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they all rushed In together. none stand
ing aside for Azim. 1t was dark. and
the second eunuch went reluctant to get
a torch, In fear lest his fellow murder
ers should open the safe In his absence.
Bue he need have had no fear. The
cardinal event of that night is the tri-
umphant vindication of the advertised
merits of Cobbs' unrivaled safes. The
tumult that occurred between the Min
dapore sepoys and the people need not
concern us. The people loved not the
new Ratah-let that suffice. The con-
spirators got the key from round the
dead Rajahs neck. and tried a multi
tude of the magic words of the English
that Samud Singh knew. such as 'Gorb-
limey'-in vain.
In the morning. the sale in the treas
ure-room remained intact and defiant,
the woodwork about 1t was smashed to
splinters, and great chunks of stone
knocked out of the wall, dents abun-
dainty scattered over its impregnable
door. and a dust of files below. And
the shifty Golam had to explain the
matter to the soldiers and mollahs as
best he could. This was an extremely
difficult thing to do. because in no kind
of business is prompt cash so neces-
sary as in the revolutionary line.
The state of affairs for the. next few
days in Mindapore was exceedingly
strained. One fact stands out prom
mently, that Aim Khan was hopelessly
feeble The soldiers would not at first
believe in the exemplary integrity OF
the safe. and a deputation insisted in
the most occidental manner i'm verify
ing the new Rajahs statements. More
over. the populace clamored, and then
by naked man running. came the
alarming intelligence that the new
deputy commissioner at Allapore was
coming headlong and with soldiers to
verify the account of the revolution
Golam Shah and Samud Singh had sent
him in the name of Azim.
The new commissioner was raw
young man, partly obscured by pith
helmet, and chock full of zeal and the
desire for distinctions; and he had
heard of the treasure. He was going.
he said, to sift the matter thoroughly.
On the arrival of this distressing in
telligenCe there was a hasty and in
formal council of state Cat which AZim
was not presently, counter revolution
was arranged. and all that Azim ever
learnt of it was the sound of foot
fall behind him. and the cold touch of
a revolver barrel on the neck.
When the commissioner arrived. that
deXterous statesman. Golam Shah, and
that honest soldier, Samud Singh We're
ready to receive him, and they had two
corpses, several witnesses, and neat
little story. In addition they had shot
an unpopular officer of the Mindapore
sepoys. They told the commissioner
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harsh, and n taint that seemed to all
about him to be assuredly the taint
of avarice crept into his acts. He seized
the goods of Lal Dunn, the metal work.
er, because, forsooth, he had stabbed
his wife; and he put n new tax upon
the peoples cattle, and sweated the
bribes of those who stood about him in
the hall of audience. Also a touch of
suspicion of those about him replaced
his old fearlessness. He accused Col
am Shah to his face of spying upon
him. and uttered threats. Moreover,
which inclined Golam Shah to hope
fulness. he seemed to take a dislike to
Azim Khan. Once indeed he made a
kind of speech in the hall of audience
Therein he declared many times over
in peculiarly husky toice. husky yet
full of conviction, that Aim Khan was
not worth half anna, not half anna
to any human soul.
In those latter days of the Rajahs
decline. moreover. when merchants
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how Azim had plotted against the
Rajah and raised a military revolt, and
how the people, who loved the old
Rajah. even as Golam Shah and Samud
Singh loved him. had quelled the re-
volt, and how peace was restored again
And Golam explained how Azim had
fought for life even in the hall of au-
dience, and how he. Golam had been
wounded in the struggle, and how
Samud had shot Azim with his own
hand.
And the deputy commissioner, being
weak in his dialect, had swallowed 1t
all. All round the deputy commission
er, in the minds of the people, the pal
ace, and the city. hung the true story Of
the case. as it seemed to Golam Shah,
like an avalanche ready to fall; and
yet he did not learn it for fours days.
And Golam and Samud went to and
fro, whispering and pacifying. prom
Using to get at the treasure as soon
as the deputy commissioner could be
got out Of the way. And as they went
to and fro so also the report went to
and fro--that Golam and Samud had
opened the safe and hidden the treas
ure, and closed and locked it again;
and bright eyes watched them Curl
ously and hungrily even as they
watched the Rajah in the days that
were gone.
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scientific turn of mind he would have
observed that strong smell of gum
powder still hung about the audience
chamber more than was explained by
the narrative told him: and had he eX-
plored the adjacent apartment he would
presently have discovered the small
treasure room with its smashed locks
and the ceiling now dependent ruins.
and amid the ruins the safe bulging
peri!ously from the partly collapsed
walls, but still unconquered and with
its treasures unexplored. Also 1t is
fact that Golam Shah's bandaged hand
was not the consequence of heroism III
battle, but OF certain private blasting
operations too amateurishly prose-
cuted.
So you have the situation: Deputy
commissioner installed in the palace,
sending incorrect information to head
quarters and awaiting Instructions the
safe as safe as ever: assistant conspir-
ators grufnbling louder and louder; and
Golam and Samud getting more -
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Castoria.

