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At Liberty to Scream.

It was on a ferryboat plying between
Sydney and Manly, one Of that citJ's
beautiful suburbs. Every seat was &C.
cupied. Each occupant felt the inhu-
ence and prepared for an enjoyable
trip when lank girl of fifteen appear
ed, dragging by the hand screaming
child There she stood, glowering. A
mild lady suggested the child might be
In pain. An old bachelor muttered that
people who had charge of children
should keep them at home Low
voiced but distinct imprecations were
now rife. She took not the slightest
heed Of the muttering or the bawling.
which was now at the highest pitch.
till the suggestion was offered that
medicine would do it good. Then she
arose in her wrath, as it were, and,
giving the child a vigorous shake, said:
Ethel, cry as loud as you like. P'fe
paid your fare. London Tit-Bits.
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The Vienna men of law once dis
tinguished themselves in unique man
ner. A Wachau peasant had been
caught in the criminal act of throwing
stones at rabbits. He had not hit
them. and the rabbits had decamped
without so much as suspecting the at
tack. but the peasant was hauled be-
fore the high courts of justice. Ills de-
tense was that the rabbits had been
close to his garden and that he had
only tried to brighten the greedy ro-
dents off his cabbages. All the same,
he was condemned to three days i'm
prisonment. The peasant appealed
against the sentence. but in vain If a
rabbit had been killed. said the authori-
ties. the peasant would certainly have
stolen it, and stealing rabbit was an
unlawful action. And thus the man
from Wachau went to prison for three
days, and the wise judges of Vienna
bounded into fame for their method OF
APPLYING the 'sif'' and "and" theory
Westminster Gazette.
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GAMBLING In Metal.

Gambling in metal is done by means
of buying and selling warrants, these
being the notes for specified quanti-
ties of metal held in stock.
The basis of the gambling is that in
many businesses it is often necessary
to buy ahead large quantities Of metal.
When things are slack large stocks ac-
cumulate, while as soon as things be-
come more brisk the metal is taken out
of the stores.
An immense amount of gambling is
done in connection with pig" as pig
iron is popularity known. Warrants for
pig are made out in units Of 500 tons,
once a month Should man really
want 800 tons of pig iron he obtains a
warrant which authorizes him to take
500 tons out Of store, and he will be re-
quired to pay for the metal within
the month
Surprising man buys in the expec-
tation that he will be able to sell the
pig iron at higher price than is ruling,
he buys warrants according to his
means and he has month for things
to mature. Should the price of pig go
up during the month he is able to sell
his bargain to another man. and he
pockets the difference, although he
has never laid down any money in real
coin.
Should things go wrong with him
and prices go down. then he is obliged
to pay the difference between the price
at which he bought the pig and the
price at which he is able to sell it, and
so he sustains oss.-London An
swers,
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A PORTO RIcAN CUSTOM.
Prayers For the Dying Recited In the
Public Streets.

Prayers for the lying neciteo IN tHo
Public Streets.
"a few evenings ago while we were
at dinner in our hotel" writes an
American author visiting in Porto Rico,
''we heard the tinkling of small bell
Just outside the hotel doors. Instantly
Salvador. the waiter. stopped in the
little bustling run with which he waits
on the guests, hurriedly procured a
candle, lighted 1t and carried it out on
the balcony Almost as soon as that
candle was on the balcony railing we
three Americans were beside it. ques-
tioning Salvador. for we were sure
something unusual was going on
1--WE saw a procession Of many peo-
pie, led by two priests, coming down
the street, each person bearing In his
hand a lighted candle. They stopped
in front of a house facing the hotel,
and Salvador told us that somebody
was dying there and they were pray
ing for his soul. Up and down the
street as far as we could see on every
balcony railing was burning either q
candle OF a kerosene lamp.
'eFrom the absorbed interest of the
people gathered in front Of open doors
and windows of the afflicted house the
sufferer was apparently trying to die
in full view of the spectators
presently the bell began to ring
again, the procession formed once
more, and they all moved up the street
Salvador telling US In explanation that
there was a second person dying and
they were now going to pray for him"
Exchange.
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WELL BURIED.

