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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-01-12
ACCOUNTS FOR OLD LEGEND
Simple Explanation OF the Aos-oad
Myth That Surrounds tho
Golden Fleece

In the legend Of the Golden Fleece
hes hidden the record Of an ancient
method Of the Tibareni. the Sons Of
Tubal, for the collection Of gold. The
north coast of Asia Minor produced
large quantities of the precious metals,
as well as copper and iron, Gold was
found in the gravel. as often happens
still In streams draining from copper
regions. The gold In copper ores,
originally containing insignificant
amounts of the precious metal, &C
cumulates in the course of ages, and
sometimes forms placers Of astonish-
ing richness.
The ancient Tibareni washed the
gold-bearing gravel. first by booming,
which concentrated the gold into rela-
lively small amounts Of sand. This
was then collected and washed through
sluices having the bottoms lined with
! s~heepskins. The gold would sink into
the wool, while the sand would be
washed away in the swift current.
The skins were removed from the
~sluices, the coarsest gold shaken out,
and the f~leeces, still g~littering with
the yellow metal, were hung upon
boughs to dry SO that the rest of the
gold might be beaten from them, and
saved. The early Greek mariners. wit
Messing this process. carried home
tales of the wonderful riches Of a land
where a warlike race Of miners hung
golden ieeces, upon the trees In the
grove Of Ares.
After SO many millenniums the
metalliferous country Of Tubal-Cain
is once more coming into prominence.
The natives still Gull the h~igh-grade
copper ore, and break 1t into smalls,
which they cover with wood and roast
to matte; they still work the matte In
forge-like furnaces to black copper,
which they ship to Alexandretta and
to Euxine ports. They still make the
famous carbonized iron that was cele
brated as Damascus steel because II
was distributed through this mart tc
the rest of the world after receiving q
finish by local Damascene workmen.
These decadent methods, that give
a hint of the approved practice of the
father Of m~etallurgy, will soon become
wholly extinct, for the modern minel
is studying the disseminated copper
ores of the Black sea coast, and
threatening to rekindle IN a magnifi
lent scale the smoldering fires o.
TubalC ain.-Argonaut.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-01-12
Cheating the cockareI.

Though hardly a physical hero, the
vicar had a stern of duty. That
is why, when some doubt arose as to
the safety of the church spire. he Do
cided to become a steeple-jack, for
the time being, in order to see for
himself what was the matter with it,
So pleased was he as having accom-
plished this quite easy feat that he
was never tired of talking about it
His sensations on that memorable oc-
casion were dragged into every ser
mon, Sunday school class, boys club
meeting and stray conversation, until
the entire village was sick to death
Of it.
It was on a certain market day that
he met his Waterloo. To a group of
farmers he was going, once more,
through his experiences.
And" he was saying, when at last
l reached the very pinnacle and found
myself gazing at the bronze weather
cock-what do you think I did,"
Dunno" muttered one old farmer.
But 1 know what you ought to have
DONE"
And what was that, pray?" queried
the vicar.
You ought to have a~pologized to
the bird for doing it out of the job of
croWingi"-AnsWers.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-01-12
| have been found, the election VIII DC

