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less foe on the field of battle, knows only
liberality when dealing with brave foe
with whom the fortunes Of war have dealt
i'll. All his pleasure was set on giving such
treatment to the Beers as would keep them
satisfied and happy for all times and pre-
clude the possibility of any further conflict.
The task of preparing a constitution that
would secure all this and at the same time
safeguard the interests of Britain, was in
trusted to the lord chancellor, Lord Sell
bourne, who has ever been known a
friend of the burghers.
The new constitution gives the Beers back
their country in all that is essential. Adult
male suffrage is granted. There is provis-
ion for representative house of siXty-nine
members, to be elected for five years, and
an upper house of fifteen members. to be
selected by the crown. Moreover, the peo-
pie are given the right to revise this con-
stitution should 1t be found at any time
that it works prejudice to the best interests
of the people.
The selection of fifteen members of the
upper house by the crown was virtually null
lifted by provision that when there is dis
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uation and see what chance of just treat
ment they had. ]. G. SHUTS, who was state
attorney for the South African republic and
assistant commandant general during the
war, and DR.. Engelenburg, editor of Volk-
stem. formerly President kruger's news
paper, were the emissaries, and they re-
turned to the Beers with the confident
promise that whatever new arrangement
might be made would deal justly with them,
for the problem was in the hands of their
friends.
Then Britain reciprocated by sending its
delegation to the Transvaal to report the
best way in which the republic under proper
English direction could be restored to the
Beers.
Some of the old line reactionaries resented
the amount of self-government England had
designed for the conquered foe, and Sir
Percy Fitzpatrick and Mr.. Abe Bailey were
sent from South Africa to London to tell
the ministry how serious it would be to give
the Beers any powers of self-government
whatever.
But their arguments did not avail, for
King Edward, while a stubborn and relent-
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marked on the breast of the bird
Hundreds have visited the farm house,
confident that after seeing the plate they
could offer theory that would solve the
problem but after close examination they
cannot. Their theories are exploded by
the fact that the picture is too perfect In
detail for the work of human hands.
Those versed in science say it was prob
ably photographed by nature by some
process unknown to man.
Mrs. Ort will simply explain how she
discovered the plate, but will hazard nc
guess as to how the picture came there.
She Is somewhat worried over its appear
ance Oh her husbands birthday, and SO
soon after his having eaten from the plate,
but thinks If it Is an omen of nature It
must be a good one. as the dove Is the
harbinger Of love and peace.
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fact, everybody who knows or thinks he
knows anybody connected with the show
which, in his opinion, entities him to a free
admission.
Probably Albany. n. Y, is the worst city
in the country when 1t comes to compli-
mentary tickets. On one occasion we had
out in that city LOO free tickets and
showed there but one day. If there had
been opposition the free list would have
run up to 1000 Every official in Albany,
from governor to hostler in an engine
house, considers himself entitled to free
admission to a circus.
For every Autograph hung in a shop
window one to three tickets must be given
up, and likewise for the board or banner
or any other privilege obtained. This
makes every car manager distributor of
free tickets, and sometimes this agent is
previously beset by grafters.
/ have known the yardmen at a railway
station to demand tickets for themselves
and families. and this being refused to fill
the oil boxes with sand SO that for days
afterward the car ran with hot boxes.
have known engineers Of switch engines
after a like refusal, to monkey With the
car by attaching it to the engine and using
1t as buffer in making up trains, prevent
ing the agent from doing his work properly
Car inspectors also must be fixed, other
wise they may order the car to the shop
for repairs" and entail loss Of several
days in the cars schedule. This has been
done.
Hotel clerks are most persistent beggars
for free tickets, on the ground that they
can influence guests to attend the show.
This custom has been created by the
theatrical agents, who distribute their
favors also to head walters chambermaids
and other people who serve them person.
ally. but who have not the slightest claim
on the courtesy of the show 1t is en-
couraged by the local manager who is too
blind to see that the same liberality on the
part Of his rivals leaves all on the same
footing 80 far the hotel clerks suo-
posed influence is concerned.
In the old days when the circus went
from town to town in wagons the hotel
clerk really was an important individual.
He was the local encyclopedia and was
consulted for the local business conditions,
accommodations for horses and people, etc.
Sometimes the whole show drove into
the hotel yard, and managers. performers
and canvasmen took possession Of the
house for the day. In that case the hotel
proprietor and his family. the hotel clerks
and all hands got their quota Of free
tickets. The landlord considered himself
the legal guardian Of his guests. not only
providing for their comfort and safety. but
taking part in the show councils and doing
his best to render their visit pleasant and
profitable.
