Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 32, Number 115, 15 May 1907 — Page 7

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me 4 0 '...jrr.:?t.-. Vf"?S?e?V MfcJ r tils manner an tnrougn cad Deen so softly grandiose a3 to point the humor of this anticlimax. . which, howeyer, was now lost upon Torn, lie was too busy trying to remember wbere he had heard the name of Hookey Simpton before. And he had remembered nothing when soap and water were put before him by the black fellow, followed Immediately by a supply of lukewarm mutton, which kept him sllat for some time. Meanwhile his entertainers kept silence, too, but replenished the fire and lit their pipes with the burning brands and rested their eyes on Tom In a meditative fashion while he ate. It was he who became communicative When he had finished. Suddenly thinking of it, he told them of the ghastly discovery he had made among those very trees about an hour before. Tbe effect was curious. Neither Ilookey Simpson nor Wall-eye nor Slipper seemed in the least surprised or perturbed, but De Gruchy 6howed teeth as white as those of the corpse and ground them horribly, and Ilookey Simpson fixed his spectacles upon De j Gruchy, leaning forward with the tip of his hook between finger and thumb. "The fact i3." said Tom, "I thought It must be the work of that Italian brigand fellow." All but Le Gruchy burst out laughing. "And when I first saw your fire," he added, "I thought you must be his band!" AH but De Gruchy laughed louder than before. De Gruchy hid his sulleu, foreign fate In his hands, and the little Cray man held up his hook for silence. "We are!" said he. What? Ci.tirnnrrara of. all?" The band you speak of." . "Then w here's the Italian?" "You saw him for yourself about an hour ago." And the little man's eyes were twin kling through their horn rimmed lenses as if he had made a joke. But there was no more laughing outright, though Tom heard Slipper chuckle and De Gruchy snarl. As for himself, he was shuddering in the most mortifying fashion under the fascinating spectacles of the little gray man. "That was your leader!" he stammered out, . "So he flattered himself." "And I thought it was his handiwork!" "It was mine," said Hookey Simpson coolly. Indeed, a benign smile accompanied tbe confession, as though it were a public service he had performed, with tbe utmost mercyr - But Tom thought of the stripped body with the torn ears, and those living faces, lit up by the crackling camp fire, lived ever after iu his mind in the yet more lurid light of this dreadful revelation. The high forehead, the twinkling tpectaeles. the gray tufts and the polished hook of the elderly man, the broad, keen, flashing blade with which "Slipper sat paring his finger nails, the wall eyes' hard, dead stare; the knotled hands that hid De Gruchy's face end the blue black hair in turn hiding lialf his fingers, the harmless playing cards upon the ground, the ruddy, genial fire and the white, the watchful moon peering through a screen of trembling leaves all these were as pieces of a mosaic Inlaid at this instant in fTom Erlchsen's brain, for him to carry Ihere to his grave. "So you killed him yourself?" he found himself saying at last In a stouter voice. "1 did," said Hookey. "I was under that painful necessity this very afternoon. It wasn't done for the fun of the thing, you understand, but only fcrhe it became evident that one of us tnust go. I naturally preferred to stay, iAt tha same time, I must admit I was wearying of being hectored and bullied by a confounded foreigner, and there were three of us Englishmen of tbe Fame aaind. So you perceive, how it nil fitted in. Last night we had words Nbw, a bouse divided against itself cannot stand. Neither can a band of bushrangers, much less when the mounted police are on their track." "Are they?" cried Tom. "Maybo within fifteen miles," replied Hookey Simpson. "Maybe within five. iAn ensign, two sergeants and eighteen troopers, aa I understand. But never tnind them. We two had words. They bad been coming on for weeks. Well. Ihere were three on my side and only Iwo on Ms. So we made it up. but lay fend watched each other with one eye (open all night. This afternoon at his (suggestion we rode behind together to f ome to some understanding.' but I saw dm looking at me queeriy," said the little gray, man. "ana that-was enough for me. When I galloped after these pood fellows otw number was reduced iy one. but the little question of leadership wae at an end." "A good Job toof cried Slipper, and ITall-eye nodded a grave assent. Ton see. the change Is not unpopular," continued Ilookey modestly "though I'm bound to add that I don't pee how ft could be among English men. Wtat-was he before they kicket' tilm out of his own country? The won that described, our friend Barabn was already applicable to the lab lamented. But wbat was I before cV cumstaaces compelled me to leav mine? What do you suppose? Con frfve a guess," said Ilookey Simpson. "You talk, like a parson," suggestWorn to compliment tbe wretch. "And I wrs next door to one!" crio the little mar, beaming benevolently A schoolmaster! A pedagogue! pattern to the village and its raocV church warden until an accursed org fund brought troub'e In Its train! s here I am, and here I was while ot late friend was cutting throats in ! aly. yet he tbtak I'm going to knr.c!.'. j ender to him forever. Likely, w.nsr. It? No, no; he was a bold enong j man, but he'd met another, and I venture to say that tonight my-first-in !