have been found, the election VIII De
at an end, the accepted will be giorified
as the Kingdom, and Messiah's Reign
Of Righteousness viii begin.
But notice now the course of all be
longing to the Kingdom class, through
out this Age. They are not reigning
with Christ, but suffering with Christ
Jesus explained this; they are indeed
OF the Royal Family, because begot-
ten of the Holy Spirit; they are in
deed the Kingdom class, because they
are affiliated with the great King; but
they have not yet entered into their
glory. They will do so only by the
power of the First Resurrection. Thus
it is written, I'VE must all be
changed" because flesh and blood
cannot inherit the Kingdom of Cod"
Our Lord Himself was the Pattern,
the F~orerunner Of all these. After
His conservation and His begetting Of
the Holy Spirit, He was tested unto
death. aver the death of the cross,
before He experienced His glorious
resurrection change and assembled
and sat down at the right hand of the
Majesty on High. Similarly all Of
His followers, after conservation, must
be tested, their loyalty must be prov
en-, before they car share with Him
in "His Resurrection"
Partly for the testing of these, their
development takes place in a time
when Satan is the Prince Of this
world, and when his power is permit
ted to be exercised against them as
it was exercised against their Lord.
The message to these is, 1.-THE King
dom suffereth violence, and the violent
take it by force" AS our Lord suf-
fered violence from the Prince of this
world, so will His followers; for 1.-The
disciple is not above his Lord His
| promise to His followers is, BE thou
faithful unto death, and / will give
thee a crown of fe."-Revelation 2:10.
1.-THE World knoweth Us Not"
So then we perceive that Gods
Kingdom class, the followers of Jesus
have been suffering violence, just as
did their Leader. for righteousness
sake. That the prosecutors had moi
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-01-12
GOLD THE GREAT PARADOX
Metal Highly Priced Because 1t ls In
a Workable Sense the Most
Useless.

Gold Is more highly priced than
any other metal because it has the
great quality of being more uniforms
ly useless. Other metals fuctuate
more or less in the degree Of their
usefulness. Gold continues on its
even way.
Bricks made from clay are for all
practical purposes more useful than
gold. They can be made into houses,
and nobody would attempt to break
them off and carry them away. II
bricks of gold were, however. en-
ployed for this purpose, no house
would be safe. The owner of the
house, If he were a sound sleeper,
would awake in the morning to find
the walls gone, himself the center of
an irreproachable system OF ventila-
ton.
Gold is like some stable people. It
has no special accomplishments.
Thus it never bores anyone by its
presence. You never hear any in
dividual or any nation exclaim: I'm
tired Of having so much gold around"
Gold is the greatest financial para
dox in the world. Useless to sustain
life, its very stability makes it lend
itself to the most widely varying pur-
poses. Without it war would be q
failure; and so. also. peace.-Life.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-01-12
Truthful James.

Jim had been brought up in the
country and the paths Of righteous
ness. Even as a child he had been a
truthful little fellow, and this rare vir-
tue did not desert him when he came
to mans estate-which is queer, as
things go.
1t so happened that he was on one
occasion hailed before the bench
charged with p~oaching. 1t was a mis-
take on the part of the police. and
James was indignant. Quivering with
rage, he denied that he had ever. on
this or any other occasion, shot q bird
out Of season or belonging to someone
else.
"Oh, I say nowl" protested the mag
istrate. do you mean to tell me you
have never in your whole life poached
a bird?"
Yes, / do, sir?" answered James,
with conviction. Never In my life
have I shot a bird that ! hadn't a right
to-never, except once, and that was
a rabbit what I dumped over the head
with a stick!"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-01-12
KEEPING FIELD EDGES CLEAN
Many Farmers Do Not Make Much
Effort to Discourage E~ncroach-
ment Of Trees Along Creeks.

Most owners Of creek farms do not
make any great effort to fight the
brush and timber that keeps creep
ing in from the woodland along the
fields. Where there is plenty of rain
fall, the timber can crowd in on the
fields very rapidly, and the farmers
who do not desire to have the size
of their fields decrease should make
every effort to keep the edges of the
field trimmed up.
White elms are especially bad about
working into a field. This tree has
long limbs, which grow for really
wonderful distances over the fields,
shade the ground, and prevent the
crop from making a profitable growth.
Then the tree produces great amounts
of seed which fly out over the fields,
where they sprout and begin to grow.
It is true they usually will die, but
they cause as much bother as weeds,
and thev must be killed.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-01-12
Wisdom From Thomas.

