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Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-11

ALABAMA.

ALABAMA.
Alabama, Alabama,
The home of the free;
OH this is the place
Z, ever long to be.
Her hills and her mountains
Are blessed. with nature grand;
Oh! this is my homes
For its in Dixie.s Land.
rhe raven and the eagle.
Are perched ON mountains high
And the songsters, they are singing
IN the Iefy grove nearby.
FIsr fields Of corn and cotton
Are ripening in the sun;
and her rye, oats and barley
Are enoag for everyone.
Her schools, they coming
from the mountains to the sea,
and the children they are singing
Their songs Of jubilee.
Oh. what about her churches
so fraught with ancient story
And the Word it is preached
ss heads old and hoary.
W !:
And when the bugle called
sFor men so brave and ttue
Alabama fell in line
And said" Were coming too
So In All the walks Of life,
in science and in art;
she is on the alert,
And viii ever do her part.
John ID Younginers
Fort Payne, Ala.
Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-11
TREspAss NOTICE.

This is to notify all persons not to
hunt, cut or houl wood or straw or
trespass in any manner whatsoever on
the lands of the undersigned. The
law will be enforced against all per-
sons violating this notice.
Mrs. w. II. Busbee,
CASTOR, S. G.
4WSpd.
Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-11
DELICIOUS FRUTT CAKES.
READY MADE.

Sunshine Fruit Cakes, Oxford cake
russian style, light and dark cake,
ready made and packed in tin boxes
ranging in size from one to five
- 9an6S. Let as deliver one for your
aaaksgiving dinner and another for
hgistmas. S.
Harmon Drug Co.
The. REXALL Store.
Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-11
4t9pd.

It is said that the German govern
ment will invite President Wilson to
visit Berlin while in Europe.
Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-11

FOR SALE-Forl Touring car in
good running order. Apply to
s. G. KLECKLEY
LEXINGTON RI
Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-11

RED CROSS DOLLARS WORK
nHTIE VOC SLEEP. S
THE RED GROSS LIGHTS. THE
Darkest ROAD.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-07-16
When Is a Man Tired7

In an article about tired business
men in American Magazine, writer
says:
when a man says he is tired be
means that he Is the victim of fatigue
md that the requirements of the days
work have exhausted his mental and
physical resources. Is this true? If 1t
we're, the victim of this terrific day
would go home and fall into bed to re-
,uperate from what he has suffered.
But he does not. he does one of two
:hings: Either he spends the evening
1t home romping with the kids or
'eading or amusing himself with some
.ad or game; or he goes out and puts
n anywhere from four to eight hours
seeing a show, going to a roof garden,
aking an automobile ride, dancing a
rood many miles or playing cards.
ut turns out that he is not as tired
IS he thoughr he was. In fact, to all
ntents and purposes, he Is not tired
1t all. If he were he could not show
Up laughing and with the CLEAN of
hearty enjoyment in his eye at the end
If dance or an automobile ride, or
whatever 1t is that he has selected as
/ means of killing time before he
.hooses to go to bed. The man who
S really fatigued has no desire to
lance, does not want to be bounced
tround in an automobile, does not care
o sit through play, feels an aver
sion TO game of cards. If he is really
'atigued there is only one thing he
loes want, and that is rest-rest and
;leep."
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-07-16
zIRcoNIUM IN THE ARTS
Rare Metal Has Properties That Make
1t of the Highest Value
Commercially.

