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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-23
LAWS LADDER HARD TO CLIMB
Attorneys Don't Earn Much When
They First Start Out on
Their Careers.

How much money would be likely
to earn If went into a law office next
YEAR," asked Vassar senior Of the
woman lawyer who was lecturing at
the college upon the opportunities for
women in the law, the Florida de
tropolis states.
when you start out you'll probably
get nothing answered the lecturer.
In fact, you'll consider yourself lucky
to get into law office at all, for law
yers are not, as rule. ready to ac-
cept woman clerks. You may, after a
few months of hard work, receive
raise from nothing to IS per week, and
within the year you luay possibly be
raised to $40 or $15."
Men, it seems. are paid just about
the same salaries in law Offices.
There are, perhaps, fortunes in the
law for both men and women. But they
are not for the many of the young law
yers graduated every year. They are
for the few, and they mean painful
perseverance over long periods of time
before they are attainable. Any young
person who is looking for quick re-
turns upon his educational investment
had better plan some other career than
that of Jurisprudence. Madame Justice
rewards her administrators sparingly,
and puts them through a long and
sometimes cruel apprenticeship.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-23
STARTED ON ANOTHER TIP
Ansies Of Explorer Made Him Persona
Non 0rata With HIs LandIady
and He Had 20 Blove.

On his return from q long stay
abroad. . welLknown newspaper war
correspondent took lodgings in a
quiet London suburb and engaged at
target practice with an airgun." firing
from the balcony OF his sitting room
at wafer stuck on the wall over the
dressing table in his bedroom.
The neighborhood, however, was too
prim and genteel place Of sojourn to
tolerate this irrepressible practical
Joker for any considerable length of
time. and he soon had to leave It by
reason Of his feats with the aiPgun.
One day he told the story Of his
somewhat abrupt departure.
) That mischievous secretary OF
mine" he says, pretended that ]
could not knock the hat on cabman
doxin9 on q rank in the square op-
posite to the house. did. worse lucki
One Of his mates saw me. and the long
and short Of 1t was that had to com.
psnsate csbby. and the landlady called
ON me and. when she had seated her.
self on q chair, began:
~ believe you are an explorer, Mr..
;-f'
Il bowed. and murmured that some
dattering persons did me the honor OF
putting me down as something of that
sort.
In that case. sir, she exclaimed,
7 would advise you to start on an ex-
ploration for fresh apartments at oncel
This Ia not q private mRdhouse.'"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-23
CONSTIPATION

Causes Boils, Pimples, Blotches, Yellow
ness of Skin, Bad Breath, Low Spirits, Dir
illness, Drowsiness, Blurred Eyesight, Bad
Dreams, Nervousness, Sick Headache, Poor
Circulation and Bilious Attacks.
Booth Overton Laxative Liver Tablets
Relieve Constipation and all conditions
arising therefrom. One tablet at night,
once or twice a week, will make you eat
sleep and feel better.
A Reliable Home Remedy
They do not contain calomel or other
harmful ingredients; will not make you
feel sick or languid, but will make you
feel full of life and ready for work.
You will not believe how gentle yet
thorough their action is until you have
tried them. Send 10 cents and this adver-
tisement mo. 15) for trial package.
Money refunded IL mot satisfactory.
BoOth-0verton Co., II Broadway, New York.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-23
NEEDED HIS WINTER CLOTHES
MInus-zero Blast Chilled the Captain
Of the Merton Hall, Arriving
From the Tropics.

