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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-09
IMMENSE COST OF WATERLOO
WeIIIngton's Descendants Stole Re-
serve Money From 5elgIum-Ar-
tiole by Pierre Macs.

What the Battle of Waterloo Costs
Belgium" is the title Of an article in
the Belgian supplement to the London
Everyman. The author is Pierre Macs,
a wellknown Belgian man of letters.
Among the many titles inscribed upon
the magnificent monument erected
over the tomb of the duke of yelling
ton is that of Prince of Waterloo
1T ia fine title" says Pierre Macs,
but to US poor Belgians, the great
grandchildren of the victims of 1915,
that title brings up some unpleasant
memories. We are still paying, and
paying dearly, for this great mans
glory. Eighty thousand francs is the
total of interest entered yearly under
the name of the duke of Wellington in
our great book of national debt. The
present duke receives from entailed
estates in Belgium revenues that
reach the nice little sum of 100000
francs. That is one of the heavy
charges that the great coalition of
1915 has left us. Can we hope that
the services we have rendered Europe
and the heroism our soldiers have
shown will deliver us from it? Great
Britain only gave him a sum Of e20O.-
600. The king of the Netherlands gave
him entailed estates bringing in 210,-
900 francs
AS the result of an arrangement be-
tween the Belgian state and the rep
resentative of the duke of Wellington
the descendants of the great man to-
day enjoy a yearly income of 8O,6S7
francs.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-09
MuncIs SAM

The application of the term Uncle
Sam" to the United States had it's be-
ginning in Troy, NJ Y, during the war
of 1912. A commission contractor of
Troy, named Ebert Anderson, had
shop in which the stocks were always
examined and passed by government
inspector called Samuel Wilson, who
was generally known as Uncle Sam"
When the boxes were passed they
were always marked with the initials
of the contractor and the nation, ga
U.s." One day the man who was doing
the marking was asked what the ini-
tials stood for, and replied, jokingly,
that they were the initials Of the con-
tractor and of Uncle SAM" The joke
spread among the men, got into print,
and long before the end of the war
had become known all over the coun-
try. Mr.. Wilson, the original Uncle
SAM died in Troy in 1854.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-09
HOW NERVES CONTROL HABIT
System Must Be Trained to Follow
CaIIed-For Motions Along a
Certain Path.

Those who think a habit is Just
something you remember-that is, is
purely a mental proposition, are mis-
taken. Habit is question of mechan-
les as much as the smooth drawing
OF piston rod.
Habit is the action of nerve mo-
lions along beaten path A muscle
somewhere in the body contracts and
nerve moves because it cannot help
it, and so on until the process is
complete, and the thing we call habit
Is done.
There are as many Of these paths
in the nervous system as there are
habits. The impression which one
nerve center receives awakens another
and the whole path of the action is
travelled over.
The first time the action is per-
formed the nerve centers do not awak-
en- their successors readily. For
this reason some things are hard to
learn. Everything that employs q
great many nerve centers is hard to
learn, because the path must be worn,
the nerve centers trained to act in
sequence. Once they are trained the
habit is formed. The second call upon
them is easier than the first, the third
easier than the second, etc.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-09
EXPERIENCE
BY VICTOR REpcLIEEE.

