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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-03-25
King Victim Of His Own lest.

Probably the greatest admirer of
perfumes among the old Asiatic mon
archs seems to have been Antiochus
Epiphanes the nlustrious, king of Sy-
ria, according to Don Martin, who has
gone into this perfumery question for
the Los Angeles Times. At all An
tfochus' feasts, games and professions
perfumes held the premier place.
The king was once bathing in the
public baths, when some private per-
son attracted by the fragrant odor
which he shed around, accosted him,
saying: "You are happy man, o
king, you smell In a most costly man
ner"
Antiochus, being much pleased with
the remark, replied: II will give you
as much as you desire of this per-
fume." The king then ordered a large
ever of thick unguent to be poured on
the fiatterers head and multitude of
poor people soon collected around to
gather what was spilled. This caused
the king infinite amusement but 1t
made the place so greasy that he slip
ped and fell on his back In a most I'M
dignified manner, which put an end to
his merriment.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-03-25
Marie Pauline Bonsparte Crowded
Many Adventures into Her Few
Years Of Fortunes Smiles.

Marie Pauline Bonaparte was one
or the numerous family of brothers
and sisters OF the great Napoleon.
She was quite the most beautiful of
the girlS and the gayest In nature
two qualities that endeared her TO her
Ilustrious brother. but that also
drought her more or less into trouble
Like the rest OF them, she was born
~ AJacclo and shared the rise OF the
family fortunes. When she was sew
enteen she married one OF Napoleon's
stan officers. General lie Clerc, and
went to live at st. Domingo. He died
In 1902 and. as n young widow, mere
girl OF twenty-five. she cnme to enjoy
the society OF Paris. She was exceed
lngly popular, had her portrait done
as Venus reclining ON couch after
the artistic fashion OF the tlmes), and
married the Prince B0rghese. She
went to Rome with him, but tired OF II
there and went back to her beloved
Paris. Various escapades started Cos
sip about her-especially her rather
offhnnd treatment of Marie Louise.
which caused her removal from court.
This sobered her bit, and she nc
companied her brother In his first
exile to Elba and begged, after his
overthrow, to live with him at st.
Helena. But this request was denied
her and she died in her favorite city,
Paris, Of cancer. She was about
forty-flve and still young looking and
exceedingly beautiful.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-03-25
OLD WAR BONDS
SOLD over PAR
civil War Securities Brought
e Per Cent Above Cost.

II History repeats itself, Liberty
Bonds will in very short time after
the peace pact is signed, be worth, in
the open market, probably more than
their face value.
This was the record made by gov
eminent bonds issued at the time Of
the Owl War and upon which much
lower rate Of interest was paid than
is allowed on Liberty Bonds
In 1851, the first year of the Civil
War, bonds of the 800 denomination
sold in the market as low as $S3. But
within a year they ran up to SLOT %,
and ten years later they brought
$123. II.
This is practically the history Of
bond issues of all responsible nations.
They sell low soon after issuance be-
cause many holders of them are fool
ish enough to throw them into the
hands of spectators when they need
money instead of obtaining loans upon
them from banks or responsible tinan-
cial houses.
Livery Douy hlOMS tiidl d uiSL Hol u
gage Is one of the most desirable
forms of securities. The Victory Lib
erty Loan is first mortgage on the
entire United States and is the very
highest form of security in the whole
world
Holders of Liberty Bonds need not
concern themselves about the market
price of the bonds. That is only the
price for the bonds that are foolishly
disposed of by unwise investors. The
bond actually is worth its face value
all the time. Those who are quick
to buy them at reduced prices know
their value and don't let go of them.
Subscribe and hold! The record
of other war loans of the United
States indicates that at the end OF
the loan term they will be worth a
great deal more than you paid for
"a. hezsdas saving hH0Rght you In
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-03-25
King Named Pennsylvania.

1t was Charles ii who gave the
name Pennsylvania to the American
colony. The founder would have
named 1t New Wales on account of
It's rugged and beautiful scenery. A
good story Is told of how Charles once
turned the tables on his Quaker sub
Ject when they met In the park. "Why
dost thou remove thy hat friend
CharlesT" asked William Penn. BE
cause wherever l am it Is customary
Tor only one person to remain uncov-
cred" Penn was much Mt home with
kings. james ii used to go to Quaker
meetings to hear him preach. He
knew Anne as little girl and that
queen counted him as an old friend
but William III was not so cordially
disposed. When Peter the Great was
occupying Evelyn's residence at Dept
ford he went to Quaker meetings and
knew Penn. Indeed, that destructive
tenant and absolute monarch and mill
tarist said that whoever could live as
a Quaker would be happy.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-03-25
HOG HAS NUMEROUS ENEMIES
Louise 10 Most Common Of Pests and
Also Easiest to Get Rid Of
Oller Is Effective.

The hog has numerous enemies,
among the worst of which are para
sites. The hog louise is the most COM,
mon of these pests and it might alss
be said 1t Is also the easiest to get rid
OF.
Medicated or crude oil will drive out
lice, and at their first appearance every
hog raiser should get busy without de-
lay. If you have dozen or more hogs
it will pay you to get hog oiler for
applying the oil, as this permits the
hog itself to rub the oil directly into
the itchy, lousy parts, without any
trouble to you.
Don't let your hogs keep rubbing
away their flesh and your profits on
every fence rail, post, tree, ETC., and
put themselves in physical condition
to fall easy victims to the germs of
cholera and other scourges. One hog
oiler to every 20 to 80 hogs will re-
lieve them from torments of lice and
will prove the best investment a hog
raiser could make.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-03-25

1t is remarkable fact that most
men are engaged in occupations that
they dislike. We know many a doc
tor who would far rather be an author.
and, by the same token, we know some
authors whom we would like to be doc
tors or something else. There are
statesmen who always wanted to be
blacksmiths, and blacksmiths who
wanted to be statesmen. In many in
stances they could trade and the coun-
try would be the gamer.
But that's neither here nor there.
The thing to be considered is that we
can make life a whole lot easier by
learning to like tasks that we now do
not like. 1t can be done, strange as
1t may seem. Many a man has learn
ed to like to play croquet or to eat
green's. There are instances of men
who actually fell in love with their
wives.
1t Will not do to merely assume a
grin-and-bear-it attitude toward the
unpleasant task. Eat 1t up. Go at 1t
as though there were not half as much
fun In doing anything else In the world.
You VIII then certainly discover that
you were not nearly so badly off as
you thought you were.-Los Angeles
Times.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-03-25
DULL AND CHRONIC HEADACHE
AffIIctIon, Physician Asserts, May In
varIably Be Traced to the Pres
ence Of Rheumatism.

Rheumatic headache may be acute,
but In most cases 1t is dull and chronic,
lasting for weeks, months or years. 1t
is slightly more common In women
than In men, and 1t occurs very rarely
below the age of 20, and most common
ly above 40 years of age. The pain is
real and may be constant, or fairly
steady with intermissions, writes DR..
Hugh T. Patrick In the Journal of
American Medical Association. 1t does
not occur In instantaneous shoots or
brief excruciating paroxysms, Nausea
and vomiting are not present with 1t.
There are good days, bad days, but
with more or less pain or soreness al
ways present. The headache is worse
after exposure to cold or dampness.
This form of headache Is really a
rheumatic affection, and evidences Of
past rheumatism are almost always
found. Its exact nature is obscure; bao-
terial infection Of the tissues Of the
aching region Is probable. Treatment
consists Of prolonged. repeated appli-
cation Of heat and the employment Of
persistent massage of the area of pain,
which is most usually at the back Of
the head on both sides, and may ex-
tend down to neck, shoulders and
back. 1t is tender to deep pressure, but
not to surface pressure.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-03-25
MUsIc's AID TO MEMORY
Like Nothing Else, a Strain of Music
Will Take One Back to Scenes
Of the Past.

