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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-12-08

If the Medical Record is right, man
is pursuing in the matter OF bodily
weight whal is bad for him, common
trick, and woman pines for physical
ideal that would mean long life If
achieved, something rare indeed for
women to do. Most men struggle to
be fat. Most women diet to be lean,
DR.. Brandreth Symonds draws from a
study Of life insurance weights that
people past the age Of thirty live long
er If below normal weight than they
do If at or above standard. Heart dis
ease is as rare among the underfat as
1t is common with the heavy folk, and
this is true also of Bright's disease.
apoplexy, paralysis, cerebral conges-
lions and cirrhosis of the liver. Only
in pneumonia and tuberculosis do the
underweights carry greater risk. In
all the cases which he examined DR..
Symonds found not single fat man
who reached the age of eighty years,
while forty-four short weights passed
this mark.
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FINDING
FRANCES.
BY CARL WILLIAMS.
Copyrighted, 1903, by Associated
Literary Press.

Miss Pollard! This is a surprise in
deedI l supposed that you were out
west"
Christopher Brooks, boarding the fast
train in Philadelphia, motioned to the
porter to place his suit case in the Sec
ton occupied by Frances Pollard and
sank into the seat beside her in re-
Spouse to the mute invitation in her
eyes.
Il am to visit old school friends .
explained the girl. 1T is my first visit
to New York"
"And you never let me know that
you were comingw Chris tones were
laden with reproach.
How could IT' defended the girl.
"In spite of the ;act that you did not
answer my last letter, l wrote you that
I was coming east and that 1 should
be glad to have you meet me at the sta
ton in Chicago and visit between
trains"
''ChicagoY echoed Chris. 81 went to
New York six months ago. l wrote
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The Old lime Shawl

The shawl was originally not wo-
mans garment exclusively, for the
Scotch highlander has his tartan plaid,
and the men of northern Italy still
wear a cloak which is very little more
than a shawl There can be no ques-
ton that the shawl is more useful and
more picturesque as an article of attire
than the close fitting coats both men
and women now wear. The shawl
could in case of emergency be used to
protect two persons or to wrap a child
In or as an extra bed covering. It's
fashion did not change every three
months, and it could be used and
passed down in the family until it was
worn out Nowadays the only time
when such articles are used is when
people are making an ocean trip or
travelling In Europe Travelling rugs, 1"
which are nothing more or less than
mems heavy shawls, are extremely
English, and for travellers they are
considered very proper and desirable.
but outside of a steamer, train or car
rage no one who cares for what peo-
pie will say would be seen with one
Argonaut
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English as She Is Uttered.

what is the cabbage?" inquired the
departing patron, who wished to go to
the railway station from the hotel
whats the whatT' exclaimed the
clerk, losing his clutch on the perfect
English he usually handed over the
counter.
whats the cabbage2 said
81 know you did, but do not quite
get your meaning"
"Oh, you don't? You know what
cabbage is, don't your
81 guess I've seen enough of it to
know. l used to live IN the suburbs
Of Chicago"
"well, what is it from here to the
depot?"
''I suppose it is just what it is every
where else-that is, vegetable
which
The departing patron interrupted
with violence.
saw, say" he protested, lyon ought
to be plowed under or fortified or
something. Cabbage is cab fare, amt
it?'-Lippincott's Magazine.
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rh. Man hi tha House.

