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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-12-15
The Man Who Thought
He Was In Love.
By LULU JOHNSON.
Copyrighted, 1908, by Associated
Literary Press.

The worst of it all was that Alice
was happy. THAT" Buick told him
self, "was the cap Of the climax
Had she been decently miserable, as
be had been ever since they had had
their quarrel, the misery that loves
company would have drawn them to-
gether, and once more the superb soil
taire which Teddy Buick had bought
with glad heart and half Of his
savings would have cleaned on Alice
Ryder's finger.
BY all precedent that very thing
should have happened, instead Of
which Alice presently became engaged
to Harvey Post, and the expression Of
gloom which had become habitual to
Ted's face deepened to a scowl. He
took to reading poetry in the long
hours of the night, and even in his
dreams he lamented his lost love.
Reproachfully he gazed upon Alice's
radiant face when he could not avoid
meeting her In Harvey's society. At
such times the sky seemed overcast,
no matter how brightly the sun shone,
and Teddy hurried home to brood over
his great grief, made the sharper by
the very apparent happiness that had
some to Alice.
The day that the wedding invitations
were issued was Teddy's field day, and
the sun was stealing through the half
closed curtains when at last he threw
off his clothes and flung himself upon
his bed to gain a brief transition from
wakeful to dreamy grief
He did not go near his Office, but late
In the afternoon his mother persuaded
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Oddities Of Color Blindness.

Color blindness. or the inability to
distinguish certain colors, is by no
means rare Incomplete color blindness
is when a person cannot distinguish
one of the fundamental colors, red,
green or violet. If person is told to
select colors resembling violet. he will
If red blind usually select blues as well
as violets. If he is green blind, he will
select green or gray, with possibly
some blues and violets of the brightest
shades Violet blindness is rare To
red blind person the American flag APP
pears to have green and white stripes,
while the white stars appear on VIC
let field To a green blind person the
stripes have the proper colors, but the
field for the stars is red violet. To
violet blind person the stripes are nor
NAL, but the stars appear to be set In
dark brownish gray field. To person
who is totally color blind the blue of
the flag appears a light yellowish
brown, while the red stripes seem to
be darker brown.
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Not retrospective.

The minister Of large parish in a
certain western diocese had for some
time been much troubled by the scan
dalous gossip that seemed to be occu-
pying the minds of portion of his
flock and after exercising a great
amount of tact and perseverance at
last succeeded in running to earth the
originator of most of the settlements
society SANDER. The guilty one was
regular attendant at the schoolhouse
services, and the minister knew that
should he take him to task personally
and individually he would inevitably
lose sheep albeit black one, so he
decided to sermonize him. According
~ a special discourse was prepared
and the following Sunday afternoon
literally hurled at the offending mem
Der as he sat on a desk in a corner of
the schoolroom. Everybody present
appeared to fully appreciate the sit
uation and at the close of the serv-
ice departed quietly and somewhat
thoughtfully for home all except the.
black sheep, who fingered to assist
''parson" to hitch up his team and to
remark: ''That were fine sermon, sir.
I'll bet that hit some on 'em pretty
hardp'-Bellman.
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N.,., ia. Eor wheeIbarrows.

Mrs. Zelia Nuttall, the archaeologist,
was making some excavations In Mex
leo. The Indians were removing the
earth some distance from the point of
excavation in the customary manner
that is, on a piece Of coarse cloth tied
between two poles. stretcher fashion,
carried by two Indians. This method
seemed rather laborious to Mrs. Nut
tall, so she ordered several iron wheel
barrows from the city. When they
arrived she turned them over to the
foreman after explaining to him what
they were for and how to use them.
Next day when she visited the work
the Indians had discarded their print
tive parihuelas and were using the
bright new wheelbarrows. AS each
barrow was filed with earth 1t was
picked up by two Indians, one using
the handles and the other the wheel,
and carried to the place where the
earth was to be deposited. All efforts
to get the Indians to use the wheel
barrows properly failed, and they kept
on carrying them until the work was
finished
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Alphab.t Of the Playhouse.

