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can much easier account for your re-
semblance, for we are twin brothers.
Il deny II. | deny that there was
any reason for such search. or that
my mother believed her child to be
awe. Your statements affect me very
little. nor will they any one else. Still.
! must warn you that when you nc.
cuse me of wearing n ring and pos
sessing papers that belong to you. you
are making serious charge. Your
other claims are too absurd to be
noticed. or course. am now speak
ing of Mrs. Hamilton
IF / were not convinced that you
were my brother should say, DO not
Gare to take that name between your
lips.''
The two men were deadly pale now
and their eyes glittered with excite.
ment. Mr.. Carter seriously appre
hended trouble. But he need not
have feared. Each was too much en-
gagged In the effort to maintain calm
ness to have u thought of harming
the other
Il think there is no use In talking
any more about this matter, Mr..
Edes." said Hamilton.
Don't call me Edes. will not
deny your name Is Hamilton. for
truly think 1t Is. I believe you are
Victor. cannot doubt 1t. Then, in
the name of brotherhood, Of our
mothers memory. drop this masquer.
aiding, these monstrous claims. will
overlook them all. everything, for her
SAKE" and he held out his hand, but
the other stepped coldly back and
said:
Enough! You are either mad, or
you think am. refuse to hear an
other word. am not your brother.
l know nothing about you. Now leave
me, and do not repeat these inquiries,
I warn you"
Il will leave you. but not IN quiet
possession Of what does not belong
to you. Recollect that. l shall not
charge you with attempted murder,
for hope and trust you are not n.
sponsible for the shot. It restored ne
to reason. But shall REGAIN ny prop-
erty. NY family. ana my nasse.s ga
without another word o. ~ e
either, Ddes In ths room,
as T. - esesy q : -. I ~ ~.
TT " - y I & I. III & ~ V y it fs.t " .ii
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WAS FREE FROM PRe!v0a
Talesman Able to Try ca.
an Indian Fairly.


In n northern Califorrh 'N)
supposed murder had beer 'o-,
The halfbreed wife Of =
had died. as the husband aS !
natural causes. and was 'sis.
out the usual formalities 'ea
COMPLIED with. After a hps
weeks the body was di'ii's''a
the authorities at the in''l'a
particular enemy OF the aee;ss -
marks OF violence. as 'he - =
had said, were found upon Wv +
The prosecuting atiorney W., =
amining the talesmen TO ,'I asI., y
nny Of them were preiutie'd y
Indians. $40
Talesman Taylor was " us ,
stand undergoing a rather SUI
examination. ,rfI
"Did an Indian do you .. ?. y, ,.sa
fly any harm at any tine'
prosecutor.
NO, replied Taylor ,.rat
"Dld you or any of your you .,,s ,in', i
have dealings or trouble 'A'
diam" as,sx
my mother was killed W
-Lippincotts.
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yEEE7sa;sJNIfAA~

Apart from our ami
NAL existence we pos
sess an inner power OF
living called I h e
strength OF lie. The
liic-strcngth is a dis
tinct force; it carries
our craft over the sea
OF life, enabling it to
brave the varie d
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To Relieve Headache

