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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-07-07

Cling lunatic who thinks she can play
golf But, barring his injured right
hand, he's the dearest man In the
world-except one'
At supper time Billy discovered a
coy corner in the conservatory, where
they could "eat in peace without being
interrupted by that married man, Raj
ston," as he expressed it. Harriet was
eating salad and studying Billy with
her big, dreamy black eyes.
ST wish Violet was here's" Billy ex-
claimed as he tasted the salad.
Really, Mr. Buroh, am sorry that
am not sufficient company"
Billy actually snickered, but Harriet
was plainly in earnest SO Billy ex-
planned:
"You see, Violet Is my colored cook
that 1 brought up with me from the
south, and If she we're here she could
taste this salad and then go home and
make a better one SeeY'
"But, Mr.. Burch, I, too, have con-
fession to make"
spare mep cried Billy. 81 will run
for Arthur Il you wish a father con-
fessor. He's listened to my sins for
years and really borne with them very
leniently."
But Harriet insisted.
81 want you to know that I am the
clumsy gawk,' the struggling lunatic'
who hit your hand today"
Billy beamed
That's not the only place you hit"
he said ''That'll get well. But you
gave my old heart such blow that it
is completely broken In two, Miss Har-
riet, and only you can mend it."
"But, Mr.. Burch''- began Harriet
ooh, / know what you're going. to
say" interrupted Billy, "but don't say 1t
yet I'm in love, and know it, though
don't expect you to fall in love with
a cripple on sight; but some day, Har-
riet," he continued In softer and more
earnest tones, maybe you can say
Yes"
Harriet looked once more into his
clear, honest eyes, She, too, was in
love, and she knew 1t. He had none
the best Of her there.
II haven't said No. have I?' she
asked And Billy felt that in time his
heart would be mended.
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Her First
Trophy.
BY y. LUDLUM LEE.
Copyrighted, 1903. by Associated
Literary Press.

Harriet Lake was indolent by ma
ture. She knew 1t and admitted 1t.
On warm mornings she preferred a
rocking chair on the piazza to any
outdoor sport. But Harriet at twenty
four was taking on flesh, and the spe-
cialist whom she consulted said, PLAY
golf, take long walks and eat no rich
food" So Harriet went In for golf.
She had just driven her ball from
the second tee, very short and crook
ed drive, when a cry from the bushes
reached her ears. She glanced at her
caddie, and, as If having received a
silent command, he started In the di-
rection of the ball. Harriets face
wore a somewhat bored expression.
Waits between drives were so long.
The caddie returned breathless.
you certainly did swat that gentle
man one, Miss Lake." he announced.
''Your ball hit him right on the back
of the hand as he was pulling some
bushes aside looking for his own ball. I"
Lucky fellowl'' replied Harriet. 81
wish something would hit me on the
back Of the hand SO l wouldn't have
to trail around this green every day in
the week!'
They had reached the fourth green
when the skies suddenly clouded over.
Glad Of an excuse to stop, Harriet di-
rected the caddie to take her sticks
back to her locker, while she would
cut across lots home for luncheon.
She walked slowly through the old
orchard that adjoined the links and
was startled by the rumbling of thun-
der. Realizing that there was no pro-
lection in sight, she hurried on until
she reached a broad lane that must
lead to house.
Large drops Of rain had begun to de-
scend Another clap of terrific thun-
der, and Harriet began to run. When
the lightning flashed her ambition and
energy seemed blighted by 1t. At the
end Of the lane stood an old barn.
With renewed efforts she started for
its sheltering roof and, GREATNESS,
reached the door and dashed In.
Her hat had blown of. Her black
hair was falling In tiny ringiets about
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-07-07

