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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-02-19
TheDtscovery of
His Kingdom.
Copyright. 1906. by P. c. Eastment.
BY LOUISE J. STRONG

She gave him CHEEKY greeting as
she passed, which Dearborn returned
with stiff embarrassment Women al
ways embarrassed him, which fact had
been construed into o dislike of the
sex, thus accounting for his bachelor
hood
No one would have believed that he
lounged on the veranda solely that he
might watch her down the street.
Much less would any one have imag-
ined that every time he looked into her
candid womanly eyes his lonely, I'M
mated man soul clamored for the home
and companionship he saw therein.
He had not learned that this kingdom
In woman's eyes is disoernible only to
the king to whom 1t is given to possess
If he will. Therefore the little music
teacher with the bloom of youth be-
hind her was to him most desirable in
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MARRIAGE CUSTOMS.
The Change From the Era Whe
Wives Were Taken bv Force.

The Change From the Era Wher
Wives Were Taken by Force.
Marriage customs have changed ey
erywhere with the advance Of civiliza
ton. Anglo Saxons in ancient times, Il
is said, used to capture their wives by
force from their fathers or their hus
bands, it did not matter which.
This was before Augustine came tC
preach Christianity. Then purchase was
more common than capture, although
the latter seems to have been frequent
enough to the reign of Ethelbert tc
need regulation by law. By this law 9
man might run away with woman
provided he afterward paid her pre-
vious owner, be he father or husband
80 shillings. If 1t was husband who
had thus been deprived of his wife, the
woman's captor had not only to pay
him the fine, but also to buy him an
other wife. In any case the stolen wo
man belonged to her captor.
If man had purchased his bride Ii
the days of Ethelbert and afterwaro
concluded he had paid too much fol
her, it was lawful for him to return heI
to her former owner and claim again
the purchase price provided that be
had not previously expressed satisfac
ton by making the bride a present on
the morning after the wedding.
The next step was the foster lien,
when the bride price was paid on the
day of espousal and was supposed to
compensate the parent for the cost OF
bringing up his daughter. 1t seems
however, that this soon fell into disre-
pute, as there was no law against the
father engaging his daughter to nu
merous suitors. taking from each the
foster lien and, of course, cheating
all but one on the wedding day, which
at that time was only the day of be
trothal, when the sutton gave a 'twed'
or pledge for the future performance OF
his contract LIZ the suitor did not claim
his bride within two years after the
wedding day, be forfeited all right tc
her and to whatever money or goods he
had paid for her If the woman and heI
father broke their promises, the father
had to give the sutton four times az
much as the sutton had already paid
him.
As civilization advanced the bride
price was given to the woman herself
and became her dowry, while nova
Gays the tables are frequently turned
and the bride settles the money on hel
husband.
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In the days of river driving on the
Kennebec river In Maine old Uncle Jim
Gilbert was a well known character.
He was hale and hearty and had an
enormous appetite. The men used to
come down the river with drive of
logs and get meal at a tavern in
Augusta. One morning, arriving late
and with appetite sharpened, old On
Gle Jim sat down with the first set Of
men and ate diligently during the time
these men made a meal. A new set of
men came and still Uncle Joe ate
steadily. A third set came, and the
tavern keeper, becoming alarmed, tried
to hurry up the protracted meal by
saying, Better drink your coffee, un-
Gle, and have another cup!"
NO" said the old man. 81 never
drink till I'm half throughr'- Boston
Herald.
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A sergeant major of an infantry reg
iment stationed in Bremen was SEN
fenced to slight disciplinary punish
ment for having MORALLY wounded a
man with a revolver in the course of a
fight He appealed against this, but
was Informed that his appeal had been
rejected. He then ordered his men to
load their rifles with blank cartridges,
but during their absence reloaded them
with ball cartridges. He then drew up
his men In firing line and carefully
showed them how to aim their rifles
straight at his heart. With the utmost
calm he then ordered, "Firep' and fell
with four bullets through his heart
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When Bunny
Mas Bumped.
By LESLIE TRAIN.
Copyright, 1905, BY E. Q. PARCELS.

