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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-07-09
THANKS TO
THE METER.
By James Cieee.
Copyright, 1907, by NJ. M. Cunningham

/ $4,000 ~O~~NO>~ONO~C
please, have you a quarter?'
The girl from across the hall held out
a tiny hand, in the palm of which were
displayed three nlckels and a dime.
Keenly conscious that there was a
hole, most comfortable and satisfac-
tory hole, In the elbow of his smoking
jacket, Digby held out his own hand,
enclosing his fingers to display the de-
sired coin.
did you know what / was coming
after?' she said, with laugh. Digby
had never heard her laugh before. It
was a low, ripping laugh, almost as
attractive as her smile. He wondered
how he could improve his opportunity
Ever since she had moved in he had
wanted to know the girl across the
hall. Had his mother been home 1t
would have been all simpler but he
had been keeping bachelor hall for
nearly three months.
did you know l wanted the quar-
teri" she repeated. Digby pulled him
self together.
II am a seventh son." he declared
solemnly. II know that you want the
quarter. 1 can see you returning to
your apartment can see you climb
ing on chair and dropping the coin
into the gas meter. I can see the light
growing bright again. Great is the
automatic meter-when you have a
quarter"
Eyes, whenw she cried 1.-THE other
day we only had check, and no one
could cash It,"
'Say no more" he commanded trag-
ically. II know the rest"
"I'm very much obliged" she said
gratefully. you are sure you won't
need one?"
mot at ALL" he assured. AS though
to prove him false the gas in his hall
grew dim. II have more change" he
explained, "and it's all right"
He watched her regretfully as she
slipped back into her own apartment
He had planned many brilliant encoun-
tiers in which he would hold her en-
thralled by his wit. and thev Womb live
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A DOGS Jealousy.

Dana is a huge st. Bernard who has
his own ideas as to his Importance.
Whenever he wishes to attract atten-
ton he knocks his water pail over and
then rolls it around, growing at it and
making great fuss. Then he puts
his head in and throws the pail high
In the air, batting at it with his paws
as it comes down. If this does not
have the desired effect he picks up
the pail by the handle and takes it into
the barn, where the noise is increased
by far owing to the wooden floor This
performance is given whenever the
horse is petted or when strangers come
to the house-Chicago Tribune.
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Mixed

Here is mixture of kingdoms, If not
Of metaphors. taken from history ex-
animation paper: HE stretched his
suitry length beneath the eve trees
shade" Away back as far as the time
of Jack Cartier England sent her ships
into Hudson bay to trade beads and
muskets with the Indians for ivory of
the walrus tree" Century.
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Couldn't Be nnns.

A colored preacher who had only a
small share Of this worlds goods and
whose salary was not forthcoming on
several occasions became exasperated.
At his morning service he spoke to his
church members in this way:
'Bredern and sistern, things is not
as they should be. You must not
'spects l can preach on nth an boa'd
in heben."
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Homemade ice cream was a regular
item on the bill Of fare at Willie's
house, and while he liked the cream he
drew the line at turning the freezer.
One day when his mother returned
home she was agreeably surprised to
find him working at the crank as If his
life depended on it.
'I don't see how you got him to turn
the ice cream freezer" she said to her
husband. 81 offered him dime to do
it. and he just laughed at me-"
"You didn't go about it the right
way, my dear" replied her husband.
81 bet him a nickel he couldn't turn 1t
for half an ."-Harpers Weekly.
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CAMDEN AND SUBURBAN RAILWAY CO

