Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-11-01
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

FOREIGN GOSSIP.
kerosene oil is responsible for
nine-tenths of the fires that take place
In China.
The Emperor OF Austria is very
fond of channels shooting, and in that
sport uses an old-fashioned muzzle-
loading gun.
The great game of Japan is .sGo."
It is something like chess, and the
masters of it sometimes take twenty
four hours for game.
English girls are said to laugh at
the idea of wearing stays while playing
tennis. They mean business when they
go into court, and for the moment
forget to worry about what sort of a
figure they cut.
-.'Walking Day" is the odd and ap-
propriate term of holiday in War
rington, England, when children and
teachers march in procession, and large
numbers of the people take excursions
to various points of interest.
old Emperor William as Jupiter,
Emperor Frederick as Mars, Empress
Augusta as Juno and Empress Victoria
as Minerva are four statues of sand
stone which have been placed in inches
above the grand entrance to the Royal
Schloss in Berlin.
The Austrian Consul at Yokohama
reports great difference in commercial
morality between the merchants OF
China and Japan. The Japanese, he
says, are neither enterprising nor up
right, but the Cinnamon are solid and
trustworthy in every respect.
"A few years ago the Argentine
Republic did not raise wheat enough
for home consumption. Last year it
exported 100000 bushels. Immense
tracts of pasture are being converted
coming great grain-growing region.
English business men who have to
send large quantities of mail matter to
distant parts of the world find that
they can save great deal of money
by sending their mail in bulk to Bel
GUM and posting it there, the rates
being so much cheaper. It is said that
the saving to one firm alone by this
course amounts to $4,000 year, and
there is a loud demand for reform in
the British rates.
An elevator for canal-boats, as a
substitute for five or six locks, is in
successful operation at Argues, near
St. Omer, France. The boats are lift
ed to the height of nearly fifty feet by
hydraulic pressure, inclosed in a reser-
voir made of wrought-iron plates, and
separated from the rest of the canal
by iron gates. When the required
height has been reached, the gates are
opened and the boat is drawn out into
the main channel.
"A British agent at Cettinje, Monte
negro. reports that there is only one
road fit for a wagon in the whole coun-
try, and that there is practically no
industry, Montenegrins scorning any
pursuit but that of arms. All the
tailors, painters, carpenters, masons
and other artisans are foreigners, and
all goods except those which are the
direct product of agriculture are inn
ported, and are of the commonest de-
scription, except the green and white
cloth used for mems coats.
The English law carefully regu-
lates the subject of the sailors grog.
Every ship must carry a quantity OF
lime or lemon juice as an antiscorbu-
tic, containing fifteen per cent. of pala-
table fruit sirups, that is, sound rum
of specific gravity fixed by the stat
ute Or sound brandy of quality SINH
larly fixed. The Board of Trade tells
how the grog shall be mixed. One
ounce of the lime juice is to be mixed
with one ounce of sugar and at least
half pint of water and must be served
out in time for dinner.
Maria Pia, Queen of Portugal, is a
talented woman. She takes little in
terest in politics, preferring outdoor
sports to the intrigues of statesmen.
She is clever horsewoman and loves
the chase. She is also a good swim
mer and always wears a medal which
she gained ten Or twelve years ago for
saving the lives of her two children,
who, falling into the sea at Cascaes.
would have been drowned If their
mother had not jumped into the water
and rescued them. She is good
pianist, sings fairly well, and is fond
of the theater She is an artist in
water-color painting and her pictures
sell we'll