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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-02-06

come the rebels against authority, the
slaves of alcohol and narcotics, like
that poor devil in there. They can
not help themselves. It's the fault Of
their parents, it's the shape of their
heads, it's the diseased condition Of
their nerves. It's our fault for not TAX
ing the same care in breeding the hui
man race that we would in breeding
horses or dogs"
''Oh, bosh," said l. q ask you how
you account for the hypodermic sy-
ringe I'm Cranda1l's rooms and l get
sermon"
Lawyer though you are" retorted
Davis, +I'm afraid that you are weak
in logic Having decided that Gran
dali had no criminal connection with
the case, what then? l set up the
theory that his connection was exact
~ the same as your own. You were
in love with Louise and were deter
mined to trace the hidden danger that
was threatening her father. He was
in love with Katharine and was try
ing to do the same thing. In fact, he
had several weeks the start of you.
Every one of his actions which you
regarded as so suspicious and damna-
tory was perfectly applicable on this
theory"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-02-06

long, long time been living in daily
dread that the anonymous writer OF
these letters might at any moment
carry out his threats and expose him
to public shame, and disgrace him in
the eyes of his beloved daughters"
But how did you learn all this?"
asked.
Young boosted to Crandall about
the weekly letters. So sure did he
feel that General Parrish would not
dare openly to prosecute him that with
fiendish malignity he took delight IN
retailing to Crandall the dread-insplc-
ing phrases he had employed and in
dilating on the terror they undoubted-
~ were causing the general. 1t is
small wonder that the sight of you
and Louise examining the scrap of one
Of the yellow letters, coming as it did
right on top of Katharine's desperate
act, brought on a stroke of paralysis.
Poor old man." | said, how he
must have suffered"
Far more than We can imagine"
said Davis Il do not think any one
but a ha1f-crazed drug fiend, either,
could have conceived such refinement
of torture as of always using the same
peculiar yellow stationery
(TO BE CONTINUED
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-02-06

open fireplace, seemed wrapped in
thought and did not even look up when
| entered
Nevertheless, seated myself on the
floor beside him and, placing my hand
on his shoulder, | said once more:
And now I want to know all about
it,
Shut up he said, savagely shaking
off my hand. Cant you see l want to
Think"
Rebuffed and amazed by his rude
ness, | sprang to my feet, only to get
new surprise as, In tones as courte-
Gus as his others had been rude. he
said: IF Were you, Harding, I'd fol-
low the constable's example and try to
get some sleep. You and I have
hard day ahead of us tomorrow"
Seeing that he was in no mood to be
questioned, l smothered back the many
things | wanted to ask him and
stretched myself on the floor, not to
sleep, but to ponder. AS | reviewed
the amazing events of today, of yester-
day, of the day before, 1t seemed as
if ages and ages-grim, mystifying,
terrifying ages-had passed since that
hour when | left nay office light-heart-
ed to call on Louise Parrish.
And the morning-the inspector had
said-was to bring a hard day for both
of u.s.
What new terror could tomorrow
hold?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-02-06
The Young Brides First Discovery.

Their wedding tour had ended, and they
entered their new home to settle down to
what they hoped to be one long uninter-
rupted elfssful honeymoon.
But alas! the young brides troubles
soon began, when she tried to reduce the
cost of living with cheap big can baking
powders
She soon discovered that all she got was
a lot for her money, and it was not all
baking powder, for the bulk of it was
cheap materials which had no leavening
power. Such powders will not make light
wholesome food And because of the alb
sence of leavening gas, ii requires from
two to three times as much to raise cakes
or biscuits as it does OF Calumet Baking
Powder.
Thus. eventually, the actual cost to
You Of cheap baking powders is more
than Calumet would be.
cheap baking powders often leave the
bread bleached and acid sometimes yell
low and alkaline, and often unpalatable
They are not always of uniform strength
and quality.
Now the bride buys Calumet-the per-
fectly wholesome baking powder, moder-
ate in price, and always uniform and re-
liable. Calumet keeps indefinitely. makes
good cooking easy, and is certainly the
most economical after all Received
Highest Awards: Worlds Pure Food Elk
position. Chicago. ILL.,; Paris Exposition.
France, March. 19l2.-Ady.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-02-06
TEMPERATE Humanity,

