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and with American gall and luck did
the rest.
Oshkosh had allowed me an over
draft at his bank for far more than
my standing would warrant Unex-
pected things, one after another, drop
ped on me. Bills payable were fired
into me without mercy like bullets,
and bills receivable were fired back to
me as worthless as paper wads. All
the resources ] had were strained to
the uttermost to make one dollar fill
the need OF FIVE. At last, after care
full figuring, l found that | must have
$4,000 before 80 days or go up.
'Raudebaugh. You know, De, always
treated me like his son. and | knew
if he could do anything to help me
it would be done; if not, and ! had
to let go, it was only fair he should
know 1t and his bank should have the
|, advantage of putting in its claim first.
Il went down to the bank as blue
as that pennant over there on the
hotel" went on Hozelton. Oshkosh
and | went through the business to-
eether. canvassing it bit by bit; the
good old dog did his best to figure it
out, but it seemed too tough a propo-
sition."
Sorry for you, James. my boy he
kept saying. as he studied it, ''but it
looks very bad. Fifteen thousand dol
lars-30 days-30-" and he'd look up
at me and | nod my head.
I've sat a long time. thinking it
over, Oshkosh totally lost in it and
checking off the things he was going
over in his mind with pencil on the
blotting pad.
This bank is going to save You if
it can, James, my son; but I'm afraid
nothing can be done
cat this oracular drone my heart
went up and then sank down, though
not so far down as it had been. After
a bit Raudebaugh looked up slyly.
Don't you know somebody, James,
you can draw on
What, for $l5,000?'
Nobody:
This is too serious for me to joke
about, Mr.. Raudebaugh.'
James, my son, don't you know
somebody you can draw on, somebody
away off-a long, long way off,
Oshkosh began to fairly purr his
temptation. and for moment my
hope leaped up as I caught his idea,
and the breath of relief it would give.
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Copyright by the Frank
Leslie Publishing House,

at. The pen strokes were as decora.
tive as Chinese characters and SEEM
ingly as precise as German script.
Anyone might have told me it was
Sanscrit, or Runic, or Cuneifom, or
Aztec, or Choctaw, and I would have
believed tor for that matter, a de-
sign for an oriental rug or an Arabian
mural decoration; it would have been
all the same to me. Why, De, what
was intended to convey the idea Of a
signature and ended in that last al
mighty skate of Oehkosh's beat Spin
ner's, and was a masterpiece finer
than that of the sultan himself that
they inlay in mother-of pearl on the
tops of taborets. Heaven help the
British museum if it ever meets up
with that dummy document of Osh-
kosh's; savants will waste their lives
trying to decipher il.
"Well, that worthless thing the old
man fastened with big bank pin to
that worthless draft, and addressed it
to his correspondents here in Chicago.
There You are, James, my boy;
bid 1t good by, but be ready to meet
it with amount on demand when it
comes back. Now, 60 along about your
business
II did 60 about my business, you can
bank on that l fairly tore up the
earth to be ready to meet the return
of that draft Why, couldn't think
of that Internal draft that l didn't
imagine the banks it went through
and the stir it must have made in some
of them. Of the blooming young
clerks that handled it-and reverently,
too, good Lord!-and of the old-timers
they appealed to, perhaps, who were
afraid to take it as joke.
"None of my schemes positively
failed, but they tantalized me with
numberless delays that ate into my
nerves like I've. Still the return OF
the draft was providentially delayed.
Then, when each day dawned with
the dread that it would bring the
crack of doom, the contamination of
the Conqueror mine became assured.
The final settlement of the sale that
would give me money to burn ran neck
and neck with the return Of that dare
devil draft that would bring me ruin
and disgrace.
cat last a bank messenger came
down to the works to tell me that
Oshkosh wanted to see me Immediately
1t was thoughtless thing for the
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BY George DalaOm.

