Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-08-08
FOREIGN FLASHES.
Compulsory Education in the
French Republic.
A FRUIT-CULTURE EXHIBITION.
The Position of Crops Considered
Anything Bnt Prosperous by
London Paper.

" The population of Rio de Janeiro i,
% 100000.
: Revolution is reported in Santa Cath
:, arina in Brazil.
n Mrs. Langtry meditates another Amer.
J. lean tour next winter.
e Great Britain received 10,057 900 let.
e tiers from America last year.
: Nine. Patti has made her last appear
! ance in London until next May.
The protracted drought in Austria has
caused failure in the oats crop.
! ! Sarah Bernhardt has become lessee OF
! the Renaissance Theater in Paris.
: The hay crop in England and Wales is
not more than third Of the average.
: China refuses to make reparation for
s the killing Of Swedish missionaries by
mObs.
The flesh-eating baboon is fast becom-
ing an intolerable nuisance in South
Africa.
A lively controversy has been going on
IN Austria concerning the necessity of
dueling.
There are more deaths annually from
| hydrophobia in Sweden than in any
other country.
A ton of gold recently taken from the
South African mines was on exhibition
at Pretoria lately.
The extreme and protracted hot
weather in France promises one of the
finest vintages on record.
The wheat crop of France is estimated
at ESQ, 00O, 900 bushels and the imports
required for next year at 56 100000.
Fruit growers will be interested to
learn that fruit-culture exhibition is to
be held at st. Petersburg next year.
The new British cruiser Endymion at
a recent eight hours trial off Portsmouth,
England, attained a speed of 2O.9 knots
per hour.
Baden Baden intends to become
grand sporting center in hopes of reyiv-
ing lts former attractions for visitors of
all nations.
1t is believed the House of Lords will
reject the Irish home-rule bill after il
passes the Commons by an overwhelm-
ing majority.
Influenza is believed to be dying out
IN London after being more or less prev
alent since the first outbreak over the
world several years ago.
Russian crop prospects have greatly
improved. A fairly large yield is now
expected especially of rye, the chief
breadstuf of the nation.
The Duke of Westminster has spent
over +! 100000 in rebuilding Eaton Hall.
which Is now considered to rival Chats,
worth as England's finest house.
Princess Eulalia has sent fine Toledo (
saner to General Horace Porter in recop-
nitlon OF his kindness while Chairman
OF the reception committee in New YORK
1T is officially denied that the Grand !
Duke of Saxe-Weimar recently sought
to bring about reconciliation between 6
the German Emperor and Prince Bis
marck. LAG :
mr.; Gladstone gave the Princess Nav
alio the Duke OF York as wedding pres {
ant the seven volumes of his somewhat /
Years" "e' s
The Italian torpedo gunboat Aretusa
vessel OF 846 tons displacement, re. ?
emily built at Leghorn, attained may q
mum speed OF twenty-one knots in her =
team trial. AVA =
The Duke of Veragua is willing to re- v
eve American sympathy for his de-
,leted exchequer, and he will accent all 7,
ne funds the people in this country will =
aise for him. Will p
Inc experiment OF providing canteens Il
factories, at which workmen can uat n
ood 1000 at something less than cost 4
rice, appears to have been a faiIure in 10
outh Germany. 'u'e III ID
In france compulsory education is RIO q
rously applied to all classes, and vet
.r cent OF the young men who wish IN
read or write. '"'o UNA o'e to
Several fashionable ladies b.,o "
cared in London DRIVING with ~ e eo
ne handmaiden instead of a footn,an o'tt
hind them, the handmaiden erra,,ad d.
'A' ou''ohs' drt
In the government of Kazan at tho we
esent Time great competition is On. l
on among chemists in the sale of diu
ailhs, "hlch are supposed to act az a $4
eventlve against cholera. WV 10 \
emperor William has ordered no arr,r
'heuVers to be held anywhere in Ger, f
ny uliiess 1t is absolutely certain that to {
> uistrict IN which it is proposed tn
III 'hein Will not be damaged. clip
1ormonlsm has taken a considera h,o &c
d IN New Zealand, mainly amonn ~ eoh
oIls, the latest statistics showine tbe oo I1
10 nave 3,l76 members in New Zaae ed n
IL Oh whom 232 are Europeans. 1 1.
ne Irish revolutionists claim that tho shor
Ains Oh the Victoria was not due IN long
!, han Iryon's mistake, but to the low,
nbers of the revolutionary narty w .i,e
sd In bringing about the disaster W. io B,
law is to be promulgated in Rus0;, &C.;
summer ~ ai prohibiting the transfer Of cash
III the possession of rural commn- 7ac;
- Or Individual peasants to persons puri'
belonging to the rural population. oa f
yer ton of tobacco and c;oors
led some three weeks 400 a. I'D p was
tn In the furnace known aS 1 o.1s -. ~
gu pipe, , where all contraband 70. ex !i =
0 seized IN Great Britain is DESTROYED nrim ,a
e Royal Geographical Society Of plate
ana mas held special meetin9 70 Ma
lber .he question whether women steel,
De admitted on the same foot;, IRo
ana decided it in the nepativa S as $3.50:
of l72 to 15S. s"'''e oy a STE
the Mont de Piete the big povern N N.'
Pawnshop OF Paris, almost > 600 baIo.
pans were pawned last wear. ReJ tar I
. we're the most numerous of ~ rai y
ea goods, no less than 81 1914 na Vhe nor J., =
aring on the list. 'i'f pairs per ga
London Times saws. Tho na;..
, anu IN July, last year, was consid n,
ion ;s ,,as put prosperous, but the bouao