Iron County register., 1888-11-22
GENERAL.


An Englishman recently stated In
court that he married at the age OF
sixteen, because he was out of work.
A Broadway engraver recently
made this mistake: Mr.. and Mrs. -
respectfully request your presents at
the marriage of their daughter.
I'm suit for scandal in Chicago
one woman swore that another called
her a thief. liar, hypocrite, swindler,
tramp, robber. back-biter, gossiper.
gadder, sloven, slouch, lazybones and
profaner, and all in five minutes.
"A restaurant keeper at the London
Zoo ordered an employe to take two
barrels of buns to the bear pit, mean
ing to the refreshment bar near the
pit. The man took him at his word
and dumped the buns to the bears. The
animals were knee deep in them when
the restaurant keeper found out what
had been done, and ordered the en-
ployee to go down into the pit and get
the buns back. The man handed in
his resignation.
A physician practicing in Brazil
says that a man about to marry is re-
quired to furnish certificate from one
or more physicians, that he is free
from diseases of certain character;
and that he is free from all signs of
any of the diseases which are liable to
be transmitted to the offspring. This
is not required by the government, but
it is a sort of family law or custom
recognized among the higher classes.
Five persons were imprisoned by
the caving in of wall at a quarry at
Chancolade, near Perigeux, France,
recently, and there were no means at
hand to rescue them. To find out
where they were, shaft twelve inches
in diameter was bored, down which was
slid a small tube, near the end of which
was a small camera surrounded by a
battery of electric lights. With this
apparatus a number of negatives were
taken, and the effect of the disaster
shown, even to the faces of two corpses.
1t was thus known that the men were
dead, and that effort to succor them
would be useless.
AT Whiteville, N. c., an UNDER
ground river has been discovered.
When in the vicinity of the supposed
stream it can be plainly heard,
but when a person lies fiat on the
ground the phenomenon becomes
really alarming. The sound indicates
that the water is not any great distance
down and that it is not a small stream,
but majestic river that is coursing
unseen in the bowels of the earth on
its way to the sea. Vehicles passing
over the ground where the phenome-
non exists create hollow echoes from
below, and the earth in the vicinity for
a great distance around seems to be
cavernous, judging from the sounds
that follow.
The great southern earthquake
worked numerous wonders, and one of
them has come to public notice. It is
told of thus by Georgia paper:
There is well-known lady in Wilkes
County who has enjoyed perfect health
since the earthquake. For several
years up to that time her health had
been declining, and she was then quite
feeble. The physicians said the
trouble was that she never perspired.
When the great earthquake came she
was considerably frightened, and in a
few moments the perspiration came
freely from every pore. She began to
improve from that moment, and soon
entirely regained her health.
Those narrow-minded people who
think human beings reach maturity at
the unripe age of seventy should learn
better from the Roumanians. One old
peasant called as a witness in a court
of justice in the year 1882 could only
give clue to his age by saying: Il
remember that when / was a boy our
Emperor was woman" and, reckon
ing from the death of Maria Theresa in
1880. made him not less than one hun
dred and ten years old. Mrs. Gerard.
the traveller, tells us that peasants OF
ninety years and upward in full pos
session of their faculties are everyday
affairs in Transylvania; indeed, she
met one woman of ninety-fve who
could weave handsomer pillow cases
and towels than any of the younger
women. But the weaving, she said,
60 how