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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-07
sAvAGES USED "PoIsoN GASv
Ingredients Were Different, but OBJ
ject Was the Same as That Sought
by the Germans.

AS Is well known, the Germans In
the great war were anticipated by
some savage tribes in the use of pol
sonous gas for war purposes. Nature
quotes authorities to show that tribes
like the Tupinamba and Guaranis of
the Brazil littoral and on the Rio
Parana used poisonous gases In at
lacking fortified villages. Men went
in front of the attacking party. each
holding pan with embers In one
hand and ground red pepper in the
other. When the wind was against
the Spaniards they sprinkled the pep.
per on the embers. This was also
done In attacks on the Spaniards In
venezuela. In the same way pepper
was largely used in exercising de-
mons and evil spirits. The use of
this pepper, known as Ali, would soon
be discovered by these Indians, who
cultivated the plant extensively. 1t
was only necessary for some one to
upset a basin Of 4 il into the fire and
hut would soon be cleared of its oc-
cupants The use OF the smoke In
warfare would beA 9 natural develop.
naanE
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-07
Defense of Rhythm in Poetry.

When poet discards rhythm he Is
discarding perhaps the most powerful
single artifice of poetry which is at his
disposal-the particular artifice, more
over, which, more than any other, en-
ables the poet to obtain a psychic con-
troll over his reader, to exert a sort of
hypnosis over him. Rhythm is persua-
sive. 1t Is the very stuff Of life. 1t is
not surprising, therefore, that things
can be said In rhythm which otherwise
cannot be said. at all: paraphrase a
fine passage of poetry into prose and
In the DISAGREEMENT the ghost will have
escaped. A good many champions of
free verse would perhaps dispute this.
They would fall back on the theory
that. at any rate. certain moods more
colloquial and less intense than those
of the highest type of poetry and less
colloquial and more intense than those
of the highest type of prose, could
find their aptest expression in this
form, which lies halfway between
Conrad Atkin In the Dial.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-07
'AD0RN' FACE WITH MUsTAcHE
Hairy Anus Would Seem to HaW
Peculiar Ideas as to What Adds
to Feminine Beauty.

The Anus, the Celtic" race Of
Japan, live la the island of Yeddo al
though the vaae has become so re
duced that, 1t is estimated, there are
now not more than 10000 or 1900 of
them left In the country.
The most noticeable popularity
about Ainu women Is that they have
tattooed upon their upper and lower
lips what resembles a mustache. The
women are not considered attractive
and their matrimonial prospects are
quite injured, without this decoration.
The mustache is begun when the
girl Is quite a child, until It extends
partly across the cheek. the material
used being the SCOT from burning
birch bark. The face is cut and the
black rubbed In. Afterward 1t is
washed in a solution of ash bark
liquor to fix the color.
The Ainu women IRE said to be
usually finely formed, straight and
well developed, with small hands and
feet. Their eyes are a beautiful soft
brown, their hair black and most lux
uriant and their complexion olive,
with often a deep, rich color In their
cheeks.
The native cloth-of which their
garments are made-is woven from
the fiber of the bark of the elm tree.
Courier JJc.:==>5
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-07
DECIDED ON VERDICT BY LOT
Hawaiian Jury Couldn't Agree and
to Settle the Matter Drew
Slips From Hat.

Substituting the goddess of chance
for the goddess of justice, jury In
the Honolulu circuit court few days
ago drew lots to decide the fate of
IL Chinese charged with gambling.
The incident Is without precedent in
the annals Of the courts of Hawaii,
says the Wailuku Oh. - Times. The
jurors were discharged by the court
and their action branded as illegal,
inexcusable and highly reprehensible."
According to the story told in court,
the jury could not agree. Tired Of the
prolonged and fruitless efforts to
reach verdict. 1t was suggested that
the balloting be abandoned and that
they draw lots. Twenty-four slips Of
paper were prepared, II bearing the
word "Guilty" and II "Not guilty"
The slips were shaken up and drawn
from a hat by the jurors, who had
agreed that the first IL slips of one
kind drawn should determine the YER
dict. The mot guilty" slips won and
a verdict of not guilty was conse
quently returned.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-07
He CUT RED TAPE
Innocent Request the Prelude to
Much Trouble.
After MIR. Temporary's Experience
With the Formidable system" He
Preferred to Pay for Anything
That He Might Require.

