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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-05-13
Rich Chinese Provinces.

Shantung, the Chinese province
which Japan has been demanding from
China, is a mountainous promontory
100 miles wide, which projects east
ward from the mainland into the Vel
low sea for 200 miles. Its area Is
about 55,970 square miles. The cen
trail portion is occupied by massive
limestone mountains, eliminating in
Mount Tai. famous In history and con.
sidsred sacred by the people. West
southwest and north Of these noun
tains lie the Shantung portions of the
great alluvial plain Of north China
East and southeast of the mountains
and throughout the promontory are
many fertile valleys and small plains
The province Is well watered, though
Its lakes are few and small, and
there are no rivers Of importance ex-
cept the Hoang-ho. which traverses the
great plain In the west and north. The
Grand canal runs through the whole
province from north to south. Agricul
ture Is fiourishing industry and the
crops include some cotton, a little rice
tobacco, indigo, wheat, barley, maize
millet pulse, peanuts and vegetables
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-05-13

poultry supply men. 1t is a pale yell
low, odorless, sirupy liquid. 1t is dilut-
ed In the proportion of 1 part Of sill
cate to 8 parts of distilled water, rain
water, or other water. In any case,
the water should be boiled and then
allowed to cool. Half fill the vessel
with this solution and place the eggs In
it, being careful not to crack them.
Eggs can be added until the container
is filed. Be sure to keep about 2 inches
Of water glass above the eggs. Cover
the crock, and place 1t in the coolest
place available from which the crock
will not have to be moved. Inspect the
crock from time to time and replace
any water that has evaporated with
cool boiled water.
Use Preserved Eggs.
When the eggs are to be used, re-
move them as desired, rinse In clean,
cold water, and use Immediately.
Eggs preserved in water glass can
be used for soft boiling or poaching up
to November. Before boiling such eggs
prick a tiny hole in the large end of
the shell with a needle, to keep them
! from cracking. They are satisfactory
for frying until about December.
From that time until the end of the
usual storage period-that is, until
March-they can be used for omel-
cites, scrambled eggs, custards, cakes,
and general cookery. AS the eggs age,
the white becomes thinner and is
harder to beat. The yoke membrane
becomes more delicate and it is CORE
spondingly difficult to separate the
whites from the yolks.
| LimeWater Method.
| Limewater is also satisfactory for
preserving eggs and is slightly less ex'
pensive than water glass. A solution
is made by placing 2 or pounds Of
unslaked lime in 8 gallons of water
which has been boiled and allowed to
cool, and allowing the mixture to stand
until the lime settles and the liquid is
clear. The eggs should be placed in 9
clean earthenware jar or other suitable
vessel and covered to a depth of
inches with the liquid. Remove the
eggs as desired, rinse in. clean, colo
water, and use Immediately.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-05-13
Sharps in A Flat.

dermany's place in the peace con
ferencef' Has she any placer" Sena-
tor Lodge wanted to know. as she
not as much out of tune with thu
scheme of things as Miss Matchmak
erf
Mrs. Matchmaker was greeting Mr..
Bach and as she reached for his coat
Miss Matchmaker, in the next room,
could be heard bowling song to her
own accompaniment.
All, exclaimed Mrs. Matchmaker
my daughter Is breaking into song r
You are right, madam growled
Mr.. Bach. You can tell that she's
breaking in, for obviously she hasn't
been able to find the KEY"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-05-13
Attractive Bait

