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The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-07-23
Intentions Of the Gladstone Cabin ct.

At an informal meeting OF the cabinet
recently Mr.. Gladstone SPOKE in favor OF
immediate resignation and was supported
by Earl Spencer and Mr.. Morley. Sir Will
liam Harcourt, Mr.. Childers, Mr.. Camp
bell Bannerman and Sir Farrer Herschel
were in favor OF challenging vote OF the
house OF commons on motion afir ming
the principle OF home rule for Ireland.
Subsequently, at dinner. Mr.. Gladstone
stated that he had infiexibly decided
to resign and conduct an uucompromis-
ing opposition. In this decision Sir Will
liam Harcourt and Mr.. Childers then con-
Cured. Lord Harrington and Sir Henry
James have definitely declined to join a
coalition ministry. Lord Salisbury's offer
to make the duke OF Argyle premier was
contingent upon Lord Hartingtons join
ing the coalition, and OF course is now
withdrawn. The duke Of Argyle will
probably be made viceroy OF Ireland,
~ith Mr.. Stanhope as secretary.
j. J.. Armstrong. employed in depot ho-
tel, at Norfolk, Neb quarreled with Ella
Manship, diningroom girl. and struck her
with kniIe. cutting cash below her eve.
She then threw tumbler at him and il
was smashed against his head While he
was reoing from the effect Of Che blow, she
threw another tumbler with the same ef-
feet, knocking him to the floor, crushing his
skull.
w. u. Sheldon OF Massachusetts Is elect
ed president OF the National Educational
association at Topeka, Kan.
The stave factory of Syrne a Jones at
Appleton, WIS, burned; loss $4,000; in
surance S12, 900.
Twenty-Five horses were killed and sever
al men were injured by the wrecking oil Fore
raugh,s circus train near Yoosaborough
Ne.
Admiral Franklin, y. .S n. and the Off
GERS oI the squadron were presented to the
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-07-23

The belief now is, that congress will
not adjourn before the first ofAugust.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-02-25
A VALUABLE MAGNET.

Some of the Tate Prof. Henry's Histosfo
Apparatus.
Among the many valuable and his
toric pieces Of apparatus about the col
lege are several instruments which
were invented and used by the late
Prof. Henry in his experiments on
electricity. In one Of the laboratories
of the School of Science may be found
his ..big Magnet as it is called,
mounted on large frame, which,
when charged with electricity by means
of his ''big battery" of one cell, was
capable of lifting thirty-three hundred
pounds. He afterwards made one of
nearly the same size and capacity for
Yale, which has been in constant use
there until within few years, when it
was laid aside, and is now preserved
among other relics of the college. Prof
Henry's large magnetic globe, made
partly of wood, constructed so as to
show the electric currents of the earth
and the dipping of the needle, together
with the galvanometers, coils, electro
magnets and recorders, are of special
interest and peculiar historical value.
In the E. M. Museum also there are
several pieces of apparatus worthy Of
mention. not made, however, by Prof.
Henry, among which we note a mag
netometer used by Humboldt in South
America, an original Fahrenheit Their
mometer, large collection of barome-
tiers and three sections of the Atlantic
telegraph cable. Such relics are spec
tally invaluable among the large col
lections the college already has. -
Pyi1acetouian 80 &a 81 tsit n -
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-02-25

! il melted over i charcoal fire In plume
haeo orueibles to q certain heat. known
| to the adept by the appearance OF the
surface of the molten metal; IS
poured into cast-iron molds, forming
bars of about seventy ounces each.
These bars are heated over forge
fire Of charcoal and worked on the
anvil by hammer and sledge, precisely
as, iron or steel is worked, or are rolled
into plates or ribbons. Occasional an
nealings are necessary to prevent
cracking.
The ribbon for the ordinary teaspoon
is four and half inches long by three
eighths. of an inch wide. When rolled,
a blank of two and quarter inches Is
heightened to four and half inches,
to thin it down to spoon thickness. Be
fore rolling or hammering. silver ID
very nearly as soft as lead; but with
these mechanical processes it can be
made hard and rigid. Good springs can
be made of silver hammered or rolled.
To form the bowl of the teaspoon,
the bar, of three-eighths OF an inch
wide and less than three thirty-sec-
ondths of an inch thick, is hammered
flat on an anvil with a browning face
until the workman has spread it into
an oval, which is much thinner in the
middle than at the edges, as the edges
are to receive the bulk of the wear.
The handles are formed also by the
hammer. sass
4 The curvature of the bowl is pro-
duced by repeated ''coaxing" blows by
a steel punch and die of cast compo-
sition Of lead and tin. No file-dressing
is employed on the faces of the spoon;
only the edges are fle-dressed to form.
From the anvil and the die the spoons
come to hand-smoothing with Scotch
gray stones and polishing by stiff
brushes, generally revolving brushes
charged with ''grits' and oil. Burnish-
ing is the finish of spoons as Of all
ali bright silver goods.-Pamsy.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-02-25
A USEFUL FISH.
The Carp and Its Marvellous Adaptation
to Environment.

