The chronicle=news., 1913-02-08
NEWS NOTES FROM
FOREIGN CAPITALS

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Paris. France. Feb. N,-Snn Mar.
MO, the smallest Independent state In
| EuFope-th" confines OF the country
laro 50 restricted that the army has
never fired Its one piece Of artillery
FOR tn. reason that tn" proj"ctll"
lwould invade foreign soil-hn- just
elected its rulers for the next cousti-
| tutionni period. Th" election TOOK
plgrr at about IN" same time that
Franc. elected NJ. rolncairc TO sue
cced NJ Fnlllcrrs to III" Presidency ot
! France, but II was attended with no
Excitement. no campaigning and
practically no uncertainty. and San
Marino viii now conIlnu. with It's
new regents for u spnc" oil six
months when the nrN, election take
place.
TIL. Grand Council of san Marino.
compos"h of sixty members. elect the
two rulers who preside over III" dcs-
tinics of III" State under the Till"
Iof Captains Regent. Tn" regents ar"
chosen by III. Council without their
having even 10 20 through tn" for
naliiy OF announcing their candidai-
ur".
! San MaIino has existed as u soycr-
ciIn Independent stat" sine" tn" first
dawn OF modern history. Its army
viii never trouble the peace OF Eu-
rope. consisting rs II does of n dol-
cn oarabinicI> and a few customs
houS. examiners. The state. which
lies between two provinces OF Italy.
has a population OF 10000 p"opl"
and an area of rs sIuar" miles. The
cannon which IL never fired for fear
OF international complications. rests
In pcac. In the courtyard OF tho Gov
.inmcnt House.
NJ. roinrairc, tho President. elect
OF France. will depart from III" GUS
,omary s"clusior VI French Prcsi-
dents and accept freely such priSa'.
Invitations ns he may desire.
TIL. etiquette has been that III"
President confin" HIS social lifc to u
small circle Of iniimai. p"rfonal
friends and to vast official enter
.'pinmcn's given by himself and paid
FOR out OF tn. fi2o.ooo allowed 10.
that purpose by the government. NJ.
Poinrairr secs no reason. he says. to
live til. secluded life OF monarch
lar to deprive himscl! OF instructive
and pleasant social inicrcours" with
/ his fellow men. and h. Will do N"iih-
Ter.
There is no center which the disap-
pcaranc. OF the war cloud would be
received with greater pleasure than
, In Paris. Ever since September tn"
sbawod or the Balkan complications.
and then the actual operations OF war.
have influenced trade and commerce
ady.r.ely The reason Is the scnsi-
liivnc-s OF the market. in-"parahI'
! from fnrs and furbciows. feathers.
.Ilks. saiins. and jcwclry. which con-
st.tutc the basis OF French Industry.
Iprosperityi H. great. but IL is n pros
pcrity dependent on fashion and It,
changes. and hcnc. Is subject to con-
slant fluctuations.
\ sign OF better times. however. II
the immense amount of rebuilding
nov going on In the city. Old hous-
tcs ar. coming down to give pinc" 10
| snowy, new business premises. over
laid with ornRmcntation.
This activity in bricks aud mortar
| in the center OF the town is proof oi
tn. Parisian's reluctance to inhadit
the suburbs. There is practically
lno building going on In the districts
outside the city walls. tntii the
great new avenues are pierced. unit
ling ccn,ra, with external Paris. the
Partisan refuses to leave the light
land warmth OF the city. Versatile.
,S,. German. st. Cloud and other
Suburban ccntcrs make little, progress
lin population, whilst Paris grow
ldonscr every day by reason or the
tendency To build upward In the
| American style. II II were not fos
In, building laws Paris would grow
iskyscrapers of its own as high rs th'
EiIf.l ,owar. The desire is there
las well as the temperament to tca'
down the old. hut for the moment
,uu,hority still rcstrains the extreme
tefior,s OF tho innovators. Hut II SKY
lscrancrs have not come In tn" Ameri'
can sense of the word. American
lbuilliur methods have been implani'
ed and will assurcdly flourish.
4 Accepting the definition that sea
sickness l. due to vascular caso'
motor spnsm and ancmia of tho ner'
! yous system. n DIR. Burwinkcl mas
tried the use of nitro-glyccrinc aS 9
specific against the Illness.
While at sea recently he admins
TERED to n number OF people suffer,
ing from seasickncss u tablespoonful
of n solution composed OF 20 drops
IF nitroRlycerine in alcohol ana dis
titled water.
The unpleasant symptoms vnnishet
rapidly and completely. II must o'
admitted. however. that the pehe''
lciaI effects did not lost for very long
and II became necessary to take seV
eral doses during the day
There has just died in switzerland
the engineer whose duty 1t had beef
10 drive the special imperial tran
that carried Emperor Nicholas on MI
iourncyipgs in Russia. He was pos