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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-03-02
With a l4atchnt.

The so-cal1ed tax reform, is not to be
solved with Ratchet Bills like that
introduced in the house few days ago.
providing for the forfeiture to the state
of notes, drafts or checks not returned
for taxation. reflect little credit on our
lawmakers who propose what anyone
of cool Judgment must condemn as inn
practicable and unwarranted. Such q
device for making taxpayers toe the
mark would prove unavailing. Efforts
to enforce it would be largely baffied
and the main effect of the pursuit Of
those citizens who were supposed to be
evading the law in regard to the return
Of property for taxation would be to-
drive capital and business out Of the
state Moreover, this drastic measure
partakes Of the predatory methods Of
the small kings and barons Of centuries
ago who stopped ct nothing In the ex-
cess Of their zeal for getting revenue.
There is no marked difference between
such bill and one which would forfeit
to the state the entire property Of =
farmer or other land owner who waa
delinquent in paying his taxes.
1t would be prudent to consider the
tax question deliberately. Half-baked
give the impression of incom-
petence. and no member Of the general
wishes to gain notoriety %
that kind. -Times-Star, Cincinnati, q
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Rieht-Eyed or Left-Eyed.

There are but few ambidexter, either
In the matter of hands. feet or eyes. II
may sound rather queer, but it is fact
nevertheless, that ninety-five out Of
every one hundred human beings are
right-handed, left-legged and left-eyed.
Felix Hement, who knows more about
eyes in minute than half of the OPP
ticians and ocnlists Of the country have
been able to learn in a lifetime,
remarks that it is an established fact
that we all use one eye more than we do
the other, which establishes clear case
of s'left and right-eyedness" as though
the same terms were used to denote .
preference in the use of hands and feet.
If you want to decide as to whether
your friends or relatives are right or
1eft-eyed. give them small telescope
or spy-glass to look through, or have
them take .taim" with gun. We all
take great interest in ascertaining the
color, size, shape and visual powers 81
our children's eyes. but how many OF
US stop to consider whether they are
right" or s'left~eyedY'-St. Louis Re
public.
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getting IT. What say you, father, TO
going back to Virginia, rebuilding Roy
Court, and living as you and my grand
father lived before the revolution"
There is nothing ! should like 50
well-if it were possible and my politi-
cal principles did not forbid"
ST don't see what political principles
have to do with il. am just Us much
o royalist as you are; but we need not
be more royalist than the king. and. as
his majesty has recognized the repub-
lie, it seems rather absurd for You and
me to stand out. And from all &C counts
the revolution has made very little diff
ference In Virginia Things go on
pretty much as they did before"
THAT is true; and-yes, should
dearly like, If it were possible, to end
my DAYS in the old home and among my
own people. Ones country Is ones coun-
try. after all. But it would take .
good deal more money than the value
represented by those diamonds and my
small capital"
81 know; and the object OF the enter
prise l mentioned is to get the money"
As vet my father and mother knew
nothing Of the treasure; and when,
with Mime. de Gex's permission, had
enlightened them. unfolded my plan
for it's recovery. 49, lsg.
I'm three months" said. .'or IS
soon as can use my eyes. I intend to
90 to New York. taki1 with me Jen-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-03-02
HOW AN OYSTER GROWS.

Each Overlapping Layer of Shell Means q
Year of Age.
The oyster at the commencement OF
its career is so small that two million
would only occupy square inch. In
six months each individual oyster is
large enough to cover half a crown, and
in twelve months crown piece. The
oyster is its own architect, and the shell
grows as the fish inside grows, being
never too small.
It also bears its age upon its back,
and it is as easy to tell the age of an
oyster by looking at it's shell as it is
that of horses by looking at their teeth.
Everyone who has handled an oyster
shell must have noticed the successive
layers overlapping each other.
These are technically termed shots,
and each one marks years growth, so
that by counting them the age of the
oyster can be determined.
Up to the time of its maturity-that
is, when four years of age-the shots
are regular and successive, but after
that time they become irregular and
are piled one upon another, so that the
shell becomes bulky and thiclxened.
Fossil oysters have been seen of
which each shell was nine inches thick,
whence they may be guessed to be more
than nine hundred years old.
One to two million oysters are pro-
duced from a single parent, and their
scarcity is accounted for by the fact
that man is not the only oyster-eating
animal
The starfish loves the oyster and
preys upon it Increasingly. A variety
of whelk is also very fond of young
oysters, to get at which it bores right
through the shell and sucks the fish up
through the hole thus made.-Boston
Globe.
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THE LITTLE OLD STORE.

