THE COLUMBIAN. BL.OOMBURG, PA. 1R Anti-Fat Aedicine Made Her a Subject for the Hospital. WEIGHS 4T FOUNDS. Mary Shadow Eoliej Her Name In asmuch as She Is Not Only Gigan tic But is Daily Growing Larger. Began to Gain in Flesh Vary Early In Life. Tipping the scales at 450 pounds, Mary Shadow, a 19 year-old girl, was llschargod from the Harrisburg llts Ital and was sent to the railroad sta :on in a transfer wagon. She was sent to the In. t!tut!on after . u-lng taken a patent nntlfat prepara- o.i that Increased her weight, It. bo ng believed that medical treatment .night make her less corpulent. V.'hila she did not lose her weight during her stay in Harrisburg. 1 cr general condi tion was greatly improved. The girl early In her life began to tako on adipose tissue, but it was not until a year ago that her condition assumed serious proportions. Then she passed beyond the 300-pound mark, and began taking Jul-Jitsu train ing and patent medicine to reduce her weight. From 300 pounds she in creased In weight to 450 pounds un der the medicine. While this fat wan forming she became unable to move and was compelled to lie on her bick. It was In this condition that rho was brought to the Harrisburg Hos pital. For a time after she was ad mitted to the Institution she lost many pounds, but her health was un improved. She experienced some trou ble with her heart action and her resnlratlon. Gradually, however, It was noticed that the girl grew fatter, and a few months after being ad mitted to the medical ward she asala weighed 450 pounds. Realizing that it was useless to try to decrease her weight at the expenna of her physical condition, her attend ing physicians centered their energies In restoring the girl to vigorous health. Some days ago she was able to leave her bed and walk about her ward, and she expressed a desire to go home. As there-was little ailing her except her ponderous weight, ho was allowed to leave the hospital. It was Impossible for the young women to enter a cab, and In ordsr to get her to Union Station a baggage transfer wagon was summoned from a Market street hotel. Origin of Ice Cream. How many times a day does the .verage man dutifully pause to reflect n what a ndracle it is that he has "lis air to brethe and a faithful sun overhead to keep us all ging? And iow many barrels of ice cream has latearae average man swallowed, with never a grateful thought of that bene factor of mankind who Invented the stuff In the first place! Now, the great philosopher Bacon knew that by melting snow with salt congela tion would occur in any circumjacent liquid. Dut to him It was no more than an Inedible, an extra-ray scientific lact. Further than that this noble seer never saw. It was a Frenchman wTio, In all his humble nameless-'ess, preparing for the Due de Chartres in 1774 a enow-like dlsih, was the origin ator of Ice cream. A century and a half before the like was known in England, epicures In France were par taking of iocs and aerated drinks. And tholr start Is not la d even in France, for the French are said to ho"P caught the trick from travelers returning from the- sherbets of the Turks and Persians. Boston Tran script Defoe and the Marsh Dwellers. Defoe, the author Of "Robinson Cm soe," traveled through the great east- ' era marches of England in 1722. He records in that "damp part of the ! world" It was common to meet with a ' man who had from five to fifteen j ' wives; Indeed, he says, that some had j more. Defoe adds that a merry fel- I low, who had himself bad about a core of wives, told him that tihe men of the marshes, being seasoned to the damp climate took little barm from It, but that they went into the "hilly country" for their wilves. "When they took the young lasses out of the whole gome and fresh air they were healthy, fresh and clear and well; but when ehey came out of their native air into he marshes among the fogs and damp there they present changed their com plexions, got an ague or two and sel dom held it above half a year or a year at most." One wife was sacri ficed, another was procured; and so the process went on. Defoe is care tul to state that his merry informer "fibbed a little" at least concerning Ms own wives; hut he declares .hat , the general statement is perfectly true. Lived Under Five Sovereigns. There resides at Folkestone, Eng., a man named George Keel, who in December next will reach the age of 104 years. He was born at Manton, a village near Marlboro, in Wiltshire, emd up to a few years ago followed he oalUng of a shepherd. He still earns a trifle by tending gardens in Folkestone. Mr. Keel isat good walker. He reads without glasses but is very deaf. As a non-smoker, Ine declares that those who uee tob4ooo are not Meant for tftie kingdom of heaven. He sea alcoholic stlmulans very spar ingly. He hae lived uider five sove reigns and well recall George IV. The Bamboo's Growth. The bamboo baej been known to sjroT two feet da twenty-four hour it SUPERSTITION IN