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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-05-14
Measenner Wears Ille

War times and the unprecedented de-
mand for aids for Uncle Sam have
brought many quaint characters to
Washington. notes capital corre-
spondent.
One of the quaintest guards is seen
daily at the main door of the old Land
Office building, now occupied by Pro-
vost Marshal General Crowder and his
staff. He is a gentleman of the old
Southern school and while on duty
wears shining black silk hat of an
cient vintage. On the left lapel of his
frock coat is little silver badge of
authority and his courtly manner as
he bids one enter the portals of the
building always brings smile. On
the pay roll he is listed as a "messen-
ger" and he Is the only messenger In
Washington who wears a silk hat.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-05-14
ROMEO WAS CLAD IN KHAKI
Played the Popular Game, Choosing
the Dinner Table to Work on Az
fectlons Of Waitress.

1t is natural that we should be eager
to do whatever we can for the boys
In khaki; but sometimes, when the pa
triotic zeal is not accompanied by a
sympathetic imagination the beneh-
ciary may pray TO be delivered from
our friends, writes can American
Woman" in the Outlook.
A homesick lad is likely to Want
either an atmosphere like that Of his
own home or else the exotic flavor the
expectation Of which has helped him
to undertake the great adventure so
eheerily.
In one family among my neighbors
the son of the house was scandalized
when one of their guests at Sunday
dinner made the perfectly simple and
natural request that he be permitted
after the meal to repair to the kitchen
where the pretty waitress was Per
mission was denied, but young Romeo
was not discouraged, and this letter
came ITO the Girl That Waits for Mrs.
So-and-So: You are the best ever.
Are you keeping company with any
body?" He added his name and few
personal details, and this delicious bit
of identification "If you don't know
which soldier wrote this, 1t Is the one.
that touched your hand under the dish
when you passed the potatoes"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-05-14

fectly still and silent on dead branch
or mullen top or bunch of leaves
then suddenly making dart into the
air, wheeling and returning to his
perch. That is the traffic cop on duty
at the crossing of busy insect thor
oughfares.
You see-rather, you do not see I'M
less you are very keen-eyed. and pa
tent, but he is there none the less
the yellow-billed or the black-billed
cuckoo slipping silently, like a sleuth
In gum shoes, from branch to branch
and from tree to tree. He is the plain
clothes man, relentlessly hunting down
the willy enemies of natures social
order.
There are special policemen, watch
officers and the like, for various spe-
cial duties. The woodpecker, with the
brown creeper and the nuthatch to
help him once In a while, stands guard
over the tree trunks while the warbler
and the vireo do duty on the leaves
and little limbs.
But most interesting of all, perhaps.
are the patrolmen of the air. tirelessly
going their rounds, from dawn to dusk
and from dusk to dawn, policing every
foot Of "the space 'twixt the earth and
the sky" AT twilight, the night pa
trelman--nighthawk and whip-poor
will-go on duty. In the gray dawn
they are relieved by the day patrol
men-swallow and swift.
And these day patrolmen are Of the
greatest Importance, not only in pro
tecting mans property, but in max
ing living conditions tolerable. If the
mosquitoes, gnats and flies that swal
lows and swifts consume were per
mitted to run riot, living would be
increasingly thing of pain and sor
row. 1t follows, then, that swift ani
swallow, like all good policemen. art
entitled to be kindly thought of by
the people they protect.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-05-14

spaces where the overturned sod buck
led and did not come in contact with
the subsoil. Hills of corn growing on
hard spots or over large air spaces
usually produce poorly.
The most successful corn growers
realize the Importance of thorough
early civilizations, which prevent any
check In the growth-of the plants due
to weeds or crusted soil. From the
time of termination to the maturing
of the corn the farmer should see that
the plants are not subjected to any
preventable unfavorable conditions,
but are permitted to make a steady
vigorous growth.
Use Weeders and Harrows.
Horse weeders and harrows should
he used when needed to break sur
face crust, check insect depredations,
or kill young weeds that start before
the corn Is up or large enough to be
worked with other implements. For
the first cultivation after the plants
are up, and while they are very small,
narrow shevels that throw the soil
very little should be used, and tenders
usually are desirable to prevent the
covering Of the plants.
After the plants have reached a
height of 2 or 3 feet, the soil, even
in the middle Of the rows, should not
be cultivated deeper than inches.
and usually a shallower cultivation
will prove better. For retaining soil
moisture a loose soil mulch or 8
inches in thickness should be main
tained.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-05-14

