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kino Arthur's Round Table.

Although the work of excavating the
Roman amphitheater popularity known
as King Arthur's Round Table at Caer-
leon, Monmouthshire, has only been in
progress a few days, some very inter-
esting discoveries have been made.
The most striking undoubtedly is that
of the two piers of the southern gate
way through which the chariots passed
into the e
The gateway is nine feet six inches
in width, and the walls are of charac-
t~eristic Roman work, with massive
tones still looking as If they would last
for centuries. From the upper to the
lower wall must have stretched beams
of wood or connecting walls on which
sloping lines of seats were built, there
being room, 1t is estimated, for II tiers
giving seating capacity for between
1000 and 5000 spectators.-London
Evening Standard.
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packed it the day before and put it on
his shaving stand, and there could be
no mistake. His name was on a small
silver plate on the handle.
i seemed to see a network closing
around my boy, innocent as | knew he
was. The revolver-Iam afraid ofthem,
but anxiety gave me courage to look
through the barrel-the revolver had
still two bullets in it. l could only
breathe a prayer of thankfulness that
l had found the revolver before any
sharp-eyed detective had come around.
l decided to keep what clues / had,
the cuff-link, the golf stick and the re-
volver, in a secure place until | could
see some reason for displaying them.
The cuff-link had been dropped into
a little filigree box or my toilet table.
l opened the box and felt around for
it. The box was empty-the cuff-link
had disappeared!
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Moves"
Didn't he have a guest with him?
Another MANI"
HE brought a friend with him to
stay over Sunday, a Mr.. Bailey.
ssMr. John Bailey, the cashier of the
Traders bank, l believe" And knew
that some one at the Greenwood club
had told. when did they leave?"
very early-I don't know at just
what time"
Mr.. Jameson turned suddenly and
looked at me.
please try to be more explicit" he
said. You say your nephew and Mr..
Bailey were in the house last night,
and yet you and your niece, with some
women servants, found the body.
Where was your nephew"
was entirely desperate by that
time.
81 do not KNOW" / cried, but be
sure of this: Halsey knows nothing
of this thing, and nc amount of cir
cumstantial evidence a make an in
nocent man guilty"
"Sit down." he said, pushing for
ward a chair. There are some things
I have to tell you, and, in return,
please tell me all you know. Believe
me, things always come out. In the
first place, Mr.. Armstrong was shot
from above. The bullet was fired at
close range, entered below the shout
der and came out, after passing
through the heart, well down the
back. In other words, l believe the
murderer stood on the stairs and fired
down. In the second place, l found
on the edge of the billiard table a
charred cigar which had burned itself
partly out. and a cigarette which had
consumed itself to the cork tip. Meth
er one had been more than lighted,
then put down and forgotten. Have
you any idea what it was that made
your nephew and Mr.. Bailey leave
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CHAPTER v.
Gertrude's Engagement.

