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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1918-09-21
CARRIER BOYS WANTED.

The Evening World offers an oppor-
tunity to bright, industrious boys OF
twelve to fourteen to earn money af.
ter school. A number OF our boys are
without substitutes and there are one
or two vacancies which we would like
to AL Immediately. Call at the
World Office and get particulars.
9 IL 1p t.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1918-09-21
FLYER BURNED To DEATH
10000 FEET IN AIR
(Ry the Aseociated prese }

TORONTO, Canada, Sept. 18.--Ca-
det Henry G. Saunders was burned
to death late yesterday when his ma
chine caught fire at height of more
than ten thousand feet.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1918-09-21
NEARLY 900 SICK AND
WOUNDED REACH u. S.
(By the Associated Press.)

WASHINGTON, d. c., Sept. IS
Eight hundred and eighty-four sick
and wounded American soldiers were
brought back from France last week,
according to am announcement just
made by the War Department.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1918-09-21

MANY ills come from impre blood.
Can't have pure blood with faulty di-
gestion, lazy liver, and sluggish bow
els. Blrdock Blood Bitters is recon-
mended for strengthening stomach,
bowels and liver and purifying the
blood.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1918-09-21
TRUCK FOR SALE.

One ton Buick truck. good as new.
Only driven about 300 miles. Will
sell for cash. or part cash and note
to- responsible person. Extra tire
and inner tube. Call at. or address
Buick Truck" care The World.
8 IL Up II.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1918-09-21
HOUSE AGREES TO RATES
ON EXCESS PROFITS
fRy the Associated PRESS

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1S.-The
House of Representatives has adopted
the general plan and the rates in the
Revenue Bill for taxation of war and
excess profits.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1918-09-21
SECOND HAND SAFE WANTED.

A good second hand safe, wanted at
once. Preferably one that is about
two by three, feet, inside measure
ments. Address. giving full particulars.
Safe" care of the World Office.
8 Is If p1
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1918-09-21

Wanted at the earliest possible date,
500 Standard Guage Railroad Ties
Nos. /, 2 and 3 Glass. and 1000 1T.
Quarry Ties delivered to the Blair
Limestone Quarries Both phones.
8 6 1u 12ts.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1918-09-21
ESCAPED LEpER FOUND
IN NORTH CAROLINA
0By The Associated Press. J

TRNON, N. c., Sept. 18.-John
Early, leper, who escaped from GUS
tody in Washington on Monday, came
to the home OF his brother, James
Shoemaker, yesterday and is being
detained there until the Washington
authorities send for him.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1918-09-21
BELGIUM SPURNS OFFER
SEPARATE GERMAN PEACE
CBy The Associated Press. }

PARnS, Sept aS 0fIavas Agency.
The Belgian GDvernment, after CON
suitation with tIhe Allies, according
10 the Petit Partisan, has decided to
refuse with elaboration the reported
offer OF a separate peace recently
made by Germany.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1918-09-21
CREW OF SUNKEN DORA
LANDED AT IRISH PORT
tBy the Associated Press.)

LONDON, September IS. The
members OF the American steamship
Dora, which was torpedoed and sunk
on September 4, were landed at an
Irish port on Tuesday last by an
American storeship.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1918-09-21
EXPECT PEACE RIOT
WHEN RE|CHSTAG MEETS
oBy The Associated Press. J

LONDON, Sept. 18,--It is rumored
In Berlin that when the Reichsfag
meets on November there VIII be
another peace demonstration similar
to that of July 10, sayg the Amser-
dam dispatch.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1918-09-21
FORMER JAP MINISTER
FOREIGN AFFAIRS DEAD
he Associated Press.)

(By the Associated Press
y WASHINGTON, Sept. 1S.-Viscount
1chiro Motono, former japanese Min
ister of Foreign Affairs. died in Toxic
yesterday.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1918-09-21

Girl wanted at Colonial Restaurant
as cashier. Apply in person. 8 Ia tt Up
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-12-17
DIRE MENACE TO TRAVELLER
Singing Tree Of Queensland Is Ere
quentIy Fatal to UnobservIng or
Too Careless Hunter.

