Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-04-21
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

"A vast banyan tree, covering be
tween six and seven acres. has been dis
covered on the tiny Lord Howe island.
three hundred miles from Port Mac
Guaire- in australia 1t Is surpassed in
size only by the greatest of those in
India
In northern Africa date stones are
roasted and used as a substitute for
coffee All kinds of basket and wicker
work are made from the leaf stalks.
while the leaves themselves are made
into mats bags etc The wood Is used
for fences and buildings
The Chinese settlers on the island
Of Sumatra have strange and ludicrous
form of salUtation- When thev meet
each other say after an absence Of a
month or longer. they do not shake each
others hand: they smile broadly. and
each grasps his own hand. shaking il
vigorously for few moments
The French Congo country IS FIVE
times the size of France II Is believed
that II contains s.0o0. 900 people. and
more than half of them are Pahouins.
- De Brazza calls them or Fans. as Du
Ihaillu made them known Those who
know them best say their name Is prop
erly Fangs- They are By far the most
remarkable people in West Africa
Returns recently published show
that the population Ct the colony Of
Western Australia on December 81 last
was 81, 2S;-:522. 222S males and 81 .o51 fe-
males The number OF births during
the year vas 500: arrivals by immigra-
ton I-s92: cases Of death 81. and other
departures 500. II would seem that
opinions differ as to whether the colony
i a good place TO iTumiCrate TO or emf
CRATE from
1t IS reported from Zurich that the
federal government has forbidden all
officers in TIE Swiss service 70 appear
O. German soil IN uniform : similar
order has just been given 70 the German
soldiers and c1:ice-s ga-risoned near the
Swiss frontier The German newspa-
perS complain that the federal govern
nent has not made the order extend TO
the French frontier. and they are ask
ing for explanations
Hermann Zeitung. who makes his
living by travelling IN trunks and then
exhibiting himself II variety shows on
the continent made his last trip from
Antwerp 20 Chris:iania IN a wooden
t-ox. which stood on the ships deck four
DAYS and four nights without nybodys
knowing that II contained a man The
voyage was stormy but Zeitung kept
his nose IL d crack in the boards, ate his
sandwiches and kept we'll
The Chinese cultivated wheat o.100
years before the beginning OF the Chris
tan era. always considering II as GIFT
direct from Heaven Scientific agri-
culturists are of the opinion that It was
widely known and cultivated by pre-
historic man At the present time il
: the principal bread corn OF the lead
ing European nations and Is fast sup
planting the use % maize or Indian
corn in the American states
No fewer than Il. 600. 600 acres 81
barren land have been made fruitful II
the Sahara desert an enterprise repre-
senting perhaps the most remarkab bic
example of irrigation by means of
a-tesian wells which can anywhere be
found Algeria owes TO this method Of
cultivation that II Is becoming most
important wine-prcducins country. as
NAV he gagged from the fact that il
sent - France in 1886 %. 600 600 gallons
There : II the museum of Turin
Tanyrus roll winch displays whole Sc
YES OF coInisai scenes In the first place
q lion a crocodile and an ape are Civ
ing vocal and instrumental concert
Next comes an ass dressed armed and
s-eptere,i ike a pharaoh With males
tic swaCger he receives the gifts pre-
sented to him BIZ cat Of high degree.
To whom bull acts as pround conduc-
FOR 4 TIr-, I'D caza11a ~ nlavirr a
d-aughts- a kippopotamus Is perched IN
z tree. and horse has climbed into the
tree and i trying to dislodge him