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Iron County register., 1886-05-27
Frogs in Winter.

Among the many creatures that
sleep in the winter are the frogs, with
their two very long hind legs, short
fore legs, and with big black eyes on
each side of their very big mouths.
When the cold days come. and the
water begins to freeze in the pond,
the frogs know that it is time to go to
bed for all winter. Down they 60,
and their families with them, to the
bottom; then they beg in to dig with
their long hind feet into the soft mud.
They work themselves down into, their
beds backward, until at last they are
covered under the mud, all except the
tips of their noses. There they, go to
Sleep. After awhile they have an ice
spread over them and they can. sleep
safely all winter. They do not get
hungry all this time.
After awhile spring comes, and the
sun grows bright and warm. Jack
Frost carries away their covering, and
old Father Frog begins to push his
nose up out of the mud until his ears
are uncovered. Then he nudges Moth
er Frog. '.Wake upr' he says. Don't
you: hear every body busy up thereP"
And oh! how sleepy she is. poor thing!
But he had tried the water and found
it warm, and they must not rest any
longer
By this time the young frogs, are
awake, and with a sudden push they
go like streak through the water.
Pretty SOON ap around the edges of the
pond you can hear the ''Peep, peep"
that tells us spring has come.-Mrs.. g.
Hall, i,s> Osr Little Ones.
Iron County register., 1886-05-27
GROWING PIGS.
Precautions to Be Taken In the Feeding
of Hogs on Farms.

Precautions to Be Taken In the Feeding
of Hogs on Farms.
The hog has usually been fed as if he
We're capable of digesting all that could
be crammed into his stomach, and he
has been treated as if he were as hardy
as wild boar, and could endure ex-
tremes of heat, cold, filth and neglect.
Now, the hog can only digest a certain
amount of food within given time,
and when he has eaten too much he suf-
fers in consequence, and especially if
the food is of kind not adapted to his
requirement. His digestive organs can
be disarranged as easily as can those of
the horse. and filth taken into the sys-
tenn will cause him to become diseased,
the same as is peculiar to humans. The
accepted theory regarding cholera now
is that it is a form of typhoid fever, and
if this is true there is but one conclusion
to arrive at, which is that filth is at the
bottom of the difficulty. The eating of
filth is bad enough, but the drinking, of
filthy water is worse, as the animal is
then thirsty. and the filth, being in a
soluble condition, is at once carried to
every portion Of the body. The sup
position that the kidneys cause the inn
purities to be eliminated is true only
when the animal is in a healthy condi-
ton. If the surroundings are filthy, the
pores of the body will be closed.
If, in feeding hogs. the farmer will
abandon the practice OF attempting to
keep them in an. excessively fat condi-
ton while they are growing. he will
find that they will entail less labor of
management and be more thrifty, while
the excellent health in which he will
find them when ready for being fat
tened will enable them to- take on
more fat, and at less cost, than to-
keep them fat the whole year.. All that
is required with growing pigs is to af-
ford them variety Of food and Keep
their quarters clean. Above all, give
them as much fresh water as they can
drink. If slop is fed place it in a
trough where it will be eaten up clean
instead of being scattered about to fer
ment. Slop is not really filthy food.
1t is only when it is in a state of decom-
position, and filled with diseased germs
that it becomes injurious, but to compel
pigs to eat where they have deposited
manure, or to drink water that has been
impregnated with the same, will cause
disease to break out in any herd
Farm, Field and Stockmam.
Iron County register., 1886-05-27
SNAG-BOAT NO. SIX.
The Largest Craft of It's Kind Afioat in
American Waters.

