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A STORY OF MANHATTAN.
and sits down to wait for Drysdale's

WI
LAS 500 as he hears him enter his
room. he gathers up the letters which
he had, of course, written during the
afternoon. ~ goes downstairs. And 1T
is here that he makes his most Sc
rious mistake. He f~nncies, perhaps.
that he is to have only The country DO
lice to deal with-only your Heffel-
bowers-that he must cl:nch the nail.
that he cannot make he evidence
against his victim too strong. SO. when
he places his letters in the bag on the
hall-raclS, he also tears off the top but
ton OF D~rysdale's rain-coat.
returns to the hall, talks With
Delroy; the storm comes up and young
Graham rushes in. They run down to
the pier. kneel beside the body, try to
discover signs of life--and Tremafno
adroitly shuts the button within tho
dead mans hand. That. my dear Les
ter, is, j fancy, the whole story"
l smoked on for a moment In SILENCE,
turning it over in my mind with Il cer-
tain sense OF disappointment.
ut may be true" l said. ut seems
to hold together. But, after an. there
isn't n bit of positive evidence in II.
How arc we to convince a jury that
| premaine really did all these things"
Godfrey blew n great moke ring out
! over the seat in front of US.
II agree" he said. that we haven't
as vet any direct evidence against Ire
maine; 1t nay be hat this whole struc-
ture will fall to pieces about my eaSa.
But I don't believe 1t. I believe, Within
an hour, We'll be in possession of tina
one piece of positive. i%ndisputa5lc evil
dence that will outweigh all the rest"
What is that?" / asked.
He turned to me with that bright
light in his eyes tina l had seer there
once or twice before.
4 1.-The necklace" he answered.
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HLNGTON MONUMENT is
DOOMED; FILL SHAFT WITH
CONCRETE, SAY ENGINEERS

Washington. D. c., Special: Is the
Washington monument liable to crum
BILE and topple Owe n Of these nice
days? There Is declared to be con-
Germ among engineers who have stud
led the structure lest something Of the
sort may happen.
The monument is $50 feet high, and
when finished was the highest struc-
ture, reared by man. In the world,
though several have dwarfed it since.
But 1t is everywhere known as the most
magnificent column ever reared.
The monument was begun a long
time before the civil war, and some-
thing like $50 feet Of it constructed.
Then 1t stopped. and not till long after
the war was work resumed. When at
last it was resumed. the engineers and
scientists decided to change the stone
of which it was being built. 1t was
feared that the stone first used would
not permanently stand the strain of
maintaining the tremendous weight of
the column. So another material was
found and with this the column was
finished. AS . result there is a very
apparent difference in color between
the two sections. the old and new.
The huge stone shaft Is hollow. and
inside is a circular stairway and an
elevator. 1t has been alleged lately that
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-02-07

Waterbury. Conn. Special: Witch
craft has apparently claimed Terry
vile, a town near here, as its latter
day headquarters and field of opera
sions. Ghosts. COLLINS, broomsticks,
mysterious footsteps, sick cows. curd-
led cream and the ticking of hidden
clocks have wrought upon the residents
on Town Hill until it is no longer safe
Tor a black cat to cross the street or
for aged women 20 gather herbs in
selling at a premium, while books on
necromancy and spells are in great
demand.
Supernatural manifestations have
eentered about the old Allen homestead
on the crest Of Town Hill. Miss A. L.
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CHAPTER v.
A HORROR IN THE DARK

