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A moment later heard a cracking
In the underbrush not far away and,
with shout, dashed into the bushes,
followed by MacArdel Suddenly there
was glimpse of white through the
leaves. and, with a warning cry, drew
my revolver and fired twice with care
ful aim. The object in white fell to the
ground. and we were upon it in an in
slant, while the continued cracking Of
branches showed that some one was
escaping at the top of his speed
The white object was a bundle of
towels and odd pieces of bed linen and
the articles were permeated by the
same indescribable odor that we had
noticed as we pursued the fleeing
creatures in white down the path to
the river.
MacArdel poked the parcel open with
stick and spread the pieces about in
the moonlight as it filtered in through
the branches overhead. making bright
patches here and there under the
trees. Whether because of his startled
remark that this was the smell of the
grave, or perhaps on account Of the
nervous strain to which l had Just
been subjected. l was forced to view
this operation from a respectful dis
lance and was glad when the investi-
CATION was completed.
Leaving the rags, for such they
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He erected a large brick building ana
soon he had installed in it great stocks
of goods. Other merchants in the
town shook their heads. The Public
Spirited Man was certainly crazy.
Farmers when they came to town
looked up the big building with won
der. The Weekly Mirror had to send
away for type to set up the page ad'
vertisement for the new store, and to
get a new press fcr tEe printing of cir.
culars and posters
One month after the opening of the
store the graveyard quietness of the
town had passed away. Streets were
lined with the teams and the wagons
of the farmers. A new elevator for
grain had been started. The railroad
placed new switch in the yard to &C
commodate the increased business.
The son of the old town blacksmith
reopened the old shop closed for yeara
because of no trade. New life was
rapidly being injected into the place.
There was an election. A lot OF
newcomers selected the Public Spir-
tied Citizen for chairman of the town
board He was elected. In six months
the streets were paved, an electric
lighting plant was in operation. along
with u water works. The Great Store
keeper had a way OF doing things, and
he did them. News Of the activity OF
the town reached nearby villages. and
the people came to see the Big Store
and to buy goods. A cold storage
plant in connection with a new com
mission house operated by friends OF
the Storepeeker. caused Farmera to
bring in tons Of butter and hundreds
of thousands of eggs, and chickens
and other produce. The TRANSITIONAL.
ton was quick from a Dead Town to
Lively Small City. A high school
was established, new churches built.
and some of the pious people were
shocked to see an opera house erect
ed. The Panhandle & Skedunk rail-
road. which for years had been run
ming 20 miles from the town so
changed its route as to have 1t on the
main line, so the place had two rail.
roads. Enterprising men who wanted
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Steamboat Springs. Colo.-Walter
Cary, son and business associate OF
John Cary. the wealthy rnd promi-
nent mining man of Denver. was
drowned in Bear River on the Cary
ranch near Hayden aud his body has
been lost in the raging torrent. Two
companions, employees on the ranch.
had hairbreadth escapes and are now
in a serious condition rs the result OF
their experience.
The three men were attempting to
cross the river In a boat, when 1t cap
sized, and they were plunged into the
Icy water. According to his compan-
ions, Cary uttered but one shrek as
the boat went over. 1t Is believed that
his head struck on a rock and that he
vas rendered unconscious, having no
opportunity to fight for his life.
Nothing has been seen of the body
since, although persons for miles along
the stream were notified and have kept
close watch for the corpse. 1t is the
opinion of some that It will be battered
to pieces against the rocks by the swift
waters and may never he recovered.
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east of the house. where the big elm
is. You remember, / told you the
new golf links would take in that tree
and the land around it."
Our return trip from the railway
station took us past Hoskins' again,
and that individual was summing him
self in front of the house as we drove
up.
by the way, Hoskins.' said Mac.
Ardel. stopping his horse and beckon'
ing the man toward him, whats the
name of the fellow that owns this out.
it?"
jerks said Hoskins, briefly.
Sam jerks, TIL lazy cuss."
when is he going to marry the
widow" asked MacArdel, in a most
matter-of-fact way.
