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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-30
Early United states History.

The first American government in
the territory of Missouri was estab-
lished at Vincennes, Ind, in 1904, but
French and Spanish government had
prevailed there for long time. Mis-
souri, was part of the Louisiana pur-
chase, and when the United States
acquired Louisiana in 1903, all south
Of 80 degrees of latitude was created
the territory Of Orleans, and all north
OF that parallel was created the dis
trict Of Louisiana and attached for ad-
ministrative purposes to the territory
of Indiana. October /, 1904, Gov. VIII
liam Henry Harrison and the three
judges Of Indiana territory met at Vim
cennes and made the first set OF Amer
lean laws for the district Of Louisiana,
now Ne state of Missouri The state
government was formed in 1918 and
the state was admitted to the Union in
1921 after long fight in congress on
the slavery question ending In what
was called the Missouri compromise.
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tie Fellow assisted the industrious
Winnie in preparing q good-sized plot
OF ground for culture. They laughed
with JOY as the seeds began to
sprout.
I'VE shall have the earliest vege-
tables in town, this soil ia so rich and
so sheltered with plenty Of sunshinel"
exulted Winnie. Then you shall sell
the stuff, Nat. and you shall have an
even half OF all we get"
"Crackety! ffty-fftyI" crowed Nat.
Why, can get enough to get a new
club uniformi"
And l shall have ribbons and choco.
lates, all ! can eatl" cried Winnie.
That very thing came to pass. Aunt
Dorothy never suspected what was 20.
ing on. AS to the Warmers, none Of
the family ever penetrated beyond the
thick hedge that shut out OF view that
neglected spot Of the great rambling
grounds. AS the crops came up Win.
ME did up the fresh, crisp packages
in tissue paper, and Nat became prime
vendor Of the delicate and delicious
green stun. At the end of the week
both felt wealthy.
The STUFF takes like hot cakesI"
reported Nat one afternoon. display.
ing about one-half pint Of dimes,
nickels and pennies. ooh, Miss Win
MEL I've got over nine dollars saved
up. Why, there's my best customer,
young Mr.. Warnerl How do you do,
sir?"
In vast confusion and embarrass.
ment Winnie arose to confront q
stranger and the first intruder upon
their solitude. She had heard that
Mr.. Warmers son, Clyde. had re-
Gently come home from college. She
flushed guilty as she realized that
they were discovered as trespassers.
But the handsome man lifted his hat
so courteously, he smiled so indulgent-
ly, he proceeded so quickly to take
in the situation as q clever bit OF bust
ness, that Winnie was soon at her
| ease
Il declared" he observed. II really
believe your wonderfully fresh garden
sass has been a sure tonic to my IA
Their. He says he never tasted such
superb green stuff And the enter
| prising young huckster here who sup
plies our household daily never inti-
mated that 1t was grown right on our
own place."
There were three gardeners after
that, for daily Clyde would visit the
hidden garden. And when the last
early spring vegetables had run out
there was fourth member to the CO.
terie-the little god. Cupid!
Yes, Winnie had met her hero and
Clyde Warner his fate. Aunt Doro-
thy had to be told, and the bright
earnest ways of Clyde won her over.
Papa Warner was just as tractable.
and Winnie was engaged-oh, the de-
lightful finale to the innocent scheme
that had begun through political en-
nifty!
And one evening when both fam
lies were together, the story OF little
Nat came out. Mr.. Warner sprang
to his feet at the recital OF the res
cue Of the hated box OF seeds he had
cast to the winds.
That grating scoundrel's bride to
mel" he stormed. "And I luxuriated
on the proceedsl Why didn't choke
on the stuff?"
And then he laughed uproariously,
and caught his prospective daughter
in-law in his loving arms.
mo. mol" he declared handsomely
party enemy or not, he has sent to
our lonely home its brightest bless
ingt"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-30
They Saw the Cow.

A woman with family OF children
recently moved from the heart of In
dianapolis to one of the suburbs, where
they found various new educational op-
portunities. One day a neighbor met
them all walking back from the edge
of town and asked whether they had
been out in the country.
Yes" said the woman; "the man
who brings our butter said he had a
cow out there. and took the children
out to see Indianapolis News
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-30
More MeroenarY.

