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RAILWAY SCHEDULES

Showing the arrival and departure os passenger trains at the union station. Birmingham:
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Navel Storee.

Savannah, May 7.-Turpentine quiet 55c; sales. 463; receipts. 400; exports, s4s Rosin firm; sales, 517; receipts, 14s8; ex
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-08

New Orleans, May 7-cotton quiet, sales, 400; ordinary, 1114c; good ordinary, 12 13-16c; low middling, 13 7-16c: middling, 13 13-16c; good middling, 1fsc; middling fair, 14hc; receipts, 1929; stock 170,06O.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-08

New Orleans, May 7.-cotton futures steady; May, 1S 72d1S.74: June, 1S.s1@1s. 92; July, 1411@14.12; August, 131s@19.19; Sep tember, II. 69@11 TO; October, Il .19G11 20; November, Il 111@11. 1S; December n.O6@ 1.07.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-08
Chicago 'Chanue.

Total saes for the day oeoo
The San Francisco call., 1904-10-23
Down. Bruno.

For six days after the night of revel-
ations Kent dived deep, personally and
by paid proxy, in a sea Of secrecy,
which, but for the five pregnant min
utes in the doorway of the Governors
office. might easily have proved faith
omless.
On the seventh day the conf1agration
broke out The editor of the Belmont
Refiner was the first to smell smoke
and raise the cry Of "Firel" but by
midnight the wires were hrmnling with
the news and the enure State was
ablaze.
The story as it appeared under the
scare headlines the next morning was
crisply told An oil company had been
formed with Senator Duvall at it's
head. After its Incorporation 1t was
ascertained that it not only held op-
tions on all the most valuable wells
in the Belmount region, but that it's
charter gave it immunity from the law
requiring all corporations to have their
organizations, officers, and operating
headquarters in the State. BY the time
the new company was three days old
II had quietly taken up its options and
was the single big fish in the pool by
virtue of its having swallowed all the
Little onea
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and the perilous privacy was at an
end. Nevertheless, he rose and said
goodnight, and was halfway to the
next corner before he realized how in
eXcusabiy abrupt his leave-taking had
been.
When he did realize It, he was of
two minds whether to go back or to let
the apology excuse another call the fol-
lowing evening. Then the insistent
prompting seized him again; and when
next he came to a competent sense Of
things present he was standing oppo-
site the capitol building, staring fixedly
UP at pair of lighted windows in the
second story.
They were the windows of the Gov
ernor's room, and David Kent's brain
cleared suddenly. In the earliest be-
ginnings of the determinate plan to
wrest the Transwestern out of the
grasp of the junta he had known that
II must come finally to some desperate
duel with the master-spirit of the ring
sters. Was Jasper Bucks behind those
lighted windows-alone?
Kent had not meant to make the
open attack until he should have
weapon in his hands which would arm
ing UP at the beckoning windows
mad desire to have it out once for all
with the robber in chief sent the blood
tingling to his finger tips. True, he
had nothing as yet in the oilfield con-
spiracy that the newspapers or the
public would accept a. evidence ef
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poirtment with Blashfield Hunnicott
and two others in CASTOR, and he took
an early train to keep it. The ex-local
attorney met him at the station with
two-seated rig; and on the way to
the western suburbs they picked up
Frazee, the County Assessor, and Or
ton, the appraiser of the Apache
Building and Loan Association.
Hunnicott has told you what 1 am
after" said Kent, when the surrey par
ty was made up. I'VE all know the
property well enough, but to have it all
fair and /aboveboard, well drive out
and look it over so that our knowledge
may be said to be fully up to date"
Twenty minutes afterward the quar-
tet was locating the corners of a square
in Gastons remotest suburb; an ''addi-
ton whose only improvements were
the weathered and rotting street and
lot stakings on the bare, brown plain.
Lots to sc in block 10, Guilford
& Hawks Addition" said Kent, read
ing from a memorandum in his note
book. 1T lies beautifully, doesn't it ?''
Yes, for a chicken farm" chuckled
the assessor.
We'll, give me your candid opinion,
you two; what is the property worth?'
The Building and Loan man scratch
ed his chin.
Say fifty dollars for the plot-if
you'll fence it,
NO. put it up. You are having a
little boom here now: give it the top
boom price, II you like"
The two referees drew apart and laid
their heads together.
AS property is going here just now,
fifty dollars for the inside lots, and one
hundred dollars apiece for the corners;
say three thousand for the plot And
that is just about three times as much
as anybody but land-crazy idiot
would give for IT. 1t was Frazee who
announced the decision.
paid. Now we'll go back to town and
you can write me a joint letter stating
the fact. II you think it will get you
disliked here at home make the figure
higher; make it high enough so that all
CASTOR will be dead sure to approve"
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Hildreth,s ewes narrowed.