Bunny Travers was not bad fellow
On the contrary, everybody liked him
and everybody said 1t was too bad that
he had money and had spent six
months in London TO learn the ways OF
an ass. One day when the subject OF
the up to date girl was on the carpet
Bunny listened for awhile with bored
air and then observed:
Its all theory. She cawn't be found
We knaw. They are the same old Ian
gushing lot just a lot of gurls, with
their giggle and twaddle and waiting
for proposal. AS may have remark
ed before, they bore me-bore me
dweadfully WEAKLY, / think l shall
have to cut the whole lot of them"
Among those who regarded Bunny as
an aslnine good fellow was Burt Gal
braith, the young partner in a down
town brokerage firm. He had wife
and a home on the north shore of Long
Island, and his sister Nettie lived with
them. AS he listened to Bunny's obser-
vations smile lowered around his
mouth, and that night when he got
home he said to the sister:
Say, Net, we've got a Teller In the
Clipper club that needs humping, and
he needs it bad. l am going to invite
him down to stay for a week"
what forf' was asked
80 that you can bump him He
doesn't believe there's an up to date
girl in America
Bunny baked little when invited
down to the island home He was at
last prevailed upon, however, and one
Monday afternoon he was safely land
ed at Ravensrest. Half an hour later
Miss Nettie was dressed for a spin in
her brothers auto and informed the
visitor that twenty mile ride was on
the cards. If 1t would bore him, why
"Not in the least, me deah CURL 1
rawther fawncy the thing, doncher
knaw, or think l should If there was
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He Was Willing.

A good, kind man unfortunately mar
rled shrewish wife, and the woman
changed his nature. One morning aft
er his wife had called him a good for
nothing loafer and snatched his break
fast away he started Off, hungry and
sore, for work A sour looking woman
entered the car he was on. She got
into a violent dispute with the con-
ductor over her change. Finally. red
with rage, she looked about her and
said, rs there a gentleman in this car
who Will stand by and see lady in
suIted?" The hungry man whose ma
ture had been spoiled rose eagerly.
eyes. madam" he said; q will"
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70 Re RsHIIed.

In one of the suburbs of big city is
the site Of a well known school Of
theology, from which go out each week
end many members of the senior class
to try their voices as supplies"
A passenger on Monday morning
train was surprised at the number OF
men who got off at that station.
"Who are all those chaps getting off
here?" he asked the brakeman.
"Them?' asked the brakeman. "Oh,
they're returned empties for the col
legew-Youth's Companion.
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Love is the river of life in this world.
Think not that We know 1t who stand
at tie little tinkllng rliI-the first small
fountain. Not until you have gone
through the rocky gorges and not lost
the stream not until you have gone
through the meadow, and the stream
has widened and deepened until fleets
could ride upon its bosom; not until
beyond the meadow you have come to
the unfathomable ocean and poured
your treasures into Its deptha-not un-
til then can you know what love Is
Henry Ward Beecher.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-02-19

What books have helped you most 2"
asked the sincere and serious young
woman
Mr.. Cumrox, but they were mostly
stories with love and fighting in them.
You see, was in the book selling bust
ness when began to get prosperous"
Washington Star.
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Easy.

Teacher-Now, boys, what is the viz
tue of magnanimity? Pupils Aw?
Teacher-What is it If big boy want
ed an apple very badly and were to
meet small boy with one in a place
where nobody could take the small
boys part Glass with eager illumi-
nation) = OATS cinch! - Baltimore
American
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lakes No Chances.

Remember, said the kind elderly
gentleman. that you may be president
of the United States" Yes" answer
ed the boy whose father is connected
with the race track, but look at the
population of this country. I've only
got one chance In millions. amt play
ing any long shots like that. Wash
ingtOn Star.
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ExnloaiNa.

The Count-Have you asked for ze
rich young lady's hand yet?
The Duke-Yes, and ! think light.
ming must have struck the telephone.
The Count-Ah. Maybe the wires
are crossed,
The Duke-No. / think It is her ia
Their who ~ crossed.-C Chicago News.
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TROLLEY TIME TABLES.
BURLINGTON COUNTY RAILWAY co.
In connection with Camden and Suburban
Railway Company.
In ofFont 0otr,har IL lQ0a

In COQneCtlOn Win OdlAueu anu oupuk pnA
Railway Company.
In effect october 10, 1905.
Leave Fountain, Mount Holly, for Rurling
ton at $50 a. M. and every half hour there
after until and including $50, after that every
hour to and including 1880 p. M
Leave Broad and High Streets Burlington
for Mount Holly at 6.l5 a. M and every noul
that 9.15. luis, 1l.05, p. m.
Leave Fountain, Mount Holly, for Moores
town and Camden at 644 q. m. and every hal
hour thereafter until and including S.44, p m.
then 9.44 10 "a, IL "a p. m.
Leave Camden Ferry for Mount Holly al
sos 5.3S a. m. and every half hour thereafter
until and including sos p. M, every hOul
thereafter until and including 11.0S.
Club Cars that leave Camden Ferry at S.5O a
m. $50, 4.20 and $40 p. m. make connection FOL
Mount Holly and burlington.
Club Car connects with cars leaving Bur
hngton at 4l2 p. M. Fair Grounds 500, s.OS
M, 4.S9 and sos p. m.
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A Weak Heart.