The outer door of Hozelton's office
closed, leaving him and his friend in
Q silence that was urging each man to
adjust his thoughts to what had just
happened and to what should be said
first.
"Confound it, Hozelton, "broke out
De Loss, 81 didn't intend to see the
amount of that check. 1t futtered my
way and / couldn't help it. | had no
Curiosity and l never dreamed it was
for such stunning amount
Never mind, De- returned Hozel-
ton, as he arose to stand before the
window with his hands in his pockets
while he ran his eve down the many
storied business Pueblo on the oppo-
site side of the street gorge. II didn't
mind Your seeing it, He wheeled about
and rested his hand on his friends
shoulder. ode Loss, it's been on my
mind a long time to tell You the story
of the Sultan's Draft
1.-The sultan's draft" exclaimed De
Loss. THE amount was princely.
knew You had done well, but
"Oh, I'm not speaking of the check.
You didn't suppose / would, even if
were rich enough, give nearly $4,000
TO the solicitor for the refugee fund.-
Hozelton chuckled with pure joyous
ness. 81 don't believe l have made
enough yet to play that much against
the Unspeakable Turk. At any rate,
! know l wouldn't if it were not for
the sultan's draft"
"The sultan's draft. In heavens
name, what do you mean by the sui
tan's draft"
Hozelton nodded and threw a look
In the direction of the busy typewrit-
Err. De Loss turned in his swivel chair
and swung the glass door to with a
thrust of his foot.
well, De Loss, we have been
through a lot since we were boys, but
you weren't in on this deal. 1t was
when the panic caught me. For weeks
/ hung on by my eyelids while ] tried
to pull my business through. How ]
came out of it l never told, and you
may be sure Oshkosh didn't, not he.
Yes. old Oshkosh" Raudenbaugh,
dead and gone to glory, peace to his
great big soul He was at the bottom
of it. 1t was tricky, and it was aw-
fully risky. but old man Raudebaugh-
God bless him!-gave me the chance,
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old man to do-he knew my condition
why, l thought of suicide as went
up town!
"Old Oshkosh was waiting for me
in his private Office, looking as usual,
fatherly and kindly serious. But the
door had hardly closed on us when
he flew at me and beat and pounded
me on the back, and shouted in an
undertone of some good news into my
ears; couldn't make out what.
Look, look, James, my boy!' he
cried, snatching up a bit of paper.
The sultan's draft, the sultan's draft.
1.-THE engraved voucher swan before
my eyes, but giddily saw enough
Jas. HozletOn-$l5, 0O0-the sultan's
draft had been paid!"
"Well, what do you think of that?'
marveled De Loss.
From that on it seemed that
everything came my way" resumed
Hozelton. "More than $4,000 came
pouring in on me in the next few
weeks. But Raudebaugh and / never
tired of specializing on the reason the
sultan honored the draft. I spent a
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LIQUOR FOR
SPOKANE

TACOMA, July 26.-The largest
consignment of spirituous liquors
that has passed through the Tacoma
customs house this year was brought
here by the steamship Stentor. The
shipment, which is in kegs, demi-
johns and bottles of different sizes
and shapes, came from France and is
billed to Spokane.
The customs officers were kept
busy today testing the liquors and
fixing the rates on them. Owing to
the variety of the liquors and the
different grades, this was q very diff
ficult job. The shipment will be sent
over the Northern Pacific the first of
next week
There were ia boxes of bottles
and jugs and IS half barrels in the
lot.
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wonderful rate on something that was
evidently juicy to him.
THE letter was from a capitalist
who was at the head of a syndicate
that was offering to buy developed
mining property. 1t was evident they
meant business and had millions back
of them.
while / was reading and Oshkosh
was still writing like fury, a clerk slip
ped in with basket containing ) the
usual grist of papers that daily passes
through bank. all made ready to
sign and mail, and on the top Of the
heap was the sultan's draft. I give you
my word of honor, De, l grew sick at
the sight of it.
The old man finished with a final
skate across the paper as the clerk
passed out.
Well, James, my son, what do you
think of it?' he said, wheeling
around to me. I'm sure the Conquer
or could be sold if the price isn't out
of sight. If you can swing that IDEAL
my boy, You can snap your fingers at
the whole pack of your debts and the
sultan's draft too. Your commissions
on the sale would amount to five times
the sum of your present needs. Dc
You think you can make it go through
in six weeks? That's about the limit
of time I'm giving to the return Of
this hoax
oh, my God, we can't count or
that in such a desperate emergency as
this!' | cried, in panic.
Keep cool, James; keep cool. Sit
on the safety valve and throw in you,
bacon and coal oil. You must beat
in the race with some of Your plans
and this offers another very good Cd
portunity to win out. Now look here,
Oshkosh continued, taking the pape,
he had just been working over, that
draft has to have something to &C
with it, and this is what have made;
but if any soul on earth can tell whal
it is, it's more than ] cam
"He passed it over
at was all the thing by rights ought
to be called. Whether it was an in
voice, or bill of sale, or of lading, OF
deed, or mortgage, or just common
barnyard hen tracks, as the old mar
said, no one could tell. It looked like
a paper of tremendous import, but il
was only meaningless penwork that
didn't contain word to make 1t intel
ligible. But it was beautiful to lool
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GRAIN BURNS

