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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-08-13
A SILLY TRAGEDY.
The Duel Between Tom Porter and
Sir Henry Belasis.

The Duel Between Tom Porter and
Sir Henry Belasis.
Some Of the royalists who were
forced to endure the English common
wealth seemed to console themselves
for the dullness of life under Puritan
government by fighting as many duels
they could compass, so that ignoble
squabbles and foolish plots make up
the history of their days.
Tom Porter was of a family which
had zealously served the king. Under
the new government his occupation was
gone, and he descended to a triviality
of life which finally involved him In a
most pathetic event. This was a duel
which he fought with his friend, Sir
Henry Bellasis, and which, says Pepys
in his "Diary," Is worth remembering
for 1.-The Stiffness of the quarrel,
kind of emblem of the general COM
plexion of the whole kingdom"
But, silly as the quarrel undoubtedly
was, it carried in it an element of heart
break.
The two young men involved were
I1lCl10S COlLpduIOuS, Out
one day, being merry in company"
Tom Porter said he should like to see
the man in England who would dare
give him blow. With that Sir Henry
Bellasis struck him box on the ear.
The inevitable duel followed, wherein
each was wounded Sir Henry proved
to be seriously hurt, so he called Por-
ter, kissed and babe him fly.
For" said he TON, thou hast hurt
me, but will make shift to stand upon
my legs till thou mayest withdraw, for
would not have thee troubled for
what thou hast done"
Porter profited by his friends gener-
osity and escaped to France. Sir Henry
died few days later, and Pepys con-
cludes, 1T is pretty to see how the
world do talk of them as couple Of
fools that killed one another out of
love"
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The king Of Aga is called "the king
of kings, whom all other sovereigns
obey; the cause of the preservation of
all animals; the regulator Of the sea-
sons; the master of the seas ebb and
flow; brother to the sun; lord of the
moon; king of the twenty-four um-
brellas."
The king of the little principality of
N'Sredu Is addressed by his eleven
courtiers on state occasions as ''sov-
ereign Of the universe, whose body is
as luminous as the sun; whom God
created to be as accomplished as the
moon at her full; whose eyes glitter
like the north star; king as spiritual
as a ball Is round; he who when he
rises shades all the people of the
earth'~
The maharajah of Kapurthala is Of
ficially known as emperor of the
earth, possessor of the white elephant,
owner of the two earrings, legitimate
heir of Pegu and Brahma, ruler of the
twelve provinces of the world, master
of the twelve kings, lord of ALL
Philadelphia Bulletin.
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Success Out of Failure,

when you are abroad" said a Jour
nalist, you will find in your English
newspaper that every telegraphic re-
port is credited to Reuters agency.
Reuter- supplies all the telegraphic
news over there, as the Associated
Press supplies it over here.
Nov, listen to this story.
werner Won Siemens a German
electrical engineer, was commissioned
In 1850 to lay the first telegraph line
between Verviers and Cologne. While
ne was laying this cable pretty wo-
man came to him and besought him to
desist. The telegraph, she said, with
tears in her fine eyes, would ruin her
husbands business and reduce him TO
penury. His business was the conduct
OF huge and successful pigeon post
between Brussels and Aix-la- Chapelle.
S1emens advised the young woman's
husband to convert his pigeons into
pie and to go to London and start a
news agency there. He would give
him, he said, valuable introductions.
THE man went to London and start
ed a news agency. His name was
Reuter-. In a few short years. so sue
cessful was his new line of work, he
had become baron and a millionaire.
So, when you see Reuters name a
dozen times in every English news
paper, think Of his ruined pigeon post
and take to heart the lesson that new
inventions do not harm, but help, those
who have intelligence, industry and a
pretty wife. Duluth Herald.
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ALExANDRlAN LIBRARY.
The Greatest Literary Treasure That
the World Has Lost

