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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-02-13
A DIFFERENCE.
II Paid This Man to Change Food.

What is called good living eventu-
ally brought me to condition quite
the reverse Of good health writes
N. Y. merchant.
Improper eating told on me till my
stomach became SO weak that food
nauseated me, even the lightest and
simplest lunch, and was much de-
pressed after night of uneasy slum-
Der, uniting me for business.
This condition was discouraging,
as l could find no way to improve it.
Then / saw the advertisement of
Grape-Nuts food, and decided to try
It, and became delighted with the re-
suit.
For the past three years 1 have
used Grape-Nuts and nothing else for
my breakfast and for lunch before re-
firing. 1t speedily set my stomach right
and congratulate myself that l have
regained my health. There is no great
er comfort for tired man than q
lunch Of Grape-Nuts. 1t insures restful
sleep, and an awakening In the morn
Ing with feeling Of buoyant courage
and hopefulness.
Grape-Nuts has been boon to my
whole family. It has made Of our q
year-cld boy, who used to be unable
to digest much of anything, a robust,
healthy, little rascal weighing 80
pounds. Mankind certainly owes a
debt Of gratitude to the expert who
invented this perfect food.'' Name
given by Postum Co. Battle Creek.
Mich. There's a reason"
Ever read the above letter. A new
enc onDeer1 from time to time. Tbey.
eee 9enua1e. true, and fun 04 huMa1
aAtegeets Adv.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-02-13

! . -
made his stage carpentr use real water fo,
the storm scene m die Walkure" But
the madness of Mark Twain.s king was
ncs shown in the rain which deluged Lear
o. TIE stage 20 much as in the fact that
the king would not let anyone attend the
play but himself. Even the most luxuri-
GUS OF our millionaires have never thought
OF buying a private performance of Iris
tan Tor an audience of one person Such
performance would surely be taken as
sign OF eccentricity on the part Of the
solitary auditor. It goes without saying
that anyone who wants to enjoy a very
beautiful thing and to keep 1t exclusively
to himself, whether It be an opera, or e
picture. or wonderful landscape. must
be stark staring mad. There s. no i1appi-
ness 70 be got out Of enjoying the good
things Of life in solitary grandeur: and the
man who tries deliberately TO set l1appl-
ness In that way must sooner or later be
locked up IN q lunat1c asylum.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-02-13
Are You Subject
to CO1lStipn fiO1l
Here is a Simple Wdyof Cor
rectilg it Instantly Before
IL Becomes Chronic.

Very few people 60 through life
without some time or other being
troubled with constipation. Thousands
injure themselves by the use of
strong cathartics, salt mineral wa
tiers, pills and similar things. They
have temporary value in some cases,
it is true, but the good effect is soon
lost, and the more one takes of them
the less effective they become.
A physic or purgative is seldom
necessary, and much better and more
permanent results can be obtained
by using a scientific remedy like DR..
Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. 1t does not
hide behind high sounding name,
but is what it is represented to be.
a mild laxative medicine. 1t is SO
mild that thousands of mothers give
it to tiny infants, and yet 1t Is 80 COM
pounded, and contains such definite
ingredients that 1t will have equally
good effect when used by a person
suffering from the worst chronic con-
stipation. In fact, among the great
est endorsers of Syrup Pepsin are
elderly people who have suffered for
years and found nothing to benefit
them until they took Syrup Pepsin
1t is a fact that millions OF families
have Syrup Pepsin constantly in the
house, homes like those Of Mrs. G. B.
Pruitt, Berea, KY, who used DIR. Cald-
wells Syrup Peps'n as laxative
tonic. Mrs. Pruitt writes that 1t SO
strengthened and cleansed her system
that she was quickly relieved of a Sc
we're cough which had troubled her
for months. The special value of this
grand laxative tonic is that it is suit
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-02-13
THERE IS NO HAPPINESS
IN SOLITARY GRANDEUR
: $50. -. --.--..- = =,
From the Metropolitan Magazine.

