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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-11-06
MoToRcAR TIRES

To Lensthen Their Lives Keep Them
Free From OIL and Grease.
Il Is pretty generally known that
gasoline, grease, oil and other fatty
substances are solvents of rubber.
II garage floors are not kept clean
and tires stand In pool Of Oil the
treads soften and the traction strains
In service stretch the rubber In a wavy
outline. eventually causing 1t to sepa-
rate from the fabric body underneath.
Probably the most damage is expert
enced from grease. in the differential
housing. working out into the brake
drums and then ON to the side walls
Of the tires. This may result from loose
bearings or too much grease or from
using grease not suitable for differen-
tial
Grease and oil may be very easily re-
moved by using a rag saturated In gas
oiiDe Gasoline. although solvent,
evaporates quickly and, II applied in
small quantities. viii not cause any In
jury when used as cleaning agent.
Ordinary injuries to the rubber cover
do not prevent successful repairs. but
not often can work be well done when
materials have been affected by oil or
grease. Invariably blistering during
vulcanization results-Popular Science
Monthly.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-11-06
Writing on a MOVING Train.

Writing legibly on a fast moving
train is difficult to person unaccus-
toned to do 1t. The railroad conductor
knows the trick Of it and manages to
get along quite satisfactorily. He pre-
fers to write In standing position and
holds his right elbow firmly against his
side. The reason for this Is that In a
sitting posture there Is too much lat
eral movement in the trunk Of the
body, while in standing position this
Is more easily controlled.
When the arm swings freely, as In
ordinary writing. several toiAts Of the
body are affected in the process, each
Of which Is capable Of its own motion.
Holding the elbow against ones ribs
breaks those motion tendencies, ex-
cept that of the wrist, which movement
Is necessary In writing. and thus the
pencil or pen is more easily controlled.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-11-06
ROMANTIC SICILY.

The Men and the Fame Of This Won
der Island of History.
Sicily's history Is as vivid and pic
trwesque, as ferocious and creative and
destructive, as mythical and intensely
practical, as the stories Of all the rest
Of the world put together. And In
beauty Of nature. Of climate or man
and Of beast the island Is a paradise
today, whether or not it was ever the
voorhees,. painless, paseionless elysium
where our first ancestors enjoyed all
the good things OF life without having
to tod.
Nature itself. now 10 the guise of the
misunderstood gods OF old, now IN Coz
VuAslcns or h 0niea fertility that sc5-
ence has made pain b Us. weayes fts
mysterious shuttle thpough and through
The highly ooaored fabric. a-
And meD-such menEtoweT above
their fellows in the story Hike Titans-
PindaE, AeschyIus, Yheocr1tus, Thucyd-
hes, ATchimedes, the two great He
rons. Cicero, Verres. Diodorus. Hamn-
car and Hannibal. Roger the Count and
Roger the King. Belisarius. the great
crusaders Richard sot the Lion Heart
and Louis the Saint Of France. Charles
Of Anjou. Frederick II. the wonder OF
the world and Garibaldi. Even this
partial LIST reads like a compendium Of
ancient and medieval romance and
chivalry.-National Geographic Maya
zine.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-11-06
SLIPS OF THE PEN.
Even the ses. Of Writers at Tim

Even the Best of Writers at Times
Nod While They Work.
Many II not most writers have had to
Pewail the occasional freakishness of
the pen In putting down on paper some
thing very different from that Intended
by its author.
Readers Of Sir George Trevelyan's
Life of Macaulay" will recall the his
torian's horror when too late he dis
covered that he had written In the
Edinburgh Review that lit would be-
unjust to estimate Goldsmith by The
Vicar Of Wakefield or Scott by The
Life of Napoleon when he really In.
tended to say that it would be unjust
to estimate Goldsmith by his History
Of Greece" There was, too, an anus
ing sip Of the pen perpetrated by the
grave Sir Archibald Alison in includ-
ing Sir Peregrine Pickle instead of Sir
Peregrine Maitland among the pail
bearers at the Duke Of Wellington's
funeral,
Another striking instance of the pen
mechanically writing something not In
tended came under notice the other day
on the title page of a reprint of a once
famous book, Jane Porter's Scottish
Chiefs" This edition, published some
years ago by well known London
house, describes Miss Porter as "au-
thor OF Pride and Prejudice Sense
and Sensibility,'" etc. Doubtless the
Christian name Of Jane" induced the
slip. All remember and nearly all
Charlotte Bronte was one notable ex-
ceptton-love Jane Austen; not so many
remember Jane Westminster
Gazette.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-11-06
DEALING In Dlamord..

