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SYNOPSIS. Elam Harnish. known all through Alas ka as "Burning Daylight." celebrates his 30th birthday with a crowd of miners at the Circle City Tivoll. The dance leads to heavy gambling. In which over 1100.000 Is staked. Harnish leses his money and his mine but wins the mall contract. He tarts on his mail trip with dogs and sledge, telling his friends that he will be in the big Yukon gold strike at tha start. Burning Daylight makes a sensationally rapid run across country with the mall, appears at the Tivoll and Is now ready to join his friends In a dash to the new gold fields. Deciding that gold will be round In the up-river district Harnish buys two tons of flour, which he declares will be wvorth Its weight In gold, but when he arrives with his flour he finds the big flat desolate. A comrade discov ers gold and Daylight reaps a rich har vest. He goes to Dawson, becomes the most prominent figure In the Klondike and defeats a combination of capitalists In a vas* mining deal. He returns to civilization. CHAPTER VII. In no blaze of glory did. Burning Daylight descend upon San Francisco. Not only had he been forgotten, but the Klondike along with him. The world was interested In other things, and the Alaskan adventure, like the Spanish War, was an old story. He set tled down in St. Francis Hotel, was Interviewed by the cub-reporters on the hotel-run, and received brief para graphs of notice for twenty-four hours. Several months passed in San Fran cisco, during which time be studied the game and its rules, and prepared himself to take a hand. Tiring of being merely an onlo|oker, he j-an up to Nevada, where the new gola-mining boom was fairly started? "just to try a flutter," as he phrased it to himself. The flutter on the To nopah Stock Exchange lasted Just ten davs. during whlrh tim? hla smash ing, wild-bull game played ducks and drakes, with the more stereotyped gamblers, and at the end of which time, having gambled Floridel Into his fist, he let go for a net profit of half a million. Whereupon, smacking | his lips, he departed for San Fran- j Cisco and the St. Francis Hotel. It tasted good, and his hunger for the game became more acute. And once more the papers sensa tionalized him. BURNING DAYLIGHT was a bigrletter headline again. In terviewers flocked about him. Old files of magazines and newspapers were searched through, and the ro mantic and historic Elam Harnlsh, Adventurer of the Frost, King of the Klondike, and Father of the Sour doughs, strode upon the breakfast ta ble of a million homes along with the toast and breakfast foods. Even be iore nis eieciea ume, ne was iorciDiy launched Into the game. Financiers and promoters, and all the flotsam and Jetsam of the sea of speculation surged upon the shores of his eleven i millions. In self-defence he was com pelled to open offices. He dabbled in , little things at first?"stalling for ! time," as he explained it to Holds worthy, a friend he had made at the Alta-Paciflc Club. Daylight himself was a member of the club, and Holds worthy had proposed him. And it was well that Daylight played closely at first, for he was astounded by the multitudes of sharks?"ground-sharks," he called them?that flocked about him. He saw through their schemes readily enough, and even marveled that such numbers of them could find sufficient prey to keep them going. Their rascality and general dubious ness was so transparent that he could not understand how any one could be taken In by them. So it was that he resolved to leave the little men, the HoldBworthys, alone; and, while he met them In good fellowship, he chummed with none, and formed no deep friendships. He did not dislike the little men, the men of the Alta-Paciflc, for Instance. He merely dfd not elect to choose them .for partners in the big game In which ne intended to play. What this big game was, even he did not know. He was waiting to find it. And In the meantime he played small hands, in vesting In several arid-lands reclama tion projects and keeping his eyes open for tbe big chance when it should come along. And then he met John Dowsett, the great John Dowsett. It was the first big magnate Daylight had met face to face, and he was pleaped and charmed. There was such a kindly humanness about the man, such a genial demo cratlcness, that Daylight found it hard to realize that this was the John Dow sett, president of a string of banks. Insurance