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.PLASSMAN Wins
after five Heats
Harry Brusie Fined $25 for
Laying Up First Heat
of 2::24 Race.
AT WOONSOCKET RACES
First of Four Days Race
Meeting Wholly a Fa-
vorites' Day.
AT WOONsOCKET RACES

Woonsocket, r. l., Aug. GA four
days race meeting ON the half mile
track of the Woonsocket Trotting park
began to-day with three events on tho
card and field of thirty horses. 1t
was wholly a favorites' day. The best
event was the 1924 pace, which went
five heats before Plassman the favor
fte won She finished last in the first
heat, and as result Harry Brusie, her
driver, was fined $25 for laying up the
heat Summary:
2:3O trotting, purse $3OO-Nance o.
Neill won three straight heats and race
Time, 2:27; 1926; 1926
Prince Dundee was second and Rob
ert w. third. J. B. L., Wipona G., Den
lnis c, Allie Dillon, Silence, The Can
ter and Roger Axworth also started.
2:17 pacing, purse $300-Goldie Dill
lard won three straight heats and race
Time, 2:1S IL; 2:2O IA; 2:19 Conner
was second, and Red Pepper third
Russell c., Outcast, Genevieve and
Red Sovereign also started.
2;24 pacing, purse $9)0-Plassman
won third, fourth and fifth heats and
race. Time, 2:21 Ia; 1920; 2:21. Or
child, second. won first and second
heats. Time 1921 1-2; 2:1S 12. Frank
K was third. Lizzie R.. Bonnie Nelson
Dan Gillig, Big Wilkes, Doldies, War
rem F., Edith r., Adviser, Reyburn H
and Delta Ray also ran.
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PARKWAY DRIVING CLUB.
Annual Meeting Opens Despite Heavy
Track.

New York, Aug. 6.-The annual
meeting of the Parkway Driving club,
Brooklyn, opened this afternoon, in
spite of a heavy track and threaten
ing weather The attendance was
large and speculation brisk. For the
2:27 pace Black Patchen sold at even
money against the feld, but was beat
en- by the second choice, King Brine,
Nine met in the 1880 trot, for which
Lake Elect was the choice, but he
was never prominent. Crown Prince
won easily. The summaries:
2:27 pace, purse Stocking Brine
won. the second, third and fourth
heats and race in 2:1S IA, 2;19 IL,
and 2:19 ga Black Patchen took
the first heat and second money in
2:20 Ia. Tim Murnane, Susie W.,
King Dillon, Rex Leader and Bay
Belle also started.
$3.50 trot, purse $4OO-Crown
Prince won the first, second and
fourth heats and race time, 2:24 10
2:22 ga, 1925 ga. Grace Ainsworth
won the third heat and second money
in 1925 IL. Merzeron. Mollie BaWn
Matte T., Lake Elect, Cathedral
Judge Vincent and Niger Wilkes also
started.
The ais pace was postponed until
next day.
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HARTFORD OFFICIALS today
TO BATTLE ON PRAIRIE
Locals Strong Nine to Teach
Visitors the Art Of
Baseball.

The first of the annual series Of base
ball games played between the city Off
cials Of Hartford and New Haven will
be played this afternoon at the Savin
Rock grounds. The visiting team will
come down to this city with the inten-
ton of conquering their brethren Of the
Elm City, and according to adyices re-
ceived yesterday afternoon they will
be accompanied by large delegation
Of rooters, who will do their share to-
wards making the affair a great sue
cess. In all about rs or 100 are ex-
pected in the delegation, which will
leave the Capitol City shortly after
noon, and is due to arrive here about
|1:20.
The delegation will be met at the
railroad station by special trolley cars
containing the local players and the
city hall attaches. The cars will sweep
Itriumphantly UP State street to Chap
ell and then UP to Temple and on d.
rectly to the Rock. The game will be
called as soon as the teams can get
ready to play, after arriving at the
grounds.
Manager Calm yesterday announced
the following lineup for the local
players: Town Clerk Whitaker, e.; Pa
trolman sullivan of the police team, If;
Building Inspector Austin, S., Burke
of the tax office. 1b; Patrolman Der
mody, the star twirler Of the police
team, D.; Calm of the tax office, 3b.
Fireman Kelly, 2b.; Morse, the city
treasurer's clerk. eff; Fireman Hotch-
kiss. IF.
At the conclusion of the game the
players and their guests will adjourn
| to Stanfords hotel where dinner viii
be prepared and good fellowship, plenty
and delight viii reign.
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SARATOGA Racing events
TAMACEO A WINNER
Heavily Played Favorite
Captures the Mohawk
Stakes.

