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CLAIM OF $1,000
AGAINST SYNDICATE
BonesteIl & Co., Paper Dealers,
Appear as Creditors of Will
lard P. CaIkins

Excitement ran high in the Willard p.
Calkins bankruptcy hearing when it
was learned Yesterday that the real
interest Attorney Osgood Putnam rep
resented was a claim for $1,000 held
by Bonestell & Co. paper dealers. The
manner in which Attorney Putnam was
made to divulge whom he represented
was of unusual interest to the many
creditors present at the session before
Referee Milton j. Green.
When Attorney Putnam first appeared
in the Calkins bankruptcy case he an
nounced that he represented the Union
Iithograph company and others Now
the autograph company had a claim for
81 and who the others were he failed
TO disclose. Attorney Putnam talked
for nearly two months. until the stem
ographers' bills exceeded MANY bup-
dreds of dollars. The court was pa
tlent and allowed Attorney Putnam his
head During all of this dfrect and
cross examination of Calkins bv put
nam he failed, 1t is alleged, to men
tlon the claim of Bonestell & Co. for
$1,000
1t was insinuated, however. by the
other attorneys in the case that Put
nam had something up his sleeve and
was searching out the best place for
iianneial returns to attach his claim.
NEW CREDITORS APPEAR
So, after weeks of a fishing expedi-
ton, the Union lithograph people. with
the 81 claim, came into court, stating
they had no idea their claim was to
~ a IIG co
that they would withdraw It, Then
Attorney Putnam announced that he
represented Joseph Laib, who had
claim against Calkins for Sc. 1t was
shown that Laib was already repre-
sented Then it was that Putnam CON
fessed that his true interests were for
Bonestell & Co.
Putnam petitioned in the name of
Bonestell 6; Co. for leave to file peti
ton for review of the referees order
sustaining certain objections to GER
tain questions after the expiration of
the 10 days prescribed by the rules.
This matter was continued until July u
at 10 a m.
TRUST COMPANY'S LIEN
At 10 o'clock this morning petition
for the trustee to sell all of the shares
of the stock of the two Sacramento
publishing companies will be presented.
The court further allowed an equity
lien of the Union trust company on
150,120 shares of common stock of the
Sacramento publishing company The
sale of minority stock of the Fresno
publishing company for $500 to w. E.
Dorm was confirmed The bid of w E.
Dorm of $1,000 for the $4,000 claim
of the Calkins newspaper syndicate
against the Fresno publishing company
was rejected. The matter was con-
tinued until August at 10 a. M
The bid of the Union trust company
of $4,000 for 10000 shares of stock
of the Calkins publishing house and
the bid of Orlo Eastwood of 5000 for
1915 shares of the same were con-
tinued until July q at 10 a. m.
There was an objection to the claim
of n. A. Dorm, secured by a chattel
mortgage on Calkins' furniture. This
was continued for further hearing until
July 81 at 10 a. mi.
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MANzANlTA HALL

A School for Boys. PALo ALTO. CAL.
Offers unusual advantages for thorough prepa-
ration for college. Seventeenth year begins
August 30 Write for catalogue. W. A. SHEDD.
Head Master.
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cASTILLEJA SCHOOL

PALO ALTO. CAL
home and day school for girls PreDares rnr
colleges, East and West. Domestic science nu-
sic, art, out Of door gymnasium work IlhIS-
trated catalogue School opens August so 1909
Principal. MARY /. LOCKEY. A. b
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Vote for DR.. c. c. O'Donnell for cor
oner: the dead win be respected, Rep .
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MISS HEADS SCHOOL

2oSS Charming Way, Berkeley, Cal.
Boarding and day school: college preparstior
accredited TO college 22d year August . 1000
MARY E. WILSON. " l., Principal.
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SAN FRANCISCO BUSINESS COLLEGE

Corner Market Eddy and Powell. san Francisco
Newly equipped in quartered oak; new loca-
tion in center Of business district In close
touch with the great opportunities for we'll
trained young people in the new San Franclscn.
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BELMONT SCHOOL
FOR BOYS
Belmont Cal.

