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Iron County register., 1891-11-26
WHY ANIMALS ARE DUMB.
Tradition Current Among the Indians of
Southern Canada.

Tradition Current Among the Indians of
Southern Canada.
The American Indians. especially
those of the lake regions of southern
Canada, relate a curious tradition to ac-
count for the fact that all lower ami
mails are dumb. In very, very early times,
they say, the father of all tribes lived
in beautiful country over against the
rising sun. His form was perfect and
his face handsome in the extreme, his
descendants being all superb specimens
of humanity. Knowing of their ac-
complishments and being much given
to fiattering each other they became
very naughty and arrogant. AS pun
ishment for their bigotry the Great
Father warned the father of the tribes
in a dream that deluge would
be sent to drown them from off
the face of the earth. In the dream
which forewarned the father of
the tribes of the great calamity inn
pending, there was presented to his Wis
ionary view the form and outlines of
raft, which was to be used in saving
remnant of this bigoted people. In
those days all animals talked as men
do; and. when the father of the tribes
informed the beasts of the field of his
dream, and of his intentions concern
ing the building of the great raft they
protested, declaring their unwillingness
to accompany him on any such expe-
dition. But the mans superior intelli-
gence prevailed. He built the raft, and
loI had hardly finished when the great
flood came The mans family and
pairs of every beast took passage and
doated for MANY months on the surface
of the deluge. The clouds cleared
away on the second day after the en-
barkation and for seventeen sue
cessive moons the man used the
sun as guide, continually steer
ing toward his place of setting.
But the animals, every one of them
(who it will be remembered had the
power of the speech), protested against
sailing to the west, declaring in one
voice that they preferred steering
towards the suns rising-place. These
murmurs had been going on for some
DAYS when, to the infinite JOY of the man.
who had been holding the fort against
this horde of creatures who had the
voices of men and the reason of beasts,
great spots of dry land began to ap-
pear. Finally this rudely-constructed
ark grounded, and the man, his family
and the beasts were again permitted
to press the face of the earth with
their feet. But a great and lasting ca
lamity had overtaken the animals For
their murnurs against the man while
on the water they were deprived OF
their power of speech and have re-
manned dumb from that day.-St-
Louis Republic.
Iron County register., 1891-11-26

ductive value of one Of these favorits
resorts of robbers, estimating 1t on the
basis OF the years proceeds in plunder.
as to calculate the productiveness OF
the area devoted to financial and COM
mercial purposes in our big cities by
the profits of the transactions carried
on there"
If in the term productive value" any
stress is laid upon the adjective, the
writer is shifting his terms. Value"
is one thing, and productive value
a very inexpensive phrase-is. when
ever used intelligently, quito another.
The one expresses the relation of things
in exchange; the other is intended to
mean productive capability or useful
ness, and is better expressed by the
term utility" We assume, however,
that our critic intends to express value
only; for if he does not, he either will
fully or thoughtlessly aims to mislead
On this assumption the mountain passes
would have value among brigands il
they adopted the same land and tax
laws that prevail among us. The bri-
gand who secured the better elevations
could dawdle in his cave while working
brigands secured rich plunder and
shared it with him for the privilege of
using his elevation. This share would
be land value.
If. however. by productive value"
utility" is meant, and the Journal
editor intends to show that the finan-
cial and commercial enterprises Of
great cities are mere looting institu-
tions, and, therefore, not more useful
than brigandage, he raises an entirely
different question from the one with
which he begins Some modern finan-
cial and commercial enterprises are
useful, some may not be, and some are
more or less useful But so long as
they are profitable. part Of their
profits attach as premium to the land
where it is most profitable to conduct
them. This is land value; and it is pre-
cisely the same thing, economically
considered. as the profits of wheat rails
ing or coal mining, when they, in the
form of premiums for location. attach
to the better wheat and coal lands All
land value is really location value
The Standard.
Iron County register., 1891-11-26

coal-blocks flashed and :racklcd below
the manteL Sylvan examined the papers,
for brief space, as well as his keen
agitation would permit. Then he al
most reeled toward the CRATE and flung
them in among the yellow, coiling
flames.
Nearly month had passed when one
evening Clyde and his friend Ross
Thorndyke sat together.
''It is charming" said Clyde, ''to
think of Geralds devotion to his
brother nowadays. Instead of that
horror having divided them it has made
| them better friends than ever before. :"
Poor Sylvan is doomed fear" said
| Thorndyl1e. His fathers old malady
! has him in its clutch"
Eyes. There seems every sign of an
incurable decay" The two friends
were seated in Clyde's charming study.
| full of books and of artistic touches in
| the way of picture, bust or tapestry.
Clyde let his eyes wander for awhile
! among these various proofs of his own
| taste and culture. Then he slowly said,
with a half-smile playing between his
| lips:
''If all record of the elixir had not been
| lost, its powers of healing might be tried
on poor Sylvan now. / don't refer to
| any greater powers it might have pos
sessed, my dear Thorndyke, SO don't
| watch in me that half-contemptuous
fashion. merely mean"
| But here Thorndyle gave his gray
beard an impatient pull and flung one
| To- ifofa hn of
Clyde, Clyde!" he protested II often
| wonder that imagination of yours has
ever allowed you to become the brilliant
| practitioner you are. Upon my word, I
| believe you secretly think there was
something sane in Egbert Maynard's
queer decoction, after ALL"
81 can't help but wonder, sometimes, -
returned Clyde, ''at the resuscitation Of
| that drowned woman"
"Wonder at it?" echoed Thorndyke
with unsparing scorn. "Why, how
! many thousands of so-called drowned
people have been revived by a dose of
stimulant!''
"Then you admit
THAT it acas stimulant? What else
could it have been? But no more so
than brandy-and perhaps not as
much"
Clyde got up from his chair, with both
hands thrust into his trousers pockets
and with head refectively dropped.
''No; l won't admit that" he said; 81
simply aeon't. There were novel meth
DDS of dealing with electricity pointed
out by Maynard in that formula which
might have astounded the greatest liv-
| ing chemists.
"Pah!" scoffed Thorndyke. 81 should
| have liked to see any great living chem
| ist give it five minutes of serious atten-
tion.''
There was now a silence, during
which Clyde stared up at one of his rare
engravings. "Well, well," he at length
murmured, ''it's useless to talk now of
what merit or humbug the strange SOM
| pound may have concealed. Bat one
thing is sure: it has wrought grief and
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such forlorn fate. And remember" he
went on, with a kind of boyish catch
ing of the breath in his hope-stirred
tones, ''there is somewhere n
new life prepared for us in a land
that is new. He who so long has been
my benefactor will not desert me now
BY degrees, my dearest, you will begin
TO forget that you have forgotten.
Even the recollection that l found you
homeless and shivering in the street at
night will melt into the brighter con-
sciousncss OF how much mutual joy that
meeting has borne us both. Come,
now; let us go down; they are waiting.
There, III kiss away your tears.
Above all things that the sun hates to
shine on, I'm sure it must be fearful
bride"
They went downstairs together into
the little front drawing-room. The
placid-faced clergyman Unconscious of
her mental trouble) had taken Per-
dita's hand and was saying something
kindly or perhaps jocosa to her In .
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his character of a physician connected
with Bellevue and consequently with
it's adjacent morgue, to chances of the
g1ayest and most injurious CHARGES.
''Good heavens" thought the youno
physician, one night, after stealthy
conference that had teemed for him
with humiliating rebuff. II feel like
some compromised person in a Bowery
meiodrama. And this comes of not
keeping the wheels of ones existence
well within the ruts of the ordinary,
Ah, imagination, what traps you can
set for the unwary scientist" Dread
ing the ridicule of his co-workcrs. he
refrained from breathing a syllable
about the elixir. There were times
when he doubted absolutely that it had
reyitalized her whom Gerald now so
adored. Again he would keenly regret
the accident which had caused him to
overturn that flask of the fluid, and
VOW to himself that he would soon bor-
row his young friends formula and
turn alchemist with sturdy zeal. Mean
while he greatly regretted the absence
of Thorndyke, and at last wrote him
another letter, far more copious than
the first, in which he described Gerald
as bent upon a perilous and reckless
union with a woman whose brain and
BODY were both disordered and who
might bring upon herself and her suitor
calamity almost worse than death.
Leave, if you can," he counselled
''the tangle of your present affairs, and
come eastward with speed. You have
already written Gerald that your real
losses are slight. All the better reason,
my good friend, why you should seek at
this hour the mad boy who hurries to a
bourne that may prove his lasting grief
and disgrace"
Somewhat strangely, it must be
owned, on the very afternoon when
Clyde sat in his study sealing and di-
recting this letter, Gerald, with flushed
face and brilliant eyes, pushed himself
unannounced across the threshold.
Wish me joy"' he said, throwing
his strong, 1.-THE frame into chair.
.sShe has consented to marry me.
She loves me, and has agreed to link
her fate with mine. 1t must happen in
few days, Clyde-a very few days.
We shall go straight to join dear old DR..
Thorndyke after our marriage. feel
I've neglected him horribly. But when
he sees Perdita he will pardon me, I'm
certain. And we shall live out there
with him, if he'll let u.s."
Where do you mean?" asked Clyde,
wiping his pen, and giving sad little
sniff to the autumn tuberose in his coat
front. Chicago? 1t can't be very
comfortable there just now, considering
that most of it is in ashes"
''Oh, we'll find some other place out
in the West" said Gerald, with an eN-
cited toss of the head. There are lots
of them. 1t will be a new life, and
that's just what 1 want. You forget
that / only need little time to work
again at the elixir and realize from it a
INDUSTRIOUS fortune"
Clyde made a plaintive sort of tattoo
on the desk before him with the we'll
kept fnger-nails of one hand. ''Ah,
yes-yes. indeed,' he muttered, in joy
less monotone. Not long afterward
he posted his copious letter to Thorn
dyke, and then had a conscience
stricken feeling Ilat he should have
spent a small fortune in sending it all
by telegram.
Iron County register., 1891-11-26
A DUEL IN MIDAIR.

