Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-11-03
GENERAL.

The army retired list is limited to
400. There are at present only seven
vacancies, while fifty officers are eligible
to retirement.
A recent historian writes OF Russian
peasants that in some parts OF the coun.
trv they take the weekly vapor bath,
which plays an important part in their
lives, in the household oven, where the
bread is baked.
To the rude monuments which have
been erected in the Mammoth Cave to
the memory of distinguished men, and
which now number nearly 800, some OF
them reaching from floor to roof, one in
honor of Gen. Burnside was added on
the day of his burial by a party of visit
ors from Providence, r. /. These
rough piles of stone are an impressive
feature of the cave.
I'm Wood River recently the owner
of mine having become discouraged at
the outlook and continual expense, sold
his claim for $3.50. The purchasers
went down o few feet and found the
ledge, and followed it on an upraise un-
til it came within two feet of the sur
face. At this point the ledge was ten
feet wide and assayed 1000 per ton.
The investment of $50 can be sold for
100000. .f'.-
-Tricycles are becoming more COM
mon in England. Although not so fast
as the bicycle, it is more safe and COM
Portable, and the art of riding it may be
easily acquired in q short time. The
machine, however, is sometimes as I'M
comfortable as q runaway horse on a
steep incline. A few days ago q man
was killed in Hertfordshire by the up
setting of a tricycle., whose speed he en-
deavored to check as it was descending
a steep hill by giving it sharp turn.
"A gentleman who carefully notes
the habits of certain church-goers says
that one of his fellow-worshipers took
out his watch nine times during short
sermon, and arose three times to look at
thermometer which hung near his
pew. While the minister was pronounc-
ing the benediction this uneasy person
shot out, and had reached the outer
door when the Amen was uttered. Min
listers find it very hard to preach to such
restless creatures. The uneasy man
seldom knows anything about the SER
mon, nor can he remember the acts of
worship in which the congregation en-
gagged.
-Wiener-wurst is an article of street
sale peculiar to Western cities, and its
peddlers do most of their business at
night. When cent is handed to the
vender he lifts the lid of his tin box,
from which warm steam comes oozing
forth seizes a piece of brown paper and
a slice of black or rye bread, daubs on
the latter about tablespoonful of horse
radish. and then with fork produces
the wiener-w urst-nothing more than a
sausage, long and slenderly made, of q
reddish, beefy hue. 1t Is piping hot,
appetizing, and has sort of flavor about
it that is both strengthening and savory.
The statement is boldly made that
among the mummies recently discovered
at Thebes is that of the identical
" Pharaoh's daughter" who rescued the
infant Moses from his dangerous hiding
place in the cradle among the bulrushes.
The body is that of lady of rare beauty,
and is so perfectly preserved by the en-
balmers' art that it appears as if only
recently laid away. The coffin Is
decorated with mosaic work of costly
stones, some of which has been Clipped
off by curiosity seekers. Rameses the
Second, the father of this lady, is said to
have had many wives, and to have been
the father of more than $50 children. It
is supposed that many of his other sons
and daughters are similarly embalmed,
and that their mummified bodies will be
found among the treasures of this de-
scription which are now being brought
to light.