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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-04
RODS GIVE NO PROTECTION
French Vine Growers Find They De-
rive No Benefit From Metal
Rods They Erected.

The vine-growing region of the Gi-
ronde, In France, has been quite ex..
tensively equipped In recent years
with tall metal rods. similar to light
ming rods, known as paragreles or
electric Niagaras," and alleged to af-
ford protection from haiistorms. A
careful study of the functioning of
these rods has recently been published
by NJ. q County of the University of
Bordeaux. The statistics presented
show that numerous hailstorms have
occurred In the vicinity of nearly all
the rods. Moreover, according to NJ.
County, there has been no obvious
change In the character Of these
storms since the erection Of the rods.
His article points out some Of the
principal reasons for the erroneous
conclusions that others have drawn In
favor Of them; for example, the fact
that, normally, only one thunderstorm
in five IS attended by hail; that the
area over which hail falls is normally
very small in comparison with that
covered by the thunderstorm, and hail
tends to occur in scattered patches or
narrow bands; and, lastly, that dis
trict in which hail has fallen for two
or three years In succession often re-
mains free from hail for years, re-
CARELESS of the installation of hail-pro-
tecting devices.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-04
Arctic Circle Flower Garden.

flower garden In Spitzbergen
sounds like an anomaly, Spitzbergen
being within the arctic circle. A
party Of British travellers, struck with
the beauty Of a plateau. called 1t the
Flower Garden ever after. 1t was in
the nineties Of last century and the
party that Of Sir Martin Conway.
Landing In midsummer on one of the
headlands BY Dickinson bay. they
we're impressed with the deep water,
clear as crystal, the marvellous wealth
Of seaweed. the splendor of great
glacier and the sharp blue peaks Of
the mountains separating glacier from
glacier; while in another direction.
over Advent point, coiled wreaths of
ragged clouds. Added to II all was a
carpet Of flowers-andromeda saxa-
frages and dryas: SO the Flower Gar
den was actual after all.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-04

The Alhamhra, that exquisite Moor
ish palace at Granada. which our own
Washington Irving so graphically de
scribes. is still silent witness to the
beauty and skill of Moorish architects
and sc'llptors. Out of all these alien
people who have come to US. who
seem so very foreign to us that as
similation seems almost impossible, 90
doubt we shall derive benefit just
as other countries have benefited in
other days. History repeats itself
and America. the great melting pot of
the world nations. may bring fortl
from the crucible men who In the fu
ture VIII do their part to uphold heI
prestige on land and sea.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-04

ties, a common custom-the kind OF
banking, by the way, where the char
acter and industry Of the borrowers
form the major part of the security.
In this connection the testimony of the
president of a bank in Mississippi is
corroborative, Says he: $50 far as my
information goes, there is not single
piece of bad paper in the state as re.
suit of loans to club boys" These In.
stances are taken at random.
The influence club boys exert upon
their fathers and upon the farmers 10
their neighborhoods is very marked,
state and county agents say. 1t is the
kind of influence that, through prac.
teal demonstration, turns skeptics in.
to converts; that makes progressive
farmers out of "the-old-way-is-good-
enough-fOr-me" types.
Influence of the Clubs.
But extension agents are not the
only ones who note these transforms.
tons. Men of affairs have observed
them, and right ready are they to tell
of civic improvem nts, better schools,
more active churches, marked increase
in the demand for better merchandise
new business enterprises, pride in the
appearance of their buildings, home
grounds, the family acres, and high
er type of community morale-all
brought about by boys clubs and COM
munity cooperation.
Increased production, stimulation In
every line of agricultural endeavor for
the immediate and continued prosper
ity of their section is one of the i'm
portant functions Of boys club work
in the South. This is being accom-
plished by instruction and demonstra-
ton in correct agricultural methods by
The extension service of the United
States department of agriculture and
the state agricultural colleges. And
it is being done in the only way pos
sible-through the organized efforts of
the very boys who are to develop into
progressive farmers and become the
substantial producers of the future.
However, quite as important a func-
ton of this work is the all-round de-
velopment of the boys themselves.
Great stress Is laid upon this. Through
the agency of these. boys clubs, the
members are taught habits of thrift
and industry. They are shown the
real value of high character, the adj
vantages of education, the possibilities
of leadership, the dignity of labor, the
importance of cooperation in civic af-
fairs and respect for others rights.
The creditable desire for independ-
ence, for land ownership and beauty
and orderliness in land possessed is
inculcated In them, that they may have
the privilege IF remaining upon the
very soil that nurtured them and be.
come important factors In their coun.
try's development.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-04
scorn that might have been in her tone

