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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-09-03
on Crying In the Theater.

So, AYERS Nora Bayes, in the Ameri-
can Magazine, In her own words:
at is a commonplace of the theater
that the public want, above all things,
to be entertained. But that is very
far from saying that they want to be
amused. Humor is by no means the
easiest way to reach the human heart.
There are those who will tell you
that the public would far rather laugh
than cry. And when they do you
can just tell them to tell It to
Sweeney. The American public would
rather cry than laugh any day. Where
in 1t is not a bit different from the
public in Australia, India, Russia or
France. The secret of this is very
simple. If you can make anybody cry,
you make them forget themselves.
The minute you make them forget
themselves they are being entertained.
If you can set them to thinking aboEt
your blues instead of their own, they
are taken completely out of therl-
selves"
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rhe Dense oriental.


At o dinner In Edinburgh, says =. v.
Lucas Baron Kickuchi, principal Of
Toxic university, was guest. An
Englishman present told the story Of a
Scotsman who went to his dentists
with an aching tooth and was asked If
he would have gas; he replied that he
would, but should like to count his
money first. Everybody laughed but
the baron. A Scotsman attempted to
explain the Joke as to the alleged fol-
bles Of his race; the baron remained
impassive. Others tried, but the baron
said, II do not understand" Finally
he stopped the explanations. "Gentle-
men," he said, 'you do not understand
what / do not understand" His lis
teners gave rapt attention. "What
do not understand" he went on, SIS
not why the Scotsman said what be
did, but how any Scotsman should not
know, at any time, without having to
count it, how much money he has in
his pockets" The laugh was on the
hosts of the "dense' oriental. From
Outlook.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-09-03
LINKS ITALY AND AMERICA
Newly Installed Wireless Tetegraphy
Plant is the Most Powerful That
Has Yet Been Built.

The announcement that Italy and
the United States have recently been
connected by wireless telegraphy de-
serves more notice than it has re-
ceived. This achievement probably
makes a back number Of the great
wireless station at Nauen, near Ber-
lin, which has been so useful to Ger
many and which, when the war broke
out, claimed to be the most powerful
In the world, with an effective range
of between 5000 and 5000 miles. From
the nearest point in Italy to the
United States transatlantic station at
Arlington, near Washington, Is not
less than 8,200 miles, and to send an
ineligible message across that dis
lance might be more than even
Neuen could accomplish. Owing to
the hostility between the ether waves
which carry wireless messages and
sunshine, 1t Is always easier to send
messages long distances In northerly
ATTITUDES than In those more South,
and the power required to cover a
given distance increases with near
ness to the equator. The wireless
route between Rome and Arlington is
for good part of the way at least 800
miles nearer the equator than that
between Nauen and the United States.
which fact considerably adds to the
achievement of the Italian and Ameri-
can experts.-London Chronicle.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-09-03
DECLARE HOUSE IS HAUNTED
British Lawmakers Positive They
Have Seen ApparitIons In Famous
Parliament Buildings.

Those who do not believe In ghosts
will be surprised to learn that several
members Of parliament have sworn to-
the presence of apparitions In the
house of commons.
A prime minister, Earl Grey, de-
clared that he saw deaths head ap-
pear three times In front of him while
delivering his great speech on the in
PRODUCTION of the reform bill and g.
Swift MaeNeil also swore that he saw
r. P. O'Connor sitting in his usual
place In the house, while at the time
the gentleman was in Ireland Many
members, too, have seen the white
Lady walking In the corridors Of the
house. <,
The terrace ghost has often been
said to appear. Another known as the
big Ben" ghost is stated to appear
when member of the royal family is
about to die On December 10, 1861,
December 10, 1878, and January il,
1892, it appeared as an old man row.
ing a little below Westminster bridge
in rotten slziff and dashing into the
terrace wall just as Big Ben COM
meneed to peal midnight. On the fol-
lowing days, respectively, the prince
consort, the Princess Alice and the
duke of Clarence died. Guy Fawkes
and Spencer Perceyal are also said to
haunt the house in the form of ghosts.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-09-03
RECORD AGES FOR HORSES
Many Have Lived Far Beyond What
Is Generally Considered Their
Allotted Span.