From q torrid heat Of 10 degrees
into minus-zero blast came the Brit
ish steamship Merton Hall from India,
% few weeks ago. Captain Sullivan
could not find words to tell how in
human he found Boston weather. The
ship was six inches deep in ice, its
sides 30 white one might say they
were painted SO. The navigating
bridge was toboggan trampled by
hobnailed boots that tortured. Cap
tain Sullivan vowed 1t seemed as If
the whole world was freezing up. and
awning stanchions, the electric fans
and screened doors, the tumbler with
the lemonade straws and the canary
were hollow mockeries.
| When the Merton Hall crept up har-
Dor with anchors and chains so in
Icased in ice 1t looked doubtful If they
could be used. Captain Sullivan be-
gan to think of going ashore to see his
agents. That gave rise to the ethics
OF dress. for the Merton Halls COM
mander was unprepared.
4 11G Au0 q Bun VA A6AAOtb AlhO tu6y
wear at Bulge Bulge, the headland
latter leaving Calcutta. Also gauzy
hat with gay ribbon to brighten the
mosquitoes, and bamboo cane that
was the vogue in Alden His top coat
was ample protection for a storm on
the Indian ocean, and of material col
iored like the storms of sand that
sweep Euez. His gloves were Just
about as thin as they handle In Oran.
Naturally the captain was praying for
q thaw.
In the Red sea, short time back.
the ship was broiling under sun that
heated her decks too hot for the bare
feet OF the Chinese deck hands, while
the temperature of the boiler rooms
scored as high as 100 degrees. The
enervating weather tapered of as the
freighter neared Port Said, but it was
not until some time later that arctic
conditions 800 miles from Boston were
encountered.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-23
FIGHT MOTHS WITH
AID OF PARASITES
Marked Progress Is Being Made
In Reducing Pests In Many
Of Eastern States.

Over 100000 specimens of two
parasites which prey on the gypsy
moth and brown-tail moth were re-
leased in 201 towns in Maine. New
Hampshire. Massachusetts and Rhode
Island during the fall Of 1914 and
spring of 1915. according to the an
nual report of the bureau of Entomol-
ogy, United States department Of ag
riculture.
AS a result of the successful estab-
hshment Of colonies Of these and
other parasites which feed on the
gypsy and brown-tail moths, marked
progress Is being made in reducing
these pests. Efficient cooperation is
being afforded by the states. which
carry on as much work as possible
within the infested areas, thus al
lowing the federal authorities to carry
on field work along the outer border
of infestation SO as to retard the
gipsy moths spread.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-23
eeolnnIno insurance Early.

Consul Kelley reports from Rome
that in many of the elementary schools
of Rome and of some other cities in
Italy a system Of mutual benefit insur-
ance has been established among the
pupils. The pupils pay small weekly
contributions to the general fund and
in return receive certain payments in
case of sickness, accident or death,
and at the same time lay the founda-
ton for old-age benefits.
While the plan is still in it's infancy,
so far as Rome is concerned, 1t has
been adopted in many of the public
schools of the city, and this system
Of insurance appears to be growing
rapidly. Pupils are encouraged to con
tinue the insurance until they may
Join an adult society.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-23
USING DYNAMITE TO
REMOVE OLD STUMPS
Advantages Of Its Use for Clear
ing Land Of Large Obstacles
Are Very Great.

Recent investigations of the use of
dynamite for stump removal show that
1t Is fully as economical as any other
method with the possible exception of
very small stumps, and for large
stumps the advantages in its use are
very great.
In the western or coast states where
large trees are the rule, dynamite Is
commonly employed for this purpose
and practically every farmer or farm
er's boy IL practical blaster They
handle this high explosive without &C
cident because they have found it no
more dangerous than gasoline. It is
simply one Of those things that has to
be handled with horse sense and or
binary care. The process is very sim
pie. A hole is bored underneath the
stump with large dirt auger, the hole
being usually at an angle Of as de-
grees to the ground level. The dyna-
mite cartridge ID primed with full
inmate cap which has been crimped
on the end Of . fuse and the car
fridge Ia then showed down to the bot
tom Of the hole and tamped in with
some damp earth. A match is applied
to the fuse which is long enough to
give the farmer plenty of time to get
away for $50 feet or so, and shortly
after there 10 boom and the stump is
blown clear of the earth and shat
tered into firewood. Investigation of
the hole shows the roots torn loose
from the earth for radius of about
two yards from the stump and nearly
all the dirt that surrounded the stump
roots has fallen back into the hole
after the blast The stump parts them
selves are found free from dirt as the
blast clears them on completely. The
roots are left In such shape that a
few blows with an ak will free every
one Of them, 30 that plow can be
run over the old location of the stump
In almost every case without any diff
hculty whatever.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-23
FUNGUS DISEASE OF TOMATO
Wilt Is Slowly But Surely Injecting
Principal Sections Of Country
Effective Solution.