At ten o'clock the Casanova hack
brought up three men. They intro
duced themselves as the coroner of
the county and two detectives from
the city. The coroner led the way at
once to the locked wing, and with the
aid of one of the detectives examined
the rooms and the body. The other
detective, after a short scrutiny OF the
dead man, busted himself with the
outside of the house. 1t was only aft
Ell. they had got a fair idea OF things
as they were that they sent for me.
| received them in the living room,
and | had made up my mind exactly
what to tell. / had taken the house
for the summer, l said, while the Arm
strongs were in California. In spite
of a among the servants about
strange noises-I cited Thomas-noth-
ing had occurred the first two nights.
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piled, and | could see Mr.. Jamieson's
eyes snap as If he had made a dis
covery. AS for myself, during the
whole recital l had been plunged into
the deepest amazement.
"Will you pardon me for a personal
question:" The detective was a
youngish man, and | thought he was
somewhat embarrassed. What are
| your-you relations with Mr.. Bailey?"
Gertrude hesitated. Then she came
over and put her hand lovingly in
mine.
Il am engaged to marry him." she
said simply.
| had grown so accustomed to sur
prises that l could only gasp again,
and as for Gertrude, the hand that
lay in mine was burning with fever.
"And-after that" Mr.. Jameson
went or, you went directly to bed?'
Gertrude hesitated.
mo-" she said finally. IL am not
nervous, and after / had extinguished'
the light, / remembered something 1
had left in the billiard room, and /
felt my way back there through the
darkness"
evil you tell me what it was you
had forgotten?"
II cannot tell you" she said slowly.
Il did not leave the billiard room
at c.
"Why?" The detectives tone was
imperative. "This is very important,
Miss Innes."
II was crying" Gertrude said in a
low tone. when the French clock in
the drawing room struck three l got
up and then-I heard a step on the
east porch, just outside the cardroom.
Some one with a key was working
! with the latch, and I thought, of
| course, of Halsey. When we took the
house he called that his entrance, and
he had carried a key for it ever since.
The door opened and l was about to
ask what he had forgotten, when
there was a flash and a report. Some
heavy body dropped, and, half crazed
! with terror and shock, l ran through
the drawing and got upstairs-I
scarcely remember how"
She dropped into a chair, and l
thought Mr.. Jameson must have fin
ished. But he was not through.
you certainly clear your brother
and Mr.. Bailey admirably" he said.
1.-THE testimony is invaluable, especial
ly in view of the fact that your broth
err and Mr.. Armstrong had, l believe,
quarreled rather seriously some time
ago."
Nonsense" I broke in. Things are
bad enough, MI. Jameson, without in
venting bad feeling where it doesn't
exist. Gertrude, l don't think Halsey
knew the-the murdered man, did
he?"
But Mr.. Jameson was sure of his
ground.
CTO BE CoNTINUED.)
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On the third night 1 believed that
some one had been in the house; l
had heard a crashing sound, but be-
ing alone with one maid had not in
vestigated. The house had been
locked in the morning and apparent
Iy undisturbed.
Then, as clearly as l could, I related
how, the night before, a shot had
reused us; that my niece and / had
investigated and found a body; that /
did not know who the murdered man
was until Mr.. Jarvis from the club
informed me, and that / knew of no
reason why Mr.. Arnold Armstrong
should steal into his fathers house at
night. l should have been glad to al
low him entree there at any time.
"Have you reason to believe, Miss
Innes," the coroner asked, chat any
member of your household, imagining
Mr.. Armstrong was a burglar, shot
him in self-defense?"
"I have no reason for thinking So"
/ said quietly.
"Your theory is that Mr.. Armstrong
was followed here by some enemy
and shot as he entered the house?"
81 don't think I have a theory" I
said. "The thing that has puzzled me
is why Mr.. Armstrong should enter
his fathers house two nights in sue
c~ession, stealing in like a thief, when
he needed only to ask entrance to be
admitted"
The coroner was a very silent man;
he took some notes after this, but he
seemed anxious to make the next
train back to town. He set the in
quest for the following Saturday, gave
Mr.. Jameson, the younger of the two
detectives, and the more intelligent
looking, a few instructions, and, after
| gravely shaking hands with me and
regretting the unfortunate affair, took
his departure, accompanied by the
other detective.
/ was just beginning to breathe
freely when Mr.. Jameson, who had
been standing by the window. came
over to me.
1.-THE family consists Of yourself
| alone, Miss Innes?"
my niece is here" I said.
There is no one but yourself and
your niece?"
my nephew" / had to moisten
my lips.
"Oh, a nephew. I should like to
see him, if he is here"
"He is not here just now" / said as
quietly as I could. Il expect him
at any time"
He was here yesterday evening. !
believer"
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their cigars and their game, take out
the automobile without calling the
chauffeur, and all that at-let me see
certainly before three o'clock in the
morning."
81 don't know" / said, "but depend
on it, Mr.. Jameson, Halsey will be
back himself to explain everything"
Il sincerely hope So" he said. Miss
Innes, has it occurred to you that Mr..
Bailey might know something of
this"
Gertrude had come downstairs and
just as he spoke she came in. l saw
her stop suddenly, as if she had been
struck.
HE does not" she said in a tone
that was not her own. "Mr. Bailey and
my brother know nothing of this.
The murder was committed at three.
They left the house at a quarter be.
fore three"
"How do you know that?" Mr.. JAM
ieson asked oddly. do you know at
what time they left?"
81 do" Gertrude answered firmly.
cat a quarter before three my brother
and Mr.. Bailey left the house, by the
main entrance. 1-was-there."
Gertrude" / said excitedly, you
, are dreaming. Why's at a quarter to
three
Listen" she said. AT half-past
two the downstairs telephone rang. l
had not gone to sleep, and / heard it.
Then I heard Halsey answer it, and
in a few minutes he came upstairs and
knocked at my door. We've talked
for a minute, then / put On my dress
ing gown and slippers, and went down
stairs with him. Mr.. Bailey was In
the billiard room. We've all talked
together for perhaps ten minutes.
Then it was decided that-that they
should both go away
Cant you be more explicit?" Mr..
Jameson asked. why did they go
away?'
Il am only telling you what hap
pened, not why it happened" she said
evenly. "Halsey went for the car,
and instead of bringing it to the house
and rousing people, he went by the
lower road from the stable. Mr..
Bailey was to meet him at the foot of
the lawn. Mr.. Bailey left"
(Which way?" Mr.. Jameson asked
sharply.
"By the main entrance. He left
it was a quarter to three. I know
exactly"
1.-THE clock in the hall is stopped,
Miss Innes," said Jameson. Nothing
seemed to escape him.
AHe looked at his watch" she re-
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One Mr.. Thackeray.

