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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-12-02

duced the whole army to a machine
by which individuality, initiative ana
freshness have been vigorously
crushed out The effort to create mi
tiative by regulation has not sue
ceeded. The training of the year, al
ways the same, has become form oi
sOmnambulism. Everybody does the
same thing every hour of every day
every year, and officers who have 10
wait sixteen or seventeen years Tor
their companies are spent and tire6
long before they rise to high com
mand. The majority of senior regi-
mental officers do not possess the
physical qualifications necessary for
effective service during the arduous
strain of the infantry fight, and until
the cadres are rejuvenated these con-
ditions will remain unaltered. There
are some great thinkers and some
hard workers among the officers, but
the impression conveyed is that only
a select few really work, that all i'll
dividuality has been crushed out of
the rank and file, and that both ab5o-
lutely, and still more relatively, the
German army is not so good as its
forerunner which achieved the union
of the German states. "A bloody war
and sickly season"-that venerable
toast of our pOrt-drinking ancestors
might reinvigorate the army or might
destroy it. Failing such extreme
measures, the best thing to restore
new life to the army would be to dis
band it for a year in order to give
everybody from top to bottom, =
much needed rest.
The Moltke School
The Germany army is still a great
and a formidable machine. No one
should entertain any illusion on this
subject In numbers, in organization,
and in the absorption of all the best
elements of the state for its own ends
it has few if any equals. But it as.
serts claim of superior efficiency,
and the proofs which it gave at the
kalsermaneuver of 1911 to substan-
tate this claim was not convincing
Not by the writer alone, but by some
Of the shrewdest observers from East
and West, the conclusion was drawn
that the German army had ceased to
provide that model Of superior mill
tary excellence which has, for the last
forty years, caused it to be the worlds
high school of the art of war. Stu
dents Will still 90 to this school be
cause collective patriotism and prep
aration for war in it's state aspect
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-12-02
ent.
Conclusion.

Before the patriotic sacrifices o.
the German people on behalf of lis
great army we must all of us incline,
and we must never forget that all the
living forces of the country will he
thrown remorselessly and unsparingly
into the furnace of a future war. The
totally different conditions which pre-
vail in England, and the puerile belief
in the pacific settlement of interna-
tional disputes which is so pathat-
ically held by good people among us
in the face of all evidence of the
times in which we live, must cause MS
all to spare no efforts to build Ip
year by year more numerous and more
efficient forces for the day Of trial
which may be near at hand.
But at the same time, should the
worst come to the worst, we must
also recognize that the German army
is not the wholly perfect machine
that it is supposed to be, and that the
Triple Entente has much to its credit
which, with good craftsmanship and
good leading, can be turned to the
best account.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-12-02

Viewing military Iistory as whole.
we do not find that German arms
Aaye greater triumphs to tieir credit
thln tAose Of Britain and OF Frame.
The contempt which the German
army displays for the effects OF mod
ern fire, and processes to hold for the
armies of rival states with which Il
may come in conflict, can only be set
down to ignorance and to nothing
else
Not by any arm, nor by the stat,
is the effect of modern fire taken into
account. Cavalry scout with blissful
disregard of it, and trot about within
close range of hostile infantry, wh.lc
regiments bump along a high road
into hostile intrenchments as if 1t
were all in the days work and not
the least likely to end in annihila-
ton. Infantry masses are seen in
beautiful but vulnerable array eX-
posed to the fire of guns at long and
medium ranges, while in the closer
freight ground is disregarded, firing
lines lie out in thick swarms upon the
open, machine guns seldom seek coy
er, and mounted officers ride up and
down with dignity as they would In
the shady avenues of the ThieTgarten.
The artillery, it is true, has this year
for the first time betaken itself 20
cover, but on the first excuse comes
up to the forward crest of it's posi-
ton and slogs away merrily with
every gun in view. The huge military
escort of princes, generals and guests
which follows the Emperor stations
itself conspicuously in the midst Of
this gala army and appears to cover
the whole display with the mantle CT
imperial consent.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-12-02
A Stale Army.

