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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-03
AGENTS WANTED.

Agent Wantsd-Sixty dollars weekly
automobile furnished men everywhere
placing samples wonderful fuel produc,
with automobile owners. Three cents
worth equals gallon OF gasoline. Out
Mt free. l. Ballwey. Station F. Louis
vile, Ky.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-03

TO Hent-Two 80 houses. McComba
Bros.
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wAhTSn

Wantsd-To buy small gas engine
Phone 1913.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-03

Wanted-Washings to do. Phone
yellow 1877.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-03

Wantsd-A Spitz pup. Address Ber'
Fiscus, Lisconlb. Iowa. Phone Albion.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-03

Wantsd--A young stenagrapher. AID
dress C. B. A. care Times Republican
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-03

n Wanted-Competent maid. Must be
good cook and fond Of children. $35
per month. Phone $40.
Wanted Girls at the Meeker Laun.
dry.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-03

For saie--Houses ana lots and
vacant lots on easy payments. I. s.
Finkle. Phone 1864.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-03

10 Rent-Seven room house, water;
iieht and gas, one block east soldiers'
home gate. Phone green 1911.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-03

Wantsd-At once flrst class barber
e. u. Grips, an North First Avenue
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-01-22
LAUGHED TO SEE GOLD TEETH
Tartars INDUCED in Peculiar Antics
to Induce Artist to Display His
Decorated Grinders. -

The artist who accompanied George
ing story about an encounter with
party of tourists, who seemed very
curious about the artists pictures. AS
the Tartars We're armed to the teeth,
the artist thought it best to be amia-
Bile and smiled broad and propitiatory
smile upon the party. Whereupon the
entire party smiled broadly in return
and showed great interest in him. he
smiled again, more broadly still;
whereupon the Tartars came around In
front of him and began to go through
the most extraordinary antics, laugh
ing stilL
The artist gathered somehow that
he was expected to laugh, too, and
proceeded to crafty their evident
wish. The more he laughed the more
they laughed, and several big Tartars
came around in front of him and lay
down on the ground, rolling and tum-
bling. The artist laughed until his
jaws almost cracked. The thing final
~ became a little alarming, and call
ing his factotum and interpreter, the
artist babe him find out of the head
man of the Tartar party what these
extraordinary antics were all about.
His excellency,n said the Tartar,
in explanation, "smiled upon us, and
showed us something which we never
saw before-teeth made partly of gold.
And as the men of my tribe saw that
his golden teeth We're only to be seen
when he laughed, they took all pos
sible ways to make hiia laugh, and
when they rolled on H. ground before
him, it was only the better to see into
lis mouth ard behold the golden
teeth
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-01-22
WHERE MANURE YIELDS MOST
Greatest Profits May Be Expected
Where Fertilizer lie Placed on
Poorest Soils.

Greatest profits may be expected
from a ton Of manure when 1t is used
on the poorest soil on the farm.
The value Of ton Of manure when
used on soils Of different fertility is
illustrated by two series of plots at the
Ohio experiment station. Corn with
out any fertilizer or manure has yield
ed 48.07 bushels per acre for IL years
In a rotation of corn, oats and clover.
In another series not more than 40
rods away, the yield of corn for 10
years has averaged only 85.17 bushels,
the other crops of the rotation being
wheat and clover. Originally the land
was the same, but its treatment previ-
Gus to the time these experiments be-
gan made this difference in fertility.
Eight tons of barnyard manure with
800 pounds Of raw phosphate rock per
acre has produced an increase in corn
yield of 30.98 bushels on the poorer
soil. On the rich land the same appli-
cation with 1000 pounds of raw phos
phate rock has increased the corn crop
only 1850 bushels per acre, even though
three times as much of the phosphorus
carrier was added. The total yield on
the manure land has been nearly the
same In both cases.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-01-22
ONES INABILITY TO SLEEP
Insomnia May Be Overeoac by For
getting About 1t and Avoiding
Unnecessary Excitement

