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The Copper bee., 1916-02-19

We must apologize to our readers tor not being on time with this issue,
 Our Kioeteh being of an inventive turn of mind. had been doing little experiment. ing without letting us in on the play. when ready to % to press there was DO prin ters ink to be found. upon investigation we find she has been dyeing rabbit skins with the black ink and selling them to cheechako tourists for glacier mink.
 when asked as to what she did with the gre en ink, she replied 0: you know me makem Hi VI Blue fox get em heap money.
 upon her producing the skin we were at loss for 2 moment as to where she shared such large skins, but the whole thing soon daunea upon us. Curses and Curses the tal1ov faced pidgeon toed red eyed souaa had killed our nine prize malamute race;ne pups and think of it, only few days aeo Too. Much. Johnson. offered us round two thousand bucks for the team.
 after the var clouds had blown by the next day our klootch returned saying ne heap sorrosy fer pups, had been at Geo. Rusts al night ard did well, bringing home can of saooee and thirty cent calabasb pipe.
 but then t is all right, George is friend of
The Copper bee., 1916-02-19
MCCARTHY
Uncle Fly is still Switching.

Uncle Fly Is SLltl 0WllGnine. Rabbit Catching Anna was seen hikeing out al four A N yesterday while our game warden was busy saving wood Tenas Jennie Called d our sanesatn few days ago and left smile, come sssin Jen
 Fred. Bode. is prepareins eo do very extensive work on his Copper Creek property the comeing summer, haVeine al. ready shipped In eighty five Ions of sup plies. Fred. is there.
 Judge Al Doze wifi freight an outfit to the headwatcrs of the little bfe:aer some time in april.
 Mir. William. Godfrey. Manager of the Mother Lode Mine is sure some hustler, freighting the ore down to Mccarthy for shipment to the smelter, keeps Bill on the trail day and night. Quite number of Shushana Mineing men are to be seen on the streets these days.
 The Dog Poisoner is out again stringing his baits; Johnnie Barrett. loseine his leader few days ago.
 A person that will poison your dog will also set your house on fire, and shoot you accidetly, he is to be feared and despised
 WANTED
 A nice young Girl for general house work. see the Captain.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-03-23
CHAPTER Xxx.
Off With the OLD

With a sensation Of being crushed
and suffocated by the encompassing
dark mystery, she nerved herself
against a p%rotracted vigil. The obscur-
ity on every hand seemed alive with
stealthy footsteps, whisperings, mur.
murings, the passage of shrouded
shapes of silence and of menace. Her
eyes ached, her throat and temples
throbbed, her skin crept, her scalp
tingled. She seemed to hear a thousand
different noises of alarm.
The only sounds she did not seem to
hear were those-if any-that accom-.
panied Lanyard's departure and re.
turn. Had he not been thoughtful
enough. when a few feet distant, to
give warning with the light she might
well have greeted with a cry Of fright
the consciousness of a presence near
her, SO silently he moved about. AS
1t was, she was startled, apprehensive
Of some m~isadventure, to find him
back 30 soon, for he hadn't gone three
minutes, long though her
had made that period seem.
ITS quite all right" he announced
in hushed accents-no longer whisper.
ing. There are just five people in
the house aside from o~urselves--all
servants, asleep in the rear wing
We've a clear ield-if no excuse for
taking foolish chances! However
wen be finished and off again within
ten minutes. This way"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-03-23

