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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-06-12
HYmer1 In
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By Edith NJ. Doone

"a presumptuous young coxcombl
Does he think that his money gives
him right to make love to Charlotte
Pearson?
But, father
81 tell you there's nothing more to be
said!" stormed the colonel
Charlotte's slender figure stiffened.
The brown eyes famed with a defiance
very like the colonels own.
HE has a right to demand justice. -
she insisted There are nothing but
the best accounts of him on every side
Yet just because of that old grudge
against his father you forbid him the
house."
''And 1 shall see to 1t that he stays
out Presumptuous young jacka-
napes" interrupted the colonel explo-
sively.
But l love hlmw
Love himr' The colonel looked as
If he would burst
Charlotte's cheeks were flushed her
eyes were very bright. And intend
to marry him." she finished as the
heavy portiere fell behind her.
The colonel glared impotently at the
unoffending yellow curtain; then,
plunging his hands into his pockets,
stalked up and down the room, boiling
with wrath.
AS the deep tones Of the town clock
struck IL motor car tore along the
road at high speed. 1t was a red car,
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IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS.
What Happens When Two or More
Peers Want to Speak at Once

What Happens When Two or More
Peers Want to Speak at Once.
There Is no rule against a dozen
peers, or the entire peerage for that
matter, rising and addressing the lord
chancellor at the same time The lord
chancellor has no power to select the
peer who shall speak. A lord chancel-
lor's leg may be pulled, we imagine,
but his eye can never be caught. For
all he can do two peers wishing to ad-
dress the house and refusing to give
way one to the other could stay on
their feet until one Of them dropped
from exhaustion.
This is no exaggeration. Within liv-
ing memory two peers engaged in an
adventure which at first threatened to
develop into firing down contest aft
er the manner Of Goldsmith's dancers.
1t happened In 1884 on a warm July
day and was very entertaining while
IT lasted.
The two were Earl Granville and
Lord Cairns. Both rose simultane-
ously to speak. The two peers stood
facing each other at the table, and
each tried to speak, while their parti-
sans kept shouting "Granviller' and
"Cairnsr' In an aristocratic manner. 1t
must have sounded little like cup
tie. Lord Selborne sat on the woolsack
helpless. The scene might have lasted
until either Earl Granville or Lord
Cairns had fallen fainting had not
Lord Beauchamp earned immortal
fame by creating a precedent in the
house of lords. He moved, in tone of
anger, that Lord Cairns be heard, and
Lord Cork, in similar tone, moved
that Lord Granville be heard.
A vote was taken, and Lord Gran
vile won by majority Of one in a
house of ffty-three excited peers. So
If the lord chancellor at any time finds
himself confronted by two noble but
obstinate orators there is a precedent
to fall back upon which may be found
useful.-London News.
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Men who Are Baked.

The men who work in the famous
porcelain factories at Limoges have a
hard life. The furnaces in which the
porcelain is baked are kept up to a
terrible temperature, which, 1t is said,
cannot be gagged by any instrument
known to science. In this fearful heat
the human salamanders, clad In thick,
fireproof garments, their heads and
ears well protected, have to work,
passing from one to another, chain
wise, the porcelain articles as they
come out Of the furnace Every five
minutes the first man of the chain
that is to say, the one nearest the fur
nace-has to get out into the open. He
throws himself down utterly exhaust
ed on mattress placed for his conven-
fence near the door. Then boy gives
him ice water TO drink from a pitcher,
and he falls back on his mattress until
his turn comes round to take his stand
again close to the scorchinR blaze
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The Mingling Of Races.

