Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-08-30
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

In 1881 Catherine de Medici had a
ballet performed at the French court.
TWAS entitled ''Circe and Her Nvmphs."
and the expense for costumes and train
ing the performers was 5000. 600 livres.
During the last few years the In
dian government has regularly wasted
about six hundred thousand dollars a
year on special trains for the viceroy.
comnander-in-chief and other leading
officials.
Dictator Francia of Paraguay once
enacted law that all males should
w. -G--A2 kind OF hat. if only a crown
less hriIn. so that they could show re-
spect to their better by removing their
head coverings.
The mountains of Jamaica are in
habited by pure-blooded negroes de-
scended from the first slaves who were
Imported from Africa. Their manner
OF living is almost as primitive as that
OF the wild tribes of Africa
king Richard Coeur de Lions ram
som. paid to Emperor Henry VI. in
1193. was 10000 marks. equal. said
Hume to S1.5OO. 900 of our present
money: bnt this must be multiplied.
and perhaps sevenfold. which would
raise it to some $1,000. 600. as the pres
ent comparative value of money is es-
timated.
In Persia among the aristOcracv
visitor sends notice an hour or two
before calling. and gives days notice
If the visit is one of great Importance.
lie is met by servants before he reaches
the house. and other considerations are
shown him. according to relative rank.
The left and not the right is considered
the position of honor.
France produces sixteen times more
Wine than she exports. Paris alone
drinks seven times more wine annually
than Great Britain. The annual aver
age yield for the ten years ending 1892
was more than 660. 600. 600 gallons: wines
imported. 100000 gallons. making a
total of $50. 1000, GOO. The average value
OF the wine crop ranges from $3.50. O0O.-
COO TO S2.5.O 600.
An English statistician finds that
the available steam power of the
world is equivalent to the force that
could be exerted by 200. OO0. 900 horses
or by 600. coo. 600 men. He saws that
$500. 600 Will enable him to do with
steam the work done by $4,000 men.
which. followed out to its conclusion
means that the value of human muscle
Is only equal to $40 worth of machines.
The British board OF trade has Just
prepared statistics of the accidents at
highway grade crossings on the rSil-
roads of the United Kingdom for the
last five years. The total number of
persons killed is $50. OF this number.
3d. are reported from England and
N1la l,.1-- &c r-4. -
a public carriage roads. the remainder
being at private or Occupation" roads
or public foot-paths-- Railroad Gazette.
A curious poultry show is being or
ganized in Paris. The principal feature
of ii will be a championship competi
ton for growing rooSters. That is to
say. the bird that crows the loudest.
the longest and the greatest number Of
times in a given period VIII take the
prize. The champion cock of France is
little bantam hailing from the neigh
borhood OF Seraing. He is on record as
having cro-rcd no less than 80. times IN
one hour.
The royalties of Europe patronize
the bicycle with as much energy as the
boys of America. The king of the Bel
gians exercises upon one daily. little
Queen Wilhelmina rides one when she
is at her castle of Het Loo. and the
czarowitz. Princes Waldemar and Carl
of Denmark. and Princes George and
Nicolas of Greece. are all cyclists. The
bicycle OF the khedive of Egypt is {.
gorgeous machine. almost entirely COW
cred with silver-plating.
The obelisk of OrSOtaSen. one of the
earliest and finest of the Egyptian
obelisks. is still standing at Heliopolis.
It is inscribed with the name of Orso-
tasen. one of the greatest rulers of the
twelfth dynasty. 1t is siXty-seven feet
four inches in height. without the pvra-
midion which crowns it. and is a SPLEEN
did block of granite weighing 211 tons
1t must have required immense skill to
quarry it. to transport 1T from Syene-
and finally after finishing it. to erect
it where it now stands and has stood
for 1880 years.
Westminster Abbey is personal
name that has caused no end of COM
ment. though its owner came by 1t
naturally enough. His father was
lawyer up at Albany, and when the
boy was born the parents agreed that
he. toe. should be Il lawyer. BY way OF
irving him fair start the father de-
cided that he should have dlstlE-
ruished name. and SO the boy was bap-
tiled Westminster. He now has
grocery. and runs in conf junction with
it a curious collection of junk.-N. y.
Sun.