Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-02-09
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

The London Echo states it a3 sttoo
certain" that Dean Stanley's life "was
sacrificed to the bad drainage in the
deanery."
The London World says that the
English essentially constitute nation of
snobs, and that snobbishness daily in
creases among them.
-Mentz has found documents show
ing that Joan dare was not burned at
the stake, but in 1856 married NJ. de
Hermoise of Lorraine, and lived to a
good old matronly age.
In Palestine of late years the rain
fall has increased wonderfully. In Beirut
there are fifty educational Institutions
In Jerusalem twenty years ago, there
were a few hundred Jews; now 10000
out of II 900 inhabitants are Jews.
From returns just issued in Athens
it appears that the population of the
new territory of the Greek kingdom
amounts to $685. souls. These will
be. represented in the chamber by thirty
five members. The whole population
of the kingdom is now estimated at
2,022, $50.
In India the spoken languages are
said to be 243; including dialects there
are $40. The Bible is partly translated
in 20 or so. There Is a Christian lit
erature in not more than half dozen
leading languages. The use of English
is rapidly gaining ground. When edu-
Gated Hindoos meet Or correspond they
prefer English.
The cultivation of the vine in the
Crimea has been very successful-at
least it would seem so from the rapid
rise in the value of land. A few years
ago the common price for land was
from $50 to $50 per desiatina 1.-TWO and
a half acres), but land which was sold
at those prices then is now fetching
from $500 to 800.
During the past year there occurred
in England - explosions in mines, Is
of which were fatal, with total loss of
81 lives. In addition, there have been
deaths from suffocation, making total
of 80. Within the last thirty years only
two vears-1S65 and 1S73-show such a
small number of lives lost, the average
annual loss being about two hundred.
Of forty-two warnings issued twenty-six
were justified by sub .equent events, and
two accidents, with the loss of lane life,
occurred before a warning w issued.
Queen Margherita never lets any
thing hinder a royal duty, al | has so
won the heart OF the kingdom that
where the royal family were once as
saulted, she and her little son can now
walk alone She obeys all the older
customs of kings, is always gracious,
sinap0tica, digniiied and charming. At
one time, when she sat on the
balcony of the Pitt Palace swathed in
white lace and glistening with diamonds
under the electric light, the whole city
went wild with enthusiastic admiration
at SO queenly u representation OF Il
queen.
Queen Victoria is generally sup
posed to have saved a great deal of
money, and acting on this supposition,
it is asked why she cannot provide for
her family. As a matter of fact, she
has not. When Prince Albert died,
many of the state departments were in
debt. These debts have been paid off.
Some of them-such as that of the Mas
ter of the Horse. for which $1,000 per
annum is allowed-always have t,e4bor-
row from the other departments or
from the privy purse. Although the
court does not entertain largely, the
mise-cn-scene is pretty muth the same
as if it did. The Queen really does not
put by rs much as 100000 per annum
on an average of years. Her savings
have been CONSIDERABLY drained by
gifts of 100000 which she has always
made to her daughters at their mar
rage