manipulator, reputed ally of tbe lieutenants of Standard OH. and known ally of the Guggenhammers. Nor did his looks belle his reputation and his manner. Physically, he guar anteed all that Daylight knew of him. Despite his sixty years and snow white hair, his hand-shake was firmly hearty, and he showed no signs ot decrepitude, walking with a quick. snappy step, making all movements definitely and decisively. It was not long afterward that Day light came on to New York. A letter from John Dowsett had been the cause?a simple little typewritten let ter of several lines. But Daylight had thrilled as he read it. The bald sentences seemed gorged with mys tery. "Our Mr. Howlson will call up on you at your hotel. He Is to be trusted. We must not be seen to gether. You will understand after we have bad our talk." Daylight conned the words over and over. That was It. The big game had arrived, and It looked as if he were being Invited to fit in and take a hand. Surely, for no other reason would one man so peremp torily invite another man to make a journey across the continent. They met?thanks to "our" Mr. Howlson?up the Hudson, in a mag [ niflcent country home. Daylight, ac cording to instructions, arrived in a private motor car which had been fur nished him. Dowsett was already there, and another man whom Day light recognized before the Introduc tion was begun. It was Nathaniel Let ton, and none other. Daylight had seen his face a score of times in the mag azines and newspapers, and read about his standing in the financial world, and about his endowed University of Daratona. He, likewise, struck Day light as a man of power, though he was puzzled In that he could find no likeness to Dowsett Except in the matter of cleanness?a cleanness that seemed to go down to the deepest fibers of him?Nathaniel Letton was unlike the other in every particular. Thin to emaciation, he seemed a cold flame of a man. Not more than fifty, thatched with a sparse growth of iron gray hair, he looked several times the age of Dowsett. They drank?that is, Nathaniel Letton took mineral water served by the smoothly operating ma chine of a lackey who inhabited the place, while Dowsett took Scotch and soda ana uayugnt a coctcian. L?on Guggenhammer arrived in the midst of the drink, and ordered Scotch. Day light studied him curiously. This was one of the great Guggenhammer fam ily; a younger one, but nevertheless on? of the crowd with which he had locked grapples in the North. Nor did Leon Guggenhammer fall to men tion cognizance of that old affair. He compinhented ^aylight on hisj prow c/ s "I Must Say, Mr. Harnish, That You ss?"The echoes of Ophir came down o us, you know. And I must say, Mr. )ayiight?er, Mr. Harnish, that you ( hipped us roundly In that affair." Leon-Guggenhammer was young and at. Not a day more than thirty, his ace, save for the adumbated puff acks under the eyes, was as smooth nd lineless as a boy's. The talk oon centered down to business. Dow ett broached the plan, aided by an ccasional remark from the other two, rhile Daylight asked questions. What ver the proposition was, he was go lg into it with his eyes open. And bey fillet^ his eyes with the practical ision of what he had in mind. "They will never dream you ar9 ith us," Guggenhammer Interjected, s the outlining of the matter drew to close, his handsome Jewish eyes ashing enthusiastically. "They'll link you are raiding on your own in roper buccaneer style." "Of course, you understand. Mr. Har- ' lsh, the absolute need for keeping ur alliance in the dark," Nathaniel etton warned, gravely. Daylight nodded his head. "And you also understand," Letton ent on, "that the result can only a productive of good. The thing is gitimate and right, and the only ones ho may be hurt are the stock gam lers themselves. It is not an attempt smash the market. As you see your ;lf. you are to bull the market. The onest investor will be the gainer." "Yes, that's the very thing," Dow itt said. "The commercial need for >pper is continually increasing. Ward alley Copper, and all that it stands ?r?practically one-quarter of the orld's supply, as I have shown you? a big thing, how big, even we can arcely estimate. Our arrangements e made. We have plenty of capital irselves, and yet we want more, lso, there Is too much Ward Valley ? DAYI1 IACK I Aurxop OF "7 "WWF? FANG. (Copyright. 