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The Winslow mail., 1914-05-30
GoinQ to School

Before the Boer war took nlace
there were no country schools in the
Transvaal or the Orange Free State,
and very few in the towns. Now they
have been established everywhere, but
the trouble is to get scholars. The
Boer father holds that if his boy can
ride horse and shoot a rifle he has
all the education he needs, and many
OF them have been sent to jail for en-
couraging their sons to keep away
from schoolhouses. A Boer mother
holds that when her daughter can
make bread she is as good as any
young lady in the world.
The Winslow mail., 1914-05-30
Color This Picture to Suit Yourself.

Copyright 1914. by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
Long time ago, in the days when
the clouds hung over the sky from the
time the people got up until they went
to bed, and the rain came pattering
down on the roofs hour after hour, the
old men would gather the little boys
who wanted to go out in the wet woods
to play, and tell them that they must
wait until the sun had stopped crying
over the death CT her daughter
And while the little boys listened,
the old men would tell them about
how the wise medicine men got word
from the Yunwi Tsunsdi (the little
people of the woods to send the rat
tlesnake to kill the sun. In those days
the sun shone so hot every day that
many people were made sick by the
heat.
The old men would tell about how
the rattlesnake went up to the house
of the daughter of the sun, in the
middle of the sky, and made mis-
take. 1t was the daughter of the sun
be killed instead Of the sun herself.
So, the cid men would say. 'the
sun began to weep as soon as she
found out that her daughter had been
killed, staying up in her daughters
house so long that the people grew
cold and afraid because it was dark all
the time.
Then came the chief of the Little
People and told the wise medicine men
that they would have to send messen-
gers to Tsunginai (the Ghost Country
in Ushunhiyi (the Darkening Land in
the Vest to bring back the daughter
Of the sun.
SO the wise medicine men chose
seven hunters to go to the Ghost Coun-
try, and they set out carrying a box
to bring the daughter of the sun back
in. When they got to that country,
they found all the ghosts at a big
dance, just as the chief of the Yunwi
Tsunsdi said they would.
And just as they had been told to
Go, they stood close by the circle of
dancers, and, whenever the daughter
Of the sun came round in the dance,
The Winslow mail., 1914-05-30
Bucking Goat Toy.

blow in the chest will flop over back
ward and spring back when the pres
sure is released. Facing this figure
goat is mounted on platform, through
which the animals forefeet pass to a
side, which is also elastically operated.
BY means of a projecting button the
slide is drawn out. When it is released
The elastic makes it fly back and the
goat pitches forward, raising his hind
legs in the air and butting the mani
The Winslow mail., 1914-05-30

each one of the seven messengers
struck her with stick which they car
ried. And when the seventh man had
struck her, he stepped out of the cir
Gle of dancers and fell down as If
dead.
Then the seven messengers took
her up, as they had been told to do,
and put her in the box they had
brought. And they started east to-
ward the country from which they had
come.
In a little while, the daughter of
the sun came back to life and begged
the man to let her out of the box. But
they remembered what the chief of the
Little People had told the wise medi-
cine men, and they would not let her
out.
After they had gone a long way,
the, girl in the box said that she was
hungry and begged the seven men to
let her out to eat; but they refused
and went on.
When they were near home, the
daughter of the sun begged the men
wiz CdII1eu u0T TO lflL the l1d OF the
box just little, for she said she was
smothering. And so pitifully did she
beg that the men decided that it would
do no harm to lift the lid just crack.
And just as they raised up the lid
OF the box 3 tiny bit to let in some air
to the daughter Of the sun, something
flew swiftly past them into the bushes
and they heard redbird cry, 'Kwish!
hwlsh. KWish' from the limb of
tall tree. Then they shut down the
lid OF the box and went on to where
the wise medicine men were waiting
when the seven messengers got to
the council house and opened the box
they found that it was empty. 1t was
the daughter of the sun who had flown
out OF the box when they lifted the
hd-she had taken the shape of the
red5ird; and SO we know today that
the redbird is the daughter of the SUM-
And when the boys would ask what
made the sun stop crying for her
daughter, the old men would only say:
oh, that is another story. If it is
raining tomorrow l will tell it to YOU"
The Winslow mail., 1914-05-30