One way Of relieving a headache IL
TO apply q hot water bag to the feet
This draws the blood away from ths
head and 70 relieves the pain. In csse
of IN ulcerated tooth do not apply
heat TO The face. but to the fest ir.
stsad. ana for The same reasoa Z viI1
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Only a rich girl can
tell what a living
wage" is. There is a
Starvation wage" and
/ don't doubt that six
dollars just about rep
resents it, but that is
not living. Girls who
have leisure, good food.
clothes, and opportu-
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!. There's ne.Aos Q n:
esousa, cams,a . . and Us oal, y
HSns,Snee Ham',,n believss Il
H,a'n,,'on, Ha INTO sloonlly.
ne VIII learn ths,
trified with" y
vor d. don't believe ), mi.
!, ye, r. IN the country to o','s ,,sl
II he. ae should :, think Of : S,,as sss
Ind, And Mr.. Carter !" va, svap,aa*
claimant ,n nn went to nearIr .,,
u, IN Girovedale ; ,o, and the ,s.,sl WI
Inc,laa o., Lincolnshire. but aos a,"'.s
LIVE II was plain to be seen ,A,' .
mo more than one advised 'I ~ :
the e, matter at once. a''
ihat night a letter ,.,.,.
stance at the hotel '' s''ss
Dear constance-l Al.
10 address you or ask w W. =
,. b,i, what can | do' No OIL I,,'
undertake . my case. Ts,, Irsl ~
Door without credit, and !, -
FOR your sake, for an On, il
cannot cam give up so. You s,,.
VIII you risk it In makIrr ~
mystery which enwraps On, ,s| 4
" would not ask your aid II ~
1t, for I know the act will b. w.! =!
preted by others. II moi ~ =.
you advise me OF anythlp, ~ ~
Your husband.
c... "vANE HAxll,s
Constance sat a long IN, !.
,T "'' 'neh' with sldAt \
uion' dressed herself win .r..
plaiEness and went on, a, !.
street, walking in the dirs.tI. .
ONCE OF Morley & 81. IA, \
was the first lawyer in n. : !
and Stevens was scarcelr 1.
tinRuished. They were d, !,
whom Edes had applied.
Both members Of the sr, y.
1t CHANGED. In the Office a,I IA
dered, not a little. a, her am.
She did not give them lo,, n,
late.
Il called to see you IN rs,t,
rival claims OF two men, e,,. :
ing to be Vane HamIl,r.. =,
band" she said. with me-. !,
ure and dignity.
"Ah! Strange. very s,a,r.
came TO see Us about his ii,
we dismissed him"
Il am sorry you dId. Yoa y
the case Is a very seric. d
could wish that II mlght B. 4,
conducted as It would be 10 AZ
and Mr.. Stevens upon ots a
Stone & Ferguson on he %.
You have doubts. thea. / q.
which is the real vane Hi-ni
Il have. Even II these !g.l
less slight than they an. /
wish for a thorough eriuliiai
will even go so far as TO ~
self TO pay the costs. | uiss ,
everything brought to llsh,, ,r.
cumstance weighed. and 10
both sides mus, be well r's'
VERY true, madam.
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CHAPTER XVIII.
"M.rveIouei M.rx.le,..Ir

In weeks time the man known as
Primus Edes was up ana about and
professed himself well. He said little
about his wound but It was we'll
known that he had said cnce he knew
nothing about It IN any way. II hav.
ms occurred before no rssained his
sqpse oe iloatIty.
Alncat ~ ~ neve ~ uoer
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Uhr Gtutng magr
fnt. mnntptt
BY MRS. J. c. PHELPS Stokes.

mites for culture know what it is live ~
Trade unions excellent making the working girl
Of her economic condition. and that Of her fellow workers. they
never solve the problem just they forced
this automatically compe general
the cost Of living and the advance dspated Nothing but
soeialsn can imr1sye permanently that girl condition
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Too Much for Capt; s..m.s WIN

Some years since e.. Ss ,ssrr,. I
Mackin Of the old kear'"s .,,,r,
was living of charles'osn ',nl. 't c.,.
cruise. was brought oelV's s s,,,sIi J
slow as an absentee o. y, on,.bIp, nIs
The captain, in adm0l
said: ,.ou know 30
fool, sir?" ,,.s the salld,
"Yes, SIR" replied ,hsu,' .hs vi
the world is full OF .aSs, .Isn' riAI
M long at sea was .ass WA ~
Su inc 'Ji pains on shore IN lHr o,ss
and and il this had been en- ~, ,,e.l,
I'd Tdu a never come back OK. d..
YOU we're captain OF nj ~ Ds ~
Jack got a chance ,,'ud ~ ~
shore leave came
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"Cndoub;cdly. We ulll -
the person hitherto knOsa II I
and report to you later"
"oh. thank you. fo1 Te'ss
think. that both sides d iAs 4
concern me equally"
Certainly. | had no, looaa
In that light before, Ms Hi-1
Would you object to telling 5 q
in your belief is your hussa,.
perceive you are no, eertait!
ITO be eontlruetl
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Uhr Right ann thr
1l9rnttg KIM nf Gnhhy
BY HON. THOMAS j. GRADY. ESQ.,.
OF Boston.

