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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-07-27

trolley wire. He was working furious
ly to take advantage of the fifteen
minutes OF so before the next car
would pass.
1t was evident that Long Sin had
already been at work, digging and
! drilling through the earth and rock.
He had gone so far now that he had
disclosed what looked like the face of
a small safe set directly into the
rock.
AS he worked he would stop from
time to time and consult the map.
Then he would take up drilling again.
He had now come to the point on
which Bennett had written his warn
ing. Quickly he opened the bag and
took the oxygen helmet, which he ad-
justed carefully over his head. Then
! he set to work with redoubled energy.
The man must have heard us ap-
preaching down the tunnel, for he
paused in his work and the noise of
the drill ceased.
From our vantage point around the
bend in the passageway we could see
this strange and uncouth figure.
who is it, do you Think" l whis-
pered, crouching back against the
wall for fear that he might look even
around a corner or through the earth
and discover US.
AS l spoke my hand loosened a
piece of rock that jutted out and be-
fore I knew it there was a crash.
"Confound it, Walter" exclaimed
Kennedy.
Down the passageway the figure
was now thoroughly on the alert, star
ing with his goggle-like eyes into the
blackness in our direction. He was
watched. and he did not hesitate a
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-07-27
The old and ~. N.u,

Inventions have remarkable knack
of repeating themselves. Among the
more interesting patents for 1914 is
specification for a wheelless motor
car. propulsion being by means of
skids, which are alternately lowered
and raised. In the early days of loco
motive history many inventors did not
believe that sufficient adhesion was
to be attained by a smooth wheel
operating on smooth rail, and weird
and wonderful we're the devices for
overcoming this supposed defect. One
ingenious engineer went 30 far as to
design contrivance in which jointed
metal bars worked up and down on
the rails after the fashion Of horses
legs, and there seems to be certain
affinity between this device and the
motor car referred to above.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-07-27

The Anglo-American war of 1924,
from the conclusion of which we date
our centenary of peace, was due re.
motely to one of the most trivial moi
dents that could be imagined. At the
Rhode Island elections in 1811-so the
story goes-one constituency was lost
to the Federalist party because a GER
tain farmer arrived at the polling
place too late to cast his vote. He
had been delayed by the difficulty OF
releasing one of his pigs that had
been caught in a fence. The result
was that this constituency elected a
pro-war candidate to the state legis-
lature by majority Of one. The
representative sent to the United
States senate by this legislature was
elected by similar majority, and ul-
timately it was by majority of one
that congress declared war against
Great Observation-Disclosures Guardian.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-07-27
British Armx,s Black Bands.

At one time much of the music
played to enliven British troops was
furnished by black bandsmen These
were first attached to the army in the
seventeenth century, owing to one of
the guards bands having refused, in
a body, to play at an entertainment
organized by the officers. AS none of
the men were attested, they could not
be punished for characterization, so
the officers petitioned the duke of.
York. then ommander-in-chief, that
bandsmen should in future. be made
subject to military law To this the
duke would not agree, but he brought
over from Hanover for the guards
complete German military band, which
included negro players of the bass
drum, cymbals and triangles. Nearly
every regiment in the service has
tened to reorganize its band, engaging
colored performers for all percussion
instruments Down to 1841 the band
of the Scots Guards included negro
musician.
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curiously a moment.

curiously moment
LET me see," he ruminated, still
regarding the sign. 1.-THE house you
bought for Aunt Tabby once belonged
to Bennett, didn't it?"
Elaine nodded her head. Eyes, but
don't see what that can have to dc
with It," she agreed, adding with a
shudder. Bennett is dead"
Kennedy had taken a piece of pa
per from the desk where he had put
it away carefully. Have you ever
seen anything that looks like this n
he asked, handing her the paper.
Elaine looked at the plan carefully
as Kennedy and l scanned her face
She glanced up, her expression show
ing plainly the wonder she felt.
why, yes" she answered. THAT
looks like Aunt Tabby's fireplace in
the living room"
Kennedy said nothing for moment.
Then he seized his hat and coat.
'If you don't mind" he said, well
go back there with you
WI Fang, the Chinese master mind,
had arrived in New York.
Besides WI, the inscrutable Long
Sin, astute though he was, was q
mere pigmy-his slave, his advance
agent, as it we're.
New York did not know, of the ar
rival of Wu-Fang, the mysterious, yet
But down in the secret recesses OF
Chinatown, in the ways that are devil
GUS and dark, the oriental crooks
knew and trembled.
Thus it happened that Long Sin was
not permitted to enjoy even the fore
taste of Benefits spoils which he
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-07-27
cambIIn, Man Led 70 Renentanc,

