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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-11-12
The MasquerS
A Story Showing That Our Utmost
Thoughts Are Our Own
By cLARIssA MAcKIR

A&4<4&A4%&A &4&A4&AA%AfA&&
Miss Vardemond dismissed her maid
and leaned back in her chair with a
weary little sigh. She had superin-
tended the packing of her trunks and
had inspected with languid interest
the lustrous white bridal gown with
its dainty accessories.
There was one hour before dinner.
After dinner would come Stephen.
She must do 1t at once She went to a
writing desk and from some secret
hiding place brought forth a carved
sandal wood box.
She turned a golden key in the lock.
and odors of sandalwood and rose
leaves perfumed the air like incense
rising from an invisible altar. She
took out a bundle of letters and O.
mans picture. Untying the package,
she placed the envelopes face upward
In long row on the rug. There were
thirty In ALL
Thirty days Of perfect bliss In ones
life. That was not so very much. she
day had been full of an unutterable
Joy that had been rounded to an idyllic
close by the receipt of a letter. She
pressed white finger on the first mis-
sive. 1t was merely an invitation to
ride In the park. Tbs last letter was
passionate avowal. ending In black
night for her.
She stretched out her arms and muir
INJURED wistfully. "All within this little
spacep' Then she made a motion as
If to gather and toss them into the
fire. but hesitated. "Once MORE" she
breathed to herself. "only once more"
She did not open the letters. One by
one in the order of their dates she
picked up the missives and read them
with her minds. eye Graphically she
lived each day, and at the close of the
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E;HeI rowsr,s CHANCES.

That the EffeI tower moves daily
vertically and horizontally has long
been beyond doubt. It may be seen In
gale swaying from side to side. NJ.
GuilIaume has been investigating these
movements and has given the results
In a paper read before the Academy of
Science. He finds that the great iron
structure may vary from two to three
centimeters in height every day. The
elevation and depression are not equal
~ distributed as only one of Its sides
may be affected by the rise or fall Of
the temperature, and thus the tower
may be compared to person shifting
his weight alternately from one foot
to another If cloud covers the tower
and hides the sun the temperature
falls few degrees and the tower d.
minishes. and when the sun shines
again it rapidly rises a centimeter or
two. But the bolts holding the frame
together are affected only to an in
finitesimal degree. Therefore there is
no danger OF any violent dislocation.-
Exchange.
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DO YOU RIDE, WALK OR PUSH?
An Old Stage Coach Story From Po-
litical Viewpoint.

litieal Viewpoint.
The following story was told at po-
liticaI banquet by a well known poll
tician:
II was going to the seashore, and the
jerkwater railroad left me at wretch
ed station about ten miles from the
resort. However, we were consoled by
the information that the numbering old
stage made daily trip. and / went to
bargain for my fare.
"'Do you want to go first, second or
third class7' asked the driver.
'True to my creed that nothing was
too good for me, chose a first class
passage at rs cents.
"'All right Git in and choose your
seat
II watched the other passengers pay
their quarters and half dollars. but
when we started found a twenty-five
cent man on my left and a fifty cent
man on my right. In fact, all passen-
gers were sandwiched in regardless Of
financial benefits
Il was mad clear through, but luckily
did not boil over. We logged along I'M
til we struck an awful piece of road.
when the driver stopped, stuck the
blacksnake whip into the socket, tied
the lines round it, jumped of his seat.
jerked open the door and shouted:
"'All you twenty-five cent men and
you fifty cent men must get out and
let the seventy-fve cent gent stay
where he is. The fifty cent men must
walk and the twenty-five cent men
must push or wen never get the stage
out of this goldarn sinkholeP
"And. gentlemen, this is the political
situation. The seventy-five cent men
are riding, the fifty cent men are walk
Ing. and the poor twenty-five cent beg
gar Is pushing the political machine.
Are you riding or walking or pushing?"
st LOUIS Republic.
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Huntington and Bristol Steamboat
and Ferry Company
Schedule In effect Q. 40 a. M, Oct. l4th, 1912.
Subject to change.