From the MotTopoHtan Magazine.
Somewhere in "a Tramp Abroad" Mark
Twain describes performance Of King
Lear before the ruler OF one OF the Ger
man Kingdoms. The auditorium was
empty save for the presence Of the royal
playgoer. When the time for the storm
came the real water, which was used to
represent the rain, so pleased the king
that he called for more rain and more
rain until the unhappy performers were
drenched to the skis. Needless to say the
king was mad The story was moro or
less true. 1t had for basis the history
Of the Bavarian King. who Is still alive
bat kept in seclusion. This mad king was
lover Of grand opera and used to have
Wagner's works staged for himself alone:
though we have no knowledge that he
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-02-13
Knew Ii All.

An old but sturdy Irishman, who
had made reputation as gang
boss was given a job with railroad
construction company at Port-au.
prince, Haiti. One day, when the sun
was hotter than usual, his gang OF
black Haitians began to shirk, and az
the chief engineer rode up on his
horse the Irishman was heard to
shout:
"Allez-you sons of guns-allez!"
Then turning to the engineer, he
said: II curse the day liver learned
their language"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-02-13
Occasional Visitor.

A notable housekeeper Of the past
generation, before the days of screens.
had just announced with decision that
she never had any flies.
But, Aunt Augusta" faltered the
timid visitor. ''it seems to me that !
saw a few in the dining-room.'
"Oh. those" replied her aunt, with
a majestic wave of the hand. were the
neighbors' flies. They will come in
occasionally. But was saying, we
never have any Of our own" Youths
Companion.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-02-13
WOMAN SICK
FOURTEEN YEARS
Restored to Health by Lydia
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
EIkhart, Ind. -" suffered for four.
teen years from organic inflammation.

I ema ale weakness,
pain and irregulari-
ties. The pains in
my sides were in
creased by walking
or standing on my
feet and l had such
awful bearing down
feelings, W as de-
pressed in spirits
and became thin and
pale with dull, heavy
nvea hnd civ Ioc-
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-02-13
As to the Wedding carb.

Colonel Watterson occasionally
turns his attention from dressing
down candidates to dressing up inquir.
ing correspondents. Listen to this ad-
vice from the Louisville Courier-Jour-
nal:
There are two reasons for being
married in dress suit, young man.
It's fashionable and it's your last
chance to get dress suit
This can be considered good advice,
founded on observation and expert
ence, even if it is a little pessimistic.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-02-13
Too Much for Him.

The elevator passed the homely
mans floor.
Here, boy" he cried, "let me out on
the sixth. thought you knew that
was my floor"
Excuse me, sah,' returned the boy.
stopping the elevator and returning
to the sixth floor. Il ought to know
your face, sab, but de trouble is have
to remember SO many OBJ EN-, an
you's am SO complicated, sab"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-02-13
Sure.

DO you think that we should
have more elastic currency?" asked
the Old Fogy.
It's elastic enough" replied the
Crouch. why don't they make it
more adhesive?"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-02-13

Art may be long, but it's different
with most artists.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-02-13

Agreeing With Her.
I was fool when married you!"
Yes, and you married fool!"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-02-13

When you have lawsuit to lose
you can afford to hire cheap law
yer.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-02-13
Too hasty.

Too Hasty
"Diggs can dash off epigrams with
out moments thought
That's just the way they sound"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-02-13
evening Matters . 3.

Mrs. Marsh took a bite Of the cake.
and laid 1t down hastily
"Norah,' she said, did you follow
the receipt, or do as you usually do
and guess?"
Sure, mum. followed the receipt
only put in six eggs instead Of four.
because two was bad, and wanted
to even em up. Youths Companian-
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-02-13

important 70 Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle Of
CASTORIA. a safe and sure remedy for
Infants and children, and see that it
s,s essss ss Of QsfAzzzzW
In Use For Over 80 Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria
Platonic love is a good deal like
a gun that you didn't know was
loaded
Only Ono "BROMO QUININE"
That is LAXATIVE BROM0 .QUlNINE Look
for the signature OF ID. W. GROVE. Cures q Colo
in One Day, Cures Grip in Two Days &c.
Stealing away from bad company is
justifiable larceny.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-02-13

The love OF money is the easiest
of all roots to cultivate.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-02-13

DIR. Picrces Pleasant Pellets first put M
40 years ago. They regulate and inyigOrate
stomach, liver and bowels. Sugar coated
tiny grgnules. Adv
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-02-13

The best cure for klepton1ania mag
be the arrest cure.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-02-13

Its Kind.
This head work Of yours IS some
thing of tax. isn't 1t r.
Yes; something Of a poll-tax.
The Arvada enterprise., 1913-01-09
FOUND WORKS OF STEVENSON
Writer Unearthed In Samoa and
Hawaii, by an Admirer.

