Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-04-23
FOREIGN GOSSIP,

In the tropics men sleep in ham
nlochs or upon mats of grass. The
East Indian unrolls his light portable
charpoy or mattress, which in the
morning is again rolled together and
carried away by him.
The largest hospital in the world is
IN Germany-the Allgemeine Kranken-
hause, which contains 5000 beds. This
hospital which is now I16 years old. is
managed in the interest of students.
not humaneiy, for the benefit of the
poor patients.
"A mum Der of manufacturers of Ger
many have determined to try novel
experiment. In order to procure cheap
meat for tne:r employees they have es-
tabllshed Il number of breeding places
for rabbits. The rabbits will be sold
to the men at the lowest possible prices.
The experiment is looked upon with
favor in Germany.
"A Bad Showing.-There are thirty
SIX places in France where a DISCHARGED
convict can find work and home until
securing some other employment and
employers in that country are willing to
give such men a show. but the average
OF discharged convicts who return to
prison within two years is seventy-four
per cent OF the whole. ''Once in STAY
in is the motto.-Detroit Free Press.
"A new bill for dealing with En-
glands offenders, boys or girls, under
sixteen, provides that the court NAV.
without prejudice to its other powers,
decide that. if the offender be a boy. he
may be whipped; that the parents may
be fined not more than one pound ster-
ling; that the parents be ordered to pay
compensation to the person injurned
not exceeding five pounds: or that the
parents must give security for the
child's good behavior. The whipping
when performed shall be by birch
rod, and shall not exceed eighteen
strokes.
The disappearance of a well-known
banker, NJ. Victor Mace, who had a
private bank in the Rue Cadet, Paris
has caused sensation. He had been
in business about five years, and Of
fered to pay high interest for deposits,
this interest in many cases averaging
ten per cent. monthly. Recently the
depositors became suspicious and Mace
disappeared. He left a letter saying
that he intended to commit suicide and
that he had left his creditors all the
money that remained to him. one mil
lion francs, deposited in the Credit
Lyonnais- A hasty examination of his
accounts shows that he owes at least
twenty million francs to the deluded
people who trusted to his high rate of
interest.
"A 6-inch rapid-fire gun lately
turned out at Elswicl<. discharges Il
100-pound proiectile with the immense
muzzle velocity of 900 feet per second,
firing 10 shots in one minute and half.
The gun is fired electrically by means
of pistol on each side of the mounting
close to the training wheels. so that
the whole operations of training, ele-
waiting, sighting and firing can be read
lily carried out at the left-hand position
by one man, while at the same time the
correct laying of the gun can be scru-
tinized from the right. If desired, the
actual firing can be performed by one
who is wholly relieved of any other
duty save that of looking along the
sights and pressing the trigger. The
loading and the manipulation of the
breech block are carried out by three
men.