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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-11-07
CUSTOM.

Custom may lead a man into many
errors, but it justifies none.
Custom, though never so ancient,
without truth is but an old error.
Custom is the tyranny Of the lower
human faculties over the higher.
1t is hard to abolish custom once
introduced, however foolish or effem-
mate.
There is no tyrant like custom and
no freedom where its edicts are not
resisted.
If you are determined to live and die
a slave to custom, see that 1t is at least
a good one.
1t is of great advantage when the
customs of nation are such as are
likely to lead to good habits among the
people.
Custom is the sovereign of mortals
and of gods. With Its powerful hand 1t
regulates thing the most violent.
Custom governs the world. 1t is the
tyrant of our feelings and our manners
and rules with the hand of tyrant.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-11-07

4
| What does it profit woman if she gain
the whole world of knowledge and lose
her own health? Young women students,
and school teachers, ambitious, eager, and
full of energy very often neglect their
health in the struggle to gain education.
They eat insufficient food, aud at irregular
hours, they allow irregularity of the wom-
anly functions to be established, and the
result is that they become chronic invalids
with all their education practically worth
less. There is plain road back to health
for such ae these, marked by the feet of
thousands 1t is the use of DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery for diseases of
the stomach and digestive and nutritive
organs, and DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip
ton for diseases of the delicate organs of
womanhood. A cure so certainly follows
the use of these remedies that out of hun
dreds of thousands who have tried the
treatment. ninetY-eight in every hundred
have been perfectly and permanently
cured Constipation, with its calamitous
consequences, which is common ailment
of students, can be entirely cured by the
use of DR.. Pierces Pleasant Pellets.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-11-07

Decision of character will often give
to an inferior mind command over a
superior Writ
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-11-07
when tn Cut Weeds

When to Cat Weeds.
She-When should young widow
discard her weeds? He-Oh, | don't
know. but suppose she should cut
them out just as soon as she wants to
raise a second crop of orange blossoms.
Baltimore Herald
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-11-07

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the beginning of an obstinate case of Nasal
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cocaine to breed dreadful habit. Nc
mercury to dry out the secretion. Price
75c., with spraying tut e. All dru ygists
or mailed by Ely Bros, 56 Warren street,
New York.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-11-07
| HAVE YOUR PAINTING
DONE BY
Samuel |. Bullock.

Best materials always used. Pure color best
White Lead,and Zinc and Pure Linseed Oil.
All kinds of painting done Sign, Orna menta
Frescoing, Graining, Calcimining, Glazing,
&c. Work solicited from all around None but
competent and experienced men employed
All work guaranteed
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-15
WITH THE LONG BOW
IN Which the Value of the Universe Is Concusiue Proped
and Is Clearly Shown that the Righteous Are Neuer
Forsaken-An Argument in FAVOR of Putting the Scenery
Work.

Did sit down to the dinner table with feeling
Ct the rs s I s % lily ps M ss split sssss n ss baked and
a1Gs @ 5 ] b fs small @ a e 5 desk cup m % of tea aa salad and
gsrde ae sn The " as s s s light to s @ en w s s1 m into
mR 1s hs tn ss I the Of a m m sps
declared he had the
the righteous frequently forsaken
Ill ss & respect ESP ss this 4 en- % doubt
i they right
all right and when they weren't all right they ought be
Ts es perhaps little @ father.
but there telephone
Rs New ss re n9 * S ing defined
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ntense 81 M ae as n m ths's the
sssS 4,
the might be brought about by electric
h nS & paT y S vs 5 h LITTLE the % 5 Think IN They tell y0 The little girl
"Pease which giving party,
Sssz T1 want get nss gs S
Don't your heart just go out to her,
iss ssE which was d Ga i'd s
pumpkin a and md sheet % and thought
ss Into r s s 5 @ 5 The n @ tSs the % w1sT
pulled up Pfc fence post; for mi miles and
Sss @ a s's % and "
While
thony Falls taken 1856 glorious sight, scenery
1sss11ss almost
h @ with a h oh n I a % or great S @ @ and a1eas 9
had ss 5s p Msn % ss
h;nd and nd often that he has right to rejoice when he sees the landscape
s'aS "s' sss % s;
sec 5 :: s
png strong Everybody knows this is hard work.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-15
!. lFIE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL.

