Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-07-02
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

! The climate of China is said to Be
growing not only colder, but drier. Ami.
mails and plants accustomed to hot,
moist regions are gradually retreating
southwark. Two thousand years age
tie bamboo hourished in the forest OF
North China, but it can no longer be
found there.
"A Dutch retired captain named Tin.
dal has presented to the chamber q me-
mortal calling attention to the perilous
position Of the Hague in case of war.
It Is SO near the coast that it could
easily be bombarded by feet The
Hague, which is an open town contains
the Ministry of War, cannon foundry
and garrison of 10. 600 men
"A genuine Roman pig of lead has
recently been discovered at South Cave,
in East Yorkshire. The pig weighs
nearly 14O pounds, and it was found
about two miles north of Humber, close
to where the great ferry (Transitus
Maximus) of the Roman road called
Ermine street crossed from Lincoln
shire to Yorkshire.
The forests of Europe, according to
a recent report of one Of the state
foresters of Prussia, cover the follow
ing areas: Germany, 81, SOC, 600 acres;
Russia, 494, 22s, 600 acres; Austria-Hun-
gary, 46.951, 7O8 acres. Sweden, 1900
600 acres; France, 22,240, 600 acres; Spain,
10, 769, 600 acres; Italy, 9,ss4.576 acres,
and England, 2, Al, 600 acres
In the City of Mexico the income
from the taxation Of liquors and tho
license on saloons is very large indeed
Every liquor and pulque shop pays
monthly license. In addition to tho
license fees on saloons, an octroi, or
entry tax, is collected On all pulque
coming within the city limits. For the
fiscal year just ended this gate tar
amounted to the sum of $500, 600, or more
than 81, 500 day. The pulo ue shops
open at six o'clock in the morning and
close at five o'clock in the afternoon,
and not one of them has a back door.
The value to Scotland of the oppor~
tunities for sports is very large. The
deer forests. of which there are 100, COW
ering 3, 600 square miles of land useless
for agriculture, rent for el00, 600 an
nually; s12, 500 of this goes to the local
taxes. If any forest fails to be rented,
| the whole neighborhood feels it greatly
in the diminished amount Of money ex-
pended there. The grouse moors rent
for e440, 600, and pay e55, 600 in taxes
Most salmon rivers are let with the
moors, but some are rented alone, and
add considerable sum to the total al
ready given
Some strange judicial proceed: ngs
are reported from Queensland, Aus
tralia- The presiding Judge was in
hurry to get away, and tried cases con-
tinuously for thirsy-six hours At one
stage all the available jurors were &C.
cupied in considering verdicts- and, not
to lose time, the Judge ordered the
doors of the courtroom to be locked,
and then impounded every person in
the audience qualified to serve. Many
Of the Jurors we're so exhausted by con-
tinuous service that they fell asleep In
their seats, but the trials went on
"A decided change has taken place
In the Siamese Government The great
office of Second King has disappeared
The man who would have been Second
King in the old order of things is Min
lister of Finance under the new order.
The dignity of Crown Prince has been
created. The Ministers of State NO
longer exercise their powerful fune-
tons in the privacy of their own palaces,
but their Offices are in the palace Of the
King, where they must meet every day,
were formerly quite Independent,
are brought into direct control of the
central government