One-twelfth of I lie pt-ojilu tf F.ug
In ml suffer friini gout.
It in a singular coincidence Hint, ox
Congressman James Wilson, McKin
ley's secretary of ngrioultiire, is
father of llio position, In' linviitg llrst
Introduced tliu bill denting it.
Tho returns of muses for insanity
In F.nglnnd show Hint in every 100
cases 21 nre hereditary, 2i limy lio nl
trilmlcit to drink, 12 to business nnd
motley trouble, II ta loss of friends,
ID to sickness aud 11 to various
Ir. Heneen F.gbort of tho Medico
Chirurgical College, l'liilnlvliliii,nnyH
Hint rheumatism often reunite from
drinking too lilllo water, nnd t lint the
euros wrought nt watering places nro
to bo attributed to t tits free imbibing
of Hint llnid. rntber tlmu to tlie min
erals contained tliorcin.
Amcriesu cotton in rapidly nupor
piling tlmt of Indiit in I lio mnrkotii of
Japan because of it" superior length
nd atrongth, nnd a representative of
I ho Japanese government is ninking
nn investigation into tlio methods of
cultivating nnd bundling tlio stnplo in
i'cxnn and other southern stales, from
which valuable results nro likely to
follow.
The town of Fairfield, '.-nn., has n
Inrgo contract on bund. Tun records
of the town have not been indexed since
1800, Tlio Rolcctinen nro now conoid
r-riug tbo bent met hod of beginning
tho largo undortnkiiig. Tlio records
comprise unveil Inrga volumos, nnd to
index th oho will raquiro nt leiiHt n
year's labor nnd nu expense of between
fcl.OOU nnd $3,000.
It in nnid tlmt niorothnu ninety per
cent of tho railway passengers in Kng
mud trnvoi mini class, lliey cou-
tribute about eighty-throo pereent of
tho rccoipts, A goodly portion of tho
remaining seventeen pereent, it in
Hiifo to nay, iH contributed by wealthy
American tourists., who nro conspicil
aim putioui.cr of the llrst-cliiss ear-
ringo during tho Hiimmor months.
Nnuscti invented tho model of tho
Frnm, milking her bull round niididip
pery, liko nu col, with no comers or
sharp dge for tho ice to ttoizo upon,
Sho is tho strongest voHsel ever ttsod
in Arctio exploration. Ho said that
prossuro would dimply lift her on tho
ice, ami ho her bottom, near tho keel,
was mado almost lint in order thnt alio
might not capsize while on the ioo
surface, and her screw and rudder
were also ingeniously protected. The
miiny experts who Haid bor design
would not save Ibe Frain from instant
destruction were mistaken, for she
mot theso resistless ico preHsuros, and
they merely lifted her out of her era1
tile, aud bha rested safely on tho eur
face,
In tho heart of Han Francisco is tho
city's priucipal cemetery, whore are
buried the bodies of her famous dead
and where loom up ia the sky the
grand mausoleums of her millionaire
mining uud railroad kings, A wove
ment to bisect this cemetery with
uew street una aroused much opposi
tion, yet it is by uo moans certain
that sooner or later the whole cemetery
will not be moved to a quarter whore
the dead would eost lues iu real estate
and taxes. It seams that when grave
yards were started the fouudors ol
cities did not know where to place
them. For years iu Boston the eld
graveyard on Tremont street showed
that some of the most valuable prop,
crty in the city was occupied by dead
beads.
Instead of resontiug the notion of
this country in restricting foreig
pauper immigration, the Italian gov
eminent una receutiy adopted meas
ures preventing the idle hordes of
that country from emigrating to the
United States. In Italy, says the
Philadelphia Fublio Ledger, the dis
tinetiou between worthy nnd unworthy
people is broader than in almost uny
other country, especially in the olast
that furnishes the most of the euii
grants. The Italian peasantry ia
largely composed of thrifty, industri
ons people, such as may be seen any
day in our own city, who are willing
to work hard for small wages and con
trive to save enough out of their
scanty earnings to provide for old
sge. Snob people form a valuable
addition to tho population.- But it
also contains a class of vicious idlers,
who will not work, who bavo no re
pect for law, whose passions are ess
iJy roused aud, when roused, are never
restrained, aud who make a profession
of crime. From this class the Matia
aud tbo brigands are roortiilod, aud it
is this class thnt the government
gents are obliged to keep at Lome
uudur heavy penalty.