They tell me Bad Bills dead" said
Alkall Ike. rs that right?"
Sure" replied Cactus Cal: shot
plumb through the heart"
well, | amt surprised then. Els
heart always was weak. Philadelphia
PrnSa
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CAMDEN AND TRENTON RAILWAY co.
SUMMER SCHEDULE.
East Bonnd.

SUMMER SCHEDULE.
East Bound.
e Cars Leave Burlington-Broad & High 5.42
6l2 AZ 7I2, 742, s.l2, S42 912, 9.42, 1912. 1912
lll2 1l42 1912, 1872 LIZ, LAP, PIP ZAP, II, 342
4I2 442, 512 5.42, 6i2 6.42, 7.l2, 742, S.l2, $40
9.12, e.42, 1912, l1.42.
WESTBOUND.
Leave Burlington, Broad and High-6O8
6Ss, 7OS, 7SS, sos, S38, 9.06. 93S 1909 lO3S Illus
l.S8, 1905 1888, .0S. LBS, EOS, 2S6 8OS by, auS
49, 5OS 63S sos, 38, 70S, 73S S.O8, S5o, 9US S5o
LOS l1.08. 12.OS. LOS
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The Burlington and Bristol Steams6oa
Ferry Company.

Schedule in effect 6.55 a. M. December 10, 1906.
Daily-Except Sundays and Christmas Day
LEAVE BRISTOL FOR BURLINGTON.
8.56, 500, 9.0O 1000, ll.00 a. m 1870, 130 2.S0,
$50, 4.30, $40 p. m.
LEAVE BURLINGTON FOR BRISTOL.
7.50, $50, $50, 1890, l1.00 m LOO, 200, 300,
100, 500, $50 p. M
SUNDAYS AND CHRISTMAS DAY.
First boat leaves Bristol at 800 a. m. Last
boat leaves Bristol at $40 p. m.
First boat leaves Burlington at $50 a. m.
Last boat leaves Burlington at $50 p. m.
The $40 p. m. trip from Bristol and $50 p. M,
trip on Sundays will be Withdrawn when
there is ice in the river.
Notes.-The above trips will be run on
Schedule time, unless prevented by ice-when
there is ice in theriver no trips will be guaran-
teed.
The boat for the Performances in the Aud
itorium will leave Bristol at 7.40 p M, return
ing will leave Burlington twenty minutes
after the Performances.
No trips Will be guaranteed in foggy weather
WILLIAM E. DORON,
9ec'y, Treas. and Gen'l Manager
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Paying honest debts promptly and
cheerfully is virtue of manhood ap-
precated by every one.-Newark lark
Journal
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Jack" said the one in chiffon, pro
posed to me last night"
The one in gauZe smiled.
"He doesn't do it at all well, does he,
dear?" she aid.-Chicago News.
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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 halI
hour; 1905 D. m. to 1908 a. m. every hour.
Sunday, sos a. M. to zoos a. M. every 30 min
utes, then every 20 minutes to l0US p M, tnen
every 30 minutes to l2.08 a. m.
WEST BOUND.
Leave Moorestown for Ferry, daily, AZ q. m.
to lll2 o. m. every half hour; then l2.07 a. M.
Sunday, 6.12 a. M to II. II a: M. every 81 min
utes, then every 20 minutes to ll.l2 p. M, then
every 80 minutes to 1912 q. m.
CLUB CARS.
EAST BOUND.
Leave Camden Ferry for Moorestown Mon
day TO Friday inclusive), 1853, $3.50 a. M, A35u
$40. 500 sos p. m. Saturday, 7.5S, $3.50 a. m.
1880 ~ 90 500, $3.50, $780, *4.20, 1920 sos p m
WEST BOUND.
Leave Stanwick avenue for Ferry monday
to Friday nclusive), OF, sol, IS. A, ~ a a. m
4.8l, 70. IA. Sol, 6.45 p. m. saturday, aVl, SOi
sS44. k944 a. No., 4.3l, *5.l4, COL, 1915 p. m
There are no Club Cars in either direction
Connect with Mount Holly cars at stanwicA
avenue.
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DELAWARE RIVER TRANSPORTATION CO
In effect June 80, 1906.