Have you ever realized the power
that music has to carry the memory
back years and years until the Illusion
is so realistic that when your mind
returns to Its immediate surroundings
you realize with a start 1t was only a
day dream-that you were not actual
ly and physically where your thoughts
were? A few bars from one of the old
songs carries you back to the old
home. You see the fields, the river.
the 'oV1d kirk" In the haxy distance.
You almost feel the evening breeze on
your cheek and hear the familiar
sounds-the lowing of the kline and
the bleating of the sheep. You're liv-
ing again those dear old days Just as
wildly as you did long ago.
Or the strains of an old waltz re-
mind you of your first dance years and
years ago. You live over again the
days before the dance when you were
SO busy getting everything ready
and then the great night arrived. You
remember your entrance into the bril-
liant ballroom. You saw all those old
friends whom you thought you had
forgotten until now. Then the excite
ment and the pleasure and the wonder
full dances-the people you met for the
first time and the faces you saw for
the last time. All this recalled by lust
few bars of music.
This is one of the reasons why mu-
sic has such great hold on people
and why its charm never wearies-
why some music no matter how old,
no matter how familiar or oft heard.
Is always new. 1t is a necessity that
there should be such music in every
home, and thanks to the ingenuity that
made possible the talking machine and
the player-pianO the musically un-
trained are not dependent upon their
gifted and tutored friends for this
blessing.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-03-25
Conservation Under EIre.

know of nothing more strange than
the usual conversations In which one
INDUCES at the front In the heat Of
battle. Recently ! was racing down q
road to get out from under heavy
shell fire, falling on my face every FIVE
or ten yards as a whistling scream an
nounced a fresh arrival. A painting
lieutenant caught step with me. do
you know So-and-SoT he gasped.
"Yes," I replied as a shell whirred
down out Of the sky and we both fell
fiat on our faces. "Where is he nowY
he continued as the sound of the explo-
sion died away and we rose, running
together. Il think he's In Paris,r an
swered, and even as I spoke rolled fiat
with him In muddy ditch as another
shell screamed down and broke near
by. And thus we continued our way
for several hundred yards, discussing
our friend and his characteristics be-
tween dives into the mud.-William
Slavens McNutt, in.Collier's Weekly.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-03-25
SETTLED QUESTION OF VOTE
Decision Of English Registrar Almost
Worthy to Rank With That Made
Famous by Solomon.

Not since the days of Solomon. per
haps, has a more perplexing problem
confronted a judge than that recently
presented to an election registrar in
England. A certain voter possessed
house which stood half in one parish
and half In another The question
consequently arose as to in which par
ish, or whether not, indeed, In both,
the householder was entitled to vote.
After some discussion a ray of light
was vouchsafed to Solomon. In which
parish, he demanded, was the mans
bedroom? Unfortunately, In both.
Then was it that Solomon stood fully
revealed; the infant, of mature years,
should be cut in twain. The parish
In which the head of the bed stood
should have the honor Of the vote.
Which is all very well, except that
there are many voters whose feet take
them to the polling booth, but whose
heads are no good when they get there.
Does not the Italian proverb say, "If
a man has not head he should have
feet."-Christian Science Monitor.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-03-25

OF great interest are the people now
living on a small island off the coast
of the peninsula of Lower California,
who have successfully repulsed all at
tempts of the white man to civilize
THEM. They are huge Indian race
which has not yet been precisely
placed by ethnologists. They wear
pelican skins, hunt with primitive
bowssand arrows and stones, fight with
their teeth and nails, and eat human
flesh. The men are all said to be over
six feet tall, and to possess incredible
physical skill and endurance. Accord
ing to one authority, a band of four
can run down and capture a mountain
deer, which they then kill with stones.
The Serbs, as they are called, have re-
sisted over fifty attempts to conquer
them, and in all the centuries since
their discovery they have permitted
only one white man to land and hunt
on their island. He has somehow man.
aged to win their friendship by pres
ents Of beads and clothing.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-03-25
Arabian Table Customs.

