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So the pulpit was donated by the
Dutch West India company. The
building served as fort as we'll as a
| church, cannon being mounted upon
/ the roof, and while the service was
going on within sentinels watched for
! signs of foe.
/ Today the old hour glass and an
cient Dutch bible are still in their ac-
customed places, while in the olden
time the pews in front of it were occu-
pied by Col. Peter Schuyler. Albany's
first mayor; the PATRONS of the Van
Rensselaers, who owned land along
both shores of the Hudson river for
twenty-four miles, and Gen. Philip
Schuyler, one of the first three major
generals in the revolutionary army,
also first United States senator from
New York
Within its shadow the famous Iro-
quois chieftain, King Hendrick, who
with Sir William Johnson defeated
the French and Indians in the battle
of Lake George, was converted to
Christianity and Col. Aaron Burr,
United States senator from New York
and vice-president under Thomas JEFF
ferson, was married to Theodosia Pro-
vost
President Roosevelt sat before 1t and
listened to the preachers words as a
member of this church when governor
Of New York State.
The old pulpit is rich in years and
honors; its history is Albany's history,
the church members having taken |
part in all the events OF interest that
have happened in we ole towne" since
its founding
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BOASTS OF
OLDEST PULPIT

Albany, N. Y, has the honor of
owning the Oldest pulpit on the conti-
nent, along with that of being the old
est chartered city In the United States.
The pulpit stands in the First Re
formed church, which was built In
the year OF the building OF the old
California missions 1898. but, unlike
them, IT is as strong and IN as good
repair as II was when the builders
left IT,
The pulpit was brought over from
Holland by the Dutch in 1856 to stand
In their new church, which was just
building twenty-five beaver skins
were sent to Holland as part payment,
but they became damaged In transit,
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ITO be continued.)

Iry OF irony far into the background
The thought Of Chilcote and OF the
one flaw in their otherwise fawiesa
scheme rose to his mind. Instinctively
be half withdrew his hands.
"Nhere is the sympathetic current?'
be asked quietly. His thoughts were
bnsy with the question of whether be
would or would not be justified in
beating an undignlfed retreat.
Between you and-me, Of course, "
said the voice softly. II sounded Ian
guild. but very rational The idea OF
retreat seemed suddenly theatrical. In
this world of low voices and shaded
lights people never adopted extreme
measures-no occasion made "A scene
prac ticaDle or even allowable. He
leaned back slowly, while he summed
up the situation. II by any unlucky
chance this woman knew Chilcote to
have adopted jewelry and had seen
the designs of his rings the sight Of
his own Scared finger would suggest
question and comment. If, on the
OIueE uuhus ut ieIt INC pdNlnOh Will
out excuse or II without apparent rea-
son he refused to remove the rings, he
opened up new difficulty, fresh
road to curiosity 1t came upon him
with unusual quickness-th obstacles
to and the need for speedy decision.
He glanced round the tent; then un-
he Strengthened his Shout
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ders. After all, he had stepped int
tight corner, but there was no nee(
to cry out in squee his way back
Then he realized th, e soft, ingra
tiating tones were nding once
more
Its the passing of my hands over
yours while look into the crystal that
sets up sympathy slender hand
moved swiftly into the light and picked
up the ball-"and makes my eyes see
the pictures in your mind. Now, will
you please take off your ringsr
The very naturalness of the request
disarmed him. 1t was a risk. But, as
Chilcote had said, risk was the salt of
! life.
I'm afraid you think me very
troublesome The voice came again.
delicately low and conciliatory.
For brief second Loder wondered
uncertainty how long or how well Chill
cote knew Lady Astrupp; then he dis
missed the question. Chilcote had
never mentioned her until tonight and
then casually as Lady Bramfell's sister.
What coward he was becoming in
throwing the dice with fate! Without
further delay he drew off the rings,
slipped them into his pocket and re-
placed his hands on the smooth table
top.
Then, at the moment that he replaced
them, peculiar thing occurred.
From the farther side Of the dark
partition came the quick, rustling stir
of skirt and the slight scrape of a
chair pushed either backward or for
ward. Then there was silence.
Now, silence can suggest anything
from profound thought to imbecility,
but In this case its suggestion was nil.
That something had happened, that
some change had taken place, was as
patent to Loder as the darkness Of the
curtain or the band OF light that crossed
the foor, but what had occasioned It.
or what ii stood for, he made no at
tempt to decide. He sat bitlugly con-
scious Of his hands spread open on the
table under the scrutiny OF eyes that
were Invisible 10 MN, NlFiuiN aware
OF the awkwariness OF his position.
He felt with Instructive certainty that
4 new chord bad been struck; but a
man seldom acts on instructive certain.
ties II the exposure Of HIS hands had
struck this fresh note. then any added
action would but heghten the dilemma. !
He sat silent and motionless.
Whether his lmpassivlty had any |
bearing on the moment he had no way !
Of Knowing: hut no further movement |
came from behind the partition. what
ever the emotions that had caused the
'harr swish of skirts and the sharp
scrape Of the chair they had evidently
subsidized or been dominated by other
feelings. /
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be laughed a little unoomfortably.
But surely. sir
she recognized me. you mean
LOder's eyes we're a. keen as steel
Yes"
Then you're wrong. She didn't"
Bessington's eye brows went up.
There was silence. LOder glanced
across the room. Eve had parted from
the girl in green and was moving to
ward them. exchanging smiles and
greetings as she came.
My wife Is coming back" he said.
"Will you do this for me. Blessington?
lit viii smooth things" He spoke
quickly. continuing to watch Eve. As
he had hoped. Blessington's eyes turn
ed in the same direction. Twill
smooth matters. he repeated-'smooth
them in-ln a domestic way that I
can't explain"
The shot told. Bless!ngton hooked
round
Right. sir" he said. You may
leave 1t TO me- And before Loder
could speak again he had turned ana
disappeared into the crowd.
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HAS A CORNER
ON CHICKENS
Enterprising American Tells Of His
Deals in the TransvaaI.
KANSAS City Times

