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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-18
TREATMENT OF HOG DISEASES
Ailing Animals Should Be Immediately
Isolated in Clean Quarters
Dlsinfect Pens.
prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agricultural

prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture)
AS soon as sickness appears in the
herd the unaffected hogs should at
once be removed to clean, disinfected
quarters, preferably without much
range, for by running over pastures
they may come in contact with con-
tagion. Their feed should be carefully
regulated and, if they have previously
been on pasture, should include some
green feed, roots, or an abundance of
skim milk.
The quarters in which the sickness
first appeared should be thoroughly
cleaned, all bedding and rubbish
burned, and loose boards and old par
titions torn out and burned. If the
pen is old, knock it to pieces and burn
it. Disinfect pens and sleeping places,
using airslaked lime on the floors and
the carbolic-acid solution on the walls
and ceilings. White%ash everything.
If hog dies from any cause the car
cass should never be exposed where it
may be devoured by the other hogs or
by passing birds or beasts, but should
be burned at once or buried deeply and
the pens thoroughly disinfected imme-
diately. If possible, do not move the
carcass from the place where 1t falls !;
but if necessary to do SO the ground
over which it is dragged should be dis
infected 1t is not known positively
how long the virus of hog cholera may
survive in the soil, but under favor
able conditions it Is not unlikely that
it may live in the ground for several
months. Care should be taken to main
tain strict quarantine between the
sick and healthy hogs. The same at
tendant should not care for both lots
unless he disinfects himself thoroughly
after each visit to the infected hogs.
Dogs should be confined until the dis
ease is stamped out.
The treatment of hogs suffering from
cholera is not satisfactory after the
disease has become well established in
herd. The prevention of an out
break by the use of antihog- cholera
vaccination should be relied upon rath-
er than the cure of sick animals.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-18
BEFORE DAYS OF LINOTYPE


An item that appeared in this col
umn recently to the effect that a GER
tain Swiss village still retained its
spoken newspaper" for the dissemina-
ton of news instead of the modern
method of the printed page, recalls to
mind the fact that Detroit once had
a spoken newspaper" too, and that
here the spoken newspaper" prob
ably reached Its highest development
in the United States.
The Rev. FIR. Gabriel Richard, a
priest of the Order of the Sulpice,
tor of the Roman Catholic church If
Ste. Anne in 1889, was its conductor.
and 1t was the precursor of journal
ism In Michigan. To arouse the pub
lie and awaken an interest in the af-
fairs of the government. Father Rich
ard appointed a town crier, who every
Sunday at the doors of his church, told
the public In general, and the congre-
CATION in particular, all the news that
was fit to speak. In addition to this,
sales and related other advertising
announcements. Later, to supplement
the spoken newspaper" written edi-
ton was posted at convenient place
near the church. Father Richard was
assisted in his news enterprise by
Thopolis Meetz, the sacristan of Ste
Anne's church, but later a printer and
publisher.-Detroit News.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-18
BY NO MEANS BARREN WASTE
Group of Islands Known as Spitzber-
gen Has Been Found to Be
Rich In Minerals.

Spitzbergen, 400 miles northwest
of North Cape in Norway, has been
looked upon for centuries as O. great
ice-bound waste not worth the trouble
of exploration. 1t was discovered In
1853 by Willoughby, British naviga-
tor, and nearly fifty years later was
visited by the Dutch explorer Barents.
1t had been known to the Russians and
to the old Norsemen years before but
they had taken no interest In the place.
Its shores have been visited during re-
cent centuries by the crews of whaling
ships, and Arctic explorers have used
it as base of operations.
1t was not until Sir w. Martin Con-
way of Great Britain made tour Of
exploration In 1896 and 1897 that any
thing definite was known concerning
the interior of Spitzbergen. He made
a comparatively complete tour of the
six islands constituting the group, but
seemed more interested in the glacial
aspects of the country than in looking
for coal and iron, which are now known
to be there in vast quantities. But he
established effectively the claim of his
country to sovereignty, which seems to
be about to develop into very valu-
able asset.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-18
Songs That Awaken Memories.

