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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-09-03
RECRUIT BALKs AT THE JOB
Declared He Had Only Agreed to Get
Kaiser and Couldn't Take On
Whole Germany.

"Are you willing to go across and
fight the Germans?'' asked an inter-
viewer In the mastering office in for
mer cafeteria No. of a young Florida
negro at Camp Dix, whose personnel
record he was completing, the query
being one of the formal questions put
to every recruit.
'Ah don't know bout dat, boss |"
answered the colored boy. "Ah thought
yur jes' wanted me to go get the
kaiser. Bin a-hankerin' to fix that ole
Rat Face, but does yuh mean yuh
want me to lick da whole gang?"
The interviewer explained the situa-
ton. The young negro's home board
had told him they were going to send
him to Europe to get the kaiser" and
he came to camp thinking 1t was a
single-handed job. His face frightened
when he found that in his personal
part he would have the backing of
several million allies.
The personnel QUESTIONABLE made
out in the mastering Office brings some
amazing answers from the southern
negroes recently brought there for
training. One couldn't remember where
his father was born.
well, was he born in the United
States?" asked the Interviewer mo,
indeed, sub, no indeedyl" replied the
recruit. "He was born in Virginnyl'
The same recruit wanted to show
that he could qualify under every ques-
ton. "Are you member of any lodge
or fraternity7' was a query put to
him. Good Lawd, boss, should say
wasi Use a pallbearer."
New uniforms are being issued to
these Florida recruits and they are
the proudest soldiers in the camp.
They have taken to the military game
like ducks to water, and officers are
amazed at the cleverness they are
showing in learning drill orders In ele-
mentary army work.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-09-03
MOVING Pictures for tho Home.

A comparatively inexpensive combi-
nation moving picture camera and pro-
jector for amateur use Is illustrated In
Popular Mechanics Magazine, 1t
bears about the same relation to the
costly and heavy professional ma
chimes as a compact, light camera does
to a cumbersome apparatus employed
by portrait photographers. Exclusive
of It's tripod, the new movie camera
weighs less than three and a half
pounds. 1t uses standard film and Is
operated as easily as any simple 'still"
instrument. The capacity Of its maya
zines, designed for daylight loading, Is
twenty feet, which, because eight In
stead of sixteen pictures are taken per
second, records as much action as
forty feet of film In a professional ma
chine. Sharp, clear pictures capable
of reasonable enlargement for Stills
are obtained. BY changing the lens at
taching a light frame with reels Of
200-foot capacity, and mounting a
small, cylindrical lamphouse. the CAM
era is converted into protector.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-09-03
EsKIMos ARE HAPPY PEOPLE
Have No Fear Of Death, Are chiidIIke
In Nature, Humorous and
InquisItlve.

In Herschel island, where the sun
shines continuously for eight weeks In
summer, the Eskimos had sun dance,
not always clothed in the garments Of
propriety. They had an idea that when
the sun came back its movements
were directed by an invisible power,
but they had no tangible conception Of
a God. They had no belief In future
life, either Of reward or punishment.
Today they are religious, truthful, kind
to their children and to the aged. They
are ambitious to learn; they are prac-
teal, extremely Industrious, sanitary
in their habits, well clothed and well
housed. Insanity is unknown. but tu-
berculosis Is quite common
They whale In summer and trap In
winter. They are clever in trading,
good workers ON land, water and ice,
and take excellent care Of their house
hold effects. Tools. If broken. are
neatly repaired. When at Herschel
island or Fort Mcpherson they eat the
white mans food with great relish. In
summer they eat their fish and blubber
raw and In winter frozen.
The Eskimos have no fear Of death
If told that death is approaching they
win respond with complacent smile.
They are very happy people. Their
natures are childlike and they do not
continue in the same frame Of mind
for two minutes at a time. They are
good-natured and humorous and very
inquisitive. Their emotions are sud-
den and short-lived-uproariously hap
by one moment and almost crying the
next
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-09-03
A Napoleon HoIourapb.