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E.W. HORNUNG, I Author of "Ktlle. tbe Amateur Cracksman, "Stmaree." Etc. Copyright. 1856. by CHARLES SCRIBNERS SONS. a . y. ?$ S -- command we're on a bigger 30D man we ever should have tackled under friend Francisco." "Hear, hear!" cried Slipper, while Wall-eye nodded again, and Tom caught an evil" gleam between De Gruchy's fingers. There followed u pause, for the mellifluous gray man had taken off bis spectacles and was breathing on the lenses with as tranquil a deliberation as though he were still In the village schoolroom, ruling Innocent children instead of grown men as infamous as himself. Tom watched him still. Indeed, his eyes had scarcely left this venerable villain from the moment it appeared i he was one, and now his fascination was complete. He glanced at his ow n legs, crossed in unconscious imitation of the little bushranger, and his trousers were all stained and his boots still stiff from the blood that had run down and into them, drawn by the lash. Then he looked at Hookey, s wicked and strong and sly, and hi heart leaped as he had never though to feel it leap again. Here was ihman for a whipped dog to follow! 11leaned eaeerlv forward and beggeu , and craved admission to the band as j another might have pleaded for his life. Ilookey Simpson surveyed him strangely. "Well, well," said he, "I wa9 thinking it would never do to leave you here." "Why not?" - "You wer2 probably heading for the ea." "I was." "Well, the ensign and his men are, without doubt, between the sea and ourselves. You might have fallen in with them." "That would have been my lookout" "Mine, too, perhaps." "What do you mean?" "You might have put them on my scent," Tom had seen it coming, yet he lost his temper when it came. "So you think that of me?" he cried. "You see how I've been treated, and yet you think that!" "I did think it," was the reply. "I don't say I do now. No; it never oc curred to me to trust you on the 1 grounds you suggest." "Then what did It occur to you to do?" Ilookey Simpson shrugged his shoulders as one who would rather not say. "To tie me to a tree perhaps and leave me there to starve." Ilookey Simpson bit his thin lips to avoid smiling, but bent hisgray head when that was impossible, and Tom, bending bis, saw that: tbe cork was off the polished steel hook and Its point as sharp as a needle. The little gray man was feeling it with his thumb as he still tried to swallow his smiles. "I see!" said Tom in a low voice. "Yes, now I see!" "We;never do things by halves," observed Hookey, sucking a bead of blood, not without ostentation, from the end of his thumb. "We do them with all our might." "So I see." repeated Tom. "Well, and so do I. You stick at nothing. I'll stick at less. I'll bo with you iu what you please, from whist to wholesale marder, only give me the chance! Man alive, can't you see for yourself I'm as desperate as any of you? Haven't -you told me the mounted police are between me and the sea? Then what do you suppose I want with my life except to sell it as dear as possible and be done with it as quick? I tell you." cried Tom. "I'm the very man for you! See here. You're one short Take me in his place and serve me the same if I turn out worse than my word!" Ills . sudden vehemence, his Impassioned manner, his fevered and infuriated eyes all had their effect upon the bushrangers, who now, with the exception of Peter Pindar and De Gruchy, got up and held a whispered consultation some few paces from the fire. Tom watched them eagerly, and each time the wall 'eyes or the fire lit spectacles were turned upon him he made ready to rise. But now and then they glanced at De Gruchy instead, who was still nursing a sullen face, and at such times their whispers fell lower still, so that Torn was at once startled and interested when a new voice gobbled in his ea.r: "Yabber-yabber 'longa him him bael budgerie him no use!" It was Peter Pindar, whose oily locks and curling beard nodded disgustedly in De Gruchy's direction. "Why not?" said Tom. "What has he done?" "Him good fellow belonging friend of J Francisco," replied the black. "Me leave 'in alonga Francisco, me Hookey Simp'ou. Bael budgerie; me leave 'ni alonga good fellow, my word!" And the simian face grinned from ear to ear, in each of wis Torn now beheld a gold earring ...areil with blood. But he was determined to be horrified no more, and, the trio beckoning him. ha joined them with what alacrjty he could in the straight waistcoat o :rf wounds which now iinPriso" (To Be Continued.) W. S. Gilbert, the celebrated author ; of comic opera, once described Mi-ss , Rosina Brandram. the Savoy contralto, as "Rosina of glorious voice, that rolls out as full bodied Burgundy rolls down." You'll be buying a tonic soon-probably need one now. Brace up your system with VITAL VIM, Take our word for it. There's no better tonic sold. 50c a bottle, at M. J. Qniglcy's Drug Store.

