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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-12-03
Individuality In Groves.

TO many people grove is a grove,
and all groves are alike. There is as
marked difference between different
forests as between different commune
ties. A grove of pines without I'M
derbrush, earpeted with the fine-fin-
gered russell leaves of the pine, and
odorous Of resinous gums, has scarce
" a trace of likeness to a maple
woods, either in the insects, the birds,
the shrubs, the light and shade, OF the
sound Of its leaves. At any
rate, the first pines must have grown
on the sea shore, and learned their
first accents from the surf and the
waves; and their posterity have borne
1t inland 10 the mountains.-Henry
Ward Beeeher.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-12-03
Told In NJ cunt Holly

A Resident Known to all Our
Readers Relates an Experience.
Readers of the NEWS have been told
again and again of the merits of that
reliable kidney remedy-Doan' S
Kidney Pills. The experiences told are
not those of unknown persons, living
faraway. The cases are Mount Holly
cases, told by Mount Holly people.
Frank L. Pratt. retired blacksmith,
81 Water street, says: about year
ago / was taken with a severe attack
of kidney complaint and was in bed
for six weeks; couldn't move hand or
foot. The pains in my back were
enough to drive me crazy and most oil
the time, my back felt as though a
knife had been thrust into it. had to
pass the kidney secretious eight or ten
times a night and they were burning
and filed with sediment. Everyone
thought couldn't live, | was in sucl
bad shape. Even before had to go t.
bed, | had to walk with a cane ant
was all bent over. My feet and ankles
were so swollen, couldn't put my
shoes on. got Doan's Kidney Pills a
Killie's drug store and it didn't TAX
them long to cure me of the attack.
still use few of Doan's now and thel
and they keep me in the best O
health"
Coo, at all dealers. Foster Milbnrn Co.
Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-12-03
WAS USED TO QUICK ACTION
Moving Picture Scenario Writer Ac-
customed to Taking Things ION
the Fly" as It Were.


He had never seen her before, but
he fell in love with her as she step
ped from the surface car. "Come,"
he said, grabbing her by the arm.
eve will take a taxi to the nearest
clergyman and be married"
While waiting for the minister to
put on a clean collar, wash his hands
and otherwise prepare for the cere-
mony, the young man telephoned to
the nearest furniture store. hHellOl
Il this the general managerY Well,
! want you to furnish a three-room
apartment for me- There Is one adj
vertised in this mornings Planet, No.
~ West One Hundred and 'Steenth
street. Yes, it is not very far from
you. Have the furniture there in ten
minutes, please
Eleven minutes later a taxi raced
through One Hundred and 'Steenth
street, and the bride and groom en-
tered their new home.
Doesn't this seem-er-a little bit
sudden to your" asked the bride, as
she sat down to get her breath.
"N-no, not exactly" replied the
groom. 'In fact, it seems the most
natural thing in the world. You see,
for the last five years I've done
nothing but write moving picture
scenarios. Film Fun.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-12-03
Joy Of Carrying a Cane.

TO go a journey without a walking
stick much would be lost; indeed, 1t
would be folly. A stick is the fiywheei
of the engine. Something Is needed to
whack things with. little stones, wOrmy
apples, and so forth, on the road. 1t can
be changed from one hand to the other,
which is a great help. Then if one
slips trifie on a downgrade turn 1t is
a heightened arm thrown out to steady
one, It is the pilgrims staff. On the
upgrades ii assists climbing. 1t is a
weapon of defense if such should ever
be needed. It is a badge OF dignity, a
dress sword. It is the scepter of walk
ing.-From walking Stick Papers"
by Robert Cortes Halliday.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-12-03

1t is from the study of the true the.
ology that all our knowledge of science
Is derived, and 1t is from that knowl-
edge that all the arts have originated.
The Almighty Lecturer. by display
ing the principles of science in the
structure of the universe, has invited
man to study and to imitation. 1t is
as if he had said to the inhabitants of
this globe that we call ours, 81 have
made an earth for man to dwell upon.
and l have rendered the starry heav-
ems visible to teach him science and
the arts. He can now provide for his
own comfort, and learn from my
munificence to all to be kind to each
other. Thomas Paine.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-12-03
kept PLEDGE
TO SEND BREAD
American Nation Maintained Al
lied Loaf Through Self
Denial at Home Table.
AvERTED EUROPEAN DESPAIR.
With Military Demands Upon Ocean
Shipping Relieved, World Is Able
to Return to Normal White
Z Wheat Bread.