AhaA9op 0llJ liihGS.J
For months and months following
the boer war in South America was
the only man living in the TransvaaI
who owned chicken" said Jake
Hildebrandt of Cape Town, Africa, yes
terday.
I began raising poultry as sort Of
hobby he said Then I saw there
was lot in it. Now I'm called the
poultry king Of Africa and every
chicken in the Transvaal can trace
its ancestry to my farm.
In the war all the chickens were
killed. ! made contract with the
government to take all the chickens
l could supply for two years. The de-
partment Of agriculture bought the
chickens and distributed them among
the farmers to get another start IN
poultry in the country.
Il imported lot OF fine stock from
England and America and fitted I'M
my farm OF eighty-eight acres for rails
ing the fowls. used sixteen incuba.
tors and the Matching capacity of the
farm was about 5000 a month
sold the fowls at from 1928 to $50
each, the average being SO fowl
You can well believe that only few
are eaten In that part of
Africa"
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KEEP THEKlpNEYs WELL.
Health is Worth Saving, and Some
Columbia People Know How
to Save It.

Many Columbia people take their
lives in their hands by neglecting the
kidneys when they know these organs
need help. Sick kidneys are RESPONSE
BILE for a vast amount of suffering and
iii health, but there is no need to suf-
fer nor to remain In danger when all
diseases and aches anu pains due to
weak kidneys can be quickly and per
manently cured by the use of Doan's
Kidney Pills. Here is the statement
of a Columbia citizen who has re-
claimed good health by the use of this
remedy:
st. l.. White, auctioneer, and City
Alderman. residing at 46 South High
street, SAYS: For some years / had
more or less trouble with my back
and then spells Of sharp cutting pains
Usually the attacks were brought on
when unthinkingiy stopped or
Strengthened after STOPPING A din
Guilty with the kidney secretions
caused me a great deal Of annoyance,
especially at night, and oftentiznes ]
was forced to rise several times thus
greatly disturbing my rest. When
saw Doan's Kidney Pills advertised
and especially recommended for my
trouble got box at Adams a Mar.
tins drug store. After using them a
few days I noticed q marked improve
ment in my condition. kept on TAX
ing he pills and as n result the pain
In my back was relieved and the trou-S
BILE was corrected. You may publish
my statement at any time and l will
always do all can to let the value Of
Doan's Kidney Pills be known"
For sale by all dealers. Price SO
cents. Foster Milburn Co, Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name--DoAN's--and
take no other. VI
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HOME TELEPHONE COMPANY
m GILES COUNTY.

