Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-06-14
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

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The rare Instance OF the coming O.
age of a whole trio of triplets was cele
brated recently at Whitenast, neal
bennington, England. Generally, il
| case of triplets. the children die sooI
after birth, but occasionally they SUI.
vive and reach, maturity. One case is
on record of quadruplets, all OF whom
were reared.
The latest development in the milk
business in London Is to drive the COWS
around the route and have them mTlked
in the presence of the customers. TINT
customer is thus able to- Judge for hsaai
self of the healthy appearance of the
animal, and is sure of the freshness 81
the milk The practice is common,
and ancient one in Egypt
The population of Melbourne, Aus
tralia, at the end of 1893 was. 44A632, a
decrease of 46,O64 as compared with
April, 1891. The decrease is due to the
Industrial depression, from which the
city is now beginning to recover. The
population of Sydney at the close OF
last year was 421 $50, as compa red with
al, 71O at the end of 1892.
during the last three years in the
amount of shipping passing through
the Suez canal. Last year the net tom
mage decreased Sc, geo as compared with
that of 1892, and 1,O39,7 tons as com-
pared with 1891 Last year 3,341 YES
Gels passed through the canal of whiet
2,405 carried the British flag.
"A new remedy for diphtheria is be-
ing tried with success in New Zealand.
It is very simple. Put five drops of
sulphuric acid in a tumbler, given so
the child can swallow it. If the throat
is obstructed give it with a teaspoon
until the passage is cleared, then adj
minister wine-gIass every two hours.
Burn sulphur in the room as strong as
it can be borne:
Six hundred designs for new set
of postage stamps, soon to be issued in
France, have been sent in in competi-
ton for a prize offered by the govern
ment for the best The efigy of Joan
of Arc, the new patron saint of France,
appears in many of the designs. and
there is strong and growing public
sentiment in favor of using picture of
the Maid of Orleans ON at least some of
the new stamps.
Perhaps the finest dolls house in
England is that ordered by the duchess
of Portland for her little daughter,
Lady Victoria Bentinck. The recep-
ton rooms are hung with brocade, the
stairs carpeted, the doors open and
shut and the bedrooms are beautifully
furnished. For little New York
heiress a dolls house has lately been
constructed which cost several thou
sands of pounds.
According to- a report just issued
by the Greek minister of the interior
the recent earthquakes in that country
caused the death of 2o7 persons, the
serious injury of l54 more, and the de-
struction of 952 houses. The chief loss
of life was in the eh urehes, where the
people were assembled for evening wor
ship. There is great distress among
the houseless people. The damage to
property is estimated to exceed 4, OOO,-
900 drachmas.
Several of the Australian colonies,
where the railways, telegraphs and
many other public services of the kind
are under government control, have
adopted policy of sending officials to
other countries to study the conduct
there of affairs in their special line, and
generally to gather experience. Rail
way managers, telegraph engineers,
city officials and many such persons
holding executive positions have lately
been sent to Europe and this country