1.-THE American man is the most SEN
timental In the world"
The speaker was an actress who
fcTcook the stage to become an In
terror decorator Of the palaces Of New
York mi,lionaires.
"The American man." she continued,
''is 30 sentimental that he always mar
ries for love. His heart is like that
which the poet sang of. "A casket that
can only be opened by love-"
What about the American girls?"
a broker asked.
"Oh. to cover the American girls
case" she replied, with mischievous
smile. the poet would have to change
his line to The heart is a casket
which love alone unlocks. but money
makes good skeleton key, which
often produces the same result -
st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-30
Why chlIdrsn Leave School.

Half the children who left school,
in a large group studied by investiga-
tors OF the federal department of la
Dor, did 30 because of their dislike
for school work. Less than a third
left because their parents could not
afford to keep them longer in school.
These facts are brought out In re-
cent government bulletin. They help
explain why the Gary system Of edu-
cation is gaining SO many adherents
all over the oountry.-Kansas City
Star
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-30
RuskIn,s Tribute to Cookery.

Cooking means the knowledge of
Medea and of Gree, and of Calypso
and Of Helen, and of Rebekah, and of
the Queen of Sheba 1t means the
knowledge of all herbs, and fruits, and
balms, and spices; and of all that is
-. sweet in fields and groves, and
savory in meats; 1t means carefulness,
and inventiveness, and watchfulness,
and willingness and readiness OF APP
pliance; 1t means much tasting and
no wasting; it means English thor
oughness, and French art, and Arabian
hospitality; and it means, in fine, that
you are to be perfectly and always
ladies'-loaf- givers. John Ruskin.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-30
rhree rypes Of See MInee.

Submarine mines are Of three types.
First, ground mines, which are usual
lily of great size and laid directly on
the bottom Of shallow seas; second,
anchored mines, which are attached
by cable to weight on the bottom
and are designed to float at q prede-
termined depth, so that they will touch
and be detonated by passing ships.
and. third, floating mines, which are
dropped ON the surface of the water
IExchanN6
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-30
DISQUALIFIED by Wisdom.

The lawyer was examining him con-
corning his qualifications as a Juror.
Have you ever served on q juryf"
he asked.
mo, sir" answered the man. I've
been drawn good many times, but
was always too smart to get caught
on jury"
Whats that, sir?" interrupted the
Judge, sternly. DO you boast of your
smartneBs In escaping Jury dutyf"
mo, your hofG.s." said the man;
mot at all. When / said was too
smart meant that l was always ex-
cused because the lawyers thought !
wasn't ignorant enough. "-Exchangs.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-24

The softest, lightest stuff has always peen
translated into the heaviest, darkest bread
and cakes. That was evidently what the
German stomach craved. And surely
potato cake cannot be perceptibly danker'
1t is easy to believe the German reports
that German health has distinctly inn
proved under the present strict regime
and scantier provender-despite an occa-
sional potato cake A little starving
would undoubtedly benefit buckwheat cake
Americans or roast beef Englishmen.
Perhaps one result of the war will be to
apply German efficiency TO German diet.
If it ever does, will there be any stopping
a properly fed German race? Doing what
they have done and are doing on potato
pancake and potato cake, what wonders
may they not accomplish on really edible,
digestible food
New-York tribune., 1916-07-24
Misunderstanding in Ireland.

The ultimatum served on Mr. Asqulth
by the leader of the Irish Nationalist
party should lead to the clearing up ci
what is at present an impenetrable mys
terry. Mr.. Redmond protests quite natu'
rally against any modification of the pro
posed settlement in Ireland, especially
with respect to the strictly temporary and
provisional character of all the sections OF
the bill" That must mean that there IS
to be no question of the permanent ex-
clusion of Ulster or any part of Ulster
from Home Rule, and it implies clearly
that such exclusion was accepted by Mr.
Redmond on the understanding that it was
to be strictly temporary and provisional
On the other hand a prominent Union
ist of Dublin insists that "Sir Edward
Carson showed his Ulster Council letter
from Lloyd George containing the clearest
assurances of permanent exclusion" and
this only confirms what a responsible Dub
lin paper, "The Irish Times said month
ago: "Sir Edward Carson possesses a
written promise by Mr.. Lloyd George that
the exclusion of Ulster is to be permanent.
There is no doubt about the terms of this
aocument. 1t is clear and explicit. 1t
means, if words mean anything, that
Ulster is to be excluded from Home Rule
Parliament in s&cula s%cplorlm, unless
and until of her own free WILL she makes
another choice
The issue is clear and the difference
,annot be reconciled by ingenious plead
ng. How can Mr. Asquith or Mr.. Lloyd
George himself explain so fundamental a
Misunderstanding?
New-York tribune., 1916-07-24
Why Not English?

