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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-02-01
PLACE NO VALUE ON WOMEN
Ruthenians Settled in Canada Ap-
pallingIy NeglectfuI Of Their Wives
and Girl Children.

Little value is placed by Ruthenians
in several settlements in Manitoba
on the lives of women or on the lives
of girl babies, according to Miss M.
Ard Mackenzie, dominion superinten-
dent of the Victorian Order of Nurses,
which is devoting its attention to ru
raj districts, a Winnipeg correspond
ent of the st. Paul Pioneer Press
writes.
Neglect Of women and child life in
several of these settlements is ap.
palling," Miss Mackenzie said in the
course of a recent address hero.
"a typical instance was a case
where an English settler advised a
Ruthenian to have doctor to attend
his sick wife. What exclaimed the
man, that would cost money and ]
can get new wife for So
1T is rare thing for a widower
to delay getting new wife for more
than six weeks.
Girl babies are regarded with cool
ness and allowed to die without any
particular effort being made to save
them"
The order has undertaken extensive
visiting nurse work in rural communi-
ties, and Miss Mackenzie says excel
lent results are being attained.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-02-01
CAPTAIN ISRAEL
BY GEORGE MUNsoN.

Of all the buckle captains along
the New England shore, Capt. Jonadat
Israel was the acknowledged master
He could make man see himself as
a white-livered cur instead of a hero
in half-dozen of whitening words
and he had string of language that
was the envy of every sailorman
afioat. He had fist like a bowlder
and almost as hard, and muscle as
big as an elephants leg behind it.
There bad never been a tobacco made
that he couldn't smoke all day, and
all liquor tasted the same to him, ex.
cept water, which he said was poi.
son.
He didn't have much trouble getting
crews, because, with all his failings,
he was fair man and the grub was
good. However, he was terror at
times-before he met Widow Abigail
at Biddeford.
Widow Abigail had had her eye on
him for long time, and the cap
tain knew It, The thought of some
day being allowed to marry Widow
Abigail was the star of his life. No
matter If Widow Abigail was forty
seven and plump; no matter If she did
have a bit Of tongue, the captain
worshiped her.
l learned all about the affair from
little Mrs. Jerrold. who kept the sum-
mer boarding house where l spend my
vacations. Widow Jerrold was thir-
ty-three, with mouse-colored hair and
a peaches-and-cream complexion. She
had a shy, demure way that took with
the men. But nobody could get Wild
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-02-01
rhe cheerfuIness Cure.

Health officer Dixon of Pennsylvania
says it is very difficult for the most
skilled diagnostician to trace the exact
connection between mental depression
and physical illness, brit he insists the
connection is there all the same. His
idea is that cheerfulness is largely a
habit, which is SO closely related to
health that they go together. Any
person who gets sick should try first
to cure himself with cheerfulness. 1t
is done many time. Health is haF.
mony, joy, kindness, hopefulness, help.
fulness. The Bible tells us "a merry
heart doeth good like a medicine"
II people would only take the merry
heart kind of medicine, it would save
them hundreds of dollars. There is
hardly malady but what it will cure,
or at least, make better. There is no
reason why there should not be a
school of medicine in which cheerful
ness is the daily prescription. Besides,
any drug medicine one takes has to be
mixed with cheerfulness or it will ut
terly fail. A whole drug store wouldn't
do any good to a man who has q
crouch on.-Columbus Journal
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-02-01
Gifts of Winter

