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Arizona republican., 1915-05-13
MORE CARS TO BEAR
SHR|NERS TO N0CAlEs
Extra Special Arrangements Made to
Give Sons of Desert a Real
Warm Time

Word comes from the hcadquart-
crs of the shrine that two special
cars will be added to the train which
is to bear the shriners to the cere-
moniah at Nogales May 16. II. Is.
Already diagrams have been placed
at the offices of the Southern Pa
cific and reservations are being made
for space in the specials These cars
will he parked at Nogales to assure
sleeping accommodations for the no.
vices and the mobiles who are going
to make the trip.
While the word has not been
spread publicly, the news has leaked
out that this will be the most talked
of ceremonial of several years. The
mobiles of the order in Nogales have
taken advantage of the chance to
show the novitiates what was meant
by the torture chamber of the in
QUESTION and the road of the embryo
over the desert sands will be super
heated for the occasion and the cac
tus will be supplied with extra
points so as to avoid letting the un-
regenerate sons of the desert lose
sight of the fact that this is cut out
for a warm time.
Beside bull fight on the Sunday
preceding the ceremonial the border
mobiles have made up a novelty pro-
gram which is going to be served u
la Mexican from frijoles to queso
The special will leave Phoenix on
Saturday night at 1925, arriving in
Nogales Sunday morning. Provision
has been made to have the water
wagon team runaway on arrival at
the Mexican border. The driver of
this aqua cart will be instructed not
to spill the passengers until they
have crossed the line.
Arizona republican., 1915-05-13

Lawrence Bell will conduct the mid
week service for the Grace Lutheran
congregation at Pierce and Third
streets this evening at 7:45 o'clock.
Arizona republican., 1915-05-13

Hire a little salesman al The Re-
publican office. A Want AID will see
more, customers than you can.
Arizona republican., 1915-05-13
YUMA
FROM
HERE

Nicholson vice president of the
Yuma National bank was "A Phoe-
nix visitor yesterday.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-09-21
WORK FOR THE UNDERWRITERS
Scarcity Of Business and Unpaid Bills
Makes Large Margin of Profit
Absolute Necessity.

1n>the United States there are today
something more than 10000 undertake
ers, declares the Pictorial Review. At
tracted by the enormous profits to be
made In funeral goods, more men are
constantly swarming into the business.
At the time the School of Philanthropy
made its investigation there we're, &C.
cording to a church paper. 410 under
takers in Chicago: On the average.
each undertaken secured a trif1e more
than one funeral week In New York
city there were LOO undertakers and
about $4,000 deaths annually, which
gave each undertaken an average of
less than four funerals in three weeks.
For the country as a whole, the aver
age was less than one funeral week
for each undertaken Some undertake
ers got more than one-half of all the
business during a given fortnight,
leaving 429 undertakers to divide the
other half. Many undertakers had no
funerals at all during these two weeks
In the course of an entire year they
would secure only a handful. Others
would get only one or two funerals a
month. Yet each undertaken had to
keep up his OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES he
had one-pay office rent, bills for light
and heat. clerk hire and other ex-
penses. and. in addition. make living,
all from the profits Of one or two fun
erals month
But it is not the lack of business
alone that makes necessary this great
margin of profit. One of the leading
undertakers of New York city said to
me: There is every cent Of $4,000
in unpaid bills on our books. We have
to make up that loss or we could not
stay in business. So we have to
charge high prices and the people who
do pay make up for those who don't"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-09-21
No-Tlp Barber shops,

The number Of "no-tip" barber
shops springing up all over town looks
as If in short time the skids will be
put under the tipping nuisance, espe-
cially in barber shops, New York
correspondent of the Pittsburgh Dis
patch writes. Most of these no-tip
proprietors pay their BARRIERS half
again as much as the other shops
pay on their written agreement that
they'd neither accept nor receive any
tips. And many OF them are getting
the cream OF the trade The other
day prosperous looking man insist
ed upon the barber taking a 15-cent
tip. But the boss protested. This
is no-tip shop he said. What
right have you to tell me what l shall
or shall not do with my money!"
snapped the customer. mo right at
all" said the boss gravely, but /
have got the right to run my own
business according to my own meth
DDS. AS business man you ought to
know that" I'm not a business
man." growled the customer, as he
left the place. He belonged to that
queer breed of men who give tips In
discriminatory out of pure love OF
ostentation, and these are the fellows
who perpetuate the tipping graft and
make 1t so hard to down.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-09-21
WATER LILIES ARE PASSING
Beautiful Flowers Have Greatly De-
creased In Indlana-AImost DIE
appeared In Some Lakes.

