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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-07-22
A BARGAIN IN HATS.
The Reason One Woman RejOicem
While Another One Mourns.

The Reason One Woman RejOicem
While Another One MOurns.
A Philadelphia woman moving in
good society has been cured Of a ma
MIA for attending rummage sales, but
it took heroic treatment to effect the
cure. The other day she went to a
ale of the description named in aid Of
worthy charity in which she is inter-
ested and came away minus a twenty
five dollar hat. 1t happened this way:
A feature of the sale was a counter
filed with untrimmed hats, advertised
your choice for 80 cents" Now, the
North Thirty-third street woman didn't
want an untrimmed hat at 90 cents,
but there was one that caught her
fancy by reason Of its odd shape and
she simply couldn't resist the tempta-
handsome hat she was wearing, placed
it ON the counter and picked up the I'M
trimmed one Then she looked around
for mirror. There was only one. and
that was away at the other end of the
long room.
OAc PuSneu AcI way through tue
crowd. and in the meantime fat col
ored woman's eyes were glued to the
hat she had left behind on the pile
marked, Your choice for 50 cents"
1t was golden opportunity not to be
missed. Counting out so cents in dimes,
nickels and pennies. she showed them
at the innocent young attendant and
made good her escape with the fash
ionable woman's hat.-Exchange.
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In the village where | live | was in
the habit Of visiting two poor. infrm
old women, one inhabiting the single
downstairs room, the other occupying
the garnet above her. Each kept a
jealous watch as to whether bestowed
more tea or sixpences on the other, and
each was sure to tell me every Ill trait
she could hear of the other. One da!
the old lady who lived upstairs, thank
ing me effusively for my visit. said:
You're the only lady ever comes nea
me, the only friend l have. That one"
pointing downward. "has hapes of
friends" adding hastily lest l should
be too fayorably impressed by that cir
cumstance, land there's not wan of
them but hates her." l thought to my
self that such description of friend
ship may sometimes apply to higher
circles than that of my poor old friends.
London Spectator
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William Black, the novelist, purpose
ly exaggerated the admiration that was
always aroused in him by grace, beau
ty or fascination In q woman. per
haps the truth about the innocent and
fleeing admirations and attachments
of his early days." says his biographer,
will be best illustrated by an anecdote
of that time. for which | am indebted
to his sister. He had been processing
for some time to be the devoted slave
Of certain Miss NJ, and his sister had
invited the young lady to her house
one day when she was expecting him.
When Black was announced, Mrs. Nor
ten went into her drawing room to
greet him and found him striding up
and down the apartment with bent
head and gloomy countenance. We'll,
what is it now? she asked. 4 am In
despair he answered. oh, but you
need not be long in despair. am ex-
pecting Miss NJ. to arrive at any mo-
ment.' Never mention her name again
in my hearing! Don't you know that
am devoted to Miss KIP mentioning
another young lady whose acquaint-
ance he had just made and who hap
pened to suffer from a slight impedi-
ment In her speech. She is the only
woman for me, and i would give
worlds to hear her call me "Wi-Wil-
liamv''"
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A woman who is both careless and
forgetful had been chided so severely
for leaving trunks and bureau drawers
unlocked in a boarding house that she
set herself to cultivate the habit of
locking up. But what to do with the
keys after she had locked up puzzled
her sorely. She had no pockets to put
them in and her purse was crammed
full of miscellany. She tried putting
them in the front of her corsage, but
they made an uncomfortable and I'M
slightly bunch there. Then she took
to hiding them in out of the way places
about her room, but she always for
got where she had put them, and she
spent enough time in searching for
them to have written a book or per-
formed some other work of value to
the world. The other day she hit upon
what at first seemed to her an inspired
scheme. She put the keys with canny
prudence in her little brass teakettle
and then, lest she should forget where
Ehe had hidden them, wrote a note and
stuck it on her pincushion saying,
Keys are in the teakettle. New York
prpSS
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NILE RIVER MUD.
The Salvation of the Country In
That Rainlesh District.

