Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-05-31
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

More than Es7, 900 was posted In let
ter boxes in England last year in letters
that bore no address.
The late Augusta left Queen vic-
toria splendid gold bracelet, contain
ing the words ''For ever" set in precious
stones
An English woman who married an
Austrian Count and was left a widow
has set up in the manicure business In
London, and has distinguished
patronage. The rank OF the lady and
the riches of her friends enables her to
charge half q guinea for her manipula-
tions, and she will not work for less.
Australian settlers complain that
there Is great increase in destructive
insects since the English sparrows ar
rived and drove out the native birds IL
Is found by examination that the spar
row Is more OF scavenger than an in
sect eater. The birds will not touch In
sects II they can getgrain or other kinds
Of food.
Oriental furnishings so delighted
the German Empress during her late
stay at Cons,antinople that Her Majesty
intends 10 ft up some Of her apartments
at the Berlin Palace in Eastern fashion.
She has commissioned the German Am
bassador 10 the Porte TO procure for her
large quantities OF carpets, hanging di-
vans, etc.
There Is no country like France for
starting journals. During 1889 no less
than nine hundred and fifty new news
papers were brought out. of which not
one remains in life. On the other hand,
the Petit Journal now claims circula-
ton OF f,095. 200 copies. During the
same period there were printed In
France over fifteen thousand new books,
| including 5000 new musical pieces
ALI suggested remedies for the rab-
bit plague having failed, New South
Wales and Queensland are depending on
rabbit-proof fencing TO limit the unwei-
come guests. There are no fewer than
ss7 miles of fencing constructed, includ-
/ ing theTIence ON the South Australian
boundary line. Meanwhile the rabbits
/ increase grievousiy in New Zealand.
The collection OF maps destroyed by
the fire of King Lsopold's palace In
Laeken was probably the finest in the
world. The library contained 1000 vol
+ umes, and included manuscript works
by Sir Walter Raleigh and an edttio
/ princeps in Spanish of the reports OF
1 Columbus The maps had been col
lected during the last thirty years utter
ly regardless Of expense.
Mime. Bischoffsheim, the Marquis
d'Harvey and the Princess Potocka have
always been great skaters, and the
Parisians who gathered to see then
skate-in those days when there used
TO be ice on the lake in the Bois-called
them the Three Graces. They wore ottel
skins embroidered with gold, and anne
thyst-colored velvet, trimmed with chin
chilla. This season velvet polonaise
and hussar jackets are very fashionable
From some curious calculation
made by the MinisteS of Finance, it ap
pears that the loans-redeemable AM
Observation-Disclosures by France sine
1919 are thirty-nine In number, repre-
senting in round figures seventeen mill
iards OF francs, or $50, 900, 900 sterling
The second empire borrowed four mill
iards, and bequeathed this debt to tn
republic, which, moreover, consider
the empire responsible for the five mill
iards which were needed to iberate th'
territory from occupation and the thre
milliards to place the army on a prope
footing In the matter OF war material.