Iron County register., 1899-03-02


Il Two tramps broke into the dwelliu
of w. L. Seoggin at Glover, last Satul
day night and stole two solid gol
rings. q lady's neckchain. black Goa
and vest with K. of P. pin, barbe
scissors. razor. strop. and brush, an
a white shirt and collar. a reward @
$40 was offered but Marshal Turne
has uot yet been able to find the men
j-Piedmost Banner.
The editor Is in receipt of a lette
from Mr. W. W. Nall of ST. Loui
stating that Mrs Nall, who has beer
in very poor health for some time past
Is improving now, and her physical.
imparts the pleasing Information ths
she is now on the road TO early anC
complete recovery. This will b
grateful news TO Mr.. and Mrs. Nall
many friends in the Valley.
An exchange says that boys whC
have formed the cigarette habit art
ike wormy apples. they drop long be
fore the harvest time. They rarely
make failures in after life because they
do not have any after life. The boy
who begins cigarette smoking before
his fifteenth year never enters the life
of the world. When other boys are
taking hold of the worlds work be i:
concerned with the sexton and the IN.
dertaker.
Have you heard of the town of No.
Good. on the banks of the River Slow,
where the Sometime-or-other scents
the air and the soft Go-easys grow? II
lies in the valley Of What's-the-use in
the county of Let-her-slide; it's the
home of the reckless I-don't-care. where
the Give-it-ups abide. The town Is as
old as the human race, and it grows
with the weight of years. 1t is wrapped
in the fog of an idler's dream. its
streets are paved with discarded
schemes and are sprinkled with useless
tears.
The school board met IN regular
session last evening. A petition signed
by number of residents of the district
was presented TO the board, asking the
submission to the qualified voters of
the district at the coming election in
April. proposition TO bond the dis
trict for s.. 900 for the purpose of build
ing high school. As the petition had
the requisite number of signatures an
order was issued submitting the Ques-
tion- a. S Prince, John NJ Reel and
Frank P. AXE were appointed judges
of election. The election will be held
April 4th. The proceedings of the
board will be published next week.
February has given q greater amount
of cold than there is any record of, or
that the oldest inhabitant can recollect.
The maximum temperature was 40, on
20th. Minimum temperature was
-25.5, on 18Th Mean temperature
was 22.10. Mean maximum tempera-
ture was 81 S5. Mean minimum tenn
perature was 9.S2. This we get by
adding up the highest temperature
every day for % days and dividing by
%, which gives the mean maximum.
81 -S5. Also. adding up the lowest
every day for % days,
and dividing by %, which gives the
mean maximum. 9.32- This is ahead
of any weather for any month that
have any record of. The coldest mean
previous to this February
were: January. 1886. 20 Sc: January,
s3S, p; February. 1899, 22-10-
W. H. DELANo. Observer.
The familiar rule that leap year is |
every calendar year with a number |
iiEisible by four will be broken in 1900. |
which fact need not be regarded as an |
Indication that even then it will be |
lime for change. This rule of the |
almanac may account for the proven
oial activity of the new woman at the |
close of every century Then there is |
10 leap year for eight years February |
1900 viii have but % days. the extra |
lay not appearing from 1896 to 1904, |
centenary years, divisible by 400, are
cap years. That year will be broken |
n the leap year 2000, when the inter |
-uption may be regarded as indication |
that it is time for change ~Centen-
ary years divisible by 400 are leap
years, consequently there were % |
days IN February, 1900, and the same
number of days will be given to Febru-
ary, 2000. and again TO 2400. The OBJ
Iect of this rule is to make the calen-
, NO4ANAAC win LAC SO42k
Professor Wilkinson fails TO distiu-
yuish between tolerance of the indi-
vidual and tolerance of his opinions. |
We may have the highest regard for a
man personally aud yet be convinced
that his opinions are SO erroneous that
no effort should be spared 10 prevent
them from being enacted into Law. A |
man may be a good neighbor and a
good citizen, yet his opinions in regard
10 matters of public policy may be such
that We could not support him in 3
political contest against a man We like |
less and who may not average so well /
81 citizen. The Professor assumes
that there could be no high schools or /
higher education unless it is fathered /
and paid for by the State The REEFS
TER contends that this is pure assump-
tion-that the so-called higher educa-
ton fostered By the State Is not of so /
good brand as that which is the pro-
duct of private enterprise The State
is a milestone about the necks of those
schools that thrive upon its appropria-
tions; their constant cry TO the tax
payer is. Give Us more money!" The
faculties of these institutions and those /
interested with them keep Hobbies at
the State legislature in order that their
access TO the State treasury may not
be interfered with. and their power OF
soction is one Of the phenomena Of the
The gentleman again as
sumes that because the government is
An agent of We 1.-THE people," it is an