Saratoga, Aug. 6-Temaceo, the 'heav-
ily played favorite, won the Mohawk
selling stakes, the feature event Of the
racing card at Saratoga to-day. The
wrestler led the field to the stretch.
where Temaceo came strong under a
drive and won by three lengths. Ing
ham also beat out the Wrestler by two
lengths. -Four favorites won. Miller
rode four winners. Summaries;
First race, 1-2 furlongs: Spooner,
11S, Miller, to won; Apple Teddy,
1Os Hogg, 20 to second; Manheimer
81, James Hogg, 100 to third. Time,
1:O7 Is.
Second, selling, one INLET LalIy, 81,
Henry, to won; Telescope, 90, Beck
man, 40 to second; Stand Over, "a, J.
Powers, 20 to third. Time, 1:4o.
Third, 10 furlongs: Explosion, 1O7,
Miller, 9 to 20 won; Miss Delaney, 1O7,
Brussell, 8 to / second; Boenla, 1o7,
Troxler, Z to third. Time, lilo,
Fourth, the Mohawk, selling, one mile
and furlong: Temaceo, Sc, e. Dugan,
ii to 10 won; Ingham, So, Henry, I to 2
second; The Wrestler, So, Goldstein, s
to 1 third. Time, 1852 "a.
Fifth, one mile: Rye, 1o7. Miller. to
10 won; Riheman, 81, Lowe, s to / Sec
ond; Penarris, 100, Notter to 1 third.
Time, 1:Ss 2-5.
Sixth, 6 furlongs: Danoscara, Ito, Mil
Ter, 6 to 1 won; Easton, 10, Brussell, 6
to l second; Tire, 112, Beeiman, 10 to
| third. Time, 1:1S SO.
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Good RACES At WATERBURY,
NAUGATUCK CLUB OUT
New Haven Men Omciate
as Judges and
Starters.

Especial TO the Journal and Courier.)
Waterbury, August 6.-The members
Of the Naugatuck Driving Club had a
good race meeting at the Waterbury
track to-day that was literally patron
lied. The grand stand contained a
representative audience which includ-
ed large number of we'll dressed La
dies in attractive summer attire.
Within the track enclosure were
many fine double and single teams,
hitched to good vehicles, with interest
ed spectators.
w. F. Jones, the president Of the as
ISOLATION is young man we'll qualified
for the position on account of his ex-
eortive ability and quick and correct
decisions. AS a race track driver he
demonstrated his skill as a reinsman
by winning the 2-17 race with Banner
Boy.
F. L. Newton Of New Haven, who
foffiated as starter, gave the word to
the drivers with no more scoring than
necessary.
The judges were H. NJ. Rigney of
Waterbury, E, A. Hart Of New Haven,
and H. e. Hart. The time was taken
by w. 0. Kurten and John Farley
The track was so heavy that fast
time was impossible.
The summaries sglve results of the
races.
2-27 Class-Purse 500.
Pure Gold, chg, J. Robil-
lard ....... .............."2 1 I /
Commoneer Boy, gg., G.
Regain .......... .......,S / 2 2 2
Sadie L,blk.m., Ia. Racco..1 2 A 8 8
Fair Day, br.m., w, No.
bles ..,................ .s..4 8 3 S
Rosa Wilkes, BIN, DR.. Mel
bourn ..,........... ....5 4 8 5 4
Time 2:S4 2:S3 ia, 2;S5 ia, 2;S7,
2:S4 IA.
2:17 Class--Purse $500.
Banner Boy, b.g,W.F. Jones..1 2 1 1
Ridgewood, By, G. R. Thomp-
son ......,,.. .....,.,........2 1 2 3
Joe Wilkes, b.g.,J. S. Coan...S 3 3,
Time 1927 Ia, 1925 ga, 2;26 1-2, 2:26
ga.
Special Race-Purse $780,
May day, rom, w. Nobles..... / 1
johnnie Online, hg, Robert
Wakelee Commune. ........"..2 2 2
Annie Daily,b.mo Quitmarsh. 8 8
Sable Wilkes, blk,g, ADelay...4 A DIR
The foregoing race was half mile
heats. Time-1:1S, 1:16, I'LL ga.
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Reds 4, 2, PILGRIMS 8, /.