Among the fishes which produce ad-
hesive eggs are the littleA black head
minnow (Pimephales promelas) and the
goldfish The male blackhead deposits
the formulated eggs singly upon the
underside of leaves of water plants
and watches them increasingly until
Matched. The eggs of the goldfish are
deposited singly upon the weeds and
MOSES in a similar manner by the
male fish The eggs of the yellow perch
are held together in narrow strips or
ribbons of a glutinous character. Ad-
hesive eggs of other species, as the
black bass, sunfish, catfishes, ETC., are
deposited in masses in shallow nests or
depressions on the bottom, and still
other species deposit their spawn in
variously shaped adhesive masses upon
water plants, roots and submerged OBJ
jects.
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said Emory in a muff1ed voice. I'll
would be most ridiculous for Jean and
me to elope, for Jean is going to marry
me anyway, but as soon as we heard
Of your el-er-that is, as soon as we
heard that the count had kidnapped
you
''Eet ees a lie! l hat not done Eat
thingr' vociferated the counts voice
out of the darkness. "Eet ees re young
mademoiselle Eat l lofel Without her
| -deespairing beggar for lofer'
you are making scene, count" re
monstrated Miss Leigh coldly. "As
for you, Jean, you have broken my
heart. l did not know you were so de-
ceitful! When l spoke about the cha
teau and
"Mademoiselle," whispered the coun'
with passionate intensity, why no.
conzole my loneliness and go wiz me?
We will enjoy re plaisure-ze beauty
of Loire
'Why-why," stammered Miss Leigh
ENTHUSIASTICALLY not?'
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HOLDING THE BABY.
introducing Nice Point In Baby Car
riaoe Etiquette.

introducing Nice Point In Baby Car
riaee Etiquette.
THAT fellow doesn't know the first
thing about the etiquette of the baby
carriage remarked one of a group
of men at Thirty-ir and Main streets.
The comment was made to all In a
general way. One Of the group, the
man with frayed collar and look Of
patient resignation, gazed anxiously at
couple about to board a car. The
mother was sparring in a desperate
sort of way with one Of those baby
carriages which shop statesmen can open
and close in minute and the users In
from five to thirty minutes.
Don't see anything wrong with
that" said the man with the frayed
collar. Hes got to hold the baby
even If she does have to wrestle with
the carriage. You don't think he ought
to hold the baby and take care Of the
carriage, too. do your
WELL there's one thing sure" re-
joined the objector-''the man doesn't
know thing about baby carriage eti-
quette What you want to do it this:
If the baby weighs more than the car
rage, it's the mans place to hold the
baby If the carriage weighs more, he
should hand the baby to his wife"
''Oh, pifiew interpolated the man
with the big black cigar. You're way
of. What he ought to do Is to hand
the baby to his wife and the carriage
to the conductor kansas City Star.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-07-07

Mercury spilled on table or floor is
somewhat hard to collect unless special
precautions are taken, owing to Its
tendency to divide into small globules.
which roll away at the slightest touch
If wet ring is made around the spilled
mercury by the aid of wash bottle or
other similar means, 1t viii be found
that the globules of mercury cannot
cross the ring The mercury can then
be collected In a small shovel made
from a piece of thin card or even an
ordinary envelope.
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Rodney and
the Lady.
BY FRANK HOWE.
Copyrighted, 1903. by Associated
Literary Press.

Archibald Harris, better known to
his one time friends as Rodney" in
graceful allusion to his brightly colored
thateA Of hair, gazed discorsolately
into the shop window while the warm
enticing odor of freshly baked bread
came through the grating beneath the
window.
He was debating whether to buy a
loaf of bread and make an evening
meal or to save his sole remaining dime
for bed after he should have had a
cup of coffee and thick slice of bread
on the dread line" The biead line
did not open until 1 o'clock. and Red
ney decided In favor of supper imme-
diately. He was used to sleeping In
the open, but he was unused to going
hungry.
He half turned to go inside the bak-
cry when his attention was attracted
to "a girl who had joined him befors
the plate glass. She was not uncomely,
In spite Of a certain shabbiness, and
something seemed to stamp her as one
of the homeless. With quick sympathy
Rodney turned to her.
"You hungry, too, sister" he de-
manded-
The girl sprang back at the sound Of
his voice and made as though to move
on, but the ''too" was common bond
of sympathy, and she nodded silently
'Ain't. had nothin' since last might"
she affirmed 1.-The landlady threw me
out because l owe three weeks board.
and there amt chance in town for
job"
Come on in," he invited, leading the
way to the door. The girl stood silent
while Rodney purchased a loaf Of
bread and half dozen cakes, deposit
ing the last dime. Then he led the
way to one of the small parks, and di-
vided the loaf and the cakes with her.
Both devoured the bread ravenously,
and neither spoke until the last crumh
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-07-07
A Terrific Tumble.

