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Iron County register., 1881-12-08
Royal Children.

The majority of people have an idea
that royal children are entirely above
those amusements which delight the
ordinary youngster. This is altogether
an error. A gentleman just arrived in
England gave picnic party in New
South Wales some three or four months
ago in honor of the two sons of the
Prince of Wales, whose presence formed
the feature of the festival. I said to
him, "What kind of boys are they?"
"Well," he rejoined, ss they are more
childlike than most youths of their age.
While the repast was going on they
chiefly amused themselves BY pelting
each other across the table with pieces
of bread! Very like their father; in
fact, very like a Wales.n, Something
like three-and-twenty years ago the heir
apparent to the English throne slept in
an inn in very desolate and wee town.
I should think that this must have been
one of the humblest Of his Royal High
ness halting places. Directly after the
Of the distinguished Wis
itors, the landlord gained Importance,
and began to thank the Lord he was
not as other publicans. 1well remem-
Der the opinions he expressed concern
ing the Prince. He said he was "terri-
ble'' playful, and that as soon as he was
up in the morning he was out chasing
the cocks and hens out Of their very ives
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Iron County register., 1881-12-08
The Oldest English Church.

Emerging from the old monastery
grounds, WI. .dnd ourselves presently at
the lych-gafe of the oldest CHS
tian church in Great Britain, St.
Martins on the hill The King
whom St. Augustine found in
Kent was a pagan when he came, but the
queen was q Christian. Bertha was q
French princess, one of thatlong success
sione 81 royal brides and exiles from a
brighter birthplace, for whose inevitable
shomesickness in this insuiar atmosphere
and under these frowning skies we feel
an undying sympathy. We do not know
much about Queen Bertha, but the fact
that her Kentish lord-a monarch of
mark and might in his day-was won
over to her faith after their marriage in
ciines us to invest her image with some
IL .ng Of power as well as Of charm. She
Iron County register., 1881-12-08
A Leak In Lake Ontario.

No little concern is felt by persons
interested in the harbor accommoda-
tions of Lake Ontario by reason of the
assured fact that the level of the lake
has fallen steadily and in a marked de-
been accurately kept. and leave no
room for doubt. Many wharfs in many
ports were formerly accessible to ves-
sells which cannot now come near them.
The entrance to the harbor of Toronto
has been kept open only by means of
thorough dredging, and now. when
rock bottom has been reached, there is
scarcely enough water to float the larg-
est of the vessels which seek to pass.
Various explanations for the subsistence
of the water have been offered, but
none of them seems tn be adequate.
Iron County register., 1881-12-08

was accompanied by a chaplain and con
IessOr, whose name every ancient writer
spells as him isteth, and no two alike !;
but all aTee that hewas q man of exeep,
tionA Holiness, and that he consecrsed
for her use, TO St. Martin of Tours, the
bowed, shapeless, ivy-smothered chapel
on the slope before us, and aftervard
baptised King Ethelbert within its walls.
The archeologists, after long and dubi-
GUS discussion of the case of this vener-
able little church, and much OF deny
ing and disproving, informs us, y last
accounts, that we may say with y spe-
cies oftruth, scithin its aUalls. The
greater part of the building must have
been reconstructed, partly out of Roman
materials, in much later reign than
Etlelbert's, but a fraction of the dfiginal
edffice remains. Two things within the
shadowy interior strike even the lightly
learned observer as pointing to
such conclusion: the font, which un-
wavering tradition declares D have
been that of King Ethelbert's baptism,
is decorated around its lower section
with Runic rings, and the payment of
a portion of the chancel is bf inci-
square Roman tesserB.
The view from the porch of 6t. Mar
tins is one of rare loveliness. Framed
in the rustling foliage of the trbes which
overshadow the churchyard, te see be-
low us the fair cathedral spir{s, tower
ing over the red-tiled roofs oflthe town,
and the soft and cultured hills beyond
them, which enfold the valley of the
Stour. We all know that lone land
scapes possess, independently of the
grace of their contours, an inlescribable
amenity of look, tender and appealing
physiognomy, and this is such one.
1t. seems to hold suspended for us the
emotions of countless others pf our kind
who have surveyed it FROM this spot.
We can not choose but fancy the smile
which it wore to Queen Bertha when
she looked upon it, after tie devoutly
desired consummation of her husbands
baptism; that King Ethelbrt may have
paused upon the threshold here, seeing
in the scene, as in mirror,s the redec-
ton of his altered life; that its wistful
beauty may have wrung from the ap-
peased and subjugated spirit ofthe saint
himself one of those poignant cries of
his, which even the secular world can
not forget, for they :remble with the
passion of his stormiest years: s'Too
late loved thee, 0 thou Beauty of An
cient Days, old and yet ever new-too
late loved thee!'' !''-Harriett W. Pres
ton, in the Atldntic Monthly.
Iron County register., 1881-12-08
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

