The Washington times., 1901-10-23
NAPOLEON BoNAPARTE PASSED
THIS WAY IN 1872 WITH
10000 MEN.
on the other side, facing east:
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE PASSED
THIS WAY IN 1912 WITH
0 600 MEN

The history of the most disastrous mill
tary campaign ever undertaken is told
IN those two sentences.
kremlin Is the Russian term for citadel.
There Is krenllin in nearly every Rus
sian city The Kremlin at Moscow occu-
| pies the summit of a hill rising from the
centre of the town and Is surrounded by
an ancient and picturesque wall which
was built many centuries ago. Within the
enclosure are the palace of the Gar, the
headquarters of the Government the resi-
derces of the Ministers, the headquarters
of the army, with the garrison of the city,
four or five churches the ecclesiastical
department of the Russian Government,
and number of museums, picture gal
leries. armories. and various other build
ings.
Lying on either side of the roadway are
SO cannon Of various sizes, all Of which
were captured from Napoleon's army in
1872, or were abandoned by him in his
flight He did not capture a single gun.
In the palaces. museums, armories, and
churches are thousands of French flags
taken at the same time.
Russian eccIesiastics are divided into
the white clergy, who are the parish
priests. and the black clergy. who are
monks. The former are allowed to marry,
and in fact are required 10 be married at
the time of their ordination-as St. Paul
says, 1.-THE husband of one wife, As a
rule no Bishop will ordain parish priest
schools lists of eligible maidens-mar-
riage with wiodws is bad form-are kept
for the information of embryo priests.
They are usually made up of the daugh-
ters of clergymen. for the Bishops expect
the young priests to marry into the pro-
fession, and as a natural consequence
undertake the care of the widows of their
predecessors in the pulpit Formerly the
white clergy were elected by their parish
toner's from any class of the population
but so many ignorant men offered them
selves as candidates that the Bishops now
require preliminary education and train
ing in the theological schools, followed by
an examination into the accomplishments
as well as the morals of the candidate.
The sons of the clergymen usually follow
the profession Of their fathers, which Is
the rule in other occupations and profess
sions Sometimes families have been en-
ga ged in the same trade or profession for
several generations.
The black clergy, or monks, are of-three
degrees-noyices, ordinary monks and
ascetics. The latter renounce not only
the sins and vanities of the world but all
relatives and friends and every earthly
possession. They separate themselves en-
tirely from the rest of mankind and de-
vote themselves to prayer and fasting.
The ordinary monks take vows Of pow
erty and chastity, and dedicate their lives
to charitable and educational work. They
dispense the charity of the church. They
are not ascetics. but never eat flesh.
A bit of information that has lately
been revealed in Paris gives some idea
of the character of the men, General Da-
voust and others, who have been dis
missed or have resigned from the Grand
Council of the Legion of Honor. 1t seems
that the name of Major Esterhazy has
Iaaa sha 1Iu ,ft tb,
order After the official expunging of
Emile Zola had been decided on, one of
the civilians of the committee maintained
that as the novelist's offence was sending
the open letter ''JAccuse" to President
Felix Faure. Esterhazy had incurred the
same penalty for his threat to the Ger
man Emperor, the chief of his "blazon."
General Davoust is said to have adjourned
the meeting Immediately, without allow
ing time for discussion, and the subject
was never brought up again.
For the first time in Australian history
the mayors of the two famous goldhelds
cities-Ballarat and Bendigo-are teeto-
taIers. What is more, both have pub
Iicly declared their determination to carry
out their principles while in office. and to
have no intoxicants at mayoral functions.
At Bendigo no objection was raised; but
sively commercial name of Shoppee rose
and moved a reduction by one-half in the
mayoral salary on the ground that money
should not be voted for the qualification
of a particular section Of the ratepa yers.
Alderman Shoppee found himself In a
minority of one, but he had his little re-
venge at the close of the meeting. When
the toast of The New Mayor was pro-
posed he produced a flask Of whisky
from a ca pa cious pocket and ostcntatious-
" drank the health of the teetOtal chief
magistrate of the city.
China wants money, and the great flnan-
cial wizard, Sir Robert Hart, so often ap-
pealed TO before and never in vain once
more stretches forth his wand and mill
lions float before the dazzled eyes of his
employers. a colossal lottery scheme
with bigger prizes than the world has ever
dreamed Of is proposed. Only foreigners
will be allowed to buy tickets at the mod
est rate of fifty taels (sS5.50) each. For
the foreigners you know. are to be made
10 nav the indemnities. But IL seems now
that the foreigners are not 'enthusing"
over the scheme. and the Chinese are to |
he allowed to invest, and as this will |
mean a vast increase in the number of |
BUYERS the price VIII be dropped to five |
taels (sS 5D "a ticket. The first prize Is |
are 10 be-. issued (and all Sold. There are |
TO be monthly drawings, and IL the busi- |
ness Is good China will clear about four |
millions per month. or fOrty-eight miIliors |
ner year With this sum she will be abl,. |
to meet the payments on the indemnities |