The German army appears to the
writer to have trained itself stale.
Year in, year out, the same ceaseless
round Of intensive training has re-
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-05-30
AN ILL MATED PAIR.

Wide Apart In Temperament Were
Thomas and Jane Carlyle.
That the CariyIes were an Ill assert
ed couple no one could deny. She was
a highly strung. nervous woman, very
quick, able and impatient, disappoint-
ed with her married life and her posi-
ton, jealous of the admiration which
Carlyle received at the hands Of all
his admirers, especially of one or two
women, whom she found very unsym-
pathetic
That Carlyle adored her there is lit
tie doubt. He loved her with all the
rough, passionate power Of his nature,
but he was a peasant in manner and
character and lacking In all the little
outward signs Of devotion and affec-
ton which SO many women exact and
the absence Of which they resent most
bitterly.
Mrs. Carlyle found herself tied to an
irritable genius who, sensitive at every
point, deeply devoted to her, but abso-
lutely incapable of translating that
love into the language which she
craved and longed for. l remember
her once saying to me in bitter way.
my dear. whatever you do. never
marry a philosopher" and that was
the key to the enigma-the woman al
ways hungering for proofs Of the de-
votion in which the whole of her daily
life was wanting.-From Lady St He
Her's Memories"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-05-30
A ssnr. ofIa.us.lI.,..

In LongfelIow's journal. in which he
chronicled daily things that came un-
der his observation. he notes that upon
a certain occasion he attended a
church where the minister took as his
subject Progress" He was very
fattered when the latter quoted about
half of the Psalm of Life" After re-
peating the verses the minister said.
Il could never read that poem without
feeling the inspiration with which it
was written" To this incident Long
fellow adds: But had the conceit
taken out Of me on the evening Of that
day, when / happened to meet a lady
at Prescott's and in our conversation
she referred to the sermon in the
morning and added. He quoted some
beautiful verses, but nobody knew
from whence came the quotations.
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r.Ikinn 70 II. nne4ar

While making some professional calls
In a sparsely settled district / came
upon a little plump. rosy checked girl
trudging toward home with her slate
and dinner pail In her hand. I asked
her to ride with me. / could see that
she was very timid child, and efforts
to engage her in conversation were I'M
availing She would meekly answer
'FYes'' or NO" but not another word
would she speak.
A few weeks later I was called to
the little girls home to attend another
member Of the family for a slight all
ment. When about to leave the moth
er spoke up smilingly and said: do
you remember my little girl riding
with you a few weeks ago? Well,
when she got home she said, Mamma,
rode from school with the doctor, and
he kept talking with me and talking
with me, and just didn't know what
to do, for you know doctors charge
you when you talk with them, and
didn't have any money National
Monthly.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-05-30
ART or JUGGLING.
A Means of Recreation For the seden-
tary or Bedridden.

A Means of Recreation For the Seden-
tary or Bedridden.
Speaking of conjuring, the allied art
Of juggling is one Of the most anus
ing and valuable of diversions, espe-
cially to the sedentary. Many physi-
clans become expert in juggling, but it
is to their patients that it is most
useful
The bedridden. If they retain the use
of their hands, may beglile many a
weary hour in learning to keep three
or four tennis balls in the air at once
and In balancing sticks and other sim
pie objects on the forefnger or on the
chin.
For the brain worker who does not
care for walking there is no better
recreation. 1t has often occurred to
us that in cases where there is any
reason to fear some form of paralysis
the educating of disused cerebral,
cerebellar and spinal centers by the
rapid and complex movements requir-
ed in Juggling might serve to act as
an efficient preventive.
We do not wish to claim too much
for manual education of this kind, but
we may point out that 1t tends to per-
feet nervous poise and that no juggling
trick can be properly done If the per-
former INDUCES in dissipation even so
mild as beer and cigarettes.
Medicine.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-05-30
BULL ANTS OF AFRICA.