If you don't sleep well DON'T worry
about it. Your lack of SLEEP isn't go
ing to kill you or drive you insane.
That is the substance of the advice
given by a doctor writing in the Amer
lean Magazine.
1t Is advice that good many nerv-
Gus people need, observes the Kansas
City Star. How often do you hear
some one apprehensively complaining
that he lies awake "all night" The
chances are that he only thinks he was
awake all night, and that in reality he
got several hours of sleep between the
spells of wakefulness. But even if he
was wakeful, it is nothing to be
alarmed about. Especially is it moth
ing to warrant taking medicine.
The way ~ get over insomnia Is to
pay no attention to it, and not to talk
about it. Sleep is largely matter OF
habit. 1t depends on living ration
ally and going to bed at a regular time.
You are likely to be wakeful if you
stir yourself up in the evening. Ii
you work at night or get deeply in
terested in anything you find it diff
cult to relax. That is the chief rea-
son for wakefulness after party. The
excitement of the crowd interferes
with sleep. The ideal way is to taper
off the days activities as evening
comes.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-01-22
BUILDING a Trench.

Trenches on the western front ap-
pear to the civilian eye which is fixed
upon photographs to be just ditch
backed by dugouts. In reality, details
a trench correspondent, an enormous
amount of work and scientific study is
required for the establishment Of a
complete winter trench.
For every mile a trench over $780,
900 sand bags are needed. One man
can fill bag with earth and lift 1t to
place % times In night, when all the
work Of repairing trenches is done.
1t would take battalion eight months
to do this work.
A mile of trench and its concomi.
tant protection demands 1900 six-foot
stakes, $4,000 small pickets, 6,250,00C
sandbags, weighing 1000 tons in all
$4,000 FEET Of corrugated iron, 1,125,00C
feet of timber, etc.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-01-22
MEANING OF NAME DECEMBER,
Twelfth Months Title Derived From
Latin Word "Decem," When There
Were Only Ten Periods.

The name of December is no longer
appropriate, for it is derived from "de-
GEN." the Latin word meaning "ten,'
declares a writer. The name was first
applied by the Romans when the year
was divided into ten months, with the
addition of supplementary days to
complete the period required for
revolution of the earth around Che
sun.
When the calendar of Romulus was
amended in 713 B. G. by Numa Pom
pilius and the year was divided into
twelve months December tRcame the
twelfth month, but retained its original
name. The Emperor Commodus, who
reigned in the second century, attempt
ed to change the name of December to.
Amazonius, in honor of fair favorite
of that name, whom he had painted to.
resemble an Amazon. This innovation
was not popular and when Commodius
died from poison administered by an
other feminine favorite the name of
lAmaZonius died with him.
The ancient Saxons called the last
month Winter-monat, which was after
ward changed to Heilig-Monat,' or holy
month, when they were converted to
christianity. The modern Germans
again changed the name to Christ
monat, because the month contains the
anniversary Of the birth of Christ.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-01-22
WOULD NOT ACCEPT HUNDRED
Forty Pounds Compensation for Dam.
ages on Railroad, All Old
Covenanter Would Have.

One of the first railways laid In
North Britain connected the ancient
city of Perth with Aberdeen. In Cham
bers Journal there is a pleasant pic
ture of a stanch old covenanter at;
Whinnyknowe who was subjected to
loss that called for compensation from
the railway company. William Reid,
there is no reason to doubt, gave care
full consideration to the question Of in
Jury. and when the railway official
waited upon him he had decided the
exact amount of the damage that he
had suffered.
The official told the farmer that the
company had agreed to allow him the.
sum of one hundred pounds in recon-
penSe.
"a hunder poundsp' exclaimed the
old covenanter. Il wanna touch 1T.
1 have considered the matter and /
have made up my mind as to what l
should get. Wilma TAX hunder."
II would strongly advise you to ac-
cept," replied the official. "You are
not likely to get more. think the
directors have been generous"
"Too much sol too much so?' was
the startling reply. 81 Wilma TAX the.
hunder; I'll haze forty pounds and not
a penny more"
"Oh, is that the trouble?' was the
Laughing response. "Well, here is the
order for one hundred pounds, which
you will receive when you call at the
office at Perth"
William Reid accepted the order,
and week later presented it at the
company's office. A clerk asked him
to sign a receipt, and this the farmer
| did for forty pounds.
"You are to receive one hundred
pounds, not forty" said the clerk,
counting out the money.
The old farmer was angry. Il told
your man." he cried, that | would
TAX forty and not a penny more; and
F, l will not hae it. l want nae man S
siller that I've nae RIGHT tol"
And William Reid, after twice count
ing his forty pounds, pushed the re-
mainder back across the counter and
walked out of the office.-Youth's
| Companion.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-01-22
LIFE-PRlcE WE PAY FOR IT
Penalties Of Fame Are Debts OF All
Existence, With "Hlgh Cost OF
Living" Significant.

