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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-10-07

Bristow Station was in the Panhan-
die section of Texas, and a more lone
~ and dreary place 1t would be hard
to find. There was but one building,
which served for freighthouse, passen-
ger depot and ticket and telegraph
office. Bert Brown, the X. and M.
agent, had to do all the business and
cook his own meals over an oil stove.
There were four trains daily over the
road; but, unless tagged, the two pas
senger trains went through Bristow
at fifty mile clip. To the west of the
station was long siding with cattle
pens, then a straight track for thirty
miles over the prairie
Bert could always count on q visit
from three or four tramps a day, and,
though the instructions from the divi-
sion superintendent were to "discour-
age" them, he took his own course In
the matter. To discourage" them
meant to threaten them with pains and
penalties and refuse them even a drink
Of water. To Bert it looked too much
like childish spite, and, though he may
have done some growing now and
then, he always had bite to eat and
bit of tobacco for the tourist" whose
language was respectful As a matter
of fact, there were times when he
could sit down with one of them for
an hour and be interested In the
tramp's adventures by flood and field.
If Bert did not obey his instructions
to the letter, the section boss on that
section did. He was a burly big fell
low, regarded by his employers as a
bully and coward Knowing that he
had the law on his side, he fairly went
hunting for tramps. If one was found
track walking, he received such a
humping that he could hardly crawl
off to highway, and no freight train
with hobo on the bumpers could pass
the boss that his sharp eyes would not
detect the culprit
Perhaps it was this mans fierce
enmity toward tramps that softened
Bert's heart
Agent and boss had never had
word on the subject however, until
one summer afternoon he happened
along with his car and his gang just
as a tramp had reached the station
and was resting in the shade Bert
had not seen the fellow as yet when
he heard a row outside The section
boss had spied the hobo and stopped
to give him a drubbing. The tramp
was man about thirty, and it needed
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The average Dutchman Of the south
Of Holland. though he can skate very
well, looks rather foolish on the ice.
His short legs and wide breeches are
admirable adjuncts to his nose, his
thin cooked beard and the lumpishness
Of his expression. To be sure, this
breadth makes him look important, but
II he were less muscular it would be
sad hindrance to him in battling with
the wind. which In winter in apt to
make skating in one direction some
thing of trial.
The Frieslander, however, is taller,
better proportional and in all respects
a handsome fellow. The yellow beard
he sometimes wears seems to put him
at once on a footing Of affinity with
the other members Of that respectable
Anglo Saxon family to which we our
selves belong, quite as much as his
provincial speech and his blue eyes.
He is a most masterful creature when
once he has put ON those quaint old
fashioned skates Of his, and thinks
nothing Of making a score of miles
from one village to another before you
and l are out of bed. As for the cold,
what cares he for It? He knows he
must rely on that lusty circulation of
his to keep him from being benumbed,
though he clothe ever so lightly, and
seems more regardful of his head
which a sealskin cap takes care Of
than Of his well shaped body.-Cham-
bers' Journal.
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several expensive vices. Marked bills
were traced directly to her, and when
taxed by Rugby she broke down and
confessed Every morning when her
father stepped into the kitchen for the
cup of coffee which seemed to strength
en- him during the remainder of his
route she had rihed the mail bag as it
hung on the entry rack. Rugby and
his chief realized that the disgrace Of
the daughter would be as fatal to the
old man as his own arrest, and for
once they failed in their official duty.
They forced the woman to sell her
jewels, which were one of the pas
sions of her life. With the proceeds
they made good the losses of the Mel
son company.
She had been recklessly mad for
money, and had neither thought nor
cared for the gray haired man who
fairly worshiped her and was willing
to go to prison for her sake. But now
she seemed to dread the sight of his
white hair, the loving gaze in his eyes.
She finally went to Denver, ostensibly
to visit friends. She never came back.
Old John, who had been simply told
that the real culprit had been discov-
cred, lived on the letters he received
from Denver. If he realized that the
inspectors knew the truth, he never
gave any evidence of the fact He died
before the daughter, who had plunged
into reckless dissipation in the far
west and had sunk too low to write
the longed for letter, and he never
knew that strange hands, the hands of
men who worked with him and loved
him, would at last lay him to rest and
rear the shaft above his lonely grave.
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The Grace of Adherence.

