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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-06-05
OUR PEARLING INDUSTRY.
Its Wonderful Growth and tie Effeo'
lJnon Our Muasal Hada

Its Wonderful Growth and Its Effect
Upon Our Mussel Beds.
In our midwestern states the pearl
ing industry is carried on to even
greater extent than 1t is abroad. ItG
product amounts to many millions Of
dollars annually and includes all jew.
els worth while and the making Of
pearl buttons, which Is an industry In
itself. The business of pearl button
making had its beginning In the high
tariff imposed on imported buttons by
the law Of 1890.
On account Of the abundance of suit.
able mussels In the Mississippi river
the first factory for the manufacture
of pearl buttons from mussel shells
was erected at Muscatine, Ia, and the
industry has grown to such an extent
that it now employs nearly 1900 per.
sons, who turn out approximately 500.
100000 gross Of buttons. To produce
this amount there were used over 49,.
600 tons of mussel shells.
The button business has attained
large proportions, doing approximate.
ly $10,000,000 worth each year. Al
though the mussel fishery is compare.
lively new, probably not more thar
twenty years old, continued fishing has
had a pronounced influence on the pro-
ductiyity of the mussel beds and bids
fair to lead to serious consequences.
The principal species of mussel used
for button making is generally known
as the "niggerhead." They have the
general shape of the common round
clam and are characterized by a very
thick and heavy shell. They have
black or dark brown outside skins and
glistening white interiors, this being
uniform through the thickness Of the
shell. Other species are highly priced
but rare, and some are Of little value
because of the thinness and brittleness
of the shells. Charles A. Sidman in
New York Sun.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-06-05
TIE PEOPLE TRIUMPHANT.
They Always Conquer When They Are

They Always Conquer When They Are
Resolved to Be Free.
In the efforts of the people, of the
people struggling for their rights, NOV
ing not in organized, disciplined masses,
but in their spontaneous action, man
for man and heart for heart, there is
something glorious. They can then
move forward without orders, act to-
gether without combination and brave
the flaming lines of battle without in
trenchments to cover or walls to shield
them
No dissolute camp has worn off from
the feelings of the youthful soldier the
freshness of that home where his
mother and sisters sit waiting with
fearful eyes and aching hearts to hear
good news from the wars No long
service in the ranks of the conqueror
has turned the veterans heart into
marble. Their valor springs not from
recklessness, from habit, from fndiffer-
ence to the preservation of a life knit
by no pledges to the lives of others,
but in the spirit and the strength Of
the cause alone they act, contend and
bleed. In this they conquer!
The people always conquerl- They
always must conquerl Armies may be
defeated, kings may be overthrown
and new dynasties be imposed by for
eign arms on an ignorant and slavish
race that care not In what language
the covenant of their subjugation runs
nor In whose the deed of their barter
and sale is made out
But the people never invade and
when they rise against the invader are
never subdued. If they are driven
from the plains they fly to the noun
tains. Steep rocks and everlasting hills
are their castles, the tangled, painless
thicket their palisade, and nature, God,
is their ally. Now he overwhelms the
hosts of their enemies beneath his
drifting mountains of sand; now he
buries them under falling atmosphere
of polar SHOWS He lets loose his tenn
pests on their fleets. He puts a folly
into their counsels, a madness into the
hearts of their leaders, and he never
gave and never will give a final tri-
umph over a vfrtuous and gallant peo-
pie resolved to be free.-Edward Ever
EFT. ~
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-06-05
PRESERVING EGGS.
Water Glass Will Keep Them Fresh Six
Months or Longer.

Water Glass Will Keep Them Fresh Six
Months or Longer.
Eggs are much cheaper in the spring
than they are later on in the year, and
spring eggs can easily be kept over I'M
til the high price season by putting
them down in water glass, which can
be purchased at drug stores for about
% cents quart.
A quart of water glass mixed with
twelve quarts of water that has been
boiled and then cooled viii be sufficient
to preserve about fifteen dozen eggs. A
stronger solution should be used for
eggs that are to be held six to eight
months or longer.
Stir the water glass and water mix
ture until thoroughly mixed. Use a
stone Jar that has been thoroughly
cleaned The eggs should also be clean
ed. Cover the bottom of the jar with
eggs stood up on end, the small end
down. Pack the eggs so they will COW
er the bottom. The eggs can all be
packed at one time, one layer upon an
other, or the packing can be done from
time to time Pour In the mixture so
the top layer of eggs viii be covered
fully two inches A thin coating OF
paraffin poured over the top of the wa
ter glass mixture when the jar Is filled
will prevent evaporation; otherwise the
mixture will require replacing as often
as evaporation makes 1t necessary.
Store the jar In cool cellar-New
York Sun.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-06-05