was a window-washer-for one
day only. l am partner in the Mon
arch Engine company, son-in law to
a wealthy man and the husband of the
dearest little woman in the world now.
How it all came about / will tell you,
and there will be a sinister shadow
Oh wicked scheming as we'll as q gla-
mour OF rare romance to the nara
ton.
Graduation from an engineering
school left me fiat as to cash. start
ed out on my first business experience
doing some drafting for large con-
Germ. They removed to another city.
l sought another position, and was
unsuccessful and. getting desperate,
was ready to take up the meanest
manual occupation in order to keep
from suffering from hunger.
| stood looking speculatively at the
man In charge of an Office building
one afternoon as he hustled around or
dering some window awnings put up
the next day, when he caught my eye.
Perhaps there was an imploring ex-
preston in my glance, probably be-
ing of wise worldly experience he
traced my poverty and guessed at my
hunger At all events he approached
me.
"You don't look like the working
kind, but maybe you want job?" he
suggested in a brusque, ofr-handed
way.
you never saw man who needed
one worse replied promptly, and
with heartiness.
Ever clean windows?" he pro-
pounded next, and his hand directed
gesture taking in the towering ex-
panse of the structure.
Way up there?" l inquired, and my
tones must have faltered and / ahud-
dered.
"Oh, don't let the height trouble
you" readily and cheerfulHy directed
the man. you can't fall. We provide
a harness and jacket and you lock
yourself into the jamb slots SO secure
ly that horses couldn't pull you of
your feet. See here, If you want q
three-day job at the regular tariff,
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-09
GREAT IMPORTANCE OF REST
Continued Fatigue Works Much In
jury, Says Ohio osteopathlst-
Sleep Restores Cells.

The sanitation of each individual
cell of the human body is the great
est sanitary problem that confronts
man, according to Dr. Orrell z. Smith
of Indianapolis, who recently addressed
the Central Ohio Osteopathic associa-
ton on the value of Rest as Thera-
peutic Agent" Doctor Smith declared
that mo greater service is ever rem
dered to the body In health or disease
than that of establishing the most
favorable conditions for sleep and
rest" These are imperatively needed
for cellular reconstruction and restora-
ton following physical and mental eff
fort, he said.
The delicate organism of the cells
may be permanently injured by long
and persistent hours of work without
sufficient rest" Fatigue and overwork
result in the accumulation of waste
and harmful material in the cells and
thus change their chemical compost
ton. Rest, particularly sleep, will re-
store the cells, so that they can con-
tinue to perform their normal func-
lions.
The man or woman who thinks he
can continue work long after fatigue
has manifested itself, without stop
ping for rest, under proper conditions,
is doing himself or herself a perma-
nent injury, Doctor Smith concluded.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-09

room.
Now the instant they were gone l
seized the essence of this adventure
clearly in my mind. / believed that
a heartless villain was robbing an
honest old man. / acted quickly.
Rousing myself, / was inside the room
in a moment. secured the packet,
l descended the fire escape, l was
down in the street.
Mr.. Bowen had just stepped into an
automobile. The man who had accom-
panied him to the street was hasten
ing back after his anticipated booty.
The chauffeur headed the machine my
way. l leaped to the running board.
What is this?" quavered the as
tonishe6 gentleman.
Let me in with you, Mr.. Bowen" l
said rapidly. Il have something of
importance to say to you. Sir, have
the money and securities you just gave
to that scoundrel in a room In that
building back yonder. Take them"
and thrust the packet into his trem-
bling hands Out of justice to me, |
think you should assure me that l
have helped real cause by restoring
your property to you
And then l told him how l came to
be of service to him. He insisted upon
my going to his home. There / met
my fate
Leonie Bowen, then-Leonie Armi-
tage, my wife, nowi How natural II
all seems to me now that the gratitude
Of her father should communicate it.
self to her, that interest should lead
to sympathy, that this in turn should
end in love-love, the vision splendid
OF this sober, serious old world of
ours!
Ccopyright, 1916. by W. @. chapman.l
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-09
READ CHARACTER FROM FEET
Shoe Dealer Says They Are a Sure In
dex to Their Owners State
Of Mind.

Delegates attending the annual con-
vention of the Ohio Retail Shoe Deal
ers' association maintain the feet are
closely related to character.
Feet are not lowiy parts of the
anatomy-no pun intended" said O.
K. Dorm, Cleveland shoc dealer.
It's possible to read character from
feet, Just as a phrenologist reads char
acter from the head.
"Women's feet are especially good
indexes of states of mind.
mo matter how serene a woman
may be outwardly, you can guess her
state Of mind from the position of her
feet.
She may say shoe fits, with q
smile on her face, but her feet will be-
tray her. She'll sit with the soles
turned toward each other, or keep the
soles pressed tightly to the floor.
Again she may raise the soles from
the floor and press down with the
heels.
Turned-in toes indicate restless
ness. Anger is shown by digging the
heel into the floor, nervousness by
tapping of the foot
Policemen and detectives often
make use Of this knowledge to obtain
confessions from suspects. "-Cleve-
land Press.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-09
Divine Rlaht of KINGS.

