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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-16


items the public had been kept suffi-
GENTLY familiar. To it, he stood per
feet symbol of the elder ease and in
soIent display Of inherited wealth.
And the great majority of those who
had found place in that roomy cham
Der to listen to the ugly tale of squan-
dered millions, looked to him with a
resentment that was sharpened by his
apparent nonchalance.
Long before the closing session it
had been clear that, as far as indict-
ments were concerned, the inVestiga-
ton would be barren of result Of
individual crimindlity, flight and sui
eide had been confession, but more
sweeping charges could not be brought
home. The giIded fool had not brought
himself into the embarrassing purview
of the law.
The jostling crowd f1ocked out into
the square, among them fresh-faced
girl on the arm Of a gray-bearded man
in black frock coat and picturesque
broad-brimmed felt hat. She turned
her eyes to his.
so that" she said lis John Valiant!
I'd almost rather have missed Niagara
Falls. must write Shirley cambridge
about it. I'm so sorry 1 lost that
picture of him that l cut out Of the
paper"
Il reckon he's not such bad lot"
said her uncle. He hailed a cab.
Grand Central Station" he directed,
with a glance at his watch, "and be
quick about it. We've just time to
make our train
Some hours later, in an inner Office
of a downtown sky-scraper, the newly
appointed receiver of the Valiant Cor
poration, heavy, thick-set man with
narrow eyes, sat beside a table on
which lay a small black satchel with
a paddock on it's handle, whose con-
tents-several bundles of crisp papers
he had been turning over in his
heavy hands with a look of incredu-
lous amazement A sheet containing
mass of figures and memoranda lay
among them.
The shock was still on his face when
a knock came at the door, and man
entered. The newcomer was gray
haired, slightly stopped and lean
jowled, with humorous expression on
his lips. He glanced in surprise at
the Uttered table.
Fargo" said the man at the desk,
do Won notice onVthiDC oroor q hor+
me?"
His friend grinned. mo, Buck" he
said judicially, unless it's that neck
tie. 1t would stop Dutch clock"
Hang the haberdashery! Read this
| from young Valiant" He passed
over a letter.
Fargo read. He looked up. "Securi-
| ties aggregating three miIlions!" he
said in a hushed voice. why, unless
| I've been misinformed, that represents
practically all his private fortune"
The other nodded. Turned over to
the corporation with his resignation as
a vice-president, and without a blessed
string tied to EN-! What do you think
of that?"
Think! It's the most absurdly
| idiotic thing I ever met. Two weeks
ago, before the investigation 3
| but now, when it's perfectly certain
they can bring nothing home to him"
He paused. of course l suppose it'll
save the corporation, Ell? But it may
be ten years before its securities pay
dividends. And this is real money.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-16
Queer Toothache Cure.

AS cure for toothache, Mr.. E. A
Rawlence told the Dorset (Eng) An
tiQuarian Field club at Dorchester re
Gently, a Dorset farmer two or three
years ago recommended a friend to
put his arm round young oak tree
mark the place where his fingers met
and there make slit in the bark
Then with his right hand he was to
pull some hair from behind his right
ear and put 1t in the slit in the bark
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-16
CHAPTER |.
The Crash.