SampHn Man Leo TO repentance.
During the recent revival in Ebenezer
chapel Goat Simmons, the gambling
man, 'came through" amid a thunder
GUS concomitant of triumphant hosan-
mas. He sprang to his feet with a loud
shout and Immediately tumbled down
in a fit on the floor, where he postured
and gyrated like an unfortunate toad
I in the embrace of hot cornpopper
An especially animated squirm sent
a couple of dice flying from the pocket
of the groveling wretch, to be followed
a moment later by another which
caused deck of cards to be widely
scattered.
"Hallelooyer!" shouted good old
Parson Bagster. Its de sin dat's bein'
shuck out'n our sufferin' brudder!
Shake him ag'in, Lawd!-shake him
twell all de sin am purged FUN him!"
Oats right, Lawd!" yelled Brother
Bogus. Keep on uh-shakin' de scamp
twell ha rattles out dem two dollahs he
won effn me at de lodge last nightl"-
Kansas City Star
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-07-27
WeIlIncton's Wounded.

It is difficult to realize the callous-
ness towards the sick and wounded
against which Wellington struggled
in the Peninsula One evening at
dinner he heard that at a post several
miles away large number of sick
soldiers were lying in the open, ex-
posed to the weather. He rode prompt
ly to the place. found the sick In the
plight described, while the healthy Of
ficers were in comfortable houses, and
was told by the commanding officer
that there was no accommodation for
the sick. He instantly arranged in
detail for the billeting of the sick in
those houses; but suspecting what
might follow, paid surprise visit next
night, and found that the invalids
had again been turned out into the
open. wellington Immediately rein
stated them, arrested the officers, and
had them tried and dismissed for dis
obedience
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-07-27
INFLUENCED BY MUSIC
EFFECT OF SWEET STRAINS ON
DoMEsTlc ANIMALS.
Lecturer Urges Farmers to Place
Photographs Near Their Bee
Hives and StabIes-TeIIs of
Her Own Experiences.

Farmers who want better honey
richer milk, and more of both, should
put monographs near the hives and
In the pasture or stable. DR.. Alma
Webster Powell, LII B., M. B., A. M,
Phi. D., of New York and Columbia
university is authority for the asser-
ton. She declared to an audience at
the University of Washington recent
ly. while lecturing on Music Is a
Human Need" that she herself had
tried the experiment on her farm and
that 1t had proved absolutely success
full
Nor are bees and cows the only
creatures influenced by music. Doc
tor Powell and her daughter keep four
or five crickets in their hearth, and
evenings they attract them forth to
dance in the middle of the living
room in their farm home by singing
to them. Madam Powell says she
has had many scientists as her guests
to witness the phenomenon.
Six little crippled girls, of particu-
larly unlovely natures, whom she
found in the slums of New York,
were other objects of Madam Pow
ellis study She gave musical train
ing to these children, putting phono-
graphs in their homes, and not only
succeeded in entirely reforming their
dispositions, but in effecting marked
changes in all Of those with whom
they associated.
At Coney Island, she said she ran.
a tent where mobs were melted to
riot every evening by radical
speeches. After few months of ex-
pertinent in this direction she intro
duced music at the meetings, and
though the speeches became more
fiery than ever the crowds were in
variably peaceful.
She commended, as result of these
experiments, that music stirred the
sluggish and tranquilized the nervous
person, animal or insect.
Madam Powell believes in ragtime
for all who like it, and she is one,
though a highly educated and sue
cessful prima donna soprano and pi-
anist. "A good ragtime piece sets
me beating time, and if / don't do
1t on the outside feel it on the in
side," she said.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-07-27
Fear EakImna slsv. nrI.s.s

Advices received from Mackenzie
river valley in the Arctic circle by
the Catholic authorities here caused
serious alarm among friends for the
welfare of Rev. Father Jean Baptiste
Rouviere and Rev. Father Guillaume
Leroux, Catholic missionaries.
1t is reporter they have been muir
dered by Eskimos in the vicinity of
Bear lake, 100 miles east of Port Nor
man. They have been engaged in that
field for several years.
News comes to Rev. Father Allard.
the Archbishop's secretary, in letter
brought from the Arctic Red river and
written by Rev. Father Jules M. Le-
cuyer, Catholic missionary at that
point The letter was written on jan
uary 15.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-07-27
Auf;,, MIssor4pna.

