Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-05-19
FOREIGN GOSSIP.


commission is contemplating sending
for exhibition at the exposition copies of
the noted aboriginal cave inscriptions
of northern Queensland. and also a
whole tribe OF aborigines.
The japanese are Unsusccptible to
scarlet fever. and smallpox which was
ut one time rife among them. has been
checked and almost exterminated by
voluut ary vaccination. The mortality
of Toxic. vast city which covers 100
square miles of ground. il only 20 per
1000. Pittsburgh Dispatch.
In the snowy regions OF the Hirna-
lava little smoking tunnels are made in
the frozen snow. at one end OF which is
placed some tobacco. along with a piece
of burning charcoal. while to the other
the mountaineers place their mouths
and. lying fat on their stonachs. inhale
the smoke of the glowing weed.
The suggestion Is made in Queens
land to encourage the breeding Of mar
supiais. and not to eXterminate them.
A sheep ranch that will carry 10000
sheep would carry -, coo kangaroo5. and
there would be no deaths from cold or.
loss of mothers as in lambing. American
buyers pay so per dozen for kangaroo
skins delivered in Australia.
The Japanese believe in more myth
zeal creatures than any other people. on
til" globe, civilized " savage. Among
them are mythical animals without anv
remarkable peculiaritlcs OF conforrna-
ton. but gifted with superna tural at
tributes: sncn "a u t;er"r -rhirh is said
-, y. =
and to turn as white as 4 polar bear.
Ten Years ago the ice scener- OF
the New Zealand APPS was almost un-
known. even to the coloni,ts. Iut in
1Ss2 Rev. W. :. Green. with two first
class guides. explored the glacier region
beneath the highest peak-Aorangi or
Mount COok-and arrived. after long
difficult and dangerous climb. OF the
summit Of that mountain. Since then
the britain OF the South" has become
proud of possessing the playground of
Australasia.
A London paper states that pneu
matte inner sole. or sock. for boots and
shoes. has been brought out BIZ firm
in that city. the design of The article be-
ing to benefit the large number of peo-
etc 1t IS a simple contrivance made Of
hollow India rubber. inflated with air
or gas under pressure. the external pro-
tective Governing being canvas, linen.
skin. or some other suitable material.
to enable it to withstand the internal
pressure of the compressed air or gas.
The ancient inhabitants of sweden
We're the Fins. now the modern inhab
tants of Finland. who retired to their
present territory on the appearance of
the ScandinavianS or Goths. who have
ever since been masters OF sweden.
The internal state of this kingdom Is,
little known previous to the eleventh
century. BY the union of Calmar in
1891. Sweden became Il province OF Den
mark. and was not wholly rescued from
this subsection till 1921. when t;ustavus
Easa recovered the kingdom from the
Danish yoke. He becar" king III 152;.
and his descendants ruled till 1909
What is Russian prince" asks Il
correspondent of Free Russia. There
are two classes OF princes in Russia.
The one class form part of the real
OF the country. en- loving the
of immense wealth. and
often discharging high civil or military
functions in the state. The other class
is made up of what are known as
''thinned-out" princes tzakhudaliye
knyazya). persons without either
landed property or independent income.
Foreigners tend, in their ignorance of
Russian affairs to confer upon the lat
ter class the rank of the former. yet
the ''thinned-out" princes are not only
not ''aristocrats." but are to be found
gaining their livelihood like other COM
mon Russian mortals, as agents, clerks.
tradesmen and sea captains, etc.