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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-20

at ALL Bue could see how happy II
So I have promised to marry Mr.. Lam
der We are to be married very quietly
this afternoon. And this evening we go
to New York to live.
Dear, / can't write any more. If you
are heartbroken over this you have at
least the comfort of knowing that / still
love you and that / shall love you forever
and ever. / can never tell you that again,
for 1 shall be another mans wife. But
it is true.
Forgive me. dear. dear Tom, for the
grief / am causing you But-my first
duty was to father. Help me to be brave.
JANET.
Tom looked up from the letter, his
face white and haggard. Across the
breakfast table he met his sister
Miriam's gaze. maliciously triumphant.
Miriam, too, had just received letter
from Samoset. And she cried in shrill
delight.
what do you think, Tom? Janet
Gordon was married yesterday Mar
ried rich man from New York. Threw
you over for a man with more cash
and better looks and city ways. I al
ways knew she was"
Tom thrust back his chair from the
table and cut short his sisters spite
full speech by stamping out of the
house.
Straight to the factory he went,
moving dazedly, like man in night
mare. On his arrival he was sum-
moned into the superintendent office
opd xryac +baro y7o+ifiod that b;c xuorLy
had been so satisfactory as to warrant
his superiOrs in giving him a much
higher position.
This new position in the factory was
one toward which Tom had been fight
ing his way for months 1t had been
the goal of his hopes. For it entailed
a salary on which he could afford to
marry.
The good news was now as dead sea
fruit to the heartbroken man. Yet it
reused him from his daZe of numb mis-
cry and awakened in him once more
the ambition to fight on.
He had hitherto worked with love as
his hoped-for prize. Now, love was
dead. And he vowed that, henceforth,
ambition should be his aim in life. He
would throw himself, heart and soul,
into his career. He would sacrifice
everything to success. He would win
wealth and power to atone for the love
he had lost. He would deaden unhap-
piness by an orgy of work.
For the next year or so Tom Mer-
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-20

anyway, it wasn't as painful as when
he struck me- He"
''He struck youT' painted Tom, al
most inaudibly. "Struck you? Janet,
I'll kill him for that!'
''Now she implored. "No! You
mustn't. You must promise not to. /
couldn't bear that. /"
Listen to me, Janet. This man
has treated you with abominable cru
city. Cruelty is not a legal cause
for divorce in New York state ;
more's the pity. But it is, in Connecti-
cut. Let me take you back to Hart
ford. You can stay with Miriam there
and establish Connecticut residence
AS soon as you have established it,
bring suit for divorce against Mare
Lander on grounds of cruelty. After
that-unless you've stopped loving
me"
"Tve never stopped loving you.
Tom," she told him.
81 have many good friends among
the Hartford business men. I can
easily get one of them to give you
a job. A job that will support you
while you are waiting for your di-
vorce decree. You can find a good
boarding place and"
In his eagerness he caught both her
hands i'm his as he urged her to con-
sent to his plan. And at that moment
the living room portieres We're jerked
apart and Marc Lander slouched into
the room.
He stopped short on the threshold at
sight of Tom Mercer. He saw that
Mercer was holding Janet's hands.
ST came back home for some mail /
forgot" said Lander, striding forward.
"And it's lucky did. If / dropped in
here oftener in the daytime I'd prob
ably walk in on more little love scenes
like this"
''Marc!' gasped Janet.
Tom, without a word, stepped be-
tween the threateningiy advancing
man and his trembling wife. His own
fists We're cienched, and his face was
dangerously calm. Mare looked sneer-
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-20

terror of the house ard brought Tom
Mercer running out to his wife's aid.
Forgetful of his recent illness and of
the doctors warning against overexer-
ton, Tom responded to the cry and In
stinctively rushed forth. FOR the mo-
ment excitement made him strong and
vigorous again:
AS he flung open the front door and
stepped out onto the veranda Tom
found himself face to face with the one
man in all the world whom he least
expected to see-the ore man on earth
whom he hated.
what are you doing here2' he de-
manded haIshly.
Janet threw her arms around Toms
neck, weeping Historically. But stirred
by the stark terror in her eyes Tom
put her gently aside and whirled fierce
ly upon Lander.
"What have you been saying to herr
he questioned, his eyes ablaZe.
II have been holding a personal and
private talk with my own faithless
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-20