Cincinnati, Aug. 6.-Cincinnati made
It six straight victories over Boston By
taking both games this afternoon. IN
the first game Cincinnati got only one
hit UP to the eighth inning, and won
out in the tenth on OdwelTs triple and
Ewing long fly Four of Boston's Ave
hits in the second game were made III
the third inning, netting them one run,
Tenny being thrown out at the plate
on great throw by Mitchell The
second game was limited to seven In
nings by agreement. Scores, first
game: RH. r.
cincinnati .....OOoooOo211-4 {
Boston .,......010000002 0--8 8 3
Batteries: Ewing and Sch1ei; Flaher-
ty and Needham, Time. 1855. umpires,
Carpenter and O'Day.
Second game: R.H.E
Cincinnati 1880 0 0 0 2 y % D
Boston ........0 0 1 0 OIL 5 2
Batteries: Smith and Mclean; Linda.
man and Brown, Time, 1875. Empires,
ODay and Carpenter
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TAYLOR'S Wild THROW
scores CUBS TWO RUNS
Chicago Nationals Make It
Three Out of Four From
Giants.
S0X TRIM YANKEES
Athletics Take Four Straight
From Falling
Blues.

Chicago, Aug. 6.--Chicago to-day de-
feated New York. 2 to O. Tinker and
Evers singled in the second. Taylor
picked up Kings bunt, and threw it
wideto third, the ball bounding off the
left field fence King took second
while Tinker and Evers scored The
only two runs Of the game. Strang
was put out of the game for dtsputtnE
q decision, Shay going to center in the
1ttn, Score: R.H. e.
Chicago 80 90 o 0 0 50 q
Batteries: Brown and king; Taylor
and Bresnahan, Time Lib. Empires
Emslie and KLEIN.
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Pittsburg, Aug. 6.-The Pittsburg and
Brooklyn teams to-day split even in q
double header. In the first game the
Pittsburgs missed four chances to
score, because Mcintyre was little too
strong. In the second the Pittsburgss
hit the ball and bases with effect, and
won with ease Scores, first game:
R.H. p.
Pittsbure 10 0o1o . o 0 OIL s 81
Brooklyn 80 0 1 0 0 2 0 Q 0--S 81
Batteries: Philippe and Gibson; Me-
Intyre and Bergen. Time. 1850. UNI
pire, RigIer
Second game: r H 10.
Brooklyn ......0 0 o D 0 o 90 3 q
Batteries: Willis and Phelps; Bell
and Ritter. Time. 1:20. Umpire Rig
Ter.
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Auto Races in France.