There Is no other form In which hui
man wealth is 80 compact and so dura-
BILE as In diamonds. A paper three
inches long and an inch and half
wide will hold kings ransom In a
form that a million years viii not
harm and that not even fire itself, ex-
cept the heat OF the electric furnace
and Of the Bunsen burner, will de-
stroy. You would think that anything
SO precious would be bedged about
with a host Of precautions. Just the
opposite is true. Men go into the Of
fees Of wholesale diamond dealers, slip
packages Of uncut stones worth thou
sands Of dollars into their pockets and
go away with no record Of the transac-
ton except q "memorandum." Half
the business Of many dealers In pre-
cious stones Is done by letting goods
go out ION memorandum" The one
thing that the men In the trade guard
more carefully than their diamonds Is
their cFedtt. = pout1's CNmpantm,
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-11-06
MaaIo of a siphon.

When pipe shaped like the inverted
letter o, In which the arms are of
equal length, is filed with water and
each end Of the pipe is put into sepa-
rate vessel full of water 1.-THE down
ward pulp or weight of the liquid in
each Of the two arms Will balance the
other, and If the water is at the same
level in the two vessels it will remain
at that level In both vessels. But If the
level OF the water in one vessel is lower
than In the other, since the two vessels
are connected with a pipe full Of wa
ter, the water will run down from the
higher level to the lower This consti-
tutes what is called siphon. A siphon
itself has no more magic about 1t than
a pencil has when 1t falls or than any
other similar phenomenon in nature,
yet some of the siphon's manifestations
seem to be not only magical, but al
most incredible.-St. Nicholas.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-11-06
Lions Fear MIoss.

Large beasts Of prey have a strong
antipathy to rats and mice, says the
London Tt-Pits. When mouse was
thrown into cage where there were
two Hons the animals leaped away,
roaring. apparently with fright, and
making efforts to get away from the
tiny creature. A tiger roared with rage
when first introduced to a mouse. Then
be lowered his muzzle to smell it, but
would have no more to do with it and
made violent efforts to break from his
cage.
Elephants screamed and trumpeted
when mice were introduced. shrinking
from them as far as their chains allow
ed. One elephant, however, more
knowing than the rest, when a couple
of mice were placed on the ground be
fore him quietly placed his foot on
them
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-11-06
Oriental Justice.

A young man going on q journey In
trusted q hundred dinars to an old
man. When he came back the old man
denied having had any money deposit
cd with him. and he was had up before
the cadi where were you, young
man. when you delivered this money p
Under tree" Take my seal and
summon that tree" said the Judge.
zoo, young man, and tell the tree to
come hither, and the tree VIII obey you
when you show it my SEAL The young
man went In wonder. After he had
been gone some time the cadi said
10 the old man: HE Is long. Do you
think he has got there yetr' NO."
said the old man; ut is at some dis
lance He has not got there yet"
"How knowest thou. old man." cried
the cadi, where that tree isr' The
young man returned and said the tree
would not come. HE has been here,
young man, and given his evidence.
The money is thine. Oriental.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-11-06

There seems to be some misunder-
standing concerning the way In which
sharks attack victims. Some claim
that they turn over as they attack so as
to bite more readily with their reced-
ing underjaw. Others claim, accord
ing to the Popular Science Monthly,
that they attack head on, swimming
to their victim in a straight line. Ac-
cording to ]. e. Williamson, whose
work in photographing the shark I'M
der water for motion picture plays
has been notably successful, the "head-
on" description Of attack is the correct
one.
Il can prove by my pictures that a
shark does not turn over to bite"
states Mr.. Williamson. IF shark
wants to pick up anything from the
bottom Of the sea he goes right down
to it as cat pounces on a bone and
picks it up. A shark does not turn
over to bite any more than any other
fish does"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-11-06
AGED SOAP BUBBLES.


