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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-08-22

Never let woman plan a house for
you. Take her kindly by the hand and
say: "My dear girl, l am going to build
house, and you shall have full swing
as regards arranging the closets in it.
You women always love to have con-
venient places in which to store things,
and you shall therefore have closets to
burn, but after Husbands off,
! A mansion built after the sugges-
tons of a bloomer is a fearful and
wonderful thing. 1t generally looks
well on the outside, but the interior
gives you the headache.
What woman built this house| said
scornful friend as he went over a
newly purchased residence with the
owner
what womanr' said the latter
None that know Oft was built ten
years ago, and 1 bought it from the
last tenant"
"All the same" reiterated the friend,
Il can swear woman planned it, for
l never saw such a lot Of useless win
dows and doors. If that woman ever
dies, and her heirs want to break the
will, alleging insanity, they would only
have to bring the jury to this house to
get verdict in their favor" 1t after
ward developed that woman did plan
the residence and was quite proud of
the job.-Louisville Times
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The wearing Of GLOVE.

Originally the wearing of gloves was
conducted on the same sound princi.
pie that inspires a miller to wear a
white hat, but long ago the custom de-
parted from the primitive idea Of use
fitness. According to the encyclope.
dias, Laertes was the first to wear q
glove. The farmer king was not fash
ionable. but 1t is set forth in the sOdys-
sey" that in his capacity of farmer he
had to deal with certain brandy
bushes. and he must also keep his
hands in kingly condition; hence the
introduction of gloves.
Since that time gloves have had
many and strange signifcances, from q
seal of the transfer of property to a
challenge to single combat. Not until
centuries later did they begin to take
on class significance. 1t was when they
were adopted by royalty that the wear.
ing of gloves was first regarded as q
mark Of station. Some of the early
English kings were buried with gloves
on, and when the manufacture Of gloves
was introduced in Great Britain it was
considered as a craft Of great dignity
and Importance. During the reign Of
King Robert III of Scotland the incor.
poration of the Glovers of Perth, 8
wealthy guild which still exists, was
chartered and received armorial bear.
inga
But, although gloves were started or
their career through the centuries by
men. it has fallen to the women to bring
them iuto universal popularity.
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In the latest history of gambling in
England, just published, there are
some astonishing revelations as to the
amount of money won and lost by men
and women whose names are as IA
miliar as household words early in the
present century. There are records of
100000 having been lost at sitting.
and the loss of $4,000 appears to have
been a very common occurrence.
A gambling story is told OF Charles
James Fox that rather reflects on his
honor. He was one Of the ardent ad-
mirers OF Mrs. Crewe, a noted beauty
of her day, and it is related that a gen
tleman lost considerable sum to this
lady at play, and, being obliged to
leave town suddenly, gave Mr. Fox the
money to pay her, begging him to
apologize to her for his not having
paid the debt of honor in person. Fox
lost every shilling of it before morn
ing. Mrs. Crewe often met the sup
posed debtor afterward. and, surprised
that he never noticed the circum-
stances, at length delicately limited the
matter to him.
"Bless mer' said he. IT paid the mon
ey to Mr.. Fox three months ago"
ooh, did you, STRIP said Mrs. Crewe
good naturally. Then, probably, he
paid me, and forgot il. "-Boston Her
aid.
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odd innings In WHISKY Makine

''There are lots Of queer things about
the whisky business" said an expert
the other night, land one of the queer
est is the peculiar quality that a dis
tillery, for no apparent cause, will lend
to its output The thing has never
been explained, but, nevertheless, It's
an undeniable fact l knew a distiller
who sold his old plant and moved to a
more desirable locality, where he tried
to put up an exact duplicate He even
went so far as to smash a couple of
windows that happened to be broken
in the old establishment, but it was
no go; he couldn't make the same kind
of whisky to save his soul
"This same difficulty has destroyed
the usefulness of many valuable
brand. Another singular phenomenon
is the impossibility of making a good
Bourbon whisky east of Kentucky as
good rye west of the Alleghanies.
speak. in broad terms. Apparently
the feat has been accomplished
a few times, but investigation
has always developed the fact that
the makers of seaboard Bourbon were
of blue grass origin and the chaps who
succeeded in turning out an inland
rye were aliens from the east A real
Kentucky colonel will not touch rye.
He considers it almost as deleterious
as water"-New Orleans Times-Demo-
crat.
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Practical Ioke.

