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Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-09-16
Special rates ro Indian Hot Springs. Spend few days there. It will make you feel like a new person.
To Be Happy

You must have good health rou can't have good health if your liver is not doing it's duty-slow but sure poisoning is going on all the time under such circumstances. Ballard s Herbine makes a perfectly healthy liver keeps the stomach and bowels right and aets as a tonic for the entire system. Sold by Palace Pharmacy.
 Spend your vacation at Indian Hot Springs, Arizona's leading health re- sort.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-09-16

The Fl Paso Herald having been transferred to F. E. Nugent, all par ties indebted for papers delivered prior to September 10 must call and settle their accounts at Ryan & Co.'S drug store before September %. ssA@
 c. C. COLE.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-09-16

Ketchel and Langford will fight at New York Friday evening. The returns will be received at the Bank Saloon beginning about ' o'clock. Music will be furnished by the colored orchestra.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-09-16
COAST LEAGUE

Game called at the end of the thir ieenth inning on account of darkness. Batteries-BrowDing and Williams; Seha'er and Hogan.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-09-16

Every person neecs a rest at least once a year. Go to the Indian Hot Springs. Rates reasonable.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-09-16
AMERICAN LEAGUE

Batteries-Morgan, Dygert and Liv ngstone, Crockett and Swneeney.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-09-16
BASEBALL
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Batteries-Maddox and Gibson ; Spades, Rowan and Roth.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-09-16

Batteries-Shea and Street; Karger, Pape and Donohue.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-07-15
SYNOPSIS.

.,.,s AZ Harvard whore Cob
~ No,i, t A.. visiting, saw the
IRnrH y, Young Mercer ne met safy
ic ,t.r of the dead student
Neflfi W. Hfaf ln chicago, w i'p'
w wIrf.r uNUfnfNa Ahl 1870 ~.
.,fr pannIuE 90 hldnAp AI,l,, -, Wy. ~
ilsrs v1rd. ana 20 saiin i,ip,. A Me.
Alni W.. mentioned apparently ~ a
fflN A great financial matnate
on '.rf no train on which tol VIII
ts Aunt Rchecch' Mia. S"ish
W nrstIr COL Winter lcAlh,e Nst ~
- ,,aruata n Edwia kentchhtn
f1il,." ,If'l bv Archie. cleveriy frua-
VIM t.ff.up on the train. tie TOOK
rai.l ttirg t8 Miss Smith, despite her
IT, tiirapire plot Archie mynteH-
~, Assrpsared ln frisco. h'.oa ~ -, =
s-',tv room Bt he notel eAtsso t,..i.t
t,,.s mo- The lads voice was hearn
~ n.' t.i.pfane however, ana . min
oF - eoman's vOice-thht OF Miss
" "a winter and a detective set
H M empty mansion owned by
$50 a Harvard graduate; Ihel W..
~ a.. ss.,ired Winter that Archie
w ,.,,rr.H The colonel saw 4 vision
sr,w fUs supposedly haunted
tih ., v4s Miss Janet smith. Col.
49,. On himself admitted that he ioscn
~ smith Mrrccr teld Mtn'.t ,nm
M,l.t tlsr tiinapod. ono % Mcrcer's
~ . ,.turrIrr the boy 10 his aunt
49,. .rr.sfsd Tor speeding and when
..,.,..I from the police station 20 his
80 iIs Iad was gone. Mercer conf ra,n
a. - fr.itiv obtaining keatrhain
,t.r srf his scoundrel secretary,
a,.l-s faf ruined him. the blow kliinE
st. Wereor was holding him prison.
90 order that 10 could not get control
,,4I.raaH which was the pet project of
y, ',,her n bis college friend, lndicott
M Aunt R'heccn saw Archie W
~ vim two men Then be vanished.
-. fuawsi IN an auto into the Chinese
T...'.f and by the use Of mysterious
S,.-... aHs ornament she secured
,...rf.s fr-n an influential Chinaman
~ he boy would DO returned, Archie
,-,ar1sd ana toli bis story. ATKINS. tor
- ssgretary 20 keaicham, being nis
- .Ilraper Col Winter and Tracy
..,.--.i 10 ths haunted house. They
go Ksatrhan apparently stabbed 20
80 ke4feham was not dead. how
s,.- carr Mercer appeared on the Hcone.
wirisr believing bis actions suspicious.
~ party removed 30 the Arnold home.
-, f,,r.f Atkins gang Tn. colonel
b..s-ls temporary secretary 20 the mag
rae A BLACK Hand letter was received.
- real thHrurtrrHfira uf the Nreat
s-s- iaf were revealed The puEEle OF
,ss siHfv fsu into place. the blame for
~ crimes hrInr ufted from Nerccrs
$500. an placed upon Atkins. Love
n Mss Smith and Col Winter for each
.iNsr was plainly seen BY other members
n he party Col Winter aud Miss
s~fh Became engaged kcatchnm ek-
lhisi great Kindness toward both. The
allowing morning the terrible san fran-
~ sroussd TIE party from their slum-
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ALOeSzRA7ZONS ce5I
z. RLEW