DELIGHTFUL RIVER EXCURSIONS TO
PHILADELPHIA AND TRENTON.
Change of Time.
In effect on and after Monday, September
H-Subject to change without notice.
Leave Burlington Daily.
For Philadelphia-7.l0 and 9.l3 q. M, and $40
p. M, daily.
For Trenton-9.30 a. m. and $50 p M, daily.
Sundays.
For Philadelp hia-940 a. M, 10 and $40 p. m Z.
For Trenton 9l5 a. M, 2.l0, 6.l5, 805 p. m.
Daily.
From Philadelphia-8 a. M, and ?. M.
daily.
From Trenton-S.0O a. M, 100, 500 p. m.
Sundays.
From Philadelphia-Sa a. M, 200 and 400 p. m.
From Trenton-8.30 a. NJ, LOU and 800 p. m.
25c. EXCURSION 25c.
DAVID VANCLEAF,
President and General Manager.
Low through rates to Baltimore, via Ericsson
Line. Tickets sold on Steamers.
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IT'S better to win mems esteem than
their wonder.
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Via Pennsylvania Railroad
May q, 1906.

"f Stops only on signal or notice to Age n
or conductor to receive or discharge pass en-
gers
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-01-10
TYPHOID HAS
CRASPED BERWICK

Dreaded typhoid fever has laid it's
strong grasp upon Berwick and the
densely populated district surround
ing.
The matter has been kept rather
quiet. but came to light last evening
when the Berwick board of health met
to adopt means to remedy the situa-
tion.
1t developed that there are "a cases
in Berwick proper, in West Berwick
and 8 in the surrounding country.
This list does not include number of
typhoid fever patients who are con-
valescent.
Typhoid fever is particularly to be
dreaded in Berwick. where SO large a
portion of the population is made up
of ignorant foreigners, with whom re-
strictions or precautions can have but
little effect.
At the meeting last night of the
Berwick board of health the situation
was thoroughly discussed. People were
asked to take extreme precaution in
aiding the authorities to stamp out
the disease. Citizens were asked to
boil all water used for drinking or
culinary purposes, and phyicians were
asked to report at once to the board of
health all new infections. !.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-01-10
Theatrical Life Has Few joys and
Much Bitterness.

Theatrical Life Has Few Joys and
Much Bitterness.
Booth, to whom Henry E. Abbey
would cheerfully have paid $1,000 a
night for $50 consecutive nights, was
one Of the most unhappy men on the
face of Gods earth. He had buried
two wives, been through the mortifica-
tion of bankruptcy and so far as world
ly wealth is concerned, SO far as the
comforts of IA settled home go, had yet
to make the one and secure the other.
This being the case, what do you sup
pose is the fate Of minor people? The
fact Is that they work hard, are under
paid, never play the parts they prefer,
pay much, by far the greater portion of
their salaries, for stage costumes, in
variably have gang of hangers on
who eat the bread they earn, are out OF
engagements most of the time and
ninety times out of hundred die so
poor that they are buried at the ex
pense of their fellows. In the first
place, 1t Is extremely difficult for them
to obtain II position. and, having
position, how few It's advantages.
They have to rehearse at inConyenient
times; they go out in all kinds of
weather regardless of their health or
comforts or home desires; they dress In
outlandish places, either wet, damp
and chilly or overheated. They are at
the caprici0uS mercy of speculative
managers, and, having found by ex-
perience that there is very little sym
pathy for them, either before or behind
the footlights. they wrap themselves
In a garment of mental Indifference to
appearances, which Is utterly misun-
derstood by a cynical and suspicious
world
know of a girl who was called to a
Sunday night rehearsal. Her father
was very Ill. but the rental of their
rooms, the fees for the doctor and mon
ey for the drugs depended upon her at
tending to her business. 1t was imper-
ative that she should be in the theater
at 7:30 o'clock. Having arranged the
room as women only can, having placed
upon the table by the bedside Of her
father his medicine, she kissed him
goodby and. with loving touch, prom
lsed to be back as early as possible.
| You know what Sunday night rehears-
ais mean. They mean l, 2, 8, 4 o'clock
the next day. That Is what this one
meant The girl FASTENED home. The
candle light had gone, the cold gray
Of the early morning was In the room,
the father was dead upon the bed
Boston Globe
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-01-10
Boil the Water.

