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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-03

NO, I have thought b nj axz Rwa
loyal through a mistake. Bat yos
wouldn't betray a dead sister. yor
would save her reputation in the mind
OF the one being that remembered her
at the expense Of your own happiness.
And if there we're nothing else L could
love you for that"
And is there anything else?" asked
she who would fain be loved for Other
qualities
Everything" ne answered. rap
turously drawing her once more to his
heart.
Z knew that there would be sons
way, answered the satisfied womar
softly after a little space; love like
ours is not born to fall short Of tbs
completest happiness. Oh, how fortu
nate for me was that idle impulse that
turned me up the canon instead oil
down, for If 1t had not been for that
there would have been no meeting.
She stopped suddenly, her face
afame at the thought Of the conditions
Of that meeting; she must needs hide
her face on his shoulder.
He laughed gayly.
MY little spirit Of the fountain. my
love, my wife that is to be! Did yOu
know that your father had done me-
the honor to give me your hand. sub
ject to the condition that your hear
gres with it?"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-03
Rln Rans of British Hun.ars

The shooting in Great Britain for
1911 is over as far as grouse are con.
cerned. The heaviest one-day bag OBJ.
tanned in Scotland was that of Lord
Dalkeith and his party on the Duke
Of Buccleuch's Roanfell moor in Rox.
burghshire. when eight guns killed
1923 birds
In England the best one-day bag
was that of the Due de Luynes and
five other guns on Lord Strathmore's
Wemmergill moors in the Upper Lune.
dale district of Durham; 1889 birds
were killed during four drives in
stormy weather,
On the Duke of Devonshire's Upper
Wharfedale moore in Yorkshire 1888
birds were killed in twenty-five days,
all by driving. and there were usually
nine guns out. The best bag was OBJ
tanned on August 18th. when the King
was included in the party, and nine
guns killed 1850 birds on the Barden
and Rylstone moOrs.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-03
WOMB Never Do il New York

Russell Hastings Millward, the ex-
plorer and author, whose recent dis
coveries in Guatemala have aroused
much interest, was being quizzed the
other day by friend about life on
the IsthT.us. Millward happened to
mention the fact that in many Cen
trail American cities there was a
novel system in vogue for the collec-
ton of bills The official collectors,
clad in uniforms with brass buttons,
much scarlet and gold braid, are put
on the trail of a creditor and follow
the unlucky one day after day until
he gives up in despair and pays the
bill The friend was duly impressed.
Great beavens!" he exclaimed, think
of what havoc that would work in
New York Why Broadway would
look like an Austrian parade ground"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-03
Japanese Weddinu.

From beginning to end, curiousIy
enough, religion does not play even a
small part in a japanese wedding. No
priest appears at any stage. On the
evening of the great day, the bride,
With-a white silk covering on her head
and face, and entirely dressed in pure
White-nOt the color of joy, but of
deep mourning, for the girl is now
parting forever from her parents.
more so, indeed, than if it was death
that had taken her away, for after
death her spirit would continue to be
present in the home of her childhood.
whereas now both body and spirit are
gOpe-is carried to her new home.
There she changes her mourning for
a festal garb. A feast is celebrated
the young couple withdraw
and in the presence of only
the middleman and his wife and of
two young girls who act as servants,
they pledge each other IN very solemn
form, three times from each of three
cups. This ceremony 3 is the
essential part of the marriage ceIebra-
ton. Japan of the japanese, by Jo-
seph H. LCngfOrd
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-03
HARD TO SEE.
Even When the Facts About Coffee
are Plain.

