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The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-02-01

panion by the arm and stood trans
fixed, his eyes dilated, his neck craned
in listening attitude, every muscle
tense like those of wild animal in
ambush about to spring upon it's APP
preaching prey.
Presently a click was heard as
though bolt had been shot from it's
socket.
Draw your revolver!" Sturgis whis-
pered hoarsely to his companion.
"Quick!-Look there!"
At the same time he drew his own
weapon and pointed in the direction
of the door at the head of the stairs.
The door opened and man entered,
quietly smoking cigar.
"Dr. Murdock!" exclaimed Sprague
with horror.
Murdoch, still holding the door ajar.
eyed the two men for an instant, his
impassive face betraying not the
slightest sign of emotion. Then, TAX
ing his cigar from his lips:
"Ah, gentlemen" he drawled, in his
ironical way. 81 am delighted to see
you. trust you will make yourselves
perfectly at home for a few minutes.
l shall return directly. You can con-
tinue. to work out your little prob
lem in the meantime, Mr.. Sturgis.''
With these words he calmly turned
to leave the room.
"Stop!" shouted Sturgis. leveling
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his revolver at Murdock's head; "stand
where you are or I fire!''
The reporters shot rang out almost
before he had finished his sentence;
but Murdoch, unscathed, passed out
of the room, closing the door behind
him.
Sprague, dazed by the rapidity with
which this scene had been acted, stood
rooted to the spot, without having
made any attempt to use the revolver
which he had drawn at Sturgis' bid
ding.
The reporter sprang up the stairs
and threw his weight against the
door. But it was doubtless intended
to Withstand great shocks, for it re-
manned mistaken.
Check" came the sound of mock
ing voice from the other side of the
door.
Then, rushing down the stairs
again, Sturgis shouted to his COM
panion:
"Come quick! We must get out of
here!"
And he led the way through the
subterranean passage toward the eel
lar of the Manhattan Chemical COM
pany.
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LIEUT.. MABEL c. HUNT.
A Bright Salvation Army Lassie, Who
Knows How to Keep Her Corps
in Good Health.

Ogden, Utah. Jan. 90, 1901 (Spe-
ciaD.-The Pacific Coast Division of the
Salvation Army, whose noble work in
the interests of fallen humanity has
done so much for this western coun-
try, has it's headquarters in this city.
One of the brightest and most enthu-
siastic workers is Lieut.. Miss Mabel
Clarice Hunt. Everyone knows how
these devoted people parade the streets
day or night, exposing themselves to
all kinds of weather, that NJ opportun-
ity may be lost of rescuing some poor
unfortunate from sin and suffering.
In some cases, their recklessness in
thus exposing themselves has been
commented upon as almost suicidal.
Their answer to such criticisms in
variably is their unfailing faith in the
Divine injunction to do right and fear
not" Lieut.. Hunt explains one of the
means she employs to keep her SOL
diers" in good health, as follows:
II have found Dodd's Kidney Pills Of
great value in cases of Kidney and
Liver Trouble and Diseases contracted
from severe colds. Several of our lads
and lassies have been repeatedly ex-
posed to cold weather and rain, and
have spoken for hours out of doors.
often with wet feet and chilled to the
marrow. AS a consequence of this ex-
posture, Pulmonary Trouble, Rheu-
matism and Kidney Disorders often
ensue. In such cases, 1 always advise
Dodd's Kidney Pills, for have noticed
better results, quicker relief, and more
lasting benefit from the use of Dodd's
Kidney Pills in such cases, than from
all other medicines I know of COM
bined. They cleanse the blood, regu-
late the system, and destroy disease"
A medicine which can do what Lieut..
Hunt says SO positively Dodd's Kidney
Pills do is surely worth the attention
of all who suffer with any form of Kid
ney Trouble, Rheumatism, or Blood
Disorders.
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THE STURGIS WAGER
A DETECTIVE STORY.
CHAPTER XX.-CoNTINUED.
BY EDGAR MORETTE.
!: Copyright, 1850, by Frederick A. Stokes Co. s
)X4Xo&e&@&


