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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-04-20

feminine attractions he might have
lost his heart to Mn. Maynard at first
sight, as others had 10 often done. But
a certain cold, fippant cynicism which
he had been cultivating for the past
few years, with considerable success,
saved him from this fate He had once
loved q beautiful girl with all the
strength and fervor Of his soul, had be-
Heved in her with his whole heart, and
had been trified with-deceived There
was no danger that his heart would
ever be captured again.
Still Mrs. Maynard interested him,
under the circumstances, and he there
fore subjected her to his unobtrusive
but critical observation. =.
Their eyes met directly for an instant
after their first sa1utations, and during
that instant North fancied that he
could perceive a swift and subtitle
change come over her. He could not
have defined the change any more than
he could have accounted for it. He only
knew that sudden little shadow fitted
over her face, a sudden little chill came
into her manner, curious mingling of
surprise, annoyance and pcrplexity took
the place of the frank cordiality with
which she at first greeted him She
seemed to lose her self-possession for a
moment, and her first words, though
evidently intended to be light and care
less, were spoken with a nervous rap
idity that quite betrayed her.
GLOW very kind in you, Mr.. North, to
be so punctual!'' she exclaimed, as she
sank gracefully into low easy-chair
and waved him back to his seat. 81
really have not a moment this after
noon that I can call my own, but
thought must see you if only to say
two words. The ladies' guild, of which
am so unfortunate as to be president,
is to meet with me for a special session
of closed doors, and already several of
the members have arrived, SO you see
shall have just five minutes to devote to
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the persuasive sweetness and CORES
ponding accession of authoritative
sharpness.
''Yes, sir, it's Delaplaine street," he
then said, with grin; and North, after
bestowing handful of nickels on his
small interlocutor, turned away and
started slowly in the direction that the
numbers on the houses indicated that he
should take.
The newsboy gazed after him for a
reel along the pavement or run into one
of the many shade trees or lamp posts.
Disappointed in this cherished hope, as
the gentleman continued calmly on his
way with no perceptible indecision of
step, no difficulty in maintaining his
equilibrium, no misunderstanding with
the surrounding inanimate objects, the
boy pursued his way soliloquizing
audibly:
''My eye, If that ERE Mr.. North amt
. queer chap!"
every fine street." ran North's solil-
oquoy, as he sauntered down the broad
pavement of fagstones bounded by
smoothly-cut grass and tall shade trees
on one side and ornamental iron fences,
small parterres and stately residences
on the other. my friend Mrs. May
nard is undoubtedly something of an
aristocrat, judging from her surround
ings. By the way. what does she want
with me?'
He stopped short here, ~ the fact
suddenly occurred to him t.,at the lady
in question did not want anything of
him. He laughed aloud in his a,nuse-
ment at the thought.
.'Could I become involved in serious
consequences by this masquerading?"
he presently asked himself.
ssNo, don't believe I'm liable. How
can be7 / might be charged with
false pretenses; and yet, what false
pretenses have I made? By all the ira
ditions of my family I'm Allan North.
and that is all that I've yet claimed to
be. Peoplea1l call me by my name as if
they never doubted my right to be thus
designated. II there is any man in
x or elsewhere who has better
right to that name than have let him
bring forward his claim. with vouchers
thereof, without delayi True, never
was in e. never saw one Of these
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people before in my life, but what does
all this amount to? en driven back
to my original resolutions. win drift
little longer. am sure to come out
somewhere, If only on the rocks of de-
struction. Mrs. Maynard is my present
hope. We shall see whether she will
still further"
he walked on slowly for few
moments, glancing up at the numbers
on the houses until he came to thirty
three.
Pausing with his gloved hand resting
on the iron gate in front of the resi-
dence bearing that number, he swept a
hasty but critical glance over the place.
It was small detached villa, evident
~ the abode of wealth. The mansion,
a picturesque structure of brown stone,
with balconies and bay windows half
buried in ivy, stood back with a state
ly exclusive air in the midst of tower
ing elms. A straight, wide pavement
of fagstones led directly from the gate
to the terraced steps; on either side lay
a velvety lawn ornamented with trees
and shrubbery and fountains.
"'No. 33 Delaplaine street. and here
it is" reflected North, as he fingered
unaccountably at the gate. LET me
see!'' He drew out his watch and
glanced hastily at it. 1.-TWO, exactly.
I am punctual to the second. wonder
if such rare promptitude is one of the
shining virtues of the individual whom
I am so strangely personating? Non
sense! I believe I am growing nervous.
It will never do to show the white
feather now. Having undertaken to
make this call, will persevere to the
endl''
He had entered the gate, walked up
the wide pavement, assembled the steps
of terrace and veranda, and rung the
bell by the time he had finished these
reflections. He just had time to
smooth his gloves and settle his snowy
cuffs, adjust his coat, stroke his mus
tache affectionately and compose his
features into an agreeable smile, when
the door swung noiselessly open and a
deferential old footman stood bowling
low before him.
sis Mrs. Maynard at home?" inquired
North, with the calm, assured air of q
friend of the family.
''She is, sir. Will you please walk in,
STRIP
North walked in, as matter of
course. That was a recognized part of
his programme. He was conducted
through dim, elegantly appointed
hall, and ushered into a still more dim,
elegantly appointed drawing-room, and
there left to the tender mercies Of the
darkness and the furniture with the
cheering information that Mrs. May
nard was expecting him and would be
down soon.
'Confoundedly dark placer grun,-
bled North, as he CROPPED his way to the
nearest chair. eff daylight is too ex-
pensive a luxury here, why don't they
light the gas? I've a great mind to
suggest it to my friend, Mrs. Maynard,
only I'm afraid she might not receive the
suggestion in the same kindly spirit in
which it was offered. Oh, don't ex-
actly enjoy this, after all! It
looks like carrying the thing too far. 1
believe I'll conduct myself with a GER
tain degree of eccentricity, SO that in
case of detection 1 can plead emotional
insanity as my excuse. Singular Freak
of an Insane Man. Harmless Vaga-
ries of Lunatic.' That's the way the
reporters would write up the affair.
Heigh-ho! here she comes"
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REPLY.


