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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-05
FEW STATE LINES CHANGED
sentiment Has Proved Too Strono,
Even When Good Business Rea-
sons Could Be Advanced.

From time to time proposals are
made to change the boundaries of
states. One is the scheme to transfer
a part of western Florida, extending
for 100 miles on the sea coast. to the
state of Alabama, and another project
Is to annex the northern neck of Idaho
to the state of Washington.
In support of the proposed change
In each case the chief argument adj
vanced is that 1t would place the re-
gion to be transferred In the state
with which it Is most closely allied in
interests. Most of the business of PEN
sacola, the leading city of west Flor
Ida, Is with Alabama, and if it were
a part of that state it's Importance
would doubtless be heightened. 1t is
also considerably nearer Montgomery
than Tallahassee and nearer Birming-
ham than Jacksonville.
Proposals for rectifying boundaries
as well as for dividing states have
been many, the changes actually made
few. Where historic associations
gather around a divisional line they
are not easily effaced, whatever may
be the commercial considerations work
Ing In that direction. In cases in which
railway connections have made the
business relations of a region closer
with another state than with its own
| remedy is found in the construct
TN of new lines. Political geography
enters somewhat into railway build
ing.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-05
First Transatlantic Liner.

The astonishing development Of
Americas shipbuilding industry with
in the last few years makes certain
that our merchant marine will soon
be restored to the supremacy it once
held, and recalls the launching at New
York. just 100 years ago, Of the first
transatlantic liner to be operated by
steam power. She was the famous Sa-
vannah, vessel of $50 tons. The
crank who thought 1t was possible for
ship to cross the Atlantic by steam
power was William Scarborough of Sa-
vannah. The Savannah left New
York for the home city of her builder
on April 10. 1910, and a little more
than a month later cleared for Liver
pool, where she was given rousing
welcome, as the first steam vessel to
cross the ocean. The trip was made
in four days less than a month. From
Liverpool the Savannah proceeded to
st. Petersburg, and in December, 1919,
she was again in her home port.-New
York World.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-05
More Than Paid the Debt.

Some of us will give second
thought to the extraordinary achieve
ment of congregation in Geneva. N
T., which first built with reckless ex-
travagance massive graystone
church and then adopted the tithing
system to get them out of their diff
Guilty. The story is told in Outlook.
When the church was dedicated-if
that is the right word-the debt was
$S2,OOO, and the weekly budget $3.50.
The weekly income was less than 500.
In two years the debt has been re-
duced to $4,000 and the weekly in
come is $500. OF the 1000 members
$50 are tithers. A tither sets aside
one-tenth of his income for Christian
activities. The blessings of happiness
and prosperity which have attended
the people are remarkable. Many
thrilling stories are told. Some church
leaders are deeply impressed by the
success of the system and they are adj
vocating it as a financial policy
Christian Register.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-05

The Meat Trade Journal of England
says that Birmingham has way of
dealing with old bones which Is held
up by the national salvage council for
imitation in other parts Of the coun-
try. Butchers who sell bones under
take to buy them back after the house
wife has made full use of them, pay
ing the customer half the proceeds of
their disposal for national purposes.
In this way they are saved to the ma
ton, which is urgently in nod of the
glycerin they contain, as we'll as Of
the phosphates for manure end the
valuable pig and poultry foods which
can be extracted from them. House
wives are showing themselves eager
to respond to the governments appeal
for bones.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-05
Almost Lost Precious Card

One of those absentee Registrars"
signed up at the city postoffice one
day last week, and received his reg
istration card for transmission to his
local board in his home town.
This man must have been an absent
minded registrant as well, as the Sc
quel will show. He calmly placed the
registration card in an envelope, adj
dressed the envelope to his local
board, put on the stamp, and walked
out into the street.
AS he passed a trash box he dropped
the letter into the opening and went
his way with a clear conscience of
having done his first duty under the
man power law.
Luckily for him, postman coming
out of the building saw the mistake
he made and rescued the letter from
the trash. BY this time the registrant
had boarded a car, so the letter car
rier dropped the letter containing the
precious card into the letter box
Washington Star
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-05
Lives Saved by steel Helmet.

The British soldier, happy go-lucky
as he is, has come to recognize the
value Of his steel helmet. Most of us
who have been In action in France
have stories to tell of our own or 9TH
er mems lives saved by "tin bats" "tin
Ids" or battle bowlers." 4 brother
officer Of mine has worn for something
like two years steel helmet with a
dent In it as big as a small potato-a
souvenir of a small lump of shell
which knocked him off his feet one
afternoon in the Ypres salient. / have
seen helmet in the rim Of which a
machine gun bullet had cut a clean
nick. The wearer of that helmet new
er knew he had been struck until he
DOTTED his ''tin hat."-London Times.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-05
STEP IN FOOD CONSERVATION
Minnesota Physician Has Discovered
Method of condensing ButtermiIk
and Retaining Nutritive Value.