Many Of the smaller lakes of In
diana a few years ago fioated an
abundance of water lilies. AS the
years have gone by and the numbers
of excursionists and summer guests
at these places have increased, the
lilies have greatly decreased and from
some lakes have almost disappeared.
What beautiful flower, beautiful in
its mystical loneliness is the white
water lily which belongs to the same
species as the lotus, which the ancient
Egyptians held sacred How lovely is
our lily floating amid Its great rounded
leaves closing at night to reappear
the next morning in all its unspotted
purity. July and August are the
months for this flower. An old writer
in enthusiastic admiration Of this lily
says:
"Ah, how lovely it looks, floating
double, lily and shadow, with its
broad leaves looking like green resting
places for this queen of waters to sit
upon, while dipping her ivory sandals
in the yielding silver; or, when rocked
by a gentle breeze one may fancy they
look like moving fairy fleet with low
green bulls and white sails, slowly
making for the shorel"
But unless the vandal hand Of the
visitor to these lakes is stayed these
blackbirds.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-09-21
WAS A PERTINENT QUESTION
And 10 One Still Unanswered by
Those to Whom IL 10 Free
quently Put.

Until recent years the Roumanian
was suspicious Of his wealthy and
powerful countrymen. There is O
story Of how the boyars or mobiles
started a movement in 1857 to gain
the confidence of the peasants by
summoning representatives from all
parts OF the country.
One of the mobiles was selected to
explain to the peasants the value Of
united effort, but he had difficulty In
making them understand
Finally he said to an old man who
was acting as spokesman for the peas
ants:
You see that stone? Bring it to
me-"
The man tried to lift 1t, but failed.
The noble directed another man to
go to the assistance of the first. The
two tugged at the stone. but were
unable to move 1t. A third peasant
then a fourth, and finally a fifth was
sent to their aid, and by combined
effort the stone was lifted. Said the
noble:
In union there is strength"
words to that effect
The old peasant, however, was not
satisfied. After a moment he asked
the noble:
Why didn't you help with the
stone?"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-09-21
Monkey Died Llks a Man.

The death of Bill Snyder. the ba-
boon of the Central park zoo. from
acute indigestion, is chronicled in the
days news Bill was not one of the
higher order of the monkey family;
his hnship to the human race. II he
had any, was remote. Yet surely in
the manner of his death he displayed
a simian resemblance to man.
He died as hundreds of thousands of
beings higher in the scale of evolution
die, as countless numbers OF our best
citizens" die-from overeating. He
was as reckless in the indulgence of
his appetite for food as the most cul-
tivated member of the human family,
and If the circumstances of his death
excite surprise, 1t is that his natural
instincts did not preserve him from
the fate of the most intelligent hui
man beings.
Bills death points dietetic moral
for monkeys that exchange the nuts
and roots of the jungle for the richer
food OF zoo captivity and idleness.
The application of the moral to man
kind need not be considered. A vastly
greater number of men die from over
eating than from starvation, and the
death OF a humble simian in the cir
cumstances from this characteristics
cally human aiiment, may serve to
emphasize the fact.--New York
World.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-09-21
Not Much Time TO Spare,

The conversation at recent social
affair turned to the subject of mar
row margins, when Senator Robert l..
Owen of Oklahoma recalled an anus
ing incident along that line.
Some time ago circus drifted into
rural town and announced the prices
of the performance at 25 cents. chill
dren under ten years Of age ten
cents. At the afternoon show q
boy leading a little girl BY the hand
advanced to the ticket wagon.
Two tickets, mister" said the boy,
with businesslike air, "a 20-cent one
for me and ten-cent one for this lit
tie girl"
"A ten-cent one." returned the tick
ct seller, sizing up the small mite OF
femininity. Isn't sheten years oldY'
Yes, SIR" was the prompt rejoinder
Of the boy. TEN years old today. but
she wasn't born until five o'clock in
the afternoon. Philadelphia Evening
Telegraph.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-09-21
SEE PoRTENTs IN THE STARS
Enthusiastic Frenchmen Profess to
View Promises Of Victory In +.
Heavenly "omens."


