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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-05-28
Water Under the Desert.

A study of underground waters ip
the Nevada deserts has recently been
completed by the geological survey. Il
shows that in Nevada the bedrock
forms a corrugated surface consisting
of more or less parallel mountain
ranges and broad intervening troughs
that are filed to great depths with
rock waste washed from the noun
tains. These deposits of rock waste
are relatively coarse and porous.
The rain that falls upon them and
the run-off that reaches them from the
mountains sink into them, and the val
Ieys in which they lie are arid These
deposits, however. form huge reser-
voirs In which the water is stored and
In which, to the limit Of the capacity
Of the reservoirs. 1t is protected from
evaporation. So well is this water hid
den that Its existence was not sus-
pected by many of the early travellers,
and even today long desert roads
which there are no watering pls
lead over areas where ground
could easily be obtained.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-05-28
PERlLs OF THE PANToMIMh


In speaking of his connection with
the Fox American pantomfmes, the
late r. W. Hofele, once manager of the
Old Bowery theater, told me that the
making of these many mechanical
tricks consumed much time, ST. w.
w" writes in the New York Sun.
Many skilled workmen were employed,
as these devices had to work perfect
ly and not get stuck when In use. The
duties of the stage manager were
arduous indeed. From the time the
stage manager tinkled his little bell
for the rise OF the curtain to his sig
nal to ring down the act drop he was
as busy man as could be found any
where In any capacity on earth.
Everything had to be done when the
order was given to do 1t or everything
would be instantly thrown out of trim,
with the result of a confusion gone
mad. Serious accidents are likely to
happen to performers If the greatest
care Is not exercised. Take the work
of Harlequin, that merry fellow with
the magic sword, who is always dane
ing and gliding about with his lovely
Columbine, What a hazardous part
he plays. He is perpetually taking
leap In the dark, trusting to sheer luck
as to whether he will do that leap
safely or not. I saw Paul Martinetti
come up through the star trap in the
usual way on one occasion, but in
stead of leaving fhe tran in IFS Mace
he took 1t up with him The points
of the star were sticking in his neck
and the square framework was rest
ing on his shoulders. When he land
ed on the floor he staggered a few
steps, then righted himself and ran Off
the stage. AS he continued his part
he could not have been injured great
~. think he was lucky not to have
broken his collar-bOne.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-05-28

n was pleasant night in September
when Jonadab Boggs came to the
point Miss Dinah Revins was visit
Ing her brother, who lived not very far
from the judge, and he was laying
siege TO her heart at that place. The
front porch had been surrendered by
the family to Miss Dinah and her sui
tor, and annoying interruptions from
the children had been carefully guard
ed against, for to the acute sensibili-
ties Of Dinah's sister-in-law the indi-
cations that evening pointed to pro-
posal.
How do you do this evening,
5udgef" was the greeting Miss Dinah
gave him as he came up the walk that
memorable night.
II was feelin' kinder lonesome-like
at home. and / thought I'd come over
and see you." he replied. taking chair
and depositing his hat and cane by his
side on the porch.
81 shouldn't think that q man like
you would ever get lonesome" she re-
marked.
well, / Jes' do. You see my place
10 set back from the road and there
amt no other houses In sight there,
and since my son and his wife went
on to Texas there's nobody left and
tell you. Miss Dinah, 1t is a. lonely
place. But know somebody who
could make mighty big change over
there"
WHO Is her' she inquired .blandly.
"'Tain't no he. It's her, and you
know who l mean"
II amt much Of hand at guessin'
oonundrums, judge" she said. "and If
you mean anything particular you bet
ter talk It right out"
"Well, mean you. and nary one
else. guess things would change me
teetotally II you was take charge
Of the place"
II should think they would. I'd cut
away about half of them trees there,
for they amt good for nothin' but
chills; and I'd have that old barb wire
fence down In no time and a nice pal
In fence In place of 1t. / certainly
would swop things around there If l
had the management of It,"
"Jes' you take me then, and come
over and improve the place as much
as you are a-mind to-"
'Do / understand, Judge Jonadab
Boggs, that you are asking me to mar
ry your
That's exactly what I'm trying to
propose to you. and If you will only
do 1t you'll cure-one of the worst cases
of lonesomeness In this Avil deestrlct."
II amt doctoring the lonesomes now
nor keerin' much about curin' EN-. but
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-05-28
Not a Century. But ENOUGH.

