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The Mount Holly news., 1919-04-29
Mere Incident in Cats Life.

You're not obliged to believe the fol.
lowing story, nor even strain your
imagination over it. The Bath (Maine)
Times tell it. About four years ago a
Bath man went smelt fishing off
wharf on the riverside and when he
returned leaned up his pole on which
was his fishing line in corner of the
kitchen. Attached TO the hook was a
yminnow for live bait and this was
wriggling on the hook, when the mans
pet black coon cat espied the fish
and made for it. Before the owner
could prevent the cat had swallowed
the fish and the hook. 1t was impos-
sible for the man to pull out the hook
without killing his pet so he cut the
line, leaving the bait and the hook and
a small portion of the line within the
coony. The cat seems to have as
simulated the hook, for she never has
shown any symptoms of discomfort
from her strange meal and is still
alive and in apparent good health.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-04-29
DYES FROM MOOR AND HILL
Plants in Scottish. Highlands and Ire
land Used to Produce Vast
Variety of Tints.

We think of the preparation of color
tints as having been essentially a Ger
man industry, though in reality the
first discovery in that line was made
by an English scientist, when in 1856
Sir W. II. Perkins introduced a beauti-
ful mauve tint. Further back still
Euglish and Irish dyers depended for
tones of yellow on the brown or
genesta plant, the whin in Scotland, a
plant of the gorse family.
Woad. too, was another valuable ally
Of the dyer. Fermented woad holds
about two per cent of indigo and was
used to obtain that color. Woad-
dyed cloth was dipped into broom
liquor In order to obtain a rich green.
So that three colors with a multitude
of shades were possible at once. In
the Scottish highlands lichens are still
collected in order to get purples, reds,
brown and yellows so constantly need
ed in dyeing the clan and national
tartans. In this connection Ptolemy
tells us that the navigators came from
Tyre and Sidon to the sea-cliffs of
Ireland in order to obtain certain
"mosses," or lichens, for use in COM
the renowned imperial pur-
pies and Tyrian reds of their land.
Walnut, dyers' green weed, barberry,
yellow bedstraw, buckthorn, sea buck
thorn, and corn marigold are among the
plants of the Irish countryside which
nave been used as dye-stuffs by past
generations.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-04-29
WORDS ONE SELDOM HEARS
knowledge of These Definitions May
Some Day Save You a Search
Through Dictionary.

Amphiscians are the people who in
habit the tropics, whose shadows in
one part of the year are cast to the
north and In the other to the south,
according as the sun is north or south
of their zenith.
The Antiscians are the inhabitants
Of the earth living on different sides
of the equator, whose shadows at noon
are cast in contrary directions. Those
living. north of the equator are antis
clans to those living south of that
line, and vice versa. The shadows on
one side are east toward the north
and upon the other toward the south
The Ascians are the people who live
In land where, at a certain time OF
each year, they have no shadows at
noon. All the Inhabitants of the tor
rid zone are Ascians, they having q
vertical sun twice a year.
The Periscians are the inhabitants
Of the polar circle, whose shadows dur
Ing some portions of the summer must
In the course of the day move entirely
around and fall toward every point of
the compass.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-04-29
Japanese WrestIers.

Because of their enormous stature
and girth it has often been assumed
by foreigners that Japanese wrestlers
are race apart, strange little group
of native giants handed down from
antiquity. AS matter of fact the
wrestlers, recruited from the fishing.
farming and forester classes. have
splendid physique to begin with. and
become strong and muscular through
their long training and the encour-
agement that is given to their vora-
cious appetites. Friends are very
fond of giving them big banquets and
are amused to see how mu<h they can
eat. One prominent trainer. when in
vited by his hackers to a dinner. took
all his students along with him. say
ing, "All my followers come along
with me who can drink a gallon of
sake apiece" There is a touch of the
Rabelaisian in it, especially when one
contrasts it with the usual foreign i'm
preston of the dainty tea-sipping,
Japanese.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-04-29
ATTENTION TO SETTING HENS
Nests Must Be Kept Free From Mites
Crude Petroleum Spray May
InIure Eggs.