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CDCC TCCT Those Ashing to try Dr.Caldrllkfc II.OI well's Syrup Peosin before buying can have a free sample bottle sent to tneir home by addressing the company. This offer is to prove that the remedy will do as we ciaim, and is only opan to those who have never taken it. Send for It if you have any symptoms of stomach, liver or bowel disease. Gentlest yet most effective laxative for children, women and old folks. A guaranteed, permanent home cure. THE PUBLIC VERDICT: "No Laxative So Good and Sure as OR. CALDWELL'S SYRUP PEPSIN." This product bears purity guarantee No. 17, Washington, O. C, PEPSIN SYRUP CO. f 05 Caldwell Bldg., Montloello, III. NEWS OF HIGH SCHOOL Seniors Are Now Bringing Up Their Work. Prof. William H. Lebo was at the high school visiting the music classes. Mr. Lebo has been music teacher in the Hamilton, O., school for some years. The seniors are gradually bringing their work to a close. Thero are only two weeks left In order to make up their back work. From reports there are fewer delinquents this year than formerly. Charles Towle is employed by tha Desmond Stock company in writing a manuscript of "The Roofgarden Tragedy," played last week at the Phillips. 1 Mr. Towle is taking typewriting in the commercial course and by his good work there got this job. Ho has also written two or three songs for the company during its stay here. CAMBRIDGECITY, IND. Cambridge City, Ind., May 15. The Jolly Dozen club met with Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Hall at their homo in Richmond, Tuesday evening, and an enjoyable evening was spent. Thomas Enyeart made a business trip to Greensburg, Ind., yesterday. The F. of A. M., will give two candidates the master mason degree tonight at the hall. They are Messrs. Walter Wheeler and Lyman Dill. Mrs. H, B. Miller returned to her home in Greenville. O.. yesterday aftjcr a pleasant visit of several days in this city y,ith her children, Mr. and j Wrs. Abram Boyd, Mrs Grant Hinshaw went to Knisrhtstown vesterdav to visit relatives for the remainder of the week. Mrs. Helen Kuster was in Richmond shopping Tuesday. Mrs. Geo. -K. Vestal returned home from Indianapolis Monday evenln with her sister. Miss Ruth Williams, who has been her guest sine Sunday, to spend a few days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Williams, at their home in East Cambridge. The M. E. Sunday school orchestra went to Milton last night to furnish music for the social given at the. M. E, church by the ladies of the church. A number of people from this city at tended. HAGERSTOWN, IND. Hagcrstown, Ind., May 15. Mr. and Mrs. Porter Thornburgh entertained Sunday, Nelson Thornburgh and wife and Chas. Thornburg and daughter, Laverne .Mr. and Mrs. Robert Thurston spent Saturday and Sunday with Mrs. Thurston's parents at Losantsville. Frank Keys of Muncie made a business trip to this place Saturday. trea femith made a business trip to ?sew Cast.e, Monday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Ross and Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Dutro of Modoc spent Sun day here with friends. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Pierce of Carthage, Ind., a daughter, second child. Mr. and Mrs. Pierce were for merly residents of this place. Mrs. Mary Hayworth of- Indianapo lis spent Saturday and Sunday with her uncle Thomas Allen and wife. Miss Edith Woolard was one of a party of excursionists to California Monday. The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Waiter Fagan of Jacksonburg was buried Sunday afternoon at West Lawn cemetery. Mrs. Fagan wa3 formerly Miss Goldie Brown. Mrs. Chas. Knapp and daughter Haze!, were guests of friends at Dublin Sunday. Mrs. John Harris spent Monday in Richmond Daniel Rudy and Ansil Rudy of Indianapolis were here Monday the guests of Grandma Parsons who is very ill at the home of her son George north of town. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Fouts had as their guests Sunday, P. H. Davis -and wife. Premier Campbell-Bannerman of England is the exact opposite of his predecessor, Balfour, in one thing. The latter said that while he was ir; office he never read a newspaper. The present prime minister not onlv reads them but: writes for them.