nsHar Makes Monster Ones end Then
Keeps Them Por Months.
The transient existence Of the soap
bubble Is proverbial, but Professor j.
DewaE, in q discourse recently deliv-
cred at the Royal institution IN Lon
don. explained how soap bubblee
could be made to last for months and
exhibited several specimens. The first
requisite Is that the air used In blowing
the bubble shall be free from dust.
In Professor Dewar's process the afr
40 filtered through cotton wool, and the
bubbles are blown by opening a stop
cock In the air supply tube. For the
soap solution he prefers the purest
clslo ACID Tested by the iodine num-
bsx) and ammonium soap lnot potas-
gium or sodium.
10 make a bubble durable the sac of
NQuid must be removed from its bot
com BY suction through tubes applied
from outside. The lecturer showed bub-
bias that had endured tor months and
that were more then bali o xaed b
dianastar. blown ~ esAas xess9as Coo
timing pure air ct atmospheric pies
sure. - $50 ss - r
A little water is kept at the bottom
q the vessel A uniform temperature
Of about 90 degrees B. Is favorable to
longevity. Some Of Professor Dewars
smaller bubbles were nearly a year old.
Philadelphia Press.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-11-06
WORKING THE COLTS.
When carsfulIy Handled They Can Be
Made to Earn Their keen.

When Carefully Handled They Can Be
Made to Earn Their Keep.
By proper management those who
raise draft horses can make the two
and three year colts at Least pay for
their keep. The big well grown draft
colt can do a great deal of farm work
II carefully handled. Care should be
taken, however, not to oyerwork them
at first. There b danger OF sweeney.
broken wind and other serious troubles
which could easily inJure the horse per-
manently Colts are frequently injured
by inexperienced drivers who try to
do too much when starting to work
with them They seem to think that
because the colt is large he can do as
much work as a mature horse.
By giving the colt light work at first
and not working him too steadily he
can be hardened. gradually There
should be period Of preparation be
fore putting the colt to work. Liberal
grain feeding should begin few weeks
before the work begins. A three-yeaE-
old colt handled IN this manner after
a few weeks OF preparatory work will
be able to do considerable work ON the
average farm. 1t is good plan, how
ever, to give the colt a day Of rest oc-
caSiOnally.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-11-06
The MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6. 1917
WITH LEAPS AND
BOUNDS HOWARD
SMITH IMPROVED
suggestion of Friend Lead Him
to Tanlac and Renewed
Health

i was on the verge of a physical
breakdown before Tanlac came to nv
aid" said Howard Smith, an expert
meat cutter employed at goth and Moore
SITS. Philadelphia
The little food ate refused to digest
properly. but would lodge in my stom-
gas and feel bloated after eating. ]
didn't have an ounce of real energy
MY nerves kept me awake at night.
"A friend suggested Tanlac and I got
. bottle My appetite improved with
leaps and bounds, my food digested per-
fectly; my nerves became strong as steel
and, IN short, feel 100 per cent. i'm.
proved in every way ~ - seaI
Tanlac is being specially introduced
and explained at Kille's East Side Phar.,
49 Main ST, Mt. Holly, and by Henry
p. Thorn, Medford.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-11-06
VALUE OF LEeUMEs.

Plants Of This Family Greatest Food
Producers For Man and Beast.
In these days of high priced grain
and concentrates Of all kinds every
dairyman should learn to appreciate
the value Of legumes, says the Kansas
Farmer. The whole country has come
to look upon alfalfa hay as almost es-
sential In the profitable feeding of
milk cows. We sometimes wonder how
eastern and northern dairymen can
pay $50 or more q ton for alfalfa and
In addition pay the freight on 1t to
their own station and then have to
haul It out to their farms. Growing
laguminous crops is part Of the dairy
mans farm business. Here are few
suggestive statements about these
most valuable plants taken from Q
press bulletin of the Wisconsin expert
ment station:
Alfalfa, clover, beans, peas and the
rest OF this family produce the most
nutritious food and at the same time
add more nitrogen to the soil than they
remove.
''Legumes come nearer to giving
something for nothing than any other
plants. Yet there 10 nothing mysteri-
Gus about these plants. They have
formed a partnership with some beo-
tesie that I'VE on their roots These
bacteria b return for being gsve0
home tnodules) ON the plant roots and
for food from the plant take nitrogen
from the air and Leave Il In the soil
for the plants use.
There are millions Of dollars worth
Of this nitrogen over each acre. 30 the
bacteria have an almost endless supply
to draw on.
THE way to tap this great wealth Is
to grow these plants that have these
wonderful bacteria on their roots.
These plants do not do well without
the bacteria. When alfalfa, clover.
peas, beans or any Of the older Of these
legume plants are sown on piece Of
Land for the first time, Il IL usually
necessary to SOW the bacteria as well
as the plant seed.
I'm these days, when plant food Is 30
important, the greatest possible use
should be made Of the legumes, the
greatest food producers for man and
beast"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-11-06
DESTROYS SLEEP
Many Mount Holly People Testify
to This

