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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-02-19
By Walter Joseph Delaney

Copyright, 1917. Western Newspaper union.)
"They are Gods own people!" spoke
Nathan Wayne reverently. His wifes
eyes were lifted gratefully, fearful, elo-
quent.
"What should we have done if they
had not come to our rescue?" she mur-
INJURED. 'They have taken our few
household possessions at double what
the storekeeper would give for them,
have made it possible for us to reach
our new home. Oh, Nathanl bless
them every hour"
"And their bad, Malcolm. Think of
his taking his little savings to buy a
suitcase for HAZEL p
And Hazel, aged twelve, just coming
into the house, halted in the hallway,
listened. to the conversation, took up
the new suitcase standing there, and
quietly left the place. Nathan Wayne
and his family had met with misfor-
tune, loss and poverty. and he had been
forced to give up their mortgaged
home. A brother of Mrs. Wayne living
in Oklahoma seemed their only refuge.
They had written him and he told Mr..
Wayne that he operated small ranch
near a town site, where he needed
some one to look after the subdividing
and sale of what he owned of the same,
and could find something for his rela-
tive to do.
1t was only through the kindly coop
GRAFTON of John and Mary Dinslow that
the unfortunates. We're able to meet
their debts and secure sufficient money
to carry them to their destination.
Hazel Wayne pressed her lips closely
together to keep from sobbing. There
was a token of strong determination in
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-02-19

In an instant he recognized them as the
stolen ones.
Alden identified them because of the
result of a whimsy on the part of
their knitter to insert near their top
three narrow rows of red, white and
blue yarn. He got out of his car and
approached the two loiterers.
taking it easy" he remarked, as
he seated himself on log near the
others.
Eyes, boss" nodded the larger man
of the two.
Have a smoke with me, won't you?"
invited Alden, extending his cigar case,
and then as the men proceeded to en-
JOY their selections, Alden added: 1--WE
taken a fancy to those patriotic sweat
ers of yours. They look warm and
serviceable. viii you sell them?'
"Sell them," repeated one of the men,
and his face expressed suspicion and
uneasiness.
YES I'll gladly give you five dollars
apiece for them. You see
And then Bryce Alden, the polite,
he was, went on to refer to the needs
of the boys in the war. Further, he
alluded to the efforts and sacrifices
of those at home providing comforts
for those across the ocean He drew
vivid picture of the charm and ex-
element of army camp life, as well
as of the real manhood that ought to
impel real patriot to join in the bat
tie for the right. Suddenly one of the
men arose, gathered up the pendant
sweaters and rendered them to Alden.
"Take them for nothing boss. IN
derstand you, and I am ashamed Of
myself"
NO" replied Alden, there's dear
old lady at Hampden who will prize
their return" and he told them all
about Grandma Gregory. "Be man,
and you'll face a genuine welcome. /
trust to your honor, boys, and there's
little cash to help you along"
1t was the next afternoon when
grandma was seated on the porch knit
ting and Alden holding skein of yarn
that Alma was rolling up into ball,
when two men slouched up the gravel
path. One of them lifted his battered
remnant of a hat
IF you're Mrs. Gregory" he said
in subdued and embarrassed sort of
way, "Pve come to bring back those
sweaters ~
(which we STOLE" promptly added
his companion. "Aadsm, we're down.
and-outers, but we both had mothers
once, and we've been set to thinking.
If you'll give these sweaters to us, or
knit us some like them, and If it's true
that we get all the grub we want in
the army and perhaps some honest
glory, Jim and l will enlist"
Eyes, asserted the other, land Wen
pass the word all along the line for
the other good boys to join u.s."
Good for you," cried Alden, arising
and warmly grasping the hands of the
two tramps. 'You shall have the
sweaters, and true friends here, think
ing of you and proud of you, just the
same as If you were old friends and
relatives"
Alma guessed that Alden had been
the motive power behind all this re-
markable occurrence. Her hand stole
into his and pressed it appreciatively.
And closer still was their mutual es-
TEEN when, month later, six stalwart
redeemed ex-tramps, proud and manly
in their brand-new uniforms, were
known all about the town as Grandma
Gregory's Squad"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-02-19
pnnuIar sunerstitions-

To be born on the first day of new
moon means that the child viii have
happy life and be rich. A child born
on the second day win grow rapidly.
A short life is predicted for a child
born on the third or the sixth day. A
child born on the fifth day will be de-
ceitful and proud.
Birth on the seventh day means that
a child born will live long, but have
many troubles. The ninth day prom
ises that child born then shall have
riches and honors child born on
the tenth day will live long and be a
great traveller.
A birth on the eleventh day means
that the child will be healthy and
handsome, and If girl, remarkable
for wisdom. A child born ON the
twelfth day of the moon will be dear
ly loved, but have a bad temper.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-02-19
BEAR STEALS FOOD SUPPLY
6ruIn Climbs Trees and Visits Cabins
OF ProsPectors and Safely Gets
Away With Grub.

