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The Mount Holly news., 1919-11-11
Millions of Miles Of Desert,

The great Sahara desert covers the
| major part of northern Africa, con-
sisting of 2,500,000 square miles-an
arid region as large as the whole Of
Europe. From 100 feet below sea level
lit rises in one instance to 5000. feet
above, and some of its elevations, are
covered with snow for three months
of the year. Most of it. however, is a
dry, sandy waste, dotted here. and
there with an oasis where drink may
be secured. The winds are all very
hot and dry, while rain is almost un-
known.
The ostrich, camel, jackal, horned
viper and numerous lizards are the
principal animals of the region. Sew
eral varieties Of hardy birds are also
found. Arabs, Moors, Jews and
negroes jostle each other on the cara
van routes and the fierce-looking
Arabs who bring their produce to the
Egyptian markets are probably rob-
bers and cutthroats In their desert
home.
1t is impossible for travellers to get
off the road, as the caravan routes are
bordered with the bones of countless
camels which have fallen by the way
side during the thousands Of years
these trails have been Travelled.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-11-11

American tourists may hereafter WIS.,
it Roman ruins-the Coliseum, For
um. Pantheon, Caracalla baths and the
basillca of Constantine, st. Peters
and other Rome gems, not In anti
quated horsedrawn carriages. but In
airships. The Italian navy has es-
tablished a commercial dirigible serv-
ice for visiting Rome and its en-
virons from the air. The venture has
met with complete success, for daily
the aircraft are filed to capacity.
The correspondent of the Associated
Press viewed Rome from the Italian
navy's dirigible MI. On board were
diplomatic representatives of all the
allied countries to the number Of "a
the capacity of the craft. The United
States representative was Colonel
Buckley, military attache there.
Those in the party of long residence
stated that looking at Rome from the
dIrigible brought out features Of II
which went unperceived to the observ-
er on the ground.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-11-11
PROFIT SHARING NOT MODERN
Scheme Has Been In Operation Since
1929, Though Really Only Active
In Last Forty Years.

Profit sharing has been used In va.
sous forms since at least 1929, being
most active In the last 40 years, Park
MathewsOn writes in the Magazine OF
Wall Street. Pioneers in profit shar.
ing. such as Lever Bros. of Port Sun.
light, Eng, and Cambridge, Mass. N
0. Nelson Manufacturing company OF
the model town Of Leclaife near St
Louis Mo-; Proctor & Gamble of Ivory
dale, o., and numerous other smaller
or less known companies have operated
on the profit-sharing plan successfully
for over a quarter of century.
AS with many other fundamental
and social movements. profit sharing
clearly came from the old countries.
for one Of the first successful profit
sharing plans In the United States was
founded In Leclaire, Ill, named after
the father Of profit sharing" Monsieur
Leclaire of Maison Leclaire, Paris,
France.
There are many notifications of
profit sharing, as laid down in one of
the complete and fundamental discus
sions Of the subject, printed some forty
years ago, and 1t is well to have in
mind the differentiations of the true
profit sharing and its various offshoots.
such as bonus giving. holiday gifts.
production bonus, pensions, welfare
work, etc.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-11-11

American business men are remind
ed by Wallace ]. Young, United States
consul at Prague, that letters intend
ed for that country should not be ad-
dressed Bohemia" but should be ad-
dressed "Czecho-Slovakia." Also in
the body of the letters, when the whole
country Is intended to be mentioned,
Its proper name should be used. The
former Bohemia" is only one of the
PARTS Of Czecho- -Slovakia, and when an
American firm speaks, for example, Of
wanting agencies In Bohemia" with
out knowledge of such firms pre-
vious connections in the former Grown
lands" now comprised within the state,
1t is impossible to tell whether the
writer is desirous of securing new
agencies in Bohemia only or through
out the entire Czecho- -Slovakia.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-11-11
French Study Of War History

Visitors in Paris have a new place
of interest in the opening of the Bibli-
otheque ct Musee de la Guerre. The
new war library and museum had its
inception in a realization of the i'm
portance of beginning as soon as pos
sible a collection of historic material.
Although one purpose is to provide a
permanent exhibition for the benefit
of the general public. another is the
accumulation of material from which
the history of the war may be writ
ten.
1t is now known that, early in the
wer. Germany began plans to attract
the historians of the future to Berlin
10 order that they should do their
work in au atmosphere sympathetic
to Germany. The course of events
however, has been such as to make
the cautious historian distrustful OF
German documentary evidence, and
much history will doubtless be writ.
tea in the new French institution.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-11-11
GAME INTERESTS ALL RACES
Baseball Knows No Distinction of Ma.
tionality, Nor Does 1t Recognize
the Color Line.

