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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-07-04
FOLLOW THE ANCIENT RITUAL
samarItans Of Today Observe the
Passover With All the Traditional
Ceremonies Ordered.

'The Samaritans stood close togeth-
er to prevent the Mahometan specta-
tors, who delight to torment them,
from snatching even a bit OF wool,
which would remain over and thus
cause them to break the command,
'Ye shall let nothing of 1t remain until
the morning." says a writer In the
Christian Herald.
AFTER cleansing the lambs they re-
moved a front leg of each, and these
were set apart as the priests portion.
A long wooden pole was then threaded
through each of the prepared lambs.
and was carried thus to the pit near
by, wherein a large fire, which had
been kindled early in the evening, had
burned down, leaving a bed of red-hot
Goals at the bottom. The poles, pro-
tected by metal at the lower end, were
stuck into this bed of Goals, being long
enough to reach to the top of the pit,
the lambs thus suspended about half
way up. A mating was placed over
the mouth of the pit, which in turn
was covered with earth, making a sort
of improvised oven, for the law de-
mands that they be roast with fire,
not sodden with water
THE sheep were left to roast until
rnidnight-the appointed hour-and all
but the guards retired to their tents
during the interval.
Being the guests of the KAHN, we
went to his tent, and he edited us by
reading the various laws in Leviticus
concerning the sacrifices, besides the
chapter which gives the narrative of
the first Passover"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-07-04
TELL OF HUMAN SACRIFICE
Significance Of Pair Of Thongs, In New
York Museum, Will Be APP
parent to All.

The curator of anthropology at the
American Museum of Natural History,
New York, values among recent acqui-
sitions in the Pawnee Indian collec-
ton pair of thongs which are, SO
far as known, the only existing relics
Of the Pawnees' tribal rite of max
ing human sacrifice to the Morning
Star, god of war. Curiously enough,
the Pawnee god Of war starts believed
to have been the planet Mars.
When life grew dull it devoIved
upon the Pawnee priests to relieve the
tedium of the tepees by dreaming that
old Morning Star demanded a sacri-
fee. Then the bloods went on the
warpath until they captured a maiden
of hostile tribe. After due ceremony
she was bound by thongs to scat
fold, her feet pointing right at old
Morning Star himself. When the
brave bucks, who rather prided them
selves on their sharpshooting, had
stuck her so full of arrows that she
looked like hedgehog, and when her
heart had been cut out the party was
over
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-07-04
GIBRALTAR OF THE BALTIC"
Powerful Fortress of Sveabore, Guard
Ing the Gulf Of Finland, Has Been
Frequently So Called.

After more than Is months of naval
war upon the Baltic sea between the
fleets of Germany and Russia, the first
successful shot has yet to be fred
against the mighty fortress of Svea-
borg, which guards the neck of the
Gulf of Finland, and the water ap-
proaches to the Russian capital, says
bulletin issued by the National Geo
graphic society at Washington. Svea-
borg, best known as the Gibraltar of
the Baltic" powerfully secures it's
holders control to all the wide basin
Of the Gulf of Finland, thus giving
them a most important base for dis
putting the control of the northern
inland sea. It was the acquisition of
this stronghold that constituted the
strongest impelling force in Musco-
vite politics toward the conquest of
Finland from the Swedes.
Across the neck of the gulf from
Sveaborg lies Reyal, the seat of other
powerful shore defenses and of i'm
portant Russian navy yards. These
two points block the way from the
Baltic against any naval power al
most as securely as the forts Kilid
Bahr and Chanak Kalessi blocked the
English ships at the Dardanelles.
Reval Is situated on sharp bay at
the northeastern gulf shore of Es-
tonia. Sveaborg fortress stands just
before Helsingfors, the capital of Fin
land.
There are hundreds of small, thick
ly wooded islands strewn over the
coastal waters around Helsingfors. It
is upon group of seven of such is
lands, which are larger than their
neighbors, that the almost impregna-
BILE Sveaborg fortress is built: More
over, small redoubts and batteries are
well concealed in several of the out
lying islands which surround, like "a
thinly-fung skirmish line, the fortress
near the coast
Many vain seward attack. has
shattered against Sveaborg's defenses
in bygone days, and in recent years
Russia has brought the strength of
the place up to Twentieth Century re-
quirements 1t is said that more than
1000 guns are mounted here and sev-
eral thousand soldiers are quartered
in the fortress even in times of peace.
During the Crimean war the allies at
tackled this point violently and with
out success. The story goes that Eng
lish guns alone hurled more than a
% II -
the fortress, almost without apparent
effect. 1t has fallen only once, and
then bribery is credited with victory
and not the force of arms. It sur
rendered to the Russians without an
effort at defense, surrendering at the
same time that it's garrison of 5000
men laid down their arms and turned
over their formidable defenses, the
whole country of Finland.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-07-04
Scared by Canary.

