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MYSTERY OF THE BAYOU WOODS By WALKER KENNEDY. Copyright, 1MB, by A. N. KellogK Newspaper Co. "Yes, or else some of the neigh bors." "If he litis notified any of the neighbors it is reasonable to suppose lhat their curiosity would have brought them hither by tins time, 'coplc, as you know, will walk miles ie-8e. a dead body, specially where the death involves some horror, but there is as yet no evidence that any curiosity exists In this neighborhood. It is also certain that the stranger is in no liurry to notify the police, for he lias continued on his way instead of returning' to town. If this man is square he will some time to-day reveal his identity by notifying the authorities." "But ho may not be square. He may be a man with a bad reputation, one who knows that his discovery of such a crime would direct suspicion on himself. Or lie may have noticed that the crime had already been found out by s.ome one, Wright's tracks being conclusive evidence of that." "I should not judge that the person who made these tracks was vaga- I bond or a rough customer him self. You will observe that they I were made by a broad and flat shoe I indeed, I am sure the mysterious stranger wore arctics. Now arctics Relying, therefore, upon the chief of police for the details of the coro ner's inquest, Warde continued his investigations of the tracks. CHAPTER III. Irving Warde followed the foot prints in the snow with ease and celerity, and as he did so his mind was actively speculating upon the case, in which by this time ho had be come as absorbed «is a chess player is in the courtly strategems of queens and knights. His intuitions told him that plain, ordinary robbery hod not prompted the crime and, if the minor crime had been committed, it had been for the purpose of veil ing the real motive for the murder. When he had gone some distance the footprints turned almost at a right angle and cut directly through tho woods. Perhaps after all the un known was out hunting but If such wore the case the evidence. of it would soon appear. As the undcr- THE FOOTPRINTS TURNED ALMOST AT A RIGHT ANGUS. brush thickened and the ground be camo more irregular the trail strag gled about considerably. Now it en tered snowdrifts a foot or two deep, then It ran over tho tops of •mall hillocks and now it skirted piles of tangled growth. Warde did not And the task OA oa«y one, but this rather stimulated his purpose and he plod ded stubbornly on. Fifteen minutes more of tramp ing and ho was wondering wh}th*r this apparently aimless route of the unknown would lead him, when he found himself in the path which made a direct cut through the woods. Here the stranger's footprints merged with those made by anotker person, and took the direction of the rfty. It required but a moment to see that young Wright had made the tracks leading from the olty. What strange fatality was this whloh caused these two men to con tinually cross eooh other's trail? Could there be any collusion between them and could they have met where their footprints crossed? These were idle questions to ask and the newspaper man did not undertake to answer them, but followed the trail G» w5Bl_nattt There was no use trying to follow the trail any further, for everything was in hopeless confusion so, keenly disappointed, Wurde started for the roundabout path which would take him back to the scene of the murder. He now noticed that the original trail over which he and the chief of police had gone had been obliterated by a number of footprints, evidently made by the coroner and his jury. As lie was casually looking ut these he suddenly uttered an cxchunution of the utmost astonishment for there tn the snow he again detected the imprint of the mysterious arctics, and he soon sntrened himself that the unknown had joined the coroner's jury and the few stragglers who had gone with them to view the body of the murdered man. There could be no doubt of this, for he found traces of the arctics frequently, some little distance from the regular path, as If the unknown had been pushed out there by the jostling crowd. A wild excitement took possession of Warde, and lie fairly ran toward the spot where Wright had been killed, all eagerness to look at the man who wore the arctics, and decidc whether there was any probability that he had any connection with the crime. Great was his disappointment