Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-06-04
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

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Tho directors Of the Provincial
Bank Of Ireland have issued . decree
that no clerks in their employ receive
Ing less than $3.50 . year shall be al
lowed to marry.
The country Of Siam seems to DO
likely to open out as valuable for
American industries. The King OF
Siam has granted concessions, and the
capital now possesses = telephone ex-
change and an electric lighting station.
i'm London there are 8, 700 persons
OF either sex who earn their living rs
teachers, performers, or composers Of
music. Then there are also LOO Or
ohestral players, half of whom are vio-
linists.
The rush to the gold fields in the
Transvaal region has been unprecedent.
ed in history. In three years el50, 000-
600 of English money have been in
vested there. Cities have sprung up
where In 1886 only grass could be found
and no habitation.
The servants and mistresses OF vi.
emma have to manage their affairs under
the s'le:int ndence OF police. The
latter keep servants book" in which
each girls dismissals and re-arrange-
ments are recorded, together with
copies OF character given by each en-
ployer.
The Eighth Hussars of the British
Army have a gazelle for Child Of tho
regiment" 1t accompanies the regi-
ment everywhere, and is an especially
conspicuous figure ON the Sunday
church parade, when it accompanies
the band, leading the line with a state
ly tread, apparently initiated from that
of the drum major.
New South Wales is about to make
some extensive and important expert
ments by sinking artesian wells.
Drought is the great plague Of Austria
liza, and the dark spot in its future ha
been the fear that, owing to the scarcity
OF water, the land could never support
large population. But according to
the experts, it has now been discovered
that there are several rivers flowing
under the surface of New South Wales,
and if this water can be ''struck" and
then stored the whole face and future Of
Australia would be changed.
OF all the sovereigns of Europe the
Gar of Russia is the least pleased with
his work. This is not owing to the fact
that the Gar has nihilism to fight, but
because he is constitutionally opposed
to the cares of state. He likes to hunt
and fish and is very fond Of his family.
He is sociable by nature and enjoys sit
ting at table drinking wine and talk
ing to friends. It is seldom, however,
that he can indulge his tastes in any OF
these directions. He is obliged to give
great deal of time to the affairs of his
vast empire, and he often wishes that
he had been born in an humble station.
The gathering of eider-down con-
stitutes one of the most profitable en-
pigments Of the Icelanders. This is
especially true in the islands Fidey,
Fingey and Ahrey, which are the favor
ite haunts Of the elder ducks. Here
they pair and make their nests about
the beginning of June. Having chosen
the place where she wishes to lay her
eggs, the female plucks from her plu-
mage feathers to line her nest and lays
her eggs. Then the eider-down-gather-
or carries away both the down and the
eggs, in spite of . stout resistance from
the unfortunate pair. This process is
carried on again and again, until the
female duck is stripped nearly bare,
when the male comes to her assistance
and strips himself the same way.