The duty of abhorring evil is one that
Is general in its nature. It admits Of
no exception OF favored vices. We are
very liable to excuse the sins which we
ARE inclined to" while roundly CON
demning those we 'have no mind tor
1t is one of the weaknesses of poor hui
man nature that If sin is agreeable
to us we discover or invent excuses for
it 1t Is not SO bad as some other sins;
indeed, in our case, 1t is not certain
that 1t is a sin at all. We have a GER
tain right to do what we would blame
others for doing or we even say to our
selves that it is merely conventional
wrong, but is in fact no real wrong.
Whatever is wrong without exception
in our own favor we ought to cultivate
the grace Of abhorring 1t, for we may
be certain that if we allow ourselves
an easy sentiment Of allowance for
any sin we have taken down the bars
to its commission and one sin being
made easy opens the way to another
and another until the conscience is
scared as with a hot iron--Pittsburg
Press
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The Use Of the Right Foot.

That the right foot is, like the right
hand, ordinarily more mobile and at
the same time stronger than the left
might be attributed to the more fire.
Quent exertion Of this side were it not
that the popularity is said to extend
itself even to the constitution, and the
left extremities are asserted to be more
liable to disease than the right. The
more difficult movements in stage dane
ing are usually executed upon the right
foot, and 1t is generally considered
that unless double practice be accord
ed to the left leg an ungraceful prefer
ence for the right will be shown by
the dancers In their public perform
ances.
Most people tread more firmly with
the right than with the left foot There
seems to be greater capacity for pro-
pelling the body with the right foot.
From this the horseman springs, with
bis left In the stirrup, and unless left
handed no boy in his play hops natu-
rally upon the left football Mall Ca
zette.
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Two RadIv PuxvI~d Ladies,

Vernet, the French painter, was once
travelling from Versailles to Paris In
the same compartment with two ladies
whom he had never seen before, but
who were evidently acquainted with
him. They examined him very minute
ly and commented upon him quite free
ly. The painter was annoyed and de
termined to put an end to the persecu-
ton. AS the train passed through the
tunnel of st. Cloud the three travellers
were wrapped in complete darkness.
Vernet raised the back Of his hand to
his mouth and kissed it twice violent
ly. On emerging from the obscurity he
found that the ladies had withdrawn
their attention from him and were glar-
ing contemptuously at each other.
Presently they arrived at Paris, and
Vernet, on leaving them, said, Ladies,
l shall be puzzled all my life by the In
quiry, Which Of these two ladies was
1t that kissed meY'
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One MISERY of AnrIo-Indian lac,

Every night at dinner the Anglo-In-
dian holds a kind of levee. The in
sects which attend dance gayly round
the lamp, and one has to watch ones
plate and glass carefully lest some Of
the insects should dance into them.
There is one insect-a little, fat,
brown, shining creature-which emits
the worst odor in the world. If one Of
these touches your food, the whole is
tainted and rendered inedibla You
dare not kill these pests, for If one be
squashed the whole room becomes
filed with its disgusting smell and is
uninhabitable for the next half hour.
So these abominable insects fly about
with impunity while the poor Anglo
Indian must perforce look helplessly
on and inwardly sigh "Spero meliora-"
London Saturday Review.
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The Domesfic NoveI.