to find that the body had been removed una that the inquest had been adjourned, for not a human being was in sight. On his way back he detected more evi dences of the unknown in the shape of footprints xointing toward the city. 1 are worn almost exclusively by per sons in fairly good circumstances." "Your reasoning is very ingenious," said the officer admiringly "but still it would hardly be fair to connect a stranger who comes along to-day and stumbles upon a dead body with a murder committed a day or two ago. But there is nothing to do now but await the coming of the coroner's jury." In making their examination, the two men had been careful not to ap proach too near the body, which was left with the tracks in the snow just as they were. That page of evidence was allowed to remain as it had been found, and if it contained any reve* lations the coroner could not com plain that they had been confused. Warde, who was a good draughtsman, drew on a large piece of paper as ac curate a picture as possible of the marks in the snow about the body. He also made a careful measurement of the footprints made by the stran ger, and then drew a facsimile of it upon his paper. He also measured the distance between the tracks, and averaged them. The chief did not pay any particular attention to the movements of the young journalist, regarding them as the harmless ac tivities of an amateur detectiva. Furthermore, he fancied that the coroner's jury was approaching, as he could- hear the sound of human voices, and all his interest was now centered in the inquest. Despite the lack of interest shown by the officer in Warde's conjectures, the latter was by no means satisfied, and he took it into liis stubborn head that.ha would follow up those foot steps and discover if possible who was the person that had made them and what lie had been about.- This unknown had also discovered the murder, and it seemed to Warde that he certainly ought to be identified and made to tell just what he knew about it. As fast as he could go he sought the headquarters, where lie found his friend, the chief of police. "What did the coroner's jury do?" he asked. "They simply examined the body and took in the bearings, as it were, ordered the corpse to be taken to itie home of the deceased, and ad journed the inquest until to-morrow. Wright was undoubtedly robbed of a watch aivl several other valuables, which so far can only be guessed at. To-morrow the inquest will be con tinued at the Wright place, and more light wiU be thrown on the case. By the way, how did your mysterious criminal pan out?" "I will lay the facts before you and you can judge for yourself as to their value." Warde then told the story of the footprints, how the unknown had not* gone through the woods, but had cut across to the direct route, and was going back to the city when he fell in with the coroner and his party, joined them, went back with them to the scene of the murder, and for all Warde knew was a member of the coroner's jury. "Well, that certainly is peculiar," said the chief. "I wish I had known it I might get some satisfaction out of your man." "Did you observe no one with arc tics on?" "No I never thought of looking, as it never occurred to me that your man had made a roundabout trip through the woods and joined the coroner. Of course there was a con siderable number of stragglers who were gathered up as the coroner mado Ills way to the scene of the murder. I presume that officer brought the jurors with him. He al so had a lawyer, Col. James Frank lin, with him. The colonel was an old friend of Wright's, and he will assist at the prosecution, if there is anybody to prosecute. He will also devote himself to discovering who the murderer is. I think we will find him of service, as he is a man of great penetration." "I will call upon him and find out what he knows about Wright, and get his ideas as to the murder." "That would be a good idea. Let me caution you, however, about what you write for your paper. It is just possible that your ingenious theories may be true, and if you outline them to the public you may render impos sible the capture of the criminal." "Well, I will agree not to Bay any thing yet on that subject provided you will not furnish the other papers with any of my theories, as you call them." "All right," said the chief, with a smile "if you unravel the mystery I think you are entitled