Elephants, Lions and Even Man Him
self Flee From Them In Terror.
In the vast equatorial forests Of
Africa the most dreaded of animals is
the great bull ant. Unlike other ants.
it carries nothing away; everything is
eaten on the spot. Every kind of beast
and reptile elephants. lions, gorillas.
this terrible insect.
These ants march through the for.
ests in long thin column, two inches
wide and miles in length. II they como
to an open space where there are no
trees to shelter them from the sun
they burrow underground and form
tunnels, through which they march on.
1t often takes as long as twelve hours
for one Of these armies to pass.
Any creature overtaken Is at once
attacked with irresistible fury and In
sitantly devoured. The strongest and
the weakest. the most fierce and the
most timid Of creatures are alike
their prey.
Natives overtaken by them seek ref
uge in the nearest river or pond. Yet
even when the ants themselves are
drowned their strong pincers refuse
to relax their hold upon any Hesh they
may have attached themselves to, and.
though their bodies are torn forcibly
away, their heads remain
Certain barbarous tribes, when a
man is condemned for witchcraft,
fasten him to tree and leave him to
the ants. When they have passed a
skeleton alone is left to tell the tale
Parsons.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-05-30
BurtOn'S
Fear
1t Proved to Be More Imasi-
ary Than Real
By clarissa Mackie
Copyright by American Press Asso-
citation, 1911

The sun burned like malignant eye
over the Panama town.
Sunday was the dullest day In the
week for the corps of American engi-
neers stationed here, and they were
lined along the veranda, cool looking
In white linen. feet on railing, smok-
ing after luncheon cigars. a. native
Haitian servant went to and fro with
tray of iced drinks. Now he paused
before Lester. with suggestive Jingle
Of glasses.
Lester shook his head negatively.
"If one must die in this hole," he told
his companions, II prefer not to take
the cholera route, thank you"
mo use in trying to dodge trouble.
I say" drawled Burton. He rolled a
cigarette and scratched a match along
the railing.
Lester watched Burton's thin, dark
face fame into color IN the light Of
the fiaring match cupped in his palm
He had known Burton for two years
before they had both Joined the force
which was pushing the "big ditch" to
completion.
He hitched his chair a little closer
to Buttons and laid a hand on his
arm
well, Ralph" the other asked
quickly as he flung aside the burnt
match with nervous gesture.
Lester sank back in his chair. "Oh,
nothing" he said rather awkwardly.
81 wanted to say something. that's all,
but I've changed my mind. Forget II. !"
Fire away" said the other reck-
lessly. 1--WE been expecting you'd
light on to me, but think can antici-
pate all you'd say. l know I'm going
straight to ruin. that I'm drinking my
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-05-30
Phx,ioanomx Not Reliable.


l am a profound disbeliever in phys
iognomy. Features are false witnesses
Stupidity frequently wears a mask Of
intelligence. know business men who
look Ike poets and poets who look
like business men. Men Of genius In
variably look like idiots, and If you
pick out the man who looks most en-
inent in party you are sure to find
he is a nobody. I always distrust men
who look magnificent. Nature is
stingy creature. She seldom gives a
man the double gift Of being great
and looking great. She took care to
lame Byron and deform Pope and dis
figure Johnson. But the browning ex-
ample of her jealous parsimony is
Shakespeare. have always been dis
appointed with Shakespeare's face. 1t
does not live up to his poetry. 1t is
dull. heavy and commonplace.-From
Adventures In London"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-05-30
II the Dead
May Return
A Victory Without a shot
By F. A. Mitchell
Copyright by American Press Asso-
citation, 1911.
A Victory Without a shot

