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Iron County register., 1885-07-23
HAD A "DAISY."

| An Undertaker's Enthusiasm Over Some
Improvements in His Wares.
"Come out through the back way
and see my daisy!' he chuckled as he
rubbed his hands together.
What! gone into the funeral flower
business on your own account? Yet,
after all, why not? An undertaken
might as well furnish the flowers as the
coffin.''
Come on. There-how does that
strike you?'
That's hearse-a new one."
'.But it's the daisy l was speaking of
Isn't she spic-span and shiny?"
Every nice.''
81 should smile. It laws over any
thing of the sort in this town, and don't
you forget it! Get in and lie down and
let me bob the springs to show you how
easy it rides. -
No. thank you.''
"You go on! There's points about a
hearse the public ought to know. Get
up on the drivers seat"
| Excuse me, but prefer a family
carriage
"Oh, pshaw! but you are too thin
skinned. Just notice those springs. l
tell you it will be a positive pleasure
to ride above 'em. The dish of those
wheels is absolutely perfect, and such
a finish!
"Yes, very nice hearse.'
'You bet! Say, it will be proud
hour in my life in which hitch a span of
white horses to that vehicle and prance
around to the house of the late de-
ceased. Lands. but won't the other
undertakers look blue! Say, feel OF
| these curtains-pure silk. -
'I,H take your word for it. -
ssGo on, now! Hang it, but when an
undertaken puts up his cash for reg
ular daisy like this you newspaper fell
lows ought to encourage him. just
remember that the old-fashioned way
of carrying a body around in lumber
wagon and then gaze on this! just
notice how these rear doors open to
admit the coffin. -
"Very handy"
Handy! Why, man, it's superb!
Have you noticed the glass in the
sides?''
..Seems to be very good''
"Good! Why, it's the finest in the
world-the very finest! l wanted
something to show off the coffin, and
here it is. I tell you, the late deceased
ought to feel proud to ride in such a
vehicle' You can say in your paper
! that it knocks 'em all out. Say, how
are you on styles?"
''What styles?'
"Coffins and shrouds, of course.
Come in a minute. I've got a new
thing in Notwithstanding you are
bound to appreciate. and I'm after a
| patent on a coffin with an air-receiyer
in it. Say! do me favor. Let me
inclose you in my new coffin and see
how long the supply of air will last
you. I'll bet dol
But the reporter had gone.-Detrois
Free Press.
Iron County register., 1885-07-23

He IS sending the tax-eaterss away
to earn their own living. This involves
the dismissal of hundreds Of Republi-
can Office holders, to whom, perhaps,
according to the theories of the self
styled ..reformers of the civil-servico,
there ought to be life tenure, with
funeral expenses paid afterwards by
the Government. Mr. Manning finds
them alive and superfiuous, and out
they go. Therein is the difference be-
tween genuine reform and humbug."
This, should be very interesting
reading to the people Of the United
States. To save the public money is
to put dollars into their pockets, and
this is what Governor Hendricks re-
ferred to during the last campaign.
Wild and reckless administrations
waste money and the people suffer.
The Bourbon Republican organs do not
care to refer to this matter. They would
rather talk about s.the bloody shirt, -
old "Jake Thompson ''Jeff Davis. =
s.copperheads," ..butternuts,'' ETC.
Indiana State Sentinel
Iron County register., 1885-07-23
A RAILWAY REGIMENT.
Description OF the Railway Corps of th'

