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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-28
WOMEN an0 SOCIETY
 Marie Bankhead Owen Society Editor Phone Mo- 1884.
DAILY PRAYER.

SlOffored by pr. Charles A. Stakeiy 1' Put far from us all sin, O GOO, and all secular anxiety and ( thought, that we may worship Thee today in the beauty of holt- ness. May the singing of Thy praise and meditation upon the \ things of Thy Kingdom be sweet {
 to our souls. Remove all clouds { from our spiritual sky that we ( may see Thee in Thy glory and all (
 caliousness from our hearts within (
 that we may feel Thee in Thy {
 ! power. Own us again as Thy , ! children, and send us on our way { rejoicing. In the Savior's name, ! we ask 1t. Amen.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-28

can accumulate no surplus. Who stays at work doggedly until he buys sec ond wife Is fixed for life. What the second woman produces beyond her own support is wealth for him. He needs never to work again.
 "A third wife Is secured by the two edith Is computed by the number Of his wives.
 My nearest neighbor In the High Kasai was Chicoman; He had dozen wives. The greatest neighboring chief Noombe had thirty four. These men were poor compared with the great Chiefs of the Upper Congo where one man was indicated to me as having 500 wives Such a man Is like Pier pont Morgan among us a multimn' lionaire."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-28
TAKE PLEASURE NOW, DON'T WATT

e,tauOIPIIIa I'uI TIiII
 ting the good out of things as we go along. Some of us are always putting off our enjoyments. After a while we expect to take a rest. see a friend or read book but after a while never comes. The good time we are looking forward to lies as far ahead as ever. All life Is spent in meaning to over take 1t and enjoy 1t. Meanwhile we toll, drudge and grow old, passing by with unseeing eye the happiness we might get out of every day.
 Yes. every sordid. commonplace day
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-28

PILLOW CAsES-FuIl bleached, B.
 inch hem, size, 45xse inches, Mon-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-28

WHITE LINGERIE wAIsTs-Hand- someiy trimmed with Val Lace and
 Insertion, new long sleeve, regular $500 values, Monday .... SIAS
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-28
NetD, Spring Waists

10 DOZEN WHITE WAISTS-1T.de os very line quslity white Lawn and Lingerie, beautifully trimmed with
 lace and insertion, either ienx or three-quarter sleeve, regular e2.OO
 values. for Monday ...,....... CSC
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-28

e4.0O White Lingerie Waists. .S1.0S $500 White Lingerie Waists .. .$2.24
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-28
HousefurniShings

BLEACHED SHEETS-Fine, heavy
 quality, three-inch hem, size 72x8a
 and worth 5Oc, for this sale .30c The same. size S1x00. ...... .4Sc
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-09-14

In the Revue d'Hygiene DR.. Male
gnon, who lived for many years in
China, gives some curious details of
the food of the Chinese. This is what
he says of the sons of heaven and the
way they eat eggs: 1.-THE Chinese are
great eaters Of eggs, which they take
hard boiled One finds them in all the
roadside places for refreshment The
Celestials have an expression, Eggs Of
a hundred years The eggs are not
always a century in age, but one is
able to get them of many years stand
ing. The Celestials have a preference
for the egg of the duck or goose. They
are placed with aromatic herbs in
slaked lime for period, the minimum
time of treatment being five or six
weeks. Under the influence of time
the yoke liquefies and takes a dark
green color The white coagulates and
becomes green. The product Of the
eggs, which has a strong odor. from
which a stranger betakes himself
quickly, the Chinese eat as hors
d'oeuvres, and it is said to have the
taste Of lobster"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-09-14
Morksd tha coIIaotor.