Very many years ago a wise man.
called Fletcher of Saltoun, said that
If he were permitted to write the
songs for people he would not care
who made their laws. and the senti-
ment has gone echoing along the cor
rldors of time.
But although we do not know the
names of our song writers, says the
New York Herald, the songs them
selves make an impression on our
minds that remains long after they
have become trite and. passed into
oblivion. There is not one of them
however, that will not In later years
awaken memories long dormant.
Lyrics that catch the public fancy
usually voice some passing mood OF
condition, but there is one theme that
never passes-one that served singers
and poets before Cadmus invented let
tiers. There is never a season, from
mating spring to dreary winter, In
which the passion that rules mems
lives does not seek expression in some
new melody.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-18
MANURE OF BENEFIT TO CORN
Average Increase Of 1914 Bushels Per
Acre Secured During First Year
Of Application.

The results of a large number of
tests conducted by the University of
Missouri College of Agriculture show
that manure applied to corn land I'M
der Missouri conditions at the rate of
eight loads per acre has given an aver
age increase of 10.4 BUSHES during the
first season following it's application
AT the present price of farm products
this should be sufficient reason for
making special effort to save every
ton of manure produced on the farm
and to see that 1t is returned to IL
field before the corn crop is planted
Not Much Wasted Nowadays.
Tip and copper are not wasted, al
though thrown away by one who has
no further use for them. DEFINING
processes enable manufacturers to re-
cover most of the tin and use It over
again, and copper is almost as good
when resmelted as when first taken
from the mine.
Even the bones which come from
our tables are not wasted Bones are
OF value for glue making, and they are
persistently gathered up and sold to
the glue factories. Millions Of pounds
of glue are made yearly from bones.
Heretofore the trouble has been to
find perfectly waterproof glue or ce-
ment which would hold the particles
together under the effects Of water:
but today cement Is used which is abb
solutely waterproof.-Leslie's Weekly.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-18

The phrase pork barrel' originated
from an old saying of the people in
the farm districts that they had no
need to worry on account of a severe
winter, as they had their barrels filed
with sailed pork or other meats. From
this to the sharing of political plums
is but step. When appropriations
for improvements are made by con
gress or legislatures, such as post Of
fee improvements, and river and har-
Dor work, each representative strives
to secure part of the appropriation
for hts district, SO that his constitu-
ents may share in the financial distrl-
button In the form of contracts or
labor.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-18
OCEAN HAS KEPT ITS SECRET
No One Knows What Became of the
Steamer President, Missing Since
March, 1941.

The first steamer to be reported
missing was the President, which sail
ed away from New York as long ago
as March, 1871. Perhaps 1t was be-
cause big steamers were then marvels
in the eyes of the people of both the
old and the new world that the whole
public of America and Of Europe
thought of nothing but the missing
liner over a period of many weeks.
Ship after ship arrived which had
started after the President and still no
tidings of the missing ship came to
hand.
On April 13-unlucky day-a letter
was received by one of the family of
passenger Of the President, saying
that the missing ship had been driven
to Madeira with damaged rudder.
Flags were hoisted and there was Joy
on both sides of the Atlantic, but, alas
1t was all cruel hoax.
Since the ill-starred day when the
President left New York there have
been many missing ships, and the story
of the old American liner has been
repeated again and again, with per-
haps slight variation In detail Some
mysteries, although never actually
solved, give us something on which to
found theory. The ship which sail
ed away with a cargo of railway met
ais, matches and gunpowder, and was
afterward reported missing" may
have Sunk huf SharlooIy uolroac- ,,o,,Id
probably have thought otherwise.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-18
LONG IN HOLY CITY
American Resident of Jerusalem
for Many Years.
M. M. WheIan First to Welcome Brit
ish Troops When They Entered
Was Representative There
Of the Bible Society.