Ruben, a farmer of a small town in
New Hampshire, tells of new kind
of conservation. In his neighborhood
are four horses In active service,
though all over twenty years of age.
He has one himself "hard upon" twen-
ty-four years. A farmer near by has
another which is close to thirty. Two
others in the vicinity are around the
quarter-century mark. AS he says, it
is only in a rural community, where
they cherish the horse almost like a
member of the family, where one could
expect to find such record. Even
there this demonstration of longevity
is striking.
Nevertheless, the oldest horse that
the Nomad ever saw was IN the servA
Ice of the New York city surface
railway system. This horse was, 1T
quainted with him, actually forty-two
years old, and he lived two years
longer. He had been a street-car
horse on New York pavements, and
then was used as a hill horse" or
extra puller, on slopes, and then, when
he became about thirty years old, was
retired on a pension, spending most of
his time in dignified ease in box
stall; and he lived on In this way, APP
parently without pain or an ache,
until he was forty-four. All this can
be proved and authenticated from the
documents.
The Nomad's own old saddle horse,
Brownie. lived to be thirty-odd-no one
knew exactly how many more years
there were than thirty-brt thirty
were authenticated. and he was a
grown horse when the count began.
Brownie looked round and smooth
even after thirty, but his legs were like
sticks, and his interest in life, beyond
grass, was slight.-The Nomad in
Boston Transcript.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-09-03
HOW THEY KEPT WOOD DR.
Personal Discomfort Was a SEaasi
Matter to Camping Party, Under
the circumstances.

Three indianapolis disciples of Sir l.
Walton sailed forth, few days ago,
on four days fishing trip. They we're
enthusiastic and determined to get as
close to nature az possible, and had
planned to sleep on the bare ground
without any tent or other unnecessary
protection over their heads. The first
night they We're late in retiring, and
had not much more than stretched out
on their grassy beds when a fierce rain
storm came up. They hastily arose and
did not need to stop to dress, as they
were already dressed. There were no
signs of habjtation near, and the few
trees in the vicinity were a mockery
as to shelter The rain came down In
torrents, mixed with Just enough wind
to make it interesting. One of the first
thoughts that filtered through their
tired aud weary brains was that they
would need dry wood in the morning
with which to build a fire. Necessity
has long been known as the mother OF
invention, and this, coupled with the
ting hens, gave them bright idea
Under directions of the leader each
man gathered bundle of wood and
sat on it to keep it dry. And thus they
sat. The first storm had barely sub
sided when there was another barragc
attack, and the second state of that lit
tie crowd was worse than the first. Blu
they continued to sit and keep the
wood dry. Finally one Of them spoke
you could never get any sensible fish
to come out here--it's too wet. Lett
go home in the morning. At day
break they started a fire with tn
wood they had kept dry, and thel
came back to town, where you have t,
pay for water.-Indianapolis News.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-09-03
MADE OCCASION FOR FESTIVAL
Travellers in Northern Russia ,FlttInaIy
Celebrate the Crossing of the
Arctic Circle.

On the trains running northward
across north Russia, the{ crossing OF
the arctic circle is made the occasion
for festival similar tor that which
tourists used to enjoy onS shipboard
when crossing the equator. The train
makes stop of several hours in the
midst of snow-coveredl waste on the
shores of the White sea-, The passen
gers stretch their legs and take a con
stitutional out over the frozen surface
of the White sea, while IA picnic din
ner is being prepared.
The exact spot where hthe, railroad
crosses the circle is probably not de
termined with scientific accuracy, bui
the men who built the railroad sappar
emily agreed on an approximate loca
ton, and this is marked with q, suit
able inscription. At this point alst
the railroad builders have left a Sigh
gap, probably not more than quarter
of an inch, between the rails, so that
as passengers often notice. 'when thu
train passes over the circle there Us {
distinct jolt and JAR"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-09-03
BELOVED OF NEW WORKERS
Washington Square, Gothamites Claim,
Ie Without Its Equal In the
World for Atmosphere"

Here, say the New York men of as
celtic faces and the women Of soulful
eyes, we have what ouf lives have
long sought. Trafalgar square hasn't
got 1t, the Place de la Concorde is too
French, the parks and esplanades Of
Rio come a little closer. But here,
IN charming, quaint old Washington
square, we have-atmosphere.
Here, says the Philistine, is a nice
place to flop while / read the comics
In this mornings paper. In the cor
ner is a comfortable bench over which
the shade of a full-grown maple
stretches soothingly. And there is q
kid who will shine my shoes for a
nickel.
Here, says the weary one, is place
where the cops might let me alone.
Not much chance for a handout, but
I might steal snooze over there by
the fountain. All, pleasant grass ;
pretty flowers.
Here, says the mother, Is pretty
good place to leave the kids while I
sneak down to the avenue for yard
or two Of calico. Now, mind, don't stir
from this bench. Mike. give the baby
his bottle II he gets to crying.
Here, says the visitor, Is the Wash
ington arch. How Interestingly It
must weigh several tons at least. Now
win some one tell me how ] get to
Cooper Union from heref e
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-09-03
DOGS, Teeth T, az Currency.

