The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1884-04-25

spendor Of hls attainmeuts In the field:
there was raneor because Of the sub
Unity Of his sandals And besides
there Was not room. for the alkali fat
was eircumscribed IN area. and they un-
Justly occupied space proper and sufl.
eient for the representations of several
counties: also. he trod upon the feet Of
distant members. Those near at hand
could see the danger and avoid il. but
those who were further removed. hav.
ing no warning.his step being nuiseless.
like that of the stealthy and cushioned
cat, suffered. Yet his intentions were
pure; he did these things inadvertently
usually while absorbed In thought
cuncerning the national debt.
SO charges were brought against him,
and he was indicted. tried and con.
demned as an obstructionist. The yer.
diet was confirmed IN the appellate
courts in succession. by congress also.
and finally by the United States court
sitting IN bank or chambers. or some
where, and this latter CONDEMNED him
to cut his sandals down to eight inches
broad aud eighteen inches long. with
costs; and thus 1t was with these re.
dueed powers, these diminished capa,
cities, that now made the now world.
renowned footprints for the primeval
man. But suppose he had n chance to
do some fossil tracks for the benefit OF
science before they trimmed his gold.
en slippers? Which one of the late
lamented would they have laid them oni
But that is not vital to my theme
they'd have found a fossil to fit them. J
judge.
Such is history; and thus is the
primeval man indicated. struck from
the roster and dismissed from further
service in this conflict. now proceed /
TO dispose of the rest of those myths. |
If were gone, and the treasury OF
history with me, they yet could not |
stand; even for the scientific theory .
that gave them being would be also /
their description. Because IL locates /
them back in the ola red sandstone
period. There were no Irish in the |
old red sandstone period The Irish
are a comparatively recent formation.
They belong to the old blue erindstone
tertiary. and are there confined to the /
rocks of the postpollcene al |
luvium and upper pentamerous lime 1
stone. The assertion of Hugh Miller
and other early observers. that traces
of them are dlscOverable in the Jur-
assic deposits of the carberniferous |
chalks. between the median layer of !
old basaltic gnolss and the marsupial
of the paleozoic conglomerate
was regarded with suspicion at the
time, and is now known To have been
wholly bituminous. Now then. we
come to the point. Ii these footprints
belong to the old red sandstone period
what becomes Of your Irish elk? What
was he doing there when there weren't
any Irish yet2' Answer me that?
Crack me that nut, Messeurs Marsh
and IIarkness-and pray let us have a
square deal just this once. The case is
simple: zee your geological bunder.
and go you geological fact better
now you call me Il you can. Then vel
draw three apiece aud double the pot
| think nobody can offer fairer thar
that.
And so have disposed of the Iris
nlk-as | look at 1T. Now we come
the cave bear. What is his period
lie belongs among the tolcose horr
blendes of the post-tertiary DevoniaI
along with the theconont saurian
batrachians, and otht
rocks of the Azoic agt
and there isn't a trace of him TO b
found anywhere else for money. The
what il he doing out there among th'
Did red sandstone schist? Why, hon
pred sirs, when he died out of the world
for good and all. there wasn't enough
Did red sandstone in it TO make a
out of It,. 1t hadn't begun
10 deposit yet. And another thing;
The cave bear couldn't have lived in
Nevada anyway. for there isn't cave
IN it, from one end of it to the another
except the comparatively recent ones
N the mines, and perhaps here and
here in the mining stocks. Too re-
.ent to do him any good, or hardly
else.
This disposes of the cave bear as |
ook at 1t. Now the same arguments
hat / dispose of the Irish elk and the
ave bear dispose also of the old siluri-
IN ass, for they trained together. They
we're of the same general breed of
and were the only mollusks
hat we're ableto hold their own against
he megatherpium. the lchthyosaurus,
md other fesh-eating birds of the
,irdo-reptiian period. and did 1t then
,nly through that vigilance which is
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