The Crash.
Failed" calculated John Valiant
blankly, and the hat he held dropped
to the claretcolored rug like huge
white splotch Of sudden fright. The
COrpOTation-faile
The young man was the glass OF
fashion, from the siIken ribbon on the
spotIess Panama to his pearl-gray gait
ers, and well fayored-a 1.-THE stalwart
figure, with wide-set hazel eyes and
strong brown hair waving back from
a candid forehead.
Never had his innocuous and but
ter-iy existence known surprise
more startling He had swung into
the room with all the nonchalant hab-
it's the ingrained gertrude of the man
born with achievement Teady-made in
his hands And a single curt state
ment-lfke the ruthless blades of a
pair Of shears-had shipped across
the one splendid scarlet thread in the
wool that constituted life as he knew
it. He had knotted his lavender scarf
that morning a vice-president Of the
Valiant COTpOratiOn-One Of the great
est and most successful Of modern
day organizations; he sat now in the
fading afternoon trying to realize that
the huge fabric, without warning, had
toppled to its fall
How solid and changeless it had
always seemed-that great business
fabric woven by the father he could
SO dimIy remember! His own invested
fortune had been derived from the
great corporation the elder Valiant
had founded and controlled until his
death. With almost unprecedented
earnings, it had stood as a very Glib
raItar of finance, a type and sign Of
brilliant organization. Now, on the
heels of a trusts dissolution which
would be a n1ne-days' wonder, the vast
structure had crumbled up like a card
board The rains had descended and
the floods had come, and it had fallen!
The man at the desk had wheeled
in his revolving chair and was looking
at the trim athletic back blotting the
daylight, with smile that was little
short of a covert sheer. He was one
of the local managers of the corpora
tiOn whose ruin was to be that days
sensation, a colorless man who had aC-
quired middle age with his first long
trousers and had been dedicated to the
commercial treadmill before he had
bought a safety-razOr He despised all
lOiterers along the primrose paths, and
John Valiant was but a decorative fig
urehead
Valiant started as the other spoke at
his elbow. He had come to the win
dow and was looking down at the
pavement. How quickly some news
spreads"
For the first time the young man
noted that the street below was filling
with a desultory crowd. He distin-
guished a knot Of Italian Iaborers talk
ing with excited gesticulations "a
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-16
Sad Case Indeed.

A rural correspondent Of an ex
change, reporting the disappearance
of a citizen who had his head hurt
says: 1T is believed that owing to
the head trouble he is suffering from
an abbreviation of the mind and has
either wandered away, unable to give
any account of himself, or that he
has made away with himself while
suffering from his mental condition.
The case is a sad one, and every ef-
fort is being made to relieve the sus-
pense to his family as to his where
abouts"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-16
DID NOT IMPRESS LANDLORD
Luncheon, But Evidently Was
Not of Literary Mind.

They are telling in Westchester a
story about Richard Harding Davis
and Governor Morris.
These two writer's, it appears, were
motoring the other day, and stopped
at an inn for luncheon. The luncheon
was excellent, and after it was over
Mr.. Davis went out to look over the
car, leaving Mr.. Morris alone. Mr..
Morris, in good spirits from his fine
meal, said genially to the landlord:
Landlord, you'll be interested, per
haps, to know that my companion is
Mr.. Richard Harding Davis"
The landlord tried his best to look
impressed and interested.
You don't say" he remarked. "And
what business might he be IMP"
A few minutes later Mr.. Morris took
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-16

OF lump sugar in the treatment of a
man nearly eighty years old who was
dying with a vicious disease Of the
heart. After all the usual remedial
measures had failed one of the maids
asked if there was any objection to
feeding the sufferer lump sugar. The
physician gave his consent and four
Jumps were given in little water.
These were repeated every four hours,
and in week he was a well man.
DR.. Berzeller recommends to one Of
the German medical societies the use
of powdered sugar in the treatment
of old, i'll treated and neglected can
GERS. He says the application Of
sugar TO the tetid parts lessons the dis
agreeable odor and discharges. Fur
thermore. the general condition of the
patient improves and all hemorrhages
cease. Indeed, unless you have had a
| long experience with cancer patients,
| you are liable to be deluded into the
belief that the cancer has healed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-16
Natures Adjustment,

In the case Of all fish which take
care Of their young, a curious adapta-
ton of natural law to circumstances
is found. Those which take the great
est pains and care in sheltering their
offspring have the fewest eggs, per
haps less than one hundred at a Law,
while on the other hand, species of
fish which pay not the slightest atten-
ton to their young produce hundreds
of thousands, and even millions of
eggs, at a single lay.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-16
Motor Bus Outings.

