Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-04-15
GENERAL.

ing for protection.-Ch Chicago Inter-
| Dean.
"A Georgia man wanted to move
and had no team. He yoked himself by
the side of young steer and hauled a
wagon loaded with one thousand pounds
| of plumber a distance of nineteen miles.
atlanta Constitution.
| 1t must be that the impression is
generally abroad that this city can not
manage its own affairs. Boston is try
ing to run its politics and Philadelphia
its railroads, and if any more of our
neighbors step in there will be nothing
| left for New York to do but to apply to
the courts for a guardian.-N. Y. Trib-
une.
| "A prominent business man of Erie,
| n. Y, while on a spree, engaged for a
| wager to eat link of sausage in given
| time. In his hurry a piece of meat got
| fastened in his throat, and. although
| surgical assistance was secured, he died
| under the operation of removing the OBJ
| struction. He was man of fine educa-
ton and good famlly.-Bufalo Express.
"A rhyming Signal-Service officer has
formulated the flag code for weather
predictions in the following easily MEM
| orized lines:
\ sun of red is warm weather,
sun of blue Is general storm,
A crescent red IS weather cold,
crescent blue is fair foretold,
star of red no change implies,
a blue star local stormy skies,
square of black on flag of white,
a cold wave comes in all it's might.
-Blondin. the once famous rope
walker, DESTROYS of replenishing his
purse wishes to make another tour
through America and repeat his Niagara
performance, but hesitated because the
law would compel him to have a safety
net under the rope, which would de-
tract much from the interest of the feat.
He is now sixty-two years old and lives
in London.
Wanted Something Useful: NO"
said the passenger with the fringe whis-
kers around his neck. mo. don't read
newspapers. They're full of lies. There
isn't line of truth in a hundred of
'em." And the next time the train boy
came through he paid fifty cents for the
Life and Adventures of Jesse James,"
stuck his ticket in his hatband. and be-
fore the conductor came along his hat
blew out of the window. You can al
ways tell a man who doesn't read the
apers.-Burdettc.
Frank Mullin. Philadelphia express
man, was taking Il box containing two
big striped hyenas to the Philadelphia
Zoo the other day, when he felt a par
ticularly warm and vigorous breath on
the back of his neck He looked around
and saw that there was big hole in the
box, large enough to permit either of
the beasts to escape, but which was
filled with the heads of both hyenas,
-hnC xr,hito tooth ole nI 10 Ivy
near his back. With yell Frank
whipped up his horses and dashed
through the streets like a mailman,
Zoo. There the hyenas were beaten
back and the hole boarded over, but
Mullin didn't entirely recover for day
or Philadelphia Press.
The roses that looped and fastened
a fine bellies pink gown at a ball in
New York the other night gave rise to
much speculation, and one or two
wagers were laid as to whether they
were real or artificial. The impression
that they were fashioned by natures
cunning hand amounted to a certainty
in the early part of the evening, but as
the night wore on and the roses neither
dropped nor faded men began to hedge
on their bets. In point of fact the flow
ers were of Partisan manufacture, but
so surprisingly well done that, like a
well made up complexion, they were al
most an improvement upon nature.
This was painting the lily and gliding
refined gold'' with some success.-N.
Y Sun.
In the Middle Ages anybody at all
distinguished by knowledge of science
was credited with the art of flying, and,
indeed, in many cases, did not scruple
to claim it. Albertus Magnus was one
of these, but refused to give particulars
to the world at large. He tells us, how
ever, how to make thunder. Says he:
Take one pound of sulphur, two
pounds of willow carbon and six pounds
of rock salt ground very fine in marble
mortar; place where you please in
covering made of flying papyrus to pro-
duce thunder The covering. in order
to ascend and float away, should be long,
graceful and well filled with this pow
der, but to produce thunder the cover
ing should be short and thick and half
:ulL - Chicago Mail.
Sometimes clergymen are sent for
SIS hurriedly as doctors. That was the
case with Rev. Mr.. Hope, at Charlottes-
vile, Va, the other day, when being
down town, he was urged to hasten
Passing thither with feet
scarcely less winged than those of Mer-
curry, he found a rockaway filled with
young people in front of his house.
..Alight and come in,' said he; but the
prettiest of the maidens blushed and
Shook her head, while the bridegroom
said: MARRY us here. sir" And so
Miss Hildebrand, of Albermarle, was thus
married to Mr.. Krizer, of Albermarle. |
8. Twas the spice of romance they |
liked said Rev. Mr.. Hope afterward, |
and, bless them, it was all right! |
cago Times.
Are you descended from one OF
the twenty-two?" is the first question |
asked when you introduce Mr.. Camp to
Mr.. Camp-which is explained as fol-
lows: Benjamin Camp, of Virginia,
had eleven sons and one daughter by his
first wife. who, not unnaturally, died.
He married new wife and repeated his
having by her eleven sons and |
one daughter. Having gathered about
him his twenty-five sons and two daugh-
.ers. he felt that he had fully obeyed
Gods first injunction, and died the
Heath of the just. His descendants are
20 be found in every Southern State,
having his characteristics of courage,
and shrewdness. They are
steady lovers, good husbands, religious
Is rule, and clannish.-AtlantG Con-
Like the American Indians. the
blacks of Africa like fire-water. The
of Lutheran missiocs in