sold at fair
and reasonable prices to his "custo-
mers" at New Amsterdam and In the
English colonies. In 1648 came the
peace of Munster between Spain and
the Netherlands, which should have
put commander Of a private man-of-
war out of business. Great, therefore,
was the establishment of all the New
Amsterdammers to see, In March,
1649, a year and half after the treaty
of peace, La Grace sailed up the riv-
er with the Spanish ship Tabasco,
SS@PboAOA az a "a AAO Al SAO dul1 Vi
Mexico. The gallant captain swore
he had never heard of any peace with
Spain and that when he summoned
the Tabasco to surrender the latter
had answered by firing on him Be-
sides, La Grace had been built In
France and France and Spain were
yet A. war. Notwithstanding these
refutalicns, the capture was con-
sidered illegal and the Spanish ship
was returned to it's owner. The cap
tain and his partners In New Amster-
dam. very respectable eitizens. did not
appreciate these legal PROCEEDINGS. AS
for the captain be left the colony for
IAN unknown Estimator And be
was handsome gentleman, @falr Of
complexion with gentle eyes and OF
high stature"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-06-23
HAD AN EYE TO BUSINESS
Ugly Man by No Means Cast Down
Over the Lawyers Opinion as
TO His Looks.

He had a sample Of a subscription
book under his arm. but instead OF
asking the lawyer to look at it he
said:
las matter of fact, my friend, am
/ not one of the homeliest men you
ever met? Give it to me straight"
II think you are" replied the
lawyer after a long and steady look
Yes, l think you take the cake over
any homely man / ever set eyes on!"
That's candid, and I'm much
obliged Now, one thing more, and
don't deceive me In that. have
been told that look like a hippo.
potamus in the face. You have seen
hippo. and now you see me. Do you
find any resemblance"
ITO be frank with you, I do"
"a very close resemblance"
Very close. If you were looking
at me through the bushes l should
feel certain that you were an escaped
hippo. Sorry to have to tell you SO,
but you have asked me to be frank.
and"
That's all right. sir, all right. l
thought people had lied about my
looks. but l find they have told me
the truth. look like a hippo, and a
hippo is the homeliest looking beast
on earth. That's all. sir, and / thank
you"
But you won't go of and-and COM
NIT suicide?" queried the lawyer
Suicide? Not by jugful! No, sir.
I shall continue to live right on, but
instead of canvassing for subscription
books as heretofore l shall go around
stopping clocks and arrange with
some fellow to pay me 10 per cent
commission on all repairs. Eek
change.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-06-23
PLAY NECESSARY FOR CHILD
Most important for HIs Proper peveI-
opment, and There Should Be
Safe Places Provided.

"And the streets Of the city shall be
full Of boys and girls playing in the
streets thereof" Thus Zechariah in
$40 B. c. But there were fewer motor
cars in zechariah's day than there are
in ours. The children now need, for
their play. some place safer than the
street, declares the Craftsman.
More important than the play
ground, however, is the play. 1t is
well that children should play in a
safe place, but 1t is absolutely neces-
sary that they should play somewhere
If they are to grow up at all. For
there is no doubt now, think, in the
minds Of educators that play builds
the child. 1t is the method that ma
ture has provided for his development
Play indeed is the positive side of the
whole phenomenon Of infancy. The
reason the higher animals. and man
above all, are born SO helpless and I'M
formed Is that they may be finished
by this special method 1t is for the
sake Of play that infancy exists, that
there is such thing as child at ALL
The child who is deprived of his
chance to play is deprived of his op-
portunity to grow up.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-06-23

William G. Irwin, the multi-milIion-
aire sugar planter of Honolulu. who
died recently at his home in San Fran
cisco, owned the entire Island of Lanai
OF the Hawaiian group. He bought
1t five years ago from Charles Cav
for 81. Though British subject. he
was master of an American region
Of 13s square miles, with a population
OF 500. The purchase caused threats
OF international complications. but the
United States Supreme court upheld
his title.
His career was one Of the most pic
turesque Of the capitalists of the Pa
cific coast From a clerk in Hawaii
he became a magnate with a fortune
estimated as running into the tens of
millions. His home in Honolulu is
one Of the most magnificent in the
island city.
Irwin was noted for his liberality
to charity He donated Is acres, val
ued at 100000, to Hawaii for park
purposes. The sale of his sugar in
terests to c. Brewer & Co, in 1909,
is said to have been one of the largest
OF the kind on record.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-06-23
Tho Destroying Teeth.