A tomato disease called the wilt is
slowly but surely injecting the princi-
pal tomato sections of the country.
The disease is due to a fungus which
lives In the water channels Of the
stems. There 1t multiplies until they
actually choke or prevent the circula.
ton of moisture and the plant willis
at first until finally 1t dies. The dis
ease lives over winter in the soil and
enters the plant through the roots.
Tomatoes. elephants and similar
crops should not. be planted on infect
ed soil for few years. However.
what promises to be the most effec-
tive solution is to develop resistant
strains by constant selection. Several
experiment stations have already OBJ
tanned very encouraging results.
Spraying ia of no avail as the fungus
develops within the plant where spray
cannot reach 1t.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-23
Novel WeevII Remedy.

A droll report comes from Birming
ham. Ala. Of the success of certain
planter IN producing a cotton plan
that smells 30 strongly Of asafetids
that all insects avoid 1t. The result
was obtained by sprinkling severa
generations of the plant with nu1
vomica. It is hoped that the new plant
has solved the bollweevil problem BY
depriving the weeyil of its food.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-23
To Remove Ink.

Cyanide of potassium will remove
all indelible inks the base OF which In
nitrate OF silver. Turpentins or aico-
hol rubbed in hot removes the new
inks, using soda and soap freely In
hot water afterWard.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-23
Farm Water Fowls.

Water fowls, ducks, geese, etc, do
not require large bodies of water, as
has generally been supposed. Some Of
the most successful duck raisers pro-
vide no water save for drinking,
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-23
'HAIR-HOPE" ends GRAY HAIR

Restores Natural Color in few applications Not
quick dye which gives weird, streaked, stained,
unnatural look, but acts naturally, gradually no
one suspects. No oil or grease. Does not Stain Scalp
stops Dandruf, Itching Scalp, Falling Hair Leaves
hair nice, soft, fluffy. No complaints years sale.
Wli please you. Does the work right No samples
sent prepaid for$100. ES.Wells Jersey City, Il. j.
TROUGH ON RATS'' ends Rat, Mice, Bugs. 55c-
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-23
Locks.

Locks.
Love laughs at locksmiths." quoted
the Parlor Philosopher.
Then Of course it's no wonder wed
lock sometimes arouses his mirth." sug-
gested the Mere Man.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-23

ksedesty In aseaAness.
The better man In morally the less
conscious he Ia Of his virtues. The
greater the artist the more aware he
must be Of his shOrtcominEs.-
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-23
Many Places to Cure
Seed Corn Properly.

Good:
Special corn curing house.
Kitchen.
Attic.
Furnace room.
Tool or wagon shed.
Any dry and well-ventilated
building. /,
Poor:
On south side of building.
On windmill or fence. j
Under a porch. !
In the stable. ]
Over bins Of grain In the
granary.
Any damp and poorly venti- /;
lated place.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-23

ME WANT aman or woman in every
Nm ka mWfAAN town where we are not
already represented. to introduce BROWN HERB
TABLETS guaranteed remedy for Constipation,
Indigestion and Dyspepsia :. Over 1908 profit,
Easy seller, repeat orders, Permanent income.
BROWN HERB CO. &c Murray ST, New York City.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-23

Mr. Flowers made hsf reputation in dramatic
before launching out into the lecture field He has interpreted Dickens
Barry Hugo and Shakespeare the standard for that class
wuak ON the Lyceum platform.
Bis lectures nation wide and worldwide problems discussed with
the v Of spndd trained mind and delivered all the grace
and perfection possible to oratory
Rebuilding the Temple" the lecture that he here on the
CAautauqua platform this year. study of the
zaon war; special reference to the duties and
policies Of the United States It vital and up the
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-22
THE SCARLET TANAGER.
He Wears His Gaudy Fireman's Suit
Only In the Summer