1t Is learned that a number of new
and relatively important manuscripts
of Robert Louis Stevenson have been
discovered in Samoa and in Honolulu
by an ardent admircr Of the great
novelist. who had been for some time
in both Hawaii and Samoa seeking
such writings of the famous Scotsman
as might possibly be found in the pos
session of some of the many friends
of Stevenson curing his years in the
Pacific.
The result of this research has been
the finding of an essay, said to be
highly poctical in character. written
by the novelist after witnessing vol.
cano in action, supposedly either the
famous crater of Savaii or the pit of
Kilauea in Hawaii; piece of fiction
dealing with South Sea life, and y
number OF smaller verse compost
tions.
Still another manuscript, blanl
verse relation of n well-knowu legenc
Of Maui, of considerable length, bu
unfinished has also come to light, ant
the enthusiastic admirer of Stevenson
feels highly rewarded for his montl
Of effort
The Arvada enterprise., 1913-01-09
CHAPTER II.
Our First Clue.

Louise and sat at dinner together.
Isn't 1t strange in this world OF
ours how the commonplace follows on
the terrible, how the usual and the un-
usual intermingle, how the clock ticks
on when the whole universe seems to
be tumbling about our heads, In one
of the rooms upstairs lay Katharine
still unconscious, with a doctor and a
nurse constantly at her side. The bull
let had been removed, and while It
had penetrated the brain some slight
distance. Doctor Wilcox said there was
Just chance-the barest chance-that
she might recover 1t might, however
be hours, he explained, before she re-
gained cOnsclousness-if she ever did
In another Of the rooms lay General
Parrish, more dead than alive. Paraly.
sis had deadened his limbs and tied
his tongue. Only his eyes seemed
alert Most OF the time since the
stroke had felled him he had been
slumbering heavily.
While the hustle Of caring for the
two stricken ones lasted there was
little time for thought, and was glad
for the activity that kept Louise's
mind distracted. Just at the moment
when 1t seemed that everything mad
been done and there was nothing left
but the anxious waiiing-waltlng fol
the worst-the butler had tiptoed in to
summon US TO dinner. Brayely, at
first, Louise and | made pretense Of
eating. each trying to encourage the
other, but the unforgetable events Of
the afternoon, the missing faces at the
table and the sorrow that filed us 10th
made food impossible. Drawing our
chairs together, we discussed In whls.
pers the battling mystery OF Kath.
arine's attempted suicide and her IA.
theirs strange terror.
On the table before us lay the scrap
OF yellow paper. the sight Of which
had SO agitated General Parrish. AS
soon as he had been carried into his
The Arvada enterprise., 1913-01-09

by various forms of treatment they
have found complete relief by the
use of Peruna. These testimonials
have come to me unrequested. unso-
licited. unrewardcd In any way, di.
rectly or indirectly. They have sim
ply been CLEANED from my private cor
respondence with patients that have
been more or less under my treatment
or taking my remedies.
No remedy. official or unofficial. has
n greater accredited basis for the
claims we make for it than Peruna AZ
a remedy for catarrh.
| have never been opposed at any
time to the regulations offered by the
Pure Food and Drugs Act. | am not
now opposed to its provisions. but
am opposed to the proposed amend.
ments to give to n partisan board OF
physicians the unqualified authority to
decide as TO all therapeutic claims
which may be made for a proprietary
medicine. 1t is manifestly unjust to
The Arvada enterprise., 1913-01-09
ASK YOUR DRUG
GIST FOR FREE Pc
RUNA ALMANAC
FOR 1913.
BLAME PLACED ON PHYSICIANS
Growth OF Drug Habit In United States
Alleged to Be Due to Opiatcs
Ordered In Prescriptions.

That 30 per cent OF all the cocaine
and morphine manufactured In this
country Is used by persons who have
formed the drug habit through physi.
clans prescriptions is the startling
statement made by DR.. l.. +. Keblcr.
Chief of the Division of Drugs. Depart.
ment of Agriculture This statement.
concerning the appalling growth OF
drug addiction in the United States.
was made by DIR. Kcblor in an address
at Washington, before the American
Society for the Study of Alcohol and
Narcotics.
DIR. Keblor Is quoted by Washington
papers as having declared that drug
using had increased 100 per cent. in
the last 40 years. and that American
medical men were not discriminating
enough In their use of opiatcs. Their
overindulgcnce to their patients. he
said, Ia creating thousands OF drug
users every year.
1T Ia n very sad thing to say .hat
our physicians nre doing the greatest
work in promoting the use OF codaine
and morphine" said the doctor. state
laws are not saving the public from
the grip of the drug habit, and the
American public Is sinking tighter
and tighter into the black abyss OF
tho morphine and cocaine ilcnd.
"Thc worst of It IL that the impor-
tation OF opium into the country is
becoming larger and larger year by
year. | have heard 1t said on reliable
authority that 80 per cent. OF the co.
caine and morphine manufactured In
this country is used by persons who
have formed the habit through doc
tors' prescriptions"
Almost simultaneously with DR., Kcb,
ler's address. Or. J, A. Patterson, at
Grand Rapids. Michigan, in n public
statement said that 10 out OF every 20
patients who come to an institution
with which he IL connected for trent
mcnt for the drug habit owe their
downfall to physicians prescriptions.
The Arvada enterprise., 1913-01-09
Those Peruna Testimonials
How Are They Obtained?

refer such questions to n body OF men
who are already convinced of tho
worthlessness of proprietary mcdi-
Cines. To give such body of men
the unlimited authority TO decide
whether our claims for Pcruna are
valid or not is n manifest violation of
my constitutional rights,
My claims are based both on cred
table theoretical grounds and upon
irrefutablc statistics But ! am quite
willing to have our claims as to tho
composition of Peruna properly and
thoroughly Investigated, and IL found
to be false n proper penalty should
be fixed. Or IL | am making any
statements concerning disease. as to
the nature. symptoms or danger OF
any disease, II | am making any such
statements ms to unnecessarily fright
en- the people by false assumptions,
am willing to submit to any unbiased
tribunal or investigation.
Mrs Alice Boyle. 500 Clinton St.
Circlcville. Ohio, writes: Il want to
inform you what Poruna has done
for me. | have been afflicted with ca
tarrh for several years. | have tried
different medicines and none seemed
to do me any good until | used Pc
runa. | have taken six bottles and
can praise it very highly for the good
It has done me. ! also find 1t OF great
benefit to my children"
Poruna Is for sale at all drug stores.
The Arvada enterprise., 1913-01-09
SKIN ERUPTION ON CHEEK

Kingsley. Mlch.-"Last May my
thirtcen-months-old baby had n sore
ecme on her cheek. 1t started in four
or five small pimplcs and in two or
three hours time spread to the size Of
a silver dollar. 1t spread to her eye.
pies and wherever that touched 1t caus.
ed moro sores until nearly all one
cheek and up her nostrils were ono
solid sore. She was very fretful She
certainly was terrible looking child.
and nothing seemed to be OF any use.
Then | got some Cuticura Soap and
Cuticura Ointment. She tried to rub
OFF everything we put on so that we
would sit and hold her hands for two
hours Mt time trying to give the
medicine chance to help her, but
after ! washed IT. with Cuticura Soap
and then put on the Cutlcura Oint.
ment they seemed to sootho her and
she did not try TO rub them on. II
was only few days before her face
was all healed up and there has been
no return of the trouble since We
thought that babys face would surely
be SCARED, but 1t is not" tSIgncd)
Mrs, w. J. Cleland, Jan. 3. 1912
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout tho world Sample of each
free. with 32p. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura. Dept. H. Boston" :"
Adv
The Arvada enterprise., 1913-01-09