'Dogs' teeth are 1.-THE Papuans' gold,
the most valuable Eof coins ins their
estimation" says IA writer in Wide
World. "They purchase weaponsA cat
tie, grain and thel crude household
utensils with Dogs teeth. Only the
four canine teeth, however, sare of Sany
value. all the otherss being worthless
These quaint coins are threaded son
fibres, and when al wealthy Papuan
goes trading he brings with him
strings of these teeth.
"The women greatly prize them and
make them into necklaces, their
wealth and standing!in the community
being indicated by the number oftteeth
which compose these ornamental The
wives and daughters iof the Influential
chiefs wear rows upon rows of them
around their necks on every festive
occasion. They polish them until they
shine like ivory, and they certainly
make an effective decorationEon CLOS
sy black body. One necklet5shown to
the writer was composed ofSno fewer
than 800 teeth, which meanss that 81
dogs were sacrificed to obtain sthem."
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-09-03
The French rricnlor

The Tric0lor, the French national
standard of blue, white and red, d.
vided vertically, originated during the
first French revolution. In 1889 the
leaf plucked by Camille Desmoulins
in the garden of the Palais Royal be-
came a rallying sign, and green was
to be adopted as the national color;
but, remembering that green was the
color of the hated Prince dArtois, they
rejected 1t on the following day
They at first chose, instead, blue anc
red, the colors of the city of Paris,
and later added the white of royalty
that had been faithfully preserved by
the national guard. This new standard
was adopted with enthusiasm. A few
months after taking of the Bastile,
Bailly and Lafayette offered to Louis
XVI the three-colored cocard as q
badge of reconciliation with the king.
Thus the Tricolor originated as the
symbol Of the liberty of the French
nation, and it continued as such even
when afterward the reconciliation
with the king ended with his decapita-
ton.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-09-03
Sound Carried Ear.

A camp cook whose only means Of
calling the members of his party was
pounding on a pan with knife handle
was unable to make them hear when
they were fishing or hunting at any
considerable distance from the camp.
One of the party to whom he COM
planned thereupon made what he call
ed a 'kIepalo."
The ''klepalo" was merely piece Of
well-seasoned oak plank two inches
thick. six inches wide, and four feet
long. Through the center he bored q
hole, passed a rope through 1t and sus-
pended the plank from the branch OF g
tree. The cook "rang" the instrument
by striking 1t with mallet, first on
one side and then on the other. ~
The man who made the 'depalo;'
had seen similar colltrivances in small
Bulgarian villages, where they are
used instead of church bells to call the
people to worship. A test of the In.
strument used by the campers showed
that in ordinary weather conditions It
could be heard two Manchess
Ter Union.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-09-03
ROAD MUCH LIKE C0RKsCREW
Railway In india Makes Complete
Double Loop on Its Way TO the
Top Of Mountain.

One of the most interesting railroad
lines, the construction Of which meant
the solution of difficult engineering
problems, is the narrow-gauge railway
which winds it's way up the steep
slopes Of the Darjeeling range of the
Himalayas to Darjeeling.
Darjeeling is noted health resort
of the British rulers of India and the
summer seat Of the Bengal govern
ment. It is 7,4O0 feet above sea level.
Its delightful climate and the magnifl-
cent scenery surrounding It, Including
q panorama Of the highest peaks OF
the Himalayas. make 1t one Of the
most desirable places In India during
the hot season. One OF the remark
able features Of the mountain railway
is the Chimbatti loop, probably the
only example Of its kind IN the world.
The tracks, rising at q steep grade,
make complete double loop to reach
the station on the mountain top.-Pop-
ular Science Monthly.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-09-03
The Worlds Holidays.

According to statistics drawn up by
the Guaranty Trust company Of New
York, during the present year there
are only eighty-four days on which
banks are open everywhere in the
world. On every one Of the other 281
days some nation somewhere will be
celebrating civil or religious holi-
day, or observing the Sabbath. Only
one of these holidays is universal.
This is New Years day, and eleven
different dates are observed by vari-
Gus countries as the beginning Of a
new year. Some countries observe
more than one during the calendar
year. Five Christian countries do not
observe Christmas as legal holiday.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-09-03
What Every Poet Knows.