The Largest Craft of It's Kind Afioat in
American Waters.
Down on the Allegheny wharf, to-
ward the point, there lies a veritable
monster in the way of steel-hulled YES
sci. For months great corps of work
men have been engaged in putting this
monarch of the interior waters into
shape, and in a few days she will be
launched and taken to st. Louis tocom-
piete her rigging. The vessel in ques-
ton is the new steel-hulled snag-boat,.
which has been built by a Pittsburgh
firm for the United States Government,
The vessel will be the largest snag-boat
afioat in American waters. 1t wasbuilt
under the direction of Major A. M. Mil
ler, of the United States corps of engin-
eers, and the work was superintendent
by Captain E. F. White. 1t has cost
S57, 900 to build, and weighs about four
hundred tons. By means of the, appar-
atus with which the vessel is to- be pro-
vided, she can readily lift an obstruc-
ton of one hundred tons weight from
the bottom of the river. The boat is
called the Charles r. Sutor, snag-boat
No. 6, and will ply along the Lower
Ohio, Mississippi and Missouri rivers,
her crew consisting of forty-three men.
The vessel Is of the pattern known as.
the twin-bow snag-boat. She is 1877
feet long from stem to transonl, 50 feet
beam, exclusive of guard, and Is feet
over the guards. The hold is z feet
deep amidships, and the stems, or two
bows, 80 feet apart, at distance OF %
feet from the boarding line of the stem.
Measured directly aft, she is feet IL
inches apart, and the top side is united
by transom 16 inches deep. Aft OF
where the forward transom ends in
single hull she is 4S feet 10 inches
wide. Her rudders are hung on a YER
tical skeg on the outward side Of each
transom. The after-rake end is II feet
inches forward of the transon. Be-
tween the double bows there is built a
wooden beam plated with iron 34 Of an
inch thick. There are three longi-
tudinal bulkheads-one in line of each
stem and one midway between them
There is cross-bulkhead aft of the
stern, and three bulkheads entirely
across the boat, In addition there is
Iron County register., 1886-05-27
OFFENSIVE PARTiSANSHIP.

How the Clerk of New York Federal
Court Undertook to Facilitate the Manu-
facture of Republican Voters.
The account given in another col
umn of facts brought to light by an ex-
animation instituted by the Department
of Justice into the affairs of the office
of Mr.. Samuel w. Lyman, clerk of the
United States Court for the Southern
district of New York, throws a strange
light upon the relations of Federal ot1i-
clalism and Republican campaign man.
agement. Among several charges
brought against Mr.. Lyman, there is
one which this very serviceable official
can neither explain away nor excuse.
His letters and statements are SO ex-
plicit that they not only place his guilt
beyond doubt, but they show in the
clearest light the completely of the Re-
publican managers in the last cam
paign.
This interesting custodian of the
records of a United States Court
agreed with the Republican Executive
Committee to furnish papers to all
than half the regular fees, and after
mittee for the whole lump. Not only
is this collusive arrangement suggest
i've of voting urgency and various pos
sibilities of haste and zeal, but it is
clearly contrary to the express provis-
ions of the revised statutes. But, in
view of the continuance of the old re-
gime, this probably seemed a small
matter to the Republican managers
and the Republican clerk of court.
Mr.. Lyman's case is now undergoing
investigation in the Treasury Depart
ment. 1t may possibly be found that,
in his zeal for his party, he has in
cured the penalty of violated law;
but in any case it would seem that his
official head should be in immediate
danger, if the phrase ''offensive parti-
sanship," with all that it implies, has
not fallen into ''innocuous desuetude."
WASHINGTON Post.
Iron County register., 1886-05-27
believed the prize within his grasp. II

believed the prize within his grasp. II
he conceives the consummation of the
ambition of his life to be in the range
of the possibilities, he will accept the
nomination, if rendered. If to his
practiced eye Republican triumph ap-
pears out of the question, as now seems
probable, he will resolutely decline to
serve as the standard bearer of an
army doomed in advance to irretriey-
able defeat. Mr.. Blaine has always
been regarded as a sharp and shrewd
politician. With all his sharpness and
shrewdness, however, he learned some
valuable lessons in the last campaign,
and one of these was that Presidential
candidacy, unless a reasonable chance
of success is involved. is not thing to
be coveted or willingly accepted.
Meanwhile. the opponents and sup
pOrters of Mr. Blaine are not inclined
to permit him to rest, even though he
were desirous of withdrawing altogether
from political association. Discussions
of his availability or unavailability go
forward with increasing earnestness
and frequency. The Independent Re-
publicans who antaeonized him in 1884
announce their readiness to repeat the
operation in 1888, should he again en-
ter the lists. The Blaine Republicans
insist that he would be stronger two
years hence than any nominee who
could be submitted; that the fire of ac-
cusation has been withdrawn, and that
he can concentrate the party forces and
attract outside recruits to an extent
that no other Republican could hope
for. That these considerations are to
be debated for many months to come
is an accepted fact in politics. In the
interval of discussion it is not probable
that Mr. Blaine's hold on his party
will be broken or ioosened. His con-
tinued ascendency renders futile for
the time being the aspirations of Lo-
gan, Hoar, John Sherman and their
compatriots. 1t effectually shelves Ed
munds and every other anti-Blaine Re-
publican as Presidential quantity. 1t
will enable Mr.. Blaine to nominate
himself in the next Presidential strug-
gle, if he desires the nomination. 1t
will, in all human probability, empow-
er him to dictate the nomination of his
favorite candidate, if he does not desire
it for himself. In fact, Mr.. Blaine is
obviously the boss of his party at this
hour. But his party is not the country,
and nomination. as Mr.. Blaine very
well knows, is not invariably equivalent
to an election.-Brooklyn Eagle.
Iron County register., 1886-05-27