1--WE keep learning things all the
time" said an infrequent theater goer.
II stopped in front Of theater the
other day to buy a ticket OF a specu-
Jator. and asked him If he had good
single near the front
"'Here's one In o. he said, thir-
teenth row, third seat from the aisle
Now, you know, l don't carry the
relative positions Of the letters of the
alphabet In my mind all the time. l
have to work for a living and have
other things to think of. But it struck
me that o must be farther down the
line than thirteen, and so just count
ed up the letters on my finger tips, and
made o come fifteenth, and l said SO
to the ticket man, but that didn't wor-
~ him any.
There's no A in this theater,' he
said, and there's no In any orches-
ira in town
"And, having my finger tip figuring
thus handny knocked out, bought the
ticket Washington Post.
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The Readiness of Tommy.

Tommy is such a good boy" said
Mrs. Taddells to the minister as she
served the pastry you know, DR..
Choker, that pie isn't good for little
boys"
''That is very true, Mrs. Taddells,"
the minister assented. when 1 was a
boy l was not allowed to eat pastry,
and all mothers must watch their chill
dren's diet very carefully"
But am not at all harsh with Tom
my, you will understand, DOCTOR" Mrs.
Taddells went on. whenever l have
something for dessert which Tommy
cannot eat-pie, for example, give
him cents to pay for his deprivation.
And Tommy takes it so cheerfully, doc
tor. Tommy is such a dear boy, DIR.
Choker"
II am very glad to hear it, Mrs. Tad
dells No, thank you, could not think
Of eating more than one piece of pie.
excellent as it is. But am truly glad
to hear of Tommy's manliness and
cheerfulness when deprived Of pie.
suppose, Tommy" the clergyman went
on, you like pieP'
"Yessir.''
what makes you take the cents SO
cheerfully to go without?'
"Oh, with the nickel l can get
whole pie at the grocery around the
corner"
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WIN He whistIed.

Whistling is understood everywhere
to signify GOODNESS, confidence, careless
ness. These may be virtues In their
proper place. but that place is not the
society Of ones fellow creatures,
whether one be acquainted with them
or not
A boy reprimanded, servant dis
missed, goes away whistling If he
dares. He wishes to express contempt,
and he succeeds at least In engaging
his master generally A hobbledehoy
who commits some breach of the pro-
prieties commonly bursts into whis-
tie. This is to save his face, meaning
no harm. But 1t signifies 81 don't carew
which is just the reverse of the apollo
gy needed. At best it shows indiffer-
ence; at worst, as the dullest feel, In
suit and provocation.
Boswell tells little story Of whis-
ting, Illustrating the Independent sig
nifcance. johnson and he were dining
with the Duke of Argyll, who asked
gentleman present to fetch some curl
osity from another room. The gentle
man brought the wrong article. and the
duke sent him back.
The exact position of this gentleman
toward his host is undisclosed. How
ever. Boswell says: HE could not re-
fuse, but to avoid any appearance of
servility he whistled as he went out Of
the room On my mentioning this aft
erward to DR.. johnson he said 1t was
nice trait of character. Pail Mall
Gazette.
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How Mora coaxed the Tips.

A group Of women were standing in
the corridor of a summer hotel when
an aged serubwoman started upstairs
with a pail of water. Just then a
bright faced. buxom Irish chamber
maid came up.
''This looks purity heavy for the likes
Of ye," she said cheerily to the old
woman. Better let me help"
She took up the paid and whisked of
upstairs with it.
How thoughtful of Noraw Isn't
she kind?" and similar expressions
rose to the lips of the women. The
proprietor of the hotel and another
man also witnessed the incident.
"Clever girl, that Nora" said the
hotel man to his companion. "She's
always doing something like that when
there are people looking on. She gets
more tips than any two other girls in
the house. She could afford to pay me
for the privilege Of working here.
Every summer she makes enough to
spend the winter in idleness at her old
home in Ireland New York Tribune.
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The Japanese Cook.

