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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-10-29
APPEALED TO BOYS IN KHAKI
FIirtatious DamseIs Had No Chance
When Busy Little knitter APP
Seared on the Scene.

Two girls travelling on train
through Hoosierdom could. have learn
ed lesson from plain little Indiana
school teacher, had they been wise
enough to do so. They were going on
pleasure trip and determined to have
pleasure all the way. On the train
they munched candy, read magazines,
played rhum and tried in every way
they could to attract the attention OF
two uniformed young men near them
but all in vain.
The little school teacher, who was
On her way to attend county insti-
tute, got on the train at little country
town. Shyly she entered the car, quiet
ly she took a seat across from the two
girls, who were rather noisy in their
efforts to gain notice, and Immediately
after she was settled she began to fin
lsh beautiful knitted soldier sweater.
Industriously she worked-so intent
on her work that she noticed no one.
But the people noticed her and APP
preciated her zeal and the quality OF
her patriotism. They smiled whenever
they passed her seat and proffered her
the loan of their papers and books.
And before many miles had been trav-
eled one of the khaki-clad youths was
beside her and the other one opposite.
The sweater had been examined, the
process of making it explained to the
youths, and now they were telling the
little teacher camp stories.
The two girls giggled and remarked
about "some peoples tastes, because
they didn't understand. Exchange.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-10-29
BABY's LOT NOT f.. 9n
Small Wonder That So Many ch.i.rcn
of the I '7d Their
Ear rIy.


There is az ,-e.,., u he strength
and endurance of The Puritan babies
which survived the hardships of the
first few months of their lives. The
Puritans came to America some time
before modern heating appliances were
scheduled to arrive, and their winter
days and nights could have been little
less than one long shiver.
If his elders suffered so much dis
comfort, what must have been the
hardship of the newest baby who, a
few days after his arrival in this
world, was taken to the coolest part
of 1.-THE bleak little Puritan meeting
house-which never knew anything
better than heatless days? "This ex-
peditio1 often completed the babys
earthly career" says Laura E. Rich
ards, in recounting the tribulations Of
the Puritan junior population. We
think of the hardness of the early
Puritan children, but this writer says,
"Of Judge Sewall's IA children, but
three survived him, a majority dying
in infancy; and of the IS children Of
his friend, Cotton Mather, but two sur
yived their father" The infant NOR
tality due to exposure may be readily
conjectured.
In addition to the visit to the cold
meeting house, the baby must steel
himself to face the greater or lesser
ailments of babyhood-and their RENE
dies. One of these remedies, which
admirably asserts the spirit of the
times, was reserved as a cure for fits
or "rickets," the trouble was called,
and was known as "snail water" This
concoction, containing a peck of gar
den shell snails, was made doubly eff
fective by adding a quart of tt, ated
earthworms.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-10-29
Hawk Works Hard for Living.

The hawk is a successful fisherman,
and were its task done with the catch
ing of fish its lot would be an en-
viable one. But live fish is not de-
sirable as the piece de resistance of a
hawk dinner, so the bird that catches
one always flies around until the fish
is dead. This, we are told, is the in
variable practice.
Sometimes a fish expires quickly,
while at other times hawk must fly
around for hours before it can return
home to the waiting family. There
have been times when the fish have dis
played stamina greater than the birds.
This may explain why hawks seldom
pounce on the croaker, most tenacious
of life Of all fish in the waters round
about.
There is well-attested instance of
a hawk which started to fly around
with croaker it had caught and. after
Tapping about a whole afternoon and
half a night, fell exhausted on the
beach. Fishermen who were attract
ed by the unusual occurrence found
the hawk dead while the croaker, fast
in the lifeless talons, had not croaked.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-10-29
TOO MUCH LIKE KAISER BILL
Ex-Sheriff of New York Town Has
Made 1t Plain That "Potsdarn
Points" Don't Go.

