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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-02-05
NOTHING WASTED BY CHINESE
FIowery Kingdoms Farmers Even Uti
lie the Prolific Weeds for Fer
tiIizer and Fuel.

Nothing goes to waste on the Chi
nese farm-not even the weeds. Ac-
cording to the farmers ideas, there
are good weeds and bad weeds, states
a writer. The good weeds are put
into compost heaps and return fertili-
zation to the soil. The coarse weeds
with woody stems which will not cas-
lily rot are cut down and allowed to
dry until the son of the family has
time to rake them up for use as winter
fuel.
Nowhere as in China do the dead
rob the living. Millions of graves are
scattered over the fields, their loca-
ton directed by the complicated rules
of feng shut. In some sections of the
country more than one-siXth of the til
liable area is covered with graves of
estimable but now useless ancestors,
and sometimes when a young man
falls heir to a farm he finds that it is
farm full of graves, and his biggest
crop is a crop Of duty to dead and
half-forgotten ancestors.
Chinese women didn't wait for the
outbreak of war to put on trousers
and volunteer for work In the fields.
Tney have been wearing trousers for
many centuries and for many more
they have been helping the beans and
potatoes to do their bit for their
country. The Chinese sages have had
a great deal to say about the Inferior
ity Of woman, but when it comes to
digging in the fields the Chinese wom-
an is equal to any man.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-02-05
ACCOUNTS FOR GHOST CoLoRS
Kinds of Perceptions, Light and
Color Predominating.

In reply to an inquiry why are
ghosts always seen clothed in white, a
scientist states:
This Is easily accounted for. AS
there have been no ghosts during his
torfcal times, we must assume that in
all cases where ghosts have been act
ually seen we have to do with mere
hallucinations caused by fever or some
other disorders of the observer, where,
therefore, the organ of sense, and par
ticularly the eyes. registered impress
sions of objects that had no CORE
ing to the minute descriptions of such
apparitions given by patients to their
physicians, the ghosts. with rare ex-
ceptions, were "clad in white" Now,
our eye is sensitive to two kinds of
perceptions, viz, light and color. In
this case, where no definite color was
perceived, the hallucination, in which
only the organs of the eye sensitive
to light are affected, is declared to be
white.
Sllll, lHere are ulSo colOIeu dpptil
lions of ghosts; nay, we can Introduce
into the body substances calculated to
impair our sense of color. Thus, the
immoderate use of hashish produces
violent visions; of alcohol, blue ones
of atropin Nand skopoIamin, red ones.
Quinine and too much tobacco like
wise produce red visions, while sail
cylic acid, digitalin and phenacetin
cause light yellow sensations. The in
halation of carbonic oxide, and snake
bite, too, are said to be followed by
light yellow sensations of sight,
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-02-05
HUMPBACKED MEN IN DEMAND
AffIiction Proved Qualification Where
Strange and Successful Expert
ment Was Tried in Factory.

An unusual advertisement appeared
in Chicago paper recently, desiring
the services of five humpbacked men.
The explanation of this strange want
is even more interesting than the an
nOuncement, says Popular Mechanics
Magazine.
1t seems that large envelope fac
tory, unable to fill its orders, decided
to work nights as well as days. Long
experience had demonstrated that in
the use of certain machines women
were better operators than men by
reason of their hands being more deli
cate and nimble.
The owner does not believe in fac
tory work at night for women, and the
men proved clumsy and slow. 1t was
then he set about to seek men who
were well but physically incapable of
heavy work. He decided that hump
backs had the necessary qualifications
Of more agile and sensitive touch, and
an actual test proved such to be the
fact. Hence the advertisement.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-02-05
BRITISH GOVERNMENT
HELPS PAY FOR BREAD