GERS example was one which his en-
ployer pointed out to lazy toilers.
Word of his prowess reached the
sent for to confer with the directors
there on a scheme he had outlined. He
convinced the directors of the schemes
value and, to his amazement, was ap-
pointed superintendent of the entire
Hartford factory.
The man was a dynamo of energy
and of executive genius and the direc-
tors fastened TO recognize his abili-
ties before some rival firm should do
so.
Tom Mercer left the general offices
of his company after the directors
meeting and started toward the Grand
Central station on his return journey
to Hartford. CHANGING at the station
clock he saw he had missed the train
he had hoped to take and must wait
nearly two hours before the next would
start.
With time on his hands and nothing
to occupy it his mind flashed yearning-
~ back to Janet. Janet was living
somewhere in New York. What harm
could it do either of them if he should
call upon her for half hour while he
waited for train time?
With an exclamation of delighted as
constituent Janet ran to welcome the
guest. Almost incoherently Tom re-
piled to her impulsive greetings.
Presently the two emerged from the
half-light of the hallway into the sun
lit living room. There Tom halted and
stared in frank and distressed amaze
ment at the woman he loved.
For the past year or two had
wrought startling changes I'm her.
She was dressed in style that
seemed TO Toms unaccustomed senses
nothing short of queenly. But she was
thinner and much paler than of old
and she had wholly lost her air of
youth and gay vigor. She looked pal
lid, nstless, i'll. Her eyes were dark
ringed. And they were infinitely sad.
almost frightened, and were fraught
with a mute appeal that went straight
to Toms heart
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eleventh STORY
The Lost Paradise.

The first part of the strange real-life
romance of Tom Mercer and Janet Cor
don was more or less like that of an
old-time English melodrama. But the
latter and more tensely exciting part
of it was ike no other story ever told
since the birth of time.
They were brought up together, Tom
and Janet, in the historic little village
of Samoset, on the very edge of the
creek that formed the borderline be-
tween New York and Connecticut.
The village itself was on the New
York side of the creek. But in two
good strides and without getting wet
step into Connecticut.
Hiram Gordon-Janet's father-was
the "big man" of Samoset. His house
was the most pretentiOus, his lands
were the broadcast in the little COM
munity.
He and Tom MERGERS father had
been chums from their college days.
And Tom and his sister Miriam were
ever welcome guests in the big Cor
don house. Since the death of their
parents the two Mercer children had
been all but adopted by Hiram Gordon.
Miriam Mercer was prim. unattrac-
tive girl, with sharp tongue and an
oddly soured nature. GOrdOn's infiu-
ence had secured for her the position
of principal of the Samoset grammar
school, And she spent most of her
time at her duties there, growing more
and more aloof from her old friends.
From the first, she had disliked Janet
Gordon and had vainly tried to infiu-
ence Tom against her.
AS for Tom, himself-frOm child
hood he and Janet had loved each
other. Their fathers had smiled on
the pretty romance. And when, in
young manhood, Tom asked Hiram
GordOn's permission to marry Janet
the request was heartily granted.
The course of true love gave every
promise of running with q most I'M
reventful smoothness, fiawed only by
Miriam MERGERS sour and futile oppo-
=SitiOn.
Hiram Gordon was the president and
chief stakeholder of the Samoset bank.
Tom had a position of trust under him
and on the first of the year was to sue
coed the retiring old cashier. This
would mean for him an income on
which he and Janet could very COM
fOrtably marry.
Then, all at once, the placidly I'M
eventful happiness of the two lovers
received sharp setback.
A fever of stock speculation had
swept the country, as reaction after an
era of hard times. Hiram Gordon
was infected by it. He SAVIOR thought
he Saw-a chance to turn his comfort
able fortune into enormous wealth.
He speculated heavily, not only with
his personal funds, but with those of
the bank as well. And presently came
the collapse of the bubble of false pros
perity that had lured so many thou
sand people into crazy investments.
Panic reigned in Wall street. Dozens
of banks were wrecked. And, with an
army of other unfortunates, Hiram
Gordon lost his all.
Gordon could have faced the loss of
his own fortune. But the fact that
dozens of people had been impover-
ished through his folly was more than
he could bear.
He made hurried trip to New York,
trying there to raise funds to cover his
investors losses. He found the New
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York money market tight closed and
he could not wiring from it single
dollar.
But, through Broad street broker
he CHANGED 70 meet there. a young
financier named Mare Lander. who
had fattened on the panic that had
ruined So many better men.
Lander lad q reputation that was
none too cieGE. He had made his
wealth by cIeverly gambling on 'long
.hots" IN tSs aaSncial world And he
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-08-04
WHEAT STARTS HIGH
ON CROP REPORTS