Lady hurrying across the broad con-
course at great railroad station,
making for the train gate and evident
ly afraid of missing the train, with
long wait If she didn't get it. But at
the gate she meets a colored porter. a
man of tranquil mind and pleasant
voice, who says to her. quite evenly
''You needn't hurry; you've got two
minutes yet"
Now, two minutes is not a century;
in fact the margin was still narrow;
but the lady knew that the porter
knew the time exactly and what he
said and the way he said it relieved
the tension. She surrendered her bag
to him and gave the tip to him very
willingly.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-05-28
Private
MOnsOn
@0
By LYNN RoBY MEEKrNs

-
1t was in the midst of the Civil war.
Harner went out to take last look
at the field. A battle would certainly
be fought the next day. His own in
ferences had been corroborated by
hint from the headquarters to which
he was temporarily attached.
When he first appeared as a war
correspondent, full of the romance
that his work promised, he waited for
the fights and then threw into his
descriptions all the resources Of his
ready pen and prompt vocabulary, but
1t would not do. He soon found that
by the time his copy was ready the
other fellows held the wires and he
was left to receive pleasant messages
from the home office about dispatches
being quite good, but somewhat an
cient, with an occasional reminder
that the paper he represented was not
a monthly publication.
So he learned to gather and arrange
the preliminaries and then to dash in
the details where the cannons were
booming and the bullets were scor-
ing their points with human lives
In the great and glorious game of
war. Even with the swiftness that
experience had brought to him his
lot was far from happy. He did not
mind hard work-that was a part of
the business-but after he had run
through one of the hottest and pref
test skirmishes he had ever seen, had
witnessed wonderful deeds of valor,
and had taken his own life in his
hands and made a bold dash across
country to telegraph station, only to
receive In acknowledgment of his SUI
perb description the message, "Adjec-
tives are cheap and telegraph tolls are
not" his feelings were honestly hurt.
True it was that the skirmish was but
an incident In the mighty conflict be-
tween the great sections Of a great
country and history has not found
space to mention 1t, but Harner knew
that 1t was more savage ard pictur-
esque than many Of the battles to
which pages were given, and he wrote
as he saw.
Then, too, there was the restraint Of
his work. When soldier is fired at
he has the satisfaction of firing back,
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-05-28
IDENTIFIED AFTER TWO YEARS
New York Police Refused to Be Baf-
fled by Mystery Of Skeleton
Found In the River.

Identifying dead bodies is often ex-
tremely difficult. OF course, finger
prints and photographs make identi-
fication fairly easy, and LAUNDRY marks
are great help; but very often the
police have much less to work upon.
The New York police recently found
a male skeleton, fully clothed. In the
river. They succeeded in Identifying
1t by means of a gold bridge in the
upper jaw. They traced the dentist
who had made the bridge and he gave
them the chart of the mouth, which
correspondent with the teeth of the
skeleton. They then found watch
man, who said that the man was
known as "Sam." In the course of
conversation he mentioned that "Sam"
had an enlarged great toe joint on
his left foot. and very often wore
shoes with a hole cut over the big
joint and a patch sewed over the hole.
AT the mortuary the shoe was found
just rs the Waterman had described
it. Then the deceased's sister was
traced, and she identified her brother
by means of handkerchief found in
his pocket. 1t was afterward proved
that the man fell into the river when
he was. drunk, and that he had heen
in the water about two years. This
is one of the cleverest pieces of iden-
tifying work of recent years.
Steady as Rock.
Farmer Haye-That Jones boy that
used to work for you wants me to give
MIN q job Is he steady?
Farmer Seede-Well, if he was any
steadier he'd be motionless.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-05-28

