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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-03-25

Fire Races Sanitarium.
Davenport. March 25.-Fire of UNI
known origin totally destroyed the san
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-28
SPEECH THAT "MADE" RILEY
Incident in Early Life Of Beloved In
diana Poet That Is Well Worth
Recalling.

After many dlsappointments In for
tune, James Whiteomb Riley was en-
ployed, at few dollars a week, as
writer on the Indianapolis Journal.
Shortly after, Lie Halford, who was
afterward private secretary to Presi-
dent Harrison, came to the paper as
managing editor. He decided to cut
down expenses and began by discharg-
ing Riley as his first victim. The blow
was hard one for Riley, and he was
discouraged and about ready to give
up in despair. But a couple of days
later there was a political convention
in the city and one of the men nOmi-
mated was a big fellow who had never
made a speech in his life. He was
called on to speak, and, shifting from
one foot to the other in perfect agony
for a moment, he blurted out: "Gen-
tlemen, thank you for this nominal
ton. l can't make a speech, but l
can tell you one thing: The ticket
you've nominated today is goin' to
win when the frost is on the punkin'
and the folders In the shock"
That speech took the house by
storm and it was evident that the del
egates and the spectators had read
this poem of Riley's which had ap-
peared in, the paper just few days
before. The circumstance brought the
paper back to Riley's~ rescue, and his
first book, "The Old Swimmin' Hole
and 'Leven More Poems," was pub
lished and made a great hit. The orig
inal copy of this book recently sold
for S2,500
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-28
BEFORE THE AGE OF STEAM
"reminiscences of Time When the
Stage Coach Was Most important
Method of Travel.

ut was hilr village on the stage
stage roads in the year 1910 varied
with the seasons from bad to worse In
the spring they were rivers of mud
through which the jaded horses
dragged the coach YEARLY; in the
summer the passengers were choked
with dust, and In the autumn. by rea-
son of the ruts and holes in the road,
they were tossed about like dice In a
box; in winter the roads were blocked
with snow, but the stage, when there
was stage, always came into our
village with a clatter of galloping
horses and sounding horn. its round
body, swung on leather straps, its gal
liant driver, it's four smoking horses
and its merry horns were followed by
shouting boys, who swung from the
straps of the boot or fell off In a
cloud of dust. The stage driver was
parsonage in every village that de-
pended on his arrival for the daily
mail and the latest news from the out
side world. He was gazed upon with
awe by the children as sort of hero
of romance, who never worked, but
drove galloping horses back and forth
through perpetual holiday. He was
an expert with the reins whose repu-
tation was counties wide. AS he
whirled up to the tavern porch, the
leaders of his team, which, 1t was
whispered, had been sold to the stage
company by the farmers because of
their vicious tricks, walked around to
the stable with dropping heads and
into their familiar stalls as soon as
their traces were unlocked, as inno-
cent-looking as If they had never
kicked farmers boy or picked up a
groom by the ar."-William Henry
Shelton in Century.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-28

to have your baking done right there
ana lot Of canning and everything
and there would be lots of work to do
for some one."
well, there's that, of course" and
the captains face registered a slight
look of unhappiness. perhaps 1 could
get some old couple to do the work for
met wouldn't be like having home,
but perhaps I could get used to It,"
There would be all sorts of work
for the-the woman you married,
wouldn't there?" faltered Doris.
Don't worry" and the captain did
not conceal the fact Of his ANNOYANCE
at this question. 81 have no idea of
asking any woman to share that life
with me-you are kind to show con-
Germ for my possible wife, l assure
you, but it isn't at all necessary"
"But Robert-well, you see I was
thinking this very morning that, al
though I was so happy that the war is
going to be over, yet I'd be so miser-
able when didn't have to make socks
and work hard and can fruit and
things l have really been happy do
ing what l have done-and, If you'd
forgive me for changing my mind
and If you really haven't made any
other arrangements, WE'LL know now
that I've always really loved you"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-28
n more after New years."