On, the little old store with the bell on the door
That rang. as you went out or in,
With . dng-a-lingling. as 1t swung on the spring
And desfeaed your ears with its dini
On. tno little old store gave measure and more
And everything smelled sweet Of spice:
Enough t WAS DARK. to say true, and nothing
was new,
Yet everything cold there was nice.
For quaint little maid, In muslin arrayed,
Would answer each ring from the door.
And smiles sweet and simple played tag with
the dimple
In the cheeks Of the maid Of the store.
] used often to stop in tho little old shop.
And sometimes for nothing at all
But TO just shake the spring and 70 hear the ben
ring
For Nelly TO answer its call
Ali those times are AL DER, the little old store
Has vanished with old-fashioned ways:
TIL sometimes 1t seems as but one of the dreams
That we have OF our boyhood days
Though faint vague regret comes over me yet
As think Of those days now no more,
In my heart would fain be glad Lad again
And with Nell in the little old store.
Roy L. McCardell, in Puck.
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PITH AND POINT.

The easiest thing for loafer to ID
is to find fault with busy people
Rams Horn.
The greatest part of a self-willed
mans estate usually goes to the law
yers Troy Press.
ssGazzam is going to spin us q
yarn" How do you known" He is
knitting his brow. Wait.
Out OF Sight. Be Tragedian
What do you like me in best?'
Caustic Critic The wings Puck.
The pen is mighty. and some per
sons carry around suggestions of the
one they live in, wherever they may go.
Truth.
"A man is never quite successful in
concealing his love for woman till
after he has married her. Elmira
Gazette.
-She-"Don't you think D'Auber's
pictures of animals are natutal?' He
They are certainly beastly."-N Y.
Tribune.
TT is better to give than to re-
ceive." This,is especially true with re-
gard to sarcastic remarks of a personal
nature.-Boston Transcript.
About the first thing one has to do
when he starts out to attend to his own
business is to leave the business of 9TH
er people Reconsideration News
tive decided to go to the mas
querade ball. Now, what would you
suggest as a perfect disguise?" Totten
SEQ as gentleman. "-Inter-Ocean.
II always weigh my words" said
the Boston lady. ''You must need hay
scales for some of them, y replied her inn
pertinent Observation-Disclosures Star.
-''What makes you think the world
is changing?" s'Why, I've had bad
cold for two whole days and nobody has
offered me sure cure for tn. Y.
Press.
-''Uncle, do dogs get married?" s'No,
my child, certainly not" Then what
right has Nettie to growl at Rover while
they are eating their breakfast?"-The
Mid-Continent.
1T must be dreadful when a pro.
fessionA singer knows that she has lost
her voice" ''But it is still more dread.
full when she is not aware of the fact. !"
-Humoristiche Batter.
Fond Mother (of delicate dude)-
81 think it is time Clarence selected a
profession. What would you adviser"
Old Gent (reflectively)-"He might do
nicely as typewriter girl"
-Woman-s'What shocking coat"
Tramp-''My dear madam. while am
no great respecter of conventionalities
can not bring myself to make an e1ab-
crate toilet until after dinner."-De-
troit Tribune.
-Irate Father-sSee here, young
man, when L tell you to do thing,
want you to do it at once" Dutiful
Son-"What did you tell me to do?"
Irate Father-'I forget now; but I
want it done"
Mr.. Van Hattan-s'Howd did you en-
joy our pawls, Miss Westly?" Miss
Westly (from Chicago)-"Oh, you can't
beat us on pork Mr.. Van Haitian
Jaw, pawdon! 1 wefer to Central
Pawk. Smith, Gray & Co.'S Monthly.
John she said, ''there's nothing
that enjoy more than reading the last
words of great men. wonder what
your last words will be?" 'Mariah,"
he replied, "the last word is something
that never expect to have" And this
was the first time on record that he got
Il NnS h
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A SUBMARINE MINE.
Its Galleries Extend Six Miles Out Under
tho Sea.