In the course Of many years of in
vestigation into the plant life of the
world, creating new forms, modifying
old ones, adapting others to new condi-
tons and blending still others, l have
constantly been impressed with the
similarity between the organization
and development Of plant and human
life. While l have never lost sight of
the principle Of the survival of the fit
test and all that it implies as an ex-
PLANTATION of the development and prog
ress Of plant life, have come to find
In the crossing of species and in selec-
ton, wisely directed, a great and pow
erful instrument for the transforma-
ton of the vegetable kingdom along
lines that lead constantly upward. The
crossing of species is to me paramount
Upon it. wisely directed and accompa-
MED by rigid selection of the best
and as rigid an exclusion of the poor
est, rests the hope of all progress. The
mere crossing Of species, unaccompa-
MED by selection, wise supervision, in
telligent care and the utmost patience,
Is not likely to result In marked good
and may result In vast harm. Unor-
ganized effort is often most vicious in
its misunderstanding
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said. I'll De In tomorrow ana-anu
try to make 1t right"
But when he arrived at the Gulch
the next day he found young Baird in
the act of assisting Persis to her sad
de- The young mans own horse stood
near. The blizzard had passed, and it
was again like a June day.
TITS all right, parson," young Baird
said beamingly. "Persis and l talked
it over this morning and found out
who we are. 1t was because / refused
to marry her that father and l quar-
relied l couldn't accept an unknown
girl offhand that way. of course. But
Persis tells me that she is satisfied,
and well. / don't think there's any
need for me to express myself on the
subject now I've met her l hope
you'll all come out and see us and be
neighborly. Now We'll go and look
after father. And-oh, yes, here" He
slipped something into the old mans
hand and then raised himself to his
saddle and rode away, the girl by his
side. As they swung off across the
prairie the old man looked at his fee.
1t was the largest he had ever re-
ceived
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BETTING SYSTEMS.


Their Opponent Says He Can't Fight
Human Nature.
No hacker is deferred by the knowl-
edge that the odds offered are mathe-
matically unfair. His faith in the cor
rectness of his judgment is a setoff
against the restriction of his winnings.
Argument never prevented a man
from risking a sovereign on a good
thing" Some twenty years ago l
wrote in a journal now defunct an
elaborate refutation of the notion that
money can be made by systematic
gambling. l gave an analysis of every
known system" and proved to the
satisfaction of every automatically
trained intellect that systems were abb
surd. The paper-rather a serious or
CANVAS In consequence bought large
ly by betting people, and hundreds
tested the systems l had exposed. A
composltor In the Office of the paper
actually made some $3.50 or $500 by
following one Of the systems and gave
up his lease" for the course. He was
DICK lOuB DclOrc Tue SSdSOu AulSACu
The only cure for gambling Is per-
sistent run of III luck, resulting In en-
tire loss of capital. Even then the
doctrine of chances suggests that the
turn must come" That is what lures
the man with the gambling instinct.
Some one must win. Why not Ir' is
his unanswerable objection to all argu-
ments 1t is curious, too, how the very
arguments employed to prove the fu-
tility of betting have knack Of fall
ing when put to the test Of one or two
experimental trials. once, by way Of
an object lesson, laid the mathematical
odds against heads turning up five
times consecutively. They ran nine
times. 1t is true that 1 should have
won scores of times If my opponent
continued tossing, but he was satisfied
that my mathematical illustration had
failed and argued If 1t failed once
why not twice? l have decided not to
publish the very elaborate manuscript
l prepared on 1.-THE Folly of Systems"
SO long as human nature remains as 1t
is.-Donglas Blackburn In London Re
view
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The animals on which the fox usually
preys are often left untouched round
his own home, and it Is even asserted
that nothing is killed on the side of the
hill in which that home is made. In a
small patch of nettles within a few
feet of the mouth Of the foxes earth
a partridge placed her nest and
brought off her brood. Round this net
tie bed the cubs were constantly to be
seen, and In 1t they played hide and
seek. In another case the entrance to
an earth was surrounded by five or
six rabbit holes the tenants of which
were unmolested by their next doer
neighbors. In third a litter Of cubs
was placed in large pit surrounded
by fencing, from which there was no
escape, and in which there were a num-
Der of rabbits. None of these was at
tackled by the cubs, though they would
seize dead rabbit in full sight of the
person who had shot and thrown 1t to
them.-Native Notes.
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ESTABLISHED 1875