The Salvation of the Country In
That RainlesH District.
There Is nothing to make one realize
the Importance of mud indeed like a
Journey up the Nile when the inunda-
ton is just over. You lounge on the
deck Of your dahabieh and drink in
geography almost without knowing it.
The voyage forms a perfect introduc-
ton to the study of mudology and sug-
gests to the observant mind (meaning
you and mel the real nature of mud as
can suggest it, for in Egypt you get
your phenomenon isolated. as it We're.
from all disturbing elements.
You have no rainfall to bother you.
no local streams, no complex denuda
ton. The Nile does it all. and the Nile
does everything. On either hand
stretches away the bare desert, rising
up in gray, rocky hills Down the
midst runs the one long line of allu
vial soil-in other words, Nile mud
which alone allows cultivation and life
In that rainless district The country
bases itself absolutely on mud The
crops are raised on it, the houses and
villages are built of it, the land is
MANFRED with it, the very air is full
of it. The crude brick buildings that
dissolve in dust are Nile mud solidified,
the red pottery of Assiout is Nile mud
baked hard. the village mosques and
minarets are Nile mud whitewashed
have even seen ships bulwarks
neatly repaired with mud. 1t pervades
the whole land, when wet, as mud I'M
disguised; when dry, as duststorm.--
Cornhill Magazine.
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A Virginia statesman in Washington
has two boys. about five and six years
old respectively. who are not such IAN
gel children" that they do not scrap
occasionally. The family health is
discussed good deal by the parents
in the presence of the youngsters. and
the two evils held to be the very worst
that can be feared are microbes and
drafts. The other morning the boys
got into wrangle.
''Oh. you're a microbe." Kissed the
elder in his anger.
That dreadful epithet had never been
applied to the other before, and for a
moment he was stunned by the insult
He tried to come back at his brother.
but at first he was at loss what to
say. "You-you-you're another" he
blurted out at last and then caught
himself. mo. you amt. either; you
are a draftr' he exclaimed, and the
scrap was on.-Detroit Free Press.
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expectant look on his face, and then at
the PROSTATE Bill One Of the miners
gave little chuckle.
did you see the way the kid threw
Bill?' he said admiringly. He certain
ly is a winner"
Bill rose to his feet slowly and pain
fully, with look on his face not of an
ger, but of utter surprise Tommy
stood alert. not looking for trouble, but
ready to meet it If it came. But Bills
intentions were peaceable. He extend
ed his hand to Tommy. gazing at him
with new found respect.
''Shake hands. Tommy" said he.
''It's all right about the NINE | don't
believe any Of us want to go down to-
day. 1t might not be healthy. But
Tommy he added, they certainly did
learn you more In your school than
readin', writin' and figurin'"
And Bill and his followers trudged
peacefully away from the Walnut
mines
Tommy related the incident to his
uncle that evening. The latter was in
dignant at the audacity of the strikers
in daring to interfere with his mines.
Some one ought to complain to the
police"
Il don't believe SHALL" replied Tom.
my thoughtfully. Il can't see that !
have anything to complain of. And
Bill. while not exactly content, seemed
fully satisfied"
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ESTABLISHED 1879.