the three posterns that pierced the
walls on the side streets one only was
in general use by the servants of the
establishment; the other two were
presumed to be permanently sealed.
Lanyard, however, knew better.
When they had turned off from the
avenue he slackened pace and moved
at caution, examining the prospect
narrowly.
On the n hand he had the wall of
the private park, topped by naked,
soughing limbs of neglected trees. On
the other, acros the way, a block of
tall old buildings, withdrawn behind
jealous garden walls, showing-at that
hour at least-stupid, sleepy faces and
lightless eyes to p~assers-by.
Within the perspective Of the street
but three shapes stirred-Lanyard and
the girl in the shadow of the wall, and
a disconsolate, misprized cat that
promptly on their appearance vanished
like a terror-stricken ghost.
Overhead the sky was breaking,
showing ebon patches and "infrequent
stars through a ~wind-harried wrack of
cloud. The night had grown sensibly
colder and noisy with the rushing
sweep Of a new-sprung wind.
Several yards from the postern-gate
Lanyard paused definitely and spoke
for the first time in many minutes, for
the knowledge Of their errand's gray
ity had oppressed the spirits of both
and enjoined an unnatural silence ever
since their departure from the Rue des
Acacias.
This is where we STOP" he said,
with a jerk of his head toward the
wall; "but-it's not too late"
Were wasting time" she returned
steadily.
Without further remonstrance, II
with a mind beset with m~isgivings, he
led on to the gate, a blank door Of wood
painted a dark green, deeply recessed
in the thickness of the wall.
In support Of his promise that he
had made every preparation to attack
the premises before the sudden depar
ture of Madam Omber for England
Lanyard had a key ready and in the
lock almost before they reached it
And the door swung on well-greaset
hinges. AS silently it shut them in.
Beyond the fact that they stood upor
a weed-grown gravel path, hedget
about with thick masses Of s~hrubbery
the girl was unable to make much o.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-03-23

this, no less than three hideous squeals
of protest were evoked before they
gained the top, each indicating a pause
and a wait of several breathless sec
onds.
But it would seem that such serv-
ants as had been left in the house,
in the absence of its ch~atelaine, either
slept soundly or were accustomed to
discount the midnight concert of those
age-old timbers; and without mis-
chance, at length, through a swinging
door they entered the main reception
hall, revealed by the dancing spotlight
as a room of noble proportions and fur
nished with somber magnificence.
Here. the girl was left alone for a
few minutes, while Lanyard darted
abovestairs for rapid reconnaissance
of the state bedchambers and servants
quarters.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-03-23
SYNOPSIS.

After stealing the omber Jewels and the
HuySman war plans in London Michael
Lanyard returns TO Troyon's. a Paris Inn.
Ior the FIRST time in many years because
ne thinks Roddy. a Scotland Yard man.
Is on his trail. Lanyard dresses and goes
out. leaving Roddy snoring in the next
room. then comes back stealthily, to int
IN his room Mile. Bannon. In the apart
ment near the Trocadero he finds an in
Fitation from The Pack to the Lone Wolf
10 join them. Lanyard attempts to dis
pose OF the Omber Jewels. but fnds that
The Pack has forbidden the buyers 10
zeal with him. He meets The Pack. but
REFUSES alliance with them. On his re-
turn to his room he is attacked in the
uark, but knocks out his %assailant. He dis
covers that Roddy has been murdered In
MS bed and starts TO leave the house. In
the corridor he encounters Lucia Bannon.
Xho insists on leaving with him. Having
no money Lucia is obliged to take refuge
with Lanyard in the studio of an absent
artist friend OF his. He locks her in a
room alone. After sleep Lanyard finds
his viewpoint changed. He tells Lucia
who he is. Mutual confessions follow.
She is Lucy Shannon. not Bannon. and
has been used as a tool by Bannon. the
crook. The American murderer of Roddy
was Bannon's secretary. Lucy agrees to
go with him to return the London loot. A
newspaper wrapped in a brick Is thrown
Through the skylight. The paper has an
account of the total destruction by fire of
Troyon's. They start out on their errand
of restoration.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-03-23
P XIX.
En- Route.

For all the success that had ostensi-
bly, rewarded his effrontery, Lanyard's
mind was far from easy during that
hour which he devoted to lodging,
ducking, and doubling across Paris and
back again before attempting to rejoin
Lucy Shannon. He hoped to confuse
and confound any jackals of the Pack
that might have picked up his trail as
adventitiously as Ekstrom had.
His delight, indeed, in discountenanc-
ing his dupe and enemy was quite
chilled by an apprehension that it
were madness, simply because the spy
had proved Unexpectedly ~tractable. to
consider the Ekstrom affair closed. In
the very fact Of that d~ocility inhered
something strange and ominous, con-
temptation of which distilled a potent
premonition of evil hardly mitigated
by Lanyard's relief on finding the girl
awaiting him, as per program, safe and
sound under the wing of madame la
concierge, in the little court of private
stables wherein he rented space for
his car, off the Rue des Acacias.
Monsieur lie concierge, it appeared,
was from home, and madame, thick
witted, warm.hearted, simple body that
she was, discovered a phase Of beam.
ing incuriosity most grateful to the adj
yenturer, enabling him as it did to dis
pense with more embarrassing men
dacity in support Of his original lie as
to their relations and to whisk the girl
away as soon as he liked.
This last was just as speedily as per.
sonal examination had treasured him
with respect to his acknowledgements.
ficially an ordinary motor-cab Of the
better grade, but with an exceptionally
powerful engine hidden beneath its
hood. A car Of such a character, pass
ing readily as the town car Of any fam.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-03-23
BY LOUIS JOSEPH VANCE
Copyright by Louis Joseph vance,