A bear that has educated himself
into all the curves of the art of steal
ing food from prospectors' cabins is
causing a lot of trouble on Cultus
creek, says the Vancouver Sun. He
has cleaned ]. w. Mulholland of 5000
worth of food this season and last,
and Charles o. Woodrow reported that
bruin had climbed more than fifteen
feet up tree and consumed three
weeks supply of food that he had
packed in. The loss is much greater
than the value of the food, because
of the labor involved in packing 1t
up the creek to the claims.
Bruin is a gourmand when it comes
to bacon, and when he gets a side
purchased at 50 cents a pound he ac-
quires a meal that no one but mil,
lionaire could pay for very often,
Bruin still owes for it, but there are
limitations that wise as he is in dodg-
ing anyone with a gun he will pay
pretty soon, if the prospectors have to
use hand gren@des, a 42-centimeter gun
and chlorine gas to do it.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-02-19
Watch His LAUGH.

The leopard cannot change his
spots, nor the laugher his laugh. 1t
is as characteristic as his nose or the
color of his eyes. No polish or educa-
tional veneer can alter the laugh much
in quality and tone, although It may
soften it. Yet, even then, in an UNI
guarded moment the old laugh rings or
cackles, or explodes, and the show is
given away.
A man to be avoided. to be passed
by on the other side, is the man who
laughs without smiling. The man who
laughs like q mask or a venttloqulsrs
puppet His face wrinkles. He makes
noise. But he is smileless as a
rooster when cackllng. Take 1t from
me, that man Is hard. relentless, cruel,
malignant
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-02-19
SUNLIGHT and MoonIioht.

There are many magnificent phenom-
ena associated with the play of moon
light and moonlight among the floating
vapors and crystals of the atmosphere,
such as the coronas, or 'glories," that
often appear around the sun or the
moon when the air is filed with trans
lucent clouds or with extremely minute
particles of water vapor. Like the
halo, the corona is formed in the i'm
mediate neighborhood of, and is SYM
metrically disposed around, the lu-
tninary whose light gives rise to it.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-02-19

selves. Ten years hard grubbing
would win the place clear, and man.
fully Malcolm buckled down to his
task.
1t was the fifth anniversary of the
day he had parted with Hazel Wayne.
He was rather gloomily returning from
the town, for there had been no letter,
Malcolm carried a basket laden with
home necessaries. 1t was rather heavy
ana he had set it down to rest for q
moment, when one of two ladies whom
he had just passed without particular
ly noticing them, approached.
Let me share your burden, please
uttered thrilling voice, and Malcolm
Dinslow, petrified, faced Hazel WAYNE.
"Why, Hazel-Miss Wayne, 1 mean %
he stammered, so overcome that he
barely extended his hand.
You dOn't-you mean HaZel,Y she
cried, in her old-time open way. "Oh,
Malcolm l am homeless, friendless,
although Uncle Silas dying has left
me rich. 1 had to come back-I was
homesick for the old town, and your
She could note his changing color.
the eager, aroused flicker in his eve.
and was content and glad.
sand you are to come to the hotel
with my maid and l. There is so much
to tell, and still have the dear cher
ished suitcase, and it is filled with
money, and it is all for you, as said
five years ago.
THAT is nonsense, Hazel" he said.
"You must accept it, at least share
it. If you don't, Malcolm Dinslow, /
will fill in the suitcase with big ugly
rocks and sink it in the creek! I"
Malcolm could not refrain a smile,
and Hazel quite laughed, for she had
quoted his own words of five years pre-
ViOuS.
When Malcolm Dinslow left the ho-
tel that night, the stars seemed blink
ing down upon him rare benson, for
Hazel was to become mistress of the
old hOmpcfaad fbo MOTT xr,aolr
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-02-19
Delicate Youth.

Here is a little story made public
by the United States Marine corps:
Fearing that the rigors Of warfare
would be too much for her delicate son,
woman living at Fresno, Cal, wrote
to the United States Marine corps
headquarters at Washington, ask
sng that the young man be dis
charged.
"He is too weak and delicate to be
IN the service" she wrote. HE is a
blacksmith's helper by trade, and
would prefer him TO stay at his last
lob"
The mother was informed that. fol
the time being, her son would remain
a marine.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-02-19
inventor Of comblned Harvester.