The hour was midnight In the home
of the Ramscatters. The family con-
sisted Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ramscatter and
their young son, George, almost at the
age Of maturity. All had retired when
suddenly a loud yell penetrated the
air.
There's a man In the house"
The alarm awakened mother and IA
Their. They jumped up, screaming:
where? Where?"
"Here!"
1t was Georges voice. Ramscatter
proceeded cautiously across the hall to
his sons room with a revolver in one
hand. He was followed by his wife.
George, are you injuredT" shouted
the father.
"There's a man in the house" came
the reply.
Ramscatter prepared to fire as he
threw open the door.
II don't see any manw he exclaimed
as he flashed on the electric lights.
Hes right here" answered the son.
"What do you mean, GeorgeT
81 mean that it's now five minutes
after IL o'clock. Today is my birth
day, and I'm twenty-one years old
Bohemian Magazine.
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A titled Englishman while in New
port talked most entertainingly to a
group of ladies' about ancestral pride.
Ancestral pride is an excellent
thing" he Gaid, "but there are better
things. We have long felt in Great
Britain that there are better things. |
heard the sentiment rather neatly ex-
pressed last season by duchess. Hers
is a great family, but she was talking
to a young marquis. whose family Is
incomparably greater He is a rather
worthless, lazy, dissipated young mar
quis, and he boosted to the duchess
about his people.
81 am very proud of my ancestry
you know he ended.
eyes said the duchess, and you
have cause to be, but l wonder how
your ancestry would feel about youf >
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rIed him across before. One of the
deck hands regarded him curiously as
he passed.
"Ain't you the fellow what paid his
fare to me to stay on the boat couple
of trips ago?' he demanded.
Chris nodded, and the man grinned
II thought you was" he continued
There was lady down here looking
for you this last trip. l remembered
you went right back, and l sent her on
to Twenty-third street She didn't
have the price of her fare" he added
meaningly. and again the grateful
Chris passed out a coin.
Funny you didn't see her." unused
the man as he slipped the money into
his pocket. ''She was on the boat
when we landed. 1 told her to take a
look around and then make for the
Twenty-third street slip.
Il was looking in the waiting room
for her." explained Chris. II guess
It'll be all right now"
But things were far from all right
When Chris leaped from the boat at
the uptown landing, the doorman who
had spoken to him before laughed
loudly as he caught sight Of the pant
ing and perspiring traveller
81 told you to wait on the Jersey
side" he cried "The girl came back.
and 1 told her you were down there
waiting The man on one of the Cort-
landt street boats sent her up here
while was sending you back. told
her to sit there in the shed this time
for an hour and I'd find you some
how. Better stay on this boat. The
fares 3 cents. You owe ticket for
her too. She didn't have any money
Chris passed over dollar. Keep
the change; it's worth It," he said, and
he went back on the boat
Fifteen minutes later the crowd
surged off the boat in a rush for the
trains, and Chris went with the tide of
humanity until it separated toward the
various gates
AS he turned to search the seats a
pair of soft arms went about his neck,
and he looked down into Frances
crimson face.
st didn't mean to do that" she cried
''but l was so afraid I'd lose you again
if l didn't grab right hold Of you"
81 like il" declared Chris. II thought
| never should find you"
That's the way it seemed to me, .
she confessed. 81 never was so glad to
see any one in my life. A fat woman
came in between us, and when l look.
ed around to find you there were two
men who looked so like you that
wasn't certain which was really you.
They were both going toward the up
town boat, and l followed them"
Chris transferred the valise to the
hand that carried his suit case, and
with the other he grasped her arm.
I'm not going to lose you this time, y
he announced II don't want ever to
lose you again, Fanny. May / keep
you always?"
What he saw in her eyes caused him
to lean over and kiss her
Everybody kisses everybody else at
the railroad station" he explained as
he led the way to the boat. "And they
haven't half my excuse. I've found
you twice inside Of two hours"
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Modarr Ambition.

''If you are real good boy and
study hard" perhaps when you grow
up you can become president"
81 don't want to be president"
"Why, Johnny, am surprised. Ev-
cry boy should aspire to that position"
s'Not for me-"
''why not?''
"Oh, I'd rather be catcher In league
team. It's lots more fun; besides, you
don't have to be good when you are
boy to get to be that"
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M06sMOUNTA
PRINCESS.
BY JEROME SPRAGUE.
Copyrighted, 1908, by Associated
Literary Press.