1t is somewhat cruelty said that a
number of prominent men, civil and
military, who have passed away in
Washington recently, ate themselves
into untimely graves.
OF course this might well be true
of the civil persons, but what are we
to think of our stalwart army and
navy officers succumbing to soups and
salads. riddled by rib roasts and rag
outs and driven down and out by
souffies and sirloinsl
In these piping times of peace when
the dove twitters on the epauletted
shoulder. will the insidious enemy
rout an ornamental soldiery with pot
age and with pudding?
Where are the army regulations
Where are the shades of the ragged
continentals starving at Valley Forge
Where are the abstemious habits of
the warriors of old?
Where are a lot of things that have
been mislaid?
When Cadmus sowed the teeth and
the soldiers sprang into life, he GER
tainly didn't dream that teeth would
also lay them low.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-06-23
EcIInaa Of the Moon.

The eclipse of the moon is caused
by its passage through the shadow of
the earth. When the moon dips en-
tirely into the shadow the eclipse is
total; when otherwise 1t is only par
tial. Sometimes the moon passes
above or below the shadow, in which
event there is no eclipse at all. Every
thing depends upon the position of
the shadow and the mode" Because
there are two opposite nodes, and the
shadow moves around its circuit in
the course of the year, 1t follows that
the shadow will cross node every six
months. Hence it is only at intervals
Of somewhere near six months that an
eclipse Of the moon can occur.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-06-23
NEW DISCOVERY ABOUT ANTS
Scientist Asserts That the Insects
Have Regular Form Of SaIuta-
ton Among Themselves.

Ants have long been known for their
excessive industry, but from a curious
communication which has just ap-
peared they seem to have surpassed
all other insects by organizing an
elaborate system of signaling.
Professor Bugnion, who has recently
investigated the habits of the white
ant, reports that the soldiers of that
species give warnings or encouraging
signals by knocking with their jaws
upon dry leaves, thereby emitting q
cracking sound Placing some of
these ants on big plate and covering
it with paper, he found that the sol
diers" among the ants responded to
his taps with a rustling, cracking
sound
Moreover, apart from this audible
signaling, there appears to be some
inaudible form Of signal, for the pro-
lessor asserts that the soldier" ants
salute the worker ants.
To do this, "the insect stands firmly
on its legs with the head raised and
the body slightly oblique, and shakes
itself for an instant with a convulsive
shudder. This seems to mean some
thing"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-06-23
Paddock Decanters

Padlocks on the shoppers of decan-
ters seem to assure the master of the
house that. although he is not able to
keep constant watch and ward over
his sideboard, his choicest vintages
will remain intact The padlocks and
the keys that turn them are of a
rather prominent size and in silver,
etched or engraved to match the band
OF the entire stopper. And very orna-
mental they are, too.
OF absolutely novel shape are the
newest decanters. Standing a tri1e
taller than do the old-fashioned sort
of rotund form, they are fiat and
broad at the two sides and a trife
curved, but very narrow at the ends.
At the base they are almost as long
as are the sides at their widest part,
but half way up they narrow almost
abruptly into the silver-topped neck.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-06-23
NEAT, EVEN FOR FRENCHMAN
Typically Partisan Was the Witty, II
IronicaI, Rebuke Administered
Mean House Mistress.

The Partisan is proverbially polite,
although he may and often does i'm
part flavor of ironical mischief to
his courtesy. The following incident
Is typically Partisan.
1t is the custom in the French CAPT.
tai for the cook to do all the market
ing. This adds considerably to the
cooks income, for every dealer allows
her about 1 cent on every 20 cents
that she spends. So French cooks in
sist on their marketing prerogative,
and the mistress who denies 1t to
them is held to be very mean per-
SON.
Well, person Of this sort, an elder
ly woman. was in the habit of doing
her own marketing in a long duster
The buster hid her purchases. While
she was usurping her cooks rights, 1t
kept her from being detected In the
act.
AS this woman, one hot morning
was walking homeward in her buster
from the st. Honore market, she stun
bled and leg Of mutton fell and
rolled across the sidewalk.
A passing stranger, sizing up the
situation, picked up the leg of mutton
and, with bow and smile, returned
1t with this salutation:
Permit me, Madame-your fan"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-06-23
Rulnous to Custom.

