Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-06-20
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

Chino now furnishes a third only
of the tea. used in England. India.
furnishes the greater part.
American capitalists are said to;.
have $12 600. 900 invested in cold;
mines in Honduras.
The Prussian and German De-.
partments of Justice have commits
stoned Judge Aschrott to study andy
report upon the American penal sys-.
tenn, with the view of making it the.
basis of a new system in Germany.
Isabella, the. ex-Queen of SPAIN.
has grown so stout that she has had,
to have carriage made with an OPEN
ing at the back that falls and forms e.
doorway TO allow her to enter. It.
cost 5000.
I'm various military districts in.
Germany. as we'll as in Holland, trials,
have been made of wire soles covered
with a substance resembling india
rubber These soles are said to be-
more durable than those made Of
leather, and to cost only about half
its price.
Mount Vesuvius serves rs a gi--
gantic barometer and thermometer for
Naples. The direction in which. the
smoke from the crater blows indicates
unerrlngly coming change of weather
twenty-1our hours in advance. Also
the approach of the hot and depress--
ing sirocco.
The cast of the late Emperor
William of Germany's head, taken
after death, was intended for the En-
press Augusta alone. and the mold
has been broken by command of the
family. in order that only one exam
pie shall exist. The cast shows how
curiously small the Emperor's head
was.
British residents in Japan are sub
scribing for the repair of the grave of
Will Adams, a British sailor who was
shipwreck in Japan in the reign of
James l., and who lived for many
years at the Court of Yedo, where he
obtained extraordinary influence. His
grave was discovered some years ago
on the summit of one of the hills over
looking the government arsenal at
Yokosuka, near Yokohama.
-Volapuk, the new universal Ian.
guage. has excited the suspicion OF
Russian authorities. Formerly it was
allowed to pass into Russia unchal-
lenged. but the increase of subscriber
to Volapuk journals caused the sus
p!cion that they might be vehicle for:
importing nihilism, and censor was.
appointed to learn the language and:
examine its books.
The only Mexican resting unde.
the ban of perpetual exile from his
country is General Leonardo Marques,
who now lives in Cuba He was BAN
ished for shooting in cold blood
number of medical students who had
gone to attend the wants of the
wounded in battle between the Re-
publican and 1mperialist forces al
Tacubaya, on the 18th of April 1865.
The latest London novelty is the
utilization of the drop-a-nickel-in-the-
slot machine to the purposes of insur-
ance. A company has been organized.
to be known as the Automatic Accident
Insurance Box Company. and its object
is stated to be ito provide the public
with a ready means of obtaining an
insurance for twenty-four hours
against death arising from accidents
of every description by simply placing
a penny in the slot of Il box
The Prince of Wales being invited
to an ':at hom," recently, had, as is
the custom. the list of the people he
would meet submitted to him by the
lady DESTROYS of receiving his Royal
Highness in her house. The Prince
passed his pencil through the names
of three ladies. When asked by the
hostess the reason of his obje ction, be
replied: MY dear madam. can not
explain. Ask your husband. He
should not have permitted you to
know such people,
The Observation-Disclosures of the
Dutch throne, is receiving liberal
education which would benefit any
little girl. From her mother she
learns the pianoforte and horseman-
ship; reading, writing: arithmetic.
and the modern languages are taught
by different teachers, who treat the
little Princess exactly as they would
any other schoolgirl. The Princess
is even allowed to play at times on