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A New Phase of Riolouy.

A widow recently came from Alba ny to live with relatives in Brooklyn. He, new neighbors discovered that she was given to romancing about small mat ters. On her own behalf she claimed to take the ''poetic view" of life. But one of her neighbors was inclined to use shorter and more ugly word in describing the trait. Among other things the woman from Albany state that her late husband was a biologisi in the states service, presumably at Albany. Later on it was learned that be really had been in the states ser. ice, doing time at Sing Sing for small forgery.
 A professors wife came to the res cue. Biologist is the poetic term. all right" she said. My husband tells me a biologist is student of eel life. .'-Brooklyn Eagle.
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There Would Be Vacancy.

"Genius is never appreciated in tte lifetime of the man who possesses It." said the poet disconsolately. Milton Shakespeare and all the other men who have made our literature what it Is how much were they esteemed when alive"
 "Cheer up. my boy said his easy going friend. who had no soul for sen. timent. "Youll be appreciated some day"
 "Tablets have been put on the houses where they spent most of their lives but that is of no moment to them wonder whether even that will be done for me? I suppose not. 1 shall leave no vacant place.
 "Yes. you will. I can see the in scription in my minds eye now
 And what do you think will be in scribed upon it?" asked the poet brightening up q ii.t.e.
 "'Rooms to Let" replied his friend
 And the poet pined away.-Pearson' s Weekly
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Right Handed and Ls,r Lsuuuu,

Most people would think that as man Is, with yer: few excep ions. right handed" he would he at the same time right leg.ail" Bat thts is uot the case. Almost every right handed man uses his left leg more than his tight. For instance. most people find it much more natural to go around circles to the right than to the left. That Is be- cause they start with the left leg Be- ing stronger. it is more readily brought into action. and it is on this account that bodies of soidicry always start to march with tar left foot. Almost all courses for foot races are mad, ".... :ur running to the right. and dancers will tndo.-e t..a .;tateM"nt that th. ,na jOi. y of nOycme..ts arg far more easily e. ecuted in t.!at direction The left foot is .'le o:.e ..,,::st i, placed in tue stirrup for nointi.c z ;o horse. and in jumping it is from the left foot that tue athlete takes off, Thus it will ba seen. as q general rule. right handed" people are left legg.t''
 The principal of the school says tha' one thing is certai'. the members 0: the Good Citizens club Of that Pi;.rct school who have ;'ant their backs 2.0M times in the c6.rst. of q Sinrl,. week to pick up papers can never in the whole course of their lies look upon scattered papers in the streets with in difference.
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The Scotch Sabbath.

An English artist. travelling profes slonally through Scotland. had occa sion to remain over Sunday in a small town in the north. To while away the time he walked out short way in the environs, where the picturesque ruin of castle met his eye. He asked a countryman who was passing to be so good as to tell him the name of the castle. The reply was somewhat start ling. "1t's no the day to be asking sic things'
 Another good story of Scottish ob servance of the Sabbath Is told by a clergyman. "A minister of the kirk declared in public that at a country hotel he wished the window raised so that he might get some fresh air. but the landlady would not allow it, saying, 'Ye can hae no fresh air here on the Sawbeth'"
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The Worst of Education.

When the new and the old schoo meet, there is likely to be clash of opinions, and 30 the miller. Brown found the other day when Farmer Jackson sent his young son across tc the mill with sack of corn which he wished ground into meal. Like thc miller, the mill was of the old, leisure ly school, and only a tiny stream 0! meal trickled out The young man waxed impatient.
 What mill" he said with scorn "Why, I could eat the meal quicke, than this ramshackle old concern o1 yours can grind it..'
 "Aye," said Miller Brown. but how long couldst keep it up. lad:'
 ''Till I starved." was the trenchanl answer.
 And when Miller Brown had puzzled out the inwardness of the remark he concluded that lads nowadays were "gettin' a power too sharp wi their tongues" ."-London Express.
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The Way to w. reham,

Some young women il England have begun to dress out anl out like men. They wear a long coat cut like hunt. ing coat, a cap, riding lreeches and top boots. It is handscn costume, and It Is not imulodest, '.ut undoubtedly it attracts good dea' of attention. They have been telling in London a story about girl who adopted this riding rig. Pulling up her horse one after noon, she said to an artisan who was passing, Gan you tell me If this is the way to Wareham?" Tbeman look. ed her over carefully, 2 Il he touched bis cap In respectful manner and re piled. "Yes, miss, yes-you seem to ave got 'em on all right"
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MA9CHERS AND ST0lGciERe
Town 7nioscphcr ci.es Some Hints as<o How . Suoc2cd l. IJ5ire9s.