nut Neither of the Rival Brothers Lived
to Get the Maiden.
They were brothers-came into the
world the same day, the same hour In
ike manner they appeared before the
tent of Pedro, the Snowman, asking
employment.
What can you do?"
agility" '
"A proof"
The words were scarcely spoken
when they leaped over his head, land
ing before him in smiling precision.
Pedro was delighted; the engagement
soon concluded.
Nothing could be more graceful or
oarlng than these young acrobats.
only Nita, Pedro's daughter, seemed
1ndlnerent to their attractions. Fresh
as a rose and changeful as butterfly,
sne teaslngly Knocked the brothers, who
silently received her coquetries, vet
DICK grew pale when she talked with
DOCK, and Dock crimsoned with rage
when she smiled on Dick.
Time rolled on and gold rolled into
the Golfers OF Pedro, who sought to re-
tain his profitable assistants by a bond
my daughter. Sapristi! She can only
marry one. Nita must choose" She
laughingly said, las she couldn't marry
both she would have neither"
Then Pedro laid his dilemma before
the brothers (Which one of you will
marry my little Nita?'' They looked at
each other in CONSERVATION He naive.
ly repeated (Which one?" Dock re-
Tn fan &,
"Ah." said Pedro, latter the ascension:
understand" He had arranged bal
loon ascension, trapeze attached upon
which the brothers would perform their
wonderful feats five hundred meters
above the earth.
The day of the exhibition. A sea of
faces. The balloon in the center, sway
ing like bird trying her wings. Wild
shouts as Nita appears in her silver
spanSled costume, driving the chariot
containing the brothers.
The aeronaut mounts his car, accom-
panied by the acrobats. ''Let her loose" :"
A moments silence, followed by deaf
ening shouts as the balloon cleayes the
air. Two forms appear on the trapeze.
Their audacity is marvellous. Here is
what occurs:
The men face each other, their arms
folded. A light motion of their hips
maintains their equilibrium. Dick
speaks:
You love Nita?"
"Yes, and you?"
Love her and can not give her up
81 will not" answered Dick; "fate
must decide"
They step back the length of the
trapeze-then rush upon each other
with painting breath-a fearful strug-
gle, the bar bending beneath their
weight-cheer after cheer from the ad-
miring crowd.
Suddenly Dick loses his hold, falling
back on the trapeze. Dicks bends over
him.
"Will you give up Nita ?''
mo"
He buries his knife in his compan-
ions throat, the hot blood squirting in
his face.
Raising up, he looks around, but sees
neither the yawning depth below nor
the blue sky above. A wild, maniac
laugh as he leaps into space, falling a
crushed, lifeless mass on distant
roof, while the dead body of his broth
er, convulsively clinging to the trapeze,
floats in the blue sky, the aeronaut
still waving his hag.-Buffalo Express
Iron County register., 1891-11-26

