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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-11-10
A Queer Couch Mixture.

Mrs. Delaney, so well known as an
eighteenth century parsonage, had a
strange prescription for cough mix
ture. Writing to a friend in January,
1853, she says: Does Mary cough in
the night? Two or three snails boiled
In her barley water or tea water OF
whatever she drinks might be Of great
service to her Taken In time they
have done wonderful cures. She must
know nothing Of 1t. They give no
manner of taste. 1t would be best
nobody should know it but yourself,
and | should imagine six or eight boil
ed in quart of water and strained OIL
and put in a bottle would be good
way, adding a spoonful or two OF that
to every liquid she takes. They must
be fresh done every two or three days;
otherwise they grow too thick" A
strange remedy, and one wonders
whether "Mary" took it and benefited
by it.
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The EnnIIah MIIkman.

In English towns, a Canadian visitor
declares in the London Queen, the for
eigner runs out to the pavement just
to see that glorious chariot called a
milk float go by-that gay bit of two
wheeled thing, white and yellow, white
and blue, or red, white and blue, with
the shining brass churn erect at the
side, the reins coming over the shining
brass rail in front, the little square
seat inserted at the rear and the char
ioteer standing at the back like Ben
Hur.
Then comes the English milkman
on foot, with a modern yoke on
his shoulders and swinging at each
side a brass bound tin pail in which
is a queer LITTLE measuring dipper. Who
could wish to have milk delivered In
glass bottles. with a paper sealed top,
when he can have 1t measured out at
his door into his own jug in this
quantity curious fashion? What do mi
crobes amount to compared with the
Joy of the mediaevalY
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IN CUPD'S
GUISE.
BY JOHN BARTON OXFORD.
Copyright, 1908, by Associated Lit
erary Press,

The afternoon session at the dis
pensary was over. The last waiting
patient in the long line which had
filed stolidly by the desk for the past
two hours had groaned out recital OF
her many ailments, received her por-
ton Of advice and bottle Of medi-
cine and departed homeward, calling
upon numerous saints to shower their
blessings upon the weary, white coated
young physician behind the rail.
1t was blistering day. Outside the
pavement baked in the pitiless sun.
and within the little room the air was
hot and lifeless.
AS the street door closed with a
bang DR.. Trainor slammed down the
cover Of his desk, elevated his feet
luxuriousiy upon it and, pulling out
his cigarette case, began to smoke
with deep inhalattons of content
"Now, then, Sammy, old boy" he
called to his assistant who was ar
ranging the bottles in the laboratory
beyond, Tets wash up and go uptown
for dinner. I'm starved, Lord, what
a day! Whole blamed neighborhood
laid up, 1t would seem. No, never
mind those reports. Wen Ak 'em up
in the morning. We've done enough
for one day. Hustle up now. old chap!
We need something for the inner man,
both Of us, and bit of music while
we feast to cheer US up and take the
edge of these walls we've been listen
ing 10 all day"
In the laboratory the assistant quit
ted the endless rows Of bottles with no
reluctance whatever. he threw of his
coat, grinning expansively.
That's me-" he agreed heartily. "Us
for the feed. Be with you in min
ute, Billy"
From the room beyond came the
sound Of running water and a mighty
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ESTABLISHED 1875
oh. indeed 2, she CHALLENGED.

Ou, IuQ6eQl Sic CudIcuBcQ.
you certainly have,' said he. 'There
are plenty of others better fitted phys
ically than you are to carry 1t on.
You're to take a rest now, And also
you're to have filed this prescription
shall give you"
He tore a prescription blank from
the pad in his case and scrubbed away
for a moment. Then he passed it to
the girl.
at is to be filed at the chapel of the
Ascension" he specified.
She took the bit Of paper and read
it, while dull red crept into her
cheeks. On it was the single word
"Matrimony."
Trainor, watching her, saw the color
in her face momentarily heighten
Then she crumpled the paper and
tossed it to the floor.
"AbsurdP' she said, but her eyes
were turned away.
Not in the least" said he calmly.
Il think you'll admit have been pa
tient with a great patience. Let me
do the charity work for us both.
can afford 1t. have money enough,
and, what is more, have the strength
that you haven't"
"Billy, you're dear, good boy" said
she, ''but-but'-
@But whatT' said he.
She was silent. Trainor reached over
and took one Of her hands In bis own.
"Helen, dear, don't be foolish" he
said gently. 81 need you far more
than these people here. They can find
some one else, but 1 can't. VIII you
accept that prescription?
Again she was silent. At length she
lifted a pair of radiant eyes to his.
There was mockery In them, but ten
derness as well.
''You see-you see," she began halt
ingly-"oh, well, the point is, you're
the doctor, suppose"
He bent quickly toward her, but at
that moment the voice Of Tim sounded
from the hall.
"Hey, doc, here's the bandagesP'
"All right" Trainor laughed. "Bring
'em in, Cupid"
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rha unwIsa shoniIfter.