The Carp and Its Marvellous Adaptation
to Environment. vt,, AL
Some amphibious habits ON the part
of certain tropical fish are easy enough
to explain by the fashionable clue of
adaptation to environment" Ponds
are always very likely to dry up, and
so the animals that frequent ponds are
usually capable of bearing very long
deprivation of water. Indeed, our ev-
olutionists generally hold that land
animals have in every case sprung from
pond animals which have gradually
adapted themselves to do without water
altogether Life, according to this theo-
nv, began in the ocean, spread up the
estuaries into the greater rivers, thence
extended to the brooks and lakes, and
finally migrated to the ponds, puddles,
swamps and marshes, whence it took
at last, by tentative degrees, to the
solid shore, the plains and the mount
aims. Certainly the tenacity of life
shown by pond ANIMALS is very re-
markable. English carp bury them
selves deeply in the mud in winter,
and there remain in dormant condi-
ton many months entirely without
food. During this long ALTERNATING
period they can be preserved alive for
a considerable time out of water, es-
pecially if their gtlls are, from time to
time, slightly moistened. They may
then be sent to any address, by par
GELS post, packed in wet moss, without
serious damage to their constitution;
though, according to DR.. Gunther,
these dissipated products of civiliza-
ton prefer to have a piece of bread
stepped in brandy put into their
mouths to sustain them beforehand.
In Holland, where the carp are not so
sophisticated, they are often kept the
whole winter. being hung up in net
to keep them from freezing. At first they
require to be slightly wetted from time
to time, just to acclimatize them grad
ually to SO dry an existence; but after
awhile they adapt themselves cheer
fully to their altered circumstances,
and feed on an occasional frugal meal
of bread and milk with Christian resig-
nation.-CogaahiU MaQGzi7.e
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-02-25

Western Union and with every selfish
or reckless force inimical to the Adj
ministration, started out with the ex-
plicit menace that it would politically
kill any public man who dared to chal-
lenge its prerogatives or obstruct its
designs. Its entire crusade is aimed to
divert attention from the true issue. 1t
pointed a thousand fingers at Garland
and with thousand voices-mostly
venal exclaimed: ssThis is Credit Mo
bilierism over again. He holds stock
in the rival concern. 1t is a fragrant
scandal in high places. Let this suit be
tried before the ordinary tribunals.
1t seems to be legitimate criticism
and plausible proposition, but what
does it really imply? No single rival
company nor combination of companies
can in an ordinary civil process test the
fundamental point involved that of
alleged fraud. Furthermore, the ex-
isting monopoly with it's income of
millions and it's comparatively trivial
expenses can afford to prolong an
ordinary suit for years, perhaps in
definitely, and in the meantime can ex-
act heavier and heavier tribute from
public which has no redress. The
telephone has become in cities a COM
mercial necessity, yet inventors are
barred out from improving it un.
less they dispose of their improvements.
to the hungry octopus holding
the original patents. Why so fero-
ciously resist a fair, speedy and final
test of the validity of that patent? This
IS view of the matter that has begun
to impress itself on some of our most
vehement contemporaries during the
past few days. Nobody has yet had
the hardihood to even insinuate that
Secretary Lamar was influenced in his
decision by any improper motive. They
do not even attack Garland except by
implication. He simply did what any
upright judge would do under similar
circumstances-he refused to act in a
case in which he was personally inter-
ested.
Let Garland 60 or stay as may be,
the Government is responsible for the
existence of the Bell monopoly, and the
Government must, with reasonable
proof of fraud set before it, review its
own action. This is the pith of the
case-N 7. Graphic.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-02-25
WILL JOIN ISSUE.

