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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-06-03
Get New Legs.

A young soldier walked with mill.
tary stride into the Office Of the d!s-
ability reviewing board at Camp Dia.
yesterday and presented himself to the
officer at the desk. whats your
trouble2 asked the lieutenant as the
soldier handed over his certificate Of
disability rating by the camp exam
lining board. mo legs, sir" answered
the soldier. whats that?" asked the
officer, who had seen the man walk
into the room, his soldierly bearing at
tracing the admiration Of the officers
eye. Both legs gone, but they've fixed
me up almost as good as new with ar
tificial ones" answered the soldier,
who is Sergt. Samuel F. Hall Of near
Somerville. Mass, and the first SOL
dier minus both legs who had been
brought up to Camp Dix for discharge.
He demonstrated he had learned to
walk with the use Of his new legs with
perfect ease and was therefore given
an immediate discharge. Except for
the loss Of his legs, which were below
the knee, Hall was In perfect physi-
cal condition. Under the terms of his
war risk insurance Halls injury con-
stitutes a total disability and he will
draw 500 a month for the rest of his
life.-New York Sun.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-06-03
USE CANNON MADE or WOOD
People of at Least Three Countries
Employ That Material and Have
Found II Satisfactory.

Anyone familiar with modern weap-
ons of war and the high explosives
used In them would naturally sup
pose wooden cannon of little use.
Wooden cannon have been used with
considerable success In Cuba, Haiti
and the Dominican Republic.
The wood used Is very tough, hav-
ing twisted grain that curls about
the log In such a way that to split the
timber with the ordinary means is al
most impossible.
The best trees are selected and a
piece of the log five or six feet in
length and one foot In diameter is cut.
After the bark has been removed
and the log made perfectly round, 1t
Is swung up on crude truss and a
hole Is burned into 1t from one end
The log is wound with fresh rawhide.
which shrinks and hardens When the
cannon is covered another layer is
wound on after certain treatment, and
this Is continued until the weapon has
Increased several inches In diameter
Then the weapon is treated to hot
blast, which tends further to contract
the hide binding until II becomes al
most as strong as wire. These crude
cannon have'been employed In a num-
Der of instances, and 1t is astonishing.
so 1t Is said, how many times they
can be fired before they burst or are
otherwise disabled.
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CABLING Fifty Year. AGO.

The enormous mass Of matter which
is being cabled from Paris may recall
to some old newspaper men the diff
culties with which the work was &C
complished fifty years ago. For one
thing the rate was then a sovereign
$5-a word, and the gentleman pre-
siding over the London end of the
Anglo-American Telegraph company
was an antocrat who did not much
believe in special facilities for the
press, and among other things exacted
that the word "London"-represeDt
a sovereign-shou be added to the
signature in each case. "You ap-
preached his Office" 1t was written,
"as you would approach shrine, a
temple of some far-off deity" and
when press messages were allowed to
go at a reduced rate he imposed a
code under which he dealt with them
as he chose, which meant that there
was no knowing how or when they
would be dispatched.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-06-03
PAYING HOMAGE TO DEVILS
Recognized Method by Which Chinese
Insure Against Dire Work of
Evil Spirits.

Once year during the first IA days
of the seventh Chinese month, the GU
riOus ceremony of Yu-Nan-Whei is eel
ebrated, being. in fact, the paying of
homage to the land and sea devils.
says New York Herald Seven priests
carry out the ceremony by Offering up
various forms of prayer and making
an unearthly noise by beating large
gongs.
Anyone wishing to show his respect
to the devils can do so by a payment
of 600 cash-about % cents-to each
of the priests, for which amount they
will continue their performance for II
hours-a truly modest remuneration
for men engaged in the ardent occupa-
ton of propitiating evil spirits. For
an extra payment of 1000 cash a num-
Der of small red paper boats, about six
inches long, with lights inside. will
be sent floating down the river with
the current.
These lights are for the benefit of
the sea devils, In order that they may
be able to see their way about on
dark nights-a little attention which
1t is hoped these maritime demons APP
preciate. Having finished this per-
Torrance, the person on whose behalf
II has been carried out goes away
happy In the conviction that he will
not lose any of his family throughout
the year, either by sickness or drown
ing, so that the whole ceremony may
he looked upon as an insurance policy.
A jewelry house in Bordeaux,
France, has closed deal with large
manufacturing firm in New England
for ain order of alarm clocks, the to-
tai purchase amounting to one-quarter
million francs or $4S.250 at normal ex-
change. There is said to be a dearth
of alarm clocks in France and in
French colonial possessions. This is
due to the inability Of French dealers
to obtain importations from their for
mer sources of supply in enemy coun-
tries. The Bordeaux firm said it
placed this initial order as a means
Of ascertaining the quality Of United
States clocks and their suitability as
to price and wear for the French
market.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-06-03
SaEkIFF's SALE