F BY lobby it means openly recognized representa-
legitimate which be affected nlu-
advantageously by proposed legislation iooDy
~ is good thing for legislature. How far this representa-
ton by lobby should and to what extent
and should be restricted and regulated so
Rfx3@ that appeals taking the shape
EH1a8 influence. monetary otherwise are matters
5SA of detail legislator will know when to Apply
the extinguishe the individual lobbyist who approaches
too near hand by lobby meant an organized
BODY favorable to prevent n'or
able legislation which ready corrupt legislators 10
gain ends only that kind OF lobby not needeo
but. its influence is distinctly perncious.
The which supplies information to glsa
tors concerning the probable proposed legislation good
whom simply impossible acquaint themselves COM
pletslv legislation The important COM
nees with til. greater part OF which could
properly disposed OF the information concerning all phases
supplied by the interests TO be Affect
ed by the legislation.
There is no danger ovcrorked legislator who attends
hearings faithfully and who conscenuous inquiries
into every by influences fail to profit
by the right kind of lobby member who Sos the
rdors and gets information" from agents who engaged
similar exercise during the sessions OF the legislature
he the who responsible Tor the
existence OF the wrong kind OF 4 lobby.
probable however that since member OF legislature is
only man. perfect there such thing
perfect legislator influence legislators
those which the decent and fair,
exception criticism There will always be influences
that will improperly of the legis
law disposition fair the responsibility which
none OF us can escape will operate, they .
always shave done make honesty the best .'I----15'
policy
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For welsh R.ss''nt Ra.'' I

He was q recen. "a hsd ~
lands green turf and seoess, - ~
first position IN n. : a,ssr sprs:
new clerk and lnauss - I ~
After supplyins ~ ~
sSs 1ssissd ehssss, =, I
M, 4 shat 49, ~
lnsets's!
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-03-02
WORTHY SON OF A
NOBLE FATHER,

George Campbell Brown, who was
elected to succeed G. K. G. Billings on
the Board of Review of the National
Trotting Association for the Central
District at the biennial congress last
week, is the owner of the stock farm
where Star Pointer, 59H, and his
sire, Brown Hail. 2:12, were bred, and
where John R. Gentry, 2:001a, is now
tn stud. 1t is at Ewell Station, Tenn,
ON the battlefield of Spring Hill. Mr..
Brown is a son of Major Campbell
Brown, Chief of Staff to the distin-
guished Confederate General R. S.
Ewell, and one of the first breeders of
fast harness horses in the South. The
son, like the father, is an able, fear
less, honest man, and a very success
full breeder of fine horses and cattle.
New York Herald, Feb. 10.
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the east coast and will build a hand.
some hotel in Key West
The engineering work has all been
carefully estimated and the work is
now in progress. Large barges sup.
port the engines, rock crushers and
concrete mixers and smaller boats
will carry the material from Miami to
the construction boats. The engin.
GERS in charge of the work say that
it will not be a hazardous task but
will be slow and expensive.
When the line is completed Mr.
Flagler's system will run from Jack.
sonville to Key West through the
prettiest part of America in winter.
He will have the prettiest passenger
run in the country and with his nun.
erous great hotels to draw support to
the railroads there is little question
but that his enormous investments
will pay handsomely. From Key West
to Havana on the Flagler boats will
be only Eve hours ride and he will
have monster hotel there.
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HAD THE ADVANTAGE.

