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! opportunities could hardly avoid doing
so. His place in the business world
was assured. He had no occasion for
concern.
For most men this would have been
prosperity sufficient; yet never did Ed
ward Franklin lie down with the long
breath of the man content; and ever
in his dreams there came the vague
beckoning Of hand still nalf unseen,
| Haunting him with the sense of the
unfulflled, the face of Mary Ellen
was ever in the shadow; of Mary
| Ellen. who had sent him away forever;
| of Mary Ellen, who was wasting her
life on prairie ranch, with naught to
| inspire and none to witness the flower
| ing of her soul.
So much for the half-morbid frame
of mind due for the most part to the
reflex of body made sick by an ir-
regular and irrational life. This much.
too. Franklin could have established
of his own philosophy. Yet this was
not all, nor was the total so easily
to be explained away.
Steadily, and with an insistence
somewhat horrible, there came to
Franklin's mind feeling that this
career which he saw before him would
not always serve to satisfy him. Losing
no touch Of the democratic loyalty to
his fellow-men, he none the less clear
ly saw himself in certain ways be-
coming inexorably separated from his
average fellow-man. The executive
instinct was still as strong within him,
but he felt it more creative, and he
longed for finer material than the
seamy side of mans petty strifes with
man, made possible under those artifi-
cial laws which marked mans COM
promise with Nature. Longing for the
satisfying. for the noble things, he
found himself irresistibly facing to-
ward the past, and irresistibly con-
WINGED that in that past. as in the
swiftly marching present. there might
be some lesson, not ignoble and not I'M
comforting. Mortified that he could
not rest in the way that he had chosen,
distracted at these intangible desires,
he doubted at times his perfect sanity;
for though 1t seemed there was within
him the impulse to teach and to create,
he could not say to himself what or
how was to be the form, whether men,
tai or material. Of the thing created.
the thing typified. the thing which he
would teach.
OF such travail. of such mould, have
come great architects. great engineers,
great writers, musicians, painters, in.
deed great me Of affairs. beings who
stand by the head and shoulders above
other men as leaders. The nature of
such men is not always at the first as.
sured. the imprimitive seal not always
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CHAPTER xxIv-continued.


Ned" said the tall Irishman. rising
and laying a hand upon his shoulder,
don't We behave I'll be LAWN We. I've
seen the world, an l must see it
again, but vance in while I'll be
comm around here to see the best
mans country on the globe, an to
meet agin the best man liver knew.
I'll not till why behave it, for that I
can not do, but shure l do behave it,
this is the land for you. Don't be rest
less, but abide, an take we root here.
For Batty, it's no odds. He's seen the
world"
Battersleigh's words caused Frank
Inns face to grow still more grave, and
his friend saw and suspected the real
cause. Tut, tut! me boy" he said,
Il well know how your wishes lie. It's
noble gyurl we've chosen, as noble
man should do. She may change her
thought tomorrow. It's change is the
wan thing shure about woman"
Franklin shook his head mutely. but
Battersleigh showed only Impotence
with him. go on with your plans,
man." said he, IAN pay no attintion to
the gyurl! Make ready the house and
prepare the bridal garments. Talk
with her reasonable, an thin try I'M
raysonable, and If she'll folly we thin,
to the ind Of the earth, an love We like
a lamb. It's Batty has studied the
sex. Now vance there was a gyurl-
but no; I'll not yet thrust mesilf to
spake O. that. God rist her asy iver-
more!"
Yes" said Franklin sadly, that is
1t. That is what my own answer has
been. She tells me that there was
once another. who no longer lives
that no one else"
Battersleigh's face grew grave In
turn. There's no style of assault
more difficult than that same" said
he. "Yet she's young; she must have
been very young. With all respect,
it's the nature O. the race O. women to
yield to the Twin, breathin' man above
the dead an honored."
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All Right Again.

Opal. Wyo.. May 1s.-After suffer-
ing terribly for four or five years. Mr..
y A. ]. Kohner of this place, has been
completely restored to good health.
His case and its cure is another proof
of the wonderful work Dodd's Kidney
Pills can do. Mr.. Kohner says:
For four or five years l have been
a sufferer with Kidney trouble and
pain over my Kidneys. | thought l
would give Dodd's Kidney Pills trial
and am glad did SO. for they have
done me good work and l feel all
right again"
Many cases are being reported
every week in which Rodd's Kidney
Pills have effected cures of the most
serious cases.
These strong testimonies from earn
est men and women are splendid tri-
butes to the curative properties Of
Dodd's Kidney Pills and judging by
these letters, there is no case of Kid
ney trouble or Backache that Dodd's
Kidney Pills will not cure promptly
and permanently.
The Glenwood post., 1904-05-21
CHAPTER XIV.
The Great Cold.