The driver of a brewery wagon
stopped at a restaurant where he de
livered beer and prepared to water
his horses. He had filled a pail from
the sfyeet hyc4ant and was about to
offerEt to the near horse when the
command Put that down" caused
him to drop the bucket with a splash.
Then a woman plunged a thermome-
ter into the water
Too cold by several degrees" she
said. Get a pail of hot water from
the restaurant"
The driver mumbled What for?"
but he was awed by the womans
commanding manenr and he fetched
the hot water as directed
Now" she said, pour some of
that cold water out and pour hot wa
ter into the pail until it registers
about 81 degrees. Then water your
horses. 1t is cruel to make a horse
drink water colder than that, and er-
cry member of the S. P c. A. that
have any influence with is going TO
keep an eye on you drivers and see
that you temper the water you give
to your horses"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-02-06
COFFEE THRESHEp HER.
IS Long Years.

For over fifteen years." writes a
patient, hopeful little Ills. woman,
while a coffee drinker, suffered from
Spinal Irritation and Nervous trouble.
i was treated by good physicians, but
did not get much relief
II never suspected that coffee might
be aggravating by condition. (Tea is
just as injurious, because it contains
caffeine, the same drug found in cot
fee,) I was down-hearted and dis
couraged. but prayed daily that l
might find something to help me.
Several years ago, while at :
friends house l drank cup of Po->-
UNI and though l had never tasted
anything more delicious.
From that time on l used Postum
instead of coffee and soon began to
walk half a dozen blocks or more with
ease, and do many other things that |
never thought I would be able TO do
again in this world.
My appetite is good, I sleep well
and find life is worth living. A lady
of my acquaintance said she did not
like Postum, it was so weak and taste
less
I explained to her the difference
when it is made right-boiled accord
ing to directions. She was glad to
know this because coffee did not agree
with her. Now her folks say they
expect to use Postum the rest of their
lives" Name given upon request.
Read the little book, 1.-The Road to
Wellville, in pkgs. There's Rea-
SON."
Postum now comes in concentrated,
powder form, called Instant Postum
1t is prepared by stirring a level tea
spoonful in cup of hot water, adding
sugar to taste, and enough cream to
bring the color to golden brown.
Instant Postum is convenient;
there's no waste; and the favour is al
ways uniform. Sold by grocers-45 to
5a-cup tin 80 cts, 90 to 100-cup tin
so cts.
A Soup trial tin mailed for grocer's
name and 2-cent stamp for postage.
Postum Cereal Co., Ltd, Battle Creek,
Mich.-AdY.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-02-06
SYNOPSIS

Harding Kent calls on Louise Parrish to
propose marriage and finds the house in
great excitement over the attempted sui
eide of her sister Katharine Kent starts
ar investigation and finds that Hugh
Crandall. sutton for Katharine. who had
been forbidden the house by General Far
rlsh, had talked with Katharine over the
telephone just before she shot herself.
at sight of which General Parrish is
stricken with paralysis. Kent discovers
that Crandal has left town hurriedly.
Andrew Elser. an aged banker, commits
suicide about the same time as Katharine
attempted her life. A yellow envelope is
found in Elser's room. Post Office In
Spector Davis, kent'S friend. takes up
the case. Kent is convinced that Gran
dali is at the bottom of the mystery.
katharIne's strange cutlery puzzles the
detectives. Kent and Davis search Gran
dalrs room and find an address. Lock
Box II. Ardway, n. J. Kent goes to Ard
way to Investigate and becomes suspi-
commits suicide at the Ardway Hotel. a
yellow letter also figures in this case.
Kent calls Louise on the long distance
telephone and finds that she had Just been
called by Craudali from the same booth.
Cook disappears The Ardway post
master is missing. Inspector Davis ar
riives. at Ardway and takes up tnyes3
tigation. He discovers that the dead
woman Is Sarah Sacket of Bridgeport.
Louise telephones Kent imploring him to
drop the investigation. Kent returns to
Louise. He finds the body of a woman in
Central Park and more yellow letters.
He sees Crandall. whom he recognizes as
Cook enter the Parrish home. Louise
again imploreS Kent to drop the inVeSt-
cation and refuses to give any eXpiana-
ton. Later Kent sees CraudaH and Louise
in an automobile. Kent returns to Ard
way. Davis announces that he has
planned to arrest the missing postmaster
and also the master criminal. While seek
ing the criminals. Kent comes across
Louise and Crandall. Pursued by Davis
the postmaster jumps off a precipice and
is killed. Aleck Young. the master Grim
inaI, is found in a hut in a morphine
stupor. Louise tells Kent that she and
Crandall had come to get papers from
Young which gave him a strange hold
lNer General EnrriSh.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-02-06