The warning of DR.. Dixon relat
ing to the purity of the water supply
in the Susquehanna below Scranton is
important enough to be needed every
where. A warning of the same kind
should be issued where yer sewage is
emptied into running streams from
which one or more towns draw their
supply OF water. Nearly, if not quite,
all the running streams in the State
are contaminated by impurities which
reckless and improvident man turns
into them, and the wonder is that
epidemics of disease are not more
numerous and more destructive of hu-
man life.
Wherever there are epidemics of ty-
phoid fever the carelessness in regard
to the water supply and the disregard
of health and life are most pronounc-
ed. Although men are warned to take
every precaution to prevent the spread
of disease they pay little attention.
Although warned that matter taken
from the sick room should be disin-
fected before it is disposed of, this is
seldom done. Like the victim of tub
erculosis who discharges infected spu-
tum all about him, to the jeopardy of
the health and lives of others, the per-
sons who attend typhoid patients, un-
less they are professional nurses, sell
dom take the trouble to obey a
command to disinfect anything. In
deed few precautions are taken by
persons who are well, but are liable
TO Infection, to save themselves from
an attack of the disease.
Hence DR.. Dixon, not confining his
labors to the eradication of typhoid in
Scranton, and fearing that there is
IAN unusual amount of typhoid fever
infection in the Susquehanna river by
reason of the epidemic of the disease
now prevalent in the city of Scran-
ton, warns all corporations or nun
icipalities supplying water to consum-
ers mot to furnish this supply to your
consumers unless it be first adequately
filtered, otherwise you are to notify
the public to boil the water for a
period of thirty minutes before the
same is used for drinking or culinary
purposes. F." There is little or no dan.
ger chat the water supply here is in
fected with typhoid germs from Scran
ton; nevertheless it would be we'll to
boil all water that is used for do
mestic purposes. In fact. when in
doubt boil the water.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-01-10
APPLICATIONS IN
NORTHUMBERLAND

All the applications for liquor Ii
censes in Northumberland county have
been filed in the prothonotary's Office
at Sunbury, and the number is 463.
Shamokin is in evidence with about
100 of the applications to her credit,
while Mt Carmel, not to be outdone,
asks for 105 licensed places. Sunbury
is priding herself that her citizens
have asked for only IS licenses, or one
for about every 800 inhabitants.
Shamokin, Mt. Carmel and the ad
joining townships have about nine
tenths of the licenses in Northumber-
land county. In some localities there
is a saloon for every forty men, and all
seem to ce making prosperous liveli-
hood. Possibly an explanation can be
found in this for the fact that the
miners are always desiring higher
wages, aud that e-tenths of North
umberland's criminal cases come from
the coal region end of the county.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-01-10
"The Blood is The Life"

Science has never gone beyond the
above simple statement of scripture But
1t has Illuminated that statement and
given it meaning ever broadening with
the increasing breadth of knowledge.
When the blood is bad or impure it
is not alone the body which suffers
through disease. The brain is also
clouded, &e mind and judgement are
enected. and>Aany an evil deed or impure
thought U@~be 1<ectly traced to the
fmparasy o1the 6roaS Foul. impure blood
Gan be -mada- -QnIa by The nsa- OF DIR,
PIerce.s- Golden Medical Discovery. u
c2Liches and nQll6es The blood thereby
curing. pimples, blotches, eruptions and
other cutaneous affections, as eczema,
letter, or salt-rheum, hives and other
manifestations Of impure blood.
o o o o o o
In the cure Of scrofulous swellings, en-
larged glands, open eating ulcers, or old
sores, the Golden Medical Discovery has
performed the most marvellous cures. In
cases Of old sores, or open eating ulcers,
1t is well TO apply to the open sores DR..
Plerce's All-Healing Salve, which pos
sesses wonderful healing potency when
used az an application to the sores in con-
junction with the use Of Golden Medical
Discovery as a blood cleansing consti-
tutional treatment. II your druggist
don't happen to have the "All-Healing
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by inclosing fifty-four cents in postage
stamps to Dr. R. V. Pierce, 663 Main St.,
Buffalo, N Y, and it will come to you by
return post. Most druggists keep it as
well as the Golden Medical Discovery"
o O o O o o
You can't afford to accept any medicine
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a medicine OF KNOWN COMPOSITION,
having a complete list OF ingredients In
plain English on its bottle-wrapper, the
same being attested as correct under oath.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate
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