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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-12-30
MAKING MEAL OF ANTS
FISHERMAN HAD GOOD VIEW OF
BEARS MENU.
AHImaI Had Found Food He FaneIed,
and Was Enjoying 1t Without
Thought He Was Being
Observed,

To watch wild animals feeding at
q time when they do not suspect an
audience is always an interesting ex-
perience, and in the case of black
bears, comparatively rare one. Mr.
Charles S. Moody, writing in the
Outing Magazine, tells how he came
upon big black bear which was in
dulging in feast with very evident
symptoms Of enjoyment.
was fishing a small trout-stream
that ran through narrow mountain
meadow, at times approaching quite
near to the timber on either side A
friend was fishing the same stream
something like half an hour before
me | became aware of voice dron-
ing song. The sound kept on, but
was very much interested in my
sport casting my fly. The sound all
the time became more distinct
thought my friend had turned musical.
When the sound became very dis
tinct, l looked up. I was less than
80 feet from a black bear which
looked about the size of a load of
hay. His bearship did not see me,
but was busy licking ants off a dead
pinetree that stood at the edge of the
forest. l was so close that / could
see the insects running about in great
confusion Occasionally the bear
would cuff the tree, and out would
come the ants. He would lick them
up, rising on his hind paws to reach
those above his head All the time
he was whining in a sing-song to him
SELF and seemed to be very much
pleased with his success.
His dinner over, he dropped down
and started through the dense skunk
cabbage toward where / stood. l
yelled. He reared on his launches.
took one look, and moved down a
wide swath of skunk-cabbage as he
plunged back into the forest.
Another time l watched bear fish
ing. 1t was in August, on the upper
Lochsaw river, during the height of
the salmon run. A forest fire had
swept over the Clearwater mountains,
and destroyed all the berries. SO the
bears were coming to the river, at
tracted by the fish that were seeking
the shallow, still water, where they
could bask in the sunshine
l walked up to the river one even
ing about sunset In search of a deer.
Coming round bend, l saw a large
black bear perched upon a fiat rock
several feet from the shore. l could
not tell at first what he was doing.
He was STOPPING down with one paw
in the water, and waving 1t gently to
and fro. l watched closely, and saw,
just beyond his reach, large male
salmon, SO nearly dead that he could
not swim The bear was using his
paw to create an eddy that would
draw the fish within his grasp. Slow
ly the salmon drifted toward the
rock.
It was amusing to watch how care
fully the bear moved his paw so as
not to brighten his prey. At last the
fish came within reach; bruin reached
over, gave it a quick slap, seized it in
his jaws, leaped ashore, and numbered
off, to eat his evening meal in pri-
vacy.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-12-30
caught her casual glance.

caught her casual glance.
Temptation assailed this impeocably
honest lady. She glanced again-and
again. and then overcome by indigna-
ton and curiosity, she silsnoed all
Qualms on active conscience and read
the letter from beginning to end
1t was the epistle of Mr. Daniel Lat
inner to his beloved nephew. James
Vanstone:
My dear boy" it read In part, so
you think you are the happiest man in
the world because a pretty little girl
loves you? Well. thought the same
way once upon a time, but l was
promptly disillusioned-now. this isn't
meant to be a wet blanket on the
rosy flame of your engagement to Miss
Ethel; it's merely the plaint of dis
gruntled old bachelor because you
have won the prize that missed. Con-
gratulations, dear Jimmy, and may
you be deserving of the little girl who
is pretty indeed, my lad, but can't
compare with her aunt, Miss Felicia,
whom / knew once upon a time. Yes,
you've guessed it. Jimmy, she is the
one who administered the dose Of dis
illusion! Well, Felicia was a self
willed slip Of a girl and l should
never have taken her word of dis
lonely and am afraid of the solitary
years ahead OF me, am tempted to go
at once to Felicia Weeks and ask her
If It Is too late to be happy! But
forgive me, Jimmy, I've turned this
letter Of oongratulation into an elogy
upon my own happtness-but It's too
late to amend 1t, now. hope Felicia
will give her consent 10 your marrying
Ethel before the 15th-if she won't,
l shall certainly run down to Rode
mead and plead your cause. Kiss my
future niece-in-Iaw for me.
"Af1ecttonately, Uncle Dan"
For a long time Felicia sat In ST
lence. Although abe stared out at the
garden she could see nothing for the
mist of tears In her fine eyes.
Presently she drew sheet o. pa
per toward her and wrote few lines
to Mr.. Daniel Latimer. This she en-
closed with his letter in an envelope
and carefully addressed 1t to his club
in town. Then she affixed special
delivery stamp and sent Celia out to
mail it at once.
Although the letter was gone the
words she had written seemed written
In rosy red across her brain.
This is what she had written: Z
have given my consent to Etheps mar
rage on the 15th-but II you wish,
you may come down-soon, Dan-and
plead not their cause-but your ownl
Feliciai"
Copyright, 1913, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-12-30
REALLY OLD FASHION
TODAYS MODE COPIED FROM
THAT OF THE PAST.
Nothing New About the Much-Dls-
cussed Designs Which Have Found
Favor With the Present Gen.
Grafton of Good Dressers.