Children of the right sort take their
school work seriously. Jennie, aged
fourteen. is second-year high school
student. The other evening she ap-
peared at the family dinner table evil
IDENTIFY not In the best of good spirits.
Pressed for reason. she made this
explanation:
"Oh, ! muffed it in English this af-
ternoon. We had to give oral themes
and | had studied mine out so care
fully that wasn't a bit nervous a.
first. But by and by something dis
tracted my attention for moment,
and l said something that spoiled the
unity. tho coherence and the literary
value of the whole thing"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-07-27
Russians, coppers Of SCUM.

Prince Oldenburg, head of the Rus
sian Red Cross service, has perfected
an invention based on the thermos
flask principle that has saved many
lives on the battlefield. Each field
hospital has two huge coppers of a
Joint capacity of 200 gallons, and a
gargantuan vessel on the thermos
principle, all mounted on wheels. The
soup prepared in the coppers fills the
thermos vessel, and then the coppers
prepare another supply-and hot nour-
ishment can be provided for 1900
men the moment they are brought in
from the field.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-07-27

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SYNOPSIS.

The New York police are mystified by a
series of murders and other crimes The
principal clue to the criminal is the warn
Ing letter which is sent the victims, signed
tim of the mysterious assassin is TAYLOR
Dodge, the insurance president His
daughter, Elaine, employs Craig Ken
nedy, the famous scientific detective, to
nedy accomplshes is told by his friend,
Jameson. a newspaper man. Enraged at
the determined effort which Elaine and
Craig Kennedy are making to put an end
to his crimes, the Clutching Hand, as this
strange criminal lie known, resorts to all
sorts of the most diabolical schemes to
put them out of the way. Each chapter
OF the story tells of new plot against
their lives and of the way the great de-
tective uses all his skill to save this pref
ty girl and himself from death
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-07-27
Che Makea Him.

@AIr. Blcbbins goes to church every
Sunday morning"
I've noticed that"
do you suppose he will keep it up
az long as he lives?"
THAT depends on whether or not
he survives Mrs. Blobbins."
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-07-27
Mount holly Lodge Directory