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The letter of your correspon'''
Samuel II. Hodges on the above suolee'
interesting, but not quite convincing. Ar
outset his idea that the objection to the =
Of the term English" exists only--or en'.
in the United States is entirely WIZ,
The chief objection arose and still exi'"
Scotland.
The combining Of the two goyernn.,, \,
Chose of England and Scotland was
nature Of q union, and not IN the nature
absorption Of the smaller by the larger
the use Of the term England" or "hnss. !.
when applied TO the union rather jars % /.
pride of the Scot, who sees in that tern
inference that Scotland was simply
over by England. "a
Contrary 10 Mr.. Hodces's opinion, me
of Scotland and England are not the
Mr.. Hodges's comparison Of the use bysS-
zen of the L. 5. A. OF the term "Ame'sp
with the use by Scot or a Welshman ~.
term English" is not good smile
United States being a part OF the Am"
Continent, its citizens can. OF coun" ,,s
themselves Americans. in the same wr .,,
an Englshman can call himself Briio' "
"' "A BRIr0S
Summit, y. j., July TO- 1916.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-24
Mr.. Wilson's Fate in the Kaisers Hands.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The German Foreign Office. through
the mouthpiece Of Dr. Eugen Zimmerman
threatens a resumption OF wholesale subma.
rine murders unless the United States proves
effective as the catspaw of Germany in re.
gard to the Allied blockade The real signif
canoe of this threat is that IL serves notice
upon Mr.. Wilson that his political fate is
IN the Kaisers hands; that the Kaiser. BY
ordering more hecatombs like those of the
Lusitania. Arabic, Persia and Sussex. can a,
any moment rob Mr.. Wilson of his "diplo.
matte victory" and turn the Democratic boast
"lle kept Us OUT Of the big war" into a by
word Of the "too proud to fight" sort; hence
that it behooves Mr. Wilson to play the game
on Germany's side, at all events until Elec-
tiou Day
That the pressure is telling on Mr. Wilson
rs Indicated by the fact that he has hastily
promised 20 have yother quarrel with Grea,
Britain over her right TO forbid her own
subjects 10 deal with agents and interme-
diaries Of German trade.
All Of which shows that the way of the
.rnocont neutral bystander in a fight be-
tween highwayman and the police is not
without its dangers especially when the high
~ayman decides that the bystander will make
good shield. MAURICE LEON.
New York, July 2l, 1916.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-24
The Spring in Ireland, 1916.
tFrom The London NationD

tFr0m The London Nation)
In other lands they may,
With public joy or dole along the way,
With pomp and pageantry and loud la
ment
OF drums and trumpets, and with merri-
ment
OF grateful hearts, lead into rest and sted
The nations dead.
If we had drums and trumpets, if we had
Aught Of heroic pitch or accent glad
To honor you as bids tradition old.
With banners flung or draped in mourn
ful fold,
And pacing cortege; these would we not
bring
For your last journeying!
We have no drums or trumpets; naught
have We
But some green branches taken from a
tree,
And flowers that grow at large in mead
and vale;
Nothing of choice have we, or Of avail
To do you honor as our honor deems,
And as your worth beseems.
Sleep drums and trumpets yet little
time:
All ends and all begins and there is chime
At last where discord was, and joy at last
Where woe wept out her eyes: be not
downcast,
Here all is prosperous and goodly cheer,
For life does follow death. and death is
here. JAMES STEPHENS.
Dublin, June, 1916.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-24
Psychiatry Simplihed.