The thoughtful look on young Thorn
as face betrayed that he had a few
questions to ask. AS o as Mrs.
Boardman had gone. he asked them.
Mother" said he, do you like to
kiss Mrs. Boardman?"
mo. dear"
DO you think Mrs. Boardman likes
to kiss your"
Il don't think she does"
Then why do 0 and she always
kiss when you meet?"
7 don't know, dear"
Don't you think Mrs. Boardman
would rather you didn't kiss her?"
Il have no doubt Of it."
Wouldn't you rather Mrs. Board
man didn't kiss your"
"0h, very much rather"
Then said young Thomas, con
clusively, that must be why"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-01-12

An interesting method of prevent
ing fraud in the use Of electricity
has been dew ed by an Italian engin-
eer. The practice of offering heating
and cooking devices for current used
in power is becoming more and more
general, but with the ordinary con-
slant potential current 1t is diff
cult to detect the use of lighting de-
vices on circuits intended only for
power and heating purposes. This
engineer advocates the 8 Of special
circuits on which the current is sub
ject to extreme f%uctuation Of voltage
at rapidly recurring intervals, which
would make it practically impossible
to use lamps, because Of the flicker
in the lights. As the current Is not
entirely interrupted and the normal
voltage is almost Immediately re-
stored. the proper operation of power
or heating apparatus is not interfered
with and the rightfnl use OF the cir
cults for their respective purposes 10
assured.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-01-12
The Maxine Of = Hero.

A seasoned old salt" was a devoted
admtrer of a young MILDLY who served
on the same warship, says the Lon'
don Citizen. An accident occurred
a man overheard and a gallant rescue
by one of the lieutenants. which
brought a handsome letter of com
mendation from the admiralty.
TITS a nice thing to get a letter like
that" said the old tar to his young
friend. You ought to have one"
We'll, I'll have to wait my chance
said the MILDLY.
See here" said the other, "I'il drop
from the rigging. and you jump in
and rescue me-"
But | can't SWIM" was the reply
Never you mind" said the veteran
Eli hold you UP till the boat comes.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-01-12
DEATH TRAP FOR THE SHEEP
Many Valuable Animals Lost by AccL
dentally Falling Into Dead Fur
rows-Flll D~epresslons.

(By FRANK KLEINHEINZ, Director
Wisconsin Sheep Breeders Association.)
Many a sheep has lost its life in q
slight depression or dead furrow into
which 1t accidentally rolled and was
unable to get out. A sheep on it's
back in such a place is practically
helpless and unless rescued will strike
and beat about with its legs until 1t
o becomes exhausted and dies.
This explains why fiockmasters oc-
c~asionally find one Of their best ami
mails dead in the pasture, and very
often are at a loss to account for the
death of al apparently healthy sheep.
Among exhibitors and others who
handle very feshy sheep this danger
is well known and it is not uncom-
mon for an attendant at fairs and
stock shows to get up one or twice
during the night and go among his
charges to see that non have gotten
into such a trap.
To SO harrow his fields as to par
TALLY fill any depressions from which
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-01-12
Not Much Out of His Class.

Hearing a noise at the kitchen en-
trance. the man of the house slipped
quietly to the rear door and suddenly
opened it. The grocer's delivery boy
was there with a basket containing
a dozen eggs, a pound of butter and
some Roquefort cheese.
"oh, It's you, is it, Billy?" said the
man. MY wife is always afraid when
she hears a noise here, especially after
1t begins to grow dark. She thinks
it's a robber."
well. she needn't change her mind
on my account" gloomily responded
the grocer's boy. handing ove the
goods and presenting the bill. which
called for $1.S7.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-01-12
Giant Mummy in Janan.

One of the most interesting exhibits
at the aisho exposition held at To
kyo was a giant mummy enclosed in a
large, square coffin. The figure meas
ured about eight feet in height. This
relic was obtained by a japanese ex-
plorer at a Buddhist temple in the
province of Kiangsi. Experts support
the claim that the mummy is that of a
famous monk who lived at the begin.
ming of the Christian era.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-01-12
Fathers Good Point.

