Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-08-27
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

Tho people of Munich consume the
enormous quantity of 485 quarts of beer
por head peT annum.
Tho cultivation Of tobacco has been
forbidden in Egypt and the duty upon
the imported article raised.
"A reduction Of postal rates in Japan
was expec led to cause deficit in the
revenues, BUT instead they showed an
increase.
Almost 81, 900 Frenohman belong to
the Legion of Honor, S2,02l Of them
being connected with the army, and the
rest civilians.
The German colonists in Southern
Russia will be compelled, it is said, to
emigrate, the authorities at St. Peters
burg having determined to get rid of
An olive tree, with an authentical-
ly recorded age of five centuries. was
recently destroyed by the wind at Beau.
lieu, France. 1t measured thirty-six
feet in circumference.
Tor his nurse has been carried to the ex-
treme by Herr Gerhardt, a wealthy
Bremen merchant, who has just mar.
Rod the woman who was once his wet
nurse.
Between April /, 1889, and April l.,
1890, the Prussian Department of For
estry sold at cost to Prussians IS, 3s7, pa
young trees; 2,s07, 2Ss of them were
shade trees and the rest evergreens.
The department is making strenuous
efforts to increase the amount Of stand
ng timber on private grounds.
Some curious statistics on the
amount Of artificial lighting supplied
Der head in Paris have been laid before
he Societe International des Elec.
ricians. Thirty years ago the light
ng was equivalent to 9,765 candles per
.nnum for each inhabitant. BY 1879
the amount had risen to 5000, and by
gradual increments it in 1889 reached
II, 800, which was equal to about thirty
andes per head per day.
The second parade of the Royal
Botanic Society in Regent Park was a
brilliant success. All kinds of vehicles
vreathed in flowers formed charming
procession. The most original and
striking device Of the day was dog
,art draped in white, shaded by huge
umbrella, which gave the effect of an
Elephants howdah as it appeared in the
distance of the grounds. Near at hand
his chariot was seen to be entwined
With plated straw and white marquee
ties.
One of the most beautiful sights in
The world will soon be seen in India
The unparalleled beauty of the Tai
Nahal win be made visible at night,
md still further idealized by electric
light illumination. Within the next
month powerful arc lights will be
placed in each of the front minarets, on
zach of the back minarets, and on the
Musjid and Jawab. The effect will be
III the more striking from the fact
hat the main building will have no
light stationed upon it. so that the
points mentioned will be thrown into
magnificent relief.
The Royal Academy is confronted
with trouble OF q most novel sort A
prominent non-member seeing his pict-
are placed in the center of the wall,
but above the line, requested that it
should be taken down and returned to
him. That, of course, was impossible.
Such a precedent would make the exhi-
bitio1 liable to be pulled to pieces i'm
medi ttely after it was hung. Then the
artist daubed his work all over with
white by which he nearly killed the
painting below, and wrote sketch" in
black letters in the corner. The pict.
Ire now is no longer the picture that
vas accepted oy the committee.