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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-09-10
oBEDIENr TO OLD COMMAND
Palestine Farmers Still Remember
Biblical injunction In Refer.
ence 70 the 0leaners.

After the lentfle and similar crops of
the bean family have been gathered in
by the Palestinian farmer, the barley
harvest comes next, and lastly the
wheat.
When harvesting, the men wear q
leather apron and sometimes a large
padded glove. fhe women have none
of the protection provided for them.
says the Christian Herald. Sickles
are Of two kinds. one. the kaloosh, Is
small and with quite dull edge and
Is employed when the crops are short
and scanty. These do not cut the
straw, but rather help pull up the
grain by the roots or break of the
brittle stalks. The other, called man.
pal, Is much larger and supplied with
short, slanting teeth, and is used on
the tall. well-grown grain fields.
Reaping with these simple ;SSsffle.
ments and bindinss-tthsl tie sheaves with
tnelr~ ewn straw, considerable
amount Re left behind and many of the
ears drop of. but once the reapers
have advanced, they. actuated by al
most religious scruples. will not pick
mp that which has been dropped, even
though they be severely poor them
selves. for they unwittingly follow a
command not given to them but to for
mer inhabitants. the tillers and reap
ers Of this land: "And when ye reap
the harvest Of your land, thou shalt
not make clean radiance of the cor
ners OF thy field when thou reapest,
neither shalt thou gather any cleaning
of thy harvest"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-09-10

Residents of Newark, DEL. suffered a
shock the other afternoon when two
well-known young women appeared on
Main street wearing ankle watches
There were several narrow escapes
from accidents when drivers of auto.
mobiles forgot their wheels in the ex-
element Of the moment.
Nearly every store door and window
held rubberneck and repeated calls
OF what time Is it7n but the young
women did not seem to mind in the
least the furore they were raising.
They were neatly and attractively
dressed. They wore low shoes, with
black silk hose, the watches strapped
to their trim left ankles. One old resi-
denter who got closer view of the
watches remarked:
wen be ---. / have read Of
such things, but never saw It before.
and right here at home"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-09-10
STATES TWO FRENCH KINGS
Both Louis XIV and XIV Ruled oveF
Domain That included Great
Western Commonwealth.

There were but two French kings
who ever ruled over Missouri, observes
the Kansas City Star. The first of
these was Louis XIV, for whom La
Sale took possession of the Missis-
sippi river and of all the country
drained by its tributaries. La Sale
named the country Louisiana In honor
Of his king. For governmental pur-
poses the whole of Louisiana was at
tached to new France and Frontenac
became the first governor, ruling over
the largest domain ever under the
sway of one man on this continent.
France owned the central part Of the
continent from the Gulf to the polar
seas. Thus Frontenac became the first
governor OF the region that Is now
Missouri.
But 1t was In the reign of Louis XIV,
who succeeded Louis XIV, that Mis-
souri, received from France the first
vivifying touches of civilization. I'm
der this reign the city of st. Louis was
founded and was named, not In honor
OF Louis XIV, who was no saint, but
In honor of Louis TX, who then had
been dead 800 years, and who was the
most sanity king France ever had.
New Orleans was founded, too, dur
ing the reign Of Louis XIV, and was
named for the duke of Orleans, re-
gent for the young king, who was
crowned at five years old.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-09-10
A Smoke lnsneotnr.

The president Of woman suffrage
organization is a mighty person. DR..
Anna Howard Shaw spoke In the as
sembly hall Of the Claypool hotel on
the opening evening OF the annual con-
Vention Of the Woman's Franchise
League Of Indiana. The room was
built to hold 600 persons comfortably;
but about 800 ware there that evening.
Mrs. Richards Edwards of Peru, presi-
dent OF the Asanahise league, thought
she detected an odor Of smoke. From
her position ON the stage she sent q
message to Miss Adah Bush. Of Kent
land. 30 investigate the source.
Miss Bush left the room for a few
minutes. When she returned she sent
up to Mrs. Edwards the message:
Il have seen about the smoke. ! have
had 1t stopped. Indianapolis News.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-09-10
why RED CROSS ASKS HELP
Read This List Of Part Of Materials
Needed by the Organization, and
Then Loosen Up"