Hildreth'S eyes narrowed.
Say, Kent; you have grown a lot
in these last few weeks: what is your
diet?"
Hard work-and a determination
to make my brag good"
ITO down the ring, you mean 2"
Yes; to down the ring"
Are you any nearer to 1t than you
were when you began?"
"A good many parasangs.
by Jovei I more than half be-
lieve you've got hold of something
ded-definite at last!"
IT have, indeed. Hildreth, have
evidence-printable evidence-enough
to dig a dozen political graves, one OF
them big enough to hold Jasper G.
Bucks six-feet-two.''
Let me see itl'' said the night edi-
tor. eagerly; but Kent laughed and
pushed him toward the door.
GO home and go to bed. 1 wouldn't
show it to you tonight if had it here
as 1 have not. 1 don't go around
with a stick of dynamite in my
pocket
Where is it?" Hildreth asked.
TT is in safety-deposit box in the
vault of the Security Bank; where it is
going to stay until 1 am ready to use
it. Go home, / say, and let me go to
bed. I'm ragged enough to sleep the
clock around"
In spite of his WEAKNESS, which was
real enough, Kent was up betimes the
next morning. He had q wire ap-
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II didn't know, until saw your bulle-
tin few hours ago, that the thing had
been pulled off. In fact, I've been too
busy with other things to- pay much
attention to the Belmount end of it,
1.-The ded-devil you have!" sputtered
Hildreth, chewing savagely on the gift
cigar. I'D like to know what business
you had to mix UP in other things to
the detriment Of my news columns.
You were the one man who knew all
about it; or at least you did a week or
two ago."
"Yes; but other and more important
things have interviewed. / have been
desperately busy, as / say"
well, you'-e lost your chance to get
your grip on the capitol gang. anyway:
that is one comfort" growled the edi-
tor, getting what consolation he could
out of Kent's apparent failure. .They
played it too fuf-fine for YOU"
did they?" said Kent.
'It looks pretty much that way,
doesn't it? Duvall is the scapegoat and
the only one. About day after to-nfor-
row Bucks organ, the Tribune, will
come out with an inspired editorial,
whitewashing the entire capitol outfit.
1t will show that Rumford's applica-
tion for the charter was refused and
how truly good and benefcent State
government has been hoodwinked and
betrayed by one of it's most trusted
supporters"
Kent threw off his street coat and
went to get hia dressing-gown from the
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fraud or corruption. But on the other
hand Bucks was only a man after all,
a man with a buccaneers record, and by
consequence vulnerable beneath the
brazen arnnor of assurance. If the at
tack were bold enough
Kent did not stop to argue-it out.
When a mans blood is up the odds
against him shrink and become as
naught- Two minutes later he was in
the upper corridor of the capitol. strid-
ing swiftly to the door of the lighted
room
Realizing 1t afterward he wondered
if the occult prompting which had
dragged him out of his chair on the
Brentwood porch saw to 1t that he
walked upon the strip of mating in
the tile paved corridor and so made
his approach noiseless. Also, If the
same silent monitor bade him stop
short OK the Governors Office. at the
door, namely, OF the public anteroom,
which stood aiar?
low murmur of voices came from
beyond, and for a moment he paused,
listening. Then he went boldly within,
crossing the anteroom and standing
fairly in the broad CLEAN of light pour
ing through the open door of communi-
cation with the private Office.
Four men sat in low-toned conference
c.
and If any one of them had looked up
the silent witness must have been dis
covered. Kent marked them down one
by one. The Governor; Hendricks, the
Secretary of State: Rumford, the oil
man. and Senator Duvall. For five
pregnant minutes he stood looking on,
almost within arms reacn of the four,
hearing distinctly what was said: see
ing the papers which changed hands
across the table. Then he turned and
went away, noiselessly as he had come,
the thick-piled carpet Of the anteroom
muffiing his footballs.
It was midnight when he reached his
quarters in the Clarendon and flung
himself full length upon the bed, sod
den with WEAKNESS. For two hours he
had tramped the deserted streets. striv-
ing in sharp travail Of soul to fit the
iLvincible. chance given weapon to his
hand. When he came in the thing was
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Then came the 4.lisnIng sIroKe wnicn
had set the wires to humming. On the
sixth day 1t was noised about that
Senator Duvall had transferred his
controlling interest to Rumford-other-
wise to the Universal Oil Company
that he had served only as a flgurehead
in the transaction, using his standing,
social and political, to secure the char
ter which had been denied Rumford
and his. associates.
1t had all been managed very skill
fully; the Gaping of the wells by the
UniversaTs agent, the practical seal
ing up of the entire district, being the
first public intimation of the result Of
Duvall's treachery and the complete
triumph of a foreign monopoly.
The storm that swept the State when
the facts came out was cyclonic and
it was reported, as it needed to be,
that Senator Duvall had disappeared.
Never in the history of the State had
public feeling risen so high; and there
were not lacking those who said that
IL Duvall showed himself his life would
not be safe in the streets Of the capi-
tai.
1t was after the Argus had gone to
press on the night of explosions that
Editor Hildreth sought and found
David Kent in his rooms at the Claren-
don and poured out the vials of his
wrath.
Say. I'd like to know if you cuc-call
this giving me a fair showi" he de-
manded, fiinging into Kent's sitting
room and dropping into a chair. did
I. or did / not understand that was
to have the age on this oil business
When there was anything fit to print?"
Kent gave the night editor a cigar
and was otherwise exasperatingly i'm
perturbable.
Keep your clothes on and don't ac-
cuse man Of disloyalty until you have
all the documents in the case," he said.
The San Francisco call., 1904-10-23