The man of prosaic mind thinks that
composition is a matter Of so arrang-
ing words that they shall convey a
meaning that is the sum of their sep
arate meanings. But the poet knows
better. He knows that it is a matter
Of so ordering them that they shall
suggest verbally inexpressible mean
ings between the lines; that they shall,
quite literally, set spirits to dancing
from sentence to sentence. flashes of
intellectual electricity to leaping from
page TO page, faces to peeping forth at
the reader from behind the letters like
children from behind tree-trunks.-
Harold Goddard, In Atlantic.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-09-03
mPIantatIons.r

The word plantation is used princi-
pa1ly In the Southern states, where Il
originated in old slavery times to des-
ignate farm cultivated by negroes. as
cotton plantation or sugar planta-
ton. In Maine it has distinctive
meaning, representing a form of gov
eminent smaller than a township. In
that state most Of the functions of To-
cal government are performed by the
town or township. In addition to II
cities ard 1906 towns, Maine has 78
plantations and 131 unorganized places
under the names of plantations, grants,
SURPRISES and cores. a surplus is a
small territorial division consisting Of
an irregular tract laid off by state
authority. A gore is a triangular piece
of land smaller than a surplus.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-09-03
Heavy pemans for Rubber.

1he world discarded $4,000 tons of
automobile tires during 1916. Adding
to this the large number of bicycle
tires thrown. away every year by their
owners, it appears that the world
spends every year at least $6O0OO0.-
900 for pneumatic tires alone. Nearly
100000 automobiles are now in use
In the United States. To supply these
with tires nearly $4,000 tons of India
rubber are needed every year, and the
American automobile owners pay every
year as much as $20O,OO0,OOO for tires.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-09-03
waxsIde Ministries.

This is a hurrying age, as we Often
remind ourselves. and many tasks
which we would like to accomplish
must perforce remain unattended To-.
But for some things there is alwass
time. Duty can always be done
kindness can always be shown, way
side ministries need not be neglected.
There is never an excuse for the
haste that makes waste; there IS al
ways room, in the case of man who,
with divine help. plans his life for q
certain amount of self-culture ana
social necessity.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-09-03

AS far as legal rights and privileges
or holding office fare concerned a ma
tive-born citizen of the United States
has only one advantage over q natural
lied citizen of foreign birth. BY "a pro
vision in the Constitution of thet Unit.
ed States naturalized person, of for
eign birth is ineligible to the office Of
president. A person tof foreign birth
can be governor of a Estate, a represen,
tative or senator in congress, cabi.
net officer. general in the army. an
admiral in the navy, or hold amy state
or national office except thatlof presi.
dent.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-09-03
Happiness Of oIden DAYS.

In the days when a Maypole stood
in the Strand, music was one of the
great pastimes Of the people Of merry
England. Those were the times Of
good Queen Bess and her Stuart sue
cessors. The cittern was heard in ev-
cry BARRIERS shop: go into bar
ber's anywhere, no matter in what dis
trict, and 1t is ten to one you will hear
the sounds either of a fiddle or a gui
tar. or see the instruments hanging
up somewhere" The BARRIERS or their
apprentices were the performers: IF
idle, they pass their time in life de.
lighting music" So writes a pamph.
letter in 1897.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-09-03
prIest Place on Earth.

The city of Payta. in Peru, is the
driest place on earth. 1t is within
five degrees of the equator. and the in
habitants see a shower on the average
Of about once in two years. Frequent
ly. six or eight years elapse between
rainfalls, but when a shower does
come, it lasts usually from II to 20
hours. Strange as it may seem, there
are seven species of annual plants
which exist in this place, and the ma
tives raise kind of cotton with extra
long roots, which go down far into the
soil and obtain moisture from the bed
Of an old. dried-up river which once
ran through Payta.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-09-03

A great new copper district in Arctic
Canada is a possibility pointed out to
the Royal Society of Arts, London. by
W. Frecheville. The locality Is east or
Great Bear lake, along the Coppermine
river, which runs north from about 50
degrees latitude to Coronation gulf,
and the area may extend as far east as
Bathurst inlet, and even to Victoria
island farther north. The first speci-
mems of native copper We're obtained
from the Eskimos, who were using the
metal In their primitive industries. Ex-
plorers have since reported finds of
copper, and evidences of large deposits,
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-09-03
SOUGHT to Warn Mother4

The mother of f1ve-year-olds Mary
fell and fractured her wrist andla doc
tor was called to reset the bone.t Tho
youngster. from an adjoining room,
heard her mothers cries of pain tdur-
ing the operation. The next day when
the physician called Mary, opened the
front door, and when she Esaw who it
was, shouted with evident disdain !:
"Oh, mother, here's that same doctor
againl'
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pear, Worth a Fortune.

A beautiful pearl, claimed to- be the
finest drop-shaped pearl yet raised in
Australian waters was recently found
on the northwest coast of western Aus
tralia. 1t weighs one hundred grains,
is the size of a sparrow's egg, and has
been named "Star of the West" 1t is
remarkable for its perfect shape and
colOrln9.