The plaintiff in the theatrical libel
case explained that she adopted the
name of Walker because she liked 1t
better than that of Thackeray. It
must be embarrassing, no doubt, to be
in continued danger of the funny
mans question, How the Dickens do
you come to have such a manner" But
one Mr.. Thackeray, whom Lord Mel
bourne, when his mind was becoming
weak, met one day in a railway car
rage, must have had even stranger
reasons for wishing he had some other
name. "Pray sir" asked Melbourne,
ARE you the Mr.. Thackeray who in
vented brass locks?" mo-" said the
stranger. "Are you the Mr. Thack-
cray who wrote Vanity Fair'?" NO"
s.Then what the - Mr.. Thackeray
are you?"-London Chronicle.
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to feel better when l had taken only
one bottle Of Compound, but kept on
as / was afraid to stop too soon."-Mrs.
SADIE MULLEN, 2728 N. B. ST., FL
wood, Ind.
why will women take chances with
an operation or drag out a sickly,
half-hearted existence, missing three
fourths of the joy of living, when they
can find health in Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound?
For thirty years it has been the
standard remedy for female ills, and
has cured thousands of women who
have been troubled with such all
ments as displacements, Inflammation.
liberation, fbroid tumors, irregulari-
ties, periodic pains, backache, indiges-
ton, and nervous prostration.
If you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound will help yous
write to Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn,
Mass, for advice. Your letter
will be absolutely confidential
and the advice free.
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I'LL OllOA oStAS LIZA
discovered a new use for billy
goats and every day at half a
hundred stock feeding stations
on the line of the big railroad
system, solemn goats with long
white boards act the part of Judas,
Turing unsuspecting sheep to their
doom. Little did the grave members
of the Interstate Commerce commits
sion think when they made a ruling
that live stock en- route from the great
western ranges to the packing houses
along the Missouri river, should not
be kept aboard railroad trains for
more than % consecutive hours, but
that, at the expiration of that period,
the animals should be taken from the
cars and given water and provender
that the ruling would be responsible
for the creation of a band of goats
trained to ingratiate themselves into
the confidence of innocent little lambs,
matronly ewes and stately rams and
bring these down to their death.
But such is the case. And the Union
Pacific railroad has a flock of goats,
each individual member OF which
can do better work along the
lines for which it is trained than half
a dozen men could do in twice the
time.
When the 28-hour law went into
effect the Union Pacific railroad found
1t necessary to build big feeding yards
- p0infc o1pn0 ifc 1in0-jn
fact, these yards were installed about
every rs miles from end to end of the
big system. During the shipping sea
son that railroad brings hundreds Of
| thousands of sheep from the great
ranges of Wyoming, Colorado, Utah,
Idaho, Oregon, Montana, California
and the southwestern states to the
packing houses at Omaha. Under the
new law it was necessary that these
sheep be unloaded, fed and watered,
and then reloaded every % hours.
Those men who have ever attempt
ed to drive sheep will remember how
| difficult the task is, especially to get
the animals headed in the right direc-
ton. GAS timid as a sheep" is a
proverb, and its truth is proven every
| day and every hour wherever sheep
are handled.
If the sheep are in the stock cars
1t is a big job to get them out. Efforts
| of the attendants to get them to leave
the cars usually result in the whole
bunch crowding up in one end and re.
| fusing to go out the door. Sometimes
it was even necessary that each indi-
vidual sheep be actually lifted up and
taken from the car.
And sometimes this 28-hour limit
expired in the dead of night, when the
| sheep were all lying asleep on the
floor of the car. At such times it was
almost impossible to unload except by
the "hand" method. At times half an
hour was consumed in unloading a sim
| gle car.
After the sheep were fed and wa
tered came the reloading, and again
there was trouble, almost as much as
when unloading.
The railroad found it necessary to
maintain a large force of men at
each feeding station, it being found
more economic to do this than to
spend hours and hours loading and
unloading a train. This cost money,
and lots OF it, but there seemed no
means of avoiding the expense. There
| stood the United States courts ready
to infict a 500 fine every time a car
of sheep was not fed and watered
| every % hours. Employing the men
was cheaper than fines.
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HyMzRY =
p ROBERTS
= HZNTHART
ILLUSTRATIONS BY RAyWa(n%
cApxaexy 1sos ~ SAsss sxsmFca
SYNOPSIS.
cAesR,exy 1sos ~ AAass5