The domestic novel may be said to
have begun when the worthy printer
of Derby published his History Of
Pamela" The way that the idea Of
writing such book occurred to him
is significant. He had been asked by
bookseller to compile complete let
ter writer that might serve the ladies'
Of the middle classes, who were not
bersed in polite literature, as a model
for correspondence. Richardson took
a servant girl as the imaginary CORE
spondent, and then, introducing a mar
rative to enhance the interest of the
letters, he produced his Pamela, with
the intention Of both instructing and
interesting his readers, so that they
might learn simultaneously the art Of
letter writing and the art of virtue.
The novel began, therefore, In a series
of letters, 'the most natural as well
as the most improbable way of re-
counting a narrative" according to one
Of its earliest critics. Richardson
avows his object-he writes for the
women, and, be 1t noted, for the wom-
en- Of the bourgeoisie. Westminster
Review.
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One of Atlantas most prominent
bankers has a young son who has al
ready developed a surprising faculty
for business.
His father gave him IS, and instead
Of spending 1t he handed it back to his
father to deposit for him in order that
he might draw the interest
A few days later, however, the
youngster saw something he wanted
more than he did the interest, so asked
his father to please return the money.
This the banker refused to do. ex-
planning that the son had no note for
the money. and unless he could prove
In black and white that the money had
been handed him the S. was his.
The youthful fnancier looked both
puzzled and unhappy, then his counte-
nance cleared He called the colored
butler.
"John. did you see me give father $5
the other dayT'
He was answered In the affirmative.
Then he put the same question to his
grandmother
When she, too, said yes, young Ma
chiavelli turned to his father trium-
phantly:
There. father. have it in black and
white"
Needless to add, he got the money
Atlanta Journal
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only one glance at his face to prove
that he was not born to the road. He
had an intelligent eye, and his speech
was that of an educated man.
The section boss was already slam
ming him around when Bert inter-
fered. AS the big brute let go of his
victim he gave him a whirl and
brought him down on the iron rail.
The hobo lay there until Bert assisted
him to rise. He complained of a pain
in his side, but after resting for awhile
it seemed to pass Off The story he
told was not new to the agent Born
of good parents and with good start
in life, drink and spirit of adventure
! had been his bane. He did not men,
ton what occupation he had followed,
and Bert, in his genial, thoughtful way,
refrained from exhibiting too much
curiosity. After accepting lunch, a
bracer of whisky and a few coins he
| left the station and continued west
ward. This was toward shutdown.
The tramp had been gone about an
hour when a thunderstorm came up,
and for an hour it rained furiously. A
mile to the east of Bristow they were
putting in a new bridge over small
creek, with the rails laid on a tenn
porary track. 1t was not Bert's bust
ness to worry about that bridge and
he hadn't given it a thought when he
received a message from Clairsville,
nine miles to the west, that the section
gang had been dumped into the ditch
/ and all badly hurt. Then arose the
question whether 1t was his duty to
remain at the station and be ready for
call or to make trip to the new
bridge and see that all was safe.
He knew that the creek would be
bank full from the downpour. and as
It was in the dry season, when no rain
was expected, the temporary tracks
might be swept away. After fifteen
minutes of doubt and worry he tele-
graphed Clairsville that he was going
to the cTek and at once set out on
run. HeNhad scarcely started when a
gale sprang up In his very teeth, and
within ten minutes it was all he could
do to make way against it at a walk
Darkness had fallen before he reached
the culvert. The bridge was gone!
The first train due was freight at
o'clock This train would sidetrack
at Bristow for the express bound east
He had brought red lantern, and this
he managed to secure to a pole sus-
pended over the track. That would
stop the freight, and he would get
back to the station in time to flag the
express.
The wind was bowling along at the
rate of sixty miles an hour, and a
dozen different times In returning over
that mile of track Bert was blown fat
or clear off the track into the ditch.
Even with the gale at his back it took
him as long to go as it had to come.
and he was thoroughly played out
when he reached the station. Even
before he mounted the platform he
heard the instrument calling him and
realized that something was up.
A surprise awaited him as he opened
the door Sitting at the table, with
his head on his arms and apparently
asleep. was the tramp of the afternoon.
The instrument was calling "B B."
as If lives depended on an instant an
swer, and Bert had to reach over the
sleeping mans shoulder to reply. In
a minute came this message from
Clairsville:
with you? Are there any more emp
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An amusing story is told of the edi
tor of a go-ahead London evening
newspaper, who, in the eternal rushing
to press to get ahead of the opposition
was constantly impressing upon his
reporters the necessity for condensine
all news.
A terrific boiler explosion had taken
place on board a big ship lying al
Portsmouth.
"Get down there as hard as you
can" he said to one of his men. III
you catch the 11:40 from London
bridge, you'll be there soon after 2
and can Just wire us something for the
fifth edition. but boil 1t down."
And the reporter went.
Soon after o'clock that afternoon
they got a wire from him:
Terrific explosion. Man-o'-war,
Boiler empty. Engineer full. Funeral
tomorrow. No flowers" London Tit
Bits.
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ESTABLISHED 1879.
ueS on the WayT''
what do you meanY' Bert asked.