scorn that might have been in her tone
two years ago was strangely lackiEs.
"Where are you taking met" she
presently inquired
Dinner" he said briefly. "The own
er of the car won't care II keep it
out awhile"
During the meal she told her story
without reserve. and he listened with
grave interest.
THAT'S the way 1t Is" she said when
she had finished. "And l want to tell
you, Ralph, that l was all wrong and
Pm sorry didn't marry you. " you
you-if you think you care for me still
and want me now you can have me-
With your wages and mine Wen be
able to get along"
Ralph lighted long, formidable CT
gar and looked across the table with
a whimsical expression.
"Of course / want you" he declared.
"But my wages will support US. And
now you've lost your job"
what do you meant" she asked.
puzzled.
81 mean that you're fired from your
job at the five-and-ten," he answered.
as he blew smoke ring ceilingward.
you see, happen to be general man.
ager of the Climax"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-04
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, lsls
Why That
Lame Back?

That morning lameness--those sharp
pains when bending or lifting. make
work . burden and rest impossible.
Don't be handicapped by bad back
look to your kidneys. You will make
no mistake by following this Mount
Holly residents example.
Mrs. Harry Simons. 10 Pine Street,
says: 81 had been more or less troubled
with rheumatic twinges all my life. ]
had such awful pains in my back and
muscles that couldn't move at times
and my feet were sore. ! could hardly
lift anything rs pains would come
over me Unexpectedly. My back ached
almost constantly and sometimes
had such awful sharp pains across my
kidneys that couldn't straighten up
finally used Doan's Kidney Pills and
they rid me Of all signs OF rheumatic
pains and kidney trouble.
Mrs. Simons gave the above state
msnt ON November IL, 1914 and or
October 2, 1916 she added: "Doan''
Kidney Pills rid me of a severe attach
Of kidney trouble and rheumatic pains
am only too pleased to again recon-
mend them"
Price ooc, at all dealers Don't sim
ply ask for a kidney remedy-ge
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that Mrs
Simons had. Foster Milburn Co
Mfgrs., Buffalo. N. Y.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-04
aautier and HI. eats.

One of Gautier's peculiarities was
love for cats. As soon as he could
conveniently do so he afforded him
self the luxury of twelve of the hand
soonest felines that money could pur-
chase. 1t was an interesting sight to
behold this Hercules in HIS writing
room playing with his regiment Of
cats, whom he had taught to love one
another as they did himself. When
some Of them broke a valuable object
OF art-his study, by the way, was
curiosity shpp-he seriously deliberat-
ed upon getting rid of them; but when
the man he had engaged came to re-
move the obnoxious pets, he relented
and sent him away. He named each
one of them after some well-known
person to whom he fanoied it bore re-
semblance, physical or otherwise. He
seldom wrote anything without a cat
or two in bic leR.sM Maurice Nauris.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-04
Observation Of Plants.

There cannot be complete enjoy
ment from growing Towering plants
unless the gardener is sufficiently in
terested to watch them closely, OBJ
serving daily changes, trying different
experiments and carefully studying the
results. 1t Is In this way we learn what
certain plants like best-light or heavy
soil. full exposure or partial shade.
abundant moisture or moderately dry
soil. what fertilizers produce the best
results. and so on.
When lot of cuttings are made
and placed in the sun. the base of
the cuttings one after another turning
black and the cuttings "damping" off
without the gardener trying the pan
of cuttings in shaded place, the CASE
seems hopeless. A gardener of this kind
had better confine his efforts to a few
sturdy geraniums or other equally 70
bust. full-grown plants.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-04
Lake slIIan.