The country folk call the scarlet tan
ager the firebird. His feathers set the
woods on fire. Reversing the figure,
the frebird puts out the torch of the
sumac and pales the plumage of the
oriole that has come to fly "in tropic
splendor through our northern sky"
This tanager of ours Is not much of
songster. He does not have to be All
he has to do Is stand ON" In the show
In order to share applause with the
gold tongued wood thrash and the mel
low noted meadow lark Seemingly
the tanager thinks that his call is to ba
preferred to his song, FOR he calls forty
times where he sings once. The tip of
a tree gives him the best stage setting
for his beauty, and there he perches,
looks the sun in the eye and chip
churs by the hour His mate Is
modestly garbed female, who Is willing
to attend to home duties while Beau
Brummel galiyants abroad
1t is only for a season that the tana-
ger wears his fireman suit Natures
rule that he must change his clothes
when September Is spent may seem
foolish to him. but he obeys to the
feather In dun and drab he goes
south. where he tells an unbelleving
and brilliantly plumaged company of
tropic birds Of the wonder of his sum.
mer dress hicago Post.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-22

menu oy fmpaTIng our understanding,
by deprlying us of standards, of the
power to contrast and the right to esti-
mate. We can know nothing of any
nation unless we know Its history, and
we can know nothing OF the history of
any nation unless we know something
of the history of all nations.
The book of the world Is full of
knowledge we need to acquire, of les
sons we need to learn, of wisdom we
need to assimilate. Consider only this
brief sentence of Polybius, quoted by
Piutarch, In Carthage no one is blam-
ed however he may have gained his
wealth" A pleasant place, no doubt
for business enterprise, place where
young men were taught how to get on
and extravaganza kept pace with
shrewd finance; a self satisfied, self
confident, money getting, money loving
people, honoring success and hugging
Its fancied security, while In faroff
Rome Cato pronounced its DOOM
Agnes Repplier IN Atlantic Monthly.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-22
Individual Workers Is A
Sorry Picture.

Washington, Dec. 2-In Wig
orous defense of collective bargain
ing by workers, Secretary of Labor
Wilson, in his annual report, pre-
sents this picture:
" A solitary wage worker faces a
foreman whom he asks for work 10
do. Back of him a shadowy mass
of individual bargainers eager for
the job. Fronting him the fore
man upon whose word his liveli-
hood depends Over the foreman
superintendent whom the fore
man must satisfy. Rising above
both, rank upon rank, managers,
directors, stockholders, all TO be
satisfied by superintendents and
foreman, and each rank subservient
to the rank above it. The interests
of all but the solitary bargainer for
job are knitted together into a
Collective self-interest which in
stinctively dictates for wages the
least that the labor market will al
Iowa market tense with competi-
ton for work but slack in competi-
tiou for wo1 kers.
Even this is not all. For that
collective interest is pei meated with
similar ones through interlocked
ditectorates and interlocked stot k
holding, vitalized, it may be, With
gentlemen's agreements and by
business coercion or fear of it At
the outer edge of all a lone wage
worker bargains in g utted labor
market, bargains individually
Before those gigantic COLLECTIVE
ties of employing interests a wage
worker bargaining individually for
work is as .mpotent and negligible
as medieval peasant kneeling be-
fore the council of a king.
Never, one may fairly say, is
opportunity for work so far in ex-
cess of persons needing work as to
give them more than very slight
and very temporary advar tage in
bargaining, or even to place them
for long on an even footing While
this unbalanced condition lasts the
interests of wholesome social life
demand that wage earners be freely
conceded the right, on bargaining
for employment, to do so collec-
lively
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-22
MINIMUM WAGE BILL.
Nolan Would Make Three Dollars Low
Limit For Government Workers.