The Greatest Literary Treasure That
the World Has Lost
Perhaps the largest and most valu-
able of literary treasures the world
has lost was the Alexandrian library.
This collection, the most remarkable
of the ancient world, is said to have
contained in its most f1ourishing period
100000 or, according to others, 7OO,-
600 manuscripts. Its royal founder
collected from all nations their choic-
est compositions. We are told that one
Of his successors went so far as to re-
fuse 10 supply the Athenians with
wheat until they had given him the
original manuscripts of Eschylus.
Sophocles and Euripides. When Ju-
Illus Caesar laid siege to the city the
greater portion of this library was de
stroyed by fire. 1t was later replaced
by the collection presented to Queen
Cleopatra by Mark Antony But II
was not destined to endure long.
When the Emperor Theodosius the
Great In 391 A. D. ordered the destruc-
ton of all heather temples within the
Roman empire. the Christians, led by
the Archbishop Theophilus, did not
spare that of Jupiter, In which were
kept the literary treasures. From this
general destruction about 1000 manu-
scripts escaped, only to be burned in
Gao by Saracens under the Caliph
Omar.-Argonaut.
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He was standing in front of the cir
cular elevator Indicator in one of the
Office buildings, watch in hand. 1t was
the morning after, and l suppose that
he had forgotten to concern himself
with the frivolous detail of winding
his timepiece the previous evening.
His equilibrium was far from stable,
ana his eyes. unsteadily following the
Indicator hand, bllnked with efforts at
comprehension as he tried to set his
watch.
"'Diculous clock hic)-very 'musing
(hic)-very fast pace we live (hic)
thcsh days Nic)-pretty fast fer my
ole timer Chic)-'d iculous-can't seem
t catch 1t Observation-Disclosures you are
gone again (hic). Pshaw!-'diculous
clock"
left Linn still trying to get his
watch tito conformity with the speed
ing indie .or-Boston Traveller.
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Degraded Tea DRINKING,

1t would not be quite correct to say
that tea drinking was ever actually IL
legal IN Britain, but serious attempts
were made to stop its consumption by
prohibitive duties and popular preju-
dice. 1t appears to have been first pub
licly sold in England as a decoction al
Garraway's coffee house, in Exchange
alley. A duty of Is pence per gal
lon was then put on the decoction,
and this was subsequently changed for
one of shillings pound on the leaf.
Its qualities were little known, and
agitations We're attempted with the OBJ
ject of getting its consumption made IL
legal. The practice of tea drinking,
however, spread rapidly, especially
among ladies, but popular prejudice
was still very strong against it, and
to ask for cup of tea after dinner,
Instead of wine, was to incur the sus-
picion of being addicted to an I'M
healthy anc degrading habit-London
Mail.
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When he so wished, Mdrifngton
could be very charming, and now he
was eXerting himself to the full Mrs.
Surrey became gracious, and the up
shot was that Mornington accepted an
invitation to tea, when he might make
his apology in person to Nancy Rich
mond.
So successful was he that the next
morning when he went to pick his own
berries he fingered to help her fill her
pan The berry season passed all too
quickly, but there were other fruits,
and soon there was a well trodden
path from Mornington's porch to the
doorway of Studio farm. He went
with the girls on field trips, and
in the pleasant summer evenings he
took his guitar and spent the even
ing on their porch.
Nancy remained his favorite, and the
day before they were to break up and
return to town he volunteered to help
pack.
Come down to the orchard" he sug-
gested to Nancy, land get some apples
to take back. They will help you to
think of the old place while they last"
Nance caught up her sunbonnet
The basket they carried was soon filed
with rosy checked fruit, but Morning
ton showed no disposition to return to
the house. He leaned against the tree
and looked over the strawberry beds.
I'm going to put up sign he
said, with smile, $50 that Terrence
cannot rent my property or 1 accuse
some one else of theft"
You were awfully cross that morn
ing" she said, with a reminiscent smile.
II remember l rushed back to the
house and declared that l would not
stay in the horrid place another day"
Were you sorry you changed your
mind?" he asked softly
Not after you found that 1 was not
a thief"
But you are" he persisted. "You
stole my heart"
II might say the same of you," she
declared as he took her hand.
"'Set a thief to catch a thief" he
quoted. Have l caught you, dear?"
Il guess you have" she confessed,
though you don't deserve to-
"And next season we will share the
Strawberries" he declared. 1T will
be joint ownership them
She smiled into his eager eyes, and
then the sunbonnet eclipsed his face.
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At the :
Summer TEMPLE
School. DAl-N''
Copyrighted, 1907, BY Mary McKeon.