Although 1t is year since Allenby's
victorious army entered Jerusalem,
and the greatest Christian shrine In
the world was wrested forever from
the clutches of the infidel Turk, one Of
the most striking episodes of all those
that marked that entry has only re-
Gently become known.
To Americans this episode Is OF
especial interest, since It came as the
climax of perhaps the most picturesque
of all the many services that have
been rendered by the allied nations.
and to humanity generally, by individ-
ual Americans, from Gerard and Brand
Whitlock down, since the beginning of
the war.
For nearly three years, or from
early in 1915 until the deliverance of
Jerusalem in December, 1917, one of
the oldest and most famous of British
organizations remained In unblissful
ignorance as to what had become of
its depot" in the Holy City. This or
ganization is the British and Foreign
Bible society, which like its great sis
ter organization in the United States
exists for the purpose of distributing
the Good Book among Christians in
every part of the world.
In February, 1915, or seen after
Turkey threw in her lot with the CEN
trail powers, the Bible society's depot
In Jerusalem, which contained many
thousands of volumes, had to be aban-
doned hastily. The workers there
were brought to Egypt on an American
warship. From that day until quite re-
Gently nothing whatever was known re-
garding the fate of the depot or its
contents. 1t was assumed that both
had probably been destroyed by the
Turks. But then came a letter from
the society's secretary at Port Said in
closing one from the commander of
the London Scottish, the first British
regiment to enter the Holy City. In
this officers letter the striking story
was told of how venerable American
resident of Jerusalem, by name NJ. NJ.
Whelan, came forward spontaneously
after the abandonment of the Bible
society's depot, took up his residence
therein and courageously "carriel on"
as its custodian.
at may interest you to know" this
officer wrote, ''that as l entered Jeru-
salem with the first troops, was met
by quaint old American, named Whe-
Ian, seventy years of age, who told me
he represented the Bible society, and
presented me with beautiful copy of
the Scriptures"
Beyond the fact that NJ. NJ. Whelan
is a naturalized Irish citizen of the
United States, and that he had been
living in Jerusalem for several years
before the war, little is known by the
Bible society at present regarding the
picturesque character to whom it owes
so great a debt Of gratitude. 1t is not
even known from what part of the
United States he comes. The society
has, however, received photograph
of Its venerable American benefactor,
which shows him to be truly patri-
archal type.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-18

LEGEND OF CHRISTMAS ROSE
Story Merely Beautiful imagery, but
Beautiful Flower Really Does
Bloom In Winter.

There is much beauty and pathos
In the legend of the Christmas rose,
which comes down to us by way
of both Italy and England. 1t
concerns a little -Madelon, q flow
er seller, according to the English YER
sion; shepherds daughter, accord
ing to italian sources. She desired
to see the strange little king and fol-
lowed the shepherds to Bethlehem
foot-sore and weary. But she for
got all her trouble in the joy of see
ing the mother and the child" says
Mr.. Jackson. "She stood entranced
by the sight. She saw the rich gifts
the wise men~had brought. She saw
the humble gifts of the shepherds,
the loaf of barley bread, the home
made cheese, the fleece of a lamb,
white and soft, fit to wrap around the
baby's limbs this cold winter night.
She was seized by childhood's native
spirit of generosity. She, too, must
give Of her best. The best she ever
had to give was flowers But there
are no flowers now, for it is winter,
nor has she a farthing of money with
which to buy anything else. She
looked down at her little sun-browned
hands, and a great sob arose in her
throat. To have the impulse of love.
without the means of expressing it. is
real pain, and Madelon burst into
tears. Her tears brought an instant
response from the Guardian Angel Ga
briel, who took her by the hand and
| touched the ground with his stick.
when, 10, rich flowers sprang up on
every side. Yes. there really are
Christmas roses. They bloom in mid
winter, under a blanket of snow, and
their petals never wither. 1t is true,
only the legend tells 1t in the form of
poetry, that is all"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-18
GREAT DAY IN cHlLD's LIFE
Syracuse Younester Will Never Forget
His Meeting With His Hero,
Theodore Roosevelt.

Theodore Roosevelt, the man who
made and held strong friendships
among men, was beloved by children.
He loved them and they admired
him, made a hero of him.
When he was at Syracuse, during
The famous Barnes libel trial, citizen
sitting on his veranda, saw Roosevelt
riding by for his accustomed exercise,
md called to. his wife, There goes
Theodore Roosevelt on horseback"
The slx-year-old son of the house was
N the bathtub when he heard the an
louncement, and rushed downstairs
without waiting to dress, to see his
hero pass. His father told the story
ut a reception that night, and the
'olonel said: Bring that boy to me-
want to see him." So the boy was
brought. and for half an hour sat on
he knee of his idol, listening to sto-
les of life in the West, of Indians
nd grizzlies and African lions, and II
has been said that when he was
taken home. in state of mental in
toxicatisn, hs had Fawn an inch in
haighk ...s..1a. 80 =
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-18
KEEP GOAT IN BACK GARDEN
An kinds Of Reasons Why the Newly.
we6s should Give Some Con-
sideratlon TO the Animal.

