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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-26
Perseverance Does IL

tits the allies perseverance that is
going to win the war;" sold Senator
Lewis.
'The allies suffered defeat after de-
feat. but from each defeat they
learned something.
"It's like the advice the editor of
the Cinnaminson Scimitar gave to an
unlucky wooer who had been rejected
by seven girls In turn. The editor
wrote:
'Unlucky Wooer: Go ahead Don't
be discouraged. Never say die. You
must have learned a lot by what you
have gone through. Strikes us you
must hold something like a record.
Well. stick all your experience to-
gether and make love to the next girl
who comes around and takes your
fancy. If she doesn't reciprocate try
another. Remember, you only want
one girl to say "Yes," and she'll prob
ably last your life'"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-26

HAPPY IN POVERTY
Stern Pride That Is a Part of the
Japanese Character.
Educators Pathetic Story Of Mothers
SeIf-DeniaI and Sons Appreciation
Offer of Aid Most Grace
fully Put Aside.

A Japanese educator tells the story
of brothers in the agricultural college
of Sapporo, in the northern island of
Hokkiado One day one of these boys
appeared wearing a woman's yellow
and black striped padded coat, with
q velvet neckband, showing that the
garment was ordinarily worn to sup
port q baby carried japanese fashion
on the back. There was much litter
ing among the other students at this
strange garb and the instructors found
their classes somewhat demoralized.
At noon the young man was called into
the faculty room for an explanation.
His father was dead; his mother made
a bare subsistence out Of small farm;
she had managed to save enough to
send her boys to school with clothes
for the summer season, and nothing
more. When winter came the mother
wrote that in vain she had tried to
save enough extra money to buy them
the necessary winter kimono; that In
spite of every economy she had been
unable to manage it-such was the
story.
$50 l am sending you my own XII
mono and coat" she wrote. "You must
have your thin cotton ones washed
and mended, though l know they must
be nearly worn out by this time. Wear
my heavy kimono," the boy went on.
"When can / will send you some
money to buy new ones"
"But though I have mended my cid
kimono," the boy went on, sit is too
ragged. There was only one thing
to do-wear this one on the outside"
He was asked why at least he had
not removed the telltale black velvet
band.
Last night" he replied, Il took the
scissors and began to rip, but suddenly
! remembered how my mothers hands
had sewed those stitches, and how she
had taken off her warm coat to send
me, and how she was always working
for us and thinking of us here, lonely
for the sight of our faces, and l could
not rip out the stitches of my moth
er's hands. l am sorry, sensei, but
! had to wear it as 1t was"
Those same boys were later invited
to live free of expense in small dor
mitory donated by an American lady,
Gertrude Emerson writes in Asia
Magazine. The younger boy came to
thank her, but to explain that accept
ance would be out of the question.
MY brother is very proud" he said.
"Besides, you do not understand. 1t
is true that the paper shutters are
torn and that sometimes 1t is cold, but
we like our poor room. 1t is true that
our lamp is small and the light is dim,
but we study very well that way. 1t
is for our education that we suffer.
! We are quite happy"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-26
Our Sister In Tvnhold-


In his Past and Present" that open.
ing gun Of the midnineteenth century
radical campaign, Thomas Carlyle tells
grisly story of poor Irish widow
In Edinburgh. who begged for help.
"She was refused, till her strength
and heart failed her; she sank down
In typhus fever; died, and infected her
lane with fever so that IT other per
sons died of fever there In conse-
quence. The forlorn Irish widow ap-
plies to her fellow creatures, Behold.
/ am sinking. I am your sister, one
God made u.s. They answer. No. i'm
possible; thou art no sister OF ours
But she proves her sisterhood; ner
typhus fever kills them; they are actu-
ally her brothers though denying it"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-26
THAT GOOD OLD RAIL FENCE
Ancient and Honorable and Convent
ent Institution That Held Hon.
ored Place on the Farm.