Samuel Davis of McWinnville, Ore,
was the inventor of the combined har-
vester, according to the Denver Field
and Farm. The original machine,
which has since revolutionized farm
ing operations was built on his farm
in 1862, and he operated 1t there for
several seasons. California has claim
ed the invention of the combined har-
vester, but it is simply the Davis ma
chine to which the Californians gave
popularity. The first machine was
not so primitive as one might imag-
inc, for 1t did the work well and sat
isfaetorily, and it was not an unusual
thing for the Davis machine to cut
and thrash from 1900 to 1900 BUSH
els day with three men and ten
horses.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-02-19
Hands and Feet.

At busy crossing in Edinburgh a
cabman was stopped by the policeman
on point duty in order to allow the
cross traffic to proceed.
The man in blue, evidently proud of
his authority, kept the cabby waiting
longer than was necessary.
The cabman began to proceed, al
though the hand of the policeman was
against him.
"Dld We mo- see me haudin' up my
hand% roared the angry policeman.
"Well, did notice that 1t began to
get dark suddenly" said the cabby
''but didn't know it was your hand.
Ye see, It's takin' me all my time tae
iTeep my horse frae shyin' at yer feet y
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-02-19
Clearing House for Babies.

A clearing house for babies has
been established in New York. This
bureau, which is run under the aus
pices of the public charities depart,
ment, examines children which may
De committed to the city's care, and
determines to which institute in the
city it should be sent
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-02-19

Probably the finest fighter in the
world, quadruped or biped, is the game
cock. He is match for anything his
size in the world if he gets fair field
and no favor. He is as quick as a
flash of lightning, and his spurs are
terrible weapons, quite as effective as
pair of bayonets, and used much
more scientifically and forcefully.-
London Telegraph.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-02-19
Electricity on Submarines.

All submarines are operated by cleo
tricity, as obviously they could not be
operated by steam, when submerged.
In addition to its use for propulsion,
electricity is utilized on submarines
for lighting, for fans, for wireless COM
munications and to cook all meals for
the crew.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-02-19
By Victor Redclife
.H>SS>oo>ooo9>>>>>>>>.

NOOPyAA6AAhS AoAtB NSbte1n newspaper Union. J
Lessons on the base drum" read
the sign in the window of the little
cottage where Barnaby Glinn lodged
and boarded. 1t had hung there for
over two years and was faded and
askew, for the cord supporting it to a
tack had become old and frayed.
No one ever came to take lessons
and passers-by smiled at the time-worn
legend. How could there be any les
sons necessary to learn to pound a
sheet of sheepskin with padded club.
Where was the harmony or expression
as in reed or string instruments? Why,
Barnaby belonged to a band and was
its most poorly paid member. Any
body could drum.
"But / am an expert" insisted poor
Barnaby. Expression, why, the drum
has been the first token of civilization
with the worlds widest tribes. 1t is
full of wonderful possibilities of imi-
tation, thunder roaring waves, the
booming guns of battle, the tramp of
armies. Muffle it, and who could not
shed tears as it accompanies a solemn
death march? But the drum is under
rated, and I am moderated. Hence,
if l can ever save few thousand
Theodosia will be waiting for me, and
we will go to live on sung little farm
by the sea, where nature booms out
the true drum note among the mighty
breakers
But the saving of the few thousands
was a slow progress, and for bare
bread and butter, Barnaby was COM
PEELED to brandish the drumstick year
after year. Then, too, work was not
regular. Talking machines and cleo
trio pianos had cut in on the band line,
and the little group to which Barnaby
belonged got only occasional and irreg-
ular calls.
There were six In what was left of
the band, and the sextette were on
board of train bound for a particu-
larry low-down road settlement, TWEEN
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-02-19

As q variation on the nonrefllable
bottle a New York man has invented
attachments for ordinary bottles that
prevent their contents being poured
out if they have been refilled.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-02-19
CALIFORNIA; Good Roads.

The state Of California has voted
$15,0OO,0O0 to be spent in perfecting
the state highway system and not u
single county failed to give the en-
towering measure majority.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-02-19
Iakes Pictures at Rinht ANGLES.