Whenever visit San Francisco
dine with an ARABIA business ac-
Quaintance-and the members Of his
family" said Thomas Hartwell Of
Mexico City. In an interview at New
York. 'In their eating they still at
tempt to follow the customs of their
country. At their table I tasted for
the first time the most popular Arab
dish, which is called pilaf. It Is made
Of olive oil and few nut kernels mixed
with rice. My hosts wife makes her
own bread. which is baked In fiat cakes
an inch thick and compares very well
with the bakers bread which the
Americans use. The Arab is dry eat
er and does not take his coffee with
his repast. find that my host and his
family sip their coffee in small cups
and regard 1t as luxury. They still
hold to the belief, in spite of the fact
that they have lived In this country
for several years, that those who do
not make noise with their lips In
drinking coffee are illbred."
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-03-25

1t cannot be reiterated too often
that Mexico Is vast country.
Mexico extends in length over two
thousand miles, or is as long as from
Iceland to Africa. It measures q thou
sand miles across the widest area. It
is vast, 1t contains every climate from
tropical to northern; 1t has huge noun
tains, some of the greatest volcanoes
in the world; and some Of the largest
rivers are to be found In the south,
although water is lacking in the north.
The north is fiat and hideous, the
south beautiful and mountainous.
Mexico produces every class of ore and
every form Of agriculture and some of
the most picturesque and beautiful old
Spanish towns In the world remain
from the days when they were built
by Cortez In 1919.
One cannot help being struck with
the contrast between the two coasts.
On the Pacific shore everything is dry !;
on the Gulf (Atlantic) everything is
wet. A depth Of eight or ten feet Of
soil is common.-From Mexico" by
Mrs. Alec-Tweedie.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-03-25
WALLABY QUICKLY WIPED OUT
When Its PeIt Became of Value
In the Market.

Before the advent of the rabbit and
the fox in Australia the rock-wallaby
made its home among the cliffs bor-
dering the Snowy rivec. where it
passes through southern Monaro IN
S. W., literally in thousands. The
little red-brown quadruped was then
becoming grass pest, and as his skin
was then worth only cents the pelt
hunter didn't bother much about him.
But an interested mutton merchant
some years ago put a premium on the
skins, and the writer and a mate
started out one winter morning, with
about two inches of frost on the
ground and every tree powdered with
hOar-frost, for the wallaby ground.
The artillery consisted of two guns,
one a single muzzle-loader. (The
breech-loader was then a rarity on
Monaro.) By noon the hunters had
downed over sixty wallabies. The
beasts were so numerous in some
quarters that two wallabies OCCASION
ally fell to single shot Soon after
that the pelt trader scented profit,
and the work of demolition began.
Now these cliffs are silent and desert
ed. save for Reynard and the eternal
rabbit, which crops the wallaby pas
lures close and from this rough coun-
try will never be exterminated.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-03-25
INBREEDING TESTS
WITH GUINEA PIGS
Valuable Facts Collected by Bu-
reau of Animal Industry.
Certain Disadvantages, Formerly DIFF.
ficuIt to Explain, Sometimes APP
peared in Experiments Con.
Quoted at BeitsviIIe.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
Breeding facts valuable to live stock
raisers are being collected by the bu-
reau of animal industry through ex-
periments on its farm at Beltsville,
Md. Experiments on the effects Of in
breeding in guinea pigs, begun in 1906,
eighteenth generation wholly by mat
ing brother and sister. Inbreeding is
a practice frequently used by live stock
raisers in their efforts to fix and rem
der prepotent desirable family traits.
With the practical results hoped for,
however, certain disadvantages, for
merly difficult to explain, sometimes
appeared.
Present progress of the government
inbreeding investigations with guinea
pigs has developed the following points
Of interest:
The mere fact that the closest in
breeding can be carried to the eight
zenith generation without any very
obvious degeneration is noteworthy.
There has been, however, some de-
cline in vitality, size, and, especially,
fertility.
The young produced by crossing diff
ferent inbred families show distinct
improvement in all respects.
The inbreeding has brought to light.
and automatically fixed in % inbred
families, pronounced differences in fer
tility, size, vitality, color and pattern.
There is Independent heredity of
these traits, with no correlation be-
tween the vigor of family in one re-
spect and it's vigor In others.
The chief effect of inbreeding, as in
dicated by the experiments, is the
fixation Of hereditary factors. The de-
cline in vigor on inbreeding and the
improvement on crossing appear to be
merely very likely, but inevitable, con-
sequences. If breeders use great care
In the selection of breeding stock, there
appears to be no cause which prevents
satisfactory degree of vigor from
being combined with the uniformity
and prepotency which can only be OBJ
tanned through close breeding.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-03-25
WORSE THAN WARS HORRORS
Among Active Aids of Recruiting Ser
geant May Surely Be cIassed the
Nagging Woman.