Although the tropical shrubs Of
Queensland are luxuriant and beauti-
full, they are not without their dan
gerous drawbacks, for there Is one
plant among them that is deadly in Its
effects. This is the singing tree. II
a certain portion Of the travellers body
is burned by the singing tree death
will follow.
Sometimes while shooting turkeys
In the scrubs have entirely forgotten
the singing tree till warned of It's
close proximity by its smell" said a
visitor to Queensland. 81 was only
once stung, and that very lightly. Its
effects are curious; 1t leaves no mark.
but the pain is maddening, and for
months afterward the part when
touched is tender, in rainy weather OF
when it gets wet in washing.
II have seen a man who treats ordi-
nary pain lightly roll on the ground In
agony after being stung, and l have
known q horse so completely mad,
after getting into a grove of these
trees, thul ne AuSiicu opch-iHOuth1u az
everyone who approached him and had
to be shot. Dogs when stung, will
rush about whining piteously, biting
pieces from the affected part. The
small singing trees a few. inches high.
are rs dangerous as. any, being hard
to see and seriously impeding ones
ankles"
The singing tree emits peculiar
and disagreeable smell. 1t is best
known, however, by its leaf, which is
nearly round and has point at the
top,
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-12-17
mEirs+ Aidn Rook

Attach to the medicine closet, with
string and pencil small alphabet.
ically arranged notebook.
Under the letter P, for instance,
write the antidoes for the different
polsons, for, although one may know
them, when the baby swallows the
wrong tablet knowledge is apt to de-
sert one, and by the time the doctor
arrives upon the scene 1t may be too
late.
Under f writes "Fainting Spells"
and what to do. "Cuts and Bruises
list under their proper letter and
"Sunstroke," Burns" and so on
through the list of accidents and sud
den illnesses. All this may be taken
from a regular first aid book, but
added to this may be remedies fol-
sickness to which ones special family
is subject.
From year to year one forgets what
1t was that proved so effective in that
case of quinsy, but can easily refer to
it in this manner.
Being arranged alphabetically. it IL
the work of but moment to find the
desired information.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-12-17
One Of the ORIGINAL Jokes.

A writer telling about the outing Of
the Authors guild at Florida, No.,
Mark Twain's birthplace, says that
the dumping frog" story was favor
lite anecdote among the stories told by
Twain's humorous uncle, John A.
Quarles, and that Quarles brought it
along with him from the backwoods
Of Tennessee. Some pundit dug the
same tale out Of ancient Greek litera-
ture not many years ago. 1t is no
doubt impossible, but 1t would be high
ly interesting to trace the lip-to-lip
journey of the story back through the
colonies and across the sea to the
learned clerk in Oxford or Cambridge
who first translated it from classic
Greek. to homely English and told it
over his cake and ale. Maybe it was
Ben Jonson and maybe Shakespeare
passed 1t on.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-12-17
TRUTH ABOVE ALL THINGS
lncomparably the Best Business Asset
That a Man or Firm Can
Possess

A successful merchant, when asked
the question, "What is the best asset
of business houseT said: 1.-THE best
asset business house can possess Is
reputation for absolute truth"
Such was the exhortation lately
given to young man who has yet to
arrive, by veteran who, In well-earn-
ed retirement, can comfort himself
with the reflection that he has
been one of the most successful busi-
ness men Of the age.
To the cynic advice of this quality
may seem, perhaps. to call up shades
of George Washington at the period
when ''he couldn't tell a lie." But
men of sense long ago have realized
that, even should they brush the ques-
ton of morals aside and be content to
argue the matter from It's lowest and
most cynical standpoint, the truth-tell-
ing policy still remains the best; in
fact, the only possible working policy
for the man who aims at any definite
and lasting success In business.
The truth-teller is, in short, the man
who stands to make good in the bust.
ness field; he is the only man who
counts to any really vital extent.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-12-17
HEADGEAR OF ALL FASHIONS
In the Revolutionary War the Hata
Worn by the Soldiers Were Of
Many DESIGNS.