Patriotic enthusiasm, now at q high
pitch in France. has been seeing in
the heavens things which it likes to
regard as symbolical of French vic
tory In the war. The most talked of
"omen" has been a tricolored star
seen over the western horizon last au-
tumn and over the eastern during the
winter. Prosaic astronomers have UNI
kindly identified this marvellous star
with Venus, which, like any other
heavenly body, shows the spectral
colors when it is near the horizon.
1t Is remarkable how often Venus has
been taken for something that it is
not. One would think that no civil
hzed human being could arrive at
years Of discretion without becoming
we'll acquainted with that lovely planet
under her own name, yet her brilliant
light in the evening or morning sky
is forever starting some wild rumor.
In 179T-also time of patriotic fer
vor-Venus was hailed In France as
the star of Napoleon. in recent years
she has most frequently been taken for
the light of a spying Zeppelin OF aero
plane. 1t may be added that In some
parts Of France the ''tricolor" star of
the last few months was not Venus,
but Sirius,
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-09-21
that MALAGA Bug
BY JUSTINE NELrNoR.

"Good-by to my dream Of dreamsl"
sighed Vance Edison. sadly.
He stood at the window of the plain
house he called home. Its bewildering
attachment was the radiant garden.
There the captivating scene fascinated
his vision
A lovely girl of nineteen sat on
rustic bench between golden-haired
little maid of four and a rosy-cheeked
lad two years her senior. The little
ones we're adjusting wreath made
up of pansies and forgetmenots
across her rare fiaxen hair-a happy,
laughing trio. and yet it made Vance
Edison's heart ache, for in the COM
bination lay his distraction
The young lady was Nella Burt. the
daughter of a widow, his next-door
neighbour Both she and her invalid
mother had found a true friend In the
young college professor. His life was
very simple and humble, yet bright
and merry were the hours they spent
in the garden that was the pride and
glory of the place.
Then the father of the two chill
dren came along. He was an uncle of
Edison, sea-faring man. He had
been compelled to give up his ship on
account Of failing health. He had
taken his motherless children from an
asylum where they had been placed.
He had come to Edison's home, car
ried on litter.
Dear boy" he said, bluff and hearty,
but his voice woefully piping and thin,
I've brought my chests, the children
and myself to the only relative / can
claim in the world. I'm dying man
three months more the doctor gives
me. I've little saved Tomorrow l
shall give it to you. / want you to
adopt the little ones, educate them, be
a father to them when am gone, and
take 1t little more easy yourself"
Alasl before another sunrise a seiz-
ure attacked the old salt. The little
ones were left orphaned. Vance Edi-
son cared for them tenderly.
He said nothing to anybody concern
ing disappointment he sustained dur
ing the week after the funeral. Anxi-
ETY. for the children caused 1t. AS for
himself, Vance Edison was too soul
fully unselfish to oovet riches Aside
from a few curiosisties that he had
gathered up In his travels, the chest
his uncle had brought with him con-
tanned nothing of interest or value.
The old salts wealth must have been
a phantasy, Edison decided Then he
set himself to work to block out the
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-09-21
REAL ESSENCE OF HUMoR
Conjunction Of Things That Are OPP
posite or Dlssonant Are the
Most LaughabIe.

1t Is well known that the eslsence Of
humor is incongruity, the conjunction
Of things that are opposite or dis
sonant-as the mingling of manliness
and gullibility in F1elding's "Parson
Adams" of honesty and knavery in
"Gil Bias" or of shrewdness and stu
pidity in Sancho Panza.
The most laughable of incongrui-
ties is that which arises from the
clash of dignity and meanness, emil
hence and vulgarity, the solemn and
the comic. The sense of the comic
is sometimes enhanced by suffering.
When the soul is filled with gloom, q
ludicrous incident becomes the more
ludicrous by contrast An English
man who poisoned himself by mis-
take told one of his friends that when
suffering agonies he was deeply CON
scious of the grimly ludicrous aspects
Under which one circumstance sue
oeeded another.
The exquisite irony of the contrast
between his own internal sensations
and the sunny indifference or stoiid
surprise of all around him, while he
was In q galloping haste to escape
death, made an impression upon him
which rose above the pain-as, for In
stance, when his porter asked for leave
to change his shoes before he went
for the doctor.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-09-21