The young man who eats all round
the circuit ran against this quick
lunch incident the other day:
A fastidious person made his way
charily into the place. A tumbler of
murky water was thumped before him
by the young woman of the other side
of the counter.
What's yours?"
Coffee and rolls, my girl"
One OF those iron-heavy, quarter
inch-thick mugs of coffee was pushed
over the counter. The fastidious
person seemed dazed. He looked un-
der the mug and over it.
But where is the saucer?" he
queried.
I'VE don't give no saucers here If
we did, some low brow d come pilin'
in an drink out Of his saucer, an
we'd lose lot of our SWEETEST trade"
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-06-23
NonsensIcaI Question.

Jakey, the lazy and overgrown son
Of resident Of the Bronx. was re-
Gently hailed before the magistrate in
the Morrisania police court by his
father. who charged him with being
incorrigible, a deadly enemy Of work
in all It's branches. staying out late at
nights, smoking cigarettes and few
other habits unbecoming a boy on the
threshold of manhood. The parent
was mad clear through, and told the
court in no soft language just what
he thought his boy was coming to.
Does he strike your" asked the
Judge of the young mans father when
the latter had cooled off somewhat
Striker" came back the father,
why, Mr.. Judge. your honor, how
can dot boy strike ven he doesn't even
?"-New York Tribune.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-06-23
Clothes and the Man.

Sir Philip Warwick left this picture
Of Oliver Cromwell: 1.-THE first time
that ever l took notice of him was in
the very beginning of the parliament
held in November, 1910. when vainly
thought myself courtly young gentle
man, for we courtiers valued ourselves
much upon our good clothes. l came
one morning into the house we'll clad,
and perceiving a gentleman speaking
whom knew not, very ordinarily ap-
pareled, for it was plain cloth suit.
which seemed to have been made by
an i'll country tailor His linen was
plain, and not very clean, and l re-
member a speck or two of blood upon
his little band, which was not much
larger than mis- collar. His hat was
without a hatband."
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-06-23
Puzzled Papa.

A society woman, who was passing
the summer in the country. motored
over to a neighboring farm one morn
ing to call on the farmer and his
wife. with whom she had become &C
ouainted the summer previous.
Il hear that your daughter Emily
has gone to Europe?" said the caller.
'Ya-as." drawled the old farmer.
She's been crazy to go ever sence
she left school and more SO than ever
sence you wuz here last year and
talked so much bout It. These here
female colleges dew put ideas intew
girls heads. Her nav an me can't
calc'late why she should be so set to
go to Yurrup. She don't know a soul
thar. "-Everybody' Magazine,
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-06-23
No Occasion to Worry.

Following brief acquaintance and
a hurried courtship, Sam Hawkins and
Eliza Cook. colored. on the eve of the
wedding were INDUCING in those SOL
emn self-confessions which such an
occasion invites. "One thing All most
fohgot to tell yuh. honey" cooed Eliza.
Use a somnambulist." Somewhere
she had run across the word, liked it.
carefully remembered 1t, and at last
had an opportunity to bring it into
use. Don't wohy bout that" replied
Sam, with easy. chivalrous air, ma
fatheh wuz Mefodis, ma muttheh wuz
Biptis'. an Ah'm-weli fur's Ah'm con-
ce'ned Aid jes' soon go to youah
chu'ch as any otheh."
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-06-23
A EahIe.

A Cow which was one of herd be-
ing led through the streets to the
Slaughter House, CHANGED to come
across a Milk Wagon. The Cow saw
the Driver of the Mix Wagon pouring
a fluid from one can into arother
Wherein "a the Cow addressed the
Milkmaa Horse, saying:
Friend Horse, pray tell me the ma
ture of the fluid which the Man is
transferring from one receptacle to
another
Il am indeed amazed by the ignor-
ance You display" replied the Horse
The fluid is Milk"
IF that is Milk" murmured the
Cow. 81 do not wonder that we are be-
ing led to the Abattoir. Cincinnati
Enquirer.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-06-23

When Col. ]. c. 8. Blackburn was
active in politics in Kentucky. he
would rather make speech than any
thing else, unless 1t was to tell q
story, and favored telling a story
above anything else except making a
speech.
He was travelling with a part of
friends and one evening met few
Kentuckians, who welcomed him en-
Enthusiastically. One Of his party, how
ever, noticed that the colonel drew
apart, apparently disturbed.
whats the matter. Joe?" he was
asked.
What's the matter?" he reiterated.
Matter enough. That's fine crowd,
isn't it? It's too large for an anec-
dote and too small for a speech"
Exchange.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-06-23
Loxe,s EIeetInn Power.