He was khaki-clad, with the 50. 8.
R." on his collar, and as he clambered
aboard the interurban car he swung
in his free hand a small travelling bag
that appeared to be empty. Preceding
him was the other member of the
family all fused up in her tailored re-
gala, to1nd for town a few miles
distant, while the husbands destina-
ton was Detroit. Once inside, he
tossed the travelling bag on a vacant
rack at the forward end of the car and
seated himself facing his better-half.
Then the car lurched around a curve
and the bag, slipping from the rack,
deposited itself on the woman's hat
and bounced off to the floor.
my heavens !" was her startled ex-
clamation, then when she discovered
the trouble: "That was very careless
thing to do"
The man gathered up the bag, with
profuse apologies and placed it back of
his feet, where it could do no further
harm.
"You don't know how that hurt"
came the complaint, although tho
crown of the hat was not even dented.
"Supposing it had been filled with a
lot of your truck" she went on.
No response from her vis-a-vis.
"You should never put anything like
that up there" was the next bit of
shrapnel, in tones loud enough to be
hoord tho Iopoth of tho COR
sit must have been the metal strip
on the bag that struck me.
SIT was very careless thing for you
to do.
"You might have known that 1t
would fall off there.
"Tll probably have a headache all
the day that will spoil my trip.
"When anything like that comes
down on you it unnerves you, can
tell you"
Her vis-a-vis only smiled amiably,
and getting no satisfaction from that
quarter she turned to her seatmate,
eNho was trying to hide his annoyed ex-
preston behind q weekly war digest.
did that bag hurt you when 1t
fellr she inquired, although. it had
missed him by at least foot.
mot at ALL" was the reply, without
looking up. at never touched me-"
at was an awfully careless thing to
do" she ratified on, sand"
"Good night" calculated man
across the aisle, who had tried in vain
to read the news from the front In
his morning paper. And as he stalked
toward the solitude Of the back plat
form he was heard to mutter: mo
wonder some men enlist so they can
get away from home"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-03-25

Now II happened. over there, that,
though army hats were plentiful
enough. hospital bedroom slippers were
very. very scarce. 1t took long leap
Of salvage ingenuity to take apparel
from the head of man and put 1t on
his feet. But that is what the army
did. With dies 1t cut the brims of the
old army hat. which was then usually
On the road to ruin, into shape of the
human foot, stitched two layers to-
gethey, stitched them back and forth,
as is done with Japanese slippers,
6furned the fragments into heels. turn
cd the crown into tips, used bits of uni
10. N for the uppers and sent off to the
Red Cross q prodIgious supply of bed
room slippers.-Donald Wilhelm In
Han per's Magazine.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-03-25
The Tomato In History.

Edward Albes Of the Pan-American
unson, In discussing the matter of the
tomato, said number of years ago
that the word tomato" seems to be
Of Aztec origin, and given as "tomatl"
by some authorities and as "ixtomate"
by others. The word still persists In
some of the older Mexican town
names, as, for examples, "Tomatian"
and "Tomatepec." The weight of
opinion among historical botanists is
that the plant and culture for edible
purposes began in Peru, whence 1t
spread to other parts Of tropical
America. 1t is known that 1t was cul-
tivated for Its fruit in the warm cli-
mates Of America centuries before
the coming Of Columbus to this con
Ananh 4.---4s - u AizEAaRsi1A
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-03-25
AnImala Ole on suhs.Itutes.

Animals In the zoo In Berlin have
died in large numbers recently, prin-
cipally because the substitutes which
they have been given instead of their
accustomed food could not be digest
ed sufficiently to sustain life. Among
the species In which the mortality
has been greatest are the CRATES,
mandrills and chimpanzees. The
health of the surviving animals is not
good.
According to Hamlyn's Menagerie
magazine, published In London, the
Berlin Geological society declared
that while dates and bananas and 9TH
er tropical fruits were unprocurable,
the apes were fed on kind OF biscuit
made Of musty -four.
The carnivora manage to live on
scraps from the slaughter houses, but
the animals requiring grain and seeds
are not thriving well on the wild roots
given them as substitutes.