twenty-five miles south Of San Francisco. is
trying tand we think with reasonable successl
10 do for the moral. physical and intellectual
welfare of Its boys what every thoughtful parent
most wishes to have done Its location beyond
the diversions and temptations of town city,
the hneness of its climate. the beauty OF its
buildings and grounds, the range and attractive
ness Of the surrounding country. most helpful
aids. Ask our patrons. graduates and our
boys about and write for catalogue and
specific information.
w. T. REID A. NJ (Harvard). Head Master
W. T. REID JR.. A. NJ. (Harvard). Asst. Head
Master.
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California; aCOnSeryatOryOf Music

Has removed to 147 Preside AVENUE. he
tween Washington and Jackson sts ApDfica-
tions VIII be received there and az 23i2 Clay Sc
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THE WATSON SCHOOL

23lS- ETNA ST, BERKELEY. CyAT.
Boarding and day school Offers the best fes
tures OF public and private school systems ODens
august ~. MRS. {. l. WATSON, Principal
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BooNE,s UNIVERSITY SCHOOL

FOR BOYS. BERKELEY,
VIII begin its 2Sth year Tuesday. August 10
Accredited to the state university, stanford
universities OF Pennsylvania, Cornell and Michf-
gan. Apply for catalogue to p. E. BOONE
Principal
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SMELL SEMINARY

2t9 Charming way. Berkeley. Boarding and
Day Sehooi Tor Girls Accredited to the Univer-
sIty OF California. Stanford and eastern colleges
Term opens August 10. MRS. EDNA SSETT.
P0ULSON Principal -
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Shorthand and Typewriting

give you the benefit of my 10 years expert
ence in court and general reporting Instruc-
tions privately by mall Positions secured
MISS II. G.. BARRETT. rooms $50 PSI Russ
buildings 235 Montgomery ST
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A-TO-ZED SCHOOL

Individual instruction special tutors for ali
branches. Prepares for any college. 250T Chan
ming Way. Berkeley
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SCHOOL For
MISS RANSOM'S SCHOOL

Highland avenue Piedmont boarding and ds,.
school for girls. will open on Wednesday. An
gust Is Accredited TO the University OF Cali
fornia- Sunny, one story schoOlhouse
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FREE KINDERGARTEN NORMAL SCHOOl

OF the Golden Gate Kindergarten Association
Accredited By State Board OF Education
Eighteenth year opens August ? Miss v,r
ginia Fitch. president; Miss Anna H. StOyalI
principal Address 1925 California ST. room n
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HOrTT SCHOOL

PALO ALTO, CAL.
Modern home school for hoys. Prepares for the
universities or business. 37th Semester Au0ust
10. Address Principal.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-09-21
Columbus.

Mrs. Augusta Rowan returned last Sat
urday from two weeks outing through
the West.
Mr.. and Mrs. William ]. Ridgway spent
Sunday with relatives In Camden.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Harvey were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. John Harvey at
Radnor, Pa.
Dr. Ella Haines, of Newark, is spend.
ing few days with her sister, Mrs. A. Ell.
Rowan.
The stork visited Mr.. and Mrs. ReddiHg
z. Poinsett last Saturday and left them q
handsome baby girl.
Mrs. Maggie Gaskill, life long resident
of Columbus, and sister of Captain Ed
ward Lett, died suddenlyilast Wednesday
of heart failure.
Unless the Republicans show more in
terest In the nomination of candidates fol
township offices, our Democratic friends
are likely to have an easy time of 1t on
election day.
The compulsory education law Is to be
vigidly enforced by the Mansfield town
ship Board of Education during the
to make note of this fact.
"Ten Nights in Bar-room" was pre-
scented by the Frank H. Griswold Co.,
on Thursday evening, to a large and
appreciative audience.
Mumps have made their appearance in
town and will no doubt become epidemic
unless the Board of Health is on the alert
Mrs. Robert KerlIn and. daughter and
Mrs. Altheria Furth were visiting In
Mount Holly yesterday.
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y. Was super.titIous.

