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Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-01

"What Women VIII DO" at the KruE.
A play Of much strength, based on Incl
dents in Dickens great novel of David
Copperfield," and introducing many char
acters made familiar by him, What
Women Will Do" is calculated to appeal
TO all. 1t has strong vein Of tragedy run
ming through it, topped with comedy as
rich and enjoyable anything Dickens
ever imagined. The story OF Emily and
Steerforth is told in its simplicity, with
the self-sacrifcing effort of Peggoty and the
noble end OF Ham. Uriah Heep is also
brought in. and the immortal wilkins Mi
cawber The story told is closely
adapted to Dickens, and only such liberties
are taken as are unavoidable in staging
the play. Miss Kittie DelOrme Emily
Is the real hit of the bill. and Mr.. H. NJ.
Holden as Danl Peggotty is well deserving
of mention for his clever work, Two very
good houses enjoyed the production yester-
day, and encouraged the actors by their
applause. The company will resume its
run on Tuesday evening and will also play
matinee on Wednesday, closing on
Wednesday evening.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-01

wATcHEs-FrsnIsr. Istn ana Dodge SITS
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-01

$500 has been added to the fund The fol-
lowing is the list in fun:
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-01

Archbishop Keane at baltimore.
BALTIMORE April 30.-Celebra ton Of
he centenary of the Baltimore cathedral
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-01
Marriage Licenses.
DIAMoNDs-Frsns-r. 18th and Dodge.

-EdhOlm, 18th a Harvey SITS.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-01

Tom Brown tried Monday morning to con-
vince Police Judge Crawford that his eyes
had become sore looking for work. Brown
was arrested by Detectives Mitchell and
Dunn for drunkenness and vagrancy.
But Judge Crawford's intuition told him
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-03-27
BUSINESS AND LIQUOR.
The Strenuous Demands of Business
Life Frequently Lead to the Gen.
tracing Of the Drink Habit.

Business Of the present day has be-
come narrowed to 4 survival OF the
fittest. and the man who is trying to
achieve success must be keyed UP to
top notch Some naen are 30 physically
and mentally constituted that they are
able to bear the continuous strain on
their vitality without seeming injury
to their health Others not SO fortu-
nately endowed by nature feel their
strength being Slapped by the demands
on their nervous systems and resort to
stimulation, either drug or alcoholic, to
aid them in the battle for supremacy.
Whisky can truthfully be said to be
the most used Of stimulants resorted
TO. As time passes the user, who took
an occasional drink to "brace himself
up" dnds the habit growing upon him
and that certain amount has become
absolutely necessary to his daily ax-
istence. Once the habit is formed Il
progresses with wonderful rapidly, the
effect keeping step with degrees, but
nature in its logical sequence always
exacting the highest penalty for the IN
,!ulgence.
Science mas come to the aid Of those
so affected, and it Is now possible not
alone to overcome this incessant and
debasing desire for drink, but to restore
the drinker to normal state OF health
without interference with his business
duties or the knowledge Of any one
This is what is being accomplished by
the Oppenheimer Treatment for alcO-
holism, a remedy at present being ad-
ninietered in many Of the large cities
Of the United States and in England.
The remedy is highly Endorsed by prom
inent people in both countries.
II you are interested in the subject
a request to the Oppenheimer Insti-
tute, New York, will bring instructive
literature that will prove OF greatest
value.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-03-27

Motion, mechanical and molecular,
the great law OF the universe, Ia a nat
urai method for the publication of the
atmosphere. It's power as a puriaer Of
the air ls shown mechanically In the
Cow Of rivers and In the ocean cur
rents. Molecularly 1t serves the same
purpose in the form of heat, light and
electricity. When not In motion air
stagnates as water does and becomes
offensive and bad, because 1t Is easily
impregnated with fine animal and veg
etable dust as we'll as noxiouss gases
Certain physical conditions are always
necessary for the continual movement
OF the air. We know that the diurnal
motion Of land and sea air brings the
warm days and cool nights as well as
the rain and wind. In the tropical re-
gtons as the sun rises the heat of the
day increases, and the breeze sets In
from the sea to the land As the sun
goes down the heat diminishes, and at
sunset the temperatures Of sea and
land are equal. At night again the
breeze Is from land to sea until morn
ing, when the temperature may be-
come equal and the sea breeze return.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-03-27
THEY ARE VERY UGLY.
The Korean Women Are the Homeli
eat I'm the World.

