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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-09-03
ARC AND THE INCANDESCENT
Explanation of Entirely Different Prin-
cipIes Under Which the Two
Are Employed.

The arc light and the incandescent
light work on totally different princi-
pies. 1t was noted many years ago
that when an electric circuit was bro
ken the current jumped across a slight
gap, producing a brilliant fame. The
shape of this fame was roughly an
arc from one conductor to the other;
thus the word arc" was adopted All
arc lamps burn in the air and not
in vacuum. The light is produced by
the current leaping across small air
gap between the two electrodes, or car
bon pencils, and heating the tips of the
carbins white hot Floating particles
ot whote-hot carbon also add TO the
brlIiancy. a mechanism is necessary
to feed in the carbons as fast as
they burn away, or otherwise the gap
would Increase until the current could
not Jump across and the light would
go out
The incandescsnt lamp. common in
most homes and Office buildings, Is OBJ
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-09-03

white glare from the opened fre-box
flung itself blindingly across the dark,
Illuminating like a flare of summer
lightning the patch of highway and
the rider Valiant, staring, had an in
stant's vision Of a streaming cloak, of
{ girls face, set in a tawny swirl Of
loosened hair With a cry that was
lost in the shrek of escaping steam,
he dragged his plunging horse around
and the white blaze swept him also, as
the rider pulled down at his side.
'You!" he cried. He leaned and
caught the slim hands gripped on the
bride, shaking now. "You!"
The dazzling brightness had gone
by, and the air was full of the groan-
ing of the brakes as the long line of
darkened sleepe-s shuddered to its
enforced stop. joint He heard
the sweet wild cry pierce through the
tumble of noises, and something in 1t
set his blood running molten through
his veins. 1t held an agony of ralief,
of shame and Of appeal John E.
John!"
And knowing suddenly, though not
how or why, that all barriers were
swept away, his arms went out and
around her, and in the shadow Of the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-09-03

lonely little station, they two, in their
| saddles, chung and swayed together
with clasping hands and broken words,
while the train, breathing heavily for
a resentful second, shrieked itself
away into the night, and left only the
fragrance from the misty fields. the
crowding silence and the sprinkIing
stars.
The breeze had risen and was
blowing the mist away as they went
hack along the road a faint light
was lifting, forerunner of the moon.
They rode side by side, and to the
slow gait Of the horses, touching noses
in low whinnyings Of equine comrade-
ship, by the faint glamour they gazed
into each others faces. The adorable
tweedy roughness of his shoulder
thrilled her cheek.
And you were going away.
Yes, yes, I know. 1t was my fault.
l misunderstood Forgive
mel"
He kissed her hand. GAS If there
were anything to forgive! Do YOU
remember in the woods, sweetheart,
the day it rained? What a brute I
was-to fight so! And all the time I
wanted to take you in my arms like a
little hurt child :"
She turned toward him. ooh. I
wanted you to fight! Even though
it was no use. I had given I'D. but
your strength comforted me. To have
you surrender, too"
1T was your face In the church
yard" he told her How pale and
worn you looked! It came to me
then for the first time how horribly
selfish it would be to stay-how much
easier going would make it for you"
And to think that it was
Mad Anthony-Did the clock really
strike thirteen, do you think? Or did
fancy it?"
why question it?'' he said. 81 be-
lieve in mysteries. The greatest mys-
terry of all is that you should love
me. l doubt no miracle hereafter.
Dearest, dearest!"
At the entrance of the cherry lane.
he fastened his horse to the hedge
and noiselessly let down the pasture
bars for her golden chestnut. When
he came back to where she stood wait
ing on the edge of the lawn, the late
moon, golden-vestured, was Just show
ing above the rim of the hills, paint
ing the deep soft bIueness of the Vir-
ginian night with a translucence as
pure as prayer. Above the fallen hood
Of her cloak her hair shone like a MIN
bus, and the loneliness of her face
made him catch his breath for the
wonderfulness of it.
AS they stood heavened in each
others arms, heart beating against
heart, and the whole world throbbing
to joy, the nightingale beyond the ar
bors began to bubble and thrill its
unimaginable melody. 1t came to
them like the voice of the magical
rose-scented night itself, set to the
wordless music of the silver leaves.
1t rose and swelled exultant to break
and die in a cascade of golden notes
But in their hearts was the song
that is fadeless, immortal.
THE END.
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SYNOPSIS.