PENDLETON. Ore, July 25.-
Louis Odette and Lowell Rogers have
lost almost their entire grain crop as
a result Of fire which broke out in
Rogers field Saturday afternoon. The
fire il supposed to have started
through carelessness with matches.
Over 100 stacks of grain, a large
amount of oats and some stock were
burned. The following afternoon an
other field of grain belonging to Rog-
ers caught fire and destroyed large
amount of sacked grain.
Before IL could be extinguished it
caught in the field of Louis Odette
and destroyed so acres of standing
grain. Rogers loss will amount to
about $1,000, while the loss of Odette
is about $4,000. Neither men carried
any insurance. This is the first fire
In the grain fields this year.
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GREAT WESTERN
CIRCUIT MEET

FREEPORT. ILL.,, July 26.-With
$4,000 in purses and the stables well
filled with fast horses, everything
points TO four days of successful
racing at the meeting which began
here today. The meeting marks the
opening Of the season for the Great
Western circuit. which embraces Dav-
export, Indianapolis, Decatur. Gales
burg, st. Paul, Milwaukee and Spring
field.
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SURE CURE ron PILES.

Itching. piles produce moisture ard
cause itching. This form. as well as
blind, bleeding or protruding piles,
are cured by DR.. Bo-san-ko's Pile
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Absorbs tumors. soc q jar at drug
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Write me about your case. DR.. Boz
sanko. Philadelphia, Pa. Sold by all
druggists.
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COMMISSIONERS SAIL

NEW YORK, July 26.-The Pana-
ma canal commissioners, headed by
Rear Admiral Walker, sailed for the
isthmus today to further Investigate
the situation before enacting legisla-
tion for the government of the strip.
The commissioners are accompanied
by General Solicitor Magoon, Treas
urer Kenny and Auditor Armstrong.
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Foiey's Kidney Cure purifies the
blood By strainins out impurities and
tones ND this whole system. Cures
Kidney and bladder troubles. Sold by
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BRONCHITIS FOE 40 YEARS.

Mrs. Minerva Smith of Danville,
ILL.,, writes: II had bronchitis for
20 years and never got relief until 4
used Foley's Honey and Tar. which
is a sure cure. Sold by Chas. McNab,
400 Riverside.
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GOD IN SHAKESPEARE.

The word God occurs in Shake
speare upward of 1000 times and the
word heaven, which is so frequently
substituted for the word God, more
specially in the historical plays, oc-
ours about 800 times.
In the Bible the word God occurs
about 800 times.
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The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-11-02

airship exhibitions is at its height.
Visitors who have been on the ground
since last week have already witness
ed the fight of two airships, one of
which sailed fourteen miles over the
city at an altitude of one mile. And
there are more exhibitions of this
kind to follow. Several Of the airships
that have been in preparation in the
aerodrome have not been brought out
as yet.
Over in the barns of the live stock
section there is the largest poultry
pigeon and pet stock show ever held
in this or any other country. There
are miles Of coops, holding thousands
of specimens Of all the known fancy
breeds of poultry. There are $4,000
fowls and 40 different breeds. One
Of the interesting features is the
daily Matching of chickens by incuba-
tor. Following the poultry show
comes the largest Flower Show ever
held In this country to be held in the
conservatory of the Palace of Horti-
culture, November Ito -. Over $751;
900 In cash prizes in addition to if
ty gold and fifty silver medals will
be offered in the various classes to
exhibitors. The big exhibits, Of
course, will, be in chrysanthemums
carnations and roses.
Yesterday the days program of
entertainment was enlivened by the
arrival Of 1000 students from the
University Of Missouri and from the
School of Mines at Rolla. They
brought with them their foot ball
team, brass band, their college yell
and miles of black and orange rib
bon, all of which did not avail to
save them from defeat by the Purdue
University football team at the Sta
dunn in the afternoon.
Truman A. De Weese.
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RATE Corners
He Suddenly Made Up His Mind He
Could Not Afford to Miss It.

