Telegram-herald., 1888-02-08
AROUND THE WORLD.

eLAVEHoLDE rs IN Brazil are opposing mo
fnal extinctioa Of slavery on the ground
that II will be impossible 70 carry on coffee
planting on a large scale il slavery Is Abol-
ished
II Bogota there are no carriages which
can go through the streets. or, rather, there
are no streets which carriages can go
through The streets are so paved that the
cutters are in the middle.
RUssrAS newspapers state that negotia-
tions are being initiated for the construction
OF three great Rlsso-Cninese railways, one
between Semipalatinsk and Shanghai, AL
other between Chita and Pekin.
IL Algeria curious custom prevails among
the Jews during passover week impress
siOns Of the hand in all colors are T,ade upon
the walls Of the houses, the marks varying
In number, in accordance with some part Of
the peculiar ceremonies.
TIE once remuneratve occupation OF
rnole-catching in Scotland is now little fol-
lowed. it having gone into disrepute. The
trade was introduced in the middle OF the
present century, and apprentices were re-
quired to serve seven years.
TRAVELLERS in Mexico are sometimes treat
ed 70 a dish prepared by the natives from
young scorpions. These are obtained by
the hundred from tho nest, and after hav-
ing been divested OF their sting are con-
verted into sort OF omelet.
Is Japan the women take to the fields,
road making, etc, with their husbands,
on terms Of perfect equality. Thcre is
nothing Of slave and master in the relations
Of wife and husband there; if any thing,
the women seem 10 take the lead IN the af-
fairs Of life
POsT-oFFIcEs in Mexico are run upon "a
very loose system. When an English
speaking person inquiries for mail the whole
contents of the Office are sometimes dumped
before him, from which to select his own
matter. In serving the natives, however,
more caution is exercised, from what mo-
tive is mystery.
THERE are in Paris thirty-six licensed
vendors OF horse-meat. A st. Louis man,
who has cultivated taste for this kind OF
meat, says he likes il better than choice
veal, which 1t resembles. He also thinks
that one Of the most appetizing dainties that
he can place on his table is "a bit OF we'll
roasted donkey meat.
TIE sulphur deposits on tho sides of Popo-
catapetl, the great Mexican volcano, are
among the richest in the world, but owing 10
the slackness of the natives they have not
been worked with any system or vigor. But
now it IS said tho mountain is to be attacked
cnergetically. aud II go, the commercial
results VIII be important.
All tho lunatics Of Flemish Belgium are
colonized at Gheel. where they arc boarded
out with the inhabitants. live as members Of
the family, assist in their work and have
liberty 10 move about at will The regular
ity and hcslthines5 of the life led by tho
afflicted Inhabitants OF Gheel restores . con
siderable proportion OF them TO their right
mind
Az English company is building rail-
road twelve hundred miles farther north
than any railroad IN Canada. II is to ex-
tend from Lulea, on the Gulf Of Bothnia, to
Lofodcn. on tho North sea, and viii be stu
atod partly within the Arctic circle. The
winter has not, however, been found too
severe By the English employees and their
wives. and the snowfall IS less than in some
more southern attitudes. while the dark
ness CT the long winter nights is partly COM
pensatcd by tho hight Of the aurora
a COMPLAINT by the women OF Berlin has
been presented 70 the Prussian Minister of
Education against tho custom Of appointing
masters instead Of mistresscs for the upper
classes OF these schools. II IL asserted that
only the managers and masters approve of
this system. which was agreed upon at Wei
mar in ls72, while the parents are opposed
10 10 on the ground that The masters do not
understand the inner life OF the girls, who
are thus educated in purely external, in
consistent and superficial manner.
TEE women IN Russia do two-thirds Of the
work in the country. There are immense
wheat. cat and hay-felds everywhere, aud
in August there IA great activity in the
country. The large majority Of persons at
work arc women They wear short dresses,
plain aud strai zht, and a long pieco % cloth
over their heads. ike the ARABS The wheat
Is sown broadcast. a0d II not cut by the
women with sickles. ia harvested with the
old fashioned scythe. which has a two pound
snesd aEd broad. short blade