LYNNVILLE, Tenn, March REP
resentatlves of the Home Telephone
Company are now stationed at Waco
having the wires run for that line--
the poles were erected several months
ago--through this section on their
main line from Birmingham. Ala, to
Nashville. Poles have been set from
Waco here. and toll station is to be
established at this place at once. The
representatives seem 70 be thorough
~ in earnest, and are going right
ahead with their work.
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CHAPTER XIV.

SntEAAh6 AhN R@NAAo8 ANNA@@ !
first feeling was one Of an
noyed awkwardness at finding
himself Ia almost total dark
ness. But as his eyes grew accus-
toned to the gloom the feeling vanish
cd and the absurdity OF the position
came TO his mind.
The tent was small, heavily draped
with silk and smelling OF musk. II
was divided into two sections by an
immoveble curtain that hung from the
roof to within few feet OF the floor.
The only furniture on Loder's side
was one low chair. and the only light
q faint radiance that, coming from
the invisible half of the pavilion,
spread across the floor in a pale band.
For a short space he stood uncertain,
then his hesitation was brought to an
end
please sit down." said a low, soft
voice.
For further moment he stood I'M
decided. The voice sounded so unex-
pectedly near In the quiet and dark
ness of the place it seemed to possess
a disproportlonate weight, almost the
weight of familiar thing. Then with
u sudden, unanalyZed touch of relief.
he located the impression. 1t was the
similarity 10 Lady BramfelPs sweet,
slow tones that had stirred his mind.
With sense of satisfaction he drew
the chair forward and sat down.
Then for the first time he saw that
on the other side Of the gauze partition
and below 1t by few inches was
small table OF, polished wood, on which
stood an open book, a crystal ball and
a gold dish filled with ink. These were
arranged on the side of the table near
est to him, the farther side being out
Of his range of vision. An amused in
terest touched him as he made his posi-
ton more comfortable. Whoever this
woman was, she had an eye for stage
management, she knew how to mar
mhal her effects. He found himself I
waiting with some curiosity for the |
next injunction from behind the cur
tain.
THE art of crystal gazing" began /
the sweet, slow voice after pause, is I
one of the oldest known arts" Loder I
sat forward The thought of Lady
Bramfell mingled disconcertingly with
some other thought more distant and
less easy to secure.
ITO obtain the best results" went
on the seer. the subject lays his un
covered hands outspread upon
smooth surface" 1t was evident that
the invisible priestess was reading
from the open book, for when the
word surface was reached there
was slight stir that indicated the
changing OF position, and when the
voice came again it was in different
tone,
please lay your hands, palms down
ward upon the table"
Loder smiled to himself in the dark
ness. He pictuSed Chilcote with his
nerves and his impotence going
through this ordeal; then in good hui
mored silence he leaned forward and
,beyed the command His hands
rested on the smooth surface Of the
table in the bar Of light from the I'M
leen lamp. J
There was a second in which the
'eer was silent; then he fancied that {
he raised her head.
"You must take off your rings" she
aid smoothly. ANY metal interfereS
With the sympathetic current" I
AT any other time Loder would have Q
aughed. but the request so casually
nd graciously made sent all possible y
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(Continued.)
A BILLION

| WASHINGTON. March 4.-More
money has been appropriated during
the short session of this Fifty-ninth
Congress, which passes into history
at noon today than during any pre-
vious session. The amount, as near
as can be estimated, approximates ST.
OOO, 100000.
Two big battleships were authorized
for the navy and the artillery corps of
the army was reorganized and enlarg-
ed. A general service pension was
granted to veterans of the Mexican
and Civil wars and like provisions
were made for army nurses. For riv-
or and harbor improvements the APP
preparation aggregated $4,000, 900.
Increased salaries were given to Cab
met Ministers, the Vice President
and Senators, the Speaker of the
House of Representatives and fits
members, to Ambassadors, Ministers
and Consuls, to postoffice clerks and
letter carriers.
The public made more inquiries for
information from the document-rooms
of Congress regarding the ship subsidy
bill, the currency measure and the
bill regulating the hours of service of
railway employees than any other pend
ing legislation. Ship subsidy died |
hard in the last hours. The two 9TH |
er measures became laws as the SEES /,
sion closed.
The immigration bill, one of the |
measures brought over from the long
session. was completed under the spur
of the President that he might meet
the acknowledgements situation by
giving the Administration control of
coolie importation through passports.
The bill further restricts the admis-
sion of aliens to this country.
A bill passed for the establishment
Of an agricultural bank in the Philip {,
pines Il
The free alcohol law of last session
vas modified that farmers may distill
he waste products to be denatured
Ind used in the arts and sciences.
The right of appeal in criminal [
,ases was granted the Government,
Measure intended to strengthen the {
antitrust legislation by affording ;
means whereby the Supreme Court
nay pass on the constitutionality and
obstruction of such laws. {
An investigation was authorized v
egarding the condition of women and t
HID workers. The Interstate Com c
1erce Commission was authorized to {
scertain and report If the express I
of the country are evading a
he railroad rate law of the last ses- II
Ion by buying, selling and handling v
n consignment fruit, vegetables and
ysters. Ii
Reed Smoot was retained by the m
enate as Senator from Utah, end Of
lg four years controversy.
The Senate ratified the treaty of III
lgeciras and also one between the II
nited States and Santo Domingo. p'
The President was authorized to HI
'e his good Offices to prevent atroci it
rs in the Congo.
The Senate also launched an ex- a.
lustive investigation of the Browns
lie ARRAY.
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man.s prlneipa, rr.,..