own 0Ci.SSc i2Ncf Si'.GI JJ'if@ T'iii''
 as<o How . Suoc2:4 r. 1J5irees.
 N. i4af.rr Wi9r .-~ ,s-; yft 3eat bc h. i',...a..,> -a. ros. .hilo>ophr" 'Uu.rs~ 7, l."p IT, "..H II" pl1.'r5 sioa Hpijli :. .--r. rrig'. StraG@!'i'> don eo;:::- n business They can'f pick I'D e.,15.-h sI.ra,, dropped by the reaI ,-..tgs ',s n to t,"ap -htm going. fos -nr - .-n, .., .4 -. raH 1oa't G".t ,:,....,f-. 'T1eE ".al,r t rie3" sn,eei
 IT.. ia-:-.l,.' i1 ta, II .r..antil' line fn!. F .aon. ], Il. ~'tr@Aod storrk"cl cr yh. rl,r~ ra T, ''-.....SS ia l9p1 hy n.c1!la = t,st 1s,.1j oi,r ot .latr i'll lN17 IT, still i,a~ -.4all panpS "I glass in hjs front wilF!et,> about >H.;- scn pane> t9 , >a>,l: willie thr m"echa:!t up NJ" street V.t, marches il 5,.a van has Hs, acp."l 1T. p,a.r glass window Proposi tirn ;a~ a pod tAin-. l'..'n .sl,S~ r"S1 lots of neonay thirty y,s.:=r~ aeo. bui to dar :; s uuite chcsp Il most any body 5e.a bay it. It lIs several pe., cent to t,.- nxterit4' --" .,.ti0u ot :; store. and it's fhe outside that any GUS toner se,.> before he seas the inside. Holl know.
 "Thsse sane strageiars who retain their }n,iqen window ranes still el1, ploy the me:lodS Of - il their aaves- tisin-. They carry about an inch of space ill the local paper. merely men- tionin@ that smith X Jones have Il fnl, stock of fine groceries, when the other grocer takes half column double an'l advertises right by publishing q price. list of his .eSt bargains for the day or the week.
 "Who gets the patronage of the peo- pie: Is it the grocer with the hy specked window. panes of a past gei: eration and the inch ad. that has stOol. in the same type so long that tue let ters are worn off at the corners like :' run down shoe heel, or is it the man whose erranu boy washes the plate glass windows eveH? morning at :. o'clock and then carries the new copy for the weeks advertising around l. the newspaper office!
 "As remarked" concluded the town philosopher. if you doa't keep up wltL the procession you won't get there"
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A Mans Career,

A man ought to look upon his career as a great artist looks upon his mas terpiece. as an out-picturug Of hlS best self. upon which he looks wftf Infinite pride and satisfaction whira nothing else can give. let many peo- pie are so loosely connected with their vocation that they are easily separated from it.-SrtceSS Magazine
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A. D. WILDY, Contractor and Builder. FRAME, BRICK AND STONE. No. 1901 Georgia Street. Plans drawn and estimates glvsl
BRIDGE LETTING

iPne Bluff, Ark, Oct. 2e, 1907.
 In pursuance to law I will let at the front door of the court house in the city of Pine Bluff, at 12 o'clock noon on November 9, 1907, a con- tract for building a new frst-class bridge across Wabbaseka bayou in Plum Bayou township on the town ship line road east of Altheimer. Bridge about 200 feet long. Plans and specifications can be seen at my office or at the county clerks office.
 JAS. GOULD, 1O-27-12t County Judge.
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merit liberal share of your patrona ge
PINE BLUFF IRON WORKS. General Founders and Machinists.

Brass and Iron Castings and Ma chine Repairing. Stock of all stand ard goods and castings carried in stock al the time. Locomotives, En- zines and Boilers Repaired. Long distance telephones. day, 476; night, B :. Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Note: We operate our machine shop both day and night
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4 Good Deal Worse.

II had to walk the floor all night with the baby. Gan you think of any thing worse than that:"
 "Yes; you might have married our, in Greenland. where the nights are SIX months long"
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How Bismarck Kept UE Steam

In tie evening l went to Bismarck s house U2s placed upon tn? sofa in front Of a table covered with teacups and bottles of beer and also With her rings and oysters. His new highness Bismarck speedily arrived and sat down by mo. He began by consuming lnuumerable oysters. herrings and ham and drank beer with soda water.- Hohenlohe Memoirs.
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He Knew Mother.