'Mr. Dubwaite is the kind Of a man
who dislikes to do odd Jobs about the
house." remarked Mrs. Dubwaite.
"In tell you how you can cure him
of that" said Mrs. Clipping.
"Howr
.Buy one Of those combination tools
at hardware store. You know what
I mean-one that has half dozen
different contrivances concealed in a
handle. Leave it lying around the
house. I don't believe there's man
living who can resist the temptation to
experiment with thing like that
Birmingham Age-Herald.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-05-13
PURE-BRED SIRE ESSENTIAL
Farmers In Wisconsin Locality Have
Little Chance for Sale II Stock
10 Not Of High Grade.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agricultural
When buyers of breeding cattle
come to the county agent Of Wauke-
sha county, Wisconsin, one Of the first
questions they ask Of the prospective
seller is, 'Does he use pure-bred
bullY Upon the answer to this ques-
ton depends the farmers opportunity
to make a sale. If the sire Is not a
pure-bred, little chance does that
farmer have Of selling stock, no mat
ter how good it looks, he adds. The
county agent reports that approx
mately 20 carloads of purebred Guern-
seys and 60 of grades of the same
breed were shipped from the county
last year. During the same period 20
cars of pure-bred Holsteins and 70 Of
grades, and several cars Of Jerseys
were shipped. also. AS a result Of the
success which owners of pure-bred
sires have attained an effort is being
made to clear the county Of scrubs.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-05-13
Paris Under Fire.

After the first day and half of
the long distance bombardment of
Paris an officer Of the Red Cross went
out to get his lunch. Paris had Just
traversed one disquieting moment-a
moment Of mystery. Ordered to its eel
lars in broad daylight, 1t could not.
In spite Of periodic explosions. dis
Germ a single ''gotha" In the sky or
hear a single French defensive shot.
But the news Of the long-range gun
was now abroad; already the boule-
wards were in movement, and the old
woman who sells newspapers at the
kiosk opposite the Madeleine was in
her place.
Good morning, madame. haven't
heard that famous gun Of yours for al
least half an hour-have your
What would your 1t has to have
its lunchl"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-05-13
Coffee Instead Of Booze.

If the dope of Mr.. Manuel Gorzyl is
correct coffee will supplant booze and
coffee houses win stand where the wet
drinks once held forth. Mr.. Gorzyl,
who by the way is frsm Porto Rico,
bases his predictions upon what al
ready has happened In his own coun-
try. which recently went dry. From
statistics, he says Porto Ricans are
drinking rs per cent more coffee now
than before prohibition went into eff
feet. There is no demand for the so
called soft drinks" declared Mr.. Cor
zyl, ''and there will be no increased
demand for such drinks In your own
country. Coffee will become the ia
vorite drink between meals as it is
now at meals. Coffee shops will take
the place Of corner saloons"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-05-13
GUARD SWINE FROM DISEASE
NecrobacllIosis Is Sure to Follow II
Surroundings Are Not Kept
Sanitary.

If you want to keep your hogs
from death by a disease with long
name but sure outcome-necrobacil
losis-says DR.. @. P. Fitch, University
Farm, st. Paul-see that they are kept
in sanitary surroundings; clean out the
manure daily; fill up mud puddles; re-
move old wooden floors and troughs
keep healthy pigs from diseased ami
mails; use reliable disinfectants freely
apply lime to pens and lots.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-05-13
WOULD NOT HEED WARNING
World Refused to Profit by Exhibition
Of German Cunning Given Forty
Eight Years Ago.

