The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1893-10-21
General Paralysis of Manufact-
uring in England.
LADY COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS.
The Fastest Cruiser AfOat-WOmeT
Eligible to 0ffice-ReyOlu-
tiOn In Argentina.

dIllhiIcHI VIII llCcL again OI NONCh-
Der 2.
Queen Victoria has added typewriter
TO her secretarial staff.
new great seal for Ireland has just
been ordered at cost Of E440.
In England there is feeble move
ment in progress against tipping.
The British Labor Congress has agreed
that the day Of strikes has passed.
The King of Sweden used the tele-
phone for the first time few days ago.
Egypt's cotton crop this year will be
30, 1000, 900 pounds larger than in 1892.
Widespread suffering has resulted from
the strikes in the English coal mines.
1t is estimated that there are less than
10000 paupers in the japanese Empire.
The French government charges wom-
en- tax Of $40 each for wearing trousers,
The Pope has postponed indefinitely
his encyclical concerning social ques-
tions.
There are associations in Great Britain
which insure against elopement, matri'
mony and twins.
The Argentine government announces
that the revolution in the Republic ap-
proaches its end.
Experiments made in tobacco cultiva,
ton throughout Europe have not given
much promise Of success.
Under extreme pressure Siam has
agreed to sign both the treaty with
France and the convention annexed.
Local kilograms are now being trans,
mitted through pneumatic tubes in most
of the principal cities of Great Britain
Worn sovereigns and half-sovereignt
to the amount OF E16,0O0000 were with,
drawn from circulation last year in Eng
land.
The women OF Iceland, who have haC
municipal suffrage ever since 1882, have
now been made eligible to municipal Of
fees.
Prof. Koch. the great bacteriologist
has got himself into trouble by divorcing
his wife and marrying a Berlin variety
actress.
There is little doubt that the whole
Austrian Cabinet will resign if roya
sanction to the civil marriage bill il
withheld.
A million acres of oats were growI
this year in Scotland, and only 280, ,00C
acres were devoted to all the other grain
together.
Last month the officers of the Fish
mongers' Company, London, seized anC
destroyed l99 tons of fish as unfit fo
human food.
The coercive measures against tht
young Czechs, the Nationalists of Bohe
mia, continue to be enforced with in
creasing rigor.
A number of smaller coal pits in Stat
fordshire, Nottinghamshire and Derby
shire, England, have reopened at the ole
rates of wages.
The vintages in France and Italy thi
year are unusually good. In France tn
output and quality of champagne vii
be exceptional
Germany's foreign trade for the frs
seven months of the year shows a heav,
falling off in imports and considerable
increase in exports.
So vast are the ruins of Pompeii tina
they cannot all be excavated at the ordi
nary rate of progress before the middl
Of the next century.
The Moslems plant cypress tree o.
every grave Immediately after the inter
ment, which makes the Moslem GENE
teries resemble forests.
The three British battle ships now un
| dor cfr fruOfiaV, hoH haar y,oN1iEnI n
regards armor in view of the informa
tion gained by the loss of the Victoria
A new street railway is being laid il
Cairo, Egypt. Passengers will hang t
the same kind of hand straps with whic
cars are luxuriantly furnished in tn
cities of America.
The fastest cruiser ahoat is the Yoshi
no, which has Just been constructed b
Sir w. G. Armstrong, Mitchell & Co. fo
the Japanese government. This vesse
attained speed of 23.031 knots.
A projected canal from Marseilles t
the Valley of the Rhone is attracting th
attention of French engineers, and the
are at present engaged in seeking a
outlet on the Mediterranean coast.
The bicycle has become so popular i
France that the railroads are maxim
special accommodations for carrying tn
machines and storing them at station
for the use of travellers seeing the cour
try roads.
The general paralysis of manufactul
ing in England is costing the oountr
millions weekly. Nothing like such mi;
cry and disaster has ever been know
before in England. There is no parable
for it anywhere, save perhaps in som
peculiarly savage and widespread phas
of devastation by war.
Throughout the east of Europe and i
Roumania there has lately been organize
a system of lady commercial travellers
whose mission it is to supply weddin
trousseaux, layettes, mourning outfit
and other goods. These ladies hail frol
Paris, and carry with them specimen
and samples from the first Frenc
Ahouses.