-@=v>; oeen mvsrlzvsn9 nae .e~e.
enough" he said abruptly. 81 want to
know what 1t all MEANS" +.
las If you didn't" she said scoEar
fully. 1--WE caught you and m0th~
laughing over it lots of times"
Il assure you that l do not know
what you mean," he said.
Just as IL you were not down hase
by your fathers ORDERS" she seoGhA.
Il saw 1t all the moment mother aAad
you were here"
Randolph gasped. 'You don't mean
to say that you are the girl father
wants me to marryr he cried.
'Why, of course" she retorted. Gust
as If you didn't know"
II didn't" he replied promptly. 1.-THE
moment the pater said marriage I
baked and did not even learn the
name of the girl"
'"Then why are you here" she de-
manded. you know 1t was ali q psa-
arranged plan"
For answer he pulled out the tele-
gram. II thought 1t was some one who
wanted to buy bridge" he explained.
Had l supposed otherwise should
never have come"
"Are you sorry you did," she asked
teaslngly.
mot If you say yes" he answered
promptly.
"Since you are not acting under or
ders and just loved me- she began.
The sentence was not finished; there
was no need.
Ten minutes later Mrs. Carson found
them in front Of the telegraph desk.
Jack held a telegram in his hand. 1t
read:
Special business concluded. Think
l shall stay on. Think have done very
well in default of more definite In
structions."
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the minister. He stopped-hesitated-
and then glanced back at the approach
ing headlights, and the ministerial
shoulders squared in a decidedly un-
ministerial fashion; the ministerial jaw
set itself stubbornly: the ministerial
eyes regarded the young couple before
him alphabetically.
II am ready" he said.
II, Robert, take thee, Charlotte" In
Osborne's firm voice to the rhythmical
accompaniment OF the chug, chug of
the motor.
Il, Charlotte, take thee, Robert" while
the wind blew fresh in their faces and
trees and houses raced swiftly by.
Whom God hath Joined together let
not man put asunder" And Robert
Osborne leaned toward his wife and
kissed her on the lips.
The pursuing car had been following
hard on the retreating red disk of the
runaway motor, and when it slowed
down the other car was beside It.
"Just In timer cried the colonel tri-
umphantly He was breathless and
disheveled and still bubbling with
wrath.
The minister smiled at him cordially.
Eyes, SIR" he responded genially, "tust
in time, sir. to give them your bless
ing"
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Janin,s Rebuke.


Jules Janin the celebrated French
writer and critic, was not malicious,
but occasionally he would say a severe
thing. as If it were wrung from him
without his being able to hold 1t back
One day rich but Ill natured man,
who made sad havoc of the French
language, called upon Janin and began
TRADE upon some trivial matter in
execrable French.
After listening politely for some
time Janin at last replied to his visitor
in Latin.
what do you mean, M. JaninT' de
manded the man angrily. Il don't I'M
derstand you. can't speak Latin"
'Try, sir, try" cried the great critic
you could not speak 1t worse than
you do French"
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The illustrious men in history who
were distinguished as much For the
fascination which they exercised over
the fair sex as for their talents and
ability were, as rule, plain and in
significant In appearance. Julius Oae-
sar was very Ill favored man, and
yet when a mere STRIPPING, before his
fame In Rome, girls of his own age
sighed for him and mature women
longed for his love. Among the men Of
later times who were renowned In like
manner were Sir Philip Sidney, plain
almost to ugliness; Paul Scarron, the
comic poet cripple; Voltaire, unmis-
takably ugly, and Rousseau, whose
manners were awkward as his face
was plain. while John Wilkes, who had
the power to subjugate any woman
who spoke to him for even Eve min
utes, was admitted by his own show
ing to be the ugliest man in England
in his time
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steam Engines.

The steam engine goes back to Hero
of Alexandria, in the third century
B. c. Branca, an Italian, in 1929, made
an engine which blew steam against
vanes and thus made a wheel spin.
The first actual steam engine was
made by Captain Savoy, an English
man, to whom, in 1898, patent was
granted for steam engine to raise
water. In 1705 Thomas Newcomer
made a vacuum steam engine. But the
steam engine Of today. which has
wrought such a tremendous evolution
in industry and society, was the In
vention of the Englishman James
Watt, and the first patent bears date
Of June 5, 1899 Scrapbook.
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shark. Tail For Lnc,..