There was brief silence, broken at
last by Sprague, who asked:
HAS he escaped?"
Sturgis hesitated.
THAT depends upon how we look at
It," he said, gravely, at length; "he has
paid the penalty of his crimes"
"What do you mcan?"
"He is Dead" answered the reporter.
dead? But 1 tell you saw him"
II know; but he has died since"
"Suicide?'
"No;" the reporters voice sank to a
whisper; murder"
MURDER" repeated the artist, star
tied. "But how do you know that?"
"This lump of lead tells the story"
said Sturgis, holding up the shapeless
piece of metal which he had taken out
of the vat.
what is it? A bullet?"
Eyes; the bullet which Chatham car
ried in his arm from the time that he
was wounded by Arbogast, the bullet
which has enabled me to trace him step
by step, from his fight from the over
turned cab to DR.. Thurston's and finally
to his death in this very room; the
bullet whose peculiar shape is record
ed in this shadow picture taken by
Thurston by means of the Roentgen
rays"
! So saying, he handed Sprague the
photograph. But the artist had ceased
to listen.
"In this very room ?" he unused aloud,
looking about him with awe.
Eyes. The story is simple enough.
The man whose instrument Chatham
was is not one who would care to be
numbered up with tools, which become
positively dangerous as soon as they
cease to be useful. This man, totally
unhampered by pity, gratitude or fear,
determined to destroy the accountant,
whose discovery might have imperiled
his own welfare. What mattered "a
human life or two, when weighed
against the possible loss of his own
life or liberty, or of his high social
standing and his enormous wealth; for
this man is both renowned and rich,
and he appears to have brought whole
sale murder to a science
do you mean to say that wholesale
murder can be INDUCED in with i'm
punity in a city like New York, at the
end of the nineteenth century," asked
Sprague, aghast.
Yes; when it is done in the system
attic and scientific manner that has been
employed here. For this murderer is
the most remarkable criminal of mod
ern times. He has not been satisfied
with killing his victims; he has sue
ceeded in completely wiping them out
of existence. Criminals have often at
tempted to destroy the bodies of their
victims, but they have never before sue
ceeded as this man has. He is chem
list OF remarkable talent, and he has
discovered a compound in which bone
as well as human tissue is rapidly and
totally dissolved. There it is in yon-
der tank. See how completely the
liquid has destroyed the bone handle
of this knife"
Sturgis, after showing the damaged
knife to his companion, resumed his
whiting upon the cover of the box
on which the artist was seated.
"Chatham's body has been dissolved
In that tank within very short time
It has entirely disappeared; this fiat
tened bullet alone is left. lead being
one of the few substances which are
not soluble in the contents of the
tank. Fortunately he overlooked that
fact. Genius has its lapses."
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Presently Sprague ventured to say:
EFF numerous crimes have been COM
mitted here, as you intimate, do not
understand how it is that suspicion
has never rested on this house be-
FORE"
''The author of these crimes has
taken every precaution to render the
chance of discovery quite remote. His
dwelling-houseo on one street, and the
bogus Chemical company on the other,
are in communication through this
underground passage, while appar-
emily having no connection with each
other. Moreover, he is too shrewd to
make frequent use of this death cham
Der. That does well enough as a last
resort, when he is obliged to commit
the murders with his own hands; but
suspect that this man has other
agents like Chatham. who do the
dirty work for him and then quietly
ship the bodies here for humiliation,
as it was intended should be done
with Arbogast's. All! yes; I thought
SO. You are sitting upon one of these
bodies now
Sprague started to his feet; and,
following the direction in which Stur-
gis was pointing with his open knife,
he vaguely discerned, through the
opening which the reporter had whit
tied, small surface of what had
once been. the features of a human
being.
After gazing for some minutes in
horror-stricken silence at the distort-
ed face, the artist asked in a low
voice:
"How did Chatham meet his death?"
II don't know yet" answered Stur-
gis, gravely; "this man is no ordinary
criminal. His work is clean and
leaves no blood-stains and no disorder
to tell of its accomplishment. He
takes life with his, own hands only
when he is forced tt do so; but, when
he does, his method is mastery. It
was easier to make away with Chat
ham than to pay him the price agreed
upon for his completely in the Knick-
erbocker bank embezzlement; and so
his life was taken. I hope to discover
how before 1 leave here"
Sprague started as the reporter
ceased speaking.
''The price of his completely" he
claimed, laying his hand upon Sturgis'
arm and looking earnestly into his
eyes.
"Yes," replied the reporter, steadi-
ly meeting his friends gaze, ''his
daughters hand"
Sprague looked away from the hon
est eyes of the reporter, as if he
dreaded to read in them the answer
to his next question.
"Who is this fiend incarnate, who
is willing to traffic in his own flesh
and blood, and with whom murder is
a science?"
"The man who is capable of these
crimes. and of any others which
might serve to remove an obstacle
from his way is
The reporter did not finish his SEN
tence. He suddenly grasped his COM
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Old Friend-Lucilla, do you remem-
Der you used to say all the nice men
were married?
Young Wife (of about a years
standing)-Yes, and I have found ont
now that they were.-Chicago Trib-
une.
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CONSERVATORY.