M. Chauchard, the great French
picture collector, was always adding
to his pictures, and the higher the
price the more anxious he was to Sc
cure the painting. A dealer one day
offered him the "Vache Blanche" by
Tryon. M. Chauchard was told he
could have it for LOCO.
'It must be an imitation" he said.
''Take it away"
The dealer told some of his coli
leagues, and they promised to get him
$4,000 for the same picture If he would
split the difference with them.
go ahead" he replied.
A few days later Russian prince
q visited M. Chauchard's galleries
and remarked on leaving that he was
delighted, but it was pity the coll
lection did not include an example of
Tryon's work.
M. Chauchard, whose vanity was
wounded by the remark, wrote to
the dealer. Bring me the 'Vache
Blanche"
The reply was it was too late; 1t had
been sold to a collector.
The millionaire connoisseur said he
must have it at any price. He finished
by securing it. but it cost him 10000.
St James Gazette.
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a Curious Receipt.

Hanover's registrar discovered a
very curious document some time ago
as he was looking through bundle of
papers that date back to the eight
eenth century. The document is re-
ceipt-probably the only one Of its
kind in existence-which was given to
a Hanoverian captain by a canon Of
Duisburg during the Seven Years. war.
81, the undersigned" it reads, here
by acknowledge that have received
fifty blows of stick. which were in
ficted upon me by a lieutenant of Cap
tain BIS regiment as punishment for
the stupiO and frivolous calumnies
which / have uttered In regard to the
regiment of chasseurs. For my i'm
prudent words l now admit that am
profoundly sorry. l received my pun
ishment lying on heap of straw and
held by two men, and bear testimony
to the fact that the officer struck me
as vigorously as he could with a stick
that was as thick as my finger.
an proper form and with due graft
tude / sign this receipt and avow that
all therein is true"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-09-14
BETRAYED bx His DISGUISE.

In one of the principal western cities
the proprietor Of large jewelry store
reported to the chief of police an ex-
tensive diamond robbery. He was
asked by the chief If he suspected any
one.
eyes, SIR" hesitatingly answered the
merchant. Although we have no
proof But man whom l have known
for twenty-five years was in the store
a day or two before the robbery, look
ing round and appearing to be Ill at
ease. He has since disappeared"
what kind of looking man was hep
Ozark complexioned, tall, with long
curly hair and heavy mustache."
''Well," said the chief after a mo-
ment's thought, II hope to be able to
give you some news of him SOON"
Then he sent this telegram to the po-
lice authorities of several other cities:
ARREST tall man with close cropped
head and white upper lip. Diamond
thief
The next day he received this dis
patch from a town in Missouri:
"Got diamond thief Have recov-
cred goods Am holding him subject
to your r."-Youth's Companion.
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Had Forty Homes.

vollon, the painter. was a unique
parsonage even among the odd charac-
ters of Paris. While he was essen
TALLY a bohemian, there were times
when even his patience was taxed to
the utmost, and to obviate the neces-
sity Of meeting unwelcome people he
conceived the idea of multiplying his
lodging places. At the time OF his
death he owned no less than forty
homes, all in apartment houses. stu
ated in all the out Of the way corners
of Paris. plainly furnished and with
Just enough accommodation for him
self. He changed from one to the
other all the time in order to escape
importunate acquaintance and to take
refuge from his friends. 1t was in or
der to throw them all off the scent
that he engaged rooms all over the
city. He finally died in the Rue de
Dunkerque, where he had as many as
three different apartments, all within
a stones throw of one another.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-09-14

During an inclement spell Of weather
a lady of the order Of the newly rich
was so unfortunate as to contract a
painful affection of the throat, and she
accordingly accepted the advice Of
friend that she consult a great Lon
don specialist noted for his expensive
fees.
"Your ailment is not serious one"
said the specialist after examination.
you'll soon be all right I'll just in
dictate to your family surgeon pre-
cisely where to touch your throat with
nitrate Of silver, and l think that will
meet the case exactly"
ooh, doctor" protested the wealthy
matron in tone Of mingled surprise
and indignation. do order him to use
nitrate of gold! Expense Is a matter,
assure you. quite immaterial to meF
London Answers.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-09-14