after the other end. He's narrow but
he is straight. I've made II worth his
while. Some loose ends-it can't be
helped now. Maybe you'll find out
there are moN difficulties in admins
tering a big fortune than you fancied:
and that Il isn't the easiest thing In
the world helping fools who can't
|. help themselves. There are
all those Tidewater idiots made
me read about you'll have to
attend to them, Mercer old
woman in the queer clothes
chorus girl those
old ladies who who had one egg be-
tween them for breakfast
you'll see TO them all?"
YES" said Mercer. looking down
on the shrunken features with look
OF pain and bewilderment. Eyes, sub.
I'll do my best"
"And-we're even?"
II reckon I'm obliged to call II so
suh." returned Mercer, with a long
gasping sigh. "but-my Lord? you'd
better have let me gol"
Very likely" said Keatcham. dryly
"the city needs me. Well, Winter
you must look after that. I've beer
thinking why a man throws his life
away as | did; he has T.. unless he's
poltroon. He can't count whether
he's more useful than the one he
saves be has simply got to
save him .. you were a good
deal right. Winter. about not doing
the evil thing to get the good. No
It's bad time for me TO be taken; but
it's an honorable discharge -.
Helen will be glad you know
I'm not pig. Winter dc
what ! tried to do where's
my kind nurse?" Janet was trying
by almost imperceptible movements
to edge e pillow under his shoulders
he was past turning his head, but his
eyes moved toward her. I've left you
a wedding sift II
lived given to you; but made
1t safe, anyhow. Mercer?"
His voice had grown so feeble and
came in such gasps from his torn and
laboring chest that Mercer bent close
to his lips to hear the struggling sen
fences. Mercer" he whispered. q
want =. just tell you
you didn't convert mel"
Thus. having made amends 10 his
own will, having also. let us humbly
hope. made amends to that greater
and wiser Will which is of more mer
ciful and wider vision than our weak
ness can comprehend. Edwin Keatch
am very willingly closed his eyes OF
earth.
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Anese. running in from the carriage
side. She cannot tell whether Tracy
OF Arnold reached the manglei crea-
ture on the pavement first Arnold
only remembers how the carriage robe
Tapped In Tracy's shaking hands be-
fore he flung II over the man. Tracy's
fair skin was a streaky. blush white.
and his under jaw kept moving up
there and down like that OF fish cut
Of water. while he gasped. never ut
tering a sound.
Young Arnold was trembling so that
his hands shook when he would have
raised the wounded man. Mercer
alone was composed although deathly
pale. He had the presence OF mind to
throw the harmless fragments Of the
bomb into the fountain and 10 examine
the interior OF the car lest there
should be more OF destruction hidden
therein. Then he approached the heap
on the flags; but Keatcham was able
to motion him away. saying In his old
voice. not softened in the least:
Don't you do that! I'm all in. No
use. They got me. But II won't do
them any good; you boys know that
will you Witnessed: It gives fifty
thousand for the arrest and conviction
or the killing OF Atkins; his own cut
throats will betray him for that. But
where's Winter? You damn careless
fools didn't let him get hurt?"
"Shure, sor, he didn't let himsilf
gift hurled" Haley blurted out; he had
run In after Miss Smith. brandy bottle
In hand; "tis the numbering dagoes
is gettin' hurted of there behind the
big rubber trees; I kin see the dead
legs OF thin. this minnit. TITS a grand
cool shot the colonel is. sor"
Bring him IN. let them go; they
were only TOOLS" painted Keatcham
weekly; but the brandy revived him:
and his lips curled in a faint smile as
Janet Smith struck a match to heat
the teaspoonful Of water for her hypo-
dermic. Make Il good and strong.
give me time TO say something to
