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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-11-04
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In his book. THE Balkan Wal"
Philip Gibbs, the war correspondent.
says that the official regulations for
war correspondents who we're sent
out to the Balkans were appallingly
severe.
Mr.. Gibbs found that he was forbid
den to describe the disposition Of
troops, to give the names Of generals.
the names and number of the wound
ed, the success or failure Of Bulgarian
troops, the state of the soldiers
health, the conditions of the climate
and SO on. When the censor had told
him all this, Mr.. Gibbs asked po-
litely:
will you tell me. sir. If there is
anything about which we shall be
allowed to writer"
The censor thought deeply for .
moment and then answered quite
gravely:
There is much interest in Bull
garian literature"
Perhaps" Mr.. Gibbs suggested sar-
cssticalIy. Il may also be permitted
to describe the song of the birds7"
by all means" said the censor.
cordially.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-11-04
That Vacant Chair.

Perhaps it is more sad when chair
is vacant in life than in death. Men
make feast. Many who might belong
at the table are not there. Death has
not claimed them. What the world
votes to be failures has kept them
away. In the race as it is run they are
the laggards. Perhaps. in our reckon
ing they will never win. Had you
noticed how in the next generation
their children almost always arrive?
The poor mans son is the rich man
of tomorrow and the children of fail
ures' are the country's future success
es. There Is en- ebb and aow of for
tune which must -urely reconcile US
all to the rhythm of being. Who dares
estimate life by a single generation?
Los Angeles Times.
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NO PLACE OF ENTERTAINMENT
Campaigning Statesmen Found a Rea-
son for Primitive Fare They En-
countered In Noble Mansion,

when l was making my cam
paign last fall" said Representative
Fields of Kentucky, Il started out to
cover a county in which l was but
little acquainted. Believing, like
Polonius, that a fine front was q
valuable asset, l arrayed myself in
my best. When ! got off the train
at the county seat. whence / was to
make my start, met the candidate
for judge on my ticket, and, making
known to him my views, / found he
agreed with me.
Accordingly, after putting up in
the best quarters at the best hotel in
the town, we next morning engaged
the handsomest rig the best livery
stable could boast, and, with
naughty driver on the box, sailed
forth to conquer.
Might overlook us some miles from
the village at which we had expect.
ed to put up, but soon after 1t fell We
spied through the gloom an imposing
looking mansion with many lights
agleam.
Ringing the bell, we announced
ourselves; whereupon a hospitabIe
gentleman came out and ushered us
into parlor whose modest furnish
ing seemed out Of all keeping with
the dignity and size Of the mansion.
When, later, we went to a belated
supper, we were astonished to find
spacious dining-room furnished as
barely as the parIor.
tits the true yeoman spirit ex-
planned the candidate for Judge, and
we got through most meager meal
as best we could
I'VE were up betimes next morn
ing, after sleeping In most primitive
quarters. that did injustice to the
noble mansion, and after breakfast
on par with the supper we got in
our rig and started away. Reaching
the summit Of hill some half a mile
away. we paused to look back at our
nights resting place. Just then Q
horseman drew up beside US.
What place is that?' l queried.
""That?' he replied. Why, that's
the county poorhousei'"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-11-04
STRONG DEFENSE OF HER SEX
Miss Huida Mutt Proves by Anecdote
That Men Are Just as Foolish
as the Women.

1T certainly does make me weary,
all these innuendoes in the funny pa
pers about the women. One would
think by some Of the supposedly face
tious jokes that we girls didn't have
enough intelligence to keep out of the
home for the feeble minded remarked
Hulda Mutt to her sister, lima, as she
pointed to an illustration in the eve
ming paper.
Now here, for instance, is a re-
hashed story about bridegroom car
rying basket, approaching a narrow
creek. He turns to his simple minded
bride-I judge she must have been
simple or she never would have mar
ried him--and he offers to carry her
across the stream This egotistical
male jokesnith has the bride make
the inane reply: But you can't carry
both me and the lunch basket. We
would be too heavy. You carry me and
| will carry the lunch basket
AS a matter of fact that foolish
chestnut was first recorded about an
old man with a basket of eggs and
commercially humane heart, who, as
he boarded the street car. observed
that the arched necks and cruelty
locked tails of the two decrepit horses
In front, bespoke sadly contrasting
prosperity in their remote youth. The
old mans tender heart was touched at
the pitiful sight, and as he took his
seat in the car he gently lifted the
basket of eggs out the window and
held them there all the way of his
journey to make the burden lighter for
the poor horses. So, you see, lima" she
added with an emphatic nod OF her
head. ''the men are every bit as foolish
as the women, If not more so."
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That's nice looking fellow who's
just come in" said the young man who
was dining with his best girl 'Ts he
a friend OF yours7"
Yes. indeed. l know him well"
laughed the maiden.
Shall ask him to Join us?'
"Oh. George!" said the girl, blush
Ing. this is SO sudden
"Suddeng What do you 1mean?" he
asked in surprise.
"Why-why, that's our minister
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Canadian Nlcknames.