That's Jest it," replied Hoskins in
obvious disgust. You tell me an I'll
tell you Goodness knows: he's ben
a-sparkin' her long enough; ever sence
'baout month after her boy got kill.
ed S'pose he felt kinder sorry fer
her at first. an then. after a time, he
began teh git mushy over it. l wish
teh goodness he'd either marry her OF
leave her alone! What with his gal.
livantin' all over the country with her
every week or ten days. an not gittin'
his boss in tn stable till nigh onto
daylight, there's no dependin' on him
teh meet tn trains or do anything
else. fur that matter! Here he is now,
abed an asleep, an eff it hadn't ben
fur you gents a-drivin' up teh tn
deepo, we wouldn't ha' got no mail
till night. in all probability"
With this remark he fished out two
mail bags which the station master
must have tossed into the back OF
the wagon as we were driving away.
CTo BE CONTINUED
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GOLD is NOT GOOD IN CHINA.
What Money is Depends Upon the
Locality, Says a Traveller.

1T is hard to define just what
money is said Representative Julius
Kahn, of San Francisco. recently: AT
best, 1t seems to be a relative term
that is, what passes for money in one
part of the world is regarded with sus-
picion at some other place.
Gold is supposed to be the one cir
culating medium that passes current
everywhere, but 1t is not true. In the
far east, for instance. the natives posi-
lively refuse to take anything but
silver. Gold is not money to them and
in Washington or New York or any
of the cities along the Atlantic coast
when | hand a man ten dollar or 500
gold piece to change he looks upon
me with suspicion. He almost says
in so many words that he would
rather not have 1t. Bnt let me hand
out worn and dirty bill and he &C
cepts it without looking at 1t.
out in California bills are still
more or less OF curiosity and conse-
quently the people are not accus-
toned to them. Go into a bank in San
Francisco and tender $50 bill for
change The chances are that the
president of the bank and the entire
staff of officials would be called into
consultation as to Its genuineness and
/ doubt II there is store in the town
where a bill would be accepted and
changed offhand. We are all creatures
of habit and custom rules the world
after all.
THE silver coins in circulation in
China Mr.. Kahn continued, are OBJ
jects of curiosity to foreigners. In
China the coinage of money is let to
private parties and the amount of sill
yer in a coin depends largely on the
personal honesty of the man in charge
of the particular mint. On this &C
count each coin as 1t passes around In
circulation has to be stamped with the
initials of the merchant last having
it in his possession. The last man
stamping the coin is held responsible
for any shortage in weight in the
coin. The result is that the coins
from repeated stampings. resemble
small saucers and each one fits into
the other when stacked up In pile.
| imagine that they might be useful
for picnic purposes, but they are GER
tainly announcement to carry around,
as anyone can bear witness who has
travelled through the fowery king
dom"
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soon he was taken in as member OF
the firm. Age and hard knocks and
brushes with the business world de-
veloped in him r-"-ked business acu-
men. He forged 20 the front as
fnancier and public spirited citizen.
As years passed he prospered. Early
and late he was ever looking after his
vast business interests. There were
times that he longed to be again in
the small home town. Often in his
youth he dreamed of some day being
chairman of the village board. Only
once since parting from the old home
had he returned, and then to find the
town just the same only little more
delapidated, and in the weed-over-
grown kirkyard the neglected graves
of his good parents.
Strenuous business life and assid-
ious attention to the accumulation of
capital without vacation. caused him
to suffer from what the doctors pro-
nounced neurasthenia, and advised
total rest from mental effort. The man
had labored too diligently in amass-
ing money. Residence in a quiet place
was recommended and retirement from
all commercial worries. The Great
Merchant sold his vast interests to a
combine, and after careful thought.
concluded that he would seek rest and
a renewal of health in the town where
he at one time attended the little red
schoolhouse. and where in childish i'm
agination he would be powerful and
famous by becoming chairman OF the
village board. Accordingly he retired
from the city, purchased the old nome
stead where he was reared and picked
potatoes, and also built residence
and became Great Factor in the
town. Time had made few changes in
the landscape. Buildings and streets
were the same, only showing the raw
ages of decay The old stores were in
possession of the defendants of the
owners who conducted them when he
was a boy. They were not doing the
business that they should. One great
innovation was the town had rail-
road. All about was suggestive OF
peace. 1t was an ideal place for
man who desired to pass mis- declining
days in contemplation OF the here
after. There, life was much like unto
death. There was fresh air In abund-
ance. All of nature laYishiy spent It's
beauty over the country and the town.
and even the weeds on the streets
were allowed to spring up. bloom and
reach maturity without interruption
by the scythe or the sicle.