Two Funerals For One Man Provided
81 For by His Will.
Curious directions for the disposal of
his remains were left by John Robert
Pringle Of Catford, who died leaving
an estate Of gross value Of f8,049 IS. 3D..
The testator directed:
'tAfter my decease desire that a
competent and trustworthy doctor Of
medicine shall, by any experiment he
may deem suitable, thoroughly satisfy
himself that life is absolutely extinct
NY carcass is to be cremated and the
residuum thereof deposited in twometaI
urns, numbered respectively and 2.
On the ashes IN No. / are to be placed
a packet. which win be found on my
desk, and my miniature portrait scarf
pin. and on the ashes in urn No. 2 a
similar packet, which also will be
found on my desk. and my miniature
portrait finger ring"
He directed that the urns were then
to be soldered down and No. buried
in his mothers grave at Newport Psg-
nell and the other In my dear Lizzi,ss
grave" in the Streatham cemetery at
footing. He also enjoined his son to
see that the graves Of his mother and
of the testator's mother were properly
looked after.-London Mail.
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A SLIGHT Deduction.

In Mrs. Lapham's family circle her
powers of reasoning were accounted
most remarkable and convincing Out
side the family her ability to convince
was not so marked.
"See here" she said without releas-
ing the ten cent piece for which the
conductor of the trolley car had gone
to her side. 1--WE only brought Willy
with me- He's eight. so I've got to pay
his fare. I've left Myra, that's four,
and Neddy. that's two. at home. Now,
you wouldn't have charged me for
them. would you?"
mo. madam" said the conductor.
"Your fare. please
''Well, they'd have taken one seal"
persisted Mrs. Lapham, still retaining
her hold ON the ten cent piece Il
couldn't have held 'em both. | thought
of bringing them. only twas too far.
Now. why can't you take off something
from Willy under the circumstances n
-Yonth's Cnmnanion-
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Dicks knee slipped through his grip

Dicks knee slipped through his grip.
and he stood beside the girl.
"What do you mean, FLOP" he de-
manded. Can you forego the ideal
and take me after all?" and he stretch
ed forth both hands.
"Will you take me, DickY' she said
as her two hands met his.
''Take you, darlingl" and he drew
her close within his arms. But you
said No.,
.''But didn't mean it," she whisper
ed as she nestled close to his neck.
Didn't mean itp' he cried, looking
down at the radiant face. "Well, but
you said it, and how was / to known
You told me you had ideas of your
own and an ideal besides, SO got out
to give the other fellow a decent
chance"
Men are such stupid creatures" she
assured him. IT didn't think you'd
take no for an answer, and my ideas
were to be happy in home with you,
and you, Dick-oh, you old dear-you
are my idealr'
The strains Of the wedding march
sung in several different keys by I'M
trained voices reached them, and they
were confronted with the girls. who,
having failed in their mission the day
before. had returned to meet with bet
ter results.
On the wedding day among the pres
ents arrived barrel of tar labeled
"Stick to it." Dick suspected his pater-
nal parent, while Florence has always
attributed it to Malachi. 1t stands in
the yard of Mushroom Farm" the
title of their country place, so called
because Dick asserts that his hopes
sprang up in a night.
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ESTABLISHED 1875

talk about you ali the time.~
He reached out and pulled her a lit
tie closer
"I'm clumsy old thing. as Jack al
ways says, but there's nothing very
bad about me, and don't play this
sick trick very often You wouldn't
care for life job of nursing. would
your He was holding the hand very
tightly now as she looked up at him
and said coyly:
ASK me. why don't your
His arms were not very strong as
yet, but both of them went around the
girl as he drew her to his lips.
Sweetheart" he whispered.
"WeH, III be hanged, Whit Miller,
none Of that" sang out Jack as he
stood in the doorway, grip in hand, as
he had hurried from the train. II
brought you down here to fish, not to
steal all the preserves on the family
plantation. /"
Eyes, Jack" said Whit as he reached
out one free hand sYou brought me
down to fish. and I'm the champion.
for here in my arms is the catch OF the
season, the best ever"
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SAVING the Bait.