The Japanese are most initiative
and observant people and copy every
thing they see with minute fidelity.
A Newport man engaged japanese
valet, who was very attentive and
satisfactory. His duties rarely took
him into the kitchen, but when he had
u chance of watching the cook he did
20 with extraordinary interest.
The cook caught a severe chill and
left somewhat suddenly. The lady Of
the house was in despair, as she could
not replace her. At last the valet an
nounced dif1idently that he thought be
could cook a little. and the mistress
gladly agreed to give him a trial. The
first thing he started on was the pota-
toes. He took off his shoes and socks
and put his feet in bath of hot mus
tard and water The lady wanted to
know what on earth he was doing.
He replied that he saw the cook do
that when she was peeling the pota-
toes. and nothing would persuade him
that this was not a necessary part of
Rhe process.-New York Times.
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When Elizabeth
Came.
BY CLARISSA MAcKIE.
BY CLARISSA MAcKIE.
Copyrighted. 1908, by Associated
Literary Press.

when the home is ready, Roger
send for me and 1 will come" Eliza
beth Atwood had said when her lover
babe her goodby.
Roger Blake had kissed her tenderly
and gone into the western wilderness
to make a home. He had little money,
but strong hands and the sturdy ambi-
ton that overcomes stupendous obsta-
cles.
In spite of these assets five years
passed away before the Wyoming
farm was declared to be In readiness
for q mistress.
In the east Elizabeth taught school,
sewed on her simple trousseau and
enjoyed herself as a healthy, attrac-
tive girl cannot help doing. Every
week she wrote long letter to Roger.
One August day, when the five years
had expired, Roger made a last tour
of inspection about the ranch. On dis
tant hill slopes his cattle grazed. Near
er home fields were undulating green
seas of wheat and oats. Rustling corn
fields spread away to the westward.
In the midst was the home lot, the
low house SURROUNDED by vine covered
yerandas, grassy lawn and thrifty
young trees. Flowers and shrubs had
been set out the first year with loving
care.
The farm was paying at last. The
poultry yards occupied a good acre.
They were to be Elizabeth's special
care. All the hard, drudgery work
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way, but they would not listen. But If
l can save you. darling, will have
been on time just once"
Grace gave his arm loving little
hug, which meant more to the man
than all the words she could have ut
tered. Close to each other they de-
scended $he dark stairs which led
through the servants quarters. The
rooms were deserted. and they easily
reached the back door. Hawthorne
turned and held Grace close for mo-
ment. There was no time for words
Just then. And, standing alone in the
darkness, she watched him rejoin the
ranks of fire fighters.
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and hurry away before her little
speech of thanks was half completed.
She came flying after him and reach
ed him before he had opened the gate.
you won't marry Audrey, will
your she asked pleadingly.
81 told you that l was not going to
marry any one," was the impatient
response as Ted shut the gate with a
vicious bang and started for home.
He was not yet ready to abandon
his grief, but one ray Of comfort
pierced his once pervading gloom. Ted
disliked girls who decried others. He
had never known Alice to do 1t before
Just to show Alice what he thought
Of her conduct, he escorted Audrey to
the wedding and smiled sardonically
when she caught the bridal bouquet,
unfailing sign that she was to be the
next bride.
However, Alice kissed her in con-
graduation with a warmth that little
suggested the jealousy she felt.
There were three weeks of the hon
eymoon, and Harvey was giving the
news to the new Mrs. Post after his
first trip downtown.
"Ted's going to marry Audrey Dun
bar" he announced as the choicest
morsel
$50 mother was telling me-" was
the reply. 'T expected 1t, but not so
soon"
81 didn't suppose that you would
relish such a quick desertion," said
Harvey, with laugh. But Alice only
smiled.
She smiled still more broadly when
Ted proudly escorted Audrey to call
and welcome them home. There was
an air of defiance In his manner that
was amusing to the girl who knew
him better than he knew himself, and
Ted did not realize how truthful was
Alice's declaration Audrey was the
very girl she would have picked out.
He could not tell that Alice was
counting upon his stubbornness to
make her happy by removing his re
proachful gaze. He only thought that
he had shown her that he was man
of his own action, and therein he
found great content.
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The Burlington and Bristol Steamboat
and Ferry Company

