Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-12-04
FOREIGN FACTS AND EVENTS.

THERE arc $4,000 mayors in Franco.
PATTI red is one of the most popular
| colors abroad.
| Chinese Switzerland.
| AGE for age, girls are tallest in Swe-
| den, and heaviest as well.
TIE young men of Berlin have been
seized with 4 football FOYER
! THE leaning tower of Pisa is one hum
| drcd and cighty-thrce feet high. and is,
II the cornice be included, thirteen feet
! eight inches out of the perpendicular.
| The walls at the base are thirteen feet
thick.
THE Panama Canal works are wrecked:
| even traces Of the excavations are van
isling and the constructive machinery
| is worthless. This enterprise, in which
| 500 000,0 600 has been sunk, will figure
| as the monumental failure of the age.
a RECENT survey has established the
number Of glaciers in the Alps at ,155.
of which 2+9 have length of more than
four and three-quarters miles. The
French Alps contain Hi glaciers. those
of italy IS, Switzerland Al and Austria
1852.
THE productions of the Ferrara weay-
CTS are noted for the Importance be-
slowed upon the decorative element
Grace. lg7ltn ess and imagination super
scdo prctensions of style, and they are
now much sought after by modern col
lectOrS.
THE Fishing Society of Denmark hay
ing offered q reward for every seal
killed, the determination of these ami
mails in Danish waters is only q ques-
ton of time. 1t appears that the fish
ing industry is least successful in the
waters where seal abound.
y LONDON gentleman recounts q some
what surprising experience in endcavor-
ing to engage coachnan. Three ap-
olicantS were found suitable, but re-
fused the place because the family did
not use livery. Two suits of clothes a
year were to be furnished; but it was
livery ornOthing.
y NAN refused when appealed to sin
the Queens name to help a British DO
licenan, and was brought into court for
the purpose Of testing definitely the po-
Jicelaan's right to assistance under the
circumstances. The recreant citizen,
though. showed that he was deaf and
A4'II IIc IIiCliiItt GISIil. dIiIl So INC point
made is not yet determined.
THIS is tho latest from Paris: Seal
skin is the proper material for tho over
coats of Italian grcyh0undS, toy terriers,
and all the shCrt-haircd charming pets
Of sw2lldom. Poodle5 and fluffy powder
puff docs arc considered more elegant in
cloth coats But whatever tho mater
ial, it is absolutely essential that the
mistress monogram shall be elaborate
ly embroidered il one corner.
CI:I.;EsE tea cultivation begins to
weaken. In consequence Of the dis
trcsscG condition Of tea cultivat0rs in
the Eukhicn province the authorities
are advising them to abandon the culti-
walton OF tea altogether and replace it
with rice and potatoes. Many landown-
crs. in districts where water is abundant,
are following this advice, and it is said
that opium also is to be grown.
y NIN and valuable practical applica-
ton of carbolic acid has been made in
Central America, where it has been
used with gratifying success against
the leaf-cutting ants. The acid is
mixed with water, and poured down the
ant-burrows, whcrcuron the ants desert
their abode: and by persistent resort to
this method OF attack. they may be cx-
PEELED from tho nci~hborhocl Of cult.
waited plants.