"Castoria is an excellent medicine for
children. Mothers have repeatedly told me
Of its good effect upon their children"
DR.. G. {. OsGoop,
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What a fool he must have looked"
wheezed MacTurk. who did not like the
deputy commissioner. What a fool he
must have looked!"
simple enough" said MacTurk,
when you know how it came about"
But how did it come about?" asked
the station master.
Secret drinking" said MacTurk.
Bourbon whisky. I taught him how
to take IT myself. But he didn't dare
let on that he was doing it, poor old
chap! Mndapore's one of the most
fanaticaIly Mahometan states in the
hill. you see. And he always was Sc
cretive kind of chap, and given to do
ing things by himself. SO he got that
safe to hide it in. and keep the bottles.
Broke 'em up to pack, I s'pose. when it
got too fun Lord. l might ha known.
When people spoke OF his treasure.
never thought of putting that and the
safe and the Bourbon together. But
how plain it is! And what sell for
Parkinson. Pounded glass. The ac-
cumulation of years! Lord!-rd "a
given couple of stone of my weight
to see him open that safe."
(The End)
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"Castoria is the best remedy for children
of which am acquainted. I hope the day
Is not far distant when mothers will con.
slider the real interest of their children, and
use Castoria instead of the various quack
nostrums which are destroying their loved
ones, by forcing opium, morphine. soothing
syrup and other hurtful agents down their
Threats, thereby sending them to premature
graves" Dr. J.F. .KINcHELoR,
Conway Ark.
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Between Jehun and Bimabur, on the
Himalayan slopes, and between the
jungles and the higher country where
the pines and the deodars are gathered
together, ruled the rajah, of whose
wonderful treasure / am telling. Hun
dreds of thousands of people heard OF
that treasure N its time between
Peshawur and Calcutta. And the curious
thing about it was that the Rajah kept
It not buried Unnecessarily. but in
patent safe, sunk into the wall of lit
tie room beyond the hall of audience.
Very great was the treasure, people
said, for the Rajah had prospered all
his days. He had found Mindapore
village, and, behold! 1t was city. Be
low his fort of unhewn stone the flat
rooted huts Of mud had multiplied;
and now there sprang up houses and
upstairs rooms, and the place which
had once boasted no more than one
buniah man, engendercd q baZar in the
midst of it, as fat oyster secretes
pearl. And the Rajah had walled his
city about.
Moreover, the Holy. Palace up the
river prospered, and the road up the
passes was made safe. Merchants and
fakirs multiplied about the wells. men
came and went, twice even white men
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came. he would go aside with them
secretly into the little room. and speak
low. so that those i'm the hall Of au-
dience, howsoever they strained their
ears, could hear nothing Of his speech.
These things Golam Shah and Azim
Khan, and Samud Singh, who had
Joined their councils, treasured in their
hearts
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PART III.

"This city is no longer for you and
me-" said Golam Shah, in a moment of
clear insight. "They are mad about
this treasure. Golconda would not sat-
isfy them"
The deputy commissioner. when he
heard their story, did indeed make
knowing inquiries (as knowing as the
knowingness of the English goes) in
order not to show himself too credu-
lous, but he elected nothing. He had
heard tales of treasure, had the COM
missioner and of a great box? So had
Golam and Samud. but where it was
they could not tell. They, too, had
heard tales of treasure-many tales in
deed. Perhaps there was treasure.
Had the deputy commissioner had the
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PART II.