"In giving winter to men, said the
Old Year, Margaret Woodward writes
in the Countryside Magazine, 81 am
comforting upon them one of the great
est benefits. Do not the wise ones of
earth know that climate has much to
do with culture? that the degree to.
which race acquires civilization is
dependent upon it? Nowhere are the
rigors OF winter felt more severely
than in New England, and mark you
the men of intellectual and moral fiber
who have been bred in this climate
Look at the races who bask under a
tropical sun, where orange and banana
groves grow luxuriantly, and notice
the Incidence, the sensuality, the lack
Of ambition which prevail. 1t takes
the winter to tone up the moral and
intellectual. as well as the physical ma
ture Of man. One of your philosophers
never uttered truer word than this:
Wherever snow falls, there is usually
civil freedom. Winter should bring to
a man a period of restfulness; 1t
should afford him quiet hours in the
library and opportunity for social in
tercourse.'
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that Ralph had not found 1t so easy
as he had fancied canceling the con.
tract. The town bank had no prov
ince In the business except as trus-
tee. When he got to the city he
found that the manufacturers intended
to hold him strictly to his bargain
Il am heartsick over 1t ALL" he
wrote. "Oh, to recall the impulse
the result of which hangs over me
like a burden!"
old Wilson as he returned to the Is
land. The glow of what the world
would call fanaticism was in his eye
as he looked over the desolate ex-
panse. Everything was dry as finder,
high wind was blowing. Then
The little town witnessed a terrific
condagration that night. They lined
the river shore, viewing the wild
flames lick up the great mass of will
lows and then the noble timber
stretch. Ralph got back two evenings
later, to reach the island and stand
amazed at the devastation before him.
The cabin had not burned. In its
doorway stood Wilson.
81 solved the problem" he said
swiftly.
"You have taken a weight of lead
from my mind" said Ralph, and was
glad and at peace.
The next day Ralph heard how
Myrtle had implored her brother to
row to the island to learn If 'Mr. Der
ing was safe" The revelation gave
Ralph new hope.
The next week manufacturer look
ing for a site for a plant where he
could locate and guard a certain Sc
cret process. purchased half of the
island for ten thousand dollars.
When Ralph Dering went to learn
his fate from Mr.. Owen, he learned
that Allen Bruce was out of the list,
having lost his fortune in speculation.
He was free to court Myrtle now,
and Myrtle was ready for the ad-
dresses of the man she had always
loved.
Copyright. 1915. by W. G. Chapman)
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-02-01
EnoIisb | awns as War Mans.

It is often difficult to comprehend
from a small map the significance OF
different movements and the strategic
value of certain positions in the pres
ent European war, because of the vast
territory involved. Seeking to get
around this difficulty, several English
lawns have been experimentally con-
verified into large scale, open air maps.
On these huge plats one can actually
stroll up and down the firing line, y
observe how close ones position is to
that of the enemy. and, in general,
gain a comprehensive idea of progress
in warning operations. Small national
flags mark the positions each country's
armies occupy and the towns are indi-
Gated by small posts, also appropriate.
ly tagged Colored tape, staked down
at Intervals, shows the location of riv-
ers, and small stones set in the sod
spell out names of the various dis
tricts.-Popular Mechanics Magazine.
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HARD TO CONTROL NERVES
Even the 6ravest Men Have Been
Known to Exhibit Fear Before Be-
ing Injured to Battle.

Men in the trenches, now quite used
to the war game, have been described
as feeling "jumpy"-the sort Of af-
Fiction that used to be called "mau-
seritis." Here is a state of mind not
necessarily blameworthy, nor even I'M
so1dierly; the bravest have expert
enced it. The feeling is given various
names. AS when a young nobleman
was sent to the hospital suffering from
heart paralysis" Being immature, a
mere youth, his heart, in fact, his
whole body, was undeveloped- man
in spirit, but not yet in body. Being
so conspicuous figure it was up to
him to display the supremest courage;
and of course, he made good All the
same, there was profound shock to
his physical organism; and something
had to evidence that shock. His soul
was strong and brave; but his physi-
cal being, with its subconscious will
to-live, was afraid; and no shame to
it or to it's princely owner.
Why should men get equivocal about
fear on the battlefield; why not frank
ly call it that and not nerves" or
some like foolishness? The courage
lies all in going ahead despite the
fear. The sublimest courage is the
two in the morning" sort, when ones
physical condition is at its lowest
ebb. And the wonder is. just that
kind of courage is now being so mag
nifcently and so lavishly displayed all
along the battlefronts, where much
of the fighting is done at night. All
soldiers are likely to be afraid until
they get used to warfare. This has
been true of many famous COM
manders-Augustus who won fame at
Actium, Turenne, Napoleon, Ney. "a
coward is he," declared the bravest of
the brave, who boasts he never was
afraid" Demosthenes talked fight
aplenty; but he ran away from his
first engagement, as did also Cicero.
Scientific American.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-02-01
GET BEST MILK IN WINTER
Recent Investigations Serve to Show
That Former Popular Impressions
Have Been Wrong.