"Fishing!" said man who lives near
us. why. went fishing in Scotland
and caught the biggest string of cells
you can imagine.
There Is the tandem eel that you
have all heard Of. When they go down
or up the stream from their quarters
for the. winter or summer they go in
SINGLE file. one behind the other, like
the primeval man. They leave exact
" six inches of space between their
noses and the tail of the eel In front.
When an eel sees that the fellow ahead
is. frightening this space, he springs
forward and, selling the tail of the of
fender in his mouth, pulls him back
into place. dropped my hook down
right in front of a string of tandem
eels, and the bait was accepted, and /
jerked out the eel The one behind.
seeing that the fellow ahead was run
ming away, obeyed his instructions and
seized his tail to pull him back, and so
did the one behind, and so on to the
last one and pulled them out hand
over hand till had a great mass Of
slippery cells about me, Strand Mag
azine
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-02-04

About the time Of the Yale bicenten-
NAL celebration in 1901 some wag pre-
scented the university with a perfectly
good sundial, which was deliberately
advertised in the New York papers and
with due solemnity set up in con-
spicuous place on Berkeley oval. 'The
blamed thing never did take very
WELL" the Record explained apropos Of
the trouble sundry undergraduates got
into in trying to rua off with the main
spring of it. and the grotesque grandeur
of this expensive and beautiful piece
of architecture set the Owl of into
paroxysms of laughter in which the
campus followed with a will SHAY,
Jack. what time is itY' Il can't tell
you. old feP; this SUNDAYS stopped. !"
And. Hey. fresh, out there by the sun
dial! Strike match and see if it isn't
bedtimer' are typical.-E. R. Embree
in Bohemian.
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His Discovery.

A one armed man sat down to his
MONDAY luncheon in little restaurant
the other day, and seated on the right
Of him was big. sympathetic indiyid-
ual from the rural district. The big
fellow noticed his neighbor's left sleeve
and kept eying him in sort of how
did-it-happen way. The one armed
man failed to break the ice, but con-
tinued to keep busy with his one hand
supplying the inner man. At last the
inquisitive one on the right could stand
it no. longer. He changed his position
little. cleared his throat and said,
Il see. sir. you have lost an arm"
whereupon the unfortunate man pick
ed up the empty sleeve with his right
hand. peered into it. looked up with a
surprised expression and said, by
George, sir. you're right"
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observed Corrigan:

observed Corrigan.
Alicia looked impatiently across the
green. Somehow she was out of har-
mony with the disappointed
in-in herself perhaps.
Corrigan turned to her quite sud
denly "See here, Alicia, do you like
platonic friends better than anything
else?'
"Yes," she said, but the syllable did
not carry conviction.
Better than husbands, for in
stanceT
Alicia's color deepened Things were
more interesting after all.
II never had one," she laughed. and
her voice was little tremulous.
"Then it's only theoryY Corrigan
stepped closer.
"Of course" she replied. looking up
into his now earnest eyes.
Listen" he said softly. Couldn't
you be platonic friends with every one
else but me. Alicia7"
She did not reply. but one by one
the petals of her rose tumbled down
her frock.
Couldn't you?' His big voice was
vibrant with emotion.
81 might" she admitted. ''but first
let me tell you like you better than
all the rest. l like you better than /
could mere friend. II just hoped
and hoped you wouldn't agree with
me, Dick"
'It's with Plato disagree"
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Pepper In oldsn Times.

During the middle ages in Europe
peuper was the most esteemed and i'm
nortant of all the spices. Genoa, Ven
Ice and other commercial cities of cen
traI Europe were indebted to their
traffic in pepper for large part Of
their wealth. Its Importance as a
means Of promoting commercial activ-
ity and civilization during the middle
ages can hardly be overrated. Tribute
was levied in pepper. and donations
were made in this spice, which was
frequently also used as a medium of
exchange in place of money. When
the imperial city Of Rome was be-
sieged by Alaric, the king of the Goths,
in 408 A. d.. the ransom demanded IN
cIuded 5.00c pounds of gold, 10000
pounds of silver and 1900 pounds Of
pepper, illustrating the Importance Of
this spice at that time
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Dickens and Thackeray.

In Mr. Layard's book, "A Great
Punch Editor Is given Shirley
Brooks remembrance of ThackeIay
what delightful English he wrote.
He knew this and was proud and said
that Dickens might be great moral
list, but that he was the best gramlna-
rian." Now, the curious thing. OBJ
serves the London Chronicle, is that
iThackeray was very shaky gramlna-
rian and that the pages Of "Penden-
nisD abound in weak collocations and
constructions, whereas the self edu-
Gated Dickens was an almost infallible
grammarian. Not in his work shall
sc find the unrelated and irresponsible
s'and which" or the split infinitive or
anything of the kind The vulgarism
Of ''aggravater for ''irritate. very com
mon with him. but by no means pc
culiar to him, was nearly his oaly
verbal crime
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In the most characteristic of Engliah
dogs, with the English bulldog as sIn
unfortunate exception of glaring sort,
common sense principles in the canon
Of judging are distinctly marked. In
the case of hounds any good eye csn
pick out the best animals. This was
curiously illustrated not long since in
private when an artist taken over ore
of the bigger kennels Of foxhountls
picked out the prize and pedigree dogs
one after the other. He went purely
by his own sense of what was strong
and comely. of strength and beauty
met together" as Shelley says In
very different connection. = London
Outlook.
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CAMDEN AND SUBURBAN RAILWAY co.