Sunday visits to the suburbs OF Lon
don have grown enormously with the
motor-omnibus. On a recent Sunday
the General" company carried no
fewer than 1880 passengers, a
record number for the present year
Among the new services to be COM
menced early in the year are Chalk
Farm and Chiselhurst, Chaplain Com
mon and Dorking, and Elephant ana
Castle and birmingham, and also one
to Godstone.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-16
CHAPTER II.
Vanity Valiant.
, q, -sE---- - 100000 -

In the ripple that stirred across the
court room at the examiners abrupt
conclusion, John Valiant, who had
withstood that pitiless hail of ques-
tons, rose, bowed to him and slowly
crossed the cleared space to his coun-
sell The chairman looked severely
over his eyeglasses, with his gavel
lifted, and q statuesque girl, in the
rear of the room, laid her delicately
gloved hand on a companions and
smiled slowly without Withdrawing her
gaze, and with the faintest tint of col
or in her face.
Katharine Fargo neither smiled nor
flushed readily. Her smile was an In
dex of her whole personality. languid,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-16
iInhanrY Combination.

Lawrence Barrett, though stern and
dignihed, could unbend a little occa-
sionalIy. Once popular low comedian
proposed a combination with him,
which he declined.
1T would have been an unhappy Il
lustration," said the tragedian, in re-
lating it, "of Grin and Barrett. -
Texas Siftings.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-16
Work That Moves the World.

My share in the work Of the world
may be limited but the fact that it is
work makes it precious. Oar
win could work only half an hour at q
time; yet in many diligent half hours
he laid anew the foundations Of philo
sophy. Green the historian
tells us that the world is moved along
not only by the mighty shoves Of its
heroes, but also by the aggregate OF
the tiny punches Of each honest work
er.-Helen Keller.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-16
ITO BE CONTINUEDD

his seat in the car, and Mr.. Davis
remained behind to settle the bill. AS
he counted his change Mr.. Davis in
his turn said to the landlord:
Landlord, my friend there is Gou-
verneur Norris
Again the landlord looked Impressed
and puzzled.
Morris? Morris ?" he safG. "The
name sounds familiar Meat Eue, amt
it, sir?"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-16

In the morning after rising and at
night before retiring wash the feet
and legs as high up as the knees in
cold water, then rub them with a
rough towel and massage them till
the skin is red and glowing. In addi-
ton to this. snuff tepid water up the
nose frequently during the day and sip
with teaspoon a glassfuI as hot as
can be borne an hour before each
meal and at bedtime. A few DAYS is
often quite sufficient for simple cases
and obstinate ones yield If the treat
ment is prolonged. No medicines are
required. If taken in the first stages
Of the disease a cold is broken I'D
which might otherwise become a Sc
we're case of bronchitis lasting many
days or weeks.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-16
No Expert.

The horny-handed son of toll who
had Just inherited fortune went TO
see a manicure. Can you do any,
thing with these, ma'am?" he asked,
exhibiting his hands. yes, sir" she
said, after you've gone to a surgeon
and had those cracks stitched I'D. |
don't NEEDLE with Jobs that belong to
the regular practitioners"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-16
Not Always.

William J. Burns, the eminent detec-
tive, had just captured a forger who.
formerly clean-shaven, now had his
countenance disguised under huge
growth of brown dundrearies
'Ha, ha," laughed Mr.. Burns, his
disguise didn't go with me. 1t isn't
always true, you see, that the best
way to get out of scrape is to raise
a beard"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-16

When the president turned back to
the table he noticed the perplexed
looks on the faces of the guests, who
did not know what to make of the
scene.
you see," he explained simply. 'T
was at school with jacques at Sam
pigny. Companion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-16
Kick He Had Comma.

Have you anything to say before
sentence Is pronounced upon your
asked the judge. THE only thing I'm
kickin' about" answered the convict
ed burglar, sis bein' identified by a
man that KEEP his head under the
bedclothes the whole time That's
wrong"-Puck.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-16
To Break up a Cold.

The hydropathic treatment of cold
in the head is more reliable than any
other one which scarcely requires the
sid of a physician. It is as follows:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-16
Important to Mothers
New TELESCOPE Gun.