man, woman and child with about PA
pounds year, which is equivalent to
per cent of the amount of sugar they
consume in normal times. Thus there
is ample room for expansion of both
The production and consumption. The
present use of honey In the home usu-
ally Is as a substitute for jellies. jams,
and strip. 1t is little used in domestic
cooking or baking, but this use should
be increased. While honey within re-
cent years has sold at prices sufficient
ly low to justify it's use as substitute
for sugar, 1t is rarely used In CONNER
cial food manufacturing except In the
making Of certain cakes which must
be kept moist for a considerable time.
Usually, however, the supply Of honey
Ia so inadequate that most of the crop
can be used as spread for bread.
With the use limited as 1t is, many
people in the United States rarely eat
honey, but it is evident that there
might be developed ready sale for
honey as a supplement to sugar, If
production were increased many times.
The amount of nectar secreted by
the untold myriads of flowers, from
which bees make honey, is large be-
yond our comprehension. The total
amount of sugar in the nectar greatly
exceeds the amount of all sugar and
other sweets consumed by the Ameri-
can people. Unfortunately, from the
standpoint of man, this sugar cannot
all be collected and utilized as human
food. Even the honey bee, which is so
often used as an example of industry,
consumes for its own food the larger
part of all that it collects.
Beekeeping is, therefore, the means
of saving for human use small frac-
ton of the vast store Of sugar secreted.
But the raw material is free and its
conservation costs only q small ex-
penditure for equipment and relatively
little In labor, and the honey crop could
be increased 10 or even 20 times with
out Increasing the cost of production
per pound to an appreciate degree.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-05-14

Of the beds, through which steam is
passed; by means Of an inverted pan
under which steam Is admitted; or by
drenching the soil with formalin 80
luton consisting of 1 to 100, or 1
to 200 solution of formaldehyde.
Crop rotation is an essential practice
whether or not 1t is necessary In the
control of any plant maladies. There
are numerous fungous diseases which
appear year after year on the same
field. Some Of them, such as clubroot
of cabbage, are strictly soil parasites
and cannot be controlled by any fun
gicide About the only method left to
get rid Of the organisms is to starve
them out, and this can be done only
by well-planned system Of crop ro-
tation. For ordinary practice, rota-
ton of four or five years Is sufficient
to reduce greatly the loss from most
parasites. Deep aud frequent cultiva-
ton by means of which the organisms
are exposed to air and sunshine as
sists in exterminating them.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-05-14
Russia a Puzzle ever to rolstey.