TIME Greek Letter Society was
invented over 100 years ago in
= an American college and there
are now so many of them that the
Greek alphabet is becoming sadly
overworked and must soon be en-
larged to take care of the rush of
business.
Contrary to popular supposition
the members of these societies do
not spend their time writing letters
in Greek. No doubt they could if
they chose, but the kind of letter
that father understands and an
swers most kindly must be written
in English, and the Greek letter
member is usually a most faithful
correspondent as far as his father
is concerned.
A Greek Letter Society is COM
monty supposed to be gang of des-
perate young men who have sworn
over a bloody skull to stand firmly
by each other and never to reveal
the name of the brother who blew
up the court house. 1t is supposed
to be so powerful that when twenty
or thirty young. men with pompa-
dour hats get together in black
cellar under red light and whisper
in case-hardened voices they can de-
feat the noble young candidate for
Congress who is supported only by
few shivering magnates or a
plucky little railroad.
Greek Letter Societies are also
supposed to lead lives of crime and
to encourage their devotees to en-
gulf large watts of virulent stimu-
lants. Many bright young man
who has gone to college with a
pocket full Of picture cards for per-
feet attendance at Sunday-school is
supposed to have emerged from the
first meeting of his secret society
with fierce yearning for hasheesh
and the blood Of tender young
children.
All of these suspicious arise from
the fact that the Greek Letter So
ciety is secret and that it's members
are supposed never, no, never, to re-
veal what has happened behind the
black curtain with the cross-bones
on it. Anything secret is sus-
picious, as John D. Rockefeller has
found out. But at the risk of in
voking the horrid vengeance of the
Alfalfa Debts, the Delta Kappa Son.
ofaguns, the Eta Bita Pies, the Sigh
Whooperups, the Mu Kow Moos and
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-06-05
How kaMr. smnka-

The natives of South Africa are In
veterate smokers, but some of them In
dulge in the habit in a distinctly queer
fashion. The natives of Harrismith, in
the Orange River Colony, smoke in the
following novel manner: A pipe" is
made by thrusting two sticks into the
ground so as to meet at an angle; when
they are withdrawn two tunnels are
left behind. A hollow reed is stuck In
one hole and the tobacco placed in the
other and lighted. Before beginning
operations the native fills his mouth
with water, drawing in the smoke with
a gurgling sound and blowing out the
water and smoke through a second
reed. 1t seems a mighty poor way of
smoking to white man, says a writer
in the Wide World Magazine, but the
Kafflrs are very fond of it.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-06-05
The sarnaant,a THREAT.

Answering for absent comrades dur
ing roll call is quite usual with sol
diers. Sergeants know themselves to
be tricked in this fashion very often,
but as detection of the culprits is al
most impossible they have to content
themselves with the use of a little
threatening language toward their men.
1t was an Irish sergeant who recently
delivered himself as follows when
about to call the roll in a Dublin bar
racks:
''Now, mind We, If l ketch any of We
sayin' yer here when yer not here Yell
go over there" pointing to the guard
room.-Atlanta Journal.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-06-05
HA Told Har

A middle aged governess on arriving
at new situation was formally intro
duced to the family, and the next morn
ing Master Tom, the hopeful of the
family, said to her, miss Parker, are
you Leghorn or Cochin Gilman" "Why
do you ask such an extraordinary ques-
tion?'' she asked
Because" answered the boy, 81 heard
dad say to mummy after you left the
room last night that you were no long
er a chicken"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-06-05

charges, especially after about 1900.
But In 1911 matters came to a very
bad pass. There were no more postage
stamps, so the government took some
revenue stamps, already once sur
charged, and upon the backs of these
revenue stamps printed a surcharge
which made them good for postage.
So here are revenue stamps with post
age stamps on their backs, or post
age stamps with sureharged revenue
stamps on their Backs Either way
they are very interesting. There were
three values-5, 10 and 10 centavos-
so made. New Zealand furnishes us
another type of interesting backs.
Here we find a canny postoffice depart.
ment coming an honest penny by. sell
ing the space upon the backs of its
stamps for advertising purposes. The
stamps of the issue 1SS2-91 may be
found telling the merits of breakfast
foods, patent medicines, soaps, etc. A
complete collection would contain a
good many varieties We do not know
how many.--St. Nicholas.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-06-05
How TO Walk.

