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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-07-22
CHAPTEn.I.
IRIS A oaLi"

Bank building. the gannt young man
With the stern features and the kindly
gray eyes that always seemed a perpet-
ual rebuke to the face In which they
were set rumlnated over the letter he
held IN his hand. His back was to the
door-a half glass door which vas also
the main and only entrance 10 the
room and which bore upon 1T trans
lucent surface In ragged letters. worn
By the polishing the glass had under
gone. the words, "Danlel Voorhees,
Pike, Attorney AT Law
Pike himself had q queer twist OF
feature, sort OF whImsicalItY that
peryaded the very atmosphere about
him. and the smile With which he 70.
ganded the letter he held had a world
of "Reminiscences and sadness in It.
A he ga2ed at It the letter seemed
to fade into nothIngness and In its
place there rose the picture Of q day
years before. day TINT cnnsed the
dIngy walls Of the Office 20 become
tennous and gauzy. md through the
gauze he seemed TO see another Office
q ramshackle sort of place, with n tin
sign showing through the window
which Informed the passerby that real
estate was the commodity dispensed
within. To Pike the picture grew yet
more distinct. and IN the broken bot.
tom cane chair he saw the figure of a
heavy faced man in bis shirt sleeves
engaged In smoking eorncob pipe.
n another corner 81 the room he
could see a red beaded boy porting over
q pine table. laborlously copying In a
round hand some title deeds Then,
through the reaches Of the past he
seemed 10 hear the heavy faced nnn
remove the pipe from bis mouth and
heard him speak
Dan" he said. Its girIft
And he heafd the gasp the boy gave
forth as he turned about on hi stool
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-07-22
700, CLOuDBuRsT.
Hundreds Of sheep, Hos and Cattle
Swept AHaJ In Kentucky.

Louisville, ~, Jus 16.-WIde-
spread damage N several counties in
Kentucky and Indiana has resulted
from the cloudbursts which broke
last nIght and today after three weeks
OF almost da1IY rain. Henderson.
Union. Webster and Nicholas eoun-
ties IN Kentucky suffered most Esti-
mates Of the damage II 1t at $4,000
900.
A quarter Of mile Of the Louis
VILE and Nashville railroad track be-
tween Paris and MaysvIlIa was wash
ed away. and three steel bridges we're
totally wrecked. according TO reports
received tonight. Many houses we're
carried on BY the waters. and large
acreage Of tobacco. corn and wheat Ia
complete los. Live stock also suf-
fered heavily.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-07-22
Dah. thought you'd mapped Il ont

Dah thought you'd mapped It out
% marry
.sThat'll do for that" said Pix
| quickly. We'll not tax about thai
now. Tom Suppose you so down q
Archie TOombz and ask him about sor
renIs md hos 10 get there and when
q fsIlu. gets there after be starts. I'm
/ going 10 write letter TO Jim Cooley
and Esf him - hum ap thu Haw,
/ CASTLE
When Perkins had zone Pike pulled
/ open The letter and read IL once again
II 80 the mazt formal IT note. be.
/ ginning Dear Nr fIEes aud ending
yours sincerely" II contained brief
notice Of the writer's Intentions. O.
rather. Intentions IN tie event IF a
certain contrsIemps thai 70 her seemed
Inevitable Hnd trusted that tie end
would meet I'll bis approval
lie sighed - no folded Il an1 re-
turned II 10 II envelope
and thaf snds the KuariIanahlp."
he mntterad wonder what IN 90
ing II do with the old hnnsc uovfs'
Firm n drnNrf IN hi desk b pulled
a ffzmed picture thai showed ; deli.
catslT featured girl. 18th big. frank
eye md wealth 81 light. curling
hair that W. half hidden b. ; big
garden Int There wa : smile about
the IL thai Heemed YsEy engaging.
and he muslin dress she wore Ind
been aeeeniuaIsd IN II simplicity by
the zft % ths London photographer
Pike Ind preserved the picture. which
had been given 20 him by old John
Simpson the day before he died. and
be sighed aa II looked # Il
Then be laid It face down upon tho
desk md dropped hi chin into kis
hand Il mar have been N hour that
be st there. and In thu time never
thought OF HI legal business creased
his mind lie vas bus with a fanei-
ful picture Of m unknown city TINT In
spite u his dezIre aeemsd to take on
the aspects 81 larger kaEomo. md in
his fancy he could see ! big. well init
young fellow bending eagerly over to
fHsA z4AA hAA3 ~ Va AaAt AAAA
heard her cal I'm AlmeTIe
Must be- mighty me man.. he
musea-"a nne big man-to capture
her.
Then Perkins came In 70 ask Il Pike
wished to sal from new YORK for
Havre In two days time. stating that
Il Hond be necessary u leave that
might i Pike wished 70 take passage
on HaH
III 20. Tom" he aid. Maybe
you'Ii drop In here once n awhile md
tell folks thai ask for ne that III be
bnes n month or SO.
Then he sat down aud Hrote to Jim
C0olsE If London.
At : that nlKhl he stepped aboard 70
eastbonnd train aad IIs next aIIar-
noon vas In Sfw York. Sorrento
seemed a ionE way on. and Il vas
with heavy heart that h walked up
the gangplank of In Provence.
ire h CONTINUED
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1910-11-25