He was a big, hearty workingman,
and when a spare, thin little man en-
tered the tram car, stumbled and sat
upon him he said in reply to the little
mans apologies:
Don't trouble, sir; it's all right.
There's no arm DONE"
When we saw the big man a week
later we were shocked at the change
In him. He seemed to have shrunk to
half his former bulk.
"Why, whatever's the matterY we
exclaimed.
"You remember that little man wot
sat on me in the train last week, sir?''
Eyes"
"well, it's all through i'm I'm wastin
away like this!'
Preserve usr' we cried. How
Why"
The shrunken giant wrung his hands
In despair.
81 found out next day." he groaned
''that e was the coroner. An e sat on
mel I'm shuperstishus, an it's lookin
ahead l am. o Lor'p-London Mail.
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The Hudson-Fu1ton Celebration

Inc du0SOu-C u1IOu &clcD1dL1OAs
A concise history of steam navigation,
with handsome colored illustrations of
boats, has just been issued by the Pruden-
tial Insurance Company of America, Home
Office, Newark, N. j.
The book has been put out at this time
because of the interest In steam navigation
due to the Hudson-Fulton celebration at
New York.
The book contains fourteen illustrations,
all printed in colors. The picture on the
front cover is especially attractive, and
shows an Indian viewing from the hills
the discovery of the Hudson River by
Hendrick Hudson In the Half Moon In
1909.
Portraits of Hudson and Fulton also APP
pear, and the Half Moon is also shown on
its trip up the Hudson River.
The book contains illustrations of all
the leading Hudson River steamboats,,
from the little Clermont of 1907 to the
magnifciently equipped Robert Fulton Of
1909. With the pictures are included a
description OF the boats.
The record of the progress of steam
navigation in this county is one of which
the Americans may be proud, for it is said
to be one that has never been equalled by
any other nation.
In addition to the steamboats,, beauti
full colored picture of the famous record
breaking ocean liner Mauretania is also
shown. as she appears when leaving New
York for Europe.
On the last page The Prudential indi
Gates its own great size by stating that {
line of its policyholders standing shoulder
to shoulder would extend over 1000 miles
The Prudential has over 100000 Lift
Insurance policies in force, and, as Their
are 1920 feet to the mile, it will readily
| be seen that the line of policyholders, sid
by side. would reach further than from
New York to Chicago.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-09-21

When the New York Ledger was
wavering on the brink of failure Rob
ert Bonner, the proprietor, sent to the
New York Herald a brief advertise
ment, to be set up in a single line.
So Greeleyesque was Mr.. Bonner's
handwriting that the advertising man.
ager interpreted the directions as or
dering that the copy be run in full
page, which instructions he obeyed,
though marveling greatly. The Herald
came out the next morning with one
whole page devoted to the crisp adj
duration to read the Ledger's new
story. The effect upon Mr.. Bonner
was almost fatal, first from chagrin al
the thought of the possible bill, then
from amazement as subscriptions be-
gan to pour in and finally from sat
isfaction as they continued to food
the office until the fortune of the pub
LEGATION was made The novel though
accidental device had struck the pub
lies fancy. Mr.. Bonner was hailed as
the pioneer of a new and daring the
ory of exploitation, and the advertise.
ment gained tenfold currency by being
commented upon as a feature Of the
news.-Collier's
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Sort of a cannibaI.

An old farmer for many years got
his dinner on market days at small
hotel kept by widow. She had long
suspected that he ate more than the
price Us 3d. warranted, so she deter
mined to test him. She accordingly ar
ranged matters so that there was no
room for him at table, but she took
him into a private room the table of
which was graced by steaming leg
Of mutton. He set to In good earnest,
and soon nothing was left but the
bones. Highly delighted with his cheap
feed, on passing the bar he rendered
shillings for his dinner and a quart of
ale.
The widow declined to take any pay
ment on the ground of having incon-
venienced him so much.
Chuckling to himself, the farmer lift
ed down his market basket from a
hook, and. finding it rather light, he
tore off the covering and shouted:
Here, Mrs. Brown, where's my leg
o. muttonF
"Why. We old silly" said the widow.
I'VE have ate your leg for your din
nerr-London Answers.
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When He Went Away

II take it" he said to the man who
got on the depot car with a suit case,
shat you are going to the country"
II am. sir" was the stir reply
"You have everything with you you
will needY'
"Of course"
''Shirts. socks and toothbrushT
Certainly"
"Nightshirt, toilet soap and handker.
chief?''
do you think me a child. sir?" was
asked.
"Of course not, but men are so alb
sentminded. you see. Did you put in
an extra pair of cuffsT"
II did, sir. You and others may be
careless, but want you to know that
I'm not. l have been three days pack
ing this suit case"
"Um You might need a needle and
thread"
81 have them"
"And some buttons"
"They are here"
"But there must have been some
thing forgotten" persisted the other.
Nothing whatever" was the decided
answer
"For instance, your key. You have
it, have youY'
The man sprang up and began feel
ing in his pockets and looking around
and after a moment called out:
"Here-somebody stop this old car!
I've left the key to my suit case on the
mantel at homer'-W Washington Herald.
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Trumpetinq Ancient German choraIs.

Trumpeting Ancient German ChoraIs.
The most notable ornament Of Roth
enburg is the rathhaus, which no art
list who visits the town fails to sketch.
1t is of most imposing beauty, con-
sisting of an older gothic building
dating back to the middle of the thir-
teenth century, with an elaborate re-
naissance facade. 1t was from It's
darkling dungeons that many of the
instruments of torture in the museum
at Nuremberg came, for Rothenbure
was not tender in its treatment of
prisoners. The earlier building has a
high square tower crowned with bell
cupola, where thrice week the choir
of st. Jakob's, a reverend church lying
within it's shadow, painfully climbs,
armed with trumpets and other mu-
steal instruments. The sweet Lutheran
chorale is repeated four times as the
musicians respectively face the four
points Of the compass, and the cere-
mony, so In keeping with the quaint,
old time life of the town, Is one Of
the visitors unforgettable memories
Of neutrality-suspicious. bavaria
Letter to Vogue.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-09-21
The First POSTAGE Stamp.

The black penny postage stamp OF
1910, the first stamp ever issued, was
distinctly unpopular and gave place
to red one after years existence
Great Britain was the first country
in the world to use postage stamps,
and the English schoolboy Of the
period seems to have regarded them as
a nuisance rather than national
benefit. 'Have you tried the stamps
YETI" wrote one Of them to his sister
In the year 1910. 81 think they are
very absurd and troublesome l don't
fancy making my mouth glue pot, al
though, to be sure, you have the salts
faction Of kissing the back Of her gra-
cious majesty the queen. This is, how
ever. l should say, the greatest insult
the present ministry could have Of
fered the queen."-London T. P.'s
Weekly.
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 81, 1909
WHnR the general expectation was that

While the general expectation was that
the constitutional amendments would be
defeated last Tuesday, there was little
idea that the vote against them would be
SO large. Very little public interest was
taken on the subject and unless the public
can be aroused 1t Is hard to get measures
given any consideration. What work was
done was by the political workers and that
was principally against the adoption of
the amendments. If there had been q
separation of the propositions the
measures might haye stood more chance.
There was a disposition to adopt the
section restoring township elections In the
spring, but to do that 1t was necessary to
vote for the entire amendment which con-
tanned features which did not appeal to
the voter. Personal motives also entered
into the canvass against the amendments.
Unless a constitutional convention is
called there Is not much likelihood Of the
matter being agitated again very soon.
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Prenared to Suffar.

A road weary traveller plodding
northward from Mountain Home, Ark.
came to crossroad barber shop. The
temptation to risk a shave was strong.
In fact. it was so strong that the
tramper decided to take chance.
"Of course it's going TO be awful
he philosophical. Hell scrape my poor
face till l shrek and then rub in his
aromatic liniment until l weep in ago
ny. But this beard
He entered. The barber was an ex-
pert His razor was sharp and didn't
pull. Neither did he deluge his victim
with an excess of bay rum. When the
shave was finished the barber asked.
"Shall shave your neckW
But the traveller, recently from the
city, was not to be denied. Why
tramp if there are no hardships to re-
late?
mo" he replied; "scrape it the same
as you did my face."-Kansas City
Star
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Cash of the Ancients.

The little brass cash, the Chinese
coins, are the lineal descendants, in
unbroken order, Of the bronze ak OF
regular Ratchet to the modern coin one
can trace a distinct if somewhat bro
ken succession, so that it is impossible
to say where the one leaves off and
the other begins. Here is how this
curious pedigree first worked itself out
In early times. before coin was invent
ed, barter was usually conducted be-
tween producer and consumer with
metal implements, as it still is in cen
trail Africa at the present day. At first
the Chinese in that uDsophisticated age
were content to use real hatchets foi
this commercial purpose, but after 4
time, with the profound mercantile in
stinct of their race. it occurred to
some of them that when man wanted
half a hatchet's worth of goods he
might as well pay for them with half
a Ratchet Still, as it would be a pity
to spoil good working implement by
cutting it in two, the worthy All Sin
ingeniously compromised the matter
by making thin hatchets of the usual
size and shape. but far too slender for
practical usage. By so doing he in
vented coin. and. what is more. he in
vented it far earlier than the claimants
to that proud distinction, the Lydians.
whose electrum staters were first
struck in the seventh century B. c.
Cornhill Magazine.
Etiquette at Covent Garden.
Etiquette at Covent Garden is al
most as strict as that which prevails
In the servants hall Of great man.
sion, says London M. A. P. No prima
donna must be addressed by an in
ferior, and the presentation Of bou-
quets is a delicate matter, regulated
with due regard for the feelings Of
the ladies. The claque still prevails;
but, as only the less eminent singers
employ these lads to success" nobody
is ever deceived. The management
knows nothing of these men, who are
hired by the singers to go into the
gallery and applaud their employers
vociferously. The custom is very COM
mon on the continent where it also
takes the more objectionable form of
hiring men to hiss rivals off the stage.
Happily that sort of thing would not
be tolerated In England, and so the
claque is confined to the minor mem
bers of the company, who bring over
with them an Unsuitable desire for ap-
plause and are so determined to get it
that they leave nothing to chance. The
claquers receive fee of 2 shillings,
In addition to the payment for their
saatA.
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The Mount Holly team went to River
side, on Saturday, and ran up against the
nj ne of that place in the first of series Of
three games. Riverside had pitcher
from Danville, Va, and Mount Holly got
seven hits off his delivery. The latter
team, however, had an off day. Perhaps
the season is too near an end, at any rate
the Riverside club won the game by the
score of eight to five. Good hitting and bad
errors allowed them to get six runs In one
inning. Morgan pitched for Mount Holly
but he was not in his usual good form.
Riverside will play at Mount Holly, or
Saturday. and it Is hoped the result will b
different from that of last Saturday.
The ground rules at Riverside worked
against both teams. They spoiled three
base hit for Golden.
The score of Saturdays game is a.
| follows.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-09-21

'sThe Florist Shop has closed its long
summer run in New York and will be
offered at the Chestnut Street Opera
House. Philadelphia, for brief two weeks
stay beginning last evening. Producer
Savage seems to have again scored bril-
liant success by his plan of bringing the
best works by German talent to this
country, effectively adapting it with the
injection of American fun to exactly what
he thinks American theatregoers want
and the triumph of ''The Merry Widow
proved his Judgment of what they want
ed was not far wrong. "The Florist
Shop is comedy which the ninble-
witted Oliver HEREFORD has built from the
German skeleton into what the New York
papers have freely called ga laughing
earthquake and its bubbling humor is
much quoted by those luckily enough to
have seen it. The plot of the play pic
lures the establishment of the frenchiest
of shopkeepers, who most plausibly opens
the Innovation Florist Shop with the
clever idea of substituting silken hosiery
and lingerie for the American Beauty
roses and carnations which young men
have ordered sent to their women friends,
the men, of course, being entirely ignor-
ant of what is really sent. 1t is said that
the novel suggestion has been so greatly
welcomed by feminine audiences through
out all their laughter that several New
Workers have already opened shops along
these lines, though it is to be hoped their
customers are spared the ludicrous mis-
adventures to be seen i'll this stage Florist
Shop. As usual in Savage show the
entire production is on large scale and
the cast long. 1t includes Lionel Walsh,
who is seen at his whimsical best as the
lanb-like young husband who tries to pre-
tend he has romatic past; Nina Nor
ris, Marian Lorne, Louisa Drew, the talent
ed daughter of John Drew; Anna L. Bates,
Nelly Roland, Richard Sterling from the
Cyril Maud London Company; R. F. Free
man, John Thomas and others, there be-
ing twenty-seven speaking parts. There
is an added attractiveness to THE Florist
Shop" in the gowns, which have proved
almost an object lesson as the last word in
Partisan models, as Redfern, Paquin, Tim
norman and Lando1f are represented in
fall designs. The engagement OF THE
Florist Shop began last evening, with a
popular priced matinee on "Wednesday and
the regular matinee on Saturday.