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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-01-16
DIAMONDS ano
BONDS
By DONALD ALLEN
Copyright. 1906, by ]. W. Muller

What l wish to say to you" said Sir
John as he leaned across the desk and
lowered his voice to confidential
pitch, sis that my business here must
be considered sacredly confidential.
There must be no possibility of its leak
ing out. You understand
quite so, Sir John; quite So" replied
the manager. Il have been conducting
this agency for over twenty years, and
never yet has patron of mine charged
me with having given his secrets away.
We are as inviolate as the grave, sir
as the grave itself"
II have met with some losses of late
in buying foreign bonds" observed Sir
John as he drummed on the desk with
his fingers.
II see, SIR"
"And at the present moment 1 am a
little pressed for cash"
THAT is liable to happen to all of us,
SIR"
SAOuluu Uo IL L QluA / whit W
buy Lord Bensons steam yacht. He Of
fered it to me at low price last week,
and l as good as closed the sale with
him. | don't know that it's a good In
vestment, but rather passed my word,
you know"
Exactly, Sir john" smiled the man
ager, who knew that his patron was
lying like trooper all the time.
AS matter of fact, Sir John, though
a man of nearly fifty and supposed to
be staid and uncorruptible, had become
struck with music hall singer and
had quite lost his good sense. He want
ed money to carry out some extrava-
CANT wishes of hers, and the steam
yacht business was all in his eye
MY wife, you know" continued Sir
John, has diamonds to the value of
f15,00Q If she would lend them to me
for few months l could raise $1,000
ON them and get through and pay her
back all right when certain Invest
ments mature. Yes, l could do that,
but, you see-you know
But your lady objects to lending
them?"
That is the point, sir; that is the
point. Indeed, knowing her as well as
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The MotionIenn Tiger.

Now and then soldier has been
found kneeling on the battlefield as If
about to take aim at the enemy, but
stone dead. A bullet in the brain had
converted him into a statue of himself
Captain Forsyth in his Highland of
Central india" tells of a similar effect
produced by an explosive shell on a
tiger. The captain, while In the how
dab of his trained elephant hunting a
tiger, saw the beast crouching under a
bush on the bank of a ravine. He got
steady shot and fired three ounce
shell at the tigers broad forehead. To
his surprise, for the distance was but
thirty yards, there was no result Not
a motion of the tiger acknowledged
the shot. He rode round quarter Of
the circle, but still the tiger remained
motionless. but looking intently in the
same direction. Growing more and
more amazed, the captain rode nearer,
with his rife on full cock, but the tiger
did not move. Then he caused the ele-
plant to kick the beast. The tiger fell
over. He was stone dead The shell
had struck him full In the center Of the
forehead burst in his brain and killed
him instantly.
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HIS HOLLY
STAR
A CbriSfmor Story
By IZOLA FORESTER
Copyright, 1904, by Izola Forester

Paxton bent forward from his Ro-
man chair behind the palm to see the
girl who was singing.
Something newT' asked Roddy flip
PANTY.
Shut up" said Paxton. II want to
hear her"
So did others. A perceptible silence
had fallen over Mrs Dunderdale's
drawing rooms from the moment when
Scalli had finished his crashing prelude
and the first slow, richly vibrating
notes of the singer had f1oated through
the rooms.
She was young, a tall, slender figure
in black silk Grape. standing by Scallis
elbow, her face raised slightly as she
sang, her eyes looking above and be-
yond the crowd Of faces around her, to
where the Christmas evergreen and
smilax framed the great stained glass
window in the hall
Wonder where Mrs. Dunderdale
picked her upT' asked Roddy when 1t
was over and the girl had disappeared.
How should | know" retorted Pax
ton savagely. Its bad enough the
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Simplicity and Charity.