Since the advent Of the latest wheat
crop the only limitation upon Ameri-
can exports to Europe has been the
shortage Of shipping. Between July
and October 10 we shipped 65,9S0, 305
bushels. If this rate should continue
until the end of the fiscal year we will
have furnished the Allies with more
than 81, 100000 bushels of wheat and
-four In terms of wheat.
The result of increased production
and conservation efforts In the United
States has been that with the cessa-
ton of hostilities we are able to re-
turn TO normal wheat diet. Supplies
that have accumulated In Australia,
Argentine and other hitherto inacces-
sible markets may be tapped by ships
released from transport service, and
European demand for American wheat
probably will not exceed our normal
surplus. There is wheat enough avail
able to have a white loaf at the COM
mon table.
But last year the tale was different.
Only by the greatest possible saving
and sacrifice were we able to keep a
steady stream of wheat and flour NOV
ing across the sea. We found our
selves at the beginning of the harvest
year with an unusually short crop.
Even the most optimistic statisticians
figured that we had bare surplus of
20,O00,OO0 bushels. And yet Europe
was facing the probability of a bread
famine-and in Europe bread is by far
the most important article in the diet.
All of this surplus had left the
country early In the fall. BY the first
OF the year we had managed to ship a
little more than 100000 bushels by
practicing the utmost economy at
home-by wheatless days, wheatless
meals, heavy substitution of other
cereals and by sacrifice at almost
every meal throughout the country.
In January the late Lord Rhondda,
then British Food Controller, cabled
that only If we sent an additional TO-
100000 bushels before July 1 could he
take the responsibility of assuring his
people that they would be fed.
The response of the American peo-
pie was S5,0O0,000 bushels safely deliv-
cred overseas between January 1 and
July 1. Out of harvest which gave
US only 20,000,O00 bushels surplus we
actually shipped 141, 100000 bushels.
Thus did America fulfill her pledge
that the Allied bread rations could be
maintained, and already the American
people are demonstrating that, with
an awakened war conscience, last
years figures will be bettered.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-12-03
Danger Signs.

The Surgeon General warned espe-
cially against certain danger signs,
such as decline" and "colds which
hang on"
These, he explained, were often the
beginning Of tuberculosis. "If you do
not get well promptly, if your cold
seems to hang on or your health and
strength decline, remember that these
are often the early signs of tuberculo-
sis. Place yourself at once under the
care Of competent physician. Tuber-
culosis is durable in the early stages.
Patent Medicines Dangerous in Tuber.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-12-03
Beecher's Poetic Fancy.

/ like best a forest of mingled trees,
ash, maple, oak. beech, hickory and
evergreens with birches growing along
the edges of the brook that carries
itself through the roots and stones to-
ward the willows that grow in yonder
meadow. 1t should be deep and SOM
Der, in some directions running off into
shadowy recesses and cOverts beyond
endless variety. 1t will breathe as
many voices to your fancy as might be
brought from any organ beneath the
pressure of Handel's hands. Handel
and Beethoven always remind me of
foreStS=Henrv Ward Reecher.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-12-03
Closely Related,

Her aunt had consented TO take Ber-
tina to the country for a two-week
stay, but had fatty refused her small
niece's entreaties to take Dodo, the
doggie, along Upon returning from
their trip Bertha missed the welcom-
ing bark of her favorite and anxiously
inquired, "Where is DodoT' Taking
her by the hand, her mother led her
to a padded basket which held the
proud young mother, Dodo, and her
seven two-day-old puppies Clapping
her hands gleefully, Bertha ran back
to her aunt and painted excitediyl
"Oh, auntie, come quick and see! podo
has got seven of the sweetest little
brothers and sisters, and they're all
twins
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-12-03
overcomlnn Hax Fewer

