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me something l can tell you about
and I'll talk to you. | don't know
anything about this business you're
going so wild about There isn't any
girl, and suppose there was, what Of
it?'
you've killed her, that's ALL an
swered Jim.
"Withers started in his chair. His
eyes grew bit furious, then Gained.
"'You are mistaken he said SLOW
ly.
II motioned to Jim and he reached
gently down by the side of his chair,
pulled cord that had been laid along
the floor and into the next room. Then
he turned, allowed the scowl to fade
from his face, and sat smiling at the
prisoner.
For a moment there was silence,
and then, from a distance, there be-
gan to drift the tones of a plaintiff
melody. Slowly it began, and softly.
Gradually the tones grew in strength
and seemed to float into the silent
room from a hundred scources at
once. l saw Withers look up, | saw
him gaze about him in establishment.
Then his head dropped.
Gradually, ever and ever more in
tense, the music grew. Withers
edged forward bit in his chair and
folded his arms. l could see that his
head waved trifie with the action of
the music. His face grew saddened.
"Quand PAmour est Mort he
unused.
can echo said Jim, of the same
piece you played in the parlor of the
hotel this afternoon
"Withers turned sharply.
- don't he began.
"'Oh, yes you do Jim returned,
and the smile still rested on his face.
Then again he lapsed into silence,
while he and l watched the man be-
fore us.
The music was growing more pas
sionate, more pleading, even more
melancholy. Once it was played
through, then again. Withers rocked
in his seat. l could see that the tears
were beginning to start from his eyes.
l could see too that here was music
maniac, that his whole being, just as
l had judged, was ruled by music, and
by one bit in particular. At last he
rose and began to pace about the
room. He patted his hands nervously
His shoulders rocked
Who's playing that" he asked
as he stopped nervously for second
1.-The girl you killed, probably, an
swered Jim with a smile
"a toss of the head, an angry CLINT
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Jerusalem Since Conquest by Titus.

Jerusalem Since Conquest by Titus.
Briefly the history of Jerusalem
since it fell to Titus, A. ID. 70, covers
the devastation of the city in 134 A.
D.. following the rebellion of Bar Coch-
ba. In 1876 the Emperor Hadrian re-
built the city, and generally paganized
it. When the empire eventually be-
came Christian, pilgrimages to the
Holy City increased, and in 1888 the
Church of the Holy Sepulchre was
founded Justinian also distinguished
himself as a restorer; but in GA .Jeru-
salem fell before the Persians, and in
CAT it came under the rule Of the Mo-
hamme ians The Arab overlords were
not on the whole unfriendly to the
Christians, and the city was well
cared for by them; but when the
Seliuk Turks came into power their
oppression of the pilgrims became a
challenge to the Christian nations,
and the crusades were the result.
Godfrey of Bouillon restored the city
in 1929. but it was retaken by Sala-
din in 1887 From 1247 it was subject
to Egypt for 27O years, but eventually
fell to the Sultan Selim J. in 1917. In
1926 there was a partially successful
revolt against the Turkish despotism,
but in 1910 the authority of Turkey
was confirmed by the powers. OF re-
cent years the city has become the re-
fuge for exiled Jews, mainly from Rus
Sfo
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nm EEKING for treasure" The
words are as magnet in the
~ power they have over the