Ex-Ssrriff James Merritt, whose
mustache grows as a sheriff's mustache
should, has established a mustache
censorship and outlawed the Potsdam
points, according to Port Chester cor
respondent of the New York Tribune.
Until few days ago scarcely an
hour went by that the argus-eyed for
mer sheriff patrolling the streets did
not find at least one sky-pointing mus
tache of the kind made notorious by
Wild Bill Hohenzollern. The tactics
of the former sheriff upon spotting
such a one were as tactful and as I'M
varying as those of collecting agency
Placing himself in front of the wear
er, he would fix pale and unappreci-
alive eye upon the offending mustache
and stare and stare. Either the staree
wilted or became curious or belliger-
ent. Former Sheriff Merritt was ready
for either result.
At the first evidence of embarrass-
ment he would nod mutely toward the
nearest barber shop, follow his victim
until he entered and remained on post
outside until he emerged without his
mustache. If the mustached one in.
quired civilly what was wrong, the
former sheriff would start as if awak
ened from a daze and explain that he
thought he was confronting his ole
friend, 'Pewter Cup Bill" the yachts
man. If the recipient of his stare
wanted to know what was biting the
former sheriff, Merritt went just as fan
with the inquisitive one as was neces-
sary to persuade him into q neat Goa
of latham
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-10-29
Borino Pole Holes,

The tiresome and time consuming
work of digging holes for telegraph
and electric service poles is now at an
end, says Scientific American. At least,
there has been evolved a gasoline
driven earth-boring machine which
makes an average boring time per hole
of one and one-half to two minutes.
The equipment is mounted on a horse
drawn truck and is operated by two
men. In ordinary soil it maintains an
average of 100 holes per day, each
measuring five feet deep by "a inches
in diameter. The equipment consists
of truck, which carries a gasoline en-
CINE, driving mechanism and a huge
auger which is slowly rotated and fed
downward The augers are furnished
in sizes from to "a inches.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-10-29
TRAVEL ACCORDING TO MAP
Airmen on Night Raids tss'-e C,-w~S
Thoroughly Mapped O.
Beginning Their --...-

Before leaving on "a long-distance
night raid the airmen prepare their
maps with great care, marking on
them the detailed course from the air.
drome to their objective.
By means of a small balloon, whose
speed direction and height is recorded
by an instrument on the ground, the
force and direction of the wind at diff
ferent attitudes is discovered, and the
compass course, allowing for wind
drift, is marked beside the course on
the map. The compass course for the
return journey is also marked. The
speed of the machine is calculated, and
on the line of the course a series of
points is marked, showing where the
machine should be every ten minutes,
thus enabling the airnan to check his
progress and to know his approximate
position if he gets lost.
He watches the country below for
landmarks. He sees by his map that
river should appear in a few min
utes. His watch shows that he has
been flying 40 minutes, and near the
45-minute mark on his map is twist
ed pale blue line. He looks ahead
and sees In the moonlight a silver
streak and he knows he is making good
time. When he is over the river he
compares its outline with his map,
and sees that he is crossing it at the
right place.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-10-29
HUNS MaIieiousness Proved.

Some additional light is shed on the
German destruction of the magnificent
edifice that has been described as
frozen music" in an interview that
Cardinal Lucon, archbishop Of Reims,
granted the editor of Everybody's,
Howard Wheeler, who reports it in the
September number. "As you know
the archbishop told Mr.. Wheeler, "the
Germans have stated that the French
army had been using the towers of
the cathedral for observation purposes
and that guns had been concealed
there. The fact is that the French
leaders, fearing that harm would come
to the cathedral, refrained at all times
from using it for any military pur-
poses whatever. When the lombard
ments were commenced l Immediately
wrote letter to the pope, In which
solemnly swore, on my honor as q
man and as prelate of the church,
that never had l abandoned my ca
thedral since the beginning of the war,
and that never at any time had it been
rsed for military purposes. All to no
avail. The bombardment still contin-
ues and at regular intervals my old
cathedral is battered piecemeal-and
it breaks my heart"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-10-29
Kinu Salmon Ran Late.