Women that, in obedience to fash
ion. sport high standing feather on
couture or bonnet, and thus are a
0njsapos in public places where spec
tators behind l7iena would Like to see
the stage, are merely initiating their
English sisters of the eighteenth GEN.
fury Some one wrote in the Times
of 1875: "At all elegant assemblies
there Is a room set apart for the
ladies to don their feathers, as it is
impossible to wear them In any car
riage with top. The lusters are also
removed on this account, and the
doors are carried up to the ceiling.
A well dressed lady who mods with
dexterity can give a friend a little
tap upon the shoulder across the room
without incommoding the dancers.
The ladies' feathers are now general
ly carried in the sword case at the
back of the carriage.
In Berlin the number of men be-
tween seventy and eighty is 1888,
while the number of women is 25,204.
In Greater Berlin the figures are TO-
049 and 1880, respectively The
number of men between eighty and
ninety in Berlin is 2,036, and the num-
Der of women is 5,371. Three out of
every four nonagenarians In this city
are women.
Lady Jockeys" promise to be a
regular feature of races in France,
but the woman cab driver, the femme
cocher," is disappearing from the
streets of Paris. Six years ago there
were at least 100; now there are only
six or seven, and of these all but one
will soon disappear. The survivor
says that at first men rushed for
cabs driven by women, and gave gen.
erous tips, but that was when the
woman cab driver was celebrated
in song and in the revue Then came
neglect This reminds US that about
London was known as the "Cabman's
Terror" for she knew the distance
between any two points and handed
the exact fare. And now there Is a
woman in London who is accused of
this hobby: She takes taxicabs and
compels the drivers to sue her for
their fares
The hobby of certain swell women
in Paris is more amiable one. They
make shoes. The Daily Chronicle
says that this reversion to a Lon.
don mania of over a century ago
Mrs. Charles Calvert wrote in her
diary on May 4, 1908: 81 begin a new
science today-shoemaking. 1t is all
the fashion. l had a master with me
for about two hours, and l think ]
shall be able to make very nice
shoes" And in the same month Lady
Sarah Spencer wrote to her brother:
1 am today in a state of great van
ity. I have, to my eternal glory be
1t spoken, made a pair of shoes.
There is for you! So if all other
trades fail l shall certainly establish
myself cross-legged at the corner OF
an alley and earn a livelihood in the
midst of leather, avis, and hammers
In the evening Harriet and l divide
our time between musick and shoe
making, which is now the staple trade
Of the family. "-Philip Hale in Bos-
ton Herald.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-12-30
A Love Story.

Prof Henri Bergson, at dinner in
New York, talked of love with that
gay and sparkling philosophy which
has made him famous in Europe.
'Love-in the sense of passion" he
said, love does not live long. There's
little fable about love which has a
deal Of truth in 1t. Love. so the fable
runs, bent over a beautiful maiden.
when Cynicism sneered and said:
oh, yes, her eyes are stars and her
mouth Ia rose, but twenty years
hence she will be fat and round
backed, with a double chin, Just like
her mother. You, though-ha, his, ha!
You. though. will be blind, eh?'
No. Love answered calmly. I simply
shan't be there to see'"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-12-30
Inflammation.

The late James B. Hammond had a
singularly generous nature-as vas ev-
idenced, among other things, by his
distribution of $4,000 bright new Lin
coin pennies from his motor car
among the children of New York
Mr. Hammond hated meanness. Once
at club, he heard a man meanly ask
ing a doctor for free advice on all
sorts Of medical topics. "And, now,
DOCTOR" this individual finally said
suppose a man got bitten
how would you treat him?" "Oh,
broke in Mr. Hammond. impatiently,
rrub him with man who's had a sun.
strokeI"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-12-30
Growth Of Ostrich Breeding.