In more after New Years."
There was little further explanation
1t seemed as if they were compelled
by force greater than the will power
of either, greater than the silent in
fuence of Caroline or the binding
force Of that book on the parlor ta-
BILE. Yes, they did go and they or
dered that set Of dishes-that with the
money Stephen had expected to spend
on the leather-bound Scott with
Babette's money saved for the edition
de luxe of Dickens they went and,
after a half hour with a patient sales
woman, bought everything that any
clev( bride ever needed to make lit
tie fiat kitchen complete.
Then they turned their steps home
ward toward Caroline.
Perhaps we can arrange 1t in Janu-
ary-would you, Babette? I've got
enough saved for the bedroom set, and
with the dishes and the kitchen things
I've enough for the other things. Do
you suppose your mother"
There was a pause, for traffic made
it hard to understand; then a lull;
''There's something in that Tenny-
son on the parlor table that goes like
this:
1.-THE old order changeth, yielding
place to new,
And God fulfills himself in many
ways
Perhaps mother will see 1t that
way, and I brought this little card
home. Mother is very patriotic"
And, strangely enough, Caroline
made no protest, so busy was she at
once in reading what the book on good
form had to say on wedding Ell
Quette."
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-28
FULL OF FANCIFUL FICTION
Father and FiliaI Florence Furnish
Flourlshes In What Might Have
Been Ordinary Talk.

Feasible fears from flaming, furi.
GUS fires foil Fourth's frolicsome fun
fretted Florence feelingly.
Taught" fumed father ferociously.
"Frail, foolish female, forget former,
folly-flled Fourths. Future Fourths
free from fuse-formed flames, flock
ing fires. Fact, fond Florence"
"Fatheri" faltered filial Florence.
Fourth free from fire? Fudge! Fore
fathers fought for freedoml Forever
freemen float fugacious flags, fire
fuses, fail fiippant flies, flourish fire.
quent firecrackers."
Fossil fancies. Florence, f1ea-bitten
fragments from forty fables. Fore
fathers forbade futile fuss"
Fourth free from fracas!" Flor
ence's fingers fondled flannel frock's
front flounce. Furnish further for
mula, father"
Frugal, friendly farmers furnish
fattening food for famished fighting
French. Freedoms fame forbids fool
ish firecracker Fourth"
"Fine!" Florence frisked, fraternal
feelings fast forming. Father, fur
rish funds for fainting, fatigued, fee
Bile French fugitives."
Freedom first, freedom forever u
Haunted father. Finis.-Youth's Com
paniOn.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-28

I like to think of our human expe-
Renee as biennial rather than a
merely annual life, preparing here for
poisoning and fruit-bearing yonder.
Why not Are joy and love exhausted
In a single throw? Are not the weeds
Of the roadside well assured of the re-
turning of the sun? "Are We not much
better than they?" What If, like them,
we are forced to keep close to the
earth and seem to have no chance Of
present blossoming? Why not be ac-
cumulators, If hardly attained now?
And so I argue from the growing, I'M
pretentious virtues of my neighbours
character; my neighbor who, so far as
can see, never has had and never
can have a chance of bloom in this
earth-year, that he, too, is biennial
for whom chance of fruitage is surely
coming after the frosts and snow Of
earth are gone.-Boston Transcript.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-28
In the Land of Ancient History

Amman, mentioned in the Bible as
Rabbah, the capital of AmmOn, was
taken by David after Uriah had fallen
in the siege. 1t has a station on the
Hedjaz railway. The ruins of the old
city are three miles from the line, in
dreary valley. imposing in their des-
Olation and grandeur.
There is a citadel of huge, unce-
mented stones, theater of about 200
B. c., capable of seating 5000 spec
tatOrs, which is still one of the most
striking antiquities in Syria, street
Of columns of which a few still re-
main. and public baths.
The river, remarkably full of little
fish. is banked in by ancient masonry
and its bed was once completely
paved.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-28
Current Heats crucible.

Electric furnaces in large and small
sizes which operate by passing the
current through a carbon crucible are
now being made by New York COM
pany. In the smaller designs the cru
chile Is about one foot long and
shaped like boat with pouring lip
on the side. The capacity is one to
twenty pounds of metal, and the tenn
perature ranges from 500 to 5000 de-
grees. The electrodes of the furnace
are water cooled, and the carbon cru
chile is said to last from twenty-five
to fifty heats, depending on the metal
to be melted.
Another design of furnace Is made
by the company along the same gen.
eral lines, except that the metal is
melted by heat radiated by the single
carbon electrode, and the metal lies
in a bed of magnesite. This type is
made fitting or stationary in any ca
pacity.
These furnaces may be used in
small foundries and in shops for melt
ing scrap, filings and other materials
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-28
No Social Barriers In Turkey.

