Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-09-04
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

s0r@A1lN f0Oo0lH,
The monastery of Mellz. in Aus
trla, recently celebrated its eight hun
'dredth anniversary.
Whenever the dry weather be-
comes oppressive in China the EN-
Peror goes up to the temple known as
the Ia-koa lien and offers prayers for
rain.
Ostrich farms now exist in at least
three of the Australian colonies, and
the feathers are pronounced as good in
quantity and quality as those of the
African birds.
"A chiropodist will henceforth DO
attached to every German regiment.
This may seem rather odd, but keep
ing soldiers feet in order is one of the
most important elements of successful
war.
"A Poverty Society" has been
started in Russia, the object Of which
is to popularize poverty among the
poor, and to teach them that their lot
is not one to be repined at, since the
finest pleasures of life can be enjoyed
independently of money.
An effort is being made to extend
the railway in Chill, South America,
from Virginia to Lagunas. II this is
done, it will open up the largest and
richest deposit of nitrate of soda in
the whole world, and should in time
lead to a reduction in tho cost of this
article.
"A court train worn recently by the
young German Empress was six yards
long. and of the finest white Lyons
silk, magnifcently embroidered in
gold and silver. The price of the ma
terial was about $1,000, and the en-
broidery was done by twelve young
girls, who were working at it for two
months. .
Although the Paris exhibition
buildings are closely grouped, the to-
tai ground surface exceeds 5000, 900
square feet. The Eiffel tower, which
is nearly 1000 feet high, cost 81, O00,-
600. The observatory of the tower
will be utilized for scientific obserya-
tons and experiments.
The Hague Museum has recently
acquired the tongue of Jan de Witt,
and the great toe of his brother, Cor
nelius de Witt, two statesmen who
were torn to pieces by an enraged peo-
pie in 1872. M. Coc1huyt, of Leyden,
who has presented them to the mu-
scum, vouches for the genuiness, as
they have both been in our family
since 1872"
The statement is made that the
polite circles of Australia are filled
with terrible dread. At a juvenile
performance of the Messiah" it was
noticed that the rising generation is
acquiring a nasal twang. Since then
much discussion has taken place ON
the subject, and the school teachers are
enjoined to adopt rigorous measures
against the Objectionable twang,
which, it is supposed by the experts,
is due3to the Incidence that so strongly
characterizes life, at the antipodes. :.
When a French Deputy is censured
and expelled by the Legislature, he is
forbidden even to enter the palace
where the sessions are held during the
fifteen sessions following his expulsion,
and is fined a half of his pay as
member. Furthermore, he is COM
peeled to advertise his shame in the
department which he represents, at his
own expense. by posting in public
places three hundred printed accounts
of the whole business.
Chill is maintaining her reputa-
ton as the most enterprising nation in
South America Her latest progress
i've move was to contract for 10000, 900
ties and a large quantity of timber
from the region about Puget sound.
This material is to be used in con-
structing a transcontinental railroad
through Chill and the Argentine Re-
public, and for building several new
lines in the mining region and one up
the coast into Peru. To make sure
that the work will be we'll done the
government is said to have engaged
number of American civil engineers
and practical contractors. When the
new lines are completed they will con-
meet the silver mines of the Andes and
the business centers of Peru with the
principal paths of South American
commerce.