Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-06-23
FOREIGN GOSSIP.


The difficulty experienced in Euro
pean travel Of finding ones railway car
rage after leaving it to enter the sta
ton has been met experimentaIlv on
the Paris & Lyons route. A natural
history plate is put conspicuously on
every door. presenting the figure of some
bird, beast. reptile or insect.
The cold in a cavern in France is so
great, no odds how warm the external
atmosphere that the visitor can not
prolong his stay without inconvenience
unless wrapped in winter clothing.
There are not less than a score of these
natural ice-houses in France, and prob
ably half as many in Italy.
"A praiseworthy arrangement has
been arrived at between all the French
railway companies. In future every
employe. of no matter what line. will
DE entitled to return free pass once
year to any station in France. and his
family living with him TO passes at one
quart er the usual telegraph rates
Iceland was colonized by NOrwe-
glaHs IN So Christianity was intro
dueed in the year 1000, and the people
enjoyed republican form of govern
ment and had fiourishing literature.
until Iceland was subjected by HahOn.
KING of Norway, in 1864. The thou
sandth anniversary of colonization was
celebrated in 1874.
A gigantic clock has been installed
on the second platform of the Eiffel
tower, the pendulum of which is rs
meters in length. and reaches to within
two meters of the ground. To the end
of the pendulum IS attached a steel
ball weighing 90 kilogrammes. The
Eiffcl tower Is thus converted into the
largest clock tower in the world.
The Glasgow News has its name
cut in letters each one Of which is forty
feet long and filled in with growing
flowers. on the side Of hill near Ar
denlec. Scotland. The total length Of
the line 10 three hundred and twenty
three feet, and the words. Glasgow
News, can DC read at distance of four
miles This IS supposed to be the
largest advertisement in the world.
"A most curious needle Il in the pos
secession of Queen Victoria. 1t was
made at Bcdditch. and represents the
column If Trojan in miniature-a we'll
known Roman column. which * adorned
with sculpture showing Trojans' hero
ism in war. On the needle. too. are rep
resented scenes in Victoria's life but
they are done in such minute pattern
that you must use n magnifying glass
to see them.
Quill pens are still much in use in
Great Britain. tradition exists in
the law courts there that no document
would be- strictly legal if written with
any pen other than a Quill. 4 similar
tradition used To obtain in parts of New
England. and it Is notable that Gov.
Russell OF Massachusetts follows the
precedent of his predecessors and signs
all Legislative bills with new quill pen
used once for that purpose and never
again
Rats are natives of Asia and their
raids westward belong to comparative
" modern times. From the fact that
they are not mentioned by any of the
early Europeans it j. surmised they
Were unknown west of the Ganges in
ancient times. The black rat first came
from Asia 10 Europe in the sixteenth
centUry-aionr with the plague-and
was first known as the graveyard
spcctcr" because he preyed on the flesh
Of those who died during that awful
visitation.
Not 4 great way from Monterey.
Mexico. i the famous Carthusian table
one of the greatest natural curiOsitics
on the North American continent. 1t
is tabieland. 1.4OO feet high and $500
feet above sea level. The figure of the
tablcland i an almost perfect crescent,
running east and west, and on its sum
NIT Is more than $4,000 acres of perfect
Il level land. Astounding in running
water The only way to reach the top
is By perilous road five feet wide and
three miles long. This singular noun
tain was named after the Carthusian
monks by q former tribe of Indians
who occupied it, and Were taught by
the fathers 1t is now owned as a sum
mer resort by Sonor Don Patrico Melmo,
rich banker OF Monterey. lucky
Irishman. whn in his native land was
known a. plain Pat Mullens-