To those unfamiliar with Turkish
customs 1t may seem strange that
Talaak Pasha, who has Just resigned
the highest dignity in the Ottoman en-
pire, should have been earning his liv-
ing only few years ago as an obscure
telegraph clerk. Yet such big jumps
are perhaps easier in Turkey than in
any other country. For although the
Ottoman Turks often show the utmost
contempt for the numerous subject
races that help to make up the Turk
ish empire, they recognize no social
barriers among themselves. In the
eyes Of the sultan all are equal. Thus
1t may easily happen that, given the
necessary ability, even an emancipated
Ottoman slave may become grand Vi
zier, and perhaps marry into the sui
tan's own family.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-28

The pig and not the OK, 1t appears,
though all animals show a large loss
in transforming vegetable products
into meat. Gouin and Andouard
stated to the French Academy of Agri-
culture that the pig returns as pork
about 25 per cent of its food, while
the OK eats at least eight pounds of
vegetables to make one pound of meat,
and with other domestic beasts the
loss is about So per cent. The hen
may yield Is per cent of its corn as
eggs. and the mich COW does little
better with return of milk equal to
20 per cent of its food.-Newark
News.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-28
LACKED ALL REAL GREATNESS
Attitude of William HohenzoIIern,
Stripped Of imperial Trappinas,
Shows His True Character

If William Hohenzollern had fallen
obviously as the result of his own
acts, there would be some, and even
much, reluctance felt for treating him
otherwise than as the victim of cruel
fate. That, however, he is not, and
so deliberate, as well as so serious,
was his offending that he has no claim
for a closing of eyes to his crimes
no right to expect the tenderness OF
consideration he never gave.
The chances are, apparently, that he
will pass the rest of his life, not hap
PLY, indeed, but in a retirement I'M
troubled by the material cares common
to the great majority of mankind, and
1t is a source of entirely legitimate
satisfaction to call attention to the
poor figure he cuts, now that he has
been stripped Of his crown, his scep-
ter and his imperial robes.
These, as matter of fact, were
all that differentiated him from other
folk. In and since his downfall he
has shown nothing of the heroic, moth
ing of the personal courage, of the
willingness to die for cause that have
marked so many million men in so
many armies, including his own. If
he sincerely believed his right to rule
was divine it was the most cowardly
form of desertion for him to flee his
country the moment he feared for his
personal safety. BY so doing he made
certain and immediate the ruling of
Germany by somebody with no pre-
tense to divine authorization.
Many another royal villain has dared
to die, standing erect with face to the
foe, but this poor emperor scuttles off
into the unwelcoming Holland, and
leaves his sons and his wife to take
care of themselves But 1t Is no
wonder he is most of all afraid of his
own people. He promised them vic
tory and loot, only to rob them Of
the wealth, respect and happiness they
already had in such abundant measure,
and he substituted for 1t ali q crush
ing defeat, pinching hunger and the
contempt and detestation of the whole
/ WOrld-NeW York Times,
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-28
Famous Japanese Shrine.

The golden temple, one of the most
famous of japanese shrines. is sur
rounded by a garden which has been
growing for centuries. So artistieally
has his work been done that the arti-
fees of the gardener are not very
pronounced, with the noticeable ex-
ception of the great old pine tree,
which grows in a court surrounded
on three sides by monastery build
ings.
II is trained in the shape of junk
hull. mast and sail being reproduced.
For centuries the patient priests have
bent, pruned. pried. tied and propped
up the limbs and twigs of this tree.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-28

How an air pilot in France made
little present to some of the infantry
is revealed in the following letter:
'Just as we reached our final OBJ
jective on the twenty fifth one of our
airmen came over, flying very low, and
dropped 500 cigarettes, which con-
tanned this note: 'Cheero-just a few
smokes to pass away the time from
squadron 1t bucked us up no
end, and the airman took no little risk
to do it. In spite of German machine
gun fire, our men stood up and cheered
him. We had been fighting solidly for
three days and nights and had no. Gig
arettes left"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-28

Mr.. Inglefield, the principal door
keeper at the British house of COM
mons. is dead. His was quite a re-
sponsible post, for the holder must
have an astounding memory for faces.
The house of commons is probably the
last place where snuff is regularly taxi
en-. The attendants take it because
they have long hours of duty In which
smoking is barred. and good many
members apparently follow the ancient
habit. Mr.. Inglefleld, the Liverpool
Post says, always kept box on his
seat at the door, and it was surprising
20 see how numerous were the menu
bers who helped themselves to a pinch
as they went In or out of the house.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-28
Adopt Our Word Tor Home.

