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The Mount Holly news., 1919-10-28
Schoaia of Qunkeruua.

One Of the things that deeply I'm
pressed the company Of journalists
from some twenty different nations
who recently visited Dunkerque in a
party was the story of the public
schools. Dunkerque, although it es-
capped occupation, was under constant
bombardment; the enemy at one time
and another had the city under fire
by land, sea and air, but, except for
a short time in the beginning when the
buildings were used for war purposes.
the schools Of Dunkerque, like those
of Reims, continued In session. and
new schoolhouses were built. When
ever the city was bombarded, the pu-
pills, big and little, marched to the Gel
lar in orderly procession. and some
times the entire session was held there.
If schoolhouse was partly shattered,
1t was repaired at once, and school
promptly resumed; nothing, In short,
was allowed to interfere with the con-
tinuity of the schools of Dunkerque.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-10-28
Peanut Now important Crop.

The peanut has accomplished won
ders for agricultural development, and
has increased production by acres and
doubled the value of land in many
sections. 1t similarly helped Alabama
through the crisis when the appear
ance of the weevIl played havoc In
the cotton fields of that state. 1t has
done well throughout the South, and
Virginia. which formerly stood first in
its production. has sunk to fifth place.
4 The peanut oil industry has added
10 the value of the crop, and this year
the total harvest and value were the
gNa&ast ever recorded. In spite of a
reduction In acreage. The once de
spised peanut has proved itself a valu-
able agricultural asset to the South
and the country, and the end is not
yet.-New Orleans Times-Picayune.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-10-28
RetrIexInn aarhed Mlr.

The problem of retrieving the buried
and broken barbed wire on the bat
tleields Of Flanders and northern
France is being tackled by the British
war Office salvage committee, and a
machine for the purpose has been IN
vented and built which is thus de.
scribed:
One truck and trailer carries the
whole Of the plant, which can work
on the most uneven ground. A stout
wire rope with a number of hooks Is
worked by winch. AS the barbed
wire is drawn up 1t passes through
two sets Of rollers, and the salved met
al appears In blocks from one foot to
18 inches square, and weighing from
10 to 80 pounds. For smelling it sells
for about $25 a ton. The STAFF in
charge of the scheme thinks that there
are 100000 tons that can be removed,
and If that Is the aggregate weight the
cost Of the 40 outfits said to have been
ordered shuold be amply justified.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-10-28
WILL ROAR TOWARD GERMANY
Position Of scuiptursd Lion on Fa.
nous Battlefield Of Waterloo Is
to Be Reversed.

The lion on the battlefield of Water
loo Is to face the other way, anC
before long it will stand with open
ponderous paws roaring silently, after
the manner Of your fierce but consid
crate sculptured lions, toward Ger
many instead of France. Fortunately
Tor the quiet Of the countryside the
roar Is imaginary or the lion would
long ago have become a nuisance
whichever way he faced. The lion
vas set up by Belgium after the bat
tie OF Waterloo, and stood as a warn
ing to France not to engage In any
more NRpoleonic dreams of CONQUEST
and year after year It looked toward
France, while behind It Germany pre-
pared for the next effort to dominate
other nations. It maintained its atti-
tude while Germany carried through
the program that separated Alsace-
Lorraine from France; but presently
behind the lions back Belgium began
TO fortify, and eventually left him In
the ridiculous position of looking In
one direction while the Belgian fortifi-
cations looked in another. A tame
lion. one might say. roaring for the edi-
ncation of tourists and with no per-
sonal feeling about 1t. But now Bel
GUM decides to turn him round and
let him roar toward Germany as a
solemn reminder of the unwisdom of
dreams Of world conquest.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-10-28
OLD TURKISH TRADE UNIONS
Guilds Formed Of Members Of Various
Industrial Vacations Common
In Constantinople.

Whatever may be the eventual gov
ernment Of Constantinople, the count
less guilds or corporations created by
members of the various industrial vo-
cations followed by the population will
probably respond slowly to the change.
In Constantinople, says writer on
Turkish life, every trade and calling
has its own union, many of which are
of long ancestry: the esnaf. or guild
of the shoemakers, for example, is
said to have been granted power to
judge and punish its own members for
public offenses as long ago as the six
teenth century. In return for some
service which it then rendered Sulei
man the Magnificent. Organized fol
the common benefit as traders or work
ers. the members of the guilds are ad
mitted irrespective of race or religion
so long as they follow that particular
occupation. The business Of the or
ganization Is conducted in lodges, the
officers of which have been held re
sponsible for the good behavior OF
members. Although future conditions
in Constantinople will doubtless modi
fy them, the esnafs will probably con
tinue to be a power.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-10-28
Statistics Not Always Riaht.

