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The Nevada County picayune., 1917-01-11
Incorporation Matters.

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 The Dorsey Land and Lumber Com pany of Texarkana filed in the office of the secretary of state an amend mem to its charter decreasing the Board of Directors from nine to seven.
 Little Rock Motor Car Company. capitalized at $5ooo
 The Central Power and LightiBe Company of sachuaetts, 8 s120a, 0aa corporation, os which $20e.0o0 k invested in Arkansas, incorporated un- der he laws of Arkansas, naming John r Wilson. of Walnut Ridge is agent
 The International Federation Pua- fishing Company of Saoam Snlrues capitalized at sa5doo. fled aruelez og incorporation with tbe secretary of state. The corporators are: ] F. Brown, T. D. Pr5ee H. B DcIaye. W. r, Lindsay, NJ r Draper and X. L. Smith
 The Missouri Lumber Company of DeQueeH. capitalized al sl0.00o. filed similar articles The corporators are. NJ. NJ Riner Charles Iddiols and ] c, Bleyins.
 The Banks Mercantile Company Of Banks filed notice of dissolution,
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That part of Baxter county lying across the Rig North Fork is suffertns an epidemic of measles and some eases are proving fatal. Henry Miser, a farmer, lost two small children with the disease and others are seriously sick.
The Nevada County picayune., 1917-01-11

only about one-trnth of the vast amounts af iron ore mined i'll Spain annually are utilized II home because of the scarcity of natve cOaI
The Nevada County picayune., 1917-01-11
A HINT TO WISE WOMEN.

Don't suffer torture when all female troubles wifi vanish in thin air after using "Femenina" Price soc and SIoo.-Adv.
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!. x. Killian of Pine Bluff has ar rived at Jonesboro to accept a post. ton as general auditor for the Jones boro, Lake City and Eastern railroad, succeeding N J. Rains. who resigned to accept a position with a Memphis firm
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Send l0c to Dr. Pierce, mvaldS' Hotel. Buffalo, for large trial package of Anurie for kidneys-cures backaehe.-Adv.
The Nevada County picayune., 1917-01-11

No man has any right that his wife relatives are bound to respect.
The Nevada County picayune., 1917-01-11

No woman with new hat enjoys riding in q closed carriage
The Nevada County picayune., 1917-01-11
Naturally

T suspect those contributions ar for yellow dog fund
 Hence the howl about it?"
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Governor-elect c. H. Trough has re. coived notification from James F. Henderson of Memphis, deputy master for Arkansas and Tennessee. of his election as a thirty-third degree Ma son al recent conelave at Washing ton
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The Phillips County Farmers Ex, change of Helena in resolutions adopt ed. urged the passage of no-fence stock law and the anti-fee bill, fos- tered by Representatives Hudson and Adams.
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The old calaboose al Blytheville has been destroyed by fire It was used in the infancy of the town for hous- ing laWbrcakers and might have told some interesting stories had it been able to talk
The Nevada County picayune., 1917-01-11

Approximately 5,000 acres of gov. ernment land were hQmesteaded in Baxter county during 1916, leaving a scant 10000 acres open to homestead What is left is very rough
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" old man" was filed in Circuit Court at Pine Bluff by k L. Williams, for merly employed as car repairer. The plaintiff alleges that while he was at work under a car last June mother em- ploye started the car and the current passed through the plaintiffs body, causing the injuries.
 The stock of the Leslie Wholesale Grocery Company has been bought by the Searcy Wholesale Grocery Com pany and Will be consolidated with the branch of the latter company here. under the management of Joe Led better
 x. Kiuian of Pine Bluff has ar rived at Ionesboro to accept post. ton as general auditor for the Jones boro, Lake City and Eastern railroad, succeeding N J. Rains. who resigned 10 accept position with Memphis firm.
 Governor-elect c. H Trough has re. coiyed notification from James F. Henderson of Memphis, deputy master for Arkansas and Tennessee. of his election as thirty-third degree Ma son al recent conelave at Washing ton.
 The old calaboose al Blytheville has been destroyed by fire It was used in the infancy of the town for hous- ing laWbroakers and might have told some Interesting stories had it been able 10 talk
 The Phillips County Farmers Ex- change of Helena in resolutions adopt ed. urged the passage of a no-fence stock law and the anti-fee bill, fos- tered by representatives Hudson and 1 Adams.
 Approximately 5.0o0 acres of gov ernment land were homesteaded in Baxter county during 1916, leaving scant 10000 acres open to homestead What is left is very rough
 The community tree at BentonVille was such a success that plans are al. ready beins made for another tree next year More than 5o0 children were remembered
 Tho 24 pastoral charges comprising inc Helena nistrtet Arkansas Confer encc of the Methodist Church pledged S750Q0 10 the Hendrix College endow meut fund
 Tae house and barn of nuckef Whir more. negro farmer Gying two miles west of Genter Point were destroyed with their contents hy fire. Whit morp's loss was about $SD00 with no insurance.
 That part of Baxter county lying across the Rig North Fork is suffering an epidemic of measles and some eases are proving fatal Henry Miser. a farmer lost two small children with the disease and others are seriously
The Nevada County picayune., 1917-01-11

Tae houseana haln of nuekef Whit. more. negro farmer living two miles west af ''enfer Point We're destroyed with their contents hy fire Whit more's loss was about g. poo. with no insurance
The Nevada County picayune., 1917-01-11

The 24 pastoral charges comprising inc Helena District Arkansas Confer encc of the Methodist Church pledged S750Q0 to the Hendrix College endow- nout fund
The Nevada County picayune., 1917-01-11

The community tree at Bentonville was such a success that plans are al ready beins made for another tree next year More than 5o0 children were remembered
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-09-21
EPISODE
International Diplomacy.

The dramatic end OF Bolero In his
stronghold at Eaglita on the western
boundary Of Granada and the recovery
OF the Canal defense plans, proved
several important things to the United
States government.
It established absolutely the exis-
tence Of n foreign alliance; 1t cleared
the Granadian government Of respon-
sibllity in the Payne case, 1t being
proven that Bolero and the murdered
Granadian ambassador, De Mira, were
traitors to their own country, secretly
and independently I'm league with the
foreign alliance In the furtherance Of
their personal ambitions; it welded
the two nations more closely together
than they ever had been. This marked
the birth of q united American spirit
to defend the Monroe Doctrine against
Invasion from overseas.
Perhaps no more startling internal
tlonal plot ever had been woven than
the attempt Of the foreign alliance to
embroil the United States and Gra-
NADIA in n war for the purpose of ex-
pohluB our uupItIultu DuHlllOh 1 w
fend a cpunter-attack at u weakest
place: the Canal. The government
took the death Of Bolero as an indi-
cation Of the failure Of the plot.
If only to settle public unrest, some
$4,000 experienced soldiers were now
added TO the military garrison on our
40-mile strip on the isthmus negotla-
lions to purchase the Danish West In
dies were started for the purpose of
making a new naval base In the Car
ribean a more watchful gunboat pa
troll was maintained on both the At
lantic and Pacific sides Of the big
ditch and with that the incident be-
came a closed one. so far as the public
knew.
But the incident was by no means
closed In inner government circles,
First was the unsolved mystery In the
Payne case. II was now admitted by
everyone connected Herewith that
there was more than reasonable as
sumption Of doubt OF Payne's guilt,
which made his untimely death all the
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-09-21

was hei frank and quick response.
That's about It." he admitted, show
ing that he was a little surprised.
"rd like ito have that photy."
She did not seem to understand him.
You would like to have Il? Haven't
you got itT"
He ignored her question with a
stare.
Didn't you steal It from me and
then decoy me to the Granadlan from
tier with a promise to return It If 1
helped you out Of that scrape when
they nearly had you caught at the
senate buildlng7'
81 didn't" he replied emphatically.
Didn't your messenger send me 90
Senator Warheld's office with the
packet and note when everybody
thought that you had stolen the pre-
%paredness budget2" the girl insisted.
"He w-wasn't my messenger. Did
you know the c-cOntents OF that packet
and note before they were opened?''
Her reply gave him a start. "The
note, no. The packet-it contained the
Canal defense plans. recognized the
wrapper, most naturally"
His eyes narrowed. "And yet you
l-let me get away with them plans
you saw me stuff them lin my pocket
and hand over the budget instead?'
The girl merely nodded. Il knew
all the time that you were the thief
they were after"
Adams WINGED at the ugly word.
II wasn't the t-thief," he denied. II
kin explain a-all that II 1 want to-"
"Tell It to the marines, Adams I"
she derided.
"W-why haven't you squealed on me,
If you're $50 smart?'
"That's what l call coming straight
to the point. 1 told you a moment ago
that I think we can get IN well tOgeth-
er. I'll forgive you everything and
keep your secret forever, If you give
me back my locket and Major Brent's
photograph"
After an uncertain pause, Adams
carelessly inquired: "What If 1 told
you t-that 1 never seer that locket or
photy? W-would you believe me and
still keep my-secret?"
81 don't see how 1 could do the
former, at least" she retorted, in
speeding him c%uriously. 1.-THE latter,
possibly-if only for, well let us call
1t a diplomatic reason"
Lets git down to a b-basis," he
proposed after another silence. "YOu
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-09-21

