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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13
DOES THE WHALE SLEEP?
A Question Upon Which Students of
Natural History Are Not Yet
Decided.

1t is a common belief among both
whalers and ~naturalists, says Knowl-
edge, that when whales sound" they
descend to enormous depths in the
ocean. DR.. w. Kuekenthal estimates,
for instance, that the larger members of
the group commonly dive to a depth
of fully a thousand yards, although the
evidence on which this rests is not given.
In a memoir recently published in Bel
GUM DR.. Racovitza challenges this be-
lief, and states that, in his opinion, 100
yards is the maximum depth to which
any whale can dive, and that many spe-
cies cannot reach anything like that
limit. He very pertinently asks why
should whales want to go to such depths.
All whales sound for the purpose OF
obtaining food, and in the profound
darkness of 900 yards what food could
they get? Those species which feed on
animalcules might, perhaps, obtain what
they want.
But how about the species which feed
on fishes and cuttles? At q depth of a
thousand yards they certainly could not
use their eyes to detect n~on-luminous
species, and we have no evidence what
ever that they feed on the self-luminors
deep sea fish and cuttles (if, indeed, there
be any of the latter. On the contrary,
the available evidence indicates that
they feed or ordinary ~iight-dwelliAg
fishes and cuttles which live in much
shallower zones.
But this is not all. 1t is known that
the effects of a pressure Of more than
three atmospheres proves fatal to hui
man life, and although we may believe
that whales can stand treble this pres
sure, or nine atmospheres, which would
occur at about 80 yards depth, is it on
ceivable that they could resist the ef-
feet of ten times the latter pressure, or
80 atmospheres? Moreover, does 1t seem
possible that a whale whose body is only
slightly heavier than water at ordinary
pressure, could exert the muscular force
necessary to propel that body to a depth
of a thousand yards?
Whether the author has so strong q
case in his contention that whales never
sleep, demands further consideration.
One of the arguments in favor of the
constant wakefulness of cetaceans is
that individuals will follow a ship for
days, which they could not well do while
asleep. Another is that whales-except
occasionally a right whale or a sperm
whale-are not found floating motion
less on the surface, and reasons are given
against the theory that they sleep at the
bottom. But, it may be urged, if whales
never sleep, they must have food at
night, and be able to catch it, and
what, then. becomes of the argument
that they cannot capture prey in the
dark ocean abysses? Moreover, 1t Is
difficult to imagine that an animal with
such a highly organized b.ain as a whale
can exist permanently without sleeping,
especially when we remember that fishes
sleep.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13
THE CRY OF THE AGE.

When has there been an Age like this?
When has there been an Age that called
So loudly and beseechingiy
For noble men and noble deeds?
For mighty brains to take and solve
P~erplexing problems; mighty hearts
To dare and do, and mighty souls
Broad, gen'rous, forceful-to instruct
And lift and lead! From every path
That man has blazed into the wild;
From every highway where the feet
OF thousands press: from every mart
The cry goes up-an earnest call
For earnest men! The world to-day
Has needs it never knew before;
For 1t has passed the shadow; passed
Thu ravail of the ancient void;
Passed from the grip of primal things;
Passed into light! and taken there
Its first full goblet from the sun!
That draft has stirred the very rocks
Upon the hills; has turned to power
The wasted waters; has instilled
A purpose in the u winds.
The air is pregnant with great news;
Great news of glories yet to be
When we have answered to the Age,
When We have Weakened to the light!
Strong men and true, great men and
good;
Brave men and wise in simple faith:
Men warm with love, and rich with hope;
Men with high aims and 'lowly hearts.
The Age is calling out for these
Crying among the crowded streets,
Crying along the quiet lanes.
Its voice is booming from the towers,
And whispering from the furrowed fields:
Give me my strong inc earnest men!
Give me m Davids and st. Johns!'
-Elwyn Hoffman, in Youths Companion.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13
NOT MUCH PROTECTION.
The Tariff Protected steel Trust in
IL Bad Way and took
DEPRECATED.

