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The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-02-10
CHAPTER VI.
Maintaining a Reputation.


The abduction of Sassoon, which sig
nalized De Spain's entry into the stage
line management, created sensation
akin to the exploding of bomb under
the range. The whole mountain coun-
try, which concentrates, sensibly, on
but one topic at time, talked for a
week of nothing else.
Experienced men in the high country
men of that class who, wherever
found, are old in the ways of the world.
and not promptly moved by new or
youthful Observation-Disclosures the in
cident after hearing the details, with
the comment or the conclusion that
there would hardly be for De Spain
more than one additional chapter to
the story, and that this would be
short one. The most active Morgans--
Gale, Duke and the aasy-going Satter-
lee-were indeed wrought to the keen-
est pitch of revengeful anger. 1t was
an overwhelming insolent INVASION
and worst Of all, a successfuS invasion.
by one who had nothing but cool impu-
dence, not even budding reputation
to justify his assault on the lifelong
prestige of the gap clan.
De Spain himself, somewhat sur
prised at the storm he had kicked up.
needed the counsel of Scott, and while
the acute stage of the resentment
ragged along the trail he ran down for
few days to Medicine Bend to buy
horses. Both Gale and Duke Morgan
proclaimed in certain public places In
Sleepy Cat, their intention of shooting
De Spain on sight; and as climax to
all the excitement of the week follow
ing his capture, the slippery Sassoon
broke Jail and, after brief interval.
appeared at large in Calabasas.
This feat Of the Morgan satellite
made loud laugh at De SPANS ex-
pense. 1t mitigated somewhat the hui
initiation of Sassoon's friends. but IL
in no wise diminished their expressed
resolve to punish De Spain's invasion.
Lefever, who as the mixer among the
stage men, kept close to the drift OF
public sentiment. decided after De
SPANS return to Sleepy Cat that the
stage-llne authorities had gained moth
ing by Sassoon's capture.
I'VE ought to have thought of it be-
fore, Henry" hG said frankly one night
In Jeffries' office, "but we didn't think"
Meaning just what, Johnf" do
manded De Spain without real inters
est.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-02-10
CHAPTER iV-continued.

Scott was the first to reach the trees.
The little grove spreads across a slope
half mile wide between the base of
one towering cliff, still bearing it's
Spanish name, Ell Captain, and the
gorge Of the Purgatoire. To the east
OF this point the trails to Calabasas
and to Sleepy Cat divide, and here
Scott and Leftover received De Spain,
who had ridden slowly and followed
Scott's injunctions to keep the red
staY to the right of Ell Captain all the
way across the sinks.
Securing their horses the three
stretched out on the open ground to
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-02-10
De SPAIN GOES TO MORGAN GAP AND TAKES A BAD MAN
BUT He HAS AN ENCOUNTER WITH NAN

The around Sleepy Cat railroad division in TIE
Rocky Mountain mining country infested with
cattle rusters and The these belong
Morgan whose in Morgan fertile
Sleepy Caabasas point
changed the line from the Thief River
superintendent of
depedations appoints
Henry Spain general the line De Spain
with Leevre his assistant
Spain Scott Indian
SasSoon.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-02-10
II De Spain ic wise will he
shoot on, sight any member Of
the Morgan gang he meets, with
out waiting to ask questions or
see what his opponent ia going
to do?
(TO BE CONTINUED
To Remove Warts or corn,.

An excellent preparation is made as
follows: Salycilic acid. 20 grains; all
cohol, one-eighth ounce; flexible collo<
dion, one Ounce. Mix together anG
Apply with camel's-hair brush owe.
hard surface CT wart or corn for TIRES
nights. Soak in hot water, when
layer of skin will come off. Then re-
peat as before until wars or corn q
removed.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-02-10
They Locked sassoon Up.

sured of their escape. Though their
pursuers rode in at times with a show
Of rushing, the chase was stern one,
and could be checked whenever neces-
sary. Hating at times to breathe their
horses, De Spain with his two COM
panions and their prisoner rode into
Sleepy Cat, locked Sassoon up, and
went to the Mountain house for break
fast.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-02-10
BUSINESS Confusion

"See here, Jibbs, didn't you tell me
you could marry Miss Fluff any time
you wanted tor
swell, yes, in wsg, / had the re-
fusal of her hand"
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-02-10
HAVE SOFT, WHITE HANDS
Clear Skin and Good Hair by Using
Cuticura-Trial Free.

