Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-06-27
FOREIGN NoTAeLEs.

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SIR Provo WALLIS, the senior Admiral al
the British navy, is one hundred years old.
BARON DE HEN, one OF the Chief Justices
OF the Austrian Empire, has seventeen chill
dren, nine OF whom are girls.
PAo Yum, president of tho Pekp Acad.
envy, is translating Shakespeare for ths
benefit Of youthful Princes Of the Chinese
imperial house.
The discovery has been made that Queen
Victoria uses, when travelling, trunks which
are old-fashioned, shabby and unworthy OF
her exalted position.
portions OF every article Of food intended
for the Emperor, and superintends the
preparation OF most of it herself
"MY friends" said the French President
10 the crowds who were crying "Vlye
Carnot" on his recent tour, "do not say
'Vive CarnOt,' but 'Vive Ia Republiqueu"
KING LEOPOLD, of Belgium, recently pur-
chased a copy of General Grants book, and
he has recommended the study of American
history in the schools and colleges OF his
Kingdom
The young viscount Belgrave, grandson
Of the Duke of Westminster, If he lives to
inherit his patrimony will, it is stated by q
London contemporary, be the richest man
In the world.
PRINCE BISMARCK has been much con-
cerned about his private affairs lately, as
the foundations near Verzin swept away
three OF his largest saw-mills, in which sew
eral hundreds Of workmen were regularly
employed.
QUEEN CHRISTINA, that model mother,
has been making an extensive tour through
her kingdom with the King on her lap. At
Barcelona the biggest Aeet ever assembled
IN time Of peace was in the harbor to
greet his Infantile Majesty
EMPRESS VICTORIA has turned inventor.
She drew plans from which q writing-desk
has been manufactured which enables the
Emperor to write whether lying in bed or
standing up. 1t is available in any position,
and the mechanism employed is said to be
intricate and remarkably effective.
THE King of Siam has conferred the order
Of the Chulachonclao on his dentist, a
Frenchman. The decoration is the least
important Of the four orders of Siam, and it
involves tho wearing of cone-shaped hat
cipients Of the honor are, therefore, not al
ways as grateful as they should be.
PRINCESS VICTORIA, the Oldest daughter
" 1pTcSS. "IO WAuCtU W Alex
ander, of Battenberg, is proving herself
great whip. She recently drove a four-iu-
hand attached to a light drag distance of
sixty miles, visiting Spandau and Potsdam.
Her younger sister, Marguerite, followed
with single team, handling the ribbons
herself.
IT is said that the primrose was not 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
. wreath of those flowers with card bear
ing the inscription, in her own handwrit-
ing: "His favorite hower.'' But she
meant the favorite Of her own husband,
Prince Albert, not Of Beaconsfeld.
GENERAL BoCLASGER recently at dinner,
loudly asserted that in case OF war he
should conquer the Germans with ease"
His neighbor expressed his surprise at the
unconditional assurance. "Do you believe,
General he asked, that we have greatly
improved or that the Germans have great
ly deteriorated2'r THAT is not the ex-
planation-" answered Boulanger, sit is that
have been indicated for the work by the
finger of Cod "In that case,'' said one
Of the clerical guests, you must be g mas
culine Jeanne d'Arc.'' Exactly" replied
Boulanger with great solcmnity, ''that is
just what I ana