wardrobe In the bedroom When he
came back he said: "Hildreth, you
have taken me at my word thus far
and you haven't had occasion to call
me either a knave or a fool Do it a
little longer and I'll put you in the way
of touching off a set-piece of pyrotech-
mics that will double discount this mild
little snap-cracker of the Belmount
business"
Cant you do it now?"
mo. the time isn't ripe yet. We must
let the Tribune'S coat Of whitewash
dry in first"
Hildreth wriggled in his chair.
Kent. If / thought it would do any
good, I'd cue-curse you out; / would
for a fact. You are too blamed close
mouthed for any ordinary newspaper
use.''
But Kent only laughed at him. Now
that the strain was in some measure
relaxed he could stand any amount Of
abuse from so good a friend as the
night editor.
Turn on the hot water If you want
to, and if 1t will relieve the pres
sure. I know about how you feel; and
I'd be as sore as you are II I didn't
know that / am going to make 1t up
to you a little later on. But about
this oil blaze and to-morrow's-or to-
ayS-lSSue OIL the Argus. nope you
haven't said too much"
ST haven't sus-said anything. The
stuff trickled in by Associated wire at
the last minute, and we had to cut
and slash for space and run 1t pretty
much as 1t came-the bare story"
"All right: that's better. Now sup
pose you hint darkly that only half
of the truth has come out; that more
and more startling-developm
may be safely predicted In the imme-
date hence. Hit it up hard toward
the capitol, and don't be afraid of
libeling anybody"
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CHAPTER xyIu.

done and he slept the steep of an out
worn laborer.
The San Francisco call., 1904-10-23

They were his Excellency, Grafton
Hendricks, Rumford and Senator Du-
vail. They were in the act Of closing
the deal as 1 became an onlooker
Rumford had withdrawn his applica-
tion for charter and another straw
company had been formed with Du-
vail at it's head. 1 saw at once what
l fancy Duvall never suspected; that
he was going to be made the scapegoat
for the ring. They all promised to
stand by him-and you see how that
promise has been kept"
Good heavens!" CALCULATED Loring
What despicable lot of scoundrelsl
But the bribe, did you learn anything
about that?"
IT saw it," said Kent impressively.
''It was a slip of paper passed across
the table by Rumford to Bucks. face
down. Bucks glanced at it before he
thrust 1t into his pocket and had my
glimpse too. 1t was a draft on a Chi
cago bank, but / could not read the
figures and l doubt if either of the
other conspiratOrs knew the amount.
Then the Governor tossed a folded pa
per over to the oil man, saying. There
is your deed to the choicest piece of
property in all CASTOR, and you've got
it dirt cheap 1 came away at that"
Elinor's sigh was almost a sob, but
Miss Van Brooks eyes were dancing.
''Go on. go on" she exclaimed That
is only the beginning"
Kent's smile was Of reminiscent wear
mess.
II found it so, / assure you. So far
as any usable evidence was concerned
/ was no better off than before; 1t was
merely my assertion against their de-
malone man against four. But 1 have
had full week, and 1t has not been
wasted / needn't bore you with the
mechanical details. One OF nv men
followed Bucks messenger to Chicago
he wouldn't trust the banks here or the
nails-and we know now, know II In
black on white. with the proper am
davits, that the draft was for 5000 600
payable to the order OF Jasper O.
Bucks. The ostensible consideration
was the transfer from Bucks to Rum
ford of a piece Of property in the out
skirts of CASTOR 1 had this piece Of
land appraised for me to-day by two
disinterested citizens Of CASTOR, and
they valued 1t at q possible. but highly
improbable, $S000."
"Oh. how clumsy" said Portia, in
fine scorn. Did his Excellency imagine
for a moment that any one would be
deceived by such a primitive bit OF dust
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-05-14