, Copyrighted, 1907, by Mary McKeon. {
D~~~~-~~o~~Oo
Zone, two, three; one, two, three"
counted the teacher, taking steps
daintily on the tips of her slippered
toes.
The class in advanced dancing fol-
lowed her with more or less precision.
At the head of the line Margaret Nor
ton, secure in the proficiency acquired
by three years of training in the sum-
mer school, flung back her pretty head
and smiled at the awkward young man
in the opposite row.
At the foot of the line poor little
Mary Cobb, teacher in a district
school, with ambitions toward a phys
ical dictatorship in the state normal,
struggled with the intricacies Of the
new steps and blushed and blushed as
she felt the eyes of the class upon her.
One, two, three; one, two, three"
counted the teacher again. The music
played a lifting measure, and the pu-
pills swung acro-s the floor in the
mazes of a folk dance.
Most of them did it well, but Mary
and the awkward young man hoped
up and down, this way and that, and
came together at last out of step, out
OF time, out of everything breathIess,
discouraged, disheveled.
It's DREADFUL Mary gasped.
You are doing it nicely" the pant
Ing young man encouraged her
"Oh, Pm notr' The words came with
a sob. II dance like-like a hippo
potamus."
"You couldn't" His eyes rested with
appreciation on the delicate flushed
face, the loosened yellow hair. You're
too too little and graceful" He
stammered over the words, as If COM
pliments did not come easily.
Tn not graceful" she said. Look
at that lovely creature at the head of
the line"
Seeing their eyes upon her, Marga-
ret Morton nodded to them, smiling.
She was feeling very complacent. Her
natty gymnasium suit was of black
satin, and her hair shone like copper
In the strong light She pitied that
little girl at the foot of the line in the
blue flannel suit. But the young man
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Death Touched neh4ors

or course the man didn't look at it
that way, but his bereavement was
really source of financial gain. It
was son who died, boy of thirteen.
He was killed in street accident. The
fatality touched the public heart
strangely. He had been a popular boy,
and his death aroused the sympathy
Of the neighbors for blocks around.
The father was a small tradesman,
who went on the principle that all
mankind was honest. He trusted right
and left. He had become creditor to
two-thirds of the people in the neigh
borhood Many of those debtors were
sharks who, either because Of finan-
cial disability or naturally dishonest
propensities, probably had no intention
of ever paying up, but with the news
of the lads death all experienced a
change of heart. When the shop re-
opened after the funeral, the dazed
proprietor entertained a stream of
callers.
Il am so sorry" they said, one and
all. Then they added, half sheepishly,
Il owe you so and so,' and planked
down the money.
In some cases the shopkeeper got
money that had been due more than a
year, and he piled up dollars in cash
that. only for the sympathy called
forth by his bereavement, would have
been dead loss.-New York Press.
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ESTABLISH ED 1875

ideals. Mary told of her plans to teach
in the normal, and the Awkward
Young Man confessed to an ambition
to instruct physically the youths of
the Y. M. G. A. of his town.
AS the afternoon waned they talked.
as young people will, of other things.
The Awkward Young Man contended
that it is not good for man to live
alone, and Mary admitted TREMENDOUSLY
that ambition does not fill a woman's
life.
But it was not until the next day
that the final word was said
zone, two, three; one, two, three"
counted the teacher, and Mary and the
Awkward Young Man wound in and
out and in and out and came carefully
and correctly through the first difficult
figure
How well we did that!' Mary said
as they stopped at the other end of
the room.
Her hands were still in his. He drew
her slightly toward him. eff we might
be together always" he whispered.
Margaret Morton was watching them
as she stood alone at the other side of
the room.
Let me CO." Mary protested, blush
Ing beautifully, but leaving her hands
in his
Il shall never let you CO." he de-
clared, with smile of triumph, as the
music began again, and he swung her
with him into the last inspiring figure
Of the folk dance.
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BUYING OLD RIDDLES.
Many Fine Instruments Have Been
Picked Up Cheap.

