Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-06-14
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

FOREIGN GOSSIP.
Choice sausages of mule back are
enicurean. and one dollar pound in
Paris.
The Shah of Persia has requested
the ladies of his harem to learn the
piano, and promises prizes of eff
cheney.
True loves most signal trium phi
over poverty and age must be the re-
cent marriage in Devonshire between
spinster of seventy-five and bach
elor OF sixty-six, both in receipt of
parish assistance.
1t was while staying at the late
Matthew Arnold's house at II arrow,
England. that Prince Thomas of
Savoy. Duke of Genoa, received and
declined the offer of the crown of
Spain.
In Scotland recently a man was
fined half guinea for goin g to church
on Sunday, and while one of the wor-
shippers was bending at prayer de-
manding from him two days wages
alleged to be due his son
The famous Bo Tree under which
Buddha sat and meditated until he
became enlightened and overcame
the last temptation" is said to be
falling to pieces 1t is believed to be
the oldest tree in the world, being
credited with 2 800 years.
- The people of Plymouth. Eng
land. propose to erect granite col
umn surmounted by figure of Bril-
ANNA. with medalions of English
captains and other ornaments below,
to commemorate the repulse of the
Spanish armada The cost will be
$40 600 or more.
The barber shops of London are
dingy and old fogy to the last degree.
Some Americans have opened shop
in London on the luxurious American
plan and are making money by the
operation. The nimble Yankee is
generally around where the small
change rattles.
1t is said that the primrose was
no. Lord Beaconfield's favorite flower
at all, and that the story that it was
arose from the fact that the Queen
sent to grace his coffin a wreath of
those flowers with a card bearing the
Inscription, in her own handwriting:
His favorite flower" But she meant
the favorite of her own husband,
Prince Albert. not of Beaconsfield.
The glitter of war, if not it's
pride, pomp and circumstance, is fast
disappearing. The German military
authorities have about made up their
minds that the cuirasses worn by
about a dozen cavalry regiments must
go The cuirass is picturesque, but it
is not bullet pro of, and weighs be-
tween sixteen and seventeen pounds
Siberia, as place of exile, is
shortly destined to become a thing of
the past. The Russian G overnment,
acting upon the advice of the Govern
Ors of 1rkutsk and Amor, have de-
cided 10 keep thier prisoners in large
convict houses instead of sending
them to Siberia By this new method
Russian prisoners will not have quite
SO romantic fate as formerly. But
their lot will be just as hard.
The names of London public
houses are often noticed for their
singularity. Some of the names are
very popular. There are fifty three
Crowns, "forty-seven white Harris"
sixty -four" Kings Arms" ffty-three
Red Lions" and numerous Coach
and Horses" Rising Suns"
Kings Heads" and other quaint
titles, like ':Noah's Ark" Rose and
Crown" Star and Carter" Ship"
and Grapes"
John Ruskin has given his great
diamond and superb ruby to the
British Natural History Museum on
condition that the labels that accom-
pany them be always retained. The !
inscription for the diamond is this: |
1.-The Colenso Diam ond, presented by
John Ruskin in honor of his friend. |
the Loyalty and patiently admantine
First Bishop of Natal" The ruby is
thus described: 1.-The Edwardes r uby, |
presented by John Ruskin in honor of |
the invincible soldiership and loving |
equity of Sir Her bert Edwardes' rule |
by the shores of the Indus"