The land lay trusting and defence
less under cynical sky, which was
unthreatening but mocking. Dotting
stretch of country thirty miles on
either side of the railway, and extend
ing as far to the east and west along
its line, there were scattered hundreds
Of homes, though often these were
separated one from the other by many
miles of open prairie. Most of them
contained families. Men had brought
hither their wives and children-little
children, sometimes babes, tender,
needful of warmth ard care For
these stood guardian the gaunt coal
chutes of the town. with the demands
Of population Of twenty-five hundred,
to say nothing of the settlers round
about, hundred tons for thousand
families, scattered, dwelling out along
breaks and coulees, and on worn hill
sides. and at the ends of long, faint,
wandering trails, which the first whirl
of snow would softly and cruelty wipe
away.
Yet there was no snow. There had
been none the winter before. The
tldppClo anu odlu lldl llt
winter was rarely severe. The rail.
road men had ranged west all the win.
ter, threats exposed and coats left at
the wagons. 1t was a mild country, a
gentle, tender country. In this laugh
ing sky who could see any cynicism?
One morning the sun rose with a
swift bound into cloudless field. The
air was mild, dead absolutely silent
and motionless. The wires along the
railway alone sang loudly as though
in warning-a warning unfounded and
without apparent cause. Yet the sigh
ing in the short grass was gone. In
the still air the smokes of the town
rose directly upright; and answering
to them faint, thin spires rose here
and there far out over the prairies, all
straight, answering, ominous, ter
rible. There was a great hush, a
calm, pause upon all things. The
sky was blue and cloudless, but at
last it could not conceal the mockery
it bore upon it's face. so that when
men looked at it and listened to the
singing Of the wires they stopped. and
without conscious plan hurried on,
| silent, to the nearest company.
Somewhere. high up in the air, I'M
heralded, invisible, there were pass
ing some thin inarticulate sounds, far
above the tops Of the tallest smoke
spires, as though some Titan blew a
far jest across the continent to an.
other near the sea, who answered
with gusty laugh, sardonic grim,
foreknowing. Every horse free on the
range came into the coulees that morn.
ing. and those which were fenced in
ran up and down excitedly. Men ate
and smoked, and women darned, and
babes played. In thousand homes
there was content with this new land,
SO wild at one time, but now so quick.
ly tanned. so calm, SO gentle, so thor
oughly subdued.
ITO be continued)
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Battersleigh's hand was on the door
knob. The consate o. you!" he said.
'Thrue, ye're fine boy, Ned. an
know OF no conversayshun more en-
tertainin than yer own. but fale that
If l didn't get drunk like gintle-
man this avenin', I'd be violatin' me
july to me own conscience, as well as
settin' at naught the Traditions O. the
Rile Irish An so, if yen Just excuse
me, I'll say goodbye till. say. to-mor-
row noon"
And now there still Jared on the
swift, sane empire of the West. The
rapid changes, the strivings, the &C.
complishments. the pretensions and
the failures of the new town blended
in the product of human progress
Each man fell into his place in the
community as though appointed there
to. and the eyes of all were set for
ward. To Franklin the days and
months and years went by unpunctu-
ated, his life settling gradually into
the routine of an unhappy calm. He
neglected too much the social side of
lllC, anu dlHSl hClu " LIS olu lIlcuuS
than busted himself with the search
for new Battersleigh was gone,
swiftly and mysteriously gone, though
with the promise to return and with
the reiteration of his advice and his
we'll wishes. Curly was gone-gone
up the Trail into far and mysterious
country, though he, too, promised to
remember Ellisville, and had given
hostage for his promise. His friends
of the Halfway House were gone for
though he heard of them and knew
them to be prosperous. he felt him
self. by reason of Mary Ellen's deci-
sion, in propriety practically with
drawn from their personal acquain-
lance.
Because of his level common sense,
which is the main ingredient in the
success portion, he went easily into
the first councils of the community.
He made more and more money, since
at that time one Of his position and
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1.-THE Consate o. you'll"

