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steam.prlven seaplanes.

Navy department experiments indi-
cate that steam-driven seaplanes may
solve the motor problem Of air naviga-
ton. Many officers believe that only
the question of getting the weight Of
the steam plant down to the lowest
possible figure remains to be answered
before u steamer Of the air Is con
structed and tried out.
Steam equipment would guarantee
constancy Of power upon which aero
planes depend for stability. Most ac-
cidents to aviators. 1t Is pointed out.
may be due to failure of motors. Steam
turbines also would provide power far
in excess Of anything now obtalnable
with gasoline engines, 1t is said, a fac
tor vital to the navy, since seaplanes
are much heavier than aeroplanes for
service over land.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-11-30
Nanny Wasn't Educated in Law.

Nanny Washington seemed very
i'll at ease in court. She admitted to
the judge that it was her first time on
policeman ground" Considerable
difficulty was experienced in making
her answer questions. She would go
just so far and then stop, all afluster.
The judge hit upon a scheme.
There is no need for you to be ex-
cited, Mrs. Washington" he said, with
a smile. "Tm just a judge and you are
just you"
At last the old negress found her
tongue.
"Dat's jes' hit, suh," she cried, ex-
plosively, II is me, but yo' isn't you, in
dem specs, and wild dat crokay mallet
in yo' han. Eff yo' could fix hit fer to
talk dis over in q. kitchen, I'd be all
right, jedge Case and Comment.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-11-30

sructon Of our model of those greatfeathered serpent columns found in the
neighborhood of Yucatan at the entrance Of numerous temples and frequently
scattered down the slopes Of the pyramids o. buried in the great mass of
debris about their bases" said Doctor Holmes, t
"The Significance of the column is a very fascinating one common to
nearly every branch Of native art The acknowledgment god Quetzalcoatl
of the Aztecs (quetzal-a beautifully pumaged bird of middle America, and
coatl-the snake), and the corresponding deity Kulkulkan of the Maya people
Qulkul-blrd, and kan-snake), held first place In the mythology Of these
peoples Nearly the entire surface Of the body represented in the column is
covered with plumage typfyIng the bird element, while the general conforms
ton, the projecting tongue, dubious fangs, fearinspring eyes and beaded
rattle symbolic the snake. The desire of the peoples was apparently for a
god that like the bird could fly and vet had the readiness to strike character
isic of the snake"
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"'Tis the Shawnee Prophet, Singing
His Own Song"

with audacity. 1.-THE bullets of the
white man shall fall at your feet, my
children, and their powder shall be
sandw How could they be harmed?
Again their wild attack commenced !;
they left the shelter of trees and
fallen log and charged the slender line
that held the right flank. Harrison
shouted orders to his aids:
Send Robb's company here for re-
enforcement! Tell Major Floyd to
place Prescott's company in Robb's
position. Send Smelling to the north
west angle, Cook and Baen here! Tell
Colonel Decker to send Wilson's com
pany to the northwest angle, Colonel
Bartholomew to send SCOTS company
with Wilson'S"
The night was slowly giving place
to the gray dawn. A faint light stole
gradually through the dripping
branches. David could see how vel
low the faces Of the wounded looked
in the pale break of day. Baen, he
knew, was wounded mortally, Barth0l-
omew hurt.
AS he neared the center of the
camp, Robb's Mounted Rifles, 7G men
went by him with n rush, the gallop-
ing hoofs thudding on the wet turf
Here and there the %smoldering embers
of the campires blazed up again. Da.
| x,;J ,,.nvt ar xtyith fha ct n1yAtft.r ,,nuI
of the hospital corps.
He was carrying a wounded mar tC
the shelter of the wagons when little
Jimmy Spencer, Captain Spencer's
fourteeil-year-old son, ran from the
tents and clutched him by the sleeve
begging to be told If his father wai
unhurt. David answered the boy re
assuringly; he had just seen the cap
tain cheering on his men, a bloody
handkerchief tied about his head
When they went back to the right
Jimmy ran at David's side, refusing t,
stay behind.
"Fatherl" he cried, and the soldie
turned at the hail. He was about {,
warn the boy to go back when a bulle
struck him in the hip and passe,
through both thighs; he tottered an,
fell.
go back to the tent, son." he said
smiling. "Your mother will need yol
IL l don't go home"
He drew the boy down and kisseI
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tons and the lncoherent wanderings
Of their tortured minds:
"A tubful Of honey in the lean-to
and the bear got it"-"That ball went
through the hoop"-"Make the stock
ade higher"-"From Kaskasky with
George Clark, ! tell ye"-"The An
gel Gabriel set his feet on those
stones"-"That calf's got the milk
sick"-"No, dearle, there amt no more
meal"-"Teacher, may I get n fresh
quill?"-"Tm a old man an / want
some whisky"-"All the Federalists'
scheming"-"Wateri amt there even
some rainwater?'-"0h, Molly. Molly,
Molly r"-"Watch the right flank The
right flank r-"Waterl Water"
Three miles below T%ippecanoe the
fleeing Prophet made a nights camp
on Wildcat creek, the Panse PichOu
of the French. Dubois scouts found
the warm ashes of his campfire there
and close by one of the guides picked
up a bit of lace. The man put it in
the pocket of his shirt and brought it
back to the marching column. David
was among the men who crowded
about him to gaze at the tiny shred
of cloth; and having seen it he put
out his hand and took it, and NJ man
said him no; for they saw that he
had recognized it as a part of a gar
ment of Antoinette O'Bannon, whom
he had loved and who was slain. Will
lingly the man who had found the
cloth led David, at his request, back
to the ashes Of the fire and there left
him In silence; and for a long time
David stood looking at the ground
where Toinette's feet last had been.
The frozen wilderness was very still.
The bare branches Of the forest
creaked and groaned in the November
gusts, but there was no sound of hui
man life. On a dead limb a mottled
woodpecker with q scarlet cap
searched industriously and vainly for
it's food. A sleek, brown-furred bea-
yer crawled to the top of the streams
bank, looked inquiringly at the mo-
tionless figure breeding over the ashes
of the fire, and slid back into the wa
ter with a splash. Deep in the woods
a flock of wild turkeys clucked among
the underbrush. And so standing, Da-
vid tasted to the dregs the bitterness
of his failure, the numbing conscious
ness of irremediable loss; tasted the
bitterness of helpless defeat and spent
his hour Of agony and vain self
reproach, while the grim forest shut
him in with silence.
A rifle cracked.
The ball knocked the cap from Da-
vid's head. An inch to the right and
he would have fallen, his skull shat.
tered; but he had bent his head al
the very moment when the hidden
marksman's finger pressed the trigger
He was all alone; only his owr
speed and quickness Of resource saved
him.
mo DIN TnNrTTNJTTEnN
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CHAPTER XIV.
On Wildcat Creek.

Toinette was dead. The news came
to David and left him without hope
or aim or wish for life. One of the
Indian prisoners told the horrible
story of her death to his captors, with
a CLEAN of fendish malevolence in his
eyes.
David shuddered as he had not
among all the carnage Of battle, and
his limbs tottered beneath him. Some
one of the soldiers raised UP his rifle
and struck down the boaster as if he
were crushing a snake. No one held
back his hand.
One, with awkward sympathy, put
his hand on the shoulder of the
shaken David and led him back to the
American camp. Behind them the
ruined village lay %smoldering in the
November sun; but David himself
walked as in q dream. Men who met
him stepped aside in silence, to let
him pass, daring to ask no question.
Behind him rose the wailing OF the
Indian women, mourning for their
dead, wailing among the trampled
maize; and the unutterable sorrow in
his heart grew heavier beneath their
unending lamentation as the stalks of
corr are beaten tc the sodden ground
in the cold rains of the dying year.
Mechanically he took up his work of
watching over the wounded In the
heavy wagons. The camp was struck,
the homeward journey begun.
The suffering Of the men in the
wagons was torture Understandable
Over the uneven ground the oxen
dragged the numbering carts, the
wooden disks that served as wheels
slipping and jolting over rocks ant
into bitches with a cruelty which was
no less heartrendlng because 1t wa;
unavoidable. The carts we're spring
less. Hot with fever under the lie,
wind and racked with the terrific Jolt
ing, the wounded men raved, cursed
sang In delirium. OF the 151 wounded
25 died IN the merciless journey from
the battlefield to the blockhouse OF
the Vermllion river, where the boat
had been left. Day and night Davt
heard their pitiful moaning, til,
snatches Of pleadings, the impreca
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-11-30

the president" of the concern, a dapper .redbowted, gentleman of color.
II hear your company hasn't been paying claims, Don't you know you
can't do business in the District? You haven't any license" the visitor was
told.
"Now, boss youse surely said a moufful. We sure can't seem to do bust
ness-thats why we amt paid them claims. But we tries to collect mos
regular, sub"
Nesbt told him he would have to stop collecting in the absence of a
license.
"Say here, does this license cost money!
"Yes"
"Wen, Mister Nesbit that's jest the way this govnment carries or. Now.
/ amt got M money to pay claims with yet youan want m e to pay for a
license so can pay dem claims"
The organization has stopped collecting, but has not started paying
claims.
The next laugh came from the report of an inspector A colmed woman
complained that she had been ill for two weeks, and 10 benefits had been
paid. The insurance company stated that n o medical certificate had been
received from her.
The inspector called around to ask her about this.
claws, honey, I clean forgot. Just you lf up that scarf on the bureau
and there's your certificate"
The inspector found the certificate, all right and four more, for four
successive weeks in advance.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-11-30

such as Geiger's and Bartoh's com
panies had just gone through.
AT this moment David heard some
one calling to his captain. He strained
his eyes through the mist and as the
mar ran up TO Hargrove, David rec
ognized him as George Croghan. Cap
tain Hargrove spoke sharply:
whats the matter?"
Croghan saluted. 'The chief sur
geon has requested Colonel Decker
to let him have some assistance. We
have only three surgeons mates. We
need more help with the stretchers.
Can you detail someone. sir?"
Hargrove named Laurence and
Cockrum; they hurried away as Gro
CHAN led. From company to company
they ran, lifting the dead and wound
ed on rude filters and bearing them
to the shelter of the wagons in the
center of the camp; here they left
their burdens and went back for a sec
ond and a third time, and each time
IOuUu SOME new NlCilIH.
And then David was in the thick
of the painting struggle which Spier
S~pencer's men were enduring. The
horses lay on the ground, and from
over their backs the riflemen fired into
the darkness peopled with the vague
shapes of the bowling savages; but
the horses, t~errorized by the uproar
and mysterious singing things that
tore them, tried again and again to
rise; their masters kept them down
only by superhuman eXertions.
There was a momentary hull; from
across the little valley where the rush
ing creek gurgled among the willows
there came a strange and wild chant.
ing; high above the groans and the
sounds of hurrying feet it rose, the
sonorous cadence of the aborigine's
prayer to the Great Manitou, the ia
ther of all.
"'Tis the Shawnee Prophet, singing
his own song" said Dubois, the inter
prefer at Harrison's side.
David looked at General Harrison
The silent horseman seemed to have
gathered in his eyes all the tremen
dous tragedy of the d~espairing race
Of red men. And then a grim smile
crossed his face, as he reflected tina
he and his little army, uncouth, pro
fame, greedy for material things, scr
did as all humanity, was the flaming
sword of the progress of humanity
driving out the old order, substituting
the new.
The song Of Elkskatawa, the Proph
ct, the Loud Voice, went on. TIL
white men heard it and were troubled
The red men heard it and grew DRUM
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-11-30

tons along the Potomac, Patuxent and Anacotia rivers, covering territory
between Washington, Annapolis and Baltimore, and preserving the Palisades
and banks of the Potomac from Mount Vernon to and beyond the Great falls.
A committee of the American Institute of Architects the conservation of
natural resources-Glenn Brown, William N. Elicott, James Knox Taylor
and Css Glbert-drew up a report indorsng this proposition.
1t is pointed out that the presence of cleared lands within the forest
boundaries would not be a disadvantage because the best of the farm lands
could be used as experimental farms in cooperation with the department Of
agriculture, while those less adapted for agriculture could be planted in
forests. There are many foreign trees that have not been fully tried in this
country under forest conditions. The rate of growth of most of our native
species, under the most favorable conditions as would result in planting, had
not been determined at the time of the discussion of the Capital National
forest, and it was reported that "the field of forest experimentation is a
large and promising one which would find here the ideal conditions for it's
fulfllment" S-E
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-11-30
INTERESTING ITEMS.

Argentina has enacted civil service
retirement legislation.
Seyenty-six American cities have
public employment bureaus.
a telephone wire swings for 1900
yards across the Yukon river.
The English city Of Sheffield has 400
steel manufacturing concerns.
Paper covers to protect automobiles
in storage have been invented.
A sewing machine has been invented
to stitch together baseball covers.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-11-30

Tattooing was a distinct trade in
Caesars time.
According to a British chemist, to-
bacco ashes contain 20 per cent Of
potash.
With a new motor truck body one
man can dump a load of two tons in
80 seconds.
All the steam railways in New Zen
land are owned and operated BY the
government.
Spain is believed to have 5,500,000,-
900 tons of coal in deposits scattered
over nine provinces.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-11-30

from Great Falls to a point near the
Little Falls into a lake call to mind a
plan for conserving the high wooded
lands along the river. 1t was a plan
to which considerable publicity was
given at and following the National
Conservation congress held at st. Paul,
Mimi. in 1910, and it is still alive.
William NJ. Ellicott of Baltimore
suggested the creation Of a great ma
of Columbia. 1t was proposed to ac-
tional park bordering on the District
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-11-30

very ancient one. From them has been
learned much concerning the aborigi-
mes of Central America.
Archaeology has disclosed the fact
that at the portal of every place of
worship two great columns stood
guard. No single complete example
of these columns has ever been found,
and the erection Of the model in the
museum was made possible under the
personal direction of DR.. w. II. Holmes.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-11-30

NEST. Not that he doesn't work-no,
he is some claimant there, too-but
the leaven of humor is his almost
daily.
The other day a series Of COM
plants began coming in against a con-
Germ with a high-sounding Biblical
name. This was only n of a score
of such organizations, claiming to pay
sick and accident benefits, which turn
up continuously to tighten Nesbit's
busy life.
Superintendent NeShit summoned
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-11-30
Some N~Iohtmarel

Flukes-I had a fearful dream last
night.
Dukes-What was It?
Flukes-I dreamed that I was q CEN
tipede and had a corn on every toe.
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Old Columns Reproduced by National Museum

AT THE National museum a weird and beautiful model has been erected.
IA At the front entrance of the building have been placed two great columns
surmOunted by lntels of wood, the whole forming an arch. The religious
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-11-30

Il HNt-uUIIdI UHHi WBIH5 VuNH uuC
that it be credited to the Conscience
fund" of the District.
There is never an explanation as
to why the sender feels called upon
to contribute the money, nor any in
dication as to how many of these FIVE
dollar bills viii have to be sent before
full recompense is made.
From the fact that the money is
sent in monthly installments, how
ever, officials in the collectors Office
oSSur,a that HH n w 10 nat anv foo
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-11-30
Proposed National Forest in Washington Area

THE proposed and planned conservation of the power Of the Potomac river
i above Washington, the submergence of many localities and topographic
features long familiar to WASHINGTON people and the conversion Of the river
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-11-30

well off, and that many selfdenMs must be made to meet the payments.
Thus far a total of $15 has come from the mysterious contributor. Two
of the three instaIments were sent from Atlantic City, and the last from
Washington.
With no other clue IS to the address of the sender, all that Collector
Prince has been able to do each time is to issue a general "Thank you"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-11-30
Has Funniest Job in District Of Columbia

VARIOUS members of the District government may claim to have the hard
v est, the most irksome the most complicated, and the supenatives o. al sorts
Of Jobs. Charles F: Nesbit superintendent of insurance, says he has the fun.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-11-30

Each man in the regular army Is
said to cost Great Britain $500 a
year.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-11-30
Washington Taxpayer Slowly Easing Conscience

WJAsHNGToN-who is III. D. VT-Haunted, apparently, by a sense Of
" remorse that demands complete atonement a person signing these initials
sending every month to the collector of taxes of the District government
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STATE" ONLY A MEMORY

(To BE C~oNTINUED.)
Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-07
Cocoanut Oil Fine
For Washing Hair

II you want to keep your hair in good
condition, be careful what you wash 1t
with.
Most soaps and prepared shampoos con-
tain too much alkali. This dries the scalp,
makes the hair brittle, and is very
harmful. Just plain mulsified cocoanut
oil (Which is pure and entirely grease
less) is much better than the most ex-
pensive soap or anything else you can
use for shampooing. as this can't pos
sibly injure the hair.
Simply moisten your hair with water
and rub 1t in. One or two teaspoonfuls
will make an abundance of rich, creamy
lather and cleanses the hair and scalp
thoroughly. The lather rinses out easily,
and removes every particle of dust. dirt,
dandruff and excessive oil. The hair
dries quickly and evenly, and it leaves
Il fine and silky. bright, fluffy and easy
to manage.
You can get mulsified cocoanut oil at
most any drug store. 1t is very cheap.
and a few ounces is enough to last
everyone in the family for months.-Ad-
vertisement.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-07
Mrs. Eliza D. Watt
Succumbs to Illness

Succumbing TO an Illness OF several
months. Mrs. Eliza u. Watt. aged 81
years. passed away at the family home,
2122 Locust street, Omaha, Sunday after
noon. She was for sixteen years SUI
preme oracle of the fraternal organiza-
ton, The Royal Neighbors Of America.
For the last few years on account of in
health, she has not been active i'm frater-
nal or church work. She was a member
Of the United Presbyterian church,
Twenty-first and Emmett streets.
Mrs. Watt is survived by her husband,
j. I. Watt. and one daughter. Anna J.
Watt. Funeral services were conducted
at the United Presbyterian church. with
interment at Monroe, Ia, Thursday.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-07
Prettiest Mile Golf Club.

The members OF the Prettiest Mile
Ladies Golf club were entertained. to-
gether with their husbands. at the home
OF Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. Martin, Tuesday
evening. Mrs. Martin was assisted I'm
receiving by the retiring officers. Mes
danes w. ii. Finn. A, NJ. Smith. A. ID.
Northrup +. n. High. Charles ]. Won
der. Frank Russell. J. w sprague, Fred
N. Crane, c. l.. Thiessen and w. A.
Meyers. An interesting program was ar
ranged. consisting OF a plano solo by Mr..
Edward II. Burke: quartet OF male
voices. Messrs. Cutoff. Hascall Carr and
Pfiegtng; recitation, DR.. Charles j. Won
der; vocal solo. Miss Beulah Byrd; illus
tration OF NEW steps In dancing by Miss
Nellie Greene and Mr. A. A. Wedemeyer.
The list OF members present included:
Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-07
MANY JOIN RANKS
OF GOOD KING AK
Mogy Bernstein Has No. i, Which
He Paid For Fourteen
Months Ago.
AND NOW THEY COME IN FAST


Mogy Bernstein is the first men,
Der of Ak-Sar-Ben for the year 1915.
lis that nothing to be proud Of?
Well. just try it some year, and see
how hard 1t is to get this number.
You have got TO get up in the wee,
chilly hours of the morn to be the
first to pay your annual dues.
Mogy got up early in the morning.
II was not this morning, nor yoster-
day morning. It was a frosty morn
ing the fourteenth day Of October,
1914.
Yes, sir that was exactly when MoEy
Bernstein handed I'm his check for $40 to
Samson. and asked TO have No ! Of the
1916 membership reserved for himself
Samson adjusted his glasses on lie
knightly nose. leafed thr ugh the record
book. and discovered that Mogy got by
just by the skin of his teeth No. 1 Of
the 1914 membership was sold. No. 1 Of
the 1915 membership was already sold
and No l of the 1916 membership was
forthwith reserved for Miogy.
For one year, two months and seven
teen days that check lay I'm the safe at
Samson's office. The other day II was
fished out and cashed. with the result
that Bernstein has his bright. shining
membership certificate, with the great
seal Of Samson upon IT,
Immediately other memberships began
to pour In. Samson has been kept busy
all week signing membership certificates
and the end of the week will show
large paid-up membership for the new
year.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-07
Random Notes Of Society.

r. c. Phelps Of Omaha is a guest at the
MIR. Paul II. Belsel has returned after a
three and a half-year stay on the Pa
cific coast.
Hotel snapp in Excelsior Springs. NO.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. II. Robel OF Omaha
were arrivals last week at the Hotel
snapp IN Excelsior Springs.
Rev. DR.. Robert r. Leavens of Fitch
burg, Mass. who has been In Omaha the
last two weeks In the interest OF the
Unitarian society. leaves next Tuesday
for Colorado Springs.