PROFITABLE SESSION

OF FRIENDS CLERGY ,. , .., .'Ministers of Indiana and Westem Yearly Meetings Gathered at Greenfield. 1 iiao -j lyi Moll. WHO UloUUrir IJ j w "wwwl.l. ' HYMNALS SHOULD CONTAIN MORE OF WHITTIER'S POEMS VARIOUS CHANGES IN METHOD OF WORK ARE NEEDED. The conference of ministers of the Indiana and Western yearly meetings closed at Greenfield Tuesday night, and all the local ministers who ati ; tended the sessions bave returned acted which will stand in the Quaker j church as law, there were several topics up before the ministers for discusssion which will in a measure shape the course of the different churches in the two yearly meetings. The Question of hymnals for churches was discussed thoroughly and it was the general ; opinion that more of Whittier's poems should be used as songs in the church. Evangelism, according to the Quaker preachers, should be placed on a more sound basis than it is at the present time. The methods of other churches, they said, are not like they should be and neither are the methods of their own church. There are too many methods used at the present time among Quaker churches, as well a3 others, and some uniform system should be established and the good ta ken from the bad methods. Support is Increasing. In connection with the pastors work throughout the two yearly

meetings, it was snown mat tne sup- Scafe Reed and wife and Lafe Kinport given the pastors is increasing. der Ieft last week for Arkansas where It was also stated that the ministers they will engage in saw mill work for

should adhere strictly to Friends teacmngs ana tneoiogy ana not absorb the ideas of other churches. They snoma te lay members ot the church, and not officials, as a minister Is generany consiaered at tne present time. It has been tound by the preachers of the Friends churches that the men do not take the interest in miaions ! that the women do, and it is the opin ion that the ministers should make an endeavor to interest more men in the mission work. The sessions were very interesting and well attended. JAIL SYSTEM GIVEN A BROWN ROASTING English Authority Expresses Unfavorable Opinion. . INDIANA IS COMMENDED. Amos W. Butler, secretary of the Board of State Charities, has received a letter from William Tauack, formerly secretary of the Howard asUsoclation of London, England, an organization which makes a special study of penal institutions and laws all over the world, which makes some interesting comment on the last re port of the board and the laws in force in Indiana and the United States. The letter says: "Among the features ,of your report I note with special satisfaction that you in Indiana are ' wisely steering clear of the 'institution folly,' upon which New York, California and other states have lavished so much neyi W1LJ1 fcllCU. uiiucoiiauii.- xauiwo. "I am glad that you pay so much practical regard to probation. Youjn America are far ahead of Great lintain in that regard. "You also do well to advocate re forms in vour county jaiis. In them the United States is far behind Eu rope and Japan. Your jails are a dis grace to any civilized land, but the sheriffs love to nave tnem tor tne xeea By all means fight against them until vou get rid of them. "In the greater State and federal prisons, such as Ft. Leavenworth, El mira, etc., your country is foremost in the world you beat us but in your iails vou drag at the very tail of Christendom." Leaving Richmond 11:15 p. m. via C C. & L. lands you in Chicago at 7-an a. m. Throuerh sleepers and! coaches. Y'ou will like it. apr6-tl EDGAR M. HAAS HAS BEGUN HIS DUTIES. Edgar M tiuas, tr new secretary of the Commercial club has begun his duties and is now Decorums acquainted with the general work which will fall to his care. MASONS HELD A SESSION. Richmond lodge of Masons met in regular session Tuesday night.