Far up on the mountain Leslie heard
her singing, and he smiled as he recog-
nized a song that he had taught her
She was still singing as she danced
down the broad aisles of the forest to
ward little stream where he was fish
ing.
You look like a dryad," Leslie said
''in that gray green gown, but dryads
don't sing songs from the latest music
al comedy"
Its a pretty song" she said grave
ly, land l should like to see the COM
edy."
IF you will let me take you to town
you can see everything" he informed
her.
She laughed. THAT'S the seventh
time in seven days that you have ask
ed me to marry you And l will al
ways tell you that am welded to the
mountains
''You are welded to an idea. You
think that you can be happy all your
life living up here, but you can't"
You think 1 should be happier with
your
II know it." he said eagerly.
She shook her head.
'But l shouldn't be free. Here l am
mistress Of my own domain. There
is no one but old Aunt Dolly and I'm
Gle Fred to consider, and as long as
they have a comfortable f1reside and
the magazines and novels that I order
from town they are content. And my
servants are the mountain people. For
the rest, have the birds and the
bees and the butterflies"
Leslie's eyes twinkled. And how
long have you lived alone with the
birds and the butterfiesT
"Since May" she told him.
"And now it Is October. What OF
the winter days that are coming,
when the birds fly south and the but
terf1ies die and the bees lie close in
the hollow treesY
Then there viii be the beauty Of the
dead forests and the snow on the
mountain side and the winter skies
and the freedom"
He smiled at her. THAT means SO
much to you-freedom."
She nodded. "If you had known my
life as child Mother was SO unhap
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dear heart"
The tears were on her cheeks. 81
can't PROMISE" she sobbed Some
thing seems to hold me back. But
could not let you go without telling
you that cared"
All that winter Leslie waited for his
summons, so secure was he in her ulti-
mate need of him. But the winter
passed. and the spring, and the sum-
mer came again and the fall, and once
more the woods were red and gold and
green, and still he had heard nothing
from her.
And one day he said to himself: 81
must go to her. Surely if she loves
me she will say Yes"
1t was raining as he assembled the
mountain, and the leaves were sodden
under the horses feet Fear seemed to
clutch at his heart as he came to the
bungalow, where a single spot of light
shone out through the gathering dark
ness.
He crept to the window and gazed
In and saw her sitting before her big
fire alone, a little wasted figure in a
white gown.
1t seemed as If his heart stopped
beating as he hurried through the hall
and came into the room where she sat.
Dear" he said, and she stood up,
with little cry, and then his arms
were about her. and she was sobbing
wildly.
"Then why didn't you send for me?"
he demanded.
Because l couldn't ask you to marry
me when 1 was Ill and ugly, when
would not when l was well, could I?'
she asked. II took cold last winter,
and then there was pneumonia, and
now they keep me shut In. All sum-
mer and all the spring and fall have
watched from the windows. I knew if
you came you would set me free, but
couldn't write and burden you with
my woes"
''In sickness and in health" he quot
ed-"isn't that what they say in the
marriage service, dear? And now lis
ten. You are to get well at once We
will go to the desert, and we will live
in the sunshine, and we will start to-
morrow"
She smiled up at him. "How good it
seems" she said, ito hear you say it so
masterfully! If you knew how ! have
longed for some one to carry me of"
And a month later as she sat in front
Of her tent on the dry plain and the
wind ruffled her hair and brought the
pink Of returning health to her cheeks
her husband said, $50 the little wild
bird came back to her cage"
She shook her head and reached out
her hand to him. "Ah, no." she said.
and her voice thrilled with the won
der of her happiness. "Ah. no, but the
little wild bird found her mate"
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Which Foot Walks Easter2

You may think this very silly ques-
ton to ask, but it isn't. 1t is simple,
demonstrable fact, which you can
prove to your own satisfaction in
very few minutes. If you will take
pavement that is clear, so that there
will be no interference, and walk brisk
ly in the center, you will find that be-
fore you have gone fifty yards you
have veered very much to one side.
You must not make any effort, of
course, to keep in the center, but II you
will think Of something and endeavor
to walk naturally you cannot keep
direct line. The explanation of this lies
in the propensity Of one foot to walk
faster than the other, or one leg takes
longer stride than the other, causing
one to walk to one side. You can try
an experiment in this way by placing
two sticks about eight feet apart, then
stand off about sixty feet, blindfold
yourself and endeavor to walk between
them. You will find 1t almost impos-
giblp
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The UnoratefuI Cuckoo.

'CharIatan,7 says writer In the
London Chronicle, SIS companion to
'quack' in our vocabulary, and Of this
word the origin is certainly Italian
It is 'ciarlatano,' merely chatterer,
and describes the travelling doctor in
his cart who used to offer in an over
whelming torrent Of talk his pills to
villagers in the market place. He was
a dentist as well as physician and
wrenched out the tooth in public. The
genus is not yet entirely extinct"
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''Do you think that Miss Kidder was
having fun with me?" asked Chawlie.
"WeH, old chap, give me the details, :"
was Awthur's response.
"You see, had my bull terrier with
me, and l said to her, That dog knows
as much as do And she said, Don't
you think $3.50 was too much to pay
for him "-Cleveland Leader.
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4 June bride-Orange blossoms, wed
ding bells, and so forth.
An autumn sensation-Automobiles
foreigners, and the like.
A winter divorce-South Dakota and
all the fringes.
A June wedding Same thing over
again.
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The Burlington and Bristol Steamboat
and Ferry Company