Most marvellous Of ali the stories Of
great falls is the account of Charles
Noolcots terrific tumble from a height
of no less than 5000 feet 1t was in
Venezuela. and he was making para
chute descent The parachute refused
to open till within 100 or 200 feet from
the ground Then 1t spread out sud
denly and split The unfortunate man
crushed both ankles and both knees.
broke his right thigh and hip, dislocat-
ed his spinal column and suffered other
injuries. Yet after year in hospital
he recovered sufficiently to write an
account of what was probably the most
fearful accident mortal man ever sur
vived.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-07-07
ranrvson,s Cure FOR shvness

1t is recorded In '"Tennyson's Life
that he used to recommend to young
err brother the thought of the stellar
spaces, swarming with consultations
and traversed by planets at ineffable
distances, as a cure for shyness, and a
lady of my acquaintance used to en-
deavor as a girl to stay her failing
heart on the thought of eternity at such
moments. 1t is all in vain. At the ur-
gent moment one cares very little
about the stellar motions or the dim
vistas Of futurity and very much In
deed about the cut Of ones coat and
the gIances Of ones enemies, and the
doctrines of the church and the pros
poets of ultimate salvation are things
very light In the scales in comparison
with the pressing necessities of the
crisis and the desperate need to appear
wholly unconcerneu!-Arthur Q. Ben
son in Putnam's and Reader.
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SUFFERING Humanity.

Mrs. Sourmug. who thought she had
q mission to look after suffering hui
mainly, Is married, isn't sheY'
"Yep."
81 was surprised to learn that she
had given up her mission in life
"She hasn't Her husband is going
to be suffering humanity hereafter. -
Houston Post.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-07-07
Doctors, BILLS.

Who, having obtained an honest bill
for the medicine, will wish to have
particulars Of the doctors profession
al services?" Imagine a bill made up
with such nicely as this: ITO count
ing pulse, sixpence; to viewing tongue,
threepence; to asking four questions
(three irrelevanN, fourpence; to telling
patients to say ninety nine eight
pence; to medicine, Is. 3d.; to bottle,
twopence; to label, / penny; total
3s. yorkshire Observer.
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Greedy.

Two Englishmen on a holiday in
France were dining together at Paris
restaurant Mr.. Smith would order
and ask for everything he wanted in
doubtful French. while Mr.. Cross
would offer explanations that were in
the nature of criticisms. At last Mr.
Smiths temper rose to explosive point
Twill you" he said-in English this
ttme-"be so good as not to interfere
with me in the use of my French"
Every WELL" retorted Mr. Cross. 81
simply wanted to point out that you
were asking for a staircase when all
you wanted was a spoon!"-London
Mall
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-07-07
THE WART HOG.
Il Is One of the Most Grotesque Ami
l.. IL

IL Is One of the Most Grotesque Ami
mails In Existence.
To the naturalist who closely stud
les animal life it sometimes appears as
il nature had either deliberately set to
work to form weird and curious crea-
lures or else had been engaged in ex-
periments, for there are birds and ami
mails which might be accused Of being
made up of odds and ends.
One of the most grotesque animals in
ez stenee is the wart hog of Africa,
called by the Beers the Vlaktevark pig
of the plains.
1t stands about thirty inches In
height, has a huge disproportionate
head, with eyes set very high up, and
large protruding tusks These are ex-
actly opposite those Of other pigs, the
upper ones being much longer than
those in the lower jaw and sometimes
attaining a length of over twenty
inches.
But the most unusual feature Of this
curious looking creature and the one
from which 1t derives its name is the
great wart just below each eye, a
smaller one appearing between each
tusk and the large wart above it.
The body is almost hairless, except
that along the spine and the neck long
coarse hair hangs, and the whole effect
of the animal is weird and grotesque.
These wild hogs often take possession
of empty burrows made by other Nni-
mails, and when pursued they slew
around sharply as they enter, making
their way In hind first--London Tele-
Rranh
A Cure For Dependency.
A large, feshy man with whiskers
told me Of a sovereign cure for de-
spondency the other day. He had
number Of girls in his employ, among
them one that he knew was In strug-
Cling circumstances and supporting
sick mother on a none too healthy sal
airy. She had come into the store and
laid her purse and somber widow hat
on the counter while she did something
about the place. The large feshy man
got between her and the purse, and
when she was not looking he slipped
five dollar bill into it and moved I'M
consciously about his business. In the
afternoon he noticed that she had a
red spot in each cheek, and she was
heard asking other girls if they be-
lieved In fairies She never solved the
mystery-it was two years ago-and
never will unless she reads this. But
the FIVE dollar bill was very useful In
its little way, and the large respondent
man felt SO good for two whole days
that he hip-hopped on the sidewalk on
his way home.-Minneapoli Journal
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-07-07

We smile at the ignorance Of the saw
age who cuts down the tree In order to
reach its fruits. But the fact is that
blunder of this description is made by
every person who is overeager and
impatient in the pursuit of pleasure.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-07-07
CAMDEN AND SUBURBAN RAILWAY co.