We smile at the childlike simplicity
of the kind hearted man whose charity
'believeth all things, hopeth all things"
even of those whom the man Of the
world distrusts. But" as DR.. Holmes
says, 1.-The angels laugh, too, at the good
he has done"
DIR. Dobbin, an old fashioned clergy
man of Dublin, was noted for his kind
ness to the poor and for the simplicity
with which he trusted them, as If they
could be guilty Of no deception. Once
a man was begging at the clergyman's
carriage window. Having no change
about him, he handed the beggar a
guinea, saying. go, my poor man, get
me change for that, and l will give you
a shilling" He never saw the beggar's
face again.
One day his wife on coming home
found him in the hall with his hands
behind his back, as II hiding some
thing. She insisted on knowing what
1t was, and he timidly brought out from
behind his back a roasted leg of NUT
ton. He had quietly taken it from the
spit in the kitchen TO give to poor wo-
man waiting at the door,
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CUPID Versus
YALE
BY MarSaref Richards
Copyright, 1905, by Ruby Douglas

Now, what could any young man ex-
pect who is rash enough to mix love
and baseball on the eve of college
game?
Realizing that he had made a mess
Of it. Robert Saunders strobe gloomily
along, hands plunged in pockets, shout
ders squared, various emotions-morti-
fication at his own stupidity chief
among them-coloring his wholesome,
clear cut face fiery red She had been
SO bewilderingly sweet. so charmingly
enthusiastic, so gently regretful-one
after another the pictures stood out
clearly against the dull background Of
his chagrin.
First her unfelgned delight when
she found their seats were to be in the
Yale section, her fiattering attention
while he dwelt, rather expansiyely, it
must be admitted, upon the difficulties
he had surmounted to acquire them;
then her absorbing interest in the COM
ing game, her apt criticism and her op-
timistic faith In the Yale team. The
charm of her voice had so absorbed
him that he had failed to grasp the full
meaning of her words.
do you not think SO, toor' she had
ended triumphantly.
Indeed do" he aSreed fervently,
his mind a chaos of flushed cheeks and
bewildering blue eyes. He attempted
to concentrate his attention on her
words and then caught his breath
sharply.
Il knew you were Yale man In
spirit" she was saying, with charm
ing little flush
A Yale man. He who had fought the
sons of Eli tooth and nail through ev-
cry one Of his four years at Harvard
A Yale man! He whose sympathies
We're every one with the Tigers in the
coming game. For a second Saunders
stared as the ghosts of old college days
rose to confront him. Only for a sec
ond-then, being wise in his generation,
he bowed to the inevitable, and, after
all, how little 1t mattered beside the
more important question agitating his
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the detective assured every one nar MS
clew was most promising.
He returned to the city to follow 1t
up, and three days later the lady re-
ceived a telegram urging her to come
home at once for few hours. Three
hours later she was climbing the steps
Of the mansion in Grosvenor square.
Sir John had opened the house and was
waiting for her.
Madam, you are here" he said, with
a wave of his hand.
Eyes, | am here"
"And will you kindly explain, ma
dam, when and where you had the
stones removed from your jewelry and
paste substitutedW
What do you mean, sirY'
Don't attempt any denial. Here are
your Jewels-your pretended jewels-of
which you were robbed at Thorpes.
They have been in my possession for
a day and half. They are paste, ma
dam, nothing but paste
Sir John did not think to tell her that
the boxes had been carried to three
different pawnbrOkers to secure loan,
and it was through them that he had
learned the pasty fact, and she was so
busy opening a package she had
brought along that she didn't ask him.
When she had laid u dozen or so Peru
Wan bonds on the table she pointed to
them in dramatic way and ex-
claimed:
"And about these bonds, sir. You
bought them at 1O6 for investment
lent you f2000 to complete the deal.
Do you know what they are worth in
the market todayY
About 100, l believe" he replied.
Forty cents, sir, and still going
down.
But where did you get them? have
been robbedw
$50 have II
Madam, you must have wanted to
raise a loan. Tell me what it was for"
You were in the same fix. What did
you want thousands Of pounds forT
Here Is your paste jewelry!'
And here are your forty cent bondsw
And a day or two later each received
a bill by mail The one read, For
stealing your wife's diamonds" and
the other read, "For stealing your hus-
bands bonds" And the Indebtedness
was f100 In each case.
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The Oppenheimer Treatment
A Factor In Life Insurance