nm EEKING for treasure" The
words are as a magnet in the
AZ power they have over the
minds of men. Let an ex-
plorer come home to tell of gold
mines, of gems, and of pearls to be
found in some region of utter desola-
ton, amid peril, discomfort and soli-
tude, and the great and small, gentle
and simple rush in thousands over
seas in pursuit of the golden spoil.
Perhaps nowhere has the romance OF
seeking treasure been kept so actively
alive as in the northern gold-produc-
ing regions of North America.
Even stranger than fiction is the
tale told by Charles Mcleod, as Ed
monitor prospector, who, while leading
a party of gold-seekers through the
wastes of the northwest section of
British Columbia, stumbled over the
bones of his two brothers and hit upon
location of auriferous quartz now
bringing him in colossal fortune.
One night in 1908, while making
camp" with his fellow-prospectors
Mcleod found traces of an old camp
fire in the forest nearby, and in idle
curiosity began to scrape among the
ashes and bids Of charred wood, pres
emily to find on the trunk of pine
near at hand an inscription consisting
Of the date, May, 1905" and the ini-
tials of his two brothers, who had
been missing for several years. Later
on, the discovery was made Of two
skeletons under tree little distance
off the trail, and not far from the tree
Mcleod picked up a watch, which he
at once recognized as having belong.
ed to his brother Frank.
On the trees in the vicinity being
closely examined a ''blaZed" trunk
was found with much carving, bu,
very few of the words were readable
Near the foot of the tree Mcleod
managed to make out sufficient to
lead him to believe that complete
deciphering would probably mean his
fortune.
The words that had remained de
cipherable referred to the locating OF
gold SHAFT" but the murderers
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who were presumed to have been In
dians, had not only taken the precau-
lions to remove from their victims all
means of Identification, but had also
cut the tree in such manner as to
make the carving unintelligible. Near
at hand, however, Mcleod CHANGED on
shaft, which had apparently been
sunk in recent years and from which
a considerable quantity of gold had
been extracted. Subsequently some
Indians. claimed that they had sunk
this shaft, but the matter was deter
mined in McLeod's favor.
At the present day the prospectors'
camps in southwest Oregon are
haunted by little old man, who sell
dom comes in, and who when ap-
preached threatens with his rife and
then sinks off into the tall timber and
scrub at hand. The camp to which
he attaches himself he watches most
carefully, following one man after an
other as they leave to look for game.
Something like thirty years ago
this ghost-like man was stout.
strong, young German, who came into
Oregon to seek gold. He did find a
very valuable prospect" and had be-
gun to work it when the Indians sur
prised him. His one companion was
killed, but the young man escaped and
made his way to Rogue river, still
hugging some pieces of auriferous
quartz
1t was years before he came back
with money enough to reopen his
mine, the knowledge of which had
made him rich during all the weary
when he was laying up the grub
stake" which was to keep him from
the necessity of sharing his wealth
with q partner
But he could not find his mine! The
frost and the snow, a landslip or two,
and the overlooking of the cascading
stream had obliterated his landmarks.
At last, his money being exhausted,
he told others of his mine and show
ed them the specimens which he had
kept by him all the years The min
ers of southwest Oregon are tired now
Of looking for the lost mine, but the
German still moves about the hills in
a state of fear lest any one should
find before he does the Cray Dutch
man mine"
In the early days of the Yukon gold
seekers much search was made for
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an alluvial source from which the In
dams, early in the nineteenth century,
must have obtained the gold dust
which for time they disposed of to
trappers, the Hudson Bay company
and others. One morning a prospec-
tor, Joe Carver, when camping with
an Indian hunter, was told by him
that, seeing the rising sun CLEAN on
the rocks, at the base Of which ran a
stream, brought to his memory that
the place had been called by his fore
fathers the Rocks of Cold" Search
revealed the great hoard which Ma
ture had been accommodating in the bed
of the stream there for innumerable
centuries.
About eight years ago Isaac Newton
Fowler, a Brooklyn man, while hunt
ing in Chihuahua, Mexico, found an
old tunnel, the mouth of which had
been walled up at some remote time.
There was the usual local tradition of
lost mine in the neighborhood,
abandoned by them in consequence of
the hostility of the Apaches. The dis
coverers of the walled-up tunnel do.
cided this was it. and have found Il
to be an exceedingly paying one.
A still richer find was that of a
prospector on the Mexican side Of the
Rio Grande, near Fort Hancock, Tex.
An old dump" of worked rock had
been there so long that nobody knew
who had taken the rock out. Not
even a tradition was associated with
it. A prospector interested capital
lists, and the old workings were re-
opened.
On the face of the hill being clear
ed for the tunnel, the miners were
surprised to find a solid wall of
masonry, laid in cement, and so hard
that they had to blow it down by
means of dynamite. Once through
this wall they discovered tunnel
that few feet further on was closed
by a massive door of hardwood logs
fastened by huge lock of antique
Spanish workmanship. They broke in
and found that the tunnel ran about
400 feet to breast of ore many times
richer than any found for many years.
A revolution or Indian rising had
probably caused the mine to be aban-
doned, and the workers with the char
acteristic subtlety of their time had
hidden the bonanza, leaving exposed
only the waste product on the surface.
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out of his eyes, and Withers had
turned to his pacing again. Still the
full-toned notes were hurrying into
the room, flooding it, filling it with
their eloquence. More and more they
were having their effect on Withers.
His eyes were growing wild. The
nervousness was becoming more and
more marked.
Who's playing that? he asked
again in an agitated voice. Who's
playing that?'
81 told you,' said Jim. Open that
door.
Almost with a rush, Withers went
to the door that led into the next
room. Hurriedly he threw it open and
started to rush within. Then he re-
coiled. He staggered. His hands
went before his eyes and he reeled
backward. Only the bare room was
before him, bare except for the evi.
dences Of the struggle of the after
noon, of the evidences of death. The
piano was not to be seen.
"'You-' he screamed. YOU
Jim leaped to his feet and seized
him.
Now will you confess he urged
Now will you say that you did it?
What was her name? What was her
name? Answer me; answer met
Slowly the head bent downward
The shoulders shook, it seemed with
sobs.
'Heloise, came the broken answer
'Yes-I did it-but / did love her-it
was because of that-she had decided
to quit me and IL He burst
forth into wild sobbing.
And that" concluded Miss Glenn
ent, lis about all there is to the story
You see, We had taken the precaution
to have the piano put into deep
closet in the room Somewhat ghost
ly, I'll admit, but it worked WELL"
She turned the pages of her pro
gram.
What are the good songs in the
next act?" she. asked interestedly.
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came to this city from Pittsburgh. Is
that true?'
"'Yes, but / don't see why you are
questioning me, or why you have
brought me here. If you've got any
charge to make against me, why don't
you take me to police station. /
"'That'll be about enough of that,
Jim interrupted. You'll see the inside
of station soon enough. Now
where's that girl that came here with
your
"Withers whirled Then his face set
There wasn't any girl he
snapped.
Wasn't there? Are you sure about
that? You came here with her, then
you told her that you didn't care for
her any mt re and that she could go
Isn't that the truth?
'Withers did not answer.
"'You told her that you were fond
of another and that she could get out
of the way. Answer mel
Still no response came from the
man before US. Jim fidgeted in his
chair.
You're going to talk before l get
through with you,' he threatened, and
you might as we'll make up your mind
to that right now What was that
girls name?'
There wasn't any girl
you've said that before. Now
want something different. What was
that girls name?'
There
Don't start that again. You know
there was a girl and that you quit
| loving her and that she baked on the
! game. She knew something on you
didn't she?' Withers seemed to shift
! in his chair a bit. She knew some
thing on you and she was going tt
tell the other woman about it. ISM
that the truth; isn't it,?
'Withers looked at Jim with dull
eyes, His hands clasped and unclaspee
nervously. He ran his tongue abou
ron his dry lips. He raised his heat
as if he were choking. But he gave
forth no sound. Jim's face grew red
You're going to tell me the truth,
he beloved. And you're going to d.
it right now. Now, you answer my
questions!'
'-Withers again looked at the detec
tive and then looked at me-
what do you want to know hi
asked az last, rather sullenly. ASH
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Time Is Sometimes Kind.