The Republican Senators in Caucus--They
Resolve to Join Issue With the President
and See Who Is Master of the Situation
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.-There was a
caucus of Republican Senators this morn.
ing. The session was not of great length,
but was productive of decisive action.
A series of three resolutions was sub
mitted by Mr.. Edmunds: l. Expressing
the opinion of the caucus that the action
of the Attorney-General in refusing to
furnish information called for by the Sem
ate committee on judiciary in relation to
suspended officials, no matter what his
motives ma5 have been, is repre-
hensible. 2. Declaring that in cases
where nominations have been made
to FIJI vacancies created by removals,
and heads of departments refuse
to furnish the Senate with information
called for, nominee shall be rejected. g..
Condemning the action of the admins
tration in removing ex-Union soldiers
and sailors and appointing in their places
civilians.
There was considerable discussion
over the resolutions, but they were
adopted, and Mr.. Edmunds was instruct
ed to report them to the Senate to-day,
when they will come up for debate.
1t has been decided that the resolutions
adopted by the Republican Senators in
their caucus this morning, shall be SUBJ
mitted to the judiciary committee before
they are reported to the Senate.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-02-25
BARGAINING.
he stGy Told by tho Keeper II . Penn

The stGy Told by the Keeper - Penn
~ z syivanis Asylum. en
I'D 1--WE had in a little old. man, whose
nut had been cracked by the law" said
the keeper in the Pennsylvania asylum.
II don't know who he took me for, but
he got the notion that had some pa
pers which I was holdin' over him, and
which would spoil his case. And every
day he'd come to me and make an Of
fer for the papers. I would pretend i
had 'em, but always wanted more'n
he'd offer. One morning he came into
my room as usual, an said: Come,
now, say four hundredf' s..xF =.
"sJudge,' says (we called him
judge, you know my price--five hum
dred or not z cent; there am, take me
or leave me-.
as Four hundred and fifty says he.
Is. Five hundred from me firm as a
rock .ss.'
"Now, look here my FRIEND says he.
4 give you warning that this is your
last chance. Tomorrow those papers
won't be worth that to me- And he
snaps his fingers, and off he goes in q
horrible rage. Next morning he was
found hanging by the neck in his room.
He had killed himself to spite me.n---,
Detroit Free Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-02-25
HOW TO GET CREDIT.
A Man About Town Tells How He Manages
to Run Bills.

A Man About Town Tells How He Manages
to Run Bills.
''1t is easy enough to get credit in New
York" said tall and solemn-looking
young man, as he sat carelessly twirling
a glass of vermuth in his hand and star
ing at the other loungers in belmont
co.'s. "Look at me, for instance. BY
carefully acting part for the past three
years, and looking after effects with
great thoughtfulness. I have succeeded
in establishing myself so that I am al
most as well known about New York as
many of the sons of old New York fam
lilies. To begin with, never spent much
money for clothes. This is really the
secret of success, for when a youngish
man wears lots of clothes people may
swell, but they are much more likely to
conclude that he has won a small pot OF
money at the races, at faro, or in Oil,
and is spending it all in buying fashy
attire
81 brought dress suit to New York
with me, had the trousers taken in a bit
and the waist-coat cut in horseshoe
fashion, and / hadn't been here week
Oc1oTo Hd0 1dllou IubO Tue ubUlb VI
wearing it every night. It is habit I
have never allowed myself to break. At
six O'Clock every night of my, life, when
/ get home from business, pull off my
working trousers, take my bath, shave
myself and put on evening dress. live
in q clearinghouse, for the very good
and substantial reason that it is the most
economical mode of life in New York.
] know that it is not at all proper, but
then it is SO much more easy to get
along. / was careful to pick out a
house where there was only one other
boarder, SO that there is only one man
to advertise the fact that do not occupy
an expensive suite of apartments. /
have resolutely paid my board in adj
vance every week hnOe ! have been in
the house. ia
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-02-25
READING FOR, THE YOUNG.
GONE TO SCHOOL.

Where is our merry hearted baby? lH
How strange the silence seems! 3s
Where Is helm the land of mischief,
Or in the land of dreams? s,56ts5ssss
Tying the reins of patient Rover9
Coaxing PuSS with spOoR ss
All, me! how slowly we remember:
Baby has gone to school. a.
Here at home he began his letters,
Finished with K, y, q, 6stssE5
And conquered tho naturalization table
AS far as the three times three."
Then papa laughed, and suggested shyly:
Mamma forgpts one rule,
Babies must learn to be more than babies,
And so they must go to school,.
Well we recall the September morning.
When our sturdy, little man
Kissed us goodbye, in the pleasant sun
shine,
And the growing-up began
Looking back, he cheerily shouted,
As we watched from the doorway cool: ~
"Gooa-bye folksesi I'll come and see you
By'm'by, after school" t
Many a tale he finds to tell us,
Mingled In smiles and tears. t-a+S
Braveiy his heart goes out to the future,
Untouched by doubts and fears.
Yet we know life holds harder lessons
Than those from book or tool.
All, time! deal gently with us and baby,
Till we all are home from school,
Leslie Hafte, in Chicago Advance.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-02-25
CATTLE-REARING.
Sensible Advice as to How to Get q Valuable
Herd.


Herd.
Begin where your means will justify.
If you can not afford to buy the results
of other men who have bred up from
mediocrity, then begin with mediocrity.
If you can afford to buy good grades,
then do so. If you can afford to buy
the pedigreed animals; and know good
ones from bad ones, be sure that the
best will pay best. But be sure you
know what is the difference between a
native and grade, between a good
grade and thoroughbred. Few know
these things well. Most think they
know them thoroughly. 1t takes longer
to learn how to raise a calf well than to
learn how to draw an Indictment that
will hold. We know this because we
have seen good papers drawn by a young
lawyer, while no young farmer has COM
passed the ms and outs. the handling,
feeding breeding and elevation beyond
it's ancestors of young animal. Much
that is written by sidewalk farmers is
misleading. They tell you often that a
grade to breed from is better than some
thoroughbreds. This may be SO, but
we never personally knew of such q
case. Let US illustrate. We have three
hundred grade steers and one thorough
bred steer. This thoroughbred was the
meanest, runtiest, most ill-favored beast
in a large herd of thoroughbred Short
horns. Its owner made steer of him
and we bought him. Inside of six
months on our good grass he filled up,
leveled out, and now looks away be-
vond half-breeds, three-quarter breeds,
seven-eighth breeds and ffteen-sixteenth
breeds. rafs ag#t
Breed steadily. Do not be tempted to
sell out particular line of stock in de-
pressed times. Study your families.
Seek mates to obliterate faults. Pay for
the best obtainable. Few steers that
have less than three crosses ever go to
the salt water as food. As regards
pedigree, if it is reliable and speaks of
excellent features, it is very desirable.
It is simply history of what has gone
before, the only guide of what to do for
the future. There are some breeders
who preserve their pedigrees faithfully.
who make things worse for want of
Judgment in breeding and for want of
spirit in buying males to improve with.
Such pedigrees are not valuable, only
as guides to enable us to avoid danger.
But still, II you make steer of the
poorest specimen of a pedigreed animal
he win likely beat all your high grades
as q feeder. Dishonest men must be
avoided. They can lie about pedigree,
and mislead any breeder. Color does
not count. One is about as good as an
other. Perhaps light colors are more
delicate, the red among cattle win
eventually prevail. Public sentiment
will have it so. Reason viii not get q
hearing. Red bulls are preferred, and
breeders prepare to meet the demand.
Roans, we think, are as good, but the
people win have reds and the result will
be red cattle. We do not think that any
man by grading up during his lifetime
can produce as good cattle as the aver
age thoroughbred of to-day. We think
that grading up viii soon produce valu-
able cattle, but not as good as we now
have.-Gor. Des Notsea Re0istr.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-02-25
! SILVER SPOONS.

But Little Machinery Used In Their Manu-
Il. qlf facture. n- 4 So 49,
Z Probably there is no article of table
or of other household nse In the pro-
duction of which so little Of machine
working is employed. Almost all the
work on solid silver spoons is hand
work; the exceptions are the rolling
Of the ingot into plates, and the pro
duction Of spoons with characterization
in relief, which is produced by recessed
patterns on the rolls. @
The material for spoons is coin silver
obtained from the Government minis
in ingots, or from trade for old silver,
Or from the use Of current coin. This
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-02-25
Earthquake Shocks.

MOBILE, Ala, Feb. IT, Saturday last,
people living on both banks of Tombig-
bee river in Choctow, Marriage and Sum-
ter counties, Alabama, were startled bya
succession OF rumbling noises followed
by q shar trembling of the earth continuing
about two minutes. At Moscow, the
ground heaved up foot, and trees
swayed violently. At Beckley's landing
siight'damage was done to houses At
Palasia cattle were thrown from their
feet, and throughout all the counties men,
toned the shock was very heavy, and peo-
pie were badly frightened.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-02-25
THE PITH OF THE CASE.

Wicked Efforts Of the Bell Telephone
Monopoly to Divert Attention from the
Real Issue.
As the Graphic has repeatedly said in
relation to the telephone controversy
now violently raging, it does not mat
ter the toss of button whether Attor-
ney-General Garland goes or stays, so
far as the intrinsic merits OF the case
are concerned. The main and essential
question is whether the United States
Government is to be successfully bull
lied and driven from a perfectly legal
position BY the organized clamor and
THREATS OF a gigantic monopoly. The
Bell Company confederated with the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-02-25
Salisbury Speaks.

LONDON, Feb. 18.-The Marquis of
Salisbury in speech at the banquet at
the Hotel Monopole last night said that
recent events had cast grave respon-
sibilities upon the House OF Lords He
feared that Mr.. Gladstone would not
yield to the Irish people. home rule in
bulk, but would deal it out in instalments
and thus proiong the agony. Mr.. Glad
stone, he said, was destroying the power
of the landlords and not creating any
thing capable ofpromoting the peace and
prosperity that would have resulted from
the Tory policy Of plain right, namely:
The policy Of restoring and unfolding
the laws and preserving the union.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-02-25
William Walter Phel

William Walter Phelps says Mr..
Blaine will run again if he can be as
sured that he win receive the Irish
vote. Oh, well, there will be no trou-
BILE about that. And we dare say Ben
Butler will run again If he can be as
sured of the vote Of Charles A. Dana
NJ =. Gr0p6ic.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-02-25

I'm 1860 the coal mines Of this coun.
try produced IA. 000, 900 tons. In 1884-6
the output was 6.000, Goa &
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-06-12

by a draught of Water, if he is foriu
nate enough to be in the vicinity OF a
spring Or water hole. About snndown
the sheep will reach their camp and be
gin to select beds for the night. The
herder has Ii rude shelter near by. He
builds himself Il fire and cooks his tor
tiIlas. Possibly he may have killed a
quail or IA jack rabbit during the day.
If so, he makes a savory soup. Then
he smokes his cigaro aud walks around
If all is well he returns to his camp
and, rolling himself in his -erape, liz
down. He may have a good nights
sleep and he may not. \ careful herd
er will be aroused if IL single sheep
moves and will immediately rise up to
too, but, judge, | amt quite ready"
see what is the matter. If Il bear or
cougar or tiyer-cat is lurking alb ,ut he
will hunt for the vatmint and either
Kill him or brighten him away. Above
all ,hings h, must guard against Il STAN
pedp. for if the tilnid sheep once get
started there is no stopping tllem-the
hrrti Wouid DE become scattered, many
wnu!G be lost aud the herticr wouId be
charged up with the missing sheep.
In the lambing season his duties are
more arduous and he is often up ali
night. Then he must watch for the ap
pearance OF ''scab' or any OF the 9th
| er countless diseases To which sheep
are subject and report to the captain,
who makes known the fact through the
regular channel to the ranch superin
tendent. If it is the >cab the sheep are
driven up to the ranch aud run through
IA dip. | helped dip a lot of sheep once.
1t is hard work and far from exciting.
In fact, everything pertaining to
sheep is like the foolish animals, tame
and uninteresting. The sheep are
sheared once IA year. usually in May.
This is the sheep mans harvest and the
big pile of wool which rewards him rep
resents the profits of the business.
Some of the herders have dogs-dogs
peculiar TO the frontier, with more or
less wolf blood in their veins. They
are a surly and unsoclal brute and far
from handsome. They are susceptible.
however, of a high degree of education
and their sagacity in the matter of tend
ing sheep is something marvellous. |
have known dogs that would herd 1000
sheep. unaided, and never lose an ami
NAL. The >%heepmen oppose dogs.
They say it makes the herders lazy and
careless. They neglect their duty and
depend upon the Judgment and sasaci
cy of the dog to run things.
Texas Cor. Philadelphia Times.