Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-05-12
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

| in south Africa nature furnishes
| ready to hand a substitute for the fly
/ paper Americans have 80 patiently TO
| prepare in the shape OF n plant botan-
| fcaIly roridula dentata Il grows sew
| eraI feet high. and Is hung n rooms of
| the colonists to catch flies. just as the
artificial article Is here
There is demand in England for a
| coin OF the value of IL sir Henry Bes-
sener suggests that il be made of alum
inium- which IS very light metal-Iess
than one-seventh the weight of gold
II IS 50 light that counterfeiters could
not find any preparation with which
TO make spurious aluminium coins
In London a lady ordered from
stationer number Of invita- ton cards
which she proposed TO issue To an even
ing party. She particularly instructed
the >tationer To print high tea in the
left-hand corner of each When at
length the cards came home they bore
the letters 4. T. IN the corner spec
lied
1t Is said that 1T Harrow. England.
the boys are doctOred collectively. very
much after the Squeers method Each
boy. going ont n single file after pray
ers. is met bra natron who adm inisters
two grains Of quinine morning and
evening. Is Il safeguard against in1iu-
cnza. The boy. however : allowed Il
choice between powder and pill
Daniel Lilly. i tailor. who was re-
puted - be one hundred and six years
Old died recently IT Waterd0wn. 4 vii
lage near Hamilton. Ont HI, exact
age Is not matter Of record. but it is
thought that he was very near the age
stated. He was born in LELAND His
mind was bright and a>tive - the time
Of MS death. but he had v-ithere,i to Il
shadow and had not worked Tor many
years
1t i noted by London financial
journal Is one o. the causes 81 the fail
ure of 50 many Australian banks that
many Of them hold such vast quanti-
ties of land that when a pinch comes
they are unable TO realize ami are com
peeled 20 stop payment. In New South
Wales twelve bans and financial syn
dicates own about 5000. O00 acres of
land. one institution owning 800. 900
acres.
The Shanghai debating society have
been considering why the Young men of
Shanghai do not marry. The impress
sion Is that the fault Is in the chit sys-
tenn" the local name for the credit Svs-
TEN. by which things are charged at
high prices. instead Of being paid FOR at
low prices The ajority Of the vounas
men We're in favor of abOlishing this
system. bat the young women were
against il and swamped the boys.
The women in some Of the prov
pastime. Some raw beef Is placed in
the center OF Il sheet of adhesive tiv
paper. The tleas with which the coun-
try Is infested jump for the meat. but
reach only the paper, where they stick.
The side on which the flea first reaches
the beef wins !, many people can
play as there are sides To the paper
small stake usually gives zcat to the
game
One Of the feats of Il professional
strong man in London. named Sulli-
van. is To lift with a rope held in his
teeth i young elephant weighing over
one thousand and eight hundred pounds.
Another of his performances Is To attach
Il chain to hfty-siX-pound weight. and.
with the end Of the chain in his mouth.
whirl rapidly around until the chain
assumes an almost horizontal line.
This feat makes the spectators on the
ground floor shudder. lest Il link OF the
chain should part or his teeth relax
their hold