Leave MOORESTOWN every 10 minutes
from 5.42 until 1912 q. M. then every 80 min.
utes until 4.12 p. m; then every 10 minutes IN,
til 9.42 D. M; then every 30 minutes until liz
p. M; then every hour as per night car
schedule.
Leave FERRY sos, 6.88, SOS. 6.88 a. m; then
every l5 minutes until 9.38 q. M; then every ~
minutes until 8.38 D. M; then every ID minutes
until 6438 p. M; then every 30 minutes until
zoos D. M: then HOS and 1208; then every
hour as per night car schedule.
Leave NIB RCHANTVILLEe every minutes
from $50 q. m. until 9N q. M; then every III
minutes until Az ps m; then every s minutes
until 8.27 d. m; then every 10 minutes until
II.47 D. M; then as per night car schedule.
Leave FERRY at 6os and OBS a. m; then
every 10 minutes until 5.5S a. M; then every
s minutes until 1858 q. M; then every III min
utes until 35s p M; then every minutes I, w ~
midnight; then every hour as per night car
schedule.
NIGHT CAR-DAILY AND SUNDAY.
Leave MoOrestown, 1.02. 202, 302, 4.O2 q. IN.
Leave Ferry, tl.08, EOS. SOS, 4-0S a. m.
*Last trip ON Saturday nigh.
Connect with Mount Holly cars al StanWlck
avenue,
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Our Neiqhbors.

Sunday School Teacher-Why did the
Lord command US to love our neigh
bors? Little Lola-Oh. ! guess it was
another way Of telling US to love our
enemies. = New Orleans TimesDemo-
crat
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-07-07
Race Of Life.

There wouldn't be so very much fun
in living If there were not hurdle or
two to jump over in this race of life
There always have been obstacles, ana
there always will be- and It is OF no
use to repine over them Manchester
Union
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-07-07
Mar. Dull Attire.

Britishers are constantly becoming
duller and more morose in the matter
of their clothes. Their carelessness In
this respect seems sometimes to
amount to afrectation. Chambers
Journal.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-07-07

No man is nobler born than another
unless he Is born with better abilities
and more amiable disposition. Seneca
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-07-07
De. ATWOOD
DENTIST.

rs MAIN STREET, MOUNT HOLLY, N. J.
Filings of ali kinds. Teeth with or without
plates crown and Ffidge work. Teeth regu-
lated Plates repaired. Nitrous oxide gas
administered. Teeth extracted In your own
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WEEKDAYS

ar Stops only on signal or notice to Agent
or conductor to receive or discharge passen-
gers.
The sea coast echo., 1908-05-02
Spelling In the Schools.

Just because everything depends
upon growing public opinion in fav
or of stricter intellectual school dis
cipline, / call it a calamity that the
spelling board takes advantage OF the
alarming state of the schools to
spread the impression that the back
wardness of American school chill
dren results from the difficulty OF cor.
rect spelling. If this fairy tale be-
comes dogma, then every forward
movement OF serious educational pro-
gress is side-tracked again for long
while. Then there is no one to blame
any more; our women teachers are
then splendidly prepared for their
task; our school children are in the
most excellent frame of mind for
hard study; the parents make the
most ideal efforts to develop in the
children the sense of duty and intel
lectual responsibility; and the only
culprit is the treacherous dictionary.
maker who does not write blest and
blusht. In short, all that is in future
needed for the thoroughness of our
school children is that it shall be
spelled just thoroness.-Hugo Nuns
terberg in McClure's.
The sea coast echo., 1908-05-02
Nash Retorts.

