Arizona republican., 1898-01-18
ROUND ABOUT EUROPE

Motor Cars for British Mails--The British postoffice after series of e,ab- crate experiments, has at length adopted motor cars for use not only for the conveyance of letters, but also of parcels sent by mail in the metrop olitan district, as we'll as in the prin- cipal cities of the United Kingdom. The innovation is pronounced a great success, and is giving much satisfac- tion.
 This Queen Wants nzgits.-Queen Wilhelmina <ef- Holland has just set tied >kty point that has been for soH agitating her lieges. The 3dfcn wspapers have been discus 1ing what present should be offered to their sovereign upon her coronation in August of next year. All kinds of gifts were proposed from the nation, from the provinces, from societies, clubs and individuals. Her majesty settled the matter, however, by de cIaring that she would accept no pres ent at all Upon the attainment of heNmajesty's majority the Dutch ~@ostoffice prop/ B to issue a special set of stamps1 circumstance in view of the excessive number of commem- orative stamps, that will probably not A1Iord stamp collectors unmiXed grat- iacation.
 Henry Irving's Dog Head.-The fox terrier which accompanied Sir Henry Irving for so long and so far is dead. He was old and his eyes were dim, and he did not see an open trap in the Manchester theater a few days ago, and, falling through, was killed. Every one will be sorry to hear it. The London Chronicle in it's grief grows curiously poetic. Let us hope" it says ,"that Macready or Booth met him at the shadow gate, and that he lies in shadow kennel on asphodeI leaves, waiting till his master comes also to rehearse fresh triumphs in shadOwland." It seems a shame not to wish him also shadow bone.
 Left in Cabs.-There seems to be nothing which human beings are in- capable of leaving behind them in cabs. According to the report of the chief commissioner of the London po- lice, they are almost as ready to for get perambulators, sewing machines, parrots in cages and live rabbits as umbrellas and purses. The total num- Der of derelict umbrellas for one year is seventeen thousand and of purses three thousand. How many also for got the fare is not mentioned.
 Last of the Carlyles.!The last of the Carlyles, Mrs. Janet Planning, sister of the Sage of Chelsea, who has just died at the home of her son-in- law, MT. Laing, in Toronto, was born in 1872, when her brother Thomas, then IT years old, was teaching at the Annan Grammar school. She was the youngest of the nine children -four sons and five daughters) of James Car lyle, the sturdy Mason, whose resolute, strongly marked character and theo- logical views have been admirably de- picted in the brief biographical sketch written by his son. Mrs.sHanning was left widow in 1878, and three years later came the death of her brother Thomas, by whose will she was left comfortably provided for During her brothers lifetime she was in constant correspondence with him and his wife. Carlyle's letters to her bearing ample testimony to the in- finite kindness which was hidden un- der his brusque manner. He sent her all his works as they were published, each containing an inscription, such as ''To my dear sister Janet, with my best love and blessing. T. Carlyle" Mrs. flaming looked upon these and other mementoS of the sage and his tOrian as her most revered treasures.
 Arc de Triomphe Shaky.-The Arc de Triomphe in Paris, having only re- gently emerged from it's swaddling clothes of scaffolding, is now pro- nOunced to be in immine nt danger. It appears that when the scaffolding, which has become so familiar an ob ject that 70 one ever expected it to be removed, was taken down for the czar's visit several ominous Assures and slips were discovered. A careful inspection reveals an alarming con- dition of affairs, for which the remedy is problematical. There seems to be no monument of perennial solidity in Paris. The historic Pont Neuf has been tied and bolstered up, and the Tour Eiffel is said to breathe" or wave backward and forward.
 It Would Take Year 10 Pass.-A German critic has been adding up the grand total of the continental armies, and after noting that we cal only form a vague idea of what is meant by tens of millions, he tries to bring home to his readers in another way the colossal growth of modern arma- ments. If, he says, we could have all the armies of the continent on a war footing drawn up in one long pro- cession, with their guns and ammu- hilton and baggage wagons, the col umn would be more than twenty-fouT thousand miles long, and, marching day and night, it would take nearly year to pass a given point.
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