Big king salmon, which run in mil
lions up the Yukon river every sum-
mer, were about four weeks late in
making their appearance this year.
AS result white residents and ma
tives along the river who depend on
the run for their winter food talk
ed of salmon famine and the horrors
of a fishless winter.
Delayed winter ice in the Boring sea
at the mouth of the Yukon, it is be-
lieved here, made it impossible for the
fish to enter the stream. Boring sea
ice, this year, according to reports,
moved later than at any time In the
last decade. The fish are taken from
The river in nets and wheel traps and
are cured in camps along the shores
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-10-29
Lives Saved by Steel Helmet.

The British soldier, happy go-lucky
as he is, has come. to recognize the
value of his steel helmet. Most of us
who have been in action in France
have stories to tell of our own or 9TH
er mems lives saved by "tin hats" "tin
lids" or battle bowlers." A brother
officer of mine has worn for something
like two years a steel helmet with a
dent in it as big as a small potato-a
souvenir of small lump of shell
which knocked him off his feet one
afternoon in the Ypres salient. Ihave
seen helmet in the rim of which
machine gun bullet had cut clean
nick. The wearer of that helmet new
er knew he had been struck until he
dotted his "tin hat."-London Times.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-10-29

Money never made a MAJ honest.
Higher salary rarely secures Ghs serv-
ices of better men for the public.
That has been shown, time and again,
when the salary of q position was
raised for the purpose Of attracting
business talent to it. The result usu-
ally has been that some hack politician
has accepted the higher pay with
thanks or else that the sort of bust
ness man who was attracted to place
holding by the money offered soon de
veloped into an inferior grade OF poll
tician. Honesty and dishonesty have
no necessary relation to mans finan-
ciaI or social condition. Buffalo Tx
press.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-10-29
Much Property Reverts to Crown.

A'AASh tCPStNy HASNCi 10 W OtOWUs
Few people realize the large amount
of property Which passes every year
to the crown of England owing to the
owners dying without heirs or next
of-kin, and without having made a
will. In most of these cases the de-
ceased is an illegitimate person with
no children.
AS rule the crown does not ap-
propriate the whole of the property,
but makes what is called a compass
sionate allowance to the relatives of
the deceased, although they may not
be his relatives according to law, and
in some cases to friends and servants
who have performed services for him
which entitle them to consideration.
The amount of the allowance is
determined by the treasury, or, in
the case of the estates of persons dy-
ing within the duchy of Lancaster, by
the chancellor of the duchy.
The money does not pass to the
king himself, but to the nation, and
thus goes to relieve taxation.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-10-29
Prisoners of Duty.

The Turkish government is shortly
to effect an exchange of 1000 British
prisoners, but there will be still many
left over there, and naturally they will
need doctors. Under the Berne agree
ment of December last it is arranged
that one British doctor and five of
the medical personnel of the ranks
should be detained for every 1000
prisoners. No inspection of prison
camps under the Berne agreement has
vet been made, but it is very probable
that conditions there may necessitate
Tore doctors being detained. There
are some things in warfare which are
harder than actual fighting, and to
stay behind in a prison camp tending
wounded and nostalgia men when
others joyfully set sail for home or
active service requires all the unset
fish devotion to duty with which doc
tors are credited by the laity.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-10-29
WIN twelve is standard Unit.

The mineral IL was chosen as a
standard unit because it contains so
many smaller factors; this is the rea-
son why it is still retained as base
in spite of the efforts to replace 1t
by the metric system. All primitive
nations found fractions very difficult,
and even the Egyptians, who were
most proficient In fractions, used
methods that were very long and cum
bersome. 1t was great advantage,
therefore, to have a standard unit
which could be divided into parts with
out giving common fractions, and II
was such number, as IL, Is, IA an1
1-6 of II were all whole numbers
Science Monthly.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-10-29
Wasted.

Ills ne passeront pas" cried we at
a cabbage worm yesterday, more than
anything else just by way of train
ing for our coming exploits on the
western front, unfortunately, however,
hesitating so much over the phrase
and the pronunciation thai the en-
envy, taking fun advantage Of he I'M
expected respite, camouflagel himself
and disappeared with chuckle as
completely as if the earth had swal-
lowed him up.-Ohlo State Journal.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-10-29
Aids in Pickinn Fowls.