Father Time is not always hard
parent, and, though he tarries for
none of his children, often lays his
hand lightly upon those who have
used him well, making them old men
and women ineXorably enough, but
leaving their hearts and spirits young
and in full vigor. With such people
the gray head is but the impression
of the old fellows hand in giving
them his blessing, and every wrinkle
but a notch in the quiet calendar
of a well-spent life.-From Barnaby
Ridge.
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He had learned nothing new. Clues
there were, of course, but those al
ready Investigated had turned forth
nothing. He told his story and then
looked questionably at me.
What do you know? he asked.
Il know our man, Jim. feel sure
Of it. / answered.; but he's a queer
one, just as l said. And l think
there's only one way to make him own
up. You can't start his passions much
otherwise. I'm afraid that we're 60
ing to have to act bit theatrical.
That room up there where the girl
was found dead has not been changed
much, has it?'
The body has been taken away. .
"I know that, but otherwise?
"'No. Wny?'
"'See if the room next to it is va
cant And find out if there is con-
Meeting door
81 know that already The de-
tective grinned. And you can bet that
all the rooms around it are vacant.
What do you want?'
81 want a piano moved into the
room where the murder occurred, and
| want some one who will be brave
enough to stay in there and play it.
Can you get him.
His eyes bulged again.
What are you trying to
He looked at me blankly a mo-
ment, then moved away. In ten min
utes he was back.
1--WE got it all fixed. Now, what
do we do?'
Make the arrest. Come on.
ION the way | explained things, and
in an hour we had our musician in the
room adjoining the one in which the
murder had been committed. We had
taken him into the hotel in a manner
that left him in the dark as to exact
ly where he was going 1t was plain
that he did not recognize the sur
roundings. The door to the girls
room was closed. Jim began on him.
Nov, my friend, what's your
name?'
Thomas Withers.'
THAT, of course" explained Miss
Clement, wasn't his name. One thing
| do not like to do is to tell the real
name of a man whose case has been
through my hands. OF course, he
can't be hurt, but there are others
who have remained behind whom ii
can injure, and so''-she studied the
face of woman in a nearby box and
went on-'well, l just don't like to
do it.
Jim continued:
They say at the cafe that you
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To Much for Him,

