Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-07-24
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

There are still many wolves in
France. and the French Government
spends $4,000 per annum toward their
extirpation-
The young Chinese Emperor is
breaking up the gambling establish
ments OF Pekin and is trying to reduce
the expenses of the administration of
the government
Steps have been taken to establish
In st Petersburg a society for the insur-
snce of crops against climatic mishaps-
Inc agricultural Society of the netrop-
Oils has initia ted the movement
Artificial gems at the Paris EXPOSE
ton are said 10 have surpassed any
thing ever before shown. some of the
specimens pulling even dealers and ex-
perts- The artificial pearls were espe-
clalIy successful, no means being found
TO distinguish the genuine from the arti
hclal, except the use of a file.
M Barbedienne. the famous bronze
founder of Paris, exhibits a clock val
ued at So 003 1t is q bell-tower of the
richest Italian style, made Of chiseled
copper, adorned with mosaics and paint
ings. with columns Of panels of red mar
bic, and with statuettes in inches mod
eled By the sculptors Eudes and Noel.
1t stands about twelve feet high
In accordance with resolutions
passed by the Brussels Academy OF
Medicine, the Belgian Government is
about TO forbid public seances of hyp-
notism- All who, outside the lawful
exercise of the art of healing hypno-
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persons in a demented state, will be
punished with fines and Imprisonment
N Y Commercial Advertiser.
-Twentv-eight millions of tickets
were actually sold at the Paris exhibit
ton, and the managers, who expected
to have al least eight out Of the thirty
millions left on their hands, are juhi-
liant This exhibition has cleared eight
millions profit, while that of 1878 ran
nearly twice as much behind The ex-
position Just closed was installed for
nearly s., 900, 600 less than that of 1875.
Mr.. Jinsiwala, Sanskrit professor at
the Wilson College, BON bay, has under
taken 10 check the vigorous Indian
movement for improving woman s status
by lecturinr to native students against
female education and social reforms.
His chief argument against English
social life was the statement that when
the British husband wishes TO enforce
extreme domestic discipline he slaps his
wife's face.
1t Is stated upon good authority that
in Germany the small holdings in land
OF ~ acres and less exceed 1000. 600: of
20 acres to twenty-five, >. 600, 600; and
while, IN the whole kingdom, IA, 900, 600
acres are devoted TO grass, $1,000, 600 to
vereta bles and corn, over 1900, 600 are
utilized Tor fruit and the productions of
market gardens worked by the spade.
In England there are TO every five acres
devoted 10 fruit over LOCO devoted to
root crops and corn
During the Franco-German war the
ladies in England were busy making
paper cushions which they sent to
France to be used for the wounded in
the hospitals. Hundreds OF thousands
of these cushions were sent and were OF
great service Now all England is
crazy On the subject of paper pillows
again They tear the paper into very
small pieces, no bigger than one fingers
nail, and then put them into a pillow
sack OF drilling or light ticking. They
are very cool for hot climates and much
superior to feather pillows Newspaper
Is not nice TO use. as there is disagree /
bic door of printers ink; but brown or
white paper and old letters and en-
velopes are the best As they are torn.
stuff them into an an old pillow-case,
and you can see when you have enough.
The easiest way is to tear or cut the
paper in strips about half an inch wide.
and then tear or cut it across. The
finer II is, the lighter it makes the
pillow.