Schedule in effect $40 q. M, September ~, isOo
Subject to change.
LEAVE BRISTOL FOR BURLINGTON.
Rafiy--Exeept Saturdaysand Sunoays-
40. 800. 800, 1000, l0.4O, Ills q. m.s 1850.
$50, $50. $50, 40, $50, $40, p. m.
LEAVE BURLINGTON FOR BRISTOL.
$50 $50. $50, 100, l1.0e, 1l.so. q. M. LOO
400, 300, 400. 90, $50, $50 p M
LEAVE BRISTOL SATURDAYS.
a an sOes 900. 1890 lo4O 1l.l5, q M, 1880
l.SO, 40, 800, $40, 40, 500, 64O. ,t4o' ".4V
p. m. -
LEAVE BURLINGTON SATURDAYS.
$50. $50. $780, 1910, HOO, ll.S0, O. M 10vs
no 40. 40, 400, $780, $50, $3.50, IT'D, p. m.
LEAVE BRlsTOE SUNDAYS.
aOo. 600. l00e. lO.40 ILLS, o. M, l230s i.c
a20, 800 $40, 4.2D, 500 o 4es $40, s9.l0, p. ma
LEAVE BURLINGTON SUNDAYS.
Rso. 40. 20. HOO. ll8o o. M, LOO. AGO, 240
a2O, 400, 40 b.20. $50. $3.50. T2O, p. M
The trips marked thus Will pc WIFI
drawn on and after November 2nay Lhe iast
boat from Bristol on Saturdays ana SunQays
will leave at $40 p. M, and the last poat noM
Burlington on Saturdays and sundays VIII
The boat for the performances in the Audi
iortum will leave Bristol at TAO p. M, return-
ing will leave Burlington twenty minutes
after the performances.
December LIST, 1908, the 1000 O'CLOCK morning
trips from Bristol will be withdrawn ana the
boat will leave Bristol at $40 q. m.
Winter schedule will 60 in enect ON Mononys
December IA, 1905; sooner If there il Ice IN the
No trips Will be guaranteed in fosgy
WILLIAM e. BORON
Secretary, Treasurer and General Manage
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ON TIME.
BY JANE LEE.
Copyrighted. 1908, by Associated
Literary Press.

By JANE LEE.

A slight, girlish form enveloped in a
long, loose evening coat restlessly paced
the broad veranda of Greymere inn.
Grace O'Rourke was lovely at all
times, but tonight her Irish blue eyes
flashed an unusual brilliancy, which
made her positively Irresistible.
Better join u.s." called Elizabeth
Dwyer as the latter left the porch es-
corted by 1.-THE youth.
1t was the night of the annual mid
summer ball given to the summer
guests of Pine Grove. Grace hesitated
for a moment.
ooh, Julian will be along soon, Eliza
BETH" she cried Hes late, as usual,
but we'll meet you at the dance later"
Other couples followed the first, but
still Grace O'Rourke, the belle of Grey
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An IDOL Shattered.

Some one has said that people that
are fond Of hero worship should never
make a pilgrimage to see the hero
Here Is an Instance:
An enthusiastic young lady admirer
called on her favorite author. In
speaking of her visit she said
"I'm sorry saw him. He didn't
look at all like an author-no long.
wavy hair; no dreamy expression; no
eyes fixed on the stars as If to read
the secrets of the heavens; no musical,
low nothing to suggest the
genius No, l found him leaning on
the garden gate, in his shirt sleeves,
swearing at grocery boy! And his
hair was close cropped, and he looked
as If he hadn't shaved in a week. He
was the most terribly human specimen
l ever saw."-Atlanta Constitution.
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riding out of the canyon. Her face
was prettily tanned, and her broad
brimmed hat made an effective frame
for her lovely face.
MAY l congratulate you today?"
she asked brightly.
Roger shook his head slowly, and
for the first time she noted the tense,
drawn look about his pleasant mouth
and the misery Of his haggard eyes.
"You have heard-I hope 1t is not
bad news?' she said, with that frank
friendliness he had found so attrac
tive In her before.
He drew letter from his pocket
and extracted a newspaper clipping.
That's all the explanation I've had,
he said bitterly.
"Married-to some one else-to
James Farnham-how very stranger
she said In low, agitated voice.
why is it strange? Do you know
the manr demanded Roger eagerly.
The girls face whitened, and look
of distress came into her eyes.
Don't tell me anything If it pains
you" said Roger gently.
81 must. You see, | was engaged to
him. and he Tilted me for another girl.
1 didn't know her name until now.
l couldn't stand it, and so ran away.
but now She paused and dreamy
contentment replaced the pain in her
face.
"Now?'
"Of course he couldn't be worth be-
ing very sorry about. after all! And
life is so good here-so clean and free.
love it."
$50 do l." said Roger sincerely. "And
about that other, l don't believe it is
worthy of great sorrow. Shall we gal
lop?"
-
Months afterward Elizabeth came to
reign as mistress of Rogers home. But
1t was not Elizabeth Atwood.
1t was that other Elizabeth who
came to him in his great trouble and
who, forgetting her own sorrow, sought
to comfort him. And in the end each
found a loyal, deep loving heart, and
the home in the wilderness sheltered
them as the man who builded 1t had
dreamed
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Had Poor Sight.

