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


FOREIGN oossiP.
1t Is estimated that out e ever3
hundred pounds Of fresh meat consumed
In England the homo supply gives sew
enty-fye pounds.
Tho Emperor Of China Is making o
close study Of railroad construction. He
IL said TO have considerable ability as
scientific investigator.
AT the opening Of culinary ex-
hibition in Paris, some distinguished
guests wore entertained ct 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 sests In.
front.
"A widow In India was recently, at
her own request, burned alive with the,
remains of her husband. But as an In
dication that public sentiment is turn
ing against the customs of the past, it.
is mentioned that the. BARRIERS contem-
plate refusing to shave the heads of
widows. The old custom requires that
they should be shaven once week.
Among the peoples at the back of
Lukolela, on the Upper Congo there is,
q custom that a big chief in district,
on having proved to the satisfaction Of
the assembled chiefs that he is the
wealthiest and, physically speaking,
the strongest, is invested with the
order of the Tall Hat. This resembles
very much the stove-pipe 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 compound Of
Tobukuji Temple at Sugamo, and some
hundreds of bull-frogs gathered on either
bank. Then a terrific battle ensued,
lasting from a. NJ, to p. m, and it is
stated that when the combat was I'm
ished the brook was blocked to such an
extent with the bodies of the slain that.
the course of tho water was almost.
totally impeded. Large numbers of
people visited the place 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. It 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 a tub of water.
THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC.
Its Size, It's Principal Industries and It's
Political Institutions.
The Argentine Republic ranks after
Brazil as the second nation in South
America in territorial extent It has
IA States, with combined area of $751;
900 miles, larger by two-ffths than that
of the original Is States of the American
union; and it has 0 territorial provinces,
which swell the national domain to
1,125, OSG 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
Snk 10 cal T.. IN IN
California. In the central and southern
provinces there is wheat tract of enor-
NOUS. extent, where proli &c crops can be
raised. and there are wide reaches of &
tpampas where sheep and cattle can be
tpastured 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. Ills . country to which immi-
grants are drawn by the hundred thou
sand. 1t is an industrial empire of un-
developed resources, progressive ten
denotes and. magnificent promise. I,:,.f,
The, Argentine poll teal system in its
outward forms corresponds closely to .
that of the United States. The. States
have elective Governors and Legisla-r =
lures OF their own, and are represented
in the Upper House by two Senators, Q
elected for nine, years. The members
Of the Lower House are elected on the
basis OF population, and serve fol-; four
years. The Senate is renewed by thirds
every three, and the Deputies by halves
eyey two years. The President is
chosen by an electoral college, at a
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
exec utive authority. There is a Su-
preme Court modelled after the judiciary,
system of the United, States. The r.,
Argentine Constitution is very faithful |