Picking fowls by hand is a tiresome,
troublesome job, but it is no longer
necessary. A feather-picking machine
is on the market which is quick and
cheap and will not injure the fowls.
Moreover, the feathers are kept dry
and clean, and where ducks ane
geese are TO be plucked,. the machi'
will soon pay for itself.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-10-29
Disdain Western Finery.

In reply to an inquiry from an
American firm as to the demand here
for lace goods and embroideries, it
car be stated, reports the American
consul at Yokohama, that as the Japa-
nese women cling very tenaciously to
their style of dress and as no use is
made of lace or embroideries either in
their dress or home furnishings, it is
improbable that any considerable mar
ket can be developed in Japan for
American-made lace goods or embroid-
cries. The demand would be limited
to the foreign residents here, who now
number about 6,000, exclusive of Chi
nese, and to such goods as are not be-
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-10-29
Rat Bites Policeman.

Prohibition has its terrors. Witness
Policeman Phillips, of the war emer-
gency squad, who went prowling
about house suspected of harboring
''blind pig" in search of booze. Phil
lips found a suspicious-looking open
ing in the wainscoting and put his
hand in, feeling about for bottle of
cOntraband. Then he drew his hand
out and emitted yell that brought
his brother officers to him. did you
find any?" they asked. 81 found one p
replied Phillips, "and the d--n thing
bit me was a rat"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-10-29
HAD MODIFIED HIS DESIRE
After Experience in AirpIane Man De-
cided He Would Prefer to Travel
to Heaven on Foot

docs it ever fall?" finally quivered
the novice as the airplane climbed
higher and still higher.
"Only when let 1t do So" answered
the airman. "Now and then drop her
backward. Here we go"
On the backward descent, mile OF
more, the passenger chung to the pilot
with both arms and never breathed.
At last the machine resumed it's hori-
zontal travelling.
"Great heavens |" gasped the novice
with relief.
"Say, look here; didn't you say you
wished to fit on high like gliding
sunbeam?" complained the aviator.
"Yes," admitted the passenger.
''Then shut up. You're going to gel
your WISH"
Suddenly the airplane dived and
Topped the loop, then Travelled upside
down.
Hold FAST"
"Wh-whatH
"We are going to land"
Gently the airplane glided to earth
Released from his seat, the passenger
knelt and lifted both hands solemnly.
"Once I prayed to be an angel" he
said. But it doesn't go any more un
less on foot. New York Times.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-10-29
Fine system,

Mrs. Brown-How do they Keep their
cooks SO long5
Mrs. Smith--Well, you see, he's a
judge, and he sentences the cook to
three months at their house.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-10-29
No Doubt.

No Doubt.
ais the plumber at homer
'I think you'll find him In the gas-
Gen, over by the onion patch.
Looking for leeks- suppose"
Boston Transcript
Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-30

ment. to the people of England vh9 have been made to suffer unjustly from the unlawful air raids or to the neutral as well ns the allied nations in general whose losses and sHkerAsa have been made extremely severe Ey the ruthless submarine warfare for active work in behalf of kind treat ment for the Germans.
 Prisoners of war are not going to have any kind words for Germany. They have been made to undergo all kinds of harsh treatments which they are not going to forget right away Germany seiected its course and i. knew what it had right to expect il il. lost. It is therefore q grand gaad time for it to manifest some of the great courage it was displaying while others were being made tp pndergG just what it is hoping to avoid. Ger many oharacteristically wants that which it was unwilling to give.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-30
THE MooMEY SENTENCE.

