Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-08-20
GENERAL.

"A Georgia man tr ed to cut the
chords in the feet of his daughter SO
that she could not imperil her soul by
dancing.-C Chicago Iaater- OceGn.
"A bicycle club in Hungary is called
Buda pesther Kerekpar-Eg yesnelet.
Whenever member takes header,
he laws it to the name -BurlingtOn
Free Press.
An Ohio farmer stepped on rat
tlesnake with his bare foot and got
away without being bitten, but he says
he prefers bar of hot iron.-Detroit
Free Press.
A drop of liquid auric chloride or
argentic nitrate, mixed on a piece of
glass with metallic zinc or copper, will
make an instantaneous growth of gold
and silver ferns.-Ch Chicago Herald.
The people of Crawford County,
Pennsylvania, give queer names to
some of Their towns. The following
are specimens: Stringtown, Vallonja,
Kerrtown, Goose Haven, East Liberty
and Frogrort.
Some of the most intelligent crit
les, basing their affirmation upon the
character of art exhibitions of the past
few years. agree that English art is
in state of positive and visible decay.
Chicago Current
The buffalo gnat'' is described by
Prof. G. V. Riley as small fly closely
related to the ''black fly of the North
western woods. AT certain seasons it
swarms in immense numbers, and by
its poisonous bite causes great destruc-
ton among sheep, hogs, poultry, cattle,
horses and mules.-Atbany Journal.
"A colored man died in Chesterfield
County, last week, ''leaving his thir-
teenth wife to mourn his loss" No
better evidence could possibly be af-
forded of the vitalizng and bracing eff
fects of the salubrious climate of this
State. True. the remarkable powers of
endurance displayed by the old man
appear to have been Offset by the poor
health of his successive wives; but the
wives were probably drawn from North
Carolina. Just across the lne.-Char-
lesion IS. c. Nens.
Mayor Deerne, of Portland, saw
two drunken men carrying on run
ne fight through the street. crowd
of several hundred people follow ;ng
them. H Honor followed the me0 to
see how long it would be before a
policeman turned up. After walking
long distance, during the progre $ of
VIII CHI the men drew knives and made
lot OF enterta nment for the hood
luris, the MAYOR discovered the police
men watching a game of baseball with
much interest. -LeWiston (Ne.) Jour-
nal
Paper made in 1453 was recently
exam ned by gentleman. who says
that it is in the most perfect condition,
strong, tlex bic. OF pearly white color,
and on looking through it is seen a
water mark, beautiful for its ciearness
and delicacy. The paper is as white as
can be desire and has surface such as
is not seen now. The question is, will
modern handmade paper stand the
test of an age of 400 years with equal
results? The gentleman thinks not.
owing to the presence of chloride OF
lime in the modern article.-N. T.
Sun.
He Couldn't Sea gentleman
who had once been a member of the
Texas Legislature was arrested in
Houston for theft. Said the Justice to
the culprit: You were not satisfied to
eat meal at the man house without
paying for it. bat you went off with the
aster and spoons beside" That's SO,
your Honor, but l took the caster and
spoons from honest motives" 'Hon-
est motivesp" Eyes, / wanted to pawn
them, so | could raise money to pay
for the dinner. SeeP'' The Justice
somehow failed to see 1t eras Stt-
;asgs.
The pipes by which petroleum is
transported from the oil regions to the
seaboard are cleaned by means of a
stem two and one-half feet long, hav-
ing at its front end diaphragm made
| of wings which can fold on each
other. and thus enable it to pass an OBJ
struction it can not remove This ma
chine carries a set of steel scrapers
somewhat like those used in cleaning
boilers. 1t is put into the pipes and
propelled by the pressure trans
mltted from the pumps from one
station to another. Relays of men
follow the scraper b. the noise il
makes in its progress, one party TAX
ing up the pursuit as the other is ex.
hausted. They must not let it get out
of their hearing, for if it stops unno
| ticed its location can only be estab
lished by cutting the pipe. -.Pittsburgl
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