Leave Mo0REsToWN every 10 minutes
from $40 until TO- AZ a. m; then every W MIN
ntes until Az p. M; then every 10 minutes I'M
I'll 9.42 D. M; then every 30 minutes until LIZ
o. m; then every hour as per night car
Leave FERRY sos. 5.Ss, sos, 6.SS q. M; then
every l5 minutes until 9.38 a. M; then every ~
minutes until 1888 p. M; then every 10 minutes
until 1888 .. M; then every 80 minutes untll
zoos D. M; then HOS and l20S; then every
hour as per night car schedule.
Leave MERCHANTVILLEe every minutes
from 582 g. m until 9.H q. M; then every ~
minutes until Az p. M; then every minutes
nntilSz p nj then every ~ m schednse un'ii
Leave FERRY a. 5os snd SSS a. them m;; s tne1
s minutes until 8.68 a. M; then every 10 min
utes until 1858 p. M; then every minutes 9n na
midnight; then every hour as per night car
schedule. ~
NIGHT CAR-DAILY AND suNDA1.
Leave Moorestown, Loo. OF, 302s 4.02 q. M
leave Ferry sI.OS, 20s, 3OS, Aus a. m.
sLast trip on Saturday nigh.
Connect with Mount Holly cars at stanwick
avenue.
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AnIdinn -. Lob

Michael Callahan, section boss fior
the Southern railroad. has a keen Gael
ic wit. One warm afternoon while
walking along the railroad tracks lie
found section hand piacidly sleepirg
beside the rails. Callahan looked dis
gustedly at the delinquent for full
minute and then remarked:
"Slape on, ye lazy spalpeen, Stare
on, fur as long as you Shape you've got
a job, but when you wake up you amt
got none. Lippineott's Magazine.
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The Afqhans.

Native Afghan historians assert that
the inhabitants Of their country are the
lost ten tribes of Israel. According to
these chroniclers, the Afghans are de-
scended from Afghana, the son Of
certain jeremiah. who was the son Of
King Saul The eastward removal Of
the seed of Afghana is attributed to
ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
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Marital niaIonu..

She-The tried and loving husband is
one who when his wife has the neu-
ralgia suffers more than she does. He
And she generally sees to 1t that no
does.-C Cincinnati Enquirer.
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CAMDEN AND TRENTON RAILWAY co.

Cars Leave Burlington-Broad High -. "
III ID Ill AZ l2l2 l242, LIP l42, Az, Ia ~ $40
z12. 442. 6l2 6.42, 6.l2, 642 7.l2, 7,42, sl2 az
9.12. S.42, lo.42, ll42
WEETBOUND.
81 oS 4 RI sos IS, eos eS8, zoos, 1898, ll.0s,
IsS l2oS. 1888, OS, LBS, 208 2.3S sos, 3Ss 40s,
AL sos. SIS Sos ~. 70S 7.3S, sos, $685. sOs sSS,
LOS l1.0S. 120e. l.us.
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The above trips will be run on schedule
time unless prevented by tce-when there Is
ice in the river no trips Will be guaranteed.
The boat for the performances in the Audi
tor1um will leave Bristol at 7.40 p. mr. return
ing will leave Burlington twenty minutes
AFTER the performances
No trips win be guaranteed in foggy weather
WILLIAM E. DORON,
9ecsy Treas. and Gen1 Manager
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The Burlington and Bristol Steamboat
Ferry Company

Schedule IN effect $50 q. M, Decembe- 2 1907
Subject to change.
LEAVE BRISTOL FOR BURLINGTON.
DaiIy-Except sundaysan and Christmas Day
$50, 500, 800, lO0o ll.00, q. M, 1880. lSo ESQ
$50, $50, $40, p. m.
LEAVE BURLINGTON FOR BRISTOL,
700, $50, $50, 1880, llS0 q. M, LOO 200. 500,
400 800, $50. p. m.
Sundays and Christmas Day.-Ftrst boat
leaves Bristol at 500 q. m. Last boat leaves
Bristol at $40 p. M
First boat leaves Burlington at $50 q. m.
Last boat leaves Burlington at $50 p. M
The $40 D. m. trip from Bristol and the $50
D. M. trip from Burlington ON Sundays, Will
be withdrawn when there is Ice In the river.
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ELECTRICITY