Here are just a few of the articles
Of which the Red Cross must carry a
stock In its stores; Foods, wearing ap-
parel sf all types and descriptions.
beds and bedding for hospital and
civilian uses, hospital supplies. surgi-
cal dressings. surgical instruments
and drugs Of every kind. splints. fur
niture, farming machinery. lumber.
portable sawmills and mixers and rock
crushers. gasoline tractors, cysto-
scopes. chloroform masks, scarilers.
nitrous oxide gas plants. building ma
terials. every kind Of tinware for use
In canteens and hospitals, china and
glassware. monographs. games for In
doors and outdoors, smoking materi-
nls. libraries. field kitchens. kitchen
tyailers; portable X-ray machines for
use In the dsld. fully equipped in mo-
torcarsI portable disinfect.SS ont1ifs
Dor men and Clothes. cedsistinr OF sew
erai rooms. wheTs men coming from
~o6ehe5. covered with filth and
Hermin, enter and remove their
clothes, which are passed through a
sferiltser while the men proceed to an
pther room and are bathed with disin-
fectants and showered, finally passing,
thoroughly cieansed, to a room where
their clothes are returned to them dis
infected and dried. This particular
piece Of equipment alone costs $4,000
francs, and the Red Cross IL installing
them In the army camps and behind
the trenches as fast as the need arises.
Elisabeth Fraser. in the Saturday
Evening Post.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-09-10
FAIL TO GERMANIzE HOLLAND
Dutch Character Has Successfully Re
sisted All Efforts Made by It's
Powerful NeIqhbor.

That Germany covets Holland is no
diplomatic or other secret. Everybody
knows it. Considering the Dutch char
acter and pride In national independ-
ence which they have manifested ever
since tSe Dutch language assumed final
shape as evidence Of distinct national
ity, it has seemed best to the Hohen-
zollerns to proceed by peaceful means.
among which none is more patent than
intermarriage among influential fam
lilies. And especially there is desired
marriages of German princes and
princesses into the House Of Orange,
which for some centuries, either as
Stockholders or kings. has been the gov
erning head of the Dutch state.
a There has been great success In Sc
curing German marriages. The mother
of Queen Wilhelmina was q German
princess and her husband is German
prince.
But. while there has been success in
securing German husbands or wives
for the House of Orange, the assimila-
ton has been from German into Dutch
and not from Dutch into German. We
recall no German prince or princess
who has married into the House Of
Orange who has not turned out to be
as loyal Dutchman or Dutchwoman
as the most ardent Hollander could de-
sire, observes the San Francisco Chron-
icle.
The fact is that the sturdy Dutch
character persists from generation to
generation and forms one of the most
distinctive types Of the human species.
This is not because the German rulers
have not constantly tried to mold 1t
over. but because they have failed to
do so.
And the modern Germans are
impatient that they have dallied so
long with peaceful means and are for
taking by force what they cannot get
otherwise,
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-09-10
"TEDDY" FAILED TO MAKE HIT
Roosevelt Tells ofAmusIno Experience
Of He Youthful Days in the
Cattle Country.

In the oldtime cattle country and in
the backwoods nobody was supposed
to think of any necessary work as de-
grading. Abiding to 0ldstyle Ameri-
can conditions In a recent issue OF the
American, Theodore Roosevelt narrates
his experiences as a shoe black. He
SAYS. reminiscently:
Il remember that once. when there
was a lull In outdoor work, / en-
ieavored to be useful in and around
the house. fed the pigs: and on an
Idle morning / BACKED all the boots.
Ordinarily our boots did not need
blacking-most of them were not that
kind. On this occasion ! started, with
an enthusiasm that outran my judg-
meehh tt 70 black the dress boots Of every
one Of both sexes. I coated them with
q thick. dull paste; only few knobs
became shiny; and the paste came on
freely on what 1t touched. AS result
temporarily lost not merely the re-
spect but even the affection Of all the
other inmates Of the house.
However. / did not lose caste be-
cause I had BACKED the boots. 1 lost
caste because ! had blacked them bad
~. But was allowed to continue feed
Ing the pigs. The pigs were not so par
ticular as the humans"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-09-10
LIVED LONG IN WILD STATE
AlredaIe Dog for Several Years Main.
tained Wild Predatory State In
the Yellowstone Park.