I want to discuss this here matter
with you. How old are you, judge?"
I'm about sixty, more or less an
swered the Judge shiftly.
considerable more, l guess. Nearer
seventy. amt your"
81 guess am. but come of long
lived family. My grandfather lived TO
be hundred and six"
Never mind; he's dead. Now femme
tell you, judge, do you know what I
think Of a man of your age goin' round
accounting in this here swift way?'
mo, I don't, but / had to be swift,
cause l amt got time to spare"
"Well. you ought to be plum 'shamed
of yourself. Don't you know that
you've got no business marrysn'?'
"No'um 1 don't know that. think
ought to git married; and pari pos
sum. as the law says, think you
ought to-"
"No, Jonadab Boggs. you're wrong
Lemme show you. You are nearly sew
enty years old; you've got eight chill
dren and two or three grandchildren
and 1t seems to me that you ought to
be satisfied to pass the rest of your
days with them, kinder patriach
s'rounded by your descendants and
your flocks."
But they've all gone an left me-
None of 'em won't live at home with
me cause it's SO far out of the way
an then can't leave my place and
live with any Of them. 1t would go to
the world that is more in need of a
wife than l be-"
ut looks to me that II you married
1T your time of life, you'd be big
goose, and If married you I'd be
bigger one. If / should take up and
marry now / don't know how Sid's
wlfe's baby ever'd get proper raisin'.
The trouble Is that I've got several
nephews an neices that Just couldn't
do without me-"
truth was knowed every one of them
wishes you'd tend to your own busi.
ness and let them alone"
"What!' cried Miss Dinah, aghast.
'You don't think any of them would
wish thatr
That's what mean"
"Why, some of my nephews anc
nieces think that I belong to them.
and I'm sure 1t would be wrong In me-
to go on and marry when they need
me so much"
They amt like other young folks
then. But that's neither pro nor con.
/ tell you solemnly that the Lord never
made as fine woman as you be and
intended her to be single. You amt
exactly old woman, but you're get
tin along, gettin' along. Where's your
homer Amt got none You air jest
Twin round fust one place an then
the other. No, Stree, you're too good
woman for that sort of thing. You
need solid, steady old man for hus-
band, who will give you a home to
boss and who will take care of you.
know you could get handsomer men. I
amt perfect fgger I'm a little short,
my feet are too fiat and my heads not
a proper shape, but there's nothin' the
matter with my heart. It's sound as
dollar, Miss Dinah, and every heart
beat in 1t Is for you"
"Pshawi How you do talk" said
Miss Dinah blushing and then hurrying
to get back to the argument. There's
another reason why you shouldn't mar
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-05-28
Old Rates Of Interest.

Five per cent interest on a loan
would have been scoffed at by the men
who had money to lend in medieval
times. In the thirteenth and fourteenth
centuries the usual rate seems to have
been 20 per cent, and in the preceding
centuries it was probably higher says
the London Chronicle. The rate Of in
terest decreased with the increase OF
specie, with an occasional limitation
by the state Elizabeth reduced the
rate by law to 10 per cent, James I to
and Charles II to 8. In ancient
Rome, according to Niebuhr. the rate
was 1-3 for a ten-month year-the
equivalent of 10 per cent per annnm.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-05-28
Irregular IntervaIa

The Dispensary Intern-There. Take
. teaspoonful of this directly after
,ach meal and you'll soon feel all right
The Poet-Do you think two o. three
loses week will be enoughs
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-05-28
"JONADAB BoGGs,

JUSIIVt OF LHt TtdCe.
WELL" remarked Miss Dinah to her
self, as she tore up the letter. "He
never will know that he persuaded me
just as l persuaded him." And she
went to find Maria and tell her that
after all she didn't believe that she
would marry the judge.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-05-28

''Pshawl How you do talk" said
Miss Dinah, blushing and then hurrying
to get back to the argument. There's
another reason why you shouldn't mar
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-29

marines and Czecho- -Slovaks lined
the main streets. All traffic was
stopped. The streets were thronged
with people and all business was
suspended. Materials were landed
from Chinese cruiser to protect the
Chinese consulate and residents. Ar
rests of the bolsheviki were rapidly
made and each arrest was greeted
with the cheers OF the people.
Then came the fighting at the fort
ress. Now the Czecho- Slovaks are
the military masters of the town.
The British, American. French, Jap
anese and Chinese consulateS are
guarded by their own national forces,
respectively, except that the French
consulate is guarded by the Japan
ese. A small party OF American ma
rines landed from the Brooklyn on
the evening OF June %.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-29
George Barnes Overseas.

