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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-08-26
lesson IN NATURAL HISTORY
Amusing, But Somewhat Expensive
as Miss Patty Realized When
the Goat Was Through.

Miss Patty Shepard of North Thir'
teenth street went to the country with
a party of friends on Memorial day.
They stopped at a farmhouse where
some of the party r well known.
Browsing about was an old goat.
When Miss Patty saw her the nanny
was placidly nibbling at a few blades
of grass, and she innocently thought
that goats were strictly v~egetarians,
On the lawn in front of the porch h
had put her handsome new peach
basket hat, trimmed with pretty ar
tif1cial roses, which she had got from
the store the night before. The goat
saw the hat and advanced joyfully to-
ward it. Miss Patty laughed. THE
old thing thinks they're real roses"
she laughed. Wont she be fooled
when she smells them?"
Everybody sat still to watch the
goat smell the artificial flowers and
walk away. But the goat fooled them.
The next week Miss Patty bought
another hat.-Philadelphia Times.
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WHEN THE RIVER WAS HIGH
BY EMILY S.
(Copyright, by wi. g. chapman.l

There was a deepening green on
the mountain slopes, and the song
of a robin came to John Lester stand.
ing at the entrance of his tent.
Yes, spring is come" he unused.
land what an everlasting bore every
thing is"
A group of men lounged on a huge
fallen tree at some few yards from
hi. tent. There was a movement
among them as the sound of a horses
hoofs was heard on the road near by.
Then as the horseman appeared cross
ing the clearing they sauntered to-
wards him.
ANY letters, SAM"
Morris dismounted. and took a pack
age from his coat pockets. Two for
you. Brown, three for you. Cooper,
n for Davis. No-Dick. non for
you" He turned towards Lester.
None for you, sir"
Lester nodded carelessly. He was
not disappointed. He had long ago
ceased to expect any letters.
"How's the river?" he asked, briefly.
Still rising. They say it will 60
to 70 feet"
Then we'll just stay here till II
goes down"
Its a good deal of a nuisance,
though. sir, to lose the time, with
such a bit of work before us. There's
no trains going out. And the hotels
full of swells on their way to Frisco
They'll likely find time heavy on theil
hands waiting for the water to &C
down"
Testers gaze came back from the
mountains. Have my horse ready
will you, Sam?"
Twenty minutes later Lester rode
away from camp, his stalwart figure
erect and easy in the saddle.
The men read their letters and re
sumed their position on the tree.
Their glance followed Testers de
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rea.zed that the inclination was only
hyarsrical.
Cavenaugh was already heading for
tie study. He was in a fine rage.
Grandpa was close on his heels. At
the threshold he turned once more to
Darlington.
you know your Tempest young
! man, I'm sure" he said. We'll, this
| is the revolt Of Caliban-CaI1ban up.
lifted, as it WERE"
The door closed behind them, and
father and son faced each other.
'Tll trouble you for those papers
you took from the safe last night
said the son, heavily.
"Ah, indeed" said grandpa.
AT once; l have reached the limit
of my patience"
$50 have l." returned grandpa. per
haps you know what these papers are
about?"
81 know nothing whatever, say thai
they belong to Mr.. Darlington. Hand
them over"
Grandpa helped himself to a cigal
and sat down. He pulled two or three
times, eyed the lighted end and sighed
with satisfaction.
IF you but knew what they wer,
about, these papers, you would pay
cool million for their possession. M,
word, it is a droll situation; reads lik
the fourth act in a play. II you hav
a duke picked out for Kate, forge
him."
she will never marry Darlington!
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MISSOURI NEWS
CHARGES Woman with Arson.