along one edge, with the lower points,
under the arms, sewed together. There
is a girdle of twisted ribbon about tina
waist, ending in a bow at the front.
where the jacket fastens with a hook
and eye.
The lovely little cap appears to be
only a square of fine linen lawn or
mousseline edged with very wide
val lace. The lace is draped back over
the face and tackled to place. Plaits
are laid in the muslin at the sides and
back to shape it to the head, and mar
row satin ribbon with little ribbon
flowers drawn over the cap about the
head.
The small group of flowers at the
left side is mounted over long, hang
ing loops and ends Of ribbon. finishing
the decoration of this bewitching
morning dress.
JULIA 3oTToML.EX.
The Winslow mail., 1914-05-30

kin full in the chest or face. The
manlkin thereupon falls fiat on his
PACK, to the great amusement of any
children who may be watching, but
upon the goat resuming his normal DO
sltlon, the other figure boldly springs
up and faces Billy again.
The Winslow mail., 1914-05-30
BUCKING GOAT TOY AMUsEs
Billy Raises on Forelegs and Butts the
Manikin Flat-Figure Is Elastic
ally Mounted

An amusing toy for children has
been invented by Georgia man 1t is
a rearing, tearing billygoat that butts
a manikin fiat in its charge. The toy
comprises base with a figure elas-
ticaily mounted at one end. The figure
normally stands erect, but when struck
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-09-29
Decay of courteav.

The new woman, she who has de-
vised and now prActises the new
method of disposing of men by pre-
tending to dispense with them alto
gether, is, it appears from our Paris
dispatches. to be perpetuated IN en-
during bronze by a noted sculptress
whose chef d'oeuvre has already de-
veloped to the point of being possible
Of description. 1t is the figure of a
woman standing nonchalantly erect,
right hand on hip in a pose of abso-
lutte self-reliance and on her reso-
Lutte face and in her defiant eye not
trace of coquetry. She is "She Who
Must Be Obeyed" simply because she
communicable very antithesis of the
earlier classic she who stopped to con-
quer.
Undoubtedly there has come among
us this type of woman who scorns to
employ the more subtle arts that have
proved so efficacious in the subjuga-
ton of men through all the past ages.
And she ought to have a monument
that will never pass away. There can
not be too many of the conquering
type of woman, provided always that
man is still and forever permitted to
remain her chosen victim He would
not and cannot claim a higher privi-
lege. He has at times pretended that
it was the woman who liked to be
pursued. But that has from the first
been only pretense, as all men and
every woman know. From time imme-
mortal no man has fled more slowly
than he who had the slightest excuse
for thinking that he was being pur-
sued by some Philadelphia
Press
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-09-29
"TimIdIty" Led to Red Hat.

Cardinal Kopp, who died recently at
Troppau, Silesia, was a telegraph op-
orator on the Hanoverian state rail-
ways at the age of 20, and so poorly
was he paid that he was often woe
fully in arrears with his board and
lodging. An unexpected bonus of SIS
seemed a fortune to him.
At the end of years apprentice
ship he was to have Joined the regu-
lar staff had not the supervisor of
his department. Won Griesbach. made
the following confidential report
which has just been published:
Telegraph Clerk George Kopp has
made earnest endeavors to become an
efficient operator, but his ttmid and
diffident character Ill fits him for the
public service. He lacks force, con-
fidence, presence of mind and quick
ness of decision in graphing with
emergencies.
"On the other hard, Kopp has
shown considerable industry and zeal.
He is Intellectually somewhat above
the average, SO that l can confidently
recommend him for administrative
work. At the same time | suggest
that his definite appointment he post
poned for another two months"
Thus. damned with faint praise,
Kopp never got his appointment at
all, and eventually he resigned.
Twenty years later. as Prince-Bishop
Of Breslau. he sat at state banQuets
at the emperor's right hand.
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he looked the prisoner steadily in the
eye. "Why, bless me, you-you were
the very man. Yes, your honor, this
is the man, and he says truth when he
said that he was with me during the
hour named. He is right, and l was
wrong"
Humbert seemed 80 very honest
about 1t. and his testimony was so
straightforward that the prisoner was
perforce discharged by the verdict Of
the Jury. He thanked Mr.. Humbert
profusely, and Humbert went his way
and the prisoner went his.
Late that afternoon a policeman
who had happened to witness the trial
dropped into Humbert's on his way
to his beat, just to have a bit of a
chat about the alibi. An elderly gen.
tleman was arranging some watches
in case. Where Is Mr.. Humbert?"
asked the officer. 81 am Mr. Hum
bert" responded the old man. Il
mean the other one" went on the Of
ficer. There Is no other one," re-
turned the other. "A big stout man."
suggested the policeman. Il am the
only Humbert," answered the old
man; you must have things mixed"
That same afternoon a big, stout,
buriy man and tall, though heavy
individual. fastened from the town.
The latter resembled Mr. Higgins,
the former the witness, Humbert
IN tPke my half right now" sug-
gested Mr.. Higgins. Mr. Humbert
handed over small wad Of bills.
1T was absurd for them to charge
me with that crime-assault and rob-
berry of that man Boggs-absurdly
ridiculous"
Humbert, as he had called himself,
scratched his head. 1T was absurd"
he went on. though l say that my
self. But it was done clever. too" he
went on, though l say SO, that
oughtn't"
<COpyright 1914 nv Dafiv gtorv p,,h ~ \
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-09-29
Shows How careIessness Costs.

