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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-03-23
His OnportunitY.

A lineup Of iurymen appeared be
fore certain judge one day, and every
man explained that 1t would mean dis
aster to him to serve at that term OF
court-alI but little fellow at the tail
end of the line. This man was hunt
er, and he had lived in cabin on the
creek all his life.
Have you no excuse to offerT asked
the surprised judge.
mo, SIR
Haven't you got sick mother-in-
law needing your attention."
mo, sir; amt married"
what about your crop?"
"Don't raise anything"
mo fence to fix up?"
Haven't got fence on the place."
'sYou think you can spare the time
to serve on jury two weeks 2"
Sure
The Judge sat awhile and meditated.
Reaching ever, he whispered to the
clerk, who shook his head in perplex-
ity. Then the judges curiosity got
the better of him.
You're the only man who's got the
time to serve your country as jury
man." he said. Would you mind tell
ing me how 1t happens?'
.Sure not" said the little man
promptly. Il heard you was going to
try Jake Billings this term. He shot
a dog O. mine oncet."
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-03-23

great difference between us-betweeI
our ages. You have tried to be gay
and light hearted as you used to be-
that I know well, for have often seer
you rouse yourself from what knew
must be sad thoughts-but the fact re
mains that you are not happy, and, as
l said before, the trouble is that you
are In the springtime of life, and l.
well, 1 have passed into the cold and
loneliness of winter"
Dropping her flowers UNDECIDED tc
the ground, Mabel came close to hei
husbands side, and, putting both
hands on his shoulders, she looked uI
into his eyes as she said:
my husbend, do you not know why
l have been more quiet perhaps than
used to be? 1t was because I thought
you found me silly and frivolous and
too young to be your companion.
love you as 1 have always loved you
whether you are forty or sixty OF
eighty or a hundred What difference
does it make, the years that are past?
Come; 1t is the springtime. We will
gather the violets together"
And as Herbert looked searchingly
into the face of the now smiling Ma
bel what he read there convinced him
that in true loves season it is always
spring
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| C1<%>H~11t>%~H~
| A man and a maid stood on the
porch of a little New England farm
house. The man had barely passed
his majority, and the years of the girl
numbered less than his by three. The
man was going hundreds Of miles to
the westward, there to find a compe
| tence
When he had succeeded the girl was
to come to him for the rest of the hap
py years. In his hands were two
sprigs Of rosemary, one of which he
gave to the maid.
'It's for remembrance, Betty. Not
that we will either of us need 1t, dear,
but shall carry it with me wherever
CO."
''You know you'll always be in my
thoughts, Tom. III put 1t under my
pillow at night that l may dream Of
you and wear it next my heart in wax
Ing hours that every beat may be for
you. Goodby, Tom, and God bless
you and send you back to me-" And
the maid turned her lips upward for
her lovers kiss.
"Goodby, Betty! It won't be for
long, and then we will be together for
the rest of our lives" And he gave
her one last caress before he turned
and started down the grayeled path
bound on the outtrail
Betty had been motherless since her
sixth year, and at the close Of win
ter's day the soul of her father left it's
gaunt frame, and she was alone.
Tom wrote letter full Of tender
consolation, and 1t was on the absent
sweetheart she leaned during the days
and nights of her affection.
Betty's father had been frugal and
shrewd, and there was enough to pro-
vide for the remainder Of her days.
She had no relatives in the home Of
her father, and when legal matters
were finally adjusted she left for big
western city to live with an aunt while
she was waiting for Tom. 1t was then
the first blow fell.
No letter came from her sweetheart
in the far west. At first she did not
worry, for he had written that he was
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-03-23
Her Face of
Youth.
Copyrighted, 1909. by Associated
Literary Press.
By WILLIAM sTANHoPE