calmly, for not having seen the left
handed clue. You lack the education.
Only a person who had seen hundreds
and hundreds of envelopes and had
studied them closely would have OBJ
served it. You remember that a po-
iceman brought me part of a yellow
envelope that had been found in old
Andrew EIser's room. On it was a
stamp and part of the postmark The
first thing that l noticed was that the
stamp was put on crooked. This
might mean much or nothing. A left
handed person stamping a letter in
Variably gets the stamp on crooked.
1t ordinarily is put in the upper right
hand corner Of the envelope A right
handed person stamping a letter has
the two edges OF the envelope as a
guide. Try putting on a stamp with
your left hand and you will see that
your hand comes in such a position
that the edges Of the envelope are
hidden and in ninety-nine cases out
of hundred the stamp is out of
plumb"
/ still fail TO see," 1 said stubborn
iy, why you did not suspect Gran
dali. There were many things that
seemed to point to him-his telephon-
ing to Katharine just before she shot
herself, his sudden disappearance, the
nnding of the morphine syringe in his
rooms, the Ardway address in his note
book, coupled with the fact that Gen
eral Parrish had forbidden him the
house. I do not see how you could
help suspecting him.'e
III admit that on the surface these
things all did look damaging, but
against this was the one important
fact that he was too Well-balanced-
too sane, if l might put it that way
| quickly learned that he was repu-
table business man, that he was one
of the governors in two clubs, and you
yourself informed me that Katharine
Parrish had thought highly Of him
No Well-baIanced man commits crimes
of this sort"
DO you mean to tell me-" I cried
angrily, that all criminals are in
sane?"
Yes said Davis thoughtfully, 81
mean exactly that. The time will
come when our courts will not be punt
tive but curative Men are criminals
because they can not help it. The
great well-balanced majority OF people
see that in the observance of the laws
the community has made for itself
lies the only hope of happy, regular
life. The unbalanced few, the I'M
healthy product of unfit parents, in
their poor misshapen brains are I'M
able to comprehend this. They be
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-02-06
Artist Critic at Least Proved That He
Was Above Suspicion of Playing
Favorites.

Granville Redmond has arrived in
the foremost ranks of California's ar
fists. Being recognized himself, after
years of striving, he feels competent
70 pass upon the merits of his contem-
porary artists.
Recently he left picture on exhibit
ton at San Francisco gallery. In
the course of the week he went to the
place to see how the sale was pro-
crossing.
In company with Morcom, the pic
ture dealer, and a few art students,
he fell to discussing the pictures.
Every artist therein represented fell
under the stroke Of his hammer
Keith, Hill. Yard, Judson, Burgdorff,
Short, Best, Peters, Latimer, Hansen
all came in for their share Of cutting
criticism. A word or two at most SUI
seed to finish them. Redmond made
his comments the more substantial by
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-02-06
REALLY NAMED FOR STATE
Mississippi River Steamers Originated
CCgnomen That Has Now Be-
come Universal.

On the Mississippi river in olden
Gays the passenger steamboats, were
very ornate affairs, yying with each
other in garish glory. One owner hit
on the idea of naming his steam.
boats cabins instead of numbering
them. So he named them in honor OF
the states of the union, each having
above the door the gilt title of some
state, the big central cabin being call
ed the Texas" after the largest state.
Other boat owners took up the idea,
and thus the word cabin was grad
ualIy alternated by state" room. For
years the best cabin was still known
as the Texas. Then that sobriquet died
with the ebbing glory of the old river
steamers. But the word "stateroom"
became incorporated into our Ian
guage, and in time even broke into the
dictionary, as does many another
catch phrase. Not one person in thou
sand WHO occupies a stateroom knows
the term once meant "a room named
for a state"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-02-06

