IN Mill IIS!
Traffic Suspended for Hours on
Roads Used by Edward VII.
GUARD AGAINST MISHAP
Block System of Signalling Sus
pended iin llelng too Dangerous for
Monarch!! Koynl Trains Preceded
by l'ilot Englnea at nil Times
Guarded by Hallway OftUinls.
Royalty on the railroad presents
0 the busy American some very j
imuslng aspects. Kvcry time King
Sdward goes from one part of Eng- ;
and to another the mercantile com- j
lunlty of Great Hrltaln loses some- i
alng like $3,000. This Is due to the '
act that F.ngllsh railway officials use
aost extraordinary methods In Rafe
;uardlng royal trains. Even In per
ormlug so simple a Journey as go
ng from Windsor to London a dls
ance of about 25 miles traffic Is
uspended for hours when the king
ravels that way.
On longer Journeys, the loss to
tuslness houses along the line of
oyal route Is something enormous.
Vhen the king last Journeyed from
Scotland to London It was estimated
hat the direct loss to tradesmen was
omething like $15,000 on account
if the tying up of traffic and delay to
lerlshable goods.
When King Edward travels along
1 certain line all passenger nnd
relght truffle even Including, the
ast express service Is suspended,
lost elaborate precautions of every
'script ion are. taken to insure royal
afety. For Instance, for 15 mln
ites before the departureof the royal
Tain from any station all trains are
jeld up.
The ordinary block system of sig
nalling Is suspended, as being too
langerous for monarchs. Hallway
tfficlals do not seem to consider this
v reflection on their own methods for
afeguardlng the public. They know,
lowever, that If any of the royal
mrty should be injured when trav
eling on any special line, that par
icular Hue would "see Its finish," so
ar as the British traveling public
j concerned.
Each portion of the line on which
he king travels Is guarded from sec
Ion to section by railroad men with
lags. They direct the movement of
tie train. There are two signalmen
0 every quarter of a mile. For in
tance, in signalling the train from
'olkestone to London, upward of 388
aen are required.
When his majesty is about to trav-
1 the railway station Is cleared of all
rdlnary passengers, and only a fav
ored few are allowed on the plat
orm. Just before the royal carriage
'rives up a roll of crimson velvet
. arpet Is carefully laid along the
latform between the king's carriage
,nd the trnln.
Usually the king's carriage is pre
eded by a few outsiders men on
orsebark who clear the way and
Ot Infrequently by a small body of
avalry, the Horse guards being the
ivored regiment, as the king him
.alf 1b a colonel In that regiment.
Railway officials line the platform
nd make a low bow as his majesty
asses by en route to his carriage,
'ually the president of the road
r "managing director," as he Is
?rmed In England aecompnniesthe
lng; though, of course, in a sepa
ate carriage. It would not do for a
lere railroad president in England
ride in the same compartment
ith the king himself.
The reward of the managing dl
nctor for his somewhat perfunctory
isk Is, however, often quite great,
'nlghthood, the Order of the Garter,
nd other honors are often conferred
y the king upon men who have
alped to make his Journeys pleas
at by their ofllclal presence.
As the king passes along the rail
way platform the various officials
tove In such a manner that they are
Iways fining the royal party. Many
n official has lost his Job by Inad
ertently turning his back upon
me member of the royal family
'hen passing to a train.
As soon as the king Is seated In his
irrlage, one of the railway directors
jverently approaches King Edward,
andlng him a dozen copies of the
ay bill ot the Journey. This Is
rlnted In letters of gold on purple
'Ik, and la really an elaborate time
tble.
The name, rank and occupation of
very person traveling on the road
n the royal train Is also printed on
ie way bill. Its practical use Is to
omlnd his majesty that on the same
rain with him are numerous officials
ach ready for anything In the way
f a "tip" from 50 cents up to a ba
onetcy. If Queen Alexandra should be
raveling with the king, or perhaps
done, she is presented with a bunch
if flowers just as the train moves
rom tho station. The presentation
made always by some little girl
.he daughter of an official, or of a lo
:al mayor.
The speed of royal trains is Uni
ted to 40 miles an hour. King Ed
ward rejoices in the possession of
teveral royal trains, which are used
exclusively for conveying his majes
y, the queen, and members of their
3ulte. When great potentates, such
as the kaiser, the king of Italy, or
the like, visit England, royal trains
are placed at their disposal. King
Edward has recently suspended the
practice of placing the royal train at
the convenience of dusky monarchs,
who ao frequently visit England; a
oractlce always observed In Queen
Victoria's reign. She even received
and conveyed In a royal train King
Khama, the Kafflr. Pelluburg Gazette.
GIUYKVAUD L1Z.IU)3.
Superstitions About the Chameleons
In New Orleans Cemeteries.
On any sunshiny day In the old
graveynrds of New Orleans may be
seen hundreds of small bright green,
slender nnd fragile lizards, or rhnm
eleons, running over tho walls of '
the above ground tombs nnd darting
In and out among tho vines and tall I
grasses which grow between the ac
pulchers. Seldom It Is that harm !
comes to them. A New Orleans su-
perstltlon holds that the person who
Is so unlucky to maim or kill one Is
sure to die within the year.
How this superstition originated Is .
not easy to discover. It has endured
as long as the oldest Creole mammy
can remember, nnd an old negro
doggerel thus voices the belief:
Kill er llzerd on do grave,
Deyaln' no charm yo' life kin save.
Dire tales are told of tho visita
tion descended upon those 111 starred
persons who have destroyed these
little skirmishers and, in the re
verse, It Is accounted the greatest of
good fortune should one of them
voluntarily cross your band. On such
bright days when the chameleons nro
drawn out In great numbers to bask
In the warm sunshine, men and wo
men and children, mostly negroes,
may be seen In the graveyards rest
ing one or both hands ncninst a
tomb and waiting at times for hours
for a chameleon unsu.ipectlng and
brave enough to scamper across the
patient digits.
Should this happen, the lucky
one goes home In triumph, free from
fear of future witchcraft and flinging
defiance at the hoodoo doctors, whose
spells they feel they have certainly
counteracted. In fact, so potent Is
considered the power of tho little
chameleon of the graveyard that not
even the witch doctors will harm
one, and though they use the bones
of green lizards In the charms which
they sell to negroes they hunt for
them In tho swamps and on the lake
shore. To kill one of these Is con
sidered no great crime against luck
and It may be added that the great
majority of chameleons which are
sold to tourists come from the
swamps and not from the grave
yards. doixo msixEss ix i-oxnox.
Dinner Table Often the Scene nnd
Champagne the Medium.
Of the business life in London,
Ella Hawl's Financier, Juliet Wilbo
Tompkins, writes as follows In
Everybody's:
"Business In London Is done
largely over the dinner table. If it Is
asked and the affair has apparently
the brilliant Irresponsibility of any
other social event; for open discus
sion, only men are assembled. Cham
pagne Is inevitably the ether through
which all business projects How. The
role of Mr. Sprngue's new partner
was largely that of hostess. Every
one who could be of service, direct or
Indirect, to the Multiple I'nlt Control
was given his chance and his dinner,
and Miss Rawls presided with a calm
grace that never deserted her, even
when, ns often happened, bhe had to
take tho table a lone woman with
ten or a dozen men. Asking brilliant
companies to meet an inventor is not
always a simple matter; genius is as
likely as not to arrive an hour or so
late, with a mind above apology
und the traces of the beloved ma
chinery clearly visible; but natural
ease and a firm belief in 'the control'
pulled the young hostess through
and had their steadily Increasing in
fluence in Sprague's favor.
"To these dinner:) und lunches
came engineers, M.l'.s. peers of the
realm, heads of traction companies,
writers for the press. Miss Itawls
talked electricity and multiplo unit
control until she was popularly sup
posed to be n leading authority and
something of an Inventor herself. Of
course, her great advantago lay In
the fact that the system she was
pushing was, as has since been
proved, the best thing of Its kind yet
Invented. The facts were all on her
side; her task was to get these facts
a proper hearing. For this, her clear
business head, her strong grasp on
the salient points, were the best
weapons. Moreover, as hostess and
guest she had the gift of rousing
friendliness, and direct, almost self
ish Interest both of which Inclined
men to listen. It was, after all, fairly
simple."
Iteming Trunks.
A dealer in trunks and traveling
bags tells of an odd business which
he does In summer. The vacation
goer who has no trunk or valise
hires one. New trunks, of course,
cannot be had on lease. Only the
second hand ones are let out. 'You
see," said the dealer, "there are a
good many young people clerks,
salesmen, stenographers, male and
female that want a vacation of only
a week or so, and they don't care
about going to the expense of buy
ing a valise or a trunk. Borrow?
Oh, yes, they could borrow, I sup
pose; but you know what opinion
people have of trunk borrowers, es
pecially In vacation time.
Keeping Time by Wireless.
Dr. Max Relthoffer, professor in
the Technical High School of Vienna,
In conjunction with Hei r Kurl Mora
wetz, the government Inspector of
clockR, has completed a system for
synchronizing clocks by means of
wireless telegraphy. The plan has
been submitted to the City Council,
and permission hus been secured for
regulating the public clocks by this
agency. The city clocks are to be
served free by the system, but for
synchronising private timepieces a
small fee will be levied.
THE COLUMBIAN,
:I
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No Other Aonarch Surround
ed By So Aany Flunkeys
FREAKS OF ETIQUETTE
Admittance to Court Culls for (Jood
Itlrtli or High Position In Army,
Navy or State When Strangers
are Introduced Tlielr Antecedents
Are Investigated.
Some 350 noblemen are chamber- i
lnlns of the imperial household and
40 men of the highest birth are gen
tlemen of tho household.
Apart from this vast Array of nrls- '
tocratle satellites the emperor has an
exclusive military suite, a naval
suite nnd a secret military cabinet of
two generals, two colonels, five ma
jors nnd 42 other officers, Another
department Is the secret civil cabi
net of the emperor, headed by His
Excellency Dr. von Lucantis. The
medical suite of the emperor con
sists of tbreo physicians. Tho em
press has her own household, con
sisting of a chlefest mistress, a chief
mistress nnd a half n dozen mls
treses, nil of whom are princesses
nnd countesses, besides a chlefest
master of the houshold, a master of
the household and two vice masters
of the household, a master of cere
monies, n vice master of ceremonies,
nnd a medical suite. Each one of
the kaiser's six sons has also his own
household and his own suite of at
tendants, though on a much smaller
scale.
These high noblemen, of course,
are not permanently In attendance,
but the kaiser Is always surrounded
by a large group of them wherever
he goes nnd. whatever he does.
When he rides out they follow him
In the order of their ranks. On.e of
them assists the kaiser to mount his
horse nnd another affixes the stir
rups. A third carries the kaiser's
overcoat and a fourth a spare hand
kerchief for his majesty. The em
peror Is thus continually In an envir
onment which tends to Increase his
haughtiness and Imperial pride and
his sense of his own supreme Import
ance. Ladies who are admitted to the
presence of the kaiser must curtesy
so low that they almost lie upon the
ground at his feet. All persons, men
and women alike, must kiss the hand
of the empress when they nre pre
sented to her or when she addresses
them. When the emperor desires
strangers to dine with him be does
not Invite them, but tho marshal of
the court Informs them that his maj
esty commands their presence at din
ner on such and such a date and at
such and such a time. The guests
assemble and nre escorted Into tho
dining room where the vice-marshal
of the court shows them their places.
They must not, however, take their
seat, until the kaiser has taken his so
that they have to remain standing
round the table until the kaiser en
ters the room. The kaiser Invaria
bly compels his guests to wait for
him on such occasions, frequently as
long as 15 or 20 minutes. Two her
alds then advance from the direc
tion of the kaiser's private apart
ments and take up their stand on
either side of the door through which
the emperor will enter. The mr.ster
of the ceremony then appears in a
gorgeous braided uniform and bear
ing his wand of office with which he
strikes the floor three times. This Is
the sign that the emperor Is nt hand
nnd a moment Inter his majesty be
comes visible, marches briskly Into
the room, acknowledges the profuse
bows of his guests with a slight In
clination of his Imperial head and
takes his seat. Close upon his heels
follow those of his military, naval
and personal suites who are doing
duty for the occasion.
No one at the Imperial table may
begin to eat or drink until the kaiser
has set the example. No one Is al
lowed on any pretence whatever to
leave the table while the emperor re
mains Bitting. When the dinner Is
over the emperor rises, bows slightly
and disappears through the door by
which he had entered and after his
departure his guests are free to dis
perse. There are very stringent regula
tions regarding the dress which must
be worn in the presence of the em
peror. Officers of the army must In
variably appear In full parade uni
form with their swords dangling
at their lefthand sides and wearing
on their breasts all their orders, dec
orations and medals. Ministers of
state, high administrative officials,
and gentlemen who move In court
society are obliged to appear in court
In civilian dress consisting of the
black knee breeches, silk stockings
and buckle shoes. All male persons
who do not belong to high society,
but who happen to be In the pres
ence of the emperor for any particu
lar occasion, are compelled to wear a
full dress suit, with silk hat, patent
leather boots and white tie.
Women are obliged to appear at
the Imperial court In extremely low
cut dresses, displaying the largest
possible proportion of their bodily
charms. The cut must not be round
ed, but must be square, and the
shoulders must be absolutely bare,
with the exception of two supporting
bands. Boston Post.
A Servian Custom.
In Servla an old Institution called
the Zadruga still exists. It Is the
living together of a whole tribe,
numbering about 160 persons, under
the absolute authority of one chief,
who keeps all the money, makes all
purchases and decides every detail
of family life.
BLOOMBURO, PA.
noiMTIXO CO.W, AT A MIXR.
Smallest DetniN Looked After In tbo
Anthracite Kcglon.
To most men such as nro even
engaged In other lines of engineering
construction the mechnnlcal de
tails of mine hoisting can not fall to
he of Interest, says It. V. Norrls, In 1
Engineering Magazine. It is hero
shown that they are vital to the ruc-
cess of the majority of coal mining
Industries.
With many, the mining of coal Is
Hasted among the roughest kind of
mechanical operations, In which tho
pick, drill nnd mulecnr piny the most
prominent part nn Idea which has
survived the era of primitive mining,
operations. Modern mining, however,
has been brought to a stage of engl-1
neerlng refinement, never dreamed of j
by the pioneers of the Industry. To,
the lay reader the condensed pros-!
entatlon of the state of the nrt nsj
now conducted, even so far ns It re-,
lntea to (he lifting of coal from Its
normal level to tho surface, Is a rev
elation such, ns without expert In
structions, could not be gained even
by n tour of Inspection throughout
the anthracite districts. The manner
of obtaining the great supply of fuel,
which Is so Intimately related to tho
progress of civilization. of which sup
ply tho Pennsylvania anthracite re
elons are one of the most Important
sources of supply, will ever continue!
to possess an interest superior to
that of many Industries to which
coal getting Is commercially vital.
The facts given Illustrate the Im
portance of skilful engineering to
minor hoisting, and serve to place In
a strong light the great advancement
made during the last twenty-flvo
years by careful study nnd skilful
construction. It will be seen that
even the smallest details have re
ceived attention, and that what
ml;ht seem of small moment to
those unfamiliar with the require
ments of coal hoisting prove upon
examination to be far otherwise.
PKODICTIOX OF STCIMMTV.
Thought to lie Due to Over-St imula
tiou by City Life.
Any dearth of ability from which
the civilized world may be suffering,
sa' s Sir J. Client on Browne, is to bo
ascribed not so much to the Infertil
ity of the cultivated classes ns to tho
artificial production of stupidity In
vr ious ways, and to tho incessant
draining from the country which
Is the fit and proper breeding place
ani rearing ground of intellect of
tin) best elements of the people, to
be swallowed up or deteriorated in
the big towns. Tho Idea that the
agricultural laborer Is set apart from
his fellows by dulness of Intellect is
as untenable as the belief that the
city urchin is cleverer and better en
dowed mentally than the little yokel.
The rule seems to be t hat the mental
development of children Is hastened
by city life, but soon stops short.
Up till thirteen or fourteen years of
uge they are precocious, and then
come to a standstill. City life nt its
best Is bad for children. Involving as
it does early puberty, exciting dis
traction, superficiality of knowledge,
Insufficient rest, and the want of
soothing influences which the coun
try affords. At its worst, with tight
squeezing In squalid tenements, poor
food, foul air, constant contact with
vice, and m'anlfold temptations. It Is
drying up the reservoirs of strength
In the population nnd leaving an im
mense proletariat of inferior quality.
A Diet of Dahlias.
Few guess that tho dahlia has had
a drably unromantlc origin. This fav
orite early autumn flower was first
Introduced from Mexico by the
Swedish botanist. Dr. Dahl, after
whom It Is nnmed, ns a substitute
for tho potato! Felicitously enough,
the revolution against the tyrannical
rule of the Murphies was plotted In
the revolutionary year 17S9. But
British gardeners soon perceived that
the acrid flavor of the tubers, which
nre still euten In the south of France,
would never be appreciated by our
Insular palate. They wisely devoted
all their attention to the develop
ment of the flower, with the result
that we now possess the double dah
lia. Westminster Gazette.
Romans Set the Gauge.
Ancient Rome Is responsible for the
gauge of our railway tracks, for
Stephenson, when he invented the
locomotive, decided upon tho space
between the width of the ruts made
by the old Roman chariots, explain
ing that he did not believe that he
could improve upon the experience
of a power such as Rome had been.
Every standard gauge road the
world over Is built upon these meas
urements, which have been found
as satisfactory now as when Nero
rolled through the streets of Rome
with the wheels of his chariot the
same distance apart as are those of
the modern Pullman.
Origin of the Metric System.
Some very Interesting facts have
lately been collected about tho foot,
the most widely used measure of
length In modern times. The meas
ure is derived from the length of the
human foot, but apparently has varied
more than that portion of the skele
ton can possibly have done in his
toric times. The ancient Welsh foot,
for lnstunce, was nine Inches long,
whereas tho Piedmont foot wus twen
ty Inches. In modern times It has
varied from the SpunlBh foot, of less
than eleven inches, to the Venice
foot, of more than thirteen Inches.
Almost every country has used a foot
measure of a different length. It
was this confusion which led the
French nation to devise the metric
system.
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The Greed of Gold
How great a matter a little fire
kindlcth ! It was a b.itiqr.ct that
first fixed attention on the misuse
of iMjuitahle funds, and brought
Mr. Hyde before the public eye.
The evolution has been a natural
one: First the attempt of the
President, James W. Alexander, to
take advantage: of a seeming oppor
tunity to wrest control of the
Society from Mr. Hyde; the mutual
mud-slinging; the effort of outsid
ers to profit by the inside fight; the
burial of the hatchet by Messrs.
Hyde and Alexander as a matter
of s"lf-preservation; the tardy effort
to put on the brakes, by the sale of
control to Thomas b Ryan; the
failure to shut off the legislative
inquirv; the overwhelmingly dis
graceful disclosures implicating the
Mutual Life nnd New York Life as
well; and finally the ill-concealed
game of purchase tried on the hith
erto practically unknown but now
much-feared Attorney Hughes, by
trying to force upon him the Re
publican nomination for Mayor of
the Citv of New York
Some of th ; results lo date are:
1. In spite of indignant denials
on the eve ot the last presidential
election, the charge that corpora
tion moneys were being Ufed for
election purposes is confirmed. In
surance money was used, money
taken from funds that should be
held as sacred as savings bank
funds, and justly applied to reduc
ing the cost of insurance.
2. Similarly, large amounts
were paid out for working with the
legislatures of various States sums
too large to be counted as salaries
another proof of corruption, both
in business and in politics, and of
unfaithfulness in handling trust
funds.
3. The whole insurance busi
ness with its large surplus and re
serves have been showu to be too
great a temptation to the trustees
of it, and the funds have been lav
ishly used to build up fortunes for
a certain set of men. Their char
acters for faithfulness are gone
glimmering and their attempted de
fence to date only sinks them deep
er in the public judgment.
Rome had its recital of the
wrongs done by officials in the pro
vinces Virgil speaks of "Auri
sacra fames' the accursed greed
of gold; and this Republic has views
ofitnowon every hand, iu busi
ness, no less than in politics. Cent
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Space In New York Too Valuable For
Old Faahionid Artxle.
"This day In witnessing the panning
of the led," aa'd n fold.ng bed tnnrui
facturer on llth-Bt. "(Iround spar
Is netting too valuable in New York
.ise lor an old fnsh!uu.;i bed or (i
devote Kilely to Bkvping purpose.
People have got to hnv-t Homethii.g
to sleep on that they v.r.t fold up anil
get out of the way in the daytime
We have the most curlotiH calls for
beds made to order. People bring dia
grams of flats and apartments in lier
nnd order us to make beds, that wiU
fit certain spaces. Some people h;i vi
new beds made, to order every tiiUl.
they move, so as to utilize every tuc.i
of ppace.