A pnlr of very pluiMiy leits
J-'.neased In scarlet hie
A pnlr nt little sluMiy boots
With miller doubtful loiwi
A little kllti a little mint
fill nn a mother enn -
Ami lo! before in stand In stnto
1 lie fiitnre'n "coming man."
Ills eves, Ii "reliance, will rend the stars,
Ami senrch their unknown way":
erclintiee the human lienrt ami soul
Will open lo their tfawv
Perchance their keen ami llnshlng trlaiicn
Will lie a nation' lluht -
Tliosc ee Hint now nre wistful bent
tin some "big fellow's" kite.
THE ONE GIRL.
They were standing together nut on '
tho iiioniilit terrace- lleuind them
ill th ilistiiiico sounded the baud.
plnviug soft, dreamy wall music.
lint what eired they for dancing and
tbu hut, crowded ball rooniT In all
the world for him theio was only one
nullum, and hIiii stood, her bauds
hiMioil in bis, her head resting on his
sliouldi'l'.
"You won't forget me, darling," be
whispered, "alien I mil thousands of
miles nwny, nt tho other hide of the
win Id, mid letters are long in mining?
You'll remember that I inn coming
hack iu Iwu years at the latest, to
claim in v little wife."
"Oh, It can't be really true, Geof
frey, Unit you nro going to-mm row?
It is ton ilreinltiil to think of! And it's
not 1 that will forgot. I shall think
of you night and day until you como
back. lint you'll most likely meet
with Homo lovely American girl all
American women mo lovely, you
know nnd then you'll forget all about
poor little Mysio TralVonl, who is
urn ting for you in Kuglaiid."
"Wlien I inn out ou the grent lone
ly prairies," ho said dreamily, "I
shall just shut my eyes and think my
self buck to this night. 1 shall bear
tho baud ill tho distance, I shall feel
you once moro in my hiiiis, uud 1
shall smell tho faint odor of tho Jiulio-
tropo you are wearing."
For answer she took a piece of the
heliotropo from her dress.
"Hero's a little bit of it," she said.
'When you meet that lovely Ameri
can, nnd wish that you were free, nnd
that this evening had ucver been, I lien
you can put that littlu (lower ill an
envelope, nnd you needn't write n
word to put iu with it, but just ad
dress it to me, nnd when I get it I
shall know whut it iiieaus, ami you
will bo free."
"What nonsense, Mysio 1" ho said
angrily, "Why do you talk liko that?
You kuow "
"Oh, hero you are!" cried n shrill
voice. "1 uave liuou looking lor you
everywhere, Mr. Castlcford is as
cross aa ho can bo, Mysio. Ho says
you promised him the last two dunces,
and then you disappeared aud no one
could tlud you ; aud as for you, Mr.
Hamilton, I think you had better
keep out of tho way altogether, after
disappointing Lady May and goodness
knows who besides." Aud Gertrude,
Mysie's sister, chattered on, totally
unconscious that she was a most uu
weloome intruder.
Hho and Mysio had been taught
tbat it was their duty to make good
matches, and Geoffrey Hamilton, with
no money, and just off for America,
was so entirely ineligible that she sus
pected nothing, and ruthlessly insisted
on their immediate return to tho ball
room. ,
Mysio looked often at the littlo
hoop of pearls the pledge of her be
trothal but never put it on, except
in her own room just for a few miu
utes. Somehow as the days weut by it
seemed harder to speak of that even
ing to her mother, especially as her
mother had not the faintest suspicion
ol anytning oi tna sort, auu so a
month passed away.
Then one evening Mysio returned
from a walk aud saw a letter lying ou
the ball table. One glauce at her own
name and the postmark "New York"
and she matched up the let tor, won
dering if any one had notieod it, theu
ran up to her own room, uud dosed
the door to enjoy it in peace.
The Are burued brightly and looked
inviting, and she drew up a low easy
chair and seated herself comfortably
as she broke the seal of the envelope,
What was the faint perfume na she
did so? She drew out a sheet of blauk
note paper from the folds of which a
little pieoe of dead heliotropo slipped
lid fell to the floor.
"Mysie, you must oome down,"
aid Gertrude. "Mr. Castloford is
down stairs, and mother says you are
to come," as Mysie looked rebellions.