| NaEKIFF'S SALE
BY virtue of a writ of II. ia. to me direct
| ed. Issued out of the New Jersey supreme
Court, Burlington county, 1 will sell at
public sale on
THURSDAY. JUNE 12. 1919
between the hours OF IL and O'Clock in the
at the court house, Mount Holly, N. j.
All that certain lot of land with the build
Ings and improvements thereon erected,
situate in the borough OF Wrightstown, In
the county of Burlington and state of New
Jersey, bounded and described as follows:
viz: Beginning at a stone on the south side
Of Main street formerly Hill street) at the
tort Invest corner of a lot of Emma Davis
runs thence ny along the edge of said Main
street north seventy three degrees west to a
stone corner to land of the Wrightstown
Methodist Episcopal church, thence (2)
tiong the line of said church property
south nine degrees and thirty minutes west
three chains and twelve links to a stake
thence (3) south seventy-three degrees east
to a stone at the southwest corner of said
Emma Davis lot, thence AZ along the line
of said Davis lot north nine degrees and
links to the place OF beginning containing
about one-half acre OF land be the same
more or less.
Being the same premises which David |
Dazell and wife conveyed to the said Ar |
thur A. Seger by deed dated No, ember s. |
1917 and recorded in the Clerk Office OF |
burlington county in Book $50 of Deeds |
folio $685. &c.
Seger, defendant, taken in execution at the |
suit of j. Hillman Croshaw, ct ais, trustees,
etc ct ais, plaintiffs, and to be sold by
A. ENGLE HAINES,
g. n. Hillman, Atty. Sheriff. |
Dated May 10, 1919 Prs adv fee sl6.66
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humor. Of the Mule Race.

In nearly every army race meeting
held in France during the war there
was provision for mule race. Some
mules, London Times correspondent
says, were remarkably fast and handy,
while others were satisfactory so long
as 1t was straight course. At one
meeting Of the Picquigny course the
distance was four furlongs, with a very
sharp right-handed turn at the half
distance. II the turn was not taken
there was no alternative but to go into
the woods which surrounded the
course. Fully 25 Of the mules re-
fused to take the bend and plunged
straight into the wood. which is thick
and very dark. After a while the
whole woods were reverberating with
the agonizing cries which only mules
can make. Strange to relate there were
no serious casualties to men or mules.
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Fulwell park. where ex-King Manuel
of Portugal has lived since he took his
bride to England five years ago, is a
historic mansion built mainly in the
Georgian style. "A part Of 1t dates
back to James II. hut 1t has been con-
siderably enlarged from time to time,
and now contains a magnificent suite
Of six entertaining rooms. Besides the
nine-hole golf course there are several
tennis courts in the grounds, for this
is a game at which the ex-king excels.
There is good fishing in the River
Crane, on which also boating is pos
sible. Fulwen park has been the home
of many famous people, and Twicken-
ham itself abounds in historic memo
ries. In 1900 Orleans house was the
residence of Louis Philippe. then duke
Of Orleans.
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DISPUTE OVER HUMAN BONES
Discovery In Florida Gives Scientists
Opportunity to Indulge In a
Lively SquabbIe.