The head day porter and head night
porter of hotel, according to the Sar
Francisco Chronicle, became involved
in a discussion on ages. The head
porter confessed to thirty-eight.
HIM! Say, I've got you beat ten
years." declared the head day.
You mean to tell me you're only
twenty-eight??" demanded the head
night.
Il should say not. rs just forty
eight, explained the head day, with
an expression of whitening distain.
Then you amt got me beat no ten
years. rs got you beat just ten years.
Say, got ten years comm that you
won't see again"
Look here, man." declared the
head day, you amt got no sense. rs
sure of them ten years, cause rs seen
EN- and been through 'em. You amt
sure of yours; you might die tomor-
row."
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ELECTROCUTED
JOS. SHAPIRO, OF KNOXVILLE, is
KILLED AT THAT PLACE.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Feb. 25.-
Joseph Shapiro, ladies' tailor, was
electrocuted some time during last
night while entering his apartments in
the Sprankle building. His body was
discovered this morning by his broth.
er, Leon, sitting in private hall
which led to their rooms. Both hands
showed signs of having been badly
burned.
A surmise of how he met death is
that when he entered the hallway he
put his right hand on an electric
switch to turn on the lights and with
his left hand was feeling for the door
knob when his fingers touched a cop
per telephone wire from which the
insulation was worn. The telephone
wire being crossed with the electric
light wire outside the building, he re-
ceived the full force of the current
and perhaps was instantly killed.
Leon Shapiro slept all night only a
few feet from where his brother lay
dead, unconscious of any accident.
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tried found guilty and sentenced tC
death was the alleged murder of Mrs
Mary Welcker Hoch, who died in this
city January II, 1905. An analysis
of her stomach showed traces OF
poison to have been administered by
Hoch. The woman died within three
weeks after her marriage to Hoch and
month later the smooth-tallling Ger
man married the dead woman's sis
ter, Mrs. Emelie Fischer. After get
ting hold of $3.50 which the latter had
saved from her earnings at the wash
tub Hoch fled the city. 1t was then
that suspicion was first directed to-
ward him and the subsequent inves-
legations of the police revealed a ca
reer believed to be without parallel
in the criminal annals of America.
The investigation tended to show
that Hoch had at least fifteen wives
in ten years, and among that number
there is evidence that at least six of
them died under circumstances re-
garded as suspicious. The man did
not always succeed in disposing of his
wives without attracting suspicion,
but he covered his tracks so thor
oughly as to escape serious investi-
cation.
The method pursued by the man
was practically the same in each case.
He rented fiat or a house, had it
on installment plan, and on
this front made love to women whose
acquaintance he made through the
of newspaper advertisements.
He represented to them that he owned
the furniture, and in some cases the
as well. He posed as a man
Of means, and his professional air,
well-groomed appearance
served him in good stead in bearing
out the assumption. Having induced
his victims to marry him, his smooth
manner with women enabled him,
with the assistance of plausible lies,
to persuade them to give him their
money or their property. Then he
would disappear or the wife would
suddenly sicken, and in short time
die.
His operations extended to Indiana,
St. Louis and Milwaukee, but for the
most part were confined to Chicago.
Besides the woman for whose murder
he was convicted, and her sister,
whom he subsequently married, Hoch
is known to have eight or ten wives
in Chicago. One of these was Mrs.
Hoyle Hoch. She died within a
month after the marriage, under cir
that aroused the suspic-
ions of her relatives. While the fun
eral procession was on the way to the
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-03-02
THE TURNcoAT BUTTERFLY.
He Changes His Color To Suit His
Changed Surroundings.

From Brazil, from the granite quar-
ries of the district of Santos, comes
the report of a newly but
serfiy The wings of this insect so
exactly match the color of freshly-cut
granite that, at rest on the rock, it is
practically invisible. Moreover, its
instinct leads it always to alight on
the surface which it matches, never
on weathered or moss-grown rock
against which it would easily be seen.
Thus the butterflies are able to elude
their numerous enemies.
OF course, this sort of protective
eoloration is common enough among
insects. We have in the United
States scores of species that match
very accurately treebark or green
leaves or bright flowers. The re-
markable thing about this case is that
the Santos quarries have been
worked for only about two hundred
years. The adaptation of the butter
ny To the color of quarried rock and
the instinct to use this resemblance
for concealment have both appeared
within this short period: a striking
Illustration of the speed with which
Nature can work when she tries
Saturday Evening Post.
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HOCH TO DIE
ON GALLONS

