The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-05-23
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

The consumption of American cam
ned fruit is continually on the increase
among the middle classes of England.
The Archbishop Of Paris denounces
cremation, and orders his clergy to 40
so. He says it is triumph OF material
ism over spiritualism.
An Australian town has given Its
streets chemical names, such as Argent
Beryl, Cobalt, Kaolin, Iodide, Oxide,
Bromide and Sulphide.
Some beer was recently discovered
walled up in the cellars Of brewery at
Burton-on-Trent, which had been
bre, ed in the year 1898. 1t was found
to be in good condition.
1t is reported that the Car OF
Russia has added to his imperial cares
and anxieties those of becoming an I'M
mense cotton planter, and that he an
nually raises huge crop OF cotton from
his vast estates at Mughab.
The Car has new train OF cars to
travel in. The cars are connected with
each other by vestibules, SO that he can
pass from one to another without being
seen from the outside. and they are COW
cred with iron and eight-inch walls or
cork.
in a library in Paris, the largest In
the world, is a Chinese chart OF the
heavens made about 600 years before
Christ. In this chart /, 400 stars are
found to be correctly inserted, as cor
roborated by the scientists of the pres
ent day.
-Roumanian pigs feed in herds, eat
yrass, 60 home at night OF their own &C
cord, and in the most good-humored
manner to their styes or stables; but
low and then they will chase man,
md, if they can overtake him, Will
knock him down and eat him.
"A remarkable three-stOry reservoir
mas lust been built upon MOntmartre,
the highest point in Paris. The capacity
is 1000 square meters and the area
800 square meters. 1t is proposed to
supply the whole city with water from
this high level.
The London Institute of Actuaries
proposes to dispense with the services
Of medical men in examining for lnsur-
ance in cases where the applicant pre-
fers to make a statement before re-
sponsible officer. This change is based
upon the idea that thousands OF people
in good health will not insure because
they have to pass through the doctors
surveillance.
The German Empress is forming a
League for the Preservation OF Good
Habits" among Prussian ladies. The
members bind themselves to discourage
luxury in every form, both for them
selves and their friends: to wear fewer.
more simple and cheaper dresses, and
to practice rigid economy in their
households.
"A new French law bestows certain
advantages on fathers of more than Z
children. The resulting inquiry shows
that there are 1900, 900 households in
France in which there has beer no
child; 2, 800, 600, with l.; $500, 600. with 2
children; 1900, 900, with 3; about 1,000,-
600, with 4: $50, 900, with 5; $50, 900 with
.; and 200, 900 with or more.
Modern inventions have hard time
Of it N Constantinople. A German
photographer undertook to catch a
picture of the Sultan as he rode to the
mosque, but the royal guard rushed
upon him and smashed his instruments.
/ Tie reason for the violence is an inter-
dictof the Koran which forbids all
/ pictures of the human form. The pho
! tographer, after months imprison-
ment, was saved by the Intervention Of
/ his Ambassador.