Our overseas brethren are keen on
nicknames, remarks the London
Chronicle. Take Canadians, for ex-
ample. The other day l read a short
leading article in a dominion newspa-
per in which reference was made to a
neighboring town as the Ambitious
city" And never an explanation was
given as to which city was meant. To
me, and to all others who have had
real estate circulars sent them, every
city in Canada is ambitious. and it was
only after some inquiry that | found
that the special city referred to was
Hamilton.
I discovered also that nearly every
city has its nickname Winnipeg is
the Prairie city, Toronto is the
Queen city," Kingston the Lime
stone city, Quebec the Ancient capt.
tai" and Montreal is the Metropolitan
city" Even provinces have been nick
named by the Canadians. Do you
know which is the Postage stamp
province?" 1t is quite easy to discov-
er. Look at the map of Canada, and
particularly at Manitoba Surely it's
shape indicates that it is the province
meant.
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Sacrificed All for Hobby

At Ivry, Paris suburb, has just died
a remarkable old man, a septuagenar-
ian, named F'raissard. He died In pow
erty, but had he chosen he could have
become one Of the most famous Euro
pean sculptors. AS 1t was, he finished
life as he began it-more or less PEN
niless. When a boy he was appren.
ticed to marble cutter, and he at
once discovered his powers In this d.
rection. For fifty years he had contin-
ued to execut the most beautiful works
OF art, mostly In mosaics. M. Frais,
sard's masterpiece took him nearly
twenty-four years to perfect. It is q
black marble table. In the middle is
a chesshoard, on either side Of which
are playing cards arranged as fans. On
the table are dominoes and dice, Gig
ars and cigarettes, and sevral coins In
gold and silver. All these are, OF
course, inlaid. The materials In the
table, beside the black marble, are
agate. onyx, porphyry. malachite and
lapis lazuli. the tones Of which are
black. red. orange. blue and white.
Ninety different kinds of marble were
also used.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-11-04
GIVE UP WORK GRADUALLY
Man Accustomed TO Regular Duties
Makes Mistake When He Sud-
denly Ceases All Labor.

Many business men at the age Of
fifty or fifty-fve work eight hours
day and enjoy 1t. They will tell you
they feel as young as they did ten
years before.
Then some of them conclude they
have enough Of this worlds goods and
retire.
1t is well-known fact that brain
or muscle work forms In the system
poison, and If we keep on working
a condition which doctors call auto
iDtoxication is produced. Which
means that the antitoxin nature has
produced in our bodies has not been
enough to Offset the poison of our
burned up energy.
Rest and deep sleep are supposed
to clear the body of all poisons and
waste. But 1t has been proved in
the cases Of persons who use drugs
that after they have taken into their
system a certain drug In increased
amounts for some months they can
stand an amount which would kill a
dozen persons not accustomed to the
drug,
From the minute the drug was in
their system nature started to work
to produce in that body an antitoxin
to fight the poison they were taking.
Nature gets many habits of her own,
and she gets into the habit Of expect.
ing to form an antitoxin to battle
with that poison or drug which that
body has been taking daily, and she
produces it daily.
Now suddenly let that same body
stop taking into 1t the drug 1t was
used to-; nature does not stop form
ing the antitoxin. No indeed; she goes
right on for weeks and months foam
Ing the antitoxtl she has been accus-
toned to form, and the little fighting
army to fight and being of a poison
Gus nature themselves. turn from lit
tie workers, when they have their
own work to do, to bad workers, with
no work. and start fighting the good
cells Of the body, producing a self
poisoning which is likely to cause
death
II man has been working daily
for years and the energy used up by
work has produced sort Of poison
GUS waste. enough to cause auto in
toxicating If not cleared out by rest
and sleep, would 1t not seem reason
able that nature had daily in that
mans system been forming an anti
toxin to Offset the poisonous waste
and that when he suddenly stops
work the same condition takes place
as with person who takes poison?
The antitoxin cells, finding no poison
GUS waste to work on, turn and work
on the good cells Of the body. causing
auto intoxication and sickness and
many times death.
1t would seem that man giving
mp work should do so gradually.
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IN THE CASE OF MENTAL FOG
Depression That May Arise From
Many Causes ls to Be Fought
OF as Dire Enemy.