Alsace and Lorraine, those familiar
names, found almost every day In al
most every paper; those two oblong
strips Of country between France and
Germany-how little some of us know
about them, after all. The ex-crown
prince, In order to prove the ignorance
Of our fighting men, reported an Amer
lean prisoner as saying that Alsace
was large lake. Perhaps he did, this
soldier Of ours-and perhaps there was
twinkle In his eye and laugh in his
heart when he said it; for our boys
packed lot Of humor In their kits.
When we come down in 1t, however.
we Americans-yes, and our English,
even our French, brothers-might well
have known more Of these two "lost
provinces" We had chance. But In
our crowded lives many books are left
unread; and so 1t is that these Alsaian
stories, translated from the French Of
two authors who wrote under their
combined names of Erckmann-Chat-
rian were little known except to col
lege students. Even then, the prophecy
which these books contain went I'M
heeded-a warning so plain. so certain,
so convincing, that as we read 1t now
in the light Of what Germany has done
these last four years. we wonder 1t
was not trumpeted to US In every
| street.
In their book, "The Plebiscite,
Erckmann- Chatrain gave us not only
the tragic story Of what happened in
Alsace and Lorraine in 1870 and 1871
but warnings of the German designs
| on the rest of the world. Before most
of us dreamed Of this awful war, they
told the story of 4S years ago, and In
the telling pointed certain finger to
the future. Only a year after the
-Prussian war ended, after pic
turing freshly remembered German
brutalities, they said:
'Those who shall come after will
see worse things than this; since meT
are wolves. foxes, hawks. owls, all this
must come round again.
"Those Germans are the most per
feet spies In the world; they come
into the world to spy. as birds do t.
thieve; 1t is part of their nature. LIE
J the Americans and all the people wht
are kind enough to receive them thinl
of this. Their imprudencs may som'
day cost them dearly. I am not in
venting; I am not saying word to-
much. We are an example. Let tn
world profit by It."
That was our warning almost half I
century ago.-Ariadne Gilbert, In st
Nicholas.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-05-13
Canadian Fisheries.

The total value of the produce of
Canadian fisheries during 1917 was
$52,812,044. compared with $50. 2oS, 1878
in 1915 and $26,s60, $50 in 1915. These
totals represent the marketed product
and have just been given out by the
Dominion fisheries department In its
annual report.
Canada possesses the most extern
sive fisheries in the world" says the
report. 'Those of Norway and the
British isles alone dispute Canada's
supremacy. The fertility of Canadian
waters is indicated by the fact that
the entire catch of salmon, lobster,
herring, mackerel and sardines, nearly
all the paddock, and much Of the cod.
bake and pollock. are taken within 10
or IL miles Of shore"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-05-13
Where He Ia

II wonder what has become Of the
old-fashioned fellow who tried to lay
something away for a rainy dayf'
quoth the musing mortal.
sWeIl, III tell you, stranger" re-
sponded the man with the lurid nose
as he turned away. shuddering at the
mere thought of July /. most Of him
is now trying his durndest to lay away
something for the dry one."-Indi-
annapolis Star.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-05-13
Identifying Him.

Lille Lazzenberry came to towr
with me yesterday, but 1 lost him In
the shuttle some'rs," said the gent
from Jimpson Junction, IF you hap
pen to run onto him tell him I'm look
ing for him."
''But / do not know him." replied th,
acquaintance addressed. 'How shall
identify him?'
IF you see a white eyed Teller al
Twelfth and Grand or some other live
ly corner, running out into the street
to get across and then running back
again, and starting and stopping and
jumping sideways and hopping around
like toad on hot griddle, that's
'Lije"-Kansas City Star,
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-05-13
eIIverita . Na,n Metal.

A new development in the alloying
of aluminium with other metals has
just been accomplished by the produc-
ton Of "silverite." This metal is some
thing entirely new and is composed of
mixture Of aluminium and copper.
zinc and steel in varying proportions,
according to requirements. The alloy
Ing Of steel with aluminium is some
what startling and at first thought
seems to be impossible, yet 1t Is sue
cessful.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-05-13
NEW ERA DAWNs FOR WORLD
with the Conquest Of the Air. Life
Has Changed From the Old
Scheme Of ThlnqA