| in some way CranGall Wits . ., j
Ny theory would not account for hi.
connection with the case and at once
abandoned It, listening lu,Cutly To one
Louise advanced
There must have been some con
nection between his having telephoned
her and what she did this afternoon
Before she shot herself she burned
this letter. or most of It, Father must
have known about tho letter. so l am
certain that It concerned Crandall."
Has Crandall n sister,
81 do not know" said Louise 7
know nothing about his family. It
seems strange. too, when for months
and months We saw so much OF him.
do not recollect his ever having men
toned any OF his relatives"
My brain recorded victory for
woman's intuition over mans logic.
Her theory seemed infinitely better
than mine. After all It was absurd to
suspect a skeleton in the life of man
like General Parrish. who had been
constantly under public scrutiny for
many years. 1t was much more prob
able that the letter referred TO some
incident in the life OF Crandail. some
thing so discreditablc that the general
had been forced to forbid Katharine
having anything to do with him. This
theory would account for the quarrel
between father and daughter, for Gran
dall's rotiCenCo about his family. for
Katharines distress. and naturally
the sight OF the letter that had caused
all the trouble would upset the gen.
eral. began to see a plan for action.
Louise, dear" How quickly ad-
verslty strips on conventionality and
puts us where our hearts would have
us! Louise. dear" | said. 1T will
probably be days before either your
father or Katherine will be able to
edge that everything has been cleared
up. that the speCter has been driven
away, undoubtedly would hasten tho
recovery OF both. SO l feel that We
must go ahead"
"Oh, Harding" sho breathed Her
comfort you are to me! What would
| have done this afternoon without
you! You're right, dear, We must solve
this awful mystery at once. We must"
The first thing for me to do" |
went on. is to find Hugh Crandall.
He can probably tell us all about this
letter. Even If he cant he can say
why lie telephoned Katharine and
where she went this afternoon. When
we have learned this much we shall
at least have made a good start. The
next thing will be to trace the letter.
If Crandall does not know about 1t. we
will try 10 learn from whom 1t came. :
That's impossible" objected Lou
ise Haven't we looked everywhere .
in Katharine's room for the envelope
in which it came. | am positive that
she burned If. Without the envelope
you can never discover where 1t was
mailed or to whom 1t was addressed"
I'm not so sure abo"s that The
| post Office has wonderful ways OF
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MM5zz7zEiWW X&a1neJ

soul out OF him | have seen kath-
arine's life. too. blighted by its con-
slant presence. Whether Katharine
lives or whether she dies. | must find
out what 1t is l must, before 1t kills
you?"
There have been strange wooings
and strange betrothals in loves his
tory, but never before has any man
been brought to a fuller realization Of
the depth OF woman's affection for
him or her confidence and trust in him
than l was at this moment when Lou
ise put this question to me. My arms
went about her and my lips met hers
in one long kis, that was pledge-a
pledge that henceforth my life. my
heart, my mind. my powers. my every
thing were hers. All my abilities would
be devoted to clearing this mystery
that was stealing the Joy from her
years, when they should be the pleas
ATTEST. But this was no time sor love
dalliance. The mystery must be
; solved. Suicides generally left letters.
Perhaps
Hand In hand, Louise and I went
into Katharines apartments, where
the rooms disorder still told OF the
| tragedy so recently enacted there. In
one corner stood little open desk.
It's contents bore evidence of 4 recent
careful sorting that limited very plain
| ly of premeditation. but there was no
note or letter there. l looked next on
the mantelpieCe, hoping to find among
the photographs and cotill!on favors
that Uttered it some clue which might
solvt the mystery, but there was moth.
ing there. either.
My eye fell to the CRATE below,
where a fire burned cheerily. Here
again was evidence of premeditation
charred corner of a photograph a
blackened bit of paper that had fallen
through the CRATE before it burned
caught my glance and I stopped to
pick 1t up. 1t was just scrap of yel-
low. torn from folded letter, with its
edges burned to fragileness. Careful
ly Louise and | unfolded It, for 1t
| Stti.itu INC Olly liiHS III all me room
that might yield some explanation. AS
we pored over the meaningless frag-
ments of sentences, an exclamation of
horror came from the doorway. Look.
ing up we saw the tall form OF General
Parrish tottering on the sill
Clad in dressing jacket, his white
hair in wild disorder. he pointed with
accusing finger at the yellow scrap of
paper in my hand. Never in mortal
face have | seen such terror as | saw
in his. His eyes, dilated. seemed bulg,
ing from their sockets. His counte,
nance was white as chalk. His Jaw
had dropped in the paralysis Of terror
From his throat came horrible numb
lings, as he tried to speak and could
not.
Louise and | sprang to his side, but
with almost maniacal strength he
shook us Off and. with finger still
pointing to the yellow scrap had let
fall to the floor. he managed to gasp:
That yellow letter. Where did"
Before he could finish the sentence
he fell stricken to the floor, his voice
choking, his eyes glazing, paralyzed by
some hidden terror-we knew not
what.