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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-12-21
THEIR CHRISTMAS
SURPRISE.

1874 HIS year." said Cartwright
firmly, there are going to be
no Christmas surprises In my
happy Monochrome Of those
pleasant little attempts at playing
Santa Claus which begin with sus-
pense and effort and end in mortifoa-
ton and disappointment. / am going
to take my wife downtown and let her
pick out anything she wants within
the limit of my spending capacity, and
then I'm going to let her take me
around and fix me up with pair of
embroidered suspenders or gold cuff
links or any old thing she likes and
that will make her happy. Neither OF
US has quite got over the effects of the
last holiday season yet.
"You see, we had been married just
long enough last Christmas to wear
out our first installment Of furniture
and most of our wedding gifts.
Things were looking a little shabby
around the house. so we both agreed
that in selecting our little remem-
brances for one another we ought to
confine ourselves to something which
would be mutually useful and attrac-
tive. Both of us had been secretly
longing for morris chair, one of those
mission things with big leather cush
ions that swallow you up in delirium
of comfort. Mrs. @. wanted it for
the beauty Of the library and her aft
ernoon siestas, and l wanted it foI
evening recreation.
months before the Christmas sea
son began putting by a little sum
weekly, with the norris chair in mind
Two weeks before the 25th went
down to a dealers to look at chairs.
had been looking casually for weeks
before, but it was not until | came
upon this particular shop that l dis
| covered what | wanted. 1t was a
beauty in the darkest and finest of
weathered oak, with all attachments
and a pair of fat, greeny brown leath-
er cushions that fairly felt like pipe
dreams, laced with leather strappings
and tied to the woodwork with thongs.
| The minute saw the chair l knew it
was for me, but the price was rather
staggering. The dealer wanted sos for
it at first, and when / had got him
down to $50 he acted as though he
were giving the thing away. thought
it best to hold out little, so l merely
requested that he give me days OPP
ton on the chair and paid a small de-
posit for the privilege.
Meanwhile my wife had been saw
ing every penny, cutting down on the
grocery bill and keeping me on cheap
meats with Christmas in view. 1t
seems that she, too, had morris chair
on the brain. On the afternoon OF the
same day on which / discovered my
prize she strolled into the same shop.
The first sight of the chair was enough
for her, and she offered to buy 1t on
the spot. The dealer was inconsolable
He had sold the chair, he believed; al
least he had given a gentleman an op-
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-12-21
No Port In a Storm.

The most dangerous of all places
when a thunderstorm RACES is proba-
bly, a powder house; consequently it is
a rule in explosive works that all the
workers shall leave their house" at
the approach of q thunderstorm So
far all is well. But very often when
the thunderstorm has passed and the
men return and open the cake presses
severe explosions have occurred The
reason of these accidents is that in the
process of manufacture black powder
is placed In the cake presses In alter
nate layers Of powder and ebonite.
This acts as an electric pile, just like
the pile Of coppers and disks of zinc
with which boys amuse themselves.
When the pile is disturbed the cleo
tricity sparks" and up go building.
workers and ALL London Answers.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-12-21
The Burlington and Bristol Steamboat
and Ferry Company

Schedule in effect $40 a.. M, October lltn, iss.
Subject to change.
Daily. except Saturday and Sundays
LEAVE BRISTOL FOR BURLINGTON.
e40 400 500, 1000, 104O, LID q. M, lz'So'
100 $50 $50, 4.80, $50, $40. p. m.
LEAVE BURLIN GTON FOR BRISTOL.
aE0 R8O $50, 1910, ll.0O, l1.36, O. M, l.vu %Vos
400, 400, 500, $50, $50, p M.
LEAVE BRISTOL SATURDAYS.
$40 500 800 1000, 1910. Il.l5, a. M, Lz.SU' Low
200 400. $40, 49, $780, $40, FLO. p. m
LEAVE BURLINGTON sATU %
e6O $780, $50, 1920, ll.00, 1l:S0, a. M, Luz z.V'
2.1O. $40, 400, 800, $50, $3.50, s1.N' p. M.
LEAVE BRISTOL SUNDAYS. .o
500, 900, 1000, 1870 Lib g; m. izSo' low 1S'
LEAVE BURLINGTON SUNDAYS
$50 $50. 10. 20, HOO, ll.S0, Q. m. Luz, zVU, %sV
400 400 500, $50, $3.50, s720 p m.
NOTES-Read Carefully
The trips marked with q star ~ Will pc
withdrawn on and after November ISL: 1ne
last boat from Bristol on saturdays anu sun.
DAYS will leave at $40 p. M, ana the LAST DOB.
from Burlington on Saturdays and sundays
The boat for the performances In the Auo-
torinm will leave Bristol at 40 p. m, return
ing will leave Burlington twenty minutes
after the performances
On Thanksgiving Day the trips VIII 20 "a iAe
as Saturdays time table.
November 30, 1909, the 1000 O'Clock morning
trip from Bristol viii be WithoraWn' anu JIG
boat will leave Bristol at $40 q. no.
Winter schedule will go into erect on Mon'
day. December 20, 1903; sooner II there ID ics
No trips VIII be guaranteed in fosgy
weather. WILLIAM e. DORON
Secretary, Treasurer and General Manager
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-12-21
Told the Truth.