John Valiant. q rich society favorite.
suddenly discovers that the Valiant cor
poration, which MS father founded and
which was the principal source OF his
wealth, had failed. He voluntarily turns
over his private fortune TO the receiver
for the corporation. His entire remaining
possessions consist Of an old motor car, 2
white bull dog and Dsmory court, neg
1ected estate In Virginia. On the way TO
DamOry court he meets Shirley Dand-
ridge, an authenticated beauty, and De
cides that he is going 10 ike Virginia I'M
ILlenseiy SGlTieys mother mrs Dand-
ridge. and Major BTistow exchange rem
iniscences during which Il is revealed
that the major, Fauants TaLner, ana q
man named SassOon were rivals for the
hand of Mrs. cambridge in her youth
SasSCOn and Valiant fought a duel on her
account In which the former was killed.
Valiant huds Dauory court overgToWn
with weeds and Creepers and decides 10
rehabuitate the place, Valiant saves
Shirley from the bite of a snake, which
bites him knowing the deadIiness Of the
bite, Shirley sucks the poison from LI-e
wound and saves his life. Valiant learns
for he first time that his father left Elr-
GINA on account OF a duel IN which DOC
tor S0uthau and Major BriStOw acted as
his fathers seconds. Valiant and Shirley
become good friends Mrs. DandrlQge
faIuts when she meets Valiant Tor the
first time. Valiant discovers that he mas
a fortune in old walnut trees. The yearly
tournament, a survival Of the jOusting Of
1eudal times is held At Damory court; At
the last moment Valiant takes the place
Of one Of the knights. who is sick, and
enters the lists. He wins and chooses
Shirley cambridge as queen of beauty to
the dismay Of katherine Fargo. a former
sweetheart who is visiting in virginia
The tournament ball ct Damory court
draws the elite of the countryside. Shir--
ley is crowned by Valiant as queen Of
beauty. Valiant tells Shirley of his love
and they become engaged. Katherine
Fargo determining not 10 give up Vail
ant without a struggle. points out to Shir-
ley how terrible it would be for the wom-
an who caused the duel to meet Valiant,
who looks so much like his father. Shir-
ley, uncertain, but feeling that her moth
er was In love with the victim Of vail
ants pistol breaks the engagement. Major
Bristow is fatally wounded by Greet
King, a liberated convict. who he had sent
to prison. but before dying Brtstow con-
fesses to Mrs cambridge that he had
kept a letter Valiant had written to her
after the duel Valiant decides to leave
Damory court and writes Shirley that he
will love her always. Mrs. cambridge
learns from the thirty-year-old letter
that Valiant expected her to answer the
note If she wanted him to return. For 1t
was Valiant she loved.
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SUCCESS NOT DUE TO LUCK
Element of Chance Enters In
20 His Work.

When the amateur photographer
friend asked him why he looked
peeved the other was glad to explain.
A friend of ours just asked me
to come over and take picture. Of
her baby" he said. She apologized
for aksing, which was unnecessary be-
cause was glad to do it, but she spill
ed the beans by giving her reason that
had such good luck taking pictures. ="
Well. you do, don't your inquired
the friend.
There you 60" the photographer
exclaimed. There's no such thing as
luck in my photography. What vexes
me is that every one seems to consid-
ler them inseparable.
Photography is as exact q science
as running survey nowadays with
those who know how to handle a cam
era With the photometer and expos
lure tables, proper developer and a
Thermometer for determining its tenn
lperature, every lag. element of luck
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-09-03

er Know Your Luck" Parker observed
that, keen though the politicians eye
must be If he is to obtain popularity
and manage men, it Is as nothing com
pared with that Of the writer, who
must observe the characteristics of
human nature infinitely more acutely.
Says Gilbert: HE must note not
only the symptoms which may indi-
cate a passing functional arrangement
of the moral and mental constitution,
he must go infinitely deeper If he
wants to know character. He must
find out, it may be, the more or less
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-09-03

