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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-11-02
A Decisive stem.

His chum came in and found him
slipping a lock Of hair into an en-
velope, not furtively or surreptitiously,
but just placing it under cover in a
calm, businesslike way.
"Hellop says the visitor. Whats
up?"
Nothing" he answered. Pm only
sending back Miss Observation-Disclosures
lock of hair; that's all"
Engagement of againf"
"Yes."
"How many times does this maker
give. It's final this time, though,
one way or the other"
Does she say so"
"Oh, she always says it's final. Pm
deciding things just now. It's off for
ever or cards out soon!"
How do you do it?"
Little scheme of my own. You
know the color of her hair, don't you
warm brown, with little raw lumber
in it? Well, this sample of hair I'm
doing up is red-good, regular, stand
ard red. l tell you we're going to get
down to genuine emotion this time.
She'll know whether she loves me or
not, and If she does she'll walk me In
by the r"-London Mail.
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mas stayed near your ball since we've

mas stayed near your ball since we've
been playingr
"Why shouldn't itY' queried Miss
Welland saucily as she shot and miss
ed. "And, anyway, resemblances have
nothing to do with the game. You're
teaching me billiards, remember"
'Billiards-and something else" said
Carrick See how the red ball sulks
at the lower end of the table. Pm go
ing to stir it up
His ball clicked Miss Welland's cue
ball gently and doubled the corner just
in time to be stopped by it. They
met square on it's return from the
cushion and stopped. a few inches
apart
"See how near they are" said Car
rick-"no chance for a misunder-
standing, no opportunity for theater
tickets to get lost en- route from one
to the other The red ball is the
length of their world away. That's
the way they belong, side by side, al
ways"
what is it called" asked Miss We'll
land hurriedly, when one ball pre-
vents the other from going, like that"
"That," said Carrick, laying down
his cue with certain inality and ad-
vancing around the table. lis called a
kissw
Dick Sargent is in favor of double
wedding, for" he says, "a fellow
needs the moral support Of his kind in
a crisis" Carrick is building house
with billiard room in it.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-11-02
4curinan Married Couples.

If every wife who is trying to cure
her husband and every husband who
is trying to cure his wife would stop
the operation, and all the husbands
would devote their energies to curing
themselves and all the wives devote
their energies to curing themselves,
the homes would be a great deal hap
pier than they are today. There are
scolding wives who are bending all OF
their energies to the task of curing
their husbands of habits far less det-
rimental to the happiness Of the home
than the habit of scolding There are
husbands who have set themselves the
task Of curing their wives Of imper-
fections of SO much less consequence
than the infirmities Of character and
temper possessed by the husband him
Edinburgh Scotsman.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-11-02
Corn produot. Entrained.

The president of western railway
system was spending the week end at
the country house of a friend in New
York when one evening some reference
was made by a layman touching the
commercial greatness of the country as
evidenced by railway operations.
'What you say is quite true" OBJ
served the head Of the big system.
''Do you know that if the corn prod
ucts in this country for the last year
were loaded into one train the engine
thereof would be entering the state Of
New Jersey just as the caboose was
leaving Los AngelesT"
At this remark woman present
could not suppress her astonishment
and incredulity. "How you men do ex-
aggerate!' she exclaimed. You know
very well that even two engines could
not pull such a traini'-New York
Tribune.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-11-02
c..,. a. ca OF WITH . Shilling.

French parents Tor, at all events,
those with more than 2 shillings to
dispose of by wilD are precluded from
the qualification Of cutting a mntinous
child off with a shilling. A reserve Is
established by law which no testator
can bequeath away from his offspring.
A Frenchman with one child can dis
pose Of half his property according to
bis pleasure; the other half must In
evitably pass to the child. Those with
two children can dispose Of only one
third of their property, those with three
children Of one-fourth, and SO on ac-
cording to the size Of the family
Stern parents occasionally seek to
evade the law by subterfuge, but the
disposal of property in France Is
hedged round with SO many restric-
lions that family black sheep are rare
ly mulcted Of their legal inheritance
London Mail.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-11-02

A Philadelphia writer who belongs
to the Society of Friends is charm
ing story teller Here is one from his
store of Quaker anecdotes.
''The story goes" he said, shat loud
talking among the congregation once
interrupted certain Friends meet
ing. The women at this meeting sat
on one side Of the room, the men on
the other. The speaker when the talk
ing became intolerable paused and
looked at the audience reproachfully.
"A woman, rising, said to him:
"I beg thee to take notice that the
talking you object to comes not from
our, but from the mems, side Of the
house
1.-THE speaker smiled upon her. so
much the better, good woman; so
much the BETTER he said. 1T viii be
the sooner over"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-11-02
A Brave Answer.

There was sharp fighting between
the English and French in the Wind
ward islands in 177S when General
Meadows conquered st. Lucia not. how
ever. without himself being severely
wounded at the very beginning OF the
engagement. The general, though
wounded. would not leave the field for
a moment, and when the action was
over he visited every wounded officer
and man before he would receive the
surgeons attention himself. His heart
was greatly cheered by an answer
given TO him by young subaltern,
Lieutenant Comm Of the Forty-sixth
regiment. who in the heat OF action
was wounded in the eye.
81 hope you have not lost your eye
lieutenant" said the general.
81 believe 1 have sir" replied Comm
"but with the other I shall see you
victorious this day"
The brave young fellow had his
wish.-London Scraps.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-11-02
GETTING al the Root.

While visiting the south recently q
traveller CHANGED upon resident Of q
sleepy hamlet in Alabama.
care you native of this town. ask
ed the traveller.
"Am whatY' languidly asked the
one addressed.
"Are you !. native Of the town"
whats that?"
81 asked you whether you were
native of the placer
At this juncture there appeared at
the open door Of the cabin the mans
wife, tall, sallow and gaunt After
careful survey of the questioner she
said:
"Ain't you got no sense, Bill? He
means was yo' nvin' heah when yo'
was born or was 20 born before 20
begun livin' heah. Now. answer him."
Success.
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So zoo.., bat 5a:t we are prisoners in
a sense. If you fly the country you
will leave me in bad fix"
OF course the mother thanked Mr..
Dillon. and of course Mr.. Dillon thank
ed his stars and pushed his luck. Once
always and sometimes twice day
that couple had to ride out to see
about bail; they had to wander about
the grounds evenings; they had to sit
in grottoes and beside waterfalls.
After a month had passed Mr.. Dillon
begged the mother to let him be
bondsman to the daughter for life.
''Dear me-" said the mother, but
what strange things running over a
COW may lead to! Don't let Minnie do
IL againI"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-11-02
Not the Same.

The new minister was making duty
call at the home of one of his flock,
and, taking a little six-year-old miss
upon his knee, he said, "Now, my dear,
you want tc be Christian, like NAM
ma, don't your"
mo, SIR" was the unexpected reply.
II would rather sing in the choir. -
Chicago News.
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A Use For Arithmetic.

"My boy" said the head Of the firm,
sI've noticed that you have a great
head for figures, although you don't
seem to be able to spell or write at all.
How does it happen?"
81 studied 'rithmetic,' replied the Of
fee boy, "cause / wanted to know
how to figure de battin' averages. -
Chicago Record-Herald.
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A MYTH Chaser.

'what makes your youngest son SO
eager for athletics%
"Filial admiration" answered the
worried looking mother. He believes
all the stories his father tells about
the wonderful things be did when ne
was a boy and is trying to equal the
record. washington Star.
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Mother-in-law AGAIN,

Husband Why do you hate to see
me come home smiling? Wife-Be-
cause know it means something has
happened to poor mother.-Illustrated
Bits.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-11-02

'If you must fight. Bobbie, take some
one of your size"
"Well. papa. it amounted to the same
thing this morning. / licked two boys
each of them half as big as l was."-
New York Life.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-11-02
The Burlington and Bristol Steamboat
and Ferry Company


and Ferry Company
schedule in effect $40 a. M, October llth. 1903.
Subject to change.
Daily, except Saturday and Sundays.
$40 800 800, 1000. 1910, Ills q. M, 1880,
l.3O, $50. $50, 4.30, $50, $40. p. m.
LEAVE BURLINGTON FOR BRISTOL.
$50 $780, $50, 1920, ll.00, l1.30, a. M, LOO 20,
800 40, 90. $50, $50, p. M
LEAVE BRISTOL ATURDAYS.
$40, 500, 800, 1000 1040 Ills, a. M, RSO, l5O,
go, 500, $40, 430, $50, $40, FLU. p M
LEAVE BURLINGTON SATURDAYS
$50. $50, $50. 1920, Il0O 1l.SO, a. M, LOO 200,
$40, $40, 400, 500, $50, $3.50, f720, p. M
LEAVE BRISTOL SUNDAYS.
300 e.OO 1000, l040 Ills, a. 1870. l.3O, I'D
800 $40, 4.30. $50, *6-40, *7l0 p m.
LEAVE BURLINGTON SUNDAYS
$780, $50, 10. 20, ll00 1l.30, q. m. Loo, zoo, 24O
$40, 400 500. $50. $3.50, s72O, p. M
NOTES-Read Carefully
The trips marked with a star u will be
withdrawn on and after November Isl. inc
last boat from Bristol on saturdays ana sun
DAYS Will leave at $40 p. M, and the last BOAT
from Burlington on Saturdays ana sundays
The boat for the performances In the audi
toriuna will leave Bristol at TAO p. M, return
ing will leave Burlington twenty minutes
after the performances.
on Thanksgiving Day the trips Will De same
as Saturdays time table.
November 3d. 1909 the 1000 o'clock morning
trip from Bristol will be Withdrawn, ana the
boat will leave Bristol at $40 a. m.
Winter schedule will go into erect on Mon
day, December 20, 1903; sooner II there Is Ice
No trips Will be guaranteed in foggy
WILLIAM E. DORON
Secretary, Treasurer and General Manager.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-11-02

Leave MOORESTOWN every 10 minutes
from 542 until 1912 a. No.; then every 30 min
utes until Alp p M; then every 10 minutes un-
til 9.42 p. M. then every 30 minutes until Il.l2
p. m; then every hour as per night car
Schedule.
Leave FERRY 5.03. 5.88, sos, 6.S8 a. M; then
every 15 minutes until 9.38 a. m; then every 30
minutes until 3.38 p. M; then every 10 minutes
until 8.36 d. M; then every 30 minutes until
lO08 D. m; then L.OS and 1908; then every
hour as per night car schedule.
Leave MERCHANTVILLE every minutes
from $50 q. M until 9.27 a. M; then every 10
minutes until 4.27 p. M; then every minutes
until 8.27 p. M; then every 10 minutes until
ll.47 p. M; then as per night car schedule.
Leave FERRY at SOB and 5.38 a. M; then
every 10 minutes until sos a. M; then every
minutes until 1858 a. m; then every 10 min
utes until 1858 p. M; then every minutes I'M
til 758 D. M; then every 10 minutes until l2OS
midnight; then every hour as per night car
schedule.
NIGHT CAR-DAILY AND SUNDAY.
Leave Moorestown, 1.02. 2 OF, 502, 4.O2 q. M
Leave Ferry, slO6 EOS, 3OS, 408 q. m.
*Last trip on Saturday nigh.
Connect with Mount Holly cars at StanWick
avenue.
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Perseverance,.

Perseverance is more prevailing than
violence. and many things which cam
not be overcome when they are to-
gether yield themselves up when taken
little by little.-Plutarch.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-11-02

Its sure enough strange how mar
rage changes some men," commented
a Washington Heights dweller to a
friend who stood with him on corner.
Now. see that chap entering my
apartment house? He's been married
only two weeks, and yet-say, do you
see what he's carrying? Well, it's
garbage pail for their new fat Why,
if any one had told him three months
ago that he'd carry garbage pail
through the street he'd have been
ready to fight. l never saw such a.
"All right-all right" the friend In
terrupted. Tell me about him next
year."
"WhyY'
Because he'll be changed back again
by that time. Don't worry about the
case."-New York Globe.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-11-02
Not the Time For Masnifyins eIasss

Not the Time For Magnifying Glasses.
There was little Scottish boy who
had the quality Of astuteness highly
developed. The boys grandmother
was packing his lunch for him to take
to school one morning Suddenly, look
ing up into the old lady's face, he said:
GRANDMOTHER. does yer specs mag
nify?"
"a little, my child" she answered.
"Aweel. them" said the boy. Il wad
JUST like it if ye wad TAX them aft
when ye're packin' my loonch. "-Liv-
erpool Post.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-11-02

The Noble Pike.
In size, in courage and in strength
the pike rivals in historic claim to no.
bility it exceeds, even the royal salmon
itself. King Edward l., who fixed the
price of fish then brought to market.
rated the pike above the salmon and
more than ten times higher than that
of the best cod or turbot. In the reign
of Henry VIII. large one was sold
for double the price of house lamb
in February and small pickerel for
more than a fat capon. Its greater
reputation is probably to be explained
by the old custom in the great houses
and abbeys Of England of having their
private stew ponds. so that fresh wa
ter fish were the luxury Of the rich
while the salmon could be caught in
the sea and so never attained the rank
and dignity of fashionable food. To
day his artificial value is gone. and the
salmon has taken the place upon the
tables of the rich. as much for the
beauty of its pink flesh as for the
superior flavor of the meat.-London
GlohQ
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-11-02
DELAWARE RIVER
TRANSPORTATION co.

Express, passengers and freight to all points
on the upper Delaware river.
Fall schedule in effect Sunday,
October 3, 1903.
Leave Burlington for Philadelphia:
$40 a. M, daily, except Sunday and Monday.
$40 a. M, daily except Sunday.
$40 p M, daily except Sunday.
Leave Chestnut Street Pier, Philadelphia,
for Burlington:
1000 a. M. daily except Sunday.
200 p. M, daily, except Sunday.
500 p. M. daily, except Sunday.
SUNDAY SERVICE DISCONTINUED.
20 trip tickets to Philadelphia, $3.50
e. H.FLAGG, JR.,
Gen. Freight Pass. Agt
Il. r. Stetser. General Manager
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nR. ATWOOD,
DENTIST,
Is MAIN STREET, MOUNT HOLLY, N. J.

Fittings of all kinds. Teeth with or without
plates crown and ridge work. Teetn Iegu-
administered. Teeth extracted in your own
home.
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CAMDEN AND SUBURBAN RAILWAY co

"f' Stops only on signal or notice to Agent
or conductor to receive or discharge passen-
gers.
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Plavino With Words.

Matinee idol"
ayes"
"Idle%
Yes."-Theater Magazine.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-12-30
OUR PUBLIC SPIRIT RECOGNIZED

BY for road Improvement Chean county s
getting complimentary press notices consequence 1t may be
said passing that manifestation Of public spirit generally
mned and bring the community evlncng into Favorable
public notice The Post lntellccnccr recent issue
Chan county taking practical steps of Importance the good
General sentiment of large expenditures
for Of the county highways has been pronounced
and nearly that proposition for the
of bonds the Of 100000 improve the highways Of
the and this will be submitted the people for approval
the election Should sentiment this subject remain unatere
the bond practically certain The county commits
the annual
and maintenance of existing roads far of the interest
charge the proposed bond and after the expenditures
made the condition of the roads much better the end o?
year than at the end OF the previous
But this the only direction which the citizens Of Chean
showing their public spirit They form
local Improvement clubs the vicinity Of Wcnachec having the
grading parking the roads shade r.
this carried doubtless will be the section We
natcee will be of the beautiful in the Anyone who has
the work which has been accomplished by the village
of the what effect similar
etie have toward conditions in the ncghhorood Of
Wenachpe
lone of the advantages of OF small farms the rea
with which Of this character be carried
without burdens the individual I'm time the
whole irrigated of this state will be improved by good roads
and parking which will add mmeasabv their
atracyenesS'
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THIS Is MY 52ND BIRTHDAY
John MCNauoher

DR.. John McNauger. who for more
than twenty years has been professor
Of New Testament literature and
criticism in the Allegheny Theological
seminary, was born in Allegheny, Pa
December 80, 1857. After receiving
his early education in the Newell In
stitute of Pittsburg he graduated
from Westminster college in 1880 and
from the Xenia Theological seminary
four years later. Subsequently he
spent a year in study in Edinburgh,
Scotland, and upon his return to
America in 1885 he was ordained to
the United Presbyterian ministry
After serving for brief time as pas
tor of a vhurch in Fredericksburg, o
he joined the faculty of the Allie
kheny Theological seminary in 1887.
AS a writer on religious topics Dr.
McNaugher is we'll known among
Presbyterians throughout the coun-
try
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-12-30

Spokane. Dec 30.-Marsh hill,
near Fairfield, Spokane county, was
the scene of a terrific encounter be-
tween a golden eagle and a coyote.
the latter emerging minus an ear.
The big bird and the coyote were
captured in traps set close together
by Ned Morrison. son of Col. f. H.
Morrison The eagle was heavily
handicapped by the trap which held
it's left claw, but stood its ground
we'll by using the right spur and
beak 1t died shortly after being re-
leased from the trap and will be
mounted The coyote was the larg-
est ever seen in eastern Washington.
The scratching on the frozen ground
and the wounds on its hind legs in
dictate that the animal attempted to
get away from its tOrmentor. but the
trap held it firm. Young Morrison,
who witnessed the last part of the
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-12-30
BOY IN COMMAND
Of C0MPAN
RETURNS FROM COR
INTO WITH STORY THAT THE
ZELAYAN TROOPS ARE MOST
LY YOUNG BOYS.