Statistics, though often interesting,
are sometimes most misleading and
futile. For example, it is interesting
to know from the census bureau the
number of prison commitments amone
the foreign-born population of the
United States, but it would be most
unsafe to base any generalizations on
them, for the number of commitments
to prison is no indication of the num-
ber Of crimes committed, and there
are many more criminals at large than
behind the bars. Those in prison were
not clever enough to escape. They
got caught. Those at large were able
to commit their crimes and elude de-
lection. The figures for America prob
ably are not very different. There S5
per cent of the criminals are at large.
1t Is fair to assume that this 85 per
cent is more intelligent than the 15
per cent that got caught. Therefore
the 10 per cent for which the statistics
are given is highly selected group,
and any conclusions based upon such
statistics are untrustworthy as applied
to criminals in general, however val
liable they may be as to the compara-
lively small number that are in jail.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-10-28
KEPT SHOES AS ORNAMENTS
American Footqear Considered by Un.
fortunate Serbian Woman as Alto
qether Too Beautiful 20 Wear.

Anything that will keep the feet
from the ground is considered shoe
in Serbia
In the remote rural districts of the
country 1t is said that many of the
people live and die without owning a
pair of shoes. In the bitterest weather
they travel through mud and snow
without adequate foot covering. They
consider themselves fortunate If they
can secure old gunny sacks or heavy
cloth. which they tie about their feet
with twine in winter.
The first American-made shoes that
were distributed by the American Red
Cross created tremendous stir
among the people Of the distant vii
lages. One old woman who had never
owned a pair before took the shoes
that had been given to her to her home
and put them on shelf above the fire
place She was as pleased as child
to own them, but nothing could induce
her to wear them. She said that she
intended to save them for fetes. or
perhaps for her burial. They were
much too beautiful to be worn" she
said
The Mount Holly news., 1919-10-28

Forty makes of motor tires wer,
submitted to the bureau of standard.
by the Office of the quartermaster gen
eral," writes Thomas H. Uzzen in Ev
erybody's. "They were given labora
tory durability runs, after which they
were autopsied by the rubber special
lists. Their carcasses' were cut up and
the pieces boiled, roasted, stretched
The results were discouraging. Even
the best of them seemed to suffer
from improper 'toughening.
so into their little rubber-mill went
the experts, with notes furnished them
by the tire manufacturers, and. pro
ceeded to make up some tire rubber
which had the proper degree of tough
ness. They succeeded. They passed
out the word: The trouble is that you
makers are not sitting your zinc oxid
before mixing 1t with the rubber com
pound
"The makers began to sift. Better
tires resulted. Some $4,000, 900 were
saved to the government. And today
you are enjoying a cut in your tire bill
by getting better tires-a result of
that experiment with zinc oxid."
The Mount Holly news., 1919-10-28
TROOPS INIREvOLT
Recorded Cases Of Mutiny in
British Army.
Have Been Rare in Recent Years,
Though War Office Archives Con.
tain Accounts of Uprislngs
That Were Serious.