The forested district round about Lake
Siljan Is one of the most interesting
bits of country In the world, In the
matter of local color and folk Gus
toms that have been preserved almost
unchanged from earlier times. Lake
Siljan lies in the heart of Sweden, In
region still relatively isolated. The
lake Is large enough to afford traffic
for small steamers, and the country
boats of the peasants are numerous
In dress and customs, the people
Of the villages that dot the shores
have kept the variety and color that
distinguished country districts before
modern means of transportation made
the world unit, forcing us all to dress
and act and think alike. Thus the vii
lage Of Orsa has even a dialect mark
eddy different from its neighbors,
which Is said to resemble the old
Scotch more than Swedish. People of
villages 10 or II miles apart can be
distinguished by their distinctive dress.
Chicago Daily News.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-04
Reading as a Narcotic.

The habit of reading for amusement
becomes with thousands of people ex-
actly the same kind of habit as wine
drinking or opium smoking; It is like
O narcotic. something that helps to
pass the time, something that keeps
up perpetual condition of dreaming,
something that eventually results in
destroying all capacity for thought,
giving exercise only to the surface
parts of the mind. and leaving the
deeper springs of feeling and the high
er faculties of perception unemployed.
The result Of all this reading means
nothing but q cloudiness In the mind.
That is the direct result The indi-
rect result is that the mind has been
kept from developing Itself. All de-
velopment necessarily means some
pain, and such reading as speak of
has been employed unconsciously as
means to avoid that pain. and the con-
sequence Is atFOphy.-Lafcadio Hearn.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-04
RUSSIAN THISTLE OF VALUE
Used for Wintering Stock in
New Mexico.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agricultpre.)
The Russian thistle, considered one
of the most noxious weeds in New
Mexico, is now declared by many
stockmen in that section to be of value
as a stock feed. Some farmers in
Santa Fe county already have put up
large stacks of from five to fifty tons
to be used for wintering stock this sea-
son. Its value as feed was discov-
cred during the last two years of
drought when it was the only thing
which stood between the live stock of
the region and starvation. The coun-
ty agricultural agent of Santa Fe
county is urging the building of silos
to be filed with Russian thistles,
which, it Is also reported, make excel
lent silage.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-04
Be Careful With Electricity

Some safety hints for the wise,
which are intended to guard against
serious accidents and a possible loss
of life. are being sent out broadcast
by the electric light companies. From
them may be selected the following:
Do not cover an electric globe with
paper or cloth. 1t may start a fire.
Do not hang an ordinary lamp cord
over a nail or metal work. DO not
leave a cord connected when you are
through with II. Do not touch any
wire that is down on the ground,
whether It is an electric. telephone or
guy wire. In an emergency, remove
a wire with an instrument equipped
with a wooden handle, keeping the
full length Of the handle between your
naIf a nd fha mira.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-04
Loo 10000 Years Old.

Not so long ago workman. 81 feet
below the surfaces of Broadway. near
Pine street, in New York city, fonpI
a piece of cedar wood that certainly
presented remarkable discovery. The
wood was uncovered In excavatipg for
the foundation Of big office building.
1t was a part Of the trunk of q large
cedar tree that grew at least 10000
years ago, and more probably 10000
years ag6l
The wood was within a foot of bed
rock, and 1t was covered With 80 feet
OF bowlder clay and glacial drift. which
showed that the tree from which ii
came must have flourlshed before the
last great age of Ice.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-04
state.msn Robbsd Russia.