ITO Be Continued.l
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-12-11
EDUCATION AT THE A. Il NJ.
The Latest Method ofDevclOpiDg
Students intellects and
Muscle.

Correspondence Elllsville News.l
Agricultural College, Miss.-Editor
News: After long pause | will write
you again about the happenings in
connection with this place. Our foot
ball team has played Meridian, New
Orleans and Tuscaloosa's football
teams since wrote my last letter. We
beat Meridian with a score of IL to 5.
In New Orleans our best player got
one of his ribs knocked loose from his
spinal column and was unable to play;
later, in the Tuscaloosa game, we went
to play the game in great state, by
chartering a train, hiring the Colum-
bus brass band, and carrying the foot
ball sponsors. We left the college
about 100 a. m. and reached our jour
ney's end about IL a. m. The sponsors
were given a rubber-hre surrey, deco
rated with our college colors, so that
they could paint Tuscaloosa red. Sew
eral ladies that live on the campus
went with us. We formed the battal-
ion at Tuscaloosa depot and marched
up to the center of town where we met
a policeman, who promptly turned the
town over to us. The game commenced
at $3.50 p. m. and lasted till dark. We
had a much heavier team than Ala
bama, but their men we're too quick
for us. The fact about it is, they knew
how to play foot ball. We were beaten
by a score of 40 too.
Mr.. Schamber of Laurel, came very
near loosing his life on this trip. AS we
went through Gordo, Ala, our train
had to stop so that gravel train could
go into side track and one of our
boys got left here. Schamber saw him
and leaned out on the steps of the
platform, SO as to signal our train to
stop, a breakbeam that was turned
down on the gravel train struck him
and knocked him under our train. His
head struck crosstie, causing uncon-
ciousness aud making a deep flesh
wound. When picked up his hand
was still on the rail. He was carried
up to hotel in Tuscaloosa where his
third and fourth fingers with their
meticarpals we're amputated. Scham-
Der has gone to his home in Laurel.
Las Graves has gone home for awhile
on account of sickness. We hope to see
him back soon. A STUDENT.
If the above is fair sample of the
work being done at the Mississippi A.
and M. College, the State is getting
wretchedly poor returns for the money
spent on it, and might just as well
abolish the institution and establish a
farm for raising prize fighters.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-12-11

The McComb City Enterprise says
there is no doubt that the electric line
from Summit to Magnolia will mater
ialize. 1t says that "Mayor Ratcliff, of
Summit, is pushing the enterprise with
q vim and is making arrangements
to have the route surveyed and the
right of way secured. He is in CORE
spondence with an Ohio concern that
agrees to do the work for 500 and dis
pose Of all the stock. 1t is proposed
70 capitalize the company with $780,
600 stock, which will build and equip a
frst-class road from Summit to Mag
nolia, passing through McComb,
Whitestown and Fernwood, and giving
NcComb . circuit Of mile or prob
ably two miles
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-12-11