It has always been believed that
milk, butter and other dairy products
are at their best in the spring and
summer, when the cows have the best
pastures. But recent Investigations
conducted by the Massachusetts, state
board of health fail to bear out this
widespread popular belief. They indi-
cate, on the contrary, that under cur
rent conditions the milk obtained in
summer is, if anything, somewhat in
ferior in quality to that obtained in
the winter when the cows are shut up
in stables.
At temperature of so degrees the
bacteria in milk will increase in fifty
hours from three to thirty times the
initial number, while at 70 degrees
they will multiply 100000 times. This
is why milk should be kept cold.
Milk will not sour for several days
II packed in ice.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-02-01

cigars and liquor layishly He encour-
aged brawls. he sold to minors and at
the end of two weeks his various mis-
demeanors justified the authorities in
canceling his license and closing up
the place.
I'm through" announced Jim bland
ly, appearing unexpectedly before Rev.
Abbott Winslow one day THE only
liquor license in Ironton is Cancelled
and there1l never be another one.
bought out the Golden Horn, so own
the lease. I'm thinking Of fitting it up
as gymnasium and club for the crowd
and gently drift EN- up against you,
seer"
There were no half way measures
about Mr.. James F'rawley. He had
money, he was loyal to his friend, he
decided to become rustler and reform
er combined. Some of his old custom
ers drifted across country to a dis
tant groggery when they needed re-
freshment. Most of them fell unsus-
pectingly under the wiles Of Jim's
plan.
Il hardly know what to say in the
way Of gratitude for your great aid to
Mr.. Winslow," said Miss Rankin,
meeting Jim on the street one day.
Don't try to-" laughed Jim, but
there's something I'd like to say to
you, if I don't offend"
What is that?" inquired Ada.
Mr. Winslow. Young lady, he's
wearing his heart away thinking about
you. You see know it. 1 just give
you the tip"
Ada blushed, more beautiful than
ever. jim chuckled to himself as she
passed on, for, keen-witted fellow that
he was. he noted new happiness in
her benny face.
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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-02-01
Sympathetic Man Had Little Doubt as
to Who Was Head Of One
Particular House.

Il reckon I'm getting into the game
now" chuckled the little man on the
tram car as he rugged his packages
and smiled at the sympathetic man
with glasses who sat next.
Il don't quite understand, my
friend"
of course not, but it's this way
You see, it's kind of an open question
up at our house whether she or is
The head of the family, and we're both
doing the cunning act just to feel our
way. On my birthday she had saved
up enough Of my own money to buy
me some presents What got was a
diamond ring that's so small that she
has to wear it, lot of toilet fixin's for
our common sleeping room, and pair
of kid gloves that happened to be her
number. took it all so meekly that
she thinks she's the boss. and that
daren't enter protest
Wouldn't it be well to assert your
self-just enough, you known"
We'll, / should clearly enunciate.
Tomorrow's her birthday. See these
bundles? All presents for her There's
pair of trousers made to my meas
urement, three neckties, half a dozen
big linen handkerchiefs, pair of
shoes that she could slip down and
sit in, a seven and one-eighth derby
hat, a briarwood pipe, and four pounds
of tobacco. They're all for hor," and
the little man laughed till he dropped
most of his packages.
Next forenoon the same two hap
pened to ride downtown together, and
the little man had his packages.
How did your wife enjoy the pres
ents?" asked the sympathetic man
Il don't see what business you have
inquiring into my private affairs, sir.
II choose to get these things ex-
changed, l don't have to advertise the
fact!"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-02-01
HYPNOTIC EYE LURES POLICE
While Bold Thief Rides Away With an
Automobile Belonging to Police
Inspector.

License Inspector H. K. RadcIift and
Assistant License Inspector Henry
Kittredge were hypnotized by shin
ing eye on a detective" star at Mar
quette avenue and Third street. While
they were spellbound by the eye, an
auto thief walked into Post Office
alley half a block away, and stole
Radclift's car.
The eye, bright and shining, was en-
graved on star worn by d. T. Hoyt.
who said he had just come to Mime
apolis to conduct some. special inves-.
legations. He had stopped several
persons, Radclift said, and asked them
annoying questions, when they decided
to investigate.
Hoyt, according to Radclift, could
not tell who employed him, so he was
charged with impersonating an officer.
Then Radclift and all the night police
men searched for the automobiles
Minneapolis Journal.
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Rafael Joseffy Was Noted for His
Genial oourtesy-Rebuff That
He Once Received:

Rafael Joseffy was among the most
famous and also the most finished
pianoforte players a generation ago,
and one of the most charming players
Of Chopin's music, fancy, that ever
lived, says r. E. Krehbie1. One of his
most amiable traits was his want of
artistic jealousy ana his unfailing
kindness and courtesy toward his col
leagues. This no less when he was in
the heydey of his popularity as vir-
tuoso than after he had retired from
the platform to the regret and won
dernent of his admirers, who were as
numerous as the lovers of pianoforte
music.
During the decade from 1880 to 1890
he really had no rival among the plan
lists who gave concerts in New York.
His popularity burned with steady
and lambert fame no matter how
much enthusiasm blazed UP for these
newcomers. All of these Joseffy met
in spirit of unselfish sympathy. He
took Conrad Ansorge under his wing,
metaphorically speaking, and always
treated him and spoke Of him as if he
were a peer, if not better. He ac-
claimed Rosenthal and always has
tened to the artists room with his
Fluctuations whenever new candi-
date for public favor presented him.
self.
His conduct was not always appre-
ciated or reciprocated, as an anecdote
frequently repeated by his friends in
dicates. When De Pachmann gave his
first recital in New York Joseffy was
as usual among the first to offer his
congratulations.
Herr Pachmann," he said, you
played like little god!"
Who's the big god?" was the I'M
gracious retort you, perhaps?'
But Joseffy expressed no resent
ment at the rebuff; he kept on admir-
ing the admirable things in De Pach-
mann's playing just the same and also
expressing it.
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THE WAR ORDER
BY ELIZABETH scHoEN COBB.

BE fair. young man. Myrtle is toe
young to know her own mind. An
other thing! OF course, my wife and
myself must look out for her future
welfare. Your cousin, Allen Bruce
preceded you by day with the same
proposition as your own"
Ralph Dering looked dismayed and
disappointed. His was of too frank
and ingenious a nature, however, to
cherish either detection or dislike.
5 And you told him, Mr. Owens?''
ventured Ralph.
Just what l am going to tell you:
Both of you profess to love my daugh-
ter and she is certainly friend to
both. You two have just inherited a
fair start in life from your dead uncle.
Keep away from Myrtle for a year.
Then let US see who has made the
best use of his capital"
Yes. that's fair" acceded Ralph
and went his way, but once out of
sight of the house that held the only
girl in the world he loved, Ralph ut
tered a short bitter laugh.
Il wonder If Mr.. Owens knows of
the vast disparity between what
Cousin Allen has inherited and what
have been given"
There was, indeed, a contrast. To
his fevorite nephew dead John Gordon
had willed a mansion, some secur-
tiles and modest little fortune in
cash. To Ralph the bequest was Lone
ly island.
A grim expression crossed the face
Of Ralph as he repeated the weird
name. The island itself carried out
the somberness of the situation.
Lonely island was a three hundred
acre patch in the middle of the swift
rolling river. 1t had been in the fam
lily for fifty years and during that
period had done nothing but grow
willows on its swampy end and a
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-02-01
runeless Solo.