Miss Innes, spinster and guardian OF
Gertrude and Halsey. established summer
headquarters at ~Sunnyside. Amidst nu-
merous difficulties the servants deserted.
As Miss Innes locked up for the nisnt,
she was startled by a dark figure on the
veranda. She passed a terrible night
which was filled with unseemly noises.
In the morning Miss Innes found a
hamper. Gertrude and Halsey arrived
with Jack Bailey. The house was awak-
ened by a revolver shot. A strange man
was found shot to death in the hali.
1t proved to be the body of Arnold Arm
strong, whose banker father owned inc
country house. Miss Innes found Hai-
sey's revolver on the lawn. He ana JACK
Bailey had disappeared.
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A New SIMPLIFYING Cloth.

A new cloth is being made III Cal
cutta, India, which is manufactured
on scientific principles to conform to
natures plan of warding of the SUMS
rays, as exempliied in the-eolor OF the
skin and the pigments under the skin.
It is the belief of physicians that n
of the chief reasons for the many
deaths recorded in hot weather is
that Of improper clothing. The de-
signers of what we must wear to be of
the elect may ordain a color or tex
ture thoroughly ~unsuited to the pre-
yailing climatic conditions, and safety
and comfort are often jeopardized in
conseuuence.-Van Norden Magazine.
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!, Accordance with Scripture.

III fNN0t
A Boerh had sold to a mission Kaf1r
the carcass of an OK that had died
from lung sickness. The missionary
demonstrated with him, and threat
enc to report him to the authorities.
The Boer expressed his surprise at
such language from a missionary.
saying he had acted strictly according
to Scriptural precept. The missionary
said he would not say another word
if the Boer could justify his act from
the Bible. The Boer %thereupon asked
for a Bible and, referring to Deut.
14:21, read as follows:
rye shall not eat OF anything that
dieth of itself; thou shalt give 1t to
the stranger that is within thy gates,
that he may eat it; or thou mayest
sell it unto an alien"
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The Business Instinct.

An English farmer, taking his little
son with him, was going to the
polling station to give his vote. On
the way he met a friend on the same
errand, and the two entered into con-
versation. After an excited and heat
ed argument about the budget they
came to blows. The poor lad was
much frightened, and, seeing that his
father was getting the worst OF 1t.
suddenly called out to him:
"Hit him in the watch, father;
thatIl cost him s~omething!"
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An INDEPENDENT Spirit.

''This earth gets a chance to see
Halley's comet only once in Is years."
WELL" replied the man who is
strong on local pride, 1--WE aren't get
ting any of the worst of it. That's as
often as Halley's comet gets a chance
to see the EARTH"
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Hia PhiIosonhy,

Hank Stubbs-Ambition amt hard
ly with while.
Bilge Miller-Why not?
Hank Stubbs-Waal, eff you are be-
hind the procession you halter keep
bumpin' into somebody, an ct you git
ahead you're liable to git teller-scoped.
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ANXIOUS.

Fred-My dear Dora, let this
thought console you for your lovers
death. Remember that other and bet
ter men than he have gone the same
way.
Bereaved One-They haven't all
gone. have they?-Exchange.
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Made His Reputation.

Harker-That fellow Bilkins is an
enthusiast, isn't he?
Parker-That's what! You know
he likes to speak of himself as a
sportsman?
Harker-YeS.
Parker-Well, the only thing he
ever did in that line was to go on a
wild goose chase three years ago.
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Makes ! Difference.

II heard your dad say like the
devil the other day.
my dad has q right to talk about
the devil. He's a, preacher.,-Chicago
Tribune.
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Piacarded.

A pretty good joke was that played
on a rotund alderman, who wandered
about the streets bearing a placard on
his broad back inscribed:
"Widened at the expense of the cor
Observation-Disclosures.
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Literal Fellow.

