El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-02-08
IS SMALLEST
Of WORLD s
Nations
San Marno Cannot Fire It's
Only Cannon For Fear Of
Striking Another Country.
HAS A STANDING
ARMY OF IL MEN

~ ARTS, France, Feb. S.-San Mari
- no. the smallest independent state
\ in Europe-the confines of the
country are so restricted that the army
has never fired Its one piece of ar
tillery. for the reason that the pro-
jectiIe would invade foreign sOil-has
just elected its rulers for the next
constitutional period. The election took
place about the same time that France
elected NJ. POi1care to succeed NJ. FaI-
Heres to the presidency of France, but
il was attended with no excitement, no
campaigning and practically no uncer-
tainty, and san Marine VIII now con-
tiuue with its new regents for space
of six months, when the next election
takes place
The grand council of san Marine,
composed Of 60 members elect the two
rulers who preside over the deSunles
of the state under the it'll Of captains
regent The regents are chosen by the
council without their having evn TO go
through tn fOrmaGty Announcing
their candidaJure-
San Marino has existed as a SOW
ereign independent state since the first
dawn of modern history its army VIII
never trouble the peace Of Europe, con-
Sisting as it does of a dozen carabln-
iers and a few customs mouse eXamln-
ers The state, which lies between two
q
about 10 900 people and an are of 3S
square miles. The caTs-On Whlch IS
never fired for fear u international
complications. ersts in peace IN the
courtyard OF the government house
POincare to Break Precedents.
NJ POincare, the president elect Of
France, will depart from the customary
seclusiOn of French presidents and ac-
cept freely such private invitations as
The etiquette has been that the presi-
dent conf nsihseOcilfia- France Wzo
dent cOnfine his social life to a small
circle of intimate personal friends and
to vast official entertainments given by
himself and paid for out OF the $4,000
allowed for that purpose by the gov
ernment NJ POincare sees no reason,
he saws TO i've the secluded life of a
monarch or to deprive himself of in
structiye and pleasant social inter-
course with his fellow men. and he viii
do neither.
War Hurts Paris Trade.
There is no center where the dIsap-
pearance Of the war cloud would be re-
Ceived with greater pleasure than IN
Paris Ever since September the snad-
ow of the Balkan complications, and
then the actual OperatiOs Of war, have
influenced trade and commerce ad-
verseIy. The reason is the sensitive
ness Of the market, inseparab from
furs and furbelOws, feathers, silks, sat
ms and jewelry. which constitute the
basis Of French industry Prosperity
is great but it is a prosperity depend
ent on fashion and its changes, and
hence is subject to constant fluctua-
tiOnS.
A sign OF better times, however, is
the immense amount of rebuilding now
going on in the city Old houses are
coming down to give place to snowy,
new business premises, overlaid with
ornamentation.
This activity in bricks and mortar in
the center of the town is proof Of the
81 n : TnNUnfgmra
suburbs. There is practically no
building going on in the districts out
side the city walls. Until the great new
avenues are pierced, uniting central
with external Paris, the Partisan re-
fuses to leave the light and warmth Of
the city. Versailles, St German. st.
Cloud and other suburban centers
make little progress in population,
whilst Paris grows denser every day by
reason of the tendency to build up
ward in the American style If il were
not for the building laws Paris would
grow skyscraperS Of its own as high S
the Eiffel tower. The desire is there, !
as well as the temperament to tear
down the old; but for the moment au-
thOrity still restraints the extreme ef- !
forts of the innOvatOrs. But if sky |
scrapers have not come in the Ameri- |
can sense Of the word. American |
building methods have been implanted, |
and will assuredly flourish.
Explosive to Cure Sea sickness.
Acceptin the definition that seasick- !
ness is due to a vascular TasO-mOtOr /
5pasm and anemia Of the nervous sys- |
TEN, a DR.. Burwinkel has tried the use /
IF nitro glycerine as a specific against 4
he illness.
While at sea recently he admins /
cred to a number Of people suffering /
rom seaSickness a tablespoonful OF q I
solution composed of 20 drops Of nitro /
slycerine in alcohol and distilled water. |
The unpleasant symptoms vanished !
-apidly and completely. It must be I
admitted. however, that the beneficial /
effects did not last for very long, and ]
t became necessary to take several
loses during the day.
Cars Engineer Dies.
There has just died in Switzerland |
irive the special imperial train that !
arrie6 emperor Nicholas on his jour
leyins in Russia He was possessed Of
considerable fortune, a result of the
argess of his master.
Although a Swiss. Dominique Hof
lad been in the service of the Russian |
always for 40 years During the last I
fifteen of them he had driven the en-
erOr's private trains from Moscow to !
odessa and to other places in Russia /
iOf, who retired q few months ago, I
-Culd never say more of his experience |
han hint at singular dangers he had
tsked, and the immense brides that he !
ad refused from revolutiOnists and |
rom members of the secret police in I
heir desire to test his uprightness.