fessed It, too. II puts you up az a
better kind Of crook-not a muir
derer."
IL f-feei that way myself" he
agreed, still mumbling. He lighted a
fresh cigarette to cover his uncom-
Portable feelings. II guess we're go
ing to b-be friends, Bertha B-bOnn."
She stepped up to him, extending a
hand. "Shake"
same here I" stammered her visitor,
grasping 1t.
"Now, what do you want me to DOR
she inquired, resuming a lounging atti-
tude, making a fascinating picture.
'T1l go the limit with you"
"You're o-on," he replied, bluntly.
"You're going to receive a summons
from Miss Dare. Don't answer It
w-when It comes until I g-give you the
high sign"
Bertha consented to the proposition.
and more Of this kind Of talk followed.
Meanwhile, the Canal defense plans
lay In the vaults Of the war depart
ment undecipherable, for every invis-
ible ink expert in the government lab
oratOrles failed in the test for want
Of the necessary chemical cOmbina-
ton. A session Of the general staf to
discuss the subject was presently
called. Adams attended this meeting.
"YOu are probably the only living
person to whom the Canal defense
plans have been revealed" the chief
Of staff said to Adams when he was
brought before him. "This document
has been in the hands of the foreign
alliance. We do not know whether
its secret is known to theTl or not.
Sooner or later we hope to find that
out II the alliance is still in existence.
If the visibility of the ink faded i'm
medlately after the application of the
chemicals, 1t is possible that the for
eign alliance is stlll in ignorance. We're
the drawings not clear when you read
them?'
Adams met the generals eyes I'M
flnchlngly and responded with the
truth.
"They were clear, general, but ]
couldn't make them out because 1t
was very dark. All 1 r-remember is
that there was something about mines,
as l have t-told you before"
The general frowned. "You cannot
recall the location Of these mines?"
mo, sir"
"Were they connected by subter-
ranean cable with the shOreT'
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-09-21
SYNOPSIS.

Capt Ralph Payne. U. s. A., Is given Sc
oret plans OF defense to deliver to Pana-
ma He attends "a ball at the Granada en-
baagY with Colonel Daro8' daughter,
Pearl. As a climax to a series OF mys-
FERROUS incidents he Is arrested for trea-
son. The ambassador OF Granada is found
dead and the plans missing from Payne's
coat. Major Prent. Payne's rival. enters
into suspicious negotiations with Bertha
Bonn. Pearl Dare follows a burglar from
her home. IS drugEed and left in a field
and later overhears plotters, who almost
capture her. Payne Is sentenced to life
imprisonment. A train carrying Pearl.
prison Is wrecked and Pearl sees Payne's
iifeless body at her feet. She meets a
mysterious stranger who offers her his
services to trace the traitors. She learns
that he has the plans. Pearl finds Adams
In Washington and learns OF his peculiar
actions. Adams warns Senator Warheld
that he Is In danger from a ring OF spies
While they talk the senator's ofhce Is
attacked by cougpirators. Bertha Bonn
Asks Pearl 20 hand Adams a package
which proves 20 be the plans. Adams Is
made Colonel Dare's orderly. They are
ordered South. The Canadians capture
Pearl and Adams 70 get the plans. Pearl
contains the defense plans. They escape
and Adams steals the belt from her.
Brent confronts Adams communicating
with the enemy. Bertha BOnu warns
Pearl against her prOfessed friends.
Pearl Is captured again by the Grana-
dians. She is rescued by Adams, Dis
gulsed as his brother she accompanies
him into the camp OF the conspirators.
and poses as a chemist. They are rec
oSnized: in the fight Adams saves Pearl
from harm. Colonel Dare arrives with
American troops. The black scarf appears.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-09-21