A decision lately rendered by Mr.. Justice
Goff in the case Of young woman sup
posed to be feeble-rninded has given rise to
much discussion, not because of its IN
trinsic importance. but because of the off
hand manner in which all endeavors to
determine or to classify mental defects
were swept aside as vain and fantastic
II is difficult to make out what he meant
when he said that "standardizing the mind
is as futile as standardizing electricity.
Probably he did not know himself What
he was driving at in vague and more or
less muddled way is, however, plain
enough: he was thinking of the difficulty
of measuring mental capacity, and by this
singularly inept comparison he intended
perhaps to emphasize the mystery OF
mind.
His condemnation of the Binet-Simon
test and similar means Of measuring the
intelligence may be passed over, for such
devices are properly applicable only as
diagnostic aids and must be used with
Judgment and discrimination if they are
to be of real service. But one of his OBJ
servations on the mental state of the
prisoner is so remarkable as to be worth
recording as a gem Of legal reasoning;
at is not claimed that she is affiict-
ed with any one Of the many forms of
insanity known to medical science,
nor is it claimed that through hered-
ity, parental influence, prenatal acci-
dents or any other cause she is an
idiot. Therefore, it is clear that she
is not burdened with any mental NAL
ady, either inherited or acquired
At this rate it is likewise clear that we
have too long been burdened with a great
many conceptions that the Bench can easily
abolish. If in two sentences imbecility,
and all the minor forms
of constitutional inferiority can be dis
posed Of, there should be no difficulty in
the business Of psychiatry to-
such a degree as to make it comprehensive
even to men Of law.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-24

reached the Board of Health. Such rec
concentrations are offered freely to the
newspapers. and il is to be feared that
many have perished which might be worth
ne much as those of Mr.. McCann and Dr.
Pease. One. by the way, lately submitted
TO The Tribune. might be taken up by the
ointment anti-tobacconist. The suggestion
was that the outbreak might be caused by
the fumes, not Of tobacco, which has been
poisoning us oil these many years, but oil
those asphyxiating bombs we hear so much
about from the seat of war. The gases
must be tolerably attenuated by the tirne
they reach us, but so is the tobacco smoke
which poisons DR.. Pease in open street
cars. and our correspondent argues that
it may still be strong enough to hurt
infants.
If the people with new cures would beat
out their rival suggestions among them
selves in this way and eliminate one an
other the survivors might ultimately Sc
cure a hearing from the administrators
of public health. Incidentally, Mr.. Nc
Cam would do we'll TO study very val
uable medical treatise published about
ninety years ago by the learned DR.. Fech-
ner. entitled Proof That the Moon Is
Made of Iodine" II is full of useful hints
that will appeal to him deeply as prac-
teal benefactor and reformer.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-24
WAS CARLYLE RIGHT?
Ouacks in American Public Life Contrasts
with German Efficiency.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Carlyle's eternal complaint was til
we take quacks for heroes and make n''
our rulers. To him America was only w''s
England in this tomfoolery. Carlyle did |"
believe in democracy. He claimed that y
efficiency could come from one, and hence
has been particularly unpopular with Amer
cans. Goethe was Carlyles apostle, Bismsn
was his hero, Germany was his land Of t.
cheney. One can easily imagine Csryles d.
gust were he alive to-day and witness OF o.
present state Of pitiful inefhciency under q
"auack" politicians Bryan, Daniels az
others higher up, whom respect for o-u
makes US shudder TO mention. IL ~oua o.
most seem that every attack Of Carly. ''''
democracy and representative goyen-s,.
we're true when we think upon the stsa q
affairs at Washington, upon our army al
navy and upon our country at large.
Are we really at fault If we sometiu
waver in the faith of our fathers? The pn
ent European war has reopened many qss
tions we thought were past and gone. rel
haps Carlyle was right, after all. fs'n'''
some of our pet American ideas must 70 !"
the rubbish heap Even though GeFnan'
fails 70 win this present war, that does M
prove her system wrong. The fact Is ma
Of US believe that Germany's system OF e
cheney is right The failure consists 10 =
Kaiser using his heayen-sent efficiency :"
the devils work on earth. God works u
mysterious way, lut at last we are .sel4
evidences of the final destruction OF "
arch-fend of cruelty and crime, but not
the good things he had adopted TO pen''n
MS hellish work.
We differ with Carlyle. not in his syHa-
but in his claim that il cannot be etfee*s
4 democracy. Carlyle's contention thar g"
ernment by every one is no government nI
is true only in a land of ignorance and ~
honor Recently, when talking with r'
tleman defending cur present Admini'irs'N1
received the inane and astounding rem"
that we should not be too hard upon WISE
and his party-that the Democrats had rsal
tried to do well and had put in once w
hest men they could fnd Ny only reply '"
that any party which could produce no NOR
efficient men than this Administration np
had no right to seek or presume TO so''.
the country. Carlyle's "quacks' they seem
me-one and all FIX. l.
New York, July 10, 1915.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-24
Who's Who and What in Mexico.
From The Boston HerGldJ