II had my hopes" said Franklin,
way. I'll not wear my heart on my
s1eeve-not for any woman in the
world"
Spoken like a man." said Batters-
leigh. "an' II yell stick to that ye're
the more like to win. Nivver chance
follyin' too close in campaign ag'inst
a woman. Parallel an mine, but don't
uncover your forces. If We advance,
d. so by rushes an not feelin' O. the
way. But tin to wan. If we lie still
under cover, she'll be sendin' out Skin
mishers to see where We are an what
ye are dom. Now, we love the gyurl,
I know, an so do l, an so does livery
man that liver saw her. for she's the
sort min can't help adorin'. But, mind
me, kape away. Go way she says to
you, an you go. Come back she
whispers to herself, an you don't hear
it. Yet all the time she's wonderin'
pfwhy you don't!'
Franklin smiled in spite of himself
"Battersleigh's Tactics and Manual of
Strategy" he murmured. All right,
old man. thank you Just the same.
I presume I'll live, at the worst. And
there's bit In life besides what we
want for ourselves, you know"
There's nnught in life but what
we're ready to take for oursilves."
cried Battersleigh. "Tll talk no fable
of other fishes in the say for we. Take
what We want. if yell have it. An
hearken; there's more to Ned Franklin
than bein' land agent and petty
lawyer. It's not for we yersilf to sit
an nope. neyther to spind your life
diggin' In musty desk. Ye're to
grow, man; ye're to grow! Git your
nose up, Ned, or you'll be unwittin'
classifyin' yesilf with the great slave
class which we lift behind not long
ago, but which is follyin' us hard and
far. Git your nose up, fer it's Batty
has been thinkin' we've Destiny inside
your skin. Listen to Batty the Fool,
and search your sowl. I'll tell We
this: I've the feelin' that I'll be
hearin' OF We, in all the marches O. the
world. Don't disappoint me. Ned,
for the ould man has behaved in ye-.
more than we've behaved in yersilf AS
to the gyurl-bah!-go marry her
some day, av we've nothin' more impor-
thant on yer hands.
But. me dear boy. spakin' O. impor-
thant things, l ralely must be goin'
now. I've certain IMPORTANT prepara-
tions that are ESSENTIAL before l get
dhrunk this avenin'-"
20 Battersleigh. do be sensible"
said Franklin, and do give up this
talk Of getting drunk. Come over here
this evening and talk with me. It's
much better than getting drunk"
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surely set on. so that Of one thus tor
mented to his inner self it may be
mere accident which shall determine
whether it is to be great artist or great
artisan that is to be born again.
To Franklin. dreaming as he woke
or slept, there sometimes waved a
hand. there sometimes sounded a
Voice, as that which of old summoned
the prophet in the watches of the
night Neither in his waking nor his
sleeping hours could he call this spirit
into naturalization, however much he
longed to wrestle with it finally. 1t
remained only to haunt him vaguely,
to join with the shade of Mary Ellen
the Cruel to set misery on a life which
he had thought happily assured.
The Glenwood post., 1904-05-21

The faithfulness of the dog Is we'll
known, though not appreciated as 1t
should be. Perhaps most faithful of
all the species is the Eskimo dog.
We learn the following about this
animal from the writings of Frederick
Schwatka, who made a wonderful trip
on sledge from Hudson Bay to the
Arctic Ocean. The sledges were drawn
by the dogs, and he started out with
sixty OF them, returning with only
nineteen, all the rest dying of starva-
ton en- route.
Says Schwatka:
"They WERE through all this terri
BILE time, perfect respecters of their
human allies, and the little children
used to go among them and play
with them by pelting them with toy
whips; yet the same dogs were starv-
ing, and should one of them die, his
comrades would eat him. l notice this
particularly, as some sensational writ
ers have tried to make their readers
believe that the Eskimo dogs are H.
able to become dangerous fellows.
even to powerfully built man, when
simply hungry. and to be worse than
wild beasts when ravenous. Any on
slaught of Eskimo dogs is unknown
among the natives where I travelled.
at was pitiable in the extreme to
see their sufferings, as they devotedly
helped us along-many of them up to
the very minute they had to be taken
from the harness and abandoned along
the road. AS they dropped out along
the way, we harnessed ourselves in
their places to the sledge traces, and
it was thus we were not compelled to
leave certain parts of our load"
The Glenwood post., 1904-05-21

Halssusn wanted to sell nursery -.ock; cash 3D.
0osos"so" vanccd weekly for expenses; write i'm
nedately for territory before It ia all assigned.
CHICO NuxSxRY co., Chico, Cal. Boz 49,
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STUDEBAKER'S VEIL SEs.chE LES, N, nd. ~. ;s.
cheapest" Write for cataiog. Denver. Colorado
The Glenwood post., 1904-05-21