Many Fine Instruments Have Been
Picked Up Cheap.
Great numbers Of fine old violins and
violoncellos that come into the high
class market of London are procured
through the medium of advertisements
inserted In obscure country papers
and especially those of ancient cathe-
dral cities.
OF course few of the f1ddles thus OBJ
tanned are veritable masterpieces, but
great many of them are fine exam
pies Of early English and foreign max
ers, and they are often bought for RI
diculously small prices by a group of
experts, who have brought the bust
ness to lucrative system. Many u
struggling family of long descent, in
some out of the way part of the coun-
Try, happens to see in the one county
newspaper of the week that good
prices are given for old fiddles, and
some long forgotten instrument in a
lumber room or put away on shelf
suddenly comes to mind.
Correspondence follows. The dealer
die spoken of may be sent to him and
examined. and he usually replies that
the instrument sent is dilapidated and
but $3.50 generally, but that he is WILL
ing to give 30 shillings or e. for it. In
great many cases the offer is ac-
copied offhand, and in this way most
of the finest fiddles extant of the Sec
ond class come into the hands of deal
ers. Gnly lately a cello that came
from a Shropshire farm at the price
Of f2 sold the same day to west
end dealer for nearly E1OO.
One of the most shrewd and respect
ed of all these dealers was until a
year or two ago humble member Of
the orchestra of London suburban
theater. He began to advertise In re-
mote papers to the greatest limits of
his scanty wages and is now one Of
the most extensive and prosperous
dealers in the trade.-London Tit-Bits
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Buck his beer Twice he treated her
to ice cream when some of the other
girls were near, and, under the warm
ing influence of his admiration, Sally's
wan face became transformed, and
even one of the shipping clerks stop
ped to speak a few words to her.
Respectfully she turned away when
Buck finally suggested that it was
time to go and that they knew how
to get there again. She could have
stayed there until the lights were put
out, but Buck was not minded to let
her lose too much sleep, and the
caught a car before the crowd was
ready to start back to the city.
He gave signal to the conductor
before they reached their corner, and
Sally followed him protestingly from
the car
II know we amt home yet" he ad-
mitted, but l want to show you some
thin"
He took her arm through his and
led her to the windows of the Install
ment Bazaar company.
Pretty, amt it?" he asked, in IN
conscious repetition Of their first meet
ing. Say, know fiat that furniture
will just fit. l get eighteen per, and
get it every week. If you're scary,
here's the firm work for. They'll tell
you I'm sober and all right. What do
you say, little girl? Can't you see
yourself in that kitchen gettin' supper
ready for me long about 6 o'clock"
"Me?" Sallys voice was awed.
why, Buck, you amt known me
more'n three days.
~"That's enough he declared. 81
know you enough to know you're the
girl want You said the other night
was slow. l amt so slow when the
right girl comes along. VIII you make
it a go, dearest? Honest, love you"
Sally's starved little heart swelled
with emotion. Her colorless life had
suddenly grown rosy. These two cast
Always of the city had found each 9th
er, and love had followed quickly.
you amt slow for cent" she con-
coded admiringly. Say, Buck, that
Kitchens most as lovely as the park"
''Then it's 'yesY" he demanded as
his breath came quickly.
Stupid" said Sally, but it sounded
like a caress, and Buck understood.
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the Burlington and Bristol &eansbOa
Ferry Company.

Schedule in effect $40 a. m, June 18th, 1907
Subject TO change.
LEAVE BRISTOL FOR BURLINGTON.
Daily-Except Sundays and Saturdays.
$40, $780, *9.Ol, 5000, 1000, *lll5 a. M, $3.50
s1.s0, $3.50 $780, $3.50, $3.50, $40. 40 p. m.
LEAVE BURLINGTON FOR BRISTOL.
$50, $3.50, $3.50, 5000 *ll.OO, ll.3O a. m., 100
900. *3.OO, 400, 500, $50. 6.5U, 7.50 p. m.
LEAVE BRISTOL SATURDAYS.
$40 $780, 900, *l00O *lO.4O, Ills a. m, l23O
$780, s22O 300, $40, 40. $780, $40, $40, *740
500, l000 ll.00 p m.
LEAVE BURLINGTON SATURDAYS
$780, $3.50, 1880, 1920 ll.OO, *ll30 a. M, *lOO
300, *24O, $780, *IUU s4.4U, 5.U, $50, $50, 100
$50, 1870, lilo p IN.
LEAVE BRISTOL SUNDAYS.
500 $780, ST co. 5000, ILLS a. M, az 30, sl30
*2.30 $780, $40, *42U, $780, $40, $40, 7.2U 500
800 1000, li.OO p. m.
LEAVE BURLINGTON SUNDAYS.
1880, $3.50, sl0.2O. *llOO 100 a. M, $780, 400
*4U, s3.2, *4.OO, k44O, to.2, go, 66U, 740, $50
49, 1880, lilo p. m.
Notes-Read Carefully.
Trips marked with a star will stop at Bur
lingion Island Park, and when there are three
or more passengers for the Park the boat viii
stop ON other trips. Passengers who desire tt
leave the Park Will notify the wharf tender
who Will raise the signal flag for the boat
from Bristol.
trip the schedule will he same as Sunday
schedule.
August q 1907, the 1000 o'clock morning trip
from Bristol VIII be withdrawn and the boat
will leave Bristol at $40 q.
The boat for the performances in the Audi
forum Will leave Bristol at 7.40 p. m return
ing viii leave burlington twenty minutes
after the performances.
No trips will be guaranteed in foggy weather
WILLIAM E. DORON.
Secy, Treas. and Genl Manager
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Buck Briggs
SlOWneSs.
By LULU JOHNSTON.