When the idustrial trust boom was
in full blast and corporations were
being manufactured with millions of
capital every day in the week, the pro
tectionists cited the fact as the result
of the great system of protection to
American industries. Now the stocks
of these trusts are in a state of col
lanse and the water has been squeezed
cut of them with remorseless energy,
what viii the p~rotectionists say? The
prostration of the boom in Wall street
cannot be blamed on the democrats;
neither Mr.. Bryan nor Mr.. Cleveland
can be held responsible. THE blight
ing influence, of free trade has had
no part or lot in the matter and yet
the marvellous prosperity" of these
trust experimentation and in
lustrial, have received a check which
is but the index finger pointing to the
prostration of general business that
will follow in its wake. The abnor-
mally high prices that now prevail of
all the necessities of life must result
in reduced consumption and even a
protected trust cannot pay big divi-
dends unless the public will pay high
prices for it's productions.
Wall street generally discounts in
advance the falling off in demand fol-
products or the reduction in earnings
of railroads and these bear raids are
but indications of worse that may hap
pen. When a stock like the steel trust
that pays dividends of four per cent.
sells around 20 there must be some
thing radically wrong. With every
one of its products protected by the
tariff and with nearly complete control
of the market the protectionists should
be able to give, at least, a plausible
reason for the enormous decline in its
prosperity. Can it be that protection
does not protect its beneficiaries and
yet compels the American people to
pay extortiolate prices? 1t is the more
exasperating to those who use steel
trust products that the foreigner is
able to purchase them for a much less
price than obtained in the home mar
ket. The tariff should certainly be re-
formed to the extent that we should
be able to buy our own goods as
cheaply as the people of other coun-
tries can buy them of us.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13
POLITICAL DRIFT.

"A lot of Mr.. Hanna's party friends
who have their hands in echo his senti-
ments of Hands off!'-Atlanta Consti-
tuition.
Senator Plat dominates Senator
Aldrich for vice president. The nominal
ton may look like the sly thrust Of an
enemy, but the country should recall
what happened to Platt's preceding Sc
ection for the vice presidency.-Elmira
Gazette.
Roosevelt has captured a new
group of admirers by rowing ten miles
to the sandy shores Of Huntington
bay" and sleeping outdoors all night
under a blanket with his boys. The ext
act whereabouts of these admirers Is not
indicated. but they exist somewhere. OF
course. There must be people who like
these antics and who want to r~e-elect
a president who cuts up like that.-Utica
Observer.
Even the republican Omaha Bee is
moved to concede that congress may
find it expedient to institute an inquiry
of a general character in regard to the
business methods of the executive de-
partments of the government. It is
quite possible that these can be much
improved, and in any event a general
investigation of them could do no
harm."-Albany Argus.
Even the republican papers fear
that New York will be a doubtful state
next year. And with the right kind Of
a democratic candidate doubtful New
York will meal a doubtful Connecticut
and New Jersey.-Portland Argus.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13
All in the Game.

There is an old card story which al
ways appears to me to contain a moral
for the direction Of the young who are
prone to rush in where their elders fear
to tread. Two old sports" were play
ing poker in the saloon Of an Atlantic
liner, and a group was watching them.
A youth among the bystanders was ap-
palled to observe that one of these
old gentlemen appeared to be cheat
ing in a most fragrant manner
So he presently exclaimed to the
other player: II beg your pardon, sir,
but I feel II is my duty to tell you that
the-the--person you r playing With
dealt that last card from the back ot
his neck!"
well, and why not?" replied the
player he had addressed. ut was his
deal"--The latter.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13
CONTROLLED BY TRUSTS.
Roosevelt To P~erpetuate
Their Graft.