to a monop oly of it." Warde then sought Col Franklin to lay his investigations before him, an ticipating that he would find in tho lawyer a more sympathetic judge of the importance of his discoveries. When he had gone the chief of po lice gare word to a subordinate to place Herbert Wright under arrest on suspicion of being implicated in the murder of his father. CHAPTER IV. Gol. Franklin was a man of strong traits and prejudices, and it was evi dent to Irving Warde that if he in terested himself in the Wright case he would come nearer perhaps than any one else in solving the mystery involved in it. He was not an ex tensive practitioner of his profession, but he had accqjnplished a number of wonderful feats in eases which had become historic. It was Franklin who had unravelled an election con spiracy and made the demonstration so clear to the courts that the emi nently respectable gentleman who appeared to have been elected chancellor on the face of the returns was deprived of the office to which he had been elevated by one of the cleverest frauds recorded In the his tory of eleotoral rascality. Beside this, there was the great diamond swindle which had a fame in its day throughout the entire lower Mississ ippi valley a case ramifying Into Nilus, New Orleans and Vicksburg. It was Franklin who exposed it, and by the exposure landed a number of audacious swindlers in the penitenti ary.. He was known to be wealthy, though he did not practice his profess slon Avitfc that assiduity which be tokeoA the bonoulosxe*. Indeed. |t was hardly of sufficient scope for tho man's many-sided activity, and though he took a very sharp interest in that class of litigation which demands tho readiness of a resourceful intellect and makes unusual demands upon the ingenuity, he very cordially despised that other sort which inilicts a dull drudgery. It was popularly supposed that the colonel was interested in a number of enterprises outside of the law, which paid hiin more handsomely than his profession. In Arkansas he owned a plantation which yielded him a fine cotton crop every year, and it was said that he had some interests in common with his friend John f. Wright. He came to Nilus about 20 years before the opening of tins nar rative, and by his affable manners, W+J lie cainc to the edge of the Bayou Woods, and looking to his left he be held the Devil's Den. What was his surprise now to find the trail sud denly diverted toward that locality. After all, the unknown might have been one of the habitues of the place. When Warde reached the Den there were so many footprints around it that he found it difficult to keep up with the arctics and at last lie was completely bafficd. his dash, his decidedly handsome fuce, and the mesmerism, as it were, of his personality, he was soon success fully launched. He happened to win at the sturt several cases that-occu pied notable places in the popular fancy, and this ut once inudc him famous. But his financial success dated from the time when he defend ed John T. Wright from the charge of murder. In a fit of passion the lat ter had killed the overseer of his plantation, and when his anger sub sided and his reason returned he found himself in a by no means envi able 2osition. Public sentiment was against him, and in those days that was more potent than the law. While the invisible statute allowed one man to kill another for insult or slander, it was often brought to bear with equal force against the wanton per petrator of a crime. Frnnkhn was employed to defend Wright. He at once saw the desperate situation of his client, and the necessity of secur ing an acquittal by other means than trusting to the luck of a jury trial. He worked on the case like a remorse less machine, and he did not hesitate to use hiB client's money freely. Pub lic sentiment was subsequently van quished by the corruption, and Wright was acquitted. From that time on close intimacy existed between the client and his lawyer. The popular idea was that Wright had given him an enormous fee and that he had al lowed him a share in his own business and in addition had probably assisted him in embarking in several independ ent enterprises. In any number of ways did the planter show his grati tude for the services rendered him by the lawyer. At the time Wright was murdered, Franklin was about 40 yearfe old. He was tall of stature and he dressed with srcupulous care. He