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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-02-26
I'VE MORE PEP"
SAYS COMEDIAN
TANLAC ALONE RESTORED
DIGESTION DECLARES
WOLPERT, PHILLY
LAUGH PROVOKER

''It isn't the easiest thing in the
world to make people laugh when one is
feeling well, let alone being sick as
was most of the time said Joe VOL
pert, Jr., 27I8 N 9TH street, Philadel-
phia,, a comedian.
"Of course, / wasn't sick enough to
go to bed, still l never knew when was
going to suffer an attack of indigestion
before Tanlac fixed me up.
Eat times the sharp pains in my
stomach, bloated feeling and gas belch-
ing were almost unbearab1e. My appe-
tite was poor, too.
"Since taking Tanlac, however, my
stomach is o. K. and have ravenous
appetite. l also haves more pep ano
energy"
The reason why Tanlac is uniformaly
successful in correcting indigestion II
because it removes the cause OF the
trouble-the poisons that clog the or
gans. If you are bothered that way
get bottle Of Tanlac and see how thor
oughly it does the work. But get it to
day-delays only make matters worse
You can obtain Tanlac at Kille's Eas
Side Phar., az Main street, Mount Holl,
or of Henry P. Thorn, Medford.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-02-26
MONK FIRST TO USE CORK
Discovery That 10 Universally Made
use OF Was the Result OF
Chance.

The discovery of cork for shoppers
is ascribed to the monk Don Perignon,
who managed the cellars Of the abbey
OF Haul vifliers In 1875. One day he
ran short Of the usual stoppering.
which was pads Of hemp or cloth
stepped In oil, and being something of
. botanist, he had noticed that the out
er layer Of the bark of certain species
Of the oak tree was of comparatively
soft wood. He procured some of this
porous material and shaped 1t so that
Il would fit into some partially fer
mented bottles Of wine.
Later on opening the bottles he
found that the effect Of the confined
carbonic acid gas which this new stop
per did not allow to escape acted on
the wine SO as to make 1t effervesce,
From then on for long time 1t was
supposed that this phenomena was due
to the action Of the cork on the wine,
and effervescing or kissing wine be.
c1me the rage. Enterprising mer-
chants saw the possibilities Of this
wood. and they introduced 1t for gem
eral purposes as shoppers.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-02-26
COMBINATION GATE is HANDY
Barrier Of Original Design Is Con.
venIent and TIme-Savlng-
Arranged for Hogs.

The cut herewith shows q combina.
ton gate Of my own design that
think is quite handy, convenient and
time saving. 1t is located between the
barnyard proper and the hog yards. 1t
is necessary to have large sliding
gate between the yards In order to
pass from one yard to the other with
team and wagon or manure spreader,
writes ]. A. Saul of Hancock county,
Ohio. in Ohio Farmer. Also 1 wanted
place for the hogs to pass through
which j could open or close at will.
Since there was only room for the
large gate and not wishing to weaken
1t by cutting a hog door in it devised
this plan.
1t is easily constructed. Simply set
two posts three fest apart and bolt
two by 6 inch cross-pieces to them,
one two feet or more If you
wish. above the one on the ground.
These must be notched as shown to
hold the gate where wanted. When
the gate is in the notch d, the hog
door is open. In notch E hog door is
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-02-26
voIeanoes In National PARK,

The national park of Hawaii Is the
only park in the world that can offer
volcanoes as IN attraction. The sec
rotary of the interior said in his an
nual report: Through the setting
aside by act of congress, August 1,
1916, of certain lands embracing the
celebrated volcanoes of Kihuea,
Mauna Loa and Haleakala, to be
known as the Hawaii National park,
Hawaii is to be provided with perma-
nent attractions for tourists and trav-
elers unequaled any where in the world.
The commissioner of public lands for
the territory has been designated to
act In behalf of the national park serv-
ice and he is making the necessary ar
engagements that viii bring to ultimate
consummation the plans of the people
for national park in Hawaii" The
park will not be quite as accessible as
Central park, New York, but the latter
has not even one Volcano.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-02-26
CITY HAVING RAPID GROWTH
Norfolk Bids Fair to Break all Rec
of1is at Her Present Rate
Of Progress.