Do the people Of today realize the
great changes which now are moving
over the scheme of the universe1
We should look well on the old or
der before It has faded away. We
stand on the edge Of the new epoch in
the history Of mankind. In the air We
have just conquered a new element Of
Uncomfortable immensely. With the
palms Of victory In every hand we
have slightly overwhelming sense of
our power.
Almost In q moment the span Of the
world has shrunk to a quarter Of its
former size. Where we thought In
countries now we think In continents.
Where we thought In days now we
think In hours, observes writer In
London Daily Mail.
We have the power Of throwing a
girdle round the earth. Remote Aus
tralia suddenly draws close. Green
land and Spitzbergen loom over us.
Rome and Christiania and Amsterdam
are quaint foreign suburbs Of London.
Nation almost merges into nation.
Perhaps the desire Of ages may by a
glorious fraction draw nearer and the
splendor Of world peace and a peace
full world may materialize a little
through the air. -.
Now should we take our I'LL Of the
old scheme Of things. In twenty years
time our life today win seem 10000
years old The ancient civilizations Of
Rome and Egypt win not be more
legendary. How lucky are we, who
are young, to be able to see this swift
and dazzling age Of the air move
triumphantly into being.
No longer IL Japan an unattainable
dream. The Nile lies but a day and
q half away. On glorious honeymoons
We can slip away into the star-behow
cred darkness Of the East to drift at
dawn above some fragrant island Of
Greece.
Over the rolling Wilderness Of the
limitless cloudland, under limitless
sky Of unimagined depths. We will
wing our long and easy way through
q health-inspiring wind to the golden
sun-drowsed beaches Of the southern
seas.
This new life win not spoil our love
~ world. Less than the train or the
whiriing car viii our journeyings dis
turb the earth On the blue above our
white wings viii glitter. for q mo-
nent-a little murmuring as Of bees
will sink to the ground below and we
shali be gone. The world. unstained
and pure. goes on rejoicing into the
era Of the elm
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-05-13
PIGS NEED MINERAL MATTER
Unless Ample Supply lie Furnished
Their Growth Is HIndered-
Corn Alone is Bad.

Pigs have less bone in proportion to
weight than other farm animals and
their growth is hindered materially
unless the feed supplied contains
plenty of mineral matter. The earlier
increase in weight Of the pig consists
quite largely Of muscle, while the lat
ter increase In weight Is mostly fat.
The young pig, therefore. needs much
more muscle-making feed. such as
milk or tankage (made largely from
the scraps of lean meat at the pack
ing houses), or linseed oilmeal, wheat
shorts, etc. Young pigs win not do
we'll on corn alone or on corn and
barley unless one Of the feeds men
toned is supplied to furnish protein.
These feeds are also much higher In
mineral matter than corn or barley.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-05-13

prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture)
April, May and June are the months
when the hens Of the country produce
about 30 per cent Of the lay of the
whole year. These are the months,
also, when the thrifty housewife who
has her own hens or who can draw
upon the surplus supply of a nearby
neighbor puts away In water glass or
limewater eggs for next autumn and
winter. To insure success, care must
be exercised In this operation.
In the first place, the eggs must be
fresh, preferably not more than two
or three days old. This is the reason
why 1t Is much more satisfactory to
put away eggs produced in ones own
chicken yard.
InfertiIe Eggs Best.
Infertile eggs are best If they can
be obtained; so, after the Matching,
exclude roosters from the flock and
kill them for the table as needed.
The shells must be clean. Washing
an egg with soiled shell lessons Its
keeping quality. The protective gela,
tinous covering over the shell is re-
moved by water, and when this is gone
the egg spoils more rapidly.
The shells also must be free from
even the tiniest crack. One cracked
egg will spoil large number of sound
eggs when packed in water glass.
Earthenware crooks are good con
tainers. The crooks must be clean and
sound. Scald them and let them COO
completely before use. A crock hold
ing 6 gallons will accommodate II
dozens of eggs and about % pints OF
solution. Too large crooks are not de
sirable, since they increase the liza
bility of breaking some Of the eggs
and spelling the entire batch.
It must be remembered that the egg
on the bottom crack first and tina
those in the bottom Of the crooks are
the last to be removed for use. Egg
can be put up in smaller crooks an(
the eggs put in the crock first shoult
be used first in the household.
Water-Glass Method.
"Water glass" is known to the chem
ist as sodium silicate. 1t can be pur
=.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-05-13
BE CAUTIOUS OF TAME BULL
Qood-Natured Ones Take Us unawares
and Perhaps Bring Us to an
UntimeIy End.

If there is any bull in the world we
need to look out for it is the one that
seems tame" and good natured. Those
are the ones that take us unawares and
perhaps bring us to an untimely end.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-05-13
Safety In Debate

"Papa," said Willie Hohenzollern
"aren't you worried about what they
may do with usf'
mo, Willie. There is 30 much DIFF
ference of opinion as to what would
be suitable retribution that / think
the argument may easily be prolonged
indefinitely"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-05-13
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HOG MARKETING MONTHS

More hogs are marketed in
December than in any other
month of the year, according to
studies Of hog marketing now
being made by the United States
food administration. During the
hot months Of the year, July,
August and September, the ship
ments are only about one-half
those of the winter months. At
ter January, receipts at packing
centers decline In each of the
succeeding months until May
and June, when there is another
increase.
The two high points of the
! year in December and June re-
| fleet the marketing Of the two
crops Of pigs that are produced
! each year and are finished for
market during those months.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-05-13

The Reason.
Monday is generally fine day for
motorists"
"Why Monday especiallyr
Because it comes after the Sunday
speeding pinches."
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-05-13
The Wears Slip

An exceedingly amiable widow came
to live at Little Rudcomb. The vicar,
bachelor, regarded her with fear and
trembling; she was so very obvious
ly after him. He cured her, though,
one day by making fortunate slip.
The dear lady met him In the village,
and stopped him.
She talked of this, that, and the 9TH
er, and at last worked up to the point
where she could talk about herself.
1T is very lonely for me now" she
said. II have always been used to
having man about the house, and /
can't get used. to the Quietness."
She turned and gazed away to the
distant hills, while her underlip trem-
bled piteously.
The vicar muttered the strongest
word In his vocabulary, and then said
hastily:
"Oh, don't worry, my dear lady
don't worryl You know the wind Is
always tempered to the lorn sham
Answers, London.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-05-13
In Bad Shape.

Often at inspections it is customary
for officers to pass by the sergeants,
merely giving their equipment a cas-
ual glance, assuming, no doubt. that
as they are more experienced soldiers
than the privates, their equipment is
in proper condition. AS result Of
this it sometimes happens that the
sergeants allow their rifles to get in
rather poor shape. That some Off
GERS are alive to this is shown by
young second lieutenant, who, after
examining a particularly dirty rife,
handed 1t back to the luckless private,
remarking disgustedly: "Your rife
is dirty enough to be a sergeant's."
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-05-13

"Water glass" is known to the chem
ist as sodium silicate. 1t can be pur-
chased by the quart from druggists or
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-04-19
What He Wanted to Say.

General Biddle said at a London
garden party:
THE doughboy in France has lot
of trouble with the French language
A doughboy sat on a bench in the
Tuileries gardens one day and
thumbed French phrase book discon-
tentedly
"'This here book he growled, don't
tell you what you want to say at all
1t tells you how to say the uncle of
your mother is siXty-tive years old, or
the sister of your wife has bought a
COW, or the umbrella of your neighbor
is in the attic, but | don't want to say
nothing of that kind.
"'What I'm after said the dough-
boy, is book that tells you how to
say: your face is familiar-ain't we
met before" or Gee, them eyes !" or
Little girl, you sure do look out O.
sight in that swimmin' suit. ;" '-Dal-
las News.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-04-19
AN EXPENSIVE LEGISLATURE.

If reports and figures are to be con
sidered, the present New Jersey state
administration is a hummer The cost
of running the government has in
creased out of all proportion to the
necessities. Within the past five years
the state expenses have gone up from
81, 100000 in 1914 to $13,50O,0OO in
1919, almost 100 per cent. increase.
If the cry of ECONOMY and efficien-
cy" had not been raised it would per-
haps not look so bad. But such a
spending of public money can scarcely
be justified in the face of the present
heights to which general living eX-
penses have scared. The war stopped
many needed improvements, such as
public schools, but it failed to stop the
spending forces at Trenton.