Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-02-25
FOREIGN. GOSSIP,

Queen Victoria's landed estate is
valued at Els, ZOO, 900.
"A Belgian gun drummer saws that
all the guns sent out from Liege are
made'by women
an Enfield rifle bullet remained for more
than thirty years encapsulad in the in
ternal condyle of the femur.
The single town of Besancon, in
Switzerland, employs over 5000 per-
sons in matchmaking. and the an
nual product approaches 100000
watches. A government neurological
school is maintained there. 50.
Few monarchs can boast of progeny
so illustrious as King Christian TX. of
Denmark. Five out of his six children
are married and have families. The
eldest sons of each of these families are
the prospective monarohs of Denmark,
Greece, the British Empire, Russia and
Hanover.
-Arcot, the new residence of King
Theebaw, is small walled native CITY of
ten thousand inhabitants, situated sixty
three miles from Madras, on the line of
railroad to Beypore. 1t possesses some
good mosques and tombs, with the re-
mains of ruined palace and fort.
"A curious club exists in Paris,
whose object is to assist intoxicated per-
sons home late at night. If the patient
is able to indicate where he lives, he is
escorted to his lodgings; if he is too far
gone to give the information, he is con-
veyed to the headquarters of the club and
kept till sober.
The editor of the Sco,srge, comic
paper, published at Agram, has been
sentenced to two years imprisonment,
with two days fasting each month. for
having published an article on the Hun
garian Parliament, the. fun of which the
authorities failed to appreciate. The
publisher has received ten months i'm
prisonment.
M. Valin recently read a paper be-
fore the French Society of Hygiene, in
which he stated that women who smoke
suffer more than men, and have more
cardiac symptoms, and that young men
who use tobacco to excess are more
often inclined to find in alcohol relief
from their nerve disturbances, and hence
more often resort to drink.
"A mixture of cork, silica and lime
is coming into extensive use as building
material in Germany. 1t has the adj
vantage of keeping out heat and cold,
and is also claimed to be an excellent
preventive of damp and deadener of
sound. 1t is substantial, light and dur
able and seems to be especially adapted
for ceiling and wall lining.
1t is said that the Japanese gentle
man never intrusts the making of tea
to his servants on company occasions,
but performs that operation himself.
The teapot and cup he uses are of
diminutive size, and he makes the
beverage by pouring hot water upon
the tea leaves. The water hardly touches
the leaves before he begins pouring off
stream of pale straw-colored tea as
delicate and fragrant as rose leaves.
I'm medical report to the Maritime
Customs of China, DR.. A. Henry refers
to the astonishing prevalence of sui
eide at Ichang. One day young girl
broke basin, and, being scolded, went
into an adjoining room and hanged
herself. On the same day a man COM
mitted suicide in the same way after an
alteration with his father. For SINH
lar cause young man attempted on the
following day to cut his throat. The
writer says that suicide is q veritable
Iehang malady.