Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-11-19

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Buffalo Bills Present

The port wine Vintage 10 .iio -;,r
record, owing to the wet ana co'o spins
Passport regulations on the Alsallo a
frontier have been considerably relaxeu'
The French government is considering
q loon for consolidating the floating oeo''
Englands first .cass railroad iale "a; 70
cents per mile, second-class ana tiiiro-
class 2.
p;obt clover leaves made Of diamonds
deck the rim OF Emperor "iiiiaii' "o"
crown.
The annual production OF chemicals IN
France is said to have reached the value
Of $500, 100000.
About 3, l25, 900 pounds OF wool are ek-
ported every year from south ana so"'n0
western Persia.
The King Of Norway and Sweden mas
vetoed the oeomargarine law passed. ny
the last Ritsdag.
The Empress Eugene is at Abergelue,
Scotland, and attracts m'lch a''en''o-
when she drives out.
New postage stamps put in clrculaIlon
in Spain contain bust OF Aiioliso -AiAi'
the 3-year-old king.
Umbrellas are being imported into IN
dia in great numbers. Last year z'V,ooo
arrived in Calcutta alone.
r. was noticeable in Paris til summer
that MANY more Americans and English
men smoke French than in any previous
year.
Venice is going to have new boule-
vorjs ar new canals laid through her
amer the manner of the new boulevards
OF Paris.
The Portuguese government intends to
raise the blockade established along the
coast of the East African Portuguese pos
sessions.
Denmark now grows more oats than
anv other cereal, as much barley as VINE II
and rye together, and five times more rye
than wheat.
1t is reporte(, that Queen Victoria Will
spend the coming winter in Florence with
her daughter, ex-Empress Frederick OF
Germany.
The first electric tramwav in Italy is
soon to be opened between Florence ana
Fiesole. Its total length will be 1900
meters.
A Berlin correspondent writes that
Bismarck looks with foreboding upon his
death as the probable signal for prepara-
ton for war.
During his visit to Greece, Emperor
William will spend considerable time
studying the battle-feds OF Marathon
and Thermopyl@.
By proclamation in the Dublin Gaz-
cite it is ordered that no arms or ammu-
milton shall be imported into Ireland ex-
cert at certain places named.
1t is announced that an experiment is
to be made with the view of adopting
Milford Haven as the English terminus
of the Atlantic lines OF steamers.
Mile Rosa Bonheur has given to Buff
falo Bill fine pair of mustangs which
she has been unable to break. His cow
boys quickly brought them TO time.
The grapes raised in the famous Eper-
nay district in France, from which cham
payne is made, are each worth to the
grower this year one-ffth of a cent.
A Mohammedan mosque has been
built in Woking, England, and Budd-
hist temple has been opened in Paris.
There are about three hundred Buddhists
in Paris.
London correspondents agree that cigar
cite smoking is on the increase among
young women in that city-not vulgar
| b,,t tho,a o. a.
standing.
company has been formed to lay a
cable from Marseilles to Buenos Ayres
1t has capital OF 100000 sterling,
with interest guaranteed by the Argen-
tine government.
Eighteen years ago Non"onforlnists
were not adm;ttedt to the English univers-
tiles, and now Mansfield Hall, Noncon-
formist theological school, forms part Of
the Univ ersity OF Oxford.
The monuments of antiquity at Athens
were cleansed from the dirt and rubbish
OF ages for the royal wedding. In doing
this several entire streets of the modern
town had to be pulled down.
The leading wine merchants of Con
stantinople are organizing society witt
a view to improving the culture of vine
yards and the Anticipated processes by
which wine is still made in Turkey.
The preparations for the Tudor collec.
ton in London are proceeding rapidly,
and among the portraits of the celebrities
of the family will be found a large nun.
Der of the most important works of Hol-
bein.
General Boulanger desires to reside
again in Brussels, but the decision of the
Belgian ministry cannot be doubtful, as
the residence OF conspirators in Brussels
gives grave offense to the French govern.
, ment.
During the closing days of the Pari,
Exhibition, the Scottish Highlapders ir
their national costume have proved th,
sensation of the hour, and the Spanisl
toreadors have been invited to take
back seat.
Extensive forest fires have recent,
been raging in Spain. Although tn,
, country has fewer trees than any othe,
In Europe, the government does nothin1
, TO restore burned forests by plantin.
, young trees.
There is in the Paris hospital callef
tne Hotel Dieu a woman who can see two
inherent sets OF objects at one and tht
, same time. While one eye is gazing at :
gwen point the other remains perfect,
still, and vice versa. '0''iS
An individual who was a CLERK in A.,
lndia house OF Charles Lamb aud Johr
S S.uaf' NM has just died at Ventor, Eng
: lahc, aitei having enjoyed a handsom,
pension Tor forty-lour years. He haC
peen allowed to retire Sin conseouann.