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MYSTERY OF THE
BAYOU WOODS
By WALKER KENNEDY.
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"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. Ho was actively engaged on
the stage for forty-nine years, and at
the close of his stage career he took a
benefit at Drury Lane theater, which
realised nearly £000. He also received
£100 from the Drury Lane fund. This
was in June, 1828. He died in 1887 and
was buried in the churchyard in St
James* chapel, Pentonvilie hill.—Lon
don Standard.
.Animal* and PoUolu.
Certain substances which are deadly
l^Uhe^eflecte^upor^m^cMh»^^m
by the brute creation with impunity.
Horses can take lnri^e doses of anti
mony, dogs of mercury, goats of tobac
co, mice of hemlock and ruhhits of
belladonna without injury. On tho
other hand, dogs and cats are much
more susceptible to the influence of
chloroform than man and arc much
sooner killed by It. If this invaluable
amesthctic had boon first tried upon
animals, we should probably have nev
er enjoyed its blessings, as it would
have been found to bo so fnlal that, its
discoverer would havo boon alraid to
test its effects upon human beings. It
evident, then, that an experiment
upon an animal can never he tho
meaus of any certain deductions so far
as man is concerned.—Family Doctor.
SkyrocketM Roforc Ounpowder.
It matters very little in the long run
to the small hoy when, how or where
fireworks woiv llrst imnlo and of what
they are made now. Hut tho fact re
mains that the despised heathen Chi
nese first made them and used them
nnd that civilized communities did not
know of them until the fourteenth cen
tury. Tho skyrocket was lu-st invented
toward the close of the ninth century
and at that time was used, so Is said,
in India and China in war. That was
long before the Invention of gunpow
der. ..
Ornamental Jndc.
The Chinese have cut jade for WJCS,
but never ornamcMitcil it except by
sculpture. When It was intioilurcil In
to India, the native jewelers, u-itli tliolr
quick eye for color, ut once i\v what
a perfect ground it nflortleil for mount
ing precious stones, nnd they wore tln
flrst to lncrust them on jnde. The In
dia museum in London possesses the
choicest specimens of this work known
of tho best mogul period. Tftif
Tronlile. of Mnnneer,
Assistant (in menagerie)—Sir, it rninn.
Keeper—Good heavens! Don't v:a: i'
a minute, but take in that zebra- 11
color runs.—Londou Stauda
Forlicnrunee on Roth slili...
Harry—You and Tom apnear to
In France it Is illegal to catch frogs
at night.
A Sweet Breath
is a never failing sign of a healthy
etomach. When the breath IB bad the
stomach is out of order. There is no
remedy In the world equal to Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure for curing indigestion,
djppepBta and all Btomacb disorders.
Mrs. Mary S. Crick, of White Plains,
... jc
for years—tried all kinds of remedies
but continued to grow worse. By the
use of Kodol I began to improve at once,
and after taking a few bottles am fully
restored In weight, health and strength
and can eat whatever I like. Kodol
digests what you eat and makes the
stomach sweet. Smith Bros.
The records left by the 1'hoenecians,
Assyrians and ancient Persians show
that among ali thote nations the use of
perfumes was very common.
A Iiesson in Health.
Healthy kidneys filter the impurities
from the blood, and unless they do this
good health is impossible. Foley's Kid
ney Cure makes sound kidneys and
will positively cure all form of kidney
and bladder disease. It strengthens the
whole system. Sold by Denton & Ward.
A melon patch in a cornbeld will
sometimes neutralize the work of the
local Sunday school.
For liver troubles and constipation
There's nothing better in creation
Than Little Early llisers, the famouB
little pills.
They always effect a cure and save
doctor bills.
Little Early Iiisers are dlil'erent from
all otber pills. They do not weaken the
system, but act as a tonic to the tissues
by arousing the secretions
and restoring
the full performance of its functions
naturally. Smith Bros.
The largest dome in the world is that
of the Lutheran church at Warsaw.
Its interior diameter is 200 feet. That
of the British museum library is 130
feet.
Uood for Children.
The pleasant to take and harmless
One Minute Cough Cure gives imtnedi
ate relief in all caseB of Cough. Croup
and LaUrippe because it does not pass
immediately into the stomach, but
take effect right at the seat of the trou
ble. It draws out the inflammation,
bealB and soothes and cures permanent
iy by enabling the lungs to contribute
pure life-giving and life sustaining
oxygen to the blood and tissues. Smith
Bros.
Meat originally meant any kind of
food.
Due Notice IB Served,
Due notice is hereby served on the
public generally that De Witt's Witch
Hazel galve is the only salve on the
market that is made from tho pure, un
adulterated witch hazel. DeWitt'o
Witch Hazel Salve haB cured thousands
of cases of pileB that would
not yield to any other treatment, and
this fact has brought out many worth
less counterfeits. Those persons who
get the genuine De Witt's Witch Hazel
Salve are never disappointed, because
it cures. Smith Bros.
Very Low Bates.
To points in Montana, Idaho, Wash
ington, Oregon, British Columbia, Utah
and Colorado, in effect daily from Feb.
15th to April 30tb, via Chicago Great
Western By. Write to J. P. Elmer, G.P
A.,Chicago, for full particnlars.
5-13w.
WM. DONNELLY, M.
Physician and Surgeon.
.Proprietor ol we
Ryan Drug Store.
fjrf Dealer la
Drugs, Stationery, Etc,
BYAN IOWA
Illinois Central
EXCURSION RATES.
Kxcurslon tickets will be sold by the Illinois
Oontr.il, to tho points, and at rates, as follows:
Fare and one-tliird on Certiorate Plan.
Sioux City, In.,—Meeting Iowa State Medical
Society. April
Sioux City, la ,—Meeting Iowa State Dental
Socicty, May 5-7.
Sioux Cltv, Iowa.,—Grand Lodge A. O. U. W
anri Degree of Honor of Iowa, May 12-14.
Washington, !. C.—Congress of Amerioan
Hiysldaus nud burgeons, Mny 19-14.
Nr»u- Orleans. 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
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