"A HORROR in THE DARK.
The necklace: OF course, tho necklace,
"Bu then" I objected after II mo-
ment. 'if your theory's correct. we're
going right away from the necklace.
You said hat Tremaine had hidden IL
at Ed.emere."
Yes: but he's no such fool as to
come away and leave 1t hidden there.
He's not the man to make the mistake
Miss Croydon did-to conceal u thing m
a place where he can't get 1t again
without exciting suspicion. No, no; his
O the necklace with him to New
York; he ran no risk in doing that.
everything had happened just as he
hoped 1T would. There was absolutely
no suspicion against him."
HI may have hidden &c somewhere
else In the meantime" 1 observed.
Yes, he may have done that" adj
mitted Godfrey; land yet, why should
he? He has no reason to believe thar
any suspicion attaches to him. He'll
naturally wish TO keep the pearls by
him until he has a chance TO sell thefn.
one by one. He can't do that yet
he'll probably orange Il trip to Europe
to get rid of them. If the necklace r.
concealed at all. it's concealed some
where in his rooms. And If It's there,
We'll find it,"
Long Island City," yelled the guard,
slamming open the door. Change for
New York;"
We took the Thirty-fourth street fer
~. and ten minutes later were in d
cab hurryirg downtown.
wen get SihlmOndS first" said God
Trey. I've a sort of reciprocity treaty
with him. Besides, we've got 10 haEvc
an officer to make the arrest. Here ,ve
are"
He jumped out, paid the driver, ana
hastened up the steps, l after him. As
We entered the room, / saw that n clock
/ lo"lSi cred nlI1 mast Ian
Hello. Simmond8," said Godfrey fo
a grizZled, stockily built man. who had
sprung to his feet rs we entered. "An
alone:" "
"Yes-the other hove have t,,,
in." 4's
"Thats good-l've got something big
sim1nonds face flushed with sudden
emotion.
"Really?" he sta,nmerca. .JIave you
really?"
"The biggest catch that's been made
in many a day. But remember orr omr
agreement-yours the glory, mine tho
scoop. Not a word Of this to anvbodv
before daybreak."
or course not: of course not" as
sented Simmonds, rubbing his hands to
gether eagerly, What is it?"
you've read about that murder AMI
robbery at the Delroy place near
Babylon?"
Yes, certainly; they've got the muir
derer in Jail down there"
mo. they haven't" retorted Godfrey
sharply. We're going to have him In
jan mere inside OF twenty minutes"
slmmonds' eyes began to glisten.
That would be a big thing" he said.
"Are you sure OF the MANI"
Dead sure; but see here, Simn,onds.
I haven't time to tell you tho whole
story now; only J. assure you, on INV
word, that I've evidence against The
man which will convict him OF one
murder and perhaps Of two. Is thai
%enough?"
Yes" said simmonds Instantly, and
he opened a drawer, from which he took
a pistol and a pair Of handouts. "AUl
right" he added, turning back to us.
That's good! Better have a lantern.
too, though"
"Think so?" ~
concluded Next Wcek.l
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Concluded Next wcck)
Poor Georoe-

Miss Iva de C~hipenham, lecturer. of
New York, holds that beautiful
thoughts make beautiful faces and 1g-
ures, and that ugly thoughts deform.
even as unwholesome work does.
by taking thought" said Miss do
ChiDenham. in an interview in Chi
cago, you cannot, perhaps, add a cubit
to your stature, but you can eradicate
round shoulders and sponge wrinkles
away.
"Our thoughts mold our faces, form
our expression. Thus they. give us
away. They give us away as much as
the spoken thought Of a Chicago girl
once gave her away.
This girl sat in a dlm-lit parlor on
a winter evening with a young man.
A fire Of oak logs blazed In the CRATE
and. looking into the pink and gold
heart Of the fame, the girl, who was
very pretty, murmured:
Ho divine, my dearest Hilary
But h young mar frowned and
started.
Hilary he said. You mean George.
don't you pet?'
The girl blushed and bit her lin.
"'Oh, DEAR she said; how silly OF
me: ] thought this was Saturday
night"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-02-07
MULES; TO
FIT THE HARNESS
Reason for Requirement of Ger
tain Measurements by
British Army.
From the Washington Post.