In our past wars there were no such
things as flying shrapnel, or airplanes
that dropped darts of steel on the
soldiers below, so American soldiers
wore ordinary army hats. But modern
warfare has made it necessary that
soldiers wear helmets of steel.
In the Revolutionary war our sol
diers' hats were of many designs. One
of the most common was the cooked"
hat, made of black or brown felt and
turned up on the sides to form three
corners. The Virginia riflemen wore
brown felt hats with one side turned
up, and the Maryland ritlemen brown
fur-trimmed hats.
The hat generally worn by the New
York rangers or riflemen was of black
felt, cap shaped, turned up in front,
with a plume. Sometimes words were
marked on the front, such as "Liber-
ty," Death" etc. Soldiers in the
cavalry or flight horse" of Philadel-
phia wore sportsmen's caps, ornament
ed with bucks tails
Hats worn by the First Governors
foot guards of Connecticut were close
~ modelled after those of the British
Grenadiers. They were of black fur,
cap shaped, with piece of yellow felt
in front. On the side they We're deco
rated with a red plume. Priyates In
the Pennsylvania companies wore
braid-bound hats. The Dragons wore
cap-shaped helmets.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-12-17
SLAM ART NOT PERMANENT
Most Beautiful Masterpieces Are
crumbling Because Constructed
Of Perishabie Material.

The two capital cities of central
Asia have left mosques and tombs
which for their grace, decorations and
grandeur, are precious documents Of
the culture Of splendid epoch, Asia
Magazine states. The intricate carv-
ing Of the gates and the enameied
tiles, azure, purple and saffron, heap
up prodigality of design, all the
more remarkable because, according to
the Islam law, the representation of
living nature in any form is forbidden.
This restriction developed wreath Of
extremely beautiful geometrical and
conventional patterns, and to the use
Of texts of the koran in the highly
decorative Arabic characters.
Unfortunately, the Moslems did not
construct for permanency, in marble,
like the Greeks. The enamel tiles of
the facades are rapidly falling away,
the walls of clay are disintegrating
and the broken roofs furnish asylums
for birds. The natives, indolent and
fatalist, shrug their shoulders and con-
slider 1t part of the natural order of
things for monuments to crumble and
pass away. Soon the Jade and tar
quoise pages In the history of central
Asia will be obliterated more COM
pletely than the records of Babylon
and Pompeii.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-12-17

Wood, being vegetable structure,
is liable to decay. But if properly
"doped" with some preservation chem
ical 1t may be rendered almost decay
proof-which, when the matter is
brought down to dots, means proof
against devouring insects and destruc-
tive fungi.
Creosote is one of the chemicals
commonly used for this purpose. But,
whether this or another, the most up
to-date method adopted is to saturate
logs with the preservation stuff by
pumping the latter into their intimate
structure.
The preventative, under pressure, is
forced into the pores and interstices
of the logs through rubber pipe to
which is attached a contrivance that
shows on a dial the exact amount Of
pressure used.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-12-17
APES SUFFER IN CAPTIVITY
Haunts, Speedily Die From Pure
Lack of Companlonship.

ANY sympathy that a soft-hearted
person has for captive gorlllas is not
misplaced" says Miss Ellen Velvin in
From Jungle to Zoo"
MANY gorillas have been captives,
but in spite of the greatest care few
have lived more than a comparatively
short time. There seems to be no par
ticular allment from which they suf-
fer-nothing except intense home or
heart sickness. They grieve them
selves to death.
"All the anthropoid or manlike
apes, such as gorillas, orang-outangs
and chimpanzees, are extremely SEN
sitive to surroundings and environ
ments. In order to keep these big
apes in good health it is absolutely
necessary to give them plenty Of COM
pany, either of their own kind or Of
men-anything, In fact, to relieve the
tedium of captivity, which they UNI
doubtedly feel. When chimpanzee
gets new companion he goes into
the widest state of excitement; he
thumps the floor and walls, scampers
round his cage, and screams with de-
light"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-12-17
serviceabIe Joke.