With the exception of the recent
rehabilitation troubles, mutinous dem
onstrations by soldiers of the British
army have been, happily, rare in mod
ern times, though they were not by
any means infrequent In the bad cid
days of the lash and the triangle.
One Of the most serious of these out
breaks was that which occurred in the
Black Watch, over 100 years ago. in
connection with which three men were
shot in the moat of the tower of Lon
don.
The duke of Wellington had to deal.
too, with several of these outbreaks
during the Peninsular war, and his
methods, for the most part, were
equally drastic.
II was his way, however, to deal
lightly with mere petulant outbursts.
Thus when the Twelfth Lancers mis-
behaved in the summer of 1872 by re-
fusing to turn out for church parade.
he decreed that the entire regiment
should be paraded every evening at 10
O'Clock, and stand at attention during
the playing of five hymns by the band
No limit was set to the duration of
the order, and the custom, as it event
ually became, was continued up to
1872 when 1t was abolished, after
having lasted exactly 100 years.
Far more serious notice was taken
hV the mt Of
broke out among the Nineteenth Hus-
sars at the Curragh camp In Novem-
Der, 1877. The trouble began through
discomfort with certain officers in con-
nection with extra duty. No fewer
than 70 of the malcontents were ar
rested and tried before a general
courtmartial, the sentences ranging
from five to eight years penal servi-
tude.
Very tragic was the outcome Of a
mutiny which broke out among the
garrison of Malta in April, 1907. The
malcontents seized Fort Ricasoli over
looking the grand harbOr. where they
were besieged by loyal troops. Event.
ually, rather than surrender, they fred
the magazine and all perished
Probably, however, the most danger
GUS instance Of wholesale dtsaffectlon
occurred In 1859 among the British
troops then serving in India. The
disaffected men had enlisted to serve
In the Old East India company. Yet,
when the company ceased to exist,
these men, by a stroke of the pen.
we're incorporated into the regular
British army.
They objected, and regiment after
regiment refused to obey orders. In
the end the government was compelled
to accede to their demands when
some 10000 men claimed their dis
charge, and were sent home to Eng
land.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-10-28
Successful Woman Trapper.

Trapping predatory animals /!
scarcely the kind of occupation IL
which a woman might be expected t
distinguish herself, even with the great
extension of the range of feminine &C
tivities to which we have been accus
toned lately. Mrs. Ada Tingley of Ida
no, is reported, however. by the North
western division of the United States
biological survey, to be so successful
in this employment that her male ri
walls are finding 1t hard to keep up with
her records. Her victims are mainly
coyotes, bobcats, wolves, lynxes and
mountain lions. At 8 80 every morn.
ing Mrs. Tingley mounts her cayuse
and rides off to her traps, of which
she runs six lines, Of 80 each. She us
es a Ash bait prepared by secret
formula. On occasion she can use a
80 caliber rifle with almost perfect
accuracy. Il,
The Mount Holly news., 1919-10-28
Honor cunan Generals.

Cuba is to pay honor to the memory
Of General Maxine Gomez, the island
republics military hero, by erecting a
costly monument. A first prize of $685.
600 was awarded recently to Aldo
Gaba, an Italian sculptor, for model
Of the memorial, which is to cost $780,
600. Second and third prizes went re-
spectively to Huertas CabarrOcas, a
Spanish Cuban, and Gutson Borglum.
an American. General Gomez became
popular as the leader of the Cuban
forces In the war for independence
from Spain, from 1895 to 1898. He
also took prominent part in the Ten
Years war, revolt which began in
1858. On the day of his death. June
18, 1905. the generals family was pre-
sented with gift Of 100000 by the
government Of Cuba. At the conclu-
sion of the Spanish-American war.
General Gomez was honored at pub
lie reception given by the American
forces occupying Havana at that time
Popular Mechanics Magazine.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-10-28
REMINDED HER OF SALMON
American Traveller In Europe Con-
fesses She Would Have Welcomed
Dish Once DespIsed.

Elisabeth Fraser, a traveller and
writer. was talking at diplomatic re.
ception In Paris about her recent ex.
periences In Vienna.
1T is difficult, said Miss Fraser, ito
satisfy ones hunger there, even Al
hotels that cost SIS a day.
Eating my unappetizing dish of
hashed turnips. which frequently com
posed the principal dish of the menu,
| thought regretfully Of the salmon I
once disdained on Canadian trip"
Miss Fraser laughed.
Il was travelling In the back coun-
try of Canada, where salmon-boiled,
broiled, In salad, creamed, as outlets
figured at every meal and became
very monotonous.
Is there nothing else for break
fastT asked the hotelkeeper one
morning as whole fish and Dot of
mustard was put before me.
" Nothing elseP the man exclaimed.
Why, there's salmon enough there
fol six, amt thereT
Yes admitted, but I do not
want salmon
well, them my host replied curt
ly, fire into the mustard.'n
The Mount Holly news., 1919-10-28
Weak, Weary Women

Learn the Cause of Daily Woes and
End Them.
When the back aches and throbs,
When housework is torture,
When night brings no rest mol
sleep.
When urinary disorders set in,
Women's lot is weary one.
Doan's Kidney Pile are for weak
kidneys.
Have proven their worth in Mount
Holly.
This is..one Mount Holly woman's
testimony.
Mrs. b Bozarth, 81 Water ST., says
Il suffered off and on for three years
from kidney trouble. At times had in
fammation OF the bladder and suffere.
q great deal. / could tell in oLhe
ways my kidneys were in bad shape
My back ached constantly and M
matter what position lay in at night
l could get no ease from the dul
misery across my kidneys. Wher
dizzy spells came ON me, nearly fei
over. was advised to use Doan's
Kidney Pills and after taking three
boxes, was completely relieved of al
kidney trouble
Price 60c at all dealers. Don't sin
ply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same thai
Mrs. Bozarth had. Foster Milburr
Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo. N. Y.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-10-28
GAVE THANKS FOR ARMISTIcE
Fervent Gratitude to God Was First
Thought Of the Gallant De-
tenders Of Verdun.