Fifty years ago there were only 80
tame ostriches known in all South Al
rica. And in that year only 16 pounds
of feathers were exported, and they
came for the most part from wild
birds brought down by the hunters.
Last year there were about 100000 do
mesticated ostriches in South Africa,
nearly 100000 pounds of feathers we're
exported at value of more than a
million and quarter dollars.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-12-30
coIno Down.

John D. Rockefeller, Jr., told al
Louis Tiffany's Egyptian fete in New
York a story that conveys a lesson
The story was elected by an account
of the daily life of the modern young
man who dissipates. But where dc
all these thing lead7" Mr.. Rockefeller
said. 81 know a sagacious man of af
fairs whose daughter came to him one
night and said: Father, dear; would
you object to my marrying fast
young man?' Not If he's going in the
right direction was the fathers wise
reply"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-12-30
Puritan Morality |. PASSING.

The ID morality of the Puritan is
passing In its place are beginning
new ideals, more related to the perma-
nent facts of our time One influence
working against the Puritan survival
is the great influx from continental
nations mixing their blood and their
ideals with those which were here
earlier. But there is greater infiu-
ence. The American people is a prac-
teal people. Ours is not the kind OF
nation that has effective ideals born
merely of thought. The only ideals
which move 1t to action are connected
with business. The big questions OF
the day are the distribution of ma
terial goods, the methods Of produc-
ton, and the relation of capital to
labor. This is what Is meant by the
social movement And it is the SO
cial movement which is changing all
of our ideals, including those OF
morality.-Harper's Weekly.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-12-30
And There Arc otharn.

You advertise that you can remove
wrinkles"
Yes, but we seldom have men pa
TENTS"
"Oh. I'm not patient It's my wife.
Her latest wrinkle is that she would
look well In one OF these silhouette
gowns"
The only way to cure that wrinkle
would be to give her one OF them"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-12-30

She Clearing her faith r coming)-
'F1yl
Hs "a bit mooney)-Where7 Phi
Sve4 r.!
6hs-No, moi mean feel
Hs-OAl WHARF dd It nip yUu4
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-12-30

Collections at 6.I5 and $50 a. M, and 500
p. m.
Deliveries at 7.50 a. M, and Ills p. 10.
Rural carriers leave office at 7.30 daily ex-
cept Sunday and holidays.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-12-30
Nun cedI

Can l sell you a book on Correct
English?'"
do you speak BY itf~
Yep" 4
no" Is sz4Es
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-18
(By Sloane Gordon)

fall where they will. He is not play
ing for an average. but for his CLUB.
He tries for everything.
Fletcher first saw the light Of day,
such as it is, in Edwardsville, Ill, but
he did not begin to play baseball until
he was five or six years old, thus
avoiding the possibility of his neigh
bors declaring he was precocious
child. Arthur got his first profess
siOnal engagement in 1906, through
Charley Barrett, at present scouting
for the St. Louis Browns which IS
no criterion of his tastes in ball
players. Barrett was then managing
the Stanton, Ill, team of the Troll
ley league, so called because all the
jumps on the circuit could be made
BY trolley I suppose I know no
other reason for ii.
1t was not long before Fletcher
slipped along to the Dallas club of the
Texas league where McGraw saw him
playing and left word with Joe"
Gardner, a scout, to keep his eye on
the young shortstop. So favOrably
We're the bulletins which reached Nc
Graw from Texas about the .nfielder
that he purchased him in the middle
of the season, and Fletcher reported
to the Giants in the spring of 1908.
For a long time, Fletcher appeared
as 2 utility infielder, that post which
covers a multitude of sins and po-
sitiOns. At first Fletcher was nery-
Gus in the big league as he was barely
Of age when he reported to the
Giants, and McGraw decided to sea-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-18