Three hundred mules with empire
waists and chest measurements of 81
Inches are preparing for q our of In
dia," said Robert l.. Mcdonald, of Kan
sas City, recently.
"a British officer has been in Kan
sas picking them up. The party will
sail in December, and his will be a
chance for these rovers, who turn up
when the British want. muleteers, to
get a ride IN 4 transport to Calcutta.
This is as far as the mules will be
taken by the muleteers, but they them
selves are to go up the Himalaya
mountains. India, being Il fearfully
hot place., is Stunned by the aristo-
cratic officers of the contingent of the
army there. The Door subaltern spends
his leave of absence on the coast, where
it is cheap. The real swell goes to the
Himalayas.
There is where the Missouri mules
are going. Their baggage will consist
of machine guns and ammunition. They
will travel in parties, one carrying a
small cannon, another a pair of wheels
for it, another the carriage, and the
balance will carry ammunition. 1t is
not for the looks of things that the
British now demand a mule with a
Gl-inch chest measurement, but be-
cause the Britisher never overlooks a
bet. He set out to carry his noun
1899 oSA1 90 AA)h'oA iblS dll4 lts
found, after his experience with ten
OF thousands of them during the Boer
war, that the best mule BORN for
Tommy Atkins job is a short coupled
mule from is to 15h hands high and
81 inches around the girth.
Harness was made by the %trainload
Cor his sized animal. and that explains
why the officer now in kansas is SO
particular as to the girth measure
ment. The harness for Singing the
parts Of u machine gun consists of
leather and steel or brass parts. Our
mule packers, who get SIS a month in
our own army, know the advantage of
hiving a mule fit the pack or the pack
fit the mule. When he gets both he
is a happy transportation boss. The
British make that an actual state of
affairs by making their trappings all
one size and then finding mules to
fit. The advantage is realized only
when a mule falls in action and an
understudy has to shoulder his load
Or, during the march, when it is nee
essary to relieve the gun train by fresh
mules.
The empire waist means a short
coupled mule. The British army buy
ers' rule is for a head like q picture.
legs like bars of iron and feet like
masons' mells, short in his couplings
and intelligent To this is added in
the mule department a chest meas
urement of 81 inches. Muleteers are
paid for the outward bound trip of
the British transports and are returned
to Kansas City. If they elect to re-
main at the foreign station they for
felt their right to claim passage home
later on. They ordinarily go direct
from the United States. but are brought
back via England"
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Fairfield, secretary OF the Plant. Flower
and Fruit guild, lives here with her
sisters, Miss Mildred Fairfield and Mrs.
D. S. Redner. Other members of the
household are Miss Margaret d. Kear-
ney, Miss Fairfield's assistant; Miss
Margaret v. Mitchell, cashier in a New
York department store, and Samuel
Viertel. principal of q school at Port
Richmond, s.. I. They have all seen or
heard strange things about the ancient
house. Neighboring residents are not
exempt. however. and backyard gossip
has narrowed to the Interchange Of the
days weird experiences.
One unusual feature Of the outbreak
Is the fact that the ghosts prefer day.
light for their wanderings and the
witches stop work at dusk. In the cell
lar Of n house may be heard the
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-02-07

sound produced by chopping wood, but
the laborer apparently leaves for home
when the S O'clock whistle blows. The
owner of this house is a philosophical
Irishman, who declares that his wood
chopper keeps him company by his
cheerful racket and who SCOTS at well
meant suggestions as to horse shoes,
charms and amulets.
At a nearby farm a peculiarly vicious
Influence seems to be at work. Chairs
are pulled suddenly aside or walk
across the room when a member of the
family attempts to sit upon them.
Animals in the barn are afflicted with
madness or die OF unknown diseases.
Spooks beat tatooes on the walls.
Cream refuses to churn. Chickering'S
and squeakings are heard in closets
and unoccupied rooms.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-02-07
One Of His Own.

From the New York World.
Senator Lodge stepped into the Sen
ate elevator yesterday and met there
a constituent who, in defiance of the
rule against smoking. was putting in
dustriously on a low-grade cigar.
Il judge by the odor." said Lodge,
that that cigar is IL Of Senator
Cranes"
NC. SENATOR" replied the constitu-
ent. who was a literal-minded and seri-
GUS person; II just came from your
committee room and YOU clerk gave
1T to me out of your box"
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lnterfused.

lnterfused.
We can not lie every morning and repeat
the lie at night:
We can not blacken our souls all day and
each day wash them white:
Though the pardoning blood availeth to
cleanse the mortal stain.
For the sin that goes on SHINING that blood
was shed in vain.
We must buy and sell in the market; we
must earn our daily bread:
But just in the doing these usual acts may
the soul be helped and fed.
1t is not in keeping the days work and
the days prayer separate so,
But the mixing the prayer with the labor
that the soul is taught to grow,
For If sweeping a room by God's law is a
service He deigns to bless,
And mending a kettle worthily Is working
for Him no less
Than steering steady the ship OF state. or
welding the sword in war,
Or lifting the soul of man by songs to the
nights where the angels are
Then none may deem ii wasted time who
stands in an humble spot
And digs and waters a little space which
the hurrying world heede rot:
For the Lord of the harvest equally sends
His blessed sun and rain
On the large work and the little work
and none CT 1t is in vain.
Susan Coolidge.
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while that of the Metropolitan building
clock will be twenty-five.
It will be a clock suitable in every
way to be a part Of the tallest perma-
nent structure in the world, as the new
tower will be. The tower will be forty
eight stories, 658 feet bow the street,
and the clock will occupy part of tho
25th, Goth and 9th floors. The middle
Of the dial will be BAG feet above the
street.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-02-07
xaTRoFoI111A1T LIFE $500 TovER fdA6iSoF SoURE.

N ew York, Special: When the tower
of the Metropolitan Life building in
Madison square is completed New York
will have what undoubtedly will be the
largest clock in the world. That dis
tinction has belonged for many years
to Big Ben, in Westminster Abbey,
London. the dial of which is twenty
two and one-half feet in diameter.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-02-07
The Gal in the Fountain.

Fetch out a Mother Hubbard an hand mo
down some shoes.
I'm soin' to stan on the capitol lawn for
the w. c. T.. US.
I'm sick of seem cocktails mixed, an pos
In here halfclad.
As a kind OF inspiration for them what
goes drink mad.
I amt no gay Bacchante, an I amt no
dancin' sprite-
TN a Gal from Dooly county what goes to
sleep at night.
An these amt grape from Malaga-jes'
plain old m~uScadines.
Don write me down no Venus with her
exposed limbs and lines.
Fetch out your Mother Hubbard-make it
calico or silk,
From this time on I'll spurn the CONAN
stan for buttermilk.
Atlanta Constitution.
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Naturally.

skribbles On my way here I
cropped my portfolio. containing a few
fairy tales, INC 1 feel pretty sore about
It.
NJ Editor-Yes, I imagine any one
#rwould feel sore after dropping a MIN
Der Of stories,
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-02-07
Was IL soId2
From Tit-Bits

NIOIII ITl~IDIJS.
An honest Canadian farmer adver-
tised his GOV for sal. as follows:
lowing to i'll health, / will sell at my
residence In township 10. range IS, ac-
cording to the government survey, one
raspberry plush COW. 8 years old.
"She is a good mixer and not afraid
iof motor cars or anything else.
"She has undaunted courage, and
gives milk frequently. To a mar who
does not fear death in any form she
would be a great boon. She is very
much attached to her home at present
by means of a log chain, but she will
ibe sold to any n who will use her
right.
Ssh is one-fourth shorthorn and
three-fourths hyena.
II will also throw in a doublebarrel
shotgun, rs 1t goes with her.
I'm May she generally goes away for
a week or two, and returns with a tall
red calf with wabbly legs.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-02-07

Michigan is the second state in the
production Of grindstones. It pro.
duced SIS 500 worth in 1906.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-02-07

A cork carried to a depth OF 200 feet
below the surface of The sea will not
rise again owing to the pressure OF wa,
ter.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-07-03
 LOCAL AND OTHERWISE
|. * + < + + + + + + + + + f !