"There is no place like home" and
there's no word in the French quite
like it, either. La maison," and Chez
moi" are the nearest approach to IT.
or were until recently.
But having heard the word home"
mentioned so often by Yankee soldiers.
the French have adopted it as part OF
their own language.
They simply take their word
"homme," the word for "man," and
drop one Of the ms.
Every noun in French must be Ell
Their masculine or feminine ''Maison"
is feminine and so the French have
decided to make the word home mas
culine to even things up Boston
Globe.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-28
Ancient Grievance

1.-THE German soldier who cursed Co
lumbus for discovering America has
a counterpart in soldier from
Alabama"
"How is that"
81 overheard one Of our boys CIV
ing Julius Caesar Hail Columbia for
not finishing the Germans when he
had the chance. Birmingham Age
Herald.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-28
His Class.

"What would you call a man who
swindled people by predicting all
kinds of favorable futures for them2"
"Pd call him a prophet-eer."
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-28
would you marry me tomorrow If /
could get a special license?"
Eyes, any time at ALL"


General Foch, under whose splendid
strategy our army in France is proud
to serve, is a zone thing at time"
man. When he gives an order it is an
order to do one thing and one thing
only-never to even think of two
things. He insists that this rule pre-
vail in the army.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-28
That Cart before STUFF.

Said the facetious Teller, what
looks funny to me is why they want to
organize league of nations after the
world series has already been played"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-01-28
Mount Folly Lodge Directory

sR
sAOunt Holly Lodge g,e E No NE IL, F. & A. M1
Meets Mondays on or before full moon
Joseph W. Colkitt, Secretary ]
sount Holly Lodge No. 848, B. P. o. Elks
Kelsey & Killie Building
Nssts first and third Tuesday in each month |
Harry l.. Walters. Secretary
IT. Holly Lodge No. 1877, L. o. Q. Moose
Thos w. Mulraney, Secretary
sacahoutas Tribe No. IS, Imp'd o. R. NJ.
Meets every Monday ,6sS,n IN F = a. Mems nan
N. Lodge No 1, Knights of Pythias
Meets every Friday in Red Mems bali
samuel c. St>nton, X 81 X. ana ..
Marion Circle No. 9, Brotherhood OF
America
Meets every wednesday in Red Mems Hall
John Throckmorton, Jr., secretary
xount Holly Camp No. IS, Woodmen OF
the World
xeets second and fourth Tuesday In Keise'
q Killie Building
Irving c. Gaskill. Secretary
pr;obt Star Lodge No. IS, Shepherds OF
Bethlehem
1850 Mondays in Kelsey & Kilne Building
Anna M. Rossell, Scribe
~. Holly Court No. 1, Imp 90 Foresters
Ue.,s second and fourth Tuesday, Red Men :
ridden Bidweli. Recording Secretary
NJ Hollv Temple No. S, Masonic Tie
,Weets every Thursday in Red Mems Hall
Mrs. Nj. 1. Pearson, scroll Keeper
IAN f. Shiras Post No. 26, G. A. K
Meets every Friday in DIPS Hall
Theodore Nicely, Adjutant
Ladies' Aid of the G. A. R.
<asts second and fourth Tuesday In DilPs Hal
Miss Lorena Bates Secretary
washington Council No. 10, Sr. o. U. A. NJ
Meats every Thursday in odd Fellows hal
easK"' John n. Carly Secretary
Santa Maria Council, No. 1179 K. OF {
SSafnt Mary's Hall, West Washington st.
Meefs first sunday OF the month az p. m
carlton f. Madden, Secretary
.s.,ngton Council No. 8. Jr. o. U. A. NJ
Iuesday mixed Mems Hall
K Smith, secretary
tsml No. II, p. o. $. A.
W In davis in X Kelsey Kline Build ng
amuel Il. Colder. Secretary
uooly & Unity Lodge NO 10 /. Q. Q. F.
Nee every Wednesday In Gasklii buiiuin
John b. Herbert Secretary
amp So, Patriotic order OF America
.ve,y wednesday evening In u
Kelsey q Killie building.
Lena Welde, secretary
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-06-13