AMERICA. Queer Belief of Our People In Dif ferent Sections. A missionary was discussing the superstitions of a cannibal tribe from which he had Just returned. "Oh, It Is a very superstitious trlbo, I admit," he said. "For every silly be lief It has, though, a belief of ours oou.d be produced of equal silliness. "Take for Instance, the Arkansan. He beVeves that a coal oil poultice Is gon. for sore throat. He binds alx ut his throat a poultice of coal oil, and It ncels the skin off his neck. Never theless 'his faith In its virtue remains strong. "Take tho Mlsslsslppian. He doses himself for impure blood with teas made of hemlock leaves, of plantain, ane of all manner of nauseous weeds. These teas only give him a stomach solie, but nevertheless ho considers them as valuable to mankind as quin ine or opium. "Take the Pennsylvanlan of Pike County. He believes, for rattlesnake bite, the thing to do is to cut a live chicken in half and to lay the half containing the heart upon the wound. The lump of chicken will, he holds adhere to the bite and suck out all tho poison, turning, as the venom en ters It, a horrible green hue. There Is no truth In this claim, of course, but If a visitation of rattlesnakes should come upon Pike County, every chicken there would be cut in half. "So I might go on indefinitely. Su perstition, except among the highly educated. Is rampant In America. And even the highly educated are apt to sarry pocket piecec coins they have found, or horse chestnuts In order that they may have good luck." Life in Spain. One meats with queer oppositeg in Spain. In the Basque Provinces the people are alert, tip-to-date, thlrfty and Industrious. In Barcelona I was agree ably surprised at the evidences of modern progress, and its principal ctreet, the Rambia, Is undeniably finer than any boulevard in Paris. In some other sections the natives are about the limit of sloth and evince a don't care a d spirit in everything that concerns their temporal welfare. They tell a story of a Spanish shoemaker who was approached by a customer with worn-out shoes with a request that they be repaired Immedlate'y. The cobbler called to his wife to know how much money there was in the house. She answered enough to sup ply the family wants for another day, whereupon the customer was told that if was in such a great hurry he had better try some other shop. This Is the spirit that prevails in some parts of the kingdom, but must not be taken as a national characteristic. Washington Post. Advice to Consumptives. Ninety-eight per cent of those who have tuberculosis of the lungs, if they get well at all, will have to so at home. But not "by the fireside." Even In tenement houses people have made good recoveries, but It has been by lying under a wide open window all day long and all night long, by extra feeding, by rest, and by good courage. There are wondurous possibilities on back porches and in sheltered nooks. It isn't the coldness of the air, nor yet the sweltering heat of the sun, that heals. It is the fresh, pure air in comfort The patient must not be an noyed by cold or heat, but must be dressed so as to be comfortable. Sleep out-of-doors, shielded from the storm, and dress indoors where lit is warm. To Be Prepared. "Yes, there Js hypocrisy among; the clergy as well as among other classes of people," said the Rev. Paul P. Chen oweth, of Grand Rapids, Mich. "A par son that I know of had a call from a little country parish In Michigan to a large and wealthy one In Grand Rap ids. But be asked time for prayer and consideration ihe didn't feel sure of his light. A month passed. Finally I met his youngest son one day. "How is it Josiah?' I asked, 'Is your father going to Grand Rapids?' " 'Well,' answered the youngster Ju dicially, 'paw Is still prayin' for light. but most of his things Is done pack ed.' "Louisville Herald. Awake for 25 Years. There is a man 'In London who has not slept a wink for a quarter of -a century, and during that time has be come completely weaned from the de sire. When about 45 years old this pa tient had an attack of malaria chills and took a dose of 52 grains of quin ine. Since that day he has never slept, for the quinine produced such a singing in his ears that sleep has been out of the question. Sometimes it is like the roar of a oataract, again It Is like the sound of sawing and at another time It re sembles the hissing of steam from the exhaust of an engine. Doctors have made futile efforts to aid him. New Tork Herald. The Python's Bite. The Inside of a python's mouth Is not exactly reassuring to the live ob ject before whilch the powerful Jaws bpen. There are no fangs, such as we see in the rattler, but rows of beau tiful white spikes, a quarter of an inch apart and from a half to three-quarters of an inch In length, every one pointing back toward the throat, like Ishhooks. If this pair of Jaws should close upon your hand, do not attempt to withdraw the member, but remain motionless. After an eternity