Nearly everybody is obliged more or
less to take a laxative. There are Of
course 2 few exceptions. A great many
people also need occasionally to take a
tonic. Probably few households exist
that do not make use of tonics and
laxatives.
The remedy Peruna is a laxative
tonic. It not only operates as gentle
laxative, but also as a tonic.
The benefit derived from such q
remedy is great deal more in the
prevention of disease than in the cure.
After person has really become sick,
either with an acute or chronic all
ment, the rule should be to employ a
physician, or some one who can give the
case his personal attention. But long be
fore this happens the person will complain
Of this or that symptom, which is not Sc
we're enough to interfere with his regular
activities. IF at this place before the di-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-02-06
Jones-Not if you're broke.
InfantiIe PARALYSIS.

The horrors of infantile paralysis
will not be alleviated by the note OF
Dr.-Simon Flexner and two associates
appearing in the Journal of the Amer.
lean Medical Association, that the
healthy parents of patients may be
carriers of the disease. DR.. Flexner
reports that washings from the naso.
pharynx of the parents of a child sui.
fering from an acute attack were moe
ulated on October 2S last in a monkey,
the Macacus cynomolgus:
Recovery from the anesthetic was
prompt and the animal remained well
until November IL, when it was noted
to be excitable and to drag the right
leg. The left leg proved to be weak.
November II the right leg was def,
nitely fiaccid."
Two days later portions of the spi.
nal cord and medulla showed typical
LESSONS of experimental poliomyelitis. -
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-02-06
CHAPTER Xlll.-(continued.)

As if in confederation Of my words.
the three of them, Crandall, Davis and
the constable, returned just at this
moment
Come, Miss Parrish, said Crandall,
Il think it time / was starting home
with you, if you feel able to travel.
have run the car up just outside the
cottage. I think we can safely leave
the completion of our mission to the
inspector and Mr. Kent"
Il wish Mr.. Kent was coming back
with u.s." said Louise in a sweetly
plaintiye tone that made me long to
crafty her wish.
81 need him here" said the in
spector almost roughly.
And that comes first for all Of us"
she said brayely.
l watched the automobile out of
sight and then turned back into the
cottage, where I found the constable
stretched on the floor, already fast
asleep. Davis, sitting on the floor be-
fore some smoldering logs that had
been placed in a rudely-constructed
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-02-06
"Yes." grudgingly admitted as I

Yes" / grudgingly admitted as
hastily reviewed them in my mind, Il
suppose they could all be explained
in that way"
The question then came to me-"
continued Davis, how could Crandall
have known of the hidden danger
that threatened General Parrish? 1t
was highly improbable that the gen.
eral would confide a thing of this sort,
either to his daughter or to her fan
&c. He must have come on it in some
other way. l judged that when he
revealed his knowledge to the general,
the latter, in fear that his daughter
might learn what he had been trying
to keep from her, in rage ordered
Crandall from the house.
The only logical way for Cranda1l
to be restored to favor was for him
to clear up the mystery that was men
acing the general AS he had been at
work on it for some time, | felt sure
hat in his rooms we would find clue
to the address of the persons We were
seeking. l was confident, too, that af
fairs We're approaching crisis. Gran
dali apparently had taken Katharine
into his confidence. 1t looked as if
some plan they might have made had
failed and that this failure had driven
Katharine to despair With the lock
box in Ardway as a clue, with the left
handed stamp as evidence and with
Crandall's movements to watch, felt
certain that We could quickly solve
the whole mystery"
But how about the morphine sy
ringer" l asked again.
q hardly gave it a second thought
For all knew, it may have come there
by accident, yet Crandall quickly ex-
planned its presence in the talk that
have just had with him. He kept
this chap, Young, there in his rooms
for two weeks, trying to worm out of
him the secret with which Young had
been trying to blackmail the old gen
eral. When Young disappeared he
left the syringe behind him
80" I exclaimed in excitement,
the mystery of the yellow letter was
a Matchmaking plot against General
Parrish"
No" said Davis, Il don't think the
Parrish case had anything to do with
the other chain of suicides, unless it
was that both devilish plots originated
inssthe drug-fevered, maleyolent brain
of the poor fellow in yonder. 1t is
true that General Parrish got yellow
letters. Once a week for months and
months he has found one in his mail,
each more threatening, more menacing
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-02-06
A Plausible Story.