why George, what condition you
are in Where have you been?'
tits all RI. Been to say goo bye to
Charlie Scrapple."
Where's Charlie going?"
Charles going to glirdle tn globe"
"What?"
"Girbal tn globe
Say 1t slowly
"Global tn grid"
Once more"
Hes going round tn earth in eighty
DAYS! What's tn matter with you?"
"Ah, he's going to girdle the globe,
is he? Well, you girdle your way tc
bed."-Cleveland Plain Dealer
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SEEMS NOT TO CURE CROOKS
There Is No Proof That Surgical
Operations Can Change the
Moral Character.

An interesting after development in
a surgical case which attracted much
attention about four years ago has
just occurred, says the Journal of the
American Medical Association. A pris-
oner serving long sentence In the
prison at Dannemora, n. Y, was par
doned by Governor White on represea-
tations which seemed to make it clear
that he had been cured of his crimi-
nal tendencies by a surgical opera
ton. Following the operation the
prisoners character seemed to change.
From being sullen and morose he be-
came bright and cheerful, walked
with firmer step, held his head erect
and appeared to be a different man.
1t is not surprising that few months
after the operation the governor was
induced to set him free on parole, and
there seemed to be every reason to
hope that a useful citizen had been
restored to society in place Of the
criminal that had been taken from
1t.
Unfortunately the arrest of the pa
rolled prisoner the first week Of jan
uary of the present year, for series
of burglaries with regard to which the
evidence is complete, seems to make it
clear that the improvement was only
temporary, or that the operation and
his subsequent good conduct were
steps in a scheme to obtain his re-
lease from prison. 1t is of course
only what might: be expected. There
is no trustworthy evidence to show
that changes in moral character, indie
pendent of mental deterioration, result
from pressure on the brain. Sensa-
tional announcements Of Improvement
in such cases after surgical interVsn-
ton. like those that used to be made
after various surgical procedures in
epilepsy, need to be controlled by che
subsequent history of the case. Inn
mediate improvement in such cases
is usually mental rather than physical,
and successes reported before many
years have tested their permanence
are liable to produce false impressions.
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Astonishment in Baltimore.

marketmen or the clubwomen of Balti-
more were the more surprised when
an investigating committee Of the wo-
men found that in several of the
markets the scales were giving more
than sixteen. ounces of meat to the
pound.-Boston Herald
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we'll and hearty and weigh about
200 pounds l feel very grateful that
/ found Dodds Kidney Pills and you
may publish this letter if you wish. |
am serving my third term as Probate
Judge of Gray Co. Yours truly,
PHILIP MILLER, Cimarron, Kan
Correspond with Judge Miller about
this wonderful remedy.
Dodds Kidney Pills, Soc per box at
your dealer or Dodds Medicine Co,
Buffalo, N. Y. Write for Household
Hints, also music of National Anthem
English and German words) and re-
cipes for dainty dishes Ali 8 sent free,
Adv.
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my breath was
short and I had
chills and back
ache. | took the
pills about a year
ago and have had
no return of the
palpitations. Am
now 60 years old,
able to do lots Of
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-05-23
JUDGE CURED, HEART TROUBLE.

took about 6 boxes of Dodds Kid
ney Pills for Heart Trouble from
which 1 had suffered for years. 1
had dizzy spells, my eyes pulled,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-05-23
His Sort.