Few Photograph letters in the hand Of
the great Napoleon are outside the
French national archives. In the fa-
nous Morrison collection, the second
portion Of which is being offered at
Sotheby's, London, appeared that mis-
sive which the first consul wrote to the
prince who afterwards became Louis
XVIII. In this he sternly advises him
to remain in sweet and tranquil exile,
for return to France would mean a
trudge over 100000 corpses (''il vous
faudrait marcher sur 100000 cadav-
res"). For this vehement warning Mr..
F. Sabin paid f435, and at convenient
and authorized interval the letter will
go to New York. A descendant of Jo-
seph Bonaparte, at present incognito
in London, inspected the letter and
was represented In the earlier stages
of the bidding. Another letter by Ma
poleon addressed to Josephine, saying
that the sun itself may grow cold be-
fore he forgets her. reached f150.-
London Mail.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-09-03
ADD COLOR TO THE GARDEN
coIdfinehes, Always Attracted by SUM-
flowers, Make Beauty Spot
Especially Attractive.

A very familiar bird In our gardens,
especially when there are sunfiowers
growing there, is the beautiful little
American goldfinch.
Their deep black wings and tail and
little cap form striking, though pleas.
ing. contrast to their bright yellow
bodies.
Because of their sweet, canary-lfka
notes they are often called wild -
naries.
They are very sociable little bir6A
being found usually in small f1otkA
they even build their nests In small
communities.
When winter approaches the male
changes his bright yellow coat for one
of soberer color closely resembling
that of the female.
Numbers of them feed upon the SUM-
flowers in my garden every year, and 1t
Is pleasing sight to go In there and
see their bright yellow bodies flashing
In the sun.
They are hardy little fellows, spend
ing the entire winter with us.-New
York Sun.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-09-03
ORIGIN OF THE HOE CAKE
souther,, Negroes Credited With Hav-
ing Started This DeIicacy on
Its Way to Popularity.

Did you ever hear Of hoe cake? If
you have ever been in the southern
part of the United States of America
you have surely heard of it, and per-
haps you have eaten 1t, too, for this
dish originated in that part of the
world.
Long ago, in the days before the
Civil war, when great plantations
fiourished in the South and many ne
groes were owned by the planters, the
slaves were usually sent out to work
all day in the fields and given lunch
to take along with them for their mid
day meal. Wishing something hot to
eat. they acquired the habit Of mix
ing a batter, generally of cornmcal
and water, with a little salt stirred
in, and baking 1t upon their hoes on
the hot Goals of a fire which they
built. 1t was the same thing which
the women in their homes cooked on
the hearth before the cabin fire. only.
in. the houses, they usually added
about a teaspoonful of butter, lard
or bacon drippings. They used just
enough water to moisten the meal, so
that they could spread it out upon
their tins or boards.
Later on, so a Southern woman
says, the white people, the plantation
owners. made similar dish, with
variations, and liked 1t very well.
They added or, rather, substituted,
milk for water, and added baking pow
der and more shortening. mixed the
dough thoroughly, rolled it out, cut it
into diamond-shaped pieces and baked
| 1t in the oven.-Chrlstian Science
| Monitor.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-09-03
An unheralded Event.

An announcement has appeared IN
the newspapers so Insignificant that 1t
has almost passed unheeded. The size
of the item was altogether out of pro-
portion to its Importance. The single
paragraph was to the effect that the
swinging bridge over the Suez canal
at Ell Kantara, about So miles south
of Port Said. had been completed. Yet
that bridge affords direct railway COM
munication between Cairo and the cit
les Of Palestine; 1t conquers the desert
which separated Egypt from Palestine,
and which has for centuries barred the
march of nations; 1t joins Asia to At
RIGA, and 1t assures the world that the
Holy Land will henceforth be under
Christian guardianship. Xerxes bridg-
Ing the Hellespont is nothing to the
British bridging the Suez canal Sure
~ the bells of Christendom ought to
have been rung when that insignifi-
cant announcement crept into the cor
ners of the papers Christian Science
Monitor,
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-09-03
FOR SUCCESS IN BUSINESS
Interesting List OF Requisites Which
Men In Commercial Occupations
Should Have at Command.