Mount holly Lodge Directory
Mount Holly Lodge No. 10. F. & A. M.
Masonic Temple
Meets Mondays on or before full moon
James =. Hume, Secretary
Mount Holly Lodge No. 848, B. P. o. Elks
Mirror Building
Meets first and third Thursday In each month
Harry l.. Walters. Secretary
Mt. Holly Lodge No. 737, L. o. o. Moose
Meets every Tuesday at Moose Home
GeorgeW. Dading. Secretary
Pocahontas Tribe No. IS, Imp'd Q. R. M.
John B. Dobbins. G. of X.
N. ]. Lodge No. 1, knights of Pythias
Meets every Friday in he'd Mems Hall
samueiC. stanton. X. of X. and s.
Washington Camp No. II, P. Q. S; of A.
Meets Thursdays In Kelsey q Kiliie Building
Samuel e. Colder, Secretary
Washington Council No. S. Jr: o U,A. M.
Meets every Tuesday In Red Mems Hail
Earl l.. Everline. Secretary
Marion Circle No. 9, Brotherhood of
America
Meets every Wednesday in Red Mems ii all
John Throck morton. Jr.. Secretary
Mount Holly Camp No. IS. Woodmeu of
The World
Meets second and fourth Tuesday In Kelse v
q killie building
Irving &. Gaskill, Secretary
Bright Star Lodge No. IS, Shepherds of
Bethlehem
Meets Mondays in Kelsey Il Kiilie Building
b. y. Herbert, Scribe
Mt. Holly Court No I, Imp. O. o Foresters
Meets second and fourth Tuesday, Red Mems
Tilden BidwelI. Recording Secretary
Mt Holly Temple No. S, Masonic Tie
Meets every Thursday In tied Mems Hall
Annie Winters. Secretary
Gen. A. E. Shiras Post No. 26, G. A. r.
Meets every Friday la Dili's Hall
Theodore Nicely, Adjutant
Ladies' Aid of the G. A.. R.
Meets second and fourth Tuesday In Dilrs Ii all
Miss Lorena Bates. Secretary
Ancient Order of Good Fellows. No. 10
Meets every Friday in Dills Hall
Walter bowker, secretary
Washington Council No. ST.. o. U. A. M.
Walter w. Sherman, Secretary
Mt Holly & Unity Lodge No. Ie. LOO F.
Meets every Wednesday IN Mirror Building
Henry q. Buckley, Secretary
Good Will Lodge No. ID, A. o. U. w.
Meets first and third Tuesday in Dill's Hall
Kodman w. Bowker, secretary
Lady Marion Home No. 6, Brotherhood
of America
Meets every Saturday In Red Mems Hall
Mrs. Ida Eddlenlan. Scroilk eeper
Mt. Holly Camp No. SO, Patriotic Order
of Americans
Meets Wednesdsy Us in Kelsey q kiiie Building
Mrs. J. &. Mount, Secretary
New Jersey Castle No. q, K. of G. E.
Meets every Thursday in Red Mems Hall
George }. Robertson, Secretary
Star of Washington Council No.29, d. of A
Meets Friday IN KELSEY * killie Building
Carrie DenDis Secretary
Court Mckinley No q, o. of G. S.
Meets Saturdays in Kelsey q Kiiie BuiIdin
b. o. Herbert Recorder
Gen. Joseph Hooker Camp No. as, Sons
of Veterans
Meets second and fourth Wednesday ia Diii
John B. Dobbfns, Adjutant
Santa Maria Council No. II79, K. of c.
Saint Mary's Hall
Meets first Sunday OF the month al p. IN.
First Tuesday after the third sunday at p .
John Lavery, Secretary
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-07-27
FIFTEENTH EPISODE
THE SERPENT SIGN.

Rescued by Kennedy at last from
the terrible incubus of Benefits per
secution In his double life of lawyer
and master criminal, Elaine had, for
the first time in many weeks, feel
ing of security.
Now that the strain was of, how.
ever, she felt that she needed rest and
chance to recover herself, and it had
occurred to her that few quiet days
with Aunt" Tabitha, who had been
her nurse when she was q little girl
would do her world of good.
She had sent for Aunt Tabby, yet
the fascination of the experiences
through which she had just gone still
hung over her. She could not resist
thinking and reading about them as
she sat one morning with the faithful
Rusty in the conservatory of the
Dodge house.
had told the story at length in the
Star, and the heading over 1t had
caught her eye.
1t read:
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-07-27

Perry Bennett, the Famous Young
Lawyer, Takes Poison - Kennedy
Now on Trail Of Master Criminals
Hidden Millions.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-07-27
THE cLUTcHINa HAND DEAD

Double Life Exposed by Craig Ken
needy.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-07-27

Long Sin had made his way from
the opening of the cave to the point
on the plan which was marked by a
cross, and there he had set up his cleo
trio drill which was connected to the
Mohave County miner., 1915-03-13
Gold Road Ships Bullion.

Last Saturday George B. Ayers, messenger of the Gold Road Mines company, brought in from the big mill bar of bullion weighing 17,0O0$, the cleanup for the week. The mill has been running on some low grade ma terial that had been broken in the stopes several years ago, which ac- counts for the reduction in the size of the bar. This material was drawn from the old stopes to allow an in- vestigation of the mine in that quarter, being on the west side of the number one shaft.
Mohave County miner., 1915-03-13
Four Big Bars.