L Personal property earns no interest
unless invested in. or used upon, real
estate. The idea that money locked up
in vaults can earn dividends, is wide-
spread but unfounded. Instead of be-
ing easier it is much harder to estimate
the value of personal than real prop
erty. Land is out of doors where it
can be seen, and its value readily dis
covered The hundred forms of per-
sonal property can not be assessed with
any degree of fairness. The facts are
just the opposite from what you say.
It is real estate values which are nearly
always known, and personal property
which continually changes. For in
stance: In your township any farmer
can tell you what his neighbours farm
is worth. But where is the man who
can set down the exact value (not cost
of the horses, cattle, machinery, furni-
ture, implements, grain, etc, on that
farm?
2 In the absence of any proof Of
your assertion that to levy all taxes on
real estate would ruin the farmers, /
presume you mean that under such a
system of taxes on farm lands would be
increased. On the contrary they would
be decreased. Personal property pays
a much larger proportion OF the taxes
in the farming districts, than it does in
the cities. The farmers who are in
debt would be able to borrow money
at much lower rates Of interest
If capital invested in mortgages
were freed from taxation. They
would also profit by the stimulus which
IL
by the exemption of all industries from
taxes on the money used in business
8. The experience of mankind in every
country on earth has shown that II 10
impossible to tax ali personal property.
Wherever the attempt has been made
the effect has been to make capital
scai3er and dearer, while in the long
run the taxes have always been shifted
to the consumer. Stock in company
is not property, but merely the paper
title to real estate in the form of fac
tories, mines, railroads. etc. As the
latter are taxed where they are
situated, how can you claim that it
would be just to levy second tax on
the mere evidence of their ownership?
You are mistaken in supposing that to
tax personal property would equalize
the burden of taxation. The result
would be to lay more taxes on the
farmers, whose personal property can
be found much easier than that in the
cities
am sorry that you have no better
plan for starting the country on the
road to prosperity, than to fine by taxa
ton all the producers or owners Of
capital. Think it over, and am sure
you will see that the true way to make
the country rich and prosperous is to
encourage as much as possible the pro-
duction and investment of wealth.
WHIDDEN GRAHAM
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WILD HORSES IN NEBRASKA.
A Stirring sight and its Eject ON . Tame