The Soap to cleanse and purify, the
Ointment to soothe and heal. Besides
these fragrant, super-creamy emol-
lients prevent little skin troubles be-
coming serious by keeping the pores
free from obstruction. Nothing better
at any price for all toilet purposes.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-01-05
Marvel of Workmanship.

Kansas City.-Probate Judge GUM
otte was sitting i'm his chambers en-
Toying a smoke with a group of friends.
He was resting after listening to an
unusually one argument in court. One
of the lawyers engaged had talked for
about an hour and touched upon every
conceivable point in the case before the
court, eNnaustiVely, in more ways than
one.
He's a close reasoner.'' observed am
other of the lawyers present.
Yes said the judge. as his eyes
twlnkled with Il reminiscent spark. II
ought to tell him the story of Gus Bonn
Decks gun. Gus as Il member of one
OF our old gun clubs of early days and
for years he had chung to AN old fash
Toned muzzle loading double barreled
shotgun that he handled With great
effectiveness. 1t scattered over all Gre
alton and it Was u swift bird that was
able to scape its comprehensive
charge. But the boys got together and
prevailed on Gus to buy one of the
new upto date breecll leaders THAI were
then coming into fashion. 1T took some
time for Bombeck to get Used to the
concentrating habits OF his new fowl
ing piece, but when he did he got so
ne could make some very fancy shots
with 1t and he eNtolled it's merits in
season and out of season. He wouldn't
let anybody find fault With that gum
he Swore by it.
One day we were out hunting i'm the
east bottoms and Gus, walking on
ahead, flushed a flock of blackbirds.
They rose like a black cloud-looked
like there was 1000, 900 of them, and
Just as they rose from the ground
Bombeck blazed away right into the
center of the flock with both barrels.
And then he looked for the holocaust,
but the flock kept right ahead on the
wing. with HI exception of one soil
tary bird that tulnbled to the ground.
Gus picked it up, examined it carefully.
and putting it in his bag, he said, en-
Enthusiastically:
Say, isn't that gun a wonder? Did
you ever know of a gun that could
shoot as close as that ."
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-01-05
Worker. nenef;t.

From the Philadelphia Record.
The Ingersoll-Rand company, which
operates the largest Industrial estab-
Ilshments in Easton and P%hillipsburg,
n. j., announced a stock distribution
scheme for its employees, which will net
them $40, 600.
Through the board Of directors it
has been arranged with q committee OF
stockholders to set aside $500 shares
OF the capital stock Of the company,
which will be offered TO the employees
at 5000 a share. The stock is selling
In the market at $272. An easy pay
ment plan has been evolved whereby
the employees will be enabled to acquire
the stock by small monthly payments
from their wages or salaries. Only
those employed who have not partici-
pated in former stock allOtments will
be permitted to acquire shares.
In making the announcement the
company stated that the board Of di-
rectors believed the plan to be the com
mon interest of the company and it's
employees" The Ipgersoll-Rand com
pany is pPying higher wages and has
more men on it's payron than at any
previous time in its history.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-01-05
How About a Garden?
From the Logansport Qnd.) Pharo
RepOrter.

~
We would like to give the people of
I-ogansport some wholesome advice on
heading off the high cost of living. OF
course. it is too late in the season now
10 make the plan work for last year
but ii is just the right time to jog your
good judgment M keep you awake to
the opportunities that will come with
the early spring.
Did O know that nature is prodi-
gal i'm it's yield to the person who will
scratch the ground and plant the seed?
DID YOU know it? It's a fact. One little
tomato plant, purchased from a grocery
for IA cents, planted in your back yard
and given as much or less attention
than you give a geranium on the side
lines, Will give o luscious ripe to-
matoes for our table numerous weeks
during the tomato season. That's one
example and there are myriads Of
them.
Connected with every home in the
city is more or less Of back lot or side
lot that yields nothing, not even a good
crop OF grass. This waste land, culti-
waited and planted with tomatoes, beans.
peas. lettuce. mangoes. cabbage, pota-
toes and other things that will suggest
themselves to your mind, will yield
sufficient to furnish your table with
delicious home crown vegetables and
green stuff to last YOU throughout the
summer season and out cabbages and
potatoes and mango pickles and chilli
sauce and sauerkraut into your cellar
for the winter easo and give to you
delicious food that no cannery or any
other person, place or thing can give
you. Do you doubt it? We dare you
to try it.
And along with this tangible, ma
terial result of your getting next to the
soil and realizing the g%entleness and
f~riendliness and bounty of dear old
Mother Nature will come a rudy face
and strong limbs and a splendid appe-
tlte n a new light for your eyes and
an absence of wrinkles from your face
and life will take on new joys and a
new meaning. Again we dare you to
try it.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-01-05
THE PUBLIc's INTEREST.

Here is an analysis of 200 letters re-
t.eived at this desk, mostly within the
last week. They were taken from the
basket for letters not accompanied by
stamps for reply. They dO not include
letters answered as public letters and
torial rooms.
Inc 200 letters asked questions relat-
ing to $40 subjects. Classified as we'll
as they could be. they fall into the fol-
lowing heads: Menstruation. IL; other
questions relating to female sex or
arthritis. 9: neuritis, ,; neuralgia. 2;
high blood pressure. 8; low blood
pressure, 2; constipation, 9; stomach
trouble, 5; intestinal trouble, 4; liver
trouble, L; appendicitis, I; biliousness,
l; gallstones. /; worms, L; colitis, l.;
pad breath, ,; piles, 4; Door circula-
ton, s (this includes Raynaud's dis
ease as we'll as cold hands, etc.); ques-
tons about babies. 6; about the ears.
&: about The eyes, 4; questions based
on vanity, rather than health, were,
pimples, ,; hair. 6; red nose, 1. A lot
We're grouped as follows: Corns, 4;
bunlons 1; perspiring feet, 1; shingles,
3; hives, L: itch, 1; bath itch, 1; winter
itch, 4; eczema, 2; psoriasis, 2.
group relating to the nerves. in
Guiding e%motionalism. 4; hysteria, 9;
sleep, 3; paresis. 2; paralysis agitans.
3; nfantile paralysis, 2; locomotor
ataxia, /; epilepsy, 2; headache, L;
cramps in The legs. :.
Questions relating to the respiratory
apparatus were classified as follows:
Consumption, 4: Group. J.; bronchitis, 3;
catarrh, 8; colds, L; nose trouble, L:
asthma, 1: atrophic rhinitis, 1; hoarse-
ness, L; glands in neck, 2.
There were two questions about the
heart; food questions, s; mineral water,
l: accidents and emergencies, 5. In
formation wanted about books, 8. 6 The
our questions on eugenies inquired es-
peclally as to he dvisability of GER
tain marriages. There were ave In
quiries about drugs. Two fat people
asked about reducing: cancer, 3; goi-
ter. 3; bed wetting. L; questions about
urine. III; diabetes. 2; sex subjects
(males), 3; gonorrhoea. 1; syphilis, 2:
hernia, 2; cystitis, I; diphtheria, 2:
scarlet fever. 2.
A frequent criticism of a health col
m Is that it stimulates neurasthenia.
me to think the criticism we'll founded.
I have sat in physicians consultation
rooms and I a been to Wednesday
night experience meetings at Christian
Science churches and I have read the
letters received here. OF the three, we
are least open to criticism Of Offering a
forum for the n~eurasthenfc.
This analysis shows very clearly that
the interest in public health is not com
parable with the interest in personal
health. The interest in developed condi-
ions is far greater than that in the
habits and customs which produce those
conditions. 1t is evident that symptoms
form the basis of the major part of the
inquiries. The symptom which stiinu-
lates the largest number OF people to
write is pain. The largest number OF
Inquiries ome from women inquirine
about female disorders. The principal
reason for that is the few sources Of in
formation on questions which intimately
concern one-half the population.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-01-05
LONG Lived Actors.
From the New York ,Tima

From the New York Times.
The announcement that one actor 40
years old and another los years old re.
Gently attended a funeral in New York
city will surprise only those persons
who expect the theatrical world to con-
form in it's and customs to the
ordinary rules Of life. Not that it is a
well established theatrical custom to
live to be 40 years old. Professionally,
he life OF an actor in this era seems
to be shorter than it used to be. and
even Charles Lambs favorite old actors
were mostly hearty fellows in their SOS.
who supped on pork pies and porter. OF
course. few persons nov living ever
heard of these two ce~ntenarians, Kit
Clark and Harry Smarte. There are few
of the aged actively employed in the
huge y&siness of theatricals now. Since
the shelving of ''East Lynne and
Camille" even the star actresses retire
before they are actually overtaken by
senility.
Ihose persons who browse occasion.
ally IN theatrical chronicles are aware
that the historians Of the English stage
nave always been at pains to correct
the records which made it appear
that Charles Macklin, whose Shylock
was extolled as the Jew that Shake
speare drew" lived to be more thar
100. The Encyclopedia Britannica gives
him SO years and lets it go at that. but
Macklin I'm an early and unaccustomed
burst OF confidence. gave 1889 as the
date Of his birth, and as he lived until
1891. If he told the truth he was 1OS
years old when he passed away after
only 10 years OF retirement. The graver
historians have decided that Macklin let
his fancy get the better of him in stat.
ing his age. William B. Wood, however.
In his famous volume of "reminiscences.
without a copy of which no dramatic II.
brary Is complete. ron: snds that mem.
beers OF his calling generally live long
u they take care Of themselves. and
actors Of both sexes who were still reas-
Onably young at 20.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-01-05
Plan Mun;e;pa, Creamery.
From the Detroit News.

viz -
Winnipeg, Manitoba, is about to try a
new experiment In public ownership
which. II 1t proves workable, may Oper.
a new field for the operation of civic
control in distributing the necessities OF
. life. The chief creamery company OF
the city has been Interrupted in it's de-
l1veries by a strike. The re-
fuses to recognize the union. Its sup
plies are being handled by some stores
the but great incOn.
venience to the public has resulted.
The city was forced into the fue;
business this fall on accoun of the in
creased price of supplies from retail
dealers and the project proved profita-
Die to onsume N the municipality.
Now the municipality is preparing to
establish a civic The in
creased price of all commodities has re-
suited in so uch agitation tina the
government, by order of the council,
has promulgated a new law against ali
combinations for the advance or stor.
age of food.
1t is Il new Interpretation of the law
prohibiting restraint in trade and un.
der this 1t will be possible for any mu.
nlclpality to investigate and penalize
any individuals or companies found
guilty. This will apply especially tc
creameries, for in Winnipeg at least il
has longer been known that the com
panies in this branch Of trade were
working under a "~gentlemen's agree
ment." And at that the price of milk,
cream n butter ave not been adj
vanced in proportion to other food
products. but the existence of the
agreement has acted as a perpetual
Now with 81 wheat and the strike it is
reared prices will be advanced abnor-
mally in creamery products and tho
municipality is getting. busy.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-01-05
&c of will NOT he mistaken.

...- Of purpose will not he mistaken.
And the military operations will
nave q German purpose to hold, an al
lied determination to break through.
and a recognition on all sides that eX-
llaustion must end the Var at no dis
tant date, either the equal and con-
comitant exhaustion of all, or the eX-
hauStion Of GerlnanI first
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-01-05

For tie woman who likes ~slitv
In little things there IL the initial EN-.
bosser which csn be bought for 50
cents in ,sne Of the shops. Any desired
initial can be had In ver., nice old Eng.
ltsh or script and the embosser can ~
oeed IN Q great many ways besides In
itialing uste paper.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-05
FEDERAL BUILDING
At HlL0 FINISHED
BY EARLY IN APRIL
fsp.ei,l st.r.RuIl.tla onrr,apenaenesl

mo. March 2.-according to Con
tractor Campbell, the federal building
will be practically completed by
March 81. Campbell will be leaving
Hilo early in April and he says that
all the work will then be done. unless
il be few minor odds and ends that
man or two will be lett to take care
Of --."
1T has been a much longer lob
than We expected il to be-" said the
contractor yesterday" and my firm
and will be glad when the work Is
finished. There have been many de-
lays that caused much trouble and II
will be good to be able to call an
end to the whole proposition"
Superihtending Inspector Cohen also
said that he thought the whole build
ing would be completed in April and
that everything will then be in order.
Deputy Collector Of Customs Byron
X. Baird is moving into the federal
building next week, as soon as the
furniture arrives for his office. The
question OF janitors may hold him up,
for a time, but 1t is probable that the
will be made soon from
the available waiting list OF those wha
passed the necessary examinations
which were held some weeks ago.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-05
CHILDREN PLAYED MOsTIMPORTANT
PART IN CARNIVAL, SAYS OBSERVER

AS phase OF life. the various balls
we're interesting. And for those who
made them a serious entertainment.
am sure they were sufficient
They gave occasion for an eShibi-
ton Of face. form and dress easily
available 10 most Of our people
But q dance h a very grown-up
form Of pleasure indeed. and, as such,
has its limitation like marriage. court
gossip and the adventures OF bust
ness.
r. Substantially and for permanent i'm
preston, perhaps the best OF our
gala-week was the military parade. .
Any American whose heart did not
prompt him to visible expression of
feeling by cheer or handicap, must
have been strangely cold.
II was not so much the parade It.
SELF as its suggestiveness: the sense
OF potential reserve and available
power II conveyed: our physical
adequacy to meet emergencies.
Yet-there seemed to be a lack OF
enthusiasm. Hats went off to the
flag, but there was little cheering
such as one would find on the main
land.
Is il true that, as q people, Homo
luans are void Of enthusiasm?
Do we fail to respond 10 things
which elsewhere give rise to noisy
am afraid so.
Perhaps here 1t is repression due to
a false sense OF dignity.
Or is it because We are over-cultur.
ed or biase? 4
Can 1t be due to Scotch tempera-
ment. Yankee. reticence or Dutch
phIegm? 4
Perhaps, too, It is because we are
not homogeneous. An ardent Ameri.
can may not cheer IL by his side
stands an alien absolutely without
impulse or feeling. ~..
isolated individuals cannot very we'll
be enthusiastic: II takes the psy.
chologic wave which moves through
4 mass or crowd. The electric cur
rent should have full conduction, and
here, imagine, our enthusiasm
must needs be more or less Faradic IN
quality.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-05
OPEN THEATgRs SUNDAYS
LEV Associafsd Prsssl

LONDON, Eng.-Because 10000
soldiers wander about the streets of
London every Sunday night with no
where to go, the authorities have Leen
prevailed upon to consent to allow a
few theaters to be opened for their en-
tertainment. The law requiring the
aters to remain closed on Sundays is
rigidly enforced in this country, only
moving picture houses, and those in
limited numbers, being allowed to run.
Now, however. some of the large the
aters where regular performances are
given on weekdays are to be permit
ted to renal nopen for the benefit of
the fighting men.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-05
HOW TosMASTER THE ...
MACHINERY OF THE BODY
lRY N. 3. Cook. N. d.

The machinery of the body needs to
be oiled, kept in good condition just as
the automobile or bicycle. Why should
the human neglect his own machinery
more than that of his horse or his en-.
CINE? Yet most people do neglect them.
selves. Their tongue has a dark brown
color, skin sallow, breath bad, yet they
fail to see that their machinery needs
attention. Everybody should take a
mild laxative at least once week. A
pleasant way to clear the tongue and
the highly colored water noticed in the
morning Is TO take a laxative which
will cure the inactive liver and bilious
ness. y, '...... .... ~. =
A pleasant vegetable pill is made up
of May-apple, leaves of aloe, and jalap,
made into d tiny pellet and coated with
sugar. First put up by DR.. Pierce
nearly so years ago. Druggists sell
these vegetable pellets in vials-sim-
ply ask for DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pei
lets. ssh. 80 r.. - ,.....s +.
II backache, scaldins urine or fire.
quept nrination bother or distress YOU.
or Il uric acid In the blood has caused
rheuplatism, govt or sciatica, IL you
suspect that you have kidney or blad,
der trouble, write DR.. Pierce, at In
Yalids' Home Buffalo, N. Y, send a
sample OF urine, and describe symp-
toms. A physician and chemist will
examine it without charge and you
will be under 40 obligations whatever.
DR.. Pierce's Anuric tablets cannot fail
TO help you, because their action
flushes tile Kidneys OF impurities and
puts strength into them. - .........
Obtain a sc cent box of Anuric
double stfsngth) today from your
druggist In town. From personal OBJ.
servation n large hospital practise,
Anuric viii give you speedy. relief
Adv.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-05
OFFER PUBLIC PRAYERS
FOR ARMIES OF FRANCE

Solemn public prayers accompany
the work Of the French armies
throughout Lent through a proposal
made by Cardinal Lucon, archbishop
OF kheims, and Cardinal Annette, arcn-
bishop of Paris. The cardinals sent to
all the bishops In France d letter read
ing in part as follows:
The hour is grave. Spring will
bring, as everybody expects, a recru-
descence of the intensity of war ope-
rations on each side. The beIliger
ents will make an effort which each
will want to be decisive one. Our
soldiers will fight every day. Must
We not pray every day while they are
making the supreme effort with arms?
Let US make q supreme effort by
PRAYER" @.-.....-'.