Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-10-20
FOREIGN FLASHES.
General Paralysis Of Manufact,
uring in England.
LADY COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS
The Fastest Cruiser AfiOat-W0men
Eligible to Otiice-Revolu-
ton in Argentina.

Parliament will meet again on Novem
Der 2.
Queen Victoria has added typewrite
to her secretarial staff.
A new great seal for Ireland has jus
been ordered at cost OF f440.
In England there is feeble move
ment in progress against tipping.
The British Labor Congress has agrees
that the day of strikes has passed.
The King of Sweden used the tele
phone for the first time few days ago
Fgypt's cotton crop this year will b.
5O,OO0,OOO pounds larger than in 1892.
Widespread suffering has resulted from
the strikes in the English coal mines.
1t is estimated that there are less thar
10000 paupers in the Japanese Empire
The French government charges WON
en- a tax OF $40 each for wearing trousers
The Pope has postponed indefinitely
his encyclical concerning socia! CUES
tons.
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-sovereigns
to the amount of G16,000,000 were with
drawn from circulation last year in Eng
land.
The women Of Iceland, who have had
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 royal
sanction to the civil marriage bill is
withheld.
A million acres OF oats were grown
his year in Scotland, and only CSC, 900
'cres were devoted to all the other grains
ogether.
Last month the officers of the Fish
nongers' Company, London, seized and
destroyed 1919 tons of fish as unfit for
human food.
The coerciye measures against the
'oung Czechs, the Nationalist of Bohe-
mia, continue to be enforced with in
reasing rigor.
A number of smaller coal pits in Stat
ordshlre, Nottinghamshire and Derby
hire, England, have reopened at the old
ates of wages.
The vintages in France and Italy this
ear are unusually good. In France the
utput and quality of champagne will
e exceptional.
0ermany's foreign trade for the first
even months of the year shows a heavy
ailing OIL in imports and considerable
Increase in exports.
SO vast are the ruins of Pompeii that
hey cannot all be excavated at the ordi-
airy rate OF progress before the middle
the next century.
The Moslems plant cypress tree on
very grave Immediately after the inter
lent, which makes the Moslem ceme.
cries resemble forests.
The three British battle ships now nm
er construction have been modified az
CARDS armor in view of the informa-
on gained by the loss of the Victoria
a new street railway is being laid in
AFRO, Egypt. Passengers will hano tn
10 same kind of hand straps with which
IRIS are luxuriantly furnished in the
ties of America.
The fastest cruiser ahoat is the Yosbi-
,, which has just been constructed nv
II ". u. Armstrong, Mitchell & Co. for
le Japanese government. This vessel
tanned speed of 23.03l knots.
A projected canal from Marseilles 70
10 valley of the Rhone is attracting tho |
tentlon OF French engineers. and tbay
e at present engaged in seeking an
ltlet on the Mediterranean oosst ~"
The bicycle has become SO popular in
'ance that the railroads are maxine
eclal accommodations for CARRYING the
acnlnes and storing them at stations
!. .ne use OF travellers seeing the coun-
Nine. Lambert de Rothsobild ;s.mon,
: latest enthusiasts for bicycle-ridinS
brussels. She goes regularly to the
~ ue Ia Cambro to practice. Bicvcla-
ing has created quite furore in tbo
y among the gentler sex. ~ 'ne
An international exhibition w;l, H.
~ "a at nv Jenna from April 20 to June 10
~; me exhibition will embrace eco,
mieal food supply, army sustenance
! !, projection and means of transnort
a special sports exhibition. 'p'f'
,iardly ten years ago the first step was
zen , IN Germany to bring the wh "H
ny vi wage-earners under rom nrlso
, insurance. To-day nearly IL 0Oo
Iaoorers are actually insured ara;nst
khess' accident, invalidity and ola
some one seems to have told tba g.,
ailaI cnlorate of potash is a danoer
IAplosiVe. Consequently no drng5;st
pa pi,arnlacist IN Constantinople is al
'eu W possess or sell it. The Grand
4ster OF Artillery alone is allow nd@nu
We it in keeping. Ai'0"ea TO- Is
he authorities at Port Darwin
"a IA, nave notified the steamship cnu Il
talon a ~ u, M ,u59re the strictest inter
i he an ~, .le Shlnese restriction act y
amer b enforced a,d. This being SO, no
inasa a having nang on board more than two $
, passengers can enter Port Dsr 4
ne general paralysis of manufactrr
I, IN England is costing the conntn
ions and weekly. Nothing like such my
anu o,saster has ever been tnnm