Biologists and anthropologists are
having a lively controversy among
themselves over certain human re-
mains which have been unearthed at
Vero, Fla. Human bones were found
in geological formations of the pleis-
tocene or glacial period; man existed
in America during that early age. But,
DIRECTORS interpOse, the skeletal re-
mains are those of a modern sort of
man, regular Indian type. So recent
type at that period is incredible. The in
dividual must have been buried in the
ancient strata.
The other side answers that burial
is out Of question. The formation of
the earth above the bones indicated
gradual natural accumulation, and not
the heaping of earth into a grave.
That the bones were scattered some
twenty feet from the others, which in
dicates that they drifted while on the
surface chow could buried bones move
twenty feet through the soiD; and.
further, that the fact of the remains
being of modern type of man merely
shows that this modern type of man
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DOGS HELPED TO WIN WAR
Part Played by Pets Of the American
Soldiers Should by No Means
Be Overlooked.

A bewildering mass of printed mat
ter is accommodating which bears upon
the relative and intrinsic usefulness
Of various agencies which contributed
to the welfare and comfort of the
American army in France. There is
also, much discussion of the part
which French women and children
played in mitigating the loneliness
and hardships of service far from
home. But little has been said of the
service rendered by French dogs.
Some authorities claim that on the
average there was pet dog to every
company of soldiers averaging $50
men, at the outset. This would make
1000 dogs for 100000 men. or 5000
dogs for the entire American army
in France when the armistice was
signed.
1t is quite possible that these thou
sands Of pets contributed more to the
winning of the war than all of the
dogs used for scouting and watching.
and even those that served In the Red
tlOcS W AlQ WOuLueu anu
soldiers and carry first-aid comfort to
them where they lay, in obscure places
not easily discovered by human sense.
For the pets helped nightly in keep
ing up the morale Of men tired and
battered by the hard work Of the cam
paign. They were ION the Job" all the
time. They were a moral tonic and
they taught. as fine dogs always do,
the kind of devotion and loyalty which
is the very soul of good army.
If 5000 dogs, or only 5000, were
kept as pets by American soldiers in
France it is certain that they pro-
yided millions Of hours of pleasure
for weary men and soothed multitude
of homesick hearts. They typified the
affection which does not grow cold,
the faith which never waivers, and such
steadfastness was good for fighting
men to think about, In an alien land,
close to battle and the chance Of death.
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TO The HOLY CITY
Sacred Road Filled With Crowds
Of Refugees.
Scenes Brought About by Modern War
fare In Sharp Comparison With
Those Which Met the
Eyes Of the MaaI.

Beyond Bethlehem the once narrow
camel road over which the Magi had
come broadened into a dusty highway
and began to I'LL with a throng of peo-
pie going to and from the Holy City,
writes John 81. Finley in "From Beer
sheba." in Scribner's. The refugees
from Jericho. encamped In the field
opposite the tomb of Rachel, were ris-
Ing frowzled from their nomad beds.
Lorries and ambulances were starting
from camps at the roadside for the
hellish places from which these refu-
gees had fed, down where the British
forces were holding their trenches
awaiting the day of advance. A bat
talon Of Anzac cavalry was passing
In the opposite direction for It's pc
ROD OF rest after. the nights riding.
Indian lancers and Indian infantry
men, picturesque even in khaki. looked
and knelt toward the dawn and their
own Himalayas. Trains Of camels from
somewhere bore their compact loads
that might be myrrh or the daily man.
ma for the troops. Hundreds of
donkeys, "Allenby's white MICE" went
pattering along. Airplanes were mount
ing and circling with their hum.
to scout or perhaps to bomb the hills
toward Shechem. Barefoot women
with vari-colored burdens on their
heads walked with all the stateliness
Of queens toward the city Of peace
the city Of peace amid shepherds
fields. now become munition magazines,
which were daily augmented by what
the trains brought up from Egypt, and
daily diminished by what the trains
toward the front were carrying north
ward for the redemption of Samaria
and Galilee the ancient land of the
tribes of Benjamin and Ephraim
and Manasseh and Issachar and
zebulon and Asher and Naphtali and
Dan-Dan, which I would yet reach
but that Is another story.
For the day / was content to stop
at the mount within the walls of
Jerusalem, where Abraham ended his
sacrif1cial journey, fire and knife in
hand; the mount whose topmost rock
was regarded as the center of the
world, the "stone Of foundation" on
which the ark OF the covenant once
rested; the mount from which Moham-
med is said to have assembled on his
miraculous steed; the mount over
whose edges the orthodox Jew does
not dare to venture lest he tread upon
the "Holy Of Holes" but walls at the
wall Of lamentation without; the
mount at whose verge the Christ was
crucified and buried, and from whose
rock-hewn tomb he rose. It seems In
deed the center of the world" and
over 1t all. as / saw 1t that morning.
the tower of ascension stood on the
Mount of Olives against the sunrise.
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announcement

