Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-09-05
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

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"A new case OF migration is the ap-
pearance of the Tartary partridge il
Germany. %s.r;
u. 6. TurnbuIl is the Jay Gould OF
Australia His fortune is estimated at
.$5O,OOO,OOO.
The Queen of Roumania says man
and wife should never cease to do a
little counting, no matter how old they
may be.
The city of London is said to have
fewer inhabitants to the house than any
other of the large cities of Europe.
Vienna has five times as many.
American travelsrs in Ireland
nowadays are furnished a travelling
companion free of expense, it seems.
Nevertheless, government detective
In ones tracks can hardly be said to
add to the pleasure of jaunt through
Erin.
Versailles Is falling into state OF
ruin. The statues there are moss
grown, water infiltrates into the arches
of the orangery from the terrace above,
and the southern wing of The palace
has SO gone to decay that large stones
often tumble from the cornice, while
the roof is hardly protection from
rain.
Near the Ponte Fabricio, in Rome,
the river bed has yielded a great guam
tity of terra-cotta busts, many of which
have openings, and show within rude
representations of the lungs, heart, etc.
They are considered dedicatory gifts
in thanks for return to health, per
haps once placed in a temple of Apollo.
"A modern French custom at bap
tisms is that of presenting all the
guests with a donation of sugar al
monds in a bonbonniere, which has the
appearance of a roll of parchment.
On this roll are inscribed the names of
the child, of the parents, god-parents,
the date of the birth and christening,
and the name of the church where the
ceremony was performed.
The Emperor of Japan has very
pooe opinion of dancing. The Toxic
Dempo relates that recently Minister
of State, while in audience, touched
upon the subject of dancing, where
upon His Majesty expressed the opin-
ion that the prevalence of such
voluptuous custom was a sure indica-
ton of the decay of the nation The
minister, therefore, upon retiring gave
orders to those engaged in the con-
struction eff the new palace to dismantle
the dancing saloon in the new build
ing, which was already completed.
Queen Victoria recently, it is said,
desired to inspect a detachment of Cey-
lon Rifles that were in England. None
of them knew any English When
they were paraded in the grand cor
ridor at Windsor the Queen, passing
among them, asked one: ''Have you
been long in England?" The answer
was in pure Cingalese, and the Queen,
without betraying any embarrassment,
answered: .:Oh, indeed!'' and dropped
the conversation. All the soldiers
caught the remark and remembered it,
| ana Wnen tney went nome repeated It
to their comrades and friends, and now
in Ceylon the principal English phrase
is: Lob. indeedr' which is very i'm
| portant, because the Queen used it.
| The statistical bureau of the mu-
nicipality of Paris recently issued the
returns as to the population of the city
and the department of the Seine at the
end OF 1886. These returns put the
total population of the department. at
2,961, 0s9, of whom 2,341. $50 were resi-
dent in Paris itself. At the beginning
of the century the total population OF
the Seine was only 631, 585, so that it
is now more than four times larger
than it then was, increasing to 1900
600 in 1910 and to 2,4OO, 600 in 1876. It
has therefore increased by about 6oO,-