lily in modest circumstances, or else as
what Paris calls a voiture de remise
"a hackney car without taximeter-
was a tremendous convenience, en-.
abling its proprietor to scurry at will
about c%ab-ridden Paris without excit.
ing comment; but it couldn't be left
standing in public places at odd hours,
or for long, without attracting the in
terest of the police, and so was useless
to Lanyard at present. But he
entertained a shrewd suspicion that
his plans might all miscarry and
the command of a f~ast-traveling
car ere long become a necessity
to his salvation, SO he cheer.
fully devoted a fair haIf.hour to
putting the motor in prime trim for
the road.
With this accomplishments the
fact established through discreet, OBJ
lique interrogation of madame la con-
cierge that conditions in that quarter
were normal; that no inquiries had
been made after the whereabouts of
Pierre Lamier, and no strange or other
wise questionable characters had been
seen lettering in the neighborhocd Of
late-he was ready for his first true
step toward rehabilitation.
Thus it was past one in the morning
when, with the girl on his arm, he is
sued forth into the dark and drowsy
Rue des Acacias, moving swiftly,
crossed the Avenue de la Grande Ar
NEE, and thereafter avoiding main
travelled highways, struck southwark
through tangled side streets to the
aristocratic quarter of Passy.
Here, skirting the boulevards of the
Notifications, they approached the pri.
vate park Of La Muette.
The home Of that wealthy and ami
able eccentric, Nine. Helene Omber,
was a souvenir of those days when
Passy had been suburban. A survival
OF the revolution, a vast, dour pile that
had known few changes since the days
of its construction, it occupied a large,
unkempt park, irregularly triangular
in shape, bounded by two streets and
an avenue, and rendered private by
high walls crowned with broken glass.
Carriage-gates opened on the ven
guarded by a porter's lodge, while of
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-03-23

the general aspect of their surround
ings. The park was as black as a
rocket, and the heavy efiuvia of wet
mold, decaying weeds and rotting
leaves q choked the air seemed only
to render the murk still thicker.
But Lanyard evidently knew his
way b%lindfold; though motives of pru-
dence babe him refrain from using his
tash-lamp, there wasn't the least un-
certainty in his actions. Never once
at loss for the right turning, he piloted
the girl swiftly through a bewildering
black labyrinth of paths and lawns
and thicke.3.
In due course he pulled up and she
saw that they had come out into a
clear space of lawn and stood close be-
side the featureless, looming bulk of
a lightless building.
His grasp frightened, admonitory,
upon her fingers, and she caught his
curiously penetrating yet guarded
whisper:
This is the back of the house-the
service entrance. From this door a
broad path runs straight to the main
service gateway; you can't mistake it;
and the gate itself has a spring lock,
easy enough to open from the inside.
Remember this in event of trouble. We
might become separated in the dark
ness and confusion"
Gently returning the pressure, Il un-
derstand," she said in a whisper.
Immediately he drew her on to the
house, pausing but momentarily before
a wide doorway, one-half of which
promptly swung open and, as soon as
they had passed through, closed with
no ~perceptible jar or click. And then
Lanyard's tlash-lamp was lancing the
gloom on every hand, swiftly raking
the bounds Of a large, paneled serv-
ants hall, until it picked out the foot
Of a fight Of steps at the farther end.
To this they moved stealthily over a
tiled flooring.
The ascent of the staircase was ac-
complished, however, only with infinite
care, Lanyard testing each rise before
trusting it with his weight or the girls.
Twice he babe her skip one step lest
the ancient woodwork betray them
with it's complaints. In spite of all
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-03-23
ONE MAY BEAT A DONKEY
at is the Will Of God" Says an East.
ern Legend, Reported by
Traveller.

In his article on his journey to Baby
Ion, in Harper's, William Warfield told
a legend prevailing among the natives
by which they justify beating Of dom
keys but not horses.
I'VE stopped to change u mules.
In the roadway before the khan sat a
group Of Arabs. A servant supplied
them with little cups of tea from a
rude samovar. We saluted them, and,
taking our places in the circle, we
were served in turn. Someone in the
dark doorway was humping away on
a drum. A boy came out of the khan
beating a poor lame donkey covered
with fiy-infested sores. l turned to
n of my neighbors:
sis it not cruel for that boy to beat
a lame ass in that way?'
"'Effendim, it is the will Of Godi'
but you do not allow horses or
camels to be beaten thus
"'Effendim, the donkey is not like
the horse, nor yet is he like the camel.
The reason is this: Upon a certain day
the donkeys went before Allah and
complained that they were g~rievously
beaten by men, so that life was a
greater burden than they could bear.
Then said Allah: Il cannot make men
cease from beating you. 1t is no sin,
neither does it cause them any great
loss. But / will help you. will give
you so thick a hide that however much
you are beaten you shall not suffer-"
49, said my informant, 1t is Of no
consequence If men beat an ass. So
thick a skin did Allah give him that
after he dies men use it in the making
of drums, and the donkey continues to
be beaten after DEATH"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-03-23
Carat.

The word carat is derived from an
Arabic word meaning g weight Of four
grains. In Greek it signifies little
horn. the fruit Of the carob or locust
tree. The carat is a small weight
Originally in the form OF a seed) used
for diamonds and precious stones. and
a measure for determining the fine
ness of gold. The exact weight of the
carat in practice varies slightly in diff
ferent places. In 1877 a syndicate of
London, Paris and Amsterdam Jew
elers fixed the weight at 205 mil.
ligrams (3.163 troy grains). The
South African carat is said to equal
3.174 grains. The fineness OF gold is
measured by a ratio with "a carats
as a standard; thus two parts Of alloy
make 1t 22-carat gold. and so on.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-03-23
'CASCARETS' FOR
LIVER, BOWELS
For sick headache, bad breath,
Sour Stomach and
constipation.
Get a 1O-cent box now.

No odds how bad your liver, stomach
or bowels; how much your head
aches, how miserable and uncomfort.
able you are from constipation, indiges.
ton, biliousness and sluggish bowels
you always get the desired results
with Cascarets.
Don't let your stomach, liver and
bowels make you miserable. Take
Cascarets tonight; put an end to the
headache, biliousness, dizziness, nerv-
BUSINESS, sick. sour, gassy stomach,
backache and all other distress;
cleanse your inside organs Of all the
bile, gases and constipated matter
which is producing the misery.
A 10-cent box means health. happi-
ness and a clear head for months.
No more days OF gloom and distress
II you will take a Cascaret now and
then. All stores sell Cascarets. Don't
forget the children-their little in
sides need a cleansing, too. ADV.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-03-23
Iapanese Afraid Of MIX.

Half a century ago milk was re-
garded by Japanese with deep suspi-
cion. and it Is said the first Japanese
TO drink milk did SO with misgivings
lest he sprout horns like a COW.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-03-23
The Reason,

"None Of the governments has is
sued lately one of those white, blue
or red books. l wonder why?"
II guess it is because they are all
in n another's black books"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-03-23
HIGH PRICES
GOOD CROPS
And Good Demand for All Farm
Products.

1t is no new experience for settlers
located in a fertile country such as
Western Canada, where lands may be
bought at very reasonable prices, to
harvest a crop that in n season pays
the entire cost of their farm. Undoubt-
eddy this was the experience Of many
farmers during 1915, but one instance
may be quoted. A settler who came
to Canada from the United States
some years ago decided to add to his
holdings by buying an adjoining quar-
ter section near his home at Warner,
at $4,000 an acre, with terms spread
over a period of years. He got the
land into a good state Of cultivation
and last spring put the whole quarter
section in wheat. When the crop was
threshed he found that it only took
half the wheat on the farm to pay the
whole purchase price of it; in short
a single years crop paid the cost of
the land, paid all the expenses of op-
Grafton and left him a handsome sur
plus as profit. This settler had some
adjoining land, and his whole wheat
crop for the season amounted to
over $4,000 bushels. He is now plan
ming to obtain some sheep and invest
his profits in live stock which will as
sure him a good living irrespective Of
what the season may happen to be.
Canada's financial position is K
cellent. All speculation has been elm
mated, and trading is done on a cash
basis, with restricted credit.
Detailed figures of Canada's trade
for twelve months ending October 81
show how the war is forcing Canadian
trade into new channels. One of the
most extraordinary changes is in com
merce with the United States. A
couple Of years ago Canada imported
from the United States two or three
hundred million dollars worth Of
goods more than she exported. The
balance Of trade was all with the,
United States. The balance is rapid
ly disappearing, and the present out
look is that by the end of this year
Canada will have exported to the
United States more than she has i'm
ported.
The figures for the past four years
are Illuminating. They are as fol-
lows:
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-03-23
RELIABLE REMEDY
RESTORES KIDNEYS

For many years druggists have watched
with much interest the remarkable record
maintained by Dr.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root,
the great kidney, liver and bladder rem
edy.
1t is a physicians prescription.
Swamp-Root is a strengthening medi-
cine. DR.. Kilmer used it for years in his
private practice. It helps the kidneys,
liver and bladder do the work nature in
tended they should do.
Swamp-Root has stood the test of years.
1t is sold by all druggists on its merit and
it will help you. No other remedy can
successfully take its place.
Be sure to get Swamp-Root and start
treatment at once.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
Khmer g. Co., Binghamton, N. Y, for a
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Adv.
He Got EN-.
Customer-Give me a pair of spi-
ders.
Clerk-Er-beg pardon?
Customer-A pair of web suspend,
ers.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-03-23

Giving a hungry man advice Is about
as satisfactory as feeding leo cream
to a wax doll.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-03-23

-Four years ago, in 1872, the balance
of trade in favor Of the United
States was no less than two hundred
and sixty-seven millions, and this
year, the balance is reduced to only
thirty-two millions. The figures are
extraordinary and reflect the changed
and new conditions in Canada. It
looks as if for the first time in nearly
half a century this year Canada will
sell more to the United States than
she will buy from the Americans
Advertisement.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1916-03-24

children could do was done for her
but to no avail. Just a few days be-
fore her death Mrs. Beals made al.
of the arrangements for her funeral.
having uppermost in her thought that ,
some unbeliever might be touched and
come to know her Savior. 1t was
very impressive service, and he Holy
spirit was strongly felt by all present.
Cora, daughter of Arthur and Mar
tina Bufkin, was born at Lynville. Jas
per county, Iowa, on June IA, 1869
Died of tuberculosis at Greenleaf,
Idaho, March 10, 1916. She was a
birthright member of the Friends
church. She graduated from the
Lynvile high school in 1897 and
taught in this school most of the fol-
lowing four years. She was married
August l3 1891 to ]. ]. Beals, Of Plat.
South Dakota. They Immediately
moved to his farm near that place and
resided there almost six years, then
moved to Searsboro, Ia. where they
resided eleven years, then moved to
Greenleaf, Idaho, where they have
since resided. To this union were
born four children, Prescott. Louella,
Ellis and Charles. all of whom with
her husband servive her and were at
her bedside when she passed away.
During all of these years she show
ed herself possessed of gifts which
she used freely in the service of the
Master. The beauty and strength OF
her character were evident not alone
to her family but also to large circle
of friends and ntighbors. She was an
ideal mother. and has to marked
degree handed down these characteris-
tics to her children. She was always
i thoughtful OF others. Those who
knew her best. speak of her strong
conviction of right. of her devotion
and loyalty to truth as she knew it.
Her willingness to sacrifice uhsparing-
" to the couse of Christ. She has left
a place never to be filled in the home.
Her faithfulness in the church has
been an inspiration to many to give
themselves as living sacrifice. She.
was laid to rest in the Greenleaf
cemetery.