Hay fever Is gradually becoming bet
ter understood. From the public health
reports, it appears that recent inves-
legations have shown only one person
in hundred to be susceptible, while
the susceptibIes differ widely in the eff
fects produced on them by the various
plant pollens that give rise to the dis
ease. In the eastern and southern
United States pollen of the rag
weed finds the greatest number of
sensitive subjects, the spring type of
hay fever being therefore the most
common. The smaller number of per-
sons who are affected by grass pollen
have the autumnal type of fever Some
persons have both the spring and the
autumnal fevers, and about per cent
OF the susceptibles are sensitive not
only to the ragweed and grass pollens,
but to various other pollens, including
some tree pOllens. Such unfortunateS
are liable to hay fever attacks through
out most of the year. Some patients
are affected only when the specific pol
len is at its greatest abundance. but
others have the disease during the en-
tire season of the plants pollination.
Starvation by Germany challenged
all the world; food conservation in
America answered the challenge.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-12-03

White light seems to be the most
comfortable for the eye. In tests of
the effects of various illuminants G. E.
Ferree and ]. Rand, as described to
the American Illuminating society.
have used kerosene lamps and various
incandescent lamps and 1t appears
from the results that the color Of the
light has a marked effect on eye
fatigue. With the white light of the
tungsten lamp there was the least loss
to the worker from need of resting
the eyes. The fatigue was somewhat
greater with the yellow light of the
carbon lamp or kerosene lamp, and
greatest of all with the tungsten lamp
having a blue bulb.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-12-03
Their Wives Work

The most amusing thing at the fair
is the poultry show. Not that it is a
joke by any means, for it Is an exhibit
of which any state might well be
proud, but the amusing part is the
swelled-up arrogance of the ROSTERS,
shown along with the working men,
bers of the harems, the hens.
The latter are demure and quiet, at
tending strictly to business, taking
their food and slipping the water from
the cups, just as though they were at
home. On the other hand each and
every rooster seems to think he is the
cock of the walk, and he advertises
this idea on every occasion.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-12-03
Good That Is Evil Spoken OF.

Our good is often evil spoken of
because of our thoughtlessness. The
woman who looked askance Mt a
stranger who had been shown into
her pew did not really mean to hurt
that strangers feelings, to send her
away from church that day with the
inward resolution. never again to en-
ter its doors, but such was the effect
of her lack of thought. Our good
is often evil spoken of because of the
unnecessary harshness of our man.
ner. 1t is an oft-repeated excuse of
offenders Of this kind, 81 was born
with an unfortunate disposition;
am brusque, and have no f1neness Of
touch; 1t is hereditary" This Is an
attempt to dodge responsibility, to
transfer the oensure to our ancestors
who cannot defend themselves.
Harshness of manner may be tenn
peramental. but 1t is hardly constitu-
tional. 1t Is an ungracious and harm
full habit, and 1t can be cured.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-12-03
Land of the Bevond-


There is a country into which there
Is Today a yearly immigration with
which no other country In any age
has had anything to compare.
Every year 35,O0OOOO of people-the
equivalent of one-third the population
of the United States-enter it's ports
and crowd its territory as newcomers
and colonists.
Every month 100000 are numbered
as fresh arrivals. Every twenty-four
hours there are 100000.
And this has been going on and
will continue century after century.
For the country in question is the
Land of the Beyond, that is on the
otLer side of the grave.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-12-03
some Benefit from Poison Gas

Chemists are planning to use inven-
lions devised to protect soldiers from
the poison gas of the Huns for the pro-
lection Of industrial workers In mines
and factories. The absorbents used In
gas masks may also serve as safe
guards from foul gases which are
generated in certain industrial process
es. Likewise, some of the poison gases
that American chemists have devised
in reprisal against German deviltry, it
Is believed, can be used in the exter-
mination of vermin and also for the dis
Infection of fruit orchards from insects
and other blights, such as San Jose
scale.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-12-03
RepopuIatIon Problem.