Leave MOORESTOWN every Is minutes
from 542 until 1912 a.. M; then every 80 min
utes until Alp p. M; then every 10 minutes I'M
til 9.42 p. m; then every 80 minutes until ll.l2
p. M; then every hour as per night car
schedule.
Leave FERRY 5.Os, 5.Ss, COS, 63s q. M; then
every 10 minutes until S.3S a. M; then every ~
minutes until 3.S8 p. M; then every 10 minutes
until S.3S p. M; then every 30 minutes until
lO.O8 p. M; then ll.08 and 12.O8; then every
hour as per night car schedule.
Leave MERCHANTVILLE every minutes
from 5.32 a. m. until 9.N g.. M; then every IL
minutes until Al p. M. then every minutes
until S.H p. M; then every 10 minutes until
l.47 y. M; then as per night car schedule.
Leave FERRY at sos and SIS q. M; then
every 10 minutes until 5.5S q. M; then every
8 minutes until 3.58 a M; then every 10 min.
utes until 1858 p. M; then every minutes un.
til 7.58 D. M; then every 10 minutes until l2Oe
midnight; then every hour as per night car
schedule.
NIGHT CAR-DAILY AND SUNDAY.
Leave Moorestown, 1.02. 2O2, 302. 402 q. m.
Leave Ferry, sl08 EOS, 30S, 40S a. m.
*Iast trip ON Saturday nigh.
Connect with Mount Holly cars at Stanwick
avenue.
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The Burlington and Bristol Steam6Ot
Ferry Company.

Ferry Company.
Schedule In effect $40 q. M. June 18th, 1907
Subject to change.
LEAVE BRISTOL FOR BURLINGTON.
DaiIy-Except Sundays and Saturdays.
$40, $500, $500, 5000, 1000, LIS q. M. *l28O
s1.S0, s2.SO 1880. $3.50, $3.50. *6.40 7.2o p. M
LEAVE BURLINGTON FOR BRISTOL.
$50, $3.50, $3.50, 5000 *ll.OO, n.30 q. M, *lO0,
200, 300, 1900, 500, $50. $50. 7.3U p. m.
LEAVE BRISTOL SATURDAYS.
$40, $780, $500, 1000 sl040, Ills M, az 80
$780, s220 $500, $40, t420. $500. $40, s64u, 740'
800, 1000, l1.O0 p. m.
LEAVE BURLINGTON SATURDAYS
$50, 1880, 1880. 1920 n.O0 *ll3O q. M, *l.0O.
s20O s240 $50, 400, $40, $50, $780, $50, 76O,
$50, 1880, lilo p. m.
LEAVE BRISTOL SUNDAYS.
500 800, $780, 1000, Ills No., *l2. 30, *lSO
1910, 800. $40. 100, 500, 54O $780, 100 500,
800, 1000, ll00 p. m.
LEAVE BURLINGTON SUNDAYS.
$780, 1880, 1920. 1lloO, ll3O a. M, sl.OO, 400,
x240 A32O 400, *4.40, *5.2O, $780, $50, TAO, $40,
$50, 1880, lilo p. m.
Notes-Read Carefully.
Trips marked with q star will stop at Bur
ington Island park and when there are thyss
stop on other trips. Passengers who desire to
leave the Park will notify the wharf tender
who will raise the signal flag for the boat
on the Fourth OF July, after the 1880 p. m.
trip the schedule will be same al Sunday
August q 1907, the 1000 O'Clock morning trip
from Bristol will be withdrawn and the boat
will leave Bristol at $40 a. m.
The boat for the performances In the Audi
forum Will leave Bristol at 7.4O p. M, return
ing will leave Burlington twenty minutes
after the performances.
No trips viii be guaranteed In foggy weather
WILLIAM K. DORON,
sec'y, Treas. and Genl Manager
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The Naked Truth.

An old fable says that Truth and
Falsehood went in bathing together
Falsehood came first out of the water
and dressed herself in Truths gar
ments. Truth, unwilling to put on
Falsehoods clothes, went naked.
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She Had a Substitute

Influential MEMBER am glad to no
tice, doctor, that your wife never turns
her head to see who comes into church
late on Sunday morning. The Rev. DR..
Goodman-No, but she makes me tell
her all about them after we go home.
Chicago Tribune.
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Not an Exnsrt oninion.