The penalties Of fame are the penal
ties of all life, which, when one views
1t resolutely and without taking refuge
behind rose-colored spectacles, teens
with contradictions that give deeper
significance to that well-worn phrase,
"the high cost Of living" And the
chief part of the expense lies not in
the things-food, clothing, shelter
which are demanded by our material
and bodily needs as human animals,
writes Mary Garden in the New York
World.
Really TO live as woman or as man
implies TO want something or other
very greatly. And really to want some
thing very greatly means to strive for
that something with inappeasable
eagerness. And thus to strive means
one Of two disappointment; or
achievement and the realization that
In gaining the one thing'a score of
others have been missed.
Such Is life and the price we pay
for it.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-01-22
RARE PosIES IN THE ARCTIC
Rich Blossoms Natures Compensation
for Long Winter During Which
There Is No Sunshine.

In the brief, bright, nightless sum
mer the Arctic is paradise of flowers.
1t would seem to be a compensation
of Dame Nature for the long winter,
during which the sun never shows his
jolly face once, observes q correspond
ent.
A great many of these plants have
of late years become familiar to gar
den lovers because they are much used
in rock gardens, and every flower lover
knows their delicacy of structure, their
brightness of color and their hardi-
hood.
But nothing can beat their original
environment. These patches of yellow
and blue and rose and purple, cheek
by jowl with great beds of snow or
some stranded and long unmelted berg,
look lovely. 1t is the setting they were
made for.
Strangely enough, when brought
south and coaxed to grow in our gar
dens, these Arctic and Alpine plants
lose both part of their great vitality
and their lovely tint. They pine for
the Arctic like the Eskimo does.
Nansen tells of delicate hluebells
nOdding in the breeze, saxifrages with
large blossoms, pale yellow mountain
peoples, white cloudberry flowers and
blue forget-me-nots in countless mil
lions in the neighborhood of the north
pole. So it is not all desolation and
death. A flower seed is one Of the
most difficult things in nature to kill.
Give it half a chance and it will show
up smiling, and do its 'bit" in making
the world brighter place to live in.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-01-22

1t is said Chat no gorilla has ever
been captured alive after he is full
grown. Gogillas fear nothing. Even
when mortaily wounded they show am
agility, strength and ferocity which is
astonishing. A traveller stated that it
would take $50 men to hold down a
gorilla with any degree of safety. On
The other hand, all other apes are easy
20 capture. The usual method is for
a trapper to seat himself where he is
certain to be observed by these crea-
lures and pretend to drink from bot
tie of crude spirits. When he is sure
that he has been observed, he leaves
the bottle and goes away. The mo-
ment his back is turned the monkeys
rush to appease their curiosity con-
corning the contents of the bottle.
They like the taste of the spirits and
quarrel among themselves for 1t till
the bottle has been emptied. They are
soon overcome by the intoxicant, and
the trapper returns and gathers them
nm
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-01-22
swaoner stick BETRAYED.

A discussion. which began with nc
tual preparedness in America and
which has continued Hong ai.G "a: in,
here and there, pro and con, was re-
vived, writes a New York correspond
ent, with the arrest of fictitious army
officer, who, let it be known here, car
ried a swagger stick. The question,
"Why, oh, why, do they carry them?"
was intensified by the fact that one of
the detectives asserted in English that
had it not been for the swagger stick
he would never have suspected the
camoufage captain. Luck was with
the detectives, and when the prisoner
was taken to police headquarters he
admitted he was not a captain at all,
but bold, bad young man who had
been telling naughty lies and stealing
automobiles and other ick-knacks
ever since war was declared. However,
he Indignantly asserted that he was il.
legally arrested to begin with, for the
reason that army officers do not wear
'swagger sticks right now. He seemed
to think that his arrest shouldn't count,
inasmuch as the detectives were mis-.
taken in their first and most important
lue,
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-01-22
GAMES OF sIAMEsE KIDDIEs
Girls Play Keeping House, With Dried
Clay Oollies-Boys Jump Rope
and Roll Marbles.