The congress of Berlin, consisting of
Germany, Austria, France. England.
Italy. Russia and Turkey. lasted only
one month-from June 13 to July 10.
1878. Russia did not have "a look-in, !"
but was treated In the most arbitrary
manner by Bismarck and Beaconsfield
The peace Of San Stefano. although
formally concluded between the victo-
rious Russians and the conquered
Turks. was torn up and Russia was
practically robbed Of all her success
given only Bessarab!a, taken from
Roumania, and the rocky citadel of
Kars In Asia Minor. Nations that had
not participated in the humbling of
Turkey were literally treated. Bull
oaria, north Of the Balkans; Serbia,
Montenegro. Noumania were declared
independent. Not single reform"
promised by the sublime porte was
carried into effect.
The congress Of Berlin was nothing
but . personal triumph for Beacons-
aeld and Bismarck and has been the
dipect cause of at least FIVE subse-
Quenf wars.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-04
JOINTWORM is MOST
! DESTRUCTIVE ENEMY
Pest Ranks Next to Hessian FLY
in Eastern States.
Small Grub Lives in Stems Of Wheat,
Sucking Juices of Plant-May Be
Controlled by Flowing
StubbIe Deeply.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
The most destructive enemy of
wheat, next to the Hessian fly, in the
wheat states east of the Mississippi
river and in parts of Missouri is the
wheat jointworm. 1t is a very small
grub which lives in the stems Of
wheat, sucking the juices of the plant
and causing a swelling in the stem.
Although this insect is sometimes
more serious than the Hessian fly,
occasionally causing complete destruc-
ton, very little is done at present to
control its depredations. The insect
has number of natural enemies, but
these should not be relied upon. For
tunately the jointworm attacks only
wheat, which fact suggests one of the
most reliable control measures, that
of substituting crops. In the south
ern part of the Eastern wheat belt the
insect may be controlled by blowing
wheat stubble deeply after harvest
when this does not interfere with the
growing of red clover and grass.
The egg from which the jointworm
matches is laid In the stem by an in
sect resembling a small black ant with
wings. When a wheat plant first be-
comes infected no outward sign may
appear. The presence of the worm
can be detected when the plant is
nearly mature by examining the inside
of the stem, usually just above the
second or third joint from the GRAND.
Sometimes the point of infestaton is
very noticeable, there being wart-
like swellings on the stem. Another
very good indication is the presence
in the field Of a number of fallen OIL
lodged plants.
The larvae of this insect remain in
the old stubble until November or De
cember, when about 80 per cent OF
them change to the pupa stage. In
this form large numbers are winter.
killed In the Northern states, but Sc
we're weather also kills their natural
enemies. Without the assistance OF
numerous parasitic enemies of the
| 1ointworm, wheat growing In the
Eastern states of necessity would
have been abandoned or the growers
forced to adopt effective contro
measures, say department specialists
When fall blowing is practiced the
stubble containing the pest is buried
deeply, thus preventing the insec
from emerging the following spring
Whenever this method is adopted tn,
badly infested wheat should be Gu
high, so that the greater majority O
the jointworms will be left on the fell
In the old stubble and may be turnet
under and destroyed. In southern
Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee an,
other Southern and Southeastern
states where double-cropping system
are in general use, it is possible t,
pillow under the stubble without inter
fering with the cropping system
Where this is not practicable, as Il
sometimes the case in the more North
ern states, substitute crops, such a:
rye, barley or buckwheat should b,
grown on heavily infested areas.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-04

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Agricultural production is not the
sum total of achievement by members
of boys clubs in the South. Those
youngsters below the Mason-Dixon line
raise good crops; also, they raise fine
baby beeves and sta, dard pigs. Their
sheep are Of accredited breeds; their
poultry is Of the better types; and the
gardens they cultivate are model gar
dens, many of them yielding very
worthwhile produce. In dollars and
cents, the result of those boys efforts
annually mounts up to many thou
sands In food supply it is of meal
culable value to the Is Southern states.
But this is only part of the story-a
bare enumeration of some of the ac-
tivities of those Southern lads. The
other part Is, or should be, more in
teresting, for it deals with intangible
modities-character high ideals,
educational aspirations, civic pride
evolved from and developed through
the training received in boys clubs. In
its effort to strengthen the agricul-
tural extension organization the Unit
ed States department Of agriculture
cites some instances to show the bene-
fits of the boys club work in the
South.
Bonds and Bank Accounts.
In Texas there are 1000 boys receiv-
ing higher education-the direct re-
suit of club membership. There are
10000 club boys in that state who
bought Liberty bonds, War Savings
and Thrift stamps. The same number
belong to the Red Cross, and 1000
have bank accounts. Members of the
boys clubs In Oklahoma. over 1900,
own war securities amounting to
S112,S1S. Their bank deposits total
s67, 931.S6. Also West Virginia has l.
800 club members who have bank ac-
counts. Many own lands and several
hundred are in colleges. Arkansas has
record of hundreds of former boys
club members who are in college, and
what Ia more to their credit, paying
| their tuition with money earned from
the sale of of their agricultural prod
ncts and prizes won in agricultural
| contests.
] A number Of the Southern clubs
have developed college professors, in
structors in agricultural schools-men
who learned the scientific method of
farming and gained their experience
In boys clubs. Many club members
are in the military service. "We have
hundreds of club members that are
officers In the United States army"
writes Mississippi state agent. Nor
have modern business methods been
overlooked by those young husband
men. In some of the states co-opera-
tive buying, selling and marketing is
the regular practice of boys club men,
bers. and the use of banking facili-
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-04
coIIentIona of India Value.

There Is one American gentleman
who takes pride In the possession of
$50 walking sticks, not that he uses
all of them, but because his taste as
collector runs to walking sticks.
One of the most curious specimens is
made of United States postage stamps.
and absorbed enough postage stamps
to transport 5000 ordinary letters be-.
fore the war. or 1900 at the present
rate. This seems rather a waste Of
good stamps. and to afford nothing
like so desirable walking stick as the
kind that can be converted into camp
stool. If the owner feels like sittir
down to look at the scenery.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-04

Schoolmasters have often serious
problems to solve. The following note.
containing only one word, was recent
ly handed to a Thanet pedagogus:
"CspatomtegoataturinR."
The missive was rendered by one Of
the boys on behalf Of neighbor's
child.
The schoolmaster was nonplussed
for the moment. But he had received
too many weirdly worded notes In his
time to allow this one to battle him.
Albeit twas not till the work of the
school was over and much tobacco
had been consumed that the word at
last yielded its mysteryi
"Kept at home to go a-taturing."-
London Chronicle.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-04

How a man may be honorable In
big things but dishonorable in lesser
is shown by the story told Of Prince
Charles Edward, the Pretender. After
the Pretender's defeat at the battle
of Culloden Moor In 1746. the prince
took refuge in the home of a Scottish
peasant. There was a reward of
f30,OOO for the capture of the fugitive,
but. although the peasant knew this
he did not betray his royal guest.
Later, this same peasant, who had
scorned to possess himself Of great
wealth by disloyal means, stole COW.
and was tried. convicted and hanged,
stealing being capital offense In
those days.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-04
LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE
Mattsr Of SAVING Part Of Ones Earn
inos 10 Really Nothing but Dis
play Of Strength Of Character.

To earn money Is easy; to save
money 10 easy. too. II you know the
secret. To know what you want and
what you don't want. that is the secret
Don't argue with yourself when you
see thing. "Can l afford itr To do
this II sure sign that you can't. Have
the strength Of character to say. 81
can do without It."
Don't try to save money by invest
ing all your spare cash. Keep re-
serve Ia the bank. A banking account
u . reference. II gives you better
standing In business and out Of 1t and
leads to other good things.
Don't argue with yourself as to
whether you can afford to speculate.
You can't. II you have to put that
question TO yourself. Invest instead.
II you feel that you must put your
money to some USE Investment
means income; speculation means
proflt-or loss-often the latter.
But don't put all your eggs in one
basket. In other words. don't keep on
making investments In the same COM
pany. the same locality, or the same
industry.