Attached to the extreme end OF the
bowsprit of sailing vessel there may
sometimes be seen piece of some ma
terial that looks remarkably like leath-
er. This seeming piece Of leather 10
really sharks tail 1t is placed there
because the sailors think that 1t augurs
good luck, believing that pleasant voy-
ages will be their lot while 1t remains
there. Instead Of the bowsprit the tail
is at times nailed to the top Of enc Of
the masts.-London King.
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The doctrine of vegeterianism ap-
pears to be slightly shaken by the re-
suit of an investigation that an Eng
fish newspaper has made into the sub
ject of the, longevity of birds. With
one notable exception the carrion, or
meat feeding birds, are the longer
lived. The exception is the swan. The
average ages Of some of the best
known birds are given In the fellow
ing: Blackbird lives ID years, black
cap 10, canary "a, crane "a, crow 100,
eagle 100 fowl, common, 10; goldhnch
10, goose 80, heron SO, lark 13, linnet
%, nightingale 10, parrot go, partridge
Is, peacock "a, pelican so, pheasant 15,
pigeon 20, raven 100, robin IL, sky1ark
80. sparrow hawk 40, swan 100. thrush
10 and wren years.
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A book published In 1917 informs US
that the fare by steamer. from New
York to New London, Conn, was 81,
including board. The distance is given
as 40 miles and the time twenty -one
hours. The same book tells US that
Boston is not yet city, because the
people fear that the power invested In
corporations would be injurious b
their liberties" Further on it is stated
that ''this town is the headquarters Of
federalism in politics and Unitarianism
In religion
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Women are pretty magnanimous
with each other" concluded the man
who had thought they were not. "The
other day a girl got ON the car. She
had So bill No change. She turned
to the woman who sat next to her and
said: Can you let me have change for
this2 am in a hurry. l don't want
to be put off,
~ haven't the change replied the
woman, but here is nickel
1.-The girl demurred. Take it. In.
sisted the woman. 1T is only just !
have been riding for about mile and
a half and the conductor hasn't col
lected my fare yet 1t is against my
principles to force 1t upon him. New
York Press.
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UNDER
WAITING JAMES
ORDERS 'AII
Copyright, 1905, by E. W. Sargent

OONOOWVOWS~SeNfN'NgVorD u
Jack Randolph sat on the piazza and
read over the telegram again. Already
the paper was cracking on the creases
from frequent foldings and unfoldings.
Randolph could have read it from
memory. go to Old Point Comfort,"
it read, land wait orders"
He had been waiting orders for four
days now, and repeated kilograms to
the Office had simply brought forth rep
etitions Of those instructions
Randolph was sick of it all. Ever
since he had refused point blank to
consider the question of a marriage to
some girl his father had picked out for
him he had been exiled to the road as
special salesman and had been jumped
from east to west on the most absurd
propositions.
There might be man coming to Old
Point who wanted to buy a suspension
bridge, but Randolph could not see
why he had not been sent to the Office
of the firm instead of being shipped to
Old Point. Not that he objected to a
week at the famous resort with moth
ing to do, but the uncertainty Of it all
was irritating. He decided to send an
other telegram and headed for the tele-
graph office
He never got there, for just as he
swung around corner of the piazza
the prettiest girl he had ever seen ran
into him as she dashed along the piaz-
"a. By the time mutual apologies were
concluded Jack had forgotten all about
the telegram and had come to the con-
clusion that he was satisfied to stay at
the Point as long as the Office decided
he was needed there.
Instead Of going into the office he
volunteered his services as guide to
Marjorie Carson, who had arrived the
night before, and it was we'll along in
the afternoon before he even thought
of the despised telegram.
He met Mrs. Carson on their return
and that evening he changed his seat
to their table and was installed as their
guide and counselor. More than ever
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A West Philadelphia family was at
supper one night, talking about the en-
gagement of one of the daughters,
whose wedding was soon to be. The
negro servant, who acted as waitress.
laundress, etc, had just brought into
the dining room the dessert, when one
Of the girls asked, Virginia, have you
seen Ediths fianceT" Laws! l doRR
know, honey" she replied "Hit amt
been in de wash yit."
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A peppery New England parson who
was disturbed by his choir during
prayer time got even with them when
he gave out his closing hymn by add
ing, II hope the entire congregation
will join in singing their grand old
hymn. and know the choir will, for
heard them humming It during the
prayer"
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Reggy Frappe - Yes, / met the
chawming Miss Flasher when she was
on her tour, and she asked me for my
picture, WEAKLY Miss Tabasco-Yes.
heard her say she was collecting pic
lures of all the curious objects she ran
across in this country.-Chicago News.
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The Captain-That's handsome wo-
mani Is she unmarried? The Belle
Oh, yesl Captain INDUCES in pleasing
refections.) She's been unmarried sew
eral timesi-London Mail.
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'Why don't you elope with herr"
"But, good gracious. man, If you are
perfectly willing for me to marry your
daughter I cannot see any object to be
attained by our eloping."
Cant you? How will 1t be If Of
fer you halc of what / save on the wed
ding ?"-Houston Post.
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81 have been suffering much of late. :"
he said, with writer's cramp" And.
smiling wanly, he frightened his belt
two holes
Here is where 1t usually takes me,
he explained. patting his concavs stom-
ach.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
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Mrs. White-And do you mean to say
that you and your husband always
agree about everything? Mrs. Black
Always-except, Of course, now and
then, when he's out Of humor or pig
headed, or something Of that sort
London Answers
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She-Don't you get tired of this mod
ern life, with Its heartburnings, its
longings. its cruel disappointments, it's
unutterable inadequacy? He-Oh, yes,
but always just about that time some
new girl comes along.-Life.
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Miss Askham-And do you paint
nothing but animal pictures every dayf
MT. D'Auber-Well, on Fridays paint
| hsh.-Cleveland Leader.
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Leave
Philadelphia. Market st
he Burlington and Bristol Steamboat
Ferry Company.