1t is well known that a considerable
proportion of the applications for life in
! surance are rejected on account of phys
zeal conditions of the applicants, due in
great measure to the presence of al
bumen or sugar in the urine Acondition
indicating or threatening Bright's dis
ease is shown by the presence of albu>
men and is fatal to the chances of being
| accepted A condition indicating or
threatening diabetes is manifested by
the appearance of sugar. Examining
physicians of life insurance companies
always seek infinitely for symptoms
of these diseases, and If the slightest
indications are discovered that they
exist the applicant is summarily re-
jected, the risk being recognized as too
great
In cases where the use of alcoholic
stimulants has contributed to these
conditions it has been found that they
are amenable to proper treatment, and
permanent relief can be secured by
the taking of a course of the Open
heimer Treatment for alcoholism. In
fact, it can be safely stated that 96 per
cent of such cases thus treated are re-
stored to normal health. Not only have
patients been relieved of these infirmi-
ties, but in numerous instances where
applicants have been refused by life
Insurance companies they renewed
their applications and after passing a
thorough examination were accepted
as satisfactory and good risks.
A recent case is that of q man who
was anxious to insure for over $4,000.
jected by several companies on account
of albumen. By advice of his physician
he took the Oppenheimer Treatment
for alcoholism In a few days the al
bumen entirely disappeared and his
normal health returned in short
time. He again applied for insurance,
and on account of the Importance of
the case was repeatedly examined by
several physicians and found to be en-
tirely cured of his trouble. Since then
he has been accepted for all the insur-
ance he desired to carry.
The Oppenheimer Treatment for al
coholism is of such a character that
several of the large insurance COM
panics accept as good risks men who
have taken the Oppenheimer Treatment
while rejecting the graduates of other
institutions treating alcoholism.
The Oppenheimer Institute of New
York has published a report Of a spe-
cial investigation ON this subject which
will be sent free upon request.
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The bosom of a mallard duck stewed
down until there are no juices going to
waste, baked potato about the size
of goose egg, two slices of Boston
brown bread right out of the oven and
spread with butter that has no athletic
reputation, u spoonful of raspberry
jelly, a cupful of Young Hyson of mod
crate strength, a piece of pumpkin pie,
mans size, and you have dinner that
ought to keep you in good humor I'M
til curfew rings.-Nebraska State jour
nal
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woman,s Work.

A lady doctor writing to the London
Chronicle on Women Workers" makes
the following unanswerable statement:
IF you come to estimate days work,
even in foot pounds, the woman who
cleans, bakes, washes and takes to
school six children, carries water and
tramps up stairs and down for sixteen
hours day, need not fear comparison
as to klnetic energy even with miner
working eight hours"
True, hut is all this quite necessary
asks Punch Could not her children
sometimes go to school unaccompanied
and unbaked? And why must she keep
on carrying tramps up and down stairs
all that time? Is it even fair on these
poor unemployedf
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HEAD HUNTING.
Reasons For This Barbar0us Custom
of the Dyaks.

ReasOns For This BarbarOus Custom
of the Dyaks.
The principal reasons for which heads
are taken may be summed up in few
words-irst as a sign of valor and
token Of manhood, and second, as a
ready method of keeping the score in a
blood feud. Some of my readers may
be surprised that l stop short at two
reasons, for it is a common belief in
England that the wild Dyak of Borneo
Is in the habit of providing around with
large knife, like the lion of Scripture,
seeking whom he may devour," and
also that he collects heads in much the
same way as his white brother collects
postage stamps or butterflies. This,
however is far from being the case,
and the native of the far interior is in
reality very mild savage, whose prin-
cipal vice is the habit of becoming ex-
tremely intoxicated on a fermented
drink which he makes from a far too
large portion of his rice crop.
We will briefly analyze the first of
the two reasons given above for which
the young buck" sallies forth on a
head hunt. Undoubtedly, in days gone
by the possession of a head implied
that the owner, or, rather, the new
owner, had successfully met and con-
quered an enemy. The young brave
staggered home with his newly &C.
CURED trophy, feeling that he had at
last donned the toga virilis and was
entitled to marry wife and join in
the councils of the men. Festivities
were held, large quantities of tapia
(rice wine) were consumed and the
hero of the hour, having taken posses
sion of a room in the married" por-
ton of the long house that shelters the
damsei to share it, would proceed to
hang up the head as proudly as his
English brother hangs up his first
sporting trophy.
Times have deteriorated since these
good old days, and to find the reason
il faut chercher la femme. The young
matron whose husband had three heads
hanging before his room would sheer
at the woman whose spouse could
BOAST but two, and the latter was prob
ably nagged at and badgered for wo-
men are alike the world over till he
went out and procured another. And
so by slow degrees the first question
asked by a prospective father-in-law
of a sutton for his daughters hand
came to be not How much brassware
have your but How many heads
have you" and no self respecting girl
would look at man who could not
boast his two or three Well knowing
this, the ardent lover would take good
care to provide himself with the neces-
sary number. AS time went on sue
eessive generations became less partic-
ular as to the way the heads were pro-
cured, till at the present day head is
merely head, no matter what the age
or sex of the original owner! Verb sap.
A. Cavendish in Chambers Journal
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princeton wins. -