lowered voice. Just then a servant
slipped up to Gerald's side and handed
him card.
Gerald turned toward Clyde. "My
brother, Sylvan" he said. 'Can he have
heard of my marriage?"
II did not tell him." Clyde returned,
neutrally.
"Where did you show Mr.. Maynard?''
said Gerald to the servant.
Into the next room, SIR" he was
answered.
A pair of heavy folding-doors Tin what
is now somewhat old-fashioned style
for New York; separated these two
apartments. These doors were tightly
Iron County register., 1891-11-26
A HOLY PLACE.

A holy place is the hearth-stone.
Where loved ones are gathered 'rouna
Where mothers, sires and sisters dear,
And brothers and friends are found;
A holy place is the hearth stone.
Homes innermost shrine is there,
Laden with blessed benison,
And hailowed by loving prayer.
A holy place is the hearth-stone;
What clustering joys abide
Where the cradle Of our infancy
Was rocked by a mothers side;
A holy place is the hearth-stone,
Where childhood's pattering feet
Go glancing In shade and sunshine
To the music Of pleasures beat.
A holy place is the hearth-stone,
Where the youth have wooed and Won,
And wed and gone to the battle
OF life, with full armor on:
A holy place is the hearth-stole,
Where manhood has settled down
With blessings blossoming round him.
And love for a priceless crown
A holy place is the hearth-stone,
Whence the old and young have gone
To rest from their weary labor,
When the battle of life was done;
And oh! from the holy hearth stone,
When parted from those we love,
May we go to meet by the hearth-stone
OF Our Fathers house above.
N Y. Ledger.
Iron County register., 1891-11-26
CHAPTER X.

You are ready, Perdita?" said Ger
aid with great gentleness, on certain
morning just three days later
Yes" she answered, standing before
him in a simple dark dress, with a
bunch of flowers at her bosom. Then,
as he raised her hand and held it to his
lips, she went on: ''Who is waiting
there, Gerald?''
Down in the drawing-room? No one
except the clergyman who is to marry
us and our good friend, DR.. Clyde, not
to speak of poor, dull, obliging Mrs.
Brawne." He was going to add, in hu-
morous afterthought, expensive Mrs.
Brawne, might also call her." but sud
denly preferred not to speak the words.
Instead of them he gayly said: "The
sun is shining as merry as if it were one
of my old English May mornings. And
the sun is shining in my heart, too,
Perdita do so hope it's the same with
you!'
Her eyes swan in tears as they dwelt
on his face ''Oh, Gerald she said,
whatever that blotted-out past of mine
may have been, I'm certain it never
brought love to me, never, never!" She
bowed her head on his shoulder. There
is no forgetfulness that could cloud
such love as l feel for you. 1t is this
thought that makes me sure can not
be doing wrong. And yet who knows?
who knows? There are times when
those hidden years are like q monstrous
iron door, against which l seem to be
slowly dashing myself to DEATH"
Her words ended in a shudder. With
tender force Gerald uplifted her head
and kissed her fervidly once or twice
on the lips. ''These arms are here"
he said, ''ready to save you from any
Iron County register., 1891-11-26

-Lisle thread is msSe of superior
cotton treated in a peculiar manner.
The waxy surface of cotton fiber is i'm
paired by carding, but preserved by
combing. The spinning of isle thread
is done under moisture, forming com
psct and solid yarn.
Iron County register., 1891-11-26
a ROMANCE
TWO BROTHERS.

BY EDGAR FAwCETT,
ACTHoR OF THE CONFESSIONS OF CI.AUD
IAN AMBITIOUS WOMAN" THE EVIL
THAT MEN Do" "a NEW YORK
FAMILY" ETC.
Iron County register., 1891-11-26
After tho Campaign.

Bud You look better since you
have become engaged; how do you feelf
Bud Q with sish)-Rested--L
Iron County register., 1891-11-26

copyright, 1890, By Edgar Fawcett.l
Iron County register., 1891-11-26

ing sites. They are useless, or at least
not used for primary production at all;
but they are more valuable than the
outlying spots because it is easier to
trade-that is, easier to produce-where
commodities are massed than where
they have yet to be transported. Trading
sites, therefore, are more valuable than
primary production sites And when
we come to great city, which, after
all, is but more perfect trading spot,
because both in quantity and variety
there is greater massing there of the
products of the worlds labor, we find
a still higher value attaching to the
land But from beginning to end, land
value is in essence the same thing. 1t
is the premium men are willing to pay
for working on the more productive,
or, in the language of commerce, the
more profitable spots.
Though the journal editor formally
distinguishes between the value of ag-
ricultural and that of city land, he
yields his whole case when he says that
1.-The money out of which these anor-
nous around rents (city land values)
are paid is extorted out of labor by
capitalism in its various forms" This
is only another form of stating what
Mr.. George has reiterated again and
again, that no matter who robs labor
in the first instance, landlords ultimate
ly secure the benefit And in selecting
q rough illustration our critic is, for
his purposes, exceedingly unfortunate.
Mountain passes" he says, ''offer
special advantages to highwaymen and
bripands. There are elevations from
which they can descry approaching
travellers and naturally rocky fortresses
Behind which one man can defy doz-
en- in the deff1e below. II would bo
Just aa resonable to speak Of the pro
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-07-11
CONCERNING LARGE CITIES.

In the great animal market at Ham.
burg, in Germany, giraffes sell at $1,000
pair, chimpanzees go at $500 apiece
and select lots of Sumatra monkeys at
$1,000.
ACCORDING to the latest municipal re.
ports there are in ST. Petersburg one
hundred and fifty-three streets and
squares without pavement, sewers OF
gaslights. They are the breeding spots
of disease and crime IN the great
metropolis.
THE street railways Of Paris are
under the government control and the
rules for their guidance are very strict.
Only four passengers are allowed to
stand on the back platform, and they
must pay the same fare as the first
class passengers inside, viz, six cents,
while those on the roof Of the car ride
at half rates.
The census of London shows a popu.
iation of 4,2l1, 1,056-an increase in the
last ten years Of 395,4s5. In 1901 the
population was o5s, ,ses. The increase
during the last twenty years has beer
greatest In the suburban districts, the
rate there being calculated at 1903 pei
cent, while that Of London proper has
been only SO per cent
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-07-11
TERRIBLE RAILWAY WRECK.
An Excursion Train Dashcs Over Burn
ing Trestle-Large Number of People
Killed and Injured.


The first fatal wreck to passenger
train in the history OF the Kanawha
and Michigan railroad, occurred near
Charleston, W. Va, Saturday morning,
and eclpsed anything that ever oc-
Cured in that part of the state, If it
was not the most serious wreck ever
known in the state. The train was pas
senger train No /, which left Charles
ton at 1880 Saturday morning for Column
bus. 1t was composed of the engine,
com bination mail, express and baggage
car and two day coaches. 1t being q
holiday, and excursion rates being sold
to all points on the road, both cars
were filled with passengers. Probably
seventy-fve or eighty persons were in
the two coaches, and out of the entire
number but one passenger, John Il.
Norvell, of the Charleston National
bank, escaped entirely uninjured.
Fifteen persons were killed, and
about tifty-three injured, six OF
whom will die. In conversation with
Engineer O'Connor Sunday he
said that he noticed fog rising from
the creek over which the trestle was,
but did not notice that the trestle was
on fire until within short distance,
when the fireman said, Look at that y
The throttle was then thrown open by
O'Opnner and the sand turned on with
the intention of rushing the train over
the danger The engine passed over
safely, but the tender jumped the
track but got back on. The COM
bination ear was SO shaken that
Baggage.master Armitage was knocked
down by large trunk falling on him.
BY this time, says OConner, the first
coach had gone off the track over the
bank, followed by the last car cif tho
trestle The fireman said to O'Conner
"My God! look at that The engine
was stopped, and Engineer o'Conner,
Fireman Wyatt and Baggage master
Armitage, all unhurt, ran back and be-
gan the work of rescuing the dead
and wounded. and as soon as they
had gotten all out, with the aid of
the few passengers who were slightly
injured the engineer and fireman went
to Bottles and gave information to
Headquarters, of the disaster. All
passengers who have been interviewed
remark; Don't know how it happened;
it was done quicker than to think" "
Conductor Robinson knew nothing of
the accident until it came as he was
about half through the last coach col
lecting tickets, when the coach was
thrown from the trestle.