Copyrighted, 1907. by NJ. NJ. Cunningham. {
Sally loitered along looking into the
Shop windows. All the hot day she
had bent over the clacking machine
until eyes and back and head alike
ached from the noise and strain. The
other girls had hurried from the shop
when the gong had struck. Some of
them had engagements for trolley
rides for the evening and were in
hurry to be dressed and Off Others
made haste to reach home for supper.
Sally had neither of these reasons for
haste. Her thin, white face did not at
tract the few men she knew. They
never invited her anywhere, and the
streets were at least cooler than the
stuffy little room that she called home.
She knew that presently she must
make her. coffee and fry her single
chop over the tiny oil stove that filed
but by walking slowly she delayed
that time as long as possible.
She gave a little gasp as she came
before the installment bazaar win
dows. Instead of the rolls of wall
paper and carpets, the ''nobbys' parlor
sets and iron bedsteads, the four big
windows of the store were got up
to represent the four rooms of flat,
card in each window stating the cost
of the equipment to be $40 down and
S. month for an unspecified time.
Sally passed from the plush elegance
of the parlor to the simplicity of the
bedroom and the coy dining room
with real sideboard, but it was
against the glass inclosing the kitchen
that she fiattened her pudgy nose the
longest.
The domestic instinct was strong
within her, and this array of cleaning
pots and pans. the glitter of the cheap
china and the plated knives and forks
fascinated her. If she only had a
kitchen like that, instead of the one
burner oil stove on the soap box at the
foot of her narrow cot! She drew her
breath sharply and exhaled it in long
sigh.
mice, amt it?' Sally looked up in
alarm, but there was nothing in the
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The Failing Memory,

The memory is the most easily IA
tigued Of all our mental faculties. This
would seem almost to follow from the
very nature Of this faculty. To recall
an impression already stored up in the
brain necessarily involves effort. Ev-
cry student knows that after a few
hours work the memory loses its pow
err and further effort becomes unprof-
table. 1t is consistent with this view
that the memory Is the faculty which
first decays with the advance of age.
With many persons this enfeeblement
sets in before middle life is past.
Events known to us in youth, when
memory was fresh and strong, can be
recalled in old age. while the things
that happened yesterday readily slip
into oblivion
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How a Flea Jumps.

1t is sai that flea leaps 200 times
It's height, and while 1t usually does
land on its feet. it often fails, especial
ly when II falls on a perfectly smooth
surface, Where the claws can get only
a slight lold. A flea has six legs
whose great length and bulk make
them so heavy that they must be a
great help in keeping their owner right
side up when it makes one Of those
gigantic jumps. and when it lands up
side down or in some other way its
ability to Lick is so great that not more
than one wriggle is needed to set things
right A 1ea's wings are mere scales
and of 10 use. But small and WORTH
less as they are, they tell the entomolo-
gist something about the proper CLASH
fication of the insect To the flea itself
they have no value.-St. Nicholas.
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Catching a
Thief.
BY JUDSON WELLEs.
copyrighted, 1907, by Homer sprague.

Z Copyrighted, 1907, by Homer Sprague. Z
O-~Ooo~N
Mornington scowled at the tiny dish
of berries before his plate. Sam, his
dusky man, smiled apologetically.
"Ahm dom my bes'," he declared.
"Ah shuah would LAX to kotch EN-"
Same here" declared Mornington.
"You don't suppose that the people
next door take them do you, Sam?"
Sam shook q knowing head. The
young ladies, he declared, could not
be guilty of such depredations. Ever
since they had moved In they had ia
vored Sam with sunny smiles as they
passed his yard on the way to the post
office. Sam was their secret slave.
With Mornington it was different
He had resented the appearance of this
little colony on the next farm. There
were six of them, five girls and an
elderly woman, who apparently chap
eroned them. Gossip said that they