An instance Of dogs return to the
savage state Of his wolf ancestry
came to light In February In the yell
lowstone National park when Scout
Anderson's report of a trip into the
Buffalo Fork country contained, under
the heading of predatory animals
killed, mention of one mountain lion.
one bobcat, four coyotes and an Aire-
dale dog.
This dog, which probably wandered
into the park from some farm or set
Element few miles over the border,
has been living In the Yellowstone in
wild state for several years.
Whether or not he fraternized with his
cousins the wolves and the coyotes
can not be known certainly. No doubt
he lived as they live, at the expense
of young and weaker deer and elk, and
smaller prey. Probably he lived alone,
against all animal kind as they were
against him. There are well-authenti-
Gated instances Of dogs thus returning
to savage nature. 1t speaks well for
his tenacity and strength that, alone
of his kind in a country where all
kinds of wild animals live still their
natural lives, he survived. He may
have been dog of good pedigree.
Anyway, the dog had been seen at
intervals for several years and was
officially classed among the animals
which. alone of all Yellowstone's ami.
mails, are sought and killed because
destructive of the harmless animaa
which make Of this national park the
best-populated wild-animal preserve II
the world.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-09-10
CAN'T GET ALONG TOGETHER
Women Won't Work for Women When
They Can Help It, Always Pre-
ferrlng Men Bosses.

A mere man." writing in Woman's
Home Companion, makes this COM
ment on women IN business.
Another reason / have noted WHY
women don't appropriate the big Jobs
is that most members Of their own
seT-to say nothing of the members
of ours-would rather work for man
than woman. The most successful
woman ! know is the head of a big
department in very big business. She
knows that her feminine instinct is
worth thousands to that business. Yet
she is glad that the president Of the
business Is man; she wouldn't take
the presidents job If she could get il
and no matter how much she believes
In her own instinct, she recognizes
that there is an element of Judgment
In the man that, working with her in
stinct, produces q perfect combination.
Il hired a stenographer once, for In
stance, and assigned her to a woman.
At noon of the first day she went out
to lunch and did not come back. I
found laconic note on her desk. 1t
read: ! won't take dlctation from a
woman Any man or any woman In
business can give similar testimony,
Women would rather work for men
than work for women"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-09-10
TELL OF LoNDoN's HISTORY
Collection Of Wonderfully Interesting
Relics In the WhitechapeI Art
Galleries.

In small space In the Whitechapel
art galleries there is a fascinating col
lection which reconstitutes the history
OF London from the days when the
britons watched the galleys of the Ro-
mans sweeping up the Thames river.
There are bits of Roman pottery found
in the Thames mud Photographs and
prints show how bits of the old Roman
wall may still be touched by living
hands. And so throughout the long
story of the great old city there are re-
membranes of its varying phases, Of
its ceaseless change: beautiful piece
of carving by Grinding Gibbons, or
one of his school, In st. Paurs
grotesQuely carved brackets of wood
that once supported the beams of Tu-
dor houses; iron brackets beautifully
wrought by ancient craftsmen; leather
jacks, out of which some Falstaff
quaffed his sack; clay pipes, smoked
in Queen Elizabeth's day by men who
sailed the Spanish main; the old
Whitechapel parish register. telling OF
citizens who died of plague, or born
and married In the days before the
great fire, and when bells of old st.
Paul's rang for joy and sorrow.
These. and many other relics, bring
back the spirit of oldtime London to
men and women who 60 to the quiet
and restful place from the rush of
modern life In Whitechapel.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-09-10
THINGS THAT GROW DOUBLE
Freaks Of Nature That the Wisest Of
Men Find Some Difficulty In
Explaining.

Nature does some strange things in
the formation Of vegetables, nuts and
different kinds of fruits, an exchange
states. 1t is quite common to find two
or more growing together, and natural
lists frequently run across some very
curious freaks.
Double ears of corn are quite COM
mon. They grow side by side, and are
sometimes of equal size; but usually
one has little better chance to grow
and gets the advantage over the other.
A double ear on exhibition in one Of
the Western states was certainly Gu.
riosity. One side was one variety OF
corn, while the other side was so diff
ferent that it was hard to believe the
two had grown so close togther.
Double heads of wheat are quite
common, but double grains are scarce.
Grains of rye, however, are often dou-
BILE, and the same Is true Of rice.
Onions, radishes, beets, carrots, tur.
nips, cabbages and other vegetables
are often found In double form.
The prettiest specimens of double
peaches are those with two seeds, as
they are most distinctly double, being
joined at point about halfway from
the stem Of the blossom ends.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-09-10
Good Manners Tested.

Bad manners often Jar severely on
people who are well hammered. A
boor Is not likely to suffer much from
the boorishness of others. A sensi
tive, well-bred person to whom good
manners are second nature is so
keenly conscious Of lapses in others
that he is liable to suffer from it.
And then, when almost intolerable
breaks are noted, comes the tempta-
ton to show or speak ones impa-
tience. But the next time one may be
thus tempted 1t will be well to recall
the old incident told of sage. that
one day, after the fashion Of the
schools, he was questioned, Master,
what is the test of good mannersq'
Wherefore he answered, 1T is being
able to put up pleasantly with bad
ones Sunday School Times.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-09-10
STORED MUCH FROZEN MEAT
German Authorities, In First Days Of
War, MobiIlzed All Resources Of
Refrigerating Plants.

Berlin has 2,200 tons of frozen meat
In its municipal cold storage depots.
The supply is replenishod from time to
time so that it remains at that figure.
On their present meat ration of one
half pound, the Vossische Zeitung says,
the Berliners are assured of meat
enough TO last all Greater Berlin two
or threa weeks, even If there should
be temporary stoppage of replenish-
ments.
How the cold storage of pork has
helped Germany to "stick 1t" is ex-
planned In an article in the Chemiker
Zeitung. Early In the war, realizing
the serious effect of the British block
ade on the meat supply, the govern.
ment directed the refrigerating indus
try to mobilize its resources on the
largest possible scale. 1t was ordered
to make preparations for dealing with
millions instead of thousands of pigs.
Cold storage plants were enlarged,
new ones built, and the system SO ex-
tended that today there is hardly a
local community without Its own re-
frigerating facilities.
Every fortress has a freezing plant
OF its own. In case of siege 1t will
assist materially in the preservation Of
perishable foods, especially meat, eggs,
fish and butter.
1.-THE German authorities" says the
article, 'have taken advantage of cold
storage to the fullest extent, thereby
greatly easing the economic conduct
of the war;
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-09-10
Dough Saved the Ship.

Saved by ton of dough" might be
the title for an account Of the adyen-
lures of the steamship Armenia in the
submarine zone. The vessel was struck
by torpedo. Aboard was an armed
guard of American seamen under the
command of Chief Boatswain's Mate
Stief Homiak. U. S. N. The naval men
made all preparations for placing the
passengers in lifeboats, for the ship
had wide breach below the water
line and a second torpedo was momen-
tarily expected; but they did not in
tend to abandon their vessel until they
were sure it was going to sink. Going
below they succeeded in checking the
inflow of water to some extent by a
patch made of a collision mat and
some pieces of canvas, but there was
still formidable leak. Thereupon the
sailors proceeded to smash open a
large number Of barrels Of flour which
they found In the hold and shoveled
this material into the breach. Soon 1t
was filed with an enormous mass of
dough, which so effectually checked
the leak that the ship was brought into
port by her resourceful crew.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-09-10
Warmth Not In Surface

THE Britisher is just as warm
hearted and kindly and friendly as we
are," writes Herbert Corey in Every
body's, but he must be operated on
with full kit of tools before one finds
it out.
Not long ago I was riding with a
young officer on the British front. He
had just heard that his favorite BROTH
er-in-law was located in some unknown
village near by.
He was quite 'bucked up about it.
am sure he said bucked up-because
this was real brother-in-law. He re-
called me with stories of the brother
in-law's youth. He met friends and
asked where the beloved brother-in-law
might be found. By and by we ran
across the brother-in-law, standing
knee-deep in mud in a particularly de-
stroyed village. This Is precisely what
they called to each other:
fancy me finding you here, old
topp ripping, isn't it3 Come along
and have a peg"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-09-10
WOULD KEEP LOVE IN WORLD