: The reichstag is concerned with
problems which threaten the German
birth rate. 1t is recommended to get
the workers away from the cities,
where they can have small detached
cottages in which light and country
air and nutritious food can be OBJ
tanned. This course would tend to in
crease the number of births. 1t has been
learned chat about half of the mutt
lated soldiers are marrying women old
er than themselves, a custom which is
pernicious for repopulatlon. To check
infant mortality more children's elm
les will be established.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-12-03
Earth Used in MAKING Rr..a

1t is not generally known that in
the village of Ponol, on the White sea.
a peculiar substance, made of earth.
is used as an addition to flour In the
preparation of bread. An analysis of
the substance showed that 1t was nm
fit for digestion. Some of the people
of Persia employ a similar substance
In making bread. The substance
which they employ, however, is of con
siderable service in correcting defects
in the bread. The Persians make their
tread Of sour dough. and the earth
which they use has somewhat the eff
feet of baking powder and neu-
tralizes the acid of the dough.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-12-03
BuiIdIno sbips Will. you w.i+

A crew of fourteen trainers, two
eUremen and four riggers in the Sup
ble-Ballin shipbuilding yards, at Port
land, Ore, built and placed in position
from lumber in the yards eighty-nine
frames in forty and one-half hours.
These frames, being double, were built
bolted together with sixty-four screw
bolts in each frame, and two coats of
carbolineum were applied before bolt
ing together.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-12-03
Liberty Is Responsibility.

Peace and order and security and
liberty are safe so long as love Of
country burns In the heart of the peo-
pie. 1t should not be forgotten, how
lessness. Liberty to make our own
laws does not give us license to break
them. Liberty to make our own laws
commands duty to observe them our
selves and to enforce obedience among
all others within their jurisdiction.
Liberty is responsibility, and RESPONSE
bility is duty, and that duty is to pre-.
serve the exceptional liberty we en-
soy within the law and for the law
and by the law.-McKinley.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-12-03
IMAGINING reeth In Stomach.

The Revista dos Cursor, Brazil.
warns against putting too much trust
In patients statements. A man swall
lowed his false teeth and insisted that
he could feel them in his stomach. The
stomach was opened and nothing
found. AZ a result of the chloroform
the man vomited profusely, bringing
forth the teeth, which had lodged Ia
the es0pbagus.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-12-03

Back in the sixteenth year of the
reign of Emperor Kwamlnu was the
first poem written to the ciirysanthe-
mum, or kiku, but away back in Japa-
nese mythology the flower was rever-
enced above all others. Originally it
was called the kuku, presided over by
the goddess Knku 1ima. The great
feast was first kept by Emperor Mura-
kami in 1911. And still the guests
follow the empress through her gar
dens on the ninth day of the ninth
month, Numerically speaking, and reyer-
emily watch the crimson crowns poised
on slender stems beneath their silken
coverings
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-12-03
Why MotheH lnfarfanarl
Miss Gnsh-And Ethoi -. -
By Ad c.r.a

MISS dush-And, Ethel, dear, what
is the baby's name?
Mrs. Newmother-Pve named him
Ethelbert Algernon.
Miss Gush-But l always thought
the father named the boy?
Mrs. Newmother-If you could hear
what his father calls him when he IL
walking the floor with him in the early
dawn you wouldn't wonder that took
matters 10 my own hands.-Londoa
Tit-Bits.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-12-03

The world is only just beginning to
understand the extent to which indi-
yiduals and nations may be and have
been swayed by silent mental infiu-
ence. A man prefers, of course, to be-
lieve that he is the master Of his own
conclusions and the arbiter of his
own conduct; but let anyone ask him
self how he arrived at any given con-
clusion or decided upon certain line
of conduct, and unless he can own to
en- intelligent conception of divine
principle upon which he relies for
guidance, he will have to admit, If he
Is equal TO the analysis, that he has
been swayed throughout his career by
Influences not his own.-Christian Sci
ence Monitor.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-12-03
NO ONE SUFFERED HERE.