Mercer and Winter--there he comes;
good runners those boys arel"
Tracy and Arnold. acting on a com.
mon unspoken impulse, had dashed
after Winter and we're pushing him
forward between them. Keatcham was
nearly spent. but he rallied TO say the
words in his mind. He kept death at
bay by the sheer force of his will
When Winter knelt down beside him,
with a poignant memory OF another
time in the same place when he had
knelt beside seemingly dying man,
and gently touched the unmarried right
hand lying on the carriage-robe, he
could still form a smile with his stiff
lips and mutter: only thing about
me isn't in tatters; OF course you
touched It and didn't try TO lift
me where I'm all In pieces. You
always understood. Listen! You.
too, Mercer. Winter knows the
things I'm bound TO have go through.
I've explained them 10 bin. You'll
be my executors and trustees? A
hundred thousand a year. not too
big a salary for the work-you can do
Il. It's a bigger Job than the army
one. Winter. Warnebold will book
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rious Winter could have laughed al
the grotesque reversal OF their condi.
lions: Tracy and Arnold did laugh :
they were all taking their orders from
the man who had been their defeated
prisoner n little while back. Mercer
alone kept his melancholy polse: he
had obtained the aim OF years: he was
not sure but his revenge was subtler
and completer than he had dared TO
hope. Being a zealot he was pos
sessed by his dreams. Suppose he
had converted this relentless and ire
mendous power 10 his own way Of
faith: what mightn't he hope TO ac-
complish? Meanwhile. so far as the
business In hand was concerned. he
believed In Keatcham and in Keatch-
ANS methods OF help; he bowed to
the innate power of the man: and he
was as simply obedient and loyal as
Kito would have been TO his fendal
lord.
In very brief time all the arrange
ments were made: the four men went
into the patio 10 enter the touring car.
They walked up 10 the empty machine.
The colonel stepped into the front
seat OF the machine. Something in
the noise OF the engine which was
painting and straining against its con-
troll. some tiny sibilant undertone
which any other ear would have
missed, warned his; he bent quickly.
A dark object gyrated above the
heads OF the other two Just mount
ing the long step: II landed with
a prodigious splash In the foun-
tain. flying into q multitude OF
sputtering atoms and hurting great
column OF water high up in air. I'm
needing its shrieking clamor. the sol
der sprang over the side OF the car.
darted through the great arched door
way out upon the terrace toward
clump OF rubber trees. He fired; again
he fred.
In every catastrophe the spectators
minds lose some parts OF the action.
There are blanks TO be supplied by no
one. Every one of the men and won.
en- present on that fatal morning had
a different story. Colyin was packing:
he could only remember the deafening
roar and the shouting; and when he
got downstairs and saw-he turned
deadly sick; his chief impression Is
the backs OF people and the way their
hands would shake. Janet Smith, in.
side. dressing Haley's wounds, was
first warned by the tumult and cries;
she as well as Archie and Haley who
were with her could see nothing until
they got outside. All Mrs Melville
saw was the glistenlng back OF the car
and Mercer stepping into the car and
instantly lrrching forward. The ex-
plosion seemed 20 her Simultaneous
with MERGERS entering the car But
Mrs. Rebecca Winter. who perhaps
had the coolest head OF all, and who
was standing ON the dais OF the arcade
exactly opposite the car, distinctly
saw Keatcham with an amazing eXer
ton OF yigor for a man Just risen from
a sick'bed. and with q kind OF whirl'
ing motion. literally hurl Mercer out
OF the car. she heard the craekle
and roar ans klto screamed In Jap
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An Unsavory Charity.

