Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-04-26
OVER THE WAY.

THE late Emperor William was two years
old when General Washington died.
THERE are 10000 liquor saloons in En-
gland, 10000 of which are in London
| A CORRESPONDENT writes from Honduras
who says that more than S12OO0,OOO of
American capital is invested in gold mines
! in that country.
THE first official act of the Emperor
Frederick was the comforting of the rare
| and exalted order of the Black Eagle on his
wife.
THE Crown Princess of Sweden will ulti-
mately inherit the large fortune which her
, grandfather, the Emperor William, be-
queathed to her mother, the Grand Duchess
of Baden.
! Two JEWS have received from Emperor
Frederick the highest order of nobility in
Prussia, and he has practically banished
| from Berlin Mr.. Stoecker, the inveterate
| enemy of the Semitic race.
EMPEROR WILLIAM was chivalrous to-
wards women of all degrees. He kissed the
| hands OF ladies who were of his circle when
| he met them in private, and, like Louis
XIV, he would stand aside and let house.
maid go past him.
1T is curious fact that while Queen Vic
toria speaks German in her home circle,
the present German Empress disregards it
in hers and uses English as much as pos
sible. English is the fireside tongue of the
Greek. Danish and Russian royal families.
CHRISTINA, the young Queen-Regent of
Spain, is very fond of music, but does not
care to go to public places of entertainment.
so she has large speaking telephone, con-
Meeting her palace with the Madrid Opera
House, and listens to all the great singers
without leaving her room.
ARTIFICIAL flowers are going out of use
in England and lace coming in in about equal
ratio. In 1882 the value of flowers imported
reached the enormous sum of $500, 600,
while in 1886 this fell off to S1,250,0 900. The
increase in the importation of lace mean
while has amounted to more than all these
figures of artificial flowers together.
THE Copts of Egypt have very old in
dustry, that of artificial egg Matching.
There are 700 such establishments within a
short distance of Cairo, and the production
Of chickens from the ovens reaches 12,000,-
900 annually. The season for incubating
lasts through three months in the early
summer. The country people take fresh eggs
to the owners of the ovens and give two for
each newly Matched chick
LOVER OF the ''curiOuS in NUMBER has
arrived at some interesting facts about
Berlin. The city has 210 miles of streets, so
that a person might walk 10 days in the
f.apltdl without feIr2clnS MS Steps. Ii the
100000 inhabltGnts marched in double file.
hey would form a line nearly $50 miles in
,ength. If the citizens determined to start
upon a journey at the same time, ell the cars
of Germany would accommodate but two
thirds of the number
QUITE new branch Of industry has been
created in Germany by the sale OF San Reno
brooches, which in the shape of small shells
in dull silver, on which the Villa Zirlo is
traced in sharp outline, have been brought
into the market. Another pretty pattern of
the San Reno brooche is in the shape of
tiny silver blotting book with golden quill
across it, at the lower end a garland of for
geJ-me-nots, the Emperors favorite flower
is painted, and above it are inscribed the
words, IA greeting from San Reno"
WALDERsEE, the German Count whom
Emperor Frederick has assigned to the
command of an army corps and who has
been regarded as Won Moltkes successor,
having been his Lieutenant since 1872, has an
American wife who is said to be a Main
tenon in political intrigue. She is daugh-
ter of David Lee, once a New York banker,
and first married the late Prince Frederick
of Schleswig-Holstein having first been
given the title Princess Won Moer by the
Emperor of Austria. Her salon has been
the centre of hostility to the present EN-
press, and it is said that Count WalderSee'5
new post, which removes him from Berlin,
is due to Victoria's desire to suppress her
enemy.