Within year the Retired Business
Man had regained much of his old
time spirit and health. Habits of ac-
tivity and love of business impelled
him to once again seek work that
would keep his mind occupied. He
loved the old town. He saw that 1t
needed new life. He figured out that
there were 600 farmers in the neigh
borhood. Each farmer surely spent
$50 a month somewhere for supplies.
This meant total of $4,000 month:
$36O,OcO a year. Then the few hun
dred people in the town would add
other thousands to the volume of bust
ness. Why not build great store and
supply the wants of the people! he
would spend some money and build
up the town. He bought half BLOCK
ON which three of the stores stood
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G. A. r Eneampmen. at Fort Collins.

Fort Collins-Fort Collins landed
The G. A. X. encampment for the de-
partmcnts of Colorado and Wyoming.
it will be held next summer. Durango
was the only other city in the state
which made fight for it but with
drew from the race in favor Of Fort
Collins,
r. H. Mellette, of the Arvada camp.
was elected department commander
for Colorado and Wyoming. T, c.
Ramey, of Fort Collins, vas elected
ton.
Mrs. Clara w. Coulter. of Canon
City, was elected department president
of the Woman's Relief Corps, and
Mrs. Anna St Clair. OF Fort Collins.
was chosen senior vice president.
Miss Mary Abbott, of Denve: was
chosen division president of the
Ladies' Auxiliary to The Sons Of Vet
Grams. OF the survivors of the battle
nj Shiloh Daniel Fayer. uf Denver. was
elected commander. Miss Katherine
Eggleston, OF Castle Rock, was chosen
department president of .ne Daughters
of Veterans For the Colorado diyis-
ion of the Sons of Veterans William
5. Paul. of Denver, was elected COM
rlander,
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ere! l can get that COMPOUNDED

wrong here! can get that COMPOUNDED
smell again."
He pulled up his horse with Jerk
and. springing to the ground, began,
with me. to peer under the seats Of
the vehicle. A moment later he eK-
tracted from a pile of blankets and
laprobes, bundle of white cloths
similar in appearance to those we had
discovered on the previous night, and
exhaling the same odor.
Put them back" | exclaimed sud
denly. land cover them up again. too.
After we get the trunk we can take
them to the house and see what they
are
Great ideal" muttered MacArdel,
only | was on the point of suggesting
it myself Get in here with me. The
airs better up front"
clambered into the seat by his side
and we proceeded on our way to the
station.
who is 1t that owns this turnout"
asked MacArdel. DO you know any.
thing about him?"
Nothing more than that he makes
regular trips to and from the trains.
i replied. Runs sort OF local express
you know. between the station and
Hoskins' hotel. Carries the mail and
passengers, II there are any"
Did you ever see him and talk to
him?" continued MacArdel.
"Oh, yes!" | said. He was the first
to tell me about the ghosts at Carney
Croft; all that story of the Bruce
woman's prophecy that the place
would be haunted, you know"
"Humph!" said MacArdel, thought
fully. And where's the Bruce woman
now?"
"She lievs on the place yet" I re
piled. Miss Carney gives her the use
of little house and about 20 acres
of land rent free. and some man about
here works the property on shares fol
her. It's that billy land about a mile
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Omaha, -Eight-year-old Davy
Markowitz. the boy who simply cannot
be good. is to have surgeons knife
inserted into his head to take the bad
ness out of him. This will be the first
time the Omaha Juvenile Court has or
dered a surgical operation TO cure the
disease of delinquency
Davy has been before the court a
number of times and has been for
given on his promise TO be good. When
it came to keeping the promise, how
ever. Davy always failed.
Then ply sicians discovered that
adenoid growths were pressing upward
from the neck and back of the nose,
and, pushing against the brain, con
stricting its growth. The removal OF
these is not dangerous operation,
and, 1t is believed, will remove the
,luse of the boys wickedness.
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were, strewn about as MacArdel had
scattered them, we returned in silence
to the house and reseated ourselves
on the veranda.
Mac" | said abruptly, moment
later. do you know that we left this
place standing wide open and that
some one may be inside by this time?
Not much danger of that, said
MacArdel slowly. Whoever was
around here is as far away by this
time as he can possibly get. Make no
mistake about 1t. Ware, those pieces
of cloth down there have been around
a corpse!"
shuddered in spite of myself, and
we slept in the same room that night.
with the doors and windows bolted.
and a revolver under each of our pill
lows
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CHAPTER X.


d''o
We breakfasted at Hoskins'. AS we
were rising from the table, MacArdel
said: I've got a trunk up at the sta
ton. I suppose l can get somebody
around here to take it down to the
house,
There's an old fellow here who
drives what he calls an express.
renlied. az expect he'll attend to II
for you
Hoskins was standing by the door
as we left the room and I asked him
where we could find the stage driver
but his reply was far from encourag
ing.
"Ye can't find him at ALL" he said
He didn't git in till nigh mornin', an
he's abed yet. His wagons aout teh
tn barn, an eff ye want teh hitch up
yerselves an git tn trunk ye're vel
come to, fur all I can see. I'd send
one O. my boys fur it eff l could. but
they're all workin' to-day, an can
git hold o. one nohow-
We decided that We were quite
equal to this task, and, proceeding to
the stable, undertook to hitch up on
our own account.
MatAr did the driving. and sat
on the seat behind him in all the glory
Of an escorted guest. AS we turned
the corner into the road that led to
the station, sudden gust OF wind
waited into my face the same indie
scr,bable odor that had offended my
nostrils the night before and l called
him to stop.
"Mac!" I said. there's somethaps
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oLp.TIME KILLING IN GEORGIA.
Race War in South Results In Death Of
Six and Wounding Seven.

Clayton, Ga.-Two negroes lynched.
one white man and TWO negroes dead.
and seven other persons wounded is
the result of an attempt to capture a
negro who attempted n criminal as
sault on Mrs. Laura Moore. widow
living near Manassas.
The Dead:
JOHN HARE, white, farmer.
SAM PADGETT, negro, and daugh
ter, aged ten years.
Lynched:
PADGETT'S wife and son.
Injured:
w. ]. Pierson, shot in stomach ana
arm, probably fatal.
James U. Daniel. shot in eye; may
die.
DIR. ]. L. Kennedy, serious.
Son of Padgett. serious.
Elem Padgett, colored
Two daughters of Padgett.
Fifteen persons today surrounded the
house of Sam Padgett, negro. whom
they suspected of harboring ne
gro who had erin 'nally assaulted Mrs.
Moore, and demanded to be allowed to
search the house. Permission was
given, but when within thirty feet of
the house, those inside the building
opened fire on the posse, instantly kill
Ing John Hare and seriously wounding
Barlow Pearson. James Daniel and Dr.
]. L. Kennedy. The posse then re-
turned the fire, killing Padgett and one
of his daughters, and wounding two
other girls. aged six and thirteen, and
two of Padgett's sons. twenty and
twenty-five.
The posse then retired for rein
forcements. The news spread rapidly
and by 10 o'clock 500 armed men were
Oh the scene and started in pursuit OF
the negroes who had escaped. One OF
them was captured and taken before
Mrs. Moore but she failed to identity
him. The negro, however. was identi-
fed as the man who shot Hare and he
was started for the Reidsville jail, to-
gether with Padgetts wife and son.
On the way the officers were over
taken by about seventy-fve men. who
took the prisoners from them. The
woman was told to run, and rs she did
50 was riddled with oullets. her son be-
ing shot to pieces where he stood.
The negro who assaulted Mrs. Moore
has not been captured, but 1t Is re-
ported that he is surrounded in negro
house and that in all probability he has
been killed
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Following the example set Ivy Ben
jamin c. Wright, Zach A. Shire, the
alleged dope fiend who confessed
while in jail at Butte, Montana. 10
the murder of Maurice Captain at tho
latter's home in Denver February 10.
will repudiate his confession 1t is
now claimed that the confession was
obtained by coercion in the form OF
promises of drugs II he would confess
to the crime.
His continued reiteration OF the con-
fe ssion is also said TO have been due
to other promises and deliveries of
he drug to whose use he is addicted.
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A will dated 1745 and deposited In
the Bank of England has just been
discovered in that establishment. The
testator left his property-worth $685.
000-to family named Windel. living
in Fuerstenburg, village near Baden.
During all the years that the will was
forgotten the money has been increas-
ing at compound interest and the sum
is now $7.250.000. People at Fuersten-
burg bearing the name of Windel
have heard of the matter and have
sent agents to London with papers
that, they contend. show their descent
from the Windel family named in ths
will.
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to locate in Live Town turned their
eyes toward the place. Soon there
was smoke from half dozen big fac
tories. and in five years after the Pub
lic-spirited Citizen had started his
store his old home town has increased
its population 1000 per cent. 1t was
no longer printed in little type on the
maps. but In capital letters.