See here cried the boys father If you don't behave I'll whip you ''I wiSht you would" replied the bad boy.
 "You d. ch:'
 "YeS. cause when it's all over ma will gimme some candy"
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His Great EailinQ.

Hes good friend of yours. isn't ne?"
 "Oh, only medium"
 What do you mean by medium:" "Oh, he listens Wh;l. I tell him al4 of my troubles Lat he also wants me to listen while hc tells me all of his. London Telegraph
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Heartiess.

50 you wouldn't take me to be twen .y-six:" 2ig@led the fair widow.
 "No, indeed rcjoincd the inconsi0 crate old bachelor But if you had :, Slaughter I might take her to be thal old"
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY
DILLEY FOUNDRY COMPANY,

Logging Locomotives, road and rail engines, boilers, saw and blaming mill machinery, iron and brass castings and machinery supplies.
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Why They Left.

Hello, George. Whats everybody crowdins out of the drawing room for: Have refreshments been announced:" George-Eo. But Aunt Matilda is ent ting ready to sing
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There is nothing commonplace which could not be made to appear hu,nora,,~
 If Quaintly exp-esseJ.-.Goethe.
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Envy is an awkward homage that mferiority pays to merit.-La Motte
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SPORTING NEWS.

University of Pennsylvania cricket
ers defeated Marlborough School, In
England, by score OF 255 to 25S
runs and three wickets to spare.
The fourth annual Glidden auto
mobile tour will start from Cleve-
land, Ohio. with eighty-one cars
competing for the Charles j. Glidden
and Howes trophies. The route trav-
| erses six States and finishes in New
York July "a.
Emil Herz's three-year colt,
Montgomery, won the Commonwealth
Handicap at the Coney Island Jockey
Club course, and James X. Keene's
Megg's Hill won the Vernal Stake.
Miss May Sutton's success at VIM
bledon has caused Miss Lowther to
enter the lawn tennis tournament at
Newport (England) in order to save
the Welch championship from the
American girl.
Andrew Crawford Invader was
beaten In trotting a race at the EN-
pire Track for the first time in two
| years. Ann Direct, bred and driven
by James Butler, won the race.
Miss May Sutton, an American girl
won the women's lawn tennis champ
| ionship of England.
The Belgians defeated Christ
Church College of Oxford by length
in the final for the Grand Challange
Cup at Henley.
James h. Keene's Cabochon won
the Spindrift Stake at the Coney Is
land Jockey Club course and II. p.
Whitney's Dinna Ken won n mile
race In 1:392-5, equalling the fastest
| mile yet run at the meeting.
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Bill in Equity Filed
Against Principal
Offenders.
PLAN EXPERIMENTAL
Ronaparte Convinced That Govern
mcnt by Administration of TrHsts
Can End Restraint of Trade
First Move is Against the Ameri-
can Tobacco Company.

Washington, July 1.-THE Har-
yester Trust is likely to be reached
10y the Administration new anti
trust weapon, the use of inJuncuons
and receiverships. The application
of this method to the Powder and
Tobacco Trusts had already been de-
termined upon. 1t is assumed that
the first move will be made against
the Tobacco Trust, for bill In equity
iy to be filed in New York against
the combination.
The case of the Powder Trust d.
ffers somewhat from that of the To-
bacco Turst, as there is only one
holding company for the latter. Both
are regarded as good targets for the
new method, however, for both are
accused of violating the Sherman
law.
Naturally the plan is only expert
mental as yet, and the Government
will have to be guided by the steps
taken after 1t is put into execution.
II goes without saying. however, that
no buCu IdulCdi anu ldi dNHlhe
scheme would have been adopted
without the fullest consideration as
to It's probable success. Experiment
al as 1t Is, MIR. Bonaparte and Mr..
Purdy are convinced that 1t is feast
bic, and no one has the least doubt
that If feasible 1t will be tremendous
ly effective.
Heretofore one of the great. argu-
ments against trust prosecutions has
been that they are as Improbable as
they are expensive. 1t costs vas.
exertion and much money 70 convict
u trust, and when the Government
has secured conviction the trust
goes on doing business just about
as 1t did before. All the punishments
so far devised have proved ineffect-
I've except Imprisonment, and impris-
onment has not been tried because
of the enormous difficulties in the
way.
This argument, It is believed, will
be exploded by the new process. Sim
pie as is the remedy, It would un-
auestionably be effective, for the
reason that the Government could
administer the trusts affairs itself
through the receiver and compel the
abolition Of restraint of trade.
None OF the officials of the Ameri-
can Tobacco Company was willing to
make any comment on the situation.
The company has known for a
number of months that the Govern
ment was investigating its affairs,
and when the investigators went to
the offices at III Fifth Avenue they
were given every opportunity for
finding out what they wished to
know.
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no uncommon experience for the
Standard OIL Company to discover
that It's competitors had lower rates
than 1t was shipping under.
THE assertion so often made by
careless and sensational writer's and
critics that rebates were the basis
of Standard Oil prosperity is abso-
lutely untrue. Its prosperity has
come through its correct apprehen-
sion of the possible magnitude and
Importance of the petroleum business
through its having provided better
and more economical methods for
doing the business than have its COM
petitors, and through better service
to the public in price and quality
than others have given.
"It has made the petroleum in
dustry great; has held 1t for this
country as against foreign competi-
tors, and we assert has been bless
ing and not bane to the country.
It's downfall through any cause would
be q National disaster"
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FOREIGN NEWS.

