Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-01-20
Various FOreiga Topics.

Various Foreign Topics.
The English Post-O Once authorities
have Just given an order for twenty
thousand telephones.
Herr Strassman. an Israelite. was re-
Gently reelected President Of the Au-
nicipal Council Of Berlin.
The nineteenth centenary Of vIrRilis
to be commemorated by erecting mou-
ument to him In Mantus, his birthplaos.
The German police are said 10 have
discovered new secret organisatioo u
Socialists, extending over the whole of
Germany.
The opal mines Of Queeusland, Aus
tralia, bids fair to rival at no distant
day the far-famed depositoriss Of that
gem in Hungary.
The following ~ an epItaph from .
tomb near Versailles, France: Except
In 1869, during which for several DAYS
she took lessons on the piano, her life
was without stain.n
Even Siberia has Its university, sn
institution that Is located In the city Of
Tomsk, possesses q library OF 81, 900 VOL
umes, and has already cost several hum
dred thousand dollars.
The Academy Of st. Luke In Roms.
founded by Pope Gregory XIII. In 1877,
still continues to be the best school Of
art In the city, and bestows many pre-
miums on diligent students.
Ristori recently gave . representation
down actors and actresses. She regards
herself as retired from the stage, but de-
lights to step on II occasionally for char
liable purposes.
"The King Of a neighboring coun.
try" has desired the literary executors
Of M. Theirs not to publish the private
correspondence Of the illustrious French
Statesman for few years. The request
will be complied with.
The protectionists have had o sst.
back at tho antipodes. Notwithstand-
ing an active high-tariff propaganda,
the voters Of New South Wales, the
mother colony of Australia, have again
elected free-trade Assembly.
A famous horse, or rather o horse
that might have been famous, hiss juss
passed away: to wit, the whit palfrey on
which 1t was arranged some eight years
ago that the Count Of Chambord should
make his triumphant entry iuto Paris.
A regiment that served some time In
Canada. aud not . few Of whose officers
are well-known to the American crick-
stsrs-the Twenty-fifth KiDg's Own
Borderers-is to retain its proud historic
title under the Childer's reorganization
scheme.
The automatic brakes on the fovnIcu-
lar railroad leading up 20 the top Of
Mount Vssuvius work admirably.
They were invented by . Neapolitsu
engineer. The train can be stopped iu-
stantly by means Of these brakes on IN
inclined plane Of 80 degrees.
Many remarka BILE incidents took place
at the last English election, but proLs-
bly, no more extraordinary itcm OCCUR
red In any election agents account thao
in one furnished when Sir Francis bur
dett stood for Middlesex "To extraor.
dinary mental anxiety on your account,
81, 500"
Four days sport on the preserves Of
Lord Seton, with six guns, produced
q, 6,344 head Of game. This II said to be
unparalleled sport. Battue shooting,
driving coach, and, I'm times past, act
ing as block to chow Off Poole's mas
terpieces, have been Lord 6efton's spcc-
ial vocations In life.
Emile dc Girardin, on his retirement
from political life and Journalism, will
leave Paris for Monaco, . somewhat
pleasant little place in Italy. and de-
vote himself to--doing nothing. He
will probably, however, dictate his
Memoirs" which should make very
interesting reading.
Admiral johnson, who died in Eng
land recently, aged ninety, entered the
navy In 1903 and fought ON board the
Victory Mt Trafalgar. He retired thir-
ty-seven years ago. At banquet In
1874 he said that he had never seen salt
water since and that he knew nothing
of iron-clads except what he hsd seen
on paper.
Brazil inaugurated, abont zen years
ago, q system of gradual emancipation
cease in 1900. A large number " plan.
ters voluntarily freed their slaves, aud
the movement WAS popular for awhile;
but Of late q reactionary party has
gained strength. and the result is %
fresh agitation Of the subject.
A clever literary English member Of
Parliament is making arrangements tO
write the life Of the late Issac Butt.
Mr.. Parnells predecessor ~ leader of
the Irish people, and many valuable
documents from Mr.. Butte papers
have been placed In hands for that pur-
pose. These papers were left 10 the
custody Of q wealthy Dublin friend.
A matchmaker Of Copenhagen hiss
constructed clock that needs no wind
ing up. 1t is kept going constantly by
means Of an electric current, that Oper-
ates ON the spring and maintains an un-
varying and permanent state Of tension.
Attention TO the electric battery once or
twice year In all that II necessary to
keep the clock In motion for an ind~nn-
ite time.
The farmers of Austria are organix-
ing In great numbers and aRitnting Epr n
tariff to protect them against the large
and increasing imD,rtattou Of grain