Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-01-15

CSAEasCEsG yHowARp, sid se IAN
exemplary Young man, and the son of a
respectable citizen If Huntingdon, Long
Island. entered the recent walking
match in New York, but after accom-
plishing seventy-five miles he withdrfw,
complaining of sickness of the stomach.
He was, taken home and continued to
grow worse, and died from utter ex-
haustion ON Saturday morning. :
IT has been thought that forks were
;atnssodb SAlsihkind IN eating hOd ut a
very recent period in history But the
art Of eating withia fork is proved to be
ardyix II Of very. ancient one. The
fork. Is by no means an invention of
modern times. Lately, IN the debris of
the 1ake-dwellings, forks evidently de-
signed for table use have been dBcov-
cred They were made of bone The
spoon is still more ancient instrument.
PosTMAsTER-GENERA KEY, says a
Washington correspondents, !" always
has a pleasant word for every body, and
is very, generally liked. He is a large,
heavy man, with closely cropped gray
whiskcrs and hair, Il round, solid head,
and face which always looks smiling.
He dresses in a very simple manner. A
black frock coat with velvet collar, dark
trousers, low collar with small bit of
black ribbon to serve as a neektie, and
rather rusty-looking silk hat make up
his costume s
- A ST. LOUIS quack doctor, who pro-
fessed to cure all diseases through the
help of spirits, bargained to rid man
of rheumatism for $500. They could
not agree, at first, as to whether. the
money should be paid before the recov-
sery or afterward. The quack fnaliy
proposed that the $500 be placed in a
scaled Envelope and kept for - days by
a third person. Then, if the patient
was well, it should be given to the doe
tor, but, if he was still i'll, it should be
returned to him. The dupe readily
saarecd to this; 3 but, when the time was
lbs, and he had as much rheumatism as
ever. he tore open5ethd envelope nnd
found in it only scraps q worthless pa
per- The doctor was arrested. gT
ENGLIsH farmers VII tierive small
comfort from the report ON American
competition which Messrs. Read and
Pell are preparing for the Royal Com
mission of Agriculture. They affirm
that the resources Of the United States
for supplying England with food are
receiving every day new development,
both in the extension of agricultural
enterprise and in the facifitation of
transport Mr.. Gladstone suggested
some time ago that the farmers should
turn their attention to raising frUE reg
etables, poultry, eggs, and butter, but
the Echo apprehends that even in this
limited field they will be outdone by
foreign competition. In that case moth
ing will avail them but q universal re-
duction of rents. =
A RECENT. visitor TO a great North
German country house writes: "The
.great feature of the day is dinner lat 2
or 81, when the food is Of that frightfully
substantial kind wherein the German
nation .excels The lengthuf the meal
on the occasion of a party is. appalling,
and ii is apt to be taken for rudeness if
a guest is unable to do ample justice to
every dish. After their coffee the gen
tlemen play hand of long whist for:
small points, while the ladies, left to
themselves, knit, talk, play, and sing.
= gAtWhout FOR there isl supper, and to-
s-tsrd 10 the sgnestss depart. saa Some of
the more moderu= u9ipded people are be-
IN ssf'ts sl an 3 r en-
1T Tie fullest extent n the codA y"
FRANCE has agricultural schools for
Of the ehiefE 1l6a hen,
winch " said to have Been begun with
: capital OF one franc, by a Sister of
Charity and two little discharged prison
= girls, and to be now worth sS16O, 600
The establishment has 300 girlsx from
SIX to IS. Thefarm, seHtirely cultivated
bv them, is ovef. 400 acrsS in extent
Twentvslive Sisters TORN The taft of
teachergys More than one modalaof the
aEfench Agricultural Society has been
awarded to this establishment at Darn
etal, and the pupils are in great demand
all over Normandy on account of their
skill. They go out as stewards, garden
ers, farm managers, dairy women and
laundresscs. Each girl has, on leaving,
an outfit and a small sum of money,
earned in spare hours. Fl they want a
home they can always return to Darn
etal, which they are taught to regard as
home.
& THE condition of Italy just now is
Rad. The harvest was altogether de-
sfieient the Indian corn, on which a
large part Of tie populatpn smainlysde-
ponds sfur food, swas almost q total fail
ure; the potatoes are diseased and very
bad and dear; the chesnuts, which are
the chief staple of food in the hillys dis
triets. were apoor crop ;and now comes |
winter, unusually early and unusually |
severe, preventing all outdoor work. |
At Faenza there have been bread riots
and the military had to be called out. |
At Ravenna the bakers shops have been |
sacked by bands of hungry peasants;
at Sermide like scenes have occurred,
and in the provinces the people are |
yansJ nd
In Rome the number of beggafs is kerry !
much on the increase.
AFFAIRS in Silesia are by no means
improving. In wood near Bybnick,
where the famine Is worst, the bodies +
of eleven gypsies were found on the 9th
Of this month. They lay round the re-
mains of a camp fire, having been fro
zen to death in their sleepr py diedsof
hunger According Is the 'Sifesian Ga
zette much of the present suffering is
due to absenteeisms among the great
landowners. Many properties are for
care ofsagents, tho owners eenly turning
up at the hunting season. These agents
are, of course, anxious to get as much
out of. their management as possible,
and convey no unconfnrtab BILE grievances
to the proprietors, who, if petitions are
directly sent to- them, are told they gre
bit the misery is 50 m
tense thatexaggepton n scarcely pos
sibios 81 2~afsFsl
THERE is in MandalaY, Burmah, q
newspaper called the Gazette, of which
- eQTesponelentyo f the Lunlon Neps
says: 9 Il is a wonderful paper, this +
Mandalav Gazette, filling up It's pages
with announcements of extraordinary L
dreams and portents and queer super
stitions. Every paragraph begins with
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