From Verviers we proceeded by
another cart toward Liege. We had
not progressed tire miles when we
came upon a party of Belgian engineers
mining the road. They had great
piles Of dynamite stacked there ready
to plant in the bitches they were dig.
ging across the roadway.
They advised us to go to Liege by
another road: we FASTENED to do SO.
1.-TWO hours later another party of
Americans were halted at that very
spot by skirmish between the Bel
gians and uhlans. They were forced
to lie in a ditch while the BeIgians
fired over them. Next day 5000 Ger
mans were killed by the same mines
we had seen the engineers planting
soon after we got train for Os-
tend. We did not see any of the fight.
ing at Liege, but could hear the fir
ing"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-09-03
John ain neyah gwine come back ter
Danny co'ot no mol"
CHAPTER XXX.
The Song of the Nightingale.

NC SOfO OF ITG Nf9nrinHdiEs
Along the dark turnpike John Val
liant rode with his chin sunk on his
breast. He was wretchedIy glad of
the darkness, for it covered a thou
sand familiar sights be had grown to
love. Yet through the dark came
drifting sounds that caught at him
with clutching hands-the bay Of a
hound from some far-off kennel, the
whirring note of frogs, the impatient
high whinny Of horse across pasture
bars-and his nostrils widened to the
wild braided fragrance of the fields
over which the mist was spinning its
fairy carded wool.
The preparations for his going had
been quickly made. He was leaving
behind him all but a single portman-
teau. Uncle Jefferson had already
taken this-with Chum-to the sta
ton. The old man had now gone sor-
rowfully afoot to the blockhouse, a
half-mile up the track, to bespeak the
stopping of the express. He would go
| back on the horse his master was
riding.
The lonely little depot f1anked a
siding beside a dismal stretch of yell
low .clay-bank gouged by rains. Its
windows were dark and the weather
beaten plank platform was illuminated
by a single lantern that hung on a
nail beside the locked door, it's sickIy
fame showing bruise-like through
smoky streakings of Iamp-black. At
one side, in the shadow, was his bag,
and beside it the tethered bulldog
sole spot of white against the melan-
choly forlornness lying with one
splinted leg, like a swaddled ramrod,
sticking straight out before him.
In the saddle, Valiant struck his
hand hard against his knee. Surely
it was a dream! It could not be that
he was leaving Virginia, leaving Dam
DRY court, leaving her! But he knew
that it was not a dream.
Far away, rounding Powhattan
Mountain, he heard the long-drawn
boot of the coming train finging it's
sky-Warning in host of scampering
echoes. Among them mixed another
sound of a horse, galloping fast and
hard.
His own 1dgeted. flung up wide nos
trils and neighed shrilly Who was
coming along that runnelIed highway
at such an hour in such breakneck
fashion?
Vie train was nearer now; he could
hear its low rumbling hum, rising
to roar, and the click and spring of
the rails. But though he lifted a foot
from the stirrup. he did not dismount
Something in the whirlwind speed Of
coming caught and held him motion
less. He had sudden curious feeling
that all the world beside did not ex-
list; there were only the sweeping
rush Of the nearing train-impersona
unhuman-he, sitting his horse in the
gloom, and that unknown rider whose
anguish of speed outstripped the
steam, riding-to whom?
The road skirted the track as It
neared the station, and all at once
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-09-03
His Tendar Snnf

AS a certain young artist of New
York sat upon his stool on day In the
Adirondacks doing a bit of mountain
stuff there approached him from the
rear native, evidently with ideas of
his own touching art
Did you ever try photography? q"
asked the newcomer.
No." was the curt response of the
young artist, who continued his work.
TITS a good deal quicker" suggest
ed the native.
81 suppose it u.s." surely assented the
painter, with another dab of the
brush.
And" the native added, with a
dash Of malice, "a good deal more like
the place. "-Lippincott's
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sculpture. Here and there a luxurious
sultan has violated this code, but
among the people Of Moslem land 1t
has been faithfully observed. It Is
being so observed no longer. Photo
graphs of the sultan are scattered
broadcast through the more civilized
provinces Of Turkey. and picture post
cards are making their way through
the same territory. If the Osmanli
adopts the customs Of Christian dogs"
in this regard, how long will it be till
he follows their lead in other things?
Verify, the paths Of civilization are
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-09-03