Description OF the Railway Corps of the
German Empire.
The Railway Corps of the German
Empire consists of Prussian regiment
and a Bayarian company, the latter be-
ing precisely like Prussian company
in every respect. The Prussian Rail-
way Regiment (das Eisenbahn Regi-
menD is organized in regimental staff
and two battalions of four companies
each. A company in peace time con-
sists of four officers, eighteen non-com-
missioned officers and one hundred
privates. The regiment is for excellent
reasons, for all purposes of training,
placed Immediately under the general
staff. 1t is only by being constantly in
immediate contact with the best and
most selected officers of the German
Army that the officers of the Railway
Corps can be expected to know and
learn what is required of them. They
are thus able to know the slightest
alteration taking place in German and
foreign railway matters, as well as
every change or innovation in foreign
armies. They have, moreover. imme-
diate access to men in high authority,
and can thus at once make known their
ideas in quarters where they can take
effect without delay. The nadteriel
given to the Prussian Railway Regiment
is very considerable, and is a striking
contrast to the parsimony in the use
and expenditure of stores generally
practiced in the German service, thus
showing the great importance at
tached to the efficient training
of this new branch of the army. The
regiment. in fact. actually possesses
and works by itself line from Berlin
to the artillery practice ground near
Lutterbach, some thirty English miles
long. 1t has been given in addition
large practice ground, with every
facility for training recruits. Here the
latter are taught laying sleepers, rails
and telegraph wires, destroying and
repairing lines and engines, in fact.
every kind of railroad work, and
bridges have been built to train men
in the repair of broken arches, &C.,
destroyed railroad works of every
kind. The regiment has an ample
supply of rolling stock of engines,
passenger carriages, goods vans,
trucks, &c. There is thus every facil-
ity for training men to act as por-
tiers or unskilled workmen in the load
ing and unloading of warlike and
other stores. and teaching non-com-
missioned officers and artifcers engine
driving. the care and repair of engines,
the duties of firemen, pointsmen,
shunters. &C., and finally the duties of
railway guards for the management of
trains and regulation of traffic. The
strength of the Railway Regiment,
large as it is in peace, would be enor-
mously increased were it mobilized for
war. Before the second battalion was
raised Paris and Helldorf put the
strength of the German Railway
Corps. when modified for war, at
eight companies of artifcers, four
traffic companies. and two companies
of unskilled workmen. (Bau-Betriebs
und Arbeiter-Compagnien.) This has,
of course, been very much added to by
the creation of the second battalion in
1875, and we should not be much out
if we reckoned on these numbers as
now doubled, certainly as regards the
traffic companies.-Army and Navy
Quarterly.
Iron County register., 1885-07-23

sion sometimes shook the fish from
head to tail, and this the dealer de.
clared to be occasioned by a cough.
There is no cure for that fish. he
said. Il keep it here more as warn
ing to my customers than anything
else. After telling them plainly just
how much food and fresh water to give
their fish, bring them back here and
let them see the effects of disregarding
what say. Impure water affects the
creatures gills first. The gills. you
know, are the fish's lungs, and, while
sumption, it is always fatal unless
checked.
''In the next tank we have couple
| of common goldfish in the first stages
of a4phyxia. which is perhaps the most
! common form of disease, and one most
| easily treated if taken in time. But
most people are so obtuse that they
have no idea their fish is sick until the
case is too far gone for cure; and even
if they do discover the illness in time
and call me in Mey fail to follow my
directions to the letter. and in conse-
quence the fish dies. 1t was on account
of this last fact that I originated my
goldfish hospital. Now when / am
called to sick fish, instead of pre-
scribing for it, if the case is durable, ]
Immediately dip it out of the aquari-
um, place it in my bucket and carry il
here to the hospital, where it receives
what it needs, which is plenty of pure
water and sunlight.
1.-The pair in this tank came to me
yesterday. The only evidence of dis
ease was the fact that they were losing
color and appetite. The trouble was
brought on by sudden change in tenn
perature in the water of the aquarium
in which they lived. The only thing to
be done with them-and, by the way.
it is the best thing for the unpracticed
owner of goldfish to do in every case
of incipient diseases to keep the
water fairly warm, to give no food foI
a few days, and to dissolve teaspoon
full of common salt in the water in the
aquarium.
when your goldfish begin to grow
fat at an alarming rate, and several OF
their scales loosen and come off, the
chances are that they are in trouble.
No matter how voraciously they may
eat, no matter how plump they may
| look-in fact, because of both these
! things-you may set it down as truth
that your goldfish have the dropsy. Il
cared for at the beginning they may re.
| cover, but if neglected death will ensue
in the course of about three months.
Because have so many sick fishe;
here you must not imagine that the
| rearing of goldfish is attended with
greater mortality than the raising O
| almost any living pet. They may bt
reared from the egg by almost anyone
who will take as much. care of them a.
of an average house plant, and they art
| quite as healthy as canary bird. ~
| Cincinnati Enquirer.
Iron County register., 1885-07-23
TRUE REFORM.
The Difference Between Genuine Reform
and Humbug.