opened one Of the newspapers
that had bought at the station book
stand. dreading to find in faring let
ters the headlines announcing the dis
covery of the body.
l found the announcement-but In
small type. The murder was ascribed
to gang battle-the man could not be
identified. and apparently both police
and public considered the affair mere
ly one of those daily slayings that
occur in that city.
Another newspaper devoted about
the same amount of space to the ac-
count, but 1t published a photograph
of the dead man, taken in the alley.
where. 1t appeared, the reporter had
viewed the body before 1t had been
removed. The photograph looked hor-
ribly lifellke. / cut 1t out and placed
1t in my pocketbook.
1 turned toward Jacqueline. She
was asleep at my side and her head
dropped on my shoulder We sat thus
all the afternoon, while the city dis
appeared behind us, and we passed
through Connecticut and approached
the Vermont hills.
Then we had n gay little supper in
the dining car. Afterward l walked
to the car entrance and flung the bro
ken dog collar away-arross the fields
That was the last link that bound us
to the past
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-06-13

right hand, and 1t was not until the
middle of the meal that the left hand
came into view.
Then / discovered that she had
taken of her wedding ring.
At last the st. Lawrence appeared,
covered with drifting foes the Isle of
Orleans, with the Falls OF Montmo-
rency behind 1t; the ascending heights
which slope up to the Chateau From
tenac, the fort-crowned citadel, the
long parapet bristling with guns.
Then, after the ferry hnd trans
ferred us from Lewis, we stood In
Lower Quebec.
We had hardly gone on board the
ferry boat when an incident occurred
that greatly disturbed me. A slightly
built, well-dressed man, with n small,
upturned mustache and face of
notable pallor, passed and repassed us
several times, staring and smiling with
cool effrontery at both of us.
] was a good deal troubled by this
but before had decided to address the
fellow we landed, and sleigh swept
us up the hill toward the chateau to
the tune of jin&rng bells. "This is
Quebec, Jacqueline." l said.
thought that she remembered un-
willingly but she said nothing.
We secured adjacent rooms at the
Chateau. and leaving Jacqueline to
unpack her things. and under instruc-
tons not to leave her room. and prom
Using to return as soon as possible, /
started out at once to find Maclay &
Robitaille's.
This proved a task of no great diff
Guilty. 1t was q little shop whore
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-06-13
CHAPTER v.
M. LIE Cure.


The very obvious decision at which
l arrived after a night of cogitation
in my berth was that Jacqueline was
to pass as my sister. I explained my
plan to her at breakfast.
''You see, Jacqueline," explained,
at will look strange our travelling to-
gether, unless some close relationship
Is supposed to exist between us. 1t
might subject you to embarrassment
so l shall call you my sister, Miss
Hewlett. and you will call me your
brother Paul" And handed her my
visiting card, because she had never
heard my surname before.
II shall be glad to think of you as
my brother Paul." she answered, look
ing at the card. She held 1t In her
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-06-13
MY SISTER, MISS HEWLETT.
cspyriShs w. Q. Chapman

Paul Hewlett, lettering at night
In Madison square. New York. Is
approached by an Eskimo dog. He
follows the dog to a gambling house
and meets tho animals mistress
coming out with a large amount of
money. She is beautiful and in dis
tress and he follows her. After
protecting her from two assailants
he takes her In charge, and puts
her in his own rooms for the rest
of the night He returns a little
later to find a murdered man In
his rooms and Jacqueline dazed.
with her memory gone. He gets
rid of the body, decides to take
Jacoueline to Quebec in the search
for her home and runs into Leroux.
who Ii searching for Jacqueline.
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-06-13
Would Attend to MoI.ture.

Little daughter objected to rain. and
one rainy day complained so much that
her mother reproved her. explaining
the necessity Of moisture to the grass
and flowers.
That night. to her usual prnyer she
appended the following:
And, dear Lord. do not let II rain
tomorrow. II we need 1t. welt sprin-
kle."
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-06-13
Thouoht n m. ro.t p.t

Harry aged four. was very fond of
our white cat. One day the cat mys-
teriously disappeared.
A few days later. while gcrng to the
grocery blnck cat ran past us. On
seeing the cat Harry. half-cryl,g. ex-
claimed:
Sidney, who made our cat so dir
ty?"-Exchange.