There isn't anything that can draw
together the races, nationalities and
religious beliefs like the good, old.
fashioned American game of baseball
In game played on the Fourth of
July an American who witnessed ii
in describing one Of the plays says
A batter whose name showed him
to be Of Polish descent had reached
first base. A German went to bat. A
pitcher with a French name pitched
the ball and the German knocked a
high fly. A Jew ran after it and
dropped 1t. He picked the ball up and
threw 1t to an Englishman at second.
The Englishman threw the ball to an
Irishnian on first and a double play
was made and the German and the
Pole were declared out.
From where the spectator sat he
could have reached out his hand and
touched German, Russian, d sew,
an Italian and negro. Several ne
groes were seated together watching
the game. The umpire made a deci-
sion. One of the negroes did not
agree with the decision and he said
the empire" was rotten" He'd bet
81 the empire" was wrong, and he
took So from his pocket. An Ameri-
can in soldiers uniform took the bet
and covered the $2 The soldier ex-
planned the rule to the negro. and the
negro said:
Pears to me dat's right, after all"
Then the American put, his own 81
back in his pocket and returned the
81 he had won on the bet back to the
negro. What other athletic game could
be played In this world with such rep
resentation Of peoples as are to be
found at baseball game? The best
of 1t all is that the soldiers having in
tloduced it overseas, It now promises
TO be an all-Over-the-world game
Hartford Courant
The Mount Holly news., 1919-11-11

Theodosia. the only daughter Of
Aaron Burr, was woman Of superior
mental accomplishments and strong
affections. In her eighteenth year
she was married to Joseph Alstoh
afterward governor of South Carolina.
She was a devoted and adored wife.
The trial of her father for treason and
his virtual banishment not only de-
pi essed her spirits but fearfully
wrecked her already feeble constitu-
ton, yet his disgrace in no way les
sened her affection. When he re.
turned from Europe she resolved to
visit him In New York. Embarking
from South Carolina on the Patriot
or the thirteenth day of January, 1913,
she was never heard of afterward.
The schooner may have fallen into
the hands of pirates; but as heavy
gale was experienced for several days
soon after leaving Georgetown. the
probability is that the craft sunk.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-11-11
Hotels Famous "RoyaI Suite" /"

On the wall of the so-called royal
suite" in the old Revere house. Bos-
ton, Mass, hung a decorated shield
bearing the names of distinguished
guests: Jenny Lind, 1850; Daniel
Webster, 1850: prince of Wales, 1860 !;
Patti, 1860; Parepa, 1895; Christine
Nilsson, 1870; Grand Duke Alexis
1871; King Kalakaua, 1875 and EN-
peror Dom Pedro, 1875. But. even If
the hotel had remained in operation.
the present prince of Wales, coming to
Boston, would hardly have gonesthere
for his temporary dwelling place. For
a good many years the old hotel has
stood as a survival, in a part Of the
city where distinguished travellers
were no longer ~among the common
sights; and now 1t goes out Of bust
ness. But, in its time. it was proud
Of that royal suite"
The Mount Holly news., 1919-11-11
FROM DAvY JONES
Inventor Is Confident He Can
WreSt Riches.
Simon Lake Is Man Who Claims He
Has Devised Perfect Salvaging
Submarine-WiIl Seek Gold
Long Under Water.

With the waters of the Atlantic
ocean smashing over his head, Simon
Lake, submarine inventor, expects to
excavate 'the bottom of Long Island
sound, off Port Morris, N. Y, and try
to salvage $5,000,0O0 gold bullion from
the treasure chests of the H. NJ. S.
Huzzar. The treasure has nestled on
the bottom for 119 years.
If Lake desires, he says, he will be
able to smoke a cigar, sing song and
twang a ukulele on the bottom of the
ocean while the treasure is being re-
covered with new salvaging subma-
rine machine which he has just per-
fected.
The story of the Huzxar and its
buried gold is as romantic as any sea
yarn ever spun by Jules Verne or Rob-
ert Louis Stevenson. 1t begins at a
date when pirates roved the Atlantic,
and promises to end with a submarine
climax.
Chapter l shows the British war
ship Huzzar, launched about the year
1760, to the pop of wine bottle. From
this point the story carries the wind
jammer through the adventurous
times when Captain Kidd might be
found at any time hiding behind the
next wave, and narrates her exploits
as utility vessel in the British navy.
The last trip Of the proud Huzzar
was when she started to the American
colonies in 1850, carrying a cargo of
golden wealth in her hold. In making
the waters of the harbor, at a time
when He'll Gate was not adequately
charted, she struck rock and stove a
hole In her bottom. She tried to make
shore. but didn't, and sank off Port
Morris. The treasure, which was to
have paid off the soldiers of the crown,
sank with her.
Thirty years ago company was or
ganized on Staten island to attempt
the salvage Of the Huzzar gold. The
most accomplished diver of. the day
spent much time In the water. He sue
ceeded in bringing up a hard oak rib
of the ship and a few coins of little
value, and then was forced to give up
his efforts. The experiment cost the
salvage company $4,000.
The oaken rib of the good ship HUI
Ear was worm-eaten, but it was sawed
diagonally, and just enough good wood
was recovered to make two canes One
of these canes is now In the possession
Just when Simon Lake will begin
operations to salvage the Huzzar gold
has not been made public.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-11-11
centurIes-oId Imaaes Found.