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Alex Ban Found That He Could Not Get It. CASE OF SADIE COME Because Sadie Comer left the home of her uncle, Alex Barr, and secured employment at a local laundry, Mr. Barr had the girl at police hadquartters. He wanted authority to compel her to return to his home. Miss Comer is a fine looking young woman and is the daughter of Joseph Comer. who was recently killed by a live wire I at the Mi nek Brewing plant. H?r mother died while sne was a young eirl and she was sent to the AVernle nrnhan' Tinmo ?nmi twn rpars a-o i orpnanb nome. some to jears ago she was taken from this institution by barr to act as nis nouskeeper ana to ! i-. . T . : - n 1 ; 3 The young woman tired of this work and recently secured employment in a laundry. Barr tried to induce her to return to his homo but she refused to do so- neither threats nor pleadmgs would move ner, so liarr Drougnt ine young woman to police neadquarI ers .thinkin that the prosecutor and Judge Converse would compel her to return to his home. As Barr is not the legal guardian of Miss Comer, the officials refused to interfere in the case and Barr now realizes that she is her own mistress. Have you noticed the Improved serv. ice to Chicago via the C, C. & L? Through sleeper leaves Richmond at 11:15 P. M. daily, arrives in Chicago at 7:00 A. M. Try It. apr6-tf ABINGTON, IND. Abington, May 13. Laverne Turner an(j famnv visited Albert Bertram Sunday Alonzo Davenport of Boston. Born to Howard Holler and wife a girl; second child. jon s. Stevens is able to be about on crutches. Mrs. sallie Jarrett spent Saturday and Sunday with Wm. Robbins and family. Rev. Cordura filled his appointment at Locust Grove Sunday. Joshua Dye and wife spent Sunday with the latter's parents, Powell Slade and wife. Mrs. Loat Shroy is spending a few days with her neice Mrs. llowara Holler. Mr. and Mrs. Coy Stevens spent Sunday with the latter s parents, Henry Wbisler and wife of Roseburg. ODD FELLOWSENTERTAIN Oriental Encampment Was Host Tuesday Evening. Oriental Encampment, I. O. O. F., en tertained the subordinate lodges in a SDiendid manner Tuesday night. DurhnK tne evening a program of speeches was cVen by several prominent mem Ders and officers of the lodge. A smoker and card party followed the nrosram and a banquet ended the eve ning-s round of enjoyment. The event was mariied by a large attendance. Artificial gas, the 20th Century fuel. 10-tf EATON, OHIO. Eaion, O., May i: 5. Monroe Rife and son, of Boston, Ind., have brought a string of horses to the Preble county tra5n oufc during the summer. Mrs. James Gilmore and Mrs. Allen Gilmore of Columbus, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Gilmore. Mrs. O. If. Bailey and children, of Dayton, are here visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Huber. Ed Greene, of Richmond, spent Tuesday here with his parents, Mr. ij Mrg R M Greene. Miss Verna Ogle and Miss Templeton, of Summitville, Ind., were guests of Miss Louise Taylor Tuesday. Rev. C. W. Stephens and wife have removed to Dayton. The pastorate of the local U. B. church which he lately resigned, will be filled by Rev. Smith, of U. B. seminaty, Dayton. J. M. Gale will improve his -build- ' ing at the corner of Main and Baron streets by putting in a cement exterior. W. H. Bailey, of Toledo, was in Ea ton Monday. Mrs. George Morris of Richmond 0 is visiting relatives here. Dr. and Mrs. A. A. Lovett, Dr. L. R. Fryor and C. B. Cokefair were in Cintinnau luesaay .wrs iu. u. wtuuu hmicu iu ton Tuesday. o. iv. unmoro w uajiun, wta. u G. R. Gilmoro of Dayton, was business visitor here Tuesday. C. C Koss is visiting in lariena. Mr. and Mrs. Chris Smith visited la Dayton Monday. Wm. Brown, u. w. xucser, t. j. Wilson and E. T. Wenger, or Lewisburg, were in Eaton Tuesday. Mrs. Sarah Rossman visited i 'ay- a ton relatives Tuesday. t's H. L. Tobias, of Dayton, was in Ea- ! ton yesterday. James Hastin, of Sterling, Kansas, 13 here on a visit to relatives

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Asserted That all" Traction Lines in Indiana Will Go Into a Merger. RICHMOND IS INCLUDED. IT WOULD BE ONE OF THE MOST GIGANTIC DEALS OF THE KIND EVER MADE IN THIS COUNTRY. Finance, a weekly magazine devoted to banking, financial affairs, stocks and investments, publishes a dispatch in its current issue telling of a gigar tic traction merger in Indiana. FI nance is regarded ss a conservative publication. The dispatch is as fol lows: "Plans for the merger of all the tra; tion lines in Indiana, including th street railways of Evansville, Terre Haute, Indianapolis South Bend, Michi gan City, Laporte, Lafayette. Rich mond, Gosheu, Elkhart, Anderson Muncie, Marion and Wabash are under way. "Five syndicates now own all but two interurban lines of the state. Mem bers of one syndicate hold stock in all the other syndicates so that the mer. er will simply be a rearrangement of stock in the name of a single compa ny, with Hugh McCowan, at present the head of the Union Traction com pany, as president of the giant state system. "The completion of the merger will give Evansville through and fast In terurban service with Indianapolis, Lafayette, South Bend, Logansport, Chicago, Ft. Wayne, Elkhart, Toledo, Dayton and other Ohio towns. "The merger will be one of the most gigantic railway deals ever made in this country. Its extent may be bet ter understood when it is known that the men who will own stock in the merger also hold stock in the Ohio state interurban lines. Consequently a merger between the systems of the two states is not improbable. Natur ally, a connection from Terre Haute west to St. Louis will result." Representatives of Mr. McGowan an -3 of the Murdocks, who own the North ern Indiana system, are credited with a denial that a merger of all the sys tems is contemplated. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed administrator of the estate of Robert Balienger, deceased, late of Wayne Coun ty Indiana. Said estate is supposed to be sol vent. NATHAN BALLENGER, Administrator. WM. II. KELLEY, Attorney, dly 15-22-29 QUARTERLY MEETING AT BETHEL A. M. E. CHURCH. Next Sunday will be quarterly meeting day at Bethel A. M. E. church and there will bo three services. At 10:30 a. m. a love feast service will be conducted. Presiding Elder Charles Hunter will preach at three o'clock and administer the com munion, ihe presiding elder will al so preach at night. Tho quarterly conference will be conducted Monday night at which time reports from all the departments of the church will be read. National extracts and cp'ces sold under a positive guarantee. Come back and get your money if not satisfied. For sale by the National Med ical Co., Sheldon, Iowa. Artificial gac, the 20th century fuel. lOtf . . . BOne PainS, I tCRinfJ, Scabby Skin Diseases. Permanently cured by taking Botanr "?a ,T I " . "um Jinn T inn in nrn ra Yn nlr nrl i. Uto iti ci,,, ov- -o, ,., ..: Bu '0 n SWn. MiSi s Patches In kJTVV44c. viouuof AVlOlUgS ttZllij the Mouth, Sore Throat, Pimples, or of fensive eruptions: CoDDer-CoIored Spots or Rash on Skin, are run-down. or nervous; Ulcers on any part of the body. Hair or Eyebrows falline outCarbuncles or Boils, take Botanic Blood Balm, guaranteed to cure even the worst and most deep-seated cas-;2 rg. Heals all sores, Btops all swell ngs, makes blood pure and rich, completely changing the entire body Into clean, healthy condition. B. B. B. the recognized blood remedy fori ibese conditions. Cancer Cured. If you have a persistent Pimple,, ?elUfs- Shooting Stinging: Pains, taKe Blood Balm and they will; ;disannar fof fnrc thoir rtevolnrt lnn. 'i, " j Cancer. , . . . Compos-; . . . . .. . mrt fir rmr. nnrnTMf- l n rr-am on t a Sam- . 4ent . p,m, nQ Balm J jC!o Atlanta. Ga. Sold by druagitts $1 pgP ,a c o:n:e or eenr cy xpreu mopaid. Sold In. Richmond, Ini., t-

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WESTBOUND. No.2 No.4 No.32 No.C-4 a.m. p.m. a.m. Lr. Cin'tl ...dS:40 9:00 sS:40 p.m. 6:30 8:00 9:00 10:00 7:00 a.m. Lv. Richm'd. Lv. Muncie.. Lv. Marion . 10:55 11:22 10:53 12:17 12:45 12:17 1:19 1:41 1:19 2:25 2:43 2:25 Lv. Peru . . . Arr. Chicago 6:40 7;00 9:20 p.m. a,m. p.m. Dally. d-Dally Except Sunday, s-Sunday Only. Through Vestibuled Trains between Chicago and Cincinnati over our own rails. Double daily service. Through Sleepers on trains Nos. 3 and 4 between Chicago and Cincinnati. Local sleeper between Muncie. Marion, Pe ru and Chicago, handled in trains Noa. 5 and 6, between Muncio ana Peru, thence trains Nos. 3 and i, between Peru and Chicago. For schedules, rates end further information call on or write. C. A. BLAIR. P. & T. A.. Richmond. Ind. - Chicago, Cincinnati & Louis ville Railroad Excursions. BENEVOLENT and PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS Philadelphia. ' Pa., 'July 15th-20th. 07. Round trip fare. $17.15. Selling dates July 12th, 13th and 14th. good for return trip until July 23 rd. 07. KNIGHTS TEMPLARS CONCLAVE AT SARATOGA SPRINGS. N. Y. July 9th to 13th inclusive. Round trip, $15.45. Selling dates July Dth, 6th and 7th, good for returning until July IStb, 1907. JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION AT NORFOLK, VA Opens April 26th, closes Nov. 30, 19C7. Coach farce, in coaches only, $12.83 for tho ROUND TRIP; the6e tickets on Bale every Tuesday until close of Exposition, limit 10 days. 30 Day Tickets $18.1!) 60 Day Tickets 21.40 Season Tickets 24.00 CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR CONVENTION AT SEATTLE. WASHINGTON. July 10th-15th, 1907. One fare for round trip. AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION AT ATLANTIC CITY, N.. J. Selling dates June 1st to 4th. good for returning June 10th. Fare for ROUND TRIP $18 40. For Further particulars, ask ,C. A. BLAIR, Home Phone 44. Pass. &. Ticket Agt, WHY PAY Easy Payments Or Cash at Hassenbusch 505-507 Main St. 4 ...... A ... ... A A . ... . ,, A , ,, ,, ,f. . if i it - I DR. W.J.SMITH I ..DENTIST.. 1103 Main Street, Ground Floor 12

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