Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-12-31
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

The Grand falls of Labrador are
said to be more than twice as high as
Niagara falls, being 500 feet high
against Niagara 1874 feet. The river is
but 200 feet wide where it falls over the
rocks, and for 1873 feet above the cata-
ract it descends in rapids at an angle OF
80 degrees.
The recent census in France showed
a foreign population in the country
(outside of Paris) of s4,cs'e Germans,
371, 800 Belgians, 2e5. TAI Italians. so.ss7
Swiss, 3s, 1855 Luxemburgians. 67,7o2
Spaniards, 25. s84 English and Irishmen,
-. 704 Russians and 4, go citizens OF the
United States.
Continental rules for lawn tennis,
which is becoming popular, are very
rigid in regard to costume. At Weis-
baden a man can not play without
collar to his shirt. Bare arms are looked
upon with disfavor, and a ball that ac-
cidentally flies out of ground and hits a
spectator is sure to raise tremendous
indignation.
-Corea has it's seven wonders, among
which is hot mineral spring believed
to cure all diseases; two springs one OF
which is full and the other empty and
vice versa; a cavern from which a win.
try wind perpetually blows; a forest
that can not be destroyed, and a drop
of the sweat of Buddha- No plants
grow within thirty PAGES of this drop.
The ancient cubit varied among
different peoples. 1t is the length OF
No he al n
tip of the middle finger. According to
the most recent Investigations the
Roman cubit was s.47 inches in length,
the Greek 1920 and the Hebrew from
1924 to 21.ss, the variations being due
to the age and the locality in which the
measure was employed.
AT the grand receptions of Presi-
dent Carnot in Paris, the president does
not shake hands with the guests, but
bows to them in a solemn way as their
names are announced while they pass
by. The functionary who announces
the names at the Elysee wears court
dress, with a sword at his side and a
steel chain around his neck which falls
to his waist. President Carnot is al
ways dignifed and impressive in his
manner.
Many persons look upon Brazil as
a small affair and think a revolution
there could be easily encompassed. 1t
is true that the population is compare
lively small, being only about 12,00b,-
900 all told, but in territory it is about
equal to the whole of Europe, or about
100000 square miles larger than the
United States. Brazil has few rail-
roads and poor telegraph service, SO
that it sometimes takes m onths to COM
municate with remote states or prov
inces.
1t is said that fully 25, 900 deaths
occurred in one of the recent epidemics
of smallpox in Guatemala. but not
withstanding this frightful mortality
and the frequency of smallpox
scourges, the government has taken no
pains to introduce any scheme of vac
cination, and the state is without any
vaccination laws at all In this respect
Guatemala is far behind some of the
neighboring Central American coun-
tries. A medical society in Guatemala
has taken up the subject and will en-
deavor to persuade the government to
adopt proper sanitary laws.
"A strange custom among the Bayan-
ri, who live along the upper Congo, has
been described by explorers Brass
rings, sometimes weighing thirty
pounds, are welded around the necks of
the wives. At first the neck becomes
raw by the chatting of the ring. but after
awhile it becomes calloused, although
a woman has to hold the ring up fire.
quentIy to get relief from the weight.
The ring is never put around woman's
neck until she has attained her full de-
velopment. The women are proud of
the ornament, believing that it enhances
their Importance and beauty;
During the nine years and six
months preceding December. 1884. there
had occurred in Japan, according to
statements pubIishedlin the Illustrated
American, 553 earthquakes, averaging
one earthquake for efery six days and
six hours. Prof. Milne was able to
make the average wen greater than
this. He could trace an average of an
earthquake per day il Nagasaki, in the
extreme south of thu Japanese archi-
pelago. Probably the official statistics
were complied from the returns of Off
Gals from all over the country, in which
case only those shosks which caused
loss of life or damageto property would
be included.-Science