Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-06-16
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

A telephone up the volcano on
Hawaii is the latest novelty for jewellers
On the island. IN the old days men
rode on horseback ahead of the lava
flow to let the settlers know there had
been an eruption, but hereafter it will
be necessary only to turn the crank and
call up Central
"A powerful lamp. which distinctly
eliminates objects over half mile dis
tant by means of q great reflector, Is to
be adopted in the French army. 1t is
carried on a light wagon, behind the
soldiers. and they will be in obscurity
while the enemy and all objects in front
will be made conspicuous.
A notary's clerk in France. named
Harrott. has recently distinguished him
self by declaring that his real name was
the Count Harold de JULY, Baron d Au-
busson and d'Auriac, marquis de la
Tour Popeiiniere. and a descendant of
buckingham and of Hamlet, prince of
Denmark. The court gave him eight
days.
In France the macadam road " it'll
out foundation is preferred to the Tel
ford. binder being used with the
broken stone. after being thoroughly
compacted. The national roads cost
more than the departmental and coun-
try roads. as they are constructed FOR
strategic purposes. are wider, and cross
the toughest and most scantily-pOpu-
lated districts.
Pew people have any idea of how
much money is spent by the munich
patty of Paris in planting and looking
after the trees which line the principal
bOulevards and avenues of the French
capital The annual report of the SUI
perintendent gives the total number Of
trees planted at S7.G55. each of which
represents an initial cost of SO. The
annual expenditure for maintenance is
$50. so.
The model of the Victory" Mel
sons celebrated flagship. will be
brought to the Colum bian exposition
by Manager Abud of the prince of
Wales thea Ter. London. a part model
of the Victory" attracted much atten-
ton at the recent royal naval exhibit
ton. Mr.. Ahud is now completing the
model 50 that it will represent exactly
and completely the famous old war ship,
which now lies in PortsIcOu harbOr
1t is easy to guess why Premier ii
Rudini's flour tax is likely to make
trouble in Italy. The Italian peasant
probably consumes more flour than the
peasant Of any other European country.
because the manufacture of flour into
various forms of InacarOni is common in
all the poorer italian households. Ital-
ians are peculiarly ingenious also in
their treatment OF dough. which they
make into many curious and appetising
forms.
A college for native Christian stu
dents has been opened At Mysorc. South
India. The institution vras started nine
years ago in stable. Four years later
it emerged into what was once the high
school. \ short time since brief note
came from Australia offering one thou
sand pounds toward the scheme. This
was followed by other generous con-
tributiOns, and, as a result, the open
ing ceremony just held was one of tri-
umph and hearty thanksgiving.
What hard time Of it." says
a correspondent, ..Hrazilian book-keep-
ers must have. with the long line of
figures which represent the ordinary
commercial transactions of a banking
vi DltIC1IIiic lIOttSS. tAtiIlp PFC d
real. the unit of the monetary system.
is written OS001 and is equal to the
value of one-twentieth of the United
States cent. There is no such coin in
circulation. the smallest being 10 refs.
There is a copper coin of 30 refs, and a
nickel coin of 100 refs. and another of
200 refs. Next comes the paper money
in notes of 1000 refs. called milreis.
There are two milreis, 1, 10, 20, 80, 80
and 100. to maximum of 500 milreis,
numerically expressed this was: $780,
900. Then there is an imaginary de-
nomination ma med conte, which
means a thousand milreis and is ex-
pressed on paper 1,O00s. The par value
of the paper milreis IS equal to about
81 cents. American money; but of course
il varies with the times.