Subject to change.
LEAVE BRISTOL FOR BURLINGTON.
DAILY except Saturdays and Sundays
go 500 800. 1000 l0.40, Lib q. m, 1890 l3O 23O
$780, 40, $50, $40, p. M.
SATURDAY s-640. 800. 500 1000. 1910, II is q.
$780, LS0, 40. 200, $40, 40, 500. $40 40, 20.
1890, l.30 go, 800, $40, 49, 500 $40, 500,
TOO, 7.40. p. m.
LEAVE BURLINGTON FOR BRISTOL.
DAILY except Saturdays and Sundays
e60 $50 $50 1920 HOO, $780, a. M. LOO, 200, co.
40, 500 $50, $50, p. m.
SATURDAYs-65O, $50, $50. 1920, Hoo ll.e0.
= m. LOO, 2oo 20, $40. 400 40, go. $50, $50,
sUNDArs-Sso, $50, 1910, ll.oo, 1lso, a. M.
LOO. zoo. 80, 800 400, 44O, go, 400. $40, 100
$50 p. m.
NOTEs-READ CAREFULLY
The trips marked thus ~ win be withdrawn
after December I'd.
The last boat from Bristol on Saturdays will
leave 1T $40 p. M. and the last boat from
burlington on Saturdays will leave at $50
On Thanksgiving Day the trips will be as
saturdays time table.
The boats for performances in the Auditor
inm viii leave Bristol at TAO p. m, returning
Wall leave Burlington twenty minutes after
Winter schedule viii go into effect Decem-
per 18TH 1872 sooner II there is Ice In the river.
No trips guaranteed In foggy weather.
WILLIAM DORON
Secretary, Treasurer and General Manager
Call Independent Telephone, Burlington. N.
j., via Keystone. Nos. l89-D or l04-D Bristol,
and 27-D Burlington.
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SHE DIDN'T LIKE CARLYLE.
Janet Ross Tells Couple Of Tales {.
Justify Her Aversion.

Janet Ross Tells a Couple Of Tales {.
Justify Her Aversion.
Two good stories of Carlyle appear
in ''The Fourth Generation" by Janet
Ross, the daughter Of the brilliant
Lady Duff Gordon:
"The one of our many visitors to
Queen square whom l cordially dis.
liked was Mr.. Carlyle He was
great friend Of Mrs. Austin and pro
fessed to admire Lucykin, as he called
my mother, very much. One after
noon he had discussion with her on
German literature, and, her wonderful
eloquence and fire prevailing, Carlyle
lost his temper and burst forth in his
Scotch tongue, You're just windbag,
Lucie; you're just a windbagF / had
been listening with all my ears, as my
grandmother always spoke with such
enthusiasm about him; but. furious at
my mother being, as thought, called
names by so uneouth man. inter
rupted and exclaimed. My papa says
men should be civil to womenP For
which pert remark / was reproved by
my mother. Mr.. Carlyle, however.
was not offended and only observed,
Lucykin. that child of yours has an
eye for an inference"
At later age she had this expert
ence with him: my cousin, Henry
Reeve. the great Henry as we called
him. while others irreverently knew
him as Baron Puffendorf,' was al
ways kind to me. When I stayed with
him in Rutland Gate / took up my
cob. and we used to ride in the park
with his friend. Charles Greville.
whom did not much like. with De
lane, jaunty and kindly, who had q
smile and a nod for every one and
looked fresher than many Of the young
girls, although he was up till 2 or 8
every morning at the Times Office. and
with Mr. Carlyle.
"Henry welcomed Carlyle with effu.
sion, but generally managed that De
lane or Charles GrevilIe should ride
with him, while l had to go with Car
lyle. One day as we were trotting his
wideawake blew of. A civil work.
ingman picked it up and ran after us.
Instead of giving him a sixpence or
even twopence. Carlyle said: Thank
ye, my man. Ye can just say ye've
picked up the hat Of Thomas Carlyle
! felt so ashamed that told Eothen
he must come and meet me in the
park andy take me away from the
sage"
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Fluctuations Of the Sun.