4 ssHffng sight and its Erect ON q Tame
Steed.
1.-THE most magnificent display of
horsefiesh that I saw was on the
prairie. near the forks of Platte river"
SAID an old western pioneer, now living
1t North Platte. Neb. "The horses
were all wild" continued Mr.. Melon
AID, and 1t was one of the grandest
sights ever witnessed. Troops of wild
norses will never more be visible to any
appreciable extent on the western
prairies, and there areonly few of us
living now who can remember the DAYS
when these wild horses roved over the
Prairies The spectacle witnessed at
the forks of the North Platt river made
my nerves tingle. There were about
two hundred animals in the drove. The
sun had just come mp over the plains
when l suddenly came out in,
front OF them from little grove,
where 1 had camped during the
night. was on the back of
my own mustang. He lifted his
head high into the air, paved the earth
with his fore feet and then began to
snort in most aristocratic manner. 1t
was then that saw the sight that sent
that thrilling feeling through my body
which can not describe. Every ami
NAL lifted his head ON hearing the cry
OF welcome or joy from my mount, and
looking my way the troop formed a cir
Gle and stood still. One magnificent
black stallion, who appeared to be the
leader, after looking atome for a mo-
ment came toward me with an easy,
graceful stride from the opposite side
and took up position in front of his
followers He was the finest specimen
OF horse ever saw. His tail swept
the ground and his name hung to his
shoulders. His body was brilliant in
its glossiness. He looked as if he had
received the most fattering attention
from an experienced groom Some of
the animals appeared neglected, but the
majority of them were sleek looking.
my own animal became SO excited
at the sight that I made haste to tie
him to tree. Soon after I
jumped from my horses back the
black stallion gave his head q toss
and started on rapid trot across the
prairie, the entire band following him.
After going about a half mile away the
band returned, the magnificent black
still in the lead. They came within one
hundred yards of me. and the leader
whinnied as If to inyite my horse to
come and join them.
my poor Jack! felt sorry for him.
He stood looking at the wild rovers, his
lariat drawn taut, and at the invitation
or call from the leader he made frantic
efforts to join the wild band and thus
forever put an end to his drudgery.
Sweat came from every pore, he was SO
excited, and his body was covered with
foam, as if he had just finished thirty
mile run. / was afraid ne would sue
coed in breaking away, so fired my
rifle into the air to brighten the drove
and the leader took the hint and
scampered off across the plain, fol-
lowed by the others I watched them
until they were out of view and, actual
ly, wished 1 were one of them, they
looked SO contented. 1 have since
looked upon a magnificent collection of
horses, but that sight was the grandest
of the kind 1 ever witnessed" Y.
Tribune.
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A..ertine Himself.

eyes, sir" said the merchant tailor
somewhat stiffiy. 81 warrant every suit
of clothes Imake, and since the season
opened have made over hundred
such suits"
ST am not ahsking to have any
clothes made ovah, my good man." re.
'sponded Fweddy, with equal haughti-
ness.-Chicago Tribune.
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CHAPTER u-Corr1r,,rn