why are you sore at Miss Skreach-
erT'
when she was urged to sing some
thing at the party last night she said,
oh, I can't singh"
''Well?'
"Weu, she went ahead and proved
II. "--Cleveland Leader.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-12-21
Mioht Have eeen Put Differently

We cut the announcement below
from a New Zealand paper: Notice
The Maoris who are breeding pigs In
Takahue, such as Mrs. Peter and Mr..
Sam Yates, are supposed to look after
their pigs and keep them away from
roofing my paddocks, or else if they
do not shall shoot every pig come
across. Secretary L. Howell"
This is decidedly one of the things
that might have been put differently
Westminster Gazette.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-12-21
THE SCORCHER.
Story of a Girl Ambitious to Run
an Automobile.
BY FRANK H. SWEET.

copyright, 1909, by American Press Asso-
citation.
This is an age in which women
have not only progressed In making
for themselves new fields of labor, but
they have done great deal In the
way of manly sports. Our great
grandmothers when they we're girls
were content to ride at a slow pace
on horseback on pillion. holding on
TO a mau. Now our girls ride straddle,
taking fences and bitches by the way.
Whether or no a girl has ever run a
locomotive we don't know, though we
do know that girls have not yet adopt
ed that work as profession. But. as
the bicycle was forerunner OF the
automobile, so may girl chaureurs be
preliminary to women locomotive en-
gineers. At any rate, Miss Tyson
placed herself in the line OF promo
ton.
You're crazy, man! The idea OF
Edith Tyson In an automobile by her
self, much less scorching! It's pre-
posterousP'
II know It; but, unless my eyes de-
ceive me, she is doing that very thing
and scorching like mad too. You had
scarcely left my auto and gone into
the store when there was a sudden
rush, scurrying of people without re-
gard to the order Of their going. a yell
and threat from a policeman. and then
the thing was past and disappearing in
the distance. LucLy the street was
wide and comparatively clear. I've
been fined In this very town for hall
that speed"
His companion looked at him skep-
tically.
IF you'd substitute the name OF
Kate Conway the tale might co. he
said "She is reckless enough to dare
even this close town. But Edith Ty-
son! Why. | took her down to the
races last week. and she wouldn't lei
me run the auto faster than a horse
pace for fear | mightn't be able &c
control it and wouldn't even touch the
lever herself Edith's a nice girl, but
never figured her as being cut out
for a scorcher. She's too book1sh FOL
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-12-21
THE BRIDES FIRST
CHRISTMAS.

n RRS. JOHN VINCENT HAIR
wv RIS entered the big depart
W4 ment store and seated her
self at the nearest counter.
mo, nothing, thank you" she said to
the solicitous clerk. II just want to
make sure have my list with me. 1t
is so difficult to shop at this time Of
the year, and it is always difficult to
find anything for one's-husband. Yes,
l suppose many people did their shop
ping earlier, but l didn't have him
then. l mean
'Why. you sell neckties, don't your
How fortunate! They are on my list
No don't think Of any particular
kind, but something for tall man.
He is a whole head taller than You
say a four-iu-handl Oh, am afraid
he couldn't tie that, but you might
give me a two-in-hand. Thank you;
that is very pretty. but it is blue. He
doesn't like blue. OF course you
couldn't know that. Not that one.
Why, my papa wears them, and he is
lots older Yes, that one win do.
"Mr. Floorwalker, where are the col
lars? Thank you. (She approaches
the counterJ You, please-are you
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-12-21

"There was a time," said the old in
habitant, when that piece Of property
sold for a song"
'RealIyr' replied the grand opera
prina donna. How very expensive!'
Washington Star.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-12-21
Too Full.