1910, by the New York Herald (Copyright, 1910, by the MacMlllan Co out to suit our present plans. Thus we kill both birds with one stone. Not only will you Dull ward vauey, but you will at the same time gather Ward Valley in. This will be of ines timable advantage to us, while you and all of us will profit by It as well. And as Mr. Letton has pointed out. the thing is legitimate and square. On the eighteenth the directors meet, and, instead of the customary divi-( dend, a double dividend will -be de clared." "There will be all sorts of rumors on the street," Dowsett warned Day light, "but do not let them frighten you. These rumors may even origin ate with us. You can see how and why clearly. But rumors are to be no concern of yours. You are on the inside. All you have to do is buy. buy, buy, and keep on buying to the last stroke, when the directors declare the double dividend. Ward Valley will Jump so that It won't be feasible to buy after that" "And one other thing. Mr. Harnish," Guggenhammer said, "if' you exceed your available cash, or the amount you care to invest in the venture, don't fall immediately to call on us. Remem ber, we are behind you." "Yes, we are behind you," Dowsett repeated.. Nathaniel Letton nodded his head in affirmation. CHAPTER VIII. Back at his hotel, though nearly t-wo in the morning, he found the reporters waiting to interview him. Next morn ing there were more. And thus, with blare of paper trumpet, was he re ceived by New York. Once more, with beating of tom-toms and wild hulla balloo, his picturesque figure strode across the printed sheet. The King of the Klondike, the hero of the Arc'ilc, Whipped Us Roundly In That Affair." the thirty-mllllon-dollar millionaire of the North, had V:ome to New York. What had he come for? To trim the New Yorkers as he had trimmed the Tonopah crowd in -Nevada? They were prepared for him to play, and, when heavy buying of Ward Val leg began, it was quickly decided that he was the operator. Financial gossip buzzed and hummed. He was after the Guggenhammers once more. The story of Ophlr was told over again and sensationalized until even Day light scarcely recognized It. Still, it was all grist to his mill. The stock gambler! were clearly befooled. Each lay he increased his buying, and so Costa Rican He Loves Pomp and Ceremony and His Formal Banquets Are Dis tressingly Solemn. "Tbe Costa RIcan loves pomp ana :eremony. He plays with diplomacy, ind from force of habit strikes a hreatenlng attitude toward the head )f the government, whoever he may )e, but never carries It so far as to provoke a revolution, as 1b done in he sister republics. "He Is a perfect picture of the pos ng hero In the comic opera, never 'et having been conquered by his en jmy, but always on guard," writes i woman correspondent of Healtn Culture. "The old Spanish hldalgoes vho warred with the Central Amerl ;an states did not consider the ccun ry around San Jose (reached then by i bridle path over the mountains) vorth fighting for. "So they left the natives in posses sion and the consequence Is that the PNDON V/f CAU OF r//?MLD; " "A/wr/tv ?om "?rc. Company.) mpany. I eager were the sellers that Ward Valley rose but slowly. A wildly ex cuing nme was nis during the ween preceding Thursday the eighteenth. Not only was he gambling as he had never gambled before, but he was gambling at the biggest table In the world for stakes so large that even the case-hardened habitues of that ta ble were compelled to sit up. In spite of the unlimited selling, his persist ent buying compelled Ward Valley steadily to rise, and as Thursday ap proached, the situation became acute. Something had to smash. How much Ward Valley was this Klondike gam bler going to buy? ww much could he buy? What was the Ward Valley crowd doing all this time? Daylight appreciated interviews with them that appeared?interviews delightfully placid and non-committal. Leon Gug genhammer even hazarded the opinion that this Northland Croesus might pos sibly be making a mistake. But ?ot that they cared, John Dowsett ex plained. "It is purely gambling from beginning to end," were Nathaniel Let ton's words; "and we refuse to have anything to do with it or to take no tice of it in any way." During this time Daylight had sev eral secret meetings with bis partners ?one with Leon Guggenhammer, one with John Dowsett, and two with Mr. Howison. Beyond congratulations, they really amounted to nothing; for, aa he was informed, everything was going sausiacioruy. bui on ruesaay morn ing a rumor that was disconcerting