son him on the bench for a couple
of years. The Little Corporal al
ways admired Fletcher's hands and
whip" The fingers on the hands are
long and slender Ike those of an art
list, and it is seldom he fumbles the
ball once he gets hold of it. He shoots
it across the diamond with the speed
of a flash from any STOPPING posi-
ton when he throws, whipping it
Fletcher got his first opportunity
as a regular when Bridweu, the vet
eran shortstOp of the Giants, was
traded to Boston in the middle. of the
season of 1911 for HerzOg. Fletcher
went in at shortstop, and HerzOg was
placed at third base Appearing as
a regular in tight race, Fletcher
showed flashes, of his old nervousness
under fire at first, but soon got used
to the train and has played great
ball for the Giants ever since He
had his shaky spots in the series
with the Boston Red SOX last fall,
and he came in for a good deal of
criticism His gameness cropped out,
however. when he fought back and
played beautiful ball in the closing
contests of the series. Fletcher is
quiet spoken and reserved off the
field. showing none of the ear marks
which the ordinary follower of the
game associates with the big Lacquer.
Copyright, 1913, by the Wheeler
Syndicate, Inc.
Tomorrow: John Franklin Baker,
the Home Run Hitter and Great Third
Raseman of the Athletics.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-18
Backstop Robertson Joins
Ell PasO For Miami Series
Mavericks Start For Arizona, Depending Hill and
Kane to Annex Victories Hardin and Nells Are
Unable to Accompany the Team-Mami
Plans a Banquet For the Visitors
u 80 - regarding b

IL worry ceased regarding the
n backstop position on the FL Paso
n Maverick club, when c. Robert
son, formerly et the Cotton States and
Texas leagues, was signed by manager
Tommy Smith, and left Thursday morn
ing with the team, for Miami, where
games viii be played Friday, Saturday
and sunday. Robertson, who viii as
sisu Price, the exTexas Lacquer on the
receiving end of the battery firm, came
direct to FL PasO from the Fort Worth
Painters, Of the Texas circuit. Efforts
were made by the El Paso officials to
secure Robertson when the schedule of
the Cotton States league terminated,
but the backstop Joined the Fort Worth
team.
Price, ho was first catcher on the
san Antonio. Tex league BroncOs, gave
the officials q definite line on his
catching ability ir the recent Silver
City series
soutapaw Pitching staff.
llnl and Kane, together with Ducky
GOwan. who viii probably be thrown
into the breach in a pinch, compose a
strictly sOuthpaW tWirling staff, Hugh
Hardin and Nellis finding IL impOssi-
bic to secure q leave of absence from
their work to accompany the team.
Tommy Smith shifted his batting col
umn several times in the Silver City
series, and with Robertson, who is re-
puted 10 be a heavy hitter on the rOs-
ter, IL is probable that a shakeup viii
be made.
When the team arrives in Miami, ne
Sotiations will be opened with the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-18

ANY Giant rooters have been
M inclined to scott at the work
w of Arthur Fletcher, the New
York shortstop, in the past. He is
a man who is rated much higher by
players than spectators because they
appreciate more fully his value to his
club. No less an authority than John
McGraw says Fletcher has the incest
pair of hands he ever sa won a ball
player.
Probably the most prominent thing
about Fletcher is his chin. 1t is as
noticeable as the statue of liberty is
in New York bay, or the Washington
monument is to a party of Cooks
tourists from west of the Mississippi,
or as a balloon ascension in NOnkers-
It is probably the most noticeable
thing in the world. It sticks out in
front of him as prominently as the
chest of an actor on pay day But so
far it has not interfered with Fetch
er's playing. He has never yet been
featured in the literature of beauty
specialists, however.
The Giants shortstop is % years
old and married. You can see from
this data that he is a. full grown man
and a regular Big Lacquer now. He
covers, ground like d circus tent, and,
in pursuing batted balls, hews his
average to the bone and lets the chips
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-18
WELSH WILL CLAIM
RITCHIE'S TITLE

BritOn VIII Seek Forfeit Money After
Staging a Shadow Fight and De-
Iivering an Imaginary knockout.
Vancouver. B. c., Sept 1S.-Freddie
Welsh. the British lightweight cham
piOn. proposes to shadow box himself
into the. worlds championship here
next Saturday afternoon. the day he
was to have fought Willie Richie for
the latter'S title. Having disposed of
his imaginary opponent. Welsh said he
would demand Ritchie's forfeit, pro-
claim himself worlds champion and set
in motion legal machinery to obtain
damages from Richie for several re-
munerative matches Welsh declares he
lost through waiting Tor the champion
This is the British boxers announced
program for Saturday:
Weigh in at 2:15 p m, at 135
pounds; hop through the ropes at the
arena an hour later; shadow fight an
imaginary Richie; land an imaginary
knockout; declare himself world $
champion; visit his lawyers and make
a claim for $500 forfeit money.
Ritchies forfeit was posted as a
check, on which he stopped payment
before he left for San Francisco.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-18
AUTO RACE FROM
DEFINING ON SUNDAY
Car Owners to Race to Silver Citv and
Return to Advertise Good Roads
and, Incidentally, For Prizes.