Last Wednesday John J. Casey, deputy sheriff and bullion messenger for the Tom Reed Gold mines company, brought in from that property four great bars of bullion, weighing in the aggregate 1OO,OOO$. This cleanup was for the short month of February, which shows that the Tom Reed can produce some when called upon. It is said that the mine never showed to better ad- vantage, nor has the mill made a higher saving of values than at the present time. The company has also materially reduced the cyanide expense.
Mohave County miner., 1915-03-13

James Uncapher, upon whose mine a big strike of zinc ore was made last week, was Kingman visitor the past week. MT. Uncapher came in by way of the mines and was very much pleased with the showing. He also obtained assays from the ore opened up that ran 39 per cent zinc, together with lead,
 silver and gold. The Columbus vein,
 from which the ore was obtained, is one of the best looking properties in the Cerbat country, having large and well defined vein. A tunnel has been run on the vein 400 feet, much of it in a very high grade of gold-silver ore. Many hundreds of tons of this ore was milled in the Flores mill, years ago. In doing the work some exceptionally high grade zinc was opened, but no one knows in what part of the drift it can be found.
 It was in crosscutting the vein that the present body of zinc ore was struck, and this ore body is now being opened up to ascertain its extent. When the owner came from the property no wall has been encountered and the work of crosscutting was still being carried on.
Mohave County miner., 1915-03-13

The Commercial Mining Company, owned by the Phelps-Dodge interests and operating in Copper Basin, has made an important strike recently. It seems they were driving a tunnel to connection and did not expect to strike any ore in the process, but, with the luck that always favors those who have, they cut an eighteen-foot vein of copper that is reported to run in parts as high as 40 per cent. What the average is, we have been unable to learn. The importance of this strike can be more clearly estimated when it IS understood that the vein was cut at a depth of 600 feet. Good authority states that this property will be work Ing by March first with about fifty men. Shipment of ore will begin at once. The ore is hauled seven miles by eight mule teams, four of these teams being used, and the four, each team hauling a wagon and trailer, deliver a car of htty tons daily to the railroad at Skull Valley station. The contract price for hauling is reported as 2. sos per ton. It IS said that certain parties have made proposal to do this same work With auto trucks at 1.5OS per ton,- Wickenburg Miner.
Mohave County miner., 1915-03-13
Catholic Church Services.

Services in the St. Mary's Catholic church will be held on the following dates and at the hours thereln named: Friday, March 19. Evening services at o'clock.
 Saturday, March 20. Mass 7:3O a. m. Sunday, March 21, Passion Sunday. Mass 10 a. m. Evening service 2 o'clock.
 Monday, March 22. Mass 7:30 a. m. Mass will also be celebrated here on Easter Sunday, April 4.
 REV. EDw. ALBoUY, c. J.
Mohave County miner., 1915-03-13
Advertised Letters

The following letters remain uncall. ed for in the Postoffice at Kingman, Ariz., for the week ending Mar. IS, 1915. If not called for within two weeks will be sent to the Dead Letter office, Washington, D. c. J. w. Walker, Jerry Wilson, Jack Perrell Johnnie Parall, John Norgard. Frank H. Mann, Otto c. Perry. Parties calling for letters please say advertised.
 J. N. COHENOUR,
 Postmaster.
Mohave County miner., 1915-03-13

Among the important acts of legisla- tion passed by the Arizona legislature at this session is the establishment of state Bureau of Mines. The present bureau of Mines, although not state organization, has been in existence for the past two years in connection with the Univervity of Arizona, but increas- ed appropriations will allow it to en- large it's scope and to do much work hitherto impossible.
 The general function of the Arizona Bureau of Mines is to conduct in be- half of the public welfare such funda- mental inquiries and investigations as will lead to increased safety, efficiency and economy in the mining industry of Arizona. The work follows two broad lnes that are of the greatest concern, namely:-the safeguarding of the lives of the miners and employees of the metallurgical and mining industry, and the development of more efficient and less wasteful preparation of our min eral resources. Such inquiries and in vestigations are general in scope.
 The Bureau of Mines is a non parti- san organization. It does not stand for the miner against the operator nor the operator against the miner, but does stand for the welfare of all men who labor in the different branches of the mineral industry, and for the de- velopment of that industry.
 Cooperative work with the U. s. Bureau of Mines is to start immediately, and for the purpose of outlining such work, three of the engineers of the U. s. Bureau are about to start tour of the state, to ascertain such state wide problems as will give the greatest and quickest financial results to the state. They will visit practically every dis trict of importance, as well as many that have not produced to any extent, but that have possibilities.
 Although the state Bureau of Mines believes that it has a line on the great CT problems of the state, it would be pleased to receive suggestions from the operators and prospectors, as to what can be done to benefit the mining popu- lace. It will not be possible, of course, to solve all of these problems at one time, but they will be solved in the order of their financial possibilities.