Great care should be taken to keep
nests occupied by setting hens free
from mites. 1t is hard to work effec-
lively against the mites when many
hens are brooding. Oil in the form of
crude petroleum sprays, used freely
about the house at that time, may soil
the eggs and prevent successful hatch
ing. Infested quarters, therefore,
should be treated thoroughly before
hens are set, so as to start them in
nests which are absolutely clean. Be
meath the straw of the nest a layer
of lime and sulphur will tend to pre-
vent mite breeding, and the entire nest
may be busted occasionally with py-
rethrum. Broken eggs and the straw
soiled by them should be removed
promptly, as they tend to attract mites.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-04-29
HOW DIAMOND CUTTERS WORK
Three Distinct Processes Before the
Rough Stone Is Considered Fit for
Personal Adornment.

Few people who wear diamonds
know the story that lies behind them.
To most of them the diamond is an
agreeable means of personal decora-
tion-something that attracts the eye
In a jewelers. window and is pur-
chased an hour or so later in its com
Portable setting of platinum or gold.
But let US see what lies beyond. Let
US glimpse the long road that stretches
between the miner and the wearer.
There are three processes in the con-
version of the rough stone into flash
in cleaning the course stone of defec-
tive parts and splitting off the flaws,
The second is the cutting, which gives
the stone its form and, in a rough way,
determines the number of faces it
shall have. Finally, there is the pol
ishing, which gives to these faces
their clearness and brilliancy.
The sawyer, when he finds a flaw,
inserts the diamond into a sort of
cup filed with a fusible cement.
Then, by means of an instrument fur
nished with a recently cut diamond,
the edge of which projects sharply, he
rubs on one of the stones the pointed
end of the other, after which he strikes
lightly in order to separate the two
pieces.
The cutter uses somewhat similar in.
struments to the sawyer. He forms
only about one-half of the faces, leav'
ing it to the polisher to form the re-
mainder.
The diamond is then polished on ar
iron plate rotating rapidly and impreg-
mated with diamond dust and Oil It
is set in an alloy of lead and tin in the
form Of cone, of which the stone oc-
cupies the summit. The operation, as
described in. the Modern Hospital,
takes a long time and requires the ex-
ercise Of extreme patience, but the re-
suit is certainly in every sense of the
word a brilliant one.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-04-29

tricts. Plans provide for visits to all
sections by returned American heroes,
the men who offered fheip lives for
the American cause and who still are
giving rnselfishly of their time that
all Americans shall have the oppor-
tunity of learning why they are asked
further to lend aid to the government
These boys, many OF them just re-
covered from serious wounds, have
volunteered to act as Victory Loan
speakers They viii be in all sections
,and their message is one of particu.
lar interest in remote districts
War trains, bearing the speakers,
will make stops anywhere from a half
hour to two hours in each of the towns
visited. On each train will be an ex-
hibit of captured German war material
Also there will be an American whip.
pet" tank, which viii be run down
skids to the street and participate in
a parade Local speakers in each in
stance win be asked to JOIN with the
soldiers in conveying the Victory Loan
HtSSdSe 10 lue peODte. I4IuS OIL ar
rival of the train at each town will be
announced beforehand in the local pa
pers, so that the country people can
arrange to be in town for the event
OF course, the government is not
going to fail because any one ndivid.
ual does not subscribe to the Loan, but
if there are few million non-sub.
scribers, then the government will be
sadly incOmmoded financially and the
results on every phase of national life
will be serious.
This is the answer the returned he
roes will have for the man who takes
the "let George do it, attitude, VINO
says there are plenty of other men
who can better afford to subscribe to
the Loan.
Reports received at headquarters
every day show conciusively that the
rural campaign is to date of the most
encouraging nature. Great results are
expected and an the Central Commit
tee Loan workers are confident over.
subscription will result in every dis
trict.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-04-29