Upon his first going to Bath, Mr..
Quin, the actor, found himself very
extravagantly charged for eatables
and drinkables, as well as for lodging
and washing. At the end of the first
week he took aside Beau Nash, the
master of ceremonies, who had rec
commended Bath as being the cheap
est place in England for man OF
taste and bon viyant. Nash. who
loved his joke, and knew that Quin
loved a pun as we'll as himself, re-
piled. "They have acted by you up
On truly Christian principles. "How
so?" queried Quin. why" resumed
Nash, "you were stranger and they
took you in" AYE; but" replied
Quin, ''they have fleeced me instead
of clothing me-
A few nights after, Nash was in
company with Quin when he was III
one of his satirical moods and Tsrs
taking off most of those preseN in
the rooms. Nash, expecting to(be the
next, got up, and was on thee~point OF
retiring, when. Quin asked him why
he was going so soon. "In order to
save you the trouble of taking me
eff, I think it is best to take myself
off," quietly replied the master OF
monies-Chamber's Journal.
The sea coast echo., 1908-05-02
Cargoes That Sailors Dislike.

According to the opinion OF an old
sheIl-back, sugar, pine lumber and
coffee are three articles OF commerce
that the average Davy Jones cadet
dislikes. They make him wuss'n sea-
sick. A pine cargo soaks ship and
its contents in tnrpentine smells. 50
that the very drinking water tastes
as ii there was rosin in it. Sugar
cargoes ferment and the fumes COM
ing day and night from the hold
causes the severest headaches You can
think Of. But coffee II the worst OF
iii, a cones cargo gives the shlp's
prasi6isAa / 1isiksAIBG es9ss ta1t6
The sea coast echo., 1908-05-02
A Rising Chinaman.

An official report states that an
other great man has arisen In China,
one who, by his ability and his
achievements, gives promise of being
a fit successor to the late Ii Hung
Chang. This new leader in the Celes-
tial Kingdom is Yuan-Shih-Kai, who
not long ago was appointed president
of the board of foreign affairs at
Pekin. He was formerly viceroy of
Chih-Li, entering on the duties of the
Office when that province was in dis
order and chaos. He grasped the
reigns of government with a firm
hand, put down thieves and plumber
ers of all kinds, and made himself
feared and hated by all evil-doers in
that section of the country. The good
effects OF his strong and righteous
The sea coast echo., 1908-05-02


in
through It,
That world things unless there
those deliberately right.
ambitious
evidence
n
string of his aspirations So in the
especially.
leadership politics other
equality something
ndviduam nowhere much discouraged
The sea coast echo., 1908-05-02
orinin Of the Sedan Chair.

Perhaps some expert in the Siam
ese language will tell us what is its
word for sedan chair" When the
King Of Slams Ministers, protesting
against his Majesty's favor toward
motoring, suggested recently that
"the royal sedan chair" was always
at his disposal. it is improbable that
they used word reminiscent of the
French town.
For it is from the scene of Napo-
leon ILLS collapse that the sedan
chair takes its name, and perhaps
remote posterity will suppose that it
had some connection with that event.
But sedan first produced these 81"
veyances centuries ago, and,
were seen in England in 1S ioS.
used by James rs Z nlantep
provoked great popular out .;,;;-
the employment Of me-
burden. Sir s. Duncory. Address
With having latradues,,. YcrL
go - sssssassa ess Hs.iAlaa
The sea coast echo., 1908-05-02

rule became speedily apparent, and
he was recognized as the ablest and
most patriotic official in the whole
empire. While governor of Chih-Li
he instituted good relations with for
eigners, and became popular with the
natives as well. His advice was fre-
uuently sought by the imperial gov
ernment, and some of the best edicts
issued by it were suggested by him.
He is mainly responsible for the de-
cree suppressing the opium traffic and
for the steps taken to establish con-
stitutional government in China. The
empire is fortunate in having at this
critical stage of it's affairs so able
and progressive man to guide it and
to shape it's destinies.-Leslie' 8
Weekly.
The sea coast echo., 1908-05-02
A RoyaI Prerogatiye.

The King can do no wrong, but
there is one innocent thing that no
sovereign ever does-namely, to
stand with his back against the wall.
At the royal stand at Newmarket or
elsewhere his majesty invariably
leaves ample room for the persons
to pass behind him, SO that he may
escape having perpetually to reply to
their salutations, which he would be
bound to notice did those people pass
In front of him.-London Chronicle.