You can't sleep at night
With aches and pains of bad back.
Wnen you have to get up from uri-
nary troubles.
If the kidneys are at fault.
Set them working right with Doans
Kidney Pills.
Here is Mount Holly proof of their
merit.
Prank L. Pratt, retired blacksmith,
AZ Water ST., says: "About year ago
was taken down with severe attack OF
kidney, complaint and was in bed for six
weeks couldn't move hand or foot.
The pains in my back were enough to
drive me crazy and most of the time,
my back felt as though knife had been
thrust into it. 1 had to pass the kidney
secretions eight or ten times night
and they were burning and filled with
sediment Everyone thought couldn't
live, was in such bad shape. Ever
before had to go to bed, h ad to walk
with cane, all bent over. My feet anc
ankles were so swollen, l couldn't pu
on my shoes. I got Doan's Kidney PMS
at Kille's Drug Store and it didn't take
them long to cure me of the attack.
still use few Of Doan's now and then
and they keep me in the best OF health. F"
Price Coo, at all dealers. Foster-Mil.
burn Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-11-06
BURSTS WITH THE HEAT.
Sad Fate Of the Terrashot When Il
Enters Death VaIIey.

Sad Fate Of the Terrashot When Il
Enters Death Valley.
That most frightful of deserts, Death
valley, in California, lies between two
lofty ranges, one of which is called the
Funeral mountains
The higher levels of these mountains
are rather densely forested, with here
and there little meadows and "parks'
(nRtural clearings), In which dwells a
strange animal known as the terrashot
30 inaccessible are these inhospitable
heights, however, that the creature,
rarely seen, has remained almost un-
known.
Respecting its habits little can be
said. There is no reason for supposing
that it is dangerous to man. Nobody
knows even whether it is carnivorous
or plant feeder. 1t has a coffin shap-
ed body, six or seven feet long, with
sort of shell running the whole length
Of its back.
Having, 1t is presumed, few natural
enemies, the terrashot increases in
numbers until 1t is seized with an i'm
pulse to migrate, possibly because its
food supply no longer suffices. The
animals then form long professions,
marching down into the desert in sin
gle file, with the evident intention of
crossing the valley to the mountains on
the other side.
But none Of them ever gets across.
AS they encounter the hot sands they
rapidly distend with the heat, and one
after another they blow up with loud
reports, the places where this happens
being marked by deep, grave shaped
Observation-Disclosures Record.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-11-06
COURSE OF A RIFLE BALL.
just What Happens From the instant
the Gun La Fired

AsGFRVHo IOut LTG tUbCanG
the Gun Is Fired.
Two sportsmen were disputing. One
Claimed that If a rife is sighted on a
dead level the ball commences to fall
the instant 1t leaves the barrel. The
second man claimed that the bali first
rises above the level Of the barrel and
then falls. They didn't settle the ques-
ton, but here is the answer:
Gravity acts upon moving and nm
supported body instantly, be the body
large or small. In a rifle the line of
sight chat is, the line of aim is one
thing; the line Of the bore is another
In order that gravity will not cause a
bullet to drop too soon rffie Is always
made SO that the line Of the bore points
slightly upward as compared with the
line Of sight. The result Is that. while
the bullet begins to drop away from
the direct line of the bore the moment
1t leaves the piece, 1t rises at first
above the line of sight and then slowly
drops below it.
rifles are usually made so that they
VIII strike the object aimed at at a GER
tain dlstance-say 200 yards from the
hunter. That is to say, they carry
point blank" at 200 yards. If the OBJ
Ject Is farther away more front sight
must be given. Under any and all cir
cumstances, however, the bullet drops
away from the line of the bore, owing
to the gravity, the moment the gun is
dred.-New York Tribune.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-11-06
o Q Q o o 8 Q Q o 8 O 8 q 8 8 8
LIVE STOCK NOTES.

