Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-01-22
GENERAL BREyITHS.

KING MTEsA Of Centrs1. Africa has
liberated his slaves, and commanded
the Observance of the Christian Sunday.
Mr.. GLADSTONE saws: 81 use the
expression woman with greater sat
isfaction than / use the name of ia.
dies.'n
JAPAN has iron coins worth about
one-hundredth of one cent. They are al
legged to be Chiefly used for aims and as
offerings to gods.
A MAN may be brave enough to- walk
right up to the lannon's mouth and yet
not have the courage to hand his wife y
letter he has carried in his jacket for a
week. -,
The newsboys of Boston had nice
Christmas box. 1t is an elegant read
ing-roon with piano, books, papers,
magazines, checkers, dominOes, baga-
telle-boards, etc. There are bathrooms
attached, and every facility for letting
the boys have a good time. .-,.ts
: So deeply inherent is it in this life Of
ours that men have to suffer for each
others sins, so inevitably diffusive is
human suffering, that even justice
makes its victims; and we can conceive
no retribution that does not spread be-
yond its mark in pulsations of unmerited
pain.
WHEN General Grant visited Girard
College in Philadelphia, he asked one of
the instructors: "Do you allow the
boys to use tobaccoan . The instructor
responded in the negative. ssThat's
right said the General; ssthey're not
SO apt to take to it after they get out,
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DEATH was desired by woman at
Greensboro, N. c., and she decided to
accomplish it by drowning. Clasping
the pump log, she slid slowly down into
the well. The distance was 45 feet, and
before reaching the water she evidently
repented of her act. The imprint of
her fingers and shoes shows that she
tried to stay her course; but the wood
was slippery, and she could not save
herself. ,sti..s..- =,
1 GEORGE AUGUSTUS SALA says: " The
prodigality of the Americans surprises
me. How they do throw the money!!
Compared with England the cost OF
living here is prodigious. Here pay
20 cents when want to be shaved; in
England pay 6 cents. This is one in
Sbl1uCC OuU Va IL put Cuc
case in few words, shilling in Eng
land is dollar in America. The as
founding luxury of New York bewilders
a foreigner. :eaui.- .ad-. frf.
Ex-GOv. LELAND STANFORD of Cali
fornia owns fine place at Menlo Park,
near San Francisco. Some time ago he
decided to add an extensive aboretum,
setting apart space of about 800 acres
for that purpose. He believes that the
soil and climate of California will sus-
tain a larger variety of plants, than any
other in the. world, and his new ADORE
tum is Intended to test the matter. His
first purchase of plants includes 5000
varieties. 17e et gH|
In boarding house recently young
man on turning off his gas saw the
words, "Confess thy SINS" in phos-
Rhorescent characters on tina wall Ho
was surprised, but listening, thought he
heard some young ladies outside the
door waiting to observe the effect on
him.. So pretending to be frightened at
the match-scratch he fell on his knees,
and confessed out loud that he had fire.
quently kissed one of the young ladies
in the dark-the one whom he had best
reason to suspect of playing the trick.
That young lady won't play any more
such tricks immediately. She thinks he
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