ues on the wayr
What do you meanY Bert asked.
Il mean that 1 have ditched the
seven cattle cars and want to know If
any others got away"
1t took some time to make matters
plain. Several times Bert shook the
sleeper and called to him to vacate the
chair, but he did not move The
o'clock freight had brought down SIX
teen cattle cars and after backing
them In on the siding had pulled out
and left the switch wide open. The
section gang had passed the spot with
out noticing the switch, and when the
gale came up seven Of the cars had
been blown out on the main track and
started down the road at thirty miles
an hour. The other nine would have
followed had not one Of them Jumped
the track and held the rest. Clairsville
had received word of the runaways
and ditched them to prevent a smash
up with the express
1t was no ghostly telegram that had
been sent in Bert's absence. The In
Jured tramp who had left him that
afternoon had for some reason re-
turned to the track later on. He must
have seen the open switch and sight
ed the runaway empties. He had
made his way down to the station to
give Bert the information and, finding
him gone, had sat down to the instru-
ment and warned Clairsville He had
given Bert no hint that he was an =
orator, but such was the case. He had
sent the message through in good
shape and saved the road big smash
up.
Here, wake up, wake up and shake
hands and let me thank you" Bert
shouted as the mystery was solved and
he felt his heart growing big.
No reply broke the silence which
suddenly and strangely impressed
Bert. The hands he touched were
cold.
The inquest was held at Clairsville,
and the verdict was heart disease,
aggravated by recent injury" The
recent injury" consisted of three bro
ken ribs. The fact that this was re-
ceived at the hands of the section boss
was not stated. That the poor chap
had ever managed to walk hundred
rods the doctors declared a wonderful
thing. He was nameless, homeless and
friendless, and the railroad company
had no sentiment and no gratitude
The poor bruised body was laid in a
pauper's grave, unmarked and uncared
for, and only Bert Brown stood beside
the last resting place of Bristow Sta
tons hero.
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A Chance to Retaliate,

The minister was young and easily
embarrassed. The first time he per.
formed the marriage ceremony it was
for couple who were both younger
and still more easily embarrassed than
he.
When he had finished the service and
murmured few kindly meant but
halting words to the young couple
whom he had just united. the bride
looked at hip, blushing, but confident.
THANK you" she said clearly. Its
real kind of you to congratulate us,
and as long as you haven't ever been
married yet. maybe we'll have chance
some day to retaliate."
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Pennsylvania RAILROAD.
The Standard Railroad of America. Pro
tected throughout BY Block Signals
and /nte,ioekfng .SaOitches.
IN EFFECT SEPTEMBER Is, 1902.

Trains leave Mount Holly
For Philadelphia, $50, 600, 652, TO- TAI, 75l
ga. s46, $40, II.l7 A. M, u 40. Q.I3 Monday
oniy) 20, S35. Abb, o. 6.22, 7.l5. 6.57, 1880
ro on p sundays, 500 A. NJ l2oS 10 I.2o SO p n
4.i5, SAB, 6.l5, 7.25 II.
On Sundays, 8.14, $50 A. M, 70l P
For Bordentown, Trenton and New York, $50
7.4u. $40, 1850 A. NJ, 2.33, 4.O5. 5.37 Pm.
On sundays, rs, A. NJ 204, 7.22P.M.
For Burlington. 30, TAO. s.l0. $50 A. M. 12s
ON sundays, s725 8 10 A. NJ, 2O4, 7.2q, $40 p. NJ
&kuns TO East Burlington only.
For Lewistown, Columbus, Kmkora, etc., l.35,
Alb p. N.
On Sundays. z0l Pm.
For Lumbertcn. M edford Marion and Had
donfield, $40 A. IL, 1885. 40 Pm.
For Vincentown, 1880, 6l5P.M.
For Toms River, Island Heights and Sea side
park, s.e6, 800 M, t2Os, Az. DAB P. M.
On Sundays. S.A AN.
For Tuckerton ana Beach Haven. $50 A. M,
4.49 pm.
For Asbury Park and Long Branch SIG q 30
A. M, t2Oe, AT Pm.
On Sundays. s. A. N.
Runs saturday only.
Trains leave for Mount Hotiv as Jottosos:
From Philadelphia. go, $40. 74s, sI2 1000,
ll.20 A. M, 1928, (l30 Saturday oniy), 80, %,
s5z Az, 4S2, 800. $40, 6.es, 6.2s, 500. 1880.
On sundays, 1880, 500 A. NJ, 100. 600. TO- soPx.
From New York. via Trenton and Burlington,
s,oo. s.sO, ll0o A. n, LOO, 90, 5.00P. NJ.
On Sundays. 1000 A. M, 700P.M
From Trenton, $40, 7.40, $50, lilo A. NJ, LOO,
2.b5, $40, 7O0PM.
On Sundays, 6.l5, l.55 A. NJ, 400, 9.O3PM
from burlington. $780, 1905 A. M, l2-02, 1.35,
$3.50, COS, 7.3I, 1856 P. NJ.
On Sundays, 1856 M 1928, AS, 1855, 9.45 P. N.
*Runs from East Burlington only.
From Toms River, 6.56, sos A. M. tl2.25, 3.4l,
6.27PM
on Sundays, 622 PM
From Medford, 40 A. NJ, l.30, 800 P. M
From Asbury Park. 6.59, IL BAN. $50, 5.l5 PM.
From Long Branch, 6.45, tl0.55 M, 10, $40 N.
On Sundays, 500 P. N.
From Pemberton north, 637. 7.22. 7.29 $50, IL co
A. M. 1926. 4O7. AIT, 6.22P.M
On Sunda avs, 7.25 A. M, 500. 65S P. N.
From PembertOn (south), 1888 A. M, 4.25 P n.
On sundays. 7.03 p. NJ.
From Vincentown, $50 A. M, 4O0P.M M.
From Beach Haven. 6.57 A. M, 2.55 P. n.
On Sundays 5.25 pm.
Runs Monday only.
WEST JERSEY & sEAsHORE RAILROAD
October l, 1902
Medford, Marion and Philadelphia.
Leave Medford Tor Philadelphia at 700, 1907.
A NJ, 200, $40, Pm.
ON sundays, T. 40 A. M, % P. N.
Leave Marion for Philadelphia at TIA. 10 20
AN, 220, 8 22PM
On sundays, 1863 A. M, 4.l5PM
Leave philadelphia, Market street, for Med
ford and Marion att 90. 10.46A N, q 80, 5.32 NJ
On Sundays $40 A. NJ, $50 Up NJ
Alb 6.22 p. M.
On Sundays, 905 A. M. 1921 p M.
For further particulars apply to the ticket
agent at the station.
j. b. HUTCHINSON, JR WooD
General Manager. Gen. Pass. Agent.
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you uo-wltnour money " vru.us

