Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-03-20
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

| AT q recent ball in London lady
The Duke of Cleveland, who is
eighty years of age, is the oldest Duke
in the United Kingdom. and the Duke
| of Newcastle, aged nineteen, isi the
youngest.
Mrs Gladstone, who is nearly the
same age as the Premier, accompanies
her husband, as did Lady Beaconsfield,
everywhere, and frequently remains in
the ladies' gallery till the close of the
nights session.
The Black Flags, according to a
statement made by NJ Tricon, formerly
French Minister to China, have pc
culiar way of fighting. They always
place Cinnamon in front of them and
massacre tn, m if they refuse to face the
enemy's fire. ah
The State lottery in Saxony is an
important source of revenue for that
country, as it yields an annual surplus
of $1,O24, 900, after deducting an outlay
of S225,000. In the Imperial Assembly
it was lately urged that all gambling
enterprises were immoral, but the vote
was aga nst abolition.
Emperor William has French
cook, named Dubois to whom he pays
large salary. He is relieved every
other month by an assistant, and goes
to Paris regularly during his vacation.
For twenty-five years he has held this
position, and he now holds the rank of
commandant in the army with PEN
sion.
The British war authorities find it
exceedingly difficult to devise ways and
means for securing new recruits. Boys
of eighteen and nineteen are to be adj
mitted, and thirty-three inch chest
measurement has been substituted for
thirty-four inches. The Marquis of
Harrington lately announced, too, that
the stature requirements would be re-
duced.
-Canovas de Castillo. the new Span
j. h Premier. is carrying things with q
high hand He told the Catalonians who
protested against the new Spanish COM
mercial treaty with England that the
making of treaties was King Alfonso's
b siness; has prohibited all meetings,
public dinners and social parties of the
advanced Liberals, and has secured
sentences of eight years imprisonment
against editors who have ventured to
criticise his royal master.
The Liverpool rowdy has apeculiar
style of dress, The jacket, vest and
trousers are made of thick, undyed
co ton clio h called moleskin, which has
something of a velvet smoothness and
softness on its right side, The jacket
reaches Just below the hips and buttons
to the throat over scarf ormutfier. and
the number of its buttons is great. The
trousers fit tight to the knee, from
whence they hang with arakish loose
ness and nearly cover the boot. Crown
ing all is p round worsted cloth peak
cap, with a little round knob on the top,
that makes very suitable finish 10 the
whole man.
The Paris correspondent of the Lon
don Lancet writes: ''After a service of
more than half century as Director of
e Gobelins Mandatory, M. Chevrsul,
the illustrious chemist, has been placed
on the retired list; and, although in less
than two years he will have completed
100 years of age, he considers that he
has not been well treated. 1t would APP
pear, however, that in order to spare
the feelings of the old gentleman he has
been allowed to retain his appointment
with the full salary attached to it. The
Municipal Council of Paris have given
his name to a new street in this city. an
honor rarely conferred on persons while
yet living"