Lady-Why are you wandering
around the country, l should like to
know, instead of staying at home and
taking care of your family?
Tramp-You see. mum, my wife had
a very good servant girl-a regular
jewel, mum.
THAT doesn't seem possible
There never was but one perfect
girl, and my wife had her. mum"
Mercy What lucky womani"
Eyes. mum, so my wife often said.
But you see. mum. the girl didn't
like me-"
she didn't"
mo, mum. She said my wife would
have to discharge her or me, so she
discharged me-"
@Oh, I see. Here's some money
New York Weekly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-02-06
Case In Doubt.

Ex-Governor Pennypacker, discuss
ing the divorce evil in Philadelphia,
said with a smile: In these times one
never, as the saying goes, knows
where one is at An acquaintance of
mine extended his hand to me at the
Historical society the other day an
cried: Congratulate me. l am tn :
happiest man alive!' Hooked at hiTa
doubtfully. Engaged. married. or o.
Forced?' l asked
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-02-06

things is the ability to cook whole
some food
Sewing and music are next. A WON
an might be as homely as can be, but
if she can cook a good dinner. make a
dress, and let her moods slip cut of
her finger tips on 4 piano, that WON
an will have a chance for a truly hap
Ply home thousand per cent. better
than her beautiful neighbor who can
not make even an apron, and who
cooks badly for her family.
So | say to mothers, whether you
have money or not, teach your daugh-
ters all the useful and necessary
things in life, so that they will make
good, homelike wives and mothers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-02-06
A TONIC LAXATIVE
Pe-ru-na, an Up-to-Date Family Medicine That
Should Be In Every Home

sease has really gained a foothold in ths
system, person was TO take dose or two
OF a good tonic laxative the great major
ity of cases OF sickness would be pre-
vented.
Peruna is remedy that should be kept
In the house Its virtue as preventive
to disease is the thing I wish chiefly to
emphasize.
A slight condition OF constipation may
lead to serious sluggishness of the bowels,
biliousness, re-absorption of poisonous ma
terial and finally sickness Or apathy OF
the stomach in which the food is not rel
ished, may gradually lead to atomic dyspep-
STA or to the acquisition Of some acute dis
ease For either one of these conditions
few doses of the tonic laxative Peruna
would set matters right This is why the
remedy should always be kept handy by.
When once the value of Peruna as
household remedy is understood no home
would be without it. Cathartics, pills and
powders would be discarded. Irritating
tonics would be no longer taken. Alco-
holic drinks would have no place. With
few doses of Peruna vigorous appetite is
produced and if there be any sluggishness
of the bowels their function is gradually
restored.
Most laxatives are weakening in their
effect. A tonic laxative guards against
this weakening effect. Until right living
has become so thoroughly established that
all medicines are superfluous, Peruna will
be needed. It is exactly the remedy that
meets numerous necessities Of the house
hold. Sold at all drug stores.
Mr. John B. Perkins, % Whiting st.,
Plymouth, Mass, writes: Il think Pc
runa is a number one medicine. [ was
troubled with catarrh and bowel COM
plant. I tried several doctors. but could
only find temporary relief. I took Peruna
and am glad to say that it cured my ca
tarrh and corrected my bowels"
Pe-ru-na, Man-a-lin and La-cu-pia manu-
featured by the Pe-ru-na Company, Colun-
bus, Ohio. Sold at all drug stores.
SPECIAL NOTTCE:-Many persons inquire
for The Old time PeFuna. They want the Pc
runa that their Fathers and Mothers used
to take. The old Peruna is now called Ka-
tarno IF your druggist or dealer does not
keep Il for sale write the Katarno Company.
Columbus, Ohio, and they will tell you all
about it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-02-06
To Eop Corn

Very often corn will not pop quick,
ly, even over very hot fire. If you
will put the corn to be popped In a
sieve and pour cold water over it, not
allowing the water to stand on the
corn, it will not only pop quickly, but
the open kernels will be larger and
lighter and more faky than they 9th,
erwise would have been.