In a big store the general manager
recently instituted plan tending to
eliminate poor handwriting among the
company's employees. When errors or
delays occur In getting out orders
through inability to read the order
slips he summons all clerks who have
been careless in that respect to the
assembly room at the close of the day.
There all incorrectly and poorly writ
ten checks are flashed by stereop-
ticon upon large screen, and in each
instance the employees are told how
much the carelessness has cost the
store and what steps had been neces-
sary to rectify the trouble. AS all the
checks are numbered each clerk knows
when his careless work Is being made
the subject of the illustrated criticism,
and as a result few examples of care
lessness and poor writing now are in
evidence and the delivery and filling
Of orders have been greatly facilitated.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-09-29
TYLER TO HAVE MONUMENT
Appropriation by Congress Of $4,000
for the Purpose viii Meet With
Satisfaction.

Secretary Garrison of the war de-
partment has been charged with the
execution Of the act Of congress ap-
propriating $4,000 for monument
to the memory Of John Tyler, former
president of the United States. This
memorial to one Of the chief magis-
trates Of the nation is to be erected
over his grave in Hollywood cemetery
In Richmond, Va 1t is modest ap-
preparation for such purpose, but it
is proper and fitting that It should be
made, even at this late day. Tyler
was the least known, probably, Of our
presidents, and his chief title to- fame
came from the fact that he was the
vice-presidential candidate with Will
liam Harrison. The battle cry of Zip
pecanoe and Tyler, Too" has come
rolling down the generations since
both men made their famous fight.
Tyler was greatly respected in Vir-
ginia and had a deserved reputation
for his high sense Of honor. He came
into the presidency through the early
and unexpected death of Gen. Harri-
son. He was at his home when he
learned that he had become president
through the death OF the incumbent,
and it is related that he was SO poor
that he had to borrow the money with
which to get to Washington This is
reminder Of the fact that the United
States has been singularly fortunate
In the personal characters of the men
that have ruled it since the founda-
ton of the government They have
differed In many ways. Some have
been great men and others have had
only fair degree of brilliance, but
all, without exception, have been
noted for their integrity of purpose.
Tyler does not loom SO high in Ameri.
can history as some Of the other Vir
ginians who reached the presidency,
but In any event 1t was highly appro-
pirate that congress should properly
mark his last resting place.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-09-29
LONG HELD IN HONOR
eEAMAN's MAGAZINE OF AN
GENT HISTORY.
Claims to Be the Oldest Religious
Publication of Its Kind In America
Famous for Introduction Of
Hymn That Lives.