New Boy (rather inquisitive)-What
did the other lad leave for, sir?
Master-For having defective eye
sight at times, my boy.
New Boy-Why. sir, have seen him
since. Apparently, then. his eyesight
was all right. 1t seems rather curious.
sir.
Well, my boy, at various
times when taking money from Gus
toners he could not see the till.-Lon-
don Answers.
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The wiokadast Rit of Sea.

Nine out of ten travellers would tell
inquirers that the toughest piece of
water is that cruel stretch in the Eng
lish channel. and nine out Of ten trav-
elers would say what was not true.
AS a matter of fact, 1.-The wickedest
bit Of sea" is not in the Dover strait or
in yachting, for example, from St Jean
de Luiz up to Pauillac or across the
Mediterranean trace" from Cadiz to
Tangier, nor is it In rounding Cape
Horn, where there is what sailors call
true" sea. The "wickedest sea" is
encountered IN rounding the Cape of
Good Hope for the eastern ports of
Cape Colony.
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The Pole star.

Ursa Major and Ursa Minor are
known also as the triones and as the
Greater Vain and the Lesser Vain. 1t
Is curious to note that the larger con-
stellation was given the figure of the
bear by the Arabs and by the Iroquois
red men. The assumed forms are or
dinarily fanciful, and the identity Of
the names in this instance affords food
or speculation Homer uses both bear
and vain (wagon) in his references to
these stars. 1t is evident that the
name bear was a translation from
some original Aryan language, as the
constellation is called in Sanskrit
riksha, a word that in different gen
ders means both a bear and a star. OF
course the polar star in the tail of Ursa
Minor is the CONSULTATIONS point Of
glory In this case we may say fairly
that the tail wags the dog, because the
group of stars was once called the
dogs tail, or cynosure. From that we
have our word cynosure, that toward
which all eyes turn, as to the dogs
tail for sight of the pole star.-Minne-
apolis Tribune.
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Training canarles.

In the canary breeding establish
ments of Germany only the male birds
are valued, because the females never
sing. The method of training the birds
to sing is to put them in room where
there is an automatic whistle, which
they all strive to initiate. The breeder
listens to the efforts of the birds and
picks out the most apt pupils, which
are then placed in another room for
further instruction. These are the best
singers and ultimately fetch high
nricpS
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Our Own MinstreIs.

Tambo-Mistah Walkah, kin yo' tell
me de diffunce tween waif an an
apartment house?
Interlocutor = give it up. jerry jerry.
What is the difference between waif
and an apartment house?
Tambe-De one am a homeless kid
an de uddah am kidless home.
Observation-Disclosures and gentlemen,
Professor Howlan High Eenah. the re-
nowned tenor, Will now sing his great
topical song, 81 Love Him, Mamma;
He Looks Like Fido!'- Chicago Trib-
me
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Hobo-No, madam, l am neither
Socialist nor an anarchist. 1 am pas
sive altruist. Housekeeper-And what
in the name Of common sense is that?
Hobo-I believe in being helped all ]
can.-Boston Transcript.
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Thu Means to the End.

Mrs. Benham-Why does man hate
his mother-in-lawf Benham-Oh, he
doesn't hate her; he simply hates to
think Of the way she got into his fam
9Harper's Weekly.
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Tn. Modsrn Husband.

Mrs. Knicker-We are to have thou
sand foot skyscraper Mrs. Bocker-I
suppose that means that Henry will be
detained at the Office 500 feet later
Harper's Weekly.
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Cautious.

Prospective Best Man-Got the mar
rage license yet? Prospective Bride
groom-No; I'm not going to get that
until the last thing She may go back
on me.-Chicago Tribune.