Clinton.-Mrs. Samuel Hayes. wife
Of a farmer eight miles west Of Clin-
ton. was arrested charged with at
tempting to burn the home of her
neighbor, Mrs. Sarah Miller. There
has been a feud between the families.
While the Miller family were away
Mrs. Miller's married daughter. Mrs.
Cook arrived at the house and saw
what she thought to be a tramp prowl-
ing around. Hiding in a cornfeld, Mrs.
Cook says she saw him throw coal
oil on the house and light it. AS the
incendiary fed Mrs. Cook says she
recognized a woman in mems clothes.
Mrs. Cook extinguished the fire and
swore to a complaint against Mrs.
Hayes.
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Cavenaugh's voice rose in spite of his
effort to control it.
"My son, they will hear you," the
pariah warned. He blew a cloud of
smoke into the air and shifted it. You
never offered me this particular
brand" re%proachfully.
Enjoy it," snapped the other, for
it is the last you will ever smoke in
any house of mine"
You don't tell mel"
Those papers, instantly"
"Be it known by these presents,
ct cetera, ct cetera,'" said the old
man. He rose suddenly, the banter
leaving his lips and eyes, and his
Jaw setting hard. You had better
get your check book handy, my son,
for when I'm through with you, you'll
be only too glad to fill out a blank for
| fifty thousand. | consider myself quite
moderate. This young Darlington is
a mighty shrewd fellow; and I'd rath
err have him as a friend than an en-
envy. He has made out his case sc
strongly that 1t will cost you a pretty
penny to escape with a whole skin"
"What are you talking about%
"The case of the people versus Cave
naugh ct al. 1t concerns the cleveI
way in which you and your partners
slid under the seven per cent. DIVIDEND
due your investors; which caused
slump in the price Of the shares
forcing thousands to sell their stock
which you bought back at a handsom
profit. Moloch! The millions yor
have are not enough; you must hav
more. There are about twelve of yo'
in all, not one Of you worth less tina
, three millions. What a beautifu
|, chance for blackmail!"
Cavenaugh stepped back, and hi
. legs, striking a chair, toppled him int
it. His father had become Madusa'
, head!
"Ahal That jars you some,
, chuckled grandpa.
. II took Cavenaugh some time to r,
cover his voice, and when he did
was faint and unnatural.
} rs this true? I" he gasped.
i 1T is SO true that I'll trouble 70
for the check now"
8 rCome, father, this 10 ne time d
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SYNOPSIS.

. Darlington loved Kate ~Cavenaugh,
daughter of Multi-Millionaire Henry Cav
enaugh. The latter liked Darlington, but
refused him as a son-in-law. Young car
rington. a lawyer. held evidence of Grim
inai financial operations, of which Cave
uaugh was guilty. 1t was Carrington's
duty to prosecute the rich man, but he
fdacided to lay the whole matter before
Kate. He did so the next day. The young
woman decided that to drop the case
would be cowardly even though the ac-
cused was her father. ~Cayenaugh offered
Darlington a position at $4,000 a year.
He refused It. He hid his evidence in the
.Cavenaugh safe, after being introduced
TO the m~illionaire's father. The evidence
was stolen that night. Hates sister
Norah e0nfided that she had told her
grandfather the combination to the SAFE.
Darlington and Kate went riding.
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Hand Them Over"

have eaten at my table" Cavenaugh,
as he spoke, was not without a certain
dignity.
All of which, recognizing the pres
ent situation, l profoundly regret"
Good" said grandpa. Henry, il
you had been the general they give
you credit for, you would have offered
Mr.. Darlington that seventeen thou
sand two or three years ago. There
Is nothing so menacing to dishonesty as
the free lance. Now, listen to me for
a space. Well come to the docu.
mentary evidence all in good time. /
spoke of Caliban uplifted," ironically.
For years l have been treated as a
pariah, as a beast Of burden, as a
messenger boy, as a go-between to
! take tricks that might have soiled
| my sons delicate hands. Father and
son, yes; but in name only. Blood
is thicker than water only when riches
and ambition are not touched in the
quick. This dutiful son of mine could
easily have elevated me along with
himself; but he would not do so. He
was afraid that people might learn
something of my past which would
greatly hinder his advancement. He
prospered, he grew rich and arrogant;
he put his heel on my neck, and
dared not revolt. You wouldn't be
lieve it, would you, Mr.. Darlington
that / was graduated with honors from
Oxford university. | speak three
tongues fluently, and have a smatter
ing of a dozen others; am a doctor o
philosophy, an Psychologist. But
was indolent and loved good times
and So, you see, it came about that
fell into evil ways. Formerly, I wa
a burglar by profession"
Il Afa ,nrN 49, D
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Makes 24.Year.oId claim.

Springfield.-Twenty-four years aft
er he had homesteaded a quarter sec
ton of government land in Pulaski
county, James J. Hill, who had left his
wife and family after having lived on
the land with them five years, reap
pears to assert his claim to the tract
and to his family. Hill had never
proved up IN the land, but this was
done by his wife as his agent, and
she and the family continued to live
upon the homestead, making a scanty
living from the rocky slope. The home
coming was made known here by the
visit of men who hold mortgages on
the land to ascertain if their claims
will hold good.
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nonsense cavenaugh waved his
hand impatisntly. Let me . the
document"
Hardly. But the moment you
place the check in my hands l shall be
pleased to do so. But there must be
no reservation to have payment
stopped"
Il will not give you a single penny"
The mere suggestion of giving up so
large a sum without a struggle seemed
preposterous. Not a penny And
furthermore, l am through with you
for good and all. Shift for yourself
hereafter. Fifty thousand! You make
me Taught"
81 shall make you laugh, my son;
but not on the humorous side" The
old man reached out his hand and
struck the bell.
What do you want?" asked Cave
naI. n, mystif1e1.
"I want the author Of the document.
| propose to tSk6 the family skeleton
out of the closet and dangle it up and
down before the young mans eyes.
You will laugh, l dare say"
Cavenaugh fell back in his chair
again. The door opened apd William
Rocked in.
"You rang, sir?" to Cavenaugh fls,
NO, William" said Cavenaugh pere,
affably; Il rang. Call Mr.. Caring
ton" The butler disappeared. "1t is
my turn, Henry, and l have waited a
long time, as you very we'll know.
! Ha! Sit down, Mr.. Darlington, sit
down"
Darlington, who had entered,
obeyed readily.
You left some papers In the dining
room safe last night" began grandpa
II was about to ask you to return
them" replied Darlington, with as
sumed pleasantly.
The two Cavenaughs looked at eacf
other blankly. Finally grandpa
laughed.
Il told you he was c~lever!"
ut is true, then" snarled the mil
lionaire, that you have been meddlini
with affairs that in no wise concerl
you. l warn you that your case II
court will not have a leg to stand on,
II prefer not to discuss the merit
of the case" said Darlington, quietly
Il have been your host, sir; yo'
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Widows Tea for Wall Street Nerve,

Widows Tea for Wall Street Nerves.
There is one young widow who has
made a financial success of a tearoom
in one of the Wall street Office build
ings. Two years ago her husband
died, leaving her to care for herself
and a daughter four years old. When
the funeral expenses had been paid
the widow had $3.50 left out of a $1,000
life insurance policy. This was all the
money she possessed, and she spent
$500 in fitting up the little room over
which she presides. She serves ex-
cellent tea and coffee in genuine
china. Newspapers are on every
table, and an English idea has been
borrowed in the opportunity for the
tea drinkers to engage in a game of
dominos, checkers and chess. The
tearoom is an ideal spot for half an
hours rest or %relaxations from bust
ness, and now the tea owner Is prepar-
ing to take in another room. When
her husband was working as a clerk
the family occupied a small, close
fiat in the upper East side, but the
tearoom has wrought such a change
in fortune that the widow and heI
daughter now live comfortably In 9
West side hotel. Moreover, the
widow has rejected more than one
offer Of marriage from wealthy
brokers.-New York Press.
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Whereas, |, Kitty Cameron, have far
too many beaux. (They say that en-
courage them. 1t really is not SOD
Whereas, To make life simple is
what | most desire, for which just
concentration is all that ! require;
Resolved, That l, instanter, before
it is too late, agree hereby without
reserve strictly to concentrate-to
give up splitting waltzes and such al
Turing tricks, cut down my field of la
Dor and concentrate on six.-New
York Sun.
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CIGAR Causes $4,000 Fire.

Clumbia.-A fire burned. the block
bounded by Seventh, Eighth, Locust
and Cherry streets here, making a
clean sweep except for Chandler's liv-
cry stable and B. +. Venable's resi-
dence. Property worth $4,000 was
destroyed. The insurance amounts to
1925 The burned area is a block
from the heart of the business dis
trict. A cigar stump is thought to
have started the conhagration.
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parting figure. Seems to me your
boss is a queer chap" said Dalton,
who had but the week before Joined
the engineering corps.
Testers all right. Not very So
ciable, that's ALL" returned Cooper.
Say, l feel sorry for him." said
Davis.
"Why?" asked Dalton, curiously.
WELL" returned Davis, "any fellow
with a good income like Lester and
who chooces to work in this God-for-
saken part of the country. and who
is evidently not getting any happiness
out Of 1t, deserves pity"
"Oh-where's he from"
New York. You see his father took
it into his head to marry again. and
Lester wouldn't stand for it. They
quarreled. and they've had nothing to
do with each other since"
You say he has a fine income.
Where's his money from?"
"He inherited 1t from his mother
WELL" observed Dalton, why
shouldn't his father marry AGAIN."
Lester adored his mother, and
couldn't bear to see any one in her
place. He's never even seen his
stepmother, and it's six years since
his father married"
Isn't there a story about some girl
going back on Lester, too?"
oh heard something about it.
some girl he met in Europe the year
after he broke with his father"
Here. Sam Morris came saunterine
toward the group. Say" he said
"a child Is lost-belongs to some o.
the folks at the hotel that's waitins
on account of the high water. They't
just found it out as | was leaving
and such a fuss as there was"
We'll there's no bears around t,
a it. Come on. what do you sal
to quoits?"
Meanwhile Lester was riding slowIy
on. For some distance the road wa,
a narrow n between two lines O
mountains. Presently. the way grad
ually widened, and he came out on
broad valley with the overnowin,
river In the distance. The view wa
magnificent, but Lester paid small
heed to it. A spell of deepest gloon
had fallen on his spirits. How fla
and worthless life seemed. VIVA
was the use of 1t all? How would b
get through this enforced idlenes
while the river was preventing ther
from pushing their work? Work, wor
was the only thing for him.
AS he neared the point where thre
roads met and b%ranched off, Their
was a rattle of wheels. and q carriag
which he recognized as from the vi
lage livery appeared around the ben,
1t turned into the road farthest froi
Lester. II was occupied by a ma
and two women. He was not enoug
interested to look at them as the
turned into the other road. but ii
fleeting glance he had Of them to-
him they we're people from a worl
unknown to him the last few year
He did not see that the man in IL
carriage had turned and was lookir
earnestly hack at him.
A woman's light laugh fioated bacl
} there was the scent OF violet in Il
air. Testers thoughts went back
days which It was his constant 9
deaver to forges. She had had SUI
: 4 laugh. and she had always about b
, faint odor Of violets. He gave f
: ! shoulders an impatient shake. a
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Heat Drives TWO Insane.

Rich Hill.-The excessive heat Of
the past week has been responsible
for two young Bates county farmers
becoming insane. Tink Gotten, aged
80, attempted to kill his brother, but
was overpowered. A similar case of
arrangement is that of a young farm
er named Flexenour.
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Younoer at Lone Jack Picnic

Lees Summit.-The Lone Jack pic
mic, which is held every year ON the
10th of August, in commemoration OF
the forty-seventh anniversary of the
battle of Lone Jack, was held at Rus
sells grove. About 5000 persons
were present, many coming by motor
from Kansas City. Among the speak
ers were Representative w. P. Bor-
land, Representative N. r. Holcomb
and Cole Younger.
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Arrange for Columbia High School.

Columbia.-The Columbia school
board made a contract with the state
university under which the Columbia
high school will be combined with the
teachers college high school and will
occupy the same building with that
school. Columbia is arranging to erect
an $4,000 high school, plans for which
are being drawn by w. B. Ittner Of
st. Louis.
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Farmer Cut by Neiahbor.

West Plains.-John e. Brown and
G. S. Tidball, farmers, who moved
here a short time ago from Oklahoma,
q%uarreled over a land deal. Tidball
drew a knife and Brown grasped a
corn knife and they fought. Tidball
secured the corn knife and hacked
Brown until both were exhausted.
Brown is in a precarious condition.
Tidball surrendered.
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out a cane, and as / continued my
aealth gradually returned. / was SO
grateful | made a public statement Of
ny case, and now seven years have
passed, / am still perfectly we'll"
Sold by all dealers. SOC a box. Fos-
er-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
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St. Joseph in Charter Row.

st. Joseph.-St. Joseph is in the
throes of a new charter fight. Citi-
zens on each side have organized and
now have headquarters, speakers bu-
reaus and, in fact, all the incidentals
of a big political campaign, The feel
ing for and against the measure has
become so heated that personalities
are being freely INDUCED in, and ev-
cry man who himself as
allied on either side at once becomes
an object of suspicion to the other.
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-ldIues hSoh, W
down to a mere
skeleton. My back
was SO bad l could
hardly walk and
the kidney secre-
tons much disor-
dered. A week after
began using
Doan's Kidney Pills
l walk with
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Missouri Girl. a Bride. Killed.

st. Joseph.-Judge Henry s. Kelley
received a telegram from Riverside,
Cal, informing him that his daughter,
Thalia, had been accidentally killed.
In July she married G. w. Shipley, an
electrical engineer, at Riverside.
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Former Queens Guard Corporal Dies.

Kansas City.-John Henry Johnston,
an officer of the original American
Volunteers, a corporal in the Queens
I guard, and a writer of Scottish verse,
died in Rosedale, a suburb of this city,
aged "a years.
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Steak Poisons hannibal Man.

Neutrality-suspicious. Pritchet and
four railroad men were made seri-
ously i'll here from ptomaine poison
ing caused by eating hamburger steak.
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tTo BE CONCLUDED.
vapor Blankets Over Bodies Of wa,

Vapor Blankets over Bodies Of Water.
A vapor blanket 30 feet thick is
found by Prof. Frank H. Bigelow to
cover the reservoir at Reno, New. AS
Stunning that a like invisible shield pro-
tects the Salton sea, it Il concluded
that this body may lose by evaporation
not more than four or five feet yearly,
instead Of the eight feet hitherto ex-
pected.
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kuhn,s trial postponed.

st. Joseph.-The trial of w. f.
Kuhn, formerly superintendent of the
state hospital for the insane No. 2,
who alleges he was deposed without
a hearing before the board of man
ayers, which was to have opened
Thursday, has been postponed two
weeks.
ST. James--Running through an
open switch. a freight train crashed
INTO another freight train near here,
Jcriously iniuring the engineer and
fireman on the moving train.
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WORTH
OF GOLD
During Change Of Life,
says Mrs. Chas. Barclay
G~raniteville, VT. ST was passing
through the Changeo Of Life aud suffered

from nervousness
andother annoying
symptoms, and 1
can truly say that
LydiaE. Pinkham's
Vegetable Com
pound has proved
worth mountains
Of gold to me, as it
restored my health
and strength. I
never forget to tell
my friends what
TVdiaE Pinkham,a
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CHAPTER IIl-continued.

Not more than l." sadly.
Nothing like, is there, girl?"
Il hate automobiles" she answered,
irrelevantly.
The old, old sea q%uarreled murmur-
-ously at their feet, and the white gulls
sailed hither and thither, sometimes
breasting the rollers just as they were
about to topple over into running
creamy foam. The mar and the cir
seemed perfectly content to remain
voiceless. There was no sound but
the song of the sea; the girl dreamed
and the man wondered what hel
dream was. Presently he glanced a
mis- watch. He stood up, brushing the
sand from his clothes.
Half an hour between us and break
fast, Kate. All aboard"
The night before might have beer
only an idle dream.
So they took the road back. Onl,
the sea and the gulls saw the tende
kiss.
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we are always wishing we were
this or that person instead Of our
selves, and IL such a thing as me-
t~empsychosis were possible we'd be
mighty glad to get back to our OWE
trials.
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Tell the Dealer you want a Lewis Single
Binder cigar for its rich. mellow quality.
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NOT QUITE so FOOLISH.

Her Father-Have you and Ned
~quarreled? Z
His Daughter should say not. My
birthday is next month.
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Don't dope yourself for every little
pain. 1t only hurts your stomach. Such
pain comes usually from local infiam-
% Wi ! o III viii WIFE stop 5p0 Il iaam @, ! asn''n'
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PROVED BY TIME.
No Fear Of Any Further Trouble.

David Price, Corydon, Ia. says: Il
in the last stage of kidney trouble
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During her courtship no girl is in
favor of disarmament.
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Appronriate Terms.

Are .Jake's rates for his a%eroplane
high?"
"You bet. Sky high"