st. Louis, No., October 31.-Mr.
Late Conner is arriving at the Fair
in large numbers. He is dazed,
aimless sort Of a wag, bumpin" into
every one getting i'll everybody : way
and making Of himself a general nui-
sance. He ''put off, visiting the
Fair until all at once he realized that
he would not see it's like in his life
time, that it is the last great univer-
sal exposition, and that he will be
very much chagrined at his inability
to discuss the features of the Fair
with his neighbors and friends who
saw it. Or perhaps he was one of
those unfortunate mortals who never
do the right thing at the right time
and who was afraid of going to the
exposition too early and also afraid
of going too late. SO he suddenly de-
cides to come. throws a few things in
a "grip' and deprives his wife of
one of the most enjoyable experiences
of her life. that of ''packing
trunk,' and scurries to the train
At the Fair. as I said before, he steps
on the toes of those who are trying
to see the exposition methodically
and Systematically, asks all sorts of
foolish questions and irritates those
who have learned the magnitude of
the Fair and have made an intelli-
gent study Of it.
But Mr.. Late Conner is here and
we will have to take him as he is
and deal with him gently and smypa-
thetically. No use wasting time in
doleful lamentations over his infirm-
tiles. He will always be a Late Conner
never a first arrival. never a johnny
On-the-Spot. Better be late Conner
than Never Was. SO we must help
him to see the Fair and to have
good time.
And. after all. he seems to have
the best of ii in a good many ways
for the Exposition is making extra
ordinary efforts to entertain him.
There is more ''going on. than at
any time during the Exposition. He
has arrived just when interest in the
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A Sure Thing.

1t is said that nothing is sure ex-
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altogether true. DIR. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption is sure
cure for all lung and throat troubles.
Thousands can testify to that. Mrs.
c. B. Van Metre of Shepherdtown,
w. Va. says, Il had Il severe case
of bronchitis and for a year tried ev-
erything | heard of but got no relief.
One bottle of DIR. Kings New Dis
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It's infallible for Group, Whooping
Cough, Grip, Pneumonia and Con-
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Trial bottles free. Regular sizes SOC
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EARLHAM MEETS THE BUTLER
ELEVEN ON REID FIELD.
IRv|NGTON|ANS A FAST SET
And the Outcome Of the ontest is
Decidedly Doubtful.

Saturday afternoon Earlham meets
the Butler rollege eleven of Indi-
annapolis on Reid Field and Butler
has it in her head that they are 60
ing to do things to the Quakers. The
supporters Of the local eleven are all
charter members of the "Show Me
Club From an Earlham point of
view the outcome of the game is
little doubtful and the odds look to
be in favor of the Irvingtonians.
For the first time in many years
Butler has a good all around team
and the showing they have made this
stason has been excellent. onday for
the second time they defeated the
Indiana State Normal team by the
score of II to O. While Earlham was
numerically beaten Saturday last
by the Wabash team the students
were not discouraged as their team
went on the field, not with the inten-
ton of defeating their opponents but
to hold them down to the lowest pos
sible score No green team could have
hoped TO have made much better
showing against team that was com
posed of veterans and who greatly
outweighed them. Wabash and But
Ter have date this season and fol-
lowers of the game in Indianapolis
pretend to believe that Butler has
show for victory. This is possible
but not probable. Sitting every thing
down local "dopesters figure that
if the Quakers will show the form
displayed by them in the Wittenberg
game two weeks ago, their offense
and defense will be about twenty
five per cent better than the form
displayed in the game last Saturday.
They also figure that Butler is an in
ferior team in comparison to the
Wabash eleven, so with Butler weak
er than Wabash and the Quakers i'm
proved over last weeks form local
cranks say that Buffers chances on
the game could not bring better odds
than ) to ?.
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GET INSIDE
Your Friends and Neighbors, il
Richmond Will Show You How.

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A liniment may relieve, but can t
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Backache comes from the inside
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Mrs. Lewis Posther who lives at
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Seeing Doan's Kidney Pills advertis-
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GARFIELD NOTES

The S.A history classes are making
a study Of the additions of territory
that have been made to the United
States. In summing up this work
each pupil colors series of maps
illustrating the territorial growth,
and in this way secures a definite
idea of the subject.
Carrie Id polo teams are in a disor-
gained condition from the enforce
ment of the rule requiring satisfac-
tory work and conduct in school on
the part of those who play. 1t is safe
to say that the boys now under the
ban from this cause will be more
cautious when again permitted to
participate in games.
Instead of Friday night there will
be basket ball and polo game
Thursday night. The change of
nights is due to the fact that Friday
is visiting day for Garfield teachers.
Boys of the basket ball teams are
playing now not only to win games
for their respective teams but to win
places for themselves on the Garfield
team.
Ben Lawrence has been chosen
manager and Charles King captain.
The work of the committee from
the Art Association in hanging the
pictures of Garfield is partly done
and will be finished in the near fu-
ture. B. l..
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Made Young Again

Gone of DR. Kings New Life Pills
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eff" woman ever gets so home
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youth. IS cents, Tea or Tablets. A.
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Hundreds of lives saved year by
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Energy all gone? Headache? Stom-
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The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-11-02

Chamberlain Stomach and Liver
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For sale by A. G. Luken & Co., w. H.
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