In a recent issue American Mag
azine draws up an interesting list
Of requisites for various commercial
occupations. For instance. 1t states
that the head Of a department should
possess the following: Keen sense of
justice, sympathy. tactfulness. cour-
tesy. teachableness and knowledge of
human nature. The bookkeeper needs
most: Accuracy, speed, perseverance.
concentration and mathematical ability
figures. To be successful in going
after new business, the trade solicit
tor should have: Tact, courtesy.
verbal expression, personality. opti-
mism, self-confdence and knowledge
of human nature. An auditor is In
danger OF proving misft. and fail
ure unless he possesses In marked de-
gree: Love Of details. perseverance,
patience, judgment, elaboration, calm
ness, accuracy and analytical ability.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-09-03
SWIM TEN FEET A SECOND
Interesting Facts Developed In soien.
tifio Study Of Habits
Of Fish.

The speed at which fish can swim
is summarized by the Scientific Amer
lean from recent studies as follows:
"a Belgian authority, g. Denil. while
studying fishways, concluded that sal
mon could swim at a speed Of 3.15 me-
tcrs o second for at least IA meters
A Canadian, g. P. Napier. from inves-
LEGATIONS In the Frazer river. expressed
the opinion that the limiting velocity
of steady stream up which sockeye
salmon could swim very short dis
tanqe was between six and seven mfles
an hour. Finally, n. Won Bayer OF the
United States bureau Of fisheries de-
clared that the velocity Of the current
In fshways should not exceed ten feet
second. These various figures, ar
rived at Independently. are substan-
TALLY In agreement. From his own
studies on fishways in Massachusetts
Emerson Stringham found that COM
mon species Of alewife could swim f0i
at least few feet through water flow
ing about ten feet a second. about the
limit for hshways."
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-09-03
PLACE OF DISMAL HISTORY


on desolate stretch pf sandy beach
IN North Carolina lies Roanoke island.
the birthplace Of Virginia Dare, the
drst Hngiish child born In America.
Sir Walter Raleigh was responsible
for Roanoke island being placed on the
pages Of history, for In 1885 he sent ont
: coaonixina expedition 10 America. and
fate and the rough winds of the Allan
tic cast the shin up on Roanoke is.
land. On account Of the climate. the
lack Of food and the ubiouitous In.
dian the island was voted as min.
habitahle nv the colon,sts who nackad
their BELONGINGS and took the nart
shin hack ~ nnoland and c,vflizat,o,,
mt p.,ese,, ,,-es -. Az. Assae.,.a-as 4.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-09-03
NO ONE ENTIRELY SATISFIED
Seems to Be Rule Of Life That Man
Must Desire Things He Has
Not Got.

Wherever we are in this world we
want to be somewhere else. have
letter from country boy who wants
to live in the city, where things are
doing" l know his present setting
place where the needs and comforts of
man are supplied with the slightest eff
fort His placid, sun-baked village in
its parklike setting, glimpses the ideal
lists vision of the perfect life in perfect
peace. All this seems to have palled
on the taste of the young man and he
yearns for the contentious, busy and
dirty city.
We all have visions of the peace and
contentment of the country; the scent
Of the woods, the song of the birds,
the drone of the bees, the roses, the
grateful greenery, and maybe a cow
bell tinkling somewhere. We have
sensed this all, perhaps, In vacation
time and thought it was paradise for
two or three days, after which we be-
gan to get homesick for the city noise
and trouble. This is the goal men
speak of as desirable; peace, abund-
ance, Quietude-body and mind at rest
In natures setting-yet here is a boy,
reared in this elysium, who wants to
get away from it and come to the
noise and dirt and selfishness of the
big city.
Probably the utopia to which so
many of us aspire would not be en-
tirely satisfactory If we possessed it.
Tie quietude of a country place or q
country town is often very dull. There
are no daily sensations, no scandals,
no banner heads in the daily newspa.
papers to interest one.
The high spot in the day is when you
go down to the post Office for the mail
or barter with the country store for
Goldfish and matches. The weather is
the leading topic of conversation
there are no very rich or very poor
persons In the community; the popula.
ton is, perhaps, at colorless dead
level of mediocrity; there are no mil
lionaires to flaunt their wealth, no liv
cried coachmen, no airs" no aristoe
racy or proletariat.
The rural conditions are what the
idealists seem to be driving at. We
here is boy willing to give it all VI
for the city Is 1t possible that east
and contentment pail on the taste. ant
that man is better satisfied when he Il
meeting some discomfort and discour
agement In the battle Of life?-Seattl'
acknowledgement.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-09-03
WHEN jim CLAIMED ANNIE
Maid Was Sorry to Leave, but, as She
Put II, II Was Matter
of Duty. u