think that l g-got the locket and photy
that I'm 1.-THE trouble maker, that
there Silent Menace-what do you
think about M-major Brent?"
you've bought him, body, mind and
soul-that's why I'm your friend"
Adams had difficulty in restraining
a desire to laugh in her face, for this
was not true. you got 1t in flor
him hard, amt you? You're Jealous
Of someone, eh?"
The abrupt question startled Bertha.
"Of Miss Dare, yes" she admitted,
her eyes flashing. Then, with a catch
in her voice, I'm afraid to analyze
my real feelings for Thornton. To do
so might lead me into rash behavior"
"You don't m-mean to say you love
hlm?"
II hate him !" she began, impetu-
ously adding with doubt, II think"
"There is something b-between you
something big?"
"There was something-big," she re-
s%ponded, her eyes fixed upon the floor.
"YOu know all about that"
Then MS the hush Of twilight fell
upon them, Bertha told Adams of her
girlhood nan as though she were
repeating to him a familiar story; Of
her futile attempt to regain Brent's
affections; her threat to expose him
to Captain Payne or Miss Dare
! through the medium of the locket
miniature which proclaimed him to be
her husband; of the disappearance Of
the locket and its contents on the
night Of De Mira's supposed suicide
and Payne's arrest for dispOsing of
the Canal defense plans to Granada ;
the making of her a secret messenger
with the plans TO be delivered to some
one unknown on the G|ranadian from
tier-wlth the return Of her lost treas
ure as the reward for these pains.
81 would have denounced you long
ago to the army police as the Silent
Menace, which you are" she cOnclud-
ed with a sigh, 'but for a doubt l have
always had concerning Payne. Some
how 1 can't get rid of the notion that
he was mixed up with you and that
he got his just desserts when they
cashiered him. You deserve to be
shot II he wasn't"
"Payne was mixed up with me-" ad-
mitted Adams, thlckly.
~ knew III I'm glad you've con-
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-09-21

"T-there was something about a
c-cable, general" Adams reflected,
knitting his brOws.
"WOuld you be able to fix the loca~
ton If we tent you to the Canal zone?'
THAT ~w-wOuldn't help any, general
I've b-been there"
$50 you've been to the Zone, have
your" inquired the chief of staff, inter
estedly. "Recently?"
"Not l-long ago. 1 know all about
the place up to date. 1 used to w-work
down there as a telegraph operator"
The general dismissed Adams with
a nod.
The chief of staff sighed. "The
question is, what are we going to do to
obtain chemicals to decipher the docu-
ment?"
1t was finally decided to advertise
in a Washington newspaper.
"Be careful when you examine the
replies you will receive" Colonel Dare
warned the chief OF staff. you're apt
to find takers among them with hostile
intent. Every foreign spy in America
will answer that adj"
1.-THE ad, therefore, may serve two
purposes, perhaps" replied the gen.
eral, drily, as the meeting broke up.
In the Washington newspapers that
night the following advertisement ap-
peared:
SO. O0O-Invlsible ink expert wanted. APP
ply. Chemical Building.
The advertisement was repeated in
the morning editions. To the amaze
ment Of the general army STAFF, this
reply followed directly under it:
VIII be on hand tonight. Ten sharp.
1.-THE Silent MenaceW gasped Colo
mel Dare. He was alone with his
daughter at the breakfast table.
Later Major Brent was announced
He entered in great haste, a copy OF
the newspaper in his hand.
Colonel" cried the major, waving
the newspaper. "Are our eyes deceiv.
ing us this morning? 1 note that you
have observed the incredible thing
Where is he7"
"whop" asked Pearl, with a thought
full infection.
"Adamsl"
A curious silence fell among the
three.
absurd, majorI" the colonel finally
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-09-21

I made my appointment with you-oee
here-but a. the Chemical Building ~ tn
sharp. d
"Adams?r cried Pearl. sharply.
HE is not there" was Toko's grim
reply.
Pearl glanced at her wrist watch.
It was o $50. They dashed to the Chem
ical building just in time 20 hle
through the gates with the soldiers.
Around the Chemical building and In
the neal vicinity were scattered a
great number Of secret service men In
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-09-21

more regrettable. Yet. there was the
testimony Of Colonel Dare's orderly
r. o. Adnms-whO claimed 10 have
found the Canal defense plans In Cap
lain Payne's military belt, or at least
In a belt which he swore on his oath
came from Payne's body.
Adams had so firmly re-establlshed
his position that his word was ac-
cepted as the truth. Careful investi-
cation Of a man answering his descrip-
ton, halling from Monks Corner,
Nebraska. and In the various kinds
and places Of employment represented
by Adams was made, verifying his
claims.
Between Toxic and Adams quite a
jealousy sprang up. and between one
other person and the colonel's cele-
ACute'' nrdsr'N q hostile feeling ex-
Evening star., 1917-02-11

fashioned girl appropriately set in a
white lace frame.
The age of Il valentine can be told
by the amount of work it reveals Dr.
Hough maintains that the older the
valentine the simpler its design; those
more pretentious of workmanship and
suggesting innumerable pretty fancies
belong TO comparatively recent Pc
riod; These gifts of affection did not
conf1ne themselves to bright paper
missives even in the very early days.
Mention has been made of gentlemen
remembering their favorite ladies with
gloves. singing birds, scents and milli-
merry. Note was make of a Duke of
York's valuable valentine which he
sent to certain winsome Miss Stuart.
He made this fair damsel the recipient
of jewels amounting to approximately
$4,000. Miss Stuart may have scorned
any less precious token expressive of
an admirers regard. One is led to as
sumo this to be the case upon discov-
ering that she later accepted a mag
niticent ring from second suitor.
DR.. Hough AYERS that the day on
whiclI>the 14th of February falls was
once believed to be the day on which
the birds choose their mates. About
this belief time and Imagination have
built world of romance and custom.
There were also several saints called
st. Valentine. only two of whom at
tanned any degree of celebrity. They
were both martyrs. who lived during
the third century. and whose festivals
were observed on the 18th of Feb
ruary. The greater of these martyrs
was Roman priest. who met a tragic
death. He was cruelty beaten with
clubs. and eventually suffered decapi-
tation. Though his name grew uni
rersally popular in England no
church was dedicated to him. and as
far as can be ascertained. there was
no significance in the fact that his
festival fell on the 14th of February
This was merely a coincidence. The
custom of exchanging pretty gifts of
devotion on St. Valentine day was
one more widely known and observed
in England and Scotland than on the
continent. However, authorities allege
that the custom had its origin in
Roman festival known as the '1uper-
calia." These were occasions of dignity
and no little ceremony, which occurred
Evening star., 1917-02-11
Ashes as an Asset.

TT appears that smokers are throwing
away annually about 5000 tons OF
valuable material. the same being the
ashes of the tobacco that they con-
sumo.
The ash left on burning tobacco Is
considerable and, as matter OF ract'
the mineral matter of the tobacco
leaf frequently amounts to as much
as a fifth part of its weight Thus
ton of tobacco leaf would yield four
hundredweights of ash which repre-
sents valuable mineral constituents
withdrawn from the soil which have to
be replaced by abundant manuring.
1t has been calculated that ton OF
tobacco withdraws more than hun
dredweight of mineral constituents per
acre of land. This would appear TO be
an astounding waste of material which
must be of enormous value to the soil.
considering that rs per cent consists
of calcium and potassium salts and Is
per cent Of magnesium and sodium
salts. including nearly per cent of
the essential constituent to all plants
phosphoric acid.
On the face of it there would seem
to be a fortune in store for that tndi-
viduaI who could devise successful
means for the collection OF tobacco ash.
Evening star., 1917-02-11

worked with gilt into each corner and
along each one of the longer sides. Di-
rectly beneath the inner line of flaming
color there Is a stiff little bunch of
roses. which look as II they were paint
ed with water colors. They appear to
be offering themselves to a gracious
mistress as she reads the two stanzas
which they have SO faithfully guarded;
and which read thus:
Sweet girl! within whose laughing eye
A thousand little Cupids lie
While every curl that floats above
Thy marble brow seems fraught with love.
Oh, list me, my loved one. list
Thy Telaampfs suit more resist,
But give TO him to call his own
Thy heart where kings might make their throne.
\ less pretentious valentine but one
which nevertheless carried the senti-
ments of its sender quite as we'll as
those less simple. is a diminutive af-
fair, oblong in shape, and fashioned
also from white paper. Figures of
prancing horses and beautiful maidens
abound. The cornice and a portion OF
an Ionic column at the top of the val
eptine may carry special significance.
The intricacy of the pattern on this