1t would appear from the researches
Of the astronomers that the exact
shape of the sun is not known. The
generally accepted idea that the sun
is a sphere is. some hold, at least open
to question. Practically every series
of measures shows departures from a
spherical form OF course the depar
lures. considering the great size of the
solar globe, are very minute There
seems to be a fiuctuation in the shape
of the sun corresponding in period with
the sun spot cycle There are also in
4dications of tiuctuation having pc
Rod of about twenty-eight days.-Ex-
change.
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lie Was Fooled
But He Rather Enjoyed 1t
By JANE c. SCARBOROUGH
: 4 4 4 4 Z


When 1 was a girl, having to earn
my own living I decided for teleg-
raphy. There wasn't so much type
writing done at that time as there is
now, or perhaps | should have gone
into that. I'm glad there wasn't, for
a telegrapher's position such as / Sc
cured after l had learned to be an
operator was much pleasanter and
easier than hammering a typewriter.
was located In small town in a
railroad station. had nothing to do
with the railroad telegraphing. l only
sent and received messages for the
public.
The station agent at L., where l
was employed had his own instru-
ment In the ticket office, being at the
other end of the station. He was a
volatile sort of fellow. but kind heart
ed and obliging He did me a great
many favors in one way or anoth-
er, on one occasion when / was I'll
attending to my duties in addition to
his own for several weeks. There
was a great deal of flirting going on
over the wires between the men and
women operators and Johnny Brayton
was doing his full share of it. He had
several girl operators ION string" as.
he called 1t. whom he had never seen
and would often entertain me by re
counting the conversations he had
with them over the wire
One morning he came down to the
station looking very i'll. told him
that he should be at home instead of
at work and he replied that some one
must be in his Office to signal trains
or there would be terrible confusion
and an accident might be the result
However, about 10 o'clock in the
morning most of the trains had passed
and the road in our section would be
comparatively deserted till 4 o'clock
In the afternoon. | persuaded Johnny
to go home till then and he felt so
bad that he finally consented, since
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a MISLEADING sion.

She entered the grocery store with
a jar of marmalade In her hand and
fire in her eye 'See here" she said
to the clerk, Il bought this stuff be-
cause the card in your window says
it's an excellent substitute for butter"
Eyes, ma'am; SO it is"
well, it's grand substitute, must
ssyl | tried frying a bit of fish with
il this morning. and the taste was SO
awful had to throw the fish all
away."-Boston Transcript
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A RenaaIese Popularity.

A doctor remarks: What strikes one
most at Bengal hospital is the lack
Of sense of proportion in the estima
ton Of diseases. A man is gravely
perturbed because he has not sneezed
for three months. but be is compare
lively Indifferent to the fact that be ex
hibits the early signs Of leprosy."
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-11-12
XIX DELAWARE RIVER TRANSPOR-
TX TLTI0H COMPANY

EXPRESS PASSENGER and FREIGHT
SERVICE between
BURLINGTON and PHILA DELPHIA
Schedule In effect Saturday. Oct. %. 1912.
For PHILADELPHIA
500 and Sd a. M. and $40 p. M
FROM PHILADELPHIA-
1880 q. M. 200 and z.I5 p m.
Express time, Burlington to Philadelphia,
hour and Is minutes.
Freight received for ali points south, east
ana west
*SS1f' e. II. FLAGG. JR,
General Freight and Passenger Agent.
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Namino q Town.