1t is curious how people VIII refuge
10 believe what one can clearly see
Tell the average man or woman that
the slow but cumulative poisonous
effect of caffeine-the alkal0id in tea
and coffee-tends to weaken the heart,
upset the nervous system and cause
/ Indigestion. and they may laugh at
you if they don't know the facts.
Prove it by science or by practical
demonstration in the recovery Of cot
fee drinkers from the above eondi-
tons, and a large per cent of the hui
man family viii shrug their shoulders,
take some drugs and-keep on drink
ing coffee or tea.
Coffee never agreed with me nor
with several members of our house
hold" writes a lady. ct enervates.
depresses and creates a feeling Of
languor and heaviness. It was only
by leaving off coffee and using Postum
that we discovered the cause and way
out Of these ills.
''Ths only reason, 7 am sure, Why
Postum is not used altogether TO the
exclusion OF Ordinary CO-Lee IS, many
persons do not know and do not seem
willing to learn the facts and how to
prepare this nutritious beverage.
There's only one way-according to
directions boil it fully - minutes.
Then it is delicious. Name given by
Postum Co. Battle Creek, Mich. Read
the little book, THE Road to Well
vile" in pkgs. There's a reason
Ever read the above Ictfers new
one appears from time TO time. They
arc genuine, true, and fall CT human
interest. AaE.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-03
MENAGERlE A COSTLY THING
Captured Animals Cost Circus Man No
Small Penny, Though Their
Value Is Fluctuating.

I want TO take little George t.
see the animals, is v hat every father
/ says when he starts away from home
on his annual visit to the circus, and
the same bluf goes for little Gwendo-
len on Commonwealth avenue and lit
/ tie Mike" at the north end. Fond
relatives always are glad of the ex
cuse to teach the youngsters all about
/ the anImals-and see the circus them
/ selyes-but the chances are that they
/ do not appreciate the true significance
OF menagerie. To the circus Wis
itor it means strange animals and
thrills, popcorn and peanuts. To the
circus company it means something
like $4,000, says the Boston Tran
script. This figure, however, is by
no means arbitrary. for the value OF
wild beasts fuctuates remarkably. To
day the value Of a rhinoceros may be
$4,000 but let a few more rhinos be
hauled from their African lairs and
be put On the European market. and
the value per animal may drop SO
per cent.
Another thing that affects the vaIu
alton Of wild animals is the question
q to whether they are accImated or
green" The mortality rate among the
latter-animals fresh from the jungle
is exceedingly high. The wild ami
NAL that has demonstrated the fact
that 1t can live in q cage, particularly
L cage that hops, skips and jumps
ever the country with a circus, has
more than triBled his value
A fresh chimpanzee from Africa is
worth from $500 to $1,000. Let this
same chimpanzee prove by his con,
tilued existence that cage life is
not mOrtally tedious to him and i'm.
mediately his value leaps to $4,000
Another instance is the giraffe. In
spite of the fact that it is a rare
beast, its market value is only about
$1,000. The simple reason for this
is that the giraffe in captivity has
such small chance of continued ex-
Istence that the average Snowman
does not care to gamble $1,000 on it.
The elephant market huctuates
great deal The price OF a green" ele-
plant runs from $1,000 to $4,000. Get
that elephant used to captivity and his
value jumps; but train him to stand
on his head, ring bell, beat a drum
or balance himself on a rolling ball,
and Immediately his value scars. That
is why the herd of 40 elephants in one
big show is valued at more than $780,
coo. The animals bern each winter in
the menagerie Of a large circus are
worth about $4,000
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-03
SYNOPSIS.