"He has just returned from Next
co. He says a Mexican burro is the
most aggravatingly stubborn thing on
earth"
"He isn't married Houston Post.
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TROLLEY TIME TABLES.
BURLINGTON COUNTY RAILWAY co.
connection with Camden and Subul
Daflnyox

In conn ectiOn with Camden and Suburban
Railway Company.
In effect April 8. 1907.
Leave Fountain, Mount Holly, for Burling-
ton at $40 O.. M, and every hour thereafter
to and including ITO p. m.
Leave Broad and High streets, Burlington.
for Mount Holly at 6US q. m. and every hour
thereafter until and including II 0S p. IN.
Last car ll.95 p. m.
Leave Fountain Mount Holly, for Moores-
town and Camden at $40, 6.l4 a. m. and every
half hour thereafter until and including S44
D. ~, then 9.44 10 A, ll.S4 p. m.
Leave Camden Ferry for Mount Holly al
b.U3, 5.3S a. m. and every half hour thereafter
until and including sos p. M, every hour
thereafter until and including ll.O8
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Nanua.

my husband is really very atten.
tive Yesterday he bought me a dozen
wells -Meggendorfer Batter.
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The truest mark of being born with
great qualities Is being born without
-Rochefoucauld
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CAMDEN AND TRENTON RAILWAY co.
East Bound

C Cars Leave Burfngton-Broad q High 64a
6.l2, A. 7I2 742, S.l2, SAP. 9l2 942 l0.l2. lO4a
Ill2 IL A. 1912, 1912, r. l42 2l2, 242, IL, S42
ALP, 442 5I2. 5.42, 6i2, SAP, 7l2, 742, s.l2, S4a
9.l2, g.42, 1912, ll.42.
WHSTBOUND.
Leave Burlington, Broad and High-6.0S
6yS 7O8 73S sos 8.38, sos, e3S zoos, 1888, Hos
1885, l20S 1885, .OS. lis, 208, 2.38 sos, 3S6, 4O8
49, 5OS 5Ss COS, SS. tbs, 7S sos, 8.SS, 90S S3S
los ll.OS. l2.0S. Los.
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Bloomville was golden with dande-
lions and white with apple blossoms
when Winifred Lane came home to her
own. mot a soul knows I've come"
she reflected as she unpacked the new
trunk. She sighed suddenly. "Well,
by tomorrow shall know. He's had
the winter to consider In, and If he's
still set upon 1t I'll give him up"
Josiah Dent came up the church steps
with look of discomfort upon his
comedy face. In the months that had
passed since Winifred's disappearance
he had nursed growing sense Of In
The Washington herald., 1907-05-19
NEW IN TEDDY BEARS.
One Now with Electric Eyes Lighted
by Squeezing Benr's Paw.

rum itc new lDIh Sln.
The newest thing in Teddy bears is one
that has for eyes tiny incandescent cleo
trio lights Not lighted up. these look
like ordinary eyes; but squeeze one of the
bears paws and instantly they glow with
light
Instead Of the ordinary stufing the
electric Teddy bear has inside Of It a little
storage battery with wires running 10
the little lamps that serve as the bear
eyes and also to one OF the bears paws.
within which is contained the switch by
which the current is turned on. The eyes
glow only while the pressure on the paw
is continued. shutting off automatically
when the pressure is released, and as II
is not supposed that anybody would want
TO sit and squeeze the bears paw con-
tinuously 1t is calculated that the battery
viii furnish current enough for some
hundreds Of flashes. and that it will last
for from two 10 four months.
The electric Teddy bears, which are
made in various sizes and also in various
coiors. as cinnamon, polar. and black. are
supplied with eyes white and red and
green, and by buying extra eyes one can
have a bear with eyes of one color in
the morning, another color In the after
noon. and still another color at night, for
the tiny lamps that form the electric
bears eyes screw into sockets like any
other incandescent lamp, and you can un-
screw the white eyes and screw I'm red
ones If you want 70. When the storage
battery is exhausted it can be taken out
ami u fresh one put in.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-19
The Irishmen and Ireland
BY SEUMAS MacMANUS
BY SEUMAS MacMANUS.