The Korean Women Are the Homelt-
est In the World.
l think the assertion may safely be
made that the women of Korea are
the most unattractive In the world.
One of my chief occupations during my
stay in the little Hermit Kingdom has
been making a diligent search for a
passably pretty face. l have failed to
find one 1t is not that they haven't
pretty eyes. They have-eyes Of soft
est brown and gentlest expression. 1t
is not that their features are coarse or
Irregular, for, while this may be true
of many, it is not by any means true
of all, and / have caught glimpses of
as delicately nodded features at Seoul
as in any other part Of the world.
But. the Korean woman is just ugly
She may have fine eyes, she may have
er features that in themselves are not
at all unattractive, but as she is put
together and as her mental life has
made her she is ugly.
One doesn't ordinarily see much of
the women of the better class in this
strange little land; but. being admitted,
as have been, to the Imperial palaces
and several houses Of high degree,
have been at least able to receive i'm
pressions. The women who are to be
seen on the streets of the cities are
usually slaves or servants of low or
der; but. whatever they are, they, each
and every one Of them, look as if they
had hurried out into the street without
taking time to dress themselves prop
erly.-Ladies' Weekly.
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A MODERN
PRODIGAL
3, Louis. J. Strong
Copyright. 1908 by p. @. Eastrnent

Mrs. Spencer was hanging up her
sunbonnet as her sen came into the
kitchen with the milk.
You're out calling early, mother"
he laughed.
II wanted to see Mr. Wilson before
he left home" she replied evasiYely.
Won't the tramp come in to break
fastT' indicating a gray haired man,
who stood by the pump drying bis face
on red cotton handkerchief.
mo; said he'd take 1t on the porch
as he did his supper"
Most Of them are not 30 modest,
sleeping In the barn and eating on the
porch when they could have had a bed
and come to the table" There was q
sneer in her tone. unusual to her kindly
nature. and 1t isn't always safe to
put them In the barn." she added.
"Oh, he seems pretty decent old
fellow Her short, diseordant laugh
interrupted him an instant John star
ed, then went on, He doesn't use to-
bacco, and he wanted to do something
for his meals"
Mrs. Spencer smiled and added 30
the tray Of food she had Axed a cup Of
coffee, into which she dropped two
Jumps Of sugar.
Got to take it as you AZ it whether
he likes 1t or not heyT" John comment
ed, smiling
The tramp seated himself on the edge
Of the porch in front of the open door,
whence he glanced furtiveiy and fire.
quently at Mrs. Spencer in her place
opposite him. She ate little. with an
absent. perturbed manner, and return
ed the glances with = curious expres-
sion in her eyes.
John and his wife chatted vivacious-
~, endeavoring to dissipate the path
full thoughts it was evident the sight
OF the old tramp had aroused IN their
mothers mind. She scarcely nokdced
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-03-27

Aunt Hannah Burt was rich, and she
was also called eccentric She was 50
called perhaps because she had never
married and permitted her husband to
squander the fortune that came to her
from her father. There was nothing
eccentric about her adopting Ray
Wheeler when he was fifteen years
old, because he was one Of her neph.
ews.
AT the age of nineteen he entered
college. and three years later he grad.
uated as q lawyer. He was taking a
rest and looking around previous to
setting up for himself when Aunt
Hannah discovered something that
made her SILVER In horror. She had
heard no complaints Of the youns
mans conduct while he was at col
lege, and no policeman had ever ap-
peared at the house to warn her that
Ray was whooping it up when away
from her motherly influence.
The young man had a caller ons
evening in the person of an old elass-
mate They smoked aud talked. They
talked about straight jabs, upper cuts,
right hand swings and other things be-
longing to the Greek language. The
door of the room was open, and Aunt
Hannah heard them. Later they as
cended to the garnet. She crept pan
way up the narrow stairs and saw and
heard. She saw them don boxins
gloves and punch each other around
the big room in dercest fashion and
also make use Of terms she had never
heard before, not even In connection
with state prisons and ward caucusss.
When the visitor had departed Ray
was summoned to the frozen presence
Of Aunt Hannah, who began:
Il wish to ask you, sir, what an up-
per cut is"
"Why-why," he stammered In his
surprise, IAN uppercut is when you
bring your fist up from beneath and
land on the other fellows chin"
"And what is a straight jab?'
ut is meeting the other fellow full In
the face with your nst when he comes
at you"
And didn't hear something about
right hand swingsT' she continued az
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-03-27