Muskogee, Okla. Aug. 2S.-George
W. Barnes, state director of the
National War Savings Committee
for Oklahoma. has cabled his safe
arrival overseas. He will investigate
the War Savings plan in Great Brit
ain. after spending two months on
the western front. He is acting as a
newspaper correspondent and will
write a series of articles on his OBJ
servations. Upon his return. in No
vember. he contemplates a speaking
tour OF the state. He Is now in
Paris.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-29
DIZZINESS CAUSES FALL
HEAD INJURED.

a year ago my stomach bloated
so badly with gas that ] fell un-
conscious and cut my head badly
on corner of door. had suffered
from stomach trouble for several
wears and no medicine helped me
to speak of. A druggist patched
up my head and advised me to use
Mayr's Wonderful Remedy for my
stomach trouble. The results have
been really wonderful. | have never
had any sign of my former symp-
toms since" 1t is simple, harmless
preparation that removes the ca
tarrhal mucus from the intestinal
tract and -allays the inflammation
which causes practically all stom-
ach. liver and intestinal ailments,
including appendicitis. One does
will convince or money refunded
Frame Drug Co., and druggists ev-
erywhere.-adv.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-29
AMERICANS DECORATED.

Washington, Aug. %. - Distin-
tinguished service crosse have been
awarded to four officers, including
Brigadier General b. b. Buck and
seven enlisted men, by General
Pershing for acts OF gallantry. 9th
erS decorated include: Captains. Ed
ward J. Meehan, William c. Will
liams, First Lieut.. Henry G.
Barnes, Sergt. John L. L. Hoppe,
Corporal John J. Lott. Privates
Andy ioungbar, Edward G. Fen
wick with French army, George ].
Shively, Anthony Dogestino and
Crossley Holroyd.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-29
Death of H. w. Kuhlman.

Healdton, Okla, Aug. 2S.-H. w.
Kuhlman. 65, who owned Kuhl-
mans Bakery here, died suddenly of
heart failure in a confectionery yes
terday afternoon at ) O'Clock. The
remains were shipped to Enid today
for interment. Mr.. Kuhlman, with
his wife and five children. came
here with the opening of the new
town and established a bakery.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-29
WHEN CzECHO-SLOVAKS
ST0RMED VLAD|V0ST0K
MURDEROUS RED GUARDS OF
BOLSHEVIKI ARE BEATEN
TO A FINISH

