The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-08-09
FOREIGN GOSSIP.


In 1888 the cold was 81 great In
Europe that wild fowl soup-l refuge
in the cities The wild deerfcame down
to the villages in search u food, and
packs of wolves made traveq unsafe on
the continent.
The highest temperature ever
known in London was reG,rded July
10. 1881, 95.5 degrees; at Pbris, lOi. on
August 26, 1865; at adelaide, Australia,
January, 1S41, ia; at Mourzuk, India,
July 10, 1872, 1873.
The dryest place in the world is
that part of Egypt between the two
lower falls of the Nile. Rain has never
been known to fall there, and the in
habitants do not believe travellers
when told that water can fall from the
sky.
The Dutch, who once held the SUI
premacy of the seas. when Holland was
the first commercial nation of the
world, exceled likewise in science and
ago explored the tropics and faced the
dangers of either pole.
1t is proposed to esta blish an inter
national marriage bureau, with head
quarters in Bernie, for the purpose of
regulating marriages between natives
of different countries and so doing
away with the anomalies and cruelties
which at present too often result from
marriages between aliens.
The jewelry found recently in an
excavation near one of the pyramids of
old Memphis, Egypt, exhibits about as
much skill in working gold and precious
stones as now exists, although the arti-
cles found We're made 1900 years ago
The figures cut on amethyst and carne-
liam are described as exquisite and
anatomically correct.
Havana is city of $50, 900 inhabit-
ants. combining the comforts of Ameri-
can cities with some of the peculiari-
ties of European capitals. 1t is only
three days journey from New York
and is situated on perhaps the most
fruitful island in the world. This lit
tie spot of Cuba has RENTED since 1927
the sum of S137 100000 in hard cash to
the Spanish treasury.
Mrs. NJ. French-Sheldon has sailed
for London en- route for Africa. Her
purpose is to establish colonies in the
country on the Tuba river, about six
hundred miles north of Zanzibar The
population of this region is about forty
thousand, who are said to be in
dustrious, and most of them are run
away slaves who have received their
manumission papers from the British
East Africa Co. l...
New important harbors on the
North sea are projected by both Bel
GUM and Germany. Belgium wants to
make large port at Heyst, the little
fishing place beyond Ostend, best known
as a quiet bathing resort, and as a spot
where the old form of viking ship can
still be seen in the fishing vessels. Ant
werp is up in arms at the idea of such a
rival Then Germany proposes to de-
velop Cuxhaven into big port of war,
feeling that since the development of
her navy she is badly off with only two
such harbors.
Although she has been long in
commune; ton with European nations,
Siam is buO little known by us TODAY.
and there are no doubt many surprises
in store here for the western traveller
during the next decade. In natural re-
sources Siam is a rich country. The
soil is especially fertile and the acre
age already luder cultivation is ample
o support the entire population. Gold
is found in the mountains, and copper,
lead and tin have also been mined. In
numerous localities precious stones.
principally the sapphire, emerald, anne
thyst and topaz, are to be found, and
in some places are mined by Europeans.