The late Colonel Sanders was can
wasting Montana for votes for himself
for governor. He came to little
settlement. not yet named
He met man and said. 81 am vii
bur f. Sanders"
Eyes" said the man.
81 am running for governor. Will
you vote for me. my friendT'
mo"
"WelI." said Sanders, producing q
bottle, "will you have a drink"
"You betP' said the man.
And that is actually the way the
town of TIBET got its name.-Philadel
phia Saturday Evening Post
Ibrahim the Ingenious.
Ibrahim. whose dusty history Dr..
Hester Donaldson jenkins of Columbia
university has related in monograph,
entitled "Ibrahim Pasha, Grand Vizier
of Suleiman the Magnificent" was a
child of destiny.
By birth a Greek, he rose from the
estate of a slave to a position second
the secret of his swift rise to power is
subtly indicated by an isolated instance
of his cleverness in playing upon his
masters vanity. Soon after Suleiman's
marriage the young sultan Is said to
have asked his grand vizier which of
the two ceremonies was the finer, his
own or Ibrahim's.
There never has been a feast equal
to my wedding" Ibrahim replied.
''Why?" asked the sultan, somewhat
offended.
"Oh. my padishah," said Ibrahim.
with intense modesty, my wedding
was honored by the presence of Sulei-
man. lord of the age, firm rampant of
Islam. possessor OF Mecca, lord of Da-
mascus and Egypt, caliph of the lofty
threshold and lord Of the residence Of
the Pleiades. but to your festival who
was there of equally exalted rank who
might ccme?"
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-03-04
PROBE WALL STREET METHODS
Resolution Ordering an Investigation
Of the "Money Trust" Passed BY
the House Of Representatives.

Washington.-An investigation to
determine whether there is a money
trust" in the United States operating
through or in connection with the ma
tional banks. was ordered by the
house on Saturday by a vote Of 80
to 8.
While Republican regulars and In
surgents protested that the in
CURRY as proposed was sham"
and "delusion," the Democratic
forces united in support of q COM
promise money trust resolution ana
succeeded in securing all but eight
Republican votes in its support.
Another branch CT the investigation.
to cover any possible violation of the
antitrust law. was announced during
the course Of the debate by Chairman
Clayton of the judiciary committee. A
third resolution. for an Investigation
OF railroad monopolies. was presented
BY Chairman Adamson of the inter.
state commerce committee. These are
expected to form the basis for the sec.
ond and third branches Of the great
Of financial. Transports
ton and Industrial affairs. ~
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-03-04
Pearls In cocoanuts.

Few people know that the cocoanuts
of the Malay peninsula sometimes pro.
duce pearls that are highly priced by
the natives. The stones are not unlike
the pearls Of the mullusks and are
similar in composition to the oyster
pearls. having calcium carbonate and
a little organic matter. These concre
tions form just beneath the stem. and
a pure white pearl brings a high price,
as 1t Ia supposed by the natives to pos
sess some kind of q charm. Cases
have been known where the cocoanut
pearl has been sold a. mollusk prod
uct. but such instances are rare.
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ingly unpleasant So he's desperate.
cant believe he has deceived him.
self into taking you for Rutton, but
whether or no. he intends BY hook or
| CROOK to get you through this Gateway
anair tonight. He's got to. Now you
aFe-or Rutton is-known to be dis
loyal to the scheme Inevitably. then
the man who passes through the Gate
way in mis- name is to be quietly elm
mated before he can betray anything
lin other words. IA soon a. he has
been put through tho ordeal a. they
call 1t. for the sake Of appearances
and the moral effect upon the Hindu
race at large. Now think you un-
derstand."
Il think do, thanks" Amber re-
turned dryly. You're quite right, an
said before. So I'm OF to the resi-
dency. But how to get through that
guard out there?"
He received no response. In AZ lit
tie time az 1t took him to step back
wards from Amber Labertouche had
resumed his temporarily discarded
masquerade. Instantaneously it was
the khansamah who confronted the
Virginian-the native with head and
shoulders submissively Bonded, a. one
who awaits an order.
Amber. surprised. stared, started to
speak. received . sign. and was silent
the excuse for L.abertouche's sudden
change Of attitude being suflciently
apparent In an uproay which had been
raised without the least warning IN
the compound. The advent OF . run
ming horse seemed to have been re-
spnnsible for Il for the clatter Of
hoofs - the animal was checked ab-
ruptly In mid-stride was followed BY .
Glamour Of drunken cries, shrfeks OF
alarm. and protests On the part Of the
sspoys disturbed IN the midst of their
carouss. Over Ill this there rang the
voice Of IN Enxlishman swearing |
good, round. honsst British oaths.
Stand aside. you houndsl"
Amber turned pale. That's Far
rells voice!" hs cried. guessing at the
truth.
LAbertouche made no answer. but
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-03-04
syNoPsIs.

