Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-08-20
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

Little girls in India wear gold
rings in their noses
Lord Salisbury is the first Prime
Minister the Queen of England has had
younger than herself.
At the beginning of the century
the Vale of Cashmere contained SUI.
600 persons, and. at present its popula-
ton is not over 200, 900.
"A committee of the British Medi-
cal Association is collecting informa-
ton concerning the experience and
habits of persons who have attained
the age of eighty or over.
At the seventy-fffth annual meet
ing of Swedenborg Society, held on
June 10th. it was announced that
2, 1872 volumes of the works OF Sweden
borg had been sold, and 2,S44 vol
umes presented, during the year.
The bronze with which the statue
of Gambetta will be cast is formed of
Chinese cannon captured by General
Palikao in 1860. The officer of Ma
poleon III. never imagined that he was
supplying the material for the glorifi-
cation of the man who was destined
to overthrow the empire.
Two Irishmen named Moore, liv-
ing at Cavan in the greatest poverty,
have suddenly found themselves pos
sessed OF a large fortune. It seems
that their half-brother emgrated to
Buenos Ayres some forty years ago,
and has just died leaving f45O, 600,
three-fourths of which he has be-
queathed to his brothers, after deduct
ing some tr,tiing. legacies.
1t has been discovered by an en-
thusiastic statisticiap. who is said to
have devoted some sixteen weeks of re-
search in order to make the calcula-
ton, that Mr.. Gladstone's political ut
terances since he first spoke in the
House of Commons up to July, 1883.
represent fourteen miles of PRINT and
since then 700 yards have been further
added to this exuberant verbosity.
The old town hall of Vienna, which
has been abandoned for the new pal
ace on the Ring, is to be demolished.
The old building was refronted in the
last century, so that it looks modern.
but many parts of 1T date from the thir.
fled with all the histor Gals events in
the annals of Vienna for more than six
hundred years.
Many have attempted to scale
Cotopaxi, the Hottest of active vol.
canoes, but the walls are so steep and
the snow is so deep that ascent is i'm
possible, even with scaling ladders.
On the south side of Cotopaxi is a great
rock, more than two thousand feet
h Oh, called the "Inca's Head" Ira.
dition says that it was once the summit
of the volcano. and fell on the day
when Atahuallpa was strangled by the
Spaniards. Those who have seen Vesu-
wins can Judge of the grandeur of Coto-
paxi if they can imagine a volcano 49,
600 feet higher, shooting forth its fire
from crest covered by 5000 feet OF
snow, with voice that has been heard
600 miles.
The sword of honor which the En-
peror of Russia has presented to Gen
eral Komaroff is described as being q
magnificent weapon. Its shape is that
of an old French sword; the blade is
made of Damascene steel; the scabbard
as well as the hilt is of gold; between
the chased ornaments on both sides OF
the scabbard there are rows of jewels,
and at the upper end of the sword
there are clusters of six or seven large
diamonds. At the lower part of the
scabbard are engraved the words "For
valor." also surrounded by precious
stones. Further ornaments in the shape
of roses formed of jewels are set in diff
ferent places.