There is no virtue In a dawdling
saunter. The slow and languid drag
ging Of one foot after the other which
some people call walking would tire
an athlete. 1t utterly exhausts weak
person, and that is the reason why
many delicate persons think they can
not walk. To derive any benefit from
the exercise it is necessary to walk
with light, elastic step which swings
the weight of the body so easily from
one leg to the other that its weight is
not felt and which produces healthy
glow, showing that the sluggish blood
is stirred to action in the most remote
veins
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-06-05

Flush chapter is going to try TO
jolly the landlord along another
month
2. If certain tow-headed fresh
man is made president of his class
he can be- snagged away from the
other frats and into our noble or
der. Vote, Brothers, vote.
8. On the third OF next month an
informal dance will be given with
an imported orchestra and when the
FIJI Gammas hear of it they will
expire with envy.
4. On next Saturday night at mid
night three shuddering neophytes
will be indicted into the awful mys-
teries of our mighty band. Let no
brother forget to bring a barrel
stave.
There are a few other dark
secrets but none as black as these.
Greek Letter Societies are harm
less and moreover are Of great good.
Many a collegian has, through
them, learned the Greek alphabet
so thoroughly that he has remeni.
hered it after French and Trigo-
nometry have cantered from his
memory,
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-06-05
Music.

There is something marvellous in mu
sic. / might almost say that music
is in itself a marvel It's position is
somewhere between the region OF
thought and that of phenomena, a glim
mering medium between mind and
matter, related to both and yet differ
ing from either spiritual and yet re
quiring rhythm, material and yet In
dependent of space.-Heinrich Heine-
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-06-05

Careful consideration should be given
to the planting Of large trees and
shrubs, as planting Of this kind should
be permanent. Flower beds may be
changed more. or less every year, but
large shrubs and trees require years to
develop fine specimens, so they should
not be disturbed or moved after they
are once located.-New York Sun.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-06-05

Papier mache is made chiefly from
old paper by boiling to pulp with wa
ter, pressing, mixed with glue or starch
paste and then forcing in mold previ-
ously oiled. After drying the articles
made with this compound are soaked
with linseed oil and then dried at a
higher temperature.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-06-05
ESTABLISHED 1879
GREEK LETTER SOCIETIES

the Omega Salves we are about to
divulge the four principal secrets Of
the Greek Letter Society.
Turn down the lights, please.
They are as follows:
l. The rent of the chapter house
is now two months overdue and to-
morrow the high priest of Delta
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-06-05

The mania of many physicians fol
ordering diseased teeth extracted Il
meeting with outspoken protest from
dentists and doctors. They say thai
teeth should be pulled only when the
assesses at their roots cannot b.
healed.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-06-05
Mount holly Lodge Directory