MORAL-Do not underestimate the
possibilities OF your community, or
fail to develop them. No city was
ever made great by its people buying
goods elsewhere.
ID. NJ. CARR.
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Full Pay.

81 wouldn't dock horse declared
Paw Nuritch.
81 should hope not" responded Nav
Nuritch I'm sure the poor critters
work hard enough to deserve oil they
earn."-Louisville Courier-Journal.
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WORK OF VILLAIN
SOME F;END WRECKS SWIFT PAS
SENGER TRAIN AND CAUSES
DEATH.
FATAL CALIFORNIA DISASTER
Just as Heavy Loaded Tains
Approaches.

Los Angeles, Cal.-Train No. 90, the
shore line limited. one of the South
ern Pacific's line flyers due at 9 o'clock
on night of May 81, wrecked at the
West Glendale, ten miles north Of here.
at 1880 in the morning. The wreck
vas the deliberate work of train
wreckers. One man was killed and
twenty-five persons injured, three prob
ably fatally.
In accomplishing the wreck Of the
train, which was the coast limited,
devilish ingenuity had been exercised.
At a point on a trestle over the Arroyo
Seco. the fishplates and bolts of two
connecting rails on the southbound
track had been removed, and In the
apertures whence the bolts were taken
strands OF heavy wire were fastened
at the end of each rail. From the ap-
pearance of the track. after the wreck.
1t was evident that some person hid
den on hillside close to the trestle
had pulled the wire as the train ap-
preached and spread the rails outward
toward the edge of the trestle.
The train. three hours late. was trav-
cling between thirty-five and forty
miles an hour. The engine wheels were
first to leave the rails. and the engine
took to the ties. travelling nearly 100
yards before 1t was brought to stand
still. The tender. the diner. two Pull
mans. the buffet, mail and baggage
cars plugged over the edge of the tres
tie, falling sixteen feet. The buffet
car, the express car and one of the
Pullmans were turned completely up
side down, and the others landed on
their sides. All were badly crushed
and splintered.
The Dead.
7. J. Mcmahon. Santa Barbara.
The Injured.
Il. II. Young, Oakland. porter, cut
about head. hip dislocated.
Mrs. Shidler, Los Angeles, injured
internally; will probably die.
Mrs. Rose Fetterman, Cleveland.
Ohio, arm broken, lacerated scalp and
head. internal injuries. will probably
die.
Miss Ferrie Opdike, Pittsburg, Penn
sylvania. injured internally. scalp cut.
A. c. Young, Marshall. Missouri, cut
about head and face, arm broken.
w. S. Stitt, Los Angeles. scalp cut.
internal injuries.
w. S. Mcclure, left cheek badly cut.
kneecap broken.
William Love. Pullman porter, face
cut, injured internally; will probably
die.
C. A. Robbins. Los Angeles, head
cut. injured internally.
n. L. Jacobs, Los Angeles, shoulder
broken. right arm cut.
w. l.. Miller. Xenia. Ohio. cut about
face. badly injured.
p. II. Baker, Portland, Oregon. cut
about head and face. hip dislocated.
+. II. Stanley. dining car conductor.
San Francisco. scalp wound and LAGER
atoms of face.
Ben Dixon. Oakland. dining car wal
ter, cut and bruised.
f. Wilcox. Oakland. second cook.
cut and bruised.
j. Redwood. Oakland. dining car wal
ter, cut and bruised.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1907-12-07
Holdcroft News.

Holdcroft. Va. Dec. S-The local
merchants have secured their Christ
mas stock and are offering induce
ments 20 their patrons to come ard
buy.
The financial stringency has struck
old Charles City and business men
find il quite hard to secure the
necessary funds to conduct their
bushes.
Mr.. J. 4. Hogle. a former resi-
dent Of this place. died at his home
( in Chesterfield. about ten days ago
/ Mr.. Hogle wus about 6S years o.
age. a native or Illinois. ard a Unio'
soldier. He is survived b. ms wife
formerly Mrs. Beverly Amons. o
I this county. and several children.
The farmers are housing their cor
I crop and a fine yield seems 10 b
I general.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Garter. MI
T Norman 7. Carter and Aubrey "
Binns spent Thanksgiving here IN
guest Of Mr.. A. w. Binns. at Cente
View.
Mrs. V. A. Martin has returne
from a visit 10 her brother, Sergear
Holdcrost. Of Richmond.