II after spending a night in the
street OF many lights, you should be
awakened by something tweeting on
your bedpost, you naturally would fear
the worst had happened. wouldn't you?
Someone on the tenth floor of the
Waldorf-Astoria kicked up an awful
noise during the early hours the other
morning, says the New York Times.
He summoned clerks, belIhops, por-
tiers and detectives to his aid. When
they reached his room they found the
sojourner covered beneath quilts ex-
pecting any minute to have pink ele-
plant or giraffe lick his face. The
cause of his fright was canary.
There it was, perched on the rail of
his bed, f1uttering and tweeting and
enjoying its freedom. After the bell
hop had captured it, the sojourner
called for a bracer and then swore
good behavior forever afterward. Dur
ing banquet at the hotel the other
night some of the members In mo-
ments Of homogeneous activity opened
a few Of the cages and let the ca
naries fit out into the room. Since
then canary has been appearing here
and there in the hotel at annoying in
tervals and frightening sleepers.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-07-04
Taking Him Down a PEG.

There is no one" remarked poll
tician who has been a candidate for
governor of Missouri, who can take
the wind out of fellows sails so eff
fectually as an oldtime, leisufely Mis-
scnrian. For example:
After twelve years absence, dur
ing which I had graduated at the uni.
versity, got my name in the paper a
few times and bought a new suit of
clothes, went back to the little old
country town where I had been poor
but ambitious youth
Il expected a reception committee
to meet me, but it did not. However,
seeing the grandeur of my new clothes
and stiff hat, my old acquaintances
came round and shook hands cordial
ly-all except old Bill McClanahan,
who kept the general store. Old Bill
sat at the back Of the stove, handy to
the sawdust box. He never noticed
me; didn't even glance my way.
Il was piQued, angry, in fact. /
walked back to the stove and got right
in front Of my old friend, SO that he
had to look upon me in all my glory.
Slowly, casually, he looked up from
under the flap Of his old white hat
and remarked:
Arthur, you have been away some
where, haven't your"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-07-04
Paper and Ink for Our None,

In the manufacture and printing of
the paper money of the United States
it is necessary that there shall be inn
ported materials from various parts of
the world. A part of the paper fiber,
for instance, is linen rag from the
Orient. The silk that furnishes the
strands that are run through the pa
per as safeguard against counter
feiting comes from China or from
Italy. The blue ink contains cobalt
from Canada or Germany. The black
ink is said to be made at Niagara
Falls from acetylene gas smoke; and
the greater part of the green ink is
made with white zinc sulphite, de-.
rived from German sources. The red
color in the seal is obtained from 81
pigment imported from Central Amer
loo
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-07-04
cras. was4a i.L

He entered the West hotel, a fine,
courtly southern gentleman, very af-
fable and genial, says the Minneapolis
Tribune. And this is what he wrote
on the register.
Hinton Graves Lee. resident in Au-
gusta, Ca, prior to February 1, and in
Georgia state since 1852, now resident
at Kansas City, Mo-, and Kansas City,
Kan"
Clerks A. D. Helm and A. NJ Shartin
looked it over and had a whispered
consultation.
Think of it." said Helm. why,
the ink firm could afford to pay the
travelling expenses and good salary
to Mr.. Lee. If that habit ever spreads,
there wouldn't be ink enough in the
United States to go around"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-07-04
OIL Surplus Ia Waste.