Car Owners to Race to Silver CITY and
Return to Advertise Good Roads
and, Incidentally, For Prizes
Boosting good Overland roads and for
the benefit Of the state highways OF
New Mexico, an automobile race viii be
run from Deming to Silver City and
back, a distance of 56 miles, next sun
day
A lot of interest is being manifested
IN the race in that section and eight
owners have already entered cars. The
entrance fee will be S25 and prizes ag-
gregatlng $500 will be hung I'D for
competition At least 10 cars are ex-
pected to participate in the race, which
will be the second held in New Mexico
not under the auspices of the A. A A
regardless of make or horsepower.
cars may compete, provided they are of
only four cylinders Considerable
rivalry exists between the auto owners
OF Silver City and Deming and the
race was partially arranged to settle
the supremacy between them.
The cars will leave Deming 10 min
IN Silver CITY will wait until the last
car arrives in order to have the right
of way back to Silver City, as there are
several bad places in the roads, where
two machines cannot pass
The first car arriving in Silver City
will be timed and they will depart from
the hilltop town in exactly the same
order IN which they arrived. The race
mas created quite a stir in automobile
circles Of New Mexico and western
Texas
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-18

Phoenix and Tucson teams for a series
to be played at those cities, during the
latter part Of September. Reports show
that the Phoenix fans are celebrating
whether to import the Mavericks for
a series, or to play one game with the
Giants and White SOX- In the event
that the Mavericks are booked in Phoe-
nix the dates will probably be Sept
p, % and &c.
Banquet at Miami.
Preparations for a reception for the
Mavericks are being made by the Mi
ami club, and q banquet, to be given
in honor of the visiting players, is be-
ing arranged. Several hundred tickets
for the series have been sold Unless
the Phoenix and Tucson clubs definite
~ decide to play the FL Paso team the
Mavericks will return Monday night.
The following players left Thursday
morning: Price and Robertson, catch
ers; Hill and Kane. pitchers; Schultz,
first base; GurtZ, second base; Smith,
shortstOp; Jackson, third base; Gray,
left field; Gowan, center field Kiefer,
right field, and business manager Bill
Crawford
Under the auspices of the FL Paso
baseball club, the Great White Way"
carnival viii exhibit in Ell Paso from
Sept %. TO Oct. + In an effort to put
the club on a substantial footing for
next season, the carnival VIII be held
in conjunction with several games with
outside teams. G. H LOOs, agent of the
carnival, conferred with business man
ager Crawford Wednesday afternoon.
The show is now in Phoenix, AriZ.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-18

swept down the field until the Red and
Blue tactics were changed There was
nothing much TO lose and possibly lots
to gain through trying to run all
around the weSternerS-and at the end
of the game the Wolverines had been
beaten by a p to q score. Their
plUnging attack had wasted their
strength so that when called on to ex-
tend themselves after the fleet Quakers
there was no answer. That proved that
even then a well grounded suspicion
that mass plays should be reserved
solely to gain the last few yards needed
for a touchdown
No Restriction on Kicker.
OF the changes which the rules have
undergone this year the first and most
important is that which does away
with the five yard restriction placed
upon the kicker. Any distance that
suits the man with the boot is allowable
now, so that fans may look for quick
kicking from directly behind the for
wards as a feature of this seasons
game
Another which will find favor all
around the fields is that which per
m1ts team TO substitute player for
the second time at any moment of the
games last period
Other Changes in Rules
For the other differences between
the rules or this season and last, a
specific penalty has been placed on
advancing beyond the lines in case OF
a punt out. the penalty now being that
the punler angle De moved I'VE yards
away from the nearest goal post along
the goal line. If the punter out makes
a deliberate attempt by a feint to draw
the opponent offside. the referee is
not to permit him to kick the ball IN
til the opponents have had time to re-
turn behind their restraining line In
the rules regarding the conduct OF
playing after a forward pass or after
a kick, insertion of words after the
pass has been made" now makes it
clear that players NAV interfere with
one another until the pass is actually
made