There is not a city In this country,
perhaps none in the world, that is
growing at more rapid rate than Nor
folk" remarked c. W. Sizer, manager
of one of the leading hotels of that
city, at the Raleigh, the Washington
Post states. "lrhe last census gave
the population Of Norfolk at less than
10000 Today it is estimated that Nor
folk is a city of 100000, or more than
double the size it was in 1910. Wash
ington prides itself on the tremendous
growth attained in the last two or
three years. | take considerable pride
in the growth of Washington. for
lived here many years, but the pro-
, portionate increase in the population
of the national capital cannot compare
with that of Norfolk OF course, both
cities are helped by war business.
| Washington, I presume, is the busiest
| city in the world, but Norfolk is al
most next.
Hampton Roads is filed with ships.
Battleships are passing in and out
| every hour, and soldiers and sailors
are filling the streets, hotels and resi-
| dences of Norfolk. Only recently I
saw some 1000 soldiers from New Zea-
land parading through the streets of
| Norfolk. Many of them were not
young. New Zealand already has sent
| close to 10000 men to the front in
| France, and Belgium, out of a popu-
lation Of 100000, and is still sending
men, which should be an object les
son to us.
Business Is booming in Norfolk as
never before. The hotels are filled to
overlooking just as they are in Wash
ington. New business blocks are GO
ing up and the residence sections of
the city are being extended far into
the outlying districts. l venture to say
that in another decade Norfolk will
come close to being the leading city in
the Old Dominion, both in population
and Importance"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-02-26
RAINS HELP INDIAN VILLAGE
Coed Rice Crops Grown IN abundant
Moisture and Region 10 Noted
for Good Cattle.


Sylhet is city In the most curious
part Of India-the great. low lying,
jungiy, flooded, tea and rice districts
Of the far Southeast. Sylhet tea Is
known all over the peninsula.
So low do these regions lie that the
heavy rains of the rainy season result
In their being flooded for many months
Of the year. Though far inland. sitter
the rains this Ii literally sea. where
Al travel IL by boat end even shdps Of
some s1ze can navigate The torren-
Aial downpours flood the lower parts Of
the country to a depth Of many feet.
There il one little village at the base
of the Khasia hills which had meas
nred rainfall Of go feet In one year.
an exchange says
The villages Of this curious district
shout Sylhet are set on the crest Of
hills. After the rains fall they are is
lands. The people are very expert
boatmen and the children can swim
almost as soon as they can walk.
This is probably the only part Of In
dia where the canoe is In use. A craft
not unlike the American is manufac-
tured by following out tree trunk
very thin. Larger canoes, propelled
by 20 paddles. are made In the same
way. and canoe racing is one Of the
principal sports.
The villagers Of these island villages
keep diminutive cattle which they feed
largely on marsh grasses cut from
boats. As q result Of abundant feed
and lack Of exercise, the cows grow
fat and sleek to a degree unusual
among the lean Indian cattle. Their
milk, butter and cheese are known as
deiicacies in the nearby cities These
same villages raise unusually fine rice,
by planting before the rains begin.
As the country is flooded, the stalks
of the rice grow with the rising sur
face Of the waters. so that rice stalks
ten feet long may be seen when the
foods recede.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-02-26
PLAYING the Man.

No matter what part he may be
playing In the strenuous game Of life
as it is presented today. the brother
hood man, above all others, must play
the man. These are times when the
best that is In us must be given to
carry on" and the race run with
steadfastness and a manly purpose.
AS Robert L. Stevenson 50 beautifully
puts It: whether we regard life as q
line leading to a dead wall-a mere
bags end, as the French say-or
whether we think Of 1t as yestibuie
or gymnasium, where we wait our turn
and prepare our facilities for some
more noble destiny; whether we thun-
der In a pulpit or pule In little esthetie
poetry books about its vanity and brew
ity, whether we look justly for years
of health and yigor. or are about to
mount into bath chair. as step to-
words the hearse; In each and all Of
these views and situations there is but
one CONCLUSION possible; haf q man
shonld stop his ears against paraly'
sing terror and run the race that Is
set before him with a single mind"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-02-26

When the world awakened from its
apparent long sleep Of the middle ages,
during which the art of vehicle con-
struction. like all other arts, sank into
oblivion, manufacturing was revived
and from this awakening, about 400
A. D.. marked improvements are found.
Emperors and kings We'd with each
other In the effort to outshine and out
class one another. and through this
rivalry we note substantial advance
ment In 1850 A. d. 1t Is said there
were only three coaches In Paris, and
within the next century we find the
3eudal lords throughout continental
Europe supplying themselves with the
most extravagant and luxurious Of
equipages, some costing more than
$4,000 each.
The artists skill was employed,
poets sang beautiful songs In their
praise, and the epidemic spread, Gre
ating an eager desire upon all to out
rival their neighbors.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-02-26
STRANGE VARIETIES or FOOD
People of Different Parts Of the Earth
Are Shown to Have Decidedly
Different Tastes.

Strange foods, such as potato flour,
artificial protein cakes, green bone-dust
preparations, tabloid soups, pudding
powders and other unusual things, have
come into use during the war and their
adoption serves to remind us that much
good food material Is neglected in or
binary use. Only a few people eat
snails; most Of us would starve amidst
plenty of locusts; and the thought of
snakes as food would give those who
call themselves civilized the shudders.
But unusual food, once become ia
miliar. Is often relished. Colonel
Roosevelt got the best work from his
men on his African expedition by
promising them raw steaks from
slaughtered hippopotamuses. Cap
tain Bartlett. who carried Stefansson
to the arctic water. found raw polal
bear flesh more appetizing than any
thing he had eaten at home.
Frenchmen eat snails and dog steaks
cost there more than mutton. Some
arctic tribes prefer to have their FISH
decomposed before eating them. ant
even then perhaps they smell no worse
than Limburger or Brie cheese. Soutf
Americans eat lizards and mares mill
is favorite Russian beverage. Truly
"there is no accounting for tastes
New York Sun.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-02-26
POTASH ALWAYS IN DEMAND
Hard to Obtain Sufficient Quantity of
This Most important of
Fertilizers.

Potash Is perhaps the most impor-
tant of fertilizers. Although potas-
SUM, in its combinations, is one of the
most widely distributed of the ele-
ments, it is found massed in bulk in
only few places. The Saxon deposits
at Stassfurt, and the beds in Alsace
are the worlds chief sources Of sup
ply.
Elsewhere, potash is tosbe had only
by the treatment of greet quantities OF
material, with a small resultant yield
The case is not as bad as that &C
radlum, where a ton of ore may give
only fraction of grain Of the pre-
cious metal; but 1t is bad enough to
make its extraction an extremely cost
ly process. The farmers wife has al
ways known how to leach potash from
wood ashes in sufficient quantity to
make the soft soap for the family
washing, but this method does not pay
commercially.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-02-26
The Opium Habit.

There are three different forms of
taking opium. Some people, for exam
pie the Turks. eat It; others. like the
Chinese, smoke 1t. while the inhabi-
tants of more civilized countries usual
u drink It as laudanum. The drug ia
obtained from the unripe fruit Of the
common white poppy. Incisions are
made In the heads Of the plant, from
which a creamy Juice exudes, harden
ing on Its exposure to the air. This is
scraped or and made up into small
cakes, In which form It is sold. The
confirmed opium eater or smoker re-
Uuces himself to an indescribably
wretched state Of mind and body. and
very seldom lives to be forty II the
practice has been acquired at an early
period in life.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-02-26
sFIyIno Flsl. Torpedo.

Aerial torpedoes- bane OF Ger
man submarine crews and first-line
trenches been called flying
fish," because their tapefing cylindri-
cal bodies and huge air-fins suggest
the tropic sea creatures. The torpe-
does are held upright In the air and
given diving velocity by the air re-
sistance which strikes the fms. spin.-
ming them round and round. Con-
trary to popular impressions, certain
forms Of air resistance speed up rather
than retard falling objects. Not
only the aerial torpedoes. but all air
plane bombs and darts. are now grooy-
ed or filmed to whirl in fall
ing. The German Zeppelin bombs
are similarly constructed.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-02-26
Varieties of Pearls.