The artillery fire died out, and there
was pause that seemed like the sud
den end of the world. Then from the
~ bells, high in the towers Of the old
cathedral at Verdun, pealed forth
those silvery tones that proclaimed
again, peace on earth" The armistice
had come.
Slowly the great doors of the ca
ihedral opened and In rushed 600 allied
soldiers. Doctor Maurer of the Red
Triangle, says writer in Association
Men, quietly walked to the altar rail
and knelt there. Captains, lieutenants
and soldiers reached for the bell
ropes. and he feared the opportunity
FOR religious service was lost. But
they saw the lonely figure and came
nto the choir space. AS he rose all
was quiet.
Boys" he said, Il believe we all
want to sing and that we ought to sing
the Doxology."
At its close Doctor Maurer raised
his hands. and Mohammedans, Catho-
lies, Protestants and Jews bowed their
heads and fell on their knees. Amid
the ruins 800 soldiers kneIt-Moham-
nedans humping their heads on the
stones, Catholics devOutly crossing
themselves, and Jews and Protestants
with hands clasped, faces shining and
eyes lifted.
Doctor Maurer led In that everwon-
derful prayer, "Our Father Which Art
in Heaven" He then suggested that
the Americans sing, My Country, TITS
of Thee" while the English sang "God
Save the King" At the close Of the
singing the French soldiers pushed for
ward and sang. as only Frenchmen
can sing, the "Marseillaise."
The French general came forward
and took Doctor Maurer's hands. 81
want to thank you" he said, ''for lead
ing these men on this occasion of grace
to offer praise to God for the deliver
ance of France and for the safety Of
the world"
The Mount Holly news., 1919-10-28
THINK TERM is EFFEMINATE
Some Tennis Players Object to Word
Love" ms ut Present Employed
IN Scoring System.

There is talk among the overlords
Of tennis Of finding another word than
love" to mean nothing in the scor-
ing system, for, although it may sur
prise many to hear it, the game is
sometimes spoken Of as effeminate.
and this bit Of Technology is held re-
sponsible. Nobody has ever explained
why "love" means nothing" in tennis
but there is footnote in an old and
rare book about card-playing which
refers to an old Scottish word fluff, :"
which meant nothing" and this, per-
haps, may have been somehow trans
ferred into the game Of tennis. Or.
again, the term may be of far eastern
origin, where a word sounding like
"love" was used in the old form Of
tennis that was once popular in the
orient. Whether or not the ternin-
ology undergoes change the game is
in no immediate danger of falling off
in popularity, and the repeated shout
ing of these seeming endearments
across the tennis net has occasioned
much innocent Observation-Disclosures
Science Monitor.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-10-28
HelIum Gas cheapened.

Up to 1915 the total output of
helium gas In all the world had prob
ably been less than 100 cubic feet, and
1t was worth about 81. 700 a cubic foot.
But just before the armistice was
signed a shipment Of 10000 cubic
feet OF, helium gas was sent to Europe.
and it costs less than 10 cents cubic
foot.
Helium gas was first discovered on
the sun. by spectroscopy. 1t is the
best gas for use in balloons. because
1t is not infiammable. 1t is now ex-
tracted from the natural gas Of Texas
and Kansas.
The method is delicate and COM
plex, but is based upon the fact that
the principal constituents Of natural
gas liquefy when cooled to about minus
329 degrees f., but that helium re-
mains a gas at that temperature, and
hence is easily separated.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-10-28
surxexora Use AIrpIanes.