The marvel Of our voluntary food
saving, now that we are getting re-
suits" is that no one ever actually
suffered any hardship from it; that
we all are better in health and spirit
and better satisfied with ourselves be-
cause Of our friendly self-denial.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-12-03
GREATEST OPPORTUNITY
WOMEN EVER HAD.

It was given to the women of this
country to perform the greatest serv-
ice In the winning Of the war vouch-
safed to any women in the history of
the wars of the world-to feed the
warriors and the war sufferers. BY
the arts of peace, the practice of SIM
pie, homely virtues the womanhood of
whole nation served humanity In its
profoundest struggle for peace and
Freedom
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-12-03
******************o
FAITH JUSTIFIED
BY EVENTS.

I do not believe that drastic =
J. force need be applied to main =
! tain economic distribution ana =
l. sane use of supplies by the ,
+ great majority of American peo- =
/. nIe. and / have learned deep =
J. and abiding faith in the intelli- =
i gence of the average American =
+. business man, whose aid we an
= ticirate and depend on to rene =
! dy the evils developed by the
+ war.-Herbert Hoover, August
+ 10, 1917.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-12-03
Tin Plate In Rolls.

Tin plate in the shape of continuous
rolls, like tar paper, instead Of in the
shape of fiat sheets as at present, ia
now possible. A power-driyen solder
ing press has recently been designed for
Joining and soldering the sheets into
continuous strip for roofing pur-
poses. One man can operate the ma
chine, hooking the sections of tin plate
together and operating the solder and
flux on the seam. The capacity is four
seams a minute or 20 boxes of tin
plate a day. It is claimed that by
use Of the machine a better and more
durable seam can be made than by
hand and that 1t will be solid and uni
form on both sides, the solder pene-
trating and welding al parts of the
seam. The economy and convenience
to the roofer from the tin-plate roll
thus produced need not be pointed out.
The process of roofing with tin be-
comes Identical with that of the roofing
with taxpayer rolls,
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-12-03
One Million Consumptives in the
United States.

"Then you consider this a serious
menace?" was asked. 'In my opinion
1t is, though / hasten to add it is dis
tinctly one against which the people
can guard. So far as one can estimate
there are at present about one million
cases of tuberculosis In the United
States There is unfortunately no
complete census available to show eX-
actly the number of tuberculous per-
sons in each state despite the fact that
most of the states have made the dis
ease reportable In New York city,
where reporting has been in force for
many years, over $4,000 cases of tu-
berculosis are registered with the De
partment of Health. Those familiar
with the situation believe that the adj
dition of unrecognized and unreported
cases would make the number nearer
$4,000. The very careful health sur
vey conducted during the past two
years in birmingham, Mass, revealed
200 cases Of tuberculosis in a popula-
ton of approximately $1,000. If these
proportions hold true for the United
States as a whole they would indicate
that about one in every hundred per-
sons is tuberculous. Each OF these
constitutes source of danger to be
guarded against"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-12-03
What to Do.

In his statement to the public Sur
geOn General Blue points out how
those who have had influenza should
protect themselves against tuberculo-
sis. "All who have recovered from in.
fluenza," says the Surgeon General,
SHOULD have their lungs carefully ex-
amtned by a competent physician. In
fact. 1t is desirable to have several ex-
aminatiOns made month apart. Such
examinations cannot be made through
the clothing nor can they be carried
out in two or three minutes. If the
lungs are found to be free from tuber-
culosis every effort should be made to
keep them so. This can be done by
right living, good food and plenty of
fresh air."
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-12-03

X Beware tuberculosis after in X
X fluenza. No need to worry if X
X you take precautions in time. *
X Don't diagnose your own con- X
X dition. Have your doctor exam X
X Inc your lungs several times at X
X monthly intervals. Build up your 4
X strength. with right living, good K
X food and plenty of fresh air. X
X Don't waste money on patent X
X medicines advertised to cure tu- !
X berculosis \
4 Become fresh-air crank and 4
X enjoy life. \