Schedule in effect 700 q. M, December 4, 1906
LEAVE BRISTOL FOR BURLINGTON.
$50, 500, 600, 1000, HOO g. No., 1880, lS0, ~
$50, 40, $50 $40 p. m.
On Sunday first boat leaves At sO0 g. M Las'
boat leaves at $50 p. m.
LEAVE BURLINGTON FOR BRISTOL.
700, $50, $780, 1870, 1l.30 a. M, LOU, 2UO 5vo
400, 500, $40, 100 p. m.
On Sunday first boat leaves at $50 q. m. Last
boat leaves at 700 p. m.
Nav 18th, 1905, the 1000 O'Clock morning triI
from Bristol will be withdrawn and the Boat
will leave Bristol at $40 q. M.
On Decoration Day, the trips will be the
same as Saturday Timetable.
The boat for the performances In the Audl
torium will leave Bristol at 7.40 p m. Return
ing will leave Burlington twenty minutes
after the performances.
No trips win be guaranteed in foggy weather
WILLIAM K. DORON,
Secy, Treas. and Genl Manager
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Glory ls like a circle in the water,
which never ceaseth to enlarge itself
tdl By broad spreading 1t dispsrse to
nAught. etakespsarH.
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CAMDEN AND SUBURBAN RAILWAY CO

EAST BOUND.
Leave Camden Ferry for MOorestown, daily
sos a. M, 5.3S q. M to zoos p m. every half
hour 1908 p. m. to 120s a. M every hour.
Sunday sos a. m. to 1905 a. m. every 81 min
utes, then every 20 minutes to 1905 p. M, then
every 80 minutes to l2.0S a. m.
WEST BOUND.
Leave Moorestown for Ferry, daily, 6.42 a. m.
to 1l.l2 D. m. every half hour; then 1907 a. m.
Sunday, 6.12 g.. M. to l1.l2 a: m: every 50 min
utes, then every 20 minutes TO ll.l2 p M, tnen
every 80 minutes to 1912 q. M
CLUB CARS.
EAST BOUND.
Leave Camden Ferry for Moorestown Mon
day to Friday inclusive), 7.5S, 1850 a. M, $3.50,
$40, $40, sos p. M. Saturday, 7.5S. 1850 a. M,
$3.50, *l.2O s220 $3.50, $3.50. *42O, s60, 500 p m.
WEST BOUND.
Leave Stanwick avenue for Ferry monday
to Friday inclusive), OF, SOL s6.44, Ss;44 g. M,
ABB, 1914. COL, 6.45 p. m. Saturday, IN, SOl,
s844 1914 a. M, 43l, *5.H, sol, *6.46 p. m.
There are no Club Cars in either direction
Connect with Mount Holly cars at stanwick
avenue.