In one Of the old colonial manor
houses, for which Virginia is famous,
man lay dying On the walls of his
chamber hung a sword and sash, belt
and pistol that had been placed there
dozen years before. when the south
ern Confederates had gone home to
return to work and to save what they
could from the wreck of war. There
was no one in the house except some
negroes, and they were bowed down
with grief. Presently one of them en-
tered the sick mans chamber and said
breathlessly:
She's comm, Mars Colonel"
The melancholy eye lighted, but not
with pleasure. There was a hopeless
look in it indicating that the invalid
was preparing for an ordeal. Then
came the sound Of wheels on the drive
way without, and In few moments
woman, twenty years Of age, perhaps,
burst into the room and. rushing to the
bed, fell on her knees beside 1t, clasp
ing the figure in her arms.
"Oh, fatherF' she moaned
81 have sent To- yo'," the man said,
speaking with difficulty, ito say that
at last have ceased to blame yo'. He
did 1t all. l have not been able to find
him, and now | must go from here.
But If yo' know where he is tell him
that If the dead may return he shall
hear from me-"
Father. leave him to Him who shall
judge us all at last"
There was no reply. The effort the
man had made had taken the little
strength left In him. Slower and
slower came his breath; there was
rattle in his throat. and he was dead
Can yo' tell me. sub, If there is a
man in this town named Lawrence
Edga' Lawrence. fo'me'1y from Geo.
gia7"
The man addressed turned to the
speaker and, on meeting his gaze. re
treated a step or two He saw tall
man about fifty, whose erect figure
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-05-30
The D;H.rene. IN sn..,

The professor Of shorthand In local
business college adduced this unan-
swerable argument in an address to a
new class the other day:
I'VE are told that 1t took Gray, au-
thor Of the well known .Elegy In a
Country Churchyard.' seven years to
write that famous poem. II he had
known stenography he could have done
it in seven minutes We have gradu-
ateS who have done that same poem
In that length Of time" Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-05-30
The Burlington and Bristol Steamboat
and Ferry Company


Schedule in effect g. 40 a. M, March 18th, 1911.
subject to change. Daily except Saturdays
and Sundays.
LEAVE BRISTOL FOR BURLINGTON.
$40 800. 800. 1000, 1040 Ills a. M, $780, lS0 290
aSO. $50, $50, $40, p. m.
LEAVE BURLINGTON FOR BRISTOL.
SEQ $50 $50 1920, ll0O. $780, g. m, l0O 200. 800.
4U0 500. $50, $50, p. m.
SATURDAYS
Leave Bristol $40, $780, $780, lcOO. 1910. H. l5 g. M
z1, LEO. 20. 800 $40, 40, 800 $40, $40. 40.
LOO llso M 90. 200, 24o, $40, 400, 4.4O, $40,
$50, $50, 7.80, p. m.
Leave Bristol 90. 800, 1000 1910, Ills, a. m
m. Leave Burlington $50, $50, 1920, ll.00 IL So
.. IA. LOO, 200, 240. $50, 400 40. $40, $780, $50,
7.30, p. m.
NOTES-Read Carefully
May 50th, 1911, the 10 O'Clock trip from Brfs-
Bristol at $40 a. m.
On Decoration Day the trips will be the same
a. Saturday time table.
The boat for the performances in the Audi
torium win leave Bristol at 7.40 p. m /, return
Ing VIII leave Burlington twenty minutes
AFTER the performances. No trips will be made
without there are 90 passengers.
WILLIAM K DORON
secretary, Treasurer and General Manager
Call Independent Telephone, Burlington, N.
j., via Keystone; Nos. l69-D or 1O4-O Bristol
and IBID Burlington.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-05-30
LEARN TO LAUGH.

A good laugh is the finest tonic
that we can have. and if it hap
pens to be at ourseIves-weI, 50
much the better. Once we can
laugh at our disappointment that
particular grievance takes wings and
flies away. leaving us calm and I'M
ruffled to face the next. The man
who enjoys good laugh every day
will be young at eighty.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-05-30
A Bit of
Burned Paper
Two Sisters Struggle on Opposite
Sides In the Civil War
By Margaret Rowland
Copyright by American Press Assc-
By Margaret Rowland
Copyright by American Press Asso-
citation, 1911.