"But you must chuuge your dress;
you can't coma in that. Has anythiug
happened? Yon look very queer."
"io, said Alysie, with a strange
The Cumins; Man.
Those linmls -those little, bus hands
Ho sticky, small ami brown -Those
liamls whose only mission seems
To pull all nnler down
Mio knows what lihlilen strength ma; be
Contained within their clasp,
Thoiiirh now 'lis lint a taffy stick
In sturdy hold they uril-pV
Ah! blessings on those little hands,
Whoso work is yet undone!
Ami lilessltiKs on those little feet, -
Whose race Is yet imriin!
Ami lilossiiur on the little lirnln
That lias not learned to plan!
Whslc'cr llin future holds In store,
Ooil bless the "coming man!"
Hoiiiervlllo Journal.
little laugh ;
portaiiee. I
"nt least nothing of iui
will come down pies-
ntl.V."
In a very short time slin was in tho
Irawing-rooiii, nnd Herbert Castle-
ford, ns ho looked at her, thought lie L
hail never seen her so beautiful. He
bad love I her for years, but ho bad
leeoiveil so littlo encouragement from
her that he had not spoken; but to
night ho had determined to nit his
fate to tho test, whilo. poor Mysie,
wilh n pain at her heart, was saying
lo herself that if (iooffrey could forget
so eiiHily, why, so could she.
nil so it cami) about that n few
hours later sho returned to her room,
having pledged herself to Herbert
Castleford. Instead of the littlo hoop
of pearls shu had never worn sho pos
sessed it handsome diamond ring, and
the dead ilower nnd tho pearls wero
put far away out of sight, to bo for
gotten if possible.
Nix months had passod and Herbert
Castleford was pressing for nn early
uiarriage. Mysio nnd her mother had
goiio uwuy from homo immediately
after her becoming engaged. Mysio
complained of the cold and looked no
lelicato that her mother took her to
tho south of France, where, soon after.
OiHtlcford followed them.
Mysio seemed willing that tho wed
ding should take placu whenever they
liked to nrrntiuo it, so matters were
being pushed to suit tlio impatient
lover, when ouoday Gertrudu ran into
tbu room where Mysio mid Herbert
were sitting.
"Look, Mysio!" sho cried. "Hero
is a lovely bunch of (lowers from that
deur count! Isn't ho silly? And
they are such beauties! Only smell
thorn I Oh, I urn so pleased 1 Look!
Hero nro a bit of heliotropo uud some
maidenhair that will just do for you,
To her surprise Mysio turned pale
and shrank back, looking almost
uppenliugly nt her lover, wlio was
watching her.
As thoir eyes met there was some
thing in his an expression, a con
sciousness, a what? Mysiu did not
know, but a great trumhliog seized
hor. A hundred thoughts seemed to
pass through her mind in a moment,
but of one thing shu was certain
Herbert Castleford know nil about
those playful, loving words spoken
out on tho terraco on the uuver-to-bo-forgotten
night.
Then, leaning forward, she asked,
ns if they bad already boon speaking
to enoh other:
"How did you sond it from New
York?"
"I that Is what do you meau
Mysie? I never sent it I"
Seeing that hor clear eyes seemed
to rend him through, he attempted no
more deuinl, but just caught ber
bunds in his uud implored bor to for
give him.
"I came out to look for you that
night," he said, "aud I heard what
you wore saying just as Gertrude
came upon you from tho other side,
aud it was such n teuiptntion, for
loved you denrly much better than
he did. It was all doue for love of
you, Mysie."
She tried to wave him nwny, but in'
stead fell fainting to the ground.
When she recovered Herbert Castle
ford had gone. A few hasty lines from
hiiu besought her forgiveuess.nud told
ber Geoffrey was now on his way buck
to Eugluiid to Uud out why she bad
not written to him ; thut bo hoped they
would have been married before Geof
frey could arrive, but that now he
would go away aud never trouble bur
again.
"You will forgive me, Gioffrey,
won't you," she said, "for doubting
you? But it suotned so torribly true!
Look! Hero are the envelope aud
the flower."
"Aud here is tho flower yon gave
me," said GjofTrey. "There's not
much difference, certainly, between
them, but regarding the euvelopa
well, I must give you a few specimens
of my handwriting when I go nwny
again, so tbat you may uot bu taken
in so euuity."
"Hut I shall never let you go nwny
sgnin," naid Mysie,
And thnt was how llicv arranged it
Tim "Tippecanoe" Inauguration.
Mr. Joseph II. llishop contributes
an nrticlo on "Inauguration Scenes
and Incidents" to tho Century, which
la nn "Inauguration number." Con
cerning tho inauguration of General
William Henry Harrison, Mr. llishop
says: A mngtiiflcoiit carriage mm
been constructed by his admirers, nnd
presented to General Harrison, with
the express wish that ho l ido in it to
tlaOipitolj but ho declined to do so,
insi ding upon riding n horso instead.
Tho crowd of visitors nlong tho nveniie
from tho White House to tbo Capitol
was tho largest yet seen in Washing
ton. Tho procession created such en
thusiasm that tho novel expedient was
put iu operation of having it in neli
mid countermarch severnl limes beforo
leaving its hero lit tlio Capitol. For
two hours it went to nnd fro in tho
nveiiuu beforo tho spectators wero sup
posed to bavo their till of it. Mr.
Adams, who saw it from bis window,
under which it passed, describes it in
bis diary a mixed military and civil
cavalcade, with platoons of militia
companies, Tippeoiuoc clubs, students
of colleges, scliool-lioys, a lialf-doen
veterans who had fought under the old
hero iu tlio war of IKlt, sundry awk
ward mid ungainly painted banners
and log cabins, and without carriages
or showy drosses. Tho coup il'ieil,
ho ndds, was showy-shabby; nnd ho
says of tho general : "Ho was on a
menn-looking whilo horse, in tho cell
tro of seven others, inn plain frock
coat or surtoiit, iiudistingiiisliablo
from nny of those before, behind, or
around him." The day was cold and
bleak with a chilly wind blowing.
Gnucrnl Harrison stood for nn hour
exposed to this while delivering bis
nddrcHH, nnd nt its closo mounted his
horso nnd returned to tho White
House with tho procession again asnu
escort.
He Sin prised the Ih ill Sergeant.
A clipper-built man of .'I!) or there
about, enlisted in one of tho troops of
the Fourth Cavalry lit the Presidio of
San FnincUco a few years ago. When
ho was asked by the recruiting oflicer
if bo know nuyUiiiig about, horses, bo
replied, "Not very inticli." Tho day
nfter his enlistment the troop drill ser
gennt gave tho recruit a horso nuil
took him out to tho "bull ring" to
givo him his (list whirl nt riding horse
back. Tho recruit labored into tho
saddle with grent apparent diflieiilty,
nud for 15 minutes bis awkwardness
taxed the resources of tho drill ser
geant a vocabulary, men, with a gnu,
ho sprang to tho ground, rpiickly un
cinched tho horse, and threw off tho
saddle. Starting his saddlcloss horso
around tho ring on a dead canter, bu
leaped upon ila back without tho uso
of hia hands, aud standing with bis
boots upon tho horse's glossy back,
ho rode around thu ring for a few
times. Theu, the horse still nt a swift
lope, ho Hlond ou his head on its back.
Ho followed this up with n monkey
drill that almost give the drill ser
goalit apoplexy. When, a few days
Inter, tho recruit got n liist sergeant's
stripes, it cnuio out that ho was one of
tho best-known circus riders iu tho
country, and oue of the most unre
liable, ou account of bis predilection
for liquor. He kept straight iu the
army, however, nud nt Hie close of bis
enlistment started a riding school in
San Francisco, which he is still man
aging with immense success. New
York Sun.
The "Ears" of Insects.
The naturalists have not as vet been
able to answer the burning question
"Can beos here?" but their researches
along that line have resulted iu many
queer discoveries. Simply because
bee has no ears on the sides of bis
head, it is uo sign whatever that be
wholly without some sort of uu audi
tory nerve. This last assertion
proveu by the fact that grasshoppers,
crickets, locusts, aud tliet ull have
ears situated iu queer places under
the wings, ou the middle of the body
and even on the sides of their legs.
The ooiumou lions" fl d ios his bear
ing by means of some littlo rows of
corpuscles which ure situated on the
knobbed thread which occupy tho
places which are taken up by. the hind
wings of other spuoies of iuseots. The
garden slug, or shell-less snail, has bis
organs of bearing situated ou each
side of his neek, and the common
grasshopper has them on bis broad
flat thighs. In some of the smaller
insects they are at the bases of the
wings, aud iu others at the bottom of
tho feet. St. Louis Ii -public.
The llrst number of a new paper en
titled the Gormau Industrial Adver
User, iu thu Japuuvse luuguage, has
appeared.
AMERICAN FIK8T.
JKANKTTK WA! TIIK FIOXKKIt
KI.RIMIANT OK AMKltlCA.
Dfalh of the Old llenst Said to llnve
Come to This Country In I.S'J.)
and to llnve Had forty
or More Owners.
JKANF.TTK, an elephant which
most showmen believe to bavo
been tho oldest in the United
H'ntesand the first ever brought
to America, ia dead nt I'erti, Ind. Her
ago is known to have been 1 Illy oars.
Tho Chicago Times-Herald say she
has been a tennnt of menageries in
this country since IHJt.
Jennottn really duid of old ngo. Her
skin was wrinkled nnd drawn nnd her
JKANKI-rR, AMKItU.Yrf l-TONfif;tl Kl.F.I'HANT.
eyes bnd that peculiar lackluster ap
pearance which always accompanies
leerepit old ngn. Jcnnotto hnd liaised
through tho hands of so many show
men thnt to anvono of these ber entire
history it practically unknown. Sho
cnuio in possession of her Inst, owner
in IHMfi. Previous to that time. It is
est i m ted by those who know scraps
of tho aged elephant's career, she had
liecn owned by nt least forty dilierent
persons. Shu was of African birth and
was Kold for a bagful ol gold. Anyone
who saw her, and was familiar with
elephants, would know in nn instant
that sho was an African. Her cars
wero of tho enormous, "umbrella"
kind, which mnko eli.phants look not
unlike lingo foxhouuds.
I ho llrst that was known nf Jeinette
ill this country was in s::i. At that
time nn agent of an American menag
erie was in F.ugland, nnd there suw tho
elephant, in company with a number
of others juct nrrived from the Cape,
ns Africa is termed in liritain. Sho
had been employed as a working ele
phant for some tune, in Africa previous
HKTTIdNa AN" OLD SCONE.
(Twd scenes In
to her purohnse by nn Knglish ofllnial,
who was engaged in gathing a small
herd to export to Knglaod. At that
time, it is asserted, there wns not nn
elophnnt in tbo L'nitod States. Tho
agent from America conoiivcd the idea
that bo had found a tremendous cart)
for his menagerie. He purchased
leanetto for 8!", !()(). The purchase
was tho talk of London.
The next thing to do was to get
Jeanetto to tho United State., aud that
wan no trifling matter. Tbo year
1823, it must bo remembered, was far
in advaneo of the ocean greyhound,
and the voyugo across tho Atlantis for
even a human being was considered
an event. Tho agent, however, was
cqnal to the emergency, and one Juno
day when a clipper ship called from
Liverpool she had aboard of ber, snug
ly stowed in the hold, the bulky form
of the comparatively youthful
Jeanette, Detail is lacking as to bow
Jeanetto enjoyed the voyage, but shu
reached New York with but a few
abrasions of tho skin and a sour tem
per. Naturally Jeanette created a sensa
tion in Gotham. People came from a
great distance to see ber lodgings not
far from Battery Park. Then ber
owner placed ber in a tent, because
the lodgings were not large enough to
accommodate the people who came to
see her. Ho made money rapidly and
Jeanette waxed fat and strong. Af
ter a while patronage began to slacken
a bit, however, and Jeanette's owner,
who bad long ago given np the idea ot
placing ber in any menagerie exoept
TH8 DCBU
his own, put her in a wagon that was
considered a triumph of architectural
skill, and with just enough other
things to justify him in calling bis
outfit a menagerie itarted out to tour
the east.
Jeanette's fame spread far and wide,
and alter exhibiting ber tintil he had
made his fortune ber owner sold ber
to a menagerie. Bow often she
changed bauds after that even the
best posted menagerie and circus man
refuses to estimate, beyond the fact
tbat it was at least forty times. It is
certain, however, tbat there has been
no prominent menagerie in the coun
try in the last half century which has
not had a claim on Jeanette at one
time or another. When elephants be
gan to be common Jeanette's fame
faded. She was probably the most
traveled elephant tbo world ever
knew. Tho lact that alio fell from tho
pedestal of fsrno so many years ago
did not sour her temper, for sho was
always considered a spooial pet by
TUB WNKRAr,.
everyone who ever bnd anything to do
with her.
