Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-05-28
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

Hebrew, it is said, is again becom-
ing living language in Palestine. The
thousands of the chosen people who are
going there from different countries.
being unable to communicate with each
other in their ordinary languages resort
to the knowledge which they have of
Hebrew in their religious services for a
means of communication.
1t is easy to keep order in a Russian
convict steamer. A steam hose is at
tached to the engine room and the noz-
zle is within reach of the sentinel, who
has orders to turn on the scalding steam
when any serious characterization man.
ifests itself among the prisoners. 1t is
not wholly surprising that under the
circumstances the most perfect order is
maintained.
At Baalbac, in Syria, the traveller
sees at the quarry nearly ready to be
moved from the pillars that support it,
dressed stone, 71x14x13 feet in size,
containing 1922 cubic feet And the
stone has waited more than 1000 years.
There are four stones nearly as large
which have been transported a mile or
more and put into the foundations OF
the temple of the Sun.
Speakers in the British parliament
often complained of the throat troubles
caused when their vocal organs had to
contend with an ever present mouth
full of London fog" Now the fog is
kept out the houses of parliament by an
ingenious plan. The air pumped in
from the terrace is purified by being
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inches thick, and covering an area of
eight hundred square feet.
The Russian photographers have a
peculiar way of Furnishing customers
who do not pay their bills. They hang
out the pictures of such customers up
side down. One of the Odessa dailies
thinks that the photographers may be
right in treating their delinquent adult
customers in such manner, but it re-
CARDS it as wrong to expose to scorn the
pictures of children ordered by parents
who would not pay their bills.
The enduring odor of musk is de-
monstrated by the penetrating scent
which still exists in and around the
Mosque of ST. Sophia in Constantine
pie, and which has constantly been diff
was rebuilt by Justinian, over twelve
hundred and fifty years ago When
the edifice was being reconstructed, be-
tween the years $50 and SIS, the stones
and bricks were laid in mortar mixed
with a strong solution of musk
According to telegram sent
through DalzieIs agency, magnificent
grotto has been discovered near A jac-
clio. AS described in Nature, it is en-
tered with difficulty, owing to the
smallness of the aperture: but upon his
entrance, the explorer finds himself in
a vast and lofty hall, the sides of which
are some twenty-five yards in height.
From this there are several passages
leading to an indefinite number of other
chambers. A thorough investigation
of the grotto has not yet been made.
"A new organist in a church in
Folkestone, England, unwittingly
caused much tumult and merriment
during the progress of a sermon. At
tached to the organ were some kettle
drums, which were operated by an
electric knob at the back of the organ
lists seat. The stranger knew nothing
of this electrical continuance. The
sermon was well under way when the
organist leaned back to make himself
comfortable, and at once a startling
uproar began in the recesses of the
instrument. Looking up in astonish-
ment, the unsuspecting artist only
pressed the knob the harder, and faster
and more furious became the action of
the drums. This went on for a consid-
cradle time, till somebody with pres
ence of mind rushed up and explained
the secret, SO stopping the noise of the
drums and the giggling of the congre-