came to Daylight's ears. It was also published in the Wall Street Journal, and it was to the effect, on apparently straight inside information, that on Thursday, when the directors of Ward Valley met. instead of the customary dividend being declared, an assess ment would be levied. It was the first check Daylight had received. It came to him with a shock that if the thing were so he was a broken man. And it also came to him that all this colos sal operating of his was being done oil his own money. Dowsett. Gug genhammer and Letton were risking nothing. It was a panic, shortlived, it was true, but sharif enough while it lasted to make him remember Holds worthy and the brick-yard^ and to im pel him to cancel all buying ordera while be rushed to a telephone. "Nothing in it?only a rumor," came Leon Guggenhammer's throaty voice in the receiver. "As you know," said Nathaniel Letton; "I am one of the directors, and I should certainly be aware of it were such action con templated." And John Dowsett: "I warned you against just such rumors, There is not an iota of truth in it? certain|y noL I tell you on my honor as a gentleman." Heartily ashamed of himself for his temporary loss of nerve. Daylight re turned to his task. The cessation of buying had turned the Stock Exchange Into a bedlam, and down all the lintf Df stocks the bears were smashing Ward Valley, as the apex, received th? jrunt of the shock, and was alreadj seginning to tumble. Daylight calm ?/l h(a Kutrlnrr A??a j uuuuicu uia uu/iug ui uci o. \nd all through Tuesday, Wed? lesday and Thursday morning, hd went on buying, while Ward Valley ose triumphantly- higher. Still they sold, and still he bought, exceeding lis power to buy many times over, yhen delivery was taken into account tVljat of that? On this day the double lividend would be declared, h6 as sured himself. The pinch of delivery vould be on the sho_r^s. They would be naking terms with him. And then the thunderbolt struck rrue to the rumor, Ward Valley levied he assessment. Daylight threw up lis arms. He verified the report and iuit. Not alone Ward Valley, but all ecurities were being hammered down <y the triumphant bears. As for Ward Galley, Daylight did not even trouble o learn if It had fetched bottom or cas still tumbling. Not stunned, not ven bewildered, while Wall Street ?ent mad, Daylight withdrew from the ield to think it over. After a short onference with his brokers, he pro eeded to his hotel, on the way pick ig up the evening papers and glanc ig at the head lines. BURNING 1 IAYLIGHT CLEANED OUT, he read; AYLIGHT GETS HIS; ANOTHER WESTERNER FAILS TO FIND EASY ' IONEY. He passed up to his rooms, ordered 1 Martini cocktail, took off his shoes, ( nd sat down to think. After half an our he roused himself to take the rink, and as he felt the liquor pass 1 armingly through his body, his fea ires relaxed into a slow, deliberate, ^ at genuine grin. He was laughing 1 t himself. * 1 "Buncoed, by gosh!" lie muttered. c (TO BE CONTINUED.) -^-un^-u^-u-_rW I Is Dignified ; - - ?? I eon, or barefooted native, driving is yoke or diminutive oxen, is no- ? 5dy's slave. He owns his mule and 1; irt. his little patio or land and farm- S juse. The tax gatherer has no place f; tere, therefore when you meet him L Incarnated as the dignified mer- 01 iaLt he is a most self-respecting clt* 6' en. "A dinner of fifty covers, with I ree fknds of wine, was tendered a ci reign diplomat during our stay at K e Hotel Imperial. When they were w 1 seated and the dinner well on we m lined a coign of vantage where we c; ere not seen, and 1 aver that a worn i's suffrage luncheon in New York t; ty was a hilarious affair In com- si trison to it Yet nearly every man ?] esent had been educated In Europe, n "At Christmas time, during the ten < I tys of fete, they enter heartily into Is: e spirit of the carnival, and tben s: Id themselves away for the rest of % e year." ' :ROM THE PALMETTO STATE Jolumn of Short Paragraphs of State News of Interest to the People of the State. Columbia.?Exceptionally low rates >n all railroads from all points in South Carolina and Augusta, Ga?, lave been secured for the unveiling af the Woman's Monument in Colum 3ia on April 11, and an arrangement aas been made whereby those attend ing the Columbia music festival on the llth and 12th may also take ad t UULU5U Ul IUUU1. Columbia.?State Superintendent of Education Swearidgen has addressed a circular letter to the county super intendents