The old idea of monarchy-the so
called divine right of kings = by
which the ruler was regarded as the
representative within his dominions
of the monarchy of God over all things
was shaken to it's foundations by
the English revolution of 1888 and
Shattered" by the French revolution
Of 1889, to quote the phrases used by
the Encyclopaedia Britannica. 1t has
not been recognized as a political
force in England since the expulsion
of the Stuarts.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-09
A STUDY IN CONTRASTS FROM
THE SEVENTEENTH STORY

Seventeen stories above the street,
in an eighty-mile breeze, on scat
fold that kissed at intervals the bare
unsympathetic wall of the Gerard
Building, at 729 Seventh Avenue, New
York, Pearl White, the Pathe Peer
less, Fearless Girl" looked down into
the street below, turned meditative1y
and delivered herself as follows:
Look at those street cleaners down
there, Gus, in amongst all that traffic
on Broadway. There's a job I
love nor money. Think of the chances
they takel"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-09
Lightning In Rural Districts.

Nine-tenths Of the annual mortality
from lightning occurs in the rural dis
tricts (including under this head all
towns and villages of $500 inhabi-
tants or less). Lightning is one Of
the principal causes of fires in the
rural districts, the loss from which
might be largely lessened by putting
rods on all barns and isolated build
ings.
In respect of the number Of deaths
caused by lightning, Nevada comes
first, followed Tin order as given) by
North Dakota, South Dakota, Colo
RADIO, Montana and Utah. These
states may be said to comprise our
principal thunderstorm belt. The few
est deaths and injuries from lightning
occur in the state of Washington,
where storms of the kind are very in
frequent.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-09
RON CLAW" PARROT A TEN
ORNAMENTAL PLAYER

Evangeline, the temperamental par
rot, which plays a prominent part in
the Pathe serial, "The Iron Claw"
has acquire many of The charlcteris-
ties of the real star. The other day
she Grabbed" scene after scene by
insisting upon leaving her perch and
occupying a prominent position right
before the camera. After several dis
astrous attempts to make Evangeline
realize her place as minor player,
director Edward Jose let her alone
and left on hunt for court plaster.
He is now believer in safety
First"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-09
THE. LONELY YEARS
BY MAY ELSIE BARRETT.

All the town agreed that Arnold
Gresham was Lucy Lanes last chance
and that she might be thankful she
had II. At thirty-six proposals may be
common enough, but not in small
towns among domesticated people
After thirty, as rule, they are either
married or confirmed bachelors and
spinsters.
Arnold Gresham had come back
from the metropolis, where he had
gone ten years before, as a young
man. He had come back with COM
Portable capital, to take charge of a
large produce business. He was gen.
tleman, and handsome. 1t was certain
ly good chance for Lucy.
Among those who had ventured to
hint at what was expected to be an
nounced was Dorothy Field. Five
years younger than Lucy, she had
never been close friend of hers. Yet
she had come in and taken the elder
woman by the hands and gravely, very
gravely, said:
81 hope you and Arnold will be very
happy"
And Lucy remembered vague talk
about q one-time passion between the
two. She had wondered; she had been
troabled.
Don't make the mistake 1.-THE mis-
take 80 many women make" Dorothy
had continued. "Don't-don't let your
pride"
Suddenly she had burst into tears
and run out Of the house. And Arnold,
coming in, had met Dorothy at the
gate.
That was all. It had happened @
week before, and Lucy had seen Ar
mold several times since. They were
discussing the announcement. Lucy
had not loved Arnold 30 very much
until he asked her to marry him; she
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-09