Four airplanes are being used to sur
vey the extensive forests Of Labrador
to determine the value of the wood
pulp represented by the growing trees.
Aerial photographs will be taken of
many parts Of the peninsula for use
in compiling statistics. The surveying
party, which left the United States re
Gently for Nova Scotia, is composed
of 40 persons and is headed by man
who served two years as captain In
the British air forces.-Popular Me-
chanics Magazine.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-10-28

Time was before the experts came
along, and. In vulgar business parlance.
sold efficiency to the telephone COM
panies, when the telephone was a real
convenience" John Ambruster relates
in Everybody's. "The historic in
stance of a lady who rang up central
and said: I am just stepping over to
Mrs. Brewsters' for a few minutes to
get her doughnut reclpe-she's Main
227-and I'll leave the receiver off so
you can hear If the baby cries and let
me know In my home town we used
to ask central where the fire was and
who was dead and did she think there
was any mail for us"
The Mount Holly news., 1919-10-28
The Government Your Banker.

In response to the desire of num-
Der of soldiers who are being released
from the army, Col. Arthur Woods, as
sistant to the secretary of war, has ar
ranged facilities for discharged men
to deposit part of their funds at the
camp and have them transferred to
banks In their home towns. Local
clearing houses in the vicinity of the
twenty-three rehabilitation camps are
appointing agents to handle these
funds and will transfer them free of
charge to whatever bank the soldier
may designate. This gives the released
soldiers an opportunity to safeguard
such of their funds as they choose, and
to have them forwarded free wherever
they wish.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-10-28
RED CROSS GIVES
FULL ACCOUNTING
War Council Tells How millions
Contributed BY Public We're
Used For Relief.
BIG TASK IS DESCRIBED
In Twenty Months $t54,ooo,o 900 Wac
Spent Overseas and $11e,ooo,ooo
In the United States

Washington. Especial. Through a
complete report of the work of the
American RED Cross in the war by
Chairman Henry P Dawson, on be-
half of the war council, the organiza-
tion on the eve of Its annual enroll
ment of members during the Third
Red Gross Roll Call, November to
IL, has rendered an accounting of the
many millions given 1t by the Ameri-
can people to help our fighting men
and our allies. The statement Is, In
part, as follows.
''The war council of the American
Red Cross is now prepared to make q
complete accounting to the American
people of money contributed and ex-
pended, as well as the work done by
the American Red Cross during the
period In which the war council was
In control of Its affairs. The war
council was appointed May 10, 1918,
and went out of existence February
28, 1919.
1t was the practice of the war
council to give complete publicity TO
Its policies and finances, but 1t is only
now that picture Of the war period
as whole can be presented 1t Ia
the feeling of the war council that a
report In this summarized form should
be made directly to the public which
provided the money and gave the eff
fort which made the American Red
Gross success.
"A statement Of the American Red
Cross effort and finances since the
war council reiinquished Its control
will be made to the public through
the executive committee, and it is i'm
portant, therefore, that the fact that
this report covers the period only until
March l. should be carefully noted. I"
Following are certain round figures
covering American Red Gross partici-
patton In the war, as revealed hy the
war councils report:
The Mount Holly news., 1919-10-28
Flower Gardens Of Holland.

Z It was only after the fall of Con.
stantinople in 1853 that Holland be
came such a gay land of flowers as II
now Is. Many Dutchmen went to the
East during the years of the great
crusades, and those Of them who loved
beautiful things brought seeds with
them. When these were planted In
the rich soil Of Holland such wondrous
flowers appeared as had never before
been seen in that country. The people
became wildly enthusiastic over the
new colors and scents and foliage
brought to them from the East. and
in Holland there sprang up a great
love for gardening.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-10-28
Everyone There Named Levy.

There is a popularity about Little
Hancock island. Lunenburg county.
Nova Scotia, which is not generally
known. Nearly all the residents are
named Levy. In fact. only few years
ago all the residents bore that name.
In the majority of cases the given
or Christian names is taken from the
Old Testament The Levys claim to be
direct descendants of the men who fol-
lowed the fisherman's calling on the
shores of Galilee In the time Of Christ.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-10-28
Nine Months on warabIn

A naval man, home on leave, was dis
cussing Lord Jeilicoe's tribute to all
ranks who fought at Jutland, and he
revealed what seems to the lower deck
the highest form Of heroism.
II was not the lighting, not the anx.
ious watching day and night-that Is
what naval man is there for, he
showed.
I've been 10 years in the navy, but
If you'd ever told me before the war
that should ever have lived for nine
months on board ship without break,
| should have dropped down dead" he
said. But I've just done it," he add
ed.-London Chronicle,