throughout the state call ing attention to the two school laws of staate-wide importance enacted at the recent session of the general as sembly, the Consolidated Graded School Act and the Act distributing the dispensary fund. Columbia.?The whiskey sales for the dispensaries, in six counties of the 3tate amounted to $218,122.38 for the month of February, according to a re port issued by M. H. Mobley, dispen sary auditor. Richland county led the state with $70,224.25. The operating expenses for the month amounttd to $9,870.61. The total sales are about the same as in January. Columbia.?It is announced from Washington that the interstate com merce commission will send Special Examiner Gibson to Columbia on April 12 to take testimony in the dase of the board of trade of Cheraw against the Seaboard Air Line railway and the Highland Park Manufacturing Company against the Southern rail way. Anderson.?Alleging that W. W. Rice maliciously and viciously as saulted and struck him, biting the forefinger of the left hand so severely that it was necessary that it be am putated by a surgeon, S. E. Leverett, of Moseley, this county, has Instituted suit against Rice, claiming damages^ in the amount of $2,000 for alleged physical and mental pain suffered, and expense incurred because of the in jury. Charleston.?In addition, to the reg-. ular county offices which must be filled by election by the Charleston county voters during the coming summer, an entirely new office, which has not yet been voted for, will stand before the people to be filled. This office is that of. judge, of JJie civil and criminal court of Charleston county, created by an act of the gen eral assembly of 1911* as amended by an act passed at the recent session. Walhalla.?Jim Killian, the 14-year old Oconee boy charged with the mur der of Young Cheek, during Christmas week, was convicted of manslaughter and will be sentenced to sei?ve a term in the state reformatory. Young Cheek was shot and killed in the Kil lian home. Mrs. Killiin, a widow, with seven children lived in the Wolf State section of the county where Cheek was a frequent visitor to the Vmma v-tcH o ifouxrhtor nf Mra Kil. UUUiV VV MOIV W V4V??Tf^-v? lian. , Columbia.?The Remittitur In' the case of Charles Berber was sent to Spartanburg by U./R. Brooks, clerk of the Supreme Court. The Spartan burg man, who is under a sentence of two years for breach of trust, will very probably be brought to the state penitentiary in the near future to be gin the service of his sentence. Th Si?preme Coyirt denied a rehearing in his case. " Spartanburg.?Records in the office nt the rhnmhei4 nf rnmmerceV show that 51 farmers have entered the Spar tanburg county corn growing contest. This is the movement inaugurated here to place Spartanburg up aipong the first corn growing counties of the country at the National Corn Show, to be held in Columbia next winter. The chamber of commerce has appro priated $1,000 for the promotion of the contest. Barnwell.?A petition was circulated among the freeholders of Barnwell asking the town council to call an election on the question of installing an electric light and waterworks plant, i The petition was enthusiastically re ceived, aid was presented, with the i required number of signatures to the < city fathers. The prelminary steps are now being taken and the mayor and aldermen will confer with engi- ! neers as tp the cost of a plant, sur- t veying the town, etc. < Columbia.?The governor has grant ed a parole to Frank Mothershed, who was convicted in Williamsburg coun :y in October of 1009 on the charge i of assault and battery with intent t to kill. Since assuming office the gov- i ernor has extended clemency in 335 c ;ases. s 1 Greenville.?Under a new law giv- t [ng rural police to Greenville county, ^ ;wo men, J. M. Verlin and R. J. Bailey r ?were elected at a meeting of the v Jreenville county delegation. The of- 1 leers will receive $900 a year each, c ina will enter upon their duties at f ince. c Orangeburg.?The town election at Corway was held and the election jassed off quietly. The following vere elected: H. p. Fulmer, intend- n int; wardens, J. F. Bates, Dr. B. B. ti salley, Tom Cogburn and Mr. Flynn. c uessrs. oaies, oauey auu vub""'" vere re-elected. Columbia.?After leaving a note :ith a negro woman telling his fami y where to find his body, Wlndman mith, a prominent Hampton county drmer, drowned himself in Lowndes ake. His body was found floating a the surface of the lake. Smith was 8 years of age. St. Matthews. ? Eliott Moore and .em Hamilton were tried in the city ourt on the charge of selling liquor [oore was. convicted and a mistrial as ordered as to Hamilton. Moore lanaged to manke a noiseless es lpe from the custody of the court Orangeburg?The Orangeburg coun y boys' corn contest club member lip continues to grow and a large ub will result in this county. Ow ig to the continued rains, the work [ organizing and electing officers for le club has not been done, but now >on the club is to be completely or inized and officers elected. v ; ' , } V.'