the mouth wlU open for a second hold. Then get away. You will carry about arty punctures, but no rips or tears. D in h A Midnight Blaze BiingsOut the Reporter's Best Work. STILL A CONFLAGRATION The Space Writers' Delight Is to Fit tingly Portray for the Masses the Dramatic and Scenic Wonders of a Lurid Blaze. Better Than the Real Fire. Iu London tho midnight fire Is still a conflagration, and the fine writer attends properly to its poetry and ro mance. Here are some of tho results as gathered from a full page of ap preciative rhetoric in the Siwetator: "To a looker-on crowd and fire were curiously correlated. Human force seemed o Inept before the relentless flame; and here was this human force standing idle, yet convincing one, nevertheless, of its possession of some groat reserved power like-that of the Are. The mob, too. In the scarlet light appoared strangely impersonal, self-contained, Inhuman. "There was little or no noiso, except for an occasional Jest or exclamation of wonder, and once an Involuntary murmur of awe at a violent sheet of flame rising apparently from some oily matter which had been touched. "The hoarse noise of the burning, the agitated puffing of the steam pumps and a continuous shuffle of feet were the only sounds; the living per sons most interested, for all the emo tion shown, might have been in a trance. Even the incursions of tho police seemed foreign and out of piece, ill In keeping with the com posed picture." We learn that 'flve or six stories the hoses had to'be hoisted up to reach the fire." The firemen on near by roofs "stood out like ombres chinolses against the red glow. Flamea floated and flowed beyond them like the 'banners yellow, glorious, golden,' In Poe's enchanted palace. "The tiny figures ran to and fro meandnglessly, and one wondered dim ly why their efforts should be made at all. The contrast in color between the firelight and the places in dark ness exercised a kind of hypnotic power, and whatever appeared in the radius of light took on a' look of most grotesque naturalness. "The moon, when not utterly ob scured, flickered doubtfully through a halo which was now bronze-colored, now pale yellow, now a bright blue. "The glow fell Impartially on hovel and factory, on the advertisement of tho latest musical comedy or lurid melodrama, and on posters in strange Hebrew characters. The blaze did a good deal of dam age to the London & Northwestern railway company, but It Us worth some loss to see a real fire through the Ideal eyes of the Spectator man. Now York World. A Seven Wife Religion. A Doukhobor named Vazoff. who was disappointed with the doings of his fanatical sect In Canada, and re turned to Russia, has Just been ar rested aDd sent to prison, wires the Moscow correspondent of the London Express. Vazoff aspired to be the Joseph Smith of Russian Mormonism. Having quarrelled with the Canadian Doukhobors, he returned surreptiti ously to his native couiftry, boasting that he would found a sect ten times as numerous aa theirs. Arriving at Odessa he tramped inland, announc ing to the peasants a new revelation, according to which all true Christians were In future to have seven wives, "as was the case with good Cana dians." The villagers of Ilovo passed a resolution accepting Vazoffs doc trines, but when the mayor, his two sons, and seven of the eight rich peas ants put the tenets of the new re ligion Into practice there was a loud outcry, and the young men of the dis trict raided the mayor's house and nearly killed his sons. Vazoff fled, but was pursued to a neighboring vil lage, where he was captured while haranguing the moujlks on the virtues of polygamy. Exchange. Making up a Horse's Toilet. A beauty hospital for horses has been established on the continent. Here horses have their coats electri cally massaged," their hoofs mani cured, and their teeth filled and whitened; and here they learn to stand properly and to move in all the fashionable gaits. Probably the most interesting and novel operation to witness is the electrical massaging of a horse's coat This has the same effect on the coat of a horse as on the scalp of a man; it makes the hair thick and fine and glossy, and, where the sloln has been rubbed bare, It brings on a new growth. Exchange. Wedding Anniversaries. Wedding anniversaries are as fol lows: First cotton; second, paper; third, leather; fifth, wooden; seventh, woolen; tenth, tin; twelfth, silk and fine linen; fifteenth, crystal; twenti eth, chJna; twenty-fifth, ellver; thirti eth, pearl; fortieth, ruby, fiftieth, golden; seventy-fifth, diamond. Turtle Marked 60 Years Ago. George S. Gillette, of Mllford, Conn, and his son captured a turtle and, mak ing a close examination, found on Its shell D. N. C. 1844. These are the Ini tials of David N. Clark of the same town, an energletlc old gentleman now In his 83d year. United States a Hop Country. The United States now produces more hops than any other country. Of the world's crop of 