The layman would hardly know that
l1addeleyite and jaeup:rangite are Diff
ffs-ent names Of tbe sauce thing-in
fact he would probably not recognize
either of these impressive words and
would find their pronunciation difficult,
but they are the correct mineral names
for the ore Of chromium, which Is
found in Brazil and is said to occur
there in enormous quantities.
The mineral zircon. silicate Of zir-
conium, is probably most familiar as
a gem stone, and when so used Is
known as hyacinth, jacinth, jargon. or
Matara diamond.
Chromium minerals are used chiefly as
refractory material, which melts only
at an extremely high temperature and
is very resistant to the action of fiuxes
and slags. Chromium fire brick prom
ises to be extensively used. The fused
oxide Of chromium expands. so little on
being heated that crucibles, muffies,
combustion tubes, and similar articles
made of it are not broken by sudden
changes of temperature.
Several alloys of chromium have un'
usual properties. A chromium steel Is
said to be particularly suited for max
ing armor plates, armor-piercing pro-
jectiles, and bullet-proof metal; new
patented alloy of chromium with nick
Ell, called cooperite, is extremely hard
and is particularly well adapted fol
making cutting tools.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-07-16
THROWS POLLEN OVER BEES
Natures Use of the Mountain Laurel
ls One of Her Many Remark
able Devices.

Flop! and away go the little sta
mems of the mountain lgurel and throw
pollen over the bee which alights upon
them. The naturalist sees here one
of the most remarkable devices In all
nature for compelling an insect to car
nv pollen. The lover of nature sees
in the mountain laurel one of the most
beautiful of the common woodland
flowers, says Edward Bignlow in
Boys Life"
The corolla is saucer-shaped. With
ten little pits near the edge, and light
ly caught in each of these little pits
is the anther at the end Of the elastic
filament. This natural thing seems to
grow In an unnatural manner, but do
you know of any other plant that ac-
tually grows In distorted or strained
position. or puts its own self in an un-
comfortable and strained position
from which 1t is glad to be released
when the first insect comes along and
sets 1t loosc3
The whole mechanism Is like hair
trigger. 1t is so carefully adjusted
that even a slight jar will sometimes
set it loose. Shaking an entire bush
releases great numbers of these fla
ments, and flop, flop, flop they leap out
Of the pits and the anthers throw their
pollen everywhere. The bee which
visits the mountain laurel must feel
that the times are prosperous, since he
is showered with golden pollen which
he carries to the next flower to fer
| tilize the seeds.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-07-16
Tying the NuptiaI Knot.

In some parts of the world the nup.
tial knot is literally as we'll as figura.
lively tied. This is in India, at the
marriage of a Brahmin. No sooner
has the father, in words as plain as
can be, given the bride away than the
bridegroom places the 'tali," or insig.
mia of marriage, consisting of a piece
of ribbon with a gold bead suspended
upon it, around her neck and ties the
knot. Before the knot is tied the
brides father may refuse consent I'm.
less better terms are offered, but i'm.
mediately the knot is tied the mar
riage is indissoluble, for the Brahmins
do not recognize divorce The Par.
sees bind the hands of the bridegroom
with a sevenfold cord, seven being q
sacred number. The ancient Cartna
ginians tied the thumbs of the betroth'
ed with leather lace. With the Lat.
ms, on the contrary, part Of the cere.
mony was for the bridegroom to loosen
(solvere) the brides girdle (nodus her.
culeus), not to tie 1t.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-07-16
PRETTY LEGEND OF NIAGARi
How the Great Lakes Joined in Their
Wondrous Leap Over the Fa-
nous Ridge.

In old, old times, on the highest
peak of a great mountain, there dwels
a hunter and his five sparkling daugh-
tiers. Their lodge was of bright betulG
bark and on clear days they could see
the distant ocean flashing Ike q silver
band. "Come out Come QUIT" cried
the youngest daughter, the little Err.
Come Su Come Hu Come Mi Come
Clal (The names stand in order for
Erie, Superior, Huron. Michigan and
st. Clair). Let us away to the sea,
where the foaming breakers roarr' So
they left their lodge and leapsd and
sang with happy hearts. Their robes
were of blue and chrysolite green and
fioated on the breeze. Their moccasins
were of frozen water drops and their
wings of painted wind. And they scam
pered and romped across the plain or
fioated beneath the sky, or rushed past
valley and hill and field, singing and
shouting with gfee. At last they came
to precipice of jagged .rocks and
moss. "Alasw cried Err, what a dread
full leapl But we have come so far
that we must go on or our father will
laugh at us So come Su Come HUI!
Come Mi Come Cha and follow me !"
So over the steep they sprang and
fioated down on their painted wings.
They leaped and they sang like happy
hearted birds. Then the little Err cried:
LET US up and down the steep again."
And up and down the five maids
skipped and laughed at the sport and
foam and called it Niagara Falls. And
today, through the rainbow mist, you
may see their robes of blue and chryso-
lite green and their painted wings and
their twinkling feet, as the fire play
in the waterfall.-New York Evening
Post.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-07-16
LANGUAGE AscRIBED TO FISH
OF Articulation Peculiar to
Their Catch.

There is a belief among fishermen
that herring. when caught. articu-
lates a sound similar to the word
Cheese" This sound is caused by
an escape of air from the air bladder,
or movement of the gills. Fisher
men, indeed, frequently state that the
herrings "sneeze." just as Aristotle
once said that gurnards "grunt."
The gurnard was known to the
Greeks as "lyros" and "coccyx," ap-
parently from the nc.iSe 1t was said to
make.
Many fish have various forms of
utterance attributed to them. On the
Norfolk Breads, one often hears 1t
said that an old Jack pike has bark
ed like a dog. and the same is said
of the conger eel
Red-finned behring's. called '1oaders'
or "kings and queens" are sometimes
caught; they are regarded as an omen
of successful fishing. One Of them is
then taken out Of the nets very care.
fully. prevented from touching any
thing made Of wood. and passed round
the scudding poles as many times as
the fishermen desire to get lasts OF
herrings at the new haul.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-07-16
OWNS A PRICELESS MADONNA
TrapanI, Seaport Of Sicily, Possesses
an Old Statue Which Has an
Interesting History.

Trapani is one of Sicily's chief sea-
fishing wharves and salt works are
rivals as scenes of bustling industry.
Trapani's fame is founded largely
upon its ownership of a wonderful
statue of the Madonna. The statue is
q valuable relic, the history of which
begins early In the fourteenth century.
Tradition says 1t was at that time
discovered by some Turks floating
about alone In a little boat. They
landed their trophy on the shore at
Trapani. But when they wished to
remove their prize, they met with
considerable opposition on the part
of the citizens of the port. Neither
side producing a golden-tongued ora
tor who could convince his opponents,
the matter was turned over to fate in
the form of two bullocks, which, by
walking away from the shore when
turned loose, designated that the
image was to be the property of Ira
PAM.
In the seven centuries of its stay in
the convent of the town 1t has res
ceived a valuable collection Of
watches, rings, bracelets, and other
ornaments which are hung about it,
and rest In heaps upon Its pedestal.
These are the gifts of those whom the
Madonna has aided. High above the
adoring crowd she stands, smiling as
gently upon the bringer of silver
ring as upon the giver Of priceless
jewel.
Western Sicily abounds In myths
and traditions of the old gods and
heroes. 1t was here that virgil's
Aeneas is said to have stopped to wor-
ship In honor of his fathers memory,
and the city he founded became Ira
PAM.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-07-16
How the Dutch Lost New York


The first step toward making New
York an English colony was taken 250
years ago, when Charles II granted to
his brother, the duke Of York, large
territory in America, to be called, in
honor of the proprietor, New York.
This included the Dutch settlement of
New Amsterdam and the "colonie" of
New Netherland, with Col Richard
Nicolls In command. to be deputy gov
ernor.
The Dutch settlers decided that II
was useless to argue the case with the
English invaders, "who were six times
their number" and In the autumn OF
1884 Fort Amsterdam and Fort Orange
were surrendered. The name of New
Amsterdam was changed to New York
and that of Fort Orange to Albany
Governor Stuyvesant swore allegiance
to Charles II, but soon returned to
Holland. New Amsterdam, founded
over three centuries ago, had at the
time of the English conquest a popu-
lation Of 1900, while the total popula-
ton Of the province was about 10000
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-07-16
THEN IT CAME HOME TO HER
Moment When Henrietta Realized That
There Were Dishonest People
in the World.