The visitor was admiring the rare
collection of curfos belonging to his
host, and his attention had just been
called to superb japanese carving In
ivory.
by Jove, what beautiful plecesl"
he said, taking one down. And than
he started, for the carving had been
broken and awkwardly glued together
again. The kindly host noted the fact
the same moment and rang for his
man
"voles," he said, this ivory is bro
ken"
Yes, sir. had an accident" the
servant answered confusedly.
But 1t has been glued together
said the master of the house. Il cali
1t objectionable Of you to glue it To-
gether-to conceal It. If you had come
to me openly and said you had broken
1t I'd have forgiven you
Excuse me. sir" said Voles eagerly.
the others broke tOof-Lond0pa An
nW0
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-03-27
A GOOD IDEA OF SPACE.
Il Ia Given by = Contemplation Of the
Star Sigma DracOnfs.

II Ia Given by . Contemplation Of tho
Star Sigma Draconfs.
Stars or planets are said to be Elk
ed when they are separated from us
by a distance so great that change
In their orbits makes no perceptible
difference in their positions, even
though such ''hxed" bodies may travel
an orbit 100,0OO,O00 miles in circum-
ference in the course OF year. These
fixed" stars may be only few paltry
millions of miles away or they may be
billions or even trillions of miles from
the pygmy planet upon which we have
our being. The most distant of all the
orbs, as far as astronomers know. is
the fixed star Sigma Draconis, which il
separated from US by a distance so
great that millions and billions Of
miles are only as inches and feet COM
pared to the miles which intervene be-
tween our earth and the sun. Astron-
omers are noted for their propensities
for indicating stellar distances with
robust and well developed strings Of
figures, but In the case Of Sigma ORA
conis the distance is so great that ig-
ures fall to give any conception what
ever.
Light travels at the rate Of 1S6, 1880
miles per second, and. reckoning the
day at twenty-three hours Hfty-six
minutes and four seconds in length
and the year at 1861 days. an astro-
nomical light year will equal 5,S64. 066,-
14S,33O miles. The above figures, which
represent the distance which light win
travel in a year, when multiplied by
129 give US the distance to Sigma Ora
conis, or, in other words and figures,
that star is 129 light years. or 756,O00.-
OO0, 600. 0OO, 100000 miles, from US! If
Sigma had been blotted out Of existence
before our Revolutionary war began.
Its light would still be shining a.
though the star were yet In place!
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-03-27

Continental carry. Inc stranger nreQ,
and Bobby felt the crease as OF hot
iron right above his right ear. The bull
let had barely missed him. The holdup
man went down next instead, a bullet
from the Colts In his shoulder He lay
helpless on che soggy snow until the
police came and took him away.
A route agent came to Morgantown
next morning, talked with Hornbeck
and went away. Route agents are a
power. and Bobby was impressed and
hattered when this particular member
Of the guild shook hands and Jokingly
called him "Deadwood Dick"
A week later the sequel Of the at
tempted holdup was written. A red
way bill package, containing five 500
bills, came for Bobby from Continental
headquarters. A commendatory letter
which accompanied IT quoted a certain
ancient circular far back in "Old r.
and r." which provides that the Con-
tinental employee who captures unin-
Jured the criminal that attempts rob
berry shall receive 500; the sum shall
be $500 If the thief Is wounded and
captured.
Hornbeck says that letter, which Mr..
and Mrs. Taylor prize most highly, is
the first ever sent out from headquar-
tiers consciously or unconsciously hui
morous. "Old r. and R." makes no al
lowance for humor. but the epistle ad-
vised Bobby, among other things, to
get married. And Bobby was planning
the honeymoon while he read it.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-03-27