"Some years ago you published 81
page of discoveries supposed to be too
absurd to be taken seriously. One Of
them contained the suggestion that IL
one we're walking across country III
was well to have pocket full of cork
shoppers to stick on the barbs of a
wire fence so 1t could be climbed with
out injury. Now, am an artist wom-
an and all summer / wander over
field and pasture In search of MATERIAL
for nv canvases. often encounter
the barbed-wire fence and of course
more or less trouble in getting through
or over it. The absurd discovery
seemed to me worth trying, and when
next went forth / provided myself
with a handful Of the recommended
cork shoppers. The plan always
worked. So now / carry these shoppers
always on my jaunts and feel that l
must write you about II" Pittsburgh
Dispatch.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-12-17

to take the matter OF home making
and cooking seriously. A thrill swept
over him as he asked himself whether
men no more worthy than he some
times found wives who would give
thought and attention to this matter
of making homes run easily and
smoothly. What joy 1t would be to
buy electric stoves and dish washers
and all the other costly equipment
shown in that kitchen if there were
some one like Clarabelle to appreciate
them and preside over theml
Well, that is how it began. There
was no long-drawn-out falling in love
he was In love when he first saw
her, and there was no reason that he
could see why he should stand on un-
necessary formalities in making the
acquaintance of the charmer. With
in a week he had induced Laurette
to come to the demonstration place.
make the acquaintance of Clarabelle
and invite her to her apartment for
"tea or something"-if Laurette really
put her mind to the task, with BillS
assistance she could at least make
tea And such refreshment In the pici
turesque, though slightly eccentric,
home of the celebrated novelist was
something that few guests would not
find treat
After that Bill didn't mind how
things went at home. He was as Sc
renely oblivious of the uncertain
housekeeping as Laurette always was,
because he could fill his soul with
thought of how those things might be
done by a girl like Clarabelle. In q
few weeks there was no might
bout 1t.
He had confessed his passion and
had been accepted. He had found to
his joy that all the electrical equip
ment necessary would make only
small inroad on what he had saved
from his salary as Laurette's mana
GER. And a little suburban white cot
tage was part of the picture, and this
he could also afford.
I'm tickled to pieces about It," Lau-
rette assured him when he told her.
Il made up my mind when l first saw
her that she was the girl l wanted
you to marry, and l was afraid was
almost too open in my scheme to get
you two together. I really did man.
age quite cleverly for me. And I've
got it all doped out; you needn't wor-
ry at all about things. I've decided
we need some one here to run the
place on a smoother basis, some one
that can keep a maitland so run
along just as soon as you want to
and marry Clarabelle, and we'll take
her right in. If you hadn't married
her I'd have been tempted to myself.
so there"
But Bill hadn't told all he had to
tell to begin with. There r--Ns some
thing IN his dream besides Laurette.
and besides the cottage and the per,
feet kitchen.
"You are great to talk that way"
he said; ''but you see Clarabelle has
been working like a mailer and she's
more or less bound up for the period
of the war with the food administra-
ton, and so when she said that she
would marry me 1t was with the con-
dition that I'd enlist right now and
not wait till I'm called. So I've gone
and done it, Sis"
Thus did Bill Burke cease to be sim
ply George Standishs brother.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-12-17
Gave welcome to LAFAYETTE.

On the Waccamaw river, in South
Carolina, far back on a commanding
eminence, with acres of rice land and
pine forests stretching away on every
hand, stands notable relic of colonial
and revolutionary days-"Prospect
HILL" the venerable home of Benjamin
Huger pronounced U-gee), an Ameri-
can patriot of French-Huguenot an
cestry.
1t was here that the Marquis dc
Lafayette spent his first night in Amer
lea. in 1777, landing on North island at
the mouth of Winyaw bay. He was
met by the owner Of prospect Hill"
and was conveyed In rowboat pro-
PEELED by negro oarsmen In livery to
his destination, where a grand recep-
ton was given In his honor.
The mansion was brilliantly lighted
and adorned with flags, and noted
guests from the country around were
gathered to Welcome the distinguished
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-12-17