OF English invention is a camera
that looks like short telescope and
takes photographs at right angles to
its users line of vision without the
subjects knowledge.
Evening journal., 1918-05-15
NEW OWNERS FOR
CITY REAL ESTATE

Real estate transfers since Friday
have been recorded as follows at the
city registry Office:
Anna G. Walsh from Edward F..
Robinson and wife, north OF Sixth
street, 81 feet inches west OF Mon
roe, $500.
Edward F. Robinson and wife from
Anna c. Walsh, north OF Sixth street,
81 feet 6 inches west OF Monroe, S3,JOO.
Jahn w. Bettelle from Frank n. Hill
gas, southwest Of Twenty-fOurth street.
5s feet southeast OF West, $1,000.
VIM. L Hentz from Sarah Feinberg
No. s27 dupont street. $500.
Francis E. Lynch from Elisha X.
Ewing. Jr.. southeast corner Ninth and
Monroe streets, $500.
Harry D. Mcbride from Warden R.
Humphrey and wife, No. 204 West
Twenty-ninth street, si,i00.
Nathan z. Leopold and Louis Platin-
sky from Virginia ]. Lattovius, east OF
Lombard street. isO feet south OF Sixth
ei,TOO
Harry shone and wife from Caleb
Miller Turner, et. al, No. 81 East Third
street, $500.
z. /. dupont de Nemours & Co.
from Enterprise Realty Co., northeast
Of Vandever avenue, corner OF old
Academy lot, southwest OF Twenty
second street, APO feet 2 inches north
west Of Lamotte street, ? lots, $40.
z. l. dupont de Nemours & Co. from
John B. Niles, north OF Eleventh street
tOi feet inches east Of Orange; north
OF Eleventh street. i6 feet inches east
OF Orange, two lots, $40.
Florence E. Buson from Concord
nnHn a
i65 feet north Of Franklin street, 5000
Clara V. Mitchell from Ethel NJ
Swift. south Of Sixth street, % feel
west OF Walnut street, 81.
Edward E. and Mary b. Johnson from
owen E. Brown and wife, southwes
corner Twenty-hfth and Washington
streets, $3.50.
George A. RhOads and William. 2
Rhoads. from Alice Carter Rhoads and
Camden Safe Deposit and Trust Co
northeast corner Ninth street and Bay
ard avenue, two lots, 81
George A. Rhoads and William F
Rhoads from Alice Carter Rhoads ant
Camden Safe Deposit and Trust Co
southeast corner Eleventh street ant
Bayard avenue. two lots, ST.
John Lukiowski and wife from
Dominic A. Kenney, No. 1915 Chestnu
street, $3.50.
Thomas Grier from Margaret McCar
thy, 927 Lowering avenue, Si,i50.
James A. Dillon from Theodore W
Francis, sheriff, west OF Pine street
f76 feet 4 inch south OF Seventh, 1861
Caleb E. Burchenal from Eric Gus
tave Lysander, ii2 East Forty-secon
street, s2,700.
simon Abramson from Harry Orer
.teln, south Of Winchester Place,
feet inches east Of Tatnall, S3.7OO.
Antonio Caserto from GiusepI
Sparaco, ct. al, west OF Lincoln stree
6i feet south OF Rowland, si.750.
Hamilton Stewart from Sylvester
Townsend, Jr., trustee, No. 1903 Love
ing avenue; No. 1906 Lowering avenu'
No 1911 Lowering avenue; northea
OF Shallcross avenue, 1872 i-2 feet nortl
west OF Franklin street, four lot
Evening journal., 1918-05-15
Urges Drink For U. S. Men Facing Foe
SENATOR
ISIS IN WAR TIAiEs-eBEIIY WATER Assured"


WASHINGTON. May t2.-Amerlcan
soldiers in the trenches in France
should be given a drink OF something
10 expand the Cookies Of the heart"
instead OF a belly full" OF icewatbr
administered 60 give them a moral
stimulus to "go over the top" in the
cold, gray dawn In a chilly fog TO face
cold, blue Steel Senator Frank P.
Brandegee, OF Connecticut, asserted In
q speech In the Senate In which he paid
his respects TO the prohibition and suf-
frage lobbies so active about the cap
itol.
"You cannot win this war by talklng
about woman suffrage and prohibition. %
said Senator Brandegee, as the woman
suffrage and prohibition lobbyists
scowled down az him from the galleries
we won every war we ever were In
without woman suffrage and prohibit
tion. We won the war OF i716 and 1912
and the Mexican war and the war OF
1861, and the Spanish-American war
and there were no pink tea parties talk
ing about putting pink chemises on the
men and Plymouth Rock pants on the
women.
'roo Much Bleating.
THE women do not propose 10 50
over 10 the trenches abroad and do
the fighting" continued Senator Brand
egee. "lt is the men who have got "a
do that. Instead OF bleatlng here about
saving democracy by forcing their way
into caucases and convention they haC
better go home and knit bandages anC
pick lint and get ready to take carg
OF their brothers and sons and father.
who are going TO be shot TO pieces In
the trenches abroad"
When Senator Galllnger interrupted "a
state that the women are doing those
Evening journal., 1918-05-15