was a very handsome man, and it was a matter of pride with him to groom himself well. The correctness of his attire, the faultless linen, and the rose that he always wore in the lapel of his coat were all intimately connected with the suavity and courtliness of his demeanor. His hair was jjartly frosted by Time's blighting touch. His eyes were small and soft and brown the set of his mouth, shadowed by a small mustache, was resolute and masterful, and the gen eral expression of his face was dig nified and gracious. Evidently he was & man of resolute nature, whose friendship was as valuable as hiB hos tility would be dangerous. Such a man seemed to Warde in the nature of a special dispensation in this emergency, for he would doubtless enter with all hiB soul into any efforts made to bring the murderer of his friend to justice, and it need hardly be added that Warde had now become a prey to a rather absorbing interest in the mysterious crinle and had made up hiB mind to unravel it, if that were possible. When he entered Col. Franklin's law office he found that gentleman smoking a cigar and reading Byron's poems, a book of which he was ex cessively fond. He seemed to think it necessary to explain that whenever he did not feel like working he did feel like reading Byron "the greatest of all the poets," he would say, with a half-caressing touch upon the worn volume. He received the newspaper man courteously and laid the book aside. "I come to see you," said Warde, "about the murder of your friend, Wright." "Has anything come to light?" "No nothing tangible but I thought perhaps you might be able to suggest a theory concerning it." "I am afraid," said the colonel, "that I can throw but little light on that terrible affair. Everything seems veiled in the densest mystery. Wright was killed in the woods where no human being could have been a wit ness to the deed. For two or three days the body lay there, and no one but the murderer knew that the crime had been committed. In the meantime the homicide, whose object seems to have been robbery, but who may have used robbery to veil a deeper motive, has no doubt left this section of the country, and will not be likely to make his appearance here again for some time—unless, indeed, he can be apprehended and brought back by the law." "I have Bome reason to doubt whether he has left Nilus," said Warde. "Indeed," replied the colonel, keen ly interested. "Of course, it is only a surmise on my part, but there are certain circum stances which lend color to the idea that the murderer was not an ordi nary thief, and that his motive was something else than robbery. It is my opinion that he is now in the city." "That is important news, surely, if true. What proof have you in sup port of such a theory?" "You see," answered Irving, smiling, "I have contracted the detective craze recently, and I have made some inves tigations on my own hook, and I be lieve the murderer has not only not run away, but that he has seen his victim twice this very day." "How do you know this?" asked the colonel with a skeptical smile. "I do not know it, but I suspect it very strongly, and I will give you my reasons for doing so." He then gave a detailed account of his investigations. Col. Franklin lis tened attentively to the story without Interruption and without betraying whether or not he was Impressed with the young journalist's Ingenious theories. When the story was fin ished, he eat lost in thought.. He was evidently bringing to bear upon the evidence presented all the powers of his astute intellect. At length he said: "Yotir story is certainly start ling, and you deserve great credit for the interest you have taken in the matter. I believe that your investi gations will aid materially in solving the mystery, and I thank you for putting me in possession of such facts as you have." This was all the satisfaction that Warde could get oat of the lawyer, and he was visibly disappointed but he knew that Franklin was not the nan to -tateh ma qHtfWct misc offered, and, after obtaining frotu him the main events in the life of the cotton ktncf for biographical purposes, he took his departure after agreeing to inform Franklin of any new discoveries on his part. "I shall need everv assistance pos sible in unwinding this tangled skein and you may aid me materially," said the great lawyer with a ilattering smile as ho bowed him out. CHAPTER V. Tho