The cartoonist, with whom the New
Nweds are favorite If somewhat
hackneyed subject, may sharpen a
fresh PANEL; the day is coming If not
already here. when the joys and sor-
rows Of young wedlock may be pic
tured from a new angle. We are ia
mihar with the Nswlyweds' bungalow,
With their baby, with their Tin Lizzie.
fruitful OF mishaps; soon with these
stock possessions may be listed anoth-
sr|to-wtt. q goat.
One may keep goat in the ordinary
city OF suburban back yard, Eleanor
Anstruther writes In Sunset. No ex-
tensive pasturage is required as in
the case of the caw. If a vacant lot or
prushy AMS<- Se available, a goat
wiz thrive On what it can CLEAN there
though q sSw. norse, or even a sheep
might starva But our suburbanite
Newlyweds presumably must keep
their goat within the confines of their
own back garden. Very well; every
one may still be happy, including the
goat. For the goat will contentedly
resolve into milk and mutton any kind
OF vegetable or green stuff that grows
N the garden. Weeds enchant her
sns VIII eagerly devour, and with great
pront to herself and owner, the results
o9 strenuous mornings wedding on
ne part Of Mr.. Newlywed. By-prod-
nets Of the kitchen, such as the par
inGs Of fruit and vegetables, are well
come. though 1t must always be re-
nsmbered that contrary to general be-
nsf the goat Is clean feeder; the
garbage must 60 to the chickens, not
- the goat
Briefly. single goat may almost be
Aspt on the waste from a garden, and
the feed Of cow will maintain seven
" eight goats.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-18
Exploration Of Ninexeh,

The great rediscoverer of Nineveh
was. Of course. Sir Henry Layard,
who. In the early forties of last CEN
fury. having obtained the patronage
OF Stratford Canning, British ambas-
sador at COnstantinople, himself an
enthusiastic archeologist, journeyed to
Aosul and commenced work of exca-
walton on the mounds of Nineveh in
real earnest. The story of the won
der series Of discoveries which fol-
lowed has been told wildly in his
book. 'Nineveh and It's Remains" pub
hshed In 1848. This work created
great sensation, and the following year
Layard set out east once again, this
time as the agent of the British mu-
scum. with grant of $4,000 to carry
still further his great work at Mosul.
For more than year his labors went
on steadily. The palaces of Sennach.
crib and Ashurbanipal at Kuynjik
were partly uncovered, as well as
those Of Sennacherib and Esarhaddon
ct Nebi-Yunus. and In 1858 LaSard
published an account of his seeond
series Of excavations in lis book,
sNineveh and Babylon"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-18
Barrel as Novel Mousetrap.


When difficulty is encountered In
Kidding place of mice by the ordi-
nary methods. try this one, which Is
outlined by s. L. Basin in Popular
Mechanics Magazine: Get a fairly
tight barrel and bore a hole near the
bottom to serve as an entrance. Throw
into the barrel quantity of shavings
or any material that would be useful
to the mice in forming nests. Add
some grain to serve as an additional
attraction and then cover with a piece
or wood. Let the barrel remain In
place infested with mice for a week
or ten days. At the end of this time
numbers Of the creatures will have
taken up their abode in the barrel and
be busy nest making. Then stop VI
the hole In the bottom with a cork
or wood plug Of proper size, lift up
the cover of the barrel little and
pour In water until there Is sufficient
to drown the occupants. The trap
may be emptied and, after drying, set
up again. In this way a locality is
soon cleared Of mice.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-18
AIM FOR BETTER SEED CORN
County Agents Have Directed consid.
cradle Effort in Selection and
Testing Campaigns.
prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
Realizing the Importance of good
seed corn as an essential in increasing
production, and knowing that false
lected seed corn is best, county agents
have directed considerable effort in
seed-corn selection and testing cam
paigns. Three hundred and fifty-four
agents assisted 63,813 farmers last
year In the SO Northern and Western
states in fall-selecting seed corn, and
more than a million additional acres
were planted with fall-selected corn re-
sulting from work of the agents DUR
ing the previous fall. Assistance was
given to 36,538 farmers in the testing
of seed corn, resulting in 946, 563 addi-
tional acres being planted with tested
seed. The agents conducted extension
campaigns to encourage seed corn Sc
lection in the fall and seed-corn test
ing in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michi-
gan and Pennsylvania.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-18
REMINISCENT or OLD DAYS
6raganza Castle, Home of Portugai's
Kings, Still Interesting, Although
Partly In Ruins.

In the tableland of the Traz-os
Monies district in Portugal lies the
once famous city OF Braganza 1t is
the seat of the royal house of Bra.
ganza, from which came all the kings
of Portugal since the time of the first
Duke Alphonso de Portugal, in 1442
Braganza is still the most important
city OF the frontier between Spain
and Por tugal and noted for it's manu-
facture Of silks and velvets.
The most important thing in Bra
ganza, however, is the ancestral home
of the kings of Portugal, the magnifi-
cent castle that crowns the heights OF
the town. 1t is a splendid example OF
the fortress of medieval times, and
while partly in ruins 1t is quite well
preserved and considered the most
perfect remaining stronghold in Por.
tugal with the exception of the noted
Villa de Feira, near the town OF
Oporto.
The old Braganza castle is rcminis-
cent of the days when soldiers Jared
forth in blouses of metal instead of
wool, and horses were known as
chargers and girls were damoiselles.
The central keep of the castle is
completely surrounded by moat, and
is absolutely inaccessible except by an
ancient drawbridge.
1t is easy when visiting the castle
at twilight for the Imagination to
people it with the crusaders who used
TO throng these crumhling courtyards.
banquet in the rough stone halls, and
pay court to the fair prlncesses of the
royal house of Portugal.
The castle was practically rebuilt by
the second king of Portugal on tie
foundations of the ancient fortress
erected by Alfonso Henrique, and it
still shows all the details of the art
Of defense in days before artillery
methods of warfare were known.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-18
Stone Goes the Rounds.

A merchant in little town does
business with an illlterate farm wom-
an who comes to town once a month
and trades him 20 pounds of butter
for 20 pounds of sugar.
She Is too ignorant to know the
price of butter, but she is smart enough
to know other things. The butter she
brings him comes in the form of n big
roll, and inside the roll of butter the
woman always hides n stone weighing
three pounds. Every time she brings
the butter the merchant cuts open the
roll and takes out the stone and puts
1t In the sack of sugar before he
weighs it. Thus, the woman gets II
pounds Of sugar for II pounds Of BUT
ter, and imagines she is cheating the
merchant.
The stone comes back In the roll
of butter every month, and the mer-
chant sends 1t back just as regularly
In the same sack.-Nashville Ten
nessean.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-18
iHERE's DEFINITION OF "PEP"
Altogether tie Quality of Which Its
Fortunate Pessessor Is to
Dc Envied.

It's the thing which makes the lamb
slAnbsl with glse, the colts prance with
.5ey, the calves throw up their tails and
run IKE fury. the birds sing in split
.sArsat notes. the frogs croak upon the
creek bank. the insects buzz and hum
IN the air, the milkman whistle as he
9eSs along, the blacksmith laughingly
fsst the iron into shape, the plowman
urss his horses with "gee-up, there
me engineer wave a kiss to his sweet
heart as he throws open the throttle,
the woodman smilingly plunge his axe
Into the giant tree, the banker and
merchant rush to their work with a
CHEEKY "bye-bys," the mechanic and
1sborer fairly dance to their jobs, the
soldier 'go over the top" with clinched
jaws and courage that knows no fear,
the live salesman HE to his calls with
shoulders squared, pride in his heart,
and nerves a-tingle with anticipation
of new success.
Oh. pep" Is anything that puts hap
piness In the heart, energy in the body,
determination in the soul, and invinci-
BILE courage in the Withholding