A business man from Baltimore
found himself in peculiar predica-
ment one day, says the New York
Press He visits New York about once
a month. He sleeps with his glass eye
in a tumbler, and there friend found
it one morning. The sight suggested
a practical joke-put the eye in Mr.. x. s
overcoat pocket Done! When the
friend departed, being short Of money
for the moment, he pawned his own
overcoat for $40. In the afternoon
there came an urgent telegram to Mr..
X, who had been unable to leave his
room on account of the missing eye
and whose frame of mind was all dis
torted and warped. The friend frank
ly confessed;
"Bill, l meant it only as simple
joke. You will find your eye in your
overcoat pocket" But it was not there.
''It must be, because I put it there
myself" urged the joker. The coat was
held up by the tail and shaken.
"By thunder! l wonder if 1 could
have put it in my own coatT"
where's your coatY"
1--WE pawned 1t. / didn't want to
borrow and needed few dollars"
How much is it in for?s
tTen dollars
Mr.. X. produced $40 and the coat was
redeemed. The eye was in the inside
pocket. He carefully washed it, slip
ped it into place and walked out after
IL hours of solitary confinement.
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A caAe OF Confused reIepathy


A very remarkable occurrence has
been brought to my notice Early last
week well known lady, who shall be
called Jones, dreamed ridiculous
dream, as inconsequential as most
dreams are.
Mrs Jones dreamed that a dog of
hers had died and that she received an
official communication ordering her
either to cremate the remains or to her
self skin the animal and throw the
body into the river. Mrs. Jones chose
the latter alternative, but having half
skinned the body and becoming tired
threw it as it was into the water. The
dog disappeared for an instant and
then reappeared ON the surface alive,
and swimming across to the opposite
bank trotted off, evidently in great suf-
fering There ends the dream.
The next morning the postman
brought several letters. The first one
was addressed to Lewis Jones. Esq,
there being no such person-and ran
as follows: "Slr, your dog crossed the
river last night on to my property, but
being very severely injured it was
found necessary to kill it. Should you
wish to have the collar, which bears
your name and address. shall be hap
py to send it to you"
No dog belonging to Mrs. Jones had
died nor had she lost one.-London
Truth
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people, perhaps he might forget.

PCOP1OS Perhaps u0 mlSub IOTg6G.
Would it never conner He looked al
his watch for the twentieth time He
seemed to be the only passenger. Yet
stay-as a trail of smoke denoted the
trains approach some one hurried on
the platform in breathless haste. 1t
was girl, pretty girl, but evidently
suffering from great agitation. She
gave hurried glance up and down the
platform, and as she caught sight of
his motionless figure she went straight
to him.
"Ah, thank heaven am in timer
she gasped.
At the sound of her voice he fell back
and his bag dropped
Loo, your he cried. ''How did
your What do you2'-
''What do want2' she said. "I
want you. -
He stared at her in round eyed
amazement.
''But-but you do not know he
cried.
81 know everything"
"You-you have seen himf"
yes
There was pause. A porter hurried
up.
''Goin, sir3''
mo, she answered quickly, and,
taking his arm, she drew him aside.
"Oh, John, it was all a mistakel"
she said. II was a silly girl, but 1t is
different now. You had my heart all
the time, but / did not know it. But 1
know it now, and-and l have come to
tell you. only I can't tell you very well
here. See, the train has gone. Come
back with me.
And he came. Chicago News
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PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
The Standard Railroad of Ameyica. Pro
tected khyoAghout BY Block Signals
and Inteylocking .SaOitnhes.
IN EFFECT JUNE 20. 1899.

1ratns seave Mount Holly as Joltoaos.
FOR Philadelphia, $50, 500, 65s, 7.l0. 7.4s,
7.5I, $50, sl5 ILL A. NJ, 1885. LIS. 235, 456.
6.I3, sis. 7.24. S.37. iO.5OP. M
ON Sundays, 500 A. NJ. 1905 els, 734, $50 Pm.
For Pemberton. zO4. 9.25. 1884. NJ. l.47. Ais.
On sundays. s.ls, 1926 A. n. ZooPM
For Bordentown, Trenton and New York, SIS.
749. Big, l0l5, ll05 A. NJ, $780, 800. $40, AL.
ON Sundays, s.25 A. NJ, EOS. Z05 PM.
For East burlington. 6.2s. 7;25. z49. s.22. s.6s.
only, 500, $40. 4.47, SIC. 1858. s.2s, 72s s.45,
On sundays 7.a5, $50, s.a5 Az. 1900, 2os, ESQ.
FOR Lewistown. Columbus. Kinkora. etc..
7.04 A. NJ, 200. 4.40P. N.
On Sundays, 700 P. N.
For Lumperton, Medford, Marion and Had
donaeld. 9S5 A. NJ.
For Toms River. s.s6, s.5l A. NJ. 200. LAO, SAB
For Sea side Park & Point Pleasant, s5l. A. M.
For Tuckerton. Beach Haven ana Barnegat
City, Dbl A. M, 40 NJ.
For Asbury Park and Long Branch, sbl. A. NJ,
For Toms River, Sea side Park, Sea Girt, sun
day S.l6 AN.
Trains LEAVE for Mount Holly as Joslosos:
From Philadelphia. 800. 6.s5. $50, 9l0 1000,
l120 A. NJ, 1910, 3d. $40, 400, 4.3O, $780, 10,
6.l0, $50. 500, 1890. 1.45 Pm.
On Sundays, $780, $40 A. NJ. LOO. 200, 10. BOP M.
From New York. via Trenton ana Burlington,
500, $50. ll.0O A. NJ, LOO. 2l5. 400, 800 800.
On Sundays. 1000 A. NJ, 7.00P.M.
From Trenton, 6.45, no. $780,, lilo A. NJ, 2.65,
3.47, 4.22. $40. 100. $50 P. M.
From East Burlington. zoo, 7.5s, s;26, s4s. 9.28
only,. $50. li5. sis SIS. $50, 100. $50, $50,
1880 p. N.
so5. $40. lao 4.65. $780, $40, 100, 100. $780, $685.
From Toms River. 1854. 1853 A. M, 1925. s.4s,
GAIN.
On Sundays. 6.2S p. N.
From AsDury Park. e4O lib A. M. 2.2s, SIS
From Medford, 1853 AN.
From Long Branch, 6.23, 1855 A. NJ, 2.05. 500
6.33 P. u. Sundays, 5.0OP. N.
$50. ii 90 4. NJ. 1881, 100, 40. AS. S.22Pm
on sundays, 728 4. M, 600, 7.OOPM.
From Pemberton tsouth), 1888 A. M, ABA p. NJ.
On Sundays. 7.l4P. N.
From Vfncentowns $50 A. NJ, l.42 p. NJ.
From Sea Girt, Sunday, AZ M.
Medford, Marlton and Philadelphia.
Leave Medford for Philadelphia at s25. 1912
=. NJ, 2l2. 5.24, P. NJ.
On Sundays, 6.l6 A. NJ, $40 p. NJ.
Leave Marion for Philadelphia at 6.S9, 1925
A. NJ, 2.35, 5.S5, P.M
Leave Philadelphia, Market Street, for Med
ford and Marion at s.55, 1000, 4. NJ. $50. $50,
r.M.
On Sundays, 800 A. NJ. $40 P. NJ.
Leave Marion tor Medford, s.07, ll.sS A. n,
~, $40, r. M
On Sundays, 9.62. A. n, 7.3l p. M.
For further particulars apply to the ticket
agent at the station.
J. Il. HUTCHINSON, j. R. WOOD,
General Manager. Gen. Pass. Agent.
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Some months ago two hungry uni
versity students in the south of Russia,
coming home to their one bare room
after a hard days work for their liv-
ing, caught thief running off with
their books "Are you the fellow that
stole other books of ours yesterday Pr
they asked.
Il am, little fathers, but hunger and
want drove me to it. am starving"
$50 are we, brother, or next door to
it, and you ought not to have hit upon
US as your victims"
''Well, your door is more easily OPEN
ed; that's how it is" was the answer
eve want those books for our exam
nations, brother; so you must get them
back for us. But as you are cold and
hungry now come in and join us in
our supper. 1t is not much, but such
as it is you are welcome. Here are 20
eopecks for the beer. Run and fetch
it."
And the three ate and drank togetn-
er, for hospitality is a religion and
charity its foundation.-Lon Tele-
graph.
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Justice with a vengeance.

A foreigner of distinction who visit
ed Venice during the last century, hav-
ing had his pocket picked, INDUCED in
some harsh expressions against the po=
lice. Some days afterward he was
quitting Venice, when his gondola was
stopped and he was requested to step
into another,
Monsieur" said grave parsonage,
''are you not the Prince de Craon"
Eyes"
Were you not robbed last FridayT
Eyes"
"Of what sum?'
give hundred ducats."
where were theyT
'In green purse"
"And do you suspect any one Of this
robberyT
"a valet de place"
"Should you recognize himr'
without doubt"
Then the interrogation pushed aside
dirty cloak, discovered dead man
holding a green purse in his hand and
added sYou see, sir, that Justice has
been done. There is your money; take
1t, and remember that prudent man
never sets foot again in q country
where he has moderated the wisdom
of the government. San Francisco
Argonaut,
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as hoped that Margery might care for
me / wouldn't give in to my unole's
proposition that 1 should marry his
ward, Miss Wilson, and become his
heir, but now that I'm satisfied / have
no chance with the girl love, I might
as well marry the other one and please
the old man, suppose. I'll be miser-
able anyway" And Jack heaved such
sigh that the big paper screen waved
about till it threatened to come down
upon our heads
gave Mortified look at Margery,
but her hair had fallen over her face,
and could only see one little hand
clinched fiercely as if she had a pain
somewhere. reached dumbly over and
tried to take the little hand, but she
shook me off, SO fell to listening again.
"Well, it's not SO bad as it might
be. Ned was saying encouragingly
81 hear Miss Wilson is beauty
"She is, said Jack with enthusiasm.
Sand then think Of the money, my
boy Most any fellow would envy you.
81 suppose SO, said Jack drearily
DAh l. AAAoI ~. 4 4nC u y w III JOu
say goodby to the girls for me. Ned ?
Tell Margery"-
Here Jack choked. and was so busy
catching large, warm tear that was
chasing toward the end of my nose that
! forgot to look at Margery, when, to
my amazement, a little figure in a gray
bathrobe, with cloud of coppery hair
flying after it, bounded right over me,
and, as the screen toppled over with a
crash, heard Margery's voice cry:
''Oh, no, Jack, you mustn't go II
love you. JackP'
l had confused vision of Jack seiz-
ing the little figure in his arms, and
then l started to run l don't look SO
pretty with my hair wet as Margery
does. But somehow when got to the
door / met Ned, and as / looked up
wrathfully something saw in his eye
made me stop short.
''Ned Tucker" l exclaimed, ''you
knew we were there all the timer
swell, he said, not whit ashamed,
'tif you will leave the ventilating shaft
OPEN
"You wretchr' l cried, and then
something else struck me- "And the
uncle, ] gasped. land the beautiful
Miss WILSON,
care about as real, said Master
Ned, ''as rainbow. Edgar Temple
Field in Chicago Herald.
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In a criminal prosecution recently
tried in York, Neb., the jury, after a
brief deliberation, returned the follow
ing remarkable verdict: eve, the jury
in the above named case, do not be
heve one word that the witnesses
have sworn to; neither do we believe
that any of the attorneys have spoken
the truth, nor that either of them
could do so even If he should care to
take the trouble to try" The humor
in remarks casting doubt upon the
veracity of the legal profession has
lost the freshness Of early youth. and
a good, stiff penalty for contempt in
cases of this kind would probably re-
dound to the benefit of mankind in
general.-Law Notes.
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Communication had been established
at last with Mars. The man at the in
terplanetary telephone called out:
"HelloW
"Hellop' came the answer back.
sam speaking to Mars?
ITO whomT
MARS"
'"Try again / don't understand you.
Stand little farther away from the
phone, please"
81 say-hear me any better now~
eyes"
"Is this Mars?"
"WhatY
"Mars-fourth planet In order Of dis
lance from the sun Mercury, Venus,
Earth-this is the Earth-Mars. That's
you, you know"
mo, sir. You are away off. You
haven't got the names of any Of them
right. This is the fourth planet from
the sun, but its name is not Mars II
Isl
Out the world IS not ripe for this
knowledge yetl-Chicago Tribune
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Cheering Him Up.

''It very seldom happens. 4" said Mr.
Stormington Barnes, ''that we are per-
mitted to adopt the career for which we
are ambitious in youth. always want
ed to be a comedian and make people
laugh >
''Dear me, said the sympathetic
young girl ''You ought not to be go
disappointed. I'm sure You make peo-
pie laugh very often as it is Wash
ington Star
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Not the Usual story

Say, there was an actress left $1,000
worth of jewels in a street car here the
other day."
"Oh, another Of those advertising
lodges, was itF''
No. The jewels were worn by lot
Of women who were returning from n
South Side reception. and when the ae
tress left the car the owners of the dia-
monds and other precious stones were
still ABOARD" Chicago News.
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vere-nay. rigid; It was a masculine
hat.
SIS the peril SO great3'' she asked
She spoke so softly that I pushed my
chair little nearer to her and leaned
forward.
"The answer is entirely in your
hands, madame" / said
s'There may be no peril, /" she pout-
ed, ''for who knows what tree of love
may spring from this mere grain of
barely ten minutesf''
She glanced at me sideways.
"Have you noticed the roses at the
window ~
''No," I answered. 'They are there,
no doubt-roses are often at windows
but have eyes for you only"
"There is ne-almost bud. Icovet
it. must have it. j"
She rose and passed swiftly to the
window. Again thought 1 saw the
hat. l rose. followed her stood be-
hind her as she raised her ungloved
hand-a dainty. slender, white hand; a
hand that any man might not tire of
kissing easily. She caught the bud.
broke its stem and gave faint cry
"You have hurt yourself, said.
"a thorn, she answered hurriedly;
sit has pricked melt is still in, I
fear.
took her hand in mine. 1 have had
some experience of thorns in connec-
ton with little hands, and did not look
for any deep wound. yet must confess
to some considerable surprise when
found none at all, and even after min
ute search no visible impression upon
the satin Of her skin.
"Madame, " I said falteringly. 81
can see nothing. .
| Stupid. she cried pettishly, yet
not loudly. ''Look again. tell you I
have hurt my hand badly. You cannot
see we'll Hold it to the light.
held it to the light. l looked at it
very carefully-the hand was really
worth looking at bent lower over it,
lower still. Then suddenly 1 glanced
upward. She was smiling. l saw a
challenge in her eyes. / kissed her hand.
"Clotilde, said voice over my
head. 1t was strange voice, and 1t
seemed out in the garden, little above
me looked up and recognized the
rigid, severe hat Under the hat was
man. He looked bad tempered when he
regarded me; he looked penitent when
he gazed upon madame.
"Henri. . she cried, at have thorn
in my finger. This gentleman is clumsy
he cannot discover it. =
She glanced at me scornfully and
stretched out her perfectly healthy
hand to the owner of the rigid hat, who
took it. Then, in that hand, innocent
of scratch or mark. he found thorn,
plucked it out and kissed the place
where it had been. / think, though,
the wound was. after all, not in her
hand, and if did not find it I was not
useless in the healing.
Then suddenly remembered that l
had not summoned the landlord and
rectified my forgetfulness in violent
manner. When mine host entered, he
was in time to see the rigid hat bend
ing under parasol somewhere down
the road
"Ah, they have made it up againl'
he cried. with evident satisfaction 81
am glad of that, for the wedding is to
be in the early part of next week, and
am to supply the wine for the cere-
mony."
Every one seemed satisfied but my
self / continued my walk to Pourville,
having remembered my sister who was
waiting. Black and White.
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A DAYTIME TUNE.

The sun sings out in a dawn dappled sky.
And heetine moon croons pale reply,
While the star crowded chorus
Beneath, S9und and Ger US
Comes mufled, uncertain,
Through the days drawn curtain,
And the waking world lifts a workaday cry
To mate with the nsrtialing music on high.
Right good for the soul it is, drifting through
dreams,
But it's drawer to pillow where the fat earth
teens;
The Office is better
Than the lotus fetter,
And sweeter than the bottle
Is the wide engine throttle;
3d. clerk to your work, and. maiden, to your
seams;
iradesman, to your trade. and, agent, to your
schemes
There's time for you to loaf when the SUMS gone
out; it's work hours while he beams.
Rupert Hughes in Criterion
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Next Thing to It.

He-Oh, by the way. the doctor ad-
vised me to eat a water cracker before
going to bed; said it would prevent my
insomnia. Are there any in the house 2
She-The only thing in the house
approaching water cracker Is the ice
pick. Indianapolis Journal
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BEAUTYS REWARD.


A blushing rose in a garden grew
And with its fragrance filed the afr,
But the sweet, red rose, ah. it never knew
OF the joy it gave to maiden fairl
The rose knew not, as it drank the dew,
OF the charm it spread in growing there.
A radiant maiden smiled one day,
And hope crept into doubter's breast;
he turned, transformed, and went his way
With new resolves to do his best
A man had sprung from lump OF clay,
And the maiden, ali, she never guessed
s. E. Kiser in Chicago News.
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AN IDOL OF CLAY.

What did she give for her wedding ring
All that a woman mayi
What did the gifts to the giver brings
Only an idol of clay.
All the sweet dreams Of her girlhood yearA
AL that heart could hold,
AL Of her hopes and all Of her fears,
All Of her smiles and all of her tears,
For one little circle Of gold.
Told she the world Of the bitter cheatf
All, mol With smiling face
6he clothed her idol from head to feet
With the garments Of her grace
And no one knew of the tears she wept;
Her griefs they were never guessed,
For hid In her heart Of hearts she kept
Her thorns of woe. And so she slept
With her hands across her breast
Nixon Waterman in L. A. W. Bulletin.
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The Indian crocodile is a ferocious
and dangerous animal and causes great
destruction to human life especially
In lower Bengal
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MOI So PneficnI.

"she has a complexion like a tinted
china cup"
Eyes. It's beautiful mug "-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer