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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-04-16
ELrxIR BABEK A coon TONIC

And Drives Malaria Out or the System.
"Your sRabek' acts like magic; have given
II to numerous people in my parish who were
suffering with chills, malaria and fever. rec
commend it to those who are sufferers and in
need of a good tonic" Rev. s. Szymanowski,
St. Stephens Church, Perth Amboy, N. j.
Elixir Bnbek, so cents, all druggists or by
Parcels Post, prepaid, from Noczewski d CO.,
WASHINGTON, ID. g.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-04-16

The wise man really looks broken
hearted when his wife goes for a two
weeks visit. ~
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-04-16
Unperturhed.

That poem of yours about spring
had some hard lines to scan. The
feet were difficult to manage"
We'll, in spring you must expect to
have hard lines and take extra care
about your feet"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-04-16

Metal railway ties are used extern
sively in Switzerland 6+
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-04-16

barns. but an occasional overflow or
little leakage will soon prove dis
astrous, for this win rot the timbers
underneath. A stone foundation will
prevent this trouble.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-04-16
that London FOO.

TnaI L0nu0H roy m
Church. What has London got to
combat the German zeppelins?
Gotham Why, her wellknown fog.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-04-16
Most Of Us Are

Young man. are you the victim
of habit?"
"Of habits, sir-other people's."-
Boston Evening Transcript.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-04-16

Wisconsin reports three cases Of
triplets this year
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-04-16

Kill the Flies Now and Prevent
disease. A DAISY FLY KILLER win do IL.
Kills thousands. Lasts all season. All dealers
or six sent express paid for 81. =. SOMERA
I5O De Kalb Ave, BROOKLYN, N. z. Adv.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-04-16
WOMAN WOULD
NOT GIVE UP
Though Sickand Suffering; At
Last Found Help m Lydia
e. Pinkharn's Vegeta-
bic Compound.

Richmond, Pa. q When started
taking Lydia e. Pinkhan's Vegetable
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-04-16
The Bill Climbed.

Il suppose you climbed the Alps
when you were abroad?"
NO, just ran up bill, that was
ALL"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-04-16

important TO Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that it
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-04-16

W. N. u, BALTIMORE, NO. 1s-1e15.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-06-24
FORTUNE IN BIBLE,

is not known what value attaches to
these stocks and so far no action to
recover on them has been determined
upon.
Negotiations for settlement of the
claims under the gas company stock
were suspended after the death of
John G. Shelton, Jr., in 1913. Miss
Rives said the heirs at that time were
unable to agree as to what division
to make of the property and decided
to drop the matter.
Only recently they took 1t up again
and employed an attorney to push
their claims. The suit Is directed
against the National Bank of Com
merce and the William H. Thompson
Trust company, because, it is alleged,
the pro rata distribution of the stock
at the time of its sale was made
through the bank, and Thompson acted
as trustee in the transfer
Miss Rives said that if the suit is
successful the sum recovered will be
divided into five parts for the heirs
Of the five children of her GRANDPA
Their. She will receive the entire part
that would have gone to her uncle,
John G. Shelton, Jr., having been be-
queathed his share, and one-half Of the
share of her mother, who is dead. The
remainder will go to the other groups
Of heirs.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-06-24
CHAPTER XIX.
Sunset.


81 do not wish to seem selfish, OH
yer, but sit a little nearer the window.
where I can see you whenever 1 open
my eyes. Twelve years is a long time
to make up, and have such little
while in which to do it."
Oliver moved. The moisture sprang
to his eyes as he did so. He had caught
a glimpse of the face on the pillow
and the changes made in a week we're
very apparent. Always erect. his IA
Their had lowered above them then
even in his establishment, but he
looked now as though twenty years.
instead Of few days, had passed over
his stately head and bowed his In
comparable figure. And not that
alone. His expression was different.
Had Oliver not seen him in his old
likeness for that one terrible haIf-hour.
he would not know these features. SO
sunken, yet so eloquent with the peace
Of one for whom all struggle is over,
and the haven of his long rest near.
Had he been able at this moment to
look beyond the fences which his fear
had reared, he would have seen at
either gate a silent figure guarding the
walk, and recalled, perhaps, the hor-
TOR of other days when at the contem-
plation Of such q prospect, his spirit
recoiled upon itself in unimaginabIe
horror and revolt, And yet. who
knows! Lies passions fade when the
heart is at peace. And Archibald Os-
trander's heart was at peace. Why,
his next words will show.
"Oliver"-his voice was low but
very distinct. never have a secret;
never hide within your bosom a
thought you fear the world to know. If
you've done wrong-if you have dis
obeyed the law either of God or man
seek not to hide what can never be
hidden so long as God reigns or men
make laws. l have suffered, as few
men have suffered and kept their rea-
son intact. Now that my wickedness
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-06-24
ONE LEFT IN TOWN
Once Thriving Mining Center Now
Is Isolated.
Living Alone in City of a Thousand
Homes, Former Saloon Keeper De-
elares He Is Supreme and Has
No Wish to Move.

Topeka, Kan.-Living only in mem
DRY OF distant past, isolated from the
rest OF the world, yet living in city
of a thousand homes, sitting idly hour
by hour at the front of a small saloon
Where twenty years ago prosperity and
excitement were on every hand, Sam
BOIger, former Topeka bartender. la
ter an adventurer, gambler and Colo
RADIO saloon owner, is residing in the
deserted mining town of Gillette, Colo.
Bolger occupied a diIapidated saloon,
but had no customers. An inquisitive
nomad asked:
Where are the rest of the voters?"
The faded old man did not answer
at first, but then he replied, They are
everywhere but here"
He then relapsed into silence, but
another Kansan spied a table and a
few suspicious looking bottles within
the place. He called the ancient gen
tleman and together they entered the
poorly kept saloon. When the old man
came out, some ten minutes later he
was in a more laxative mood
IeIL topeka IN 1881, not long after
the. prohibition amendment went into
effect. l had lost my job. I had no
money. So l just naturally drifted
West, and for the next ten years
roamed around California, New Next
CO, Arizona and old Mexico. But it
was in 1880 that I came to Cripple
Creek. The first real strike had been
made. With thousands of others I fell
victim to my ambition to be rich.
Out of all those who went to Cripple
Creek in those years only a few re-
main today who have wealth.
II sweated my life away in the
mines. l gambled and drank away my
wages in Cripple Creek. There never
was city yet that could equal it.
Money flowed like water. l believe it
was the Wickedest spot on the map.
81 was in the great Cripple Creek
fire Of 1896. The fire destroyed my
place and l was broke again. Then l
heard rumors of Gillette. The town
became city in night. The rush of
men here at that time was heavy. Be
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-06-24

ing one of the first on the ground, I
started saloon in a shack and a
boarding house in a tent. For several
months Gillette was fast becoming the
center of the Cripple Creek region.
Then the gold gave out. 1t was shall
low. People left here in single night.
Many did not take even the precaution
Of shutting their doors. Gillette start
ed like whirlwind and in a like man
ner it became deserted.
Only few of US remained, firm in
the belief that the country was plenti-
full in gold. My business was ruined,
yet kept it up and still have it today.
Gradually my friends left Gillette, but
remained and have lived in a solitary
grandeur since 1908, when the last of
my family moved away.
why don't leave, you ask? Why
should l? I have formed an attach
ment to Gillette. I will die here.
am emperor of the place. My word is
law, having no one to dispute it,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-06-24
Properly Named.

Not all of the good negro stories
come from the South. For instance,
there is the one told by John Poucher,
Jr., now of Omaha, though formerly
of these parts, who has been visiting
his brother-in-law, Heather" Wood,
in Louisville recently. John was
newspaper man once, but he is preach
ing now.
He says there is an old darkey in
Omaha, who, strange as it may seem
in that latitude, never was a slave.
The old man does odd jobs of haul
ing, for which purpose he uses a
gigantic mule of tremendous strength
and equal elaboration and determine
ton. One day John asked the old
man the mules name.
Dat mule am name Cooperation"
was the answer
What on earth ever made you give
him such a name as that?" John
asked.
yes cause dat am re nachel name
TO- i'm" said the old man. Dat ar
mule he kin stan mo- 'buse an GO
right ahaid havin' is own way dan
any wife pusson yo' eber ee."-
Louisville Times.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-06-24