dead was alive and in the Keeping Ct
the young singer who wore Alma Lau-
rens' dress.
On Saturday he came upon Madeline
walking on the river bank.
81 want to speak to you, Miss Coyle. I"
he said hastily. "Will you listen a
moment?"
Professor who stares, what have
you to say?" she asked, In attempted
lightness.
Reading flushed painfully. did I
stare? 1t is small wonder when you
when you wear the very costume an
other woman wore when she trampled
on my heart-a woman who, for the
fun of making me propose marriage,
made me believe she loved me. Il
may ask
81 had no means to buy new cos
tune" the girl said simply, $50 pur-
chased it from a clothing bureau"
81 did not know there was a woman
in the world so beautiful" said Read
ing after a moment Madeline, what
would you say if a stranger told you
he loved you"
Madeline looked at him, then laid
her slim hand on his trembling one.
81 would say" she half whispered,
"Oh. Leslie. how happy l ann"
BLESSED yellow Dress" murmured
Reading when they had strolled back
to the town at sunset. You'll wear
it at our wedding, won't you, my
sweet?"
The young singer smiled. "a bride
must wear white" she said softly,
''but will put it on at evening when
you come home to dinner. VIII that
satisfy you, dear"
And Reading made eloquent answer.
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ESTABLISHED 1875
without sending me a MoruY,

without sending me a wordY'
Blake stared Then a light of under
standing came into his eyes.
How much has your mother told
your he asked.
Nothing she said, looking at him
with widening eyes.
Ethel" he said slowly, 81 have
committed the objectionable sin-un-
pardonable in the eyes Of the world to-
day. l have lost every cent Of my
money"
SIS that ALI" she said in relief
Blake stared.
"Why didn't you come and tell me,
thenP' she demanded.
Silently Blake drew her mothers let
ter from his pocket and handed it to
her. She read it through with deepen
ing color and an angry light in her
eyes. AS she finished she turned to
him, and at the look she flashed upon
him his heart began to pound madly.
what is left from the wreckY' she
asked steadily.
Nothing"
6ne Tore the leter uIO pilS anu
flung it from her. my cab is wait
ing" she said, her face crimson, but
her eyes bravely meeting his. Well
drive down and get the license first
and then to ST. Luke's rectory. You'll
need me more than ever now"
Blake would have demurred, but
look in her eyes stopped him.
In the cab he turned to her with a
smile of complete triumph.
after we come from the rectory |
want to stop at the club for mo-
ment," he said. There's a certain old
misanthrope there that's got the shock
of his life coming"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-09-14
Mrbrouoh Fire and Water.v

A glance into the past is furnished
by the words: II would go through
fire and water to serve you" The old
trials by ordeal, once the custom in
England, are here referred to, when
the ordeals both by fire and water
could be performed by deputy. Often
this was the service of friendship, but
just as often done for certain sum-
In the one ordeal the person passed
through a place where red hot plow-
shares were set up at irregular inter
walls, the man or woman being blind
folded and barefooted. In the other
the person. bound hand and foot, was
thrown into the water; if he swan
safely to dry land he was innocent.
His death was proof of his guilt. The
phrase, however. may have an indirect
reference to the thought in Isaiah;
"When thou passest through the water
1 will be with thee; when thou walk
est through the fire thou shalt not be
burned"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-09-14
Made Hia Heart Glad.

Twas night, and the editor lay in
bed and thought of the weary day he
had just passed. of his aching head and
the bills he had to pay.
He watched the stars through his
window peep and Cynthia's silver
beams till his eyes grew tired and he
fell asleep and passed to the land of
dreams.
He slept and dreamed till the morn
ing broke and the day began its race,
and the wife who lay by his side
awoke and gazed on his placid face.
She looked and saw on his face a
light like the suns first golden ray
that softly kisses the mountain's
height as the darkness flies away.
Then she nudged his arm, for twas
time to rise, as the clock was striking
z, and asked as he rubbed his sleepy
eyes, did you dream you were in
heavenw
"Ohl not quite that. my love-" said
he, ''but it made my heart so glad;
dreamed that man came in to me and
paid in advance for a full page adj
Exchange.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-09-14
Cause Of Misery.