woman who had been three times en-.
gagged and never married. Well. she
could bear that for his sake.
But I love him." she whispered. as
she rose at the ring of the front door
bell. "I love him, too"
He placed his arms about her and
kissed her, as he had kissed Dorothy
Field an hour before. 1t was a strug-
gle to draw herself from his en-
brace.
Arnold" she said weakly, 81 want
to tell you something. l have been
thinking things over, and have de-
cided not to marry you"
'Lucy!"
Even then, under the surprise, she
could detect the relief in his voice.
Lucy! Why?"
Because ! don't love you as ought,
Arnold"
You will learn to love me-" he pro-
tested. Lucy, you will care for me-"
She listened with dull pride. Yes,
he was gentleman, as she had known
from the first.
No, my DEAR" she answered.
That is my decision. l have taken a
long time to come to it, and l have
been weak and foolish not to have
known before. l hope we shall be
good friends always. But cannot
marry you. Don't make it harder for
me-"
She was trembling. Even then, If
he had taken her in his arms she
would have yielded, would have mar
rted him without his love. She knew
it, and hated herself for it.
But he only bowed, turned, and went
toward the door. He hesitated. He
would not pretend, or lie, but he would
not show what was in his heart.
"YOu are sure, Lucy?" he asked.
you are sure this is not"
Caprice? Oh, no, it is my discov-
cry Of myself" she answered. Good
highland forgive me If you can"
AS the door closed she saw the lone
ly years stretch out again in all their
blackness.
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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-09
safa Ret.

One Yale professor has secured
probably much-desired publicity by tho
assertion that the value of baby Is
800 Now, wagers are two to one that
he has no baby of his own; or If he
has any, he is not ready to dispose Of
any of them at the value named.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-09
ronaue-rwIstIna Maine Names.

Maine could supply names in his
tory as tonguetwisting as most of the
European battlefields, for. example:
Annabessacook, Bauneg-Beg, Egg
gemoggin, Kokadjo, Mattamiscontis.
Mattawamkeag, Oquossoc, Pattagum-
pus, Wytopitlock.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-20
TO GUARD CANAL
e. s. Sends Four Companies
Coast Artillery to Panama.
Patrol German Owned Wireless
Station i'm New. Jersey.

Galveston, Texas, April 20.-With
four companies of coast artillerymen
on board en- route for the Panama
canal zone, the United States army
transport Fitzpatrick arrived here this
morning from Norfolk and Pensacola.
The transport will take on a guam
tity of feed and other military sup
plies and will sail for the canal zone
in day or two. number of motor
trucks will be included in the sup
plies loaded here.
Washington, April 20.-Marines
have been ordered to guard the big
German-owned wireless stations at
Tuckerton. n. J., and Sayville, L. l., it
was officially admitted today.
The reason was not announced, but
it was suggested the move was made
both to protect the stations from anti
German demonstrations and to permit
of Americas seizure of them in case
of a break with Germany.
The secret service guard at he
Panama canal has been doubled. Ex-
ira details of men were put on watch
at the most important parts of the wa
terway Wednesday afternoon.
General Goethals is having every
move of all suspicious persons on the
isthmus watched. Soldiers at night
stop all automobiles and ped es- -ridns
anywhere near the locks.
A torpedo boat destroyer a. each
entrance will give General Goethals
extra protection to the terminal
, points. All canal employees are ready
10 volunteer. if needed to help in the
defense of the canal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-20
Germans Reinforce Nerdun
With Balkan Troops.
FRENCH GAIN IN OFFENSIVE
Launch Meuse Attack, Capture
Positions and Prisoners.
Berlin Claims Victory Over
British Force in Belgium.

London, April 20.-Russia has come
to the aid of France and Great Britain
in the great struggle in the western
front sending a strong force of troops
to fight with the entente allies there.
The Russians disembarked at Mar
seilles at noon today. their arrival be-
ing noted by General Joffre in the or
der of the day
The Russians are believed to have
embarked for France, from the port OF
Archangel on the White sea the only
port through which there is free COM
munication between Russia and her
allies in the west 1t is considered
probable the transports carrying the
troops made a wide sweep. out into the
north Atlantic before heading for the
Mediterranean to avoid the submarine
danger zone in the vicinity of the Brit
ish isles.
In this connection it is to be noted
that word reached New York today
through private cable advices that
Russia had closed the port of Arch
angel to all except government traffic.
This may indicate that other troop
movements from Archangel to the
western front are either under way or
in contamination Several times dur
CONTINUED on Page Two.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-20
SHOOTS DAUGHTER
L. S. Official Then Turns Re-
yOlver on Himself.
She May Recover: He Is Dead,
Following Quarrel.