CHICAGO. Aug. 4.-Receipts Of
more bad news from Canada and high
er cables started wheat off with a
bound again today, and prices were
1lac to higher than yesterdays
close. There was some buying on pri-
vate cables, and the early range was
&c. There was less pressure from the
longs. and many who sold out yester-
day are re-instating their line News
was distinctively bullish as news from
Canada was bad, and Winnipeg opened
SAC to SIC higher. Private reports
showed more rain than was publicly re-
ported, and the result was that many
eager buyers Of corn turned sellers
after the opening. Commission houses
started buying oats at the start, and
their orders were filled by some Of
the big grain firms, with reaction In
price that later rallied Provisions
were slightly off with offerings light.
Wheat closed around the best prices
OF the day and showed net gains of 4
49sc. There was big cash business,
Omaha reporting 100000 bushels the
last few days, with 10000 bushels to-
day at the highest price Of the crop.
The seaboard reported 100000 as sold
for export, with 100000 bushels of 1t
American. At Chicago the sales were:
Wheat. 10000; corn 100000; ats 14O,.
bushels. Corn close &c to 1Bc higher
and oats were up ssc.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-08-04

Two petitions asking for road and
street improvements in the south part
of town and in the south part of
Wayne township will be presented to
the county commissioners some time
next week. The petitions were cir
culated by the South Side Improve
ment association and bear the sigma
natures of almost every land owner
along the lines Of Improvement
The improvements would be made
under the three mile road law and the
expense would largely have to be
borne by the entire township. Will
Keller is representing the petitioners.
The petitions ask for concrete pave
ments and state that the improve
ments are necessary because of the
heavy hauling which the factories in
the south end of town have to do and
which are greatly Inconvenience
during the winter months by the soft
and muddy streets.
The first petition asks that the paw
ing start at Baylies' corner on the E.
L. Commons road coming in the road
south of Reeveston, then down South
E street to Ninth, down Ninth to the
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-08-04
PITTSBURG

PITTSBURG, Pa, Aug. 4.-Cattle:
Supply light, market steady, choice
steers s9.25096O, prime steers $3.50,
good steers ss.50d9.o0, tidy butchers
$S.oo@S.50, fair s7.25@750. common
s6.o097.0O, common to fat bulls $3.50
G775, common to fat COWS $4.00G7.50,
hefers $5.0O0S.50, fresh cows and
springers $40.O0@S0.0o, veal calves
S12.50Q 1900,
Sheep and lambs: Supply Is. prime
wethers $S.00G S25, lambs $500
1925.
Hogs: Receipts Is double decks,
market steady. prime heavy Sl0.05,
mediums $10.15, heavy workers. $10.l5,
light workers. S10l5, pigs Slo.0o@1010,
roughs $S.504 stays $70OG7.25,
heavy mixed $1,000.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-08-04
SCHOOL HACK SERVICE
COST $1,000 LAST YEAR

School hacks cost Wayne township
s2,7OO last year. Because hacks were
used, four schools were disbanded.
The cost of the hacks was about the
same as the cost of the teachers pay
for these schools, but the money re-
quired for fuel and for the upkeep of
the buildings was saved. These facts
are brought out in the annual report
which Township Trustee Edgerton is
preparing.
Six hacks were operated last year
and the same number will be used
this year
IF it were possible for the township
to buy couple Of motor trucks,
money could be saved" Mr.. Edgerton
said today. 1t would be possible to
haul more children and to haul them
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@lk1ocal andf6neiion
WMarketa
CINCINNATI PRODUCE

