Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-08-21
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

The belle of the royal family IL
said to be Princess Victoria of Teck.
A society has been formed in China
BY women to oppose the binding of
women's feet It is called .sThe
Heavenly Foot Society,"
Rents in Scotland are getting lower
and lower. Four farms recently relet
In the South for the approaching term
brought less than half their former
rent.
The Prince Regent of Bavaria is
the founder of new school which will
impart to its pupils the art OF restoring
pictures. The school is the first of the
kind in the world
The Eiffel Tower is now declared.
even by those who feared that it would
be unsightly, to have a Light and
graceful appearance in spite of its gi-
gantic size, ana to be an imposing
monument, worthy of Paris"
The money paid now to the British
royal family amounts to f543.000 a
year. Out of this. f385, 600 is paid the
Queen for the expenses and salaries Of
her household, retired allowances,
bounties, aims, special services, etc.
For Her Majesty's privy purse ESQ, 600
is allotted. In addition to this she re-
ceives from the Duchy of Lancaster
about f45,000 year. !.
The Russian Government has
offered prize of 5000 rubies s2,500)
for the best inquiry into'the nature and
effects of the poison which develops in
cured fish. The competition is open to
all and the memoirs must be sent in by
January l, 1898, in the Russian, Latin,
French, English or German language.
Canton, China, has the largest mint
in the world, the plant consisting of
ninety coming presses, while the Paris
mint has only twenty-five, and that of
London only nineteen. While the Paris
mint has a capacity for turning out
every ten hours 594, 600 coins, the Can
ton mint can produce 2,700. 600.
According to the Persian custom,
the Shah has his mutton killed in his
own palace. He wanted to do this
while staying in Buckingham Palace,
but the Quesn would not permit it,
though long negotiations were carried
ON to obtain her permission In the
end it was settled that the royal butch
ering should be performed at Prince
Malcolm Kahn's house in Holland Park.
There is curious museum at St
Petersburg, to which access is not easily
obtained. 1t contains all the imperial
state and private carriages, but the
most interesting among all is the
brougham in which Alexander IL was
killed. The back of it is all in ruins,
and inside it looks quite dreadful. One
of the cushions, however, is still good;
here and there splashes of mud are on
it.
The number of women who hunt
in England is year by year on the in
crease, and the latest variation of the
sport is otter hunting. Otter hunting
is done on foot and requires an equip
ment of short petticoats and thick
boots The otter is almost the only
existing species of the wild fauna of
England, with the exception of the
badger and the roedeer, and there is
something sad in seeing the war of ex-
termination begun against him as
fashionable fad.
The Empress of Germany has an
army of seamstresses, but it is her
delight to preside over and assist in
the manufacture of her children's
garments. She is person of great
taste, and generally picks her own and
her children's hats to pieces and makes
them over after receiving them from a
| renowned French modiste. She is
also an adept in fine embroidery in
| white and colors, and is as industrious
| as MANY a woman of limited means.