Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-06-18
GENERAL,

GENERAL.
=, AT . sale of rare coins in Pbi,o-
ueiphia the other day a dollar of 17a
Iars. n' seventy DOL
The best rice is thatraised in Soptb
caroiina, where the rice ia sown in
erenches, which are eighteen inches
~epart' and Hooded to depth of several
'aches.-C Chicago Herald.
An experienced theatrical trainer
.IEngiishman. says that American
giris learn the elements of the profes-
SION much more readily than do their
Engilsh sisters. Chicago Herald.
-Spools are made in immense num.
oers. One factory turns out 100. ONO
gross day and consumes 9. 800 cords
OF oirch wood annually. The number
OF yards of cotton on a spool is deter
mined by the size of the spool. The
cotton Is never measured, but the snool
IS gagged to hold 100, 200 or 500 Yards.
-Phitadetphia Press. 49,
Some idea of what a first-class
lron-ciad fleet would cost the United
States may be obtained from a few
french figures: An iron-clad was
launched at L'Orient lastmonth, which
had been nine years building. and cost
zo,uOO, go francs. or about $1,000. 600.
1t Will take another year to fit this
costly vessel for action.
New York men have taken to wear
ing 6outOnnteres of late, and flower
stands have sprung up from one end of
the city to the other. Every other man
wears flower in his buttonhole, even
when gong uptown from his business.
and at night even a larger proportion
are decorated with a rose, lilly of the
valley or some violets-N Y. Graohic.
An incident happened on Broad
way, N Y. a few days ago which
serves to illustrate the mysterious ORR
gin OF some fires. A girl was sweeping
room with carpet sweeper, when
she not ced smoke coming from it. On
examination she discovered that a
match had been lighted by the revolu-
ton OF the brush inside the sweeper
N. Y. Tribune.
AT end:
At end of Love, at end of Life,
At end of all we cling to so,
Inc sun Ia settng-muSt we go?
At dawn of Love, at dawn of Life,
At dawn of Peace that follows Strife,
AZ dawn Of all we long for so,
Louise Chandler Moult0n, in Har-
per's Magazine.
The weather forecasts of NJ. c..
Montigny, of Brussels, for the years
1888 and 1884 have been verified to the
letter. They have been based on the
hypothesis that blue largely predom-
mates in the twinkling of the stars
when there is much water in the at
mosphere, and that the preponderance
of green. or more rarely of violet. is in
dicative of great dryness. He conducts
his observations by means of an instru-
ment called a scintillometer. and the
predictions are made for long period.
London Times.
In the grand international exhibi-
ton of inventions. to be held in London
the present season, it may be ex-
pected that Americans will take the
lead. Three hundred thousand patents
have been issued in Washington, the
greater number being of little or no
practical value to the world; but, on
the other hand, the greatest triumphs
of genius are among them. What ma
ton can offset the cotton-gin, the cleo
trio telegraph, the telephone, the sew
ing-machine and hosts of others of
scarcely minor importance?-Detr
Post.
The London Truth says: Russia
has odd modes of carrying on Gov
eminent. There was a naval Captain
called Baranoff, who one day sailed
into Sebastopol at the commencement
of the Crimean war, and announced
that he had sunk a Turkish man-of-
war. He and his officers, with the ex-
ception of one, were decorated. The
one, being indignant at his exclusion,
let the cat out of the bag The Turk
ish man-of-war had been an invention
of the ingenious Baranoff. He was
court-m artialed and dismissed the SER
vice; but he managed to ingratiate
himself with the Court, was made
Colonel, and is now the Governor of
st. Petersburg"
measles of late years is attracting the
attention of the public, and calling for
the comments of medical men. Since
January last. $50 children have dice of
the disease in New York City, while in
1884 the number of deaths for the same
period was only IA, while. the total for
the wear was 762. The doctors say
that the same causes which have re-
Gently carried off SO many grown peo-
ple with pneumonia have made measles
unusually fatal-sudden and violent
changes in temperature. They say.
moreover, that measles are treated too
lightly by mothers, nurses and care
takers of children in general. and in
many cities of Europe and America
kills as many children as does any
other contagious disease.-N Y. TIT
bu7ae.