use Of is offered in hisattitude Of cool
and disinterested speculation as to the
merits of our civilization. This saw
age has not suspected it, but he is
from his peculiar viewpoint sizing up
and deliberately condemning the COM
mercialism Of our age. He looks at all
the forces and powers and devices, DIT
all the effort and struggle put forth
IN order to accumulate and possess and
enjoy the material things of this life
and turns away with sincere pity for
us as lot Of poor fools. OF course, he
catches no glimpse Of the service which
learning and art and culture and re-
igion render to the happiness Of civil
ized man. He doesn' Il know any
thing about that, but he can grasp the
fact that q large element Of the civil
lized world live for time and sense
only and he concludes that what they
get out Of life isn't worth what it
costs.
The conclusion Of the Iggorote is
not only interesting; it is suggestive
of the propriety Of taking not his, of
course, but our own true perspective
of TIE complex system Of life in
which we are immersed and out of
which some of us get SO little Of real
value for this life or for that which is
to come. Es8e
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-15
FROM OTHER VIEW POINTS

New York Press-The insurance busi-
ness has proved to be a terrible risk
for the policyholder.
Baltimore Sun-Speaking about the
sex Of angels, chorus Of men Of the
Taft girth and with wings outstretched
would add to the substantially Of para
disc. .....
New York Herald-Wonder II there
isn't more than a coincidence in the fact
that Oregon Is to remove the stripes
from it's convicts just at time when
some Of its leading statesmen have bee0
convicted Of gross land frauds?
New York Press-One OF the highest
qualifications the life insurance pres1.
dent Of the future can offer will be a
total estrangement from all his relatives
and childless wife.
New York Tribune-Senator Foraker,
when he gets good look at It. knows
a Philadelphia hawk from handsaw.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-15
JUST FOR FUN

Council Bluffs Nonpareil-Son-Wha
is financier. pa? ....s-
Father-A financier, my son, Is man
who has so much money that It takes
legislative committee to find out to
whom it belongs.
Philadelphia Press-Miss Bute-O! yes,
I feel pretty sure Of him. rejected
him when he first proposed because
was positive he would try again.
Miss Koy-You were right; he did try
again and accepted him last night.
Philadelphia Ledger-"You were en-
ployed by Mrs Swellman. you say?"
said house keeper. THAT your
last place, wasn't it?" r.
II do not think so," replied the Bos-
ton servant maid; II expect to get an
other. If. however, you really meant to
inquire II my latest place was with
Mrs. Swellman. my reply is in the af-
f1rmative."
Columbus Dispatch-Naomi- Dung
Goodwin tried to kiss me last night and
I told him to behave.
Eloise-And did he kiss you?
Naomi-No; the idiot actually behaved.
Chicago News-Jillson-How's your
rheumatism to day, old man.
Billkins-It's working overtime,
thank you; but I'm not able to do much
myself.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-15
Women s Clubs.

The National Federation Of Women g
Clubs is soon TO convene In the city.
The prospect has stimulated interest in
local club work, and revived the never
settled, ever-recurring question Of the
use and abuse Of women's clubs.
Not SO many years ago, a club for
women was a thing unknown. Today a
very large number of the women Of the
country are organized into sort Of
national university, with classes scat
tered all over the land, and a curricu-'
lum as varied as that of any university
in existence.
The first fever Of the club fad has
abated, but it has settled into steady
glow that indicates that the women s
club has come to stay. It is. so sub
versive Of the old order Of things, that
the conservative world cannot allow it
to pass without challenging it's right to
be. Is this new interest, which absorbs
80 much of. the time and strength and
ability Of women blessing or a curse
to society9 Does it help or hurt the in
dividual woman9 The answer to the
one question is the answer to the other.
If club work benefits the Individual
woman, it benefits society at large. For
what helps one, helps all. <-..,, =
The wife and mother, immersed in
the cares Of the home, needs and must
have some powerful incentive from
without, in order to keep up with the
times Otherwise she allows the little
details Of her daily routine to fill her
whole life, and crowd out larger things.
She becomes in time what William Dean
Howells calls "hen-minded, and falls
far behind her husband and children
who mingle with the outside world.
In the old days, the church was
woman IS only safeguard against this
tendency toward retrogression. Today,
while the church still is and still should
be foremost among the interests Of
women, yet it's spirit Is multiplied in
many other forms Of doing and receiv-
ing good. Light broken into its com
ponent colors by q prism, is still light.
So. charity, the light Of the church,
broken into its prismatic colors in the
educational and reform movements Of
the day, is still charity. And charity in
all its forms belongs to women.
Critics sometimes own that philan-
thropic clubs are justiiable, but regard
study clubs as a different matter. But
are they SO totally different9 "Thou
that teachest another, teachest thou not
thyselfq' If women are to be useful to
others, they must themselves be edu-
Gated. And education is not completed
with diploma. It must be constant
development.
Again it is urged that study clubs are
not really educative, that women could
sit at home and learn more in an hour IS
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-15
Reductions in Freight Rates.