In all the cafes and beer halls OF
Germany a large canister is placed on
a table In the center OF each establish
ment Every time one Of the guests
lights a fresh cigar he gets up and
deposits in the canister the end OF the
one he has just been smoking. rmS
receptacle is a sort OF alms-box with
a funnelshaped lid, secured by means
OF a paddock. A charitable association
supplies all places OF public resort
with these boxes for the purpose OF
collecting odds and ends OF tobacco.
cigarettes and cigars. The produce
of the sale is devoted to the purchase
of clothing. which is distributed
among poor children at ChristmaS
The charity is believed TO be the most
malodorous and unsanitaIy en- ssosrS
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enLprss xvlil.-con,Inued.

The colonel. however. had barely set
10, on the threshold when Mrs, Mel.
vile appeared. propclling Randall.
yhom she had rescued from the maids
close, where she was covering behind
hsf neat frocks. momentarily expect
fg death. but decently ready for II In
gown and shoes Mrs. Melville her
~ In the disorder OF the shock. had
merely added her best Paris hat and a
skeleton hustle 20 her dainty night.
gear She had not forgotten her
hnono. she had only forgotten 10 don
a. and Il draggled over her free arm.
bgi her dignity was intact The In.
slant she beheld her kindred she de-
handed Of them. as II they were rc-
sPonHble, whether this was a sample
q the Californian climate. Keatcham
tlshed and fed with Colvin and the
tggling Arnold and Archie. who was
TOO polite 10 Eiggle.
Mrs Winter put on her eyeglasses.
'Nillcent said she In the gentlest OF
tones. your hustle IL on crooked"
Oae Wild glance at the merciless
mirror IN the carved pierglass did
Mrs Melville give. and. then. without
word she fed.
Randall" said Mrs. Winter. "you
look very nice; come and help me
dress There will most likely be some
more shocks"
Randall trembling in every limb.
eu' hstinctiyely assuming com
posed mien, followed the undaunted
od lady.
The colonel was going in another
direction, having heard a telephone
eE. lie was most anxious TO put him.
YET INTO communication with Birdsall.
soause not even during the earth.
wns had he forgotten an ugller peril;
ana Il had occurred TO him that Atkins
H OF temper not 10 be frightened
J" the commissions OF order; but rather
20 make his account OF Il. Nor did the
message through the telephone tend
10 roassure him.
Inc man at the other end Of the
.'ephone was Birdsall. No telling
~" long the telephone service would
Aeep up. he reported; wires we're down
a'Ouhd The corner; worse, the water
"nS We're spouting: and from where
~ $1,000 since he felt the first shock
Ie mad counted SO fires. Ten Of them
1e,e down In the quarter where some
VI I'm. MS men had homes; and field.
,n mad shown that tho houses were
~ tossed about there; he couldn't
w MS men steady; Il seemed inhu.
s' 10 ask them TO stay when their
ives ives and children might be dying; OF
.r II was his damn luck 10 have
married men from down there.
n, Wen ] reckon you will have TO let
.o ,agm 10, but watch out" begged the
s es'On'L Tor you know the men we are
S,. .,, VIII take advantage OF general
NJ ,.o'1 l 10 get in their dirty work
~ us 's Inc most dangerous time"
n'pply Archie" explained Tracy.
.s' nos' unquenchable college leyity no
so o,.uqua1e could affect, happily my
Nan ,'s'lc Jewel has been stocked nm
Sp ss Il1, and oatmeal. two OF the most
u,t ,''oa Of foods; and Miss Janet is
'ouee ~ her travelling cosss
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EXTRACT from LetteF.
From Mrs. Rebecca Winter to Mrs.
John S. G. Winslow,
Fairport. Ia.
And It was delightful to discover
that you were so distressed about me.
must be getting a trihe maudlin in
my old age, for ! have lump in my
throat every time l have thought Of
Johnny and you actually starting out
to find me; | am thankful my tele-
gram (Please. Peggy, do not call it
wire again-to me! l loathe these
verbal indolences) reached you at
Omaha In time to stop you.
Really, we have not had hardships
Thanks to Israel Putnam Arnold!
have a very admiring gratitude for
that man! In these days Of degener-
acy he builded a stanch enduring
house. With union labor. too!
don't see how he contrived TO do IT,
Generally, when they build houses
here, they scamp the underpinning
and weaken the joists and paint over
the dirt instead of washing it on; and
otherwise deserve to be killed. The
unfortunate man opposite had just
that kind OF house, which tumbled
down and burned up. at once; but,
alas! II killed some OF the people in
II. not the guilty masons and carpen-
tersl
Our chimneys nave been inspected
and we are now legally as well as
actually sound; but we did not suffer.
We cooked out on the sidewalk, and
supplemented our cooking with young
Tracy's stove.
l told you OF Janet's engagement.
Confidentially. my dear Peggy, am
a bit responsible. They met by chance
on the train; and / assure you, al
though chance might have parted us.
did not let It. / chung to Nephew
BERTHE. Pm sure he wondered why.
| knew better than to let him suspect.
But success you can't share is like
rose without a smell. so confess to
you. l have made this match. But
when you see Millicent she will tell
you that she helped things along She
has abused Janet like a pickpocket;
but now. since she has discovered
Janet didn't draw the Daughters carl
cature OF her. she regards her as one
of the gems OF the century.
We are recovering from the terri.
BILE events OF which We wrote. Il is
certainly a relief that Atkins is killed
lie was one Of the two scoundrels who
sneaked into the patio and put the
bombs into the automobile. BERTHE
shot him. You have no doubt heard
all about Mr.. Keatchams death. He
was killed by the man whose wicked
ness he had uneonsciously fostered.
He did not know It, but make no
doubt bis swollen fortune and the unr
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CHAPTER XIX.

