Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-03-22
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

FOREIGN GOSSIP.
1.-Two hundred thousand infants
under two years old are believed to be
Harmed out in France.
"A solid cut-glass bedstead. richly
worked was lately made at Biz ming
ham, England, for Calcutta miIlion-
aire.
dinners for penny are given
every week to /, 200 people out of en-
pioyment by a Birmingham (Eng.)
Charity organization.
AT the mouth of the Congo there
Is a remarkable submarine valley.
just at the mouth of the river it is
l.4o2 feet deep, and it can be distinct
Iy traced for a hundred miles out to
sea.
1t mas been proposed to alter the
Paris dinner hour, especi ally on Tues
days and Saturdays, the special days
OF the Theater Franchise and Opera
Comique. in order to permit prompt
attendance at the theaters.
"A census has been begun of the
French carrier pigeons. They are re-
garded now as of such importance in
the event of war that all owners are
Obliged to report their pigeons under
a penalty of q maximum fine of 2. 900
francs.
Princes Beatrice recently ap-
peared in some tableaux at a court
entertainment arranged by her moth
er. Queen Victoria. She posed as
Carmen, and smoked q cigarette
while the curtain was up.
The Jewesses of Tunis when thew
are ten years old are put into dark
rooms and fed on food prepared from
flour, ard also with the meat of dogs,
until they are Systematically fattened.
In similar way the women in other
parts of Africa are said to reach the
same degree of fairness by eating honey
and fresh dates.
-Schleswig. Germany. boasts of an
institution unique of its kind and well
worthy OF imitation. 1t is spinster's
insurance company. Its purpose is to
provide for the single lady members
of well-to-do families. The company
gives them shelter. board and pin
natural providers.
I'm Breslau. GERMANY, a chimney
fifty-four feet in height has been con-
structed entirely of solid blocks of
paper firmly compressed together, the
blocks being placed carefully one on
top of the other and joined together
with a special cement. The chimney
is non-infiammable. and by the nature
of the material, quite secure from
lightning.
English ladies are learning dress
making either for their own adj
vantage or to help the poor. Two of
the daughters of the Prince of Wales
have learned system, and their ex-
ample has been followed by a great
number of titled ladies. There is a
school in London for teaching dress
making and millinery.
Some little time ago there was
general rebellion of the host of women
employed in manufacturing tobacco.
cigars and cigarettes in Mexico
against a reduction of their wages.
The women won. Now comes the
news that the greatest bull-fghter in
the country has given a tourn ament
in their aid, which realized $779.
An assault-at-arms, executed by
ladies. occurred recently at Berlin,
Germany. Five lady pupils of q
fencing school. headed by their lady
teacher. all dressed in sky blue, with
antique cuirass in silver, went
through series of exercises with foil
and saber The teacher defended
herself blindfolded against two assail-
ants with foils most successfully.
Mutual organizations to insure
against epidemies are being estab-
lished in some of the large manu-
factories of Sheffield. England. Each
workman contributes two or two and
-one-half per cent. of his wages. and
in return is guaranteed a payment
equal to his average wages should he
be obliged to quit work on account of
any epidemic in his family. The pro-
prietors of the manufactures have
charge of the funds.