Wright place was ono of the oldest homesteads in the country, but neither time nor war had dismantled it of its old-time grandeur, Tho sharper tints of tho dwelling had been toned down, and there was left the soft rcposcfulness and aristocrat ic old age. Qood caro had been taken of it by the Wrights, who had kept it in thorough repair and enhanced its interior decoration. Tho long avenue, sentinelled by trees, loading to the house, was scrupulously grav elled, tho trees were trimmed with care, and the lawn in summer was as smooth and soft to the eye as green silk. The house itself was an example of the magnificent in structure. It had a long piazza, spacious halls and big rooms. Seen in summer, envi roned by the green foliage, it was very cheerful and inviting, but in win ter its outward semblance was one of gloom and melancholy. One could easily imagine that it was hiding some unpleasant secret behind its massive walls. On Irving Warde this impression was deepened on the cold, cheerless morning of the inquest when, in company with his friend, the chief of police, he drove up the carriage way. The murky sky seemed somehow to have become entangled in the uncanny arms of the black trees, and the grayness of the earth added to the cheerleasness. An unusual commotion reigned about the place. The negro servants were in a flurry of excitement and the neighbors were arriving in twos and threes, ostensibly sad, but devoured by curiosity. Each one present had his own theory of the murder, and a great many gratuitous suspicions were bandied about in the crowd. Warde was content to use his ears and eyes while he waited develop ments. Perhaps among those pres ent stalked the bold perpetrator of the crime. This thought made him silent and watchful, and lie soon be came absorbed in the contemplation of some of those who had arrived. Franklin also was there and taking a marked interest in the inquest, for he talked a great deal with the coro- mmmmm "Iil2 TALKED A GREAT DEAL WITH THE CORONER." ner and whispered with the chief of police and the sheriff, and occasion ally he could be seen interrogating some person who appeared to have a story to tell which might throw light upon the tragedy. When tho coroner was ready to take up the examination the crowd repaired to the apartment where the body had been deposited. There were two parlors, which, by means of slid ing doors could be merged into one room almost large enough to accom modate those present. Those who could not get in stood in the halls and managed to hear the testimony. None of the deceased's family was present except the young man who had given the police the information g.bout the murder. Under police sur veilance he wandered up and down the hall pale and unhappy, apparent ly absorbed in reflections by no means wholesome. Curious eyes were often turned toward him, and frequently eyes that had another light than of curiosity in them, but he seemed oblivious to it all, although being under arrest he knew that suspicion pointed to him. His mother and sister were said to be very much unnerved by the trag edy nnd remained in their rooms un til they were compelled to testify. When the jurors had taken their seats and everything was in readiness, an examination of the body by the coroner revealed the fact that Wright had been shot in the back of the head, and at close quarters, too, as was evidenced by the powder burns on the hair. And the inference was unavoidable that the murderer had been walking behind his victim, and that the latter did not expect the at tack. He must also have been fully aware who it was that walked thus behind him, for the squareness with which the blows had been dealt Bhowed that he had not turned his head in suspicion or curiosity. The first witness examined was an old negro, who was evidently in grave doubt whether tho coroner would send him to jail for life or order him hanged on the spot should aught go Amiss with his testimony. His tcr* for gave an incongTUOU8 elefhent of eomedy to the serious business on hand. He took his seat gingerly and tho ooroner began to question him. "What's your name?" "London, sah," was the answer. "London?" said the coroner, in pur prise. "Dat's my name. Ef you doan bleeve me you can ax de mistes ef hit ain't. I done tole YQU do truf." iTO BE COHTOWMD.