"Don't try to make anything of me,
my amiable friend" murmured North
under his breath as he proceeded up
the street, ''and then you'll not have q
crushing failure to stagger under. It
is indeed a cruel fate which compels me
to enter upon my career In x with
such damaging suspicious afloat con-
corning my sanity, or my moral char
acter, they seem to be about equally in
volved in doubt. However, my tri-
umphant vindication must come in the
natural course Of events. When the
colonel has had full opportunity to OBJ
serve the poetic beauty and innocence
Of my daily life, he will doubtless
acknowledge that he has done me a
cruel injustice. Let me see now,
where am 1? This is probably Main
street; they usually bestow that
name upon the most insignificant
thoroughfare in the city. Ten blocks
beyond the courthouse;' that ought to
be good landmark. Why in the name
Of the city fathers don't they have
the names of the streets on the lamp
posts? Under the impression, no doubt,
that everyone whose convenience is
worth considering was born and brought
up in X, and, consequently, is well
up in the geography Of the place. No
policemen, either, so far as have been
able to observe. How is stranger to
get anywhere, or to know it when he
does get there? Verify, X is the
city of magnificent disadvantages
There was one thing that especial
ly impressed North during his first
public appearance in x: his own
unmistakable popularity. Almost every
one on the street seemed to know him,
and he received the most enthusiastic
greetings on every side. He responded
to them all with a suppressed hilarity,
the cause of which was known only to
himself, entering with reckless enjoy
ment into the masquerade which evil
IDENTIFY no one else suspected.
Really, have a host of friends in
x, a city in which never set foot
before! I wonder if this well-ftting
mantle of ready-made popularity is
warranted not to fade nor shrink" he
unused, as, having traversed the ten
squares beyond the courthouse, he
turned into beautiful wide street at
his left and then halted on the corner
with the calm deliberation of one that
views the landscape DER.
"Well, here am; but where? All,
that is the question! I wonder, now, if
that ragged little urchin whom see APP
preaching will recognize me? Oh, he'sa
newsboy; 1 might buy paper from
him, and then"
''Paper, STRIP inquired the diminutive
tatterdemalion, drawing near and
thrusting large local sheet into North's
face with unblushing confidence; then
as he scanned the gentleman's features
more closely, he added with a grin of
recognition: ''Yer'n take Times, won't
yer, Mr.. North? Yer alwers does!''
. '.By Jove!'' thought North, ''even the
newsboys and ragamuffins are mine
own familiar acquaintances! Who ami
that should thus be public property"
He mechanically accepted the paper
that was thrust into his hand and adj
dressed the urchin in sweet persuasive
tone:
''My boy, is this Delaplaine street?"
The newsboy stared at him in open
mouthed establishment, and did not an
swer until the question had been re-
peated with a nerceptib,e dirninution of
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Society II bound. frat. 70 provide
for the poor; second, to institute leS4s-
lation which viii tend to lessen poverty
and crime; third, to effect these objects
society has the rightsto resort to taxa-
ton, and this taxation may b imposed
upon property, either uniformly Or di1-
ferentially. as the Judgment and
conscience Of the community may d..
eide. -Abram s. Hewitt Land OWNS
md cx-mayor 81 New York.
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A Sample Of Popular Motions About
Taxes.

UNADILLA Forks, N. Y, Mar. 9. rs
To Mr. WHIDDEN GRAHAM. Dear Sir:
received yours OF the lst inst yester-
day, in which you request mo to give
my reasons for wanting the personal
property Of the state to pay its share
of the taxes
1. Because there is no other just way.
The personal las whole) brings more
interest to its owner than the real
property and requires just as much care
and expense of government and Il
easier to be assessed. Its value Is al-
ways known, or nearly so. while the
real estate changes materially from
year to year and it is always impossible
to get at its value.
2 Because to put the tax all on real
estate will ruin and discourage all tho
young farmers It would drive the
farmers that are In debt (which is .
large percent, above half out of the
business, the farms would get into the
hands of capitalists and trust compan-
les, and labor will be performed by
foreigners and the whole country go
to ruin.
8. Now the way to do this thing.
is to make all personal property taxa
BILE and payable in the districts where
the owner lives; make the stock OF all
banks, railroads and all companies.
trusts and combinations OF Whatsoever
name or nature taxable and payable In
the district where the owner lives. But
you will say: companies pay tax on
their business wherever it isr' yes, but
that don't prevent the stock being good
property to its owner and it should be
taxed the same as mortgages and
other loans on real estate You can see
that this would equalize the burden
upon all kinds of property and all
classes Of people and help all
classes to take an interest In good
government and would encourage
the young farmers to stick to
their business and pay for their farms,
and young mechanics to buy a home
and pay for it. and start the whole
country on the road to prosperity.
In hopes you will change your front
and take hold on this line, remain,
Yours,-William L. Brown.
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-Antiquarians in Europe have be-

-Antiquarians in Europe have beer
greatly interested in the sale of the
fine collection of curiosities accumu-
lated by the Marquis de Negron, 3
Spanish grandee. For thirty years he
almost starved himself SO that he might
devote nine-tenths of his income OF
twenty thousand dollars a year to the
purchase Of books, canoes, old plate
watches, uff-boxes, etc, and in the
course of his lifetime he filed severn
houses with his treasures.
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Mrs. Mann-"It is strange that
you can not hold the baby few min
utes, when you used to hold me on
your lap for hours at time" Mr..
,Mann-s'Ehe young one is so restless
he squirms and kicks all the time.
You didn't kick the least little bit ~
(Iudsnnapolis Journ
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CHAPTER III.

Ant s.
known unto these. and to myself disguised
III say as they say,-and persevere SO.
And in this mist at all adventures 60!
The sun., 1893-07-09
SUMMER BOARD

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ofVsrmont and Along the Shores of Lake Cham plain"
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to $40 per week Also at OF Hotels. with rates
Vermont homes OFFER summer boArdsrS ho. pitality.
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W. Ecc!sstons S. r. A.. 353 oadway. New York; T. H.
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The sun., 1893-07-09
Gonntr,l 8pard.

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OF shade: livery connected with house go vi driy,n
send for circulars. JOHN LOVING ffonH
INVEST DEER PARK LL-In the h hesIth.gi yinv r,,i,.
w desirable board can bo obtained at the Wall m.
House. Address CHAS ]. WATKiSS"'
The sun., 1893-07-09
Are You Going TO the Worlds Fair?

5000 furnished rooms Tin private tamilies only 81
TO 50 60 per day. walking distance. TO 10 miRueS
rde to Fair Grounds &c. fare: every room holds two
people at the named above; certificates mailed
free application which enttle applicant to
prices named. at time and location wanted Send for
map and particulars GREEN CO. Worlds Fair Rooln-
The sun., 1893-07-09
PROSPECT nHARKy HOTEL


This popular summer resort is situated at Catskil.
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Both river and mountain views are unsurpassed The
hotel appointments are hrst class. with accommoda-
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lizards. boating livery and other attractions Reasona
bic terms for both transient and guests For
particulars apply to
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4rligious 3lotires.
2ateIta

pATENTs for inventions proc romptly; low Tatos
HoEDER bklEsEN. 3. Nassau 81. NY EsTdlsoI
THoMAS DREW sTETsoN, patent collector aud eK'
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-05-26

Children do not readily com.
prehend general truths, They
dosee particulars. and Ii is the
fable Of the parent crab walking
straight that the young one may
learn Teachers neutralize ali
their power in many instances as
Q few illustrations will show.
The teacher who uses tobacco
or alcohol has not much power
when teaching the deleterious
effects of stimulants or narcotics
on the human system. The
teacher who Invariably lives be.
yond his income is a poor teacher
of economy. The teacher who
speaks of the duty of citizens to.
the State is notiikely to bring up
lawabiding citizens by daily
violating law in using textbooks
contrary to the statute. The
little attention paid to moral and
religions education in the public
schoolsis awakening wide spread
attention, and one OF the serious
problems is how to train on those
subjects and not intrench on the
rights Of the church, the home
and the individual. Wholesome
neglect is better ali along the
line than wrong training. Child
rem learn more by absorption and
imitation than in any other way.
Look well to the child'ss sur.
roundings and nature will strive
to educate Alright. Dangerous as
it is, street education makes
better preparation for life, than
.hot;houseculture in schools with
inefficient teachers.