Among the once necessaries of farm
life that reflected prodigality in the
use of valuable timber was the old
rail fence, observes the Columbus Dis
patch. Like many other almost by
cones o. rural life, it's place In farm
wasteful1ess now Is well established
and yet it had its uses for which the
present straight line wire fencing can
not qualify.
The old rail fences serrated
stretches were the homes of small ami
NAL life that now are rapidly disap-
pearfng. Around It's timbers there grew
the uncultivated blackberry, with its
sister, the raspberry, and among its
recesses there thrived the elder whose
fruit once was coveted pie material
and whose blossoms were the founda-
ton for elderberry wine that matrons
served of winter evening when the
neighbors gathered.
The rail fence, with its invariable
underground, was the favorite protec-
ton for Bob White In winter, and
from Its top he sang in the warmer
seasons. Beneath, the little ground
squirrel burrowed From safe re-
treat he chartered If some intruder
came near to annoy him as he was
busily engaged in gathering his store
of food for the snow time.
To the harvest hand it afforded pro-
lection at the end of the long row for
brief respite and its corners formed
shaded hooks under which the water
jug might be kept.
And from what royal timber was
this old fence constructed Black
walnut logs, chestnut logs and the
| smooth lengths of the ash tree were
cleft by numerous rail splitters fol-
the ''seven high" fence that stood the
| storms of decades. There was many
q black walnut rail whose timber
would make the manufacturer Of gun
stocks chortle with satisfaction had
he such present supply of wood al
his command.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-26
Why Mother lnserfered, -
Miss Gush-And, Ethel. dear. wNks
By Ad Carter

Is the baby's name7
Mrs. Newmother-rve named him
Ethelbert Algernon.
Miss Gush-But I always thought
the father named the boy?
Mrs. Newmother-f you could hear
what his father calls him when he 10
walking the floor with him in the early
dawn you wouldn't wonder that took
matters In my own hands.-LondQa
Tit Bits. !
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-26
TALE OF SUPREME DEVOTION
Simple Explanation of Reason Why
Romance of AbeIard and Heloise
Will Never Die.

Romance never dies, for lovers are
born each springtime and the heart
OF the world is always young.
And so 1t is that to the modern thun-
der of the guns bombarding scissors
is set the tune of an old, old romance
that has spun like a gold-and-scarlet
thread through eight changeful CEN
turtles. spun and spun, and lost none
of its color, none of its appeal. And
the story winds about the town of
Scissors and ends in a crumbling old
tower dropping to its last decay.
And the romance was the tragedy
OF Abelard and Heloise, lovers who
have typified the passion of devotion
to all the lovers of the universe. The
story itself was not uncommon-the
love of teacher for his beautiful pu-
pill, herSwinning and her undoing. The
tale of Faust has the same harsh note
Of betrayal. But it is the supreme de-
votion of Abelard and Heloise that
make them types; that, and the setting
of the romance which ran through
Paris and other towns, and drew to
close in the tower where Abelard
was prisoner of those prosecutors
who held his writings to be seditious
His marriage to Heloise. his renunci-
alton of her, and the final taking, by
both of them, of the VOWS that sent her
to a nunnery and him to a monastery,
all of this availed him nothing. There
in the town of scissors, lighted now
by the blaze of bursting shells, he was
compelled to burn with his own hand
his book in which was set forth the
"heresy" of which he was accused.
What a contrast between the feeble
light of that burning manuscript and
the flare of the battle we are waging
fol the liberties of the world
And yet the burning of that book
was a momentous event at the Sois-
sons council of ecclesiastics.
But Abelard had been a great teach
er, and all the country had throbbed
and thrilled with the serial story of
his romance with the beautiful He
loiSe. And so, in the later years trav-
elers have turned aside from the beat
en- tracks and sought the old tower on
the outskirts of the French town for
glimpse of the prison where he Ian
guished. The steps were worn in
grooves by the thousands of feet that
went as ON pilgrimage to the shrine
of q perfect love.
There today the guns roar and
the shells take their screaming
| fiight-there at Soissons-but under
the curtain of smoke and the hail of
lead there spins on and on the gold
and-scarlet thread of the romance that
never dies.-Memphis Commercial APP
peal
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-26
EnuIlsh.erown RelIadonna.

Belladonna, which before the war
came almost exclusively from Ger
many, is now being cultivated at Dork-
ing on scale that will prevent any
possibility of dearth in the future, and
doctors, who partially discontinued its
use, may now prescribe it as freely as
they did before the war, says the Lon
don Times. The first of the Dorking
plantations was started Immediately
after the war broke out, but the diff
Guilty of obtaining the seed, and more
especially the slow growth of the
plant, in the initial stages, prevented
the drug being produced in large guam
titles until this year. Next year a still
larger quantity will be placed on the
market. Practically the whole of the
plantations are on waste ground that
could not possibly produce food. If
the seed is sown in the open, it takes
four years before sufficient herb can
be cut to make a paying crop.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-26
STRANGE Power of Metals.

The Importance of the remarkable
surface actions that distinguish metals
generally was noted in a lecture by
Sir William Tilden at the British scien-
tific products exhibition. The property
of platinum of causing the combina-
ton of oxygen gas with hydrogen and
other combustible substances was dis
covered by Dayy just 100 years ago,
but other metals show still stranger
powers. One of the most valuable is
the power possessed by nickel of caus-
ing hydrogen to combine with heated
oil, converting 1t into fat that is
solid when cold. A substance acting
by its mere presence in this way is
termed catalyst, and cataIytic actions
are now turned to account on a large
scale in making sulphuric and nitric
acids and ammonia, in the surface COM
bustion of gas, in obtaining fats from
whale oil and in a variety Of manu-
featuring processes. A great field is
open in the study of catalytic effects.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-26
German Idea of Justice,

"The pigeons In Belgium" says
Brand Whitlock in Everybody's for
September, "had almost as hard a
time of it as the people themselves. At
Niyelle poor man had some carrier
pigeons and the Belgian's love for
them. But be had no food for them
and so was obliged to kill them. His
children cut off their heads and
ranged them along window sill, and
underneath wrote: Died for their
countryr The Germans saw the little
heads and the inscription and the man
was sent for Is days to the Komman-
dantur and fined 200 francs"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-26
Emotions and the Eye.

The thing we look at straightest
and most steadily is the eye of the
man or woman who talks to us. And
no emotion changes the glistening of
that eye. Yet, so unobservant are we
all, especially descriptive novelists,
that eyes, In fiction, always flash, I'M
der the stress of any kind of rage. The
assassin of the surgeon in Paris the
other day went to his deed, as we read
In the fictitious part Of the report Of
a witness, with eyes that flashed ac-
cording to custom. Now the human
eye has two places for flashing
In the clear pupil, showing one point
OF light or more according to the light
or lights reflected; the other In the
white. Neither of these brightnesses
depends upon the mind.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-26
EnoIand,s cleanyno Bell,

The cleaning bell" is known In
some places-as at Drillfield, Yorks-
rs the harvest bell,' and is sounded
at five in the morning and seven in
the evening to mark the hours Of 10
Dor In the fields.
Among the old records In the parish
chest at Barrow-on-H Humber is an In
struction to the parish clerk ito ring
bell every working day morning and
evening at sun-setting until harvest be
fully ended. and for this service each
Of the cottagers shall give him two
peck of wheat"
The clerk at Lyddlngton. Rutland,
Is entitled to charge each adult CLEAN
er Id. for ringing the cleaning bell"
London Chronicle.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-26
Famous Copper CITY,

Bingham. Utah, where copper rs
king" has a special attraction as the
worlds greatest mining camp. 1t is
situated rs miles south of Salt Lake
and is one of the most unique
mines in the world. it being practical
ly a town hanging on the side of a
mountain. Two thousand men are en-
ployed digging out the copper ore and
something like $4,000 profit is banked
by the Utah Copper company every
day. 1t takes two mills working night
and day to concentrate the ore, and It
Is said that the work being done is
far more stupendous than the great
engineering feat of digging the Guile
bra cut In Panama.-Automobil Blue
Book.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-26
BRINGS HOME HUN SAvAGERY
Contrast Of Present War With That
OF the Spanish-AmerIean Conflict
Twenty Years Ago.

One night, 20 years ago, sat in an
army camp In Cuba during the Santi-
ago campaign, listening to discussion
OF war weapons. That day some 1000
men had been killed or wounded In a
three hours battle, which involved all
OF Skaters army corps at San Juan
NIL and at Ell Caney. The matter which
created the most comment was the
very small per cent of mortalities In
the casualty list. The wounded would
nearly all recover, and, except here
and there, without permanent injury.
Two American staff officers were dis
cussing 1t and praislng the Mauser
rifle, which the Spaniards were u.s.
Ing. | remember substantially the
words of one of the staff officers. He
said: 1T Is q more merciful weapon
tnan the Krag, which we are using, be
cause II is Of smaller bore, makes O
cleaner wound and puts the other fel
low out of business just as effectively
as the Krag does without inflicting as
dangerous an injury"
remember that they both agreed
that the science of modern war was
to Knock the other fellow out without
Strengthening him. ! thought of that
odd American conception Of that twen-
ty-year-old period while visiting yes
terday a hospital where Americans
were being brought in from the field
Some of the men are indescribably
mangled; some wounds lie open as
though they had been made with a
cleaver-others are of the crushed, rag
sed kind. went from this danger
ously wounded ward into a neighbor-
Ing tent, where 200 gassed men with
bandaged eyes tossed restlessly. AS
thought Of the desperately wounded
had just left and of those poisoned
men, called upon to defend themselves
against an lnhuman weapon which gave
them no chance to strike blow for
blow, I realized the utter savagery to
which we have reverted since that gen.
tie day in which we sank the Spanish
navy and made guests of the Spanish
army until the hour arrived when we
might send the conquered home in
chivalry md = honor.-Kansas City
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-26

Much has been said about the vir-
tues of the onion, but few know Of its
use as a disinfectant.
An onion cut in half and set in a
room win attract to itself all manner
Of germs, leaving the air sweet and
pure; 1t is therefore most valuable in
cases Of infection. You should take
care, however, to burn the onion after
ward.
No part Of an onion should ever
be used for domestic purposes after
having been allowed to lie about over
night. The eating of raw onions is a
great personal protective In time of
epidemic and If taken with cucumbers
the breath is left innocent Of any OBJ
jectionable odor.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-26
ImaalnIna Teeth IN Stomach.

The Revista dos Cursor, Brazil
warns against putting too much trust
in patients statements. A man swals
lowed his false teeth and insisted that
he could feel them in his stomach. The
stomach was opened and nothina
found. As result Of the chioroform
the man vomited profusely, bringina
forth the teeth. which had lodged q
the esopbAgus.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-26
HeIaoIand a Bird nstatIon. .

The island of Helgoland is one Of the
landmarks of the birds migrating
from the North, and night after night
beginning in early September. they
pass In countless armies.
In times of peace the islanders
turned the bird invasion to profit, stir
ring abroad all night with lanterns
and nets, trapping weak or weary
birds that paused for few minutes
rest. Fifteen thousand larks alone
have thus been caught in single
night, of which number a lighthouse
man caught three hundred by fixing
a wire net outside the great iantern.-
Manchester Guardian.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-26
The MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2e 1918
DIRE DISTRESS

It Is Near at Hand to Hundreds Of
Mount Holly Readers.
Don't neglect an aching back.
Backache is often the kidneys cry
for help.
Neglect hurrying to the kidneys aid
Means that urinary troubles may
follow.
Or danger Of worse kidney trouble.
Here's Mount Holly testimony.
Mrs. Joseph L. Rossell, As Wash
ington street. says: "The first symp
tom of kidney trouble 1 noticed was
pain through my sides and back.
Then my kidneys began acting irregu-
larry and / was bothered with dizzy,
nervous spells. 1 finally used Doan's
Kidney Pills and they gave me COM
plete relief. have no kidney trouble
now and l give Doan's the credit for
my cure"
statement given May 8. 1917
PERMANENT BENEFIT
On October 3, 1917, Mrs. Rossell said
II have the same good opinion Of
Doan's Kidney Pills as ever. gladly
repeat the praise / gave them in my
other recommendation. haven't suff
cred with kidney trouble since Doan's
Kidney Pills cured me in 1911"
Price DOC, at all dealers. Don't sim
ply ask for kidney remedy-gel
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that Mrs
Rossell had. Foster.Milburn Co
Mfgrs Buffalo, N. Y.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-26
A Hazardous Post.

The Civilian-How does II happen
that your top sergeant has so many
wound cheyrons while the rest Of you
fellows haven't any?
The Corporai-Well you see. the
poor guy can't shave himself, SO he has
to put himself In the hands Of the reg
mental barber.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-26
Not Guilty.

lawyer suppose you fellows are
forever trying to produce artificial
| life7
Chemist-Heaven forbid We leave
mat TO the white-light restaurateurs.-
Buffalo Express.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-26
Safe and Sane.

''You bought lot Of Liberty bonds7"
Eyes. A Liberty bond was about the
only thing found that could be bought
at its regular value during war times"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-01-23

weeks. Mr.. Patterson informs the Re-
view that only, limited number Of
cars have been received in Denison
the past week and these were of the
cheaper grades of soft coal. Coal is
being served in only few hundred
pound lots to make it go as far as pos
sible. Wood is in great demand and
considerable amount is being used
here in Denison. 1t is being shipped
from Deloit in car load lots and is find
ing a ready market at a good price,
selling at $500 load.
Fuel Administrator Patterson called
a meeting Of the county fuel dealers
on Monday, which was attended by
twenty-seven dealers. The fuel stu
alton in the county was thoroughly
canvassed and it was decided to make
an effort to have more wood cut for
use next winter Mr.. Patterson has ar
ranged with the county for several
hundred cords Of wood which will be
cut from the highways.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-01-23
STATE SUMNER
NORMAL SCHOOL
0enison Enjoys Distinction Of Having
Been Selected by the State for a
Summer Normal School.
800 TEACHERS WILL ATTEND
Commercial Club Pledges Ample Pro-
vision to Comply With Demands
Of State Authorities.

Denison enjoys the distinction of
having been selected by the state for
a summer normal school the coming
summer, which is to last~for a-period
of twelve weeks. Word came from
Cedar Falls yesterday that our city
had been chosen as one of the places
for holding this summer course of nor
NAL training.
While we are to be congratulated
for the distinction. we must not for
get that our selection carries grave re-
possibilities because it means that the
city is to have within its gates during
the time of the SESSION in the neigh
borhood of 800 teachers who will be
in attendance at the school. 1t means
that homes must be provided for car
ing for the teachers, and our good
people should come to the front and
indicate to the school authorities their
willingness to furnish rooms and ac-
commodations for these people, and
the effort will be failure if our visit
ors do not go away from here at the
close of the term feeling that Denison
of its size in Iowa.
The Commercial club has pledged
to see that ample provision is made
to comply with the demands of the
state authorities, in order to make the
school success. We have the homes
and the disposition on the part of our
people to make the meeting success
full so far as entertainment is con-
cerned, and we are confident nothing
will be left undone to please our Wis
itors.
A large number of other towns were
in competition with Denison. but our
selection was made because of the
ample school room and other accommo-
dations which the city is able to fur
nish. We hope our people will fully
appreciate the importance of this
meeting and the distinction which
comes to our city on account of
being selected as one Of the, places for
the meeting. %aHl = w