"But for the heavy years-it could
/ be little Joey again." he sighed. He
1 was a good son--it was his only dis
obedience" He bowed his head Upon
his greasy ledger.
He did not hear Rosa when she
came into the shop and dragged Joeys
cradle from dusty corner, nor the
heavy vibration of her tireless feet
as she waited upon the weif He was
thinking Of Joey in all his delightful
phases from infancy to upright young
manhood
A week later Jacob Hornitz faced
shawl-wrapped woman She pushed
some money and pawn ticket across
the counter.
Il came for IT," she said briefly.
Jacob studied the ticket and nodded.
He went to the corner and pulled out
the baby carriage Here II is.b he
said
The woman hesitated. She was old
and wrinkled and her hair was grigr
zled Il want the baby, too" she said
sharply.
THE ticket calls for baby carriage
mo MORE" said Jacob sternly.
Il want the baby. hear him cry
ing now" She started toward the
back of the shop, but Jacob and the
carriage blocked her path.
No lady would pawn her baby You
are crazy" he said
Il tell you hear it,"
What you hear it our own baby
one l shall adopt. VIII you go or
must l call police?" he asked politely.
Il will go and bring police myself,
old mani" she cried shrilly, and clat-
tered up the steps
Rosa came into the shop, carrying
the baby in her arms
Jacob poked a crooked finger un-
der the baby's dimpled chin Such
little rascal babee!" he chuckled
The shop door flew open and two
people flung inside-a girl whose face
was sharpened by illness and priva-
ton young man gaunt and hollow
eyed, a ghost Of dashing Joey Hornitz.
Il want my baby" said the girl
tensely, holding out eager arms.
Give her the baby. mother" said
Joey gently. She has pinned for it."
Silently Rosa dropped the baby in
Rays arms. She and Jacob stared at
Joey with unbelieving eye. They
scarcely listened to his tale of poverty
and illness and how an avaricious and
merciless landlady had caused baby
and carriage to vanish one stormy
night. They had just gained her con-
fession that she had pawned the car
rage and relieved her house of the
nuisance of baby guest.
Il am sorry for the trouble, papa"
said Joey, but we will go now. Come,
Ray. Good-by, mamma
Jacob scurried down to the door and
locked it. You couldn't take away
our baby he defied them It's got
to stay here-and you, Joey-and Ray,
your wife-we want you all. Eth,
mammal"
Rosa's eyes were full Of tears.
Joey's arm was around her and ia
cob was awkwardly hugging Ray and
the baby.
OF course all our children must
stay here by u.s." she said decidedly.
Joey, you help papa. Ray, baby's
milk is warm-we must feed him
now"
Copyright, 1915. by the Mcclure Newspa-
per Syndicate)
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-09-21

Where on earth did you get Ma
lacca f1nder?"
You know what it is7" interrupted
Edison eagerly.
why surely" replied the old salt,
for they're thick as bees in Malacca.
They get their name from going after
other insects bold and pushing. ferret
ing them out of all kinds of queer
cracks and crannies. They are credit
ed with very acute sense of smell.
Why, say, this specimen must have
been imported here in some of your
uncle's old truck"
Apparently this was true, for when
the beetle was first discovered it had
probably crawled on to the window to
the attic where the chest and other
belongings of the dead sailor were
stored.
The visitor departed two days later.
A week after that the bronze bug was
missing. Little Ralph came rushing
down the stairs one morning all ex-
element.
In the attici" he announced breath
lessly. Il saw him-the bug, crawl
ing out of one of those big IDOLS"
All hands hurried to the attic. There
were q number Of grotesque wood.
glass and plaster idols among the
curiosities taken from the uncle's
chest. Ralph pointed to one on q
shelf.
'Therel therel" he insisted.
Edison lifted down the idol. Sure
enough, out crawled the lost bronze
bug. Edison placed the idol on q
stand. In his excitement little Ralph
ran up against it. tipped the idol and
it was broken into bits upon the
floor.
But among the fragments was a
small silk purse. Within it was the
fortune the dead uncle had boosted
Of diamondsi
And now the future was provided
for, and through the kindly offices Of
the bronze bug Vance found speedy
way to the heart Of the girl he loved.
(CopyriRht 1915. by w. G. Chapman.l
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-09-21
Solid Alcohol Fuel.