Many of US talk of Mexicans as If they
were Of one blood, just we misconceive
Mexico as a single government instead Of
weak union of thirty states and territories.
In fact, the Mexcans form an amazing mix
ture of races; they differ among themselves
more than the tenants of a praire-dog town.
About one Mexican in five claims to be Of
white stock. This fifth of the population
comprises Spaniards, both descendants of the
Colonial dispossessors and more recent com
ers, together with Americans, Englishmen,
German, French and representatives Of almost
all the other nations of Europe. Nor are
japanese wanting.
little less than two-ffths of the Mexi-
cans are Indians. These are divided into
some sixteen tribes and races, differing from
one another more than the early redmen Of
our own prairies and forests. Some of the
stronger peoples, in spite Of the heart-tear-
ings Of their sacrifcal rites and the orgies
at their banquets on human flesh, had
achieved long centuries ago a civilization
whose traditions and architectural remains
deserve admiring study But others are of
savage type and habits to this day. By re-
ligion and superstition most Of these 5,000-
600 are still sem-pagan. From the dawn Of
Western history these dark-skinned Mexcans
have been good haters and fighters by princi-
pie and practice
The rest of the Mexicans, little more than
two-fifths in all, are of mixed blood
fused beyond easy classifying. From these
mestizos, by origin lazy and lawless, have
come leaders both good and bad. For in Mex
ico, if anywhere, mingled bloods carry in
themselves the Unbalanced elements Of their
own saving or perdition. But half-breeds are
half breeds
New-York tribune., 1916-07-24
German Cookery Before and After.

From the Berlin correspondence of "The
Globe" we CLEAN the important tidingS
that since -four became scarce in Germany
the culinary artists Of the empire have
set themselves to baking cakes without
flour As q result of much experiment it
is officially announced that nothing less
than a potato sponge cake has been
achieved. You boil one and a quarter
pounds Of potatoes soft in their skins the
day before, then peel them and let them
cool. Wher they are dry you CRATE them
and gradually add the product to the beaten
.'olks of four eggs and two-ffths of a
pound Of sugar. You do a great deal Of
beating apparently, and the whole mass
must be stirred for an hour. The grated
skin and Juice of lemon, baking powder
and the whites of four eggs complete the
mess. Nothing less than sponge cake is
declared to be the result.
There are also recipes for ground rice
cake and chestnut cake, all set forth with
customary particularly. They sound a
shade more edible than the potato prod
ucts. boil one and quarter pounds Of
potatoes" is a hopeless beginning for any
substance as supposedly ethereal as cake
But none of them is exactly tempting, and
were il not for memories Of German cake
constructed in happier times our hearts
would go out to the stomachs into which
such weighty concoctions may be lowered
Those memories change the whole issue
Flour, alas has never been of great avail
TO German cooks. By some legerdemain
New-York tribune., 1916-07-24
A Rightful Boycott.
itor of The Tribune.

o tnc fnlLOI Ol Inc lIlDuHt
Sir: There seems to exist disposition on
the part Of many well-wishers Of the Allies
10 criticise unfavorably Engand's action in
publishing a black list of those firms in
America which have had dealings with the
Germans. 1t appears TO me that when the
facts are known and when the matter is
considered from reasonable standpoint, il
will be shown that that unfavorable criti-
cism has not been justified. England does
not merely possess the legal right to forbid
her citizens to have dealings with the black
listed firms, she possesses the moral right
as well, and protests on the part OF our
protests evidently, almost avow-
edly, made for the purpose of placatng the
hyphenates- nothing more than oficious
and impudent meddlng with matters with
which we have no concern.
Germans in America and German -Ameri
cans have protested vigorously because they
have been subjected to social boycott by
Americans. But no one can deny US our
right TO associate with whom we please and
no one can deny the English people the
right to trade with whom they please. II
they do not wish to do business with those
who do not display the slightest hesitation
in repudiating their promises making fraud
ulent consgnments and adopting other
methods Characteristic of the Germans, we
are not called upon to protest. Those who
approve of the Germans can associate with
them and can do business with them, but
German sympathizers have no right to de-
mand that the English shall share their Pc
culiar views. But whether they make that
demand or not, the English have no inten-
tion Of complying with that demand
RICHARD 4. ZEREGA.
New York July q. 1916