Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-08-13
FOREIGN GOSSIP.
-Barb-wire fences are being intro.
luced into Great Britain.

-Barb-wire fences are being intro
duced into Great Britain.
Prince Robert of Orleans. the eld-
est son of the Due de Charities. who died
recently, had been an idiot from his
birth.
Pope Leo is dyspept1c, although the
affiiction does not affect his amiability.
1t is said dry bread and milk is his diet
week in and week out.
Partisan dandies are wearing col
ored shirt fronts with white collars and
cuffs. and some bold spirits appear in
this array even in the evening, accom-
panying it with white tie. They have
taken to waist-coats of lowered jean,
with grounds of delicate pink and blue.
One of the rules of Monte Carlo is
that when visitor has lost every thing
at the gaming table he must leave Mo-
naco. The administration pays his
fare to whatever part of the world he
may desire to go, but if he has no
means of support he is not permitted to
remain. Thus it is that there are no
miserable persons in the principally.
The following appears in a London
paper: London. season. A lady of
good position, without children, offers
W TAKE VI y Ade1y va SOoo
family, and present her to wide circle
of the very best society, this season.
Exceptional advantages offered. Terms,
f60O. All communications contiden-
tial. Address," etc.
"A grand monetary bonfire will
shortly take place in Rome. The bank
notes withdrawn from circulation in
accordance with the law suppressing
bo fo,.ooH of
will be formally burned in a specially
erected furnace when greenbacks once
worth nearly three millions sterling
will vanish into smoke.
The bones of Pizarro, the conquer
er of Peru. lie in the crypt of the Grand
Cathedral at Lima, which he built in
1910, and which is the most imposing
ecclesiastical editice in America. 1t is
said to have cost $9,OO0,O0O. The
money came from the old Inca tenn
pies. which were robbed of their gold
and silver ornaments and stripped of
their carved timbers by the sSpaniards.
The London Graphic says: A four
footed bird has been discovered in
South America. The ''cigana"
(Opisthecma cristata). or gypsy" as
it is called by the natives. lives on the
Anabiiu River, in the Island of Marajo,
at the mouth of the Amazon. and
builds its nest in the reeds of the
4.aninga,' large-leaved semi-aquatlc
plant which grows in dense masses in
the island swamps. The bird re-
sembles pheasant, and is only four
footed in early life, as after few days
existence one pair of legs develops into
wings.
The Pail Mall Gazette prints a hith-
erto unpublished proclamation of the
Ameer of Afghanistan to his subjects
issued in 1882. 1t reviews the history
of the Afghans, claiming that they are
descended from the lost ten tribes of
Israel 1t traces their descent from
Adam through Jacob. their subsection
in Egypt, their deliverance therefrom
by Moses, their wanderings in the des-
ert, and their settlement in Syria I'M
der the Ameership of Saul and Solo
mon to their Babylonan captivity,
their release. Their wanderings on the
hills of Ghour, and their final settle
ment in Afghanistan. 1t concludes by
exhorting the Afghans to trust in God.
who will preserve them from their ter
rfble enemy, Russia, who is waiting to
devour them.