The theatre -goers of Greenwood
suffered the greatest disappointment
Of the season last Wednesday evening,
when large audience greeted the julie
Walters Company in Side Tracked"
From the rising of the curtain on the
first act to the close of the performance
it was succession of disappointments.
In the first place, the plot and plan of
the play were disgustingly devoid of
interesting features, and the actors
are the poorest that ever tired an ex-
pectant audience in this city. And
that is saying great deal, for IL ever
a community was surfeited with cheap,
transforming aggregations this one
has been. With the exception of Hen
messy LeRoyale in "Other Peoples
Money" there has not been a first-class
company at the opera house. "Faust,"
Rose Stillman and VALLEY Forge" did
fairly we'll, but the others we're simply
execrable. l am not disposed to CEN
sure the manager of the opera house,
since it is not possible for him to al
ways know the character of the COM
panies before they come. But the
press is surely very direlict in its duty.
If the newspapers would tell the. truth
about these miserable gangs of profess
sional humbugs, the innocent and gen
erously inclined public would be
spared the pain of listening and seeing,
and the injustice of being robbed by
them. l am great believer in the ed
ucational and moral influence of the
stage. 1t should go hand in hand
with the church in presenting and in
culcatlng the great moral truths so
essential to the development of char
acter, and when / see it dishonored by
lot of frauds of the julie Walters
Company class, / feel it to be my duty
to protest Greenwood Comma icealth.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-12-11
. T. HOBBS, Editor and Proprietor.
THE PAST Is DEAD.

My soul is sailing through the sea,
But the Past is heavy and hindereth me.
The past hath cristed cumbrous shells
That hold the flesh of cold sea-smells
About my soul.
The huge waves wash, the high waves roll.
Each barnacle clingeth and worketh dole
And hindereth me from sailing!
Old Past, let go and drop / the sea
Till fathomless waters cover thee!
For | am living. but thou art dead;
Thou drawest back, strive ahead
The Day to find.
Thy shells unbind Night comes behind,
| needs must hurry with the wind
And trim me best for sailing.
--fSIDNEY LANIER.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-12-11

With the tariff removed from goods
shipped to the Philippines or from
them, new interest arises in the Mica
ragua canal and in enterprises still
nearer our doors-even the deep water
at Gulfport. While we are waiting,
however impatieDtly, we can find di-
version in discussing the question of
refunding the 100000 collected on
taxes before the Supreme Court made
us aware that the Philippines we're our
own
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-12-11

The city treasurer of Louisville,
who killed himself rather than face
the disgrace consequent upon his
misrepresentation of its funds, was the
son af a distinguished father. husband
of lovely woman, was popular and
prominent in society; but drink and
gambling wrought bis ruin. How
many more such direful arguments
will it take to convince you, young
man, that you are on dangerous ground?
1t may take you, yourself, to convince
some other, too perverse, like yourself,
to walk in paths of rectitude.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-12-11

Mrs. M. l.. Hoover, of Summit, has
accepted the agency for Prof. J. W.
Gamers book, Reconsideration in
Mississippi" one of the truest and best
histories that has ever been published
abont our State. The price of these
household) has been placed at 81 . for
a couple of months, after which the
price will be raised to regular price,
81. 1t deals vii b questions during the
reconstruction days, written by ma
tive Pike countyan, who is familiar
with all the incidents connected with
that era
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-12-11

When an Indian appealed to Cir
cult Clerk Fondren at Jackson for
license to marry, the other day, the in
cident furnished a new experience, and
the clerk didn't know whether to call
the Choctaw white or black. However,
he chose light rather than darkness,
and the white mans book was inscribed
with the red mans name and that of
his anticipated squaw. Both were
from Rankin.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-12-11

The output of coal from the United
States-the youngest, the greatest, and
the foremost nation of the world to-
day-amounts to 260,OOO,OOO tons
yearly. Railroad engines and steam
ships consume about one-third of this
amount: manufacturers another third,
leaving for domestic purposes the re-
mainder.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-12-11

Charles Davis, notorious chicken
thief of Jackson, was fined 800 and
costs and ninety days on the county
farm. This is the laws maximum.
The Justice of the Peace is determined
to break up chicken stealing in the vi
cinity of the State capital.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-12-11

What are commonly called the me
stiles. A human heart may pine and
die for want of love and interest aud
sympathy, with the common demands
of life all met. There is something
more in living than the feasting and
apparel
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-12-11

Within the month contracts have
been placed in Pittsburg for machinery
to be used on improvements in Aus
tria, which Emperor Francis Joseph's
government will make at a cost of
s150,OO0OOO. What is to stop our
growth? Iron and coal are firm foun-
dations for mountains of prosperity
and mansions of thrift.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-12-11

State Superintendent Wbitfield's re
cent report shows that the p1r capita
cost of educating each white child is
$500, while the same for the negro
child is s2.67. That is. for the los, sos
white children of the State, annually
there is spent for their education the
sum of $780,, POI, while for a correspond
ing period the l2O,s07 negro children
of the State draw only s32O,631 20.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-12-11

