The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-10-11


came a wave of regret. 1t was not
for the loss of Barton Keith's wealth
or position; 1t was for Keith himself
The prize they sought for and for
which she had snubbed the lover Of
her young girlhood every day seemed
further from her grasp. Despite their
millions, the Murphys found it i'm
possible to effect an entrance into
Newport society. Mary had become
accustomed to wealth. and 1t failed to
satisfy her She was hungry for the
boyish love that had been hers In
poverty, but she had thrown 1t away.
The report that Keith was to marry
Miss Alice Forbes proved true. When
the engagement was formally an
nounced the Murphys read in the So
siety columns of a New York news
paper a story concerning the contract
ing parties that gave them the key
to the situation. 1t told how Mr.. and
Mrs. Forbes and their daughter were
travelling In the Rocky mountains, how
a stage driver fell asleep. how a young
man who had been formerly handler
of the ribbons saved the passengers
from death, how Mr. Forbes had taken
him up and enabled him to make
fortune But the story did not tell the
most important feature that had led to
the union-a young girl seeing an act
Of cool bravery on the part Of young
man.
The wedding of Barton Keith and
Alice Forbes was not celebrated with
that splendor usual to nuptials in the
fashionable world 1t was said that
this was in Difference to the wishes of
the groom. who bore the reputation
Of being an extremely modest man.
He devoted himself to business, his
only recreation being driving fourth
hands, and this was supposed to be In
memory of experiences of former days.
Mother" said Mary Murphy one
day, 81 have a plan"
What is 1t, Mamer"
1--WE can't break through the shell of
this Newport egg. We must go else
where"
where shall we goT
ITO London"
Good gracious, daughter! If we
can't succeed here, how can we do so
among the British nobility"
'tOthers who have failed here have
succeeded there. Leave it to me.
Money, dear mother, is the power that
opens doors wherever money is need
full These British mobiles are getting
poor. Our people are getting rich
Many here have always been rich. and
some care nothing about becoming
richer. In England commoners have
been getting rich. while the mobiles
have been getting poor Noblemen
would prefer to marry an American to
a commoner Of their own country.
there being no titles here. l shall go
to London, marry title and come back
here for just long enough to snub
those who have snubbed u.s."
Two years later Mary Murphy re-
turned to Newport as the countess of
Munkennon. Her. advent was herald
ed, and when she arrived invitations
were piled on her table. Before look
ing for those she intended to accept
she picked out those from certain peo-
pie who had snubbed her as Miss Muir
ply and sent immediate regrets"
Drugs and Sickness.
1t is not too much to say that the
medical profession today no longer be-
lieves that any drug with few excep-
tons. like quinine In malaria, mer-
curry and the antitoxins) will cure a
disease as such. All that it will do is
so to modify conditions as to help the
body in its fight against disease.
We are no longer content, In the
biting phrase of voltaire, to pour
drugs Of which we know little into
bodies of which we know less" What
will help one patient viii harm another,
and what may be beneficial in the
early stage of disease will be useless
or even injurious in later stage.
In the language Of Captain Cutie,
the effect of drug, like "the bearin'
of an observation" depends on the APP
plication on it." 1t is neither rational
nor safe blindly to swallow down a
drug which is highly recommended in
a certain disease and expect 1t to do
the rest" There is no such thing as a
universal cure for a disease nor even
a remedy which can be relied upon as
"a good thing to take' at any and all
stages Of it.-Dr. Woods Hutchinson in
Delineator.
Amianthine Cloth.
The finest variety of asbestos is
known as amianthus. and the most
beautiful specimens of this come
from Tarantaise. in Savoy Hence the
fabric woven from asbestos Is some
times known as amianthine cloth.
Charlemagne Is said to have had an
amianthine tablecloth which he once
ordered to be thrown into the fire for
the entertainment of his guests.-Lon-
don Standard.
Our Trials.
"You know, my dear boy" said a
sympathizing friend to a man in trou-
BILE, that we really gain by our trials
in life"
'That depends altogether on the
kind of lawyer you get to conduct
them." replied the sufferer.
A Model.
$50 you think Mr.. Meekton Is a mod
ell husbandT said the new member
of the society.
II do" answered Mrs voteby Quinn.
HE is studying stenography so as to
help his wife with her suffrage speech
es."-Washington Star.
A Swimming Hole.
Knicker-What is a swimming hole7
Bocker-A body of water entirely
surrounded by boys.-New York Sun.
Live Volcanoes.
There are from 300 to 800 volcanoes
on the globe. This estimate includes
merely live volcanoes.
(. Firearms In Russia.
AS an illustration of how closely ev-
erything is watched In Russia, take