".".in of people in New York sacri
fice space and comfort for a fashion
able address. I hud a call from a
woman the other day to go up in
fashionable hotel. She lives at a conn
try home most of the year, but when
she comes to town for a few month.
In the winter she nnd lier two diuintc
tors crowd into one room nt this Imi. L
They had one double folding bed uui
they wanted me lo roust met a speen'i
bed that could be rested on iw,
trunks at nicM. That was the only
way they could get another bed Into
the room.
"I know a woman who started ir
keeping boarders In an old New Ymt
bouse, the. old family home which .
had Inherited. In every room was
fine big, roomy, obi fashioned 1 -,
One after another of her boardt is de
manded to have ibis bed removed nnd
r. couch bed substituted or a table lA
or a bookcase, or any other kind th.vi
they could fold away out of sight ia
the daytime, and make their toon
look like a sitting room. The wninna
found she couldn't sell her old fusl
ioned beds. No one would have tin 11.,
and rather than give them away
which she couldn't bring herself to
do she is actually paying storage on
them." New York Tribune.
Struck for a WoocJshcd.
Because Mrs. Koz.y's landlord refus
ed to build a woodshed for her all tli
weavers of the Itenrli mill wt nt out
on a strike, and remained out until
promise was made that a beautiful
and commodious woodshed should bit
added at once to Mrs. Pozzy's house.
Mrs. Fuzzy "a house is owned by Mr.
Beach, the owner of the mill which
employes the weavers. Most of the
weavers are bachelors, and take their
meals with Mrs. Pozzy, who has tue
reputation of being the finest cook in
town. For u long time she wantv.l
j woodshed to keep the kindlings, which
1 are so necessary to get up the 10 '--
Ing fire that puts just the right
j "bake" on biscuits and pies. For 1
I long llmo the mill-owner has declare 1
j that be saw no reason why be slioulfl
erect a woodshed for her convenience.
She was at last forced to use strat
egy or continue to go without a wowl
shed. So she gathered her weaver
boarders together and said there
would be no more rich puddings,
juicy pies, light biscuits and lusi i m
stews for them until she had a wool
shed. She said that if she could not
have a woodshed she could not keep
boarders, and they need not return for
any more meals.
The weavers were panlcstricken un
til some one murmured "strike." Then
they "went out." Mr. Beach askel
their terms of settlement, and tliey
said they would not return until Mrs.
Fozzy had a woodshed. At Mr.
Beach's earnest solicitation they final
ly compromised by saying they wo M
return if ho would promise that tha
building should be erected as soon
as he could get hold of the proper
carpenters. Mrs. Fozzy. approved of
tin compromise, and the men have
m timed to their work and -their
meals. New York Tribune.
Primitive African Banking.
In many parts of Africa the aystom
of banking is as yet very primitive.
Tho natives of that part of South
Africa which to a great extent, is ln
hr'ited by bushmen und Hottentots
have a peculiar system of banks.
Those Kaffirs, among whom this curi
ous system of banking obtains, live
near Kafflrarla ,ln the south of the
Colony country. The natives come
down south from their country to
trade in the several villages ami
towns in large numbers, stay with
the Boers for a time, then return t
Kafflrarla. Their banking facilities
are very primitive, and consist en
tirely of banks of deposit alone, with
out banks of discount or issue ami
they have no checks. Hut still they
enjoy banking privileges such aa they
are. From those who trade, of tholr
own number, they select one who for
the occasion is to be their banker.
He la converted Into a bank of depot it
by putting all the money of thoao
'whose banker he Is into a bag and
then they sally forth to the stoma
to buy whatever they want. When an
article Is purchased by any of those
who are in this banking arrangement,
the price of the article la taken by the
banker trom this deposit money batr
counted several times and then paJl
to the seller of the article, after
which all the bank depositors cry out
to the banker, in the presence of the
two witnesses selected, "You owe me
bo much!" This la then repeated by
the witnesses. .
What Englishmen Talk About.
There Is no conversation possible
between the French and English. If
we speak of literature to the English
man he, nine times out of tea. deafevf
us with some Incomprehensible chat
ter about golf or cricket. Pierw
Mille In Grand Magazine.
Russia has poured millions Into
Manchuria, but aha baa the con eola
tion of knowing that ate aa a f
tan for kar moatey.