Editor Watterson of the Courier
Journal recently visited New York,
and upon being accosted by a CORES
pendent of the Times Democrat, who
preached the subject of his reported
boom for the presidency, Watterson
smiled and said: Young man, am in
your line of business and would like
to help you, but am not talking"
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-12-11

Robert Louis Stevenson says: "We
are content to avoid the inconvenient
wrong and to forego the inconvenient
right, with almost equal self-approval,
until at last we make home for our
conscience among the negative virtues
and the cowardly vices"
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-12-11
The Southern Farm Gazette, in ac-
counting for an egg famine, says:

1--WE are inclined TO think the gen
eral spread of mites and other poultry
pests by the English sparrow is MAX
ing it more difficult to grow poultry
and eggs than formerly. Eggs are
worth Is ceuts dozen in this section
now. The generality of people will
probably have to keep more guinea
fowls, aud let their chickens roost in
the trees instead of houses, with a
view to avoiding mites and diseases.
They will probably be able in this way
to increase the egg supply.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-12-11

The Anti-Saloon League met at
Washington on the 4th. Its only
motto is, "The saloon must CO." and it
is a federation of churches, temperance
societies and other organizations op-
posed to the drink saloon, without re-
gard to party lines or UNCONVENTIONAL
differences. The National League has
just closed its sixth annual conven-
tim
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-12-11

On "The Art of Giving" Grace Ellery
Claiming says in The Criterion: "To
those who lack necessities, give luxu-
ries To those who have luxuries, give
the only luxury remaining, something
simple"
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-12-11

Gen. James Argyle Smith, of Jack
SON, died last week of pneumonia. At
the time of his death he was marshal
of the Supreme Court. Gen. Smith
was one of Jackson's oldest aud best
known citizens, a soldier, educator aud
gentleman.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-12-11

The bubonic outbreak is causing
many deaths at Honolulu. Prepare
tions are being made to quarantine the
port against the world.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-12-11
COUGHS AND COLDS IN CHILDREN
Recomme ndation of n Well Known Chi
cago Physician.

l use and prescribe Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy for almost all obsti-
nate, CONSTRUCTED coughs, with direct
results. | prescribe it to children of
all ages. Am glad to recommend it to
all in need and seeking relief from
colds and coughs and bronchial Attic
tions. 1t is non-narcotic and safe in
the hands of the most unprofessional.
A universal panacea for all mankind
Mas. MARY K. MELENDY, M. D., Phi.
d., Chicago, Ill. This Remedy is for
sale by G. e. Grafton Drug Co.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-12-11
Charter of Incorporation
BrOOkhaven Drug Co.

First-The name of this Corporation shall be
BRooKHAVEN DRUG COMPANY.
Second-The purposes for which this corpora
ton is created are:
(a) TO conduct wholesale and retail drug
business:
% To compound prescriptions, manufacture
and dispense drugs and medicines of all kinds
whatsoever;
(c) To buy and sell. by wholesale and RETAIL
drugs, medicines, paints, oils and goods, wares,
merchandise, commodities and sundres usually
incident to such business.
Third-The persons interested in the formation
of this corporation are: George G.. Holiday, w.
W. Holiday, 5. G.. Martin. and ii. Cassidy, Jr,
and those who may be associated with them.
F0urth-The powers to be exercised by this
corporation are those defined and specified in
Chapter % of the Annotated Code of Mississippi
of 1892 and especially those set out in Sections
1856, 1888 and S42 of said Code. and which are nee
essary and proper for putting into execution the
purposes of this corporation.
Fifth--The period for which said corporation
is to exist is fifty years.
SiXth-The capital stock of said corporation
shall be not less than two thousand dollars nor
more than ten thousand dollars, with power in
the stockholders to increase or diminish the same
within said minimum and maximum amounts.
Seventh-The dOmice of said corporation shall
be the City of BrOokhaven, Lincoln County, Mis-
siSsippi. and organization may be had hereunder
in the said City of BroOkhaven.
Eighth-This act of incorporation shall go into
effect at once upon its approval.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-12-11

Roosevelt at San Juan Hill" is to be
the subject of painting by Vassili
Verestchagin, Russian artist who has
won fame as painter of battle scenes.
The painter has arrived in Chicago.