1T Is true about the treasure" said
Azim; they talked of it around the
well of the travellers; even the mer-
chants from Tibet had heard the tale,
and had come their way with jewels
of price, and afterwards they went
secretly, telling no one" And ever and
again, it was said, came a negro mute
from the plains with secret parcels for
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-25
HER HAPPY DAY.
A CHARMING STORY or MEDiCiHE
AND MARRIAGE.
Two Open Letters Frem . Chicago e4rl
EaL. How Happiness CamS to Her. -.

Among the tens of thousands Of
women who apply to Mrs. Pinkham for
advice and are cured, are many who
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-25
BAN JOHNSON's FIGURES.
They VIII Not Stand the Test of
Analysis,

Mr.. Ban Johnson, president Of the
Western league and calculator extra
ordinary, has given out some more Of
hclal figures which will not stand an
official test. Probably no attention
would be paid to his arithmetical
gyrations in st. Paul, but for the fact
that he not only refuses to allow the
Mullane forfeit, in which he is right.
but takes q game from ST. Paul over
which there was no dispute whatever.
He gives this game to Grand RAPIDS
in the total Of games won, but in this
makes fatal blunder, as in the John
son table Grand Rapids is credited
with 46 victories and "a defeats. These
two numbers added together make
Grand Rapids total 140. Now even
Mr.. Johnson should have known that
Grand Rapids played only 1S9 games,
for nc longer ago than Sept 16 a rain
storm prevented what was to have
been the closing game between st. Paul
and Grand Rapids. This game has
not been played off. If eight base ball
clubs play seventy games in each of
the eight cities interested the number
of games played will be eight times
seventy or $50. OF the games scheduled.
however, eleven We're not played, seven
in Indianapolis, two in ST. Paul. one
in Grand Rapids and one in Kansas
City. Taking eleven from $50 we have
$40. Each of Mr.. Johnson's official
columns won and "'lost" must, there
fore, foot up 549. Mr.. Johnson made
them foot UP that way by making four
blunders He took a victory from st.
Paul and added one to Grand Rapids.
In the lost column he took defeat
from Detroit and added one to Kansas
City. In this way he makes it appear
that st. Paul and Detroit each actually
played one game less than they did
and that Kansas City and Grand
Rapids each played one game more
than they did. Here is Mr. Johnson's
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-25
Terre Haflte Results.

TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Sept PA big
crowd witnessed today's races. The track
was fast, weather perfect and the events
furnished rare sport
2:1S pace purse So, e09-Planet won third
fourth and fifth heats; Princess Eulalia won
first and second. Time, 2:10A. 2:11%, 2:11,
2:13, PIP. Tuty Wilkes, Russo Clay. Billy
Walters, Dave Roland, Tommy Mack, Ambi-
dexter. Hal Crage, Lyon B and The Jewess
also started.
2:1S trot, purse $1,500-Dick Hubbard won
in straight heats. Time, 2;14A, 2:13A, 2:12sl
Franklin, Edmonia, MacDuf, Dora II and
Bessie Wilton also started.
2:13 trot purse $1,000, unffnished-PiIet
Bony won first two heats, Senator A third
and fourth. Time, 2:10s4 2:10E. 2:1lh, 2:13h.
Dentine, Russellmont belmont, Fred Kohl
and Marble Heart also started.
2:15 trot, purse $2,000-Pray Tell won first
and Newcastle second heats. Time, ZIP.
2:11%. Cutglass, Sunland Clay, Judge Rice
and Jimmie also started.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-25
A Singular nuel

An extraordinary duel, which at the time
created an immense sensation was one In
winch the decision arrived at. not by
swords or pistols. but by means OF a. deadly
poison. The men-who, it Is hardly neces-
sary TO say, had fallen out over a lady-had
left the arrangement of details to their sec
onds, and until they faced each other they
did not know by what method they were to
settle their differences. One Of the seconds
was doctor, and he had made I'D for the
occasion four black pellets all identical In
size and shape. In one Of these, he said,
Il have placed a sufficient quantity OF prussic
acid to cause the almost instantaneous death
of any one who swallows it. We will decide
by the toss OF a coin which of you is to have
first choice, and you will alternately draw
and swallow a pill until the poison shows
its effects" Two Of the pellets were then
taken as the toss had decided, but without
effect in either case. This time said the
doctor, speaking of the two pellets remain
ing you must both swallow the pill at the
same Instant The choice was made and
in few seconds one of the men lay dead on
the grass.
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SEVERE CASE OF RATTLEs
MARKED THE OPENING OF THE
CUP SERIES.
ONE SCORED FOR HOLSTERS.
gHEN DEFEATED THE MILLERS IN
VERY CLUMSiI.Y PLAYED
GAME.
ReIative Ability of the Two Third
Place Teams Settled at
Detroit.