-' ' SPREADING OF RAILS UNDER THE ENGINE CAUSED BAD WRECK NEAR SPARTANBURG. OID NOT CAUSE ANY DEATHS Three Cars of Birmingham Special Jump and Tear up Track For Two Hundred Yard3-=iDay Coach Hurled Sixty Feet to One Side. Spartanburg.?The Sontjiern Rail way's fast train Na. 30 known, as the 'Birmingham Special," was wrecked it Drayton mill village, 2 miles east orf this city. The four cars just -*o sv# 4-U ~ 1^*4. 4 V. J 1 _ <jl me cugiiic ieu iue tana, me ?ngine without the tender remaining an the track. No one was killed. C. S. Mooney, )f Flowery Branch, Ga., baggage master, sustained a cut, on the right leg and other minor injuries. He was caught beneath the baggage in his car and was gotten out with dif ficulty. ' Otliters slightly injured were: G. N". Ruff, of Atlanta, mail agent; W. R. Hunt, oi Westminster, S. C., mail agent; G. W. Ackers, of Atlanta, mail agent*. The wreck was caused by the front truck of the baggage car splitting a 3witch. where the siding going into the mill village leaves the main line. This car pulled the mail car, immediately in front of it, and the tender from the engine off the rails ^and caused the coach and pullman to be hurled thirty feet from the track. The rails and ties were torn out of the roadbed for 300 yards. Congressman Joseph T. JohnBon, of this city, returning t6* Washington* was a passenger on the train, but sustained no injury. / Board of Assessors For Richland. Columbia.?The /board of assesors for Richland county met in the office of B. CTDuPre, auditor, and perfected organization for inlraediate work. The board, which 'was announced a few days ago, is as follows: City of Co; lumbia?6. W. Parker, C. M. Lide, D. G. Ellison. Upper Township?W. H. Sondley, Q. W.( Taylor, C S. Lever Centre Townshrp?AiS^Gllmofe, W7 A. Raben, Z. T. Lykes. Lower Town ship?E. H. Kaininer, J. C. Turner," W. J. McKi.inon, Columbia Town ship?Wm. Stu. Wm. Piatt, S. W. Dent. Shandon- .-f. A. Taylor, ,W. L. Bennett, C. M. Scott. Eau Claire?G. W. Newman, J. B. Dukes; Wm. S. Pooser. . ,< Contest Over Appointment. Lexington.?It is highly probable that there will be a contest over the appointment by Gov. Blease of a board of registration for this county other than that recommended by Sen ator Crosson. No definite action has been taken. It is possible that the old board will continue to meet and will refuse to turn over to the board appointed by the governor over the protest of the Lexington senator. Sen ator Crosson recommended the re-ap pointment of B. H. Barre, Jas. D. Lang ford and E. J. S. Hayes, f The gov ernor refused to rescognize the rec ommendation and appointed L. W. Wise, R. Wilbur Frick and Manly P, peorge. Fair'Association In Good\Shape. Spartanburg.?The annual meeting of the Spartanburg County Fair As sociation heard reports showing the organization 10 ue in goou snipe n nancially and with' bright prospects for the next fair, which will be held the last week in October. Several plans lookirg to the enlargement of the agricultural features of the fair are under consideration. It is also probable that the textile building will be erected this summer, in which the 1 mills of the county will exhibit their products. The election of officers re sulted in the re-election or John R. j Floyd, president; Paul V. Moore, sec retary; E. O. Frierson, treasurer, sue seeding John T. Rhett, resigned. * Columbia.?The report of W. P. ' Stieglitz, councilman, and the superin- 1 onHonf nt tuotorronrlfo fnr the, mnntVi ^ ,V/llVtV4t V W I ruivt IT VI tkaj) AWi V(1V inv?. )f February, was read before council, Reward For Hutto Murderer. Anderson.?Countw Supervisor Pear nan has offered a reward of $100 for he apprehension, with proof to con vict, the party or part-.es who mur iered David Hutto on Christmas night ast. It will be recalled that Mr. Hut o. who was a Confederate