= HocH's KNOWN WIVES WHO
: MET MYSTERIOUS DEATHS. "
Mrs. Mary Welcher Hoch, died
January IL, 1905,
Mrs. Mary Becker, died at St.
Louis in 1902.
Mrs. Mary Schultz, disappeared :
from Argus, Ind, with Hoch in
1900.
Mrs. Lena Hoch, died at Milwau- "
kee.
Mrs. Mary Steinbrecker Hoch, :
Chicago, died in 1892.
Mrs. Hoyle Hoch, died in Chi :
cago in 1892.
=
CHICAGO, ILL.,, Feb. 22.-Every turn
known to law having been exhausted
in the efforts to obtain a reprieve or
Communication of sentence, there re-
mains but one chance to save. Johann
Hoch from the gallows and that is an
act of clemency by Governor Deneen.
The execution is scheduled for tomor-
row morning in the Cook county jail.
A story is in circulation that plans
have been made by friends of Hoch,
if he has to go to the scaffold, for a
sensational appeal to the law at the
last moment before the drop. Ac-
cording to this report man will
dash up to the gallows and ask delay
on the ground that he has conclusive
evidence of Hoch's innocence.
If Hoch is guilty of but small pro-
portion of the crimes with which he
has been charged he undoubtedly is
entitled to be called the modern Blue
beard. In the fifteen years that have
elapsed since he arrived in this coun-
try from Germany he is believed to
have married from ten to thirty wo-
men without regard to the laws in
such cases made and provided, and
he is also suspected of having caused
the death of a number of women who
placed their trust in him. His object
in each case is believed to have been
to obtain the small savings or insur-
ance of the women.
The crime for which Hoch was
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the tickets and that was the last the
woman saw of him.
When the Chicago authorities
started their investigation Hoch fed
the city. He was found several weeks
later in New York city, where he had
already proposed marriage to another
woman, who had a clearinghouse
and some money. This woman
CHANGED to see Hochs picture in the
newspapers, with an account of his
crimes She recognized the likeness
and lost no time in notifying the
police of her suspicious. Hoch was
arrested and returned to Chicago to
stand for the murder of Mrs. Welker
Hoch. The chief evidence against the
accused was furnished by Mrs. Emelie
Fisher, sister of the dead woman and
later the wife of Hoch. 1t was upon
her evidence that the man was con-
victed. Two weeks ago the same
woman created a sensation by going
to Springfield and asking of Governor
Deneen respite for the condemned
man, declaring at the same time that
all of her testimony at the trial was
perjured.
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HIS LIFE
THE FORFEIT.
HONEY DEMANDED OF McKEES-
PORT, PA; MAN BY "BLAck
MAN.

McKEESPORT, Pa, Feb. 25.-For-
mer Mayor Robert ]. Black, of this
place, received a letter Saturday from
members of THE Black Hand" Soci-
ETY., demanding $4,000 in gold and sill
yer coin before March 8, or his life
will pay the forfeit, his house blown
up and his family ruined. The writer
declares that 104 men from Trenton,
N. j., are operating in and about Nc
Keesport and that DR.. Black is one of
she first victims to be marked.
In the letter, on a separate piece of
paper, is the drawing of"a skull and
cross bones in blood red ink. On the
reverse side of the paper are the
words, Response or death" The
letter was dropped in the McKeesport
Dostoffice and the postal authorities
are making an investigation.
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ABOVE THE WATERS TO
KEY WEST, FLA.
Something of FIaeler's Wonderful
RAILROAD With No Dust"-No
Doubt Now About the Com
pletion.

Through the keys off the south
coast of Florida is being built one OF
the most wonderful railroads in the
world. Although little has been said
of the task, probably because no one
took the project seriously at first, but
the work is now in progress and there
is no doubt but that it will be com
pleted.
H. M. Flagler, owner of the Florida
East Coast Railroad, is extending his
road over the waves from Miami to
Key West, and railroad men have at
last agreed that the enterprise is a
practical one.
This is one of the most remarkable
pieces of railroad work ever done,
and even the great transcontinental
over the mountains of Colorado are
hardly to be compared with Mr.. Flag
ler's enterprise from an engineering
standpoint.
From Miami to Key West is 154
miles and nearly 100 miles of the dis
lance is over water. In many places
the water is forty or fifty feet deep
and seagoing vessels ply through
there daily The water is not at all
in Mr.. Flagler's way, however. He
says it is even better, for there will
be no dust to annoy his passengers
who ride on his road. The road has
been built to Homestead, southwest
of Miami, where it will leave the main
land. Small keys, or islands, are scat
tered thick along the line of the road
and on the most of these the road will
run on the ground. Others are too
low, however, for a good grade, so
stone and steel bridges will be built
across them to connect with the steel
and concrete viaducts over the water.
For siXty-one miles of the way the
road will be over the sea on concrete
viaducts thirty feet above the water.
This will place the road above storm
tide although the spray might occa-
sionally come through the windows
on stormy days. Steel and concrete
pillars are being built in the water
and the viaducts will be three or four
feet of concrete on which the ties
and rails will be laid. Only two or
three curves will ha in tho rood ond
there will be but few stations after
leaving the mainland Mr.. Flagler
admits that it will be a very expen-
sive piece of construction, but says
that the cost of maintenance will be
so small that in time it will make it
a cheap road. On some of the pretti-
est islands he will build winter tour
list hotels similar to those he owns on