LisieuX, France, Aug. 6.-Renaud,
driving a Peuget automobile, won the
Press cup, distance 1872 kilometers,
here to-day in hours so minutes Sc
seconds. M Vimont, in a Westing-
house, was second, hours SO min
utes S5 seconds.
The conditions were 19 litres of fuel
for each 100 kilometers, all the cars
to carry four passengers.
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brownies WHITEWASH
AMBITIOUS Senators
Browns Superb Pitching
and New Ravens Snap
py Fielding.
A TANNING TIE GAME
Orators and Whalers Long
Battle; Leaders Win in
Thirteenth.
A 14-INNING TIE GAME

Hartford, Aug. 6.-New Haven
played all around Hartford to-day and
won easily, The visitors played snap
Ply ball and Brown pitched finely. Fail
Ion was put out of the game in the
fourth for disputing a strike that cut
the plate. The most of the Hartford
hits were wasted and the triple of
Rothfuss did not come until two were
out in the ninth. Score:
Hartford
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st. T,ouis K. Roston 4,

Boston Aug 6.-st Louis punched
hits to-day. and won handily, 5 to 4.
Glaze's home run saved the local team
from being shut out by Howell's spit.
ball" pitching. The score: r. LEI. T..
ST. Louis ...4 0 0 0 l. 0 0 D 0--5 8 2
Boston .....0 0 0 0 ] 0 0 0 OIL 4 1
Batteries: Howell and Spencer;
Glaze, Morgan and Shaw. Time, 1:32.
Umpire, Connolly.
All Neutrality-suspicious. Washington
game postponed; rain.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE.
sox 0, ynnkees 2.

New York, Aug. 6--Cnicago beat
New York to-day, to 2, thereby get
ting the better of the series by three
games to two. Chesbro relieved Moore
after the seventh inning. The score:
Chicago ....o2o1oo12 o-s
New York 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 o. 5 All
Batteries: Smith and Sullivan; Chess
bro, Moore and Kleinow. Time, 2:07.
Umpire, OLoughlin.
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THIRTEEN INNING GAME.
HoIyoke Wins Rafting Contest from
Springfield.


Springfield.
Springfield, Mass, Aug. 6.-Holyoke
won rafting thirteen inning game 8
to 2 from Springfield to-day, dumb
work of the locals in the final inning
practically settling matters. With
two out and man on second, the
Springfield infelders allowed short
fly to drop between them. Then Burke
drove to right field for a single, send
ing in the winning tally. Brilliant
pitching and wonderfully brisk infield-
ing by Boucher of Holyoke We're feat
ures. Loudly batted for Burns in the
eighth, cracked out a double, scoring
Springfield's two runs. Standards
hitting was above par Score:
Holyoke.
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SPORTING NOTES..
(By Albert L. Donneliy)

(By L. Donneuy)
The style s with as ess S on poor . tn
BOBBY prize
han There not team the which
full if HoEoke could win three out Of Ave
v. @ @ s snf sn $ SS 0' s s
Betcher only mspay
Voz for singles and a triple
An instance of Browns generosity was when he allowed Roth
a three-bagger when two out in the ninth
biggest ven the fourteen
the whether Bridgeport New Haven
pionship.
The Ponies and the Paperweighs batted for thirteen innings
leaders took the lead and head at the pole
Danahers Pets play to-da should Spring
off day the former will have fighting chance for
AethIetcs the dangerous Of the White
sn and the s f R S B a b ene S a c s Tp
e OUT Of the race
The Philadelphia Americans hitting grand style
n nS H3 The pitchers % @
g sso nss PsS @ .sas. sn 9s
made Boston, taking
from the Doves yesterday.
The Giants fourdays series Pirates to-day
have considerable showing who will finish
In The National
Detroit in league
no that anything Cobb Crawford
Donovan
the American league pitchers of VIC
Jersey Farmer Nletts of the Tigers
willing Will
the privilege recalling him twenour hours
American the bat with
1906 the the team among the 800
Hoey fourth average of 200
National who taken part in ten
heads the list having
of The HI pitched.
player in the American
league who h made played
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Waterbury :. 0 5 . 01-9
New Haven. 8 0 1 0-S
Stolen bases, Koran, Doherty, Lyons,
Roche; sacrifice hit Tracy; two base
hits, Wallace, Magner Madden, Der
mody; base on balls, off Wallace /, off
Dermody /; hit by pitched ball, Wal
lace, Stevens; passed balls, Dodds 8,
Cassidy 3; struck out, by Wallace -,
by Dermody 21; wild pitch, Wallace,
Time of game, 1855, Umpire, Car
TROLL
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New London.