Butter: Creamery whole milk extra
SIC, centralized extra 291a; do firsts
26; do seconds %; dairy fancy
23c.
Eggs: Prime firsts, "a; nrsts 22k;
ordinary arsts 201a; seconds. 1874;
duck, 21E.
Poultry: Broilers ~ lbs. 1920,
broilers over IL lbs. %, ROSTERS Il,
hens, lbs. ard over 171a; under 4
lbs. 1711 cents.
Potatoes: Eastern Cobblers $3.50
$50 bbl.; Triumphs, $2.40@2.60; home
grown, s2,50@2.65.
$1.25Q1.50 per hamper. .....
Tomatoes: Texas sell at 5o@65c
per 4-basket crate. Home grown,
50@S1.00 bushel.
Apples: New Early Harvest sell at
$2.75@3.00 per bril-, Red Astrakhan at
$1@1.25 per hamper and Transparent
at S1.25@1.50 per hamper.
Catalogues: California and Ari'
IONA standard crate $2.25@2.50; In
diana $1.00@2.00. ..
Onions: Crystal White sell at $40
2.25 per crate and Louisville at $3.75
@4.00 per bril-
Lemons: California $6.o0@750;
Messina $6.00@6.50, lines $3.00@3.25
box
Peaches-Elberta $225@2.5o and
Georgia Bell $1.50@1.75 per crate.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-08-04
THE STORY OF
A DRUNKARD
How His Sister Secretly
Cured Him
Here Is the Prescription Which Re.
Leased Him From the Clutches
of the Demon Drink,
You Can Prepare It at Home and Use
1t Without the knowledge
of Anyone.

For fifteen years | was a slave to
alcohol. Every penny | could get nv
hands on was spent over the bar. I
earned a good salary, and at first
was able to disguise my condition, but
finally my employer began to grunl-
Bile. | fought and prayed against it.
still | sank lower and lower until
lost my position. Then my friends
turned me down one after another.
until l was left wreck and alone
Whiskey was the cause of it all. |
was kicked around from one place to
another. Drunk practically all the
time. All l wanted or cared for was
whiskey, and I had reached that point
where I would not stop drinking of
my own accord.
A friend Of former days wrote my
sister, whose home was in Germany,
telling her of my pitiful condition.
She consulted famous chemist He
gave her the prescription, secret
formula, and told her if she could
arrange to put it in my coffee or tea
it would destroy the appetite for al
cohol in any form. She took the first
steamer for New York and when she
found me l did not recognize her, and
she hardly knew me. She imme-
diately began to give me the remedy
without my knowledge. In a few days
after she arrived l noticed that wills
key did not taste the same. I tried
other saloons with the same result.
After a month l could not drink a
drop. and in a short time my health
began to improve, my brain to clear
up. All the desire had left me. The
chains of alcohol slavery had been
broken. | was a new man. I secured
splendid position and have never
taken a drink since. The craving has
never returned. After eight years
my sister told me how she worked it
and gave me the formula. She was
afraid to tell me the secret before,
for fear l might go back. 1t is a
simple, inexpensive, home remedy,
which can be had at any first-class
drug store, and I advise every one who
has a relative or friend addicted to
the liquor habit in any form to try it.
It's harmless and marvelously effec-
tive Here is the prescription Ask
Glen Thistlethwaite or any druggist
for powdered Tescum. Dissolve one
powder in Coffee, Tea, Water or any
other liquid; give one powder twice
day. Each powder makes a dose. Do
not let the individual know Tescum is
being administered. It is tasteless
and cannot be detected by any one.
In a short time all desire for drink
should disappear. l feel so grateful
for what it did for me that l am glad
to tell the whole world about it.
feel sure that after you have tried it
you will thank me for publishing it.
H. J. BROWN, Beckman Bldg, Cleve-
land, Ohio.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-08-04
SOUTH SIDERS ASK
BETTER ROADS UNDER
THREE Mile STATUTE

overhead c. & o. bridge. The total
distance is a little more than two
miles.
The other road starts at South H
and Ninth streets, runs one block
west to Eighth street, down Eighth
through Beallview to @ street and
thence down the Boston pike to the
township line.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-08-04

Marvin Jones, Galveston, who de-
feated Representative John H. Steph-
ems in the Democratic primaries, for
representative from the Thirteenth
Congressional District Of Texas, will
represent the largest legislative dis
trict in the world. The nomination is
equivalent to an election in this dis
trict, which embraces 48 counties, a
territory as large as all the New Eng.
land States.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-08-04
INDIANAPOLIS

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Aug. T.
Hogs: Receipts $4,000, market 1oc
higher, best hogs $3.50, heavies $685.,
pigs S7000965, bulk Of sales S9.S5.
Cattle: Receipts $50, market steady,
choice heavy steers $s.7509.90, light
steers $6.250S75, heifers S4.756S.75,
COWS $5.25G725, bulls $5.00G9,0O,
calves $50001175.
Sheep and lambs: Receipts $50,
market steady, prime sheep $3.50.
lambs S6.00@1000
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-08-04
LIVE STOCK
CHICAGO