thlngs and should be congratulated.
Senator Brandegee replied that he did
congratulate them to the extent they
are doing il. but added thai, II they
would get out OF the Senate 10 by and
go back home and do more OF 10 he
would be better pleased.
Referring TO the failure Of the Amer
ican army TO give the boys in the
trenches drink OF something substan-
tial before they go over the top. SEN
ator Brandegee said:
Perfectly Absurd.
Take the boys In the trenches over
there, standing all night In two feet
Of lcewater, with orders in their pock-
cts to go over lhe top in the cold, gray
dawn, in chilly fog, 30 put their uh-
protected bodies up against shot and
shrapnel and machine guns and poison
GUS gas, In addition TO frozen feet. and
they say they are going to nh. his belly
fun OF icewater. before he starts, as
moral stimulusl II is perfectly alb
surd
Every army gives its men a drink
Of something 10 expand the cookies OF
the heart before they go up against
I the cold, blue steel, and Il may be IN,
last drink the poor devils will ever get
Yet you would think that this war is
going TO be won by fads and fancie:
and frills."
Evening journal., 1918-05-15
School IN GARAGE
STIRS PEANSGROVE
See Need for Another Build.
ing TO Keep Pace With Fast
Rising Enrolment
BOARD TO ACT ON
QUESTION SOON

PENNSGROvE. N. j., May i5-A
garage which has been used here as
school for more than two years has
aroused parents OF school children 10
the need OF another new school build
ing to keep pace with the rapidly IN
creasing enrolment in all departments
OF the local schools.
The garage is opposite the new high
school building, which IL was thought
would be large enough TO take care OF
the natural increase in pupils for
number Of years when It was opened
three years ago. Then along came the
powder boom and the new school was
overcrowded the first year. IL was un-
derstood that the garage was rented
only as temporary quarters for over
flow classes. but 1t has now been In use
for more than two years, with an IN
crease in the rental price each year.
w. A. Summerhln, a former member
Of the board who a few years ago urged
the people Of PbnnsgrOve TO buy large
school site, but whose plan was re-
iected, is back on the board again. He
points out where the town is wasting
money by renting the garage for SS4O
a year, which he says Is equivalent to
the interest on s2i 600 in four per cent.
school bonds. such as were used for the
new high school and which would pro-
vide much more suitable quarters.
The board OF education will hold a
special meeting on May p to take up
the question OF another new school
building. Carney's Point will erect
ten-room school building this summer,
but the powder villages are growing so
fast that it is predicted that two such
schools will be needed there. Bunga-
lows are now being utilized for the
overflow Glasses, and pupils in the high
school grades are being sent to the
Pennsgrove schools.
Evening journal., 1918-05-15

50, 1880
Clement S. Wood and wife from syl-
vester d. Townsend, Jr.. trustee, No.
1907 Lowering avenue; No 1909 Lover
ing avenue; west Of Scott street, tOi
feet north Of Lowering avenue, three
lots, S3,O65.
Bertha NJ. Sturtevant from Allen p.
Ching, et al, west Of dupont street,
III feet 10 inches north OF Second
street, $500
Augustus w. Springer and wife from
Irving ]. Brittlngham and wife, north
west OF Tatnal street, i40 feet inches
northeast OF Twenty-eighth street, two
lots, S3,455.
Jane Nichols from George NJ. Peirc'
and wife, No. 722 East Tenth street
s., 600.
Mary B. Mailman and wife from
Lydia p. Elmer and huband, No. 232,
Washington street, $500.
Israel Klein and wife from Benjamin
Evening journal., 1918-05-15

6 dozen boys knee pants; Z0c
regular S1.50 value, this sale. u
Evening journal., 1918-05-15

] Schwartz and wife, No. 923 Lombard
street, 1920
Angus Kraus from John Tocik and
wife. No. tO2 West Twenty-sixth street,
1000.
Clifford W. Hyrons and wife from
Orsemus w. Ladd and wife, No. 23is
Washington street. 1850
Abraham Berman and wife from the
Realty Co., No. 625 East Twenty-second
street, $780,
Evening journal., 1918-05-15
FRANCE MEATLEss THREE DAYS.

PARGS, May i5.-Beginning today.
France is to have three. meatless days
each week.
Sale. delivery and serving OF fresh,
canned or salted meats is prohibited on
Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays