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We print visiting cards and
stationery of all kind.
Everybody ha6 a hobby, doing
the right kind of job wo'rk is our.
Dan Winbourn of Mist visited
relatives here this week.
George Mobley of Monroe sp'-nt
Sunday in Huttig the guest of G.
C. Bell. __
Mrs. M. D. Abbott of Ferriday.
La., is the guest of her sister, Mrs.
G. G. Bell
Mrs S Winbourn was a business
visitor to Glenwood the latter part
last w.-ek
Judge E. O. Mahony of the
ounty sight, was a legal light in
Huttig Sunday.
Isaac Raybourn of Parkdale was
here this we°k visiting his son, J.
H.. and family.
Mrs. Henry Parker of Gurdon
was here last week the guest of
Mrs. J. B Ancerson.
The editor was at Little Rock
this week attending the reunion of
Scottish Rite Masons.
Miss Flora Gargill is home from
an extended visit with her grand
mother at Wilmer, Texas.
Rev. A. G. Cason of Strong was
the guest of Rev. J. R. Rushing
last Friaay and Saturday.
Mrs. W. L. Reagan and son are
home from a visit with her father.
Rev. J. B. Cole, near Farmerville.
Dr. H. H. Keller, the eye spec
ialist. will be in Dr. Magee's office
Dec. 2nd and 3rd and in Marion on
Dec. 4th.
A. E. Conn is again working for
the St. Louis, Iron Mountain &.
Southern railway in the track de
partment.
* Professor A. Flenniken. of the
interprising law firm of Marsh &,
Flenniken of El Dorado, was a
ousiness visitor in Huttig Tuesday,
R L. Boddie, who several years
ago was manage^of the Union Saw
Mill store here, is now managing a
store at Louann for Mr. Reeves at
Camden.
V/e treat Piles successfully with
out knife or chloroform. Refer
ence and information on application
Drs. McCall. &l Williams,
Lawson, Ark.
Gov. Wilson is a very devout
mar, and as several of his intimate
friends declare, he constantly seeks
divine guidance for al* he does.
He asked a newspaper reporter
Sunday if he had been to church.
The reporter replied that he had
not been but that he had been rep
resented there by his wife. “This
going to church by proxy is no
recognized in the canons." said the
governor sternly.
No Calomel Necessary
The injurious effect and unpleas
antness of taking Calomel is done !
away with by Simmons’ Liver Puri
fier. the mildest known liv^r need -
! cine, yet the most thorough in ac-'
tion. Put up in yellow tin box s
only. Price 25c. Tried once,
used always. acv
You will find on sale at the j
Union Saw Mil company store,
the Union hotel and Ball's cream
parlor four different local post card :
views in colors. If these sell well!
the publisher expects to add sev
eral other views to the list. They ;
will be sold at two for five ceot=.
Weather forecast
Cooler with rains causing Rheu- !
matic pains. Hunt’s Lightning
Oil stops all aches and pair
whether from Rheumatism. Neu 1
ralgia. Cuts. Burns or Bruises. .
The Quickest Liniment known.
25 and 50c bottles. All Druggist-,
adv
Y. F. Goodwin, ex-county treas
urer. died at his home in Smack
over on Friday night. November 22. ■
aftera lingeringilln°ssfrom Bright's
disease, aged 65 years. The de
ceased was long in public service in
this county and was an honest and
faithful official, an excellent cit:zen. j
a true friend, a devout Christian. 1
a loyal Mason and Odd Fellow.
Two of El Dorado's most popular !
young people were married in the
Presbyterian church at that place
at 8 o'clock Wednesday evenin
November 27^, when Rev. J.
Thomas performed the beautiful
ceremony which j fined in wedlock
Miss Roberta, the charming and
accomplished daughter of Mr. D. E.
Armstrong, and Mr. Jos»ph K. M,
hotiy. a leading young attorney and
brother of Prosecuting Attorney
E. O. and Dr. F. 0. Mahony.
Cold Blooded and Death Dealing
Chilis: Rev. James Reed.Games
ville. Texas, wrote: "1 have used
your Cheatham's Chill Tonic in rrv
family and can recommend it to ev
eryone affected with Chill and
Fever. It cured when various oth
er remedies failed." As a tcnic
for invalids and feeble persons t
has no equal. Any one buying this
medicine and not pleased with it
will get their money back on re
quest. Price 50c. Sold by all
dealers. Prepared only by A. B
Richards Medicine Co., Sherman.
Texas. ___ adv
Deafness Cannot Be Cured
by local applications, as they cann >t
roach the diseased portion of the ea-.
There Is only cue way l > <:ui - <1 ifn s
and th, t is by constitution »1 r medt i.
Deafi. o3 is caused by an inhumed condi
tion of tho mucous linins < f the Kust i
cliian Tube. When this tube is 1 nil i?n <1
you have a rumblinff snuni or Imperfect
ho -ring, and when it is entirely closed.
Deafness Is the result, rn 1 unless the i -
flnmm't’on can be ta' i cut end th s
tube l .-tored to l*s r. rrr 1 < ndition,
bearin’? will be dor .roy 1 f "”vnr: ni: n
cases cut cf ten are cau d t y i Iarrti,
which in nothin? I ut m inflamed c men
tion cf the mucous surfaces.
Vo v 11 rive One Hundred Fol'am fornny rose rt
p V j ( ,, i < ycat '.rrhif atcanno! hoourcJl.y
Hall s Catarrh c j. t ndforcirculars.fi
F. ,t. (■''. ENEY, & CO, Toledo, Ohio.
Bolt by Tirne'd •s.T'-.
Take Hall’s Family Pills for ccnstlcation.
Adv.
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H. H. KELL
OPTOMETRIST AND OPTICIAN
Will be in DR. L. F. MAGEE'S OFFICE
December 2nd and 3rd
And in Marion, Dec. 4th
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Come and see me and get the right kind of glasses. 1-t
me examine your eyes and fit them with glasses ground
especially for their needs. I not only have the lenses
ground fof your eyes, hut measure your face and have
the frames and mounting made to fi' which*is very im
portant. I use the latest improved electric
Ophthalmoscope and Rethiascopi
in making all examinations. My prices are just the
same as you would pay for the ordinary kind. And all
work done under a positive guarantee of satisfaction.
f>y ANNA KATHARINE GPEEN
. AtmiOR OP “TUB LEAVBNWOBTH CAST."
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Poihaettias.
“A remarkable man!”
1 pointed to a man hurrying around
the corner just ahead of us.
"Yes, he’s remarkably well built.
1 noticed him when he came out of
the Clermont.” This was a hotel we
had just passed.
"tiut it's not only that. It's his
height, his very striking features, his
xpression—” I stopped suddenly,
gripping Ceorge’s arm convulsively in
a surprise he appeared to share. We
had turned the corner immediately
behind the man of whom we were
speaking and so had him still in full
view.
‘■\Vhat's he doing?” T asked in a low
whisper.
The man ahead of us, presenting in
every respect the appearance of a
gentleman, had suddenly stooped to
the kerb and was washing his hands
in the snow, furtively, but with a
vigor and purpose which could not
fail to arouse the strangest conjec
tures in any chance onlooker.
“Pilate!” escaped my lips, in a sort
of nervous chuckle Hut George shook
his head at me.
“1 don't like it,” he muttered, with
unusual gravity. “Did you see his
face?” Then as the man rose and
hurried away from us down the street,
“I should like to follow him. I do be
lieve—
But here we became aware of a
quick rush and sudden clamor around
the corner we had just left, and turn
ing quickly, saw that something had
occurred or, Broadway which was fa t
causing a tumult
“What's the matter”'' 1 cried. "What
can have ha opened ? Pet 's go see.
George. Perhaps it lias something to
do with our man."
My nn.-nana, with n final planch
down tlio street at the fast disappear
ing figure, yielded to iny importunity,
and possibly to some now curiosity of
his own. “I'd like to stop that man
first," said lie. "But. what excuse have
I? He may he nothing but a crank,
with some crack-brained idea in his
head. We’ll soon know; for there's
certainly something wrong there on
1’.road way.”
"He came out of the Clermont," I
suggested.
"1 know. If the excitement isn't
there, what, we've just seen is simply
a coincidence.”
It was the last word he had time
to speak before we found ourselves
in tile midst of a crowd of men and
women, jostling one another in curi
osity ‘or in the consternation follow
ing a quick alarm. Ail wen lot king
one way. and. as this was towards the
entrance of the Clermont, it was evi
dent enough to us that the alarm hud
indeed had its origin in the very place
we had anticipated. I felt my hns
hand's arm press me closer to his side
as we worked our way towards the
entrance, and presently caught a
warning sound front his lips as the
oaths and confused cries everywlier >
surrounding us were broken here and
there by articulate words and wa
heard:
Is it murder.
"The beautiful Miss Challoner!”
“A millionairess in her own right!"
"Killed, they say."
"So, no! suddenly dead; that's all "
“George, what shall we do?" I man
aged to ery into my husband's ear.
"I ll tell you what I'll do." whis
pered George, who was ns curious ;
myself. “We will try the rear door
where there are fewer persons Possi
bly we can make our wav in there,
and if we can, Slater will tell us all
we want to know."
Slater was the assistant manager of
the Clermont, and one of George's eld
est friends.
“Then hnrry," said I. “1 am being
crushed here.”
George did hurry, and in a few min
utes we were before the rear entrance
of the great hotel. There was a mob
gathered here also, but it was noiih r
so large nor so rough us the one on
Broadway. Yet I doubt if we should
have been able to work our way
through it if Slater had not, at that
very instant, shown himself in the
doorway, in company with an officer
to whom he was giving some final in
structions.
“Let. us in. Slater" George begged
"My wife feels a little faint; she bus
been knocked about so t>\ the crowd."
I'no sooner saw the waj cleared
for our entrance than 1 made gn.ul my
husband's words by faintin': av.n\ in
earnest.
When 1 came to, it was suddenly
and with perfect recognition of my
surroundings. The small re option
room to which 1 had been taken was
one I had often visited, and its .fa
miliar features did not hold my at
tention for a moment. \\ hat 1 did
Fee and welcome was my hit'band's
face bending close over me, and to
him 1 spoke first. My word- must
have sounded oddly to those about.
' Have they told you anything about
it?" 1 asked. “Did he—’’
A quick pressure on my arm si
lenced .me, and then I noticed that we
v. i-i i i.ot ah *e. T nr three lac.i^p
stood near, watching : . and one had
evidently been using tt. •• restora
tive, for she h, Id a small , ,r. i • :i<
in bei hand. To tills lady, George
made* haste to introduce me, and from
her I presently learned the cause of
the disturbance in the hotel.
1 dim, the well known daughter of
Moses ('halloner had fallen suddenly
dead on the finer of the mezzanine,
ohe was not known to have been in
poor health, st:H less in danger o' a
fatal attack, and the shock was conse
quently great to her friends, several
of whom were in the building
"Wes the alone when she fell?” I
I )Sl:ed.
“Yirlur lly tlcne. Some persons sat
;rt the other side of the room, reading
l the big round table They did not
■ von hear her fall. They say that the
bam! was playing unusually loud in
: the musicians' gallery."
“Are you feeling quite well, now?”
"Quite niysi If," 1 gratefully replied
s i rose slowly from the sofa.
In tin hall we encountered Mr.
Mater. whom T ha\e before mentioned.
I« was Irving to maintain order while
himself in a state of great agitation,
teeing us Ins could not refrain from
whispering a few words into my hus- :
band's ear.
ft !
“The doctor lias just gone up—her j
doctor, I nu n. lie's simply dumb- j
founded. Says that she was . the |
■ lealthie.Ht woman it. .New York ye.-.tt r
,iay. I think- don't mention it, that I
; lie suspects something quite differ- j
( lit from heart failure.”
"What do you mean?” asked George, ‘
.'olloyvir.g the assistant manager down
i the broad flight of snips hadiug to
the office. Thru, as 1 pressed up close
to Mr. Slater's other side, "She \\«.s
by herself, wasn't she, in tlie half
lloor above? '
*'ies, find had been writing a let- j
ter. Sh.‘ f. ll v. ilh it. htill in lit i bund.
“Have they carried her to her
room?" 1 ocgrfly inquired, glancing
tearfully up at tin h.rge wmi-einiilur
; < I'enings overlooking us from the
place where she had fallen.
"Not yet,. Mr. Hammond insists
upon waiting for the coroner." (Mr.
Hammond was the proprietor ot the
hotel t "She is lying on one of the
big couches near which she fell, if
1 you like, I can give you a glimpse of
Imr. She leeks beautiful. It’s terri
ble to think chat she is dead."
"I don't know why we consented.
We were undoi a spell, ) think. At
.,!! e, cuts, ve accepted Ins offer and
followed him up a 'narrow staircase
open to v.-ry few that, night. At. the
top, he turn d upon us with a warning
gestin. whieh i hardly think we need
ed and It d in; down a narrow hall
flanked by openings corresponding to
those we had noted from below. At
the furthest one he paused and.
beckoning ns to his side, pointed
across the lobby into tlie large writ
ing-room which occupied the better
part of the mezzanine Moor.
We saw people standing in vari
ous attitudes of grief and dismay
about a couch, one end of which only
was visible to us at the moment.
The doctor had .just joined them, and
every head was turned towards him
and every body bent forward in
Che Fell With the Letter S ill in Her
Hand.
anxious expectation. T remember the
face of one gray haired old man. 1
shall never forget it. He was prob
ably her father. Later, I knew him
to be vo. Miss (’halloner was stretch
ed out upon the couch. She was
dress. (I as she came from dinner, in
a gev. n of ivory-tinted satin, re
lieved at the breast by a large bou
quet of scarlet poinsottins. The doc
tor was pointing at these poinsetiias
in horror and with awful moaning,
and though we could not bear bis
words, we knew almost instinctively,
noth from his attitude and the cries
which burst from the lips of those
about him, that something more than
broken petals and disordered leaves
had met his eyes; that blood was
there--slowly oottiug drops from the
h rt which for some reason had
escaped all eyes till now.
Miss Challoner was dead, not from
lUisuspected disease, but from tbe
violent attack of some murderous
v.capon. As the realization of this
brought fresh panic and bowed the
father's head with emotions even
i'.. re bitter than those of grief, I
turned a questioning look up at
George's face.
it was fixed with a purpose I had
no trouble in understanding.
CHAPTER II.
“I Know the Man.”
Vet he made no effort to detain
.Mr .Slater when that gentleman, un
it • this renewed excitement, has
tily 1- ft us.
'! want, to feel sure of myself,” he
< xplalned. "Can you bear the strain
of waiting around a little longer,
iiaura ?"
“Yes, T can bear it. Don’t you think
the man we saw hud something to do
with this? Don't you believe—”
Hush! What aie they saying over
there? Can you hear?”
"No. And I cannot bear to lock.
Yet J don't want to go away. It's all
so dreadful.”
"It's devilish. Ruch a beautiful
girl! Laura, 1 must, leave you for a
moment. Do you mind?”
No, no; yet—”
I did mind; but he was gone be
fore I could take back my word.
' lone, 1 fi it the tragedy much more
■can when he was with me. I drew
buck against the wall and hid my
■ waiting feverishly for George's
return.
!!<> came, when he did come, In
some haste and with certain marks
of Increased agitation.
i. ura, tu-a he, Slater says mat
we it ; y po;1 t.l v be wanted and pro
posts that we stay here all night. I
have telephoned and made it all right
at home. Will you come to your
room? This is no place for you.”
Nothing could have pleased me bet
ter. liut 1 could nor. go without cast
ing another glance at the tragic scene
1 was leaving A stir was perceptible''
there, and I was just in time to see
its cause. A tall, angular gentleman
was approaching from the direction
of the musicians’ gallery, and from
the manner of alt present, as well as
from the whispered comment of my ]
husband 1 recognized in him the spe- j
dal official for whom all had been ;
waiting.
"Are you going to Ml him?" was ;
my question to George as we made;
our way down to the lobby.
'"Hint depends /First. ! am going
to sip you settled in a room quite
remote from this business.”
”] shall not. like that.”
' I know, thy dear, hut it is best.”
I could not gainsay this.
X( “ithrdess, after the first few'
r; mutes ot relief, 1 found it very
I lone some upstairs.
I i was still struggling with this feel
I ir.g when the door opened, and George
| came in. There was news in liis face
1 as i rush* d to meet him.
“Tell me—tell,” J begged,
lie tried to smile at my eagerness,
hui the attempt was ghastly.
‘T • b- i-n listening and looking,”
said he, "and this i:: ril l have learn-]
id. .'.iiss ('hulloner died, not from
a stroke or front disease of any kind,
hut from a wound reaching the heart.
r.j.e saw tile attack, or even the
: pot-ouch or departure of the person
inflicting this wound. If she was killed
1 a piste',-shot, it was at a distance,
: ml almost over the heads of the per
ns .-.ii ng at the table we saw
there. 1'ut the doctors shake their
I ;;ds at the word pistol-shot, though
’ dev refuse to explain themselves or
to evprr any opinion till Urn wound
has been probed. This they are-going
to do at once, md when that question
is decidtd I tray feel it my duty to
mvt i nd may ask you to support my
story.”
we cpn never maw tnem unaer
stnni! how lie looker!."
No. I don't expert to.”
"Or his niautn r t;s he fled.”
“Nor that either ”
“W ■ can oi ly describe what we saw
him do."
“That's all."
"Oh, whet an adventure for quiet
people like us! George, I don't be
lieve he shot her.”
“He must have.”
“But they would have seen—have
heard—the people around, 1 mean.”
"So they say; but 1 have a theory
•—but uo matter about that now. I'm
going down again to sde how things
have progressed. I'll be back for you
later. Only be ready."
In a half hour or an hour I never
knew which—George reappeared, only
to tell me (hat no coil el us ions had as
vet been reached; an element of great
mystery involved the whole affair, and
the most astute detectives on the
force had been «onf for Her father,
who had been her constant compan
ion all winter, had not the least sag
rertion to offer in way of its solu
tion. To no living being, man or
woman, could he point as possessing
any motive for such a d <-d She had
been (he xictini of some mistake, his
lovely and ever kindly deposed
daughter, and white (lie loss was irre
parable he would nevoi make it unen
durable by thinking otherwise.
Such was the father's way of look
leg ni the matter, and 1 own that it
: vide our duly a tri te hard. But.
George's mind, when once made up,
was persistent to the point of ob
stinacy. and while he was yet talk
irg b > led me out of tin* room and
down the hall to the eh vator.
"Mr. Slater knows we have rome
thing to say, and will manage tin
interview before us in the very best
manner," he confided to me now with
an encouraging sir. "We are to go
to the blue reception room ou the
parlor floor.”
ilr. Slatei v.-a" 1 according to
bib j rom.se, i. . ".u introducing us,
britiJiy s . -e nau some evi
dence to g.'1- re . mug tile terrible
occurrence v.'i-icu ..ad ju.t taken place
ui tbe house.
Gwnje bowed, ana tbe chief
spokesman—I am 6”rc he was a po
hce-oltieer ui some kiud—asned turn
to tell what it was.
Th u rny husband spoke up, and re
la: eu our lime experience, it it did
not create a sensation, it was be
cause th se men were well accus
tomed to surprises ot all kinds.
"Washed n<s hands—a gentleman—
out there In me snow—alter me
alarm was raised here '” repealed one.
“And you saw him come out ot tins
house?” another put in.
”\es, sir; we noticed him particu
larly.”
"Can you describe him?’
It was Mr. Salter who put this Ques
tion; he hud less control over him
self, and considerable eagerness
could be heard in his voice.
"lie was a very hne-looaiug man;
unusually tail und uuusuaiiy Burn
ing both in Ins dress and appearance.
What 1 could see of Ins lace was bare
of beard, and very expressive. lie
walked with the swing of an athlete,
and only loosed mean and sm.iil
when he was stooping and cabuling
in the snow.”
"Ills clothe.-. .Describe his clothes.”
There was an odd sound in Mr.
Slater's voice.
"lie wore a silk hat and there was
fur on Ins overcoat. I think the fur
was black.”
Mr. Slater stepped back, then mov
ed forward again wuh a determined
air.
“1 know the man,” said he.
lo Be Continued Next week.)
Eccentric Tides.
Owing to the effects of shore lines
'nd other influences which are more
or less obscure it is very difficult to
account for the peculiarities exhibited
by tidal waves in various parts of the
world.
Interfering waves cause onoe-n-day
ides at Tahiti and in some other
laces, while on the other hand in ttie
harbors hack of the Isle of Wight and
n the Tay in Scotland there are throe
ides in a day. The latter have been
iscribed to overtides, produced by the
oodiflcation of tidal waves running
there and resembling the overtones
T musical sounds.
Diamonds in a Rat’s Nest.
Seven years ago Mrs. Charles De
ong lost trace of two diamond car
ings valued at $200. Carpenters, re
modeling the house, found the jewels
in a partition where rats had a nest,
neidentally, an apology was madt to
, » servant who had been indirectly ac
| eased of the theft.—Milwaukee Jour
j nal.
rw---• ———~»r i
You will never
read a more
battling or Inter
esting mystery
story than
by
Anna Katharine
Green
the new serial we
have arranged
to print in this
paper. It is a
story of
A Cunning Criminal
A Strange Crime
aii'l embraces a
voltes of such le
markahle art ven
tures that you are
sure to enjoy ever v
instailment.
Be sure So read the
First Chapter