Although possessed of (his good
nature, sho was resentful of fancied
or real injuries, and if she once took a
disliko to a person won betide that
unfortunate individual if ho ever
ventured within reach of her trunk.
Jeanetto had nn antipathy to n
painter named Frnser, which seemed
to turn her against all painters. Onco
sho broke loose and discovered a gang
of painters outside tho gntn ou their
way from work to dinner. She gave a
shrill warning and thundered nfter
thorn. They ran ns fnt ns they conld,
but feanettn gained ao rapidly that
they were foroed to take refuge in a
born, tho grent, doors of which swung
right open. .Teanelto pressed them
so hard that thny climbed up int.) tho
haymow, and there tho elephant kept
thmn until their cries for help brought
aid.
feanotto was not a large elephant.
Sho weighed only three tons. Sho
hnd a persuasive way, however, when
ever sho took nfter nnyono. To tell
tho complete story of ber escapades
would be an almost endless task. The
greater portion of them wore good
natured, nnd sho was never knowu to
really hurt nnyono who had not in
jured her. it was a favorite pastime
of bars whenever she broke loose in
ttiiylnonngerio tent to make for tho
lemonade venders, put them to flight
nnd drink all their lemonade. This
sho seemed to consider a most delight
ful treat. Tho same method of treat
ment was applied to the men nnd boys
who dispensed enndy, nnd 'eanctto
nppropriatod so much of their stock
that they grow to bo afraid to venture
near her.
The peoplo of I'orn mourn for Jean
etto. She was oue of tho sights of tho
town during tbo winter season, nnd
wnsa friend of two-thirds of tho popn-
WlCVKNKsS FOP. l.F.MOSAfJH.
the life of Jcun-tle.)
lation. Her funeral was ns largely at
tended as tbat of the most prominent
citizen would have been. She was
i only nn elephant, bnt it is something
i to have been a good elephant.
liisiiiarck Is Itiirril.
A ndder ntteranoe can hardly ho
imagiued than that said to have been
lately made by Prince iiisrnarak, now
nenr the end of bis life, after having
occupied tho position of dictator of
Kurope :
"I feel weak ond languid, but not
ill. Mr illness is want of the joys of
1 To. My existence is no longer nf
any use ; 1 have no official duties, and
what I see as an onlooker gives mo no
pleasure. Should I live longer it will
; still be tho cise. I feel lonely. I
have lost my wife, and as regards my
! sons, thoy bavo their own business,
i With growing ago I have also lost in
: terest in agricultnru and forestry. I
rarely visit the fields and woods, since
I can no longer ride an 1 shoot and
move about as I like. Little by littlo
politics begins to tiro me."
I The faculty of retiring gracefully
1 from active labor and responsibility
when years become a burden and
other can do the work better, is ona
Bismarck has not learned. He has no
such resource as Gladstono has in
I other interests than statecraft. Ha
finds nothing to do bnt to meddle and
, complain. Tho knowledge that he
j created a strong empire gives him lit
f tie comfort, 'or he has not faith that
anybody bnt himself can keep it
i strong.
1 had for
When Milton was old, and
"this three years" lost tue
j sight of bis eyes, he could say :
i "Want supports me, dost then .'!?
The cousalttoeu to bnvu lostihsm nvorpllad
j la Liberty's (Intense, my noble task."
I But liberty is a better work than
I empire. New York Independent.
The Ballot Here and Abroad.
In the United States there is onfl
voter to every fonr and a half persons ;
in Great Britain one to every six per
sons; in Franoe one to every three
and a bait persons; in Italy one to
every ten persons.
The United States coat 13,9,102
votes in 1808.
Great Britain oasts 6.116,000 votes.
Scotland has 630,000 electors.
Ireland has 830,000 eleotors.
Franoe has 10,000.000 electors.
Germany has 10,600,000 elector.
Austro-Hangury has 5,300,000 eleo
tors. Italy has 3,006,000 electors.
In 18Ua out of 3,000,000 qaalific.
electors only 1,600,000 voted in lu.y
or about live per cent, of its total
population.
Belgium bad 100,000 voters ten
years ago, bnt since then bus increased
its suffrage io that some citizen Uava
several ballots.
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