worthy Of it. | only ask that you VII
not let pride or any other evil pa
sion stand in the way Of the happi-
ness l see in the future for you.
cannot take from you the shame of my
crime and long deception, but spare
me- this final sorrow! There is moth
ing to part you from Reuther now
Alike unhappy in your parentage. yon
can start on equal terms, and love
will do the rest Say that you win
marry her, Oliver. and let me see her
smile before I die"
Marry her? Oh. father, will such
an angel marry me-"
mo, but such a woman might
Oliver came near, and stopped over
his fathers bed.
Father. if love and attention to my
profession can make a success of the
life you prize, they shall have their
opportunity
The father smiled. If it fell to 9TH
ers to remember him as he appeared
in his mysterious prime, to Oliver it
was given to recall him as he looked
then with the light on his face and the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-06-24
(THE ENID
Gems That Brouoht Misery

The history of diamonds and the
many other precious stones, ruby, tur-
quoise, emerald, OPAL topaz, sapphire,
chrysolite, sardonyx, amethyst, nearly
all Of which are mentioned in the
Scriptures, goes far back of historic
times, and is lost in maze of religion,
superstition and legend, 1t has been
intermingled with intrigue, politics
and diplomacy; murders galore: scan
dals unnumbered; imprisonments and
beheadings. The story of the 'Dia-
mond Necklace" which, possible inno-
Gently on her part, smirched the fame
of Marie Antoinette was one of the
factors in agitation that led to the
great French revolution. The Bastile
opened to several of the actors in the
scandal, one of them Cardinal de Ro-
han, who was arrested in his robes in
the midst of his court. Cagliostro, the
famous magician swindler, was anoth-
er of the Bastile prisoners, and Coun-
tess Lamotte-Valois of royal lineage,
who was the chief conspirator, for Pc
cuniary gain, escaped from the prison
to London, where she died in perjury.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-06-24

last tear he was ever to shed glitter
ing in his fading eye.
God is good" came from the bed;
then the soIemnity of death settled
over the room.
The soft footballs overhead ceased.
The long hush had brought the two
women to the door where they stood
sobbing. Oliver was on his knees be-
side the bed, his head buried in his
arms. On the face so near him there
rested a ray from the westering sun;
but the glitter was gone from the eye
and the unrest from the heart. No
more weary yigils in a room dedi-
Gated to remose and self-punishment.
No more weary circling of the house
in the dark lane whose fences barred
out the hurrying figure within from
every eye but that of heaven. Peace
for him; and for Reuther and Oliver,
hope!
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-06-24
Scissors.

scissors, whose ruined cathedral
now takes rank with Reims, has a re-
ligious and a military history unpar-
aIleled among French towns. More
than one great abbey took root in the
town, but the greatest o. all was that
Of st. Medard, whose abbot, in the
thirteenth century, lorded it over 220
villages, with innumerabIe manors and
vassals. St. Medard drew in 1880
over 100000 pilgrims to the famous
shrine. One or two of the early kings
Of France are buried IN what remains
Of the crypt Of the old abbey. Every
war that France has suffered from
has visited scissors with intense Sc
verify. sacking and bombardment fol-
lowing fast and following faster. A
century ago. in 1914, the town was
twice captured by the allies and re-
taken by the French. to become, in
the following year. a cockpik foS the
contending armies.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-06-24
GOOD AND EVIL IN EXERCISE
Stair Climbing, Done In the Proper
Way, May Be Beneficial or May
Be Made Injurious.

Climbing stairs always has been
thought to be very injurious to
woman. yet In many cases, If it is
rightly done, 1t may be of real benefit
and gradually strengthen the heart
and shoulders instead of doing actu-
ally the reverse. Mount the stairs
slowly with the body erect, the head
and chest high, and allow the leg
muscles to do the work Try this for
a week, instead of the old way of
bending the back and depressing the
chest. and see how it improves the
general carriage.
A physical culture exercise that is
unriyaled for giving one an erect and
graceful carriage, Strengthening the
shoulders and making them as level
as those of a West Point cadet is done
by this same stair climbing, only in
this case, with the arms hanging at
fun length, the hands should be
clasped behind the back, with the fin.
gers intorlsaed and the hands turned
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-06-24

AS Result of Experiments Southern
Doctor Claims Rodents Have
Domestic instinct.