|
1.-THE Dead sea fruit of ashes, that ia
all life has meant for me. l wonder
But here Mrs. Ellery st. John drew
herself up with a start. "Whatv' she
thought. Talking to myself like an
old woman! Really l must not be SO
much alone"
Being alone at all was new to Mrs.
st. John She had always been on the
qui vive from her brilliant girlhood
through the ten years of her married
life and nearly ten of her widowhood,
and the restlessness told on her.
Fine lines about the eyes and mouth
told Of the nerve destroying pace Of a
modern woman of fashion. Margaret
st. John seemed possessed with spir-
it of unrest and had forgotten how to
relax.
This year she seemed too listless to
plan her usual spring trip and was
staying in town. But she must be
amused. She turned from the desk,
where bundle of old letters had given
a melancholy drift to her thoughts,
and took up one of the club calendars.
All, there was miniature day at the
Women's club. That looked promis-
ing. "An exhibition of old miniatures"
would certainly be amusing. These OBJ
solete things would afford more IL
a passing smile, and there was sure
to be good music. Mrs. ST. John lis
tened not Only with her ears, but with
her heart, to fine voice
She was followed by envious glances
as she entered Her perfect gown
with the delicate bits of old lace, was
worn well. The women of the club
thronged about her, each with some
special bit of gossip the ambitious
pushing ones ON the edge, glad of a
smile or bow that held out hopes for
social advancement.
AS the president took her place they
settled into their seats to listen to the
brief program. A brilliant harp, piano
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-03-23
Stories of John BRIGHT.

John Bright was supposed to be a
total abstainer, but once when Ed
ward Mall was very nervous at the
prospect of having to make an impor-
tant speech in the house Bright said:
'Well Mall If l were you I'd for
once go and have pint Of cham
payne"
Mr.. Mall did as he was told, and the
result may be judged from the nara
tors comment that champagne on
an unaccustomed interior is not al
ways a curative or tonic"
Bright rarely had any difference
with his wife," but occasionally they
were not at one about the children.
When they came to point of abso-
lutte disagreement he used to say:
"Now, tell thee, If thou doesn't do
what I wish I'll go straight to Mr..
Gladstone and ask him to make me a
knight" to which the answer invari-
ably was:
"Oh, anything rather than that"
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ESTABLISHED 1875
stood staring at the girl.

SIOOQ SbdEluS at Tic gin.
"Are you Tom Wilson, she asked
"And did you leave over twenty years
ago to go out west, and she con-
tinued
Eyes, yesi Why-how-who are
your" he demanded.
Betty Randall is my aunt" said
Betty, 'tand she has your sprig Of rose
mary"
Here's miner he cried, and he
plunged into his pocket and brought
forth worn wallet
That night Mr.. Wilson had a long
talk with Betty at the school She ar
ranged to go home the next morning,
and Tom was to follow the day after
He explained how he had been sick
for year from exposure while lost
In the mountains, how he wrote to the
old address, but got no reply.
He had gone back to the New Hamp-
shire town, but no one could give him
Betty's address So, with fortune be-
yond his boyhood dreams, he had ram
bled up and down the world, hoping,
hunting and miserable
"Aunt Betty" said little Betty two
days later, suppose Tom is alive.
Suppose he didn't die, but couldn't find
out where you were. Wouldn't that
be fneT And her eyes danced with
what the elder took to be gtrlish en-
thusiasm for romance so near to her
There was a knock at the door, and
a maid entered with card tray.
There's Il gentleman downstairs to
see you, Miss Randall He wouldn't
give me his card, but said you'd I'M
derstand by this'' And she held out
the tray so that there was disclosed
thereon sprig of rosemary.
Betty, it's truel He's alive! It's
Toni" And the speed with which she
descended played havoc with orthodox
ideas Of dignity She fell rather than
ran into the sitting room, there to be
clasped in two arms, while a mans
voice came softly to her:
SAT last! Thank God, at lastY'
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-03-23
The Appreciation of Music.


