The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-08-17

. streets of Paris which they know 90
Ultimately.
Louis Lepine. the Perfect OF Police.
has. however. become a believer In the
system OF the American inventor. VII
liam Phelps Emo. which has already
been 80 successfully applied in New
York and London. Each coachman and
chauffeur thas been given a little book
dealing with keeping TO the right side
or the road. the rights and duties OF
hirers and drivers respectively. and
such questions as signals. speed and
the treatment OF horses. There is also
special page devoted TO the reesila-
ton OF TRAGIC on the world-famous av-
enue. the Champs Elysees.
Some alarm has been felt in France
az the depreciation in the price Of the
national gilt-edged stock. the Rente,
which in 1897 stod at los. fell to lO2 In
1912 and al present is quoted AT about
". VI. klotz. the Minister of Finance.
IN recent speech took the opportunt-
lily OF explaining this situation, at the
same time declaring his entire agree
ment with the decision of the Senate
Committee on the Income Tax to ex-
empt the Rente from taxation.
IL was quite true. said NJ. Klotz.
that government stock had evrywhere
fallen. but the fall was merely a
manifestation Of a more general de-
probation OF all stock which WELD
I'd a fixed interest There was no.
thing surprising In this decline;
II had ben seen every time that bust
ness was very brisk andindustry very
active.
Another consideration was that the
capitalist felt the necessity Of increas-
| ing his income on account Of the cost
| OF living, and this motive widened the
action az the movement 10 which he
had referred
II would. however he a disastrous
mistake To draw differences preiudi-
cial 90 public credit from this fall in
the Rente
The credit ~ France was today
showing its superiority. and he took
that opportunity of warning French
men against persistent criticism OF
the Rente. which might have the un-
intended effect Of further depreciating
IL.
The holder of French Rentes no
matter how large his holding. could
realize them at n moments notice
and whenever he liked. The Rente
had ben described as bank note:
AT any rate its holder could convert
a. AAAF AdNi VIII SlFnlAdF case.
French scientific circles are great.
ly interested in the expedition OF
the ship Curieuse, which sailed from
Boulogne-sur-Mer, July %. under the
orders of .Ctptain Rallier du Baty
The expedition goes TO the Atlantic
and Pacific oceans 10 study the fauna
and flora OF the unknown islands in
those two waters and sailed under
The auspices OF the Ministry OF Pub
lis Instruction. with subsidies from
the French Geographical Society and
the Museum Of Natural History.
The Curieuse was especially built
fo- this voyage She is both a -sailer
an motor craft. AS sailer. she
Is OF the yawl rig and her 40 horse
Lower motor is 10 be used in calm
weather.
Captain Raller du Baty has with
him two young naval officers and six
seamen, and has provisions for over
two years. the expected length OF tho
expedition They will especially ex-
plore, TO begin with, the Trisam-
Oceana Isynds. which. situated &c
the south of the Cape OF Good Hope.
are very little known and offer much
10 be studied from the anthropologi-
cal standpoint The Curieuse will
sail there after TO the islands 10 the
north OF Australia. will visit Polyne-
sia and will finally go through the
Panama Canal soon after its opening
=" re'rrn TO France by way OF the
Atlantic
commemorative plate is about to
be placed on the oldest house in Paris.
No. 81 Rue de Moutmoreny I'm the
Temple district. II H. a corner house.
JUST on the Boulevard Sebastopol al
the junction OF the Rue St Martin
with the Rue de Montmorency The
house. which was built in l4OT BY the
philanthropisi. Nicolas Flannel. 10 now
known as the Hotel Helyetia. ad also
as the Taverne Nicolas Flannel II was
originally built as a hosiery for work.
Ing men. the revenue from whose
lodging was used 20 pay for the food
they consumed. Some years ago.
when the front Of the house was 70
stored. inscriptions were laid bare
which revealed the original purpose
of the building