Here is an observation from Carlyle:
"All misery is faculty misdirected-
strength that has not yet found its
way" This is undoubtedly true. All
suffering and failing can be traced
back to one getting out Of the true
path. 1t may not sometimes be ones
fault. Ignorance or environment may
intervene and lead us astray But all
progress consists in one finding the
true way of ones strength; to see that
the faculty is rightly directed.
Finding this path is the end Of knowl-
edge and civilization. This means
doing the right thing, physically, men
tally, morally; obeying Gods law
that's it: that is all there is to it. That
is what keeps the strength and faculty
intact and makes life worth living.
The perfect mortal is the one whose
faculty is rightly directed and whose
strength has found it's way. 1t is that
that makes the true, manly, useful.
happy life; that makes the life last
longer and keeps it sweet and whole
some while it lasts.-Ohio State Jour
nal.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-09-14
A Quiet Rebuke.

An "object admonition' like the one
described by Warren Lee Goss in his
article, Campaigning to No Purpose, >
published in Johnson's Battles and
Leaders of the Civil War" is often
more efficacious than storms of re-
proach.
One day the colonel Of the regiment
noticed soldier on parade wearing d
badly soiled pair of gloves.
Corporal said the officer. why dc
you set the men such bad example as
appearing before them in dirty gloves
Why is it?"
give had no pay, sir, since | entered
the service" returned the corporal. u
can't afford to have them done up"
The colonel drew from his pocket
pair of gloves, spotlessly white. Hand
ing them to the corporal, he said quiet
ly; put these on. l washed them my
self"
It was an unforgotten lesson to the
whole regiment.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-09-14
snnntaneoua combustion.

Spontaneous combustion can only oc-
cur when oxidation causes the temper
allure to rise to the ignition point of
the material Spontaneous combustion
Of the human body is impossible on ac-
count of the heat regulating effect Of
the rs or so per cent of water contain
ed. The enormous heat necessary to
dry the tissues sufficiently would de-
stroy life long before ignition could
take place. An old idea was that the
alcohol in a confirmed drunkard might
promote combustion. but Liebig show
ed that even If the body could give of
infiammable vapor and this could be-
come ignited the body itself would
not be set on fire.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-09-14
A Case of Luck.


"Guess i was born lucky, all right,
remarked a man with a low comedy
face at a downtown lunch counter
'Listen to this:
yesterday morning on leaving home
/ encountered a friend at my news
Dealers. He handed me paper. Al
the subway station he produced two
tickets. and we rode together. About
1870 my brother-in-law phoned me an
invitation to join him at luncheon
which l did. He was engaged to dine
at my house In the evening. He called
for me at the Office and insisted on
paying the fares uptown. When l got
home suddenly realized that, quite in
advertently. hadn't spent cent all
day"
Don't see anything very lucky about
that" listener interrupted.
Didn't say there was" continued
the speaker "But discovered at the
same time that had left home In the
morning without one cent in my
pocket"
"Guess you are lucky, all right" said
the other.-New York Mail.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-09-14
SOUP Without a Spoon

Soup without q spoon seems even
harder to negotiate than meat without
a fork, and we can sympathize with
the complaint recorded in the diary Of
Felix Platter, young Swiss, who went
to Montpelier in 1862 in order to study
medicine. He lodged in the house Of
his professor, Catelan, one OF the
greatest doctors of his time, and yet,
writes Platter, I'VE were compelled to
eat our stew in the usual French fash
ion-that is to say, picking the meat
out with our fingers and then drinking
the broth. In vain we begged our
hostess to let us have spoons, but not
a single one was to be found In the
house, the only implement on the table
being a large knife fastened with an
iron chain. No one here seems to have
ever heard of spoons, which we at
home find so useful" Montague was
astonished when he visited Switzer-
land In 1880 to find that "at all meals
they put on the table as many spoons
as there are people present. West
minister Gazette.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-09-14
rhouobt She Had Arrived.

81 have moved into perfect gem of
an apartment on the sixth floor of one
Of those new houses" said the woman
who paints china, "and am reveling il
it's liberal supply Of fresh air and sun
light"
'But don't you find the stairs an
overbalancing disadvantage" asked
an acquaintance.
THE thought of the coy quarters at
such moderate cost colors my climb
with the roseate hue of optimism,
laughed the artist, ''but one of my Gus
toners, middle aged and filed with
good food and the Joy of living, evil
IDENTIFY found 1t narrowing expert,
ence.
at seemed ages that waited in the
hall after the ringing of the lower
bell, and upon hearing the labored
breathing of my ascending visitor
ran back for the smelling salts.
when l had administered all the
means Of resuscitation at hand she
managed to articulate between gasps:
az thought st. Peter always opened
the door, New York Times.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-09-14
Hard to Kill,

A crocodile's tenacity of life is most
remarkable. II remember one time,
says a traveller in India, II was with
a shooting party on the Gauges when
the natives brought in six foot croco-
ollie. They hoped some one would want
to buy it, but no one did, so 1t was de-
termined to kill the creature. 1t was
hauled out of the tank and tied to a
tree. Bullets from a small rife or an
ordinary gun seemed only to irritate
the saurian. nor did he seem to care
very much when a native thrust a
spear down his throat. Finally they
were obliged to dispatch him with
axes. Even then the tail thrashed
about for no little time after"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-09-14
PURE METAL,
A Woman Who Proved Her Worth
When the Test Came.

BY RICHARD BAKER SHELTON.
copyright. 1909. by Associated Literary
Press.l
The rain came down in sheets. The
wet pavements glistened as If with a
recent and thorough polishing. In the
wide front window Of the club Blake
and Johnson burned good tobacco and
listened, with feeling of supreme con-
tent, to the beating of the rain against
the panes.
'T'm sorry" said Johnson slowly, as
If he had weighed the words with ex-
IRENE care before uttering them.
"Sorry?' Blake repeated, with sur
prised start. "Why, look here, 1
thought you'd be the first to congrat-
ulate me''
81 don't congratulate you," said John
son fatty.
Blake's face suddenly hardened.
'Why not?" he demanded in crisp
tones
johnson studied thoughtfully for a
moment the cigar he was twirling in
his fingers Then he smiled.
''It's all too obvious" said he.
"Don't speak in riddles" said Blake
sharply.
'We1l, then" the other went on, "if
you want me to be plain I viii be
-brutally plain. can't congratulate
you, Tommy, because it's all so ghast-
ly apparent that you've been played
for good thing. l haven't doubt
her mother is gloating over the match.
Tommy, you're deserving Of better
things. You, with your good nature
and your big heart, ought to marry a
woman-a woman
He paused suddenly, evidently a bit
surprised at his own temerity.
$50 on" said Tommy Blake coldly.
''Well, you ought to marry some one
who would care for you for your own
sterling qualities. Can't you see the
length of your nose, boy? What show
would you have had with her If you
hadn't been the catch of the season?
None, sonny; not ghost of a chance
They've played you for good thing,
Tommy good thing. That's why
my congratulations on your engage
ment to Ethel Darlington aren't forth
coming"
you're mistaken" said Blake.
"Am II? said johnson quietly. II
wish to heaven l were"
you are" said Blake in the same
tone. ''You are Why, confound it,
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-09-14
Her Proposal.

you've been counting me now for
a number of years, George" remarked
a girl to a young man. land ] want to
make a little leap year proposal"
Il am not in position to m-mar-
~ Just yet" stammered the youth,
sbut''-
"Who said anything about mar
riage?" interrupted the girl. II was
going to propose that you stop com
ing here and give somebody else
chance. Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-09-14
Not That Kind.

"Once In a Bible lesson" said a
Sunday school teacher, 81 repeated the
text, Arise and take the young child
and his mother and fee into Egypt
And then l showed the children large
picture that illustrated the text In
bright colors.
1.-The children studied this picture
eagerly. Then they all frowned; all
looked rather disappointed. Finally a
little girl said:
"aTeacher. where Is the fear"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-09-14
Inndnn,a Nav .inkA.

London is holding its sides because
Of a wonderful new joke. It's rather
a shame to tell it to you. but it's too
good to keep. The first Englishman
asked the second. "Why is Melba like
a Dutch oysterT Get ready, now, it's
coming. Because she is an Austria
liam" Isn't that the acme Of wit?
An "oyster alienw And people dare
to say the English are not humorous =
Springfield Republican.