In q recent interview with DIR. VIII
liam Grelck Of st. Paul, Mimi, the
fact was brought out that iHmense
quantities Of buttermilk have been
wasted. Doctor Grelck is member
of the American Chemical society and
for years has devoted much study to
the milk problem. AS result of his
efforts method has been discovered
for condensing buttermilk into a semi
solid smooth substance of the consist,
ency of ice cream.
All the nutritive value of the but.
termilk is conserved in this product,
and 1t is especially suitable for use in
bread making. From eight to ten
pounds of this material when added to
a barrel of flour produce a loaf of
greater food value. The milk protein
helps to make up the deficiency in our
present-day flour substitutes. The
vitamines of the butterfat help to de.
fine the structure of the bread, besides
producing an agreeable milk flavor;
and the sugar of milk, aside from be.
ing of great food value, when com
bined with the dextrin in flour makes
q fine brown crust at a comparatively
low baking temperature. It saves
fuel and prevents unnecessary loss OF
moisture.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-05
eandaoes Nav Made ouIckIv

A recent invention which has not
been marketed as yet, but is reported
to be a great success, is an electric
roller for use in making the much.
needed five-yard rolls of bandages.
This new device is not only great
time and labor saver, but requires
little practice to learn to operate. The
rollers operated by hand, as they have
been heretofore, require skill and
training to operate them successfully,
and the work IS strenuous. BY rolling
electrically the operator is able to
keep both hands on the bandage,
while in hand operation one hand
guides the roll or bandage and the
other operates the roller.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-05
Admiral Saved Ennineer.

A striking feature Of the naval side
of the war is the number of retired
British admirals who have returned to
the navy, bringing with them full
vigor and the quick determination
of the service.
On June 10 of the present year,
when an explosion took place on a
motor launch, Admiral James Startin.
who held the rank of admiral, retired,
Immediately proceeded alongside and,
learning that the engineer was below
in the fiercely burning engine room,
climbed down the hatch without the
slightest hesitation, and unaided, re-
covered the engineers body. For this
brave deed King George has approved
the award of the Albert medal to Ad-
miral Startin.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-05
BORING Pole Holes.

The tiresome and time consuming
work of digging holes for telegraph
and electric service poles is now at an
end, says Scientific American. At least,
there has been evolved a gasoline
driven earth-boring machine which
makes an average boring time per hole
of one and one-half to two minutes.
The equipment is mounted on a horse
drawn truck and is operated by two
men. In ordinary soil it maintains an
average of 100 holes per day. each
measuring five feet deep by "a inches
In diameter. The equipment consists
of a truck, which carries a gasoline en-
CINE, driving mechanism and a huge
anger which is slowly rotated and fed
downward. The augers are furnished
in sizes from 2 to "a inches.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-05
All Fighting Men Brothers.

A young American army private
came out of gilded Broadway florists
the other afternoon carrying very
large and expensive bouquet tied up
in waxed paper and walked toward one
of those stunty baby doll roadsters at
the curb.
AS he was crossing the sidewalk
along came another American army
private, undeniably of Italian descent,
and known along Broadway for his
ability to WELD the polishing rag at a
Herald square shoe shining parlor. The
two stopped to exchange greetings.
'Lo, Fish Facel
""Lo. Wopl Where you goin'?"
ITO see me brudderl'
Jump in and save carfare." Where
upon this strangely assorted pair,
brothers by the greatest tie I2an can
devise, Travelled away togethera-New
York Sun.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-05

Confession of a Teacher of German.
l began bravely this difficult work
of teaching German since 1914, by the
hypothesis that the best in Teutonic
literature is a revolt against this very
militarism we are now fighting, and
for time / deluded myself with the
great good that could be accomplished
by emphasizing this in such men as
Schiller, LEASING and Goethe, as well
as in some of the things from such
moderns as Wildenbruch and Theodor
Sturm. But the newspapers made cur
rent events too vital for one to spend
his hours snoring up the tottering
structure of German popularity.
Eighteenth century nobility was over
cast by twentieth century inhumanity.
September Atlantic.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-05
Saved Her Fathers Life.

Heroic presence of mind exhibited
by his fifteen-year-old daughter, Kath-
ryn, saved the life of Harry B. Gregg,
broker of San Francisco, when he
fell with his horse on the brink of a
cliff while pursuing deer, according
to his story.
Gregg was dangling over the side
of the cliff, clinging to the bride of his
frantically Juggling horse, when his
daughter hurled a lasso around him
and cinched it about tree. Gregg
says he scrambled back to the path
with difficulty. as his leg from the
ankle to knee had been bruised In the
fall from the horse.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-05
HAD MODIFIED HIS DESIRE
After Experience In AIrplane Man De,
cided He Would Prefer to Travel
to Heaven on Foot.

"Does it ever faIl?" finally quivered
the novice as the airplane climbed
higher and still higher.
"Only when 1 let it do So" answered
the airman. "NOw and then l drop her
backward. Here we gol"
On the backward descent, q mile OF
more, the passenger chung to the pilot
with both arms and never breathed.
AT last the machine resumed it's hori-
zontal travelling.
Great heavens !" gasped the novice
with relief.
"Say, look here; didn't you say you
wished to fit on high like a gliding
sunbeam2" complained the aviator.
''Yes," admitted the passenger.
"Then shut up. You're going to get
your wish"
Suddenly the airplane dived and
looped the loop, then Travelled upside
down.
Hold FAST
'Wh-whatf'
''We are going to land"
Gently the airplane glided to earth.
Released from his seat, the passenger
knelt and lifted both hands solemnly.
"Once l prayed to be an angel" he
said. "But it doesn't go any more I'M
less on foot."-New York Times.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-05
Rat Bites Policeman,

Prohibition has its terrors. Witness
Policeman Phillips, of the war emer-
gency squad, who went prowling
about a house suspected of harboring
"blind pig" in search of booze. Phil
lips found suspicious-looking open
ing in the wainscoting and put his
hand in, feeling about for bottle of
contraband. Then he drew his hand
out and emitted yell that brought
his brother officers to him. 'Did you
find any?" they asked. 81 found one"
replied Phillips, "and the d--n thing
bit me. 1t was q rat"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-05
pisdaIn Western Flrery.

In reply to an inquiry from an
American firm as to the demand here
for lace goods and embroideries, it
can be stated, reports the American
consul at Yokohama, that as the Japa-
nese women cling very tenaciously to
their style of dress and as no use is
made Of lace or embroideries either in
improbable that any considerable mar
ket can be developed in Japan for
American-made lace goods or embroid-
cries The demand would be limited
to the foreign residents here, who now
number about 5000, exclusive of Chi
nese, and to such goods as are not be-
ing manufactured in Japan.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-05
Ghosts la Maine

The most tragic incident of the suns
mer is recorded in the town of North
Edgeeomb. An elderly couple coming
home from church saw two ghosts.
The ghosts We're fitting without ap-
parent feet or legs through the gloam-
ing and over the grass and through
other things. They were dressed, of
course, in the conventional white of
ghosts and ghostesses. The elderly
couple legged it like mad. They fell
into a cucumber patch and could not
extricate themselves. The old gentle
man was rather badly injured. They
were rescued by the ghosts, who
proved to be couple of farmerettes
in calico overalls.-Lewiston Journal.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-05

Vacuum cleaning money from street
crowds was the striking scheme EN-,
ployed in one of the large cities some
weeks ago for the benefit Of the Red
Cross, says Popular Science Magazine
A suction pipe was held over the
heads of persons congregated on the
sidewalk, and contributions solicited
by leather-lunged seaman who shout.
ed through a megaphone. Crisp dol,
lar bills and worn greenbaeks, it mat,
tered not which, were drawn in by
strong suction force when inserted in
the nozzle of the tube.
The novelty of the plan attracted
passers-by and drew forth many dona'
lions.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-05
Aviators in ItaIv.

From the Italian front where many
American aviators are now serving
comes this note:
Sometimes at night, after dinner,
a little music is INDUCED in as a re-
Taxation. OF course the Italian, shine
there. Many pilot or che uf1eur in
overalls is humming selections from
grand opera. Some of the American
boys also are good musicians. One
especially was splendid pianist, and
would rattle away for an hour at a
time. selections from Schubert or Men
delssohn's MELODY in F." to what
seemed almost a sacrilege, that is,
play it in ragtime for change"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-05

Grandma was out walking with her
small grandson when large dog came
running along the walk. The little
boy started to pet the dog when grand
ma warned him not to, saying that he
was strange to the dog and might get
hurt. At that the little fellow walked
over to the dog, made bow. and said :
"rm Ford Bradley. Now you know
me, don't your
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-05
Riranoen,s Patron Saint

The cardinal archbishop of West
minister, who has Initiated the Guild
of st. Michael for Airmen. invites all
Roman Catholic airmen ''to place
themselves under the protection of st.
Michael by joining the guild" No
one could desire doughtier champion.
remarks London paper. but the
choice of the Russian airmen, who in
the early days of the war decided on
Elijah as their patron saint, is per-
haps even more plausible 1t is. at all
events, plain that these days have
given an entirely new meaning to the
phrase, 'prince of the powers of the
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-05
Cost of infectious Diseases.