"How can one understand chaosT
is the reply Count Ilya Tolstoy, son
of the famous Leo Tolstoy, writer
philosopher and mystic, made to the
question as to his Interpretation Of
conditions In Europe.
If such a man as Count Tolstoy Is
at sea in regard to Russian affairs, 1t
is surely pardonable for Americans to
be In ignorance of them. The count
says that the real Russia has not been
consulted at all in the recent changes
there. The real Russia is peasant
Russia and peasant Russia has been
ignored. The count pleads for Ameri-
can sympathy for his people, who, he
says. have been deceived and misled.
''The crime of all the Russian leaders,"
he says. as that they have been fol-
lowing their own programs and ignor-
ing the peasants, the masses" What
will come out of the present chaos the
count processes he does not know.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-05-14
FILLING CORN To
INCREASE YIELDS
Better Methods OF CuItivating
Crop Are Urged for Produc-
ing More Per Acre.
GENERAL PLAN is OUTLINED
In Some Sections Employment Of Fer
tiIizers to Supply Needed Elements
of Plant Food ls of Greatest
Importance.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture.)
The use of more efficient imple-
ments will increase total production,
not only by increasing acreage. but
also by increasing acre yields.
Yields per acre may be increased
by better methods of filling the
ground and better methods of cultivat-
ing the CROP. Any general advice as
to better methods Of till;.ge must be
modified to meet specific conditions. ms
methods found valuable In some local
tiles may be of less value or even detri-.
mental In other localities. AS genera.
advice the following suggestions are
valuable and properly applied viii lead
TO increased acre yields.
Land is plowed In order to loosen IT
and enable water to enter in greater
quantity, be absorbed to greater depth.
and remain longer in the soil.
A deep seed bed well supplied with
soil moisture and well drained makes
big corn yield possible. whether the
summer proves "too dry" or TOO wet"
If not well plowed. some lands are
so impervious that during several
weeks of rainy weather they remain
dry below a depth of 5 or 10 inches.
When the soil is loose to sufficient
depth, corn roots penetrate in abun-
dance to a depth of 8 or feet.
The growing of clover and deSp-
rooted plants is profitably practiced
with most soils, and subsoiling is prof
itably practiced with some soils to in
crease their water-absorbing capacity
and to enable the corn roots to use the
soil to greater depths.
Large plows and plenty Of power
will facilitate this thorough prepare
ton of the seed bed.
On many heavy clay soils the yield
# corn per acre depends largely upon
he thoroughness of the blowing.
II is necessary to loosen all the land
and leave no large air spaces. To "cut
and cover" is not good practice.
Difference In Flowing.
A pasture field was plowed in alter
nate strips by two men. one careful
plowman and the other a poor plow-
nan. The poorly plowed strips showed
poorer corn all through the summer
and produced 20 bushels less corn to
the acre than the well-plowed strips
The careless plowman allowed the
plow to "cut and cover" in places,
leaving hard spots where the pillow
did not loosen the land and large air
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-05-14

Corn should be cultivated often
enough to keep down weeds. and to
maintain constantly loose soil mulch
until the corn has attained its growth.
To this end A greater number OF cult
vations will be necessary when rains
at intervals Of about week cause the
surface soil to run together and crust
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-05-14
Long Loaves Are Most Economical.

A loaf weighing one pound contains
II per cent of water If it is round
and only "a per cent If 1t is cylindrical.
Therefore, she who buys long loaves
gets 40 grammes more actual food for
her money than she who buys round
loaves.
The reason for this is that the
sphere is the figure that contains the
largest possible volume under the
smallest possible surface, and, as evap-
Grafton is matter Of surface, this is
greater from a cylinder than 1t is from
a sphere of the same weight.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-05-14
CAMPAIGN AGAINST
INSECT CRIMINALS
Many Birds Carry on Active War.
fare on Various Pests.
Little Feathered songeters APPROX
mate Police Force as to Make In
terestlnu study-Pewee Acts
as Traffic Cop.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Maybe you have never thought of
the birds as an organized police force.
Maybe they have not-but, under the
marvellous and mysterious chief, the
Balance Of Nature, they approximate
a police force so closely as to make
an interesting study.
You see great number Of black
birds-grackles, mostly-litarally COW
ering the ground in some particular
place. There has been an outbreak
OF insect criminals that the regu-
lar forces were not able to quell and
the reserves have been called out.
You see "a pewee, kingbird or
great crested fiycatcher sitting per-
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-05-14
DEMAND FOR SUGAR
LESSENED BY HONEY
Bees Will Return Profitable Crop
of Sweets Each Year.
Ample Room for Expansion Of Both
Production and Consumption
6eekeeping Should Be Elk
tended in Many Localities.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agricultural
With the present growing demand
for sugar in the United States, it Is
important that every possible means
be employed on the farm to produce
substitutes. One way by which this
can be done is to keep bees and get
crop of honey. which can be used in
many ways in place of sugar. The pro-
duction of honey in this country can
he Increased without great effort. Not
only should those who already keep
bees Increase the number of their col
onies, but the industry should be ex-
tended in localities where Bookkeeping
has not been tried on a commercial
scale.
The average annual honey crop Of
the United States is about 250,000O00
r,~-1raTa .r.3 ic sufficient tO SunDly each
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-05-14
u-soats Have Murdered Thousands.

There is danger lest familiarity.
even with such monstrous crime as
unrestricted U-boat warfare, should
breed indifference to Its enormity.
says an exchange. Therefore, II is
well to bear in mind that, except when
the attack is made on fighting ships or
transports carrying fighting men, the
torpedoing Of ships and sending men
to their death far out at sea. is simply
murder. unredeemed by any extenuat
ing circumstances whatsoever. Just
how great bill of Indictment is he
ing drawn up by the German admiralty
against itself Is seen in the statement
given by the government leader in
the house of commons, that up to Feb
ruary. 1918. the German U-boats had
killed 14,120 noncombatant British
men. women and children. This, be II
noted, is exclusive of the murders done
upon peoples of other nationalities.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-05-14
Another Triumph for Woman Farmer.

Once again the adaptability and
skill of women have COMPOUNDED the
critics-those incredulous critics, the
farmers. They admit that In the re-
cent efficiency tests at Maidstone.
England. a very high standard has
been reached. In the milking compe-
tition more than one-fourth gained
over 80 marks. Two women thatch-
ers, who had only been at the work
for five weeks, secured the highest
possible rating. The competitions
were arranged by the Kent woman's
agricultural committee Mrs. r. Her
on-Maxwell, chairman of the organic
Ing committee. said there were 1000
women registered as land women in
Kent, also 100000 members Of the
"woman's land army."-Woman's Cen
fury.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-05-14
Days of Dizziness
Come To Hundreds of Mount Holly
People

There are daysof dizziness;
Spells of headache, languor, back
ache;
Sometimes rheumatic pains;
Often urinary disorders;
Doan's Kidney Pills are especially for
kidney ills.
Endorsed in Mount Holly by grateful
friends and neighbors.
Mrs. Charles n. Jenness, I35 w.
Washington St, Mt. Holly, gave the
following account of her experience
with Doan's Kidney Pills on May 8,
1911: kidney and bladder trouble
cansed me much suffering l had
fainting and dizzy spells. | used
Doan's Kidney Pills. Doan's relieved
me from the first and soon put me IN
good health. $685.
GONE FOR GOOD
On October 3, 1917, Mrs. Jenness said
II an glad to say kidney trouble has
never bothered me since Doan's Kidney
Pills cured me several years ago am
pleased to renew my former recommend
atoms, for / have great faith in
Doau's. Price Coo at all dealers.
Foster Milburn Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo,
N. Y.
Price Coo, at all dealers. Foster Milburn
Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-05-14
No Quid Pro QUO.

u wonder why that woman wants to
dispute her husbands will"
Sure enough. He never disputed
her won't"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-05-14
BLUE BONNETS" III. la.ios,o. of Ne, FoSse.

The exquisite quality Of this new cloth is only equaled by
It's practical utility Tanscendeny beautiful yet firm. full bod
led and wonderfully durable. Wears without wrmkins.
pes dust lsunders beautifully. Absolutely dye fast Emn-
emily suitable for all Of costumes Of Doors
Also for drapenes and furniture coverings In broad range
OF patterns and eolorngs
your dealer doent carry Blue Bonneh send ad wihnane
OF dealer and viii send him sampes and notify him Of
LEsHER WHITMAN & CO. Inc. esi BrOadwAy.N.Y.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-05-14

The Drawback
Shells wife made man of him.
He-Yes but anybody that looks at
him can tell it is homemade job.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-26

board has increased since last year
from S311 to 1858, and the aver
age summer monthly pay has in
creased from $50 to S44. Farm
wages by the day with board have
increased from $1.90 to $3.50, and
harvest wages increased from $2.4O
to $2.95. The cost of female house
hold help has increased from 81 to
$3.50 per week.
Farmers put out a large acreage
this year, and in many instances
were handicapped because OF the
lack of help. During these unusual
times the farmers have learned bet
ter how to help themselves. There
was no unusual damage from frost
or storm during the year. The
greatest damage was done by n
rather severe and prolonged drought
which prevailed pretty generally
over the state during the summer.
This was detrimental to the corn,
buckwheat, potatoes and other
growing crops. The potatoes were
damaged by the blight. While this
crop is over six million bushels less
than last year, it is still up to about
the ten-year average yield. AS a
whole it has been a successful ana
prosperous year for the PennsylVa-
mia farmer.
The condition of wheat in the
ground is Ill per cent. compared
with 81 per cent. one year ago.
Should this condition prevail until
next harvest, with the unusually
large increase in acreage, the crop
will certainly be a record one. Rye
is 1O9 per cent. compared with 1872
per cent. one year ago."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-26
A Stubborn Cough ,
LoOsens Right Up
This homemade remedy is n wonder
for quick results. Easily and
Cheaply made.
'..3....f++s%4+.+.**&+ss