A new sighting arrangement, called
the focoramic telescope, is to be
feature of the French heavy artillery.
The new telescope is attached to the
gun, and enables the whole of the
horizon to be seen by the guGners.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-16
No Swimmer.

Edna-Did she sink in the social
sea?
Winifred-Yes; she went beyond
her depth. Judge.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-16
Ei% Illustration,

alternating, explained the teach
err. generally speaking, means hiding
away for the winter"
ooh, yes, I know" cried little Her.
man, Gust like pops old panama hat.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-16

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets first put up
40 years ago. They regulate and invigorate,
stomach, liver and bowels. Sugar-coated
tiny granules. Adv.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-16

A man likes to pose as a pillar of
some church when he is a candidate
for office.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-16
Locking Backward

Certainly we get sense as we grow
older. Every man can remember
when he wanted a revolver and a man
dolin
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-16

Perhaps poets may be born, but liars
are self-made.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-16

V 7 + Z L d Vi Z. SOIIl-
pound. | used to go
to my doctor for pills
and remedies an d
they did not helpme.
/ had headaches and
could not eat, and the
doctor claimed | had
female trouble and
must have an opera
ton. / read in the
paper about Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vege-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-16

Putnam Fadeless Dyes will last un-
I'll the goods wear out. Adv.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-16

Once in a while you will see a girl
who carries as much special scenery
as a big theatrical production.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-16

Don't imagine the world is all wrong
Just because your liver is.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-16
Ontinist and Pessimist.

The optimist tells who won the
game The pessimist tells who lost
it-Bufalo Enquirer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-16
TWO WOMEN
AVOID
OPERATIONS
BY Taking Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound.

Chicago, I'LL must thank you with
all my heart for Lydia E. Pinkham's
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-16

table Compound and have taken it and
feel fine. A lady said one day, ooh, /
feel so tired all the time and have head
ache. said, Take Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, and she
did and feels fine now. Mrs. M. r.
KARsCHNCK, 1888 N. Paulina Street,
Chicago, Illinois.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-16
The Other Case.

Dayton, Ohio. :" Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound relieved me of
pains in my side that had for years
and which doctors medicines failed to
relieve. 1t has certainly saved me from
an operation. l will be glad to assist
you by personal letter to any woman
in the same condition. - Mrs. J. w.
SHERER, 126 Cass ST., Dayton, Ohio.
If you want special advice
write to Lydia e. Pinkham Med
idine Co. (cOnfidentiaD Lynn,
Mass. Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by q woman,
and held in strict condolences
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-06-10

Tins Ferry. o. Gencyiev Ewing. Wheel.
lnE. Ethel Ewing DE Nrics. Genevievo
hoWas Norton. Wheeling. Mrs. Allen
shields Warehouse. Wheeling. Matte
icNrles Campbell, Wheeling. Annie
Nolan Mathlson. Wheeling. Beatrice
\ eater, New MaTtinsviue, Nell b.
Crow. Woodlands. W. Va. Anne Louise
Beuter. MARGARET Larkin. Kate Null
Euno mckinley. Susan Mountain Case
man. Mary Burke. Agnes Freter.
bridgeport. Bertha Flaccus Cruise,
Jane +. Harker. East Liverpool. O
Zoe Jollif Frey. Fairmont. Hazel
Egan. Washington. \. Blum. Wheeling.
Helen Slcmaker. Sistersville. Lois
Cochran. Parkcrsville. Mary Black.
Sistersyille. Frances Cochran. Park.
,fs0urg. Mrs. Harry Scheuher. Wood.
lawn. Mrs. 4. II. R~ockabrand. Pleas.
ant Valley. Katherine Nvathison Kelly,
Wheeling. Esther He'll. Wheeling. Re.
gina Lutz. Wheeling. Mrs. G.. J. Buch.
anan. Wheeling. Mrs J. ~. Zilliken.
Nellsburg. Bertha LutZ Wolf. Wheel.
ing. Mary Dorsey Grohe. ChiIicothe,
Ohio. Julia Ann Slaymaker. Sisters.
vile. Loretta Blum Wingerter. Wheel
ing. Abigail {. Hawkins. Pittsburgh.
Narcella VI. Geon. East Liverpool.
ANGELA Diegmillor. Stella Taylor.
Ruth Kreiter Nicweg. Wheeling.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-06-10