The Commercial West remarks that
Tho Journal ought in the interest
Of truth to publish the fact that grain
rates and general merchandise rates
have been reduced in this territory dur
ing the period when Professor Ripley
notes a general advance in rates of 5
per cent. Th Journa has always
published the facts regarding any sig
nificant change in rates in this section.
It believes in telling the truth which
ever way it cuts. The article to which
the Commercial West alludes was a
comment upon Professor Ripley's argu.
ment that rates generally have risen in
the. past six years. The point was that
during the merger period rates as a
whole had risen rather than fallen. u
So far as the reductions Of rates in
the northwest is concerned the public
freely comedies that some things have
been done, but it does not believe that
concessions have been made as gift
from the railroads. It is matter Of
recent history that the reductions made
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sprang from the action of the Canadian
Pacific system in making certain reduc-
tions. It is an open secret that Presi-
dent Hill merely anticipated by a few
hours the action that would have been
made necessary by the action Of the
northern competitor. The northern
lines have not been altogether removed
from the competition Of the Canadian
Pacific system.
It is a happy thing for the northwest
that this is true and it merely illus
trates Professor Ripley s point that the
increases l1 have been in noncompetitive
freight, but that in spite of decreases
the general level Of freights is higher
by 5 per cert than it was six years ago.
It is reasonable to presume that mer.
gers and consultations tend in meas
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-15
The Clairuoyant at Dobbins' Camp

A t ami time in
a a hoster
a an thus:
ITO find Jest what this sweet is like
a o a an mann neat
THAT Dobbins
a
the same
An Fer this committee would also here proclaim
That spndle-legged which occupies
Is, max to free.
a
sone
a we
a
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l
Renarsn that they try ghost ef they to spare
grabbed
shooin' in
they a named the
friend him the dead;
ansered. Well
adnittn ii,
That vast the derndest clearvoy ever
An
You'd
see-shes hesh-whch has red hair
8 she'll life"
Them he MY w1sg'
Is tina edhar woman
a can't ferg1t-
fer he had O. fit
"A. J. n
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-15
Good Manners on the Phone.

It may become somebody's duty yet
to construct a code Of telephone eti-
quet. If anything of that kind is
done the rules should go farther than
merely to prescribe how central should
be addressed, what kind Of language
may properly be used over the telephone
and how much patience should be exer-
cised in It's employment. These matters
have been discussed a good deal, but
there is one matter relating to tele-
phone manners which ought not to be
left out Of the code. It relates to the
practice of instructing the stenographer
or the switchboard to get Mr.. so-and-so
on the phone. This is done for the con-
venience of Mr.. What 's-his-name, and
often without any decent regard for the
value Of Mr.. So-and-so 8 time. Mr.. So
and-so IS telephone rings at his desk and
a gentle voice inquiries: els this Mr..
So-and-sos' After receiving an af-
frmative answer the gentle voice con-
tinues: "Mr. What 's-his-name wishes to
speak with you. Please hold the line" !"
Mr.. What 's-his-name is busy with
things on his desk or somebody has
come in, or something has happened to
take him out Of the room, or he has
not expected that Mr.. 6o-and-so would
answer so promptly. Meanwhile Mr..
;So-and-so, whose time is just as valu-
able as Mr.. What 's-his-name Is is hold
ing the telephone and with each half
minute suffering keener sense of the
disrespect which Is shown by What s.
his-name in assuming that Mr. So-and-so
will hold the telephone indefinitely and
await his convenience.
.>=Of course, good manners and gentle
manly breeding will settle all these
things for the right kind Of people, and
the man who has the proper apprecia-
tion Of the courtesy due to another
whose time is equally valuable will be
very careful not ffes 70 sofftaah sooffftahd in this par
ticular. But theferoaeeesome people
who are not able to appreciate the
situation, to whom a. new book Of rules
on telephone etiquet ought to be sent
with marked paragraph relating to
this particular matter. ErrH2. ~ u
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-15
The Study of Charity.