l desire to announce my can
didacy for nomination for mem
Der of the Small Board of Free
holders, subject to the approval
OF the Republican voters at the
Primary Election to be held
September 23, 1919.
Respectfully,
DENIEL M. CLIFTON
Ordered and paid for by d. M. Clifton,
Riverton, N. !.
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Cat Simply Would Not Die.

A cat belonging to a young lady re-
siding In North street, st. Andrews,
Scotland, went amissing. A search
was made, and the loss was advertised,
and all hope Of the return Of puss
was given up. After the cat had been
absent for "A days a maid. on cleaning
the drawing room Of house In Grey
friars Garden. heard the mewing Of a
cat. Her mistress at once procured
men to remove the built-in CRATE. be-
hind which the cat was discovered In
q very emaciated condition. Its owner
was apprised Of the find, and quickly
attended to her cat which has since
made wonderful recovery. It is sur
missed that the cat had been hunting
for birds and fallen down the chin
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-02-24

is one in which every American
may take pride.
Mr.. Wilson has "a dreadful
way with his critics. He does not
reply to them; he does worse.
They rail at him as an idealist, d
visionary, man without prac-
teal detectives, or if he have
them, that they are impossible Of
acceptance; and they obligingly
point out the things he ought to
do. Mr.. Wilson calmly contin-
ues his great labors, and pre-
sently lays his critics flat and
leaves them helpless either by
doing the very things they had
proposed, and doing them in a
manner better than they ever
dreamed of, or else attaining his
ends in a way that robs their OBJ
.jections of every point. We are
confident that Mr.. Beck, for in
stance, must regret the violence
of the language he used in his
Lincoln day address when he
said Mr.. Wilson S foreign policy
throughout has been a black
stain Of dishonor upon the Amer
lean people;' that his principles
have been a crazy patchwork of
contradictions, consistent only
in one idea, that the war must
end in a peace without victory
If this be just criticism, then Mr.
Wilson has as his accomplices
in dishonoring the American
people, in constructing his crazy
patchwork Of contradictions,
and in bringing the war to an
end without victory, some four
teen nations of the earth, includ-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-02-24
WILSON'S TRIUMPH.

Frankly confesisng that it had
not been favorable to the presi-
dents trip to the peace confer
ence, the New York Times ap-
praises Mr.. Wilson's work in
Paris in the following editorial
Americans who regretted the
president S decision to absent
himself from the country III
these days Of domestic need and
lrgencv-and the Times was
one Of those which regretted it
will not only cheerfully admit
the greatness of his achievements
at the Paris conference, but will
rejoice in their recognition OF his
now amply demonstrated fitness
for the work he undertook. Mr..
Wilson presence at the confer
ence has not been cause OF dis
cord or jealousy; it has not been
resented. 1t was seen from the
beginning that he went there not
to dominate, as his critics said,
but to unite the nations. He has
been marvelously successful in
bringing into agreement men
who represented interests that
seemed to be conflicting. His
Influence in this work has pre-
vailed because all the other ma
tions represented looked upon
him as a wise and impartial
friend, interested only in making
justice and the welfare of peo-
pies the basis of the decisions
reached. His triumph in secur-
ing unanimous approval of the
League of Nations constitution
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ing the greatest civilized nations.
Such criticism recoils disastrous
ly upon him who utters it. Not
even the natural desire OF a
great political party to find or
create issues" for the coming
presidential election can give
lodgment in the minds and
hearts Of the people to this esti-
mate of Mr.. Wilson's distin-
guished service.
"The day when the project of
the covenant Of peace was APP
proved unanimously in Paris
was one of the greatest in the
worlds history. The people OF
all the nations understand that !;
the people Of America, with their
horror Of war, can not be fooled
about it, they can not be misled
into any small and marrow view
Of is momentous promise. In
bringing the plan of the league
into form and acceptance, Mr..
Wilson has played a master role,
every American feels that in his
heart, every American under
stands that he brought great
abilities, extraordinary quanti-
ties Of tact, and persuasion, and
a profound understanding of the
need of all the peoples to the
performance of his task. The
American people will be impa-
tient of any petty or partisan OBJ
struction put in the way Of the
acceptance of this covenant Of
the nations as their public sys-
TEN of law and justice. f"
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COMMUNITY BUILDINGS AS
MEMORIALS.