princeton WINS.
She knew this would create conster-
nation, and it did, but not the kind
Elaine had expected. To her amaze
ment Robert sat back quietly, his face
grown suddenly white and stern.
So this was how she valued his love
Ito stake the issue on game Of ball!
A lost cause from the start, he unused
grimly as the grand stand became once
more a quivering sea of blue and the
Yale men split their throats In enthu-
siastic recognition Of Yale's first run.
The Yale team played clean, strong
game from the start. The Princeton
contingent cheered Justify and made
threatening illusions to blackening the
Els eyes, and at one time the Tigers
reused up for awhile, but all In vain.
At the end of the fifth inning even the
stanchest Tiger had to admit there
was "a chance for the opposing team;
at the ninth inning the game ended
with score of to in favor of Yale.
Robert Saunders, with lips tightly
shut and arms folded close on his broad
chest, watched the game in silence; not
until the last man was out did he take
hts eyes from the field. Discordant
blasts blended with the shouts of vic
tors and cheers for "Old Eli;' the
grand stand, the bleachers, the entire
field was shimmering sea of tri-
umphant blue as, respondent, hurt to
the very core of his warm heart,
Saunders turned to the girl at his side.
Congratulations" he said perfume
torily, and then stopped amazed.
The Yale colors streamed dejectedly,
the Yale flag hung Imply from her
hand, the brown eyes that should have
glowed with victory were heavy with
unshed tears.
He stared at her.
yale won," he repeated mechani-
cally.
Il am SO sorry! l do wish they
hadn'tp' she said
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Dunderdale told me that you were
here"
why did you come after me?'
Il should never have gone away"
answered Paxton unsteadily. 1T was
all my fault. Won't you say Merry
Christmas, sweetheart"
The door opened softly, and Signor
Scalli's bushy head was inserted in
quiringly After one look at the two
figures it was withdrawn, and the door
closed noiselessly.
Madam" he told Mrs. Dunderdale
a minute later as he wished her good
night, Il must cancel those dates
ahead, | fear The operate career of
the Signorina Viola Is all vera mucha
gone to smash. She is wishing the
young Paxton merry Christmas with
q kiss"
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The title of BLACK Watch" conferred
on the Forty regiment, now the
Royal highlanders, originated In the
time of the Jacobite risings in Scotland
in 1870, when companies CO tae I5y al
clans E-ece set to watch the highlands,
forming corps of military police I'M
der the title of the Royal Highland
Black Watch, the color having refer
ence to the dark tartan worn by the
men.-London Standard.
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SONhCEh ub - ETAcLACGk joker
Sothern, the famous Lord Dundreary,
was a great practical joker on or off
the stage. One night he arranged with
his manager, Goodwin, while he was
playing at the Globe theater, Boston,
that at certain point in the perform
ance Goodwin should interrupt him,
pronounce him humbug as a humor-
ist and stick as an actor and that
much brilliant repartee should flow
therefrom, to the mystifcation of the
Sothern and Goodwin.
Goodwin entered heartily into the
spirit of the joke, and at the proper
moment, dressed in full evening COS
tune and somewhat disguised, he rose
in one of the stage boxes, interrupted
Sothern, called him a delusion and a
snare and wanted him to stop immedi-
ately.
Sothern, who enjoyed it even more
than Goodwin, replied very smartly,
and rafting controversy ensued, in
which Sothern evidently had the SYM
pathy Of the audience Imagine the
latters delight and Goodwin's aston
1shment when a policeman, who was
not in Goodwin's half Of the Joke.
marched In under secret orders from
Sothern and removed the disorderly
gentleman from the box and then from
the house to the police station amid
the cheers of the crowd.
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THE GARDEN OF EDEN.
Its Location Mystery That VIII
Probably Never BE Solved.

