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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-09-28
The Burlington and Bristol Steamboat
and Ferry Company
Schedule in effect $40 a. M, June 18th. 1903.
Subject to change
Daily, except Saturday and Sundays.


Daily, except Saturday and Sundays.
LEAVE BRISTOL FOR BURLINGTON.
$40 500, 900, 1000. 1910, ll.l5 a. M, lZ5U,
1.3O, $50. $50, 4.30, $50, $40. 10 p. M
LEAVE BURLINGTON FOR BRISTOL.
ESQ., $780, $50, 1920 ll.00, l.3e, a. M, lOO zOO,
400 400 s 90, $50, $50, $780, p m.
LEAVE BRISTOL SATURDAYS.
GAO 500 800, 1000, 1910. lll5, a. M, l25o, l5o
22O 800 $40, 40, 500, $40, $40, TAO. p. M
LEAVE BURLINGTON SATURDAYS
$50 $50, $50, 1920, 1l00, 1l.30. a. M IOO, 2.VO,
24O 32O 400, 4.4O. 520 $50, $50, $50, p. M
LEAVE BRISTOL SUNDAYS.
500, &c., 1000, l0.40. Ills, a.. M l2SO l5o ~.
800, S4O 40. 800, $40, $40, 40, 500 p M
LEAVE BURLINGTON SUNDAYS
$50 $50. 10. 20, Il00, 1l.30, a. m. LOO, 2OO, z4O
800. 400, 4.4O, $50, $50, $50 TAO, $40, p. M
NOTES-Read Carefully
During the month of August, on Saturdays
and SUNDAYS, the ferry boat will leave Bristol
at 40. $50 and 1880, p. m. and Will ieaVe Bur
lin gton at eco, 1000 and 1O.40, T. M
on August 3lst the 1000 O'Clock morning
trip from Bristol will be Withdrawn, anu inc
boat will leave at $40 A. M.
The boat for the performances In the Auui-
forum will leave Bristol at TAO p. m return
ing will leave Burlington twenty minutes
after the performances.
No trips Will be guaranteed IN loggy
WILLIAM E. DORON
Secretary Treasurer and General Manager.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-16
AYHAWKER JOTS

Commenting on the university wealth
er report that the winds have been sub
siding the past two months, the Garden
City Telegram calls attention to the
close of the campaign about that time.
Warden McCloughry of the federal
prison is one of the great men of the
country today. His name will be blaz-
ored in history in years to come as the
foremost prison man of the century.
Warden McCloughry is on familiar
terms with most of the great men of
the country and his prison will long
stand as a model for the whole world
to follow Leavenworth is proud to
have him as a citizen.-Leavenwor
Post.
An lola woman discovered the fact
that her husband was making love to
widow who possessed farm, and cattle,
and chickens, and other things which
are to be enyied, and that the affair
had gone so far that the widow was
having her dresses made for the we'd
ding The wife took the widow to a
secluded spot and told her where to
head in,'' as they say at Newton But
the widow doesn't feel like letting loose,
and it is possible that the husband and
wife may be divorced and the man
eventually secure the farm, narrates the
Wichita Eagle.
At the railroad station in Sabetha re-
Gently, the Herald says, three or four
men were learnedly discussing the Sicily
earthquake, the price of coal, the trusts
and their individual ailments. The doz-
en- or more women present listened with
awed attention until little, tired wo-
man came in carrying a new baby. In
stantly there was a hubbub from the
women as they lowered around the
baby, and petted it. and made it smile,
and talked baby Latin to 1t. The men
made one or two Intellectual attempts
to again break in, but finally subsidized
and watched the feminine excitement.
The average man knows his wit and
wisdom stand no show when a baby is
present.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-16
GLOBE SIGHTS.
GFrom the Atchison Globe.


When a man is in dishabil1e. is he
wearing more or less than when he
has nothing on?
Let some one shout, shorty in
crowd of men, and every tall man in
the crowd will look up.
When a real fat man gets on night
shirt, he looks as if he were trying to
conceal a key on his person.
When children are told what
smart man their father is, they look
at their mother, as If asking her if
they are to believe it.
When a stranger comes to town, his
intention is to take away more money
han he leaves. If he doesn't do it, he
misses his guess.
The biggest fool is the fool who steals
horse in winter. and is compelled to
drive it over the country when the
thermometer is below zero.
When a bachelor is rather aged.
that he's a widower. Look him up,
and you'll find he has a lot of children
somewhere"
A farmer who has tried for years
the other day: 81 sometimes think
that he wolves kill enough rabbits to
offset the harm they do"
The average house is run pretty well
without a safety pin in it until the
first baby appears, and after that
safety pins are used for everything,
even for the mans clothes.
Atchison street car motormen are
famous for politeness. "A lady entered
a car not long ago. and, as the motor
man opened he door for her. he said:
ALLOW me-" as they say on the stage.
st won't discuss nothing with no
body" said a brakeman the other
morning. I'm tired of arguing. I've
argued all my life, and never convinced
anybody yet to my way of thinking.
So I've quit arguing. See?" And
that IS a wise brakeman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-16
QUAKER MEDTTATIoNs.

CFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
Too many people confound a reason
with an excuse
The fellow who is looking for trou-
BILE deserves all that's coming to him.
Make no promises and there will be
no necessity for you to make excuses.
quires a course in preparatory
school.
No, Maud, dear, we do not know
why watered silks should be classed as
dry goods.
Some people are born great, and
then they miss the satisfaction Of tell
ing how they did it.
At the end of busy day the people
in the wrapping department of a big
store feel all done up.
If we could teach our neighbors to
mind their own business we would be
more apt to mind ours.
The people who are most frequently
disappointed are those who have the
most confidence in others.
"A soft answer turneth away wrath. %
quoted the Wise Guy. But never a
book agent added the Simple Mug.
"A bad penny always turns up"
quoted the Wise Guy. Yes, and then
it costs us pretty penny" added the
Simple Mug. 81
Blobbs-'tHow did you get along in
Paris? Do you speak French ?" Slobbs
-"Only enough to make myself mis-,
understood
A man is apt to wonder why a wom-
an can't understand a railroad times
table when she can figure out the In
trlcacles Of a dress pattern.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-16
THE SEASONS SHAPE.

The modern woman felt at last
AS II she was in heaven;
Five hundred buttons decked her gown,
The number of panels was severn
Twelve ribbons trimmed her yard-wide
hat.
OF feathers there were eleven.
she seemed to me ten inches wide
Enough really she was wider;
her husband looked an elephant
Wnen he dared walk beside 'er.
And yet the tickle populace
Did laughingly deride 'er!
Her eyes blazed with righteous wrath:
She said: 1T would be treason
II I dressed otherwise than so,
although it has scant reason;
Or course, I am not formed this way
But it's the shape this season!"
New York Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-16
KANSAS COAMENT


FhNNx WISE AND POUND FOOLISH
AnS Wlenlta Beacon sounds a note of
marnlns TO the Kansas legislature
h satilsI extraVagance. Unless wise
and pass them with discriminating in
seiIiSence: says the Beacon, 1.-The tax
payers VIII wake up next summer with
q W vase Taste IN their mouths ,,,a
funds should be avoided certainly. But
AansdS is IN less danger of injury to
us pubic interests Just now from a
toe hperal policy of wise investment
~ rom the disposition OF some Of
It's PoAl1clanS to adhere to the old
school idea that to save expenses and
keep the taxes down is the chief end Of
craftsmanship.
:, Kansas has been reckless at times in
the matter of voting bonds and grant
ing special privileges Many counties
are assessed to this day to pay tribute
Tor pubic improvements that were
neEer maze; railroads that were never
pullt; mills and factories that were
never operated. That was in the "boom
days OF the 'S0s when it only required
blue print" and a special election to
secure ponds for anything that pronis-
eo 10 make cities of the new towns that
We're plated by the boomers so plenti-
ru1 IN those days of wild and unrea-
sonable speculation
But Kansas is able now to discern the
olHerence between speculation of that
public policy, an investment that will
pay dividends to the people rather than
the promoters. With it's tremendous
wealth, acquired in so short a period
OF the states existence. its wonderful
and unlimited resources to insure an inr
creased prosperity, it is the last state
In the Union that should be bound to
the penurtous policy that blocks prog
ress and keeps its people under bond
age to the disadvantages and discom-
forts of pioneer life.
With all Of its enterprises, it's bond
voting, its railroads and its general
prosperity, the Kansas farmers are to
this day practically blockaded from the
markets with their produce during the
four months in the year that it would
be most valuable to them to market
their grain. The public roads are even
more inaccessible at the time they should
be the most accessible than they were
a quarter of the century ago, because of
the penny wise and pound foolish
policy of the statesmen who have feared
to adopt modern business methods for
fear it would increase the taxes a few
cents on the hundred dollars and rob
the office grabbers of the opportunity to
boast that they had sawed money" for
the people.
It is time now for Kansas to get away
from that school of craftsmanship.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-16

humiliation she turned again upon
Billy, saying in her hardest voice:
Go tell everybody you threw me
over-because of-the other-and
don't let me see you again"
She was sorry for the speech be-
fore the gate shut behind Billy, sor-
rier still as the days drew into a week
IA week full of stir and wondering
She had not seen him again, even at a
distance. Daily he walked block
about rather than pass her gate. He
did more-gave UP his share in the
in trust for Adela. When word of it
was brought to her she turned away
her face, ran upstairs and was in
visible until next day.
Torrens had written-a light, grace
ful, lying letter, pleading imperative
business in excuse for his seeming
rudeness, and at the very end limiting
at wishing her joy with Billy. She
tore the letter furiously into small bits
and next minute wished she had
sent it to Billy instead.
Billy was going that night-upon
the same train that had taken Tor
rens away. All day Adela thought of
him-all day she fought with herself.
At o'clock she began furiously to
make some small preparations, at 6
cloalced and bonneted. with a travel
ing bag clinched in her hands, she
stole down side streets to the station
oAAo INTO LAOTCs
Billy would not come for half an
hour-the train came at Z, but she
must be in time. She had on a thick
veil and had chosen the most muf-
fling of her wraps-thus nobody rec
ognized her-not even Billy when he
came in, the center of a hearty group.
They laughed and TESTED with him,
all talking at once, and very fast
they slapped him on the shoulder and
poked him in the ribs. but somehow
they were not very merry. Billy him
self was not merry, though he kept
up his part manfully.
Adela, watching from her covert,
saw lines in his face unseen before.
Otherwise she might have lacked
courage for the desperate thing she
had to do. 1t was a desperate thing,
considering what had come and gone,
to walk out and say, in a weak, small
voice, but so all could hear: "Billy-
have changed my mind. II want
my wedding present after all. Yes
there's time-I-I sent word to the
minister to have everything ready
you see. I knew I could depend on
you. % copyrighted 1909, Associated
Literary PreSs.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-16
A MISTAKEN IDEA.

Umbrage seems to have developed in
certain legislative quarters against the
activity of state officers, commissions,
and others in preparing for repre-
sentation to the legislature various
bills covering most of the more i'm
portant questions which will come up
for consideration during the session.
Sarcastic references are being made
by a few legislators to the effect that
they and their colleagues will not
have much to do, that their work is
already cut out for them and that
they will be expected merely to place
their approval on the measures that
have been drawn and which will be
presented, and that when they have
done all this in a passive sort of a
way there will be nothing left for
them to do but to adjourn.
That such petty jealousy as this,
that such really ridiculous reasoning
is not general among the members of
the legislature is a good thing. AS a
matter of fact there should be none
of it to disturb the equanimity that
ought to prevail at the outset of the
present session. 1t is a mistaken idea
for legislators to conceive that their
prerogatives are being infringed upon
by state officers. state commissions
and private citizens who are deeply
interested in many legislative matters
because they have taken trouble to
draft measures which they think will
make equitable provisions for the
situations in question and because
they urge the adoption of the meas
ures they have fathered.
Rather than look with resentment
on such measures and such activity
and considering them in the nature of
usurpation of the rights and
privileges of legislators, they should
be welcomed and looked upon with ia
vor. In fact. everyone who has an
idea on legislation should be en-
couraged to present it to the legisla-
ture, either at a committee hearing
or in the written form of a bill. Such
suggestions. varied though they may
be and not in accord perhaps with the
views of many legislators, are none
the less of inestimable value In the
shaping and adopting OF proper
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-16
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
TFrom the Chicago News.I

ltrom the chicago NeWS.l
It's easy to be hero-on the stage.
And a word to the unwise is sufh-
cient-if 1t is the right word.
All the worlds a stage-and the
pawnbroker is an advance agent.
Success is sometimes the result of
beating the other fellow to it.
The unkindest cut of all Is the one
handed you by tricky butcher.
A girl always pretends to be just a
little afraid to be alone with MIN.
No matter how bad man is, his wife
firmly believes in his good intentions.
A woman who is popular with other
women is seldom reigning favorite
with men.
The woman behind the broom doesn't
draw a very large salary, but she
raises a lot Of dust.
Some one has advanced the startling
theory that there is nothing so monot-
onous as monotony.
The average man does some mighty
queer stunts for the purpose of keep
inc his name before the public.
Many mans failure to make good is
due to the reversal Of things. He pulls
when he should push and pushes when
he should pull.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-16
Iation which is the duty of the

legislation which is the duty OF the
legislature. t ..4
Most valuable, indeed, to the mem
bers of the legislature should be the
ideas of state officers and commissions
as to amendments which they deem to
be needed to the particular laws
which they are charged with enforc-
ing and administering. They have
had experience as TO the workings or
existing laws and they are surely bet
ter able to pick out the defects In
them than is the average legislator
The same holds true of other matters
of legislation In which the public. or
any class of it is interested. Their
ideas as to how this legislation can
best be made effective are not only of
value but of Importance, and the
legislators should see these things in
this light as most of them probably do.
The fact that a state officer or any
other individual presents a bill OF
number of them to the legislature
should not be looked upon as a de-
mand on his part that his particular
ject that should be passed. Probably
that is actually the last thought that
the Trainer of such a bill has. 1t
merely expresses his idea of the mat
ter and 1t is worthy of the deep at
tention and consideration of the
legislature. The more ideas of this
kind that are presented to the 1egisla-
ture the easier 1t should be for its
members to do their work IN the most
efficient manner.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-16
leadership

The leadership of the few
Democrats in the senate is in mighty
able hands. Senator Hodges, who has
been entrusted with the honor, made
an enviable reputation as legislator
during the last session. He may be a
Democrat in politics but he is the kind
of a one that is always found on the
firing line and plugging away for all
that is best In legislation whether it
originates with a Republican or a
Democrat. Anything that has the
stamp of his approval is worthy of the
utmost consideration.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-16
JOURNAL ENTRIES

When a fellow marries q girl he
ceases to be some other girls ideal.
= X X
Most every man imagines that he has
done something to make the world his
debtor
y x y
Many a man who says he is looking
for work would be terribly disappoint-
ed If he found any.
y X
Maybe the reason some cigars don't
draw very well is because they are too
much like actors for whom they are
named.
y X -
If man has been told not to NEEDLE
in the household affairs his wife surely
cannot expect him to undertake a
burglar hunt.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-16

Too much can not be said in favor
of the plan of w. w. Mills, the newly
elected president of the reorganized
Commercial club, calling for merging
of all the mercantile associations in
the city into one mammoth organiza-
ton which will thereby be representa-
tive of all the business interests in
the city. Such an organization should
be able to accomplish much for the
development of Topeka in all ways.
This is the silver lining to the dark
cloud which has been hanging over
the affairs of the Commercial club for
quite continued period.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-16
An important conference of naval

An important conference of naval
authorities was held recently at
Washington to discuss the re-organi-
cation of the method of administer
ing the naval affairs of the nation.
Maybe there will be some persons who
will not think that the conference
could have amounted to much because
that marine artist, Mr.. Reuterdahl,
was not a party to it. How careless
of Mr.. Newberry, the secretary of the
navy, not to invite him to 1t, now
wasn't it?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-16
Tricks of Medicine Men.

A young Indian, who is ambitious to
become a doctor, and finally a prophet,
learns from his father or other mem
bers of his tribe the name and medi-
cinal properties of some herb. He
can also, by presenting a sufficient
number of ponies to a medicine man,
prevail upon the doctor to impart the
secret of the herbs to him. Frequently
Indians allege that the secret is re-
vealed to them in dream, or by a
bird or an animal After procuring it,
the novice is prepared to begin the
practice of medicine. Success in their
opinion is only possible with the aid
of the Great Spirit, and in order to
invoke the help of the supernatural
they resort to various sacrifices.
For instance, there is the practice
of ascending a butte or other elevation
and lying with the face to the ground
for several days without food or until
they are completely exhausted. Dur
ing this period they profess to have
been taught some song or the Great
Spirit converses with them through a
weed, bird, wild animal, or reptile.
They frequently allege that wolves
come to them and howl and that they
understand what the animals say.
While treating a patient, they place
tobacco in little pouches which they tie
with sinew. These are painted brill
liant colors and fastened to willow
sticks about the size of the shaft of an
arrow, but somewhat longer.-Denver
Field and Farm.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-16

wroten ad Looie Linkenfusser. vol
ISIS At Large.
Leiber Looie: Skince wrotening ad
you der lasd dime, dere hat peen did
dings in dis willaci1e. Uf desc you may
gedt a nodice by reading der noos-
bapers. 1 shall nod addempt to dell
you all dot vas bidding, und will re-
strain myselluf to a few remarHab1es
aboudt foreign SUBSTANCE, to Wit: Jingle
Ben Tillman. Berheps you hat OPP
serted, Looie dot Jingle Ben ISIS nod
talking so egstensifly es formerly.
Dere musd be a reason fer dis. hence
der Sherlockency; dere musd nod be SO
much to said.
Berheps you hat peen uniformed dot
ven dere ISIS holdings much to said,
you should work. ad i'd regardless Ut
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-16

privileges and the popularity that they
have in times past in the legislative
halls of Kansas. Still. no matter how
drastic the legislation that may be
aimed against them, it is not reason
able to suppose that they will become
extinguished entirely. In fact the real
clever lobbyists of the objectionable
variety seldom bother much about
trespassing on legislative levels They
do their fine work in less public and
more obscure places.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-16

The pardoning record made by Mr..
Hoch, the former governor, will look
puny if the plans of the Oklahoma
authorities to pardon all the prisoners
from that state who are now in Ian
sing and who have served two-thirds
of their terms or have less than a
year to serve. are carried out. Such
q wholesale extension of clemency,
meaning the turning loose of $50 con-
victs, will be somec hing decidedly un-
usual in this country. Still, Oklahoma
can always be depended upon to do the
unusual. so there is really nothing
much to be surprised at in this pro-
posed action.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-16

An exhibition of justice tempered
with mercy has been given by the fed
eraI judge, Mr.. Lands, he OF the $29,-
900, 900 Standard Oil fine fame. He
recently gave a man a sentence of six
ty days in Jail and also an oVercoat.
This will strike a good many people as
being just a tribe theatrical inasmuch
as the fellow was going to Jail imme-
diately and wouldn't have much need
for an overcoat under any possible cir
cumstapces
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-16

The new Cuban congress is in ses-
sion and bills are already under the
consideration of its members which
will make cock-fghting legal and also
establish a national lottery. This is
not very good evidence that the Gu
bans can yet be entrusted to govern
themselves in a manner worthy of
modern civilization.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-16

A New York heiress on her mar
riage to a titled foreigner was given
a check for 100000 by her father. If
the man she married is of the same
mould that are most of the aristo-
cratic gentry VINO have carted away
many of the wealthy American girls,
such a small sum will hardly keep
him in fancy cigarettes for month.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-16

Carrie Nation must feel more like
being at home in England now than
she has since her arrival there She
was arrested at Newcastle on-Tyne,
the other day while engaged in raid
ing a saloon and is now out on BAIL
She'll probably find, too that English
justice is not as lenient as the Ameri-
can sort to which she has been accus-
TONED
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-16
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

IFrom the New York Press
The part of Christmas that a man
enjoys is when it's all over.
The Lord made man only strong
enough to carry woman as his Shield.
No girl ever goes to Europe without
expecting a romance with prince
What makes a woman so happy over
Christmas is it isn't another birthday.
The surer men are that woman is
only a toy the surer she is to play with
them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-16

From the number of bills already
introduced in the legislature and from
the Importance of many of them it is
quite apparent that the legislators
will have plenty of food for thought
during the next couple of months.