= wanted a wire paper clip. Miss
Smith, also new to the ministry, said
she would fetch some from the store
keeper. That's what started the Mat
ter. l pinned the loose papers to-
gether and went on with my work.
The storekeeper had evidently re-
fused to part with any clips without
printed folder containing a request for
paper clips, wire" which she had
typed in triplicate on paper headed
Ministry of Economy. For depart
mental use only" She said it was the
right thing to do and was to sign it,
and then Mr.. Jones, downstairs, would
deal with it. 1t sounded quite inno-
cent; l initiated it without misgiving.
Later In the week the folder came
back. 1t contained several extra
sheets of paper and had evidently
travelled
The first minute was from Mr..
Jones: "In reference to Mr.. Tenn
porarys request for paper clips, wire,
for departmental use. fail to see
what advantage these have over paper
clips, brass, which are in use in my
department"
Mr.. Robinson said that the question
opened a wide field, and he had re-
quested the storekeeper to let him
know how many paper clips, brass, he
had in stock. "See attached sheets A
and AL" These were formal request
to the storekeeper, and his reply, to
say he had 81 one-gross boxes on hand
and one box, partly opened, which he
estimated to contain go. If the exact
number was required he would have
the clips counted.
Mr.. Short pointed out that his col
leagues had not noticed that the mat
ter was one which came within the
province of the ministry Of wire draw
Ing. He had consequently put through
request for a price at which paper
clips, wire, could be supplied. He at
tached carbon copy of his letter, and
a reply from the applied wire depart
ment ministry of wire drawing to
say the matter was receiving attention
and would be dealt with In due time.
The next minute was from a gentle
man who had evidently set the vast
machinery of the directorate of office
supplies and sundries at work. At
tached were papers from them to say
they had paper clips. wire, as well as
paper clips, brass, in stock. They
wished to be certain that no change
in design was necessary, and were
sending, by motor, samples of the pa
per clips (wire) they had in stock. as
perhaps one or other might prove suit
able. Appended were other papers Of
which the first was from the chief Of
the departmental garage to say he haG
motor at Huntingdon awaiting con
signment of paper. He had instructed
the driver to return at once. On his
arrival he would dispatch goods al
requested. =.
At this point Miss Smith entered
''Will you make out an order for {
typewriter eraser?"
NO." l answered firmly. you vii
please give this dime to one of thu
messenger girls and ask her to go Ou
and buy one l"-S. p, in London Mail
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-07

On the shores of the North sea there
has recently been started factory
for the manufacture of what has
proven to be very satisfactory food
for live stock from the refuse of a
fish-paekipg plant. A fish mear' is
turned out which contains % per cent
OF albumen and II per cent of fat. It
is eaten by swine and some cattle ac-
cept 1t readily. Besides making use
Of refuse, 1t releases much grain
otherwise demanded for food by these
animals.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-07
Washtub Punishment.

A cigarette carelessly thrown away
by a guard caused discomfort to a
squad of engineers at Camp Shelby,
Miss, says a letter received by Mr..
and Mrs. E. Borton, Indianapolis, from
their son, George K. Borton Of the en-
gineers.
Borton and six comrades awoke
about midnight to find their tent in
flames. They were driven into the
chilly night air In sleeping apparel.
Soldiers from nearby tents hurried to
the rescue with blankets and Private
Borton ran hundred yards for wa
ter. The fire department arrived in
time to soak the cots. The following
morning the guard of the squad was
ordered to wash seven pairs of trou-
sers as a punishment for dropping the
cigarette near the tent.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-07
Brothers salutsd and Died.

Such possibilities as have been pre-
scented to the men Of our destroyers
have been well met. There are exam
pies Of herofsm not surpassed by any,
thing in the history of our navy. For
instance, there Is the case of the two
young brothers who were wireless OPP
orators on destroyer which was bad
iy damaged by an explosion. Stagger-
ing forward. away from the injured
part OF the ship. these boys met the
captain. Not realizing how badly they
were hurt. he ordered them below to
get medical attention.
"No, sir" said the elder brother !;
"gjve it to some Of the poor devils
back there who've got chance. We're
done for. Please notify our mother
we died on duty" And at that the
pair saluted their commander and col
lapsed. In few seconds both were
dead.-Gregory Mason In the Outlook.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-07
zoo MUCH WASTED ENERGY
Writer Has Right Idea In Pointing.
Out Folly of the Present-Day
Hustle and BustIe.

