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The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1915-05-20
EVERGREEN

Mrs. John Dewitt is reported to be
on the sick list.
Mrs. B. Heseltine is sick at this
writing.
Mrs. John Armstrong is still on the
sick list.
Bateman brothers have bought VIM
Cregory's farm.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1915-05-20
Local and Foreign
MHRKE rs

The following market quotations are
the prices paid to the producer by the
dealer and are changed daily, thus Civ.
ing the public the accurate quotations
on all classes Of grain, produce and
meats:
The grain quotations below were
furnished today by the Mark p. Miller
Milling company of Moscow.
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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-03-05

by the impact. But for the interposi-
ton Of some barrels, he would nave
been dashed to pieces.
By another miracle, the strap that
bound the gyroscope to his feet broke
under the strain. When Haynes was
picked up the powerful machine lay
hidden from sight under heap OF
scrap into which it had plunged, and
there it hummed, inaudible beneath
the layers that concealed it, until 1t
ran down from want Of gasoline.
When, on his return to the machine
shop, the prisoner found his machine
among the debris, uninjured, the hope
Of freedom, hitherto but dimly imag'
ined, suddenly became burning real
ity. He had accomplished all but the
last step. If he could once get free OF
those combining walls, his gyroscope
with him, he knew that escape was
certain. But inside he was quite help
less. And only three weeks remained.
He knew the day on which his enemy
would be set free; and, if Ricardo pre-
coded him into the world outside, his
plans would be shattered probably for.
ever.
Then came the unexpected stroke Of
luck which 'counterbalance9 every.
thing that had gone against him.
Feiening thatAthe accids2t.h
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-03-05
SUDDENLY THERE LEAPED UPON HIN DREADFUL, ScREAN'
ING THING THAT CAUGHT HIN BY THE THROAT WITH GRIP

ranged with a dead man beside him.
AS Pete Timmons, notorious gang
leader, he was arraigned before a cor
rupt Judge and sentenced to serve for
fourteen years in the state peniten-
tiary. Next day the case was discon-
tinued; it was reported that Haynes
had accepted a settlement and gone
back to England; the conspirators
came into possession Of the land. John
Haynes, IN court, had reserved his de-
tense, by the advice of his corrupt
counsel, and only learned that SEN
tence had been pronounced while
he lay helpless paralytic, in the jail
hospital.
Every element in the state that
should have been force for justice
was leagued against him. He never
saw his wife or child again; he could
learn nothing. He entered the peni-
tertiary as Pete Timmons; when he
persisted in his story he was placed
in the insane ward. He learned to be
silent; outwardly accepting his fate.
he grew more bitter until the idea of
revenge became his dominating mo-
tive.
At the end of his first year Of i'm
prisonmentthe first ray of hope broke
in upon HIS soul. In the penitentiary
he recognized a new face-that Of a
man named Ricardo, an American of
Italian parentage, the BLACKBOARD with
whom he had fought the mock duel
that morning when he stole away from
his wife and daughter to avenge the
insult which had been offered to the
former. Ricardo was serving a five
years sentence for burglary, which
would be reduced, in practice, to about
four. He made himself known to him.
At first Ricardo, smarting under the
failure of his confederates to save him,
was inclined to listen to propositions
for alliance; but when he discovered
the indomintable honesty Of the Eng
lishman his mood changed. He heaped
curses upon him whenever they passed
and devoted his life to making the 9TH
er's unbearable.
In particular he delighted in tortur-
ing Haynes about the fate Of his fam
lily. That Ricardo knew where they
were was clear to Haynes from certain
statements which the Italian had let
fall at the beginning of their associa-
ton in the prison. In some way, then,
Haynes must force Ricardo to tell the
truth to him before he could begin to
work out his revenge.
This was the man concerning whose
exploits all America was now agape.
At first the idea of revenge had
centered itself almost exclusively up
on Ricardo. To Haynes this man en-
bodied all the wrongs that he had en-
dured. With that apparently unending
fourteen years ofimprisonment, always
before him, he resolved to kill Ricar-
do; and, because he could not match
the strength {of his crippled body
against the Italians, he devot& bis
long hours or SOLITARY imprison1 to
dalhlpping the muscles of y
Saxaauaay he knaaR
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-03-05
COULD SCARCELY
WALK ABOUT

believe would have died If hadn't
taken it.
After | began taking Cardui, was
greatly helped, and all three bottles re.
lieved ME entirely. A
| fattened UP, and grew so r
stronger in three months, fell li:!e
other person altogether"
Cardui is purely vegetable and ge'
acting. Its ingredients have midi
effect, on the womanly constitution.
Cardui makes for Increased strene
improves the appetite, tones uo the mel!
vous system, and helps TO make pale,
sallow cheeks, fresh and rosy.
Cardui has Helped more than million
weak women. during the past So years.
| II will surely do ior you, what it has
done for ti;3;r. Try Cardai pd2y.
Write TO: Chattanooga Medicine Co. taI!es' Ad.
visor, Dept hav,anooga. T-nn.. 10. Special IN
| sfr,irfiO1ys an rnur case 7rd 6+-rs~e hoax Home
| Treatment for Women >sE In PLAN ~'-sD&i. jos
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-03-05

trip-hammer could upset the vehicle,
which could move on roads or side
walks, or, with still greater facility,
upon the single rails of train and troll
ley tracks, on stretched ropes, or even
on telegraph wires, for the wheel was
grooved for this special purpose.
Who was this crippled man who
had contrived so wonderful machine?
John Haynes was an Englishman
forty years of age, and, five years be-
fore, in no wise differed from thou
sands of other Englishmen Of good
family and fair circumstances. Then
the cay came when he received a let
ter from certain lawyer named
Frank Staples, who was at that time
just struggling out of want into af-
fluence through dubious practices.
Staples informed him that his uncle,
one of the original settlers of Nokomls
Falls, had died, leaving him sole heir
to property in land, the value of which
was estimated at S1,G00,000. He Of
fered to settle up the estate for that
sum.
John Haynes sailed by the next
steamship with his wife and daughter,
surprised Staples in his office, and dis
covered that the value Of the estate
was not enc but eleven millions of dol
lars. He threw Staples over and
went west to fight his battle alone.
That was the mans sterling honesty
OF nature and fighting quality. He
would not compromise with crooks. He
found thatzStaples had formed COM
pany claiming the land under certain
Anticipated acts OF the legislature.
John Haynes refused five millions and
began the biggest battle that the state
had known.
1t might have dragged on forever. It
would certainly have ended in Haynes
victory. His enemies sent spies under
the guise of friends, learned his strong
points and his weak ones. They found,
among other things, that he had an ex-
aggerated idea of the customs preYa-
lent in that unsettled portion OF the
community. A BLACKBOARD insulted his
wife; his pretended friends told nlm'
when the man came out of the nos
pital, that he would have to accept a
challenge to fight duel. Haynes IN
nocently accepted the invitation, went
out before daybreak, and met his adj
versary with a pistol from which the
bullet had been secretly extracted.
Both fired. John Haynes fell, crippled
and paralyzed by a bullet in the spine.
When he recovered consciousness he
was lying in a city hospital under a
different name and charged with muir.
der.
His enemies, knowing the gigantic
issues at stake, had played their last
card upon the young Englishman's
ignorance Of American customs, and
had won. Afraid to murder him
when he lay bleeding and helpless up
on enksield of honor" they had spirit
n 10y T. city slum, dressed
ID LETT him lying in an
gang battle-also az
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-03-05

truth in his enemy's haunting words,
Haynes swung round his crutch and
missed. Ricardo waved his hand mock
ingly and turning his back, started
quickly back along the road. He knew
that Haynes could never reach him.
He did not even turn his head until
1t was pulled backward upon his Shout
ders. For suddenly there leaped upon
him a dreadful, screaming thing that
caught him by the throat with a grip
of steel, beat him down, struck him,
trampled on him; and, even as his
screams grew fainter and the guards
came running up, Ricardo felt himself
borne off as by a whirlwind and hurt
ling through the air as in nightmare.
Bullets were whistling over Haynes
head and he laughed loudly. 1t was
delicious; this quaint fulfllment Of the
dream which he had cherished through
five long years of agonT, exactly as he
had planned it; and the guards might
Just as we'll have fired at the sun, or
at the rushing winds. For now Haynes
was upon the metals and speeding far
away in the wake of the north-bound
express train that had come HURTING
past, following it upon single rail,
holding up his enemy with ease with
his strong right arm, while with the
let be pounded him mechanically I'm.
til the weak muscles tired.
And now he began to hear the roaf
of the approaching southwark train up
on the alternate track, and bending
down as he ran, he half shut off the
motive power, so that he moved COM
paratively slowly. He saw the train
fash round the bend Of the line, a
dreadful thing, a smoking monster
with a hiss Of noisome breath and
glowing eyes. Ricardo saw it and un-
derstood and uttered wild scream OF
terror and prayer. And Haynes, hold
ing him firmly with his mighty right
arm, Kissed into his ear:
Where are they?"
4 babbling cry issued from the Ital-
fans foam-1ecked lips:
Ask Jack Poole at Grand Valley,
northern New York"
Haynes hesitated one instant. and
then, with a thrust of his arm, he
pushed the Italian down the side Of
the embankment, away from the train
as it swept past him. He ran on e1-
ultantly for miles, shouting deliriously
in his happiness. Afterward, when the
sense of self-preservation was renewed
in him, he returned. He found the Ital.
Ian lying In a crumpled heap at the
bottom of the embankment, and after
satisfying himself that his enemy was
only stunned, he stripped him of his
lclothes and the few dollars he carried,
Jleft his own uDjS6 lifs III track {;
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-03-05
md For Three Summers kz1rs. VIM
cent Was Unable to Attend TO
Any Of Her Hoasewosk.

Peasant Hill, N. CO suffered for
nee summers" writes Mrs. Walter
rilcent, of this town, "and the third and
list time, was my worst.
| had dreadful nervous headaches and
1rostration, and was scarcely able to
walk about. Could not do any CT my
,ousework.
also had dreadful! pains in my back
I'd SIDES and when one of those weak,
linking spells ,2oald come ca me,
You'd have TO give up ard lie down,
mil il wcrc of.
was Certainly in dreadful state Of
,esith, when finally decided to try
,,ardui. the wcu,ar's tonic, and firmly
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-03-05


roosts, which fasten it to its perch
without an effort. Haynes had every
thing completed at the exact moment
when his divine luck brought Ricardo
under the rock, not ten PAGES away.
The guards were at the other end OF
the long line of men, and the Italian
ventured nearer. A hundred PAGES
away stretched the shining metals,
and the north-bound express was al.
ready rumbling in the distance. 1t
would rush northward on its way to
Nokomis without stepping, and ten
minutes later, would possibly have
timed Ricardo's appearance more in
geniously.
"My friend" Kissed the Italian from
among the rocks, II come to say good.
by. go away-maybe. She damn
fine girl, Mees Eleanor, and she and
me got marriage license yesterday and
get married Now she make damn fine
bride. Good-by, friend Timmons. To
morrow maybe we be en- route for
Italy-and maybe not. We think OF
you much. Maybe we pray for you.
Maybe we come back in nine years
more, and maybe not. Good7by, old
Pete" /
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-03-05
OF STEEL