1t was single man measuring his
strength against the ring and all the
ring could bring forward, and it was
so understood by these two men as
they gazed into each others eyes. They
separated with smiles and handshakes.
but when the consul returned to his
office he realized that he was marked
man. There would be a mob and
riot. The mob, secretly instructed and
tacitly encouraged by the ring. would
make an end of him. An apology
would be made to the government. in
demnity promised, the guilty ones
should be hunted down and given short
shrift. That was the programme, and
it would be worked for all it was
worth.
The consulate stood by itself on a
street running off the alameda. The
yard in the rear was composed of
coarse sand. When the colonel was
through figuring things out, he dis
patched servant to buy 500 empty
coffee sacks. He sent another to a
lumber yard for planks and beams.
There were Winchester rifles on sale
In Ajaco. Three of these weapons were
purchased and found their way to the
consulate. During the several days in
tervening before the 9th the bags
were filed with sand and the lumber
sawed up to measure. There was nei-
Their espionage nor gossip. The ring
wore smiling face and refused to
show its hand. 1t became known that
the colonel did not intend to sneak, but
1t was all the same to the ring. 1t held
the winning card numbers.
Native help was cheap and plenty In
Ajaco, but the thirty laborers who
worked for Colonel Smithers most of
the night of the 26thsreceived double
wages. When day dawned, there was
a surprise In store for the town. The
American consulate was a fort, and
above it waved Old Glory Inside the
fort were the consul, his American clerk
and stray English adventurer who
was aching for a fight The dictator
sent messenger to inquire what it all
meant, and over his sand bags Colonel
Smithers answered:
1T simply means that am ready for
the fete of the saint of Ajaco, and Don
Huasco can turn the crowd loose as
soon as he is conveniently readyp'
Ajaco's population of 10000 hurrahed
and waved their flags and marched the
streets. They were REINFORCED by TO-
900 outsiders, who cursed and growled
and shouted by turns and asked each
NJ hAr 1. 4
The ring sulked. Smithers smiled grim
~ behind his 500 sand bags, while all
day long and into the riotous night Old
Glory waved defiance to bowling ma
tives, Don Huasco and the ring.
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The Arabian coffee maker, having
prepared his fire of charcoal and placed
near 1t huge pot containing water.
takes a few handfuls of green coffee
berries, carefully culls out all imperfect
berries and foreign substances and
then places the best of the berries in an
iron ladle held over the fire. The Der
ries are permitted to roast until they
begin to smoke and are then. while still
uncharred. placed in a small mortar
and carefully brayed with a pestle
closely fitting the cup of the mortar
The berries are not however. reduced
to dust. While this process has been
going on, a small pot has been half
filed with tepid water from the large
pot and placed over the fire. When the
water In the small pot has begun to
boil. the broken coffee berries are
thrown in, and the boiling is permitted
to go on for short time. the decoction
being stirred with spoon when it
shows signs of boiling over. The coffee
is then served in small cups without
cream or sugar.
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Tonmy'Sl
Tackle
By EDWIN j. WEBSTER
BY EDWIN j. wEBsTE.
Copyright, 10 /, by Edwin J. Webster

Thomas Stevenson, better known as
| Tommy, left college with a fair knowl-
edge of mechanical engineering and a
disposition to meet life good naturally.
incidentally Tommy carried away a
well developed set of muscles and left
behind him the reputation of being
the surest tackler that had played on
the university eleven.
The head coach measured every
mans worth by his ability to play
| football.
Tommy will never be a great play
err" he said regretfully. Hes too slow
in his running. But he certainly is the
hardest tackler ever met It's my be-
lief Tommy would jar freight engine
if he made good plunge at it."
After Tommy's graduation his uncle
offered him position at the Walnut
mines.
1T will do the boy good,' said the
uncle. land knock some of the college
nonsense out of him."
Tommy was far from regarding his
college education as nonsense, but he
was anxious to get practical knowl-
edge of mining, so he accepted the po-
sition without discussing with his I'M
Gle the value of collegiate training.
His principal duties at the mine were
to keep track of the time the men
worked and the number of tons of coal
brought out of the NINE This was not
exactly the work Tommy had looked
forward to while in college, but he ac-
cepted the situation philosophically.
Il want to find out all about the bust
ness" thought Tommy cheerfully. land
the best way is to get what | can out
of the job Pm on. Something better
will turn up later"
Because he was big and good ma
tured and free from egotism everybody
at the mines liked Tommy 1t was one
of the boasts of the Walnut mine own
ers that they had never had a strike.
When the miners in the Quincy mines
across the river went out. the Walnut
miners refused to join them. so one
morning deputation was sent over to
rouse sympathetic strike. The strik-
ers' deputation was led by big Bill"
TOmlinson. Bill was over six feet tall,
weighed 250 pounds and had the repu-
tation of being the best boxer and
wrestler in that district. Unless he had
been drinking. however, Bill was good
natured and not given to abusing his
strength. On this particular morning
Bill had felt that his position as the
leader of the strikers called on him to
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The trouble between capital and la.
Dor Is just In proportion to the igno-
rance Of the employer and the igno-
rance of the employed. The mere in
telligent the employer the better. and
the more intelligent the employed the
better. 1t is never education. it is never
knowledge. that produces collision. 1t
is always ignorance on the part of one
or the other of the two forces Speak
ing from an experience not lnconsider
able. ! make this statement. Capital is
ignorant of the necessities and the just
dues of labor. and labor is ignorant of
the necessities and dangers of capital
That is the true origin of friction be-
tween them. -Carnegie's Empire of
Business"
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81 am her OWL