Extract from a Letter.
From Mrs. Rebecca Winter TO Mrs.
John S. G. Winslow,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-08-11
The Modesty Of Women

Saturally makes them shrink from the
Indelicate questions, the obnoxious eI-
amlnations, and unpleasant local treat
ments, which some physicians consider
essential in the treatment OF diseases OF
women. Yet, If help can be had, 1t 10
better TO submit TO this ordeal than let
tho disease grow and spread. The trouble
Il that so often the woman undergoes all
the annoyance and shame for nothing.
Thousands\of women who have been
cured bX DR.. Rjerce's Favorito Prescrip-
ton wriA In APPRECIATION OF the cure
which dlspsh9es NV(Sh the examinations
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women as "FaYorito Prescription" 1t
cures de6lIitating drains, irregularity and
female weakness. 1t always helps. 1t
almost always cures 1t is strictly nom
alcoholic, non secret, all its ingredients
being printed on its bottle-wrapper; con.
tains no deleterious or habit-forming
drugs, and every native medicinal root
entering into its composition has the full
endorsement Of those most eminent In the
several schools of medical practice. Some
Of these numerous and strongest Of pro
IeSSlODdl eluOIbcLEeilbS OA lNo ing ASNlChOoi
will be found in a pamphlet wrapped
around the bottle, also in booklet mailed
free on request, by DR.. r. V. Pierce, Of
Buffalo. n. Y. These professional en-
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than any amount Of the ordinary lay, OF
on-professlonal testimonials.
The most intelligent women nowadays
insist on knowing what they take as med
icine instead Of opening their mouths like
a lot of young birds and gulping down
whatever Is offered them. "Favorite Pre-
scrlption is Of KNOWN COMPOSITION. II
makes weak women strong and sick
women well.
DR.. Plerce's Medical Adviser is sent free
on receipt Of stamps 10 pay expense OF
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II sick consult the Doctor, free of charge
by letter. All such communications are
held sacredly confidential.
DR.. Plerce's Pleasant Pellets invigorate
Gnd regulate stomach. liver and bowels
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-08-11
LITTLE GIRL MURDERED.

After having assaulted 13 yesr-old
Ella Welcb, Sunday morning, and hav.
Jog kept the girl, her mothe', her broth
er, and sister prisoners 10 their own
home at IrontoD, Ohio, until 5 O'Clock
yesterday morning, Charles Davis, q
negro, murdered the girl by blowing out
her brains with shotgun, and when
captured cut his own throat. Welch,
the father Of the girl, is miner, and
was not at home at the time, but in the
mines a. Williamson.
The three young children we're at
home with Mrs. WEIGH. Davis bad been
working about the Welch home, and q
few days sgO Mrs. Welch noticed that
the negro was paying attention to her
little daughter, and she discharged him.
Sunday morning the little girl Was left
alone st home. The negro entered the
house aud attacked the child.
At this juncture the mother and other
children returned Davis Immediately
took up a shotgun and told them that il
they attempted to give tie alarm be
would blow their brains out.
Until FIVE O'Clock yesterday morning
Davis remained at the Welch home,
keeping The family imprisoned.
Late Monday night Davis called q
friend aud sent cut for quart Of whisky.
he drank freely, and at 4 o'clock ytsier-
day morning be told the weeping mother
that he was going to murder the child
The frightened woman rushed TO another
room locked the door, aud then leSped
from q rear window, screaming for help.
The police we're soon on The scene,
and az they broke in the front door
Davis leveled the shotgun ct the child
aud blew out her brains. Opening a
rear door Davis rushed into the yard,
but be was 80 closely pursued by the
officers that he drew knife from his
pocket and cut his throat.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-08-11
DEATBS AT FIRES.

Fire of unknown origin early yester-
day mornlpg Destroyed the Okansgan
Hotel at Vernon and the premises OF the
Royal Bank OF Canada, P Barns & o., 4,
Morris & o., and F. A. Loveridge at
Victoria, B. o. There we're "a guests
in the hotel, which burned rapidly, a1d
Of these eleven are known to have per-
ished, the bodies being found. 1t Is
thought that the roll of csa hs will be
added 10 by further search of the ruins,
while Eve seriously burned are st hos.
pitsl, and their recovery il despaired OF.
Hsnlan's Point amusement park aud
the Eastern League baseball grounds at
Toronto, Ontario, we're swept by fire late
yesterday afternoon. The fire started
through sn explosion In the Gam
Theatsr, a moving piciu,e concern about
9:45 p. N. and by 6 o'clock there was
not a building lett standing in the en-
tire ground. So rapidly did the flames
spread that FIVE minutes sfter the first
outbnrst The park was a roaring mass of
flames. Miss A. English, the cashier
in the theatre, was surrounded by flames
before she could escape and 80 badly
burned that che died. An unknown
young woman was burned to death in
the Figure Eight. The cashier In the
Figure Eight was caught by the fire,
but vas rescued by Harry Robinson,
welI.known athlete, who rushed to her
assistance and dragged her to tafety just
as the flames had reached her clothing,
Both she aud her reseuer we're badly
burned. The total loss will reach $780,.
600, with very little insurance.
Forty guests had narrow escapes from
death esrly yesterday, when the Hctsl
Ressel, at HesSel, Mich, Is miles
northeast of Msckiuac Island, was
burned to the ground, A number of
them escaped in their night clothes and
lost all OF their tag0age.