The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-09-05
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

In the town of La Grasse, France,
where the making of perfumes is great
business, phthisis is unknown.
1t is said that from the summit Of
Mount Blanc one can see the Tyrol, por-
tions of France, Germany and Austria,
the Mediterranean and Italy as far as
the Apennines.
The pleuro-pneumonia is an exceed
ingly costly pest in Great Britain. In
1886 the government paid for the cattle
killed to prevent the spread of the dis
ease S1S4, coo; in 1887, S225, 900, and in
1888, S409, 00O
The Prince Of Wales, Albert Ed
ward, recently ordered an Administer
carpet made in one solid piece, with
twenty-seven irregular projections. The
manufacturer who received the order
was in despair, but succeeded so well
that when it was laid it fitted like the
traditional paper on the wall"
The Spanish Government is hard
master. 1t pays the workmen in the
Almaden quicksilver mines, which
yield an enormous revenue, only TWEEN
ty cents per day, and owing to the DEL
eterious nature of the work the strongest
men can only labor two days in the
week. After five or six years work the
miners become disabled altogether,
when the government magnanimously
gives them license to beg.
Tho richest petroleum districts in
Roumania are situated southeast of the
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in this district, especially at Ploiesti,
the ground is charged with gas to such
degree that it is only necessary to
bore aihole, and jet OF inllammable gas
issues at once. The wells here are, in
general, from 100 feet to 230 feet deep,
though some are as much as 400 feet in
depth, and still deeper borings are now
being put down.
Most of the condensed milk used in
the British colonies comes from Europe.
A company with capital of $500, 900 is
now being organized in Melbourne to
produce this article in factories in Vic
toria, which colony is to encourage the
enterprise by duty of four cents per
pound on condensed milk. The COM
pany also proposes to deal in agricult-
ural and dairy implements, oils, cattle
foods and also to operate fruit evapora-
tors and butter factories.
Emperor William has, as the Scotch
say, ''a real fine cOnceit of himself"
When His Majesty visited the Univer-
sity of Konigsberg the other day he in
scribed the name of the Crown Prince
in the books as future student, writing
in Latin, according to custom. When
the Emperor had finished he looked
over what he had written with manifest
satisfaction, and then, turning to the
rector, exclaimed: THAT is good clas-
steal Latin; they taught us we'll at
Cassel," which is the university at which
both His Majesty and the learned rector
studied. .r:@s
The employment of dynamite for
the purpose of committing outrages has
made its way to Japan. Quite recently
the Higashi Hongwanjl, in Kito, one of
the most famous temples in the cOun-
try, was restored, and amongst other
presents sent to celebrate the restora-
ton were five hundred candles. Two
days later one of these was lighted, and
almost Immediately exploded with a
loud report, filling the building with
smoke and flame. On examination it
turned out that all the candles were
filled with dynamite. The beautiful
ceiling of the temple was not injured.