veteran, vas foully murdered in his little store oom. His body, partially decomposed, vas found in the store on Friday fol owing Christmas. His head had been rushed in. It has been impossible to ind a clue upon whicn an arrest ould result. Have Not Decided On Judge. Anderson.?It has not been an ounced yet what judge will be sent d Anderson to preside over the spe ial term of court, which convenes on londay. April 1, to try the negro, Villiam Reed, who is held on the harge of attempting to criminally as ault the wife of a prominent farmer t Dean's station about two weeks ??n PreDarations for the court are eing made, however. The jurors to srve at the term have been drawn nd summoned. It is likely that this )urt will dispose of other case3. Brought Negroes To Penitentiary. Columbia. ? Joe Mallory, Durant oles and Charlotte Easterling, three ?groes, held in connection with the lurder of Prentiss Moore and Guy ogers, the two young white boys ho were found dead in Marlboro >unty in 19]0, were brought to Co mbia a tew days ago by ft. J. Pat rson, sheriff of Marlboro county, id placed in the state penitentiary, alloy is charged with the murder of e two boys and Charlotte Kasterli.i? i an accessory. Coles is held as a ir rial witness. Health ? Happiness For Those Who Take',^; Her Advice. ; - 8cottville, Mich.?"I want to tell you how much good Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg etableCompound and VvJ Sanative Wash haw dons ine. I live on a > m* farmandhaveworked very hard. I am forty-live yean oW, and am the mother ofthirteen children. Many people think . , it strange that t arn ^ not broken down with hard work aad M the care of my fam ily, bat I tel! Diem of my good friend^ ra Lydia E. 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All dri NOT SO FAMILIAR. . i "B Cprrye?Do you lore art for art'? ?ake? Daisy?I beg your pardoiL but Mi name 1b Arthur.. i ? Hit Preference. Wlnkleby gazed at the new trlplei with fatherly pride, but not. a little: apprehension In his eye, nevertheless.. "What are you thinking, dear?,J ask!-. ed Mrs. Wlnkleby, softly. "Nothingv dear, notklng," he said, falterlngly, "only don't?you think that it would be wiser for:iis hereafter to build up our little family on the to*.'' stallment plan?"?Harper's Weekly.. ?'' ,: | . . ";v Their is the object of repeating*.?;*! rifles?" asaa course, tell." to maljjt every shot FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY'/; M Where the Winters Art Coll and ^ Snows D?*p. Writing from the rviclnity David Flarum made famous, a man savs that ' - ' 3e was an habitual coffee drinker, and, ilthough he knew it was doing him larm, was too obstinate to give It up, :ill all at once he went to pieces wlth'v/^ iervousness and insomnia, loss of ap petite, weakness, and a generally v j ised-up feeling, which practically nn ltted him for bis arduous occupation, , ind kept him on a couch at home rben bis duty did not call him out "While in this condition Grape Juts food was suggested to me, and t egan to use it Although it was In be middle of winter,- and the ther mometer was often below zero, almost iy entire living for about six weeks f severe exposure waa;on Grape-Nuts sod with a little bread and butter and cup of hot water, till I was wise nougb to make Postum my table bev rage. "After the first two weeks I began ) feel better and during tbe whole inter I never lost a trip on my mail jute, frequently being on the road or 8 hours at a time. "The constant marvel to me ow a person could do the amount of ork and endure the fatigue and hard ilp as I did, on bo small an amount ' food. But I found my new rations j ) perfectly satisfactory that I have mtinued them?using both Postum id Grape-Nuts at every meal, and < / ten they comprise my entire meal. f ' All my nervousness, Irritability and sonmia have disappeared and healthy, itural sleep has come back to me. at what has been perhaps the great it surprise to me Is the fact that Ith the benefit to my general health is come a remarkable improvement my eye-sight. "If a good appetite, good digestion, >od eye-sight, strong nerves and an live brain are to be desired, I can y from my own experience, use ape-Nuts and Postum." Name given r Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read the little book, '"The Road to ellville," in pkgs. "There's a reason." Ever read the above letter? A new te appear* from Ume to tine. Tfcey e greuulne, true, and full of humaa , teres t.