Although he did not do all that was asked of him. Governor Stephens Of California probably did as much as could have been reasonably expected of him in eennHting the death sen tence of Thomas J. Mooney 10 life in- prisonment.
 Mooney was convicted on the charge of murder in connection with g bomb explosion in San Francisco dur ing preparedness parade two years ago last July which caused the death of ten persons It was apparently an anarchfsAc demonstration in which more than one was involved and for participation in the same affair ". K. Billings is now serving life sentapce, Mrs. Mooney was aeapitted of the charge brought against her.
 There has been 3 bitter fight in the courts. Mooney was denied no oppor- tunity to take advantage of legal pro- cedure but in spite of the efforts made it has been impossible to get the courts of that state to change the verdict or to grant another trial. The United States supreme court refused to review the case.
 During the pendeney of the appeals the country has been flooded with propaganda in behalf of Mooney Strong appeals have been made to la Dor and the efforts in his behalf have reached far beyond the borders of the country With the failure to secure court action in behalf Of q new tFia it became evident that if he was te be saved it rested with the goyei1lel of the state to exercise his auth0gity Mooney ard bis snppertess were hop ing for a full pardon, inasmuch as tht trial judge had urged new trial. but inasmueh as the courts of appeal na( failed to consider the ground sufhcien Governor Stephens lnQpestionably wa unwilling to override them. However in order to give the condemned mar the benefit of the doubt his action il committing the sentence cheats tb, gallows and thus leaves the avenu still open for the continuance of tn fight for his liberty
Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-30
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Finding the German empire may be quite puzzle but. it is never going to arouse popular interest,
 The man on She corner says: If dis pensed like foodstuffs, troubic wouldn't t be so generously distributed.
 There is marked eentfast in the news that is coming from Europe to- day and that received a rnpnth ago.
 Unless there has bsea decided change food censumption on the day after was far less tan on Thanks giving day.
 The smoking coach ahead will never have any more terrors for the non smokers who have gone through the gas attacks
 # the ex-kaiser expected that he would be allowed to remain undisturb, ed in Holland, he must now be con vineed to the contrary.
 The reported flight of Lenlne il likely to prove about as incorrect as the many references to the death of yiils or the former crown prince. While You are waiting for the nexl Liberty drive to come. it should no be forgotten that the opportunity i: | still open to purchase war saving staAhps.
 It is quite evident that a good man. more than the school children not onl! have manifested but will continue t manifest unusual interest in EuEopeal geography.
 Someone wants to know if more us, cannot be made of the culm banks a the coal mines. We know of no cen sumcr who is anxious to do more thar he is doing in this direction
 Before the entente natiens talke about extFadlting the former kaise they should have first stopped to con slider how such plans would be likel to upset his pleasant sojourn in Hol land,
 An information bureau is to b opened in New York to tell the peopl about Jugoslayia. updonbtedly thi 'may be of much assistance inasmue as little is known about the Jugeslayi but is it for the same reason that thi government has cepsideres it aeees sary to send the federal press hurea to Europe?
Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-30
THE MERCHANT MARINE.

While orders have been given for the discharge of half of the naval reserve along the New England coast. it is to be expected that they will return to tLeir former homes and employment. But it is not to be overlooked that a great many of them. having found such service as they have performed on the water to their liking. will be inclined to a continuation of such work and if it is not to be had in the regG- lar navy it is quite prpbahlc that shey will give due consideration to the merchant marine. which while much larger than it was is steadily growing and offering attractive openings.
 This is at least what the chairman of the shipping board is aRticipating and not only with that in mind but with desire 10 make sea- mans fife more attractive and to better the conditions under which he must live and work the new ships are being built with excellent quarters for the men with the idea o1 having Americans occupy them
 Chairman Hurley thinks that when
 
 ! find the home town too dull and tha' soldiers as well as sailors will be eager to enlist in the merchant marine. A 1 to the home town being too dull ther. ! is bound to be a difference in opin. ion. To a great many 1t will be tn, I happiest day in their lives when the, get back heH1e and they will be perfectly satisfied to remain there, but 1t can b expected that there will be much shift ing about by 3 considerable number 0 the returning troops. They will be in clined to go where the best oppprtHHi ties are offered. That many will drf into the merchant marine will be onl, natural and certainly from the nev shipping which is being made read. there is going to be a demand for al who seek such employment.