Il am her OWL
'And l am her black cat. We both
know all about it, but l know the
most, because l am a cat who has
mixed with the world, a cat of obser-
walton and enlightened understand
ing"
II am, as l say, her OWL The person
you heard speak knows nothing about
it, though he is inflated with a swell
ing confidence in his knowledge on
that and all subjects. | am her owl,
and l know. l have stood on her desk
for years. She is always writing and
reading and tearing up things. She
tears up things for newspaper down
town. But they let her bring them
home to me so that l can see it is
properly done, and wear her eye shade
for her when it is not in use
1--WE sit up on her desk when she
writes, the black cat and /, and watch
her pretty fingers fitting and the pa
per getting spoiled, and when she
needs a word she will sometimes ask
me and sometimes him. | have sense
and do not interrupt, but the black cat,
fatuous, like all male things, thinks it
pleases her when he chases her fin
gers and tries to catch them with his
paw. She is the loveliest creature"-
Hear that bird! She's just a wom-
an. You know how they look. This
one has good shape, and-yes, I'll
admit she has extra fetching eyes, but
no voice, according to my critical
standard
'"That animal loves the sound of his
own voice. AS l was saying. she
tears up things for a newspaper.
when she came in that evening the
man was with her. She was very
happy. There were those lovely round
pink spots on her cheeks that come
there when she is pleased, and her
eyes were like blissful stars.
"'This is my den.' she said, laughing
and showing her little white teeth.
Now you can see where | illuminate
my articles on the tariff and similar
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The value of a slight rest before
meals Is. according to physician,
very great. Indigestion more often
arises from eating when tired or ex.
cited than is understood In his diet
airy for consumptive patient very
well known specialist insists upon a
full twenty minutes rest before all
meals except breakfast. Five minutes
complete rest. Of mind as well as body.
is none too much for the person of
average health. and it should be taken
regularly.-New York Post.
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ter with me this evening -TeeI as
though l were Noting, and | haven't
molted since-since | was-well-per-
manently mounted, you know.
"She came In an hour ago with all
the sweet color bleached out of her
dear little face and sat down heavily
and YEARLY at her desk.
"She had letter, and she kept read
ing it and reading it. and now she has
her head down on her plotting pad and
won't look at me. though I've got the
eye shade tilted at what she always
calls killing angle. and I'm trying
(while my heart is breaking) to look
funny for her sake"
"Oh, listen to that owl. She makes
me tired. It's all nonsense about that
girls letter. She's got 1t in her hand,
trailed down there by her side. |
Jumped down and pretended to rub
against her skirts so | could read it.
It's good letter couldn't have done
better myself, and of course at my age
and with my attractions I've had lots
of experience He says:
my Dear Little Girl-Moriturus tie salu-
tant 1 sail for Europe tomorrow. It's my
wedding trip. You know who the bride is.
of course. I'm severing my connection
with the magazine for the present and
shall represent a couple of newspapers
during my trip. When l come back, 1
shall be on the magazine again, perhaps
in better position.
81 hear you laugh at that Well then,
to be frank, of course with a father-in-
law who is practical proprietor of the
shop, I've fair chance for the chief edi-
torial chair. And when I get 1t won't 1
boom somebody's work. Unless. cruel
thought. some fellow with rent roll shall
have come along in the meantime and
stolen my dear little friend out of the
literary armament to adorn a brighter
heaven.
1.-The story is in. She's a corker. OF
course 1 needn't say that it's accepted.
Affectionately, A. c.
"She has just looked up at me-her
poor, unhappy, loving owl-and said to
me: Tt hurts me so to despise him. If
could hate him-if he were real vii
lain-but such paltry creature! They
say there's no development without
pain. Well, then. I'm developing at a
wonderful rate just now. But I'll get
over it. Pip
bah! What lot of foolish talk
about nothing! l want my saucer of
milk, and she's incoming to that miser
able effigy of bird! What's the trou-
bic, anyhow? Didn't he say it was ac-
ceptedT"
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In some parts of Canada it is GUS
tomary to call the justice of the peace
or local magistrate squire" One of
these worthless, very estimable man,
who always enjoyed good story. even
If it were at his own expense, used to
be fond of relating an experience he
once had with an uneducated English
farmer.
After transacting some business the
Squire" and the Englishman sat down
to enjoy smoke together. When they
had lighted their pipes, the stolid Brit
Usher started the conversation by re-
marking, 81 notice as 'ow volks calls
you the squire"
''That's because am justice of the
peace" replied the Canadian.
Things is so different at 'ome"
'Indeed"
eyes. In England squire-w'y, bless
your cart, squire, 'e's gentleman
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In the Wrong shop.