rcncd, and the terrible rebel from Cal
/ way was by bell, book. and candle ex-
communicated. Mr.. Martyr has taken
action against the fervent loyalists. and
hopes 20 mulct them heavily for their
/ loyalty. Edward Martyr is a member
and the executive of the Gaelic League,
and an ardent worker in that cause.
Likewise, he Is president Of the national
council tthe council Of the Sim Fein
partyl- He is a great patron Of music
and art in Ireland. and only a few years
/ since gave G1oGo1 10 endow a Gregorian
choir IN Marlboro Cathedral, Dublin.
The rector OF 81. Michsn's Protestant
Church, in Dublin, is retiring from his
duties, the Dublin papers announce. ST.
Michan's is a most interesting old Prot
of Charles Stewart ParneH while await
ing interment in Glassnevin And the
Rev. Mr. Longs name will go down i'm
history as the man who offiCiated at the
grave of Parnell. Some have said that
the body Of Robert Emmett lies in s..
Michans graveyard Two other rebels
Teposc there the Rev William Jackson,
and Oliver Bond. The former died in the
dock Of the Green street courthouse inn
mediately after ne had been convicted Of
high treason. oliver Bond died in New
gate Prison while he lay under charge OF
high treason-and Dublin Castle. by the
way, was rumored 20 know more that Il
should about the cause Of his death Tho
brothers Sheares. who were executed in
I '9S FOR loving their country too well, and
whose memory is enshTined for all time
lin the hearts Of Irishmen. lie in the
vaults under St Anchan's Church. Han
del. during his residence in Dublin, played
upon the beautifully carved organ which
still is in ST. Michans This very inter-
esting church was visited by Gladstone
when in 1877 he came TO Ireland. The
tower Of St. Michans was erected thirty
years after the Norman conquest
The British House Of Commons occs-
sionally furnishes fun for the readers Of
our dull dailies. The latest story going
the rounds is as follows-taken verbatim
from an English weekly: Two of the most
respectable members were seen with their
coats off, and. for an instant a staid Old
constable standing between them. They
had gone down stairs to wash their hands,
and. by some mischance, changed coats.
Entering the chamber al the same mo-
ment one Of them putting his hand into
one of the coat pockets. discovered a
briar pipe which was not his. He looked
at his coat. then at his neighbors s, apollo
gizcd and explained the situation.
TRY If you do not find cigar-case in
that right-hand pocket
80 there is. Let US go into the division
lobby and change
This was where the policeman came in.
Seeing the two facing each other, and
taking off their coats, he feared the
worst. so rushed in, and, placing a big
hand on the shoulders of each, exclaimed:
Gentlemen, gentlemen, not here.
please"
The Washington herald., 1907-05-19

like this? Men are so awkward; never
learn. and never will understand the fit
ness Of things-and-
What did I say? Not d word
couldn't. ! silently retired for the night. %
There is one little girl in Washington
who recently gave her parents an exhibit
tlon of her nature for which they were
totally Unprepared. The child was cross
eyed. and her affiictiOn was a source Of
extreme annoyance TO herself and fam
ily. an oculist was consulted. who ad-
yised an operation 20 remedy the defect,
and so it was decided to take the little
one TO a hospital in Baltimore. The ut
most secrecy was observed in the matter
Dorothy had once made a great fuss
about having a tooth extracted. and. Of
course. it was TO be expected that she
would enter serious objections to an oper-
alton on her eyes
she was taken to Baltimore under the
impression that she was going on
pleasure trip with her parents When
they arrived at the hospital the mother
took her little daughter in her lap. and
nervously approached the real object Of
the trip. She set forth in all its triple
horror the embarrassment which is the
lot Of the cross-eyed person. stating that
the trouble would increase as she grew
older
Now. Dorothy the mother insisted,
we have brought you over here to have
your eyes Strengthened. II won't hurt
You at all. Wouldn't you like 10 have
your eyes like other peoples, dear?''
You Just bet | would exclaimed the
little girl, to the astonishment of the
others
You can go ahead and do anything
YOU want, and I don't care how much Il
hurts. I'm Just sick and tired Of having
a pack of boys spit into their hats and
cross their fingers every time l come
along. Go as far as you like, as brother
Ned says"
The operation was performed forthwith,
and the young lady has as good a pair of
eyes as anybody in Washington.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-19