Schedule In ef-ct $40 O.. M, September 70, 1910
Subject to change.
LEAVE BRISTOL FOR BURLINGTON.
Daily-Except Saturdays ana SunuAys
$40. 800. 900. 1000, 1910, Ills a. M, 1880.
l.3O. $50. $50, $50. $50, $40, p. m.
LEAVE BURLINGToN FOR BRISTOL.
ESQ, $50. $50. 1920, Ii.0e, ll.S0, q. M. LOO
400, 800. 400. s 90, $50, $50 p. m.
LEAVE BRISTOL SATURDAYS
$40, 500 500. 1000, I040, Il.l5, g. m, i y W
l.S0. 20, 500, $40, 40, 500, $40, $780, "4v'
p. m.
LEAVE BURLINGTON SATURDAYS.
$50. $50, $50, 1920 HOO, llS0, a. m, 100
40. 2-zO. $40, 400, 300. bb0, $3.50, S.9O' p. w.
LEAVE BRISTOL SUNDAYS.
500. 900, 1OOa, 1910, Ills. a. m, 1880, l.S0,
40, 800, $40. 40, 500, $40, s640, 7.lo, p. M.
LEAVE BURLINGTON SUNDAYS.
$40 $50 1920. HOO, ll80, q. M, LOO, 200, 24O,
$40, 400. 4.40. $40, $50, *6. so. *72O, p. m
NOTES.
The trips marked thus will be with
drawn on and after November, End, the last
boat from Bristol on Saturdays and S1n sram
Burlington on saturdays ana sundays VIII
leave at $50 p m -, 90.
The boat for the perfor names IN .ne a auu,
ing will leave Burlington twenty minutes
after the performances
on Than ksgiving Day the trips win be as
December LIST, 1908, the 1000 O'clock morning
trips'from Bristol will be withdrawn and the
boat Will leave Bristol at 40 g. m.
Winter schedule will go in effect on Mondays
December IA, 1905; sooner If there is Ice In the
river. a.. &noov
WILLIAM E. DORON
Secretary, Treasurer and General Manager.
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a Noble Parent.

In writing a sketch Of Washington
a pupil ended her essay by saying
washington married a famous BELLE
Martha Custis, and in due time be-
came the Father Of His Country. =
Delineator
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Quite of Her Opinion.

"Oh. did so want to have talk
with you! I'm simply mad to go on
the stageY exclaimed gushing young
lady to a popular actor.
Eyes, l should think you would be-
my dear young lady" remarked the
great histrion.
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The Riaht Bone.

erred. dear, l feel it in my bones
that you are going to take me to the
theater tonight"
(Which bone, darlingT
sI'm not sure, but l think it's my
wishbone?'-Kansa City Independent.
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what : scotsman Wears.

A Scottish correspondent, signing
himself "Haggis," writes to us as fol-
lows:
Dear Sir-Please state in your column
that a Scotsman wears a kilt, not kits.
Thus Harry Lauder went to amuse the
king clad in kilt. not in kits.
We regret to say that we find our
selves unable to accede to our CORE
spondent's request Respect for truth
compels us to state that Scotsman
almost Invariably wears neither XIII
nor kits, but trousers.-London News.
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Worrying is one Of the greatest
drawbacks to happiness. Most of 1t
can be avoided if we only determine
cot to let trifes annoy us, for the
largest amount of worrying is caused
by the smallest trifes.
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A Word Breaker.

'Fine looking old gentleman"
eyes, but he was never known to
give a man his word that he did not
break it,"
dishonest. ehw
ssNope: he shutters. Houston Post.
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$50 you have decided to call In an
other doctor?"
81 have" was the reply. "The alb
surdity Of the man prescribing linseed
tea and mustard plasters for people OF
our positionw
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Consistent.

"Why do you wear a yachting cap
deah boy? It's your brother that owns
the yacht"
every true, old chap. This Is me
brothers cap Cleveland Plain Dealer
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ILL WINDS
GOOD.
By CHARLES GRAVES.
Copyrighted, 1908, by Associated
Literary Press.