all you wanted?"
Didn't / tell you to draw on me for
all you wanted? I've got somewhere
between forty and fifty millions all
told. The jury don't live this side Of
the own-your-own-cloud suburbs Of
heaven that hasn't at least one man
on it that 100000 will buy. If not
that, then S1,000,000. I'll leave the de-
tails to you. Buy enough jurors to
hang every verdict till they get tired
of trying Jerry and turn him loose to
save the State further expense. II
q murderer amt convicted on his first
trial, It's q cinch he's never going to
be on his second or third. Now, it's
up to you to buy that drawn verdict
for the first trial, and then for the
others till they acquit him or parole
him in your custody. It's been done
before, and it'll be done again. This
amt a 'life-and-death matter, as you
called it. It's question of dollars
and cents. And as long as I've got
enough of those same dollars and
cents, no boy of mines going to the
death-chair or to life Imprisonment
either. You'll have to hustle for that
train. If you miss it, come back and
I'll put you up for the night"
Tense excitement, as was lately his
way, had made the formerly taciturn
Railroader voluble. He now, as fire.
quently since the night of his speech
at the reception, noted this, himself,
with a vague surprise.
"If Jerry wants any ready money,
Just now" he began, as he escorted
the lawyer to the door.
"He seems to have plenty for any
immediate needs" returned Wendell.
"I saw the contents of his pockets that
the police had taken charge Of Be-
sides the morphine case and few
cards and a packet of letters in
sealed wrapper, there were large-de-
nomination bills to the amount Of"
Packet of letters-s sealed?" croaked
Conover, catching the others arm In
a grasp that bit to the point of agony.
"Letters?" he repeated, his throat
dry and contracted.
"Oh, meant to speak to you about
them. Gerald asked me to bring them
along. He said he got them for you
from a man in Ballston to-day, and
was to have sent them to you by reg
istered mail. But in the hurry of
catching the New York train and the
excitement over the prospects of see.
ing"
where are they? Did you bring
them?"
II couldn't" answered Wendell,
marveling at the lightning change in
his clients voice and face. "The po-
lice, of course, took charge of them.
They will have to be examined by the
district attorneys Office before"
"You must hurry or you'll miss your
train. Good night"
Conover slammed the door on his
astonished guest and walked back in
to the library.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1910-11-25

preserving youth when have If there is such mode
must find it but how Not in the mystical studies of the
cen achemist but in the methods of modern science must
first master the solid facts which ages of research have dis
covered and proved and then hope advance step
and discover
never felt the weakness of ignorance completely be-
fore knew how low stood in the scale of human knowl
edge and its glittering pnnaces far above felt
too anxious to know all be take step
by step Reason however said step by step ALL My
resolution taken begin of study. My three
years in the Connecticut school had been we'll spent but had
only given knowledge of the branches
'My first movement to get time study AS my
real estate only yielding four hundred dollars year.
could not afford to give up my position in the entirely
prevailed upon Mr. Golding release for four hours
in the forenoon of each day. and my wages
ngy This he could do without employing another clerk for
the business at counter always active in the
middle and after parts of the day.
(To be continued)
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1910-11-25

up to an the written laws, | guess he
won't have hell of a lot of leisure
left to go moseying around among the
unWritten ones. Whenever a coward
takes pot-shot at some one within
half a mile of petticoat, up goes the
'unwritten law scream. Use it il you
like In the trial. but for Gods sake cut
out such hypocritical bosh when
you're talking to me. FUnwritten
law! Why don't the Legislature take
day off and write it?"
Then you won't come with me to
town." asked the lawyer, with another
covert glance at his watch.
Come with you and tell Jerry how
sorry l am for him, and how l sympa-
thize with him for killing his mother
for that's what it'll come to-and
for wrecking name I've spent all my
life building up for him,-and for max
ing me the shame of all my friends?
No, Wendell, guess I'll have to de-
prive him of that treat I'll think up
later what's best to do about him. In
the meantime get him acquitted"
Acquitted? That Is not so easy.
But"
Not so easy? Why amt it?
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1910-11-25

"Your son." he said, els in the West
Thirtieth Street police station on
charge Of murder"
Conover looked at him without
start, without visible emotion. For a
full half minute he made no reply, no
comment. Nor did his light, keen
eyes flicker or turn aside.
Then-and Wendell feared from his
words that the tidings had turned Ca
leb's brain-the Railroader muttered,
half to himself:
"'And l only am escaped alone to
tell thee"
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1910-11-25

1901 DON'T quite understand, VEN
tWx tured the puzzled lawyer.
6@1J Neither do l." said Caleb.
CeXs0 "Tell me your story as brief
as you can"
"Your son reached town little
after six o'clock this evening"" an.
swered Wendell 1T seems he went
directly to restaurant in the theatre
district Of Broadway, a place fre.
quented by men of certain class
and by the women they take there.
1t was early, but on account Of the
election night fun to come later many
people were already dining. Gerald
afterward told me he went there in
the hope of catching a glimpse Of his
former wife. He saw her there. With
her was a man she had known before
she met your son, bookmaker named
STANCE, from whom Gerald-or Ger,
AIDS money-had originally won her.
and for whom he always. 1t appears,
retained some jealousy. Gerald
walked straight up to the table where
they sat. drew revolver and fired
four times point-blank in STANCES
face. Any one of the shots by itself
would have been fatal Then he
tossed the revolver to waiter and
spent the time until the police ar.
rived in trying to console this Mont.
morency woman and to quiet her hys-
terics. They took him to the Ten.
derloin station and he got the police
to telephone for me. found him In
state of semi-collapse. police
surgeon was working over him.
Heart failure brought on by excite
ment His heart was already in a
depressed, weakened state, the sur
geon said. from an overdose of NOR
phine. The poor boy APPARENTLY was
in the habit of taking 1t, for they
found case with hypodermic syr-
inge and tablets in his pocket. And
one Of his arms"
80 that was the third thing be.
side booze and cigarettes?"
1t was Calebs first interruption.
During the recital of his sons crime
he had stood motionless, expression
less. Not until this trivial detail was
reached had he spoken. And even
now his voice was as emotionless as
was his face The inscrutable Spartan
quiet that had so often left his busi-
ness and political opponents in the
dark was now upon him. Wendell
saw and wondered. Mistaking the
others mental attitude for the first
daze Of horror he resumed:
"He came around in few minutes.
did what / could for him. Then
tried to reach you by long-distance
telephone. But the wires were down
all through this State. had no bet
ter fortune in telegraphing. So
caught the eighteen train and came
straight here. thought you ought to
be told at once, so that"
quite SO. Thank you. 1t was very
white. I'm sorry was so brisk with
you awhile ago"
The lawyer stared Conover was
talking as though mere financial
matter were involved. Still suppos.
Ing his client suffering from shock
that dulled his sensibilties, Wendell
continued:
Morphine and jealousy combining
to cause temporary insanity. That
must be our line of defence. You
agree with me of course?"
"Suit yourself I'll stand by what.
aver Won sugpest"
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1910-11-25

hour" habit, the Railroader now stood
alone, silent, without emotion. his
Bhrewd face an empty, expressionlcgs
mask Of gray, his eyes alone burning
like live Goals, showing that the brain
within In no way shared the outer
shells inertia.
"I've got to work this out later,
when I've more time," he muttered.
And with the resolve came the i'm.
pulse SO common to him when trou.
b1ed or excited.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1910-11-25
CHAPTER XIII
Dist ontent in the Ranks.

, the middle of the DOM
where he had so vainly
sought to inculcate intS his
fl mily the pleasant home
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1910-11-25
RAlLROADER,

SfhysZ OT ALbEKI PA1OVN ICKIIOVE
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1910-11-25
CHAPTER XXI.
Wendell Gets His Instructions

DON'T quite understand" ven.
tured the puzzled lawyer.
Neither do l." said Caleb.
Tell me your story as brief
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-11-30
OIL LOCOMOTIVES
CAN NOT Be USED
Plan to Avoid Forest Fires by U.s.
ing Regular Engine.
STATE BOARD HOLDS MEETING
E. M. Griffith, State Forester, Says
That Many Forest Fires in the
Dry Season Are Caused by
Sparks From Engines.

observation-disclosures state board OF
forestry held a conference ii the gov
ernor's office with representatives OF
the principal railroads of the state.
The conference was for the purpose
of determining what methods would
be best to minimize forest fires in the
state forest reserves.
The commission believes that some
steps should be taken and suggested
that the roads place oil burning loco
motives on those divisions running
through the forests
This plan was declared to be i'm
practicable by the representatives OF
the road by reason of the fact that
the supply of fuel oil is limited and
even can hardly be secured in suff1
cient quantities in those sections OF
the country where oil burners are
used and where the cost of oil is
equaled by that of coal.
AS an alternative they suggested
that everything inflammable on the
roads right Of way and fifty feet on
each side be burned over, as it has
been shown that sparks from engines
seldom fly more than 100 feet to
either side Of the track.
w. H Hall, chief of the forest re
serve laboratory at the University OF
Wisconsin, was the principal speaker
at the conference.
E. M. Griffith, state forester of Wis
consin, also spoke. He declared that
more than % per cent. of forest fires
in the state during the dry season
were caused by sparks from engines
Griffith recommended that freight
ers be equipped with railroad motor
cars and patrol the tracks for fires
He declared that several men last
year were able to Quench hundreds o.
incipient blazes in this way
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-11-30
80 YEARS OF SUCCESS.
for Catarrh. The Medicine Costs
Nothing if 1t Fails.

When medicine effects success
sful treatment in very large majority
of cases, and when we offer that
medicine on our own personal
guarantee that it will cost the user
nothing If it does not completely re-
lieve catarrh, it is only reasonable
that people should believe us, or at
least put our claim to a practical test
when we take all the risk. These are
facts which we want the people to
substantiate. We want them to try
Rexall Mucu-Tone. medicine
prepared from a prescription of ply
stefan with whom catarrh was a
speciality. and who has record of
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record.
We receive more good reports about
Rexall Mucu Tone than we 90 Of all
other Catarrh remedies sold in our
store. and if more people only knew
what thoroughly dependable remedy
Rexall Mucu Tone is, 1t would be the
only catarrh remedy we would have
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-11-30
Wisconsin Lead and Zinc Mines.

- iSNOIiSiH LSdO ana ZINC Miles,
Madison.-The st. Louis metal mar
kets hold much of encouragement to
lead and zinc mine operators and pro
ducers, spelter hanging on tenaciously
al a point previously close to the six
cent mark, while pig lead remained at
the trust-fxed price of about $3.50 per
nundredweight earlier in the week,
showing a tendency to climb up few
points.
There was an increased demand
from manufacturers for spelter, who
mad about exhausted their reserve
stocks, and the hand-to-mouth buying
was not so much ia evidence. Sellers
claim that they had little to offer for
prompt delivery, and there has been,
undoubtedly, a considerable decrease
in the output
Zine ore brought very little more
than for the previous week, a fact &C
counted for by the increased produc-
ton of all grades of zinc ore, in both
the Wisconsin and Missouri fields.
Especially in the latter the valuation
Of blended shipments ran up close to
S3OO,000, the largest since the month
of April, while the aggregate value of
all ores shipped from that section
amounted to $328,000; splendid
weeks business.
Wisconsin, which usually cOntented
itself with weekly shipments Of 2,000,-
600 pounds Of zinc ore, has been ma
king an average record recently Of
double this amount. Shipments of
lead ore are surprisingly strong. Much
carbonate zinc ore goes to market and
in the past year over 25,000,000 pounds
of iron pyrites have been shipped to
market
The shipments of ore from the differ
ent camps for the month of October
with the production reported and de-
livered to the separating establish
ments, tell an interesting tale Of mining
operations in the Wisconsin field.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-11-30
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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-11-30

State Supreme Court.
In the supreme court the following
matters were heard and considered:
SO. Comstock VS.. Boyle, ct al:
Argued by ]. E. Messerschmidt for
appellant and by John J. Wood for
respondent
SO. Eggleton VS.. Swartz ct al:
Argued by Pedrick and Maurice Nc
Kenna for appellant and by John J..
Wood for respondent.
100. Price VS.. Bank OF Poynette,
ct al: Argued by J. A. Aylward for
appellant and by D. H. Grady for re-.
spOndent
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-11-30
Both Speedy and Effective

This indicates the action Of Foley
Kidney Pills as S. Parsons. Battle
Greek, Mich, illustrates: II have
been afflicted with a severe case Of
kidney and bladder trouble for which
I found no relief until | used Foley
Kidney Pills. These cured me en-
tirely of all my ailments. l was
troubled with backaches and severe
shooting pains with annoying urinary
Irregularities. The steady use of
Foley Kidney Pills rid me entirely Of
all my former troubles. They have
my highest Recommendation. - J. T.
Bennett.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-11-30

Pure Drug Show to Be instructive.
From an educational viewpoint
the Pure Drug show, which will
be given by the Wisconsin and
Milwaukee druggists at Milwaukee in
the Auditorium this week, will be a
most interesting event. It will be
conducted in the main hall, and will
use all the space in the arena and
stage for exhibits and educational
features.
The druggists Of the city and state
are going to take the public into their
confidence during the exposition and
will show some tricks of the trade that
will abolish much of the mystery per-
tanning to the drug business. They
will show a great quantity of crude
drugs in the original packages, and
these Will be contrasted with the
manufactured products. The vast diff
ference between the crude and the
manufactured product, according to
President Widule of the show COM
mittee, will prove interesting to the
druggists as we'll as the public.
The government exhibit, which will
include 123 authentic drugs, has at
tracted the attention of the University
of Wisconsin and Marquette univer-
sity pharmacy students, and arrange
ments are being made for the students
of both colleges to attend the show.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-11-30
New Corporations.

New Corporations.
Articles of incorporation were filed
in the Office Of Secretary of State
Frear as follows:
Horizon Light and Power company
Beaver Dam; capital, $4,000; incor-
porators, c. ]. Zweck, J. D. Roberts
d. G. West
Elba Canning company, Elba Sta
ton; capital, $4,000; incorporators,
Thomas Powers and six others.
South Side Concertina club, Mil
waukee; no capital stock; incorpora-
tors, Joseph Michalski and fourteen
others.
Douglas Annex club, Superior; cap
ital, $500; incorporators, Chester
O'Neil, Fred Holder, Harry Bludsoe.
The Hansen Mailing company OF
Milwaukee filed an amendment in
creasing its capital stock from $25, 900
to 100000.
The Vermont Pleasure club, Mil
waukee; no capital; incorporators,
Anton Rosolek, Jr; Anton Rosolek,
Sr., and Frank Wiozinsk