Mower County transcript., 1890-11-12
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Germany producod ii 1889 a,s7s, 4ls
tons OF wheat 5,868 1926 tons. Of rye,
1855, 41e tons Of barley, and 4,l97, 1874
tons ofoats. 5..5 5 ..5. .>...ss= !. =
Sir John Lubbock has Just discov-
cred that the death rate in London is
16N per 1000 as against TN In other
English cities
I'm Buenos Ayres the police alone
have the right Of whistling on the
streets. Any other person whistling is
1T once arrested. r.
The English fruit crop is failure
~ we'll as ours. There are no native
apples to be obtained tnat are worth the
eating, and plums are very scarce.
There has been an enormous in
crease In the value Of land in Berlin.
For ptsce OF property In the suburbs,
which was sold for $3.50 thirty years
ago, $3.50, 600 ia now demanded. ..
-Arecent contract provides for street.
lighting in Paris on novel plan.
Power is distributed by the compressed
air system to q great number of small
motors, each of which supplies current
for small number of lamps.
"A novel theater will be the Parisian
Theatre de Ia Plume ct Pensee, in
which all dialogue will be carried on
by means of the symbols Of speech used
by the deaf and dumb. The opening
play, "Love and DEATH" IL tho work Of
q young deaf mute.
i'm some wards for infectious dis
eases, In European hospitals, telephones
have been placed, to enable the patients
to converse with their friends, whom
closer communication would bo inad-
visable. The cheering effect of conver-
sation has been noticed in the speedy
convalescence of most Of the patients
The police prefecture Of the Seine
has ordered that all cars used for the
transportation of cattle to the abbattoirs
of Paris shall be thoroughly disinfected
after zach trip. The process of disin-
fecticn is carried out under the super
vision OF four veterinary Inspectors, and
is effected by thorough washing Of all
parts Of the cars with two per cent
solution Of sulphate Of zinc.
I'm Germany the telephone subscrib-
ers are estimated to number 81, 325; in
France, 9,4s7; in Great Britain, 20, 426;
in Russia, 1855; in Italy. 9,1s3; in
Austro- Hungary. 1900; in Spain, 2,21S;
in Portugal, 800; in Switzerland, $50;
in Belgium. 4.674; in the Netherlands,
2,s79; in Denmark, 1887; in Sweden,
12,S64; in Norwya, $500. The Berlin
Boersen Courier estimates the number
of subscribers in America at 1.000, 900,
and in all the world at 100000
-Advices received at San Francisco
from the South Sea Islands. tells a
startling story of the result OF tho
semi-slave treatment of the island
savages. Whole islands of the Solo,
mon group. the New Hebrides, and in
other sections Of Polynesia, have been
depopulated by the ravages of men en-
ployed to seize and transport the ma
tives to the plantations Of New Gale
donia and the Fiji Islands. Thirty or
more vessels are engaged in the ne
farious traffic, and men are disguised
as missionaries to entice the natives on
board the vessels.
On the Island of Mokiam. in the
Moluccas, volcanic Cutburst has taken
place. A crater there which had re.
mained so quiet since destructive out
break in December, 1851. that the conn.
try close by had been brought under
cultivation, again burst into activity on
the 10Th of June last A column of
smoke rose out of the crater to height
Of thousands Of feet and red-hot stones
shot aloft to amazing distances. The
ground in the neightorhood quakes con.
tinually ever since, the heat around
has become UNDESIRABLE, and the ashes
cast out darken the air. The inhabit.
ants have fed from the island in all
haste. and the loss Of life among them
has been small.