Ing visit with ii. friend ou.in comen H1
% az yoInS lad lady equestrian who has been
sned at the s ny der horse becoming fright
q burly. Hindu Ne declare NJ hs o1 -
nouthp,ecssl g ch.ss hat The appointed
e man Of high rank ana nre.s Ampe =
zen. .en:, into his hand. disappears in the
He IN tune rne 81 calls Amber by name.
5rttish. diplomatic service Ia india and .ns
~ Hhsst m. the Quains. Several nights later
Src.se bog stolen. Amber ana Guam nc me NO
%Xn mSars :, on az island and become lost ana
a5oS Se1 t Il lSft mesooned, He w.nders
ogntses 9 il occupant an old i"1 fri .Sc
namsd Rutton. whom he last met in En~a
1 Whs;, s M. Who aPpears e be IN hiding.
s.rsns.iy '' s sas Z s Ss,qs Rutton
my body. Rutton seises ! rs " :
nm ana ,,d dsashss After ChattsrjL. He re-
the Hindu. takes poison. ana when dyin s
1aks Amber to 50 to India on . mystsri-
one . sc 9na,. A S ssy:
Letter e ar, Iabsrtsuchs. ! scisnsiac
TRSn :r5a,siss !: ma. nos. svs :Iass
ne know NJ mission 10 10 ~ HisS IN TT
ssA outsof the country. Amber attempts
DER: 10 mistaken for Rutton and bareiy
ESCAPES being mobbed. A message frotn
L4anertouchs causes him to start {cr Oar,
2esnn4; on the way he meets Miss
ner TO become his wife. A Hindu con-
nocts Amber TO q secret place, and in the
presence Of beautiful woman who mis-
drugged
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midnight appearance. So purpose
saving him the trouble. It's only a
two-hour ride"
But the risk!"
Labertouche chuckled grimly. TITS
the days work, my boy. I'm not sure
shan't enjoy it. Besides. l mustn't
hang back where my subordinates
have not feared to go. We've had a
man in Kathiapur since day before
yesterday"
And I? What am to dot"
Your place is at Miss Farrell's side.
No: you'd be only q hindrance to me.
Get that out Of your thoughts. Three
years ago l found time to make q
pretty thorough exploration of Kath-
iapur. and. being blessed with an ex-
cellent memory. l shall be quite at
home"
Amber made a gesture OF surrender.
of course you're right" he said
You're always right. confound you!"
Exactly" agreed Labertouche,
smiling. I'm only here to help you
escape to the residency. Raikes and
O~AoACA coiAOA nave dIc1uy U0cu hu-
vised to make preparations for a siege
or for instant flight. If l give the
word. They need you far more than
! shall. 1t would be simple madness
for you to venture to Kathiapur to-
night. The case il clear enough for
you to see the folly Of doing anything
Of the Sort"
1T may be clear to you
"See here" said Labertouche, with
pardonable impatience: I'm pre-
Stunning that you know enough of In
dian history to be aware THAI the
Rutton dynasty in Khandawar is the
proudest and noblest in India: It has
descended in right line from the sun.
There's not . living Hindu but will
acknowledge its supremacy. be he
however arnbitious. That makes It
plain. or ought to. why Har Dyal Rut-
ton. the last male II his line. WAS
and is-considered the natural. the In
evatable. leader Of the second mutiny.
1t devolved upon Sally Singh to pro
duce him: Sally Singh promised and
rs On the point Of failure. I can't
sAy. pFseissly. what penalty hs'l b
ea11e1 upeo to pay. but IT'S safe to ~
sumo that It'll b something svsrlase-
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-03-04
Death Ends Honeymoon.