Investigations by the Mexican gov
ernment to find out who built the
great pyramids at San Juan Teoti-
huacan, q miles from Mexico City,
have brought to light two great gran
ite heads of the ancient Mexican god
of the air, Quetzalcoatl.
These heads are almost perfect
specimens, bearing all the symbolic
markings.
The long-disputed point as to who
erected the pyramids is, as yet, un-
solved. These huge mounds, one to
the sun and the other to the moon.
the former being 761 by 721 feet at
the base and 216 feet high, are gen.
orally attributed to a tribe that pre-
ceded the Toltecs, probably dating
from about the sixth century.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-11-11
How Pipe Reveals Character.

A new method Of telling a mans
character is now advanced by William
e. Critchlow, ninety, Of Macon, Mo.
He said:
You can tell more about man by
the way he lights his pipe than you
can by the shape Of his head There's
the fellow who strikes a match on the
south end Of his trousers, holds his
hands over the bowl until he gets 1t
going, throws down the match any old
place. and Tits his pipe up toward the
North Star. That man may burn down
his home and barn, but he'll never
lick his wife or children, because his
hearts right.
Crooks and bad men don't often
smoke pipes. They wouldn't be crooks
II they did, because there's something
about an old hickory pipe that inspires
a man to play fair with his neighbors." !"
The Mount Holly news., 1919-11-11
Peculiar Animals.

The rabbit, or hyrax. which is found
in Africa and Syria. is an interesting
and comparatively little-known ami
NAL Although 1t has hoofs, the sole
of each foot is cup-shaped. so that
when it presses the edges of hoof
against a smooth surface it can form
a vacuum under the hoof by raising
the center. Thus. using its feet as
suckers. it climbs trees with surpris-
ing facility. The large-eyed, lemur-
rKe creature called tarsier. native
of the Malay islands and of the Phil
ippines, IS equally interesting. It's
toes end in suckers with which It can
climb even the smooth stems of Dam-
boo Youths Companion.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-11-11
~.rvIno Mask" Portrait PaIntIno

A new and startling departure In
The art of portrait painting has been
evolved by Nine. Ivy de Verley Mrs.
vesey Dayerend), one Of London's best
kpown artists. Nine. de Verley calls
this new work "a living mask" and in
deed 1t has all the startling qualities
Of real mask.
This new method of bringing out
facial characteristics has met a great
deal of favor since it was first dis
played by the artist. Even In studio
where there are any number of ex-
ceedingly attractive portrait paint
ings this living mask Immediately ar
rests the eye. It gives one the i'm
preston that q face is peering through
dark curtains.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-11-11
Hoollganism.

This word Is Of English origin. Some
years ago there was a dangerous gang
Of young rufians who made things
very lively in the neighborhood of the
New Cut and Low Marsh. London.
The captain of the gang was one Hoo
ley. and when the police made a
capture the prisoner was described
as one of the "Hooley gang" char
acterization which gave the magistrate
a concise idea as to the habits and
customs Of the gentleman in the dock,
and so by frequent use 1t became
transformed to "Hooligans" by the
Ccckney tongue, which gradually
spread as q generic term for ruffians
throughout the country.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-11-11
LIxea In nld npIIIhox ,

A Belgian farmer, who has returned
to his shell-shattered fields near Poel-
capelle, has solved his own particular
housing problem by converting an un-
damaged "pillbox" into a temporary
home for himself and family. 'Pillbox'
was always an unfortunate and mis-
leading name for concrete forts. Near
ly all Of them were rectangular and
contained four or more large rooms.
Very little work would be required to
turn them into comfortable and even
lasting homes. Some near Boesinghe
are already being fitted up as cafes,
In anticipation of tourist parties which
will throng the battlefi6ds as soon
as passports and travel restrictions
will be relaxed.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-11-11