} Tt» nible and It. Contents. There are no less than 8,508,480 let ters in the Bible, 773,007 words, 81,108 verses nnd 1,180 chapters. The number of verses In tho Bible commencing with A are 12,638 B, 2,207 0, 183 D, 17 E, 207 F, 1,707 a, 200 II, 1.1 (U I, 1,440 J, 158 K, 05 L, 411 M, 437 N. 001 O, 502 P, 140 Q, 4 II, 127 S, 1,088 T, 5,280 TJ, 83 V.-8T W, 1,398 X, none Y, 850 Z, 17. To ltd ibo Ilibie through lu year means muling three. chapters every weekday and ilvo chapters each Sun' day. p™ All the letters of the alphabet contained in the twenty-first verse of the seventh chapter of Ezra. Die lhhle was not divided into chap ters, sis it is now, until tho thirteenth century. lOnrly Hebrew Bibles were marked into sections and verses by IUWIIIN of accents, which served as niaiks to he observed In the eastern manner of reading. Tho work of di viding the Bible into chapters has been attributed by some to Stephen Lang ton. The division into verses was made by a printer of the name of Robert Stephens in 1518 and was adopted throughout ail editions. The Amcrlcun LHntrnage. "It used to bo considered witticism to ask a man whether he spoke United States," said an English university man at tho Lawyers' club the other day, "but there is In fact an American lan guage, distinctive from the king's Eng lish not only In idioms and in the use of particular words, but In the clipping of words to save time and breath. On this side of the Atlantic oue scarcely ever hears 'I have' and 4you are.' You hurrying Americans say 'I've' and 'you're.' You shorten up 'cannot' Into 'can't,' and your purest speakers use 'don't' and 'won't,' and it is almost a universal habit among Americans to clip the 'g* off words eudlng In 'lng.' Even your professors of English fail to sound tho 4e' In 'righteous' and 'cour teous' and shorten 'knowledge' Into 'knolodge.' I might recite scores of words lhat are practically shortened by a syllable in usage, and as usage makes language you Americans are gradually constructing a speech that is ijuite distiuct from that form of English which Oxford and Cambridge are preserving with such care."—New York Times. Falcon Lore. No one can pretend to any acquaint ance with English literature or even with the English language without be ing aware how deep an Impress has been left upon them by the art and practice of falconry. Such words as "haggard," "eyrie," "mews," "cadger," to "lure," to "stoop," to "reclaim," all belonged originally to the falconer's jargon and were thence adopted into common parlance. A whole host of well worn quota tions, including the long misunderstood passage In Hamlet about the "hand saw" (heron sbaw), can only be prop erly explained by reference to the fal coner's craft, and several of the moBt picturesque metaphors used by our be9t poets derive their virtue from tho hawking field.—London Saturday Re view. Had His Money's Wortli. On one occasion when a boarder had devoured almost everything eatable on the table within his reach and when the laud!ady had supplied him until her strength and patience were well uigh exhausted she suddenly broke out with: "I shall certainly have to raise the price of your board!" "Don't think of doing such a thing," he replied. "It is nearly killing me now to eat all I pay for, and should you raise my board and compel mo to out more it will be the death of me Hon He Declined. Lady—Doctor, I wish you would call around to sec my husband some even ing when he 2s at home. Do not .let him know that I asked you: becav|& JjSSl^res no 1M nol'dii'k, but I kimw he has consumption or Bomethlnff. He's going Into a decline. Doctor—I am astonished, but I will call. What are his symptoms? Lady—He hasn't any except weak ness. He used to hold me on his lap by the hour, and now even the baby tires him.—West Union Record. Something: He Couldn't Invent. Harold—That is BessJer, the famous inventor of the triple expansion en gine, the automatic, double, back ac tion, reversible, rapid fire gun, the compound electro hydro heated dyna mo, the— Rupert—But he looks distracted. Harold—Yes he can't Invent a plau sible excuse to give his wife for being late, and he daren't go home. A Happy Hour. He—Do you remember the night I proposed to you? She—Yes, dear. "We sat for one hour, and you never opeued your mouth." "Yes. I remember, dear." "Believe me, that was the happiest hour of my life!" Early RUlng Not Always a VtftW. Thousands of people have no choice whatever about their hour of rising In the morning. Later