New Orleans.-Folk who butter their
cats paws to keep them home can
easily achieve the same results with
their rats by cutting off their ears.
At least this is what Doctor CreePs lat
est experiment seems to prove.
Doctor CreeI contended that the
home instinct was as strong in rats as
in newly wed husbands.
Doctor Creel took for a subject a
big, healthy, gray rat, trapped in
Westwego. Put to sleep with ether,
the animals ears were locked with
an office punch. 1t was then taken to
City park and released from q cage.
When last seen alive it was disap-
pearing into a clump of trees back Of
the Greek temple on the far side of
the lagoon, still staggering a bit from
the effects of the ether. Three weeks
later it was found dead in a trap In
Doctor Whites district, five miles
from the spot where released. From
the direction Of travel and its near
ness to the Stuyvesant docks, it Is
thought that it was seeking means to
cross the river to the Westwego home.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-06-24
Orchids in a Skull.

At the international flower show in,
New York the most interesting exhibit
was moth orchid growing in hu-
man skull. The skull is that of an
old tribal chief of the Philippine
islands, who was killed forty years
ago by Guanu, a SURFACE chief. for
stealing one of the latter's wives.
Guanu kept the skull as trophy I'M
til his death, when it was placed upon
Guanu's grave as a tombstone. An
orchid took root, and as the flower
bloomed it was zealously guarded by
the natives, who thought the orchid
was the spirit of the chief In the
year 1902 a traveller passing through,
the village saw the freak, stole tt
from the natives and sent it to for
ist. The expansion of the roots had,
caused the frontal bone to crack. The.
roots extend down through the skull.
and can be seen through the nasal
cavity and beneath the jaw.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-06-24
Bad opera Kills Good Hound.

Held before a canned music E1..-
chine, a big collie belonging to Miss.
Jane DERRICK Of New Market, Md, was
called to dog heaven. The dog died
in an hour after being forced to lis
ten to the music. Miss DERRICK had
just purchased the machine and was
trying it out, with a seyen-dollar grand.
opera record, made by several great
singers. She wanted her pet to hear
the music and held the animal before
the instrument. The dog whined pite-
ously and finally wriggled from the
arms of his mistress.
After getting loose the collie raced
through the house, chewing its paws.
Thinking that the dog had gone mad,
Miss DERRICK sent for veterinarian,
who announced that the dog, which
was high-strung animal. had died
from excitement and fright.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-06-24
NOT AN IMPRESSIVE MONARCH
Napoleon Ill, In Appearance, Left
Much to Be Desired, According
to John Hay.

Short and stocky, he moves with
a queer. sidelong gait, like a equity
crab; a man so wooden locking that
you would expect his voice 70 come
rasping out like a watchman's rattle
A complexion like crude taIlow-
marked for death, whenever death
wants him-to be taken some time
in half an hour. or left. neglected by
the skeleton king, for years, perhaps,
if properly coddled. The mustache
and imperial which the world knows,
but ragged and bristly, concealing the
mouth entirely, is moving a little ner-
yously as the lips twitch. Eyes sleep
lily watchful-furtive. stealthy, rather
ignoble, like servants looking out of
dirty windows and saying nobody at
home" and lying as they say it. And
withaI a wonderful phlegm. He stands
there as still and impressive as if
carved in oak for ships fgurehead.
He looks not unlike one OF those
rude, inartistic statues. His legs are
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-06-24
SAVING THE SOLDIER
WONDERFUL ACCOMPLISHMENTS
OF MODERN SURGERY.
German System So Perfect That Des4
Perately Wounded Men Are Re-
stored to Service in Compare
lively Short Time.