Few dog stories would be so well
worth hearing, If the dog could tell 1t,
as that of Shep, collie that belonged.
and that we hope still belongs. to
a family that lives on the upper Scioto
river. in Ohio. The family moved to
the headwaters of Smoky Hill river.
In Kansas. They went by train to
Kansas City and the rest of the way
by wagon. After q year they moved
back again to their old home in Ohio.
but left Shep with neighbor In Kan
sas. Eight weeks later the dog, "as
thin as rail" and somewhat footsore,
walked into the house on the Scioto
He had Travelled 500 miles.-Youtb's
Companion.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-11-11

Henry Ward Beecher was once Wis
iting Doctor Alexander at Princeton
university. and the venerable Presby-
terian president showed him polished
cabinet in which were all the sermons
Of his long New York ministry. This
is beautiful present made to me by
some of my people," said the doctor
"Yes," said Beecher. 81 am glad to
see the place" "Why?" inquired Doc
tor Alexander. "Well, am glad" re
piled the witty preacher, ito know that
this place is in existence, Doctor AL
exander, because II ever there is an
other flood. l shall start for this spot
there will be one dry place.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-11-11
In Memorx II Iames Matt

The centenary of James Watt, the
inventor of the modern condensing
steam engine, who died on August 10,
1919, was celebrated in Scotland by the
raising Of a fund Of $25O.O00 to fur
ther endow the engineering depart.
ment of Glasgow university, to pro.
vide additional facilities for the train
ing of engineers.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-11-11
Doctor Was a Comfort.

Patient latter operation)-Doctor,
they say you are getting better and bes
ter on these appendix operations every
day"
Doctor-That's a fact. The man I
operated on yesterday lived twelve
hours. and I'm IN hopes you'll live
twice as long. If you don't worry r.
Life.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-11-11
Money and Advice.

81 have called to borrow some
money"
81 cannot lend you money but I'll
give you some good advice"
THAT won't do. / want to borrow
money from you so can go out and
pay a lawyer for some real advice"
The Mount Holly news., 1919-11-11
EarIv Trainlno,

"Why have you never married. Mr..
Tompkins?"
II suppose it's because / took the
bachelors degree while at college,
Boston Transcript.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-11-11
welded IN SMOCK
Reason for Scanty Garb of Some
0id-Time Brides.
In England II Was Held That Act Re-
lleved Husbands Of Debts Con-
tracted by His Bride Before
Their Marriage.

"A Bangor lawyer attending court In
the ancient town of Wiscasset, Lincoln
county. recently went rummaging In
the Colonial court records of the place,
and In the course of his reading came
actoss the official registration Of
'smock marriage" writes L. T. Smyth
fror' Bangor, Me-, to the Boston Tran.
script "Not knowing what a smock
marriage was, the lawyer looked fur
ther, and got considerable light upon
custom that prevailed in England
century or more ago and also to some
extent in the American colonies.
"Smock marriages were weddings
where the bride appeared dressed in
white sheet or chemise The reason
for such garb was the belief that IL
man married 6 woman who was in
debt he could be held liable for her
indebtedness If he received with her
any of her property; and also. that II
a woman married q man who was In
debt. his creditors could not take her
property to satisfy their claims II he
had received nothing from her at mar
riage. In England, says an antiQuari-
an, there was at least one case where
a bride was clothed In puris naturan-
bus while the ceremony was being per-
formed In the great church at Birming
ham. The minister at first refused to
perform the ceremony, but, finding
nothing in the rubric that would ex-
cuse him. he finally married the pair.
ITO carry out the law fully as the
people understood 1t, the ceremony
should always have been performed as
1t was in the church at Birmingham, in
the case noted; but, modesty forbid
ding, various expedients were used to
accomplish the end without the un-
pleasant features. Sometimes the
bride stood In closet and put her
hand through hole In the door some
times she stood behind a cloth screen
and put her hand out at one side;
again, she wound about her a white
sheet furnished by the bridegroom, and
sometimes she stood In her chemise or
smock. Eventually, in Essex county,
at least, all immodesty was avoided by
the groom furnishing all the clothes
worn by the bride, retaining the title
to the same In himself. This he did
in the presence of witnesses, that he
might be able to prove the fact in case
he was sued for any debts she might
have contracted. A marriage of this
kind occurred at Bradford in 1878, and
the following is true copy of the rec
ord of the same:
Bradford, Dec. We "a, 1773-This
may certifie whomsoeger it may con.
cerne that James Bailey of Bradford,
who was married to the widow Mary
Bacon November q last past by me ye
subscriber then declared that he took
said person without anything Of estate
and that Lydia the wife Of Liazer Bur-
bank and Mary the wife of Thomas
Stickney and Margaret the wife of Ca
leb Burbank all of Bradford we're wit
nesses that the clothes she then had
on were his providing and bestowed
upon her.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-11-11
WILLIAM BLACH.

