The sun., 1908-06-14

a prodigious gas bill similar misfortune
has befallen DR.. KraparH, an Austrian
Deputy. who looked up As house In Prague
fortnight ago to attend the Panslavist
Congress In st. Petersburg
He has Just remembered that he forgot
TO turn out all the electric lights and tele-
| 9faphed 70 q friend TO save him useless
expenditure by extinguishing them. But
the key Of the house was lost. and no ad-
mittance'to the house could be got except
by forcing an, entrance. which the friend
was not willing TO do. The electric light
company has now been asked TO cut, the
| current of outside tho house. but mean
while units are being steadily consumed
and DR.. Kramarz's bill Ia getting heavier
every minute.
From India copy Of seditious pamphlet
has been received, copies Of which are
spead broadcast in the native quarters OF
Calcutta by the revolutonaries. Trans
lated. 1t says:
Happy newsi To armsi To arms!
Brothsrs-Have you not heard that ono
lakh Of Mansura rifles are In the hands Of the
revolutionists. and many thousands are on
their wsyp Why do the children Of the heroic
WA hSnltob0 W btuu buU Wnkto hoshD w hch
! their destined honor Lot no more the damned
pollute the sacred land Of ours.
Have you got hearts? Do you not feel
that In the very land Of your birth your pa
triots are dogged by the secret police as II
they were the worst Of criminals and scoun-
drels2 Why would you tolerated Get to
armsl Take the life Of every Englishman
wherever you find him. Loot his house and
burn It to ashes.
Thia ta r,,r "a ~ tr,t thoaa vvh ha VA
m ney deposited with tho Allen Government
Il is our request that they withdraw It as
early as they can. or else the future United
Indian Republic will not be held responsible
BASDE MArARAM. tFor the Motherland.I
A short lived panic was created In Paris
last week by the Figaro, which stated that
King Edward had deoreed the wearing OF the
frook coat at two dinner parties given In
honor Of NJ. FalliAres. What the King
wears has much more influence in Paris than
In London. When Edward VII. DEGREES
every ohio monsieur must follow.
Relief came when It was discovered that
some one had blundered. The order given
|, In the Court Circular that "frock dress" was
do rioueur had been translated as 4frock
coat; q redingote. or frock dress, is hand
uoIic kOiu idCou COult ullitOk hE6Nys uh-
comfortable and very expensive.
Side by side with the stories'o of famine and
murder that come from Russia. 1t seems
strange to read that $50 strong is the spirit
Of gayety this season in st. Petersburg that
there is much talk Of reviving that dream Of
sumptuous glory the boyard fete Of 1908,
declared to be the most magnificent court
spectacle OF modern times.'
The boyards were the old Russian mobiles
OF the time Of Ivan the Terrible. and for the
fete Of 1908 costumes and jewels were worn
that were worth millions. A dozen women
spent fortnight in sewing jewels on the
costume OF the Czarina, who represented
the first wife OF Czar Alexis Miohaeloyitoh.
The dress weighed sixty pounds. and has
never been worn since
Last year is looked upon by the Swiss
as an average year in regard to visitors.
What they term a bad year is when the
recognized hotels only show that rs per
cent. Of the beds were occupied on an
average during the season. On the other
hand. II the percentage Peaches 50 or be-
yond, 1t is reclsoned a very good year.
Taking the nationalities Of the tourists,
we find Germany contributed 3o.1 per cent,
Switzerland 1913. France 1875, Great Brit
ain 1876. America 8.s. Belgium and Hol-
land s.s. Italy 8, and Austria-Hungary 2.o.
Compared with five years ago there was a
great increase in the number Of tourists
from Germany and the United States. The
number Of English tourists last year was
the lowest for decade.