Henrietta Weird looked at the
change the conductor had just given
her-a quarter and five nickels.
Goodness" she thought excitedly,
hes given me a nickel over In
riding for nothingl''
And she quickly closed her hand
over the change, and then she remem-
bered that the conductor had rung up
her fare and that probably the nickel
would have to come out Of his own
pocket.
"Oh, dearI' she thought remOrse-
fully. Perhaps the poor man has a
large family and perhaps a nickel a
day is all he can afford to feed them
with. suppose really ought to re-
turn it to him. But no, he has a bad
facet shouldn't be surprised If he
beats his wife every dag, and 1t would
serve him right to suffer for his own
carelessnessl Still, of course,
wouldn't like to feel that / am depriv.
ing his baby of its daily bucket OF
milk-no, I'll keep tia man in his
pOoiIiOn btto III AuOl al lAGnl " nave
large family. Goodness. what if nc
should suddenly find out he gave me
too much and demand it back again.
l think I'll get right out-I'm only ter
blocks from home, anyway"
And at the next stop she hurriedly
left the car, still clutching the quarter
and five nickels In her hand.
I'D better look again-perhap:
there are only four nickels after all.
she thought. And she opened hel
hand and looked. No, there were five
but, as she looked, the quarter slipped
through her fingers and fell on tn,
pavement-with a hollow, leader
sound.
"Oh!" she gritted through her teeth
'"The dishonesty of this world |"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-07-16
FOOD VALUE OF cocoANuTs
Both the Meat and the Milk Are Used
In Countries Where They Are
Grown.

Among the foods which are lately
beginning to be appreciated is the
,ocoanut; as 1t has a remarkably high
food value combined with a delicious
flavor, 1t lends itself admirably to a
variety Of uses for the home table.
The fresh cocoanut is valued not
only for the meat, but also for the
milk which fills the center of the nut.
This milk is used-more particularly
n the countries where the cocoanut Is
grown-to great advantage In soups
and sauces. The scream" Of the fresh
cocoanut, which may be extracted by
grating the cocoanut meat and wash
Ing in water, can be used as substi.
ute for butter, or even olive oil; In
rOpical countries this Oil serves many
household purposes. The refined fat
1as recently been receiving attention
and promises to become a generally
used cooking fat.
Unfortunately, however, the cocoa
lut has, in common with other nuts,
been looked upon as being more or
.ess indigestible. A good authority
says that this Is not due to the cocoa
nut itself, but to the unwise use of it.
In other words. 1t should not be looked
upon as an adjunct to meal, but as
4 part Of the meal itself. 1t is the ex-
less of food which may cause diges-
i've disturbances, and, If 1t is eaten
Jaw. cocoanut should be thoroughly
Observation-Disclosures Herald.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-07-16
CARE FOR SOLDIERS FEET
Army Authorities Particular That
There Shall Be Little Trouble
In That Respect.

"How is Uncle Sam able TO raise Guf
bficient funds to shoe his children
we might ask just now. when the
prices of shoes are soaring almost
above the average purse.
This question was, however, an
swered at a recent meeting in Allan.
tic City of the American Leather Chem
1sN<H e2ciation, which was also at
tie So several members of the
Am'pican Chemical society. Their dis
cussion on this subject proved mos
conclusively that the boys in service
are being provided with the finest quail
ity leather in their army shoes and
that it is surpassed by none.
Another interesting fact developed
in their discussion-that tbs army
shoes are made with the flesh side OF
the hide outside. In this way grease
may be readily applied to the leath-
er from time to time in order to keep
1t waterproof.
1t was most gratifying to learn that
In every first-aid kit the soldier carries
a tube of paste to apply to the feet in
OF der to prevent trench sores, which
were so common In the early days of
the war. These sores are caused by
the alkaline water In the trenches, but
II the feet are promptly protected by
an inert grease no such bad effects
result.
Thus we see that Uncle Sam is deal
ing with the question of the army shoe
from the soldiers viewpoint of CON-
fort and protection, as well as from his
own standpoint of the wearing quail
ties. The government recognizes that
the soldiers feet are his best friend
and 1t is doing everything to help to
keep them SO.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-07-16
Just One inch of Rain.