Signor Marconi, the inventor Of the
wireless telegraphy, who returned re-
Gently to Italy from America at the re,
quest of the Italian government, is
likely to prove of great use to his
country in the present crisis.
An amusing story is told about a
reply that the celebrated inventor once
made to lady who mistook him for
his equally famous compatriot, Mas
cagni, the composer.
"Oh," che said, gushingly, I'D love
to hear you play your beautiful Inter
mezzo'!"
Madam" replied Marconi gravely,
"I'll do it with pleasure If you've got
a wireless piano
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well off, and some don't" she an
swered.
Inc captain took it very hard, but
Widow Abigail was adamant. saw
him standing miserably in the middle
of his room, looking about him at his
trophies. There was the cabinet Of
shells that he had brought from the
Bahamas, and the whales tooth. and
shark-skin whip, the assegais from
Zululand and the warclubs from the
Solomons. The captains Personal
possessions were wrapped in little
bundle; they were the least of all.
Widow Jerrold came downstairs.
Can help you to pack, Captain Is
rael?" she inquired in her mouse-like
way.
Mono, thank you," he stammered
Il take it hard, Mrs. Jerrold, but-Im
going. There's nothing you can dc"
Widow Jerrold looked at the cap
tain in singular way, He looked at
her, and in that moment think the
scales fell from his eyes. He saw the
CO1y A1tI1O AOOlu, anu llO IudIIOlly nB-
ure at his side-and then, think, he
saw Widow Abigail, with her angry
glare.
why don't you stay, Captain Is
rael?" asked Widow Jerrold.
Somebody slammed the door, Pres
emily l heard what sounded remark
ably like kiss.
When Captain Israel comes home he
roars for his pipes and grog, as Of
old time. He sits at the table looking
out over the sea. and all who pass
cringe, for they know him for the
worst buckle captain afloat. Only at
home is he changed man. When his
eye lights upon Mrs Israel he speaks
as gently as pet lamb, and there
isn't an oath in his vocabulary. But
If the name of Widow Abigail comes
up
ITO think l nearly struck my flag
to that blank, blank, blank, blank of
blank" roars Captain Israel.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-02-01
Substitutes for Absorbent Cotton.

Recent consular reports mention
several more or less successful cheap
substitutes for absorbent cotton that
have been introduced since the Euro
pean war began. One of these, now
on sale in Berlin, is known as ''lignin. >
and is made of pine cellulose. It is
said to absorb blood better than cot
ton, but cannot compete with the lat
ter as a dressing for wounds. 1t is
however, pronounced satisfactory for
use as a second dressing. A cellulose
wadding, made by secret process
from chemical wool pulp, is now of
fered as dressing for wounds in
Sweden. 1t comes in very thin sheets,
resembling tissue paper. The use Of
sterilized sphagnum moss for the
same purpose appears to have been
generalized by the exigencies arising
from the war.-Scientific American.
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lurx Exoneratsa bead cow.

When an automobile hits a COW and
injuries it badly the driver is to blame
and not the COW, even If the COW did
get nervous when It saw the auto
headlights bearing swiftly down on it.
A jury decided the foregoing in Judge
Gatens' court and awarded 500 dam
ages to Emil Alt, the cows owner.
August Sempert. who owned the auto.
argued in court that he didn't know
the Hawthorne bridge was browsing
pasture and that the COW should have
worn red light on its tail. But the
jury disagreed with him.-Portland
(Ore.) Dispatch Los Angeles Times.
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Deliver UsI

George W. Perkins, in a Y. M. G. A.
address on temperance in Chicago. be-
gan:
"A corking time is good time for
any young man, but may heaven de-
liver us all from the kind of corking
time that means an uncorkinr one.'
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Under the new Dutch budget, at the
registration of newly born baby all
Christian names, with the exception
OF one, are to be taxed. Holders OF
foreign stocks are also heavily taxed,
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A Question.

4 Dat spaniel of yours must be some
scrapper."
"Oh, no. Spaniels do not fight
Den how did he git his face pushed
sn?"-LouisvilIe Courier-Journal.