The young man held an open letter
In his hand-Flora's last letter.
Dear Bobby" it read, I'm in troa-
bic. Mother has taken notion to go
back home to live. don't know what
I'm to do. She has not been sick one
day In all the years we've been in
these glorious mountains, but one win
ter back there, Bobby, would mean her
death And, oh, Bobby" the letter
went on, "Col. Oscar MCLEAN, that
rich old rancher told you about. has
again taken it into his head to marry
me! He worries me so, I'm afraid I'm
getting more wrinkles than a woman
of my age ought to navel"
Robert dropped the letter on the
grass with a groan.
I've let her wait for me twenty
years." he said aloud; 81 can't stand
1t! I don't believe 1 can stand it any
longerr'
The man who had come up silently
behind him, touched his shoulder.
Whats that you can't stand, SOM"
Robert turned his head. my God,
daddy Where did you come from?"
he cried
Greer drew his parole papers from
his pocket. I'm free, Robert! I've
been here since yesterday, and I've
found out what Jael thinks. I've spent
a heap of time since I've been down
there studyin' over maps and readin'
about foreign countries I'd always
wanted 70 see. l can tell her a lot
about 'em and she can keep on think
In I've been travelin'. Maybe we can
go to some of them places together |"
go in and tell herp Robert point
ed to the house. "Pve got to send
telegram"
An hour later Flora received his
message.
Don't worry any more. I'm coming
tomorrow ~
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-12-17
Geo. Standish's
Brother
o0
By JANE OSBORN
pyrlght, 1913, by Mcclure NeWspapt
Syndicate.)

DAILY demonstrations in the maxi
ing Of sugarless desserts and war
bread. Demonstration, Clarabelle
Smell. United States food administra-
ton. Next demonstration two
O'clock"
Bill Burke regarded the sign and
then looked at his watch, observed
that it lacked but twenty minutes Of
the hour and decided to stay-how-
belt with guilty conscience. He re-
Elected to his comfort, however, that
it was really Laurette's fault. If she
would insist on sending him to house
hold furniture sections of department
stores where such bewitching white
clad demonstrators as Clarabelle Smell
performed culinary miracles In the en-
tictng background Of an electrically
equipped, white enamel kitchen such
as the one set up on the demonstra-
tors platform before him, then she
must take the consequences.
The fact was that Laurette had sent
him on an errand some two hours be-
fore-hadn't exactly sent him, but had
indicated that 1t was her pleasure that
he should go and buy some cooking
utensils, had told him to go to this
particular department store, and he
had gone. This wonderful Clarette
creature was just finishing a demon
stration on sugarless date pudding
when he came, and drawn by the
magic of her voice, he wedged his way
forward among the listeners who gath
cred around her little demonstration
platform kitchen. There was a look of
yearning In his thoroughly masculine
eyes. There must have been, and
Clarabelle must have thought it was
yearning for some Of the pudding, for
when the demonstration was over and
he still fingered, she smilingly asked
him If he would sample. it. And he
did and fancied 1t ambrosia, though
he really had no taste for date pud-
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-12-17
SEEMS TO DEMAND S0LUT!0i!
Mystery Surrounding Green Bottle
Found IN Cornerstone of Building
Puzzles Antiquarians.

Springfield antiquarians are as In
terested as the weather will permit
over the discovery In the cornerstone
of one of the armory buildings of can
ancient green bottle" to quote from
the printed description Of the find. 1t
Is said that 1t closely resembles an
oidtime rum bottle, except that its
surface is covered with what are al
legged to be Masonic characters, says
the Hartford Courant. Fragments of
a cork were found, but the bottle con-
tanned no fluid, not even an odor.
That the bottle was empty when
found affords no ground for surprise,
but that It's surface is completely COW
cred by Masonic characters may give
rise to much speculation. Had it been
covered or partially covered with
characters which indicated that it once
contained distilled liquor from the
West Indies there would have been
little cause for speculation, inasmuch
as such bottles and such spirits were
common a hundred years ago when
the cornerstone was supposed to have
been put in place.
That the bottle was put in place
while empty suggests a thrifty dispo-
sition on the part Of the builders.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-12-17

The following account of how the
Indians used to keep track of the sea-
sons is told by a veteran chief in Cam
ada. The names corresponding with
the names of the months were:
April-FrOg moon.
May-Sprouting Of green leaves and
grass.
June-Egg (duck) moon.
July-Moulting (duck's) moon.
August-Flying (duck's) moon.
Notwithstanding of the deer.
October-Fall moon.
November-Misty moon.
December-Clear, frosty moon.
January-Wolf moon.
February-Eagle moon.
March-Goose moon.
Upon being asked how they kept
record Of the days in each month, the
chief replied that they always counted
30 to each month, and that it was an
Indians duty to keep record of them
by each morning taking a stick from
the days-to-come bundle and adding 1t
to the days-past bundle. Those sticks
were carefully scraped twigs Of the
pussy" willows, which by their sill
very catkins show the first sign of the
spring season.