1,760,000 hundred weight. Che United States furnishes 462,000 hundred weight. i U1LM I FORMS OF 8ALUTATION. How Some of the Earth's Population Greet Each Other. A young man was drinking soda water in a pharmacy when a sailor entered. "Hello, mil," said the young man. "Why, hollo, Cad," exclaimed the sailor, and, approaching his friend, he lKitted him on the stomach. "That's a funny thing to do, mil," said the young man, and he regarded the strokes of the other's hand, puzzled. "That Is tho handshake of tho Marl ana Islanders," said the sailor. "Whero we shake hauils they stroke the stomach." He ordered a strawberry sundae and resumed: "Old man I've seen the handshake of every nation on the globe. The Zambesi peoplo pat the back of your thumb. The Gonds pulls your ears. In certain very hot countries, like Now Guinea, they sprinkle you with a Ilttio water. On the Sandwich Island they rub noses with you inflat ing the chest, compressing the lips and distending the nostrils, they brush noses against yours for a min ute or more. "We, of course, shake hands. What Is the origin of the handshake? Some say it arose In a struggle the strug gle that, when two persons met In the past, each made to kls the other's hand. You and me, for Instance, take hold of hands and I try to bring yours up to my Hps to kiss It while you tr" to do the same with mine. We resift one another, and our hands rise up and down. They shake. And that according to some, is the handshake's origin." Pilgrimage of Russian Peasants. From all parts of north Russia peas ants are traveling on a pilgrimage to an extraordinary hermit. Prokhp Sol evltsch, who Is known as "the hairy man of Archangel." Five years ago in an access of religious mania, he cut offl all his fingers on his left hand. When he heard that the Russians had sufered misfortune in the Far East he leclared that it was the result of their sins, which could be atoned only by a sacrifice offered to Mother Earth. At first he said he did not know the significance of this declaration. But on John the Baptist's day he repre sented that he had been commanded to "plant himself in the earth and there remain until the unbelievers (meaning' the Japanese) were beaten, or until birch leaves sprouted from his fingerless hand." He has accord ingly planted himself up to the knees in earth In his hut The Wonderful Roentgen Rays. The real nature of the X-Rays Is not yet known, the best authorities wavering between a radiation theory and a material one. They are trans mitted through various media with varying degrees of facility, and afreet silver salts, are applicable to medi cal diagnosis; and Silver negatives of bones, bullets, etc., which do not transmit the rays readily, in the soft tissues of the bodies, may be pro duced. This Is called skotograph or skiagraph. By Intorposlng the sub stance to be examined between the crooke's tube and a tube with a nlaphragm covered with calcium tung state, called a fluoresce pe, the effect is hlghtened, and the bullets, etc., may be readily observed. A Very Wise Judge. A Montgomery County, Penn., Judge has rendered an Important decision of espeoial Interest to girls. He has declared that it was not an offense for a girl to ait on her lover's lap, and in charging the Jury said: "If every girl In Montgomery County who sits upon her lover's lap were u be Judged of 111 repute, we should have to blush for our county." That Judge is all right. Victims of Alcohol. During the last thirty years there died in Europe alone of alcoholism a total of 7,600,000 people. That is more people than were killed In all the wars of the nineteenth century. The authority for these statements is a professor In the University of Den mark, who goes on to show that in Denmark one out of every seven men die between the ages of thirty-five and fifty-two is a victim of alcohol ism. Exchange. A Reunion of Survivors. A unique reunion was held in Co hassett, Mass., recently, when Luther Litchfield, aged 81, Joseph B. Bowler, 80, Isaiah Lincoln, 78, Francis M. Lin coln, 77, and Alfred Wood, 73, clasped hands for the first time for 58 years. In 1846, the above named were res cued from the wreck of the fishing schooner Maine, which was run down and sunk in the bay by a steamer bound for Liverpool. Cow Fed on Dynamite. Judge F. M. Foote, of Middlebury, Vt, has lost a valuable cow, death be ing caused by her eating a stick and a half of dynamite. The cow was in his lot where they are getting out stone for the stone crusher, and the workmea left several sticks loose, and the cow got hold of one and was poisoned from the same. Child Life In Maine. Out of 200,000 children in Maine there are 70,000 who do not attend school, according to the figures of the factory Inspector. A Magnlflclnet Specimen. B. P. Kewick, of Fairfield, Me., has a lemon tree on which there are a number of lemons, one of which mean urea iuvi i nones in circumference. i jiinniii ; The Bankers Stamp it to Guar- antee its Genuineness. 'USED IN PHILIPPINES. They Also Stamp the Peso and In Cite i a Stamped Coin Is Found Not Genuine the Last Banker W 10 Stamped It Must Redeem It for I Good Money. I As everybody knows, Mexican dol lars circulate in large quantities tu tho far east, especially In China and the Philippines, where bankers fend large quantities of Mexican silver dollars every year. I A year ago a reporter saw ono of the Mexican pesos that had been In circulation In China for some time, and was surprised to find it covered with small Chinese characters, like as many seals. This dollar was shown recently to Liang Haun, Chi nese minister, who explained tho pres ence of the marks as follows: "The bankers, of whom there are hundreds in China, who receive Mexi can dollars, affix to them their seals to guarantee their legitimacy, and as pesos circulate and go from one bank to another they are being marked by all the banks who receive them. In case the peso proves to be Illegal, the banker who sealed It last has to change it for good money and with draw It from circulation. "When tho pesos are completely covered with seals they are sent back to Mexico to be recolned, tho expense being pnld by all the bankers whose seala nre on tho coin. It its In accord ance with a recent agreement. But It often happens that dollars, although marked all over their two faces, con tinue In circulation and are highly esteemed, as the seals are so many guarantees that they are genuine. The decision to seal pesos was taken be cause illegal coins began to circulate !n China." Mexican Herald. Standard Time of United States. Primarily, for the convenience of the railroads, a standard of time was established by mutual agreement In 1883, by which trains are run and lo cal time regulated. According to this system, tha United Statos, extending from 65 degrees to 125 degrees west longitude, Is divided Into four time sections, each of 15 degrees of longi tude, exactly equivalent to one hour, commencing with the 75th meridian. The first (eastern) section Includes all territory between the Atlantic Coast and an Irregular line drawn from Detroit to Charleston. S. C, the latter being Its most southern point The second (central) section Includes all the territory between the last named line and an Irregular line from Bismarck, N. D.. to tho mouth of the Rio Grande. The third (mountain) section includes all territory between the last named line and nearly the western borders of Idaho, Utah and Arizona. The fourth (Pacific) section covers the rest of the country to the Pacific Coast. Standard time Is uni form Inside each of these sections, and tho time of each section differs from that next to It by exactly one hour. Thus, at 12 noon in Boston (eastern time), the time at Chicago (central time) is 11 o'clock a. m., at Denver (mountain time) 10 o'clock a. ra. and at San Francisco (Pacific time) 9 o'clock a. m. Standard time Is 16 minutes slower at Boston than true local time, 4 minutes slower at New York, 8 minutes faster at Wash ington, 19 minutes faster at Charles ton, 28 minutes slower at Detroit, 18 minutes faster at Kansas City, 10 minutes slower at Chicago, 1 minute faster at St. Louie, 28 minutes faster as Salt Lake' City and 10 minutes faster at San Francisco. Eastern Funeral Rites. Some curious details have Just reached Paris concerning the funeral ceremonies of Norodom, the late King of Cambodia. Immediately after death the body was placed on a bed of state, while cannon boomed to warn the populace to shave their heads. Next day the body was em balmed, according to ancient custom; the face was covered with a good mask studded with diamonds and other precious stones; on the head was placed the ancient crown, and even the slippers on the feet glistened with rare Jewels. Then the body was placed In a kneeling nosturn nmt n. I cased in an upright Bheath of gold, and was sealed up In a massive cas ket of solid gold.- Thus It w.lll remain In the throne room, with bronzes praying night and day until the com pletion of the sanctuary in which the body will be cremated. Only after this ceremony will the new king be crowned. L,ondon Globe. Gulnea-PIg Psychology. "The Psychology of a Guinea Pig" Is the name of a paper that represents three years tf hard work and has earned the author, a University of Chi cago girl, the highest degress offered by Dr. Harper's schools. Miss Jessie Allen, a student of neurology at the university, wrote the thesis about the guinea pig, and as a result of her ef forts will receive the degree of dootor of philosophy at the coming university convocation, June 14th, Growth of Electrio Traction. The electric railroads last year car ried three times the population of the world. The oar ran three times the distance between the earth and the sun. The capital dm vested Is twice as much as the United States bonded debt and the gross earnings are $260.. 