The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-10-04
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 The
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
t;nd in the world.
The Eiffel Tower is now declared,
even By those who feared that it would
be ,lnsightly, to have a Eight and
graceful appearance in spite of its gil
gantic size, and to be an imposing
monument, worthy of Paris"
The money paid now to the British
royal family amounts to f543,00C :
year. Out of this. f385. 900 is paid the
Queen for the expenses and salaries of
her household, retired allowances.
bIunties. aims, special services, etc
For Her Majesty's privy purse EGO, 200
is allotted. In addition to this she re-
ceives from the Duchy of Lancaatss
about Els, 600 year.
The Russian Government has
offered a prize of 5000 rubles 2.5OO)
Tor the best inquiry into the nature and
sftects of the poison which develops in
,,:red fish. The competition is open to
I'll and the memoirs must be sent in bS
January /, 1893. in the Russian. Latin,
French. English or German language
Canton, China, has the largest mint
in the world, the plant consisting of
,inety coming presses, while the Paris
mint has only twenty-five, and that
london only nineteen. While the Paris
mint has capacity for turning out
every ten hours 594, 900 coins. the Can
on mint can produce 100000.
According to the Persian custom,
he Shah has his mutton killed in his
own palace. He wanted to do this
while staying in Buckingham Palaces
but the Queen 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 Primes
Malcolm Kahn's house in Holland Park.
There is a 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 tho
brougham in which Alexander IL was
killed. The back of it is all in ruins
and inside it looks quite dreadful. One
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 a
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 a person of great
taste, and generally picks her own and
her children's hats to pieces and makes
them over after receiving them from {.
renowned French modiste. She is
also an adept in fine embroidery i'll
white and colors, and is as Industrious
as many woman of limited means.