Now that we are entering on four
years Of semicentennials of the civil
war it is quite likely that certain Sc
crets will come out that have lain hid
den for fifty years.
Our family lived on plantation in
Virginia which our ancestors had own
ed for years. For few weeks during
the first year of the war our house
was on debatable ground. for Confed-
crate camps were scattered south of
us and Union camps north OF u.s.
Sometimes we were inclosed in the
picket line Of the one and sometimes
In the picket line of the other. When
we were in Confederate territory our
home was rendezvous for Confeder-
ates, and when we were overlapped
by the Federal forces they were equal
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-05-30
The Mistake.

In his biography Of Alexandra Du-
mas Harry A. Spur says that the i'm
provident French author. who hated
avarice, was once waiting in line for
his cloak at soiree when he saw a
millionaire give tip of 90 centimes 40
cents to the servant who handed out
his paletot. Dumas, getting his cloak.
threw down a 100 franc note. 'Par-
don, sir; you have made a mistake, I
think" said the man. offering to re-
turn the note. mo, no. friend" an
swered Dumas. casting a disdainful
glance at the millionaire; sit is the
other gentleman who has made the
mistake"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-05-30

once stumbled upon choice bit Of
French quotation from Shakespeare
1t was tale by Uchard.
The distinguished author of this tale
rendered "Frailty, thy name is wo-
man." by 'Fragilite, c'est lie nom dune
femme C"Fragility. that is the name
Of woman Strauss
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-05-30
Ha Would tndaad.

whats this word. par asked
Willie, pointing it out in his book.
Phenomenon. replied pa.
'sWeH. what is thatY'
'That, my son, Is exactly what you
would be II you never disturbed your
father with questions Catholic
Standard and Times.
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81 started out on the theory that the
world had an opening for me, and
went to find it."
ibid you ind itT'
"0h, yes; I'm In hole"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-05-30
CAMDEN AND SUBURBAN RAILWAY CO.

Leave MOORESTOWN-from Cos q. M to
lzU .; no. every half hour. after 1208 a. M,
every hour all night.
Leave CAMDEN FERRY-frorn sos q. M,
70 LBS p. m every half hour. After ll06 p m.
every hour all night.
Leave MERCHANTvILLE every minutes
rom OBJ q. M. until 9.27 o. m; then every 10
minutes until 4N p. M; then every minutes
until S.N p. M; then every 10 minutes until
li.z7 p. M; then as per night car schedule.
Leave FERRY at sos and 5.S8 q. m; then
every 10 minutes until 55S a. M; then every
minutes until 85S a. M; then every 10 min
utes until 8.bs p. M; then every minutes un-
til 7.6e p. M; then every 10 minutes until l206
midnight; then every hour as per night car
schedule.
CLUB CARS
Leave MOORESTOwN-6OS, $50, 4 SO, s.Os
$50, sos, 9.Ss a. M, aS8, 40S 438, sos. SIS sos
6.8S p. m.
Leave CAMDEN FERRY-6.z0, q 90, 7.8O, 500
6So 300 q. M, 800. $50. 400, 49, 800 $50, $780,
p. M.
On SATU RDAYS additional Club Cars leave
Ferry at 90 l.30 zoo, 2.30 D. M, leave Moores-
town at l3S o., 2.88. 3.S8 p. m.
Connect with Mount Holly cars at stanwick
avenue.
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HENRY ROSENFELD


We also notify that we will demonstrate the PERFEC-
TTON OIL S7OV.E from June 10 to IS.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-10-31

WITSO0, VUEJCT sUDS.
On Friday evening there will be
another game of baseball between
Piers Sunproofs and Murray Manu-
featuring Co. The line up is as fol-
lows: