Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-06-08
GRANGEvILLE, IDAMo.
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

In France who live In apartments tina
have no windows.
1t is said il E gland that the Rus.
sian wheat crop this year has beer
better than for ten years.
An Albany syndicate that has
been formed to encourage the extirpa
ton of the English sparrow offers ST.
per 100 for 50. 900 of the birds.
The figures of the Berlin Bureau
OF Statistics show that there are ten
thousand locomotive ongines in Ger.
many, seven thousand in France. and
twenty eiy ht hundred in Austria.
N Y Ledger.
Mosquitoes in China have very
poisonous ing. In Tien sin hospital
there were ut one time last summer a
man with an alb ,ss in his face, and
another with blood poisoning from the
bite of tho insects.
A though great quantities of pea
nuts are yearly shipped to Antwerp,
but few are eaten by the Dutch. The
nut Is submitted to q treatment by
which the oil IL extracted, and the oil
is used for various purposes. The
supply is imported from Africa.
The Q een r gent of Spain has
signeda decree authorizing the con
strIction OF six war vessels of Z 900
tons each, with n speed of sixteen to
twenty miles an no IL; four torpedo
boats. similar TO tho Aricte. and
twenty other torpedo boats of sixty
tons ,ch.
"A line of railway connecting the
Gulf OF Bothnia with the Arctic Ocean
Is now in process of construction. Its
teimi u on the gulf is the S vedish
port OF Lllea. about sevonty-fivo miles
south of tho Arctic Circle. This limo
will be the tho north rnmost railroad
in the world.-M Y Ledger.
There Is q harl wood, which
grows in South Africa. that will last
seven times rs long as lignum vlm
1t Is the wood of the Umzumbit or
Umtiza tree, which is found in the
coast forests. and attains height of
thirly-five feet and n diameter of
eighteen TO twenty-four inches.
An old Roman fireplace, with the
ashes and chimney we'll preserved, was
unearlhed at the market place.
Mayence. recently. The pipes were
carthenware. and fitted exactly into
ono another. A monumental stone
bearing tho inscription. LEG VIII,
G. T. NJ" found close by, was nearly
20 inches long by nearly IL inches
broad.
Senior Isdoro Errazurz the Chi
lian immigration agent in Europe, has
been ordered TO offer free passages to
Chilli to twenty Irish families who arc
exper in the art of dressing flax. 1t
Is said the plant grows wild there in
abundance. that it is of excellent quail
ity. and tt at if few people who I'M
derstand preparing the staple for mar
ket arc once established there the in
duslry will soon be of great impor-
lance
Toxic, Japan. looks more like an
American than any Oriental town.
There arc number of street car lines
and. the streets are lighted with gas.
Telegraph lines stretch in all direc-
tionsi high schools and common
schools are bling established, and tho
university will compare favorably with
many in this country. Many flour
ishing factories are already estab-
lislcd.
Since the csta blshment Of the
Republic about two hundred statues
have been raised in France. The
Minister of Public Works, not content
with these monuments. has proposed
that in celebration of the centenary of
the revolution commemorative
or column of the revolution
should be erected in every commune in
France. This would entail forty thou
sand monuments at one stroke.
Owing TO serious Inconvenience
having been entailed on several British
subjects, on account of their ignorance
OF The laws of America regarding tho
of aliens" the English
Home S cretary has issued n circular
to the polio, authorities calling alton
ton 10 recent legislation in the United
States prohibiting the importation of
f. reigners 'under contract" and or
dering that all publicity possible b,
gi, to the provisions of the American
law.
Some of The animals of Japan are
quite different from the same species
which are seen in America. Tho cats.
for instance. have the shortest kinds of
tails or else none ut all. Being de-
prived of this usual play thing. they
are very solemn pussies. Al Ameri-
can ono, took one of these tailless cats
10 San Francisco as a curiosity. and it
utterly refused companionship with
the long-tailed feline specimens there;
hut. finding cat whose tail had been
cut off by accident. tho two became
friendly Mt once. japanese dogs are
almost destitute of noses. having the
nostrils set directly in the head. The