Special to the Globe
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, Sept. 24.-In-
dianapolis captured the first game Of
the Detroit Free Press cup series with
Minneapolis in the presence of 2,112
spectators. From the first to last the
contest was full of interest and be
lOnged TO either team Chauncey
Fisher and Harley PARKER We're the
opposing pitchers. Both were 5atted
freely, Parker suffering the most ex-
tensively. 1t was a game IN which 20
per cent figured 1t was this 20 per
cent that caused nervousness to come
over the players of each team to such
an extent, that on occasions The base
ball could not have been handled with
any greater success lad il been
foot BAH. All in all il was a great
victory for the Indianapolis players.
Their generalship was Deter than that
of their opponents. They earned seven
of their nine runs. They -ook a lead
and sustained It, forcing the NIjllers
to an uphill contest from the very first
The feature of the game was Hogan's
great work both with the bat and in
the field. He led the ,eam IN hitting,
and made four difficult catches in cen
ter, two of them sensational. The um-
piring was excellent, both Mcdonald,
who called strikes and balls, and
O'Day, who gave the base decisions,
being perfectly fair. There was no
room for argument. Previous to the
game a tally-ho parade was given and
h.a1sa
park. Both teams were greeted with
cheers when they appeared on the field.
When play was called the Nilicrs were
sent to bat, and Indianapolis took the
field. The visitors drew blank IN
dianapoHs started off with lead of
two. Shannon singled and Parker
threw McCarthy's bunt wildly. MOTIFS
single and Preston's tumble gave the
runs One was added In the second
on Hogan's triple and Fishers single.
Minneapolis registered one in the
third. Ball got first on Stewards FUN
BILE and third on Preston's single. He
was caught at the plate, but Preston
reached third while they were running
him down and scored on Wilmots fly.
In their half the Hoosiers Melted two
on MOTIFS single, Stewards single and
Lally's tumble and Hogan's two-baser.
The Millers chalked up three in the
fourth on singles by Schriver and Wer-
den and Connors' home run drive which
Hogan misjudged. Minneapolis made
1t one to the good iii her half of the
fifth, Lally hitting for two bases and
scoring on Shannon's muff, Schriyer
scoring on Connors triple. Indianap-
Oils caught up in the last half of the
inning, however. earning three runs on
Shebeck,s single, Buckleys double
and base hits by Stewart and Hogan.
The Hoosiers scored their last run in
the sixth. Hogriever Strengthening one
Tor three bases and crossing the plate
on Motzs sacrifice. In the ninth Pres
Ton tailed one for the Millers on his
own drive for base, Stewards fun
ole and Werdens single. The score:
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LANCE BROKEN ny MILLER AT
CHfCAGO.
CENTURY MARK WENT NEXT.
WORLDS TRIAL. RECORD FOR ONE
HUNDRED NILES, HOWEVER, s
STILL STANDS.
RACE FOR rwENTr-rorR HOURS
American Professional Figures
Beaten by Three of the Mem ON
the Trstcix