Vladvostock, July 2 Correspond
ence of The Associated Press)-
Three thousand Bolshevik Red
Guards entrenchcd themselves in the
fortress here and defended them
selves with furious fighting when the
Cecho-Slovaks took over the COM
mand OF the city on Jun %. The
Red Guards were aided by fifty
Magyars and German prisoners of
war.
The Czccho-Slovaks surrounded
the fortress and placed machine
guns on the roof of the British con-
sulate and on the roof of the railway
station near by. They called upon the
bolsheviki in the fortress to surren-
der. but the Red Guards shot down
their messengers. Immediately the
machine guns opened fire and tor
two hours a stream of bullets rained
on the fortress. SO fast and furious
was the firing that the men in the
fortress were unable to return the
fire from its windows. suddenly
there was a tremendous explosion
A Czech had crawled near the fort
ress under the fire barrage and had
thrown mine into the building. A
white flag appeared at one OF the
windows, a party OF Czcchs rushed
to the main entrance Of the fortress
burst open by hand grenade. The
bolsheyiki threw down their arms
and surrendered.
"All Powerful" Overthrown.
In this conflict the Czecho-Slov
axis lost four men, with Is wounded.
while OF their opponents l49 had
been killed and wounded Thus, in
the course OF few hours, the all
powerful Soviet had been over
thrown and its delegates arrested, its
military staff ovcrpowered by force
of arms, and its army OF red guards
had either surrendered or thrown
away their arms and dispersed with
out fighting.
When the local bolSheviki had de
cided to disarm them on June 30, the
Czecho- Slovaks forced all this action
by presenting an ultimatum to the
soviet demanding the disarmament
of Red Guards on the ground that
it was necessary to safeguard the
transport OF the Czecho- Soviet
forces from Russia.
When the soviets refused to com
ply with-the ultimatum, orders were
given to arrest these delegates and
all OF the prominent bolsheviki. War
flags were hoisted on foreign war
ships in the harbor. Four soviet tor
pedo boats attempted to put to sea
but were stopped and surrendered
to officers OF the japanese cruiser
"Asahi," and British cruiser "Suf-
folk"
Arrests RaniG1v Made
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-29
DIDN'T CATCH LIEUT..
SCHWEIGER, AS HE IS
DEAD-OFFICIAL REPORT

Paris. Aug. 8.-The ministry of
marine denies that French pa
troll boat has captured Lieutenant
Schweiger, who commanded the
submarine which sank the Lusitania.
1t is declared that this German Of
ficer died some time ago.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-29
Workingman Becomes General.

London, Aug. 2S.-Godfrey Jones
OF Wales is the first British work
ingman to attain the rank OF briga-
der general. He enlisted in the ranks
and during the war has been stead
ily promoted until he was named
colonel short time ago. He now
has been nominated a brigadier gen
eral.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-29
HUN PROPAGANDA AGAIN.

Washington. Aug. 2S.-Reports
that the government might eonfis-
cate savings deposits were denied
today by Secretary McAdoo de-
nounced as probably German pro-
pagandz.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-29

ceived in Shanghai and transmit
ted by Reuters Limited.
American and Japanese troops,
the advices add, are entraining for
the Ussuri. front.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-29

became such that he was sent to
Johns Hopkins, where he underwent
several minor operations. Later
blood TRANSMISSION was attempted in
the battle to save his life.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-29

WE APPRECIATE THE LIB
ERAL BUSINESS YOU HAVE
GIVEN US IN THE PAST, AND
ASSURE YOU THE CHANGE IS
AS MUCH FOR YOUR INTER-
EST AS 1T is OURS.
w. ]. LANE,
MAIN STREET.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-29
JAPS ARE F|GHT|NG 6
LSHEV|K FORCES
ENGAGE REDS NEAR DAURI
ON SIBERIAN FRONTIER
RAILWAYS SEIZED.

Peking, Friday, Aug. q. - (By
The Associated Press) - General
Semenoff the anti-bolshevik lead
er, has crossed the Siberian frontier
and retaken Matsievsik station, west
OF Manchuli, capturing prisoners.
The Japanese troops are engaged
with the bolsheviki near Dauri.
1t is reported that the allies have
taken over the operation OF the rail
ways. 1t is probable the railways
will be operated by the American
engineers under John +. Stevens.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-29

London, Aug. 2S.-On the ussuri
front north of Nladiyostok the boil
shcviki have retired six miles be
fore a general advance by all the al
lied forces, according TO reports re
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-29
Arrests Rapidly Made.

The British and Japanese cruis-
ers landed additional forces and aid
ed the Czecho-S -Slovaks in occupying
all important points, including the
powder magazine. Strong forces of
japanese with machine guns, Briti.i
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-29
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.

YOUNG LADY with college edu-
cation wants clerical position.
Address S2S, care Ardmoreite.
28-7
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-29

Washington, Aug. Is. - Senate
amendments to the manpower bill
extending the draft ages to Is and
As years were rejected formally by
the house and the measure sent TO
conference. Arrangements were
made for the conferees to meet i'm
mediately with the hope OF smooth
ing out differences after a few hours
of discussion.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-01-25

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