At one O'CLOCK on the AFTERNOON oI
IA, 1918, thousand newsboys
ssn racing through the streets Of New
- city, shouting at the TOP of their
lungs and frantically waving extras,
wet from the press and smudgy with
printers ink, which were snatched up
by all who could get near them. Gall
about the devil-chair!" they shouted.
1.-The deviLchai runs up the cables Of
Brooklyn bridget" 1.-THE devil eludes
the police force of the five boroughs!"
1.-The devil at large in New York
jstate!" Shoot like a dog says Gov
ernor Smith" Extra! Extra! Ten
cents, sir!"
! The facts were these: About mid
day a crippled manesin strange
wedge-skaped invalid's chair was seen
~Sy-t%1( policemen in that residential
section Sof Brooklyn in which resided
MIR. Frank Staples, the millionaire di.
rector of the Nokomis Land Develop.
1oent company and numerous other or
Limitations. What seemed most curl
rus 10 them was that the chair was
balanced upon a single wheel, while
80, ire interior there issued a faint
hing sound, like that of top hum.
eire at full speed. The cripple, hav-
Ing gained access to Mr.. Staples
house. had forced him, at the revol-
Ner's mouth, to open his safe and hand
him five thousand dollars IN bills; ne
then made his way out of the house
and limpei into the chair, when he
mas arrested by the patrolmen,' who
lad opportunity arrived upon the
Gene.
Then occurred the inexplicable fea-
lure of The performance. In the midst
II a huge crowd, the cripple suddenly
snatched he money out CT the hand
IF ole Of the patrolmen, pressed a
prirg in the chair, and dashed away
at TIE rate Of a hundred and fifty miles
n hour. lie raced through Brooklyn,
- slu6pd lie police force upon the Brook
n hria.e, and, travelling upon the sim
Vie wheel ran up the six-inch cables
nG down on the Manhattan side, and
p i:,-.,.= is way in safety into the
orths: Qart of New 1,rk state.
No ", or that this aQa2ing vehicle
sscame t.-.,r'n IS the &6E';I-chair!
IEo '1Tstcty vas sol, / about. ten
pHhuCsS after tao first extra" came
rom the Tre:s. Like all mysteries, it
AFFORDED a very simple explanation.
line chair was fitted with large gyro-
scope, that ingenious toy which has
lately been found to possess remark
able qualities capable of being applied
TO travelling vehicles Of all kinds. In
brief, the gyroscoPe is simply top
(which, when set spinning at any angle,
retains the same plane Of incidence
and cannot be dislodged from it until
tho motive force runs down. Controlled
Aby an ordinary gas engine, and affixed
the chair, the latter was enabled to
with perfect 5teadiness upon sim
"heel, attaining the prodigious
Of two hun1red miles an hour,
$50 long, as the gyroscopes re-
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-03-05

FSL5 tuC III SCo. 'hJ LIZ N>~~
la d-riEht in disturbing him,
lid not know. He could not
1t Ricardo had been commits
I L. Dcs' enemies to keep in
Ia him so long as he was out
walls, and so less secure; on
\ hand neither could Ricardo
II, hidden in the rocks, COM
b to the gasoline which the
3ao GiscoyL.o cd in one Of the
RS carts, the terrible ma
voting 10 work upon its
bidding. Nor that, on the fol-
Jay, Haynes was to put his
Sished plan into effect.
1 planned it so perfectly, this
kn his revenge, that he could
|. it, even to the minutest de-
ines had learned from obser-
If instance, the times of the
1T passed the prison site; he
m all, from the expresses to
Is, and had jotted down the
minutes upon the tablets OF
perfect memory. And, since
Is delay was dangerous, and
order for his return to his
It be forthcoming at the
Id, he prayed with all his soul
krdo would be there on the
return. He crept up under
ow of the boulders under
|aynes was seated, fastening
scope to one of his crippled
se Englishman had contrived
b of his to a nicely. While 1t
lst the gyroscope, it also
lver the other foot, fastening
feet together, and thus con-
him into a sort Of statue.
Eould balance himself without
lon either foot, by reason of
liar nature of his paralysis,
|hen he stood, pulled fast the
bf either foot in exactly the
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-03-05

AsAA 49, A@
managing
order to I
at nightfa
extinguist
the last &C
bled the c
scope, att
CINE, and,
ounces Of
the test.
one of his
farthest C,
the ignite
Two mi.
discovered
the men {
ing them \
need to 81
the missiH
pied form
among thl
cardo wad
He was !
charge of
hatred fol
1t SurpaSS
the theud
escaped d
Shouting |
door Of |
open. and
by the guI
on and HI
scious agI
of the bra
The tel
yond his (
the gas |
than the d
er Haynes
the full, a.
pied feet
chine shoI
BY a mira
.lision viii
dashed in;
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1915-05-20
Tha Bravest Battle

NrHQG
The bravest battle 'n"'
.,,, 10p : tell you where and when he, and
s 81, ,.a , maps as Of the world you will n'0
1t not; MANS Of men.
II was fought by the
,,,tO cannon or battle shot
N NAY, sword or nObler pen word oil
Mnn not with eloquent
thought, lawful men.
,o a waned-up woTn'"
heas that would not yle, ,. mart
oi wo ,a ,,sntly. silently, bore ne'
Ioi There in that
,,.,,nr troop, no bivOuae S''
, No marsIa . 81 CLEAN and wave IN
No eann .,'s.e battles they last 50 ~
ri Ana, And, = ssSyhooa TO the grave
& ,.,tbtul SIN as bride , q n.
1ef, a aa' IN her walled up so .' =,
3 ,.9ssis on ana on y 'n '.os s@ down :
qnea Silent. unseen s, MN
- sv-t
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1915-05-20
~ italian Reserves 100 G

New ss'. 5.. aa' s.s' !; me- in r 'ss
!; ;::::;' ! !: s., &: 4: { :; :; j.
ors at home ,ne italian c0ns. ',
's:,., ;s,s :; ss 6; .s S;.. " .sas
tnn a cab come -. oosted nj
'' italian steamship No ''" Visitor. won,
, e s, s@Ss i 'ns pier, S 'a g.
5 ~. g sss ss u, s'' BRITISH ''' 8"
lines.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1915-05-20
,nII st Barbari7n'

80 Wa, As .,,.,,s,, Of war
Paris May lay sent the fOllo%in :, ' ',a,
Ninea1 10 "" neral Jofre &c S', n"% ,,n-
in ehlef Of 'n 3. Goura,id' 1'"' ,,n,, y't m
e,'l = ! French enpeditiona'' '''''
II The 5ardanelles' ,,ou the has
"we have Se, inc fgllovir ,,' %'' a%,.,5
s ,,ns[a " ,pomort5al May ~ "a Austria, rE
'F. o nsr' troop. will receive te. ", entry I'M
en ntlon Of our Latin sister italy rises
wage . 0y war of civilization aga"
ID barism cordial we"'''N
I'm brothers in arms e, Of , islr in,erv
tom0rFO Osr W promise of 'ln 1ssl,, T,s
fSigned)
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1915-05-20
Saving WILD OATS

u,ony persons talk as :
.nev think it necessary ,,,ainted with
tnes ,,o should become acauni" avn in
peoP' .o,ore they can settle wao,,ed
evil oeioie ,,ood 1t has greatly shoeS Shoes.
lle ~ near sometimes wen ION, let
but miss s,, ueople do this or tina, a -
the yount ,nsn to SOW their WHO QUIZ a,,s
s g. them en- learn something o. ,, ,~s fam
Of the wV nave had good Instructor. INSTRUCTOR, IN
n.y. anu .nny will come out oil risN'
d the end" ont all right,
n lru us,,sapds upon the conu ~ -, h,p
as and t ,,.ar end that is not nj r'pns' \,
IT. .ne ~ wrong. And even mos ma, live
,s not nun trom the evil after ti'ey no 90
ma but 'u' ,no hitter, yet they never
quite undo the past 80, ~,
The evil of this early n,t and
the Ing source Of regret anu
ay, ways . ~ can never be effaeeu. -,
its not at all necessary to go , ,",o how
< Is oh,e things in order 70 ls nos not /
. it aple ,nem A doctor who mas nv ~,
our avo'u aa,,nox can treat 1t pro""o's
the Sna una ross,bly better, than aho'
Of Sootor in whom the disease , -
,.1 course. There Is no me- - +.
uval, W 90 knowledge in oruer " "
,ides II
ng in 'he - ~ the pit will WAT
with Inc fail into Il.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1915-05-20
GERMANS URGE
Repris'l' Cor selling Arms

n.,,n May 2s :,,t.s ms shipments ? 10, Of
test against .,.,. A% %as held by the sO'
% sS, ..ysasS :sssl 'a@te {
: x; X S%S Ss i:T rs S' "a
far ,n q SSSi is stopped
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1915-05-20
49,. Troops for D'rdAD ,r''a n

More IIv0 -. ATTIC nun.
s.,,.s and n H4;s.a q, ,,.e s:. 'eis
Der , Of the pstdan' nss, nor deOar
kations. ons on shore ANU, ,,ness
are .., .,, % be ,"ps,ns force was ''''
mated at oO'OOO'
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1915-05-20
s,.,.h An. -rica 1iiih"' - MAY 10

So Rio de Janiero' BI I,,,a,,can note to
conm Comment S ST '"f newspaper. ''T mSst
S ,"a piew that Germany N @.,ea n' in Norn
either make .a nsss' her "piraticall. anu ,ml
A 19snou. acts" In d isr ans United
!. 'H Sef pn1Sps the interests ss.@ ot %
s s%srica and Of all n,, ~sS,'s should har
, -==coun' lction along these lines
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1915-05-20
Austrians Prepare FOR an n
|-.... Attack on Welt lima Area.

Ff'es'' NNeh "A- WV h
Geneva May %. --sevcya, trains
nasc arrived at Trent from d99'Seok
TIC Austrians seem to f,ai on attacs
iF0n the yeltallina reeiSa and arel
making Preparations for that eventn-
aliE. There were skirmishes on the
nenn Of the Isonza river, which flows
into the Gulf Of Trieste.
An Austrian submarine was seen on
Venice yesterday. A number of ships
have been taken to Verona. The EN-
psfors proclamation to his people re
ealing the victories over Italy has fur
sher infamed Italian feeling.
Prince Won Buelow, the German am
oassador, Is expected to reach Chias
s. Today. The German government ha
Informed the chief Of the village {
Santleino that the German and Au
tran representatives win reside at Il
Episcopal palace of Lugano during u
war.
Adyices from Innesbrook says that
furious crowd at Vienna broke throu
me lines Of troops around the ltah
embassy and insulted the Italian a
bassador and his staff. Soldiers p
vented the mob from entering
building
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1915-05-20
gY
g .,Sis. :.

alaN rvvEipg ior heep close
D .,,,Ssnt Of people for many any, t gc' op.
and he can ~, s'' ,enow who gets some
dmiSs , : on, Of rife. He gets p't ana
e ayen -. , N'SsppOintec.. &C., and "o drea-
~some days m ''""
itU" ,,, she pessimist
e Get, neither 10Y on r,,,o a. looking for
or Or, 's ~orst and Ds.ady ,Ssn he
m good Sn 'Sat the good win be taN'D
away.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1915-05-20
,So present incumbent.
49,. nav. submitted RspoF

investigators Have suom'''s0
the legislative cOmrnit tee. On ,' rs' r
form ,So, ~The reform school : :
bette than hell" DID .ns o0,s sske
O Do.s bothq The legislature 0n'y -
s sSsm 20 90 10 Marianne