The following attended the Alum.
rae banquet az Mount DE Chantal on
Monday Margaret VI. Currdn. Wash
lncton. Pa, Elizabeth Curran. NyaIin
"a llalre Martin. washington. Marie
I-ai'ln. Washington. Glare Rose goI..
man. Wheeling. Gertrude Wall. Buf.
lalo, y. y. Marion OErian. pittsburrN
IA. Grace Mccoy. Wheeling. Made.
me ~hrcnncn. Scottdalc. Pa. virginia
Evans. Noundsyillc. Mary REGINA
slater. Washington. Pa. Frances Uicg-
miller. Wheeling. Nav /. Nll4ark
pittsburgh. Blanche p Warfgld'
Wheeling. Elizabeth Mathison. Wheel
Ing. Katherine Gilbert. Wheeling. Flor.
cnce Watterson. Pittsburgh. Gene.
We've HAYS. Parkcrsburg. W. Va
Helen O.Bricn. Pittsburgh, EveIine
Blum. Wheeling. Claudia S. Mc\eoly.
Warrington, Mary Greenwood. New.
port. Ohio. Kathryn O'Neil. Bridge.
port. Ohio. Audrey Crothcrs, Fairmont
". Va, Doris Whitman. Wheeling
Anne u. MCNichol. East Liverpool
ohio. Mamie q Arnold. Weston. Ella
Warehouse Warfcld. Sykosville. Nd
Oatheryne O'Bryan Walsh. Grafton.
Ia, Lottle WafCrhousc COniT. Wheel.
ing, Cora Burns Phclan Gknshaw.
Rose Hearne O.Bricn. Rose NcGraw.
Grafton. W. Va. Dean Stillwagen
slater. Washington. Pa. Frances still
wagon, GRANGE GlOnniger Wattcrson.
Washington. Mary G. Murphy. Au.
Eusta r. Handlan. Lizzie Sullwagen
Williams. Homestead. Pa. Rose Helm.
or Dawson, Shadyside. Ohio. 10 F1ad-
ing Hlener. Wheeling. Rose FIading
Fisher. Minnie Fading Keller. Mar
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-06-10
P0ST-NUPTIAL
DANCE PARTY
GIVEN BY MR.. AND MRS. LEE
PAUL AND Or. AND MRS.
N. A. NAMING.
The Country Club Was the Scene OF
the Elaborate Even for Mr.. and
mrs. Johnson Mckinley.

The Country club was the scene OF
the most elaborate social event held
thero this season. Tuesday evening
Ut and Mrs. y. a. Haning and Mr.
ana Mrs Lee PAUL entertained with
n dance party rs a compliment TO Mr..
ana MIS-. Camden Mckinley
nee Agra Bennett Of Weston. W. Va.
Inc guests arrived early. the gent.
lemen attired in their natty white
nannel suits, and the ladies elegantly
gowned In the seasons late creations
In all the late pastal shades with soft
tunlcs and flowing capes.
The Country club which has beep
~eilodsied never presented a more
~peautltul appearance with the first so.
cloty OF the city gathered on the
spacious Nerandas and lunching in the
fasoia, while Meister's orchestra ron.
dered appropriate music. The hall
room was full most OF the evening
Hesplte the warm weather and tho
late society dances were enioyed
Inc maNiNe. hesitation. one-sieb ana
otheT quite as popular steps we're en-.
Manager Dimmey and his corns Of
assistants were kept busy all eyeninr
LOOKING after the needs of the guests
anu served a delicious buffet luncheon
~ eleven O'Clock. Among the beauti.
Iul gowns Mrs. Johnson McEinIcv
wore white lace. trimmed i'm daintv
plnk RIBBON Mrs. Lee PAUL was al.
Iired In satin and lace: Mrs y A
RAINING wore pink taneta with real