Mount Holly Lodge No. "a, F. & A. M.
Masonic Temple
Meets Mondays on or before full moon
Joseph W. Colkitt, Secretary
Mount Holly Lodge No 84S, B. P. o. Elks
Kelsey Killie Building
Meets first and third Tuesday in each month
Harry l.. Walters, Secretary
Mt. Holly Lodge No. 1877, L. o. o. Moose
Meets every Tuesday at Moose Home
George w. Dading, Secretary
Pocshontas Tribe No. IS, Imp'd o. R. M.
John b. Dobbins, G. of X.
N. ]. Lodge No. I, Knights of Pythias
Meets every Friday in Red Mems Hall
Samuel c. Stanton. X. of K. and'S.
Washington Camp No II, P. o. S. of A.
Meets Thursdays in Kelsey 4 Kilne Building
Samuel e. Colder, secretary
Washington Council No. S, Jr. o u. M.
Meets every Tuesday In Red Mems HAN
Herbert r. Smith, Secretary
Marion Circle No. 9. Brotherhood of
America
Meets every "Wednesday IN Red Mems Hail
Jonn ckmorton, Jr., Secretary
Mount Holly Camp No. IS, Woodmen of
the World
Meets second and fourth Tuesday in Kelse,
q KillIe Building
Irving Z. Gaskill, Secretary
Bright Star Lodge No. IS, Shepherds of
Bethlehem
Meets Mondays In Kelsey q Killie Building
Anna M. Rossell, scribe
Mt. Holly Court No 1, Imp o o. Foresters
Meets second and fourth Tuesday, Red Mems
Hall
Tilden BidweIi. Recording Secretary
Mt. Holly Temple No. S, Masonic Tie
Meets every Thursday In Red Mems Hall
Mrs. Nj. l. Pearson, scroll keeper
Gen. A. E. Shiras Post No. 20, G. A. R.
Meets every Friday in DIPS Hall
Theodore Nicely, Adjutant
Ladies' Aid of the G. A. R.
Meets second and fourth Tuesday In DilPs Hail
Miss Lorena Bates. Secretary
Washing ton Council No &c, Sr. o. U. A. M.
Meets every Thursday In DIPS Hall
Jobb \. Iafty, Secretary
Mt. Holly 8. Unity Lodge No 10, 1907
Meets every Wednesday IN Mirror Building
John d Herbert, Secretary
Lady Marion Home No. 6, Brotherhood
OF America
Meets every saturday in Red Mems Hall
Mrs Ida Eddieman. Seroiikeeper
MI. Holly Camp No. SO, Patriotic Order
OF Americans
Meets Wednesda Us In Kelsey q kiilie Buildfi,,.
MIS-. J. Z. Mount, Secretary
New Jersey Castle No q, K. of G. E.
Red Mems Hall
Meets every third and third Tuesday
b. y. Herbert, M. oil X.
Star of Washington Council No29, d. of A.
Meets trlday IA kelsey q killie Building
Carrie DenDis. Secretary
Court Mckinley No. 4, o. of G. S.
Meets Saturdays in Kelsey q Klllie Building
b. y. Herbert, Recorder
Gen. Joseph Hooker Camp No. As, Sons
of Veterans
Meets second and fourth Wednesday in Dill's
Hail
John b. Dobbins Adjutant
Mania Maria Council No. II7o, K of c.
Saint Mary's Hall
.deets first SUNDAY OF the mont at D. M
ffrsi Tuesday after the third Sunda, at 8 D. m
John Layery Secretary
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-06-05

"She says she would let her husband
go hungry before she would cook q
meal for him."
"That is what call true love-
Houston Post.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-06-05

hGUlotubSttuS -''S'cs
docs your typewriter believe In the
simplified spellingr
ooh, rather think not. She always
seems to spell words In the hardest
way"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-06-05

Liberty, when it once begins to tax
root, is a plant of rapid growth
Washington.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-06-05

The next morning there was feel
ing In Petrograd that momentous
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-06-05

held prisoners In the palace. The best
men In Russia are watching and wait
ing to form new government"
While Mikhatlof had been talking
Marya had been listening intently, at
the same time thinking of her lover,
who on the morrow would take part
In this great movement, anxious both
for him and her father.
Stephan Mikhailof staggered upstairs
to his room and without removing his
clothes threw himself on the bed and
was asleep the moment he touched It,
A few minutes later there wat a
summons at the street door, and Cap
tain Ivanovitch entered the house.
Marya Joined him Immediately.
''Have you seen your fatherT' the
captain asked anxiously.
'Yes," replied Marya In a voice that
trembled. HE has refused his con-
sent"
Marya ran over what her father had
told her as to that which was expected
to occur the next day. When she
had finished she asked her lover
whether, when the revolution occurred,
the troops would fire on the people.
'That is a matter Of uncertainty.
The men are In sympathy with the
crowds they will be ordered to shoot
down. Some of the officers are revolu-
tionists, and some are loyal to the car.
This is the case in my regiment, and 1
believe it Is true of the others unless
1t may be some of the more aristo-
cratic commanders, where the officers
all support the bureaucracy. Success
or failure depends upon whether the
people or the bureaucracy can win over
the troops to their side"
II.
The next morning there was a feel
fnG In PetroRrad that momentous
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-06-05

Washington Camp No II, P. o. S. of A.
Meets Thursdays in Kelsey q Killie Building
samuel e. Colder, Secretary
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Washington Council No. S. Jr. o U.A NJ.
Meets every Tuesday in Red Mems Hall
Herbert K. Smith, Secretary
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-11-20
eoId.mIth's worId.wldsnss..