Oldest of all religious magazines in
America is the Sailors Magazine,
published by the American Seamen's
Friend society, New York Started In
1928, 1t has appeared without interrupt
ton ever since. Its monthly issue has
been printed by the same family from
father to sson for twenty-five or twen-
ty-eight years. For so years its cover
was unaltered
In this magazine appeared for the
first time the world-famous hymn.
Jesus, Saviour, Pilot Me-" 1t was
written by E. Hopper. then pastor of
the little old Church of the Sea and
Land. its edifice still standing. but al
most unknown to this generation of
New Workers. Colonel Roosevelt's
first speech, made when he was a
boy, is also recorded here. Romances
are traceable through its pages-true
stories of adventure, heroism and
tragedy that make up the life of the
sea.
One such story is behind the brief
account of the loan libraries sent to
sea by the dowager duchess of Aber-
deem after her visit to America. The
present earl of Aberdeen. lord lieuten-
ant OF Ireland, had brother This
brother was the real heir to the title,
but long years ago he came to this
country from England, and shipped
from here as q common sailor under
tho NJ Ia 10
position Of mate. but shortly after
that was drowned at sea- His mother
came here and gave In his memory
the libraries that today are multiplied
and sent over the ocean to as great
number as the funds of the society
permit.
The magazine incarnates also his
tory Of the change in the usage of
English. 1t Is most valuable account
of the moral tone of the past. One
Of the chaplains of the United States
navy says In an article which the
old issues hold, that he wishes they
would fog the men forward. instead
of aft for the reason that 1t disturbed
his evening meditations.
Probably the first account Of the
free churches In Sweden was pub
lished in the magazine. These
churches are now grown to be rivals
of the State church there.
1t was started, this brave little
herald Of the sailors life, with $50
subscribers. all in New York city. At
the end of the first year, 1929, it had
gathered. in Boston. Philadelphia and
Charleston, s. c.. 1000. It's oldest sub
scriber today is Asher Sheldon of
New Haven, Conn, who has just cele-
brated his one hundredth birthday He
has been ON the lists Of the Seamen's
society for 40 years.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-09-29
CHANCE ALWAYS WINS
MONEY IN BETTING THE OTHER
FELLOW WILL GUESS WRONG.
Peculiar Psychological Fact, But II Has
Been Proved to Be Exact
Records of Monte Carlo
Show 1t to Be Right.

Toss coin into the air 10000 times
and it will very likely turn up heads
as often as tails. But let any man try
On each of the 10000 times to say
whether it will be heads or tails and
II he does not stick to calling the same
one he will miss 1t more than five
thousand times.
l have the authority Of great psy-
chologist for this queer fact. Leave
thing wholly to chance, and If chances
are even the result will be even.
However, when the human mind
backs its wits against chance it will
In the long run lose.
1t was on this theory that people
VIII guess wrong oftener than they
Will guess right that the Rufus Wall
ingford enterprises, which were closed
up In Philadelphia yesterday, could
thrive. Guessing on future events
where personal preference or preiu-
dice enters makes the chance of losing
all the greater
The most famous insurance concern
In the world is the Lloyds. A fairly
large part of its business has been to
bet that the other fellow will guess
wrong. That Is why it has become SO
rich itself.
The bucket shop and it's system of
playing the stock market cannot win.
They win very often, but they lose
oftener, hence the empty pockets of
those who try to wiring fortunes out
of guessing whether Union Pacific and
spring wheat will this afternoon go up
or down
Monte Carlo records show that in a
year the red on any roulette wheel
wins virtually the same number of
times as the black. But the records
also show that any player who does
not cling steadily to one color, but
varies his guesses, will In the end
lose.
/ do not include the percentages in
favor of the bank. but just the straight
red and black proposition One color
has been known at this most fascinat-
ing spot on the Riviera to come up Sc
consecutive times.
Gamblers say that when tossing a
coin you should let the other sallow
call it. Your own chance of winning
Is thereby made greater by the human
brains inability to cope against
chance.-Exchang
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-09-29
Just One Minute.

Having finally cornered their victim,
certain New York gunner permitted
him one minute in which to pray.
Then they gave him the usual quietus
and went about their business as &C
tive New Workers are expected to. do.
The prayer of Labby the Lout isn't
known. 1t probably embodied a fran
tic appeal for some miraculous interpo-
sition between the expected bullets
and his own vulnerable person.
And while he prayed the grim gun
men stood by ready. watchful. inexor-
able
1t was tragic incident tragedy
withamelodramatic trimmings its
most pitiful feature was the readiness
of these young murderers to execute
what may have been some fancied call
for justice-the justice that prompts
murderers to eliminate traitors and
informers and spies.
So Labby the Lout had his moment
for prayer-and breathed out his life
and his amen together.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-09-29
He Knew Shed cuess n