There has been much misunder-
standing about the bread program in
England. 1t is true that the English
man buys loaf of bread for less than
an American can, but it is poorer
bread, and the British government is
paying $2O0,000,00O year toward the
cost of it.
All the grain grown in Great Brit
ain is taken over by the government
at an arbitrary price and the imported
wheat purchased on the markets at
the prevailing market price. This is
turned over to the mills by the govern
ment at price that allows the aduI-
terated war bread loaf of four pounds
to sell at Is cents, the two pound loaf
at 8 cents and the one pound loaf at 8
cents.
In France, under conditions some
what similar, but with larger ex-
traction, the four pound loaf sells for
16 cents.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-02-05
&@a fP9 g! s ,g|;SS;]g
Author Of AT GoodIold SiWSsssR! &y
PANTS

Pants are a natural monopoly re-
served by law for the sole use and
establishment Of man. They are
found wherever men are reasonably
civilized, and, while not beautiful,
they are great comfort and one
with which not even a man with
beautifully moulded and Apollo-Iike
legs would think of dispensing.
Pants consist of double4barreled leg
holders, surmounted by a capacious
dome, the whole being affixed to the
Wearer by means of suspenders which
go over the shoulders and cause un-
limited grief and embarrassment by
dissolving into component corpora
tons without warning at critical mo-
ments. The suspenders are attached
to the waistband or equator of the
pants. The waistband is the most
important feature of a mans cloth
ing. 1t is a sort of sartorial scales.
Man doesn't mind his waist measure
until 1t gets over forty, but after that
he views 1t with dismay and refuses
ne with tears in his eyes.
Pants are of many styles and mod
~-S' ~ IA n w Ccll6 peculiar Knee
pants with ten-bushel legs. The Hol-
lander wears pants in layers, peeling
them on like onion husks one at a
time as the weather lightens up in
the spring. The Englishman wears
loose pants made to fit step ladder
and turns them up at the bottom
enough to allow his feet to escape.
The college boy wears bifurcated bal
looms called pegtop trousers. The
minister wears shiny black trousers
with padded knees. Sometimes a
wife wears the trousers of a family.
but only figuratively. The law for
bids her to wear the actual pants,
but remains ingloriously silent con-
corning the conversational ones.
Our forefathers wore knee breaches
made of silks and satins, which were
so expensive that their wives had to
dress plainly. Boys, baseball players
and diplomats in Europe still wear
knee pants
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-02-05
Early California History.

The first white men to visit San
Francisco bay were of the expedition
of Portola, Spanish adventurer who
became the first governor of Califor-
MIA. Portola himself was not mem
Der Of the party which, 148 years ago,
gazed upon the site of San Francisco
and Oakland. The honor Of discovery
belongs to Father Juan Crespi and Ser
geant Ortega. Casper de Portola, cap
tain of dragons and governor of the
CALIFORNIA;" probably never saw the
bay, but his name is perpetuated as
the dlscoverer by the annual Portola
festivals in San Francisco. Sir Fran
els Drake came near discovering the
bay in 1878, when he landed at a
point 30 miles to the northwest.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-02-05
RED CROSS ASSIGNS
WAR WORK TO SCHOOLS.

Schools in New York, New Jersey
and Connecticut, which have been en-
listed for war work In the Junior
Membership and School Activities De-
partment of the Red Cross, have been
asked by the Atlantic Division of the
Red Cross to make $4,000 French and
Belgian refugee garments.
This is the first definite task to be
assigned to school children enrolled
In the Red Cross Junior Department.
1t is the result of an appeal from
Red Cross Representatives In France
who cabled that thousands of home
less and helpless women and children
there are in need Of warm garments.
Work upon these garments has been
allotted through the school commit
tees of Red Cross chapters The or
der must be completed in three
months, and chapters have been asked
to report to the Junior Department
on February 10 the portion of the al
Iotment then completed.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-02-05

in the case in the rear seat of the au
tomobile, and In the haste Of getting
away the girl had befriended had &C
cidentally carried the parcel away witt
her own bundles.
did not sleep that night. saw the
futility Of locating girl in hiding.
tried to secure a continuance of the
case in court the next morning, but II
was refused. The court was fairly IL
session when a bailiff came into the
railinged space, where I sat, gloomy
and wretched. and handed me a note
1t read: "Send officers to detain the
man In checked suit near the door
If he tries to leave. Meantime, see
me-"
lifted my eyes. A woman wearing
a heavy veil had arisen and moved her
hand as If to indicate that she was
my mysterious correspondent. / went
to her side. Her first astonishing act
was to hand me the missing package
her next to lift her veil. She was the
companion Of my midnight automobile
drive.
Il am Elsa Deane," she said simply.
Il fortunately looked over those pa
pers and was fully enlightened. The
man In the checked suit yonder is the
one Of the conspirators who signed the
agreement which / certified"
Her evidence sent the forger and the
promoter to DriSOn and saved NV client
thirty-f1ve thousand dollars. We
spared the relatives who had held her
captive for bribe.
We needed stenographer at the Of
fee and told Miss Deane so, and the
firm, approaching her splendid part in
the case, made her an unusual salary
offer.
And In four months 1 found need
ed wife, and who should look to
but Elsa. who had helped me win my
first case.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-02-05
RED CROSS BUYS
MILLION AND HALF
ARMY SWEATERS
SUPPLIES SENT ALSO TO MEN
IN NAVY.
System of Distribution Prevents
Waste and Duplication, At
lantiC Division Announces.

Nearly one million and a half Of
sweaters have been purchased for
training camps, according to the Blu
reau of Military Relief of the Allan
tic Division of the Red Cross, which
has charge of the distribution of sup
plies to the enlisted and conscripted
men In the states of New York, New
Jersey and Connecticut
About 100000 of these sweaters
were bought in the last month. Sixty
thousand helmets were also pur-
chased, many of which have not yet
been delivered because they are held
up by the present traffic blockade.
The need for sweaters among the
American fighting men is increasing,
and the American Red Cross is buy
ing in the open market almost the
same quantity Of knitted garments as
is now being made by the women vol
unteers in the Red Cross.
Camp Dix, Camp Upton, Camp
Mills, Camp Merritt, Camp Vail and
the aviation fields are within the juris-
diction of the Atlantic Division. Be-
sides these camps. the Division sup
plies Madison Barracks and Forts
Hancock, Wadsworth, Hamilton, Jay,
Wood, Totten, Tilden, Schuyler, Slo-
cum, n G. Wright and Terry.
Red Cross Men at Camps.
At these stations, including some
miscellaneous giving and in addition
to 10000 Christmas packets, the Red
Cross has distributed 52,378 sweaters,
1900 helmets, 2,4S9 mufflers, 38,624
wristlets, 52,747 socks and 1879 COM
fort kits.
1t has also given to the Navy 1850
sweaters 7,744 helmets, 1915 muf-
iers, 1859 wristlets, 1920 socks and
8,167 comfort kits. This makes a to-
tai of articles distributed by the At
lantic Division last month 68197
sweaters, 7,653 helmets, 90, 464 muf-
fiers, 5O,273 wristlets, 1897 socks and
6,846 comfort kits.
The Red Cross Field Director has
come to be the main solution of the
great problem of distribution for the
American Red Cross. In every train
Ing camp in the Atlantic Division
there are Red Cross headquarters
with a director and sometimes sever
al assistants. From here whole units
of men are fitted out with complete
sets of knitted garments, which are
sent out by the Division in response
to hurry calls.
In the larger camps supply of five
or six thousand sweaters is kept on
hand to meet emergencies. In the
forts where there are no Red Cross
field directors the distribution of Red
Cross supplies is made by the COM
handing officer.
ut was early evident" said John
Magee, Director of Military Relief for
the Division, that to prevent waste
and misuse of material our distribu-
ton must be made In systematic
manner We therefore adopted the
plan of fitting out units as whole
The commanding officer canvasses
each company. He allows only one
outfit to man. On inspection day he
checks the articles in the same man
ner as material issued by the War
Department"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-02-05
plying Ourselves.

Have yoz heard of the man carry
ing a load of sticks, who, when he
became tired threw his sticks down
on the bank of a river, and seating
himself by them, said: 81 am sick and
tired of this. 1 wish death would
come to relieve me?" Instantly Death
slipped up and said, "Here I am, whai
do you want of me?" Il want you to
help me put this bundle of sticks on
my back again." said the surprised
man. Plying ourselves is cheating
ourselves. Then flee from discomfort
and diseouragement, for they are tho
hotbeds of deceit. Near them we think
that which is not true, and say that
which we do not Exchange.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-02-05
Smallest Farms In the World.

On the islands of Re and Oleron,
near La Rochelle, France, according to
Popular Science Monthly, are found
the smallest farms in the world. Some
of them are only one or two square
yards in area, yet these tiny domains
are carefully planted with variety
of crops, even including vineyards The
soil is extremely fertile. The repeat
ed subdivision of estates among heirs
and the dense population of the is,
lands explain the existence of these
Lilliputian properties,
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-02-05
RED CROSS DEcENTRALlzEs
NATIONAL SUPPLY SERVICE

The decentralization of the Red
Cross Supply Service has just been
completed. This service has been d.
vided into two departments the Red
Cross National Clearing House and
the Bureau of Purchases.
Mr.. Clyde A. Pratt, formerly exeeu-
tive secretary of the War Relief Clear
ing House, has been appointed direc-
tor Of the National Clearing House,
now situated in New York city. The
Bureau Of Purchases is under the man
agement of Mr.. w. Fl. McLaren.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-02-05

There is cast social guilt betsoeen
the men toho throsv their pants d,CGy
and those aoho equip them f0ith
patches.
has any captain OF industry had
chance to get at him.
There is a vast social gulf between
the men who throw their pants away
when they wear out and those who
equip them with large, substantial
patches. The highest grade of pants
are neatly creased and are kept
without wrinkles with great care. An
lrishman can raise eleven children
and equip them with clothes made
out of his old pants on the money
spent by a society man in keeping
his trousers permanently and vocif-
erously creased. 100
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-02-05
MAKING MEATLEss
DAYS PERMANENT


In the meatless menu there is a fer
tile field for developing new and nour-
ishing dishes, according to E. Fl. Niles,
writing in the Hotel Gazette, who be-
lieves that the present shortage of
meat and fats will not end with the
coming of peace, but may grow more
acute and continue for five or six
years, thus making it worth while to
develop menus of grain, vegetables
and fish on more or less permanent
basis. Meat can be replaced by cereals
and other protein foods, or may be
served in very small portions as fla
yoring for other food. In making up
meatless menus this author finds our
American Creole and southern cuisine
a broad field for investigation.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-02-05
Rainbow Never Shows Complete Circle

A rainbow never shows complete
circle, but at the most only a semi
circle, unless the observer happens to
be at great elevation, as in balloon,
when more than half circle can be
seen, but never an entire one. Halos
and rainbows also differ in the size
of the circles or semicircles that they
exhibit. The radius of a halo is about
% degrees and that of a rainbow
about AZ degrees. Other arches and
circles are sometimes seen outside of
both the rainbow and the halo, but the
radii given are for the principal, or
primary, phenomenon.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-02-05
RED CROSS IN scAwAB HOME.

The home of Charles NJ. Sclwab
and the town house of John D. Rookie
feller, ST., in New York city, are among
the latest additions to the list of pri-
vate dwellings where Red Cross aux
gIary work rooms are being operated.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-02-05

upon the day note and agreement were
dated, her father was automobiling
two hundred miles distant and could
not have been in the city on that day.
Further, although the signature was
well counterfeited, it was a forgery.
One contention was that the prom, ter,
hearing Of the death of Mr.. Moore, had
hurriedly set up plot from VIII h he
hoped to reap rich harvest.
A singular circumstance was that we
had not been able to locate this Miss
Deane, who had given up her position
by telephone the day after the agree
ment was acknowledged.
And now for the climaxl / had set
my satchel and roll of documents
comprising copies of all the papers
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-02-05
ESTABLISHED 1879

Only in the Highlands Of Scotland
are pants despised by civilized men.
The Highlander wears the kilt in
stead, from beneath which yard upon
yard of weirdly red and chilblaineI
legs protrude. The Highlander is the
most picturesque of mortals, bal hay
ing had to get along without pockets
all his life ne has never had chance
to become captain of industry-nor
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-02-05
Gratitude Everxuhere

Livingstone, who spent most of his
life in hostile wilderness among vii
lainous slaveNtraders and cruel heath
en-, nevertheless said: "a kind word or
deed Is never lost" There is no ex-
cuse in civilized surroundings, notes an
exchange, for the complainer who in
slsts that everyone is ungrateful.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-02-05

Optimistic Thought.
Recreation restores both mind and
body.
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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-09-19
In Memoriam.

Union memorial services for Law
renee Dresser were held in the Meth
odist church Sunday evening. Flow
ers and flags made the altar a beau
tiful picture. The audience filled the
church to it's capacity. The band, of
which young Dresser was a valued
member, was present in a body and
assisted in the musical program. An
eloquent tribute was paid to the de-
parted soldier by Mayor R. E. Rose,
on behalf of the city; Geo. c. Hueb-
ener spoke tenderly of his virtues on
behalf of the band, and Rev. F. E.
Finley told of the splendid character
of the young man on behalf of the
Sunday school Then o. u. Cham
bers placed a gold star on the Sunday
school service flag where the blue
star formerly was, and Vern Munday
performed a like service for the band
on its service flag. The ceremony
was a beautiful and deeply affecting
one.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-09-19
A SAVINGS ACCOUNT
Withdrawals

After you've acquired the saving
habit there comes a time when you
need money for emergency and you
want to draw it out.
How do you do it,? Just ask for it.
There's no "red tape" to our saving
accounts.
While a checking account gives abb
solute fexibility, that is you can put
any amount in the bank and draw any
amount out, providing the amount is
MT more than the total of your de-
posits, at any time by issuing checks
on your account, it pays no interest.
A saving account with The First
National Bank is very nearly as fex-
ible as a checking account because
you can draw out your deposits on
very short notice, only day or so for
accounts of S100 or over and less
amounts will be paid on demand the
same time they earn A per cent inter-
est.
So you get fexibility with interest
when you open a saving account here.
Start yours today.
At intervals during the year we'll
continue to tell you more about the
saving accounts but you'll learn 1t
more easily and quickly if you'll open
your account now. One dollar starts
it.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-09-19
From Eldridge Malmstrom

Camp Lewis, Sept. dear Sister:
Just few lines to let you know that
l haven't forgotten you. Gee, it seems
like it has been 20 years since l left
home instead of week, but l guess
it will seem a lot longer before | get
back again. They say that we will
be able to get furlow home before
we go to France, but l don't think
there is anything in that. AT any
rate, l never expect to see Emmett
again until the war is over.
/ have passed all the exams, and
have received a shot in each arm.
| was transferred from the Depot
Brigade into the Machine Gun Bat
terry. The captain told us we could
consider ourselves lucky to be out of
the depot brigade in four days for
the boys generally stay in there 21
days. They are showing US through
faster because the 13 divisions are
going to go across some time in No
vember, and they want US ready to go
with it. To tell the truth, am rather
proud to think | was able to get into
a machine gun company. The cap
tain told us that machine gun COM
pany got the very first pick out of
a new bunch of men and they had to