Among the varieties of so-called
pearls there are at times small dark
gray or blackish pearls, which are
more or less flattened and lack the
Jet black luster and perfect shape of
the so-called black pearls. These are
true pearls, probably secured from pin
ma shell, and possess some small value
They may be easily distinguished from
the false pearls by their color and
shape. Very small round pearls of q
golden luster are secured from a small
avicula that has a beautiful golden
luster on the inside. The avicula shell
is usually less than six centimeters in
diameter, and have never seen a pearl
produced by this shell that was larger
than No. 8 shot. The big, perfectly
round yellow pearls offered for sale
are usually frauds.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-02-26
After Two
Years
Mount Holly Testimony Remains
Unshaken.

Time Is the best test of truth. Here
10 Mount Holly story that has stood
the test of time. It is story with q
point which will come straight home to
many of Us.
Mrs. F. D. Smith, IS Church street,
says: ''Doan's Kidney Pills, which
got at Dubell's Drug Store, helped me
Ny back was weak and il panied me
50 much, 1 was miserable. When
went up and down stairs, swept the floor
Or was on my feet for any length o.
time, could hardly hear the dull ache
across my back. Ny kindeys acted
irreaularly, too. / felt tired and achy
all over. / only had to take one o.
Doan's Kidney Pills to rid me OF tn,
whole trouble. Since then, my baci
has been stronger and have felt bette
In every way" Statement given No
vember /, 1915
TROUBLE NEVER RETURNED
On October 8, 1917. Mrs. Smith said
"Since Doan's Kidney Pills cured me il
roI5, haven't had a sign OF my oil
complaint. The Recommendation CAV
Doan's at that time holds good today.
Soc, at all dealers. Foster-Milburl
Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo. N. Y.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-02-26
PIONEER LIFE IN MISSOURI
Was "Fine for Men and Dogs" but
Undoubtedly Also Hard on
the Women.

an Pioneer Families of Missouri,
is printed a letter written by woman
TO her sister in Kentucky, the Kansas
City Star says:
"The men and dogs have fine time,
but we poor women have to suffer. We
mack water from one-half mile to one
mile for cooking and washing. My adj
vice is stay where you are. But II you
see anyone coming to this country
send a plank cradle for poor little Pat
rick, His poor little back is full OF
hard bumps, lying in a cradle George
made out of hollow log, with piece
of wood for pillow. George and at
tended a wedding last week. The
preacher, a hard-shell Baptist, had
long buckskin overcoat. The groom
was In his shirt sleeves, with whlte
cotton pants that came just below ms
knees, and white cotton socks and
buckskin slippers on his feet. The
girl was dressed in a low-necked, short
WASTED, short-sleeved white cotton
dress that was monstrous short for q
girl like her. She had on buckskin
slippers and her hair was tied with
buckskin string, which is all the go
here. And when the preacher was
spelling and reading the ceremony
from the book, the girl commenced
sneezing and the buckskin string
slipped off her hair. which fell all over
her face, and everybody laughed"
An early marriage ceremony in Liv-
ingston county took place with the
couple on one side of Medicine creeb
and Squire Jordan on the other side
The creek was booming. The younf
man swan the stream and brought tllf
squire down from his house. Then tho
young man swan back and took hi:
place beside the young woman. Squire
| Jordan couldn't swim. lie wanted t.
postpone the ceremony a few days un
| til the creek went down. The younI
folks wouldn't have it. They JOINED
| hands and told the squire to go ahead
| The questions and answers were shout
| ed across the creek and the knot VIZ
| tied. Medicine creek got its name, &C
cording to tradition, because countr,
| doctor in trying to swim 1t lost hi
pill bags" as they were called.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-02-26
Combination Gate.

shut and when In notch F door is
partly open to allow only smaller hogs
to pass through.
To prevent smart" old hogs from
raising gate from one notch to an.
other bolt strap iron FL to top board an
inch or so In front Of cross pieces on
which gate Is hung. This iron must be
bent In hook shape and be just long
enough so that the hook end will slip
In under the top cross-piece when gate
is dropped in any of the notches. The
posts must be set at an angle to the
large gate so same can be opened wide
enough to be useful.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-02-26
Uses Of Potatoes In Sweden.

