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hotel TO a hammock shop had seen near
the Wells Fargo office. intending to buy
hammock and send it to my sister.
While / was waiting for my change l
leaned back against the hammock hung
wall Of the booth-like front of the shop.
and ii struck me suddenly that close to
my shoulder the other side of the
hammocks l heard heavy breathing. l
turned slowly. seeking an aperture through
which to peer and in so doing held my
newly purchased hammock bundled up in
front of me. Only for an instant 1 saw
the face and form of a brawny-shouldered
Indiana through a crack and caught the
fumes of aguardiente, then through the
meshes of the hammock, against which
l had just been leaning. came plunging
heavy cane knife or machete. The
point buried itself in the hammock in
my arms 1t almost reached my body.
Had l not turned it would have finished
me. l snatched out my Luger. ran out
of the booth and was about to try
shot at the running villain when he SO
mixed himself in the crowd in the narrow
street that | did not dare. He left the
machete stuck in the hammock's meshes.
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go to the hospital in Orizaba. My friend
Gonzales. we will go together To Mexico
City TO see your father You should
thank me for not bringing squad OF
rurales with me tonight"
On the train from Orizaba to the CAPT
tai. while Tom Railway guarded Con-
zales. Rand told me OF the operations.
to me inexplicable. which had achieved so
brilliant a success. Said he:
Very simple. indeed. Duncan. You
were merely cat'spaw just blind and
no more | detected Won Schierbrand driy-
ing up hastily to my apartment the nrst
morning and l allowed the maid TO ten
him | was going TO your office number
saw him meet his sister. and l saw
her set out to precede you TO Brown
Brothers. where he knew l would go for
reference If ! had been summoned by the
old general. She followed YOU aboard the
steamer and Tom Railway trailed him
overland from New York on. ] went with
YOU. and when | had made friends with
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conversing Of the ever-in.eresting topic.
that of what D!az has done for Mexico,
which is subject that is like the wealth
er in polite society. when tall clock at
one end of the room BEGAN to boom like
a distant cathedral bell until ii struck To-
The suave mask fell from my unknown
hosts face. A sinister smile played about
his lips. An evil light came into his small
black eyes.
Forgive me, IL I terminate this agree
able farce. Mr.. Rand, but ii grows late
My poor misguided father the distin-
gushed Gen. Gonzales y Rodio. often re-
marked that you were the cleverest man
in the world. but I think have matched
you this time. and | am only a poor
greaser, rs you call us.
l sat drawn as tense as steel. my hand
on my Luger in my coat pocket. | knew
not what move to make. and only waited.
1t was SO delightfully."- easy To guess
that dear father would send for you when
he found | had outwitted him., LAUGHED
he. land he wished to find me when |
was snuEly ensconced all the time on one
of his own plantations, where l chance to
have the administrator under my thumb.
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firSt-cabin booking and meet me at the
Hotel Diligencias in Vera Cruz. if not be-
fore. Take a Luger automatic pistol with
you and double handful of ammunition.
Are you sure you were not followed TO
Brown Brothers.
II think ! was not" I answered and
then he said goodbye and rang off before
! could get any explanation from him of
his peculiar instructions. Did he not mean
TO take the same steamer and was | to
wait in Vera Cruz for his arrival on the
next? lie had left me in just such a be-
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A Matter of Dress Mainly.

MFRS. PHELPS STOKES. in illustration
lVl of the really superficial and slight diff
ference that exists between aristocratic
and plebeian people repeated at a socialist
meeting in New York a conversation be-
tween a little girl and her mother
THE little girl said Mrs. Stokes. be.
longed to one of New York's rich fam.
lilies and one day she said TO her mother.
thoughtfully:
Twill wear my prettiest Paris frocks
when | get to heaven?
oh no, my dear. the mother an.
swered
why not?
Because Paris frocks are not worn In
heaven
1.-The little girl frowned.
How, then. will they know up there
she said. that ! belong TO the best So
ciety?
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went back to the hotel to find on my
bed one of Rand's cards. with this on the
back:
Go to Orizaba by tomorrow morn
ing's train. Stop at Hotel Paris. Keep
your gun handy.
No breakfast with my Swedish friend
in which l might learn more of the Won
Schierbrands, no call on the Won Schier-
brands. no cruise down to Alvarado. and
no address to which to send a note OF
apology l called myself a fool for allow
ing a Womans cleaning eyes and teeth
to divert me from Il momentous task en-
failing enormous responsibility. went to
bed, rose a six. entrained for Orlzaba
and sought the Hotel Paris.
That night I overheard two tourists
laughing over the drol stories of Swede
who had been travelling with them
recognized the stories AS those of the en-
gineer. and. making inquiry OF the tour
lists I satisfied myself beyond doubt
that my clever Scandinavian had followed
me from Vera Cruz, keeping close in the
last coach Of the train. Any doubt that
he was employed" vanished at once.
and | began to wonder whether or not
he was trailing me. even when we became
such good friends aboard ship.
Twenty four hours of absolute inaction
succeeded. All l could do was wait for
Rand's next laconic mandate and be on
the watch for the Swede and his en-
ployers. the Won Schierbrands. 1 had in
mind Rands warning to be ready for
trouble. and it was we'll that l did. The
second evening / walked out from the
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oCopyright. the Bnbls- Merrill Co. 19os)