ity of the people think that catarrh is
a disease confined TO the head alone.
This is not true. Catarrh is liable
to attack any organ Of the body;
throat, bronchial tubes, lungs, stOm-
ach, kidneys and especially the pelvic
organs.
Many woman has made this dis
coveiy after long siege of useless treat
ment. She has made the discovery
that her disease 10 catarrh, and that
Peruna can be relied upon to cure ca
tarrh wherever located.
If you do not derive prompt and sat
isfactory results from the use OF Perm
ma, write at once 30 DIR. Hartman, CIV
ing full statement Of your caase, and
he will be pleased to give you his val
liable advice gratis.
Address DIR. Hartman. President OF
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio.
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BEARING ON EASTERN WAR.

Some Fscts that Have an Effect Upon
the Result.
Corruption Is declared to be un-
known In japanese politics.
Among the Japanese one divorce
takes place for every four marriages.
The proportionate circulation of
newspapers in Japan is about the same
as In this country.
A Japanese private soldier Is paid 70
cents a month: q major general Is paid
$131 a month.
In time Of peace the Japanese army.
consisting Of 421. 200 men. cocts but
$1S.5OO.OO0 a year.
Russia has the largest number Of
soldiers and reserves of any country
on earth except Germany.
This is the fourth time Japan has
made war on a foreign nation, except
for early barbaric expeditions against
the Koreans
The word Japan comes from the
Portuguese pronunciation Of the Jap.
anese characters, "Ni-Hon," meaning
the land of the rising sun.
A Japanese officer who has not
reached the rank Of major at the age
Of 48 Is compusorily retired as un-
worthy Of further service.
The Emperor of Japan is the direct
descendant Of the Emperor Jimmu,
who assembled the throne 1854 years
ago, making the dynasty older than
any other dynasty that exists or ever
did exist.
The true name Of Korea is "Choson,"
meaning "land of the morning calm"
1t is by this name that the country Is
designated In diplomatic papers at the
State Department at Washington.
Japanese soldiers are fed on rice.
sailed fish, died seaweed and picked
plums-a diet that Is almost universal
In Japan, except In the navy. where
rations Of meat are served Soldiers
are allowed meat when on campaign,
but rarely eat it.-New York Times.
Joel Chandler Harris is arranging
for publication In book form some new
Uncle Remus stories which he wrote
during last year.
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500 Reward, 500.