''He says he is in business for him.
self now manufacturing automobiles"
yes"
''And he claims not one of his ma
chimes has ever been known to break
down on the road
That's right; he hasn't sold any
yet"
The Glenwood post., 1904-05-21

Mother Gray's Sweet Pow dsrs for ChiIdrsa.
Successfully used by Mother Gray. nurse
in the Children's Home in New York. cure
Constipation. Feverishness. Bad Stomach.
Teething Disorders. move and regulate tho
Bowels and Destroy Worms. Over 80. 600
testimonials. At all druggists. Csc. Sample
FREE. Address A. S. Olmsted, 10 Roy, N. Y.
The Glenwood post., 1904-05-21

Even beggars have their "season"
in Constantinople. During the winter
months the city harbors a much
larger number of them than in the
summer. when many migrate to the
country.
The Glenwood post., 1904-05-21

Maude-You had no business to kiss
me-, Aleck-I never combine business
with pleasure.
The Glenwood post., 1904-05-21

If man praises his wifes cooking
he will never have to pay alimony.
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Unless man is his own master he
can't master others.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-02-02
CURES WITHOUT STOMACH DOSING
Hyomei Cures Catarrh by Simple Breathing.
John E. Daily Refunds Money II 1t
Fails To Cure,

A long stride toward solving the
mystery Of curing catarrf was taken
with the discovery Of Hyomei In
fact, the percentage Of cures by this
treatment proves it equal to the final
tests.
The folly of taking medicine into
the stomach to cure catarrh OF the
nose, throat and lungs, has been real
lied by physicians, but not until
Hyomei was known, had they prac-
tical method that would obviate
stomach drugging.
A complete Hyomei outfit costs but
ST., and consists of neat pocket
inhaler that can be used anywhere
without attracting attention, a medi-
cine dropper and bottle Of Hyomei.
Breathing Hyomei through the in
haler, every particle of air that enters
the nose, throat and lungs, is charged
with a healing balSam that SoOthes
and allays all irritation, kills the
catarrhal germs and enriches the
blood with additional ozone.
John E. DAILY has so much faith in
the power of Hyomei to cure catarrh,
that he is selling it under his personal
guarantee to refund the money if it
does not give positive relief.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-02-02
Investigate Osteopathy.

The study of the construction Of
the body, anatomy and physiology are
the basic principles of the science.
The treatment consists of properly
adjusting the ''human machine"
Such as relaxing muscular contrac-
lures, ligamentOuss strains, malpoSitiOn
of bones, ETC., which often produce
pressure on important nerves or
blood vessels and cause disease.
OSteopathic treatment often cures
where other systems fail because the
cause is found which produced the
disease. Adjust the machine aud it
againS runs smoothly. Remove the
cause Of disease, by proper adjust
ment, and permanent cure is the
result. After an examination a
positive statement is made as to
whether cure is possible or not. No
incurable cases taken. Anyone who
wishes either an examination, treat
ment, or to investigate Osteopathy
write to Paul B. Wallace, Nj. D. D. O.,
Specialist ia Osteopathy. Office 5ll
Third Street, 'ph0ne No. 5SS. Resi-
dence, S15 LaSalle ST. Phone No. 400,
WauSau, Wis.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-02-02
TODAY IS GROUND HOG
OR CANDLEMAS DAY

Today is ground hog" or Candle
mas day. The superstition is that
the ground hog comes out on this day
and if he sees bis shadow he retires
for another six weeks. la view OF
the fact that the sun was out today,
the ground hog could have seen bis
Shadow-but chances are that he
remained in his hole on account of the
cold weather.
In Scotland they say:
''If Candlemas is fair and clear,
There'll be twa winters in the year. y
CandlemaS, in its ecclesiastical
meaning, is the feast of the purifica.
tion of the Virgin Mary. This
festival is very strictly observed by
the Roman Catholic church, there
being procession of lighted candles
and those required for the service OF
the ensuing year being also on that
occasion conSecrated; hence the name
Candlemas day. In Scr tland, this
day is one of the four term-days,
appointed for periodical annual pay.
ments of money interest, taxes, ETC.,
and Of entry to promises.
An old document of the time of
Henry VIII, preserved in the
archives of the society of antiquities.
London, concerning the rites and
ceremonies in the English church.
speaks thus of the custom of carrying
candles: s.On CandlemaS daye it
shall be declared that the bearinge of
candles is done in the memorie OF
Christie, the spiritual lyghte when
Simeon dyd prophecy "a light to
tighten the Gentiles'l, as it is redde
in the churche that daye." But an
Older and heather origin is ascribed
to the practice. The Romans were in
the habit of burning candles on this
day to the goddess Februa, mother of
Mars: and Pope Sergius, seeing it
would be useless to prohibit practice
of SO long standing, turned it TO Chris
tidn account by enjoining a similar
Offering of candles to the Virgin.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-02-02
Relief in One Minute.

One Minute Cough Cure gives relief
in one minute, because it kills the
microbe which tickleS the mucous
membrane, causing the cough, and at
the same time clears the phlegm,
draws out the inflammation and heals
and soothes the affected parts. One
Minute Cough Cure strengthens the
lungs. wards off pneumonia and is a
harmless and never falling cure in ali
durable cases of Coughs, Colds and
Group. One Minute Cough Cure is
pleasant to take, harmless and good
alike for young and old. Sold by
Wood CO. Drug Co. and Johnson &
Hill Co.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-02-02
FEBRUARY 2, 1894.

CbhV AR1 =. IS0ff.
The following are the market price
Of produce in the cityeof Grand Rap
ids corrected on the day of publication;
PotatOeS-10c
Rye-3Sc. 9
Oats-40c
Corn-Shelled. 100 lbs, 90c.
Hay-marSh, IS 90; timothy, So
Eggs-2Sc.
Butter-lSc to zoe.
BeanS-S1.7 IS to $500.
PeaS-75c.
OniOnS-75c.
Beehive. 100 lbs, $3.50 to $500:
dressed, $500 to $500.
Pork-live, "a Is dressed S.. so to Sc. 0C
Veal-llve, &c; dressed SIC to &c.
Chicken-1ive, &c to Sc; dressed, 10c
to l2c.
Turkey-live, loc to l2c; dressed lac
to l5c.
Flour-bbl., S4.25 to $3.50.
Feed-ton, $2l.
Middlings ton, SIS.
Bfan-tOn, $1S.
Bolted Corn Meal bbl., $3.50.
Lard-l1c.
Ham-whole, 12c.
Mess Pork-bbl. ,slA50.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-02-02

Very low rates to the Mardi Gras,
via the Northwestern line. On ac-
count Of the Mardi Gras, excursion
tickets will be sold to New Orleans,
Mobile and Pensacola, February 8 to
IA, inclusive, also to New Orleans, on
February Is, for trains arriving at
New Orleans by noon of February 16,
with favorable return limits and STOP
overs. Excursion tickets are also on
sale daily, at reduced rates, to the
principal winter resorts in the United
States and Mexico. For full informal
tion apply to agents Chicago & North.
western railway.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-02-02
Remembered Mckinley Day.

+. A number of our citizens remem-
bered Mckinley day Friday by wearing
his favorite flower, the carnation.
The association which started this
custom of observing the day by
wearing the carnation was founded at
Dayton, Ohio, and Its membership
has spread all over the country.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-02-02
Another Kind of Graft.

c. H. Tyler, superintendent OF the
Riyerdale farm, returned last, week
from visit at Adrian, Mich, and
Waupaca. The Waupaca Record says:
&c. H. Tyler, of Grand Rapids, is as
sisting Appletree Barnes at his
winter grating. At present writing
they have over 1900 gratis. for next
springs planting"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-02-02
PERSISTENT RUMORS
ARE SET AT REST

Some of the Milwaukee papers again
contained the rumor OF the North
western Railroad company attempt
ing to get control of the new paper
mill and water power This time it
is said that Mrs. n. Johnson had sold
out her stock. To representative Of
the REPORTER Mrs. johnson said:
Il do not know how these reports
originate. There is no truth in the
matter, as far as I am concerned. /
have not sold a single share in the
Consolidated Water Power s. Paper
company and have not been approached
by the Northwestern company on this
subject
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-02-02

A fine suit of mems clothes all to
This suit is positively worth
$12 so or your money refunded
at any time during the sale.
Mems fine suits in Cheviots and
Scotch plaids. ...........................4. y
Worth $500 or your money re-
funded at any time during this
sale if you are not satisfied.
Mems splendid suits in velour finished ;,
cashmeres, all sizes...... ............0. D
This positively worth $500 or
your money back.
Silk and Satin lined dress suits, in plain
checks and stri pes....................l. r
This suit is positively worth $22.
At $S.9S each you are free to choose
a suit worth $22.5O to $500
from 20 lots of as finely made and
elegantly finished suits as the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-02-02

Good residence lots, with good
water, dry cellars, level, on top of
Sand Hill, near foot of High street. at
SIS to $40. Payable on or before
Eve years at I per cent. Inquire of
Geo. n. Wood at the Dixon Hotel. If