Enid Maitland, a frank, free and IN
spoiled young Philadelphia girl, IS taken
30 the Colorado mountains ~ her uncle.
Robert Maitland James Armstrong.
His persistent #COing thrills the girl. but
she Eesitates and Armstrong goes east
On business without q definite answer
Eull hears the story OF mining engl-
Eeer, Eewbold whose wife fell of a cliff
and was 80 seriously hurt that he was
compelled t. shoot her 70 prevent her be
help. T[iTkby, the old guide who tells the
story. gives Enid package or letters
which he says were found on the oeau
W0uau's body She reads the letters and
at Kfrkbv's request keeps them While
bathing in mountain stream Enid IS at
tackled by a bear. which is uysteTlOdSIy
sh9l. storm ADDS 70 the glEIs teiLCI-
"a sudden deluge transforms brook lnlo
raging torrent which sweeps Enid into
gorge. where she is rescued by noun
tain hermit after a thrilling experience
ing Ends absence when the storm
breaks. Maitland and Old KirEby 90 In
search of the girl Enid discovers that
Her ankle Is spralne1 and that she IS un-
able to walk Her mysterious Tescuer
carries her to his camp. Enid goes TO
sleep in the strange mans bunk. Miner
cooks breakfast for Enid, after which
they go on tour OF inspection. The her
init tells Enid Of his unsuccessful attempt
10 find the Maitland campers He admits
chat he is also from Philadelphia The
hermit falls In love with Enid. The man
comes to a. realization OF his love for her
Dut naturally TN that strange solitude the
relations Of the girl and her TesCuer be
come unnatural and strained. The stTang-
Ell tells OF a wife he had who is dead,
ana says lie has sworn to ever cherish
her memory BIZ living in solitude. He and
Enid however. confess their love for
each other She learns that he is the
man who killed his wife in the mountain.
EEid discovers the writer of the letters
% EeWbOld's wife TO have been James
Armstrong. EewbOld decides to start to
the settlement for help. The man is
racIed by the belief that he is unfaithfuI
tn his Wife's memory, and Enid is tempt
ed 10 tell him Of the letters i'm her pos
session Armstrong. accompanied by
Kirkby and Robert Maitland, ind note
that keWhoid had left in the deserted
cabin and know that the girl is in his
Keeping. 7ate brings all the actors to-
Eether NeWbOld returns from hunting
game and sees a man near the hut. It
SIS James Armstrong, who has at last To-
Gated the missing girl, and he enters the
cabin Armstrong pleads his love for
Enid but she reminds him of his affec-
ton for NeWbOlds wife He grows in
sulJing and Enid orders him from her
presence NeWbold returns opportunity.
He discovers the truth about Armstrong
and would have killed him but ffOr the
interference Of kirkby and Maitland.
vino came upon the scene Tt develops
that Armstrong was engaged in plot to
separate Newbold ana his wife. He
clears the Woman's name and afJerWard
ends his own sife.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-03
Power OF the Mind

Some people give W all mental eff
fort as soon as they get sick or af-
flicted but there are some minds that
no pain or suffering can subdue. The
most powerful warship afoat, which
was launched in the Thames in Eng
land last February, was built by a
man who can neither sit nor walk
The most famous of our racing yacht
designers is blind, but he could build
a boat that was good enough to de-
fend the America cup year after year
The head of the Thames Iron
Works company that built the Thur
derer is a victim of chronic rheuma-
tism and passes his days lying on
trundle bed upon which he is wheel
ed all over the immense works and
oversees everything that is going for
ward. He knows every foreman in
the shops and has the design of ev-
cry piece Of machinery by heart, and
they point to him as q wonderful eX-
ample of the truth of the old adage.
1.-The eye of a master can do more
work than a thousand hands"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-03
CHAPTER XIV Continued.

DO you by any chance belong to the
Maryland NeWbolds, sir?'
Yes. they are distantly related to
a most excellent family OF the same
name in Philadelphia, I believe"
q have always understood that to
be the truth"
'Ah, q very satisfactory connection
indeed" said Stephen Maitland with
no little satisfaction. Proceed, sir"
There is nothing much else to say
about myself, except that I love your
daughter and with your permission /
want her for my wife"
Mr. Maitland had thought long and
seriously over the state of affairs. He
had proposed in his desperation to
give her hand to Armstrong if he
found her 1t had been impossible to
keep. secret the story of her adven-
ture, her rescue and the death of Arm
strong. It was natural and inevitable
that gossip should have busted itself
with her name 1t would therefore
have been somewhat difficult for Mr..
Maitland to have withheld his consent
to her marriage to almost any repu-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-03

/ clear eyed, vigorous man who was at
/ present suing for his daughters hand
/ NewboId had shaved off his beard and
had cropped close his mustache; he
was dressed in the habits Of civiliza
/ ton and he was almost metam.
orphosed His shyness wore away as
he talked and his inherited ease Of
manner and his birthrigbt Of good
breeding came back to him and sat
easily upon him.
Under the circumstances the very
best thing that could happen would
be marriage between the two. in
deed to be quite honest, Mr.. Stephen
. Maitland would have felt that perhaps
under any. circumstances his daughter
could do no better than commit her.
self to man like this.
Il shall never attempt" he said at
last, ito cOnstran my daughter.
think have learned something by my
touch with this life here; perhaps we
Of Philadelphia need a little broaden
ing in airs more free. | am sure that
she would never give her hand with
out her heart, and therefore. she must
decide this matter herself From her
own lips you shall have your answer. "
But you. sir; 1 confess that should
feel easier and happier if | had your
sanction and approval"
Steve" said Mr.. Robert Maitland,
as the other hesitated, not because he
intended TO refuse, but because he was
LOath to say the word that 50 far as
he was concerned would give his
daughter into another mans keeping.
i think you can trust Newbold; there
are men who knew him years ago;
there is abundant evidence and testi-
mony as to his qualities, I vouch for
him"
Robert" answered his brother, Il
need no such testimony; the way in
which he saved Enid, the way he com
ported himself during that period OF
isolation with her, his present bearing
in short, sir, if a father is ever glad
to give away his daughter, might
say I should be glad to entrust her to
you. I believe you to be a man Of
honor and a gentleman; your family is
almost as old as my own; as for the
disparity in our fortunes, 1 can easily
remedy that"
NeWbOId smiled at Ends father, but
it was a pleasant smiles albeit with
a trace of mockery and trace of tri-
umph in it.
Mr.. Maitland, I am more grateful
to you than l can say for your con-
sent and approval which l ,laI do
my best to merit I think I may claim
to have won your daughters heart; to
have added to that your sanction COM
pletes my happiness. AS for the dis
parity in our fortunes, while your gen
crosby touches me profoundly, hard
ly think that you need be under any IN
easiness as to our material welfare"
What do you mean?"
81 am a mining engineer, sir; I didn't
live five years alone in the mountains
of Colorado for nothing"
Pray, explain yourself sir"
Did you find gold in the hins?"
asked Robert Maitland, quicker to IN
derstand.
The richest veins on the continent"
answered Newbold
And nobody knows anything about
it?"
Not a soul
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-03
You took that first, answered

you took that first" answered
woman looking up at him again.
There was a knock on the do,
Without waiting for permission it W
opened; this time three men entere
for old Kirkby had joined tie group.
The blushing Enid made an impulsive
movement to tear herself away from
NewbOld's arms, but he shamefully
held her close The three men looked
at the two lovers solemnIy for a mo-
ment and then broke into laughter It
was Kirkby who spoke first
I hear as how you found gold in
them mountains, Mr. Newbold"
Il found something far more valua-
Bile than all the gold in Colorado in
these MOUNTAINS" answered the 9th
er.
And what was that?" asked the old
frontiersman. curiously and innocentIy
This" answered Newbold as hi
kissed the girl again.
(THE END)
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-03
Swift Turtle.

July is the month when the turtles
some out of the sea and lay their
eggs in the hot sand Of the Florida
keys.
A turtle will accomplish this task in
half an hour. She viii emerge from
the blue water, crawl up the beach,
well out of reach Of tide, dig a trench
four feet long and a foo. deep with
her fippers, make in the middle Of
the trench a deep cylindrical hole, and.
laying in this hole about one hundred
eggs, she viii ill up both hole and
trench again and crawl back 70 the
water,
If the hen could equal this celebrity
there would be more money iD chick,
ems. than in STANDARD Oil
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-03
Like z LAWYER.

DR.. Cyrus Cutler, the well known
Springfield surgeon, is a member of the
Colonial club, an institution that fines
its members for talking shop, relates
the New York Tribune
Dr. Cutler, getting ont OF his motor
car, entered the Colonial club the 9TH
er day for luncheon, and. advancing
into the restaurant, said to a lawyer
as he took of his goggles:
Wen, old man, how are your"
The lawyer got DR.. Cutler fined then
and there for talking shop.
The next day when he arrived at the
club again for luncheon, the surgeon.
angeTed at what had happened, cut the
lawyer. The latter then had him fined
once more.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-03
Nothing More to Live For.

Without question, the Scots curleP
Of whom Lord Lyveden tells in Fry'g
Magazine, placed the proper value On
his sport
During a recent curling-macCh IN
Switzerland, the skip of one of the
teams, who happened to be a Scots
man, was so delighted with the accu-
rate shot of one of his team, that he
was heard to address him in the fol
lowing manner: Lie down and dee,
mon; lie down and dee. Yen never
lay finer stane nor that if ye live to
be a hundred"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-03
SWeepina Statement.