The readers of this paper will be pleased TO
,esrn That there is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able TO euIs IN All ,is
Cnss I. the only positive cure known &c the
N ssical fr sternity Catarrh being constitu-
tionsi disease. requires con:tisu tionsl treat
nth. directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the sy stem, thereby destroying tho
foundation of the disease. and giving the pa,
aed .ssisting nature In doing its work. The
an nnnristars have SO much faith In Its curative
pfogers tn A. they offer One Hundred Dollars
Tor any case that IL falls 70 cure. SEM iof iis'
OF t .ssF F. ]. CHENEY q CO.. Toledo. o.
Sold by druggists. zoe.
Halls Family Pulls are the oes@
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UetaIned: MRS. Sinlrn-we misses
you so much at our party! Mrs. Jones
And ! was SO vexed when l couldn:
come! You see, our cook had company
unexpectedly, and she needed us to fiE
out the card tables.-DetrOit Journal.
Hoping Against Hope: GaybOy (time
a. m.)-I say. old chap, isn't this lit
tie late for you to be Outf Aren't you
afraid your wife will miss you? Enpeck
Il hope she will. but she can throw
pretty straight for a woman.-Chicag 80
News
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Prejudice.-A church, q lodge, q Ia.
Dor union, a home. a hospital governed
by prejudice is directed by the devil
Rev. f. q. Hopkins. CONGREGATIONAL
list. Chicago.
Evil.-There Is very little evil In
the world. II any, which cannot be
traced directly or indirectly to the hui
man heart.-Rev. d. D. Dorchester,
Methodist Pittsburg. Pa.
Sympathy.-Thet true physician must
have sympathy. He must impart the
spirit Of the Master In the stricken
household and must work for love-
Rev. w. +. Sheridan, Methodist, Louis
vile, KY.
What God Is.-Human life needs q
helmsman, 1t needs a moral dynamic
within the life, 1t needs force to
counteract the drift, 1t needs God, and
that In what God is.-Rev. ]. r.
Mackey. Presbyterian. Glens Falls,
N. Y.
The Good Of he Race.-Public senti.
ment demands. and men of wealth rec.
ognize the demand as just, that prl.
vate wealth should be spent for the
good Of the nation and for the good
Of the race.-Rev. j. A. Jenkins, Con.
gregatonalist. Brooklyn. N. Y.
Mrs. Colls-And when you told him
/ was married did he seem to be sor-
ry? Friend-Oh. yes; he said so quite
frankly! Mrs. COlls-Did he really |
Friend-Yes. indeed-he said he was
extremely sorry. although he didn't
know the man personally!
mo, thank YOU" said Miss De Mure.
II don't care to meet any new young
men," MY! exclaimed Miss Gaddie
you are select all of a sudden!' NO
replied Miss De Mure, glancing dream.
lily at her new ring. i've merely been
selected all of a sudden.-Philadelph
, Press.
Another brute: Mrs. Pretty-Isn't II
strange? Mrs. Beauti has not put OIL
mourning for her husband. Mr.. Pref
ty-I understand that her late hus
band particularly requested that sh'
should not. Mrs. Pretty-The brute!
suppose he knew how lovely she woGlt
look in it.-Pick- Me-Up.
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Hoods JdrsdpdriH0
and Pills

v.ss the blood pure, vigorous and
ricb. create appetite, give vitality,
.,rro+h and animation, and cure
~ ornntions. Have the whole family
hsoiu to take them today.
auood's Sarsaparilla has been used In
family for some time. and always with
.ood results. Last spring was all run
sovn and got bottle Of 1t, and - usual
.,u.d great benefit" MISS BHuLAR
BoYCE, Stowe. Vt.
Hoods sarsaparIIla promises %
.,,,e and keeps tho PROMISE
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"You ought to have place in grand
opera" remarked the sarcastic passen-
ger who was trying to read. "Oh. I
don't know" replied the fat pariJ
across the aisle. who was giving an
imitation Of a song. I've got Z pace
I'm Grand Rapids that's gOoI enough
for me.-Detroit Journal.
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How to Be Self-SuppOrting at Col
lese," by James Melvin Lee. is we'll
written and suggestive essay by re-
cent graduate of Wesleyan University.
1t 10 Of particular interest to young
men preparing for college.
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A. 9. McClurg & Co. Will shor.
issvs in one volume reprint of Pat
rick Goss' journal of the Lewis and
Clark expedition, edited by DR.. James
x. Hosmer. 1t will be uniform In
style with the publishers library edi-
zion ~ owls and Clark
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.soring Medicine

Tbere is no other season when good
Mc;ne II 70 much needed - In the
Spring.
,ver;shed-a condition indicated
49, n;mples and other eruptions on the
49, and body, by deficient vitality,
,os. Of appetite, lack Of strength, and
u.nt Of animation.
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Most of the Ailments Peculiar to the
Female Sex are Due to Catarrf OF
the Pelvic Organs.

Rachael J K5mball, NJ. d., 1874 Vir-
ginia ST., Buffalo, n. Y, is a graduate
OF the University of Buffalo, class 1884,
and has been in the practice of medi-
cine in that city since then. She
writes as follows:
"My conviction. supported by ex-
perience, Is that Peruna Is a valuable
preparation for all catarrhal affections.
have taken one bottle Of Peruna my
self and just feel fine. shall continue
to take It," - Rachael J. Kendall,
M. ID.
Peruna has cured thousands of eases
of female weakness. As rule, how
ever, before Peruna is resorted to sew
eral other remedies have been tried in
vain. A great many of the patients
have taken local treatment, submitted
themselves to surgical operations, and
taken all sorts of doctors stuff, without
any result.
The reason of 80 many failures is the
fact that diseases peculiar to the fema lie
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Piso's Cure Is good cough medicine.
It has cured coughs and colds for forty
years. At druggists, rs cents.