We all of US have days when moth
ing seems to go right.
You have feeling of utter depres-
sion come over you
Not because there Is anything par
ticularly the. matter. but you're dis
satisfied.
So you sit in desolate hump and
wonder what's the good of anything
especially yourself, and the little
petty details of your life.
"Of what use am ! after all?" you
say to yourself.
A kind of mental fog has taken hold
of you and you are sitting in a mist,
SO to speak.
Well, do you know what Is the very
best thing in the world for you to
do?
Get out of it quickly.
Remind yourself that every ons has
these horrid moods. but every one can
master them If they will only set to
work the right way.
One of the best ways to cure your
self when you feel cross, or miserable,
or discouraged Is to go and do some
thing for somebody else.
Never yield to mood of idleness or
fear. of depression or worry; the more
you think about these things the worse
they become.
Start doing some work that will
employ all your physical energies and
concentrate your mind on the subject
in hand
your mind to do 1t with all your might.
OF course, II you can go out for a
good walk you have a sovereign cure.
and a good many girls who so to the
city would be better In health and spir-
its If they walked at least a part of
the way to and from their Offices.
Depression Is very often caused by
Ill health, and it's quite certain that If
you continue in a mood OF depression
for any length of time you need visit
to the doctor
In most cases depression is an Ill
just like neuralgia or headache.
And If you find yourself getting blue
sOmeIlmes, 0onL make 100 mucn OF
It. don't agonize about your nerves
and SO on.
Give yourself. If you car, some lit
tie extra pleasure; take girl friend
out to tea; go and see play.
Never mind whether you feel In
clined or not, once you are there you
will enjoy yourself thoroughly and go
home feeling ever 30 much brighter
and better for the little change Of
scene and thought.
Anyway, when there are 30 many
nice things in the world, make up your
mind that you won't lose any OF the op-
portunities to help others and be hap
Ply by dwelling In mental gloom.-Chi-
cago Tribune.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-11-04
CAPPED UNCLE'S STORY
VERAcIoUs CHRoNIcLINo EVIL
IDENTIFY FAMILY FAILING
Of Course Old oentleman's Story Of
the Powder Horn Was All the
Truth, But He Doubted Yarn
Told by Nephew.