Here is homemade syrup which
millions. Of people have found to be
the most dependable means of breaking
iimplc. but very prompt in action. I'm
der its healing, soothing influence,
chest soreness goes, phlegm loosens,
breathing becomes easier, tickling in
throat stops and YOU get a good nights
restful sleep. The usual throat and
chest colds are conquered by it in "a
hours or less. Nothing better for
bronchitis, hoarseness, Group, whoop-
Ing cough, bronchial asthma or winter
coughs.
To make this splendid cough syrup,
pour 2Ia ounces of Pinex into q pint
bottle and fill the bottle with plain
granulated sugar syrup and shake
thoroughly. If rou prefer use clari-
fed molasses, honey, or corn syrup,
Instead OF sugar syrup. Either way,
yoL get full pint-a family supply
Of much better cough syrup than you
could buy readv-made for three times
the money. Keeps perfectly and chill
dren love its pleasant taste.
PineX is a special and highly con-
rentTated compound of genuine Nor
way pine extract, known the world
over for its prompt healing effect upon
the membranes.
To avoid disappointment ask your
druggist for "2la ounces of Pinex"
with full directions, and don't accept
anything else. Guaranteed to give alb
solute satisfaction or money promptly
refunded. The Pinex Co., TT. Wayne,
Ind.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-26
MORE ACRES AND
MORE DOLLARS
Remarkable Showing oi
Pennsylvania Farmers Dur
ing the Year Just Closing

Figures showing an increase of
100000 acres devoted to raising of
foodstuffs, and a gain of S25. 100000
in value of the nine principal crops
raised in Pennsylvania have been is
sued by l.. H. While, statistician of
the State Department of Agriculture,
and tell their own story of the way
Pennsylvania farmers lined up to
meet the call upon them.
The statement issued as a sum-
mary of reports received is as fol-
lows:
The estimated total area of the
nine principal crops, that is. wheat,
cornI rye, oats, buckwheat, barley,
potatoes, tobacco and hay, for the
year 1918 was S,379,054 acres COM
pared with S,05S,735 acres for the
same crops in 1917. The estimated
total value of the same crops for the
year 1918 is S77,097,S1S.S5.. while
these crops for the year 1917 were
valued at S352,014.52O.35.
THE yield of all farm crops per
acre was near and in most cases eX-
celled the ten-year average. The
average price of wheat is S2.16 as
compared with $2.00 one year ago;
corn, S1.63 compared with S1.72 one
year ago; rye. $1.66 compared with
S1.67; oats, SIG cents compared
with 70 cents; buckwheat, S1.66
compared with $1.56. The average
price of potatoes now prevailing is
S1.52 compared with SLAP one year
ago. The yield of hay per acre is
about an average crop but the aver
age price is S26.05 compared with
S1S.19 last year. The value of the
hay crop is approximately S110,-
S25,l14.55 as against SS5,499, $4,000
last year. This is the most valuable
farm crop. The total estimated pro-
duction of tobacco was 5S,OO74OO
pounds compared with 51,051,OOO
pounds last year. The average price
is % cents per pound compared with
% cents last year. The value of
the tobacco crop is fixed at S14,501,-
$4,000 as compared with S11,2S2,-
$4,000 last year.
while the prices of farm pro-
duce generally have shown an ad-
vance, the farmer has been COM
PEELED to pay large increases for la
Dor. machinery and fertilizers. The
average farm wage by the year with
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-26
$50 a Day Wage Paid
to Nurse in Nevada

WInnemucca, New. - Thirty dollars
a day for waiting on q family was the
wage at which a colored woman was
hired here by a Basque sheepman 10
60 to his ranch near McDermott, on
the oregon line. all the members OF
his family being i'll of influenza. The
sheepman had tried in vain to get
help nearer home. and failing, came
ber of cases of the disease. here and
that. together with the fact that
many people are afraid of contract
ing Influenza. made it difficult 10
man was offered $50 a day. She said
il was worth $50. and without any
further parleying the Basque con-
sented to pay it.