o A soft. pHable harness is a big
Q help In getting the most work
0 from horse with the least IA
0 tigue.
0 In planning the sheep barn al
Q low ten or fifteen square feet Of
0 floor space for each animal. Make
o the doors upper and lower.
o One time Is about as good as
o another to disinfect for hog chol-
o era. Right now is always the
o best time.
o Hay will not take the place
o Of grain for horses doing hard
o work. A pound of hay each
o day for every hundred pounds
o Of their weight is enough for
o horses.
o Drive the stake down well
% when fastening the ram. Once
% a sheep gets the idea that he can
10 pull out and drag away the bar
10 or stake which fastens him there
o is little more peace.
o
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ne passed Jne nedge He was very
much ratified. The girl was perfectly
cool. She talked about her flowers as
though there was no other subject in
existence. But presently she invited
him to inspect some that were in the
house. and they passed in together
Then and there they began the speech
where they had left off in the language
of flowers.
Mr.. Atwater has long been a mar
ried man, but he found, he fondly be-
lieves, that he attracted the attention
Of his wife and won her love by hav-
ing declared his own in flower words.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-11-06
DIphtherla Germs.

Diphtheria germs multiply 30 rapidly
that In the course Of twenty-four hours
there may be many millions. Mean
while they are producing diphtheria
toxin. one Of the most powerful poisons
known. which Is absorbed by the body
and causes the general symptoms Of
the disease.
The germs enter the body through
ths mouth or nose. They, may be trans-
fsrred by kissing, coughing or sneez-
ing. or they may be transferred to the
lips by the use of the common drinking
cup or ether utensil or by fingers soiled
By touching some object which an In
fected person has Just used.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-11-06
Steel shIps.

Steel ships differ from those Of wood
in that their hulls are made of steel
plates riveted together instead Of the
old method Of using wooden planking.
They are enabled to float because, being
hollow, they have what is called buoy
ancy. A steel ship displaces volume
Of water equal in weight to its own.
The principle Of buoyancy may be test
ed by floating an iron pail in a bathtub
full of water.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-11-06

Inter Den Linden is the famous
street In Berlin which extends from
the Brandenburg gate eastward about
three-ffths Of mile Bordering it are
the princely and imperial palaces, the
university, the academy, the statue of
Frederick the Great, etc. 1t means
under the nndens."
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-11-06
For Rundown Hopse,

Give quart of raw hnseed oil at one
dose for starter. After this has
cleansed out the bowels mix four
ounces each of sulphate Of iron and
nitrate Of potassium. Divide this equal
" into twenty-four doses and give one
day IN bran mash until an have
been taken. Compel gentle exercise.
If possible put the animal on the pas
ture.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-11-06
uaht Of ths FLrefix.

A scientist says that a temperature
approaching 1000 degrees B. would be
necessary to make light equivalent to
that emitted by an ordinary FREELY. The
enormous waste Of energy in all indus
trial methods Of producing light Is a
matter Of common knowledge, and the
example of the FREELY remains unimi-
tated by man.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-11-06

Wash the harness thoroughly in a
good soap and warm water. Dry it ON
a rag. Next thoroughly OH it with o
harness or other good oil. Next day
use shoe backing and rub that In
thoroughly with soft cloth. An old
bit Of flannel is good to use for this
purpose. This ought to do the work
for you for several months, but repeat
as often as necessary.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-11-06
Cautious.

A lawyer happened 10 be acquainted
with a Juror in a petty civil case, and
he met him during recess OF the court.
The lawyer was just lighting up" and
under ordinary circumstances he would
have offered the other cigar unhesi.
tatingly, but 1t occurred to him that II
might not look right.
II suppose" hessaid guardedly, ''thai
. cigar would not influence your ver'
dictr
The juror was equally cautious.
"a good one wouldn't" he replied,
''but poor one might prejudice me"
He got good cigar.-Brooklyn Eagle.