Its Galleries Extend Six Miles Out Under
tho Sea.
There are in England several coal and
metalliferous mines which extend and
are worked at considerable distance
out to sea. But perhaps the most re-
markable submarine coal mine is that
at Nanaimo, on Departure bay, beyond
Victoria, British Columbia. This mine
is known as the Wellington, and its gall
leries are situated six hundred feet be-
low the surface of the ocean. which
here incloses an archipelago of islands
the head of the St. Lawrence river.
The galleries of this pit, which are con-
tinually developing, extend at present
a length of six miles under the bottom
of the waters of the Pacific ocean.
Nearly the whole population of the
town of Nunaimo, amounting to nearly
one thousand, is engaged in the mines
of the place; the average daily wages
per head being from twelve to twenty
three shillings. Liberal as this pay
ment appears to be. the cost of living in
that inhospitable region is SO high that
the miners can, after all. only just
make both ends meet. A great disad-
vantage of the Nanaimo mines is the ex-
cessive amount of combustible gases
present, by an explosion of which, three
years ago, one hundred miners lost
their lives But Notwithstanding this
drawback. it seems that the mines in
British Columbia. as in Alaska. are
more profitable than the gold mines, for
the simple reason that they can be
worked the whole year round, while
the auriferous deposits can only be ex-
plotted four months in the year. The
gold miners have, therefore, to live in
fdleness during the remaining eight
months, and In country which cannot
produce the necessaries OF life. Provi-
sions and other commodities are gen.
orally imported from the United States,
and are consequently burdened with
heavy transport charges. As the miners
cannot be left to starvation during
these eight months, the proprietors OF
the mines have to incur such an enor-
nous running expense that the ore has
to be Of q very high grade to render
ores are not touched unless there are
compromising advantages, such as are
manifest in the case Of the 1readwell
mine, on Douglas isla.d. which is situ-
ated near the shore, where water is con-
venient, aud for which the owners ask
-, ecu, 900. A small mine, tho Bear, sit
uated on the same island, was sold re-
Gently for E2OO, OO0, while the Mexico
mine Is 80 profitable that Il Is mot for
sale at anT price.
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Principles Of Taxation.

The best tax must ~ bear as lightly
as possible upon production, 80 as least
to check the increase of the general
fund from which taxes must. be paid
and the community maiEtainsds (2) be
easily and cheaply collected, andsfall a.
directly as may be upon the ultimate
payers, 50 AZ to take from the people a.
little as possible in addition 40 avhat IL
yields the government; (3) be certain,
so as to give the least opportunity for
tyranny or corruption son the part %
officials and the least temptation to law
breaking and evasion on the part Of tho
tax payers; and a. bear equally, 90 a.
to give no citizen an Advantageous put
any at . disadvantage A. compared with
others How does that strike your
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-03-02
n.sore Golnx to sleep.

Early in the evening your sleeping
apartment should be well aired by
dropping the window from the top and
saising it from the bottom. Ten min.
ntes viii be quite sufficient for clear
ing the atmosphere. Now close the
window and allow the room to become
thoroughly warmed, that You may not
experience chill while taking rub
down. Prepare big bowl Of tepid
water, into which you besprinkle ?
small quantity of ammonia or borax.
Take a Turkish towel. which is much
better than q sponge, wiring 1t out as
dry as possible. and. grasping q corner
in each hand, give the spine vigorous
rubbing. Have at hand another Turk
;sh towel. and, a. you battle the body
insections, dry as quickly as possible.
How. your smooth, white skin viii
glow as you start into action the slug.
oish circulation!"-St Louis Republic.
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dish TAXATION SCHEMES
OPPOSED.
FOOLISH

An Indiana Paper shows the Folly or Tax
lug Capital.
Representative Fippen has introduced
resolution looking to taxing of for
eign capital loaned within the state
through local agents.
The principal objection to the propos-
ition is that it will prove i hardship on
the borrowing class, whose burdens are
already heavy If the foreign compan-
les stay in the field they will increase
their rates of interest and thus the
local tax will ultimately fall on the bor-
rowers and not the companies The
present interest law permits per cent
interest to be charged when it is 80
stipulated in the bond, !" although most
of the foreign loans are made at about
per cent Under the local tax law this
rate could be raised to per cent. and
still be as low as the ruling bank rate
throughout the state.
So whether the proposed law would
drive out foreign capital or not, it ID
hard to see where it can fail to prove
q heavy burden on the resident Dor.
rowers- Even if the law is sup
plemented by. another relieving mort
gage debtors from taxation to the
amount of their mortgages they would
still be but little If any better of.
Again. there is an objection to Mr.
Fippen's proposition, on principle. All
this foreign capital IS already taxed IN
the state where is the home Office Of
the company. Every dollar OF it is rep
resented by the capital stock or surplus
fund OF some of these foreign trust, in
suranee or other loan companies. and q
such is already taxed by tho states,
counties and cities where they are lo-s
Gated
Why should money be taxed twice
when other property il not? Why
should foreign capital Be Disseminated
against, a. though Il was . curse I'M
stead OF . benefit to our communities9
Capital il like water. IL seeks m equi-1
ibrium. II goes where II Is needed
most 70 render conditions equal: and
wherever II i loaned the presumL ton
i that II WIS the cheapest 1aoney oh
tainable, and therefore the greatest
possible benefit 70 the boEroweE
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CHAPTER xV.-CoNr1NuEp.

CHAPTER Xv.-CoNrINUED.
IF would like! All, Antoinette, to
be so tenderly loved it was well worth
while to be so nearly killed"
''As if did not love you before you
were so nearly killed! Only did not
know how much. How good of You to
try to save the lives of those poor
French soldiers! Dear Mark, will
never, never let you leave me to go to
the wars again"
And so we went on talking. I dare
say CREST deal of nonsense, yet very
happy withal, until knock at the door
interrupted our tete-a-tete and Nine. de
Gex came in to condole and congratulate
and invite us to join our elders in the
drawing-room.
AS crossed the hall I babe Jenkins
in a whisper go to my sea chest and
fetch the pasha's casket.
mime. de Gex has been lamenting
that Antoinette has no portion" said
my mother. 81 told her it did net mat
ter in the least, and that a good wife
and a happy home are far above riches. !"
"C'est vrai. my dear Mrs. Roy. All
the same it is not CONNIE il fault for 4
young girl to go to her husband with
out a dot, and the house of de Gex has
always lowered its daughters hand
somely."
.'Antoinette will not be without a
dot, my dear madame,"I said.
But how? You cannot recover the
treasure: it is impossible"
What treasurer" asked my father,
with puzzled look.
II will tell you presently. See, An
toinette," said, taking the casket from
Jenkins, ''here is something for you.
1t is gift from the pasha of Syria to
my future wife. You are my future
wife. The gift is therefore for you.
know not what the casllet contains,
though have shrewd idea. Open it. !"
Antoinette took the casket.
"Ah! see." she said. 1T opens with
a spring. But-tkese must surely be
Oh, look here, mother! Look, Mrs. Roy!
Diamonds-one. two, three, four. five,
six, seven! Seven superb diamonds!"
superb. indeed!' said my father. 81
am = bit Of connoiSseur in precious
stones. These are brilliants of the first
water, worth at least thousand pounds
apiece"
Seven thousand pounds!' exclaimed
Nine. de Gex. ''But it is impossible;
they cannot be all for Antoinette.
There is some mistake"
''They are for nobody else" said 1;
''the gift of an old man, as Djezzar de-
scribed himself, who loved me as his
own son, for my future wife. There is
no mistake whatever. All the same, l
frankly admit that I did not expect any
thing so magnificent as this. But he is
not the sort Of man who does things by
halves"
But Antoinette could not possibly
wear diamonds Of that value-now.
should not dare to keep them in the
house. Would it not be better to turn
them into money? Seven thousand
pounds would make the child fine
dowry."
II see no objection, madame. Irather
think that was what the pasha intend
ed. And one of them at least we must
turn into money; 1 shall want five or
six hundred pounds for a very
important enterprise which / have
in view, and ! know no other way of
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!
II no longer, and must betake myself to
q warmer climate.
Il am surprised you have stayed so
long" he said, with grin. do you
know what they call your"
mo. What do they call us?''
"sThe mad Americana All! All! The
mad Americansr They say none but
madmen would live in that draughty
old barrack when they could live In q
comfortable auberge."
On the following day the mad,nen left
Gex with good deal more than they
had taken thither, and, returning by
the way they had come, as far as
Bremen, sailed thence for London. and
reached the Thames in due course.
With this episode closed the more
eventful part of my life; for, though
my eyes became good enough for all
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ordinary purposes, they never became
good enough to enable me to take
charge of ship.
The boxes which I had consigned to
my father were received in good order.
The collection was valuable and
unique, and we had no difficulty in dis
posing of it. Apart was bought by the
British museum. the remainder we sold
by auction. The proceeds amounted to
forty-eight thousand pounds. Half Of
this was settled on Antoinette and her
mother, the other being reserved 70
the rebuilding of Roy court, the re-
clamation of the estate, and the acqui-
sition of additional land.
Antoinette and were married before
we left England mot to revisit it for a
quarter of century,. My wedding
present to my bride was a pair of
crescent-shaped gold bracelets. in each
of which were set two of Djezzar's bril-
liants. These bracelets, as also the
scimitar given to me by the pasha, will,
! trust, be kept as heirloons by the
family of Roy court.
EPILoCUE.
The foregoing narrative of ny grand
fathers early life was written long be-
fore my entrance into the world, prob
ably for the entertainment of his
friends and neighbors. possibly with
view of it's publication. If it were SO,
the intention was never carried into eff
feet. Only a few months ago l acct
dentally found the manuscript in the
drawer of an old desk which had not
been opened for half century.
After reading the manuscript sub
mitted it to an able editor. who, being
favorably impressed by it, offered to
publish the story in a popular maya
zine, an offer which gratefully &C.
cepted.
It may interest those who read the
narrative to know that my grandfather
lived to q great age, made large for
tune, and dispensed a noble hospitality.
Though loyal citizen of the United
States, he took little part in politics,
always kept the kings birthday,
and invariably called himself Virgin
ian, never an American. He held that
the founders of the commonwealth
made great mistake in not giving the
country at large the name of the oldest
Of the thirteen original states, in imi-
tation of the Swiss, who named their
confederation after the most ancient
and illustrious of the primitive cantons.
In his opinion, Virginia ought to have
been the Schwyz of the United States.
My dear father died at Gettysburg.
fighting, like the Virginia gentleman
he was. for the lost cause.
The scimitar given by Djezzar Pasha
to my grandfather, and the bracelets
which my grandfather gave to his bride,
have been kept according to his wish
expressed in his willy as heirlooms in
the family. MARK Roy.
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rhey Naturally Expected Il.

They NAtuf1IIy Expected II.
George fixing the kitchen stove)-
Why, the dam
..Georgel" exclaimed his mother, re.
provingly.
George Pshaw! the dam
s.Why, George!" screamed his sisters,
how can you?
George Why, hang it all, / was only
going TO say that the dam
Lizzie-How can
George continuing desperately
That the damper is turned on. and
there Is no draught- What's the mat,
ter you ALI brakes Magaxine.
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K.ev Too Much.

.woman-Got any dried currantsf
acultured Youth from Boston)-Ws
have very small. sweet dried grapes or
.r.fains from Corinth. Greece. formerly
cooled ..Corinths.r but since corrupted
Ito sscurrants- =
Woman (switching out) ~ don't want
any corrupted goods Good Newa
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Totals. .......... ..sas7esss

This shows that there are very near
" two dollars Of personal property
listed for taxation in tho country to
one dollar Of real estate.
Turning now to those counties In
which cities arc located we gain the fol-
lowing results:
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y2Sp, 9 10. 46i sl0. e54. Oc3

The relative conditions are more than
reversed The cities return Eve dollars
of real to one of personal property.
Were the country's proportion kept up
in the cities the above counties would
return over $500. 100000 Of personal
property for taxation. It is evident
that in the counties cited over $3.50. 900.
600 is annually hidden from the assess
ors- As in the country there is so large
a return of personal property because
the holdings are in articles In plain
view, SO in the cities the small taxpayers,
whose belongings are visible and can
not be hidden, are fully assessed.
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