A flood of golden morning sunshine
streaming through the windows and
falling full upon his face awakened
Tom Goodhue. 1t awakened him will
a rather unpleasant start and brought
to his mind the disquieting suspicion
that he had oversight
He came out of bed with a bound
and looked at his watch. 1t was 9:3C
half past 9, and he had an appoint
ment to go sailing with Helen Caverly
at sharp Surely the gods Of misfor
tune severally and collectively were
following in his trainl
He dressed in record breaking time
bounded down the stairs and, break
fastless, made all speed to the long
pier in front of the hotel, his mind
busy with the many apologies he would
undoubtedly need in a few moments.
But the apologies were doomed, fol
the present at least, to remain unspo
ken. for when he reached the pier he
saw, running out of the harbor before
the smart breeze knockabout with q
well known pennant fiuttering from the
mast.
Evidently Miss Caverly had grown
weary of waiting for him. GoOdhue
took long, lugubrious look at the dis
tant sail and groaned.
Yet he was not the man to submit
tamely to adverse circumstances. Al
the end of the pier lay hope in the
shape of his own power boat, pulling
at her painter as she swung to the tide
In a moment he had scrambled aboard
pulled the cover from the engine and
turned over the fywheel.
There was a series of sharp reports
He threw off the mornings, sprang tC
the little wheel In the bow, and the
power boat went tearing away from
the pier, sending up twin waves OF
white spume at her bow as she sped
In pursuit of the distant knockabout.
The engine Of power boat, how
ever, is not one of the things to be
classed among such certainties as
death and taxes. Scarcely had he
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Apprehensive.

The Heiress-I want to be loved for
myself. Count de Broke (apprehen-
sively)-My dear lady, is there any pos
sibility of this being a case Of mistak-
en- identity Illustrated Bits.
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CAMDEN AND SUBURBAN RAILWAY co.

Leave MOoREsTOwN every 10 minutes
from $40 until 1912 q. M; then every " mlns
utes until 4.12 D. M; then every 10 minutes IN.
til 9.42 p. M; then every 30 minutes until Liz
p. M; then every hour as. per night car
schedule.
Leave FERRY sos, 5.sS, sos, 6.ss a.. M; then
every 15 minutes until 9.38 a. M; then every "
minutes until S.88 p. M; then every 10 minutes
until S.88 D. M; then every = minutes until
zoos D. M; then Hos and 1208; then every
hour as per night car schedule.
Leave MERCHANTVILlE every minutes
from 5.82 q. m. until 9N q. M; then every ~
minutes until All p. M; then every minutes
until ST p. M; then every 10 minutes until
l1.47 p. m; then as per night car schedule.
Leave FERRY at sos and 5.SS q. M; then
every 10 minutes until SIS a. M; then every
minutes until 8.58 a.. m; then every ~ min
utes until 3.58 p. M; then every minutes IN a.
til 7.58 D. M; then every 10 minutes until izOo
midnight; then every hour as per night car
schedule.
NIGHT CAR-DAILY AND SUNDAY.
Leave Moorestown, 1.02. 202, 800, 4.0z g. M
Leave Ferry, *l08, 2.08. 30S, 408 q. m.
kLast trip on Saturday nigh.
Connect with Mount Holly cars al StanWick
avenue.
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Kind words are benedictions. They
are not only instruments Of power, out
Of benevolence and courtesy. blessings
both to the speaker and nearer OF
them.-Frederick Saunders.
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Ample Cause.

"What OH earth possessed you TO be-
come engaged to Herbert?'' young
lady asked her friend. you don't love
him an atomv'
"I know" was the candid reply, "but
that horrid Jones girl does!"
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Half a LEAGUE.

The class had just finished reciting
1.-THE Charge of the Light Brigade"
snow" said the teacher, "can any
one present tell me the meaning OF
those words, Half a Lacquer"
Up shot the hand of Thomas Jones,
aged eleven, football captain and in
domitable fullback.
"Please, sir, 1t means they couldn't
get enough clubs to make up the full
league"
Some one had blundered.
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Let him who has bestowed benefit
be silent Let him who received 1t tell
Of ft-Seneca
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Suspicion always haunts the guilty
mind. Shakespeare,