Soldiers memorials in the form
of community building, dedicat-
ed to civil and social uses, and,
wherever possible, built with
bonds of the fifth liberty loan,
are urged by the bureau Of edu-
cation, department of the inter-
ior, in a circular sent to every
school community in the United
States.
A number of communities
have already concluded that a
building, in constant use as a re-
minder Of the sacrifice made by
the soldiers and sailors of the
great war, is more appropriate
and enduring than the conyen-
tional graveyard monument.
"There is a growing convlc-
ton" says DR.. Henry r, Jack
son, author Of the bureaus cir
cular, "that the conventional
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-02-24

stone shaft, placed in a grave
yard among the dead, is not IA
fitting memorial to those who
died for freedom. The sugges-
tion, made both in France and
America, that these memorials
take the form Of community
buildings, dedicated to civic and
social uses, is obviously wise and
ought to meet universal appro-
val. On the walls Of such
building should hang bronze
tablet containing the names of
each community's martyrs to
liberty.
"This type. of memorial will
guarantee that no boy who gave
his life for justice and freedom
will be forgotten. The number
of American lives lost in this
war is very small in comparison
to those lost in the civil war. Ii
community lost only three or
four, it might not think it worth
while to build a monument. But
community building is needed
entirely apart from its memo
rial purpose. The chief advan-
tage of this type of memorial,
however. is not that it is econom-
icaI, but that it keeps green an
inspiring memory. and it seeks
to put into operation, through
its civic and social activities, the
ideals for which our boys fought
in France.
Funds for this purpose could
be raised more easily, if they
were raised in the form of lib
erty bonds during the fifth loan,
which is to come in the spring.
The bonds can be used as money
when the time comes to build.
Thus a community can serve IT.
self, while, at the same time, 1t
is rendering a national service.
BY this method more money for
tn government could be raised !
than by any other. Not only |
would many individuals gladly |
contribute an extra bond or two |
for the benefit of their local |
community, but many who are
unable to do this could fool their
small gifts and contribute to a
bond If M
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Are you of the club that will gig
| gle and roar,
And fling to the hearers a jest
When somebody else is defeated and
sore,
Or do you stand true to the test?
And help when you can, and stay
right at the core?
Old fellow, that course is the best.
Oklahoma News.
If a chicken dinner is part of the
doctrine of pre-destination, we're go
ing to think seriously Of connecting
with your church, Bro. Denham
Now if some enterprising mercahnt
will only offer a few oil leases
as Dollar Day bargains, there'll GER
tainly be something doing in this
town next Monday.
Oh, no, we are not craving great
wealth, but, of course, if we just
have to be an oil magnate We'll sub
nit to it.
Another thing, we long ago decided
that it is utterly useless to argue
with a man who insists on planting
,1otot1ae ~ fl,o Y11OOO
It's a solemn fact that Miss Fair
Fortune is smiling on Chickasha.
But when it comes to doing down
right hard work, it is difficult to beat
a girl who is an industrious gum
chewer.
ST Simp says he notices that a
man who has the habit of lying sell
dom tells the truth.
But even though we haven't got
our feet wet yet in this oil game. we
have made up our mind that the first
time we see an anticlne sneaking
around, we're going to throw salt on
its tail.
Now comes a bit of scandal from |
Muskogee, where, it is rumored Col !
Bill Dwyer claimed jury exemption |
on the grounds of age. The report |
has created quite stir among the !
ladies about town.
Our idea is that a man who de-
liberately volunteers to help with the !
house cleaning is entitled to the
"croix de guerre.'