For five years John Henry had been
keeping company with Hannah May,
but not once In all that time had he
whistled any tune that sounded like
wedding march. Naturally Hannah
May was beginning to feel trife con
cerned
One evening, however, John Henry
came to the house looking as if he
might propose, and great hope filed
the heart of the fairy one. Hope de-
veloped into certainty when the young
man drew small jewelers. box from
his vest pocket
Hannah, DEAR" began John Henry,
in q gentle voice, II have brought you
little present, but I'm afraid it won't
fit your finger. VIII you try 1t on?"
'Oh, John!" ecstatically cried the
dear one, do you really mean to say
that you have bought me-"
Yes" was the hope killing rejoin-
der of John as he handed over the
box. "a thimble. knew you would
guess 1t the first time
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-09-29
Al TO Amazona

Not few fancy horseback riding
for women is comparatively new. To
be sure our great-grandmothers rode
on billions, but they were of a day
when 1t was the fashion to be delicate.
Later the sex took up riding, sidewise
just as did the Amazons of old.
Though having the Amazon river for
namesake. these doughty danes are
supposed to have come from the coun-
try about the Caucasus. their chief
seats being along river which emp
ties into the Black sea. They invaded
at various times Thrace. Asia Minor,
Islandssof the Aegean. Greece. Syria,
Arabia. Egypt and Libya.
The ninth labor of Hercules was to
take from them the girdle of the queen
Of the Amazons. 1t was a very un-
pleasant affair, as you no doubt re-
member. Instead of showing fight.
Hippolyta was sensible to his manly
charms and gave him her girdle with
out a struggle and even went boating
with him.
Juno took alarm, warned the Anna
CONS that their queen was being car
ried off. and they descended upon the
ship. Thinking Hippolyta had been
treacherous, Hercules slew her and
sailed away with the girdle
So much for the Amazons.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-09-29
Chinese Woman,a comnIexIon


A French expert has been giving
his attention to what he calls "the
exquisite complexion of the Chinese
women" This, he claims, is not due
to enameling, as is generally sup
posed, but to careful manipulation of
the face by most expert masseuses.
They begin by gentle pinching of
the cheeks between the tips OF their
fingers, an operation that consumes a
period of ten minutes. Then lotions
are applied by means of absorbent cot.
ton; then comes an unguent, and there
follows kneading Of the cheeks with
an extreme delicacy of touch, always
proceeding from the nose and commits
sures of the lips toward the ears
Harper's Weekly.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-09-29

1t often happens that in attempting
to uncork a bottle the stopper is
forced into the bottle instead, and it
thus floats on the liquid This would
perhaps not be drawback we're it
not that each time the bottle is to be
emptied the cork comes to the neck
and causes an obstruction, preventing
the flow of the liquid. This can be
avoided very readily, and all that is
needed is to bend piece of stiff iron
wire In long U-shape, properly fit
ting 1t In the neck of the bottle so
that the loop portion projects some
what below the neck. Upon overturn-
ing the bottle, the wire loop prevents
the cork from reaching the neck to OBJ
struct 1t.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-09-29
Collars and cuffs.

In darker ages the expression Col
lars and Cuffs meant the late lamented
king of England; the Importance and
significance of collars today, however.
lies in the fact that they are holding
their own in an amazing way with all
the newer accessories of dress. The
collars have been getting sitter and
sitter, and now there are to be stiff
cuffs, too. You may get them in very
nearly every material. but the most
popular is pique and linen. These stiff
collars are made mostly after the
Gladstone pattern, but the sheer ba-
tiste has been disregarded. since it
would be ugly If starched. Both COL
lars and cuffs are cut with flaring
points. and the nice part Of the starchi-
ness Is that the material does not
rumple and soil half as easily.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-09-29

Congressman Jacob A. Canter of
New York smiled when the topic
turned to the servant girl. He said
he was reminded of an incident that
happened In the home of Smith, who
lives up around Syracuse In the
kitchen Of that home there is a serv-
ant girl named Norah. When the
earthquake tickled its way through
Syracuse week or SO ago, Mrs
Smith was reclining in the sitting
room on the second floor.
Hearing glass breaking, furniture
rocking and crockeryware cracking.
she sprang to her feet and fastened
to the head of the stair.
'Norahl Norah!" exclaimed the
good woman in an anxious voice.
What in the world are you doing
now?"-Rehoboth Sunday Herald.