The raw fuel, solid alcohol. is a
helpful means of enjoying hot bev-
erages and meals when out of doors.
Special small stoves are constructed,
under which can be burned the small
container Of solid alcohol This needs
only to be lighted with a match and
the flame is put out by placing the
cover over the can. It is hot fuel
and enables the outdoorer to cook a
chop, eggs. or heat water for coffee,
beef tea, canned soup, etc.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-09-21
choly flushing" sound that rather

choly flushing" sound that rather
daunted her brave heart.
AS she hesitated at the end OF the
orchard, a church clock In the village
struck the midnight hour. Here we're
the time, the place and the witching
hour to meet and lay a ghost Was
Audrey Harlow a coward to fee the
situation now?
She slipped off her black cloak and
was revealed IN the moonlight, tall,
slender young form in white. She
glided over the patch of salt grass.
her alert eyes on the pine grove.
At the very edge of the grove, with
her feet on the slipping pine needles,
something white doomed out of the
darkness ahead. paused, came straight
toward Audrey with outstretched
hand, and would have touched her
shoulder had she not crumpled into
an unconscious heap on the ground.
II seemed hours before she aWoke
to feel herself In the strong, warm
grasp of masculine arms She opened
her eyes to the moonlight. the pine
grove and the face of the ghost" who
was carrying her toward Pine Cot
tage.
"Oh-ohI Whatever you are, please
put me down. l can waik-reaIIy /
cam" begged Audrey in weak voice.
That's good,' said voice heartily.
Feeling little shaky YETI Just hold
fast to my arm until you feel betterl
Sow Won n T1~,@ ~f<rf.f =
ened out of years growth. They
told me this grove was haunted and
came over to nose around Bit I'm
rather interested in that sort of thing
running down. fake spooks and so
forth. When you came drifting over
the salt grass toward me, / felt my
blood actually freezing In my veins;
but, by Jove, when saw it was only
BIT of girl who had tainted away
as soon as l appeared, grew quite
brave again" He laughed reassur.
ingly.
Audrey joined In q shaky voice:
II came out to look for that ghost
myself" she explained in turn "Your
white clothes added to the illusion
ALI aSH6u6O OF myB6i1.
She dreamed about him that night,
tall and pale and handsome In his
white garments, his gray hair adding
to his distinguished appearance He
had told her his name-he was John
Barr-and he occupied the chair Of
psychology at a well-known univer-
sity. His hobby was the tracing OF
ghost stories ana the laying Of all
fictitious spooks
It took John Barr several months
to eradicate the shadow from Pine
Cottage, but he afterward claimed
that 1t was the most satisfactory
problem he had ever solved. Although
he was forty-seven and Audrey was
twenty-five, one day there was a
wedding in Pine Cottage, and since
then no one has dared to say that
Pine Cottage is haunted by anything
save the spirit of love, for the Bars
bought it for summer home.
Copyright, 1916 by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate)
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-09-21
nRoundlno up" Students,

Ingenuity of college students in
writing badly after they have passed
or the required freshman or sophie
more course in composition is extra
ordinary. Perhaps it is reassertion
OF native happiness. perhaps it is sheer
carelessness But the remedy to be
adopted at Harvard. after special
study of the problem, is a patent one.
A standing faculty committee is to be
appointed, and INSTRUCTORS in all
courses will be urged to send to the
committee any examination book. the
sis or other piece of work which has
demonstrated the writer's inability to
express his thought" The committee
will thereupon prescribe additional
work in English for the delinquent
students The very warning should end
mere slovenliness, and those whose
fault lies deeper should be grateful for
the discipline.-New York Evening
Post.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-09-21
Woman's Original plan.

An unusual course of reading was
devised by an original woman to while
away the tedium of convalescence.
She determined to look up every I'M
familiar word that she met in the first
book she read, to read UP on every
subject mentioned of which she was
ignorant, and to read every book
whose title might appear in the book
she was reading. Though she began
with an ordinary light novel, one of
the mahgned best sellers" 1t led her
into several months of most interest
ing reading that covered range Of
delightful, unexpected subjects
Woman's Home Companion.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-09-21
,,n,+ed states Gold and silver.

The value of all the gold produced
in the United States from 1892 to jan
uary /, 1914, is estimated by the
United States geological survey at
81. 549, 7S9, 400; the value Of silver at
1.7O9, 81, 500.