or earlier, that hour is fixed for them by the require ments of the office, the shop or the classroom, by the time table of the rail road, by the arbitration of their em ployers or the necessities of their em ployees. But in the cases manifold where personal liberty Is enjoyed it should not be thoughtlessly restricted simply because of the domestic tradi tion that early rising deserves praise and late rising blame. Breakfast may often be a movable feast without materially disturbing the routine of an orderly housekeeping day. Invalids, mothers whose rest has been broken by tcethiug babies and, above all, rapidly growing children, should have their sleep out. Nature demands this, and violence is done to her when sleepy people are rudely aroused from their beds. Early to bed is the 6ingle safe prescription to insure early to rise. We need to repeat it over and over to our hurrying, anxious, toiling Amer ican men and women: Rest, rest and again rest. Do not think time 11! spent that Is spent in repairing the ravages of our well nigh incessant activity. The First Pantomime. Most pantomime characters were originally borrowed from the Italians. The first real English pantomime was produced at a theater in Lincoln's Inn Fields in 1720. It was called "Harle quin Executed," and its subtitle was "A New Italian Comic 8cene Between a Scaramouche, a Harlequin, a Coun try Parmer, His Wife and Others." The performance was very successful. About the middle of the eighteenth cen tury the character of pantomime per formances was completely altered, chiefly because of the genius of the fa mous Grimaldi, who made the clown the first figure of the pantomime. -Gri maldi first appeared at Sadlerfs Wells theater, where he played the part of a monkey. 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Annual Convcntlou Inter national Association of Chiefs of Police, May 12 in. Storm Lake, Iowa,—Iowa Woman's Home Missionary Society, May '27-'_8. Open Rate of one nnd one-third Fare. I)cs Moines, la.—Annual Convention, Iowa State babbath School Assoclauou, June 10-18. OPKN RATE OF ONR FARE PLUS $2.00 Homo-sebkers' Iixeursloas.West, South South east and South-west. April 7 and 21, May 5 and 10, June 2 aud to. One Faro, Now Orleans, Lu..- Mooting National Manu facturers Assn., April 1M7. New Orleans, Annual Meotiog American Medical Assn Mny frS. Cedar Kapids. In. —State (. A. R. BccaniD mont, May lO-'ii. LGSSTHAN ONB FAKE. One Way, Sccomi'daas, Colouists' Rates lo paints in the voutu-eaatauii South-west, at a ruto of oni'-lialf the llrf=t-class one way rates, plus fci.fio, ticket- on sale April 7 and 21. Ono Way, St.mid-duKS, Colonists' Rates to allfomia Hiiri points West and North-west, on snlo dally until ami Including April 30th. For parlculars us to dates of sale, rates, otc., I»ply to any Illinois Central tlclJot agent, or adress the utuU-rstgned. J. F. MKHUY Asst. (ien. Pass. Agent. Dubuque, Iowa. TIRRILL & PIERCE are Loaning Money as cheap as any person or corporation. 1 the best of friends. Dick—Why shouldn't we bey \v never say what we think of each otb »?.\—Hoston Transrrlnt. A recent report shows that 2,590 Christians were murdered In 1901 by the Turks, In only 61 cases were the murderers punished, and then with not more than four yeare' imprisonment. After LiaGrlppe—WhatP UBually a hacking cough and a gener al feeling of weakness, often leading to fatal results after the patient is suppos ed to have passed the danger point Foley's Honey and tar !B guaranteed to cure the "grippe cough" and make you strong and well. It never fails to stop a cough if taken in time. Take no sub stitutes. Denton & Ward. at present is that of Goal We linve on band a choice assortment of the most desirable grades of soft coal at the lowest prices consistent with the market. All coal promises to be scarce later in the season and prices will rule higher. ft. WW Uulngv. The Regular and Reliable Chi cago Specialist will be at Man chester, Clarence House, Monday, May 18, one day only and return once every 28 days. Office hours 8 a. m. to 6 p. m. Independence, tiedney Hotel, Tuesday, May 19. /iues permanently ens oases no unaertaxe ana sonas 110 Incurable uome without taKlug feu from thein. Tills Is why ho coatluues fils visits year aftor. r, while other doctors have rijo a few visits ana stopped. Dr. Shallonber ,:t is an eminently successful specialist In all ironic diseases, proven