They had been married just one
year. That was why he risked losing
his train by allowing her to fasten a
bunch of viclets on to his coat. But
his foot tapped the floor impatiently,
nevertheless, and he frowned as he
wondered If his wife's kindly thought
would cost him his coy corner seat.
George" said his wife TREMENDOUSLY,
you don't love me as you used to!'
MY darling heart of hearts" he ex-
claimed, desperately cycling the clock,
what ever makes you say that?" BE
cause, George" she answered, when
we were first married 1t used to take
you a whole hour just to say good
night, and n-now'-tears interrupted
her words, and ran down her cheeks
you can k-kiss me and c-catch your
train all in four minutes!"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-06-23

A prominent citizen was seen stand
ing at a corner, serene as usual after
lunch. But friend approaching him
noticed that the flap on one side Goa,
pocket was pinned down by a regular
blanket-size safety pin.
What's the matter? 'Fraid of pick
pockets?" was asked
Not much. l gos 1t locked up &C
1 can't get "a myself. Kept putting
things in it all morning. The pocket
has hole In it large enough for a
monkey wrench to drop through"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-06-23
AsIatIcs Use Goat skin churns

Goat skin churns are the proper
thing in the Asiatic deserts. They
are the unique butter-making con-
trivances Of the world These churns
resemble gigantic footballs, varying
in size according to the extent of the
family. They are constructed of
goats skin sewed together In the
form of ball, With the hair side in.
Cream is. run into these bags I'M
til they are about half full, and the
balance of the space is filled with air
from the churner's lungs. Then these
churns are suspended from three
sticks and a rocking motion begun.
The air on the inside 10 calculated to
aid coaxing the butter from the
cream. After the churning the prod
uct is strained through cloth, for the
goats hair has tendency to shed
during the violent operations.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-06-23
Henry Georges Noted Work.

The single tax theory, to the sup.
port of which Mr.. Joseph Fels devoted
so much energy and money. was curl
ously slow in catching on in the coun-
try of it's origin. The first edition OF
Progress and Poverty" was only a
small one, Henry George setting q
part of the type himself. and 1t caused
small stir until some time later its
interest and importance became rec.
ognized In England. Then the boom
began. No other American book ex
cept Uncle Toms Cabin" 1t has been
claimed, according to an exchange
has been SO widely read. Between
1880 and 1905 no fewer than 1000,
600 copies were sold. jig
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-06-23
luxurX of SUGAR.

Sugar was considered an article of
luxury In Europe until tea and coffee
became usual articles of diet Sugar
was then used to sweeten these bev-
erages and so gradually came to have
prominent part In the daily diet Be-
fore the days of sugar much more
meat was eaten and the drinking of
alcoholic beverages was much more
common. The fair maiden who could
not, with impunity, drink a pint of ale
for breakfast was unusual. Perhaps,
In spite of the fact that most of US
eat too much Of it, sugar Is blessing.
Even oversweetened coffee and cereal
covered with sugar sound more bene-
fetal than a pint Of ale and half q
pound OF beef for breakfast.
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sIaht Worn SEEING.

H. Hamilton Fyfe, English Journal
list. was talking. in New York. about
Mexico. whence he had just returned.
Among the Mexican Indians" he
said, two things astonished me-first,
the early age at which the children
begin to smoke. and. second. the late
age at which they continued to be
nursed by their mothers.
Frequently the Indian babies are
sucked till they are four years old.
BY that time they have learned to
smoke, and 1t is not uncommon in the
Indian villages to see a child leave
its mothers breast and Immediately
light up a comfortable after dinner
cigar"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-06-23
No. Down 70 Standard.

Persistent Contributor You are
quite sure You do not want this story.
then?e
Candid Editor-Quite sure.
Persistent Contributor-And yet
you say it is not bad.
Candid Editor-Excuse me- You
misunderstood. The story is bad, but
not bad enough.-Judge.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-06-23

Mr.. Brown had been helping little
eight-year-old May with her school
work, and she had learned to believe
implicitly in his knowledge.
One day at dinner she asked Mr.
Brown what the United States paid
for Alaska.
"A little over $7,Oo0.000," said he
"All right" said May as she con
suited a slip Of paper. Il looked 1t VI
In the encyclopedia
why did you ask me. then3' said
her father.
II wanted to see II the encyclopedias
was right Fl