Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-06-25
FOREIGN GOSSIP.
England has 5000, 900 wild. 'ws.
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England has 1000, 900 wild. TVS.
! China was recently compa led .
| borrow money from foreigners fAT I'll
| first time in its history.
|. The Earl of Selkirk, who died We.
rich lately, left years salary to al
employed on his estates.
| In some provinces of Brazil iron
ore is used in large quantities as build
| ing sJone, SO abundant and ready to
| handle is it.
The aggregate annual cost of the
armies OF Europe is nearly $3.50, 00O,-
| OOO, and the average number of men
Withdrawn from industrial employ
| ments for m litary service is about
100000
1t is officially announced that the
epidemic of trichiniasis prevailing from
September to December last in the Dis
trict of Magdeburg. Germany, resulted
in 4O3 cases of sickness, of which sixty
six proved fatal, was caused by single
pig. Careful investigation proved that
death was in every case due to eating
the flesh raw.
"A singular custom in Astrakhan is
thought to prevent yawning and ennui
t&o ooS1dI " HCli lIC SuCSbS
come together large plate of dried
melon seeds is placed upon the table or
handed round to each guest, the crack
ing and consumption of the proffered
edible being regarded as the indispen-
sable condition of enjoyable converse
ton.
An enterprising Frenchman has in
vented revolver which, though SO
IL TO no ;aI ~,
the vest pocket, can be fired ten times
without reloadng, and, with greater
ease and certainty than those of the old
pattern. The whole length of the
weapon is four inches, which can be
reduced to two and fve-eighths by un-
screwing the barrel.
Board have refused permission to the
East End to open their playground on
Sundays. There was no question of
any Sunday labor, for the managers
work of opening and shutting the
gates should be performed by some one
of the Jewish persuas on.
The late Duke of Brunswick APP
pears to have been in comfortable CIR
cumstances. The Duke of Cumber-
land will get about 100000 and the
King of Saxony about 9250,O00 The
Dowager Duchess of Hamilton Princess
Marie of Baden) gets ESQ, 900. and the
same amount falls to the Prince Alex
ander of Hesse Two members of the
royal family of Bavaria get f25, ZOO
each.
Russian officers must have pri-
vate fortune of their own. The pay OF
the General himself is only 50, 200 a
year. That of private is half cent
day; rather small pay for the privilege
of being shot at. But there are many
perquisltes which go far to equalize
matters. One of the best features OF
the Russian army organization is that
the officers are largely obtained by pro-
motion from the ranks. Young men
pass examination and are comm S.
stoned as officers.
--Corea has been said to be land OF
large hats, but this does not tell any
thing. One would hardly expect the
following dimensions from this state
ment alone: At Phyoung-Yan k. large
and historical town near the west
coast. the hats worn by the poor women
are baskets three and one-half feet
long. two and one-half feet wide, and
two and one-half feet deep, which con-
ceal their faces as effectually as the
white cloak worn by women of better
class over their heads. The men wear
a hat of the same shape, but somewhat
smaller. 1t, however, requires the use
OF both hands to keep it in place.
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