The French government is dissat-
ietied with the concessions offered hv
the United States in forming a new
tariff agreement.
That Great Britain's navy is equal
in power to the navies of any two
other nations when Judged by mod
ern standards Is the conclusion of a
naval correspondent
Growing sentiment In Germany In
favor of reapprochement with
France Is shown In semi-official
note published In Berlin paper.
The Governor of the Province of
Nganhwei. China was murdered at
Ngnaking by subdirectoT OF police,
who was arrested ano decapitated on
The spot.
Mr.. John A. Dix, who has been In
Germany studying forestry problems,
In an interview says 1t is too early to
introduce the same methods here
French automobile dealers, says a
despatch, are somewhat alarmed by
the victory of the Italian compet!-
tors in the Grand Prix race.
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SPAIN REGULATES INSURANCE.
Nufeign Companies VIII BE Under n
Special Department.

Madrid. July 10.-Minister OF Pub
C Works Besada read a bill in the
;enate, under the terms Of which
oreign life insurance companies
aust deposit 100000 In cash or
.cceptable securities, and fire and
ccident companies $4,000 in ad-
ition to and independent of the re-
erve fund, which consists of 25 per
ent of the premiums.
There will be established a spe-
ial department under the Ministry
# Public Works to carry out rig
rous inspection of the operations of
oreign companies. The companies
aust furnish full and complete in
ormation regarding their business
nd publish a yearly report and bal
nee sheet in Spanish. All infract-
ons of the regulations of the Gov
rnment are punishable by heavy
mes.
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ACCUSE AMERICAN WOMEN.
English Women Say Mrs. Leslie Got
Large Sums From Them.

English Women Say Mrs. Leslie Got
Large Sums From Them.
London July l0.--An American wo-
man who gave her name as Josephine
Leslie and her age as 80, and who
was described on the charge sheet
as homeless, was charged in the West
London police court with obtaining
by false pretences from Miss Annie
Blount, member of a well-known
Dublin family, $500.
1t is said that the acused represent
ed herself as an acquaintance of q
wealthy New Yorker and pretended
that he was giving her financial tips.
She induced Miss Blount, it is said,
to give her money for investment in
an alleged syndicate which was fict-
itious, but of which the accused said
the New Yorker was the head.
Miss Blount also handed the ac-
cused a post-dated check for 5000,
600, made payable on April 1, 1908.
But her suspicious were aroused and
she had the woman arrested.
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STATEMENT by RoCKEFELLER
Downfall of Oil Trust Would he a
Disaster, He SAYS.

Chicago July 10.-A statement in
defense of the Standard Oil Company
was given out after the hearing be-
fore Judge lands. It was signed
by John d. Rockefeller and John ID.
Archbold. 1t reads:
"Since the enactment of the Inter
State Commerce law in 1887 the
Standard Oil Company has most care
fully observed its provisions and in
no case has willfully violated the law.
1t welcomed the passage of the law,
and the principal of equity which
was embodied in It.
The old system of special rates
and rebates was obnoxious, and was
never source of profit to the COM
pany. The net rate paid for freight
was always used as a basis for the
selling price in the markets, and the
consumer uniformly had the benefit
of 1t. Moreover, every shipper could
secure such special rates, and 1t was
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Dr. Aked Renounccs King Edward.

