Mower County transcript., 1890-05-07
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

The papal stables, which used 70
nav" forty horses In Plus ks day,
have been cut down to eight horses, and
instead OF dozen carriages they have
AT recent ball In London the cleo.
Trio light was arranged to vary in color,
being alternately red, blue, green and
yellow. Tho ladies didn't like 1t, as II
ruined in alienation the effect of their
costumes. .i.r4 l5.9
AT the Palais Royal Theater in Paris
they have had to change the name of 4
new play from Les Moulinarl to Los
Boulinard, because country justice OF
tho peace by the name OF Moulinard
considered himself injured by that use
OF his name.
Queen Marguerite Of Italy receives
some curious letters One epistle from
this country asked her to send to the
writer complete collection of Italian
postage stamps. Another American re-.
quests Her Majesty to forward one OF
her cast-otf ewels.
"A wealthy citizen Of Osaka, Japan,
who Is the owner of rich copper mine,
has celebrated in rather peculiar man.
ner the two hundred and sixtieth ami.
versary of the mine coming into the
possession OF his family. On that occa-
sion each of his 800 or more employees
received as a memento of the occasion
q swallow-tail coat.
The Eiffel tower was recently struck
by lightning, and many sensational
stories were circulated in reference to
the occurrence. Some reports spoke of
tho lightning rod having been melted
into ball, others of shower of molten
Iron dropping on the bystanders, and,
again, others had wonderful tales OF
sheet lightning and electric shocks.
I'm Tiflis, Russia, a. club of 1876
families, hired doctor for $50 year,
who agreed to visit the families regu-
larly and give them advice as to how
to keep healthy, to tend them If sick,
and, besides, to give the club occasional
short lectures upon hygiene and physi-
ology. Each family pays fifty cents
per month for this service, and twenty
five poor families are admitted free.
Similar arrangements have been made
with the druggist
Ten Englishmen of sporting blood
recently had steeplechase by moon,
light over the Thorpe Hill Meadows,
near Melton Mowbray. They turned
out In night shirts, according to the an
cient rules of such contests, and rode
over a course which was indicated by
lamps. A hundred carriages held the
| spectators OF the event. Half OF the
racers drew out before the end, but five
rode it out, and Lieutenant Burnaby, of
the Royal Horse Guards, came in
ahead, with Count Zborowski a good
second
-"During his visit to Norway the
German Emperor made himself very
POPULAR" says London Truth, land the
Inhabitants OF the towns and villages
which he visited were everywhere de-
lighted with him, and warmly praised
his pleasant and simple manners. He
rode alone in a carriole when on his
country excursions, and was So much
pleased with the conveyance that he
purchased one, and also bought Lofod-
den boat for use on the lakes at Pots
aam."
I'm France during 1885, as shown by
the official figures just published, the
unmarried represented ffty-two per
sent of the entire population. Celibacy
continues under the republic as under
the empire the strongest factor in the
progressive diminution OF the popula-
ton, traceable also to intense selfish
ness and penuriousness. Schemes to
tax the unmarried have been discussed
by French Legislators since the great
revolution of 179s, with the resulting
admission that such taxation would be
lmpotent as stimulus to marriage.