"Scriblets is going to quit being
press hUmorist''
Did he tell you that?"
mo, but he said he was not going To
write any more jokes about mothers
n-law, bald-headed men, women's
hats, intoxicated husbands and family
fights"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-03

taa}a man who had been thrown so in
timstely with her, but when the man
was 50 uneNceptionably born and bred
As Newbold, what had appeared as a
more or less disagreeable duty, almost
an imperative imposition. became >
pleasure!
Nr. Maitland was no bad judge Of
men when his prejudices were not
rampant. and he looked with much sat
5sfacdon on the fine, clean iimbed,
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Natives Eat Earth in West Africa.
Natives CT West Africa. in French
sudan. practice "geophggy." Although
the practice IS common n many parts
OF the world, this particular case is re
markable for the systematic way in
which the dirt is collected, and for the
fact that it occurs in a well cultivated
region, where food is abundant. The
earth consumed is a clay which is
found intevcaIated among the grits Of
the region in beds Of various thick
ness. The deeper layers are preferred.
and for this season the natives s<G
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-03
two older men went out leaving New

two older men went out leaving New
bold alone.
But don't quite understand" quer-
led Mr.. Stephan Maitland.
He heard a soft step on the stair
in the hall without; the gentle swish
of a dress as somebody descended
from the floor above. A vision ap-
peared in the doorway. Without a
movement in opposition, without a
word of remonstrance, without thTob
of hesitation on her part, he took her
in his arms From the drawing-room
opposite, Mr.. Robert Maitland softly
tiptoed across the hall and closed the
library door, neither of the lovers be
ing aware Of his action.
Often and often they had longed for
each other on the opposite side of a
door, and now at last the woman was
in the mans arms and no door rose
between them, no barrier kept them
apart any longer There was no obli-
cation Of loyalty or honor, real or i'm
agined, to separate them now. They
had drunk deep Of the chalice of cour-
very bottom they had shown each
other that though love was the great
est Of passions, honor and loyalty were
the most powerful Of forces, and now
they reaped the reward of their abne-
cation and devotion.
At last the woman gave herself up
to him in complete and entire aban-
dOnment without fear and without re-
prOach and at last the man took what
was his own without the shadow of
a reservation She shrank from no
pressure of his arms, she turned her
They two had proved their right to
surrender by their ability to conquer.
Speech was hardly necessary be-
tween them, and it was not for a long
time that coherent words came. Little
murmurs of endearment, little pas
sionat5 whispers of a beloved name
these were enough then.
When he could find strength to deny
himself a little and to hold her at
arms length and look at her, he found
her paler, thinner and more delicate
than when he had seen her in the
mountains. She had on some witching
creation of pale blue and silver; he
didn't know what it was; he didn't
care-it made her only more like an
angel to him than ever. She found
him, too. greatly changed and highly
approved the alterations in his ap-
pearance.
why. Will" she said at last, 81
never realized what a handsome man
you were.
He laughed at her,
q always knew you were the most
beautiful woman on earth"
.Oh. yes. doubtless when I was the
only one"
And if there were millions you
would still be the only one But it
isn't for your beauty alone that love
YOU. You knew all the time that my
fight against loving you was based up
on a misiEterpretation, a mistake; you
didn't tell me because you were
thoughtful of a poor woman"
should I have toId your
100000 -OJo-~~00~-o---~o~-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-03
Value Of Farm Products.

In 1S97-after Democratic rule
the value Of all farm products in the
United States was four and one-half
billion dollars. In 1912 ESTIMATED by
q. S. department Of agriculture) this
value has reached the enormous total
of about eight and half billion dol
lars.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-03

galleries. which are so. crudeIv con
structed that falls Of earth frequently
occur, sometimes with fatal results.
When an unlucly miner is thus buried
no attempt is made to rescue him. as
it IS believed that the divinities of
the mines require an annual victim. L
is stated that individuals not infre-
Quently consume seven and q half
pounds Of clay daily.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-03
A ParadoxicaI Ballot.

Il should think the women voting
in the new suffrage states would
strike one obstacle"
What is that?"
How can the matrons of a party
cast their maiden vote?"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-03
TaIkinu Shop.

Hewitt see that when our writer
friend was married nobody was al.
lowed to kiss the bride.
JeWett-How was that?
Hewitt-At the wedding reception
he put up a card reading All rights
reserved