New York, July 9.-Following his
expressed intention upon his arrival
IN this country to assume the pastor
ate of the Fifth Avenue Baptist
Church. the Rev. DR.. Charles Fred
erick Aked appeared in the United
states District Court to take out his
Srst naturalization papers. The doc
aor formally renounced his allegiance
70 King Edward of England and all
nther foreign potentates and rulers
He stated in answer to the usual
questions that he was'neither an An
archist nor a polygamist. He had the
preference over a struggling line Of
2urture citizens.
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The French battle ship Hoche, be-
ing threatened with destruction by
fire, was sunk in slip at Toulon.
According to despatch from The
Hague, the spirit of the Peace Con-
ference is shaping itself in the direct
ion OF an understanding between Ger
many and Japan.
M. Pichon in the Chamber of Dep
ties declared that the relations Of
France and Germany were never bet
ter than now
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tonic after numbering a half witted
negro boy, Agapito Cordoba. They
terrorized the town to such a point
that neither the police nor the May
or dared arrest them. but they are
now surrounded by three hund
rural guards, commanded by Colonel
Aralos, under direct instructions and
plans Of General Alexander Rodrig-
ueZ.
Major Slocum, supervisor of rura-
les, believes the bandits can hardly
escape, unless they find protection
among the country folk. which is
doubtful. Governor Magoon's orders
are to bring them in alive or dead.
The Mayor of the town and the Chief
of Police will be discharged.
News of Governor Magoon's stern
attitude published in the Havana
papers has caused general satisfact-
ion among the best elements.
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EXPRESS COS. sPURN NEW LAW.
Pay No Attention TO Nebraska Statue
Reducing Rates on State Frieghts

Lincoln Neb,, July 10.-The ex-
~ress companies doing business in
NEBRASKA are paying no attention to
ahe new law, effective to-day, reduc-
ing charges % per cent. on State
,7onsignments of four pounds or
more weight The American, Adams,
Pacific and United States companies
ire all charging the same rates as
heretofore, Notwithstanding that
this makes them liable for penalties
ap to $4,000 for each offence. The
railroads are obeying the law, re-
ducing tariffs on a dozen commodi-
ties 15 per cent.
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FINANCIAL.

heavy cash loss of banks as shown Ia
the weekly statement.
Stocks scored general advances and
closed firm.
Wabash directors prevnted In
junction proceedings by interest pay
ment on "B" debenture bonds.
Nearly s1SO,OOO, 900 was paid out
In July / disbursements for dividends,
interest and other credits.
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ASH FUEL BACKER A SUICIDE.

Doctor Lost Money In Promoting
Cobbler Ellmore's Scheme.
Altoona, Pa, July 9.-Despond-
ent because the "ashes burning" sec
ret of Cobbler John Gilmore lacked
the Midas touch and failed to produce
the fabulous wealth that was pro-
missed. DR.. II. X. Hoy. a homoeo-
pathic physician of Altoona, mixed
corbolic acid and laudanum and
swallowed a quantity sufficient to kill
ten men.
DR. Hoy had every confidence In
the merits of Ellmore's alleged dis
covery and believed that 1t would re.
volutionize the Industrial world. He
furnished the funds required to con-
duct the experiments and was given
a half interest In the secret.
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MAJOR GEN. ]. FRANKLIN BELL.

MAJOR GEN. ]. FRANKLIN BELL.
great draft on the army, according
to Gen. Bell. Whenever a trained
man is wanted the army Is called
upon for an officer. This, the Gen
eral says. has resulted In n dearth
of officers and has left all the regi,
ments only partially equipped. The
result is that the army is Ill prepared
for actual service on quick notice
AT times like the present 1t IT,
quite important that our Philippine
Division be kept at high standard
This is well nigh impossible when
the General Staff is continually call
ed upon for officers for work quite
outside the army proper. My plan
is to obtain an allowance from Con-
gress for sufficient number Of Off
GERS for staff work. in order that the
line may have good quota to be
ready for emergencies"
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Japan Exiles q Corean.

Toxic, July "a despatch from
Seoul says that the Supreme Court
of Corea sentenced Yi-Yong-Tai,
once Premier of Corea, to ten years
exile for furnishing secret funds to
the conspirators who planned to as
sassinate the pro-Japanese members
of the late Corean Cabinet.
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Bombs At Cars Guards.

Grodno, Russia, July "A num-
5er of bombs were thrown at a train
carrying a Life auard regiment to
Tsarskoe-Selo.
The bombs exploded with terrible
force. but the train kept the rails,
and nobody was injured.