ELECTRICITY
Is the hest paid. most fascinating profession
70 learn it is Accordingly interesting. TO
know it is an asset for life.
Our school equipment soougol ssacp na md
Evening courses Individual instruction.
Positions secured for graduates. Write ior
beautifully illustrated booklet.
New York Electrical Trade Scnooi
m West Izth Street. New York.
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y
ssf' Stops only on signal or notice to Agen
or conductor to receive or discharge passen
gers
Albuquerque citizen., 1908-02-06
FIND DYNAMITE IN
BATTLESHIP COAL
II l. Believed That Miners Left the
Stick In Fuel by Mistake

Washington. Feb. 6.-The COM
msnding officer of the battleship Ohio
reports that while taking coal from
the chartered collier Fortune at Port
of Spain. Trinidad. a stick of dynamite
about five inches long was found. The
Fortune had a cargo of New River
coal supplied by the Berwind White
Coal Mining company at Newport
News, Va. This is the second time
that dynamite has been found in coal
furnished United States men-of-war.
The previous case occurred over a
year ago, and it resulted in an order
being issued by Admiral Evans order
ing all officers and men employed in
coaling ships to examine coal carefully
while it was being put aboard ships.
The order described the general ap-
pearance of dynamite and gave GER
tain necessary precautions to be OBJ
served This dynamite was evidently
for use in the mines, and had escaped
the observation of the miners and per-
sons who subsequently handled the
coal.
Albuquerque citizen., 1908-02-06

Heinie Henzenberger. of st. Louis.
Missouri. ..... Ernest F. Landolfi
Adolph Vundelpeffer, of Milwaukee,
Wis. ........ J. Porter Jones
Col. Standard Bondsman, a Boston
capitalist ...... d. K. r. Sellers
Dick Holbrook manager of the
Hopewell College Boat Crew.
............... kirk Bryan
Timothy Stubble, of stottletown,
Iowa. .............. Nye Martin
r. L. Right, a Pinkerton Detec-
tive ........... A. d. Graham
b u. Harris, wharf agent. Boston
& Liverpool S. S. Co.. Albert Wilson
Bob Stubble, Captain of the Hope
we'll Boat Crew .....L. G. Bennett
Senior Martinez Ruler of Graziosa
Island ............ ...... Joe ocoIll
Ned Pemberton, a College Student.
............... Raymond Stamm
Ragsy, a newsboy y..........'.....
...... Master Richard David
Sleepy Tucker, a cabman ........
......... II. G.. Droppleman
Antonio. a Spanish Lieutenant.
.......... Raymond Stamm
Watson. Quartermaster S. S. Co
lumbia ......... Harry HOFFMAN
Lucille Bondsman, the College
boys friend Mrs. Chas. A. Frank
Dolly Bondsman, in love with Bob
Stubble. Miss Dorothea Mccartney
Sophia Stubble, wife of Timothy
Stubble Mrs. Rupert F. Asplund
Albuquerque citizen., 1908-02-06
TRtASURERS MUST FUR
NISH SURETY BONDS
Attorney General Gives Opinion Re
garding Conflicting Statutes

Santa Fe. Feb. 6.--Attorney Gener-
al James NJ. Hervey has rendered an
opinion relative to the size and kind
of bonds to be furnished by county
treasurers, over which a question has
arisen owing to conflicting statutes.
He holds that the later law must be
followed which provides that the
bonds shall be furnished by a trust
or surety company instead of by per-
sonal sureties, and that the size of
the bonds shall be based on the col
lections made during the preceding
year.
Under section 1888 Of the Compiled
Laws of 1897 county treasurers were
required To give bond with two sure
ties double the probable amount of
school funds handled, and i'm no case
less than for 10000. Section 1 of
chapter 100 of the Session Laws of
1905 provides that all bonds here
after required by territorial or county
officials who receive. keep or disburse
public money shall he furnished by a
trust or surety company and provides
also that no bonds with personal sure
ties shall hereafter be accepted. Sec
tion 2 of the same statute provides
that all bonds of county treasurers
shall be based on the collections made
during the preceding year and shall
be 25 per cent of such collections.