Little Elizabeth had been offended
in some way. She went off into a cor
ner and turned her back on the fam
ny.
I'm mad" she exclaimed sulkily,
Il wish | didn't have any father OF
mother"
That's wrong, DEAR" said her moth
er. We are the best friends you
have"
We'll" said Elizabeth, doubtfully,
81 don't mind having father; he
doesn't hang around here much, but
I'm getting awful tired Of the rest of
YOU"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-01-12

well done will stop promptly when
told to halt.
The word Fetch" is commonly used
when sending the dog to drive sheep,
and the word Go" for cattle; and the
dog will learn to understand which
his master wants him to drive.
He should be taught to know the
left from the right. obeying the mo-
ton OF the hand in either direction.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-01-12
FruIt.erowIna Possibilities.

The fruit-growing possibilities OF
this country are SO great and as YET
SO slightly tested, and the successes
that have been achieved even on the
largest scale have been SO largely
matters of accident or surprise, that
the limits of the fruit-growing dis
tricts, and even of the principal fields
of production, cannot yet be regarded
as finally determined.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-01-12
New Use for Phononranha.

The photograph Is now being en-
ployed in the operating room as a
means Of calming and distracting pa
tients from the horror Of the situation
when going under the anesthetic and
during operations performed partially
or entirely with local anestAesia.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-01-12
Man who IMPROVES Dairy.

II the mar who causes two blades
Of grass to grow where n grew be-
fore is to be called blessed the same
thing should be said of the man who
improves his dairy until it produces
twice as much butter as 1t did before
he began with 1t.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-01-12
Treatment Of Trees.

In any treatment of trees n should
always have before him some definite
object. He should leave strictly alone
the numerous irrational methods con-
stantly being advanced, and apply to
them first the measuring stick Of COM
mon sense.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-01-12
Worldwide AU1OCRACY
IS COMING AND NEAR
It VIII Be an Exclusive and
ArisiOcratic Monarchy.

Pastor Russell Describes the Fifth Uni
sversai Empire of Earth-The Reign of
Sin and Death Shall Be overthrown.
Humanity vii Be upIifted From ls-
ran and superstition-callins the
Elect the Work of the Gospel Age.
The Future Royal FamiIy-Instruct-
ed and Polished For Their ExaItation.
Msssiah's Kingdom a Theocracy.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-01-12

New York City,
Jan. 3.-P a s t
Russell addressed
a large audience
tonight at the New
York City Temple,
w. SD st. and
Broadway. his
text a For He
u reign, till He
hath put all enc
mics under His
feet q CORN
thians 1920 He
said in mart:
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-01-12
RECORD OF THE PAST
No Strong Evidence Can Be Had in
Mr. uonr
MT. Holly.

Look well to their record. What
they have done many times in years
gone by is the best guarantee of future
results. Anyone with a bad back; any
reader suffering from urinary troubles.
from kidney ills, should find comforting
words in the following statement.
Mrs. c. H. Jenness, 1856 Washington
ST., Mt. Holly, says: Kidney and blad.
der trouble caused me much suffering.
l had dizzy and fainting spells. too. !
had used several kidney medicines with
out help, l got Doan's Kidney Pills al
Jones' Drug Store. They relieved me
from the first and soon fixed me up in
good shape" Statement given May 8,
IoII.)
| OVER THREE YEARS LATER Mrs.
J~enness said: Whenever l have any sign
of kidney trouble since 1 first use Doan's
Kidney Pills, I have taken them and
they have never failed to do me a world
of good"
Price so cents, at all dealers. DOM
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pil1s-the same that
Mr.. Jenness had. Foster Milburn Co.
Props, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-01-12
A Broad Backed FIeshy Sheep Can
Live In This Position But an Hour

sheep might have difficulty in getting
out, is a wise precaution for all sheep
owners. Most sheepmen make a bust
ness of visiting their f1ocks every day
or 30 at which time careful attention
is given to the many details which
further insure succasa
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-01-12

tteTldl lie anu all iHueIildnce III the
Kingdom if they could keep the Law.
OF course, they could not keep the
Law;tfor it was the measure of a per
feet mans ability, and alas! like the
remainder of the world the Israelites
were imperfect-sinners. Nevertheless
the offer and their attempt to keep the
Law brought them great uplift of
heart, so that when Jesus came to
! them a considerable number were
ready to receive Him, did receive Him;
and He received them. They became
sons of God, through the begetting of
the Holy Spirit, at P~entecost and after
ward. These We're the Spiritual Seed
Of Abraham, begotten of the Holy
Spirit, Jesus Himself being the Head.
Israel had been hoping for a share In
Messiah's Kingdom; and st. Paul ex-
plains. Israel hath not obtained that
which he seeketh for. but the Election
hath obtained it, and the rest were
blinded" The blinded ~Israelites are
still cast aside, but not forever. The
Divine blessing shall come to Natural
Israel just as soon as Spiritual Is
rael shall be completed.-Rom. 11:25-34.
The Kingdom Suffereth Violence.
What did the Election obtain? OF
what did the faithful "Israelltes in
deed become heirs by accepting Jesus
and by the P~entecostal blessing? We
answer that they became identified
with Messiah's Kingdom and heirs, or
inheritors, of the glorious Promise
made to Abraham, that in this King
dom all the families of the earth should
be blessed. But now note that there
were not a sufficient number Of Jews
found worthy to complete the Kingdom
class. The Kingdom therefore could
not be inaugurated then. God had
foreseen this and through the Prophet
had promised that ONE would be gath
cred from the Gentiles to complete
this Kingdom class. The entire work
of the Gospel Age has been the calling
Of this "electv class for the Kingdom.
If we have rightly viewed the matter.
the foreordained number will soon
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-10-04

those exciting times. and is now living
at Glencoe, Illinois. He was an on
locker and faithful transcriber Of the
events from the May convention in
1851 and through all the formative Pc
RODS of the new State. and OF which
he has written so entertaining
ly in his historical work "The Rending
OF Virginia" He may be said to be the
odd Mortality" who. OF all others,
most keeps alive the memory of the
strong and purposeful fathers OF the
State. 1t would be quite interesting
TO know 4: any one OF the sixty-one
members of the constitutional conven-
ton survives today. or the first con-
vention which met in Wheeling in
May. 1861. there are but two surviv-
ors known to The Intelligencer. the
Hon. John ]. Davis, of Clarksburg.
and Col George r. Latham, of Buck
hannon. the tarryfng members of the
"old guard" OF FIVE who took part in
the celebration OF the Semi-Centennial
Of West Virginia in this city in June.
1913.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-10-04
DO ANY SURVIVE TO-DAY?

Mr. Granville d. Hall. in another
column Of this issue. contributes an
interesting article on the trainers OF
the first constitution OF West vlr.
ginia, who met in convention in
Wheeling in the memorable winter OF
1862. and subsequently recalled in
the spring Of 1853 70 make some quail
lying changes IN that instrument be-
fore the State could be admitted into
the Union. Three.fourths Of the mem.
bers OF that convention were past forty
years Of are. and the hope can scarce
~ be INDUCED In that any I'm this
class survive to-day. In the thirty
years class there we're only ten mem.
bers. while those younger than thirty
numbered but Eve. the youngest "a and
the eldest o.
Mr.. Han himself r. a survivor OF
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-10-04

American toy manufacturers? Doubt-
less they too ARE anxious TO supply
the Christmas toy trade of the United
States" They are, or were. under
protective tariffs. a growing company.
They almost doubled the number of
their establishments during the last
census period. They nearly doubled
the number OF their employees. And
they did double the amount of wages
and the value OF their output. II
would seem that II the christmas TOW
trade OF the United States" is to be
stored by government agencies in
any direction. It should be sent to
the American manufacturers rather
than TO the Swiss.
The Democratic tariff legislation has
been criticised for having opened the
doors to American markets for for
eign producers; but here is a Demo
cratic administration bureau going TO
the extreme OF acting as an advertis-
Ing agent and commission merchant
without charge or a small group OF
foreign manufacturers. To add to
the injury OF Il. one must remember
that American toy makers have to pay
income taxes. corporation taxes and
war taxes" the proceeds OF which
go to pay the expense OF this advertIs.
ing and eanvassing for the Swiss toy
makers.