When the weather bureau reports
that an inch of rain has fallen, II
means that the amount Of water that
descended from the sky in that par
ticular shower would have covered the
surrounding territory to depth of one
inch If none of it had run off or soaked
into the ground.
1t means that on one acre of ground
enough water to fill more than SOC
barrels of 45 gallons each has fallen.
That quantity Of water weighs more
than 40 tons. If the rainstorm GOV.
cred 1000 acres. which would be q
very small shower indeed, 114,O00 tons
Of water would fall from the clouds.
Rainstorms frequently cover whole
states and often two or three or five
inches Of water fall in one storm. A
single widespread and heavy storm
might result In 1OO.OOO.OO0 eco tons OF
water.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-07-16
Vineyards for Japan?

Tourists in Japan who see grape
vines on the hillsides often ask what
he prospects are for wine-L-oduction
n the empire. An Australian, writing
o the New East, published In Toxic,
Expresses an interest In the possibility
IF developing Japanese vineyards.
Japan" he writes, SHOULD lend it.
self to this lucrative industry. With
cheap labor wine growing should be
highly profitable. AS to markets, is
t realized that China alone imports
Millions of gallons from California,
not to speak of its imports from Aus.
.ralia and elsewhere? ALI wine-grow.
lng countries are in sound condi-
lion. l should say that Japan would
De an ideal place for wine growing"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-07-16
A ServIceable Piano.

A prominent musician tells some
funny yarns.
One relates to his experience in find
ing suitable instruments when on 9
tour.
On one occasion at a small place
where he was due to appear he in.
quired where he could hire a plano
and found that the only one available
was an ancient looking instrument In
a small shop.
He asked if he could borrow it fol
his performance.
''You could not play on it. least
ways. not as it is" replied the own
er, "for it's full of books. JIM" he
bawled, where's the inside of this
piano?"
And Jim's voice from upstairs. ere
piled: "Ain't it out in the. gardenr
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-07-16
ROOM FOR MANY MILLIONS
Vast Spaces of Siberia That Have Yet
to Be Surveyed and Exploited
by Man.

The biggest and loneliest land on
the globe Is Siberia, of which at the
present moment there is so much talk,
says London Answers. Any one who
would set about its conquest by in
vasion would find the task herculean
one, for 1t contains nearly five mill
lion square miles, and Is about 40
times as big as the British islesl
In these vast spaces there is popu-
lation less than London contains by
couple of millions, and there are hun
dreds of thousands of square miles of
territory where no human being is to
be seen. The mighty rivers of Siberia
are almost rendered useless by the
fact that they flow mostly into the
Arctic ocean, and their lower courses
are icebound during the greater part
Of the year, and their mouths are at
all times very difficult of access. Arc
tic Siberia is a vast country in itself,
but very inhospitable.
Siberia, 1t is said, is destined to be
the granary of the world; and the
opening of the railway across its en-
tire breadth has certainly done much
to develop its resources.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-07-16
MUSICIANS HAVE LONG LIFE
Reasons Why Those Who Furnish Us
With Sweet Sounds Are Not Cut
OFF In Youth.

Investigations made recently by a
well-known doctor lead him to con-
clude that musicians who play wind
instruments are exceptionally long
lived.
Cornet players are credited by him
with an average life Of 691 years.
Clarinet players are next with ga,
while the average oboe and bassoon
player lives to be about sixty-three
years old. The lowest duration of life
by these players of wind instruments
is in men who handle the flute. Be
cause of the formation of their instru-
ments, they do not have opportunity
for full exercise Of their lungs. There
fore the flute player, according to this
authority, reaches an average age of
61.2 years.
1t is interesting to observe the num-
Der Of seemingly aged men who are
members Of orchestras. The theater
orchestra that does not number one or
two men who have left their hair far
behind with the years, or are so gray
that they appear well upon the CEN
fury mark, is an exception. The truth
is that steady and moderate daily
use of the lungs, which is called for
by the performance of professional
duty, is responsible for this remark
ably high average of existence.