The world is always in a hubbub |:
people rushing here and there In
what appears to be futile fashion.
Why do we not conserve our energies,
save our time and strength for big
things? What does the hustle and
hustle amount to, when we do sit
down and rest and think? Nothingi
because we could have done what we
did without that tense nervousness.
which so many of us think we must
assume. to make others think we have
important business on hand If we
only knew how much more force,
strength and ability lies behind q
calm exterior our aim would be to
assume that pose until it became our
rightful Inheritance
"Out of silence comes thy strength
1t brings wonderful results. results
that show us how our power is in
creasing. Try to be calm for few
days and watch the Issue. You will
marvel at your strength, be ast0nished
at your success.
Be silent, patiently listen, and wait
for the strength that is bestowed on
all. 1t is like the ruby in value, a
priceless treasure-a life force, In
other words, which makes geniuses Of
men and women.
Begin tomorrow. Go slow but sure.
knowing you are doing the right thing.
Put aside all nervousness and hurry.
YOu will he amazad OF +ho ,oe,,I4r.
people viii come to you because that
force being magnetic will draw all
good things In your direction. Some
may say, Il cannot do this. There Is
too much to be done in short time"
We need not go to the other extreme
and become snails; but by striking the
happy medium" our success win
come, perhaps slowly at first, but
surely, nevertheless.-Exch
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-07
Dead Man uprIQht At Machine Gun.


Stories of the scenes of the battle
fields are told In a letter received by
Mrs. H. E. Wilson of Middle avenue,
Wilmerding, Pa, from her son. Pri-
vate Gordon Wilson of the One Hun
dred and Ninth Ambulance corps.
Walking over the battlefield In
search of wounded men, he wrote, he
found himself staring into the muzzle
of German machine gun, with a
German soldier at the breech. Drop
ping into a shell hole, Private Wilson
remained there for half an hour, not
daring to move. Finally, as darkness
approached, he decided to crawl away.
He lost his way, he says, and did not
know where he was until he was
again looking at the German machine
gun and the lone soldier behind it.
This time he was In position to see
better and recognized at once that the
soldier was dead. A bullet fired by
an American rifieman had penetrated
his forehead, probably just at the time
he was preparing to pour volley into
the advancing columns.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-07
GATHER YE ROSES!
Happiness Never a Thing One
Lightly Casts Away.
Too Beautiful, Even Though EvaDes
cent, to Be Passed BY When One
May Hold II, If Only
for the Moment.

We were coming home from a din
ner party together, my friend and 1.
II. was late at night and rather rainy,
and as we sat together in the damp,
almost empty trolley car, my friend
spoke very suddenly and seriously,
writes Margaret E. Sangster in the
Christian Herald.
"Just now" she said, "rve a chance
to be very happy. But I'm almost
afraid to take 1t -
The rain beat in a futile manner
against the car windows. l listened to
it for a moment before l spoke
"Why?" l questioned at last-"why
are you afraid to take your chance
to be happy?"
Because" answered my friend. and
her eyes looked far away-past the car
and the rain, even-"because I'm
afraid that it won't lastl"
When it Is autumn and the leaves
are crimson and gold-colored and very
beautiful, we know, even as we admire
them, that they will be brown and
withered some day. But that does not
keep us from loving their glorious col
Ors.
It's like that, too, with flowers, and
springtime, and the blue sky of sum-
mer. We know that the flowers will
fade away and that springtime will go
and that there will be winter storm
clouds where there were once sparkles
of sun.
| And so this Is the answer to my
friend and to other friends of mine:
Never be afraid to grasp at happi-
ness because 1t may not last. For hap
piness is as beautiful as the flowers of
| spring and the sky of summer and
| the vivid leaves of autumn. And even
though it might not last, happiness Is
too beautiful to pass by with never a
| glance.
And then, as the philosopher said,
and as we know, don't be sure, as you
| take your chance at happiness, that II
| will not stay. Look around your cir
Gle of friends. look at your business
associates, look at the casual crowds
and note the average of happy faces is
rather high. You'll see more smiles,
think, than frowns; more merry faces
than sad ones!
i Don't be afraid to take chance al
happiness because you fear that it Is
too beautiful to last. Take your
chance, instead. arguing that happiness
is too beautiful not to last
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-07
He'd Forgotten.

The school dramatic society was Civ
ing its first performance of the sea-
son and the play they had chosen for
the momentous occasion was Julius
Caesar"
All went smoothly till Caesars dead
body was brought in, and Marc Antony
had to deliver his famous speech.
He put his heart into the part and
the audience felt acutely for the poor
citizens, who were all presumably hor-
ror-stricken and overcome with grief,
when Antony gently but firmly
grasped, as he thought, the face-cloth
and slowly, very slowly, began to draw
1t back
Just then an excited whisper came
from the other end of the corpse:
"This end, you idiot"
But Antony was too much wrapped
in grief to hear. He presevered and
then suddenly disclosed to the intently
gazing audience Caesars bootsl
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-07
Two War Heroes.

