Telegram-herald., 1888-07-30
FROM OTHER LANDS.

FsASc. raises less mutton than other
meat, aud imports more. OF beef she has
rather surplus than a shortage.
AxoSs the multitude OF presents received
by the Pope this year were a row-beat,
boe'-elacking machine and bicycle
OsLr tive meals day are served in Cuban
hotels They live much a. people do In
sone psrss Of France and Switzerland.
n has Just been discovered in Austria
that sac q the four state executioners is .
woman She 10 large and muscular, has a
heavy vsice, and hos adjusted the moose for
swenty-six Victims
DOCTOR IN Algeria stood before a gull
lotine and caught the head Of q criminal as
it fen from the axe and spoke to it, II is
said that movements Of the eyes and mouth
showed hat he was understood.
WEN q future Chinese belle is about
three days old she 10 formally betrothcd to
the scion Of some acceptable neighbor, and
when she Is about fifteen she is carried to
hs house and left there, snd that ends it.
{ TIE reign of Kaiser FRITZ has been marked
with the abolition Of the cavslryman's
cuirass. This Is the last cuirass in Europe,
and England is now calling for its abolition
In her army. In the German army the re-
volvcr has also been discarded in favor OF
the carbine.
JAPAN is becoming like Western nations
Even its custom Of housekeeping will be
modified when the new "scnool for foreign
domestic affairs Is opened. Japanese girls
win ere long oe taught practical home life
"a il is understood among Western nations,
80 that they may Be able to adopt the social
customs Of the West as readily as japanese
men have done.
TsxRr IL no city in the world in which 50
nuch black Ia worn as In Paris, writes a
correspondent. IL Is q rule in AL large es-
tablishments that the sslcswsmen should
be clad in black Dark coiors are made the
badge Of respectsbihty. 80 that the mother
Of family hesitates 70 engage teacher or
geverness who makes her appearance in
asy thing that is 40. drab, black or brown.
fsx splendid monument 70 Maria Theresa,
lately dedicated a. Vieana. is by far the
hnest aud most costly work OF the kind IN
the Austrian empire. The illussrisus En-
press Is represented in sitting posture,
her right arm extended and her left hand
grssping the scepter A. the four corners
are equestrian figures Of her four great
geuersis-Daun, Lsudon. Trsun. and Khe-
veuhueIler- The inscriptions are slmple-
On the front Nara Theresa and on the
sacx. " Erected by Francis Joseph I. fsss -
ISpraS slavery s said 70 have replaced
scgru slavery n BrszA Mr. Wells. a great
Brazilian Traveller, says that " in the Wild
est regions ef the Tributaries Of the ANA
zsas bands Of India rubber gssherers carry
or an fniauitcus trseac with nanv Indian
tribes, from when they acquire captlves
from ether tribes The iawlessness Of their
Proceedings = fully admitted 5y TIE Brsz'l-
isu Gsvsrument. bgt ever The vast areas IN
the distant regions thrsuga which they
roam u u absolutely inposslsls 70 sssintain
any check ever th-rn.
RUssfA has practically abolished her svs-
TEN II -xilr - Siberia The Island II Sa~-
halien = - - des gnsted "a sna1 penal
settlement fov criminals s-not roftica prs
sners-tat with this excep ion there vii -
ne further esaishneass - Siberia Com
rsun-s .r> - BE DEPRIVED IT the privilege u
tssainx DEGREES - perpetual exile. and th-
costly svssen - transporting prisoners =
shc ri.es sa& guarding then there a - ~
ssanS~r>S Criminals saa poiislcsl prison
ers are - se csnsn>a hereafter Ia fsrtresses
and e-asl instststisns. and aet "a % ser
trnc-a - siberia - drsr sat there the rea-
nzst of tAear degrsssS aad asized hves.