and so much peace In their faces, that
we are won, we know not how. And
before the peace which their loved
dead have shed about their heads. we
bow as low az the hills bow before
Mont Blanc. For you, young men and
women, who perhaps have lost father
or a mother, no precept, no book, no
example. however great 1t may be,
can do as much az their momory at
the bottom of your heart, IL you keep
1t sacred. They are here no longer to
follow you, to console you, to 9oint
out the way for you. nor to rebuke you
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-09-03
ARRESTED AS 4 SPY
James A. Patten Tells of His Es.
cape From Europe.
Chicagoan and His Wife Suffered
Hardships In Their Thrilling Flight
From Carlsbad Through
Belgium.

New York.-James A. Patten. the
former wheat operator Of Chicago. who
was one of the American refugees re-
turning by the Red Star liner Finland
told a thrilling story of his escaDe
from Germany after war had been de-
clared. With Mrs. Patten he left Carls-
bad on August 2 and travelled via
Herbesthal and Liege, where they ar
rived just as hostilities had begun.
1--WE left Carlsbad for Nuremburg bv
train, as the authorities took my auto
mobile" said Mr.. Patten. 1--WE did not
know the war had broken out then as
no news of the situation was given
out in Carlsbad.
Trouble began as soon as we struck
the German border. We reached
Nuremburg at p. m. and were
promptly turned out of the train and
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CHAPTER -xxxIv.-contInuso.

] l.
Shirleys breath stopped. She felt
her face tingling and curious weak
ness came on her limbs. Why, indeed
unless-and the thought was like a
wild prayer in her mind-she had
been mistaken in her surmise?
Thoughts came thronging in panic
haste: the fourteenth Of May and the
cape Observation-Disclosures might point
no less to Valiant than to Sassoon.
But her mothers fainting at the sight
of the son-the eager interest she had
displayed in Shirley's accounts of him,
from the episode Of the rose and the
bulldog to the tournament ball
seemed now to stand out in a new
light, tdrobbing and roseate. Could
it be? Had she been stumbling along
a blind trail, misled by the cunning
dovetailing of circumstance? Her
heart was beating stifiingly. If she
should be mistaken now! She dashed
her hand across her eyes as though to
compel their clearness, and looked
again.
1t was Beauty Valiant's face that
lay in the locket, and that could mean
but one thing: 1t was he, not Sassoon.
whom her mother loved!
The lamplight seemed to grow and
spread to an unbearable radiance.
Shirley thought she cried out with a
sudden sweet Witness, but she had
not moved or uttered a sound The
illumination was all about her, like
a splendid cloud. The impossible had
happened The miracle for which she
Historically prayed bad been wrought!
When she blew out the light, the
shining still remained. That glowing
knowledge, like a yitalizing and phys
ical presence, passed with her through
the hall to her room. AS she stood In
the elfish light of her one candle, the
poignancy of her JOY was as sharp as
her past pain. Later was to come the
wonder how that tragedy had bent
Beauty Valiant's life to exile and her
mothers to unfulfllment, and in time
she was to know these things, too.
But now the one great knowledge blot
ted out all else. She need starve her
fancy no longeri The hours with her
lover might again sweep across her
5
his kisses, heard his whispers against
her cheek and smelled the perfume of
Madonna lilies,
She drew the curtain and opened
the window noiselessly to the light.
Only a few hours ago she had been
singing to her harp in what wretched-
nessi She laughed softly to herself
The quiet night was full of his voice
y love you'll l want nothing but you'll"
How her pitiful error had tortured
and wrung them bothI But tomorrow
he, too, would know that all was we'll.
4 clear sound chimed across the
distance-the bell of the courthouse
clock, striking midnight. One!
Twoi How often lately it had
run discordantly across her mood ;
now 1t seemed q claimant watcher,
toling Joy. Threel -Four!
Fivel Perhaps he was
sleepless, listening. too. Was he in
the old library, thinking of her7
Six! Seven! Eight!
Nine! If she could only
send her message to him on the bells u
Ten! 1t swelled more loudly
now. more deliberate. Eleven!
Another day was almost gone
Twelve! Joy cometh In the
morning ran the whisper across her
thought. 1t was morning now.
Thirteen!
She caught a sharp breath. Her
ear had not deceived her-the vibra.
ton still palpitated on the air like q
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-09-03
ARE FORGETTING OLD LAW
Turks No Longer Look Upon Pictured
Representations Of the Human
Form as Sinful.