One OF the most memorable things to
be remarked in Goldsmith is the note
of worId-wideness which he introduced
into literature. There is a total alb
sence In him OF local prejudice, which
is in strong contrast with the vigorous
and almost barbaric insularlty Of
johnson. He had once thought OF emil
grating to America. and would have
done so but for one OF those humorous
Incidents SO common In his haphazard
life.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-11-20

II music Is the art In which you are
ambitious to distinguish yourself, you
may have to 60 away from home to get
the necessary training. and perhaps
cross the water. to secure the finishing
touches. But the art OF living can be
practiced right at home, and very like
ly you will have as good instruction as
can be found anywhere. In the circle
of your own famlly.-Exchange.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-11-20
Modern Maalc.

The fairy's wand which turned a
ragged gown into dress it for a
princess, and a pumpkin into a coach,
Is not altogether a myth. The cheer
full disposition which sees everything
at its best, rather than its worst,
makes as wonderful transformations.
The magic of cheerfulness is still at
work.-Exchange.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-11-20
When Gloves Became PopuIar.

Although worn before, gloves did
not find favor with women until the
fourteenth Gentry, when they were al
ways In evidence. II not on the hands,
In them or carried stuck In the girdle,
the stitching that made the fingers ex-
tending far down the back of the hand
and finished on with fancy stitch and
embroidery, the gauntlet often jew
eled. the whole glove perfumed.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-11-20
Give You Three euesses.

"What subjects are best adapted
for beginners practice In mind read.
ing7" asks the inquisltive subscriber
of Wharton. That sort Of thing is
Sanskrit to US. but If you hear girl
ask her beau why he doesn't save his
money by investing 1t In a bungalow
you might see IL you can make out
what she is thinking of.-Houston
Post.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-11-20
What One Needs.

IT'S a good old world to live In, 80
you need yourself house; to love In,
30 You need a spouse; to 90 in, so you
need car or horse; to know In. so you
need a college course; to read in, so
you need some books; to shine In, so
you need good clothes and looks.-Ex-
change.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-11-20
Nssdsd Exusrlenes.

A lady person has to live a good
bunch OF years before she Is more
concerned about how her shoes feel to
her feet than about how they make her
feet look to other women.--Houston
Post.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-11-20
ALortAh

The old.fashioned man who used to
perform parlor tricks has been super.
seeded by monographs and player-pi-
amos which any fool can operate.---
Birmingham Age.Herald -s's~ .s.s,,y:- g
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-11-20
WHERE?

In the field from standing stalks Of a
variety that has male good" and be-
come locally adapted.
HOW?
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-11-20

Insure a Right Start for Your Next Two
Corn Crops by Saving Ample See Now
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-11-20

Effective Apr. ID, l5ii
TRAINS GOING SOUTH.
No! o3--C. & N. o. Lin. 1921 a. m.
No. 5l-St. L. Express 5:23 p. m.
No. 95-Dixie Flyer 1882 a. m.
No. -Hoplinsville Ac. TOO a. m.
do. 53-st. L. Fast Mai. 5:36 a. M.
No sl-Ev. and @. accom-. 1858 a. m.
TRAINS GOING NORTH.
No. &C. e. st. L. Lin. 5:29 a. m.
Nc. st. Louis:Express 1920 a m.
No. 94-Dixie Flyer 7:05 p. m.
No. 56-Hopkinsville Ac. $3.50 .. m
No. 54-St. L. Fast Mail l0:i4 D. m.
No. 90-Ev. and 9. accom-. 1926 p. m.
No. 81 connects at Guthrie for
Memphis and points as far south as
Erin. and for Louisville. Cincinnati
-and the East.
Nos. SO and IS make direct con-
nection at Guthrie for Louisville,
Cincinnati and all points north and
east thereof.
No. SO carries through sleepers to
Atlanta. Macon, Jacksonville, st.
Augustine. and Tampa, Fla. Also
Pullman sleepers to New Orleans.
Connect at Guthrie for points East
and West. No. SO will not carry 10.
cal passengers for points north Of
Nashville, Tenn.
w. N. CHANDLER. Ticket Agent.
Children Cry
FOR FLETcHER'S
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