A big drive to enact the Nolan three
dollar a day bill, whereby govern
ment employees will receive a mini
mum wage of SO day, is to be made
at this session of congress. Represent
ative Nolan Of California, author of the
legislation, is in daily conference with
other members of congress and govern
ment officials as well as employees.
The bill is in an excellent position. 1t
Is on the calendar, having been report
ed to the house from the committee on
labor.
Representative Nolan will have to
discover some parliamentary situation
permitting the bill to be called up, as
in the short session there may be no
call for the labor committee How
ever, If there is chance to amend any
of the many appropriation bills by add
Ing the three dollar a day bill it is
quite possible that the bin may get
through the house in this fashion.
There can be no excuse for not pass
Ing this bill" said Representative No
Ian. There may have been some rea-
son six months ago, but it has disap-
peared with the onward rush Of in
creased cost of living"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-22
HOUR FIXING PRECEDENT.
Supreme Court Once Decided That Con-
gress Has Full Power.

gress Has Full Power.
The appeal in the case of the eight
hour law for trainmen has been filed
In the United States supreme court, and
that tribunal has been asked to give
the issue an early hearing, says the
New York World
Already complaints are made that
the courts are to be hurried, as was
said of congress when the experimental
law was enacted Yet congress did not
approach this question without prepa-
ration, and the supreme court having
once formally passed upon the princi-
pie involved may be said to be even
better equipped for prompt Judgment.
Several years ago, when the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad company ap-
pealed an hour fixing case, the court
replied (221 Z S, G12l:
This question admits Of but one answer
The length of hours Of service has direct
relation to the efficiency of the human
agencies upon which protection to life and
property depends In its power
suitably TO provide for the safety of en-
ployees and travellers congress was not
limited to the enactment OF laws relating
to mechanical appliances but it was also
competent to consider and TO endeavor TO
reduce the dangers incident to the strain
Of excessive hours of duty on the part OF
persons embraced within the class defined
by the act
The law attacked in this instance
was not so radical as that which now
engages public attention, but the power
exercised by congress was the same.
No court is asked to pass upon the wis
dom of the conditional legislation pro
yiding for an eight hour day Congress
itself will review and act upon this
phase Of the matter later on.
What is expected of the supreme
court is pronouncement upon the con
stitutionality Of the Adamson law.
Having very recently asserted the alb
solute power of congress in a similar
case, why should hesitation and delay
attend upon a wider but only a tenta-
tive application of the same sovereign
authority?
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-12-22
WORLD OF LABOR

According to report issued by
the Department of Labor of Can
ada, the war has,subj bjected Canadian
trade uniCnism to severe strain,
as returns for 1915 shows loss of
120 local branches and % 800
members.
Forty three singers, French, Ital
ian, Russian and English, the male
chorus of the Chicago Grand Opera
company, overwhelmed, they said,
by the high cost of living, went on
strike just before their entrance
during the second act of "Gotter
dammerung.
At a conference between repre-
sentatives of the Tasmanian En-
ployers' Federation, Pastoralists,
Woolgrowers, Farmers and Stock
owners Association, and repre-
sentatives of the Australia Work
ers' Union, the following rates were
agreed to; Shering, 23s. per hun
dred and found Where sherers
find themselves 28s per hundred.
Under recent decision made by
Sir G. w. Askwith, Chief Indus
trial Commissioner of the Board Of
Trade, about 10000 textile work :
ers at Hudders6eld, England, are
awarded an increased war bonus
amounting to from Is to 20 per
cent, on present wages. Under the
rating all workers receiving not
more than s. f3 per week will re-
ceive 70 cents additional.
Resolutions calling for the Jas
sage of eight hour work day laws
for women and indorsing bill now
pending in Congress to establish a
women's division of the Depart
ment of Labor. were pas ,ed by the
Middle Atlantic eight hour confer
ence at New York. The confer
ence was held under the auspices
of the National Women's Trade
Union League of New York and
Philadelphia.
The services of the Federal B oard
of Mediation and Cancellation have
been asked for by President Peyton
of the Nashville, Chattanooga 6,
St Louis Railway to adjust a con
troversy with the roads employees,
which already has resulted in the
brotherhood members voting over
whelmingly in favor of strike.
Brotherhood officials did not join
In the request for mediation but in