An Irish novelist Of no mean merit has
passed away in the person Of Robert
/ Cromie-passed away. too. at a compar-
atively early age, ere yet he had reached
the height Of his powers.
In Robert Cromie. science, finance. and
literature were reconclled. He was a
busy banker, who yet found time TO writ,
books that We're eminenty readable and
improving His best known. most valued
novels were A Voyage TO Mars and
'The Crack of Doom"-novels Of the
Jules Verne style, yet far from slavish
limitations
His short stories. Of which he wrote
many, were capitally told tales. and pow
erful that were in demand by the leading
magazines. Mr Cromie. who was a
genial. sociable, good fellow. had a large
circle of personal friends, who deeply re-
gret his early demise. Unlike most of the
Irish litterateurs cf the present day. Mr..
Cromie was not in the National move
ment He was a Belfast man. who. like
the great mass Of his townspeople. took
no active part in work for Irelands and
it is regrettable that such a fine man did
not throw IN his lot with the other brave
young men of the country Mr. Cromie
was the son of the late Or. Cromie and
brother-in-law Of Sir John Newall Jor-
dan, the British Minister at Peldn.
Edward Martyn, of Tlyra Castle.
County Galway, one Of the prominent fig
ures in Irish national life. the author Of
The Heather Field" and other dramas.
is pursuing an action at law against the
Kildare Street Club. the great Conserva-
tive and landlord club Of Ireland claim
ing damages from them for illegal expul-
sion. Edward Martyr. who was himself
a landlord, was at one time a Conserva-
tive, but being man Of thought. raised
himself into the National ranks He was
deprived of his commission Of the peace
for County Galway, when. at a semi
public social function at his castle ten
years ago. he refused % allow the loyal
lists to sing God Save the King"
In the course of his national progress
he joined the United Irish League.
and was Cor years a pillar Of that league
and of the Irish Parliamentary party.
contributing 20 their support large sums.
Four or five years ago, believing, in COM
mon with the l,o00 other National think
ers, that the Parliamentary party was
weakening Ireland's cause by a shifty
and compromising policy, he withdrew
his support and advanced into the pres
ent-day Young Ireland party, the Sian
Fein party, who believe in teaching the
nation self-reiiance, and refuse to az
knowledge the right Of Englands King
and houses Of Parliament to legislate for
Ireland. Mr.. Martyr quickly became a
persona non gTata with the rampant 10y
alists Of the Kildare Street Club. His in
fanny was crowned when. last year. he
gave public expression 20 his conviction
that any Irish boy who turned traitor
and Joined the ranks Of Engand's army
or navy deserved to be flogged.
There was a furor in the Kildare
Street Club when this fiery treason burned
hole in the murky atmosphere Of the
Liffey. An extraordinary general meet
ing Of the club was by telegram con-
The Washington herald., 1907-05-19
Ncm YnrI. for ExnmnIei

