Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-09-15
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

AT Hirnisketscher, Bohemia, the
unequal working of nature in the de-
struction of rocks has resulted in n most
colossal and ruggedly beautiful arch.
the summit of which is upward of 1,400
feet above sea level.
There is variety of pigeon hawk
in Syria which kills pigeons by cutting
their Threats with its sharp bill as they
fly. It gives a swoop. a quick dart and
presently there is a tumble. and the
poor dove is finished up with a cash
across it's throat.
I'm Paris, in Vienna, in Berlin, the
small house or hotel is the luxury of
the wealthy. and the great bulk of the
population live in flats. In st. Peters
burg, the most modern of European
cities, all the houses are fats. The
modern Italian in Rome lives, as the
ancient Roman did, in fiat.
The gold diggers of Thibet, most Of
whom are Chinese. make air do the
work of water. That is to say. they
use the same process by which farmers
used to winnow their grain before
tanning mills were invented. They
lift the baskets containing the earth
and gold to an elevation and then slow
ly empty the contents to the ground.
"A system is in force in Germany by
which a man may be imprisoned for an
assault on his wife or children without
causing the punishment to react to the
further disadvantage of his victims.
The plan consists in imprisoning him
only on his holidays and this process
&c tod hn hos
''month" or whatever the term may be.
1t appears that the Germa n en-
peror's yacht, in which his interest is
so intense, is not an example of German
shipbuilding at all, being. in fact. no
other than our old friend. the Thistle.
Clyde-built cutter, with American
variations. which. after beating every
thing in British waters. experienced so
exemplary a defeat from the Volun-
teer in 1857.
Russia still has many old and
curious marriage customs which would
be interesting to the Mona Card cult.
One IS for the bride and bridegroom to
race radly down the aisle as soon as
the bridal procession enters the church.
because of the belief that whoever
places foot first on the cloth in front
of the altar will be master of the house
hold.
"A new vaccination law went into
effect in Italy with the beginning of
the year, which requires that every
child shall be vaccinated before it is six
months old, and again at eight, or at
any time whenever the sanitary authori-
ty deems it necessary to promote indi-
vidual and public safety. Those who
are not vaccinated and revaccinated ac-
cording to the requirements of the law,
are excluded from schools, factories,
workshops, benevolent institutions, etc.
Provision is also made for the cultiva-
ton and supply of both animal and hui
man lymph.-Philadelphia Medical and
Surgical Reporter.
The forerunner of the modern
newspaper was the written newsletter.
by means of which the news was dis
tributed in the cities of Europe. The
first of these circulated in our own
ountry was written by John Camp
bell. then postmaster of Boston. in 100.
The first newspa per printe n England
was issued in 1919, under the title News
Out of Holland, and in 1922 these occa-
sionai publications We're issued weekly.
under the title, News of the Present
Week. In 1862 the Kingdom Intelli-
gencer appeared in London. The next
to be issued was the London Gazette.
The first London daily, published in
1909. was the Daily Courant. In the
Public Advertiser. first printed in 1926.
the celebrated Letters of Junius''
were published in 1852. In our own
country the second newspaper pub
lished was the Boston Gazette U119.
The Boston CCurant from 1T21-'27) was
the third