The state conference of charities and
corrections, which will be held next
month in st. Peter, will be an OCCASION
full Of interest for all who pay atten-
tion to humanitarian matters. The per-
ennial problem Of the poor, the vicious
and the wanderer, which has vexed soci-
ETY. in all the ages, is being reduced as
nearly to science as it is possible for
q problem with the human equation al
ways present. Charity, which suffereth
long, and is kind, which seeketh not
her own, nevertheless has aspects other
than the sentimental. Charity dis
pensed by the state, by the municipal
ity, or thru organized societies, is a
business proposition. Economy Of ex-
pense and effort, with the greatest pos
sible efficiency and kindness to the un.
fortunate, are essential features. Men
Of broad human sympathies, studying
the needs Of the unfotunate, have
worked out policies and plans for chari-
table work, which in operation have
been of vast service. Mercy to the
helpless is combined with schemes for
helping others to help themselves.
The study Of these questions should
enlist the interest Of all public officials,
and it is unfortunate that they have
been so scantily represented at past
conferences. A special appeal is now
being made by Andrew J. Eckstein, Of
New Ulm, who Is always a prominent
figure in the conferences. Mr.. Eek
stein has written letter to all county
commissioners Of the state, asking them
to see that each county is represented
by at least one member of the board.
Mr.. rEckstein is county commissioner
himself, and knows that the ideas
gained at these conferences are of
practical value in administering county
poor funds. caring for jail prisoners,
etc. His letter calls attention to pro-
vision that many have overlooked,
which permits county boards to draw
on state funds to pay expenses Of one
member visiting the state conference
each year. This forestalls any excuse
put on financial grounds, and one of
the five members of each county board
can surely be found who can take the
time to attend. The state conference
Of charities and corrections is an event
which it is privilege to take part in,
and the coming gathering should be the
largest and most interesting in the
states history.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-15
application to books than in an after.

application to books than in an after.
moons dilletante work at club.
Possibly 50, but the trouble is, they
would not do it. They need a motive,
an occasion, necessity to hold them
to study. Moreover, people get more
from each other than from books. The
written song is nothing compared to the
song made to live by the human voice.
So the written idea is nothing COM
pared to the idea that comes to us
clothed with personality. The knowl-
edge gained from study is not SO i'm
portant as the power gained from the
use Of the faculties. And the faculties
are best exercised by the personal CON
tact Of mind with mind.
Study clubs are sort Of self-help
university extension course. And self
help is the best kind Of help. When
people come together voluntarily, bent
on learning a thing, they are morally
certain to learn it.
The objection is often made that wo-
men have no time for club-work. But
as a matter Of fact, club-work is a time
saver. 1t gathers up and pieces into a
whole, those scraps of time that would
otherwise go into the rag bag Of idle
ness. Those stray moments, waiting for
meals, or resting from physical work,
are caught up, and wrought into a
knowledge of Shakspere IS plays or
the history Of the French Revolution
or current events, or some other perma.
nent acquisition. The secret about be.
ing able to do club-work is that ii
crowds out wasted moments and unim.
portant interests. If we do the best
things first, the unworthy and trivial
fall away Of themselves. Therein lies
the true economy Of time.
The important question is, how much
club-work should woman doe The
only rule, in this as in other things, is
moderation. It is never safe to assume
that because little is good, more is
better. Club-work is valuable but there
are other interests Of home, and church
and school take precedence Of club-Work
IN the heart Of every true woman.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-15
Minnesota s Great School Fund

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The public schools of Minnesota have
a magnificent endowment. The perma-
nent school fund Of the state, amount
ing to over SIG 100000 already, is grow
ing at the rate Of $1,00O,OOO year, ac-
cording to the statement of the state
auditor, and conservative estimates
place the final sum at $30,000,0o0. In
these days Of prosperity the lands
granted by congress in trust for the
school children Of Minnesota are bring.
ing handsome returns.
The assets of this fund, being con-
verted into money, consist of land, tim
ber and minerals. Two sections in every
township were reserved by government
grant as school sections, and in addi-
tion all lands classified as swamp"
are turned over as fast as they are
surveyed, to the state, to be divided
equally between the school fund and
the fund for maintaining state institu-
tions. The proceeds from these landa
are practically the sole foundation for
the great school fund. Tracts fit for
farming purposes are sold to settlers on
longtime contracts at minimum price
of SIS an acre. Where there is mer-
charitable timber, the stumpage is sold
at auction, the land being reserved.
Where iron ore is found, mineral leases
are taken, which are converted into
ffty-year contracts if they become pro-
ductive, and on these the school fund
receives a royalty Of rs cents on every
ton of ore mined. The fund grew slow
ly in the days before pine stumpage be-
came valuable, and when it was being
wantonly dissipated by unchecked tres.
passing. Now, however, the returns are
heavy from all three sources, land, tim
Der and ore. ....
Not cent Of this great revenue Is
being expended. It is accumulating in
principal, and only the interest is be-
ing used for the current expenses Of the
public schools. It is distributed to
school districts twice year on per
capita basis, together with proceeds
from the one-mill direct tax levy, and
this distribution amounts to more than
81 year for every child in attendance
forty days or more Of the school year.
The constitution requires that "the
principal of all funds arising from
sales OF other disposition Of lands or
other property, granted or entrusted to
this state in each township for educa-
tional purposes shall forever be pre-
served inviolate and undiminished. - The
growth Of this principal is faster now
than the growth Of the population, and
the interest revenue is playing con-
stantly larger part in financing the
schools Of the state.
Such an endowment is a magnificent
heritage, untainted by the greed and
business piracy CT any so-called philan-
thropist, but the peoples own endow-
ment, set apart by the nation from Min
nesota's natural wealth to insure the
perpetuity of popular education. It is
a monument Of foresight and statesman
ship that will be perennial. Genera
tions yet unborn will feel it's influence,
and because Of this enormous education
al foundation, Minnesota will occupy a
place unique among the states.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-15
THIS DAY

One day at time is given us,
The hours come by one;
Then why do we sigh and struggle and cry,
Over trials that never may come?
Why climb the steep hills Of the futuref
Why look for the rocks on the way?
II worries should come. they win pass, cas
by one
And strength viii be given each day.
This day is the day we are living;
This day We should do our best,
II each hour be bright, with truth and with
right,
At sunset will come peace and rest
Edna Fuller Xth,
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-15

Life insurance magnates are threaten
ing to retaliate by publishing the names
in the country who has blackmailed
them. The country would freely give $5
to get hold Of this list of names with
specifications.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-15

Three-fourths Of the Oregon delegation
In congress has been sentenced to Jail.
This is not said as fling at Oregon. It
may reflect on states. where the delega-
tions are larger and the proportion Of
sentenced members smaller.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-15

Twenty years ago H. W. Shaw, more
widely known as Josh Billings, died at
Monterey, Cal. shaw's life was "a sad
one. He had to- write foolish stuff for
money when he, felt that he could do
better.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-15

The Atlanta Constitution has uncov-
cred a frightful monopoly that is eating
away at the heart Of the south Three
big railroads entering Atlanta use the
same terminal station, from and to which
only the Atlanta Baggage and Car COM
pany may carry the trunks and grips and
bundles of the travelling public The re-
suit OF this monopoly is the maintenance
OF robber rates. Tha Constitution calls
this trust as "merciless, inexcusable and
rapacious" as any spawn Of special privi-
lese ever permitted to exploit suffering
people The Special privilege does not
care what your politics is so long as it
has the opportunity to feel your pocket.