Mower County transcript., 1890-04-23
FOREIGN GOSSIP. j

The consumption Of American can-
ned fruit IL continually on the inorease
among tho middle classes Of England.
The Archbishop Of Paris denounces
cremation, and orders his clergy to do
70. He says It Is q triumph Of material.
Ism over sptritualis,n. ...5,s.s
AN Australian town has given its
streets chemical names, such as ArgCMt,
l3eryl, Cobalt, Kaolin, Iodide, Oxide.
Bromide and Sulphide. {. z
Some beer was recently discovered
walled up in the cellars Of q brewery at
Burton-on-Trent, which had boon
brewed in the year 1898. 1t was found
to he In good condition. = s.# ,2%
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 hugo crop Of cotton from
his vast estates at Mughab.
Tho Gar 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 tho outside, and they are GOV.
cred with iron and eight-inch walls Of
cork.
I'm library in Paris, the largest in
the world, is Chinese chart Of tho
heavens made about 600 years bofore
Christ In this chart 400 stars are
found to be correctly inserted, as cor
roborated by tho scientists Of tho pres
ent day.
-Roumanian pigs feed in herds, eat
grass, 60 home At night Of their own ac-
,ord, and in tho most good-humored
manner to their stycs or stables; but
now and then thoy will chase man,
Ind, II they can ovortake him, will
knock him down and eat him.
"A remarkable throe-story reservoir
has just been built upon Montnartre,
the highest point in Paris. The capacity
is 1l,O0O square meters and the area
s,S00 square meters. 1t is proposed tc
supply the whole city with wator from
:his high level.
The London Institute Of Actuaries
proposes to dispense with the services
II medical men in examining for insur-
snce in cases where the applicant pre-
lers to make q statement before re-
sponsible officer. This change Is based
Upon the idea that thousands OF people
n good health will not insure because
;hey have to pass through tho doctors
surveillance.
The German Empress is forming
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
20 practice rigid economy in their
households.
"A new French law bestows certain
advantages on fathers Of more than 7
children. Thesfesulting inquiry shows
that there are 1900, 900 households In
France in which there has been no
,hild; 2, 500, 900, with l, 2,s00, 600, with
,hildron; 1900. 900, with 3; about l,O00,-
100, with 4; $4,000, with S; 2S0, 900 with
); and 200, 900 with or more.
Modern inventions have hard time
,f it in Constantinople. A German
photographer undertook to catch =
picture Of the Sultan as he rode to the
mosque, but the royal guard rushed
apon him and smashed his Instruments
The reason for the violence is an inter-
lict of the Koran which forbids all
pictures Of the human form. The pho
tographer, after q months imprison-
ment was saved BY the intervention Of
his Ambassador.