bridgeport 010000 0000 0 O.
New Ldon O101OO0000000O o.
Home runs, Murray; two base hit,
Ladd; sacrifice hits, Ladd, Phelan,
Sawyer Waterman, Rankin, McCabe;
stolen bases, Hughes, McCabe; bases
on balls off Tracey s, off Ward Il;
struck out, by Tracey a. by Ward s.;
time, 2:10; umpire, Rorty.
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Athletics 4. Blues 2.

Philadelphia Aug '6,--Philadelphia
defeated Cleveland to-day through tho
latters errors The score; RI H.
Cleveland 80 2 0 0 0 , 0 o. 10 8
Phila ...s..02.0 / 0 0 1 "a 10 b.
Batteries: Clarkson and Clark; by
CERT and Powers. Time hours. TIM
pires Hurst and Stafford.
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New Haven.

Hartford ~. 30 0 0 0 Q Go
New Haven 20 0 o 0 2 0 L 0--6
Two base hits, Keenan,, Brown;
three base hits, Bunyan, Rothfuss;
sacrifice hits, Keenan,, Bunyan; stolen
base, Wade; bases on balls, off Volz 1,
off Brown / struck out, by Volz 4, by
Brown 4; wild pitch, Volz; nit by
pitched ball, by Volz 1; left on bases,
Hartford 6, New Haven 7; bases on
errors, Hartford 1, New Haven 8.
Time, las. Umpire, Kelly.
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FOURTEEN INNING TIE.
Bridgeport and New London Play Until
DaEk.

Bridgeport, Aug, 8,-Bridgeport and
New London went IA innings to "a tie,
2 to 2, to-day, darkness putting an end
to a game in which both pitchers were
becoming more and more effective as
the innings went by Though there
were errors on both sides. there were
MANY fine catches and stops, Ladd and
o'Rourke excelling for Bridgeport and
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FAST GAME.
Waterbury Takes Brass City Men into
Camp.

Waterbury, Aug, EN- fast and
snappily played game Waterbury de-
feated Norwich on the home grounds
to-day by a score of to 2, the win
ming run being made after two had
been retired in the ninth. Bridges
made two three-base hits, reaching
home on one by poor throw Ward
secured a three Dagger and a double,
Fine fielding by both teams kept the
score down at times when hits meant
runs. The score:
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Sacrifice hits, Bannon, Lepine, Mat
tern; stolen bases, Standard, Bannon,
Grub; two base hits, Luby 2; first
base on balls, off Miller 2, off Mattern
l. left on bases, Springfield /, Holyoke
6; struck out by Miller II, by Mattern
A wild pitches, Mattern 2. Time, 2:45
Umpire, McCloud
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GAMES TODAY.

In the state League.
New Haven at Springfield.
Hartford at Holyoke,
Waterbury at Norwich.
Bridgeport at New London.
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Norwich

Two out Wnen winning run was
made.
Score by innings;
Waterbury 0 0 0 0 0 ID
Norwich. 0 1 0 0 0 0 %
Earned runs, Norwich 1, Water
bury l. three base hits, Bridges Q,
Ward; two base hits, Ward; passed
ball, Bridges; struck out, by Halligan
4, by Farley s; base on balls, off Far
ley 4, off Halligan 4 hit by pitcher,
McAndrews, Farley, Lachance; stolen
bases, soffel, Perkins, McAndrews,
sacrifice hits, Swander, Lachance,
Golden, Perkins; left on bases, Water
bury 4, Norwich Z; double plays, Pas
tor to Soffel to Accorsini; Perkins to
Soffel; Swander to O'Rourke UNI
pire, Kennedy. Time, las.
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m thc Nntionnl Lenruc.

Philadelphia at Chicago.
New York at Pittsburg.
Brooklyn at Cincinnati.
Boston at st. Louis.
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In the AmerIcnn LeNgue.

In the American Ledgues
Detroit at Philadelphia.
Cleveland at Washington.
ST. Louis at New York.
Chicago at Boston.
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In the Eastern League.
Toronto at Buffalo.
Montreal at Rochester.
Newark at Jersey City.
Providence at Baltimore.
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New England League Results.

AL Haverhill- Worcester 1, Haver-
hill 0.
At Lawrence--Lynn 8, Lawrence 0,
At Fall River-Rain.
AT Brockton-Rain.
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with him, nor his four wives, and that they all wanted To go either back to Mar unique or on to Dahomey. He said he feared his father would die if q change was not made, and prophesied his early death, which has since taken place.
 King in Exile.
 After few moments word came that the king would receive us, and we went with Prince Ouaiino around the veranda to the other side of the house and were admitted to the imperial presence. The room in which the eX-king of Dahomey was lying opened on the porch, and we came right upon him as we entered the door. He rested on sort of cot. With q white pillow under his head His naked black body was covered with only a gray blue cape. which fell back as he half rose and showed his skin almost to the waist. He had on q curious black velvet cap, covered with gold embroidery. This cap fitted his head closely, coming low down over the forehead and covering the ears. falling almost to the shoulders. As he talked with me he now and then pulled his gown up, but it kept falling back, eX- posing four or five square feet of oily black skin. Upon my presentation he reached out naked black arm and shook my hand. while he said in French Bon jour-
 As we chatted l could see two of his wives who were waiting upon him, One of them seemed to he undergoing some kind of punishment She was on her knees, leaning oyer d chair in the back of the room while the other was crouehed down flat on the floor on the other side of the cot from where l stood Both were
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with the River Niger, Timbulltu and the Senegal. There are hundred and twen- ty miles of telephone in the colony and seventeen hundred and twenty-five miles of telegraph lines.
 These Dahomey people are of the same race as our negroes. Their country is on the Gulf of Guinea, from where the most of the slaves were taken in early days They are of pure negro stock, and belong to the Fan branch of the Eve family. The people go about half naked, and they believe in witches and have their witch doctors. Along in about 1890, when Benhazin was in the height of his power, travellers who passed through Da- honey gave vivid pictures of him and his army They say that he sprinkled his ancestors graves once every year with human blood. He was so great at that time that when his people approached him they had to crawl up to him with their faces to the dust. The annual grave lasted several weeks. The Amazons then acted as tho executioners, and the vic tins. who supplied the blood were usual ly captives taken in war. When the time for the killing took place these unfor- {, tunate wretches were dressed in white shirts tied hand and foot and placed in baskets the top of a platform. The king first made speech. and then the Amazons hurled the victims down into crowd, where they met with a horrible death. I have seen it stated that their skulls were used to adorn the palace walls and that this king had a sleeping chamber paved with the heads of his
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supplied without charge. He had In addl- tion to all this an allowance of money of eighteen thousand francs year, which means about thir.y-six hundred dollars of our money, or just about ten dollars d day This certainly ought to have sufficed to keep him in tobacco and to have furnished now and then a new ear plnS for each of his wives.
 Everything goes by contrast. however, and this allowance was as nothing to this negro king who once numbered his assets by millions of francs and his sub jects by hundreds of thousands. His kingdom, as it now Is under the French, is bigger than the state of Illinois, ana it's population is estimated at more thai: d million. It's seat of government and chief business center. Porto Novo, has 5000 inhabitants and Abomey. where the king formerly lived, has 15,0O0.
 Since the conquest of Dahomey the They have established schools in all the experimental farm. 1 understand they eX- pect to put out cotton plantations, and that they are exploiting the country. Be. tween four and five hundred vessels now call there annually and the commerce is growing. Two railroads have been opened up. One of these starts at the port of Kotonu and has been pushed in land as far as Toffo. q distance of sixty four miles, II is to be extended three hundred miles farther A telegraph line now joins Kotonu with Behazins old cap ital, and that seaport is also connected