000,000. Taxes are paid amounting to 113,000,000. SQUIRES IN THE SOUTH. Title, Once Acquired by Citizen, Is Carried to the Grave. "The title of squire, which Is rarely heard In the north, is still In vogue In the south. When a man Is elected Justice of tho peace In Dixie ho is squire, and alt hough he may have subsequent titles, his old friends and neighbors always refer to him as squire," said a southern lawyer who la attending the sittings of a New York court for the first time. He had been Introduced to several attorneys as Squire Illnnk of Ala bama, and he was asked by one what the title signified In his case. He said ho was elected Justice of the peace In his town In Alabama at the close of the civil war, and although ho has been a state senator from his district several times, and Is a major In a military organization, he Is ttlll squire. "Our people," he continued, "are given to tacking a title to any citizen who Is at all active In politics, but they have a sort of reverence for the old English esquire, which they ab breviate by eliminating tho first lot- I tor. "I know a man who refused to be a candidate for the office of Justice of tho peace simply because ho would have had to give up his professional title If he had been elected. Ho was a retired physloian. Ho said ho pre ferred to live and dio as a doctor. "In some of tho old graveyards in the south one may find the title squire carved on tho headstones which mark the resting place of the man who In life was a Justice of the peace. . "It becomes second nature to the man who has the title to introduce himself, where it becomes necessary, as Squire So-and-so. A man with any other title, except that of doctor, would not do so; but to say 'I am Squire Blank Is not considered bad form in the best socl.'ty. New York Sun. No Tramps in Germany. To-day the lot of the laboring man In Germany is in many respects bet ter than that of ours. The German state recognizes tho right of every man to live we do not. When the German laborer becomes old or feeble the state pensions him honor ably. In Germany the laboring man can rldo on the electric cars for two cents we pay five. German cities have public baths, public laundry es tablishments, big parks, free concerts, and many other features which soften poverty although they may not re move it The corollary to this is that the emperor permits no tramps to terror ize his highways. The police are or ganized for rural patrol as well as city work, and every loafer is stopped and made to give an account of him self. In England vagrancy has been n public nuisance for generations with us It has become of late years almost a public danger. Germany has no tramps. The man who is without work In Germany finds no Inducement to remain idle. A paternal govern ment sets hlra to such hard work that the would-be unemployed finds it de cidedly to his Interest to seek some other employment as soon as pos sible. National Magazine. Bookkeeping. "The science of bookkeeping and accounting has Improved very greatly in the past few years," said Mr. Fish er. "It Is getting to be exact and precise through the loose leaf ledgers and card Indexes and costing systems and so forth. Years ago the manu facturers of different articles never took the trouble to find out absolutely the cost of producing the different goods. They knew how much the en tire cost of running their businm was and roughly figured the amount that they would have to receive to make any money, but now, under the costing system, every article manuao tured is figured down to a fine point so that manufacturers know Just what they can sell it for and make a profit- The science of bokkeeplng has practically eliminated all guesswork In business." Milwaukee Wisconsin. Watch's Strange Hiding Place. John Manson, railroad fireman, lost his watch a year ago while working on engine 8803, In Lancaster, O. Since then he has worked on several differ ent engines, but the other day, while on No. 8803 again, the hose connect ing the tank and engine became clogged, ajid, when unjolnted, bis wafh fell out. He wound It up and the watoh began to run. A Royal Hotel Keeper. The only royal hotel-keeper In Eu rope Is the King of Wurtemberg. When Peter the Great was traveling Incognito through Europe he refused to stay anywhere but at an Inn. To circumvent this whim the then Kin of Wurtemberg put a tavorn sign out side one of the royal palaces and, dressed as an innkeeper, himself wel comed the Czar. This 'monarch's descendants have been In "the trade" ever since, and the present King owns two large ho tels, from which he derives about 150. 000 a year. ' Tariff on Autos In Paris. Since 1896 automobile carriage have been allowed to stand In the streets of Paris under the eamo oondV tlona as cabs and other vehicles ply, lng for hire, but no official tariff has up to the present been fixed. The Pre feet of the Seine has now appointed commission which will undertake the work of arranging a special tariff tsJ be applied to these vehicles.
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