An old gentleman. pointing 70 his
favorite dog. said proudly:
That dog certainly seems almost
human at times.y
Yes" said his wife, ne Er0wIs
over his food a. much ~ Jon do."--
Minneapolis Journal
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NoN-R sIpENT NOTICE
Bessie Bounds,
Provine Bounds.

Ncg
Provine Bounds.
IN this GAUGE ID appearing from the
Bill sworn TO that the defendant. PRO.
vine Bounds is Nonresident Of the
state OF Tennessee. and the ordinary
process OF law cannot be served upon
him; II Is therefore ordered by the
Court that publication be made In the
Columbia Herald. a newspaper pub
lished In Columbia, Maury County.
Tennessee. for four consecutive weeks
directing Provine Bounds to appear
before the Circuit Court on or before
the Fourth Monday In May. 1907 next
and plead, answer or demur to Com
plainants bill. or the allegations con
tanned In same will be taken for con
fessed as to him, and the cause set
for hearing ex-parte.
This the Attn day OF March, 1907.
A. ]. NICHOLS,
Clerk Of the Circuit Court.
W. o. GORDON,
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on my list of clients. Their game was
to learn If discovered any clue to work
from, knowing that / was sure to be
called to Collamore's office"
But how the dickens did you so
suddenly light upon the truth, when
you prevented me from arresting jan
way?" demanded Coleman, anxiously.
Boyd laughed.
'TH explain, Jimmie" said he light
Iy. The whole business dawned upon
me when Brisbane came over and told
his little story. His word is as good as
gold, and he meant all right, Jimmie,
but. as Janway impuisively declared,
he told a lie and one that might have
cost Janway his life"
About the shadow on the curtain ~
Precisely" nodded Boyd. while
Brisbane was speaking, ! noted that
the lamp on Collamore's desk was well
to one side of the window, and so
placed that a man could not possibly
have come between it and the curtain,
which would have been essential to
the casting of the shadow described
That's true, Felix"
"Of course / also observed that the
lamp was portable" continued Boyd.
"A glance about the office further told
me, however. that there was no table,
stand OF shelf on which it could stand.
so placed tnat man COuld come De-
tween it and the drawn curtain"
well, well, what then? Brisbane
certainly saw a shadow Of Janway' S
head"
Boyd laughed.
Not at ALL Jimmie; he only thought
he did," said he, dryly. "A shadow
| would have required Janway to be be-
tween the lamp and the curtain. / saw
| that that was quite impossible. On the
contrary, Jimmie, 1 very quickly rea-
soned that Janway must have been be-
| tween the illumined curtain and Mr..
Brisbane, at his Office window, and that
what the latter saw was not a shadow
but a silhouette
"Oh, by Jove!'' cried Coleman. half
starting from his chair. Then jan
way was crouching in the darkness on
the roof of the shedr'
Precisely" laughed Mr.. Felix Boyd.
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with only his barred head visible above
the stone coping, which very naturally
would have impressed Brisbane that
the man was in the office. engaged as
he described. Peering under the cur
tain, however, Janway saw the crime
after it was committed. When 1 hit
upon the silhouette theory, Jimmie,
at once saw the probable occasion of
the attitude Janway was assuming.
Obviously he had seen something which
he shrank from disclosing. Under such
OF the deepest kind, silences a man. 1
then recalled Hislop's mission at my
office. In a nutshell, Jimmie, 1 almost
instantly reasoned that Janway had
discovered red-handed the father of the
girl he loved, and that for sake of the
girl he was concealing the truth"
"Oh, by thunder, Felix, you've got a
headp' cried the central office man. II
see it all now. A capital chap, that
Janway, as you say"'
well, we'll not give Janway too
much credit for not coming out with
the TRUTH" laughed Boyd. Possibly he
aimed to secure a lever with which to
force Hislop to consent to the mar
rage. Or. perhaps, he saw to whom
the stolen bonds might finally come.
CoIlamore had not been a very liberal
employer, and Janway evidently had
less loyalty to him than love for the
girl. l saw II was no use to question
Janway, as he was prepared to deny
everything. so I decided to drop him
ana turn my attention to Hislop."
And his confederate, eh?"
LAS 4 matter of fact, Jimmie, 1 did
not then suspect that Hislop had con-
federate," replied Boyd. II felt sure
that by calling upon him. however.
could drive him to the wall ard force
a confession from him. Although
took the precautiOn TO guard his house,
front and rear, 1 had no idea that I
should find him closeted then and there
with his confederate. Luckily that Ii
brary door locked with a catch, and
that l made a move from my chair
upon finding it had been so recently
occupied by another, or the bullets with
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ON THE TRAIL
OF "BIG FINGER"
Continued from Page 6.


rying abroad. Boyd cannot possibly
suspect me-"
Perhaps not. yet there's no know
ing forcibly rejOined the other. THE
man doesn't live who can tell what Fe-
liX Boyd suspects, or where to find him.
He's as shifty as quicksilver. He's a
veritable fiend in his line of work.
reckon I know. I've heard enough
about him.
But there is no clue pointing to me. I"
persisted Hislop. with nervous vehe-
mence. why should I light out thus?
He cannot have discovered anything
discriminating me. and if l now
He has discovered something, you
blockhead, and that alone should warn
us to be guarded interrupted Dillon,
with augmented feeling. I'VE know
that JanWay has not been arrested. de-
spite what you saw and heard. Yet
the statement of that Mr.. Brisbane
should have landed the clerk In the
Tombs He must have seen the sha-
dow Of your Internally ugly head;
that's what he saw. and took it for
Janway's."
But he declared"
mo matter what he declared. The
fact that JanWay is not under arrest
plainly shows that Boyd is wise to
something. 1t may not involve you.
Hisiop; I don't say that it does. If ]
really thought il did, you can wager
your share of this plumber that I'd not
be here tonight. But whatever Boyd
has learned, your safest move is to get
out OF his way for a spell. An absent
man cannot be questioned, nor hound
ed and shadowed,' and possibly driven
into corners from which it is difficult
TO escape. Take your share of this stuff
and go abroad-that's my advice 70
you. HiSlOo."
And what viii you do?"
Dillon laughed scornfully-
I'll take care of myself never doubt
that" he declared pointedly. 1--WE
made sure that I cannot be incrimin-
ated. nor can you even disclose my
real name. When we part tonight, His
Top, we part forever. This little scheme
with which you approached me, and 10
which I have given my valuable aid
Stop, there's the bell, Stop. / say!
HislOp. who had leaped affrighted to
his feet, halted beside the table.
With rapid movements his compan-
ion seized the several packages of
bonds scraDed a hole amid the dead
Goals and ashes in the open CRATE near
BY. and quickly buried the securities
Well out of observation. Then he
turned to Hislop. and said composedly.
yet with irresistible significance;
Let your visitor be whom he may,
this plumber must not be found. Keep
Your head, old man, whatever hap
pens. This may be only chance
caller. however. There goes the hell
again. Go answer it Stay Before
you return ! shall have hid in the cell
lar stairway. For your life-mark me,
Tor your life, Hislop-don't admit that
YOU had a companion here Go answer
the bell"
Before he had concluded these warn
ing remarks. Dillon's evil eyes were
aglow like Goals Of fire
Hislop steadied his qusking nerves,
snarled basek word OF assurance
then shunIea out IA bis csFoet. slippers
TO omen the fre4ft door =
Dillon quickly buttoned his coat