"That fellow is too darned literal"
"As to how?"
IF you ask him how he feels he
Immediately unreels a lot of symp-
toms."-Pittsburg Post.
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All SENS beautiful to me. can
ever repeat to men and women "You
have done such good work to me. l
would do the same to you."-Walt
Whitman.
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Compound. 4
was sick three
months and could
not walk. ] suf-
Tered all the time.
The doctors said I
could not get well
without an opera
|tion, for I could
hardly stand the
pains in my sides,
Especially my right
lone, and down my
leg. / began
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An Economist.

30 you mean to tell me you enjoy
being fat?"
"Yes," answered the philosophic citi-
GEN.. 81 get more transportation for
my money when l buy a railway
ticket"
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And all the world loves to laugh
with a laugher.
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ESCAPES
OPERATION
WasC Cured byLydiaE Pink.
ham'sVegetableC Compound

Elwood, Ind-"Your remedies have
cured me and I have only taken SIX
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poration.'-
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MiSCeHaneOus


10 doz. ladies' belts assorted kinds, z
lots in which will be found belts
worth to &c and 29c
Assortment Of trimming braids diff
ferent prices - s--~l IL OFF
Ladies' headscarfs -.... ..-....- 80 89c
Laces and embroideriesl-2 OFF
Child's pantalets, white to close -. 39c
Infants bootees ........a.. 49c
Infants sacques two lots -25c and 4Oc
Flanne1ette petticoats to close - SOC
Ladies knit wool skirts to close 89c
twenty-five per cent discount on Ladies'
Golf and Wool Mitts and Mems and Boys
Wool and Faced Mitts.
Ladies Elder down dressing sacques
rs values 6or III $1,000. SOC
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Underwear


Mems union underwear ribbed
regular 2.25 sale price 10!
Mems union underwear ribbed
regular 800 sale price -- "a!
Mems ribbed two piece under
wear, regular 1.25, sale price. g!
Mems ribbed two piece under
wear, regular 100, sale price. e!
Mems all wool underwear. two
piece suits, regular 200, now 10;
Child's natural wool underwear
sizes 2o-24-26-28-3o-32-34,
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. so
Boys heavy fleeced union suits
to close. -.-..s -.-...-- .--- 10000. a
Ladies' fleeced lined underwear
soc value for 3!
Ladies' natural wool underwear
75c value s.
Misses ribbed union suits, CSC
value for. 4,
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OVerCOdt6
Boys
Boys heavy Refer
Jackets, sizes SO,
800 values for 200
Boys Buster Brown
O'coats, Sizes 81,
800 values for. 2.45
Boys Buster Brown
O'coats, sizes SD,
$50 values for 2.79
Boys Buster Blown
O'coats; sizes So, ~
400 values for 3.2o
Youths
Youths brown mixed
coats, velvet collars
large sizes sale price 40
Youths dark mixed
pattern, velvet col
Ter, sizes 6-9, sale
price, ...... $40
Youths dark gray'ov-
ercoats, velvet col
lar AS values for 2.9
Youths heavy black
kersey listers, 500
values, sale price 3.79
Mems
Mems heavy black ul-
sters, $50 values,
sale price 3.99
Mems gray, velvet
collar u~lsters, $50
values, sale price 449
One Gordon fur coat
well made .:..... 1000
One Gordon fur coat,
Bulgarian Lam b,
blended rat collar,
sale price 1000
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u NO
Ladies black kersey
coat good quality,
1000 value for. 8.75
Ladies blue kersey
coat with. collar,
1000 value for 0 .95
Ladies' green kersey
very fine, has collar
1900 value for-..- 1900
black kersey,
fir collar, 1900 val
ne, sale price lbs
Ladies green broad
cloth with collar,
lined throughout,
sale price,. .-l2.95
Ladies' mixed green
pattern with new
Ardoc collar, sale
price ...11.95
Ladies' black Kersey !.
trimmed with jet
buttons. sale price. .12.5O
Misses gray bearskn
in good quality, CSC
value sale price. 4.95.
Misses blue kersey,
trimmed with vel
vet and buttons 4.o5
Misses red kersey,
trimmed with vel
vet and buttons -.;:.. $50.
Misses black pony
cloth very stylish
and rich, saleprice.. 1895
Child's bearskin, 500
value, sale price. 2.39.
Child's velvet plush.
green, 3.ooTvalue-.. 2.39.
sChld's bearslkin, very
fine. quality. 3.39.