you uO-wlunOuL money VI UruIuoI
"Work-all day an all night" jim
my said sturdily. Charley drew back
a step, his face twitching. He bit his
lips hard before he went on.
Another thing. think of Cressy. She
will end by marrying you If you keep
the place. 1t is that which has stood
between me and winning her. / know
1t. Remember, l am speaking now
against myself. l cannot do less In
face of all owe my uncle and my
dear, good aunt. Speak to Jimmy,
both of you. If he still refuses to save
you, sign this deed and put it In my
power"
Mrs. Marion nestled close to her son.
Her husband broke away from them
and leaned from the open window.
Jimmy's eyes followed the fathers
gaze as it rested upon the familiar
fields, the trig barns, the deep, shad-
owy woodlands betting the clear land.
Could they give it up and go away,
strangers in a strange land2
Stronger, more insistent was the
thought of Greasy. How should a beg
gar lift eyes to her? No. not beggar
except for work. Somehow the word
was a tonic. He faced half about
drew his mother in front of him and
said with many breaks: ''Charley-I-I
CANT talk with you. But the Lord
help me-to show lean work with
you"
Squire Marion stepped beside his
son, linked arms and said: Ruin or no
ruin. Charley, I'll do as Jimmy says.
If the money must all go, let it! Lord,
what is all the property In the world
beside flndin' that I've got real man
fer my sonY
1.-THE best man in the world" Cressy
cried, breaking tempestuously from an
ambush of half closed door. 81 had to
come home right behind you" she
painted to Jimmy. Tit is not true
what he said" nodding toward Char
ley. Now you have lost everything
else, ask you toto take me-"
"Amen. The Lord be praisedy' Squire
Marion said, catching Greasy In his
arms. Charley darted away, swearing
under his breath. Jimmy2 Jimmy
put his head upon his mothers shout
der and cried for the first time since he
was ten years old.
Jimmy showed the stuff he was made
Of by working through five hopeless
years trying to save the homestead.
mortgaged to full value Cressy helped
him, singing about the place, her
face always sunshiny, her tempers all
blown away. Still there was rejoic-
ing, indeed, when GIL Magee came
back from the Klondike with money
enough to make good all his luckless
sureties had paid. Little Jim, aged
four, high in the arms of his doting
grandmother. held the Cancelled mort
gage in a candle fame and laughed to
see 1t burn. Across the hearth the
grandfather looked on with eyes that
did not see and murmured brokenly,
1.-The righteous shall not be forsaken
nor his seed beg bread"
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Mr.. Churton Collins, in the New LIB
eral Review, traces the ancestry Of
some of our most familiar proverbs.
ut is wise child that knows his own
father" is from the Odyssey; "Famil-
iarity breeds contempt" is saying Of
Plutarch; 'Set thief to catch thief"
is of Catos coinage; zone swallow
doesn't make a summer" is cited by
Plato as already proverbial, as was
''His bark is worse than his bite" when
Quintus Curtius wrote it down.