One of the biggest features is the
flight of huge naval dirigible, equ p
ped with all it's engines of destruction
as used in actual warfare. This bal
loon will travel from its base near
Philadelphia to the far corners of
the district, making at least two flights
each week of the campaign
During it's daily fights it will be
in the air twelve hours, half of which
time will be spent in flying over the
towns and communities far into the
interior. 1t is capable of making
speed of 80 miles an hour, and easily
can reach the most distant communi
ties and return the same day, making
several demonstrations en- route. So
watch the sky, and your vigilance, no
doubt, will be rewarded
The dirigible will be piloted by one
of the most capable flyers in the Navy,
Ensign C. w. Tyndall, of New York,
who spent many months guarding the
Atlantic Coast from the air. on the
lookout for German submarines. He
has mastered every trick of operating
the big monitor of the air and will fly
at low altitude, so that good oppor-
tunity may be had to observe the
manipulation of the balloon. During
his flights he will from time to time
release smoke bombs, such as were
thrown about troopships when they
were being conveyed across the At
lantic. He will also drop Victory Loan
literature
Another big feature will be the dis
tribution of interesting motion picture
films to hundreds of towns-some of
them showing American soldiers in
action in France. Deeds of doughboy
heroism, which put fear into the heart
of the Boche, feats Of the "Teufel
Hunden" or "Devil Dogs as the Ger
mans called the American marines and
exploits of "those fool Yankees" who
dashed over the top with no thought
of personal safety-these and other
thrilling features will be shown on the
screen
another strong appeal has been de-
signed especially for the rural dis
The Mount Holly news., 1919-04-29
COST OF PORK PRODUCTION
Young Growing Pigs Become Thin In
Flesh II Compelled to Exist
on Pasture Alone.

While a liberal use of pasture un-
doubtedly lowers the cost of produc
ing pork, it Is possible to overdo the
matter. Mature hogs will live on q
good bluegrass or clover pasture
without any grain, but young, growing
pigs become thin in flesh if compelled
to exist on pasture alone. Their
growth is stopped. And when this
happens they do not finish satisfac-
torily for the fall trade. Those which
are to be marketed in the spring
when year old get along very well
on pasture alone during the grazing
season and fatten well during the
winter. From 1 to per cent of the
hogs weight in grain along with the
pasture gives the most satisfactory
results in the majority of eases.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-04-29
Superior Knowledge.

A young man was walking through
wood with gun over his shoulder
and his bag full Of game which he
had shot. He was not satisfied with
what he had, and was looking for
more, WREN an excited man with
large tin badge on which was in
scribed the one word "Sheriff" came
running up to him and demanded:
Haven't you seen the signs which
I put up on the trees in this woods?"
"Oh, yes, / saw them," answered
the young man; "they said No
1tinG.' but ] found soma"
The Mount Holly news., 1919-04-29
FOUND IT HARD TO ANSWER
Missionary Must Have Been Some
what Staggered by Keen Logic
Of kafir Chief.

Among the former chieftains of the
black tribes of the Transvaal Magato
maintained absolute independence dur
ing his reign over the Magatese, and it
was not until after his death that the
Beers succeeded in collecting the hut
tax from his people. An incident that
illustrates his character is told in
Secret Service in South Africa"
About 1894 the Boer government
sent General Joubert with a small es-
cort to persuade the truculent old
chief to acknowledge it's overlordship
or at least to pay something on ac
count of the arrears of the hut tax.
Are you Paul KrugerT Magato
demanded.
The general explained that he was
a sort of chief induna to the president
Of the republic.
go back and tell your chief that ]
am as great chief as he is, and that
if he wishes to have a discussion he
must come himself to see me. l dc
not talk to indunas."
That was all the general got, and he
had to be content.
The Kafir starts life at the point
most white men only attain with old
age. Independence and competency
are his natural heritage; therefore,
why should he toll?
Magato summed up the position to
the missionary who was vainly endeav-
oring to inculcate the European theory
of the necessity and dignity of labor.
'Why do you white men work so
hard?" he inquired.
'"ro earn money"
"Why do you want money!"
''That we may have no need to
work"
''That is roundabout way of get
ting to the position that my young men
already occupy. You say work is a
good thing, and that all good white
men enjoy work. Why is it that when
you send bad men to prison you make
them work as Observation-Disclosures
Cornpapion
The Mount Holly news., 1919-04-29
Name IL

Shall the man or the woman who o.
crates tractor be known as a tractor
ator, tractorist or a tractioneer9
That Is question an answer to which
Is desired by large numbers of st1i-
dents at the tractor schools now being
established In various parts of the
United States. Tractor operations
have been carried on in a somewhat
hit-or-miss fashion thus far, but now
the Industry is being stabilized and
permanent terms of expression are
needed. Farming, In its relation 70
tractors, has apparently been set for
ward a good ten years by the war.
Tractor production has outstripped tba
training Of operators. Every farm boy
was brought up to manage horse. but
this big steel beast must be handled
In quite different way. State tractor
schools provide a short cut for turning
out tractor operators, whatever they
are to be called-Christian Science
Monitor.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-04-29
TIME TO SPADE IN GARDENS
Work May Be Done Much Earlier on
Sandy Soils Than on Heavy or
Clayey Kinds.

Spading may be done much earlier
on sandy soils than on heavy or clayey
soils. When the soil adheres together
in heavy lump it is too wet for work.
ing. Allow such a garden to dry lit
tie more, because if too wet the clods
that form will often remain unbroken
throughout the whole summer. Wher,
manure and leaves have been spread
over the surface of the garden it viii.
be an advantage to get this material
down into the soil.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-04-29
DESIRABLE SOIL FOR GARDEN
Mellow Loans Retain Moisture and
Supply Piantfood Conducive to
Larger Yields.

A mellow loan soil is highly desir-
able for best results in gardening.
Such soils retain moisture and supply
plantfood solution in such a way that
they are conducive to satisfactory
growth and fruitful yield of vegeta-
bleS.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-04-29
TOP DRESSING WITH
MANURE AIDS WHEAT
Application Should Be Made Wher
Ground Is Still Dry.
Acid Phosphate May Well Be Adder
to Each Load of Fertilizer Be-
fore Spreading-Do Not
Smother the Plants.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
Farmers have been very busy an6
Short of help during the past season.
Doubtless in many cases the manure
pile is still in the barnyard. There
was neither time nor help at hand tc
spread this manure at the usual time,
and as result the wheat may now
be growing on land that is not as fer
tile as is desirable.
In such cases it will be of great help
to the wheat crop and of profit to the
farmer if manure, or straw not needed
for other purposes, is spread evenly
The Mount Holly news., 1919-04-29

tive than seed that matured well and
was so cared for as to make Individual
ear testing unnecessary.
Tests under the same environmental
conditions of widely dissimtlar varie-
ties have brought out the value in
long-season districts of making plant
ings at different periods and using
aat least two varieties of different sea-
sonal requirements in order better to
meet the exigencies of the season ano
to insure crop.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-04-29
ROTATE TO PREVENT DISEASE
Ailments Increase in Activity When
Same Crops Are Grown Yearly
on the Same Soil.

Practically every farm crop is at
tackled by some disease which increas-
es in activity when the same crops are
grown year after year on the same
soil. Root rot becomes more prevalent
when corn follows corn. Smut in corn
is intensified with continuous culture.
Potatoes are often attacked by several
plant diseases if they are grown on the
same soil two or more years in success
sion. With proper crop rotations the
diseases do not have the same host
plant for two successive years, which
prevents them from gaining a head
way.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-04-29
AT SERVICE OF ALL FARMERS
United States Department of Agricul-
ture Gives Assistance
Costing Nothing.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
The United States department of
agriculture is at the service of every
farmer. Not every farmer, however,
takes advantage of that service. The
departments advice costs the farmer
nothing, but the assistance given may
save him a great deal-both in time
and money.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-04-29

tablished is that, Independent of he
redity and Independent of germinabil-
ity, any injury to dormant seed corn
reduces the power of such seed to
produce good crop. Seed corn of 100
per cent termination, laboriously Sc
cured from injured seed By individual
termination tests, is less produc-
The Mount Holly news., 1919-04-29
IMPORTANT TASK IN
GETTING GOOD SEED
Plentiful Supply of GerminabIe
Corn Is Assured.
Drought Reduced Quality of Grain
Sorghum and Broom-Corn-
Treatment of Seed Grain Is
Urged to Prevent Disease.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
A generally favorable maturing sea-
son last year has insured a plentiful
supply of germinable seed corn. In
some cases drought reduced the quail
ity of grain sorghum and broom-corn
seed, and termination tests are urged
for those sections. Flax produe
tion was short in eastern Montana
and western North Dakota, where q
large portion of the flax acreage is
grown, but, since seed grown in that
section is more likely to be free from
weed seeds and flax diseases than seed
The Mount Holly news., 1919-04-29
SMALLER TOWNS Get BIG
SHARE OF LOAN FEATURES
OlrlgbIe Balloon Flights, War Trains, Trophies and
Speakers Are Provided.

Rural communities throughout the
trc have bigger
ing the Victory Loan Drive than in the
Features entirely
enjoyment of the
Something will the
April 81 i
NO detail has been overlooked in the effort
most intensive in the smaller and already
into the district
The Mount Holly news., 1919-04-29
WOOD ASHES OF MUCH VALUE
Average Composition Derived From
Mixed Timber Is Equivalent to 70
Per Cent Carbonate.

Wood ashes have much larger
value than coal ashes. Their value
lies in their content of potash, phos-
phoric acid and lime. The average
composition of wood ashes derived
from mixed hard and soft wood timber
and produced in the household fires is
about 5 per cent potash, 21a per cent
phosphoric acid and 80 per cent lime,
equivalent to 20 per cent lime carbon
ate.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-04-29
GULL ALL WEAK SPECIMENS
Fowls That Do Not Give Promise of
Being Profitable Should Be Dis
posed of at Once.

Ii there are any culls, weak speci-
mems or any birds that do not give
promise of being profitable they should
be disposed of Immediately before they
eat any more grain than is necessary
to get them in proper condition to sell
The Mount Holly news., 1919-04-29
SEED TREATMENT AIDS OATS
AZ Result of Efforts of Farmers and
County Agents Million More
Acres Seeded.

prepared by the United States Depart.
ment CT Agriculsure.)
More than $4,000 farmers co.
operated with the agricultural county
agents last year in the 33 northern and
western states in treating seed oats
for smut. Their efforts resulted in
more than 100000 additional acres of
oats being sown with treated seed.
Based ON reports made the previous
year the results of this work increased
the yield an average of about four
bushels an acre, and this increase was
brought about in most cases at a cost
of less than ten cents an acre.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-04-29
WATER REQUIRED FOR DUCKS
For First Two Weeks Supply for
Drinking Is All That Is Neces-
sary-Keep Painful In Coop.

Ducks only require enough water
for drinking purposes the first two
weeks. Keep shallow painful in your
feeding coop every time you feed
them. This is very important, as they
eat little of the dough, then run to
the water pan so as to wash it down.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-04-29

and thinly on the more level whea.
fields this winter. Such application
should be made when the ground Is
dry or frozen. In case fertilizer ha.
not been applied recently to the lane
and it is known that phosphorus is
needed, 40 or so pounds of acid phos'
phate may well be added to each loac
of manure before spreading. The
application of manure should not be
heavy-probably not over six tons to
the acre in any case-and it should
be spread evenly so as not to smother
the plants.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-04-29

grown farther east, Montana and
North Dakota farmers are urged to
make every effort to obtain good seed
in their own localities. The depart
ment of agriculture is locating good
seed supplies in North Dakota, Mon
tana and Minnesota and making their
location known to those wishing to
purchase.
The treatment Of seed grain to
prevent fungous diseases is point.
ed out as probably the most important
work in connection with spring SOW
ing in 1919.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-04-29
VENTILATION is NECESSARY
Essential for Preservation of Health
of Fowls-Direct Draft Should
Be Prevented.

While good ventilation is absolutely
necessary in preserving the health of
the fowls through winter, a direct
draft should not be allowed to reach
the birds, especially when they are OF
their roOStS.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-04-29
sinnIe Tastes

Il suppose you will use a lew fig
ures of speech"
mo" replied Senator Sorghum; "the
people haven't much liking for rhetor-
ical figures. What they want now is
plain arithmetic"
The Mount Holly news., 1919-04-29
The ONLY EXPLANATION.

''Your husband tells me he has quit
letting on horses !"
oh, dear" exclaimed young MRS.
rorkins. "Charley's broke again !"