Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-07-06


Under the Rule themselves he
OF the Amir. greatest thieves IN
Kahul and take
anything they can get great or small;
but they become most indignant when
they zee others stealing, considering
IT, perhaps. an encroachment on their
privileges In going along the bazaar
a policeman win take a handful az
grain or fruit from "a shop as he passes
and eat IL, and the shopkeeper must
say nothing. II n shppbeepcr should
make a fuss over anything q police
nan does In that way, II IN more than
probable that 4 case VIII be trumpted
up against him very shortly after
wards. and IL there is nothing else to
accuse him of, he Is accused Of giving
short weight. and as there are few
correctly mafc sets of metal weights
IN Kabul, those there are being made
and used In the government work
shops and stores the shopkeepers
have to take stones of different sizes
aud after matching them against the
government weights use them for
weighing out the articles they deal in,
These stones are therefore readily
changed by the policeman for others
lying on the street when ta.;lng q
shopkeeper through the bazars the
Kotwal for trial, and when such cons
vlncing evidence Is forthcoming the
shopkecper Is OF course heavily fined,
and for the future treats a Kotwali
sepoy with every respect.---Cnder the
Absolute Amir, by Frank Martin,
published by the Harpers.
Would XIII The Russian girl STU
Russia's Heir dent who tried TO
To the Throne. convert Cossack of
the convoy-~as the
palace guard al Tsarskpe-Selo Is called
Ito revolutionary principles offered the
soldier about live thousand dollars. or
so the London Standard reports, IL he
would attempt the life Of Alexis. This
was weeks ago. Details of the child's
daily life have been kept secret ever
since. He was getting four meals ev-
cry twenty-four hours last spring. and
these never included mutton broth or
pudding that had pot been prepared
under the eye OF his mother or OF some
one designated by her. The ill health
of the child il ascribed to the misfor-
tune that so few residences OF the
Cars do not leave much to be desired
from the point of view of sanitary sell
ence. one Of the Czarlna's spells of ILL.,
ness has been traced 70 the defective
plumbing which makes certain Inn
perial palace uniuhabtabl Bile In summer
because of It's doors. Her majesty Is
said to tremble for Alexis when she
remembers the revelations made by the
eminent Moscow physician, DR.. Yak
the ailment which finally carried off
the late Emperor Alexander III. The
private apartments OF the imperial
family In the winter palace at st.
Petersburg are very damp. Alexis
cannot be hurried TO the Crimea ike
his four sisters. The terrorists are be-
lieved tn attach too much Importance
to Alexis Nicholaievicll~-to give him
the full name he received In baptism
within an hour of his birth-~to render
land journeys expedient. The only
Czarevlch born while his father was on
the throne, with the exception of the
son of Peter the Great---himself an
Alexis and nnlucky-has been and, the
Paris Figaro fears, Will see, very little
Of this world. 1t has not always been
possible 10 provide him with butter
from sources above suspicion. whereup-
on the heir TO the throne of Russia has
had to eat his bread dry.--Current Lit
erature for July.
Good Advice In purchasing while
That Cnn he abroad, learn the
Rejected. speciality pf each
country and buy ae-
cordingly. California red wine is
cheaper in Paris than II is in New York
In Italy do not overlook the sardines
and olive oil, The former sported mer-
rily In the waters OF Maine and the
latter first saw the light In Virginia
where the peanuts grow. Buy shoes IN
London and matches in Switzerland.
Patronize home industries wherever
you can, so that portion at least of
your vacation money will ind It's way
home where II belongs. At your ho-
tel insist upon ice water and other
American delicacies. Peaches at sixty
cents piece In Paris taste infinitely
better than the same fruit plucked from
the pushcart OF Nassau street peddler
at three for five. Ice water need not
cost you more than a dollar n day.
Corn on the cob and pie are also pro.
durable at prices which need not over
strain the purse of the average million
aire.--The Travel Magazine.
Rate Fixing When the rate-fiX-
Not Ownership ing proposition was
BY the State. under discussion It
was said that 1t was
a step towards state ownership of rail-
roads. This was vehenently denied |
by those who were supporting Mr.. |
Roosevelt and by Mr.. Roosevelt him |
self. The bill that was born from
the conflict OF the president and the |
senate was very far from being that |
which was contemplated when agita-
ton was begun, but It is pointed to
ms evidence that neither Mr.. Roose-
Welt nor his friends then advocated
state ownership. Nevertheless. the
impression Is strong the other way.
and practical results have followed |
Many states have enacted laws the on
GRAFTON OF which will tend to put the
management of roads under the states