San Francisco, Dec. 30.-Accord-
ing to Newton Cartwright, master
mechanic in charge of a number of
men who have been making repairs
on the gunboats Buffalo and Vicks-
burg, lying at Corinto, and who re-
turned today on the steamer Penn
sylvania, the condition of the govern
ment troops in Corinto was pitiful.
Their food consists of coarse corn
and they were half starved and in
rags Cartwright said that most of
Zelaya's soldiers were under Is years
of age, and that one company he
saw was commanded by boy of IA
years.
Desertions were frequent, accord
ing TO the mechanic, and rigid sys-
TEN of CONSUMPTION was necessary to
keep the ranks full.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-12-30

Spokane. Dec. 30.-David Hades,
claiming to have walked from San
Francisco to Spokane to join the In
dustrial Workers of the World in up
holding the constitutional right OF
free speech, and w Edwin Jones.
who admitted he had worked the Spo-
kane. Portland & Seattle railroad Of
ficials for a pass from Portland on
the preteXt of working as a switch
man to break the strike but instead
affiliated with the |. w. W., were
rounded up by the police with eight
others from various parts of the coun-
try and sentenced by Justice Mann to
serve 80 days on the rock pile and
pay fines of 500 on the charge OF
vagrancy. Michael DruZon. caught
in the act of talking with prisoners
in the county jail, also Joined the
stonebreakers. This is the first ar
rest under new law, which makes
it misdemeanor to communicate
with prisoners in a Jail without the
consent of the authorities.
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THIS DATE IN HISTORY-DEC.3 30

1535-Society of Jesuits founded
by Ignatius Loyola.
175S-France and Austria con-
Guided a treaty of alliance.
1772-The first vessel left Quebec
for the West Indies.
1S13-British burned Black Rock
ana Buffalo.
1S16-William A. McHenry, of
Nova Scotia, one of the Fathers Of
the Canadian Confederation" born
Died May 3. 1888.
lS31-Right Rev. Thomas 4. Beck
er, sixth Roman Catholic bishop of
Savannah. born in Allegheny, Pa
Died in Washington, D. c., July %,
1899.
1S47-John P Altgeld, governor
of Illinois, born, Died March II,
1904.
1S51-Louis Kossuth, the noted
Hungarian patriot, spoke before the
United States congress at Washing
ton.
1862 The siege of Vicksbure was
abandoned by General Sherman.
Nearly 500 lives lost in the
Iroquois theatre fire in Chicago.
1904-Market price of cotton de-
clined to 615 cents.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-12-30
JONESWOULDHAvE
BIC EXHIBITION

Among the several bills which
Senator Wesley l.. Jones has intro
duced in congress this session is one
providing for the appointment of a
commission of five TO consider the
wisdom of holding an exposition in
1913 to commemorate the fiftieth an
niversary of the signing Of the eman-
cipation proclamation. The bill car
ries an appropriation of $1,000. Rep
resentatiye McMorran. of Michigan,
has already introduced a bill in the
house to the same effect, except that
he calls for a commission of seven.
Senator Jones has also introduced
a bill to regulate the practice on APP
peal to the supreme court of the
United States and to the sircuit
courts. He introduced the same
measures in the house in the sixtieth
congress.
He has introduced bill permit
ting Indians owning allotted lands to
sell the timber therefrom, measure
which he introduced last year in the
house
Another measure which he is offer
ing for a second time is one prohibit
ing the manufacture and sale by the
government of stamped envelopes.
Printers all over the country have
long protested against the govern
ment engaging in the envelope bust
ness.
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KING MANUEL OF PORTUGAL VISITS ENGLAND IN SEARCH
OF BRIDE
OF A BRIDE.

fight. says it was lively skirmish,
the battle continuing a half hour
after he reached the scene, when he
dispatched the coyote with a stick
of cord wood. The presence of the
coyote so near settlement is said to
be due to the heavy snow in the
mountains.