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 Physical Degemsracy in Italy.-The widespread misery and want that p-e- vail in Italy appear to be exercising disastrous and degenerating inf1u- ence on l1he physique of ,,he masculine portion of the population. Accord ing to official statistics just issued by the war department at Rome, out of every thousand young men of 20 years of age liable for military ser vice, which is as obligatory in Italy as in Germany and Austria, 520, or more dshan half, were rejected Dy the medical authorities as physically dis qualified for service in the army. Raising the Wind in Fiance-The French government finding itself un- able to increase the taxation, which is heavier per capita in France than in any other country of the world, has decided to resort to the comver- sion of its treasury bonds of rentes l from per cent to 214 as the easiest and, indeed, the oaly available, means of increasing the revenues of l the state. The ground is taken that | as the national credit is such that | the government has recently been able to secure temporary loans at IA ] per cent, the interest charge on treas ] ury bonds is far too high. and that conversion scheme would respond to 1 the present state of Frances national credit. That the latter should stand so high is surprising, when it is re- | membered that, although in the last | twenty-six years Frances population has only increased by 298, ,O0O inhabi- tants, or at the rate of about II 800 a year (England having doubled hers in the last forty years), the consoli- 1 daIed national debt of France has grown from $3,O0O,OOO, 900 to s7,0o0,- ,o00, while the taxation, both di- 1 rect and indirect, has more than i doubled.
 < Ge lnany's Colonies. can ] scarcely be considered az successful in her efforts to secure fame as a col | onlzing power. The estimated cost of her colonies for the coming year is fixed, according to the imperial bud get, at $2,000,000, in return for which she is able tO point to 1,So3 colonists, all told, of which number half are soldiers and officials. With regard to the trade, Germany's exports to her colonies do not amount even to $1,500,000 per annum, so that from business point of view the unde taking can scarcely be considered as prof itable one. It is evident that the fault lies with the German govern menr rather than with the German merchants. The latter thrive and prosper to a phenomenal degree in the United States and in all those English colonies where initiative, en- terprise and commerce are not sub mitted to all the vexations and ham pering restrictions that seem to be inherent to Germany's notions of O. lonial administration.
 A Boulevard War.-A war has brok- en out at Paris between the restau- rant keepers and the newsdealers oc- cupying the kioskis that border the roadway of the boulevards. H;ther- to the faces of these kiok have been turned toward the pavement, and the occupants have been permitted to dis play their wares by means Of boards and tables, which, of course, en- croached on the footpath. Traffic was still further impeded by the ac- tion of the restaurant keepers and cafe proprietors, who persist in lin ling the front of their establishments with small tables and chairs fer the accommodation of those who prefer to sip their drinks in the open air The bonifaces, finding that the police were about to interfere, lodged com plaint against the newsdealers, main- 1y with the object of saving them selves. This has led to the issue of an order whereby the kiosks are twisted half round, so that their fronts and their tables of wares, i'm stead of facing the footpath, now run parallel with the curb. The occu- pants of the kiosks are in arms, de- c1a,.i1g that their trade will be i'm paired by the change and that, more over, they are deprived of seeing at least one-half of life on the boule- yards They vent their wrath on the cafe and restaurant proprietors. This has brought joy to the various Paris newspapers; for until now the news dealers have been in the habit of hir- ing out a number of newspapers for the day to the restaurants and cafes, and then returning them twenty-four
 hours later to the newspaper offices as "boullion," that is to say, "unso,d.' D In this way the Parisian press has beem shorn of a considerable portion of it's receipts, newer at any time
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