Its Location a Mystery That VIII
Probably Never BE Solved.
The location of the earthly paradise
or garden of Eden is still a matter of
dispute among orientalists and Scriptu-
raj scholars of highest reputation. Some
have endeavored to locate 1t by the
fruits and mineral productions named
in the Biblical descriptions as they ap-
pear in the second chapter of Genesis;
others by the rivers mentioned In
verses IL to IA of the above mentioned
chapter. The weight Of investigation
and tradition inclines to an agreement
that the Tigris and the Euphrates of
modern geography are the third and
fourth rivers mentioned in the Biblical
description of the garden. Those who
agree so far differ widely as to what
rivers should now be regarded as the
ancient Pison and Gihon. The Bud
dhistic scholars, although they reject
our Bible in the greater part, incline to
the opinion that the Pison is the sacred
Ganges, and that the Gihon is none
other than the Nile. AS to the last it
is altogether probable that they are
correct on that point, because the Bibli-
cal account plainly says that Gihon
"compasseth the whole land of ETH
opia"
Some Investigations confirm that
Eden was a spot of comparatively
small area located ON the tablelands of
what is now Armenia, from which rise
the Tigris and the Euphrates. A few
scholars of distinction argue that the
Adamic paradise was located In Africa
in the vicinity Of the mountains of the
Moon. Still another school of oriental
lists locate the celebrated garden In the
vicinity of the ancient city Of Babylon.
You will notice however. that none
of these theorists has been able to get
the four rivers mentioned In the Bib
lical account properly located. Neither
have they found place where one
great river separates into four heads"
This being the case, it is hardly neces-
sary to add that the exact location of
Eden is a mystery that will probably
never be solved.
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In many states the law assumes If a
dead man has no friends to bury him
there will be no objection made If the
body Is dissected. For this reason all
unclaimed bodies are given to medical
colleges. Although there are more than
$50 medical colleges in the United
States. not one is in operation In New
Jersey because dissection of the hu-
man body is prohibited by law in that
state
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Nurse-See. Charlie, the stork has
brought you nice little brother Char
lie-Yes. that's the way! Just as I'm
getting on in the world competition be-
ginsl-Fliegende Blatter.
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CAMDEN AND SUBURBAN RAILWAY co
SCHEDULE.

Daily.-Leave Ferry every 30 minutes from
h.0S, 5.S8 a. m, to zoos p. m. Then every 80
minutes to l2.08 a. m.
Leave Moorestown every 30 minutes from
6.42 a. M, to ll.l2 p. m Then l2.07 a. m.
Saturday Leave Ferry every 30 minutes
all day from 603 5.3S a. M, to 1908 a. m.
Leave Moorestown every 80 minutes from
642 a. m. to ll.42 p. m, and 12..W a. m.
Sunday.-Leave ferry from SOS a. IN. to l20s
q. M every 30 minutes.
Leave Moorestown 6l2 a M. to ll.42 p. m.
Then l207 a. m.
Club cars run daily, except Sunday, and
6.06 p. M.
Leave Stanwick avenue, Moorestown, al
70l, sol, Sl4 944 a. M, 4Sl 5.l4, sol, 645 p. m.
Saturdays the Club cars leave Ferry at 75S
$50 m. IL So l.20, 20, ESQ., $50, 40. $40, SOC
p. m.
Leave Stanwick avenue, Moorestown, at
7.01, $40, S44 9.44 M, lSl, 20l, S0l, 3.3l, 43l
Ola, sol, 6.45 p. IN.
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TROLLEY TIME TABLES.
BURLINGTON COUNTY RAILWAY co.
in connection with Camden and Suburban
Railway COmnanY

Railway Company.
In effect Saturday, November 6, 1905.
Leave Fountain, Mount Holly, for Burling-
ton, at $50 a.. M, and every hour thereafter
until and including ll.30 D. m.
Leave Broad and High streets, Burlington,
for Mount Holly at 6.l5 a. m. and every hour
thereafter until and including l205 past mid
night.
Leave Fountain. Mount Holly, for Moores-
town and Camden. at 5.44 a. m. and every half
hour thereafter until and including 7.44 p. m.
After that 8.44, 9.44 1914, Il34, 1874.
Leave Camden Ferry for Mount Holly at sos
q. m. and every half hour thereafter until and
including 70S p m. and then every hour un-
til and including l2.0S past midnight.
Club cars that leave Camden Ferry at $50
.. M, S60 40 and $40 p m. make connection
for Mount Holly.
ton at Az p M; Fair Ground, 500, 300 a. m.,
4.8e and sos p. m.