Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-07-10
Foreign Gossip.

Foreign Gossip.
--N4c5fahon's Csbinet contains FIVE
Journalists.
--Parisians are sad 70 receive the
French news from English papers, which
is ssd commentary ON the journalism Of
Paris.
"A woman has been sentenced 10 two
months imprisonment in Belfast, Ireland,
FIR seditious language in the street, and
another. for attempting 10 rescue her, has
Qv1t fortnight
An Englishmsn has Offered 10 sub
scribe fIffy or one hundred pounds toward
fl4e completion Of telescope that shall
5c powerful enough 10 discover human
beings-if existing-in any o. the spheres.
According 10 the good old Jewish
custom. on The late Passover Baron de
K4sbschiId, Of Paris. opened bis doors 10
al corners. and the table was served for
Ute mcndicant as well as for the man OF
wealth
-Hymen is enjoying vacation In
Nova Scotia All marriage licenses in
thai province must receive the signature
Of the Governor before the ceremony can
bs legally performed. and as Governor
Hove IL dead, and his successor Judge
Johnston, Is still in Europe. the lovers Of
Nova Scotia must wait for his return
The finest looking class Of men in
Vienna, says q letter from there, are the
itungarians There are great many
Hungarian regiments here. and the men
average fully I'VE inches more ia height
than the Anstrians The Hungarian Off.
Gers are proud Of their personal appear.
rsvaA Ygg.If 10, "a.
through The gardens with the air Of those
who know that they are the objects OF
personal admiration Their uniforms are
aiso gay and attractive.
Every Good.Friday, in one Of the old
est churches in London, a sermon il
preached, after which twenty one sixpenny
coins il21f cenis) are gragely laid down
upon graye.st1ne by the preacher, and
swenty-one rheumatic old women pick up,
ezs.b one, one Of these coins Any old
Sso6an who is 700 stiff TO stoop forfcits
her privilege The custom originated
many years ago through begucst Of an
Old lady who left sum Of money 10 be
expended in this manner at her grave
stone
Ninety thousand factories Of various
kinds In Russia employ abont million
of operatives The mortality among this
c1aAs II enormous, the average dura
f<aa Of life being only twcnty years,
Whine tity seven per cent. Of the chill
ssSzer die before they arc five years of
age. The Russian government Is now
Attempting % improve the condition Of
these wretched work people by attend
ing 10 the sanitary arrangements Of the
factories, regulating hours Of labor, and
prohibiting the employment Of very young
children.
--Correspondenc from Jerusalem states
nlst the geological plate Just completed
by the Oriental Typographical Corps,
now engaged in making surveys and
sketches Of Bible Lands, shows that the
exposed and skull shaped line Of the up.
per strata Of the hill outside Of Damascus
gate, and near the north wall Of Jcrusa-
Isn, IL strongly suggestive Of GOlgotha,
the place Of skulls This supports the
theory of this hill being Calvary. The
Oriental Typographical Corps have ar
ranged, by means of telegraph from Jappa
10 Jerusalem, for the accurate baromctric
notification of attitudes on the coast be
Tween the Mediterranean and the Dead
tea
"A novel kind Of "bath" is described
ia foreign paper. which Is said 10 be re-
freshiDg, but which seems To us rather a
gYaSe proceeding. The patient IL intro.
duced into warm room, in which is a
eafrtained bath, filled with sand heated to
about 100 or 1870 degrees. A longitudinal
groove IN scooped 10 receive the patient,
Who is wrapped in a sheet TO protect him
from contact with the sand, and there Is a
comfortable pillow for the head. The
operator then covers the body and limbs
with warm sand, adjusting the tempera.
tnre with the greatest nicely. The feeling
OF warmth Is very agreeable, and the
weight Of the sand Is just enough 10 cause
pleasant sense of compression and sup.
port After an hours delightful reposc
The patient rises, receives q sluicing OF
hot water, and goes away refreshed The
effect IL very different from that Of hot
water, and still more unlike that of no,
air or steam.
Industrial.
Nickel ore IL found In Madison, Iron
and Wayne Counties, Missouri, although
no workable veins have yet been devcl
0pcd.
The Wine Growers and Wine and
Brandy Manufacturers Association OF
California offer upward Of 5000 In pre-.
miums this year.
I'm several localities In Missouri, AZ