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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-07-06

manner OF women. The sentry's horse
moved majestically out from the gate
post and blocked the way.
"Get out Of the wayr ordered the
nurse furiously.
"You cannot passr' said the sentry
coldly.
81 want the Princess susettep cried
the nurse wildly.
She jerked the pony's head and tried
to turn by the sentry, but a great
gauntlet caught the pony's bride and
held it In wise. The pony, be-
wildered by the whip behind, began to
plunge, and the groom had to run to
his head
The distracted nurse scrambled from
the cart and ran with flying skirts to-
ward the gate, but the gray troop
horse felt the dig Of sharp spurs and
plunged desperately out to head her
off Crowded into corner by the pal
ace gate, the nurse called to the groom
to drive on and get the Princess Eu-
settle.
The troop horse wheeled, and the
sentry whipped out a cleaning pistol
from his saddle holster.
"Haltr' he Numbered, and the order
rang In the ears of the groom like a
pistol shot. The pistol looked big and
black, and the gaunt soldier by the
gate with bis bearskin hussar cap and
the scarlet dolman over his shoulder
was terrible to look upon.
The groom skunk back, and the nurse
wept In despair.
1t was the best time the Princess
Susette ever had in her whole life.
When she came back the hair had
struggled down into her highness' face
and there was smudge Of blue black
mud across the tip of her highness'
little snub nose. Her highness' stock
ings, wet as dish rag, were slung
around her highness' neck In a lovely
way that the lodgekeepers children
had shown her. The princess carried
one shoe in her hand; the other had
floated off down the stream after q
tempestuous career as an ocean liner
plying across the creek and carrying
pebbles. The princess shifted with a
cold In her head, but the heart of the
princess was glad
The nurse, on the verge Of Mysteries,
waited on the other side of the sentry
line, like a football player ready to
tackle
But the Princess susette turned back
to the sentry.
"Mr. Soldier" she said
The sentry was staring fixedly at the
gatepost.
MIR. Soldier" she said, Juggling at
his boot-''Mr. Soldier, fink would
like to kiss you"
The sentry locked down out Of the
corner of his eye at the sweet little
flushed face. The sentry sheathed his
drawn saber with clang. The sentry
reached down his two big gauntlets to
the Princess Susette
The nurse and the groom were horrf-
fed at the spectacle.
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LIFE IN MEXICO.
Where They Bar the Windows and
Leave the Doors Open.

Where They Bar the Windows and
Leave the Doors Open.
The City of Mexico swarms with life,
yet it is still life 1t is the hour of the
siesta when you arrive and the streets
are deserted of moving things, though
every darkened doorway possesses its
own colony of slumberers who have
cast themselves down where they
stood to sleep away the heat laden
hours when no man works. Even the
very dogs stink into the shadow of the
dazzling walls and loll pitifully. The
tinkle of mule bells is hushed. The
cry of the muleteer sounds no longer.
To walk through these streets with Inn
perious foot, after the British fashion,
seems sacrilege. One might be walk
ing through a city of the dead
But the hot hours pass, the city
awakens, the mules strain and plunge
at the collar, the dogs prowl about be-
tween the legs of those who pass, the
shops are opened, the scent of garlic
saturated cookery rises strongly, man
tilla shrouded faces peep from ancient
classmates protected by massive iron
bars, and the city of sleep becomes a
city of Ieisurely wakefulness. You no.
tice these barred classmates particular
ly They are a feature Of Mexico.
Householders bar the windows and
leave the doors unfastened, and here
you have an epitome Of Mexican char
acter: Do nothing openly, everything
on the sly, even to wooing your lady
love.
You might spend long lifetime in
the City of Mexico and still leave
much unseen, there are so many fea-
lures to note-the actual city life, the
life beyond those jealousy guarded
windows, the life lived in the flower
scented patios where cooling fountains
play with musical softness. Here
comes a vaquero riding nonchalantly
up the street, a typical product Of
Mexico, a cattle hand from one OF the
outlying ranches, perfect fury I'M
chained when the liquor Of the coun-
try is in him, gentle, dreamy child
when the liquor has evaporated, and
yet between the two events he might
have committed dozen murders with
out the slightest conjunction. His
swarthy face is alight with merry
laughter. His earrings sparkle in the
declining sun. The gay trappings of
his magnificent horse fling back daz-
zling specks of color. In his cha
parajos those fr1nged overalls which
protect the speckless white riding
breaches from the dust Of the way,
his bell buttoned jacket, his sombrero.
with the haft Of machete protruding
from his crimson sash, he might be a
hero of old legend instead Of com
monplace cowboy-Frank 81. Shaw In
Chambers Journal.
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MISS GLEN.
The Doubling Lover and His
UncIe's Affianced Wife.
Rx cLARIssA MAckIE.

BY CLAhIS0A mNONiGs
copyright, 1909 by Associated Literary
Press.]
Major Stewart lighted another cigar
and pushed the box toward his nephew.
Oliver was staring out Of the win
dow with a set white face. Suddenly
he turned toward the older man.
do you really mean, uncle, that you
are going to marry Clementina Miles p
he asked in a low tone.
The major bristled Indignantly. A
slow red suffused his good looking face
to the very roots Of his white hair.
Il am, sir may be sixty, but am
still capable Of loving true, good wo-
man-such as 1 know Glen Miles to be.
love her, and she says she loves mel
Isn't that enough, sirT He fixed
piercing black eyes upon the young
man
Oliver WINGED. Eyes, indeed, Uncle
Dick; I hope you will forgive me. l
was surprised. l hope you Will be
very happy, and here's my hand on it!'
The major grasped it warmly. ''That
is the way to talk, my boy. If you'd
been home looking after your old uncle
instead Of gallivantdng around the
world you might have seen which way
the wind was blowing, eh?''
The young man smiled ruefully.
"That's so, SIR When is-when is 1t
to be7" he asked hesitatingly.
'Tn the fall-bless her sweet heart, "
beamed the major as he got up from
his chair "And now, Oliver, suppose
you ride over to the Magnolias and
take bunch of roses to Glen with my
compliments? You know all the fami-
ly, Of courseY
Oliver nodded "You know 1 almost
lived there ever since was born," he
said quietly.
THAT'S so-that's so. Wen saddle
FREELY and renew old acquaintances
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PATHS EARNINGS.
The shrewd Financial Methods Of the
Musical Miracle.

Adelina Patti never suffered from
the financial timidity Of Jenny Lind.
Not only was she supreme vocalist;
but, as Colonel Mapleson remarked,
mo one ever approached her in the art
Of obtaining from a manager the
greatest possible sum he could by any
possibility contrive to pay" But the
musical miracle was the spoiled dar-
ling of her day, and she never failed
to obtain exactly what she wanted.
She was first engaged In London in
1861 by Mapleson to sing four nights
ION approval" and in case of success
to obtain f40 a week. This contract
was not fulfilled, however, for, being
hard pressed financially, she had Dor
rowed ESQ from a rival manager, and
her receipt proved practically a con-
tract. This was the beginning Of a
career so dazzling that its successive
steps are simply a series of increasing
banknotes. In 1872 she obtained in
London 200 guineas night, since she
insisted on having more than Christine
Nilsson, who was receiving 1900. She
sang twice a week Ten years later
she was given $1,000 a night Her ia
nous contract to sing in America pro-
yided that the money should be paid
her at O'clock on the day she sang;
also a drawing room and sleeping car
to be especially built for her, with
conservatory, fernery, etc. Further,
there was to be deposited to her credit
$4,000 for payment Of the last ten
performances-Patt favorite device.
She thus received about twenty times
what Mario and Grisi got.
Her private car incidentally cost
100000 and contained a silver bath
and gold keys to the doors, to say
nothing Of $1,000 piano. Patti gave
costumes. Her drawing capacity just
fed this. Lucia" as an example, was
sung to an average Of $4,000. ."Travi-
alta" drew more, since she sang more
notes. 1t was a frequent occurrenc0
among the poorer music lovers to buy
a club ticket and each take turns at
hearing her for twenty minutes If
one overstayed his time he paid for
the entire ticket Some mathematicians
computed By dividing the number o.
notes sung by the sum paid that in
"Semiramide" Patti received 1925 cents
for each note. This was found TO be
just 7 ITO cents note more than Ros-
sini got for writing the whole opera
George Middleton In Bookman.
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WIND AND WAVES.
A Gales Action Upon Water, Desert
Sand and Prairie Snow.

A Gales Action Upon Water, Desert
Sand and Prairie Snow.
There are wind waves in the water,
sand and snow. The great sea waves
are produced at that part of cyclone
where the direction Of the wind coin
cides with the direction Of advance Of
the depression. Along this line Of adj
vance the waves in their progress are
accompanied by a strong wind blowing
across their ridges as long as the at
mospheric depression is maintained.
So the waves are developed until they
become steep The average height in
feet is about half the velocity of the
wind in miles.
A wind of ffty-two miles an hour
gives waves Of an average height Of
twenty-six feet, although individual
waves will attain height Of forty
feet The prevailing wind in all longi-
tudes is westerly, so wherever a west
erly wind springs up it finds long
westerly swell, the effect of a previous
wind still running, and the principal
effect Of the newly born wind is to
increase the steepness Of the already
running long swell so as to form
majestic storm waves, which some
times attain a length Of 1000 feet
from crest to crest. The longest swells
due to wind are almost invisible dur
ing storms, for they are masked by
the shorter and sleeper waves, but
they emerge into view after or beyond
the storm.
The action of the wind to drift dry
sand in a procession Of waves is seen
in the deserts. AS the sand waves
cannot travel by gravitation, their
movements are entirely controlled by
the wind, and they are therefore much
simpler and more regular in form and
movement than ocean waves. In their
greatest heights Of several hundred
feet the former become more complex
owing to the partial consolidation Of
the lower layers Of sand by pressure,
but they still have the characteristic
wave features.
In the Winnipeg prairies of Canada
freshly fallen snow Is drifted by wind
In a procession Of regular waves pro-
crossing with a visible and ghostlike
motion. They are similar to desert
sand waves, but less than half as
steep, the wave length being fifty
times as great as the height. The
fairness of the wind formed snow
waves affords a valuable indication of
the great distance to which hills shell
ter from the wind.-Chicago Tribune.
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A BEAR STORY.
The Picture the Amateur photographer
Did Not Wait to Get,

Dfo MOI wait TO Get.
The best bear story l ever heard
states a writer in Recreation, was TOLD
me by an amateur prospector, who
might have stepped out of a comic
weekly. He had made a big trip IL
the Siskiyous with no weapon save {
nickel plated miners pick.
'Have you seen much game"
asked.
''None at ALL" he replied in his dry
falsetto,
mo bear!" 1 exclaimed, knowing ht
had come right through Bear Camp.
"Oh yes" he returned, quite so
Now that you mention it 1 dare say
that is what 1t was. Didn't occur tt
me, you know. l was so very angry
don't you see, took no pains to iden
tify the brute"
'Why, what did he do to your"
"What did he do? Why, nothing, Of
course. You see, the little beggar rar
and climbed up a stump. And he
wouldn't come down so l could obtain
a decent photograph Of him. Sat VI
there half a day, fifty feet from the
ground Then his legs got tired hold
ing on, imagine, for he started in tc
squeal. And, do you know, the brute
must have given me away, for pretty
soon bis mother, l suppose 1t was
came hurrying up, and | had to clear
out. Four times as big as he, she was
1 assure you.'
"Did you run% I asked, laughing.
"Oh, not at all; not at all" said he
"But still l thought it best not to re
main" He paused and stroked his
stubbly chin refiectively.
by Jove.' said he finally, chow
very interesting! should have thought
to photograph the old one She looked
quite savage, don't you know"
"Such a picture would have been
unique, to say the least" replied.
"Quite So" said he.
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No living man of this age ever de-
liberately chose to adopt trousers .
He was forced into them and all other
eccentricities of dress by woman. In
the very earliest sartorial experience
Of every man he is swathed In a queer
bundle Of incoherent bandages by a
woman. Later she puts him into cute
little dresses so that the neighbors
can't tell him from his little sister.
Still later she cuts of his curls and
puts him into knickerbockers, and he
puts on '1ong pants when she gives
the word and not before. That is all
that man has to do or ever had to do
with wearing trousers. Woman forced
him into them in the first place, and
now he is afraid to wear anything else
for fear of making a sensation.-Proyi-
dence Journal
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PRINCESS SUSETTE
AND THE SENTRY,
A Spell Of Genuine 10y For the
Royal Baby.
Ry HARRY c. CARR.

There was a vivid fash in the sun.
shine as the sentry by the palace gate
raised his saber in salute to the Prin.
cess Susette.
Her highness had run away from her
nurse and stood peeking out curiously
into the great world beyond the gates,
The children Of the lodgekeeper were
making mud pies in the creek that
skirted the palace grounds. The Prin-
cess Susette wished that she, too,
might make mud pies.
The flash from the sentry's saber
caught her eye. The Princess Susette
meditatively sucked one little pink
thumb and surveyed him with round
eyed wonder He looked big and ter
rible on his great gray troop horse.
"What makes you do that2' inquired
Princess Susette plaintively, for the
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His Lucky Coin.

In one of his HILBERT lectures Max
Muller said to the students: MANY OF
you, l suspect, carry halfpenny with
a hole In it for luck. l am not asham-
ed to own that have done so myself
for many years" The case was cited
by him in his lecture as an illustration
Of 'survivals" from primeyal fetch
ism, but ON his own account Max Null
Ter confessed that when sometimes he
had left home without this halfpenny
...lisman he felt very uncomfortable
until his safe return
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viroinia CABBAGE.

Select a small, fine pointed head Of
cabbage, cutting off the top for i'd
Cut out the center, leaving a wall an
inch thick Chop one cupful of cab
bage very fine, then add one cupful
each of ground ham and veal one
grated onion and finely chopped green
pepper, six rolled crackers, two beaten
eggs, one cupful of milk, two table,
spoonfuls of melted butter, one-half
teaspoonful each Of celery salt and
salt, one saltspoonful of white pepper
and two dashes of cayenne. Mix thor
oughly, fill cabbage, tie on the lid, put
In cheesecloth bag and boil in sailed
water for one hour. Slice crosswise
and serve with cream sauce Deli
cious. Serve the potato croquettes on
the same platter.-Chicago Record-Her-
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BY THE STRATEGY
OF SE|zER,
A Romance That Began With the
Stealing of a Shoe.

BY LOUISE JACKSON STONE.
copyright. 1909. by Associated Literary
Press.l
Mr.. Henry Brownlow understood
thoroughly why the Widow Smithfield
had taken the house next his and ig-
nored her existence with frigid digni-
ty. He kept that side Of his dwelling
closed and abandoned his favorite seat
under the catalpa, smoking his even
ing pipe behind the clematis.
Nevertheless his unweIcome neighbor
obtruded on him continually, for the
woman had a child and a cat. and
what with her own eternal singing,
the chatter Of the child and the prowl-
ing of the cat the quiet and peace Of
his life were destroyed.
And his dog Seller was being spoil
ed, his disposition rasped by unending
conflicts with the cat He would
scarcely settle himself, painting from a
rush after her, when she would be
back, calmly promenading their walk
or shifting insolently at their kitchen
screen.
Some day you'll catch and throttle
her, old fellow" Mr.. Brownlow en-
couraged. But keep on your own
premises. Mind that"
And Seller promptly halted at the
boundary fence until one day his ardor
carried him through the broken paling
in the wake of the streak Of fur and
up to the steps where the child sat
laughing at the race. And that was
his undoing. for the child patted his
head, put her little arms about his
neck and loved him, and the woman
rubbed his silky ears kindly and asked
him to come often. And when he re-
turned to his lonely home he left half
his heart behind and could not look his
master in the eyes that night.
Thereafter the cat prowled unmo-
Tested, and Seller often slipped through
the paling for surreptitious visit.
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TOO GOOD TO BE WELL.
A London Hospital Doctors Hurr

A London Hospital Doctors Hurry
Patient From the Outside.
The accident bell at the door of the
hospital clangs, and the next moment
an agitated parent is seen running
down the passage with child tucked
under the srm, its bare legs streaming
behind it in the wind of its mothers
rapidity.
whats the matter, missis? Has she
swallowed some poison?"
mo, sir; 1t amt that" she pants,
''but I'm that scared 1 don't know
ardly which way to turn"
"Well, but what's happened? Has
she hurt herself?v
mo, SIR, and er father 'e's that up
set e couldn't do nothink, else l amt
used to running like that, and ed ave
brought 'er up, but e says as 'ow e
daren't touch 'er, and I've run all the
way, and me cart
"Come, now, missis, just tell me
quietly what's the matter with the
child"
The patient, a pretty little thing Of
IOur, looks lnQulrlHgly Ut uer dldILueu
parent. There seems to be little the
matter with her.
Its all very well yer a-sittin' there
and a-tellin' of me to be quiet" cries
the mother IF yer 'ad children of
yer own yer wouldn't like ter see 'em
die afore yer eyes Oh, dear; oh, dear,
and there amt only two more and the
babyp
The doctor in despair examines the
little girl, but fails to discover any
thing wrong. Now, look here" says
he firmly, 81 can't find anything the
matter with your child, so you'll have
to go away unless you tell me why you
brought her up to the hospital"
"Well, doctor, we was all a-havin'
our tea minute ago as it might be,
and 'er father was eatin' nice bit of
tripe as WIS over from dinner when
Susy, this one l ave with me, says as
low she loved God and was goin' to
'eaving when he doied. Whatp in
tones of horror. "Ain't yer going to
give 'er no medicine ?'-Cornhill Maya
zine
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that had the air Marcia's clothes could
not avoid having There was color In
her cheeks, sparkle in her eyes, and
she laughed like a girl as she ran
down to meet him. Arms about one
another, they turned to watch the sun
set across the distant mountains and
were silent before the glory of it.
AS the chill of coming evening made
itself felt they turned toward the
house, a peace enveloping them which
needed no words.
"And you thought" Marcia said
proudly, II couldn't do It, Jacki That
l didn't mean it! l love the lifeI'
"You are a wonder, Marcia! And so
am 1, If you did but know ity' he said
half seriously. 'Tbe best Of it all,
dear, is that we've found how much
we really are to each other. There's
time for that out here In this spacer'
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Certificates Of death are not docu-
ments where one usually seeks for hui
NOR, but there is frequently to be
found In them much of the unconscious
variety. Here, for instance, Is how
the cause of death is stated in the case
of laborer:
"Died from injuries received through
bull accidentally kneeling on his
chest"
The consideration shown for the feel.
ings of the bull is fine touch and
suggests grave questions on the moral
responsibility Of the lower animals.
Again, a man is stated to have "died
from the effects of injuries received
after being run over by railway
train in motion owing to misunder-
standing between deceased and an
engine driver" This description Of O
rather ordinary railway casualty is ex'
cellent.-London Express.
all -T1yfV7W
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Why She Was Rinht.

Haydn had a peculiar way Of deter
mining the time in which piece of
music shout be sung. On one occasion
a female singer in high esteem al
court had been appointed to sing one
Of Haydn's compositions. At the re-
hearsal she and the conductor differed
as to the time Of the music. The mat
ter was to be settled by referring it to
Haydn himself. When called on to de
eide he asked the conductor If the
singer was handsome.
'very," was the reply, "and spe-
cial favorite with the prince"
'Then she is right" replied Haydn.
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Perhaps little Glen thought that a
man who had no faith in his sweet
hearts loyalty needed a little punish.
ment," said Miss Miles gravely.
Oliver Redeemed "Oh, Of course
know 1 acted like a duffer! l hope
Glen viii forget it,"
At that moment Clementina herself
came toward them. Her eyes were
dancing with mirth.
You are becoming acquainted with
my Aunt Glenn" she said demurely.
my Aunt Glen to be-on both sides
of the family" asserted Oliver as be
took her willing hands In his, while
Aunt Glen stole softly away and left
them alone.
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courtship Ii the North.

The old Eskimo lit cup of walrus
OIL and peered over the sealskin cur
tain.
Aurora" he called, sharply, rs that
young man down there yet?"
"Yes, pa" answered the Eskimo
belle.
"well, l want you to cut him out
understand"
"Er-you1l have to do it yourself,
pa. He has been here so long he is
frozen to the snow tee."-Success
Magazine.
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Occasionally.

"You must try to love your papa,
said the visitor, ''as much as he love:
you"
"Oh, 1 love him morer' replied
Tommy.
Indeed? Doesn't your papa love
you very much"
mot much He says he loves me
only when I'm good Exchange.
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Woman the Waitress.

"a woman" remarked the wise
widow, ''is always waiting for hus-
band"
"How do you figure that out?" que
ried the interested spinster
IF she isn't married." answered the
W. W., 'she is waiting to get one, and
If she is she's waiting for him tc
come home. Chicago News.
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The great magazine editor sneered.
''What right have you" he asked,
'.to think you'll ever make a poetT'
well, SIR the youth said timidly.
1--WE been lasting man In sideshow
for the last two seasons. - Cincinnati
ENQUIRER
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Classified.

'Pa, is vessel a boat?"
"Er-yes; you may call 1t that"
"Well, what kind Of boat is a
blood vessel?"
sits a lifeboat Now run away to
bed" -Bostr Transcript