The Difference Between Genuine Reform
and Humbug.
The organs ceased long since to re.
fer to the Secretary of the Treasury as
mere ward politician. One or two
came very near calling him a .'ward
hummer but they checked up for de-
cency's sake, although they had the
unreliable and reckless authority of the
New York Tribune for the use of any
sort of coarse and insulting trade. Mr..
Manning has proved himself genuine
aggressive Civil-Service reformer. He
has sought out all the abuses within his
reach in a quiet, unostentatious way.
He proceeded without the blare OF
trumpet or the racket of brass band.
He pressed his examinations so closely
in the sub-Treasury at New Orleans
that deficit of nearly $50, 600 was dis
covered almost Immediately, and the
clerk who embezzled the money fled to
Mexico to escape capture. He has
been equally successful in uncovering
the rascally modes of the New York
Custom House officials. The New
York Sun. although opposing the cleo
ton of Mr.. Cleveland, is quick to ac-
knowledge any of the benefits arising
from the new Administration In re-
ferring to Mr.. Manning's part in the
great reforms now going on, that paper
says: Nothing like it has been seen
in Washington for years. 1t is real re-
form the sort of reform that the peo-
pie call for"
This work now being done by the
new Secretary of the Treasury viii save
hundreds of thousands of dollars-per-
haps millions to the Public Treasury.
The Sun remarks further: lin the In
ternal Revenue Bureau, for example,
he has reduced the force in three
months so as TO save the Government
about half million dollars in salaries
hitherto paid to unnecessary Office
holders. Further retrenchment, it is
believed, win result in an annual saw
ing of million dollars in this over
grown and extravagant branch of the
public service, without in the least de-
gree interfering with the legitimate busi-
ness of the bureau. The same thing is
true in the other divisions of the depart
meut Secretary Manning is reduc-
ing the tax paid indirectly by every
citizen of the United States for
the support of the Government.
He is applying business principles
to the management of the Treasury.
Iron County register., 1885-07-23

The Ailments of the Aquarium's Golden
Ornaments-How Most Owners Kill Them
With Kindness.
please sir, our goldfish is sick, -
cried little girl the other morning,
as she hurried breathlessly into one OF
the best known goldfish emporiums in
the city, sand mother wants you to
come and see it right away"
The fish-dealer smiled at the girls
excitement.
What seems to be the matter with
it?" he asked.
''It's sick. It won't eat anything,
and it is turning white, and won't
swim around any more"
'.All right; will be there presently. ~
and the little girl, apparently satisfied,
took her departure.
''Is doctoring fishes part of your
regular business?'' asked the surprised
enquirer.
Eyes. indeed. In fact, might say
that have goldfish hospital here at
my place of business just now. All OF
those tanks on the south side of the
room contain sick fishes. The gold
more apt to live for years in aquaria
cause life in captivity has become sec
ond nature with the race. But people
will not give their goldfish half a
chance. They feed them too much.
Every case of disease in the tanks is
directly traceable to overfeeding. But
do not misunderstood me, please; the
&C. 4
merely given too much to eat"
''That seems to be a distinction with
out difference
Not at all. Unlike human being,
3 goldfish will not eat more than is
good for it, and when too much food is
placed in the tank it putrifies, taintine
parasites, which fasten upon the fish
and eventually kill it. One meal day
is enough for goldfish. 1t should con-
no more should be put into the aqua
rum then will be at once eaten up.
"a good idea is to keep two or three
tadpoles and snails in the tank, and il
the owner should chance to provide a
fly or two more than the fish will eat
they will take care of it. They are first
GLASS ScdscuScES. anu you HAY I1dke q
note of the fact that the parlor aquar-
ium which does not contain tadpoles
or snails is sure, sooner or later, to
need a visit from the fish-doctor.
Now, let me show you fish suffering
| with consumption.
At the extreme right of the row OF
hospital tanks was one mounted on an
iron frame, and containing about two
gallons of water. 1t contained a
single fish, which was resting near the
bottom of the tank. with its head held
much lower than its tail. To an un-
practiced eye it was evidently very
sick fish. Its body, instead of being
plump and of an even contour, was as
emaciated as dried herring and the rich
vermillion color of the average gold
fish had faded into a sickly pink. Its
fins were half drawn in toward the
hsh's body, and seemed to be glued in
to fixed position by gummy, Shiny
substance which covered them.
do you see it cou ghp' asked the
fish dealer.
mo-
''Well, watch it closely for minute
or two, and you will see what mean. y
The fish began moving about slowly
and feebly, occasionally stopping to
brush it's gills against the stalk of a
plant growing in the water, as though
endeavoring to brush away some OBJ
struction. At these pauses a convul'
Iron County register., 1885-07-23
The Conductor Knew the Trick.