: is remarkable how
the powerful. de-
ternined. resource
full man, having
got some name for
successes in diff
cult matters. finds
scores of weaker
men eagerly turn
ing TO him craving
his help. They
cling TO him like
dependent children
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plantation tramways. and in a few min
utes 1 passed a stone-posted gateway and
entered the vicinity of the hacienda by
ali avenue bordcred with Subtropical YER
dure. Then came lights here and there
through the growth. the sounds of In
dian families about their huts. song.
shout the wailing Ct babies. womans
shrill laugh. the barking of dogs. and
then l drew rein at the hacienda door. A
short. massive old Indian appeared. babe
me good night and the blessing Of heaven.
rs he held IN "a flaming dip. He sum
mcned a boy to take my horse. and led
the way indoors AS entered 1 looked
backward and saw many bright. curious
eyes reering out of the gloom at the UNI
expected stranger. As | turned l found
myself face to face with slender young
man OF puerile countenance. who held out
his hand and addressed me pleasantly in
fair English.
Good evening. sir I answered; Il am
stranger in this region. Crane is my
name: am from New York. l was riding
out from Marengo to look for a plantation
way. find l must trespass upon your hos
pitaity.'
He gave me en- elusive welcome. put
before me an excellent supper with unusu-
ally good wine. The dining room was a
long. high apartment with dimly fres-
coed walls ard ceilin" and tiled floor.
There was very little furniture in It, and
at two sides there were doors that led
to the open air. All the doors were hung
with mos0uito-proof curtains. We were
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At dusk / determined to wait no longer.
l sought the best dinner / could find. and
afterward strolled In the plaza, where a
band from the fort was playing. An ex-
cellent cigar was resigning me to mac
ton.
Suddenly, beside pillar of one of the
scores of arches of the buildings that
front the plaza. l saw a huge Indian, his
peon hat pulled down on his brow. his
serape wound about his shoulders his
bare feet resting on the still warm stones.
He was gazing intently across the corner
of the square to a spot In under dark
arches, where at cafe table. with his
back turned. sat gentleman in frock
coat and silk hat. When l looked again at
the Indians face 1 was startled to see
Tom Railway. Rand's big Sioux.
II he saw me he gave no sign. / wait
ed for none. but passed entirely around
the square to another point OF vantage,
where l could see the cafe table more
clearly With the man in the silk hat,
who was undoubtedly a German. sat the
Fraulein Won Schierbrand and the Swed-
ish engineer.
They were engaged in an intensely
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and read it. engaged my room and left
the letter in the room for my edificatfon.
Now, he had gone off on his own tan
gent. leaving me to suck my thumbs and
mediate on his cleverness. for there was
no word of comment or instruction with
the letter which read:
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his way out to Mexico to take charge OF
the machinery on a sugar plantation. He
was thick stocky man. with close-crop-
ped hair and wore heavy-lensed glasses.
He had very hearty laugh and voice.
Some of his droll stories. told in his
broken English, were extremely delight
full After that we were together once or
twice every day during the remainder of
the voyage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-13

jay or a Rube brings into town to sell He wears a hanasme-down and has a straw lid over his idea pot. These are his glad rags; a greengoods man or a gold brick man Is apt to give him the glad hand and first thing he knows he'll be up against brace game. It would be better for Rube to keep to the cookie shines and bean feasts of his own yer dant village-a dish of plum muss at home is better than a Tom-and-Jerry in the tents of the wicked; and this is no hot air.
 While we're talking about compounds, it might be well to mention that a blue stocking has necessarily no connection with a black-leg. A buck saw is the saw that you use with saw buck. A cant hook is a hook attached to lumberman peayy a strong iron-bound lever Of wood used to break jams in the river; cant hook is not a mooley-cow, as one small boy suggested. A buck-party or stag party Is the opposite to a hen-party, ana either of them may be cheered by canned song from a graphophone).
 A debater in the schools is logic chopper, a kitchen scullion is pot-wrest- Ter, woman who engages in stock spec ulation Is a mud-hen, and widow IS man-trap. this lastly evidently from the elder Weller who warned Sam to "pe- vare'' of them.
 Tender inquiry for the health of mans wife will bring forth such responses as these: "Oh, she's middlin' well, or mid dlin smart, nothin' alarmin' but Jest SD and so, tolerable but so as to be rounu, moi over and above well. but comm along nicely" If she's right down SICK, why she looks like the breaking up or hard winter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-13
Expect Great Things.

Orison Swett Warden in Success Maga-
 zine.
 A soldier once took message to Ma poleon in such great haste that the horse he rode dropped dead before he delivered the paper. Napoleon dictated his answer and, handing it to the mes senger, ordered him to mount his own horse and deliver it with all possible speed.
 The messenger looked at the magnifi- cent animal with it's superb trappings and said, May, general, but this is too gorgeous too magnificent for a common soldier
 Napoleon said, Nothing Is too good or too magnificent for a French sol dier.''
 The world is full of people like this poor French soldier, who think that what others have is too good for them; that it does not fit their humble condi- ton: that they are not expected to have as good things as those who are 'more favored" They do not realize how they weaken themselves by this mental atti- tude of self-depreciation or self-efface- ment. They do not claim enough tor, do not expect enough, do not demand enough of themselves.
 You will never become giant if you only make pigmys claim for yourself, if you only expect pigmy's part. There is no law which will cause a pigmys thinking to produce a giant. The statue follows the model.
 Most people have been educated. to think that they were not intended 10 have the best there Is in the world; that the good and beautiful thnigs of life were not intended for them; that these were reserved for those especially fa- vored by fortune. They have grown np under this conviction of their inferior- ity, and, of course, they will be conn paratively inferior until they claim SUI periority as their birthright. vast number of men and women, who are really capable of doing great things, do small things, live meocre lives, because they do not expect enough, do not de- mand enough of themselves. They do not know how to call out their best.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-13
LEGAL NOTICES
Bids Wanted.

Bids Wanted.
 Notice is hereby given that bids will be received up to 12 o'clock noon, July 25, 1908, in the office of the Board of Reve- nue of Jefferson county, Alabama, for slagging and cherting the Blue creek road from Valley creek bridge to Adger in Pre- cinct g. Specifications can be seen in the office of the county engineer The right to reject any and all bids Is reserved by the Board of Revenue.
 JOHN T. REED, President Board of Revenue, Jefferson county, Alabama.
 July Il, 1908. 7-12-2t
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SPECIAL BARGAIN

s375O-New Groom Colonial Cottage At Princeton with all modern improve ments. Electric lights and cabinet mantels throughout. Rooms papered in handsome crepe and ingrain papers, plumbing complete, very desirable resi- dent section. Terms $125O cash; ball. ance monthly. Apply to H. M. Robert son, 2026 First Avenue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-13
Vote for J. M. Bradley, Alder man Second Ward. F

Wanted Competent ans: K- perienced glove salesHs E. Please do not apply un] fssls you are experienced. Apkply to manager ? ladies deI Partment'
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ONE CENT 4 WORD
RATEs-One cent a word n day; no ad. taken for less than 25 cents for first insertion. Cash must accompany every order.
REAL ESTATE.

-r~>~<~r~~~~~~~~~~>~~~-
 FOR SALE. Two lots, 100x19O feet; front car line, Elyton; very cheap for cash; $1300 25x180 feet, 1st avenue, Broom house. 5000; terms, s25O cash. balance S15 per month.
 17O5 Sixth avenue. 5 rooms, 5ath gas, etc. {; small cash payment balance years with interest; renting for s25; very cheap.
 FOR RENT. 5-room apartment, modern, every room an outside room porches and shade trees.
 l.. G. PETTYJoHN Phones 11O1 and 465- 1s16N Sd Ave.
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WANTED.
WANTED-MALE HELP.

WANTED-For United States army, able bodied men between ages of IS and 30;
 citizens of United States of good char acter and temperate habits who can speak, read and write English. Apply to recruiting officer, 71a N. 20th street, Birmingham, Ala. 7-l-to-l2-31
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-13
BUSINESS CHANGES.

MANUFACTURERS Birmingham dis trict, making standard hardware goods; only one of, its kind in the south, re- auires s10,000 or $15,00O to extend the bus mess. Good opening. either as invest ment or partnership; investigation in- vited. Address Sled, care Age-Herald.
 7-12-4t
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Ads illustrated witt good cuts arc trade winners-The Gawk makes euoo cuts.
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ONE GENT A WORD

taken for less than 25 cents for first insertion. Cash must accompany every order.
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AGENTS

GET INTO THE FLATIRON BUSI- NESS. GET THE SOLE AGENCY FOR YOUR TERRITORY FOR OUR SELF-HEATING ALCOHOL FLAT IRONS; LARGE COMMISSION; GREAT DEMAND IN WARM WEATHER FOR OUR IRONS. NEW YORK FLA1IRON CO.,, FLATIRON BLDG, N. Y.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-13

WANTED-Laborers to work on dam of Water Works company near Leeds,
 Ala. healthy location; good water; good jobs; pay every two weeks; jobs will last several months; for further infor- nation apply at works or Cahaba pumping station or at office of com pany, 2114 1st avenue, Birmingham, Ala. 7-11-f2-l3-l4-l6-19
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-13
MONEY TO LEND.

MONEY loaned salaried people and others without security; cheapest rates; easiest payments; offices in 63 principal cities;
 save yourself money by getting our terms first. D. H. Tolman. room fl.
 Watts building. 2006 Sd ave. 1-1-ly MONEY to loan on improved and unim- proved property; real estate; notes bought. Alabama Trust and Savings Co.,. 2o26 3d avenue. 5-5-ly MONEY TO LEND on Birmingham im- proved property; 51a and per cent. D. F. Allen & Co.,. 332 Hood Bldg. 7-12-3Ot MONEY TO LEND on improved real estate, city or suburban; one, two or three years; sums to suit borrowers;
 no delay. Attorney, Room 2O5 Jefferson County Savings Bank Bldg. 7-l2-2t
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ONE CENT A WORD
RATES-0ue cent a word n day; no nd. taken for less than % cents for first insertion. Cash must accompany every order.
ROOMS FOR RENT.

FOR RENT--Rooms for the summer months at greatly reduced rates. The
 Birmingham Hotel 6-17-tf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-13

OST-STRAYED-STOLEN L0ST~B1acR and tan setter bltch an
 swers to name wick" Liberal reward if returned to Martin Cracker Co., Br- ningham Both phones 1019 7-13-3t
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ONE CENT 4 WORD

RATES--One cent a word a day; no ad. taken for less thnn 25 cents for first insertion. C~sh must accompany every
 order.
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The compromising terms are all succinct fsardan truck or market truck Is any and all kinds of vegetables which hayseed.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-11

limit of $1,000 last years salaries
cannot be paid this year Doubt
less many fans over the circuit
and not few baseball men would
like to know how far over the sal
cry limit the exact amount to be
paid each player will not show
ON their contracts but more than
one pair of eyes is watching the
progress of events at Newark.
The officials of the Marion club
wanted the salary limit placed at
$1,000 but desired that figure TO be
exclusive OF the managers salary.
Other managers said nay. so it was
adopted. Marion viii live up to the
salary agreement in every particu-
lar and you can bet your last pair
of socks on it that Marion will see
to 1t that other teams Likewise
conform to the agreement.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-11
MARION DEFEATS ASHLAND WITH
ONLY FIVE SECONDS TO SPARE

In a very exciting contest Marion
won from Ashland last night in the
last Ave seconds Of play, Shaw shoot
ing the goal that kept the game from
going into an extra period. At times
the contest was on very fast but at
others. Marion just played horse
with the visitors. Only the wonder
ful work of OMetz in the goal kept
Marion from running away with the
game early in the evening
Taylor secured the first goal after
eight minutes of play in the first
period and although Marion kept the
sphere bouncing off O'NIetzs shins
with great frequency during the re-
mainder of the period not once did
it get past the guardian of the Ash
land cage Hickey worked well in
this period and kept the visitors from
scoring.
In the second period ashland was
first to count, tying the score. Ma
rion could not make the proper con-
nection and the score was tied at the
close of the period.
Again in the third period Ashland
got the first goal but Marion tied
the score a few minutes later, only
to have Ashland forge into the lead
again. With but two minutes to play
Taylor Gagged the ball that tied the
score and five little tiny seconds be-
fore the final time was called Shaw
put the rubber past OMetz and the
home boys Won. During the time
that NIarion's sensational finish was
being made pandemonium reigned.
On Thursday night the Mansfield
club will make its last appearance
here this season All of the Marion
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-11
Cinnamon and Guns.

One peculiar fact, says the Boston
Herald. DEVELOPED IN the course of the
trial In tile superior court of ninn Chi
namen charged with the murder OF
one Of their countrymen. and that is no
Chinaman when using Il revolver lev
els IL straight ut Il person or ut I'M OBJ
ject, but rests the muzzle of the gun
on his left forearm and with the right
hand holding the butt discharges the
weapon.
Counsel wanted an explanation. but
could not obtain IT, and later q mem
Der Of one Of the tongs in the corridor
was asked for q reason.
Don't know why Il gun is used In
that MANNER" was the response. 'un-
less 1t insures more secrecy than the
American way. For instance. Chi.
naman may wrap the gun In the folds
of his sleeve, leaving only the barrel
hole free. Then shot may be fred
when 1t would appear as though the
one who discharged the weapon had
his arms folded. There would be no
CLINT Of steel and nothing but curl
of smoke to tell who discharged the
weapon
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-11

New YORK ana JOIN Rothermel or
Pennsylvania. Sherman is n Republic
an and Rotllei,mel Is Democrat. That
seems to the only difference be-
tween the two. Otherwise they might
well pass f. twins. for their facial APP
pearance, physical build and peculiarl-
ties seem almost identical.
A Paris dispatch declares that con-
tlnental sleeping cars will SOON have u
strong rival In the vaudeville" car, OF
which the chief feature will be an all
night continual performance. French
capitalists, who make frequent trips
between Paris ana the Riviera, have
formed Il company which will launch
the enterprise. Half dozen such cars
will be built. They will resemble the
ordinary chair car. with n small stage
at one end, nlth piano.
The plaza IN front of the new Union
station in Washington has been select
ed as the site for tie proposed me-
mortal to Christopher Columbus, the
discoverer, for which congress has APP
proprlated 100000 by the memorial
commission. This location Is said to
he favored by the order of the knights
of Columbus, which society Is given
the principal credit for securing the
appropriation for the memorial The
character OF the memorial has not been
finally decided upon.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-11
With Allowance,

There is an editor In little New
York town who has n well developed
streak of gentle humor and fond
ness for gardening. Not long ago his
man OF all work left him, and the ed
itor advertised for son one to fill his
place. Among the applicants for the
position was man who seemed to
know his business thoroughly, but who
failed to produce references as to char.
acter when requested. Moreover. his
eyes were somewhat shifty. t.
"You say YOU have no referenc,sY
the editor asked.
mo. sir. have not.' the man re-
Piled In n tone of humble pride, "but
think, sir, that you will find honesty
printed on my face"
The owner smiled little. "Well--
er-pernaps," lie admitted-"that Is, al
lowing for typographical errors."---
Denver News-Tlmes.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-11
PLEASANT WEATHER CAUSES MUCH
TALK AMONG THE LOCAL FANS

Reports from Macon, Ga, where
the Maps are training state that
Manager La Ioie had his first op-
portunity of looking over Jake
Daubert. the ex-Lime Burner, yes
terday. Jake got out on Tie initial
corner and did a few stunts that
made Stoval. and the rest or tnr
bunch sit up and take notice. His
throwing was particularly effective
and the Clevelanders liked his ac-
tons. After the practice, Jake thr
and several other play
crs ran few miles around the
track at the ban park.
The Marion friends OF Daubert
believe that If he is given a fair
trial he win make Stoval hurry
some TO hold his position. I'm the
event that paubert is not kept by
Cleveland he will probably be
farmed out to one of the Glass
~ clubs.