A man very much intoxicated was
taken to the police station.
"Why did you not bail him outF" In
CURED bystander Of friend
bail him outr exclaimed the other
"Why, you couldn't pump him out!'
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-12-21
Knew Her STYLE.

Suitor-But you haven't asked me
vet whether or not | can make liv-
ing for your daughter. Father-Never
mind, Henry II you marry her she'll
see to that.--Chicago News.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-12-21

Teacher-Bobby. give me sentence
in which the verbs ITO set and ito
sit'' are used correctly. Bobby-The
United States is a country on which
the sun never sets and on which no
other country ever sits.-Judge.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-12-21
Allowances.

"Of course admit your SON Is ex-
travagant. But you must make allow
ances; he's young"
sThaxs all right But the more al
lowances l make the quicker he blows
'em."-Judge.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-12-21

81 hope this proposal Of mine hasn't
taken you completely by surprise, dear
est"
swell. yes, # has. long ago aban
aoned all idtA Of it."-Life.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-12-21

It is one sign of age when yoz:
friends in looking around for a Christ
mas present for you search for some.
thing that is useful -Atchison Globe.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-12-21

Leave MOORESTOWN every 10 minutes
from 6.42 until 1912 g.. M; then every " MIN
utes until 4.l2 p. M; then every 10 mlnutSs III u
til 9.42 D. M; then every 30 minutes unui LIZ
D. M; then every hour as per night car
schedule.
Leave FERRY sos, 5sS, COS, SIS Q. M; then
every is minutes until 9.S8 q. M; then every "
minutes until 8.88 p. M; then every 10 minutes
until 8.88 D. M; then every ~ minutes unui
zoos o. m; then ll.O8 and 12O8; then every
hour as per night car schedule.
Leave MERCHANTvILLE every minutes
from $50 q. m. until Ell a. M; then every ~
minutes until AT p. M; then every D minutes
until S.27 D. M; then every III minutes until
I.47 o. M; then as per night car scheoule.
Leave FERRY at sos and 6.Ss g.. m.i then
every 10 minutes until 5.5S q. M; then every
minutes until 1858 q. M; then every ~ min
utes until S.6s p. M; then every minute I'D "a
til 1853 D. M; then every 10 minutes until izuo
midnight; then every hour as per night car
schedule.
NIGHT CAR-DAILY AND SUNDAY.
Leave Moorest0wn, l02 202 BOZ, 4.uz q, IN.
Leave Ferry, sl.O8, EOS, 8Oe. 4.OS q. M
*Last trip on Saturday nigh
Connect with Mount Holly cars al stsn"icA
avenue.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-12-21

] TO rob a robber Is not rObbing.-
French Proverb.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-12-21
CAMDEN AND SUBURBAN RAILWAY co.

"r' Stops only on signal or notice to Agent
or conductor to receive or discharge passen-
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-12-21

1874 HIS year." said Cartwright
firmly, there are going to be
no Christmas surprises In my
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-09-02
Your Picture Taken With MIR. Taft

the Capitol. an obscure little photo
grapher's shop floats on It's frontal a
drapery of white cloth bearing blat.
antly the black legend: Come in
and have your picture taken with
President Taft"
The trick is turned, of course, by
the simple method of improving the
customers figure beside the stock
plates of President Taft with out.
stretched hand. as If In greeting. or
in a friendly arm-and.arm pose The
illusion. however, is very good, and
the perpetrator has been making
money ever since the Inauguration.
when postcard takers filled the street
with similar enticements. The Cap
itol or White House looms convincing
ly in the background. and in the fore.
front there you are in the presidential
grip and under the radiance of the
presidential smile. OF course, your
friends in Wayback believe they have
ocular demonstration that you are the
whole show when you come to Wash.
ington.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-09-02

only mother they had, and they would
run 10 1t, chirping out their little joys
and sorrows, and Philo kept it full
of hot water, so 1t would feel cosy
and comfortable to the chicks He
used to sneak away once in awhile
and dig a worm or two in the potato
garden, and come back and drape 1t
through the handle Of the stopper OF
the bottle. and then stand off behind
the door and cluck like hen does
when 1t has found worm, and then
he would smile when the chicks ran
up and grabbed the worm. When the
chicks got large enough to venture
out little Philo tied a string to the
hot-water bottle and dragged 1t
around the yard after them
He got so thoroughly into the no
ton that the hot-water bottle was
really hen that sometimes he would
drag 1t over into his vegetable gar
den, and then shoe at 1t to drive 1t
out. He treated that auto-hen just
as a mother hen should be treated.
Probably he took to 1t more because
he was a bachelor and lived alone.
He had less to distract his thoughts.
The hot-water bottle grew SO reals
tically hen-like to Philo that when
tho chicks got old enough to care for
themselves. and Philo had cousin
from the city stay to dinner, he went
into his back yard and looked over
the chicks. He saw that they were
not old enough to broil yet. SO he got
his AK and bounced down on the auto
hen, and chopped the stopper clean
off 1t wasn't until Philo grabbed
what was left of the hot-water bottle
and started to pick the feathers of
that he realized it was not real
hen.
That is why say 1t is mighty lucky
hot-water bottles don't have feath-
ers. If they did have Philo Gubb
would have gone right ahead and
cooked and eaten Aunt Rhinocolura's
and as Philo is one of those who be-
lieve everything should be chewed to
pulp before 1t Is swallowed, he
would have sat there at his dining
room table and have chewed his low
er jaw clean off.
Copyright. 1909. by w. q. Chapman.)
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-09-02
BFTZVILJLE TALES.
PhiLo Gubb and the Auto Hen
ISS~By Ellis par4ref- Butter; "a
ElA25 Atthor Of Pigs is Pigs Etc Ska2
ILLUSTRATED BY PETER NEWELL

Philo Gubb is one of the tenderest
hearted men In Betzville lie hasn't
the style necessary to mingle in our
best society, but he has a good heart,
and when his speckled hen died after
setting on nest of eggs for a week
Philo's heart bled with pity for the
poor motherless eggs. The very min
ute he saw the dead hen he hurried
over to Aunt Rhinocolura Betz and
asked II he could borrow one Of her
hens, but they were all engaged in
family business of their own just then,
and Phllo fSt down on the edge of
the porch and wept After he had
wept about a quart of tears he perked
up all of sudden, and asked Aunt
Rhinocolura If she was using her hot
water bottle. When she said no, that
her neuralgia wasn't giving her much
trouble that summer, Philo just
jumped up and down for Joy.
AS soon as Aunt Rhinocolura gave
him the hot-water bottle he hurried
home, hippity hopping with Joy, and
filled the hot-water bottle up to the
neck, and screwed the stopper in, and
laid 1t with gentle hand on top of the
eggs. During the day the eggs did
not worry him much after that. for
the sun kept the water in the hot-wa-
ter bottle warm enough, but Vt was a
touching sight to see Philo at night.
He spent all his time at the edge OF
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-09-02
1T WORKS
The Laborer Eats Food That Would
Wreck an Office Man.

Men who are actively engaged at
hard work can sometimes eat food
that would wreck a man who is more
closely confined.
This is illustrated in the following
story:
81 was for 10 years clerk in store
working actively and drank coffee all
the time without much trouble until
after | entered the telegraph service.
There | got very little exercise and
drinking strong coffee, my nerves
were unsteady and my stomach got
weak and ! was soon a very sick man.
quit meat and tobacco and in fact
stopped eating everything which |
thought might affect me except coffee,
but still my condition grew worse, and
was all but a wreck.
81 finally quit coffee and com.
menced to use Postum n few years
when | say, my condition commenced
to improve Immediately and today I
am we'll and can eat anything / want
without any bad effects, all due To
shifting from coffee to Postum.
81 told my wife today | believed
could digest a brick if had cup OF
postum to go with it.
I'VE make 1t according to directions
boiling it full 20 minutes and use good
rich cream and it is certainly deli
cious."
Look in pkgs for a copy of the ia
NOUS little book, The Road to Well.
vile"
There's a Reason"
Ever read the above letter2 A new
one appears from time 10 time. They
are genuine, true, and full of humnr
interest.
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All In Fight Against tuberculosis.

Prevention of tuberculosis versus
dividends is the proposition which
some of our largest insurance COM
panies are now trying to establish.
The Metropolitan Life recently ap.
piled for permission to erect sana-
forum for its policy holders and EN-.
ployes afflicted with tuberculosis. but
the application was refused on grounds
of illegality by New York State Super
intendent of Insurance Hotchkiss. The
company is, however, conducting an
active educational campaign by dis
tributing 3.500,00O pamphlets among
its policy holders. The Provident
Savings Life Assurance society has
also established health bureau,
where its policy holders may receive
free medical advice. Several fraternal
orders. notably the Modern Woodmen,
knights of Pythias, Royal League,
Royal Arcanum and Workmen's Cir
Gle, have already established or are
contemplating the erection of sana.
toria for their tuberculous members.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-09-02

IF you want your picture taken with
4 President Taft, come to Washington.
It's sure-thing proposition. Wheth-
er the biggest man of the nation is
at Beverly or Bullymahoo. it's all the
same thing. For the nominal price
of half a dollar or q bagatelle of that
sort you can go laundering down to
posterity on a piece of pasteboard
clasping hands with the king of Amer
lea or costly locking arms with His
Honorable Greatness. OF course, as
far as the president goes, It is absent
treatment. pictorially speaking. All
you've got to be particular about is
to be on hand your own self.
Way down "the Avenue" close to
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-09-02
Busy Boosters of the Latin Republics

review number. John Barrett is di.
rector of the bureau and Francisco J.
Yanes is secretary. ~hese two are
busy as bees, keeping the countries
in which they are interested in the
public eye. The July issue covers
the activities of the 20 Latin-Amerl
can Republics of the Internationsi
union for the year 1908.
THE spirit of internationalism IN
It's broadcast application was the per
aiding characteristic of relations bo.
tween the various countries Of Amer.
lea during 1905" the bulletin SAYS.
THE year was marked by numerous
gatherings of the representative ele.
ments of national life, both In Latin
America and the United States. and
on all occasions indications of unan.
unity of sentiment and community OF
interest were markedly displayed"
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-09-02

VIZ ASHINGTON.--Am the thou
w sand things that influenced the
making of the tariff bill in congress.
there has been overlooked one ele.
ment that had indirect but important
effect on the raising or lowering of
schedules. Three times a day this
influence got to work on the sena-
tors and congressman perspiring In
the midsummer heat of the capitol
1t was their daily diet
The menus of Washington are q
culinary tumble, gastronomic hash.
geographical mixture of tropical and
temperate zone cookery. They must
serve the pie eaters of New England,
the Frenchified palates of New York
ers, the beefeaters of the north. the
iron-clad stomachs of the west, and
the uneasy livers of the south
The city has not completely &C.
quired the art of hot weather dining
that you can find best exemplified in
Egypt, India, and the far east where
Englishmen and Americans live in ex-
lie. 1t struggles between carnivorous
appetites and tropical temperature.
What sort of a tariff decision would
you expect from man who eats beef.
steak for breakfast, yet this is what
you can find on Washington bills of
fare. Then there are II different
kinds of cereal foods that leave a
sawdust nourishment In your stomach
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-09-02

THE extra session Just closed is re-
i garded in the eyes of the law as
the first session of the Sixty-first con-
gress. so unless a court ruling is made
which reverses the treasury depart
ment the lawmakers will get no mile
age when they come together next De-
cember, The senators and congress
men, however. have not given up hope
of securing their mileage for the
Dingley law session. for they carried
the case to the court of claims. Gen.
Grosvenor, until recently repre-
sentative from Ohio, and one Of the
leaders of the Cannon machine In the
house. is the attorney in charge Of
the case for the mileage claimants.
The mere fact that most of the sena-
tors and congressman did not return
to their homes between adjournment
on March 4 and the beginning of the
extra session on March Is does not
lessen their desire to get the mile
age. 1t is so much velvet" If they
can get 1t, and the majority of the
gentlemen who go to Washington to
serve their country have the reputa,
ton of getting all they can.
The statesmen get is cents mile
over the longest possible route to
their homes. Some of the New York
members get more than 500 for q
| trip.