tboueht of the fact that in many locali.
ties a price is set on the little feathered
beauties, that they are trapped by the
thousands and sometimes actually
skinned alive, that their plumage may
look the richer for your adornment'
Won could not wear bird at such
price.
Once had lovely fan OF swans
down. with a robin red-breast mount
ed on the center. The robin, stuffed In
very life-like manner, and with his lit
tie mouth open, seemed just ready TO
sing, and, the fan having been gilt,
kept it as parlor ornament with
some pride. One day tender-hearted
baby girl, three years old, was looking
at nv fan, when suddenly the little
lips ouivered and the brown eyes filled
with tears. I wondered a moment at
the grieving look, and was very much
touched when the little one said: ''Poor
birdie! The last song came froo here!
pointing with her tiny finger at the
open bill
When we think what glad, buoyant
life a birds life is, and remember the
sweetness the birds bring to our homes,
the melody they make in the morning,
the sweet haunting vespers which dream
away and faint in silence in the sum-
mer dusk, we can not feel happy in re-
flecting that for a caprice of fashion
the song-birds are murdered by whole
sale.
Do not forget that you as an individ-
ual. Kate, Allie, Grace, Mabel, Emile,
can do something to make this barbar-
GUS style thing of the past. Refuse
TO adorn yourself with dead bird.
The power of the unit is never more
visibly shown than in quiet persist
ence in doing right and making a
wrong unpopular. If girls decide
against it this style of cruelty will
cease to be profitable. .-hatelli9e'scer.
Iron County register., 1886-05-27
A NOBLE QUALITY.
Self-Contro1 the Source of All Real Power
and True Happiness.

Self-Contro1 the Source of All Real Power
and True Happiness.
If there is one habit. which, above all
others, is deserving of culture, it is that
of seif-control. In fact, it includes so
much that is of value and Importance in
life, that it may almost be said that, in
proportion to its power, does the man
obtain his manhood and the woman her
womanhood. The ability to identify
self with the highest parts of nature, and
to bring all the lower parts into subjec-
ton, or rather to draw them all upward
into harmony with the best that we
know, is the one central power which
supplies vitality to all the rest. How to
develop this in the child may well absorb
the energy of every parent; how to cul-
tivate it in himself may we'll employ the
wisdom and enthusiasm of every youth.
Yet it is no mysterious OF compile
Gated path that leads to this goal.
The habit of self-control is but the
accumulation of continued acts of self
denial for a worthy object; it is but the
repeated authority of the reason over the
impulse, of the judgment over the in
clinations, of the sense of duty over the
deslreS. lie VINO has acquired this habit,
who can govern himself intelligently.
without painful efforts, and without any
fear of revolt from his appetites and
passions, has within him the source of
all real power and of all true happi-
ness. The force and energy which he
has put forth day by day and hour by
hour is not exhausted, nor even dimin-
ished; on the contrary, it has increased
by use, and become stronger and keener
by exercise; and although it has already
completed its work in the past, it is still
well-tried, true and powerful weapon
for future conflicts in higher regions
Farm and Fireside.
Iron County register., 1886-05-27

Interest Revived in the Fearful Crouch
Murder in jackson County, Michigan
Evidence Discovered Pointing Directly to
Jud Crouch the Assassin-The Blood
of Eunice White viii Not Lie Still.
JACKSON, Mich, May 19.-Excitement
over the Crouch-family- murder mystery
has been much intensified by the report
that the bloOd-dyed garments, found in
stump on the Crouch line fence Monday
by Gilbert Wilson, bore marks pointing
to a well-knOwn farmer as the murderer,
or at least the garments belonged to and
were once worn by him. This man is
Jud Crouch, relative OF the murde red
family, who has long been suspected of
the crime and who is now under indict-
mcnt. In a former trial it was proven
that certain tracks leading away from the
Inflated Crouch house were made by Jud
Crouch's peculiar boots, Jud being lame
and unable to disguise his footsteps if he
wished. 1t may be only a coincidence
that the stump in which Wilson yester-
day found the bloody clothing is on a
direct line with these tracks, but in the
present state of popular excitement the
fact is not regarded that way.
The evidence at the trial of Ellen Shan
non, Holcomb's hired girl at the time of
the murder, was TO the enecC tnat the
bloody garment in a trunk in Jud's room
at HolcOmb's house had disappeared.
Jud claimed to have had the nose-bleed
on the morning of the murder, but after
that denied ali knowledge of the shirt
when it had disappeared. Miss Shan
non has been shown the clothing, and
positively asserts the shirt is the same
one she saw hidden behind the chest on
the morning after the murder. Prose-
cutOr Blair has no doubt the clothes
were worn by the murderer of the Crouch
family. The white shirt bears evidence
of having been torn in the struggle and
the theory of the prosecution has always
been that Eunice White, murdered
with the family, had made a desperate
struggle for her life, and the supposition
is that the shirt was worn by the man
who killed her. One thing which goes to
prove that the clothing was not bloodied
in q natural way is that the shirt has
blood on the inside of the sleeve. This
looks as if it had spurted up there. Be-
sides all this, there are other marks OF
identification, which the prosecution
wisely refrains just now from making
public. Blair. the prosecuting attorney,
was formerly Governor of Michigan, and
is a clear, cool-headed lawyer of great
ability. He lays the utmost Importance
on the "find," and confidently says the
foal mystery will soon be cleared up.
Iron County register., 1886-05-27
BALLOONS IN WAR.
Importance of Navigable Air-Ships in the
Strategic Service.

Importance of NavigabIe Air-Ships in the
Strategic Service.
1t is, probable as an engine Of war
that navigable balloon will first assert
its Importance, and in that respect it is
hard to see. how its value can be over
estimated. Reviewing very shortly the
valuable use that has been already made
of captive RI. G. attached by rope to-
the earthl and of free balloons, Fl. e..
balloons floating at the mercy of such
currents as, ait different strata of the
atmosphere, they may happen to en-
counter, we can scarcely fail to be inl-
pressed by the infinite value of a navi-
gable balloon, if only as a means OF re-
connoissanoe- The use of the captive
balloons for this purpose is byno means
of recent date. In Marshal Jordan 8
campaign in 1894. at Fleurus. notwith-
standing high wind, two most useful
observ ations of from three to four hours
duration were made. The French
admit that these bad great
moral effect in encouraging their
own men and dispiriting the
enemy, who felt that their posi-
tions and the movements Of their troops
could not be concealed. Again, in tho
italian campaign OF 1859 the French
made use of ballons- The eronaut God
dard was employed and reeonnoitered
most usefully from a Montgolfier the
day before Solferino. General McClel-
han. in the civil war in America, found
the intelligence given to him on the 4th
of October. 1861, by the aronaut La
Mountain, of the utmost Importance"
On ascending from the camp he had
boldly cut the retaining rope. rose to a
height'of one and half miles and float
ed over the enemy's lines, being ''ena-
bled to make perfect observation of
their position and their movements
By changing his altitude he got back
with favorable current and made his
highly valued report. During the whole
of the battle of Chickahominy the Gem
eral held successful telegraphic commu-
nicaton with Prof. loves balloon,
which safely hovered over the enemy's
lines at an altitude of two thousand feet.
--BlackWood's NaQaztae.
Iron County register., 1886-05-27
LITTLE CROSSES.
Hbw3to Rise Above Carking Cares and
Troublesome Worries.

Hbw3to Rise Above Carxing Cares and
Troublesome Worries.
1t is the petty cares in our everyday
wear away the youth and sweetness
that ought to be a part of each heart
and life.. When great trouble comes
ora sore grief, even the weakest soul
can gather strength to meet it. To
most. natures severe Affections are
humbling and refining, but there is
n othing heroic in bearing the petty,
wearing cares and crosses that come to
us,daily.. Yet there is a lesson in every
one if we heed it.
Last week, while trying to make
'"auld cloes look as weel as new," I
was surrounded with old garments,
for her tram. We lived opposite. the
depot, and the rude waiting-rooml was
filled with loungers. I had to assume
a,courtesy, for l thought her coming
an intrusion, but she talked to me so
pleasantly, and showed me how to
clean black goods of all description in
so simple manner, thatI had to thank
her for her coming.
When mother is absent, and orery
thing goes wrong, or we feel it n bore
to receive visits from dull or old. peo-
pie, it might be well for us to renaem-
ber there are few persons who can not
help us in some way. Sometimes, when
the tired feet have gone all day long,
and the headaches are almost unen-
durable. it is hard to bear. the little
sneaking cares that come to us, but
blessed be the one who can treat the
chance visitor with courtesy. and catch
all the wisdom that may fall in his
way. lt is one way to rise above the
icarking cares and troublesome worries
that beset us.-Ella N. Guernsey, in
ST.. Lozlas Magazine.
Iron County register., 1886-05-27
AN ISLAND HOME.

Senator Fairs Scheme for the Removal
of the Apa aches to Place Where They
Will BE Well OFF and Can Do No Harm.
Senator Fair, of Nevada, has written
the following letter to the Secretary of
the Interior, setting forth q plan for
the settlement of the Apache question:
UNITED STATES SENATE. WASHINGTON, D.
c., April l0.-L. O. c. Lamar, SecletdrU Of the
IHteri0r-DEAR SIR: l inclose the pamphlet
of which spoke to you yesterday. by exam
lining the map you will see the exact position
and too far from the shore for any ordinary
boat to reach it. My idea is that if the
Apaches were put on this III island : they s would Ia
needed would be a small steam tender and
crew to run between the island and the port
cation and supply. This would, in my opin-
ion. set the Apache question at rest forever.
would save the country many valuable lives
title to the island is perfect. As near as can
remember the price asked by the owners is
to the location of the island the climate is as
mild and sal ubriOus as can be found anywhere
upon my suggestion as to the value of this
island for the purpose named shall be glad
at any time to go more into detail with you
upon the subject. am yours very truly,
JAMES 6. r AIR.
Senator Fair when spoken to upon
the subject said that he really believed
the Indians would be pleased with
Santa Catalina after they got there, al
though they might possibly fight
against going. The island is situated
in the Pacific Ocean, about twenty-five
miles southwest of Los Angeles. The
climate, he said, is delightful and the
fishing excellent. Should this island
be purchased and the Indians placed
thereon it will forever put an end to
the annual summer raids of these In
dians upon the unprotected white set
tiers and their families, and the Gov
ernment should take some steps in this
direction looking to the protection of
its citizens. Washington dispatch.
Iron County register., 1886-05-27

bulkhead 100 feet from the stern, where
the engine-room will be located. These
bulkheads are water-tight, dividing the
boat into twenty-one compartments.
From the decks on each of the bows
provision has been made to carry an
immense pair of spear-poles with the
necessary tackle for lifting fifty tons.
The guards are II feet 9 inches wide
amidship. Over the well formed by
the two bows there is built frame
work carrying heavy windlass capa-
BILE of raising 100 tons dead weight
Pittsburgh Dispatch.
Iron County register., 1886-05-27
READING FOR THE YOUNG.
DO AT ONCE.

Some little folks are apt to say,
When asked their task to touch:
Ill put it off, at least, to-day
1t can not matter much"
Time is always on the wing:
You can not stop its flight;
Then do at once your little taskss
You'll happier be at night
But little duties still put of
Will end in Never done;"
And by and by is time enough"
Has ruined many q one.
We'll Spring.
Iron County register., 1886-05-27
A BARBAROuS FASHION.

A Style of Cruelty Which Girls May De-
eide Against and Render Improbable.
Iwish [ could persuade you, dear
girls, never to wear bird on your hat,
nor even bright wing to set off your
rosy cheeks. If you realized how the
cruelty of fashion which trims ladies'
bonnets with song-birds is robbing the
groves and woods of their music; if you
Iron County register., 1886-05-27

ic appointments have been made by
the President lately, of which the Sc
lection of Mr.. Hendrix, as postmaster
at Brooklyn, is fair example. This
aspect of the situation ought to elate
the Democracy and need not CORE
spondingly depress the Mugwump. He
has had his innings, and it is thought
by many has Tapped over little upon
the straightout-and-outer.-W Washing-
ton Post