The camera and the picture post
card may yet do the work at which
missionaries and administrators have
failed, and fit the Turk to be assini-
lated with other European peoples.
The Mohammedan religion forbids
the representation Of the human form
in any way, whether by painting or
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-09-03
Ships Dentist

Modern liners have every kind OF
luxury, and a ships dentist is the
most modern innovation. Unlike other
innovations, it did not originate in the
brains Of the steamship managers, but
was due to a Partisan dentist. Hav-
ing occasion to go on sea voyage for
his health, he was struck with the
need of a dentist on board ship, and
on his return he promptly engaged a
suite of rooms in one Of the French
transatlantic vessels. He received
many clients. and since that date sew
eral steamship companies have car
ried ships dentist, who can extract
the aching teeth OF the passengers.
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The Gentleman.

As finished product, the gentleman
seems to do everything very easily;
but that ease like the case of the habit,
can only come by effort. He is socially
secure; but whatever his station, he
was not born so, for no man ever is
socially secure by birth. even If he
was born to be a king. The test Of a
gentleman is the pleasure others take
in his society. and not in his wit or his
virtue Of his learning, but in their or
binary social relations with him. And
this pleasure he cannot give merely
by being on good terms with himself.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-09-03

obscure thing, the diesase or corrup-
ton lying behind the many obvious
symptoms, and 1t is probable that he
will find his key In some small, elusive
thing which is danger signal to the
trained mind to which is given also
the trained eye.
ITO registering eye, an eye which
sees and photographs, there comes,
under stress Of the senses and the IL
Elimination which follows, a moving
picture Of innumerable things in their
proper places, the automatic memory
OF the thousand visualized objects"
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tanned from piece Of white-hot wire.
heated by the passage of an electric
current The wire must be inclosed in
a glass bulb from which the air has
been exhausted, otherwise 1t would
quickly be burned up and consumed.
The wire filament is now made of
tungsten, which resists the flow of
electricity with so much vigor that
the current. in working to get by the
obstruction. heats the wire to incap-
descence, hence the name
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LIVE FOREVER IN MEMORY
Loved Dead Who Have Gone Before
May Still Speak to Us With
Compelling Voices.

Who has net known old men and
women, bent by the storms OF life,
bearing on their foreheads the scars
of bereavement? They have lowered
into the tomb with the sons and daugh-
tiers they loved the most precious
thing they had on earth But there
was so much kindness in their eyes
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-09-03
MUST KNOW HUMAN NATURE
Functions of the Novelist Are u the
Hiohest Order, According to Sir
Gilbert Parker.

Although Sir Gilbert Parker has en-
joyed a popular vogue such as is al
most never granted to serious nov
elist. there are few writer's in the
world who take a loftier view Of the
writer's functions than does Parker
In a. recent article at the time Of
the issue Of his new NJ vel, You New
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He Knew.

Charles s. MeIIen, at a dinner IN
Boston, said Of a bankrupt:
His bankruptcy was like that which
the parent described.
Pa, what's bankruptcy a little
boy once asked.
And pa, who had been bit that
week, answered bitterly:
Bankruptcy, my son. is where you
put your money in your hip pocket and
let your creditors take your wallet and
coat
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-09-03

by raising their voices against your
errors; but in the silence their mem.
DRY speaks to your hearts, and If Won
are responsive 1t will be seen that this
compelling voice Of absent loved ones
Is able to accomplish more with you
than ever their direct advice snd their
material presence was able to effect.
Christian Herald.
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ivory in Commerce

When the king and queen visited
the London docks a short time ago,
they saw laid out on the floor OF one
of the great warehouses $500
worth of ivory-an array of fine
tusks which must have represented
great hunting adventures in tropical
forests.