MtAtStcE "a yc OOSpcA.
1T Is noted by the same writer that
In all cases of smOck marriages that
have come to his notice the brides
have been widows.
1T is thought that during the reign
of George III there were many smock
marriages In Maine. then part of the
province of Massachusetts Bay, chief
ly in the counties of Lincoln and York,
or in the territory which is now so
known. There is nothing to show that
the practice outlived the Revolution.
In Maine, up to 1852, husband was IL
able for debts Of his wife contracted
before marriage. and nc such subter-
fuge as the smock marriage could re-
lieve him."
The Mount Holly news., 1919-11-11

Keep saving and savings will keep
you.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-11-11

Build hy thrift Buy savings
Stamps.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-03-21
0RACION EN- FAVOR DE
LA LlGA DE LAS
NACIONES

NUEVA YORK, Mario 15.-El
Rev. Samuel Charles Black, Doctor en-
Teologia Y Mayor del Ejercito ameri-
cano, ha compuesto una Oraci5n para
implorar la ayuda de Dios para que
de sus luces a los estadistas que Sc
italian ~arregiando la paz del mundo.
La oracion ha sido publicada Dor la
prensa de esta ciudad y muchas Der
sonas Ia rezau va. al elevar sus pre-
ceS a Tod~opoderoso. Dice ash:
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-03-21
LA DOCTRINA MONROE
SERA F~ORTALECIDA
POR LA LIGA
Ial es la opinion de Lord Ro-
bert Cecil, delegado ingles
al Congreso de Paz

PARIS, Ma.zo l9.-LorI Robert
Cecil. Consejero irglGs de Ia Iiga
de N~aciones. dijo roy a los CORES
p~onSales de Ia deltyacion britannica
en- cst& capital, que IN su opinion. ell
%convenio de Ia Liga de Naciones no
puedc formar parte del tratado pre-
llmlnar de paz con Alemania, V gre
go que no creia que su incorporation
retardara en- modo alguno Ia prcsen-
tacion del tratado dicho a los ale
names
Isl la doctrina Monroe significa,
declare Lord Cecil, 10 que yo creo
que qulere decir,-la no intervention
de los europeos en- los asuntos ame-
%ricanos, sin ell consentimiento de los
Estados Unidcs,-en tai case la doc
trina dicha viene a ser fortalecida
por Ia Liga, puesto que ninguna
acci0n podria tomarse de acuerdo
con sus estipuIaciones, sin Ell consen-
timiento de los Estados Unidos."
Al preguntarSele 81 seria possible
IA insercion en- ell convenio o Cons
tituci0n de Ia Liga de Naciones. cue
aclara este punto, Lord Robert dice:
"Dudo de Ia convenience de po-
ner a cualQuiera potencia en- una ST.
tuacion especial, respecto del resto
del mundo."
Discutiendo sohre Ia proposition Y
mas que proposition, allegation del
Japon por igual racial, Lord
Robert, dijo:
mo obstante 10 mucho que SIM
patizamos con Ia teoria de Ia igual-
dad de razas, no podemos insertar
tai stipulation en- el conrenio, sin
infringir o lastimar los derechos do
mesticos de los gobiernos individual
les"
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-03-21
Ecuador no hn pedido a Will
son que fuaja de arbitro

WASHINGTON, mario ls.-Un
despacho recibido hoy en- esta CAPT
tai, procedente de Guayaquil, Ecua-
dor, dice que la noticia publicada por
la prensa americana, referente a que
el Ecuador haya pedido al Presidente
Wilson que funja de arbitro en- la
disputa de limites entire esa nacion
V el Peru, carece en- absolute de fun
damento.
Tai paso, Sc considera que podria
c~omprometer sacramento Ia situacion
del gobierno con el Congreso ecua-
toriano, antes de que este tuviera
una oportunidad para aprobar el pro-
veto de Ia Liga de Naciones.