When the Siamese folks get up in
the morning they do not go to the
washstand to wash their faces, for the
simple reason that Siamese houses can
boast no such article of furniture, says
an exchange.
So our little Siamese friend just
runs down to the foot of the ladder
large jar of water with a coconut
shell dipper. There she washes her
face by throwing the water over her
hands and rubbing them over her face.
She needs no towel, for the water Is
left to dry. She does not brush her
teeth, for they are stained black by
chewing the betel nut. Her hair does
not require combing, either, for It is
all shaved except a little tuft ON the
top of the head, and that is tied In a
little knot and not very often combed.
After breakfast is over, the children
go off and find some pleasant place in
which to play. The girls play at keep
ing house and make dishes of clay
dried in the sun. Little images of clay
washed with lime are their only dolls.
The boys of Siam are very fond Of
pitching coins, and spend much of their
time in this game. They play leap
frog and very often jump the rope.
Now that so many foreigners are in
Siam, they have learned to play mar
bles, too.
AS the streets IN Siam are almost
all rivers and canals, the Siamese boys
and girls early learn to row, and pad
die their little boats almost as soon as
they learn to swim, which they do
when they are only four or FIVE years
old
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-01-22
LASTING RESULTS.
GOOD SEEDED FOR ALFAIFA
Preparations Should Begin Year Be-
fore PIantIne-keep Soil Well
Cultivated.

By NJ A. BEESON. Oklahoma Expert
mental Station)
In preparing the seed bed for alfal-
ia you should begin year or two be-
fore you. wish to seed by planting a
cultivated crop, keeping the ground
well cultivated and free from weeds.
Corn is a good crop to precede alfalfa.
The critical period Of alfalfa is the
first six weeks of the life Of the plant.
The ground should be plowed early
and deep. 1t should be free from
weeds and as free as possible from
weed seed. It should be well titled,
but firm up to the surface when seed
ed. Fall seeding In September with
out q nurse crop Is considered the sur
est method to follow. However, If
there is not favorable season and
sufficient moisture In the fall. you may
SOW at corn or cotton planting time In
the spring. From IL to Is pounds Of
seed per acre is ample If the seed Is
clean and strong.
When II is sown with grain drill
attachment. on well-prepared seed bed.
and when sown carefully and not too
deep, from 10 to IL pounds Of seed is
quite sufficient. The seed is small
and does not need to be sown too deep
just so you get 1t into the moist
dirt.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-01-22
USE SWEET CLOVER FOR PIGS
Ordinarily an Acre Of Crop Will Sup
port Twenty to Thirty shoats-
Other Usee for Weed.

An acre Of sweet clover ordinarily
will support 20 to 30 shoats. Many
other uses for this erstwhile weed are
told In Farmers Bulletin No. 800, pub
lished by the United States department
of agriculture. Washington.
Stock may refuse to eat sweet clover
at first. but If they are kept on the
field for few days they will soon de-
velop liking for it. 1t will furnish as
much pasture during the season as any
other legume. with the possible excep
ton Of alfalfa.
Sweet clover also makes first-clas
hay II 1t Is cut before 1t gets toe
coarse. and 1t is a remarkable soil
builder. 1t is one Of the best honey
plants because of the large amount Of
nectar 1t produces Beekeepers woult
do well to plant at Least small patch
Of It solely for honey purposes.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-01-22
War Strategy and Chess.

The affinity between strategy and
chess, recognized by Napoleon, is not
very surprising, notes the London
Chronicle. The game seems to have
chrystallized out of some old-perhaps
prehistoric military system akin to
that overthrown by Alexander at the
Hydaspes. OF that battle Arrian has
left us most spirited picture, in
which we can now recognize a singular
touch of modernity-the long line of
Indian elephants wading, tanklike, in
to the Macedonian Phalanx. Probably
at its birth chess was a branch of mil
itary education rather than form of
amusement; and the various early
changes in the game, Of which we have
record, were doubtless attempts to
keep the instruction up to date and
abreast with current alterations in ar.
mament and tactics.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-01-22
FIRST ELECTION IN 1893
George Washington Of Virginia, Re.
ceiving Sixty-Nine Votes From Ten
States, Chosen President.

The first election for president of
the United States occurred in the
states which ratified the Constitution
on the first Wednesday of January, the
18th, 1879. Only ten of the thirteen
states voted in that election, New
York, Rhode Island and North Caro-
lima not voting. In five of the states.
viz, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia,
New Jersey and South Carolina, the
people did not vote, the presidential
electors being chosen by the state leg
islatures.
At that time the Constitution re-
quired the presidential electors to vote
for two persons, the one receiving the
majority to be president and the one
receiving the next greatest number to
be vice president. There had been no
conventions held, no nominations
made and no platforms adopted. The
presidential electors were left without
instructions, to vote as they pleased or
according to their own discretion.
The ten states which constituted the
first electoral college had 10 votes
viz, Connecticut, z; Delaware, 3; Geor.
gia, s; Maryland, s; Massachusetts
10; New Hampshire, 5; New Jersey
6; Pennsylvania, 10; South Carolina
Z; Virginia, H. On the first ballot
each of the rs electors voting for two
persons, the vote resulted:
For George Washington of Virginia
SO; John Adams of Massachusetts, "a
John Jay of New York, 9; Robert H
Harrison of Maryland, 6; John Rut
ledge of South Carolina, 6; John Han
cock of Massachusetts, A; George Gin
ton of New York, 3; Samuel Hunting
ton of Connecticut. 2; John Milton Of
Georgia, 2; James Armstrong of Geor
gia, 1; Benjamin Lincoln of Massa
chusetts, 1; Edward Telfair of Geor
gia, 1. This ballot made Washington
president and John Adams, the mex
highest, vice president.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-01-22
Namino Alaska.

The name Alaska is an English cor
ruption of perversion of AIayeksa, as
It was called by the aboriginal inhab-
itants of the Aleutian islands, lying
to the westward, observes a geograph-
ical magazine. When the Russians
first came to one Of the Aleutian
islands, they were told that vast
country lay to the eastward, and that
Its name was Alayeksa. The Aleuts
called their own island Nagun Alay-
eksa. meaning the land lying near
Alayeksa. By a process of Russian
lzing and Anglicizing Alayeksa became
Alaska, and Nagun-Alayeksa became
Unalaska. The original Aleutian word,
Alayeksa meant ''the great country
as the inhabitants of scattered islands
would naturally consider vast con-
tinental region of variad Re 7nrces and
beautiful scenery rs Alay' 81 or Alas
kA has since piovesa -
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-01-22
EXPERTS PeriIous Task.

One of the thrilling and hazardous
duties which sometimes falls to the
lot of game experts and wardens in
mountainous regions of the West is
to search out eagles nests, rob them
Of their eggs, and perhaps take the
young captive, says Popular Mechan-
les Magazine. The perils of the task
are not all passed when, with rope
ladder or by other precarious means,
he has assembled or descended to the
aerie, for then the intruder must face
the powerful grown birds at close
range, and often when he cannot de-
fend himself to advantage. The
searcher for the lofty nests also finds
that the young fifty or sixty days old,
IAN become disagreeably aggressive.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-01-22
Mail Carrier
Says he Was !,
In A Terrible
Fix
FRIEND PERSUADED HIM TO
TAKE TANLAC; 1T DOUBLED
HIS APPETITE, HE SAYS

with nervous indigestion and rheu-
matism attacking my system at the
same time you can readily see what I
was up against" said H. ]. Hudome, OF
SIT 8. Cad street. Philadelphia, letter
carrier.
rheumatism pains in my wrists,
elbow and knees were only. few of my
troubles. Ny nerves were upset, my
appetite miserable and my digestive
organs completely out OF whack.
sureiv was in q terrible fix. and know
it. aN =
IA friend persuaded me to take Tan
lac. Today am much improved. In
fact, Tanlac has doubled my appetite,
drove ont the rheumatism and relieved
my stomach trouble"
The reason Tanlac is uniformly sue
cessful in correcting indigestion is be
cause it removes the cause of the trou
ple-the poisons that choke the organs
II you are bothered that way, get Tan
lac and zee how thoroughly it does the
work. But get it nowadays only
make matters worse.
Tanlac Is being explained att Kllle's
East Side Phar., 49 Main street, Mount
Holly, and Henry P. Thorn. Medford.