own York.-The honeymoon Of
Elijah Marshall Allen. tho 74-year-old
millionaire lumber trader. and his ~.
year-old bride ended Saturday with
the aged mans death at St. Vincsnt's
hospital. His girl wife. who was Mat.
tie Laura Walker, q vivacious bru,
nette In comic opera. is reported to
be near death from pneumonia under
the care OF her mother In an uptown
apartment She was too seriously Ill
to be told of her husbands death.
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side) and he IL an old man
not very strong. Once indoors, l had
little trouble with him. Hs's now en-
Toying perfect peace. with . gag to in.
sure 1t. beneath his own charpoy.
Ram. Nath happened along opportune.
" and created . diversion with his
GIN bottle. That seems to be all, and
I'm afraid we mayn't talk much longer.
must b going and 30 must you"
He glanced anxtously ct his watch
"A cheap and SNOWY thing. such -
natives delight In. Both men rose.
"You return to the telegraph sta
tion. presume r said Amber.
Not at Ill. It wouldn't be worth
my WHILE"
"How's that?'
The wires haven't been working
since ten this morning." said Laber-
touche, quietly.
Amber steadied himself with the
back Of his chair. "You mean they've
been cut?"
Something Of that sort"
And that means"
$3.50 SAAAS 10ASGu0A COU0QlE8Cy II
scncduied to come to head tonight
- you must have inferred, my dear
fellow; this 10 tho last night Of your
probation. The cutting on Of Khanda-
war from Ill British India 10 bold
move and shows Sally 6ingh's CONF
dence. It means simply: Govern
mental interference not desired.
Hands or He knows well that we've
spies here. that enough has leaked out,
unavoidably. to bring an army corps
Gown on his back within twenty-four
hours. II he permitted even the most
notwithstanding messAgs to ct cut q
fhescitE'
Amber. vhistlsd with dismay. ~And
you"
I'm going to fnd out for mysslf
what's towards Kathiapar."
You're going there alons7''
Not exactly: shall have company.
A gentleman Of the Nohammedan per.
suAsion IL going to change places with
me for the Aight. No; he doesn't
know It yet. but have reason to be-
lieve that he got an r. 8. v. p. for the
festive occasion and intends to put in
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-03-04
Farmers Wear Dress Suits.

Salina. Kan.-Kansas farmers no
longer are native to overalls and top
boots. That the old caricature is en-.
tireiy pushed into the past was dem,
onstrated at the meetings of the Far.
mers' Alliance here last week. At
the evening functions dress suits
were much in evidence. The men at
tended could be well represented
only by tailor's fashion plate.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-03-04
CRISIS IN CUBAN AFFAIRS.
Veterans in Ugly Mood Over Prospses
Of Loss Of omicss. ~

OF Loss OF Onscss. Is
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. crisis In ca.
ban affairs apparently is at hand. Re
ports from the island indicate that
the unrest temporarily Quieted by Sec.
rotary Knox's recent note Of warning
Is about to break out anew a. q re,
suit Of the Cuban supreme court de.
cision invalidating the law ousting Of.
hce-holders who were Spanish sympa.
thizers during the revolution.
Literal execution OF the courts do
cree would involve the reinstatement
Of large number of displaced Office.
holders and dismissal Of the so-calle@
veterans who were put In their places.
With this in prospect the leaders OF
the Veteran association are said to be
In an ugly humor. and IL they should
attempt to resist the decree, serious
trouble would ensue.