An individual who from his clothes
and the dinner pail which he carried
appeared to be laboring man recent
ly walked into drugstore in Eleventh
avenue and requested to be given a
marriage license.
You'll have to go to the city hall to
get that" said the druggist.
81 don't see why Isn't my money
good here? I'm in hurry too.'
eve don't handle that kind of IL
cense." answered the drugstore man.
"WeIl. was told | could get one
here sure, and that justice won't mar
ry me without license" angrily
snapped the fellow as he walked out.
The druggist said that people often
came in with requests that would
make a stone man smile ''And if you
laugh they get mad" he concluded
Milwaukee Sentinel
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A missionary in charge of small
church on the Indian reservation at
Onondaga held evening services for his
people at which subjects upon which
he lectured were not strictly religious.
One evening when the little building
was well filed with braves and their
squaws he described the solar system
and told them that the earth revolved
about the sun and also turned over
once in every twenty-four hours.
Early the next morning the priest
was awakened by knock He opened
the door to find big Indian wrapped
in blanket standing On the porch.
"Why, Obaga!" he exclaimed. els
anything the matterT
Missionary. lied" grunted the In
dian.
II lied? What do you meanY'
missionary say world turn over ev-
cry night. Injun go home, set up stick,
put apple on stick If world turn over,
apple fall Off This morning apple on
stick. Missionary lied Huhp' And with
this parting grunt he strobe down the
path, unheeding the priests calls.
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e e q q q e q q q q q Z

When Colonel John Smithers, the
newly appointed consul at Ajaco
reached his post, he was cordially re-
ceived by Dictator Huasco, the official
staff and the leading citizens. In fact
Smithers was astounded at the warmth
of his welcome. 1t seemed as if an old
and favorite citizen of the state had
returned after years of absence
The new consul had not been sent to
Ajaco because of a change in admins
tration at home. The old consul had
pleaded i'll health and resigned. Ac-
cording to the reports on file with the
secretary of state. his health was shat
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His wit. We're wooIgatherinw.

The absentminded professor says
the Norwegian Weekly Tyrihans. sud
denly arose from his rocking chair.
pushed his spectacles up on his fore
head and went toward his wife with
the expression and air of man who
at last had come to final decision
Nov, listen to me. WIFE" he said.
land do not want you TO oppose me.
do you hearY
yes. dear. What is it. then?"
Nov. no opposition. mind. l wish
the boy to be an engineer"
But, my dear, what are you talking
about? We haven't any boy"
"Oh, yes, that is so. had forgotten
that" said the professor as be resum-
ed his seat in the rocking chair
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one,a plnin nn4r

There has been an awful lot of talk
about plain duty. What does 1t all
mean?'
THAT depends upon who uses the
phrase. Ones plain duty. according TO
his own idea. is what he wants to do.
and. according to the ideas of others.
It's what he doesn't want to do."-Chi-
cago Post.
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''The chimney is smoking" he said
Yes" she retorted: that's the effect
Of bad axample. Usually the chimney
has consideration enough to do its
smoking outdoors"
Thus 1t came about that he finished
his cigar on the back porch. Chicago
Post