'Tt is strange" said store detective,
"why women shopliftsrs want to take
the whole family along when they go
out on a thieving expedition. 1t is a
fact that many of them are accompa-
MED by children when caught stealing.
That seems a short sighted policy. A
woman hampered by child stands
twice the chance Of being detected that
she does when operating minus such
an incumbrance. OF course 1t can be
argued that she fares better in the long
run, inasmuch as she is more likely to
be dismissed with only reprimand
on account of the child. This is no
doubt true, for unless the offense is
very serious 1t takes hard hearted
man to press charge against wom-
an accompanied by children. But that
very line of reasoning makes the act
more reprehensible.
my own theory is that most shop
filters do not go shipping with the
fixed intention Of stealing. The mania
for taking something overcomes them
after they get in the store, and they
snatch the goods on impulse, no mat
ter whether or not they have children
In charge New York Globe.
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A PAIR OF
PUMPS.
By LITTELL M'CLUNG.
Copyright. 1908. by Associated Lit
erary Press.

Dick Preston settled back comforta-
bly,, opened magazine and proceed
ed to forget the downpour that was
drenching Boston. But he had read
scarcely half dozen paragraphs when
his gaze was off the printed page and
leveIed at mass of auburn hair, dain-
tily coiffured, that showed above the
second seat in front.
"JOyeT he murmured. "Pd know
that hair In Africa! There's only one
head of it this side the pearly gates|
In another moment the girl moved
slightly. displaying against the win
dow a clear, delicate profile. Their
she turned half around, and Dicks
gaze was diverted from the incom-
parable hair to an Incompatible pair Of
brown eyes that opened wide in won
derment at sight of him.
He smiled. the eyes sparkled invit-
ingly and with a bound he was out of
his section and two sections closer
both auburn hair and brown eyes.
Hello, ChristineT he exclaimed
''This is surprise. May ask-where
are you goingT
She extended her hand In friendly
greeting.
"Dick, dear old chap" she cooed,
'1t's just as much of surprise for me
seeing you. Where am l going? All
the way to Washington to visit an ole
school chum. How far will have the
pleasure Of your society?'
"Ali the way, If you don't mind" he
answered 'T'm going to Washington,
too-on business, of course land I'll be
at your service till you arrive in sight
of the capitolr'
ITO Washington she repeated.
"Well. Pm certainly overjoyed at see
ing you"
The young man recoiled instructive
ly from the coquettish fash of her
eyes.
I'm not so sure about that" he ven
tured. at was just week ago today.
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standing 1t was Ruth And now, and
now, you have strayed into greener
fields and have promised
But / haven't promisedr' she cried
His face was fllumined.
I'll told him l must think about it.
But, oh, Roger, it was because could
not separate my future from yoursF'
Dearest DEAR" he murmured softly
as the waitress came with their salad
and cheese and black coffee, and after
that they made pretense Of eating.
But presently Ruth sail:
''WeIl 1.-Two in that little apartment
that overlooks the settlement court
yard, and I'll take a mothers class In
cooking, and you shall talk with the
men, and everything will be worth
while, Roger"
And Roger, his glance coming back
from the open window, through which
he could see the crowded street, where
Greek and Italian and slav mingled,
to the Sace Of his beloved, bent for
ward impetuously.
Everything Is worth WHILE" he said,
with q wonderful smile lighting his
fine countenance-"everything is worth
while when love is the inspiration"
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Misiudaed.

A Scotsman was travelling in a third
class smoking carriage on north of
England line when at small station
fishwife with a creel opened the
door. Not relishing the prospect of
such company, the Scotsman said in
his smoothest tones, "Ah. this is a
smoking carriage, my good woman"
The fishwife took no notice. but pushed
in. my good woman. this is smok-
ing carriage" repeated the male pas
senger in louder tones. The fishwife
put her creei in the corner and sat
down opposite to him, and the train
started Then the woman put her
hand in a pocket of her blue petticoat,
took out a large black pipe, lit it, and.
blowing ii cloud of rank smoke that
nearly suffocated her companion, re-
marked, "And SO, my mamie, ye
thocht naebody could TAX draw but
rarsnl'r'
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Nobody but Mr.. Henley would nave
asked such question In the first place.
Miss Farley" he said. IF you
could make yourself over what KIND
of hair and eyes would you have|
IF could make myself over" said
Miss Farley. 81 would look just ex-
actly as l do now"
"You would?" exclaimed Henley in
honest surprise, and to this day he
can't understand why Miss Farley
thinks him a man of little taste and
less tact
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A curious explanation of the reason
why canada has but about 100000
people against Americas 100000" is
given in a review of the worlds pro-
duction of coal and iron. Canada pro-
duces but 100000 tons of coal against
S7O,000O00 tons produced by the Unit
ed States, and that is why, as long as
the coal age lasts, Canada is not like
" to grow to anything like the dimen-
sions Of her southern neighbor." This
is an English view. and it is not open
to the charge of bias.-Boston Globe.
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her tone was softer.
"Oh, Dick, what shall l do? Can't
you help me-"
"Sure! l might lend you a pair of
mine," he suggested, the smile still
lurking on his lips. They're not so
abnormally large"
Don't be absurd" she protested
think of something practical-if you
can. There's no time to lose-we're
going into Washington nowr'
Don't get nervous, Christine" he
cautioned, serious now. 1T is early
yet, and you can remain in the berth
for an hour or so. When we get into
the station, I'll go out and buy you an
other pair of shoes"
"Will your
Certainly"
"Oh, Dick, could kiss you for itg'
Don't get nirtatious again." he said
sharply. "Just tell me the size Of your
slippers"
Three" she answered.
1.-The lastT
Double A."
~Ar right" he commented. jotting
down the numbers, IF you'll keep calm
for half an hour I'll return with some
thing or other in the line of bootsw
Then he hurried out, for already the
train was in the station. In less than
ten minutes he was talking to clerk
in ladies' shoe shop on Pennsylvania
avenue.
81 want the neatest, daintiest pair of
pumps you've got in the house." be
declared. "Size three, last double A."
what colorY' asked the salesman.
For a second Dick was stumped
Then he remembered that the lost
pumps he had been fortunate enough
to get a glimpse Of were brown, a
light, delicate brown.
Brown be said. "Prettiest shade of
brown you've got. I'll leave it to you"
The salesman smiled "All right" he
replied, 1--WE got something that will
suit you, Pm sure"
Don't reckon he's been married
more than a week." the man thought
as he pulled a box or the shelves and
opened it.
Dick surveyed the pumps. Neat,
stylish and pretty they surely were, If
he was any judge.
"I'll take them" he said"
In another ten minutes he thrust
bundle between the curtains Of the
berth that he hoped still contained
Christine.
Here they are" he volunteered
He heard her tear open the package
and toss the paper aside
"Oh, Dick, they are simply beautiesF'
she cried my, but you are dearp'
A few minutes later they left the
Pullman together.
Dick" she asked sweetly as he
helped her down from the platform.
what can ever do to repay your"
The chance, he thought, was now.
and he seized it.
by letting me buy your shoes al
ways, little GIRL" he pleaded quietly.
"All right, l will, Dickw she whis-
pered "For l don't know anybody
who knows how betterr'
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He Called For Trumps.

The major was laying down the law
on whist He always did, and woe to
the man who ventured to differ from
him!
81 tell you," he said, glazing defiant
ly round. as If daring any one to con
tradict him, 81 once, and once only.
had all thirteen trumps dealt to me-"
"You. suppose, were-er-the deal
err" a meek looking young man put in
The major turned purple.
''No, SIR" he roared, mo. sirl Con
found your Impudence, was not the
1ealerr'
"Then may | ask" the meek young
man asked calmly, "what happened to
be the trump card the dealer turned
upY
By the time the major had recovered
from an apoplectic fit the meek young
man had left the room.
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a Friend In Need.

"Loan me dollar, old man." said
the actor 'I'm hungry"
I'm broke myself" responded the
stage manager, "but I'll put you on in
the bill tonight. We have an eating
scene"
'Man, I'll starve before night"
I'm that case I'll call a rehearsal
st. Louis Republic.
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a Real Dilemma.

Say, Nike queried Flooding Pete.
who was looking at the piece of
Sunday school paper that had come
with a handout, "wot does 1t mean
bout bein' between de devil an de
deep sea?"
Its de same as bein' told t take
yer choice between goin' t work an
takin' a BATH" explained Meanderlng
Mike.-Chicago News.
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The Burlington and Bristol Steamboat
and Ferry Company


Schedule in effect $40 q. M. September Is. 1903
Subject TO change
LEAVE BRISTOL FOR BURLINGTON.
Daily-Except Saturdays and Sundays
$40, 500, 900, 1000. l0.40, lib g. M, l1o,
$50, $50. $50, $50, $50, $40, p. m.
LEAVE BURLINGTON FOR BRISTOL.
ESQ., $780, $50, 1910, 1l.0e, 1l.S0. q. M. lO
400, 800. 400. %, $50, $50. p. m.
LEAVE BRISTOL SATURDAYS.
$40, $780, 500, 1000, l040 ll.l5, e. m, ZS W
l.30, 80, 800, $40, 40, 800, 640. $40, T4o'
p. m.
LEAVE BURLINGTON SATURDAYS.
SsO S 20, So, 10, 400 S6o. ss.so, s7.2O. p. m
LEAVE BRISTOL SUNDAYS.
s ssS s 49, s1 aseS 81 5a6 .s lS % p '
LEAVE BURLINGTON SUNDAYS
$50. $780, 1910, II 90 Ilse ar, LOG. 2oo' z'4o'
$40, 400. 4.40, 90, $50, $3.50. F7.2o, p. m.
NOTES.
The trips marked thus Will be with
drawn on and after November12 End, the last
boat from Bristol on saturdays and s9n trs,,s
Burlington on Saturdays and sundays VIII
leave at $50 p m. -, 80.
torfum will leave Bristol at 40 p. M, return
ing will leave Burlington twenty minutes
after the performances.
December Ist 1908, the 1000 O'Clock morning
trips from Bristol will be Withdrawn ana the
boat viii leave Bristol ut .. 40 a. m.
Winter schedule will go in effect on Monday,
December IA, 1905; sooner If there is Ice IN the
river $780,
WILLIAM e. DORON
Secretary, Treasurer and General manager
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A COFFEE HOUSE
COURTSHIP.
BY PHILIP KEAN.
Copyright. 1908. by Associated Lit
erary Press.

Ruth Bradford came out from the
elevated station into the street that
led to the settlement. Fresh from her
summer outing, her whole being re-
belled against the squalor Of the city
street, the clamor Of shrill voices, the
wailing Of babies In the fetid tene-
ments.
Life was too short, she reflected pas
sionately, to spend ones days trying
to upIift ones fellow men. She decid-
ed that she would give it up go back
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A Doubtful Future.

"Biggins has developed habit Of
saying rude and sarcastic things"
eyes" answered Miss Cayenne II
am waiting to see whether he is going
to be recognized as great bore or a
social lion. Washington Star.
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Leave MOOREsT0wN every 10 minutes
from 542 until 1912 q. M; then every ~ MIN
utes until 4l2 p. M; then every 10 minutes un-
til 9.42 p. M; then every 80 minutes until ll.l2
p. M; then every hour as per night car
schedule.
Leave FERRY sos, 5.ss, sos. SIS a. M; then
every is minutes until 9.38 q. M; then every ~
minutes until 3.S8 p. M; then every 10 minut
until 8.88 p. M. then every - minutes until
l0.08 p. M; then ll.08 and 1208; then every
hour as per night car schedule.
Leave MERCHANTVILLE every inmates
from 5.82 a. m. until 9.27 a. M; then every 10
minutes until AT p. M; then every minutes
until S.N p. No.; then every 10 minutes until
I1.47 ps M; then as per night car schedule,
Leave FERRY at sos and Obs g.. M; then
every 10 minutes until SIS q. M; then every
s minutes until SIS a. M; then every 10 min
ntes until 1858 p. M; then every minutes IN n
til 7.5S p. M; then every 10 minutes until l2OS
midnight; then every hour as per night car
schedule.
NIGHT CAR-DAILY AND SUNDAY.
Leave Moorestown, 1.02 10zs 92, 4.02 9. M.
Leave Ferry, sl.0S, 208. sos, 408a. M
*Last trip on Saturday nigh.
Connect with Mount Holly cars at StanWick
avenue.
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hi oratorv ! praMhaok2

The great orators have not been the
most fortunate aspirants for the presi-
dency. Webster, Clay, Douglas and
Blaine were idolized by their follow
srs, not only for their abilities and
personal traits, but also for their per
sua.ive powers of speech. Horace
Greeley, candidate Of the Democrats
and Liberal Republicans In 1872, was
not notable orator, but was none the
less an effective talker. He made
speaking tour In the latter part of the
campaign, and, although his position
was an anomalous one, he acquitted
himself with credit, even If he was
overwhelmingly defeated. Tilden, who
in his free soil days made speeches.
obtained his mastery by his pen, not
by his tongue. Grant, who was called
the silent man because he could not
make speech when he first became
candidate, learned to speak very well
In public, his speech for Garfield in
1880 being a good example of his de-
velopment in that direction.-Boston
Globe.
The Barrel on the Sidewalk.
A barrel stood on the sidewalk, and
beside it stood a man. The man was
dressed in laborer's clothes and appar-
emily was in a quandary about how to
get the barrel to one Of the upper
hoers. He scratched his head and pom
dered, and meanwhile a crowd began to
gather.
rig up a derrick and hoist it by
hand" suggested one man with clay
pipe in his mouth.
The man beside the barrel made no
response.
Get rope and pulley and hitch a
horse to the rope. That'n get the thing
up in Jig time" suggested another.
The man remained silent.
"Why in the dickens doesn't he put 1t
on the temporary elevator and take 1t
up that way?'' asked the man with red
whiskers.
Il know a better way than that, !"
said the man with patches on his
trousers. "Just rig up a boatswain's
outfit, and the thing can be hauled up
/ quick as a wink"
! Suddenly the man beside the barrel
took a red bandanna handkerchief from
his pocket, wiped his forehead, took
chew Of tobacco, put the barrel on
his shoulder and carried 1t up to the
second floor.
The barrel was empty.-Milwaukee
Free Press.
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CAMDEN AND SUBURBAN KALAMAZOO,

"f' Stops only on signal or notice to Agent
gers.
The broad ax., 1908-02-29
selections
TWINE ECONOMY.
One Ball Served q Busy Postal EN-
ployss Seven Years.

One Ball Served q Busy Postal EN-
ployss Seven Years.
Though 1t handles some thousand
million dollars a year, the United
States government is not unapprecia.
tive OF the value Of small things, such,
for example, as a piece Of secondhand
Irvine. Perhaps the ordinary ragpick'
er wouldn't regard ii as a good busi'
ness principle to stoop for discarded
twelve inch string when he is hurry
ing through the city at dawn in keen
competition with all classes Of rag
pickers for what there Is OF CONNER
ciak value in the ash barrels and scrap
heaps. But that may be due wholly
to his inability to foresee some OF the
future possibilities In the practice Of
noticing such trivial things. Similarly
II may be that a certain government
employee who attached himself to the
New England division Of the United
States railway mail service six or
seven years ago did not pin much faith
In little dingy string pieces, for he was
some grades above the trained rag
picker In the social scale. Yet he
stopped to pick up such string pieces as
came under his observation In the or
binary routine Of his business. and 1t
resulted in the bestowal upon him Of a
distinction which has not come to his
companions Of less economical tenden-
cies. How much 1t counts toward his
promotion In the service Is problemat-
ical, but II has carried his name and
fame with favorable comments to the
attention of the United States postof-
fee authorities, says the Boston Tran
script.
When this man reaches the next step
up and his salary Is increased accord
ingly, he win have some difficulty in
dissociating his luck from the little
string pieces he has picked up In his
years Of service, and his mind may be
coached by a little justified pride in the
following Official paragraph clipped
from the most prominent position in
q recent general order Of the New Eng
land division Of the United States rail-
way mail service, over the signature
Of his superintendent:
"a clerk In this division, appointed
IN 1901, with the exception Of having
been furnished with one ball Of Irvine.
has never made a reQuisition for an
additional supply, having reused the
Irvine which he saved from packages
received by him."
The broad ax., 1908-02-29
A Eiaht For MoonIiaht.

Under the headline "a Fight For
Moonlight" the Morgenpost Of Berlin
says: Artists and all lovers Of the
beautiful are arrayed against the mu-
nicipal authorities Of Venice, by whom
It has been proposed to illuminate the
Grand canal with gas. The canal has
never been brilliantly lighted except
On festival occasions, but ~ eaFsf
The moonlight has been SUFFICIENT
Modernism In all its forms has been at
work along the waterways, and bow
the moon Is to be eclipsed, probably
because IT frowns upon the motor boat
The charm Of the Venetian night, the
indescribable light and shadow effects,
the mystery, romance and imagination
lurking In the dark corners Of the pal
ace walls, all these win vanish before
the loud. shriIl, poetry destroying
light" The protest movement has
taken the form Of q monster petition
to the city authorities, and the artists,
authors and lovers Of the beautiful
who have signed It say that this Is O
light for Venetian moonlight"