That there are many instances in
England Of two or more towns enjoy
Ing the same name is a fact that mo-
body can well help knowing. but prob
ably few people are aware Of the very
wide extent to which this duplication
OF names prevails. Newton seems to
hold the same rank among places as
Smith among individuals, no fewer
than seventytwo towns and villages
In England alone bearing this name.
BY including the Newtowns, obviously
the same name with a slight difference
In spelling, the total is raised to little
short of ninety AS every town must
have been new town" at some time or
other 1t shows great lack Of inventive
genius among our. ancestors who had
the naming Of the towns. There are
sixty-eight places named Sutton. Our
ancestors seem to have found the four
points Of the compass of great service
In the nomenclature OF their towns, for
besides the Suttons there are ffty-one
Westons, forty mine Nortons and seven
teen Eastons. To these last should be
added thirty eight Astons, another form
OF the name very common in the west
Of Engiand.-LOndon Chronicle.
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Profe..,oaai women rA,.v...

The ingenuity displayed by profess
sional women thieves In concealinR
stolen jewels ON their persons makes
1t imperative that the women searchers
employed in police stations be alert and
Intelligent. An important duty of a
searcher Is to examine the mouth of a
prisoner. The other day, after this had
been done and the thief even made to
raise her tongue. valuable ring was
seen to drop from her lips while abe
was asleep. Women who wear pom
padours frequently use them as hiding
places for jeweiry. while the lining Of
jackets and shoes IL a popular place
FOR conceaiment. Needless to say, the
position Of searcher Is not an altogether
agreeable one. and perhaps the duty
she dislikes most, owing to its mo-
notony. Is that Of sitting up with pris,
oners whom 1t is deemed expedient to
watch. Women prisoners when once in
side the station are said to be rarely
Violent For instance. the genuine pro
fessional pickpocket seldom gives the
slightest trouble. She knows she is
caught and makes the best OF q i
job But" observed one searcher, -
drop OF drink do change some OF 'em
wonderful"-New York Tribune.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-03-27
A Lesson In Patience,


There are two women In the waiting
room at the railway station. One of
them Is tall and thin and Of the ap-
pearance which is sometimes described
a. nervous, yet she sits with folded
hands, placidly gazing at nothing. The
other woman IS plump and pretty. BY
every evidence of feature and build she
should be joyous and contented, yet
she is 1dgeting around. She cannot sit
In one place more than two minutes.
She gets up and walks to the door and
then to the windows. She keeps look
Ing about necessarily. and from time to
time she signs anxioisly.
May ask" inquired the tall. thin
woman, 'if there is any worry on your
mindT
Yes, there is," responds the plump.
pretty woman. 81 am waiting for my
husband"
but that should not worry you.
How long have you been waitingT
'Its-let me see-what time Ia It?
It's forty minutes now"
Forty minutes? My dear woman,
I've been waiting for my husband for
forty years, yet you see am not one
thousandth as nervous as you."-Mem-
phis News-Scimitar.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-03-27

A certain sultan one morning COM
manded his prime minister to take a
census of all the stupid people in his
empire and let him have the correct
list. The vizier set to work, and at the
head of the list, which was very long
one, he placed the name of his sover-
eign. The latter happened to be In a
good humor and merely inquired how
he came to merit that distinction.
Sire" the minister replied, 81 have
entered you on the list because only
two days ago you intrusted large sums
of money, for the alleged purpose Of
buying horses abroad, to couple of
men who are entire strangers and who
will never come back again"
"Is that your opinionf But suppose
they dor
Then l will erase your name and
place theirs at the head OF the list"
BEEF MAKING.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-03-27
ESTABLISHED 1875

You're getting too old ana worn our
to stand 1t, else you likely wouldn't
have come home now she interrupted
a little bitterly.
'You always had q good heart, Har-
riAt," he said gratefully. IT would 90
that last time, but thought was In
for q good thing In mining out there,
and when everything failed Yes,
know, everything always seemed to
fail with me- he interjected In answer
to look on her face, When every
thing failed l was ashamed even to
write, and kept going from one thing
to another, thinking I'd do better, till
the first knew was getting old and
gray and realized that I'd left you to
tug along and raise Johnny alone. ia
never come back only
only you couldn't do anything else,v
abe put in again, unable Immediately
to forgive the long desertion.
And to think Of your shaving and
putting up q tombstone for me and CIV
ing the little shaver my namei I've
treated you dog mean, Harriet" his
voice trailed, shakily. into silence.
well, what's done's DONE" she said.
regarding him more kindly. II don't
know as we can help the way were
made, and don't suppose it's always
been easy for you any more than for
us. Well make the best Of It, won't
we, Johnny? Your father can job
about enough for his keep"
Eyes, that's SO, father" John laid
his hand on the old mans shoulder.
We'll soon be jogging along as IL
you'd never been sway"
''Bless your hearts, SO you will take
IN the poor Old good for nothing
tramp The bent shoulders straight
ened, he sprang nimbly up the steps.
seized Mrs. Spencer and kissed her
soundly In spite of her shocked resist
ance. then grasped Johns hand. You
didn't let me finish about coming back,
Harriet. I got over being failure. l
went UP to the Klondike and caught up
with the luck I'd always been chasing,
and-and Johnny, boy, you can buy cut
the whole little town II you want TO-,
and Mrs. Spencer, ma'am, let's begin
over again with the wedding trip we
missed the first time"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-03-27

hotel Tor two days, WIEN ne took a
walk through tough part of the city
He was lodging children here and be-
sotted men and women there and keep
ing as clear Of pashcarts as he could,
when he came upon broken down car
riage In the street.
He recognized the driver as the man
who drove for his Aunt Hannah, and a
moment later saw the woman herself
standing in a doorway. She was on
one Of her charity rounds. Half a
dozen loafers had taken advantage Of
the accident to hem her in and menace
her. She had given up her purse, but
they wanted more. They were refer
ring to her as ''old gar and almost
tearing the gloves on her hands when
there came an interruption. The adopt
ed son put up his dukes and began
knocking the loafers into the gutter.
He cleared path to Aunt Hannah and
bid her be Of good cheer, and then a
pretty little play occurred. Three or
four Of the gang came back for more
and got it. There were three of them
sleeping on their backs when a police
man finally pushed his way through
the crowd and exclaimed:
Bully FIR you, young man! I'd be
willing to give up hundred bones IL
! could handle my dukes like that"
Aunt Hannah was escorted to the re-
paired carriage. and she mot1oned to
Ray to get in beside her. She hadn't
q word to say until she reached home
and had her bonnet on. Then she turn
cd and asked:
Ray, did you upper cut themT
Yes, aunt"
And give them straight tabsy"
For sureF'
And deliver right hand swingsY'
"A few of them"
I'll guess you'd better stay home,
now that you are here. and if you want
the use of the garnet shan't have any
objections. provided you don't make
too much noise"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-03-27

Sir Squire Bancroft In proposing the
health Of the bishop Of London told q
story In his inimitable way. A charm
Ing young damsel came to London to
visit an aunt, who probably came origi-
nally from Scotland, for when the
young lady was leaving In a cab for
an evening party she said: Now, mind;
don't you pay him more than / shil.
ling. It's his legal fare" Arrived at
her destination, the young lady sprang
out, handed eabby a shilling and bound
ed up the steps of the house
ERE. l say, missw called cabby.
kin ask you a question:
Eyes, you may"
well. are you marriedY
NO" she cried, indignant. I'm notr'
"Well-well. somebody's a-goin' to
git treasure. for l never seen a gal
as could make bob go further or do
more ard work nor you, missw-Lon-
don Mail
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-03-27

The Continental Express company Ia
a great institution. 1t does business in
every state between the seaboa rds, and
Its employees, who are messengers on
trains, local agents, route agents, office
men and drivers, number thousands
The Continental continues to be great
and to pay dividends because it takes
Il particular interest In the goings In
and cornings out of each of Its en-
ployees. 1t demands services of them
and loads responsibilities upon them at
which bank presidents would shudder
The company's motto, ii a thing SO
thoroughly useless were ever an ap-
pendage of an enterprise so utilitarian,
would be, 1.-The Continental expects
every man to do his duty"
The corporation comes nearer to rep
resenting abstract justice than the su-
preme court. Good men are advanced
in precisely the degree they deserve
advancement. Bad men are punished.