From the Charleston News and Courier
Rhode Island is being generally con
doled with because it has only the one
Senator Yet there are some States which
would rather have none than the ones
they've got
The Washington herald., 1907-05-19

woman. Made after man. and has been
after him ever since. Ha, ha."
And here's to man." responded the i'm
genious debutante- Man is the paragon Of
animals. On his own ground he surpasses
the lion in magnanimity. the fox in acu-
men, the parrot in wit, the monkey 81
versatility, the ant in thrift, the fish in
self-control the spider in all that goes to
make up "A valued member Of society
Briefly, man is more Of a success than
the mule
She vowed that, inspired by Algy, she
made it up right of the wheel. At any
rate. none Of the other women present
has as Yet lauded il either IN the ladies'
home journals or "Heart-to-Heart Talks
with Women so maybe she did She is
clever enough about other things. dear
knows.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-19

In one Of the buildings at the corner OF
Thirteenth and F streets northwest is a
rear chimney that has for years been
the summer home of a great flock OF
swallows. This year the birds are more
numerous than ever, and It has been esti-
mated that more than 400 use the chin
ney as their home at night One Of the
sights Gf Washington is to watch them
circling about in great cloud as dusk
comes on, and the members of the Au-
dubon Society would have rare chance
10 study this phase Of bird life The
birds are too orderly 10 try to go TO bed
all at once. They seem 20 be marshaled
in squads, and as they sweep and circle
about in solid phalanx, one company
drops out and the swift-winged members
dart straight down into the chimney. SO
great is the number that il takes fully
fifteen or twenty minutes for the whole
flock to retire for the night. the trick be
ing accompanied by chorus Of twitter-
ing that rises above the sounds Of traffic
in the adjacent streets The birds come
in the early spring and do not depart un-
til late fall. They have made a summer
resort Of this portion Of Washington for
about ten years, and will probably be
tenants Of the building until the structure
IS torn down
The Washington herald., 1907-05-19

Among the many curious qualities I
have noticed in this present growing gen
eration,' sighed the philosophical grand
mother Of three of Washington's most
up-to-date and charming girls, is the
strange and almost unnatural value the
girls Of to-day place upon unimportant
things in connection with affairs of grave
Importance. | refer particularly to the
silly things TO which a girl will take ex-
ception in selecting a husband To my
certain knowledge, my granddaughters
each have been engaged at least A dozen
times, which. within itself. l regard as
shocking, but the reason they give me for
having broken their engagement is be-
yond my understanding, and really has
caused me many hours of anxiety as to
their sanity.
My eldest granddaughter. a beautiful
girl, was engaged to marry a man with
whom the family was well pleased. We
really considered him worthy of her
which, of course, is saying a great deal
It was within few weeks of the we'd
ding. and the preparations were well un-
der way, when, to our utter amazement,
The Washington herald., 1907-05-19
Only One Car Fare to
CHEVY CHASE, D. G.

1t is a pleasant ride to Chevy
Chase, D. e., through the most at
tractipe part of Washington and its
most desirable suburbs.
Only one fare is charged from any
part of the city pia the cars of the
Capital Traction Co., and through
cars to Chevy Chase, ID. g., leave NeW
York apenue and Fifteenth street
every fifteen minutes.
Our representatives 1piI meet you
at Chevy Chase, d. C., Sunday, or
any day, and gipe you full informa-
ton as to prices and terms.
Building Restrictions.
We shall place a restriction clause in the
title prohibiting the construction OF any house
fronting on Connecticut avenue to cost less
than $1,000. We shall also prohibit the build
ing of more than one house TO each fQrty-foot-
front lot on Connecticut avenue. On the
other streets the restriction clause will require
that no house shall be built costing less than
S3,5OO These restrictions are necessary in
order to maintain the attractiveness of this
subdivision as a place for desirable suburban
homes.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-19

At dinner the other night little Algy
offered a toast to women. Said Algernon:
Here's to women, beautiful fascinating
The Washington herald., 1907-05-19

like this? Men are so awkward; never
learn. and never will understand the fit
ness Of things-and-
What did I say? Not a d word.
couldn't. ! silently retired for the night. 90