"T never hear powder mentioned"
remarked Uncle lothian Means, but
1t minds me of the time l went out
on Big Pond. duck shootin' with
Greene Powers. Greene and me had
shot many duck together. and we
got along fust rate till Greene fred
at duck and missed him. Then he
says, Uncle lothian, l shall have to
go home; there's no more duck shoot
In for me today
"'Go home!' says l. What for?'
""Cause my powders give out,
says he.
"'Wal. don't let that trouble ye.'
says. I've got powder enough fol-
both on u.s.
"'Oh, have yer says he, and
passed my horn back to him. Next
minute / heerd him say somethin'
and when asked him what the trou-
BILE was, he says, doleful like, 'Trou-
BILE enough! I've dropped your horn
overheard
"'Oh. wal says l, we can dive
over for it. I'll get IT, says.
emo We won't!' says he, and over
he goes.
wal, sot thar waitin' till he'd
been down perhaps ten minutes, and
then. thinks l, If he don't come up
pretty soon, I'll have to go after
him.
wal, I sot thar. maybe twenty min
utes or so. and then slipped OF my
coat, and over goes. Water want
but bout twenty foot deep, SO got
down there all right, and what do ye
s'pose see? Wal, sir, II you'll b'lieve
me, there stood old Greene, as cool as
you please, emptyin' my powder horn
inter his pockets.
Twan't that I'd grudged him
twice that amount of powder, but ]
did object to his way of gittin' it."
There was silence that could be
felt for some minutes. Then up
spoke Uncle Jotham's nephew. VIII
Ham.
Uncle Jotham." said he, that's a
good story, but I can beat 1t by what
saw today over to Lakeport."
"Ye can, hey? Wal, let's have It,"
"You know George Morey? Wal,
sir. he drove into the yard with a
big load of taters, and onhitched. ]
says to him:
THAT'S quite a load, George
Yes, it's says he.
""Bout how much1l she weigh?' ]
asked.
"'Do know says he. but I'll soon
tell ye. and he up and straddled the
pole, facing the load. Then he got his
two elbows braced onto his knees,
sQuatted down. and he pried that
wagon right up offn the ground,
wheels n ALL"
The silence that now enwrapped
the listening company on the store
piazza grew almost painful William
stood staring with solemn face and
unwavering eye at Uncle johann.
The old gentleman shuffied his feet.
cleared his throat once or twice, and
then delivered his ultimatum!
Willie. do you know l believe
that's a lie."-Youth's Companion.
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Her Interpretation.

At a certain school the mistress,
feeling well disposed toward her class
during hot afternoon, sent one of her
pupils to buy pound OF plums from a
fruit vender.
And be sure, Nellie" she remarked.
as she handed dime to the little girl.
ito pinch one or two Of the plums be-
fore buying any to see II they are
ripe"
Presently Nellie returned to the
classroom, her face wreathed In
smiles and presented the mistress not
only with large bag of plums but
also with the dime.
For some time she could do nothing
but talk incoherently. Then:
Instead of pinching only one or
two as you suggested" she said.
laughing, Il waited till the man wasn't
looking. and pinched whole bagful!"
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RECALLS OLD TRAGEDY
NAME PLATE OF RIVER STEAMER
LOST IN 1865 FOUND.
interesting Relic Now In the Posses-
sion of the Sole Survivor Of the
Crew Of Missouri River Freight
er Of the Long Ago.

A thrilling story OF life on the Mis-
souri, river when Omaha was a young
city and river Of much significance
was retold the other day by Capt.
Roger ]. letters, first mate Of the
river steamship Stephen A. Bell,
which caught on fire and was burned
on sand bar just across from Omaha
in the summer of 1889 The name
plate OF the boat, valuable relic of
silver, was found by workmen grad
ing up boulevard on the low land
just east of Omaha, in Council Bluffs.
Captain letters came from his home
ct Marshall, Mo-, to get the relic.
Il was young man then" said the
captain, but l had lived on the river
all my life. | was born at Miami,
Mo-, on the banks OF the river. That
was my first trip up the river We
came from st. Louis with a boatload
of knock-down houses for Sioux City.
They were houses built at the yards
and put together on the frontier
much like puzzle.
I'VE got as far as Omaha without
trouble, making fast trip Of it. We
stopped several hours there. Omaha
was lively, growing city then. Our
captain, q man named Sullivan, met
friend of his in charge Of another
boat. and we decided to race to Sioux
City, trip of q little more than a
day for US. We had just started when
there was a muffed explosion In the
engine room and the crew rushed out
with a cry Of 'Fire!'
I'VE beached the boat on the bar
across the river and little above
Omaha. By that time the boat was a
mass of flames and we had to escape
the best we could. The boiler explod-
ed and killed two Of the beavers.
The explosion had been caused by too
hot fires, prepared to get up steam
for the race. Before we caught a
down-river boat the captain disap-
peared and we never heard what be-
came OF him He was to blame for
the loss, as freight boats were never
to be raced, that amusement being
left to the passenger crafts. The
boat was beached in seven feet of wa
ter and we never recovered a thing"
letters, who later became a cap
tain and was for years on the river
is the only living survivor of the
wreck. he said. When he heard of the
charred remains of boat being found
by the graders he Immediately came
to Omaha to obtain the name plate
II possible. The plate was found, the
workmen gazing at it with interest
for a few minutes and then throwing
1t aside as worthless piece of rusted
metal. Captain letters, who is now
retired. took the plate back home with
him.-Omaha Correspondence New
York Sun,
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-11-04

A Hungarian citizen has invented an
instrument which shows instantly the
amount OF interest due on any given
sum for any period at any given rate
OF interest.
The Instrument. which is made in
the size and shape Of watch. has a
very simple construction. and all that
is necessary to operate 1t is to place
the hands In the proper position on
the dial and the exact amount OF In
terest in each case is indicated on the
face. The instrument La inexpensive
and Its usefulness Is apparent The
inventor has applied for an American
patent
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catty.