Binghamton, N Y. April 2O.-Al-
fred L. Sharpe. for several years col
iector of customs at El Paso. is dead
and his s year old daughter, Holland.
is in hospital today. seriously w:uI.d
ed. following a quarrel last night be-
tween father and daughter that eI,d
ed when Sharpe seized a revolver and
after shooting the girl twice in the
back. sent a bullet through his n6art.
Doctors say the girl has a chance
to recover. Sharpe until recently had
been building superintendent for his
cousin. Willis Kilmer. of this ctty.
Money matters are said to have caused
the quarrel that led to the shooting.
sharpe according to report. ha0 re
Gently lost heavily in a business deal
in Texas and his daughter wanted him
to relinouish the trusteeship of prop
ertv left by his mother and this Sharpe
refused to do.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-20
VIII SON Will STAY
Superintendent of Schools Not
Going to Salt Lake City.
Four Votes Cast for Him at
Meeting Last Night.

Ernest a. Smith, professor of his
tory. economies and political science at
Allegheny college, Meadville. Pa, re-
ceived the majority of the votes cast
at the meeting of the school board last
night. for the position of superintend-
ent of schools of Salt Lake City, Utah.
Smith received six votes against four
cast for II. B. Wilson, superintendent
of Topeka schools. According to the
Salt Lake City papers Wilson had
many warm admirers and supporters
among the public teachers of the Salt
Lake schools and it was believed at
one time that he was almost certain
of election.
Wilson was not a definite applicant
for the position and had taken no
steps toward securing the appoint
ment.
Today Superintendent Wilson ex-
pressed himself to the State Journal as
being Thoroughly satisfied with the
opportunities and the work of the To-
peka school system. 81 have never
been so satisfa ctorily situated" he said,
las I am here in Topeka The oppor-
tunity for Independent work, the
school board and the citizens of To-
peka have made my work here the
most pleasant that 1 have enjoyed
since 1 have been in public school
work I am not an applicant for any
position elsewhere. and as long as nv
work is satisfactory here, 1 hope to
remain "
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-20
No Recent Indication of Ban
dts Activities Found.
SCOTT'S DECISION IN 10 DAYS
Developments Await Version
of War Dept Envoy.
Futile to Press Campaign With
out More Facilities.

Washington. April 20.-Official ad-
vices to the state department today
noting recent movements of Carranza
troops from Chihuahua to the Parral
region. caused some concern among
administration officials. The dis
patches expressed the opinion the
movement was intended as a hint to
the American forces that they might
expect at least a show of opposition if
they sought to penetrate further into
Mexico than their present position. 1t
was added, however. that there was
every indication the movement was
made without the knowledge or con-
sent of General Carranza or his war
minister, General Obregon.
No estimates as to the number of
men involved was communicat ed.
Officials, however, basing their fig
ures on previous reports as to the
strength of various Carranza garrisons
in the vicinity believe it could not
have exceeded 1900 men. According
to the dispatches it was the purpose of
the commander who ordered the move
to establish the force south of the
most advanced position of General
Pershing's troops near Parral
Carralza Can't Control Men.
The most important aspect in the
official viewpoint here, it was inti-
! facto government has not full control
over all its military forces. The war
department has been without direct
advices from the American troops in
the Parral region for several days.
Messages to the state department,
however, have indicated there has
been additional cause for alarm as to
the situation.
1t was learned authoritativeIy toda y
that the United States has already
acknowledged through special agent
Rodgers at Mexico City the receipt OF
General Cara MAS note suggesting the
withdrawal of the American troops
| The instructions TO Mr.. Rodgers went
some days ago. General Carranza was
(Continned ON PnCe .