Order a 25c bottle of Skeeter SkOOt from Bedell's Pharmacy. 6-7-1m Tie mosquitoes dread-Skeeter Sk0Ot; 25c bottle at BedelIs Phar- macy. 6-7-1m
 Use Skeeter SkOOt, the mosquito chaser; 25c a bottle at BedelFs Phar- macy. 6-7-1m
 Skeeter SkO0t; 25c a bottle at Be- siell's Pharmacy. 67-1m
 For iron or wire fencing, flower trellis, flower stands, lawn vases, chairs and settees, hitching posts, many beautiful designs, call, write or phone Eagle Iron Works, A. A. Le Laurn, proprietor, Pine Bluff, Ark. Phone, 536, 333 and 324. 6-1S-1m
 Tor sale-Good milk COW, gentle as a lamb, half Jersey, $25; worth nearly double that amount Nb. 72O Cherry street Phone 956. b27-6t
 -Wanted-Three ladies or gentle men; $2.50 per day; collecting; ex- perience unnecessary; incorporated firm; work locally or travel. ! Ad~ l dress Francis Jones, Pine Bluff, eare general delivery. 6-2S-3t l
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-07-03

-Lost-Near Lakeside schoo
 house. package containing black or
 gandy dress trimmed with two row:
 of black insertion and black lact
 yoke and sleeves Liberal reward fol
 return to Miss Susie Hart, 915, corner
 Seventeenth and Poplar. 7-3-3
 Had our honorable mayor visited
 Fine Bluff and learned how tc run a
 city Hot Springs would not now be
 facing a financial crisis, for that city
 within the past five years has helped build nearly ten miles of brick streets, 'tlout "blood money. Hot Springs
 Bulletin.
 Hon. John M. Elliott. chancery
 judge of Jefferson county, is prom
 in2nt visitor to the city and is stop ping at the Arlington Hotel. Judge Elliott is frequently mentioned as candidate for congress from this dis trict to succeed Hon. Joe T. Robinson, who it is said, will be candidate for the United States senate against Sen- ator--Ieff -Davis.--Hot Springs Bulle- ,tfr.
 T. C. White of Sherrill over the telephone last night informed the{ Graphic that the rain of yesterday was general throughout the county and was most beneficial to growing crops A good shower fell at Sherrill ] and as ~far~nert,i as Tucker. The rain also fell at Rob Roy, Altheimer and neighboring plantations. While it is beneficial to..cotton the rainfall was not heavy enough to benefit corn much. NJ A number of Pine Bluffians have already taken up tehir residence 'at | Sulphur Springs for the summer Among them are pr. and Mrs. A. G. i rhompson, Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Arnold l md children, MT and Mrs. Frank L. { 9oyster, Mrs. John F. Gillespie. Mr. l md Mrs. Will Kaufman and children. i seorse .M.~Iist' and family and others. Ir. Hill has opened the Sulphur i Springs hotel and many others are contemplating moving into cottages here in the near future.
 The Plum Bayou Levee District, 1hich is extending and remodeling he levee, obtained a default judgment l the Pulaski circuit court, second ivision, yesterday against J. H. Las ar and others in a condemnation roceeding The board was ordered ) pay $700 into the registry of the ourt and occupy the strip of land 'anted for levee purposes. The $700 put up for the purpose of paying or damage that may accrue to the roperty, the damage to be determin- l later.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-07-03

The weather man says 1t will h
 partly cloudy today.
 A. A. LeLaurin, who has bee1 quite sick, is improving. W. s. Ballard, who has bee
 quite sick, was reported some bet ter yesterday.
 Deputy Sheriff William Miller i still confined to his home on Eas Sixth avenue with fever. -Wanted-Good sound horse must be cheap for cash; apply 51 Main street. Pine Bluff. 7-2-;:
 Mrs. A. C. Thompson, who is so journing at Sulphur Springs, was re ported to be quite sick yesterday.
 Good quality, work done promptly and at the right price is ever our motto McDaniel & Baughman. Both phones 5-31-1m
 -The fine shower which fell ill this city yesterday was general through out this section and was most benefic- ial to growing crops.
 Mcdaniel & Baughman are the people to see for mill work and mill supplies, any kind of window glass or screen work. Phone SOC. 5-31-1pl
 Why not let McDaniel & Baugh- man give you an estimate on your window and door frames and all kinds of inside finish. Phone S06. 5-31-111
 Today one thousand balloons will be free, one to every child accompa- nied by it's mother at the Grand Lead CT Dry Goods Co Bring your child and get balloon.
 See McDaniel & Baughman for window glass, plate, leaded and art glass. Also mill work of all kinds. Phone us and we will call and see you. 5-31-1m
 Marriage licenses were issued here yesterday to Victor M. Harrison and Miss Pauline Scull of this city ' and S. O. Bumpass of Louisiana and Mrs. Ola Seigel of Clio, Ark.
 The government dredge boats, the Arkansas and the c. B. Reese, are again working in the Arkansas river, ,fter having been tied up for some weeks because of the high water.
 Fine Elberta peaches for sale. 1 Will only last ten days or two weeks. 1 Anyone wishing to buy apply to A. J. Wilson, Monticello, Ark, or J. w. Iurphy of MurphyMartin Dry Goods Company 6-2S-6t
 Will Young, who has ben assistant manager of the Postal Telegraph Con- any's local office, is now connected 1ith the Western Union here He has cen succeeded by A. M. Riatt, a local Xpert~ taleggrap4er er'-'-'-'-'''''
 AZ. R. Buster, one of the best flown merchant-planters of this sec bn, is reported to be very sick at his bme at Kingsland, Ark. Dr. Breath lit, of this city. a relative of Mr. Bus Pr, has gone there to attend him.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-07-03
LADIES. REMEMBER

You will need your old mattresses renovated and your carpets cleaned to begin to live through another win ter. So remember those who have work of this kind to be done we will call and make special prices during the net 60 days. We have the only Carpet Cleaner in the city, every one knows this; also we have the finest and largest line of Tickings in plain and artistic designs. We have the finest workmen which can be had and 1 we live in the city and will refer you l to the following whom we have done work for:
 Names.
 A. Brewster, Mrs. c. F. Moore, J. H. Watkins, W. c. Hudson, Jefferson Hotel, Knox-Walker Co.,, Y. M. c. A., City Simpson & Webb, Y. M. c. A. Jones-Reap- Crawford Co.,, boro, Union Fur. Co.,, Y. M c. A. McGeheeHardin Fur. Co.,, F. H. Walker, Tedstrom Fur. Co.,, W. D. Hearn, Puddephatt Fur.
 Co and many others too numerous to mention, can testify to our Mattress les, also to our Carpet Cleaning Ma chine
 Both phones. Call us.
 TURNER BEDDING FACTORY. 62S-tf
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-07-03
An Extraordinary Waist Sale
NET
 WAISTS

Elegance and style
 are fittingly combin-
 ed in these charm
 ing Waists. Late de- signs and handsom- est models are most
 conspicuous in our showing of them. Made of fine net in either white or ecru over sheer but strong. Jap or China silks. Trimmed with beautiful lace and rich medallions in a large number of sty- fish designs. Three quarter and demi sleeves. The regular prices on these range from $3.50 up.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-07-03
 sPICTI.

An int4 Attendance BFort Smith
 Pine Bluff p1 Aof the Tra1 Travellers
 assembled i { and was tai Edress parad| selty and is
 |of Trade to|
 James P. Is in the cit! c. A. Troupe