OdtLy.
so Jack Hardness has proposed to
your"
Yes. How did you known"
MY iance told me last night. He
used Jacks love for you to give weight
to an argument"
AN argument about what?"
HE was trying to convince me that
love is blind"
The fact that he is your flancee
should have convinced you of that"
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strsnuou. Business Demands

If mans heart isn't in his bust
ness like the butcher, II he isn't
hammering his business like a car
penter. or jawing about 1t like den
tist. or blowing it up like a blaster,
or firing 1t like a blacksmith, or put
ting it down like payer, or kicking 1t
like job printer, or throttling 1t like
an engineer, or raising cane about 1t
like sugar planter. or putting it like
a cigar maker, or punching 1t like a
prizefighter, or spreading 1t like a
painter, or testing 1t like chemist.
or measuring 1t like tailor, or hit
ting it like ball player. or boring 1t
like driller, or talking 1t like an
auctioneer or laying it out like an IN
dertaker, or weighing 1t like grocer,
or dosing it like doctor, or trying it
like lawyer. or lamhasting it like
a cook, or nosing 1t like perfumer.
or fighting 1t like soldier he might
as well call 1t failure and make q
noise like bankrupt
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London Had Cab. in 1872.

Carbriolets. one-horse vehicles. from
which we get the name cabs. were
first introduced into the streets OF
London in 1922. when twelve were
placed in service. In 1881 they had
increased to 1876, and then the licenses
were thrown open. The number in
1852 running in the English metro
polls exceeded six thousand Previ-
GUS to throwing open the trade. the
number of hackney carriages was
limited to twelve hundred, when there
were few omnibuses. The horse car
riages are rapidly being suppianted
by taxicabs in the streets OF Lon
don.
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AM prsasurs sIov4a runnsl rraIn

NJ ENSoS0tS Sb0W0 0HEtVt
The effects Of air resistance are well
shown in the 12s-mile Simplon tunnel
through the Alps, where an exception
ally large amount of energy is required
to run the electric trains. The tunnel,
which is 10 feet wide and 10 high,
with a sectional area of $50 square
feet, has a ventilating current Of $3.50
cubic feet per second. maintained by
two large blast fans at the Brigue end
and two exhaust fans at Iselle.
B. Kilchenmann, Swiss engineer,
finds that trains going with current
encounter less resistance than In open
air up to 1871 miles an hour, but at
higher speeds or in the opposite direc-
ton the resistance is much greater
than outside. Coasting by gravity down
the per 1000 maximum gradient, a
train, even though going with the cur
rent, cannot exceed 35 miles an hour
on account of the braking by the air.
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little Learnlnn pannsrona.

why don't you try to make your
constituents understand problems of
government"
That's what have done," replied
Senator Sorghum. 81 have been too
thorough about it. A lot of them now
think that they can give advice in
stead of taking it."
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solomon Generous as weII as via,

A family travelling in a covered
wagon through Solomon the other day
had an opportunity to learn what kind
of people live In that town. A horse
belonging to the travellers dropped
dead in its harness on the main street
of the town. The family was poor
and had no money to buy another
horse, 30 the Solomon folks took VI
a collection. bought horse, gave 1t te
the strangers and sent them on theil
way within few hours.-Kansas City
Star.
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A Fine Contest.

II see one OF the New York papers
is getting up contest that will inter-
est the fans"
What IL itf''
"A contest to see who Ia the most
unpopular umpire"
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MAGNIFICENT Aohisusment

Moses was the great lawgiver,"
said the student.
Yes. And a wonderful part of his
work was the way he managed to put
so many great laws into effect with
out the assistance of a lobby"