If we would appreciate music Alright
we must remember that its beauty de-
ponds not upon the composer alone
but upon ourselves also. Deep calls
unto deep, and the harmony of sound
though appealing primarily to the out
ward ear, must be answered by a har-
mony from within ourselves. The
more culture we bring to the hearing
of music, the wider our sympathy, the
more exquisite will be the echoes
which it awakens in the soul. II we
would understand the composers mes
sage we must cooperate with him
We must reach out to him with all
our faculties If we do that. the reve.
lation of music will ceaselessly renew
its beauty, ever turning unimagined
aspects to gladden. us.-Redfern Mason
in Atlantic.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-03-23
=. NJ. Nat sunerstitious.

A captain of an ocean liner tells the
following story: Coming from the old
country was very nervous old lady
who complained that she was sure
there was a rat in her stateroom.
Keep it there, madam" said the
captain.
"But do you like rats?" asked She
i've got a nest in my cabin re-
torted the brusque seaman, land new
er disturb them. When they leave the
ship | do"
"Why, you must be superstitious, +"
urged the dame.
mo, ma'am,9 wound up the captain,
"I'm not, but the rats are"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-03-23

Among the lizards of Australia the
"thorny devil" (Moloch horridus) Ii
unrivaled in its ugliness. From the
tip of it's nose to the end Of its tai
this lizard is covered with tubercles
and spines, but in spite Of its danger
GUS appearance 1t Is quite harmless
1t measures about seven inches II
length. 1t has a fat body, a small
head and a cylindrical tail. 1t fire.
quents sandy places. feeds largely OIL
ants and is more or less diurnal in
habits. Its powerful limbs are fur
nished with strong claws, which Il
uses in digging the sand, in which II
often lies wholly or partially buried.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-03-23

st hear you are going to speak in
our town next week"
Eyes. am billed there. | wonder II
any preparations are being made to
receive me-"
"Yes, understand all Of the arrange
ments have been made. The hens, |
am told, began laying eggs sir months
ago for the event"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-03-23
Modest Goldsmith.

Oliver Goldsmith was an underpaid
man from start to finish. Two hun
dred and fifty dollars for 1.-THE Vicar
of Wakefield was bad enough, yet
for 1.-THE Traveller" he got but 500
and $25 for his "English Grammar .
For "Thes Deserted Village" however.
his publisher sent him $500. This he
at once returned. with the message:
at is too much. 1t is near 3 shillings
a couplet, which is more than any
book owner can afford or, indeed, any
modern poetry is worth" So he died
with $4,000 worth of debts WAS
ever poet SO trusted before7" said DR..
Johnson
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-03-23
kee6ino IN Practice.

"You have broken my heart" sobbed
the young wife after their first quar-
rel.
81 always was heart breaker"
jauntily replied the young husband.
"But you have broken mine for the
last time"
"What- going to deprive yourself Of
so much pleasure"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-03-23
The Kissing.

81 frequently experience kissing
sound In my ears remarked pa.
tent to doctor what would you
advise me to do?'
"what is your occupation?" asked
the medico.
I'm an actor"
'Then I'd advise you to adopt some
other vocation"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-03-23
Mo,,ldn,4 3. conuInoed.

"Bobson thinks he plays a good game
of bridge"
eyes, he does. l spent $27 the other
night trying to disabuse him Of the
idea-and failed" = Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-03-23
Qualified.

I'm sure my daughter is going to
make a great singer some day"
SIS that so?"
Eyes; she's always quarreling with
her mother who tells me it is absolute
ly impossible to manage her."-Detroit
Free Press.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-03-23
In pouht.

Hairdresser (while giving lady Wig
orous shampoo)-W you have any
thing on your head when am finish
ed, madam? Shell am sure don't
know. l was in hopes you would leave
enough hair to pin my hat to.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-03-23

"What is the difference between
frmness and obstinacyY asked q
young lady Of her fiance.
'F'irmness," was his gallant reply
sis a noble characteristic of women
obstinacy is lamentable defect ir
menr'
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-03-23
Paid Her Back.

Mae-So you are engaged to Georgel
1 refused him three times. Ethel-That
must have been what he meant when
he told me that he had had several
narrow escapes.-New York Journal.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-03-23
The FIane.

Clara-That man who just passed
was an old fame of mine. Kate-In-
deedl What happened between you'll
Clara-oh, he Jared up one day and
went out.-Boston Transcript.
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Her Eyes Opened.

Scribbler She isn't writing any
more articles on how to manage a
husband. Scrawler-No; she knows
better now. She's married-Ph iladel.
phia Record.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-03-23
CAuDgN AND SUBURBAN RAILWAY CO

Leave MO0REsToWN every 10 minutes
from 5.42 until 1912 q. M; then every ~ min
utes until 4.l2 D. m; then every is minutes un
I'll 9.z2 D.. M; then every 30 minutes until ILL
p. m; then every hour as per night cal
schedule.
Leave FERRY sos. SIS, sos. SIS a. M; then
every Is minutes until 9.38 q. M; then every "
minutes until 3.88 p. M; then every 10 minutes
until 6.88 p. M; then every 30 minutes until
zoos D. M. then Hos and 1908; then every
hour as per night car schedule.
Leave MERCHANTYILlE every minutes
from 5.S2 a. m. until 9.N a. M; then every IL
minutes until AZ p. M; then every minutes
until 8.27 p. M; then every 10 minutes until
ll.47 D. M; then as per night car schedule.
Leave FERRY at COB and OBS a. M; then
every 10 minutes until 5.56 a. M; then every
s minutes until 8.5S q. M; then every 10 min
utes until 1858 p. M; then every minutes I'M
til7.58 D. M; then every 10 minutes until l2OS
midnight; then every hour as per night car
schedule.
MIGHT CAR-DAILY AND SUNDAY.
Leave Moorestown, 1.02. 202, 302, 4.02 q. M.
Leave Ferry, *l08, 2.08. 308, 4.0S a. M.
ALast trip on Saturday nigh.
Connect with Mount Holly cars at Stanw1ck
avenue.
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p,entv Of Il.

"Jedging from the amount OF II
killed in this settlement" remarked
visitor in Plunkville, IT persoom there
must be bounty on time."-Louisvilla
rLo,1y.i Tor Io,1rnal
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-03-23
verv Convenient.

Caretaker Ito prospective tenant
Yes, this 'ouse is most conveniently
situated. There's music ali close
and andy, and there's pub just over
the way, and a pawnbroker's round
the corner.-London Bits.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-03-23
Enouqh said.

visitor-What part Of prison life II
the hardest to put up with? Convict
The visitors.-Judge.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-03-23
PitiabIe.

'sThey are very respectable, though"
"Dear mel"
"What?"
81 did not think that they were that
poor"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-03-23

When a king creates an Office Provi'
dence at once creates a fool to buy it
Colbert.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-03-23

In great attempts it is glorious even
to fail.-LOnginus.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-03-23
(Which Is For
Memory"
By MARION TRAvERs.

Copyrighted, 1909, by Associated
Literary Press.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-10
Report Is Current in High Places That PreSideaEec Is
Preparing TO Shed All Obligations to Pred
ecessors Regime.
SHARP CLASHES SAID TO HAVE OCCURRED
Refusal TO Include Loeb in New Cabinet Claimed 10
Have Piqued Chief Executive Seriously as
Does the Hitchcock Deal.
ecessor s Regime.

Is Presdent-eIect Taft deliberately unloading all the
personnel, appurenances and nheritances of Roosevelt
ISM and getting ready to emancpae himself entirely from
relation obligation to the Roosevelt regimes
That he ha such purpose, and that his pursuit of it
in making his Cabinet h led to sharp disagreement be
himself and Preside Roosevelt is current report in
high places.
The President-elect's refusal to include in his Cabi-
net William Loeb IT, is said to have seriously piqued
the President with the result that something far from
the proportions of breach between him and Taft is de
cared impending
of the SAVIOR of Roosevetsm about him
It. likewise is
be
Of
chic advi o the President
whole tendency in Cabinet
interest minimizing Roosevelt
tendency is dFased
of a position
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-10
Italy Likely to Decline
Services of Our Fleet

ROME, Jan. ToleEraulie aamma-
niesrion with Messiua was interrupted
today bv some unknown cause. and ft
Is not known here whether the four
American batueEhips arrived there to-
day ou schedule time. 10 iz presumed
that the ships are now on tHa scene.
10 Is doubtful whether tho tender of
fhr ships services VIII Doe accepted. as
the situation is reported to Doe We'I .H
hand. and the government is opposed
Continued on Second PaEe4
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-10
WEATHER REPORT.

The cold wave iu tle West wiH extend
during sunday and Sunday night "tH
tine southwest States. rHe lowe. h.-
Kansas. the Missouri and upper MIre.--
sIppI valleys, and upper Lake region.
ard ou Monday into the Ohio valley and
west lower Lake region aud hE Tues
da. morning into tle middle Atlantic
States and rhe Northeast. It 1851 also
Ha colder 1irudaE nI Monday might lu
The interior OF tine Southern States.
District OF tu.umg.a-I,a Rain and WHEm-
o. tonight Monday rH.U- Colder aI
TIglf. light south winds
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-10
MEN IN CABINET
ON THEIR MERIT
By J. c. wELLIvER


Disc greeHteut, approaching size point
Of a serious breach between President
Roosevelt and President-eIect Tafr, is
said 10 have developed within the last
fortnight, because OF the Presidents
desire that William Loeb. jr., be ten
dered a place in the next Cabinet
President-eIsct Taft has disappointed
the friends of Mr.. Loeb by develop
ing what 10 them is an unaecountabIe
unwiIIingness TO carry into effect re-
peated assurances that were looked
upon as equivalent to the promise of
Cabinet post for Bfr. Loeb. Tbs expIa-
nation made on behalf Of the President
elect is that he wants Cabinet Of
men who viii stand on their oRn
merits. independent Of any reputation
that may have accrued TO them incident
TO connection with the Roosevelt Ad-
mintstrauon.
This does not mean that connec-
tion with the Roosevelt Administra-
tion is a bar 10 prefermenJ with the
Taft regime. 1t merely means that
men whose standing as rational rs
ures is dependent solely on their rela-
tions TO the present Administration.
and who. but for the opportunities
opened to them By reason of their
connection with it would not have
been known as men Of national cali
ber viii not be given preference over
those who have made independent
regulations. i'm their own distinctive
fields of activity.
Thus such men as Knox and Root
men or the first class independent Of
their connection with the Roose-
veltian policies, men who in their own
States are looked up TO as leaders in
their own right-are not TO be re-
garded as disqualified by reason of
the incidental fact that they were
connected with the Roosevelt admin
istration. But She Cortelyous and
Loebs and Newberrys and others Of
the class looked upon as somewhat
peculiarly the creatures of Mr.. Roose-
welt. are not to be rated SO high.
Fond of Loeb.
This is the explanation Of MI TafJS
unwiIUngness to place Mr.. Loeb in his
Cabiner Personally he is fond of Loeb,
and has repeatedly expressed the gen
eraI assurance that Loeb could have
anything he wanted" The people who
were closest to the conduct Of the ante
convention Republican campaign lass
year know best how much the skill and
loyalty of Loeb contributed TO the
smoothing out of rough spots i'm the
road 10 nomination.
Mr.. Tar's assurance of desire TO heIp
Loeb 10 anything he wanted" was
taken by rhe latters friends as equivs-
lent 10 pledge of Cabinet place. IL
never occurred to them that Mr.. Loeb
wasn't of Cabinet size or experience
and TIE notion that a distinguished
career under the Roosevelt Administrs-
tion g.ouId be bar rather than =
recommendation brought something of
a shock
Indsed, there has been a touch Of bit.