Uses made Of Swedish potato crop
officially estimated this year at $4,244,
$40 bushels. will be interesting to peo
pie Of the United States. OF the en-
tire crop. 81 per cent is used for d.
rect human consumption; 1927 per cent
$ fed to animals, and 6.5 per cent Is
used In -four making. The loss in
forage is 11.9 per cent and 11.8 pei
:. ut Is retained for seed.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-02-26

Yiddish Is term used to designate
u language which is spoken at the pres
;ent moment by some millions Of peo-
pie. Strictly speaking, Yiddish is not
= language, nor dialect. but jargon
1.-THE jargon used by Judeo-German
communities dwelling chiefly in Ger
many and Russia, and by the immi.
grants coming from those countries to
the United States. Yiddish owes its
existence to the persecution to which
the Jews were subjected In Germany
at the time Of the Reformation. It's es-
sential basis is high German. with an
admixture Of Hebraic and Slavic ele-
ments.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-02-26
Telephone Personalities

only human that varying temperamens should
reflect themselves in the telephone usages different people
Any operator handling scores of subscribers lines can point
to certain switchboard lamps whose signals announce the
calls of persons for whom genuine pleasure to esab
sh connections whose consideration of her as gracious
though she were face face.
Whether the service received by such subscribers or not
measuraby more effective be left personal Judgment
as to whether of serving switchboard would be
influenced by courtesy and recognition of our endeavor
do our best.
The Delaware Atlantic Telegraph Telephone Companv
c. R. Fairchld, District Manager
Trenton, N J.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-08
WHAT IS BEHIND Hun
BULLYING OF HOLLAND?
(By Il. c. FERRABY)
Noted British Naval Writer Who Gives the Naval View
of the German Ambition to Hold Dutch Ports

come out from the Blight, and one
more from the Dutch ports. Blows
aimed at England from such different
points must, they argue, throw our de-
fensive measures into confusion.
Certainly the addition of third ex-
petition to the other more clearly in
dlcated sources of danger would mean
a certain redistribution of force oh
our part, but it would not be such as
ocause confusion, because our naval
plans are, as they have always been,
elastic.
Men who have dealt with the sea all
their lives are accustomed to adapt
ing themselves to rapidly changing
emergencies.
Germany's clamor for freedom OF
the seas" means really dominion OF
the seas by Germany, and towards that
dominion possession of the magnifi
cent commercial ports of Holland
would be great step.
That is another reason why she NAV
be tempted to plunge yet another un-
fortunate little nation into hostilities
but, of itself, it would not be enough
to determine her action at this stage
of the war.
If Germany violates the neutrality
OF Holland it will be for a more ur-
gent and immediate purpose than flu.
ture commercial greatness. It viii
be because she sees one last chance
through the Dutch ports of carrying
out the Kaiser's elegantly expressed
wish to crash the mailed fist of Ger.
many into the grinning face of the
hypocrite England"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-08
LONG SEARCH
FOR WESTERN SEA

The first white man to attempt to
reach the western sea" by crossing
the North American continent was
sieur Ffe<re Gaultier de varennes do
la Verendrye, whose expedition left
Montreal 1877 years ago to-day, June 8.
1871. With fifty companions, includ-
ing his three young sons, the daring
Frenchman set out from the fort at
Montreal and plunged into the wilder
ness, intent upon discovering that mar
row sea which was supposed to sepa-,
rate America from China During the
months and years that followed La
Verendrye and his men triumphed
over a multitude of obstacles. Some
of his men were killed by hostile In
dams, others fell victim of disease, ex-
posture and accident and mutinies
were frequent. After many hard
ships Lake Winnipeg was reached but
La Verendrye was disappointed in
finding it a large body of fresh water,
instead of the tabled western sea. At
ter thirteen years of effort the ex-
petition was turned back by the
mountain Businesses, but, although the
main mission failed, La Verendrye
was the vrst white man to reach the
banks of the Upper Missouri and Sas-
katchewan rivers and to traverse
what are now the prosperous provin-
ces Of Manitoba and Saskatchewan
It was not until 1893 that Alexander
Mackenzie, a .scotchman, penetrated
the Rockies and reached the shores
of the Pacific.