Ellis Parker Butler, the well-known
humorist, has story in the American
Magazine In which the main character
says:
We'll, Jimmy had been with the
Burtons six years and Annie, our
hired girl, had been with us five years.
/ guess everybody thought she hadn't
any other name at all until one eve
ming when Jimmy came over and
knocked at the back door and asked
mother If Miss Dornbacher was home.
She wasn't, because she had gone to
the Evangelical Lutheran church, but
after that Jimmy used to come over,
and Annie would put two chairs out in
the yard under the apple tree and they
would sit and talk. Or Jimmy would
talk. He would talk and talk and talk,
and every once In a while Annie would
say. "Yes," and, after she learned it,
mo-" So, after couple of years,
Jimmy began to hold Annie's hand
when he talked to her, and In a couple
Of years more they got engaged. !
guess they liked each other.
! was In our dining room one day,
looking to see If Annie had put any
fresh cookies in the Jar in the closet,
when heard my mother say. sob.
Anniel" in the kitchen. as If she was
sorry about something. So then Annie
said:
Il bin sorry to go away, too, ma'am
but 1t is right everybody should gel
married once or twice
~ know my mother said; but
don't know what l win ever do with.
out you. Annie
$50 then Annie cried, and there
were no cookies, SO / went OUT"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-09-03
TO DRIVE AWAY MOSQUITOES
Kansas Professor Makes Public Prep
aration He Claims Is Effective
Against Pests.

Campers and tourists who are
harassed by mosquitoes can find relief
by use Of repellants, points out George
A. Dean, professor of entomology, Kan
sas State Agricultural college.
Where time and circumstances will
not permit of sanitary means of con-
troll. an effective repellant can be made
by the use of one ounce of cedar oil,
two ounces of citronella and two
ounces of spirits of camphor.
A small amount of this solution APP
piled to the face and hands or on
handkerchief tied around the neck
will keep the mosquitoes away. Equal
ly good results may be obtained If the
liquid is applied to cloth and hung
near the face when mosquitoes are
troublesome at night.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-09-03
What Makes Thunder Rumb,e

Why does thunder rumble? The
path of lightning flash through the air
may be several miles in length. All
along this path the sudden expansion
of the heated ARA true explosion
sets up an atmospheric wave, which
spreads In all directions, and eventual
~ registers upon our ears as thunder.
Since the lightning discharge is almost
instantaneous the sound wave is pro-
duced at very nearly the same time
along the whole path. But the sound
wave travels slowly through the air.
Its speed is approximately 1000 feet
per second. Thus the sound from the
part of the lightning's path that is
nearest to us reaches us first. and that
from the other parts of the path after
ward. according to their distance. In
termittent crashes and booming effects
are due chiefly to Irregularities in the
shape of the path.-Popular Science
Monthly.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-09-03
BEES FOR WAR MESSENGERS


A secret long cherished In the Brit.
ish war department has just been dis.
covered-the use of bees as messen.
gerA
No longer will the aide de camr
spur his staggering horse through shot
and shell to carry the message to the
front. Instead he will don his gloves
and mask. and. going to the portable
beehive back of headquarters, seize
one Of the faithful little insects, and
send the well-trained messenger
through the air.
Whoever possesses receiving outfit
can read the secrets of the wireless I:
one can cut the wires Of the ordinary
telegraph, and the pigeon does not al
ways escape the bullet.
Therefore, other means have been
sought. In America, the general stan
dreams of using as dispatch bearer
the bee.
The bee. like the carrier pigeon
guided by its marvellous instinct, re-
turns to the hive from wherever he
may be liberated. Tiny dispatches
which can be deciphered with the mag,
nifying glass, can be attached to Its
breast.
But something better still has beer
found. BY an ingenious process the
wings Of the tiny insect are sensitized
and By means Of microscopic photog.
raphy the message is imprinted there
on.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-09-03
Guarded Treasure.