The two colored soldiers of the
American army in France who be-
came famous for their bravery and
courage in preventing more than twen-
ty Teutons west of Verdun from exc
cutting well-developed plan to assail
one of the most important points of
resistance on the American front,
have been decorated by the French.
Their names are Henry johnson and
Needham Roberts. Both are privates
and members of the old New York Ma
tional Guard. 1t is said these men
have been awarded the war cross by
the French general of the division I'M
der whom the unit is serving, and that
Johnson is scheduled to receive the
much-coveted gold palm of the French
army commander as well.-Southern
WOman's Magazine.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-07
Permanence of the Heroic.

The way that the memory of heroes
survives for tens of centuries in popu
lar story and tradition is astonishing
And no hero has left such d great le-
gend as Alexander the Great. The
Turks In complimenting the national
hero of Albania. surnamed him Isken-
der (Alexander) Bey. and the follow
ing passage from Steers "Indin
Through the Ages" is evidence of the
extraordinary impression made upon
the Hindu mind by the exploits of the
Macedonian In the Land of the Five
Rivers:
I'm every little village 'Jullunder'
(Alexander) is still name wherewith
to conjure, and the village doctor still
claims, with pride. to follow the 'Yu-
mani Honianl system of medicine
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-07
Improved Wire EIx caNhers.

Tangle-f0Ot wire instead of paper Is
used to catch flies In hospitals. conva-
descent camps and like places. Pieces
OF hay-baling wire, two feet long, have
q hook bent on one end. and by dip.
ping or with brush are coated with
a hot mixture Of four pipts of castor
oil and nine and one-haif pounds of
crushed resin. The oil is heated and
the resin gradually stirred in. When
these wires are hung up the flies alight
on them and stick fast. When the
wires become covered they are burned
off and recoated for use again.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-07
Carrot and Radish Seed.

California is the largest producer Of
carrot seed. Sacramento and Yolo
counties rank first, with San Joaquin,
Contra Costa, Santa Clara and San
Benito counties ranking as minor pro-
ducers. In the production of radish
seed the situation is reversed, the
coast counties of California producing
the bulk of the crop, and the river
district being unimportant as a. pro-
Queer. 1t is also grown in the Pacific
Northwest. Beet seed is grown in
both the river and coast districts of
California, but is probably grown more
extensively around Sacramento than
In any other portion of the state. Let
tuce seed Is grown almost exclusively
near the coast sections of California.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-07
Accidents Notably neoreasea

Accidents in the iron and steel in.
fustry have decreased by more thar
wo-thirds during the last ten years
as the result of movement to en-
force safety regulations, according to
report by the bureau of labor stalls.
lies, In 1907, the report shows, 245
men We're killed or injured out Of
every 1000 employed, while In 1911
me accident rate was reduced to 81
per 1000. A further reduction would
nave been recorded in 1917 but for the
lislocation of industrial processes to
meet war needs, the report says.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-07
Hemp Raised BY convIcts.

Penitentiary officials at Lansing con-
iucted an interesting experiment on
IN island In the Missouri river by
Wanting 90 acres of hemp. The Leaven-
worth Times reports bumper crop
vas raised. Experts declare it may be
Used in making binder Irvine at the
'enitentiary plant The hemp may be
substituted for the sisal imported from
rucatan, In making Irvine. The result
would be big saving in cost to the
wheat fermers;--Kansas City Star.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-07
FIsh Traoued In tomato Can.

Early in November Allen Within of
Blairsville, N. Y, filled a tomato can
nearly full of worms and went to the
lake to fish for pike. He anchored his
rowboat near Lone Bar and proceeded
to fish.
Late In the afternoon within placed
his catch in bag, picked up the can,
which has half-full of angleworms, and
threw it into the water. He says that
when the can struck the water a large
ish jumped out, hit the can with it's
Jail, and the can filed with water and
yank.
A few days later Wiffin again went
10 the lake to fish. He anchored his
BOAT so rods from shore and had fished
Tor nearly an hour when he discovered
tin can floating on the water. The
peculiar motion of the can attracted
his attention. he says, and he rowed
The boat to 1t, and with a landing net
scooped the can into the boat. Great
was his surprise, he says, when he
,aised the can from the water to see a
arge fish with its head In the can.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-07
RhIne,s WanderInus.

A remarkable thing about the Rhine
is It's length for so small a river. I'm
like the Nile, which contains less wa
ter at Cairo than at Berber. 1900
miles upstream, the Rhine has numer-
Gus affiuents, but never attains. the
dignity of real river. as Americans
understand such definitions, until it
enters Holland.
The German Rhine" owes its orig
in to the Swiss mountains, wanders
with apparent aimlessness-first west
and then north and northwest, after
leaving Lake Constance-until it en-
ters Holland, where it becomes as slug
gish as any Dutchman who ever dwelt
In New Amsterdam.