Electric power is now used in Ger
many to deliver coal at the entrance of
mines.
DIR. Scondorff's safety lamp for coll
lieries is attracting attention. The lamp
can only be opened with the help of .
strong magnet.
Sir William Armstrong, at Craig
side, near Newcastle, England, has utl-
lied q brook to run adynamo-electro q
machine by means of a. turbine water
wheel, and so manages t0 secure cleo
tricity enough to keep 81 Swan lamps in
state of incandescence In his house. In
this case the motive power costs moth
ing, and electric lighting in ngthis way is
an exceptional luxury. A 4.~'-%-.
When the rapid increase of the
earth's motion was observed, the idea
was advanced that the moons orbit was
growing shorter land would end by
coming down upon us. But more recent
calculation shows that instead of the
moon coming nearer our day is growing
longer, owing to the friction of the tides
upon the earth's surface, by which the
speed of the earth's rotation is slowly
diminished.
The English have admitted the sue
cess of the electric. light. Lamp-posts
have been erected in Bristol The Lam
cashire and Yorkshire Railway Compa-
ny illuminate their station platforms
with it and regard it cheaper than gas.
Alnwick. Castle, the seat Of the Duke of
Northumberland, has also been illumin-
ated. The library, a very large apart
ment, is lighted by three lamps, and the
effect is reported superior to any light
before used.
BY securing variety in temperature,
through planting oysters in different
depths of water, as practiced in Con-
necticut, the Scientific american says
oysters can be obtained in a fit condi-
ton for the table every week in the year.
The greater the heat, the earlier the
oysters will spawn. Those in the deeper
and colder water feel the heat later and
spawn later. Some portion of the oyster
field, 80 to speak, will therefore be ready
for harvesting at all times.
Although considered mute, insects
have the power of producing sounds by
certain movements which, to some ex-
tent, are characteristic of the different
species. The shrill chirp Of the cricket
is produced by the rubbing together of
the wing-cases. The harsh shrek of
the grasshopper is caused by friction of
the legs against the wings. The shrill
trumpet sound of the mosquito and the
busy hum Of bees and flies result from
the rapid motion of the wings while fly
ing. EgCA #s
The composition of buckwheat has
been examined by M. G. Lechartier. He
states that the proportion of mineral
matter in the straw increases with the
weight. The straw may indeed become
richer in phosphoric acid than the grain,
differing thus completely from that of
the other cereals. The straw of a crop
of buckwheat may contain more mineral
matter than does the grain. The sum
of the principal fertilizers removed
from the soil by an entire crop is much
more considerable than for a crop of
wheat containing the same quantity of
grain.
Iron County register., 1881-12-08
Our Young Folks.
WATCH your WORDS.

Keep watch on your words, my darlin q,
For words are wonderful things:
They are sweet. like the bees fresh hou, y.
Like the bees, they have terrible sting,
They can bless, like the warm, glad sunshine.
And brighten lonely life;
They can cut, in the strife of anger,
Like an open twO-edged knife.
Let them pass through your lips unchallenged,
If their errand IS true and kind
u they come t0suppOrt the weary,
To comfort aud help the blind;
II q bitter. revengefuI spirit
= Prompt the words, let them be unsafd:
They may flash through brain like lightning.
Or fall on heart like lead.
e sS.a- ssz stes- 4ga ~ Hws Tes1
Keep them back, IL they are cold and cruel,
Under bar and lock and seal:
The wounds they make, my darlingA
Are always slow to heal.
May peace guard your lives and ever,
From the time of your early youth,
May the words that you daily utter
Be the words of beautiful truth.
The Pdnsy.
Iron County register., 1881-12-08
Covered Yards.