"Golng to stay home all summerT
I'm obliged to. I've got load Of
coal in the cellar and can't afford
private watchman."
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-09-03
War Is informal Affair

That the number Of full dress suits
purchased In America since Uncle Sam
threw down the gauntlet has fallen
Off 90 per cent is an indication Of a
realization on the part OF the nation
that war is no dress affair.
In the trenches the guests from
across the street don't stand on cere-
mony or wait for an invitation. They
are real neighborly, and likely to drop
in unexpectedly any time. In fact war
is TN Internally informal business.
day macy things occur that are per-
fectly killing.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-09-03

A College avenue woman was enter
tanning her card club, One of the
woman members of the club brought
her son John, about four years old,
along. John got unruly, and his moth
er put him upstairs and told him t.
sit there until he could behave, while
she proceeded to play bridge. John
was quiet about Is minutes, when he
burst forth singing America" Imme-
diately it broke up the card game and
the women stood up until John hnthed
acknowledgements Newa
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-09-03
serbIans Great Walkers.

All Serbian peasants are great walk
ers. A servant, given a short leave.
will think nothing of footing 1t to his
home, five and twenty miles off, and
walking back after a short day spent
with his family.
1t is quite In the ordinary way of
their business for both men and women
to be two days on the road to market.
Owing to their remarkable march
ing powers Serbian troops are mobil-
lied and moved with surprising rapid
ity, In spite of the great lack of rail-
way communication. And then they
march light.
With little In the bread-bag that
hangs at his belt the Serbian soldier
is quite content If only he can roll
himself cigarette now and then and
look forward perhaps to tot Of plum
cognac.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-09-03
Japanese VILLAGE.

Few people realize that in the United
States there Is village composed en-
tirely Of Japanese, who live their lives
just as they did before leaving the
Flowery Kingdom. This quaint spot
of interest is north of the long pier,
a mile from Santa Monica. Here Is
the home of number Of japanese
fishermen. Their native dress, food
and the daily routine of their lives are
carried out as though the little vii.
lage were on the far shore Of Nippon.
On Sundays are to be seen the native
sports of the japanese. The geisha
girls serve tea and bonbons to visit
ors, while the young men display their
prowess at wrestling. jiu-jitsu and
other oriental pastimes.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-09-03
HOW OLD IS LONDON TOWN.
Notwithstanding Antiquity Of British
Metropolis Many Great Build
lngs Are Modern.

1t is surprising, when we think of
the age of London, and think of the
tower which William the Conqueror
built Of the ancient abbey; of the Nor
man church; of st. Bartholomew, how
many Of London's most prominent
buildings are less than hundred years
old, and how many Of them are quite
recent structures, observes a writer
In London Tit-Bits.
OF all the buildings which flank
Whitehall only the Horse Guards, the
Banquet hall and the Old Admiralty
existed hundred years ago. The gov
eminent offices are all new.
Within living memory the house of
parliament, the Thames embankment
and all its thanking buildings, St
Thomas hospital. the National gallery,
South Kensington museum, the Tate
gallery, the law courts, all the big no
tells and even the present Mansion
house have been built, whilst nearly
all the banks and great piles of com
mercial offices in the city are new,
although the thoroughfares in which
they stand are very old.
A hundred years ago there was no
High Holborn, no Shaftesbury avenue,
no Charing Cross road, no Regent
street-or, at most, 1t was just in the
making-and no Trafalgar square.
Kingsway and Aldwych are streets of
yesterday.
Moreover, such great centers of pop
ulation as Putney and Islington and
Hampstead and Edmonton were little
outlying villages quite disconnected
with London, whilst West Ham and
Willesden had no existence except as
names, and places like Shepherds
Bush and Norwood Scrubs might
have been in the baclzwoods of Ans
tralia or Canada for all the impor-
lance they represented. A century
ago. too, the railroad stations which
number about 1000 had no existence
whatever.