Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-05-28
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

1T Is estimated that out Il every
hundred pounds OF fresh meat consumed
in England the home supply gives sew
enty-fve pounds.
Tho Emperor OF China is making .
close study OF railroad construction. He
is said to have considerable ability rs q
scientific investigator.
AT the opening Of . culinary ex-
hibition in Paris, some distinguished
guests were entertained at table on
which were two hundred different dishes
differently cooked.
English street cars have seats on
top. Fare costs one cent for two miles,
and another cent for longer distances.
In Paris the same charge is made. In
Brussels the rear seats are cushioned
and cost more than the bare seats in.
front.
"A widow in India was recently, at
her own request, burned alive with the
remains of her husband. But as an in
dcation that public sentiment is turn
ing against the customs of the past, it
is mentioned that the BARRIERS contcm-
plate refusing to shave the heads of
widows. The old custom requires that
they should he shaven once week.
Among the peoples at the back of
Lukolela, on the Upper Congo, there is
custom that a big chief in district,
on having proved to the satisfaction Of
the assembled chiefs that he is the
wealthicst and, ply 5ically speaking,
the strongest, is invested with the
order of the Tall Hat. This resembles
very much the stovepipe hat of civilized
life, only with the brim at the top, and
is made of plated fiber.
"A strange battle is reported to have
lately taken place in Toxic, Japan. "a
stream runs through the ompolnd of
Tobukuji Temple at Sugamo, and some
hundreds of bull-frogs gathered on either
bank. Then terrific battle ensued,
lasting from a. H., to p. m. and it is
stated that when the combat was fin
ishcd the brook was blocked to such an
extent with the bodies of the slain that
the course of the water was almost
totally impedcd. Large numbers of
people visited the pace to witness the
strange spectacle"
"A woman in Woo-foh village, Fukien
province, recently gave birth to boy
with four eyes. The mother was very
much frightened, and wished to have
the child killed, but the husband would
not allow it to be done. 1t was finally
agreed to exhibit the child for few
days to prevent such an unfortunate
affair ever occurring again in the fam
lily. The Chinese believe that such de-
formities are caused by evil spirits.
After it had been on view for some time
the mother put an end to the child's ex-
istence by drowning it in tub of water.
THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC.
Its Size, Its Principal Industr ies and Its
Political institutions.
The Argentine Republic ranks after
Brazil as the second nation in South
America in territorial extent 1t has
II States, with a combined area of 5l5,-
90 miles, larger by two-ffths than that
Of the original 13 States of the American
union; and it has territorial provinces,
which swell the national domain to
l, 125, OSj miles, or less than one-third of
the extent of the United States with
Alaska included. 1t is country with
varied conditions Of climate and mex
haustible agricultural resources. In the
northern provinces sugar, and possibly
cotton. can be raised. Along the Cor
dilleras there is a fruit-growing region
which is said to be equal to Southern
California. In the central and southern
provinces there is wheat tract of enor-
nous extent, where prolific crops can be
raised. and there are wide reaches of
pampas where sheep and cattle can be
pastured under the most favorable
conditions for economic stock-rais-
ing. The mountains are stocked
with silver. gold, copper, tin and
lead, in mines Of unknown value. The
northern forests abound in cabinet
woods, and there is native salt all along
the south coast, with seas fairly alive
with fish. 1t is country to which immi-
grants are drawn by the hundred thou
sand. 1t is an industrial empire OF I'M
developed resources, progressive ten
denotes and magnificent promise.
The Argentine political system in its
outward forms corresponds closely to
that of the United States. The States
have elective Governors and Legisla-
lures of their own, and are represented
in the Upper House by two Senators,
elected for nine years. The members
of the Lower House are elected on the
basis of population, and serve for four
years. The Senate is renewed by thirds
every three, and the Deputies by halves
every two years. The President is
chosen by an electoral college, at
special election, and is ineligible for re-
election to second term after holding
office for six years He appoints his
own Cabinet, and yields unrestricted
executive authority There is Su-
preme Court modelled after the judiciary
system of the United States. The
Argentine Constitu ton is very faithful
COPY of the American Constitution; but
political practice falls below the high
level of self-governing democracy.
The President, when elected, exercises
the powers of political dictatorship.
The Chambers meet and enact laws, but,
as commander-in-chiefo of the army, and
as the patron Of all the civil, military
and judicial officers, the President
Possesses absolute authority in admin.