Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-05-31
FOREIGN GOSSIP.


The doctors of London have s+.r.
cd a club of their own. They call it
The Galen Club.
There will be another attempt to
build arailroad through the Euphrates
valley, notwithstanding the many
previous failures
just before leaving Paris Mr. Van.
derbilt had portrait of his child
taken by Chaplin. and it was SO pretty
tnat the proprietors of the Bon M archie
put limitations on their CONNECTION box
covers and copyrighted the design.
In India the finest grades of cigars
can be bought for half a cent apiece.
and cigars are considered a rather ex-
pensive luxury at that In that coun-
try man who has ten cents in cash ia
looked upon as comparatively well-to-
do.
"A monument which will cost 81
OOO GOO will soon be erected in Panama
to the memory of General Bolivar. the
uoerator of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecua-
oor, Peru and Venezuela. Each of the
nve republics will contribute $500 900
for the purpose.
From observations on the Congo.
NJ Dupont. of the Brussels Natural
history Museum, is convinced tn at the
waters in the interior of Central Africa
once collected in great lake, of
which Stanley Pool is the last rem
nant.
In Paris the annual consumption
OF butchers meat is s. $50. 000 900
pounds, which means an average of
176 pounds for each man, woman and
child. The total annual consumption
for the whole of France, however. is
only 2. $40. 600. 600 pounds, or an aver
age of 20 pounds per head
"A beautiful brown and gold en-
bird in Mexico is a remarkably expert
bee catcher. He has way of ruffiing
the feathers on the top of his head so
that his crest looks like beautiful
flower When a bee comes along to
sip honey from this delusive blossom
it is snapped up and devoured.
1t has been calculated that the
quantity of beer brewed yearly in the
aforementioned countries is about as
follows: Great Britain. 1. O5O. 900, 900
gallons; Germany 900 COD. 600; Austria.
270. 100000 Belgium. $780, O0O 900;
France. $50, 600. 900; Russia, so. OOO.-
600; Holland, SO. OO0 600; Denmark.
80. 600 600; Sweden, 80. 900, 900; Swift.
erland. IL. 900. 900; Norway, 16. 500. O00
Some of the society men of Paris
are advocating the adoption of
more suitable style of evening dress
The costume proposed consists of
buckle shoes. silk stockings, knee
brooches. velvet coat (curtailed). lace
to avoid the dress which causes, some
times. mistaking resemblance between
guest and waiter.
Paris is overrun with Americans
of the fair sex. Most of them come to
replenish their wardrobes. 1t is cheap
er to cross the Atlantic, buy at the
Louvre" or '.Bon Marche" and re-
cross to the States than to fit ones
self out in ano-matter-what American
city. The margin of gam is wide
enough to admit of a sojourn of four
or five weeks in Europe. -London
Truth
There are number of women
studying medicine at the Belgian uni
versitles. wishing to obtain situations
in the apothecaries' shops. The phar-
maceutical course is the shortest and
in some respe cts the easiest, and it is
far cheaper than all other courses A
number of young girls. who have
passed the pharmaceutical examine
ton. have fascinated the hearts of
country physicians, so that the hus-
band prescribes, the wife makes up
the prescription. and the profits are
kept in the family.