She was little Austrian woman
and she was crossing the ocean on a
great hostile liner. Most of the other
women were the wives Of Englishmen
and they could not forget that her
country was at war with their land.
They ignored her. and she was left
much to herself. And yet
One morning as she was walking
up and down the deck in her solitary
way she passed the steamer chair of
a middle-aged English woman who was
knitting at gray wooden sock, re-
lates a writer IN the Christian Herald.
And suddenly she paused In her walk
and held out both Of her hands.
"Oh," she cried. in very good Eng
hsh, will you not let me knit few
rows on that sock7"
The English woman looked up. And
her face was cold and rather hard. q
think" she said, ''that you would
scarcely want to knit on this sock
For It is going to an English colonel
my husbandi"
The little Austrian woman looked
at the colonel's lady. And there were
tears In her. eyes. "Listen." she said
in n low, shaking voice. II, myself
have q son. He is an officer in the
Austrian army. But II you knew my
son do not think you would hate
himl If knew the colonel, your hus
band, I do not think / would hate
him either. :" She paused fol
a moment before she went on, ant
then-''now that the world is torn By
war" she said. I'VE women must d.
what we can to keep little love in 4
May I, perhaps. knit few
| rows on the sock? I"
Silently. but with tears in her owl
eyes, the English woman handed owe
| the gray wool.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-09-10
To Save Foolish Mo4nris.

The officials of the Long Island
railway have begun another years
campaign to try and prevent motorists
from committing suicide by driving In
front Of moving trains. Last year the
Long Island had 100 embarrassing
gates smashed by automobile drivers.
1t was favorite game to drive at high
speed into these barriers, smash them
and then clear the track Just a few
feet ahead Of the oncoming train. Mon
days newspapers usually carry long
casualty lists resulting from foolhardy
motorcar drivers. who celebrate Sun
day By going to eternity instead Of
their Intended destination. There are
reckless drivers In every state and In
every city Of every state. 1ndianapo-
lis has its share and sooner or later
they will learn that the game between
the automobile and the locomotive Is
an unequal one. The locomotive wins
every time.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-09-10

Don't smash crockery; the govern
ment is cutting down on the manufao-
ture of ten principal clay products
from 10 to to as high as so per cent.
The manufacturing program Of this
industry was ordered rearranged and
divided. placing 1t on the basis of war
industry.
Besides crockery, this Includes face
brick, common and paving brick, terra
Gotta, roofing tile, floor and wall tile
and sanitary ware which were cur
tailed so per cent. hollow tile, sewer
pipe and drain tile 25 per cent, and
stoneware. with the exception Of chem
zeal stoneware, is per cent. Another
order curtails the output of channel
ware 80 per cent.
This action 10 declared to be the fore
runner of similar curtailment Of prae.
tically every industry considered not
vital. Parts Of the plants affected will
be converted for war industries, and
men, materials and transportation will
be made available for war production.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-09-10
Nelohbor,y Amenities.

Joe uihlein, hunter Of polar bears,
polar stars, aurora borealises and
other wild carnivorous harmless man.
mails, including ducks, swans and
welsh rabbits, may be found at sunup
and shutdown with his trusty pruning
knife and safety shears pruning and
shearng all his plants and flowers, and
Henry Thompson, his neighbor, says:
1T Joe would only let nature take its
course, the things that intended to
come up this spring wouldn't wait
until next fall" But Joe says: II
guess know more about dandelions
and pedigrees than Henry does. Why,
just look at that statue Of the replica
of polar bear / shot on the aide of
the house; he couldn't shoot a thing
that looks like that even If he had
gum" and Henry in one of his dull
Get neighborly tones replied: II
wouldn't need gun to shoot at thing
like that" and disappeared through a
slim crack In the fence with his I'M
lighted cigar.-Milwaukee Journal.