Scarlet fever, measles and diphthe-
ria cost the people of Chicago 1882,
442 during the course of the year. This
huge bill represents so much paid out
as the price of earelessness and In
difference, for much If not all of this
disease might have been prevented by
precautions, moralizes the Journal of
the American Medical Association,
urging the dollars and ceEts value OF
disease prevention
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-05
Buying More Cutlery.

Siamese importers are purchasing
more cutlery than they did formerly
and there should be an opportunity for
the sale of American supplies. Japan
has profited by the increased demand.
The value of cutlery imports from
Japan advanced from SS3 in 191415 to
SO. 734 in 1867. American machine
tools are widely used in Siam and Wig
orous selling campaigns should be
planned for the purpose of introducing
other lines of cutlery after the war
New York Journal of Commerce.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-05
Swamp a War Garden.

Too old to be taken into the service
George Hoy, japanese resident of
Juneau, Alaska, has turned q mos.
quito swamp into a patriotic garden
that has become the admiration Of the
city.
Radishes in this unique garden send
their green tops upward to form the
word Liberty" and near By - formed
bell.
To one side a cross blooms in RED
sweet peas. while tiny walks, wrlggly
fences and rocks with flowers wander,
ing over them add to the attractions
of the place.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-05
Wars Glory.

War, like all other situations OF
danger and of change, calls forth the
exertion of admirable intellectual quail
tiles and great virtues. and it is only
by dwelling on these and keeping out
of sight the sufferings and sorrows,
and all the crimes and evils that fol-
low in its train, that it has its glory
in the eyes of men.-Bryant.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-05

He had pulled his golf ball far to
the left.
SWELL" he said by way Ct consol-
ing himself. I'D much rather have a
pull than a slice"
'That depends" replied the expert
enced player. 'In golf it may be bet
ter, but I've noticed in the game Of
politics they frequently play for pull
In order to get SLICE"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-05
Wonderful Giant squid.

The giant squid is the largest animal
in point of length that exists or ever
did exist. 1t destroys its prey by en-
folding it in its huge snakelike arms,
white it blackens and poisons the water
with its inky fluid. 1t is relative of
the octopus, which is also furnished
with arms, but the latter creature is
smaller and considerably different in
structure.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-05

The meaning Of paragraph de-
ponds very much on the punctuation.
An editor wrote "When Mrs. Jones
lectured on Dress she wore nothing
that was remarkable" How the COM
positor, or the .'proof reader" came to
the conclusion that this should read,
"NNhen Mrs. Jones lectured on Dress
she wore nothing. That was remark
able" remains a mystery.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-05
cnnsoIentIona ohieotors.

The most contemplate use to which
an outward profession of religion can
be put is a cloak to hide cowardlce by
hirking. A most appropriate use to
which such men could be put would be
to send them into No Mans Land-to
draw the enemy's fire, in order that
real American soldiers might locate the
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-05
Omar Renndiated

"a book of verses underneath the
bough," began the man who quotes.
That's far enough" interrupted
Miss Cayenne. ''The loaf of bread
must be curtailed ito limit the wheat
consumption. The jug of wine is out
of place In a prohibition community,
aud even as to the book OF verses
IL. rather hear somebody read the war
news"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-05
Want to Build a Pyramid?

II the great pyramid of Cheops in
Egypt were to be built today its total
cost would be not less than $15O,OOO,-
600, according to experts who have
studied the vast structure. Cheops is
40 feet high and covers almost thir-
teen acres. Upward of 90,000,0OO GU
bic feet of stone were used in building
this great pyramid.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-05
campaionino AGAINST blindness.

Because of the campaign against
preventable blindness it is predicted
that fifty years from now very few
blind persons will be seen ON the
streets.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-05
Necessary for Friendshin.

There are two elements that go TO
the composition of friendship; Truth
and Tenderness.-Eme
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-05
The One to Be Feared.

Don't bother bout de man dat
brags about his fightin' qualities" said
Uncle Eben; "but keep yoh eye on de
man dat jes' homes his razor."
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-05

Intuition is the faculty by virtue Of
which woman can understand her
husband without listening to what he
says.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-05

No man can wear a hat in England
while ringing a church bell. 1t is an
old custom rigidly adhered to today.