One of the causes of the lubricant
working out from the differential case
between the axles and tubes of the
automobile to the brakes and wheels
is due to using too large supply Of
oil or grease in the differential case.
1t is not necessary to completely fill
the housing. only to a point where
the large gear will dip into the lubri-
cant If the leakage continues, fit felt
washers at the differential and wheel
ends of the axles.
AS the wire employed for ignition
purposes is composed of a large num-
Der Of fine strands of copper, it is i'm
portant that they Should be soldered
to a terminal or connection to avoid
the possibility Of any of the strands
coming in contact with metal and
causing short circuit.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-07-04
Storage In cato,s pay.

Storage of crops against favora-
BILE time for selling appears to be no
new idea. We find a grain of sound
advice In Cato's writings 1000 years
ago:
Let your buildings be proportioned
to your estate. 1t is fitting that the
farm buildings should be well con-
structed, that you should have ample
of cellars and wine watts, and a good
supply of casks. so that you can wait
for high prices, something that will
rebound to your honor, your profit
and your selfrespect."
Evidently the problem of getting the
best prices was then. as now, ques-
ton of providing storage facilities, eli.
Their on the individual farm or for
group Of farms, such as were included
in most Roman estates.-Country Gen.
tleman.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-07-04
EDINBURGH WORTH A VISIT
Time Of Traveller Can Be Well Spent
In an Inspection Of the Scot
fish Capital.

There is generally an east wind
blowing in Edinburgh, whipping the
fog about, or else it is raining. Other-as
wise the climate is very attractive.
When a clear day does come, you ap-
preciate it. 1t is very calm and clear
and bracing. You climb hill-Edin-
burgh carries an assorted stock of hills
and you look down on city that is
picturesque in the fullest and broadcast
application of that overworked poly
syllable Edinburgh is easily the most
picturesque capital in Europe.
The castle keeps you from looking
at anything else for the first fifteen orr
twenty minutes. 1t stands in the mid
die of things, Gaping hill that shoots
up almost straight from the level You
cannot see where the hill leaves OF
and the castle begins; it seems to have
grown from the living rock beneath it.
They tell you that the castle has never
been taken by assault, though it has
been perched there for a thousand
years or 80. You are not surprised at
the statement, but you indulge in a
little mild speculation as to the par
ticular form. of foolishness that led
anybody to assault it.
After a while you look away from
the castle and size up the city at large.
Miles Of gray mansions spiked with
towers and spires stretch before you,
backed and cut off in all directions
by hills just rough and rocky enough
to be decorative. Hundreds of little
blue pennons of smoke arise from the
chimneys. They do not consume
their own smoke in Edinburgh; the
Scots have nicknamed the capital
AUD Reekie.''
Edinburgh Is running over with his
torical association and the tradition
of greatness. Here the national life
of Scotland has conferred ever since
she had one. All her warriors, all her
patriots, all her men of sciences and
her poets have left their mark on the
capital. As a result, Edinburgh has al
personality as clear cut and Individual
as that of some great actress. She is
as Scotch as Robert Burns. If youl
like the reticence. the mixture of SEN,
timent and resolution that make the
Scottish temperament, you will find
Edinburgh never-ending delight.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-07-04

School physicians have recently de-
cided that school lead pencils may do
deadly work as disseminators of dis
ease germs. The lead pencils for an
entire room are usually in charge of
the teacher and are distributed when
they are needed for class work. Chill
dren habitually moisten the pencils in
their mouths, practice more unsani-
tary than the use of the old fashioned
slate cleaned with saliva. 1t is now
proposed to have the pencils fumi-
gated daily with formaldehyde gas,
and small fumigator has been de-
signed for that purpose. The fumi-
gator is the size of a one burner gas
hot plate. The top will hold 80 PEN
ellis. They are set in place and the
fumigating gas turned on for Is min
utes. which renders them absolutely
sterile.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-07-04
Not Smoke. but Snow.

F. D. Young of the United States
weather bureau has advanced three
theories to account for the smoke"
reported from time to time as having
been seen rising from Mt. Hood, in
Oregon. One is that the smoke" ia
snow. blown by strong wind from a
certain direction from the cliffs inside
the crater rim and thrown high in the
air. Another is that clouds drifting
into the open side Of the crater rim
are transformed into a column of va
por and carried upward by rising air
currents. The third is that snow
thrown by slides on hot patches of
rock inside the crater is converted
into steam which, being carried up
ward. looks like smoke.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-07-04
was not followed
He refined in his painting steed to q

was not followed.
He refined In his painting steed to q
walk and spoke for the first time.
who are you? How did you get
here?" he demanded. First, your
name-unless you don't want to give
it."
The girl looked up at him, and the
awful fear upon her face disappeared
when she saw the kindness on his.
ETHEL Saunders" she said timidly.
Harry was my brother. He was the
impersonator. He-he died."
How did you get here?"
Il had to come West. / was threat
ened with tuberculosis. / could dance
and sing little, but had never done
so in public. and II didn't dare trust
myself in the mining camps. So since
Harry had been known l thought I'd
take his place and pretend to be a
boy. But I'm going home now. I
can't bear what happened today" She
burst out sobbing, and the discolored
mark on her cheek showed like
finger Of shame.
Il can take you to Lumley's. The
coach will be there this afternoon"
said Benson. But the troupe"
They mustn't know. 1 tell you I've
done with it all. I'm going home"
Where's your homer"
East"
People there?"
What is it to YOU? No. have
nobody"
Then you'll do what to liver"
THE same old camel" she cried
hopelessly. "The same-but sick as
i am Of 1t what else can l do?"
Benson felt swift and vast pity for
the helplessness of this child, thrust
alone into the world, into the West,
helpless. A glance at her face showed
him that the rose Of innocence,
scorched though it had been by the
life there. still doomed
"Listen!" he said. IT guess life has
treated both Of us pretty badly. But
I've got little ranch yonder, and
will you try 1t with me? If you won't,
Ill take you to Lumley's. Here's the
crossroads"
But since she made no answer, he
looked at her again and set his horse
toward the ranch.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-07-04

fy the manager than because he need
ed 1t. And all the while he drank his
mind wandered between thoughts of
returning to his solitude and thoughts
of death.
A prolonged spree, slow debauch,
the quick revolver bullet at the end,
and who would care? Surely that was
the final atonement that man could
make to a world which he had
spurned, and which, in turn, had cast
him out.
AS he unused he became aware that
the number had ended. A group Of
cowboys had surrounded Harry Saun-
ders as he emerged in male garb from
his dressing room, and were c1apping
him on the back, uttering coarse pleas
antries. They hustled him toward the
bar.
Name It'll" shouted the bartender.
Five fingers Of Lunn's!" shouted
the man who had the boy in tow, NAM
ing popular, and very fiery brand Of
rum.
81 beg your pardoni don't drink"
stammered Saunders.
The cowboys laughed. They insist
ed that he should drink. It seemed
to them both hospitality and a kind
of retribution upon fellow who could
make up as a girl.
Harry's girlishness was apparently
a force of habit, for he stammered
and pleaded, and the more he did so
the more the men insisted. Finally
the manager of the troupe interfered,
but they shook him of. They were
determined that Harry should swal-
low his grog. Then Harry began to
cry.
At first discounted, the cowboys
looked at one another in consultation.
What was to be done with a kid like
that? They were as Disguised as Ben
son had been. One threw the fiery
spirit in his face.
Dance, then!" yelled one, drawing
his revolver and blazing into the floor
between his feet.
The boy sprang five feet into the
air. But he came down again and did
not dance. Instead. he planted him
self defiantly upon the floor and
doubled his fists.
Leave the kid alone! He's got
some spirit" shouted one of the kind
lier of the crowd.
But another ran upon him and struck
the boy a vicious blow on the face,
knocking him backward into Benson's
arms. Instantly the saloon was in an
uproar. The drunken cowboys were
evenly divided in their opinions of
Harry, and meant to enforce them.
Then it was that Benson, looking
into his face with the perspicacity Of
sobriety, realized that Harry Saunders
was girl. The "impersonation" had
been no impersonation at all. He was
the impersonation.
Swiftly he moved toward the door
with Harry, and, before the cowboys
had realized that their quarry, and
their object of protection respectively,
was gone he had untethered his horse
and mounted.
ne I0ducu OFCIs jump no cuOuVs
ed; and as he did so the drunken mob
came pouring out, all now animated by
the same spirit Of anger.
Benson leaned low and hoisted the
girl into the saddle in front of him
Just as the leaders ranged themselves
about him.
Put him down, Benl" they yelled.
He's got to sing and dance and drink
now, and then, maybe, wen teach him
some more"
Benson spurred his horse, which
Ieeled wildly, upsetting the two who
clutched at the bride. Then he was
of, galloping down the long. dusty
road toward his ranch, miles In the
distance. One or two shots were fired;
but very so(- he had got clear Of the
town. and back, saw that he
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-07-04
PEARL WHITE, FRENCH IDOL.
Films of Pathe's "PeerIess Fearles
Girl" Preferred by Soldiers.

Films of Pathe's peerless Fearless
Girl" Preferred by Soldiers
The peerless fearless girl" Pearl
White. has just received the most
unique tribute ever paid to a picture
or theatrical star.
Two million fighting Frenchmen
reading of her exploits in the great
Paris newspaper, "Le Matin," became
eager to see her on the screen and
while on their six days furlough from
the front thronged the Partisan thea
tres where 1.-THE Exploits of Elaine"
was showing under the title of LES
MYSTERIES de New York" Unfortu-
nately they we're able in their six days
to see but few episodes. In due time
the house of Pathe in Paris was re-
quested by the War Office to make
arrangements to show the entire SER
ial each week for the benefit of the
soldier fans on furlough. Accordingly
circuit has been arranged and Pearl
White now plays to vast audiences OF
men fresh from the front.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-07-04
ENGLAND Strict About Lluhts.

Unusual cases were tried at Birming-
ham, England, recently, in which pas
sengers were summoned under the
lighting restrictions order for falling
to keep the blinds of railway carriage
windows lowered when travelling. The
defendants were passengers by subur-
ban trains, and railway detectives
stated that the blinds were only par
TALLY drawn. In imposing fines of
los. in each case, the magistrate said
that every passenger in a railway car
riage was equally responsible for see
ing that the blinds were drawn, wheth-
er sitting near the window or not, and
in future all would be liable to heavy
penalties.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-07-04
Safety First.

Hamlette-Dd yon ever have the
honor to appear before the footlights?
Lovering-Never. When l call at
the home Of fair maid | always lis
ten for her fathers approach In this
way l manage to disappear before his
foot lights.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-07-04
WHEN is A aPRoP" NOT A aPRoPw
Answer by Anna Nilsson-"When It's
Edible"

While directing a scene in the Pathe
series Who's Guilty?" Howell Han
sci of the Arrow forces, in the inter-
est of realism, provided real tea and
real cakes for the centre table of his
set. 1t happened that Anna Nilsson
had worked in the picture for nearly
five hours on a stretch without a stop
for bite of lunch. Mr. Hansel turn
ed his back to give some directions
to his cameraman When he looked
at his leading woman again it was
to find her eating the last piece of
cake. Tom Moore had taken the pot
Of tea for his share and could be
discerned behind a piece of scenery
emptying the pot for a fourth and
last cup of the beverage that cheers
but does not intoxieate. Mr.. HansePs
realism" had vanished. He says it's
the first time he ever saw star eat
or drink prop"