Few farmers in America have yet con-
sidered the value and use of covered
cattle-yard. In England such are not
uncommon, and they are coming daily
more into use, both there and upon the
Continent. In this country, where
building material, especially wood. is
more abundant and cheaper, we feel
convinced that their adoption would.
in many cases. be found to pay. Prop
erly constructed, they protect the cat
tie from the inclement weather, and
allow of their being turned out many
more days in the year than would be
otherwise prudent. They also make
the ward more comfortable and cleanly
for the cattle to lie down; and they
protect the manure from teaching or
washing by rains. In this way alone a
roof would often pay goodpercentage
on its cost.
Iron County register., 1881-12-08
Tea in Japan.

The firing and preparation OF tea for
market, as practiced in Japan, is as fol-
lows: The Japanese green tea may be
divided into three general classes: col
ored, uncolored and basket-fred. The
leaf used for all these is from the same
plant, differing only in quality, condi-
ton, etc. All teas used by foreigners
are first fired by the natives, in the
places where grown. If a glade of col
Ored tea is to be made this fired leaf
(four or five pounds) is taken and put
into iron pans or bowls, which are heat
ed sometimes up to a temperature of
212 deg. Fahrenheit. The leaves are
then rapidly stirred by hand against the
smooth iron surfaces some twenty min
utes. A teaspoonful of thoroughly pull
verized soapstone (saponite1 and five
grains or SO of powdered Chinese indi-
60 are placed in the pan, and thorough
" rubbed into the leaf for abq qut twenty
minutes more, when half teaspoonful
of soapstone or gypsum and pulverized
tamarack bark Ga species OF larch) is
added, and the stirring and rubbing is
continued for twenty minutes more. 1t
is then put into cold pans and simply
cold rubbed against the iron surfaces
until it has the required polish, which is
arrived at in from forty minutes to an
hour. This is the ordinary way of pre-
pairing colored tea. Other materials are
perhaps sometimes used, but, so far as
l can learn, all are as harmless as these
mentioned. The different manufacture
ers, of course, vary the process little
now and then to produce slight changes
of color. The leaf is then run through
three to five sizes of sieves, till all the
dust and loose coloring matter is sep
arated. The shrinkage is about twelve
per cent. This colering process is con-
sidered beneficial to the leaf, tending to
preserve its shape and flavor. There
can be no doubt that the Japanese pre-
pared teas are far superior in purity to
the Chinese. In coloring Chinese teas
various drugs are used that are deleteri-
GUS to health, unless it be that the heat
to which they are subjected render them
innocuous. Prussian blue is frequently
used instead of indigo in their green,
and black lead in their black tea. I'm
colored teas are made in the same way
and quantities, and rubbed against the
iron pans until the surfaces have the de-
sired polish, and are then sifted until
nothing but the whole leaves are left.
Basket-fring is done in bamboo baskets,
shaped something like our hour-glasses,
which are shaken over hot pans. The
leaf is put into the upper lobe of the
basket and worked into the lower, and
so, back and forth, until finished. The
loss of weight is about three per cent
Consular Report-T. b. Van Buren.
Iron County register., 1881-12-08
PITH AND POINT.

Carlyle frequently made mistakes in
spelling. 1t is the same way with Josh
BiHings.-N. 0. Pcayupe. u IL
WHEN you reach the plane Of man
hood it is quite natural that you should
indulge in a little shaving Boston
Courier. -
Inquirer: Does mans size varyp
Yes, sir; we've seen a man in bar
room treating the crowd, and he was
the biggest man in the town till his
mother-in-law came in and took him by
the ear, and then he was very little
fellow. Boston Post.
-ssYou are the worst boy 1 ever saw"
exclaimed Brown to his son. sstWhy will
you 90 on as you do? / should think
you would have some respect for your
father" s'How can I, dad, have any
respect for man with such rascally
son?" asked the young reprobate.
tom Transcript.
In couple of hundred years from
this, if the Bible is again revised to suit
the times, the passage in the parable of
the ten virgins which reads thus, ''Give
us of your oil, for our lamps have gone
out, }" will be changed to, ''Give us of
your electric lights, for our circuit is
temporarily broken. .''-Sonaervi1le Jour-
nal.
DIR. Risley, of Philadelelphia, speak
ing of the condition of the eyes of school
children, says, sHypermetropic eyes are
more numerous than both pyopic and
emmetropic; that next to myopic astig-
matism, distinct LESSONS are most preva-
lent in eyes with hypermetropic astig-
matism.'' From this it appears that
ssthe eyes have it''-but what it is they
have is q conundrum to us, and we re-
gret that they have it.-Norristoaon Her.
aid.
She was Boston woman; tall, thin,
withsfalse curls and sour visage. Be-
side her sat her husband, little, meek,
demure-loOking man, who seemed inca
pable of boldness of speech or action.
Presently a guest at the other end of the
table bawled out at the top of his voice,
'tWaiter! fetch the vinegar cruet."
Then the demure-looking little man
turned to her and said, ssDovey, some
body wants you. .''-Brooklym Eagle.
Two gentlemen were seated upon
the steps of the house of one of them, on
a mild evening this summer, when
very large woman, with rustic OF volu-
minous silks and roll of yoluminous per-
SON, entered the next dwelling. ssWho
is that?n asked the visitor. tThat,"
answered the master Of the house, sis
my neighbor Webster's wife," S"Oh,
see,'' was the ready rejoinder. "Web-
ster's Unabridged. ''-Boston Courier.
-s.I have returned your umbrella;
much Obliged" and he stood the affair
of ribs and alpaca in the corner and has
tened away. swell, that is surprise.
I never expected to see that again, -
said the owner. ssLet's see. Well, no
wonder. See how the thing opens. Ev-
cry section broke out and every rib but
one protruding. I'd have returned an
umbrella after it got in such a shape as
that myself" and he hurried off to get
it covered, swearing never to lend again,
but he will. A man can no more refuse
to lend an umbrella than he can prevent
himself from borrowing one.-Neac Ha-
ven Register. ~ A 4
Iron County register., 1881-12-08

After trees are planted in the fall.
and the ground settled around them,
draw up a mound Of earth about each
tree eight or ten inches high and two
feet or more broad; this prevents the
water from settling around them. and
frost from throwing them out. To pre-
vent mice eating trees in winter. put
any old stove pipe or tin pipe around
the trees, close to the ground. and
fasten it on with wire or stout twine. or
any very thick, stout paper or roof
felting. put on as high as the mice are
in the habit of eating them, tied on
closely and tarred on the outside--all
to be removed in spring. Cherries
Dot0,sing.
Iron County register., 1881-12-08
Scenes i'm a German University Town.

A delightful experience after arriving
here was that Of taking tea at sunset in
the free airsof heaven. The table was
set in garden nook, around which
shrubs grew thick1y, and nothing but
bad weather is allowed to interfere.
German love of outdoor strikes one inn
mediately. It expresses itself in various
ways There is first the house garden,
and no house seems too mean to have at
least one shade tree, with its table and
chairs, while the gardens of the richer
are often large, and contain many de-
lightful ittle hooks. In these it is a
common thing to see members of the
family gathered of an afternoon. For
some days had from nv room window
bird's-eye view into one of these gar
,dens. The sweet, restful home picture
there I shall not soon forget. There,
under spreading linden, sat husband,
the two latter evidently made for the
occasion. The husband would read,
perhapss the wife would be engaged with
some 1ightwork of house economy, and
the child busted with something suited
stoaher age. Or, perhaps, the husband
and wife would walk quietly back and
forth as the little girl skipped hither and
thither among the shrubbery. ''If I
were not Alexander, would be DID,
genes" If were not an American, I
would he such a German. This love of
the open sky hassimpelled the German
to make him a beer garden, with its
profusion of shrubbery, its gravel walks,
its little tables of wood, iron or stone,
with seats around. Hither on sultry
summer afternoon the careworn ssfrau'
will wend her way, the maid will go
along to wheel the little ones, or watch
them as they tpddle over the grass. AZ
ter bit the lunch which was brought
along will be spread, a cup of coffee or
glass of beer can be had at the garden.
This is only one group; there are others
around. This one consists of elderly
ladies, who enjoy their gossip not less
than their coffee. That consists of q
lady and gentleman; the latter is en-
ployeds on some kind of ''woman's
work" Don't think now that she was
writing an article for mission society !;
she was really knitting. The gentleman
reads. He has the appearance of being
= well-to-do man; is possibly a profess
sor. The lady must be his daughter; !;
she is too young for his wife. Whatever
their relation they seem to be very much
contented, off in their secluded, shady
corner. There is another figure. He
sips his beer with seeming unconcern,
and tries to be at home. He is rather
too unconcerned; he overdoes the thing;
he is clearly foreigner; likely an
American just come over, perhaps my
self. - Gottiuycn Letter to Baltimore
Sun.
Iron County register., 1881-12-08
-fO0EIGN GOSSIP.


The Empress Eugenie will spend
the winter in London.
One of the richest heiresses il Ger.
many IS Countess Soims, q baby only Z
year old.
The engagement of Princess Beat
race, Queen Victoria's youngest daugh.
Ter, and Thomas, Duke of Genoa. broth.
er OF Queen Marguerite of Italy, is ru.
smoxsd aqraa, a..'
G-aerWarth Won Bitterfeld is the old
est fleld-marshal in the German army,
being nearly ninety years old, and hav-
ing served or'seventy, and is still hale
and sound.
The Prince. of Wales two sons have
arrived n.Japan from Australia. They
were the guests of the Government dur.
ing seven days. festivities, the pro-
grammaof which included banquet
with th4 Mikado. ~
The owner ofseveral of the finest
palaces on the Grand Canal at Venice is
one Papadopoli, whose grandfather was
an oil merchant. Meanwhile the de-
scendants of the old Falieros and Con-
tarinis are lodging-house keepers.
Emperor William is complaining
because his enthusiastic female admirers
throw bouquets at him so recklessly
whenever he .sppears in public: On
several occasions he has hsd the skin of
his royal nose knocked of by the force
of the admiring sweets bestowed.
The Siamese Prince, Prisdang, clad
in gold mantle, violet silk
stockings, gold broidered shoes and
golden hamlet, was one of the chief
guests of the court at the recent festivi-
ties atsgFienna. He has presented to
the Princess sSGephanie wedding gifts
of the most gorgeous Siamese descrip-
fion.
Prince Krapotkin, the Nihilist, hav-
ing been ordered to swithdraw from
Swiss soil, has taken villa at Thenon,
on the banks of Lake Leman. Here he
receives many visitors, both men and
women, steamers and railway trains
rarely stopping at the place without
landing party for him. An Ultramon-
ytsne journal is published in the town,
and raves at Krapotkin's presence there
AS though he were Satan himself.
President Grevy is man of much
sense and his kindliness are proverbial.
1t is notorious that he holds in horror
capital punishment, and looks as care
fully into the cases of wretches asking
for pardons as if he were an advocate
engaged to urge in their behalf extenu-
ating circumstances. He was never
known to turn his back on an old friend
who had not succeeded in life, and as
President he is accessible and courte-
eous His determination that his daugh-
ter should have no snowy wedding, and
that the money that one would cost
should be sent to the relief bureau, has
been much applauded in France.
Iron County register., 1881-12-08
THE C0UMTRYMAN
Weather Signal Office

Mr.. Jeremiah Toadvinc, OF the rural
disfrict brought letter Of fntroduc-
= ton 10 the United States Signal Oni-
: Ger. and by the latter gentleman was
shown the beautiful scientific fnstru-
! ments for measuring and Determining
the various changes and conuluons
\ OF the weather. Pointing 70 the stand
arsl thermometer he explained 90 Nr.
i +. the uses Of tho heat gauge, yhere-
1 upon Mr.. T. anxiously inquired II ne
II"hadn't nuther un 70 spare-ncn
nice merchine to sot the weather In
hayin' and harvest time" His tnspeo.
Il ton or the eaerometer or wind measurcf
evoked tho expression: "Wouldny
she be the racket 20 run the vino
mill with" Tho barometer was
one too many for Toadvinc, and, LOOK
werc utterly nonplussed and bank
rupt Of words, said: Friend, did you
ever have the rcumatisT The
abruptnes Of the question surprised
| 1.-The officer, who replied, "No-ncvef.
a WHAT Evidently rccollecting
IIhimseif, Mr.. T. stopped on the ragged
edge Of the threadbare remark, and
said: at only wanted 20 know, forit
this trap tpointng to sne cn,crnssen s,hcr ssorD
| IIits time, it would be q bully trap for
people with reumatis; they could
| Ilfiank &c every time. Up my country
when folks has Il they use ST. JACOBS
OIL. an it'sa powerful argument agin
regmatis-it,s the uefcss dSsg sSsgtn IN tne ane
1.-The unexpected information, the om-
cial politely turned Mr. Toadvine
Ilstrcet car. while he. looking over bis
/ Ipaper. read: "Mrs. T. A. Gist, No.
IIi1a Walnut street. Philadelphia, Pa,
Iron County register., 1881-12-08

Annie Louise Cary il credited with
the ownership of the most perfect gem
in the world.