What particular drink would you
recommend for golf player"
Il should suggest some brands of
teas
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Susnicion.

Your artist son. sir, has a Fery
effective touch"
How much did you lend him."
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Mine ROMANCES IN
BRITISH COLUMBIA

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .
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READY FOR Bic
PICNIC MONDAY
PREllM MARY WORK FINISHED
AND ALL is IN READINESS FOR
VISITORS.

Everything is in readiness for the
opening of the big anniversary picnic
at Wilmington park tomorrow and il
the weather is pleasant there will be
a record breaking crowd in attend
ance as many farmers from different
sections of the county who were in the
city yesterday stated that the people
were coming to this picnic
1'ne attractions have arrived and
will be ready by the time the crowd
gets here Monday morning. The rae
es have all been arranged, some good
horses are entered and feature of
the picnic will be the motorcycle
races between the four entries. These
speed merchants will be given an op-
portunity to show what their ma
chimes will do. The track is in good
condition and some fast time is eX-
pected.
The merchants have donated liber-
ally toward this picnic and the com
mittee has worked hard to make it a
success. 1t is confidently expeated
that this will be the biggest event
of the kind ever held in Ardmore.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-07-27
Vivisection Doomed.

Philadelphia, July pa new meth
cd of giving medical students instrn2
tion. which 1t is said will largely ON
viate the necessary of dissection. is
to be tired at local medical college
The process originated through tie
recent discovery by German stuuent
of fluid by the use c. which The
human body can be rendered trans
parent. The fluid is composed of
several oils and it turns the flesh into
sort of transparent jelly, enabling
the student to study the veins, mus
cles and bones even better il is as
serted. than if they resorted to the
dissectng knife.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-07-27
KANSAS OFFICERS BELIEVE MAN
WHO STOLE WOMAN HEADED
FOR OKLAHOMA.
FEDERAL PROSECUTION
II Man Crosses Line Into Oklahoma
He Will Be Liable for Prosecution
Under Federal White Slave Act
Mystery Surrounds Case.

lola, Kan, July 26-iEncourage-
ment was today given the officers
who are conducting the search for
Mary Armstrong Bean, the stolen
bride. A Montgomery county deputy
sheriff reported that the couple had
been seem near Caney yesterday.
Federal officers wsfet asked To join
in the search today II the abductor
takes the girl wife across the Okla
homa border, for which point it ap.
pears he is making, he will DC liable
for federal prosecution for violation
of the white slave act.
Harvey Dean, the husband. has re-
turned to his home. According to
Deans story he and his wife, who
were married last Sunday. were in a
local park Thursday night when
strange man approached them and ad-
dressed Mrs. Dean. Dean says that
the stranger became defiant but left
when he was ordered away. A few
minutes later Mrs. Dean is said to
have excused herself to speak to some
acquaintances, telling her husband she
would return Immediately. She failed
to return and Dean spent the re-
mainder OF tie night and all of yes
terday searching for her. Dean be-
lieves that the stranger has kidnapped
his wife.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-07-27
MUSKOCEE NEGRO
IS NOMINATED
PRESIDENT WILSON NAMES PAT
TERSoN OF MUSkOGEE FOR
REGISTRAR OF TREASURY.

Washington, July 26-Adam +. Pat
terson of Muskogee, Okla, was nom
mated TO be registrar of the treas
ury today, by President Wilson.
The position is regarded as one
of the most important political plums
The registrar countersigns all treas
ury notes.
w. H. Vernon, the negro, considered
by negroes as the greatest Of their
race in the United States, is the
man whom Patterson succeeds
Patterson is prominent negro at
torney in Muskogee, and is reputed to
have accumulated considerable prop
erty. He has been prominent in dem
ocratic political circles here through
his having organized many demo-
cratic negro clubs in Oklahoma.
In securing the nomination, Pat
terson had practically the entire sup
port Of prominent Oklahoma politi-
clans, who, realizing that the appoint
ment of registrar of deeds was Gus
tomarily given to negro, were de-
sirous of seeing an Oklahoma negro
receive the appointment.