With their characteristic thorough
ness the Germans have set themselves
TO the task of saving every wounded
soldier sent back from the front who
is not beyond their aid They are &C
complishing wonderful results and
thousands of disabled soldiers are
soon restored to health and sent back
to the firing line, who might have per-
ished miserably were it not for the
scientific management of German hos
pital work
There is no neglect Of the wounded.
From the time a man is hurt on the
battlefield until he is installed in a
hospital, perhaps far away from the
scene Of his injury, all that could
possibly be done for him before he
reaches the hospital has been accom-
plished by skilled hands and when he
reaches his destination competent
surgeons, who specialize in the kind
Of wound he has received, begin the
final work of healing. Instead of being
the most common operation in war
surgery, amputation is not practicedl
now, except as the last resort. Anti
septic treatment has so minimized the.
danger of infection that the most des-
perately wounded soldiers are saved
and dismissed from the hospitals with
their full complement of limbs.
Not only are German surgeons do
ing splendid work. but American.
French, English and Austrian sur
geons are every day performing re-
markable operations. Recently an OPP
GRAFTON was performed by Prof. Albert
Tietze on a soldier who had a serious
wound in his head. After a large frag-
ment of shell had been removed the
Xrays showed that a small piece of
she'll remained. Professor Tietze said
this particle could not safely be left
In the skull because 1t might become
dislodged in future years and cause
instant death.
1t was suggested that magnet be
used to draw out the splinter There
was no instrument of the sort avail
able. but engineers of the Geographic
division soon made an electro-magnet.
A motor formerly used for running
a threshing machine, and a dynamo
were requisitioned. The physician took
an iron wand. highly polished, and
connected it with coil, The wand
was inserted in the soldiers skull and
the fragment of shell was easily with
drawn as it chung to the end of the
iron.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-06-24
Granddaughter of Wealthy st.
Louis Man Finds Papers.
Heirs Immediately File Suit to Re-
cover on 100000 in stocks-GirI,
Searching Garret, Runs Across
Old Bible.

st. Louis-Suit has been filed by
the heirs of John Gilmore Shelton, who
at his death in 1869 was regarded as
one of the wealthiest st. Louisans, to
recover from the William H. Thomp-
son Trust company and the National
Bank of Commerce on thirty shares
of gas company stock valued at 100000
which were found by Skeletons grand
daughter, Miss Oracle J. Rives, in 1910,
after they had been lost since the own
ers death.
The stock was in the old st. Louis
Gas company, which was taken over
by the Laclede Gas company in 1890
1t is claimed by the Shelton heirs that
no accounting was ever made for the
thirty shares they knew their grand
father had possessed, but we're I'M
able to find.
The petition asks that the defend
ants be compelled to pay the pro
rata value of these shares at the time
of the sale, estimated at 100000, and
in addition compound interest at 6
per cent from January 1, 1890. This
would increase the aggregate claim to
more than 100000.
Miss Rives said that for several
years prior to 1910 she and her mother
had made their home with her uncle,
John G. Shelton, Jr. She always
helped with the spring housekeeping.
In 1910 she gave the house a more
thorough cleaning than ever before.
In a garnet storeroom were many
pieces of old furniture which had not
been disturbed for years She found
a solid mahogany library table covered
with dust. In one side was a drawer
so constructed that at first glance it
was not noticeable She opened the
drawer and found a lot Of faded pa
pers. Under them was an old Bible.
In turning the leaves of the Bible
she came across folded paper, gel
lowed with age. She took it to her
uncle, who examined it and found it
was the certificate for theIost stock.
Among the other papers in the
drawer were found a certificate for
fifty shares Of stock in the Missouri
Wine company, now the American
Wine company; a certificate for forty
shares in the old Ohio and Mississippi
railroad and certificate for several
shares in the old Pacific railroad. 1t
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-06-24
Live as in olden Times.

In eastern Palestine and Arabia are
to be found the most picturesque race
in the East. those strange, nomadic
tribes, the Bedouins.
Their mode of life has not greatly
changed since Biblical times, and to-
day they steal cattle and camels, and
their young men steal wives, as was
their wont in Old Testament days.
Indeed, the purloining of cattle and
cameIs is considered lawful among
them, and the more tribe or an In
dividual can enrich himself in this
manner the more their prowess comes
to be recognized,
These people, however, who live by
thieving and move by stealth, are inva-
ribly hospitality itself to the stranger
within their gates.