by the many cures Tootod In chrome cases which ive baffled the ••Mil of all other physicians. Ills hospital ex* jvrlenco and extensive pr? tice have made him so prollcleut that he can name and locate a dl9» ••aso lu a fe\ minutes. Treats all rable CPSOS o! Catarrh, Nose, Throat and ist.ng uiseases. Eye nnd Eur, lisra, Paralysis, Nouralda, Nnrvous and Heart diseases, Blood t. Siiln d. jases, r-riijlit's Disease Cor «umptton uu UTOI1 Epilepsy, in earii stoniachj_Liver and Kidneys, Gravel, ir eumac .or ••taRp diseases of thettladder and i?emal6*brgan£ l.lmior aud Tobacco habit. Stammering cured and sure methods to provent Its recurrence given. A uever-fallhiK romody fir Big Keck. PILES, FISTULA a. an- JIUPTURE guaran tied cured without detention from business. Spucial attention given to all Surgical eases*, nnd nil dlsi'nses of the JCo*e nnd Throat. (ilijs.soH llttod and guaranteed* Granulated lids,Cataract, Cross Eyes straightened without pain. NERVOUS DEBILITY. Are you nervous and despondent: weak and debilitated tired mornings: no ambition—life less memory poor easily fatigued excitable and Irritable eyes sunken, red and blurred: pitnploson faco dreams and night losses: rest less, haggard looking: weak back deposit In "rlue aud drains at stool: distrustful* want of confidence: lack of energy and strength? Private Diseases a Spec ialty, Biood Poison, Nerrousnesg, Dizziness, De "ectlvo Memory and othe ailments which ruin body and mlnd'posltlvely cured. WONDERFUL CURES Perfected In old cases which have been nec »ected or unskUlfully treated. No experiments 0* failures. He undertakes no lucuraole oasui bat cure thousands given up to die* Consultation Free and Confidential. Address, DR. WH.BERT SHALLENBERGER, 145 Oakwood Blvd., 'Relerenoe: Drcxel State Bank. M.FLEROYPreat. H. A. GRANGER Oubler E. C. HESNER, AlBt. C*sM«r A. H. BLAKE, 1st. V. PMMden H. 0. HAEBERLE, 2nd. V. PrMMnt, First National: 1 BANK. MANOHE8TER. IOWA. interest Paid on Tim Depodti. SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES FOR BENT. R. R. Robinson, E. If. Carr, B. A. Granger H. A. von Ovei L.L.Hoyt, Vapor ol pores Ladies HOLLISTER LUMBER COMPANY^ W. N. BOYNTON. Delaware County Manchester, Iowa. CapitalJand Surplus $90,000, —OFFICERS— Pw°iiSEY' £«i4ut CHA8. J. SJJEDfe, CMhiK C-W-KEAGr. A 3 2 CAPITAL. *50,000 General Banking Business Xfcusutad. K. V. UB07, •. iMklir, A. A. Compound Vapor and Sham poo Baths. Balds 4 Si Most all dis eases are caused by poisonous aeo rations, which clog the wheels of NATUK1. j- j#. The name and and the symptoms ana may be dlfsrut Shampoo, but the causa rf disease, aaa ual1' to the imperiect notion ol the Minim ol the human body. A hatk to accordance with sclentl£c ments is the beBt prereatativa Bad remedy known. The methods ampin, ed by me are the most scientific aver invented or dlscoveied tor dlspellinc disease. Results tell tbe *tory' Giro me a trial. This Is the Conant system of baths. A competent lady attendant In charge of the ladies department* Office and bath rooms on Franklin street, opposite Globe Hotel. 6tr G. D.OATtS8. W. N. BOYNTON, HAS and dents dold Watchea in ail sizes kinds and styles, Ladles, dents and ChrlldrensiKlags from DIAMONDS, OPALS, tlntH. ALDS, PEARLS,ETC., down to PLAIN GOLD BANDS. WEDDING RING8. SOLID STERLING SILVER FORKS, 'I TABLE, DESERT and TEA SPOONS, NAPKIN RINGS, ETC., JMO., *TO Also large line of Best Brands ol— i-" SILVER PLATED SPOONS, FORKS, KNIVES, TEA SETS, WATER BETS CAKE BASKETS, BUTTER DIIHSS, ETC., ETC. CARVING KNIVES and FORKS, T..R»F»Q GUARP. CHAINS, GENTS VEST CHAINS, RINGS, CHARMS, LOGK BTB, GOLD SPE0TACLE8, ML». LAS, GOLD PENS. Come and see the Si* many things we have not space to list w* VlosrresldiDt —DIRECTOR WM. c. CAWLBY. W. G. KENYON. M. H. WILUSTON E. P. SEEDS. irtm' B. W. TUtRIMk B. V. ARNOLD. DURHAM. OHAS. J.8EKD8, United State., EBglandareta^SSS!!^^™* any sum from one PMts o? Europe?Me '€f Interest paid on Tims DepotiU at current rates, which can bt Wfi dollar up. ^Deposit Boxes (ot rent, (or the itonn at valuable papers, eto., all guarded by UmiTfoeka, 4,1 a 404 ttonl from ladfeafrSOnM I ct"wklnK Mootou KMlTad banking business of tbe-DubUa nwMk fuhysoUclt^d. and we assure all our customers netsnSSSS? 011 When you want Fine Furniture Ai* GO TO Werkmeister's Mm- consl,t"I1,WIUll®"1 Ai Fair Prices AT Tjr4$. Earlville. Undertaking Solicited F. WERKME1STER, Emrlville, Iowa -a