"Fer money, that beats drivin' the
night line,'' said the fly conductor to
the reporter. He lolled on the brake
with his cap over his eyes and waited at
Broad street station for passengers
from the day express. "See it?'' he
continued. pointing down Penn square.
THAT sody water mans thermometer
beats drivin' the night line" 1t was a
great big white thermometer, such as
drug stores favor. with blood-red
spirit tube. .'That there tube says 81. "
continued the fly conductor. '.Tain't t
no such weather. Look at them hosses.
Amt turned hair. It's fake-great
fake. He paints quicksilver red and
rams so much of it into that bulk that
it's always seventeen degrees higher mt
it ought to be. That sells the sody.
Sa-a-v. there's half these druggists does
that Then the fly conductor pealed
one languid note on his bell and the
car starfed.-Rhiladelph Press.
Iron County register., 1885-07-23

tin marrying, men show better
Judgment than women. In other things
should be educated in the art of marry
ing. Idle curiosity fills the time of
many, and the great majority OF people
never ask why they are in the world"
Iron County register., 1885-07-23

A pullet in good health will get
away with four hundred and fifty grass
hoppers per day.-Detroit Free Press.
Iron County register., 1885-07-23

-Rattlesnakes have two hinged
teeth. or fangs, which they project out
ward in attack, which action frees a
poisonous liquid contained in small
sacks at the root of the teeth. The
bite of common water, garter and milk
snakes is not poisonous, and black
snakes do not bite, but squeeze the
life from their prey. as does the anacon.
da--Denuer Tribune.
Iron County register., 1885-07-23

The leader Of the Adyentists has
hxed the last day OF the world at May
IA, 1886. Chicago Herald.
Iron County register., 1885-07-23
tCoput0ht Secured An Rights Resesred.l
Driven From Sea to Sea.
CHAPTER vI-CosT1NUEp.
Or, JUST A CAMPIN'.
By c. c. POST.

fUbLasHED By PERMISSION OF j. E. NowNEY
Co., PUBLISHERS, CHICAGO.
Iron County register., 1885-07-23

stand as wen as she how completely n
uneducated woman, married to a man
who follows some kind of manual labor
for living. is cut off from all social
and intellectual intercourse with her
kind, and how barren of all that is
beautiful and ennobling her life be-
comes.
1t is bad enough to be tied to an end
less round of household duties, even
when the mind can take occasional rest
and recreation in the perusal of a book
or paper; when sufficient taste has been
developed to induce the taking of some
interest in passing events outside OF
ones own school district: but when, as
is the case with thousands of women, no
such taste has been cultivated in girl
hood, and the seeming duties of wife
and motherhood leave no tim, to ac-
guire or devote to it at a later period.
life becomes no more than an anif1at
eXiStence-becomes a stagnant pool
across whose waters no fresh brceZes
blow; ON whose margin no fair flowers
bloom; in whose depths is mirrored no
silvery moon, no star of hope; and the
spirit which should be prepared at the
death of the body to mount to higher
planes of thought and action, finds
itself bound by chains forged on earth
chains which are not broken by the
death of the body, but must still weigh
down the soul in its efforts to mount
upward into higher and better and
holier atmosphere.
This Mrs. Parsons not only knew but
felt. and she was determined that no
sacrifice on her part should be spared.
if necessary, that her girls might receive
at least sufficient education to enable
them to take and retain positions in So
ciety with the most intelligent of the
men and women with whom they would
be likely to come in contact in the hum
BILE lives, which she expected and was
content that they should lead, as possi-
BILE wives of the coming men who were
to make the valleys and hillsides bios
som as q garden, and laugh beneath
their burdens of fruits and grains.
Iron County register., 1885-07-23
SICK FISH.

The Ailments of the Aguarium's Golden
Ornaments-How Most Owners Kill Them
With Kindness.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1885-10-21
La Fin du Monde.

La fin du monde va arriver lie Is
novembre proclaim. C'est CO que
pr6dit lie prophetic italien Leonar-
do Arentino. La dissolution com
mencera, dit-iI, le Is ct durera Is
jours: LIE premier jour, la mer de
bordera. LIE 2me jour, l'eau p6n6-
trera le sol. LIE 3me jour, le pois-
son p6rira. LIE Anne jour, mort
DIES requins, balaines, etc. LIE 5me
Jour, mort DIES oiseaux. LIE Cine
jour, renversement DIES maisons ct
6difces. LIE Tine jour, chute DIES
rochers. LIE Sine jour, tremble
ment de terre. LIE One jour, chu-
to DIES montague, (c'est I'LL peu diff
fcile.) lie lone jour, lhomme
devient muet ct sourd. LIE lime
jours, les tombeaux s'ouv1ent. LIE
lime jour, pluie d'6toiles. LIE
l3me jour, mort de tout l'humani-
to. LIE lame jour, destruction DIES
cieux ct de la terre par le feu, ct
le l5me jour, resurrection ct ju-
cement.
Ainsi nos lecteurs mont QUA
s'appreter, ST c'est vrai.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1885-10-21
L'argent aux Etats- Unis.

I'll y a plus d'argent aux Etats-
Unis au]ourd'hui qua aucune au-
tire 6poque. La population a ega-
lement augment6 dams de wastes
proportions. Scion le rapport du
c%ontroleur de la circulation, le
montant total de l'argent en- circu-
lation dams les Etats Unis est de
$1,54l, 558, lao, somme qui, divisee
entire une population de 100000
Inhabitants, donnerait environ $277
par tete L'argent en- circulation
dams le pays de 1864 a 1867 etait
entire HOO ct 1900 millions de
piastres, on environ 400 millions
de moins gu aujourd'hui ; la popu-
lation a l'6poque n'6tait que de
35,OOO,O 900 ct la r6partition par tete
aurait 6t6 de $28.5O en- 1864, $685.
"a en- 1865, 1913. 60 en- 1866 ct $29.58
en- 1867.
En- 1873, la circulation de Far
gent Sc trouva r6duite a $50 mil
lions, soft $2l.32 par tete d'habi-
tant. L'usage DIES cheques ct DIES
mandats, avec les differences me-
rhodes employees pour faciliter les
transactions, ont pris la place de
l'argent en- grande mesure. Mails
REIMBURSEMENT de la population
demande IN plus fort volume de
la circulation mon6taire.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1885-10-21

"A MORT.

La cour siegeant a Battleford,
(T.N-O.), a pronounce q la fin de
Septembre quatre condamnations
a mort en- rapport avec les troubles
REGENTS du Nord-O Quest.
LIE premier a comparative a 6te
10 savage l'Esprit Voyageur. II a
fat une confession complete.
ii subira la peine de ses crimes
le ~ novembre proclaim.
Les sauvages Charles Ducharme
dit Charlebois, Dressy Man lie Fa-
raud) ct Yeux-B rillants ont ensui-
comparu sur accusation d'avoir as
sassin6 une vieille femme folle ap-
partenant a la nation DIES Girls.
Cttte femme, parait-il, etait CO que
les sauvages appellent witigo.
lie ury rapporte un verdict de
meurtre contre Charlebois ct lie
Faraud, ct d'homicide volontaire
sans generalization Granddaughter
contre Y ux- Brillants. Les deuS
premiers seront pendus q la meme
date que lEsprit Voyageur, ct le
dernier est condamn6 q vingt ans
de detention au penitencier de Ma
nitoha.
Dams lu cause de Louison Mon
grain, accuse d'avoir a~ssassin6 IN
nomm9 Cowan de la police 9 che
val, au fort Pitt, les t6moignages
suont quelque peu contradictoires.
Deux sauvages, le Bmuf qui-Ap-
pelle ct le e rs-du-Soleil, deposent
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1885-10-21
LIE Saskatchewan Herald annon

J. LIE Saskatchewan Herald annon-
CO que, depuis quelque temps, GER
taines personnes, dams les environs
do Battleford, excitent les sauva-
ges a la r6volte, en- leur promet-
tant le secours de leurs fr6res du
sud ct de l'ouest. Tete d'Ours, un
des chefs Stoneys, a laiss6 sa re-
serve. On croft quill est allie Sc
fxer q un endroit on il peut COM
muniquer avec les m6contents du
du sud ct de louest. Certains
6missaires s'efforcent en- meme
temps de soulever les sauvages des
environs du fort Pitt.
LIS leurs conseillent de Sc diriger
vers pOuest, leur distant que lie
commencement les GRANT ct n'osera
pas les punir.
A Prince Albert, la meme @u-
vre i~nfernale s'accomplit. On dit
aux sauvages que six officers anne
ricains 6tant allies demander la
mise en- libert6 de Riel, OF a aussi-
tot acc6d6 a leur demande.
Scion certaiEes personnes, Ga
briel Dumont est actuellement q
la tete de 1900 hommes ct Sc pre-
pare a marcher sur lie Canada. On
exag6re aussi lie nombre des blancs
morris dams les derniers troubles.
Toutes ces histories font une
telle impression sui l'esprit des
sauvages qu'on s'attend q I'm nou-
veau soulAvement.
L'honnetet6 la plus scrupuleuse
ct une activit6 incessante de la
part DIES employees du gouverne-
ment pourront seules conjurer un
d6sastre.