UNION STOCK YARDS, H., Aug. A..
Hogs: Receipts $4,000, market loo
higher, mixed and butchers s9.O5Q
1000, good heavies $9.30G9.95, rough
heavies SS90d9.2O, light $9.30010.oO,
pigs S9.5OG9S0, bulk of sales S9.5oG
go.
Cattle: Receipts 1900, market
steady, beeves $6.S5@10,15, COWS and
heifers $4.000S.S5, stockers and feed
ers S5.250730, calves $10.25G12.25.
Sheep: Receipts 5000, market
steady, natives and westerns $37o@
$40. lambs S825@1150.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-08-04
HURRY INFORMATION.

Looking toward rushing the motor
ization of the fire department to COM
pletfon, the board Of works today or
dered City Clerk Bescher to ask
the American La France people who
obtained contracts for furnishing the
chassis how soon they would be able
to mount the bodies which are to be
shipped to their factory.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-08-04
ORDER POLES REMOVED.

Because the street car company
poles at intersections of Fifth and
Sixth streets with Main street inter-
fere with the installation Of the new
ornamental lighting system, the board
of works today ordered the poles re-
moved.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-08-04
HOG CHOLERA DEPOT
MAY OPEN IN CITY

Possibility exists that station for
the purpose Of bringing about the
control and eventual eradication OF
hog cholera from the states will be
established In Richmond. This has
been announced by the United States
department Of agriculture, which is es-
tablishing four other such stations in
the estate.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-08-04
FUEL FIRM DEMANDS
DAMAGES OF CITY

EATON. O., Aug. 4.-Claim for dam
ages amounting to $1,83676 has been
filed with the city council by the Jan
tina Light and Fuel company. The
claim is based upon the fact that the
company was compelled to lower it's
main line when the city began paving
Barron street
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-08-04

further distances. In this way, other
schools could be discounted"
The trustee explained that in many
places, the children were riding to
school where it would be much better
for them to walk, but the patrons de-
mand hack service and the only thing
that can be done is to grant their de-
sires in accordance to the state law.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-08-04
PRODUCE

Corrected Daily by Edward Cooper)
Old chickens. dressed, paying 20 to
22c.
Country butter, paying zoe to Csc,
selling Csc to soc.
Eggs, paying 21c, selling CSC.
Country lard, paying 13c, selling 1Sc
Creamery butter, selling 35c.
New Potatoes, selling S1.40 bushel
Spring chickens. dressed. paying
soc; selling, 35c.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-08-04
COAL QUOTATIONS

Corrected nv Hackman & Kleto;h)
Anthracite, chestnut, 1855, anthra-
cite, stove or egg, $40; Pocahcntas,
lump or egg. $500. mine run. $3.50;
slack. s4co; Winifred lump. $3.50;
Campbell's lump. $40; Kanawha
lump. $3.50; Indiana lump, $500;
Hccking Valley lump. $3.50: Jewel
lump, $475; Yellow Jacket lump
$4.75; Tennessee LUMP, $500: coke all
sizes, $500: nut and slack, $3.50;
Jackson, S5.75; Kentucky lump, $4.75;
Winfred washed pea, $425.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-08-04
CINCINNATI

CINCINNATI, O., Aug. 4.-Hogs:
Receipts $500, market slow, packers
and butchers 500, common to choice
s6.5O@S.75, pigs and light s6.50G9So.
Cattle: Receipts 500, market slow,
heifers $500Q7.50.
Sheep: Receipts 700, market steady,
lambs active.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-08-04
TO FOLLOW
MEASURING OF BABIES

Criminal action against the women
who make practice of measuring"
babies and claiming to have super
natural healing power will be taken
as soon as Secretary Melpolder of the
Social Service Bureau returns from
his vacation, Prosecutor Keller said
TODAY.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-08-04
DELIVER SCHOOL SUPPLIES

Supplies to be used in the city
schools during the coming fall and
winter terms have been delivered at
the office of city superintendent, j. T.
Giles employees of the city school
system are now engaged is distribut-
ing the supplies among the different
schools
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-08-04
STOLE FINED TEN DOLLARS

Anton Stole today pleaded guilty to
the charge of selling lard to the Rich
mond Baking company weighing less
than 1t was represented to weigh. A
fine of SO and costs was imposed by
Mayor Robbins. The charge was filed
by Inspector Mckinley.