IL President Roosevelt is reelected
next year it will be simply and solely
because a majority of the voters sin
cerely believe that he is helping them
to fight their battle with the trusts. So
odious have the hundreds of protected
trusts become, both in the eyes of con
sumers and investors, that no man who
openly favors them can hope to be elect
ed TO any kind of public office. 1t is not
strange, then. that President Roosevelt
is seeking 10 have the public believe that
he is an enemy of all bad trusts-assum-
ing that there are some good ones.
But what did the president ever do
to really injure great corporations? AL
though he began political life as a siren
uous free trader, yet he recently, under
pressure from the Protective Tariff
league, Joined the st~andpatters, andthus
stands opposed to the most certain way
Of curbing the trusts and giving relief
to the people-by reducing the tariff du-
ties. As governor of New York he called
an extra session of the legislature to
pass amendments to the Ford bill to
tax the franchises of the public service
corporations. The amendments were
prepared by the corporation attorneys
II were intended to make the act I'M
constitutional. The courts have not yet,
after four years of lost time, fully de-
cided the case. 1t was the presidents
voice that killed the Littlefield antitrust
bill in the last congress and caused the
passage of two sham antitrust bills, the
Elkins anti-rebate bill and the depart
ment of commerce bill with its bureau of
corporations to give publicity to trusts.
The facts that are slowly coming to
light in regard to this new bureau should
open the eyes of the voters to the real
position of the president on the trust
question. In discussing the Present
Statistical Outlook in Washington" the
correspondent of the New York Journal
of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin
said on July 81 of this new bureau:
THE work now laid out for this bu-
reau is of a really thorough type, and If
it is pursued with vigor on the lines now
suggested there will be a good deal of
complaint in the near future when the
methods 20 contemplated are actually
applied. Pressure of the most strenuous
sort will undoubtedly be broughtto bear
at the white house. Just how oon the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13

The extraordinary resuscitating pow
er Of light has received a very curious
illustration in the silver mines at Lau-
rum. The mines had been abandoned
more than 1000 years ago as unworEa-
BILE, and consisted for the most part of
the "slag" produced by the working of
the miners. An enterprising English
man discovered that the mines con-
tanned plenty of silver, which could
easily be removed by the superior mod
ern appliances. He discovered, how
ever, something far more valuable than
the silver, viz, some peoples of a spe-
oies which had disappeared for 20 CEN
turtles, the seed of which had lain DOR
mant beneath the stag for 1000 years.
When the Stag was removed to the fur
mace, the next visit to the mine found
the entire space covered with a most
gorgeous show of peoples. After their
20 centuries rest they had bloomed as
vigorously as ever, without the aid of
q single drop of water or any restorative
other than the rays of the sun.-Phila-
delphia Ledger.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13

department will really begin to show its
hand in the matter of trust investiga-
ton cannot be certainly predicted, but
those who are in position to know say
1t will not be until after the next presi-
dental election. AS a matter Of fact.
a good deal of time is needed for the Or
g%anization of the work and for laying
out special lines Of investigation. All
this will consume many months, and Sec
rotary Cortelyou is too tactful a man to
weaken his strategic position by opening
fire in a presidential campaign, if there
would be any danger of hurting his
party thereby. 1t will, therefore, be a
good while before there are any definite
results of the inquiries of the bureau
Of corporations"
Is there anything in this statement
to brighten the trusts? Is it not clear
that this new bureau will give the trusts
two years more leeway-two years more
license to squeeze the people and eX-
tract money from their pockets-two
years at 81, 900, 900, 900 a year? And what
then? Publicity. That's all, and more
than all, for it is entirely optional with
the president whether any of the facts
gathered by the bureau are ever pub
lished or not. But the facts, when pub
lished, are intended to serve only as a
basis for "conservative' antitrust legis-
lation sometime in the din and distant
future.
President Roosevelt fighting the
trusts? He is their best friend. He
as no other man living, knows how to
tackle them and at the same time make
the multitude, who sees his fierce face
and vigorous gestures, believe that he
Is mauling the life out of them. The
trusts have great need of just such q
man at this iuncture to ave them from
the wrath of an outraged people. 1t is
a part of their game that Wall street
and the trusts are to be against Roose-
welt this year. Next year when the
campaign is on 1t will be found that the
G.. O. P. is getting financial support from
its old-time friends-the trusts.-BY-
RON w. HOLT.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13

Herr Pohl. president of the German
Society for the Protection of Cats, has
just published the results of his in
vestigations in regard to the age which
1t Is possible for these animals to at
tain. Cats, he says. are like human
beings in one respect-the more peace
full and better regulated their lives are
the longer they are likely to live. AS
q proof he points out that a favorite
cat In the royal palace, of Nymphen-
burg has lived to be AZ years old, and
consequently may fairly claim to be
considered the dean of cats in Ger
many.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13

A fox one day invited a stork to dine with him, and, wishing to be
amused at his expense, put the soup which he had for dinner in a large
flat dish; SO that, while he himself could lap it up quite well, the stork
could only dip in the tips of his long bill. Some time after the stork, bear
ing his treatment in mind, invited the fox to take dinner with him. He,
in his turn, put some minced meal. in a long narrow-necked vessel. into
which he could easily put his bill, while master fox was forced to be
content with licking what ran down the sides of the vessel The fox
then remembered his old trick, and could not but admit that the stork
had well paid him out.
MORAL-It is mighty imprudent as well az mhuman M uncvn. to afront
anybody; and whoever takes the liberty to exercise his witty talentt that vv must
lot think much OF it if ne meets with reprals
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13
Train-Load of Babies.

On the train that rolled into Portland
from Boston, late Sunday evening,
there were by actual count 67 babies
and little children. One car had 20,
which is thought by trainmen to be the
record. The total Of CT babies does not
include any which may have been in
the sleeping cars, of which there were
three on the train.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13

Curious Clnssifi cation,

Perhaps the most remarkable curios
in the British army system OF red tape
are the headings under which various
personal necessities are classed. For
instance, a soldier must purchase a
brush and comb under the head Of
clothing, while a tooth brush for some
extraordinary a comes under the
denomination of fuel.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13
Senator Allison, of IL

Senator Allison, of Iowa, is get
ting far along in his craftsmanship. 1t
isn't fair to keep him settling flimsy
disputes between Coy. Cummins and his
party. All there is to do is 10 sit ON
Cummins.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13

Now Gov. Hunt wants to resign
the Porto Rico governorship, it is re-
ported. He has served a year and a
half of a term of four years, and gets
\ salary of $4,000, but has apparently
he'd enough of 1t. These tropical sat
ra pies Of our seem to look more at
TT active at a distance than close at
hand.-Springfield Republican Und.).
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13

Mrs. Upperten-I had all the conceit
taken out Of me yesterday.
Mrs. Nextdoor-Indeed! And where
did they find room to put all Of it?--
Chicago Daily Newa
The Washington times., 1903-11-01
HOW CONSUMPTION DEVELOPS


The illustration herewith shows at a
glance the intimate and close rela lions
between The various air tubes and the
lungs, and how easy 81 IS for neglected
bronchial and catarrhal troubles to ex-
tend down into and fasten themselves
upon the breathing apparatus.
That consumption Is the most terrible
and deadly OF all diseases is proven by
the fact that the deaths each year from
this awful scourge are greater than from
All other contagious diseases combined.
At the first sign or indication Of trou-
bic the sufferer should Immediately seek
the best medical advice he can find in
stead OF wasting precious time with
stomach nCstrums, which never cured a
single case OF genuine consumption. but
which weaken the patients constitution
Il the very time when he most needs all
h!5 bodily functions in their best work
ing order.
The only sure way ever discovered TO
eradicate the consumption poison IS by
the inhalation or the healing DIV vapors
Of the Koch 'Tubercuiine, rnedica ted
with germicidal and curative oils These
wonderful vapors penetrate to the very
seat OF the disease, killing the Rerr,s
and permanently curing coueurnDfion
asthma and all lung diseases. Hundreds
OF people eli over the land have been
cured by the Koch treatment, and are
TO-DAY living monuments of its success
The Washington Office Of the Koch
Lung Cure Is at 1895 New York Avenue
where consultation, examinati ton and
trial treatment are given absolutely free
Home Treatment, II desired, without ad-
ditional cost
The Washington times., 1903-11-01
THE AURORA BOREALIS
SEEN BY NEW WORKERS
Strange Phenomenon Paralyzes Tele-
graph Service and Provides Bril-
liant Spectacle.

NEW YORK. Oct S1.-A dazzling dis
play of the aurora borealis. or Northern
lights. that strange phenomenon that
comes from the icy regions, occurred in
this section between z ard o'clock this
morning.
For several hours It paralyzed tele-
graph service. and when communication
was partially restored, It was found
that the electrical display had occurred
along the northern section Of the United
States 70 Chicago. and beyond that
point. Today the aurora is still in the
air. as its effects are plainly felt on all
northern telegraph circuits. The FIRST
faint streaEs of the northern lights were
first seen about midnight Two hours
later they had attained prominence
enough to attract the general attention
Of persons In the streets.
Wondering groups gathered on street
corners. and watched the white lights
give way to a more brilliant and beau
tiful display. Gray, green. red. and pur-
pie were blended in a splendid bow
which stretched far across the heavens
and from this the luminous rays shot
upward. II was the first display Of the
aurora seen in New York for ten years.
and IL mads a fine show.
While at its height at o'clock, every
telegraph wire leading out Of New York
was affected. and for a time the ser
vice was absolutely at a standstiII
The Washington times., 1903-11-01
TREE LABELS RE-FIXED
/ IN CAPITOL GROUNDS
Error in Designating One Specimen Cor
Tected Quickly When Official Atten-
ton Was Called to It.

Improperly labelling a beech tree IN
the southeast portion OF the Capitol
grounds recently caused Architect Wood
and his gardeners n slight embarrass-
ment. Mr.. Wood has adopted a new
system OF labelling the trees. and dis
claims responsibility of intentional mis-
doings. The manufacturers of the signs
ordered for the trees are held TO blame.
Prior TO this fall the trees in the
Capitol grounds. of which there are
many kinds, were marked with tin
or sheet iron signs with the name OF
the trees painted on them. These did
not stand the wind. rain and other ele-
ments as well as Mr.. Wood wished. ana
recently he adopted the plan OF having
small plates Of iron about three by six
inches enameied blue and the names OF
the trees painted on in white The
labels were then tackled on the trees.
The names Of each Of the little trees
and shrubs IN the grounds were written
On paper hurriedIy by one Of Mr.. Wood =
assistants. and IN writing the name
Cut Leafed Beech" the assistant did
not make perfect "u." The employees
Of Caesar Bros. sign makers in New
York city, read the first name OF
the tree as Cat and within a short
time the sign Cat Leafed Beech" was
tackled on a tree planted near the Ii
brary Of Congress.
Everything would have gone wei and
no one would have known that
there was no such a tree listed by our
eminent American botany writer's, but
for the fact that a woman, living in
Washington and who enjoys the more
or less enyiable reputation Of being a
most scrutinizing botany student,
CHANGED TO saunter through the
grounds She espied the sign. rubbed
her eyes. adjusted her glasses. and
looked twice to see il it really was an
"a or whether she was suffering from
failing eyesight.
Satisfying herself that what she saw
was what was on the tree, she im1e-
diately hied herself home. and after
reading up on trees and looking in
every botany book in her possession,
she raised protest against such
mistakes on the part OF the Capitol
gardeners who stuck Up any kind of
a SIGN they wished to, believing that
the public would not be any wiser"
The first thing the Capitol authori-
ties knew of it was when they were
shown the newspaper stories in regard
to 1t. The sign was then found to be
Incorrect, yanked down forthwith, and
sent to Caesar Bros, with a firm re-
quest for correction. At present the
Cut-Leafed Beech tree has no label.
but It IS contended that none at all is
better than an Incorrect one.
The day the Capitol gardeners were
informed Of the mistake on the beech
tree they began TO look around, and
found several other trees from Japan
improperly labeled. and made the neces-
sary corrections before Miss Botanical
Student visited the grounds again.
The Washington times., 1903-11-01
PLAT set EN- UP"
FOR EXPRESS BOYS
Gave Them a $4,000 ~Good Time" in
Honor of His Recent
Wedding.

CHICAGO, Oct. 31.-The marriage OF
Senator Thomas c. Platt has made him
so happy that he wants the many thou
sand employees of the United States Ex-
press Company TO be happy with him.
One thousand OF them in Chicago
were given "a good TINA" and the men
understood that 1t was the wish and at
the expense OF the Senator.
The entertainment began with a vau-
deviIle performance, followed by a dance
and g dinner.
Employees in other cities are said to
have been fei.sted and danced In a SINH
lar manner.
I'VE were told to go ahead and get
up an entertainment --1----tout
s.. 600" said one of the employees, "and
the company would settle. We did, and
II was a big success. We learned It
was Senator Platts way of having us
celebrate his marriage"