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From this mere mention Of some of the
many absurdities and abuses of the free
ticket system 1t will be apparent to any
sane mind that the whole system Is wrong
Nobody knows it better than the press
agent. Once in a while a man has had
the boldness to challenge this system, but
in such cases the man invariably lost his
job.
l know one case of this kind. 1t was
the mans first season on the road--and
last, too, l may as well add. He was a
competent man and had the confidence
of his employers, the proprietors of several
road companies.
He had often heard them inveigh bitterly
on the deadhead system. and he resolved
to reform It. His policy was TO give no
passes to anybody unless such persons
actually did something or could do some
thing for the show for which they were not
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I bracing the special correspondents. While
trying to extend proper courtesy to bona
| fide newspaper men, whose attendance is
not only desired, but courted by the show
| the Snowman is made the prey Of all sorts
of grafters and deadheads.
Mr.. Blank is the representative of the
daily Cor weekly Bellous. and any courte-
sizes extended to him will be appreciated"
etc.
| Now as this "credential' must be re-
! turned to the applicant the latter is sure of
reply. One time I forgot to send this
thing back, in the pressure of business.
At the close of the week l received an
| other request for four seats from the same
| fellow, who claimed to represent daily
paper printed in Easton, Pa. In his note
he nclosed a duplicate Of the "credentiaT'
sent in the week before.
I Immediately telegraphed the paper.
| and-got a reply by mail saying that the
man had been a compostor on the paper
and had himself printed the cards l never
| answered the letter Of the alleged CORE
spondent. A few days later the proprietors
of the show handed re a letter from him
complaining of my treatment. and asking
why the show kept such man in its en-
ploy. Then 1 did write to him-and the
incident was closed.
The regular. legitimate out of town cor
respondents of New York are a fine body
of representative newspaper men. They
have organized club, to which only those
in good standing can belong, and they
guard as much as possible against the
tricks of deadbeats and imposters.
But even the Correspondents Club cam
not prevent men from soliciting free tickets
to theaters and circuses under false pre-
lenses, as most of them do. They invari
ably write on lettersheads which announce
them as eastern manager of the Oshkosh or
Kalamazoo Daily Blanket or eastern repre-
sentative, and claim all the privileges of
regular correspondent. The theaters
have a good deal Of trouble with these
men sailing under the flag of GORE
spe1idents.''
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Has a Hen the Right
to Upset a Cyclist?
Special Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The star
LONDON. May Is. 1907.
TAS a hen the right TO endanger tho
life and limb of a cyclist on the high-
way without rendering its owner la
bic for damages?
That interesting question has engaged the
attention of two eminent judges 81 the
kings bench division and several learned
and costly counsel for two whole days.
And In the end the judges id what tho
fowl failed to do-they lodged. Their de-
csion leaves the question stu unsettleds
but the legal victory for the present rests
with the fowl.
Mr. Hadwell of Birmingham was cycling
recently along country road. hen be-
longing to Mr.. RiEhion huttcrcd acc SIS tho
road and got mixed up in the cyclists front
wheel. Result. a broken head, a smashed
machine and a defunct fowl
Mr.. Hadwell brought an action for dam
ages against Mr.. R&htun in the BirminG-
ham county court TIE case was trteI be-
fore Judge Bray. jude Bray decided in
favor of the ownc" OF the hen. GA the
ground that there was no evidence To show
that il is the common practice o. hens
10 run into bicycles and that. Ia any
event, there was no cy,dCu' @ TO COW That
such was The disposition Of the particular
fowl in question. Whereby Juds" Bray ar-
fGrded a brilliant Illustration of t.c say
ing oft quoted IN Eng and, The las. Is u
hass." For every cycs, knows tsat hen
is fool bird and Is particularly prone 10
lose what little intelligence nature has be-
slowed on ii whenever Il CyClst draws nigh.
1t usually waits until TIE wheSlmau IS AL
most on top of it and then starts OF madly
In one direction to suddenly reverse lts
course a moment later.
x X
If a spill is averied it is half tn" time
due either to the extreme caution OF tho
rider or sheer good luck. \ barnyarl fowl
out on the highway possesses more terror
for the wheelman than any other creature
that runs on either two legs or four. But
in the absence Of legal precedent tie law
here is not expected to take coSaizance OF
what is a matter of common knowledge.
The higher court went into the ease much
more fully than did the lower court Mr..
Hadwells counsel argued that the high
way was no place for creatures wn"se be-
havior under excitement was so cratic as
that of fowls. The man who allowed them
to stray there should be he'd respunSlO bio
for any damage resulting from their TOOL
ways.
1t was brought out that when tine hen
ran into Mr. hadwcli's wheel ii was being
chased by a dog. That afforded the Judges
an opportunity to dodge the issue. In
giving their decision, they said, in effect,
it was not necessary TO decide what were
the respective rights of fowls and cyclists
in the highway. They had no pre- eients
to go by. If the dog had not chased the
hen 1t might not have run into Mr.. Had
we'll s bicycle. That gave the hen an eX-
cuse for spilling Mr.. Hadwell. The judges
dismissed the appeal, but leave was granted
the cyclist to appeal to the next highest
court. So the end is perhaps not yet.
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For They Shall Inherit the Earth.

Fashionable Bishop Ito equally fashion
able layman)-"How can people ask, Does
Christianity pay? Look al St. Smug's for
instance. Ten years ago that property cost
only fifty thousand and yesterday it sold
for half a million!'
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Many times tickets are given to avoid
or prevent vexatious or annoying troubles.
The daily record OF tickets issued for one
thing or another sometimes Is staggering.
The railroad contractor, who goes out
ahead OF everybody else has all the rail-
way officials and employees to satisfy, from
president down to station agent. The
general contracting agent who follows
must make himself solid with billposters
iverymen and practically everybody with
whom he deals.
The blllposters formerly demanded 200
tickets in one town. 100 in another. fifty in
another, and so on, at their own sweet will;
now the Billposters' Association has de-
creed that the number of circus tickets
shall be regulated by the population of
the place where the show exhibits. AS all
work done for the circus is always paid
at the highest labor rates for such work.
this additional compensation is pure graft
Then the treasurer Of the show gives
tickets TO the police. from chief down
to such patrolmen as many be assigned
70 the circus, and Ii sometimes seems as
II the entire force were on the circus
grounds. There are aldermen. court house
politicians. members of the fire department
etc. who must be tipped more or less
literally. In addition there are the friends
81 the managers. Of the agents and. in
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Sincere.

Translated for Transatlantic Tales from Meggen.
dorfer Batter.
One man Ito another)-'You seem re-.
markably glad that your mother-in-law Is
coming to you for a four-weeks' visit"
Other man--"Yes. indeed! Then / can
send my wife to her for a six-weeks visit"
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question has been for a long time
delicate and most veXatious
one with all shows, theatrical
we'll circus. While the
theatrical managers fill the newspapers
with their just complaints on this head
their grievance is but drop to the bucket
full compared with that OF the circus man.
1t seems to be generally believed that,
owing to the large seating capacity and
enormous profits of the circus. pass tickets
OF admission can make no serious diff
ference to the Snowman. People forget
that ticket sales form the only source of
revenue in the business.
In the managers Office tickets are re-
garded just the same the cash they
represent; as stock in trade, the same as
a merchant regards his goods the
shelves. They are so accounted for in the
ticket wagons and IN the hands OF agents
on the road. Nobody connected with the
show has a right to give away his en-
ployers money without the latter's express
consent. though the discretion OF exchange
must necessarily be placed in a good many
hands and this discretion is sonnet times
much abused.
This peculiar idea of the commercial
worthlessness ito the showman) OF circus
tickets pervades all classes. from the top
down TO the yardman OF a country rail-
way station. And ! must admit that show
men themselves, by their lavish distribu-
tion OF free tickets everywhere and on
slight occasion, have created and fostered
this idea.
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TNDER our new government
- with Great Britain l am con-
fdent that within five years
W all the material losses of the
recent war will have been
made up and the Transvaal will start on a
career of prosperity such as it never knew
before"
1t was gallant enemy of the British who
made this prediction, no less person than
Gen. Louis Botha who in the two and n
half years struggle between the little
African republic and the mighty forces of
Great Britain gave valiant account of
himself in the field and added MUCH to the
troubles of Lords Roberts and Kitchener.
But now a new regime is being inaugu-
rated. England recognizes the valor of
those she defeated. only after an expense
of SDO,oU0.OOD and the loss of 10000 men
killed and wounded. She wants them to
be good subjects they were enemies,
and to assure this kind of a permanent
peace. based on mutual good feeling, has
extended perhaps the most liberal peace
terms ever granted to beaten foe.
highlands very first act was the appoint
mert Of Gen Botha to lie the new premier
est confidence in him They know that he
was in closest relations with their great
heroes-kruser, Joubert, Cronje and de
Wet.
They believe in his devotion in the Boer
and trust him that in all which develops in
the future he viii! see justice done the farm
ers who humbled Butler Metheun and Cat
acre. and only finally yielded to the prowess
of Roberts and Kitchener.
Conditions Have Changed.
In some respects it is not surprising that
the Boers are receiving generous treatment
now. for it is significant of changed politi-
cal conditions in England that the man who
is at the helm as prime minister, Sir Camp
bell Zimmerman. was a most ardent oppo-
nent of the Boer war. one of those English
men who came into disfavor for a time
from the vigor with which he opposed it.
The liberal victory carried him into power
and with the full sympathy of King Ed
ward he has addressed himself to the Boer
problem as one of the most important is
sues of his term
Those special objects of Boer dislike. Mil
ner, Chamberlain and Jameson, have passed
from power. They have no part now in ad-
mlnistering the government of the country
that charges all it's troubles to them Sir
Campbell Zimmerman believes that all frc-
ton between Beers and Britons might have
been avoided had the former been taught a
loyalty to the English sovereign and been
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Paris Hotel Will Provide
Auto for Every Guest


PARIS. May H. i'N'.
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visitors for the hest that money can
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This recalls q story illustrative of this
hospitality In the south. 1t was just after
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> NDER our new government
with Great Britain | am con-
fident that within five years
all the material losses of the
recent War will have been
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Copyright 1907. by r. F. uamllton.)

Dy X. +.
" HE complimentary ticket and pass
question has been for a long time
delicate and most veXatious
III one with all shows, theatrical
as well as circus. While the
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-08-06
Florence.

County Superintendent of Roads JOS
eph L. Hilton. of Moorestown, was in
Florence, last week.
Irma, the young daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. William Hance, of Front street. is
suffering from diphtheria.
Freebooter Oscar Donnelly has force
of men at work repairing the stone road
that runs through this town.
John Sweeney, the young pitcher of the
Beverly base ball club. had his foot cut
very severely here Saturday night.
Misses Anna and Ella Lippincott and
Albert Lippincott, of New York. are yis-
iting at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer
E. Page.
Miss Ledson and Miss Bertha Baldwin,
of Boston, Mass; Miss Claude Mills and
Mrs. Elizabeth Robson, of Philadelphia,
are spending a few days with Mr.. and
Mrs. E. S. DorneY, of Florence Heights.
Township Committeeman Harry R. At
kins was called to Ocean City by tele-
gram informing him of the illness of his
youngest child, Cora. 1t is said she is
suffering from typhoid pneumonia, and is
in critical condition.
A colored man, who is employed by
Contractor Rogers in raising the school
house, was accidentally struck on the jaw
by an iron bar, last week, which resulted
In fracture. DR.. Baird sent him to the
Burlington County Hospital.
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81 wrote that letter." said Meirs, "anC
I'll tell you why didit. That policy wa.
taken out by Aunt Sally (M1s. Hendrick
SOM when Mrs M Nelson was an infant
somewhere ABOUT 1866 or 66 q don't care
if do tell her age. In 1882 Mrs. Hen.
Erickson wanted to have the beneficiary
changed and was about to do it, but
changed her mind She then suggested
the matter to me. / told her to write the
company, which was done. and the latter
informed her to write to the beneficiary.
l accordingly wrote to Mrs. Nelson asking
her to assign the policy"
Mr.. Meirs said that the grist mill. which
the bill in chancery alleges was given him
by Wilson, was in fact given him by Mrs.
Hendrickson In March last. He said that
the intention of ]. Messir VAIN to fore
close the mortgage was simply done to tie
up the property. Mr.. Meirs said.that he
had not been making anything out of the
mill
He declares that he has forty days with
in which to file his answer, and that then
he will dispose of the accusations in the
bill of chancery one after another
He was emphatic in declaring that there
was no fraud or conspiracy In the matter
at all and that the allegation that Mrs.
Richardson got the house at Crosswicks
as her share of the booty was just as much
fabrication as were the many allegations
against him and Wilson.
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TO r. "A.
ps.,. n. <,Ths Kind You Have Always Bought
Sis. at &2zzA
Personal.

Miss Helen White is visiting at Scran-
ton, Pa.
James Kinsler is enjoying his annual
vacation at ParkerfOrd, Pa.
Prosecutor Atkinson and family are
rusticating at Pocono Mountains.
Beverley c. Kingdom has gone to Read
field Maine, for weeks vacation.
George W. Heyer and family returned
from Atlantic City, on Thursday.
Mr. and Mr. II. G. Pease, of New York,
are visiting relatives in Mount Holly.
Miss Sarah Keller and some friends are
enjoying trip to Niagara Falls and Can
ada.
William Frederick of Trenton, is visit
ing Mrs. William j. Brannan, of Broad
street.
Miss Marian Thomas, of Philadelphia
is visiting Miss Lillian Colby, on Garden
street.
Mrs. Samuel D. Sleeper, last week. en-
tertained Mrs Frank G. Jones and son, o.
Camden.
Mrs. Clifford r. Bower was at Colum
bus, last week, visiting her brother, FloyC
| Townsend.
Mrs. G. A. Suffer and son, Neil. left Oh
Friday for Lake George. They will no
return until September.
Mrs. Esther Streaker and Mrs. Ma
Rogers, of Mount Holly, have gone t
Ocean Grove for the month of August.
Lawyer George M. Bacon, of Riverside
will leave this week on his second Euro
, pean trip. He will visit Switzerland, Ge
] many and France.