CHICAGO, Sept PA large crowd
was attracted to the Coliseum by the
twenty-fo hour bicycle race which
began tonight At IL o'clock the posi-
lions of the four leading men Were
Miller, $50 miles; Grimm, Waller and
Harding, so miles each.
The American record for fifty miles
paced was broken by c. w. Miller in
the remarkable time of / hour, 81 min
utes and Is 3-5 seconds. The previous
record was 2 hours, II minutes and
AS seconds The worlds trial record
for fifty miles is l hour AZ minutes and
SO 2-5 seconds.
Miller then went out for the 100-mile
record, and was riding fresh and easy
with every prospect of lowering the
American record, if not the worlds,
at the conclusion of the fifty miles:
Waller was good second The enthusi
asm was unbounded. The twenty-five
mile race was won by c. w Miller.
Time 55:12 3-5. Miller made twenty
seven miles in one hour. This is not
the record
The worlds record for trial for 100
miles is 1887 "a 4-5, but in this race the
men are riding "a hours and during the
flfst hours eight men had beaten Ameri-
can records and were following close
ly the worlds trial record At l2.41,
Miller had recovered a lost lap and
gained one on Waller and the rest of
the field.
Miller covered the one hundred miles
IN hours, minutes and l second; fin
fishing the century ahead of the other
riders and breaking the American
record which was 4 hours, rs minutes
and 10 seconds. Waller was second.
with 4:l2:4S and Harding third, 4:14:43.
All three were under the record
AT midnight there were fourteen men
on the track and eight had beaten the
American professional record. as fol-
lows 6s
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team ever since, being captain for several
seasons His name has been connected with
the position of manager several times. He
Is brilliant fielder, but is not popular
among his fellow-players This, however,
will not interfere with the strict performance
of his duty. He will take charge of the team
next spring.
The first game for the cup was much like
the game here Labor day in the morning.
Boston may release Camel.
Western league magnates are expected to
draw heavily ON Eastern league stars.
The Milwaukee journal says Comiskey will
release Burns, Stratton and Shugart.
Some one has taken the trouble to go over
the list Of players released or sold by the
Louisville club in the past four or five sea-
sons and finds that formidable team could
be organized out of the "cast OFFS Here
is team of players, every one of whom have
at one time or another played in the eolors
of the Louisville club: Catchers, Grim and
Merritt; pitchers, McDermett, Ellret, Rhines
and Hemming: first base Vaughn; second
base, Pfeffer; shortstop, Jennings; third base,
Collins or Late Gross; right field, Donovan
center field, Brown; left field, O'Brien or
Wright.
Chicago may draft Third Baseman Hart
Of hn Ikoo
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-25
MISSION SCHOONER SUNK.
Crew Saved Themselves by Taking
to Small Boats

SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 24-The South Seq
missionary schooner of the Josephites Evan
ella, IS reported to have foundered at sea in
longitude 147 west; latitude, IA degrees 80
minutes south, July 26.
The news was received in advices
brought by the Tahiti brig Tropic Bird
The Evaneila was sailing between PoInuta and
lahltl when she was caught in a storm which
so stranded he that her seams opeped and
she filled AID sank. Capt. MeGrath the cook
and several missionaries, who were on board
TOOK to the small boats, none too soon to save
themselves from being carried down with the
wreck, After drifting about for tyenty-six
hours, they were picked UP by sonth-bound
vessel and landed safely on the island OF Ia
hiti. The Evaneila was built on this coast
not long ago. 1t cost $4,000 to construct her
and fit her out.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-25
LARKIN WON ONE.
His Record of Defeats Is Broken AT
Last.

In the fourth game of Foley's bill
lard tourney played last night, Larkin
defeated young Foley after close and
well played contest, by 26 points, the
score being 140 for Larkin to 224 for
Foley. who was handicapped at $50.
This is Larkin's first victory in a.
tournament game, and he showed a
vast improvement in his play over the
former series. His present handicap
ought to give him a strong show for
the lead in the tournament. Foley
played steadier game than for some
time, due to the fact that he is now
practicing steadily. If he keeps it up
he ought to improve his play 100 per
cent before winter Nineteen was his
best run, 1T being scored twice, Larkin' s
best being Is and A. Tonight Cochran
and Torrance will play, 1870 points up
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TEMPLE CUP SERIES.
Deciding Game May He Played In
New York.

CLEVELAND, O., Sept 24-Capt
Tebeau, of the Cleveland base ball club,
said today that while no definite ar
engagements had been made for the
Temple cup, games between the Cleve-
land and Baltimore teams, there is
little doubt the first three games
of the series will be played in Baltimore
next Thursday, Friday and Saturday
The next three games will probably be
played on the Cleveland grounds during
the first three days Of the following
week. Only one extra game will be
played if each team wins three out of
the first six. The decisive game will be
played on neutral grounds. In what
city this game viii be played it Is not
settled, but Capt. Tebeau favors New
York