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For sale by Lamar's Drug SMori. 4 In Europe there is perhaps nothing more astonishing to tbe American mi nd than the persistency with which certain old customs are maintained. The Romans, for instance, keep up the saturualia of tbelr ancient pagan HQ i cestors in a harmless way, and tbe ; Florentines go on one morning of the , year to catch crickets tn the grass \ simply because lhe Etruscans did the , same thing 2.000 years ago. John Bull bus always bad an affec- ' tion for the old ways. So persistent is be in keeping to the forms and iraditloas of tbe past tbat bis French neighbor over tbe way has dubbed lhe Cm ted Kingdom a "museum of an tiquities" among modern nations. It is somewhat odd that the Norman French of Edward the Confessor should still be tbe language, tbe le gal voice, of purllament, blit so It Is In a way Whenever a bill has passed the commons tbe clerk before be forwards It to tbe bouse of lords writes upon it, according to tbe ancient usage. "Solt bailie aux seigneurs" (I.et It be sent to the lords). If It Is sent from tbe peers to tbe commons it bears tbe like Indorsement, "Solt bailie aux communes'* (Let it be sent to tbe commons). Should a bill pass both bouses It needs only tbe royal assent to become a law. Here the Norman French ap pears again. The commons, summon­ ed by tbe usher of the black rod. are admitted to the bar of tbe bouse of lords to bear tbe statement of bls majesty’s commissioners. When all are assembled tbe lord cbancellor makes a sign to bls assistant who reads tbe title of tbe bill and then says In a loud voice, "Le rol le veult" (Tbe king wills It). In tbe case of financial bills tbe form Is this: "Le rol remercle see bon* sujets, accept« leur benevolence, et alnsl le veult*' (Tbe king thanks bls good subjects, accepts tbelr faith and so wills It). For private bills the form is, "Solt fait comme II est desire" (I-et It be done as Is desired). Sometimes. if the bill Is of special Importance, the sanc­ tion of bls majesty Is given In person. In sueb a case tbe king, seated on tbe throne at one end of tbe chamber, bows bls assent as the clerk reads the title. The inflexibility of Russian official orders has resulted In some queer nud needless fixtures In the official sys­ tem. Quite a ludicrous discovery of ibis sort was made by the Empress Cath­ erine, who was the mother of that Em peror Paul wbo was assassinated In 1801. Catherine at one time whs tn spired by some passing whim of econ omy to scrutinise tbe Imiierial house­ keeping Hceounts To bet amazement, she found among other quet-t Items tbat 'one bottle of rum dally" wu* charged to tbe heir apparent Inasmuch as her son. N'aalednlk. then a young man. bad never evinced any signs of Intemperate habits, bls mother was greatly as­ tonished. Going over tbe accounts to ascertain how long this sort of thing had been euduring. sbe found to ber still greater astonlabment tbat tbe aald expenditure went back to tbe day of bls birth, and. Indeed, far beyond IL So. It appeared, tbe betr to the throne bad not only been charged with drinking over thirty dozen bottle* of Uno Jamaica rum ever since be waa born, but for ■ long time before that It la hardly necessary to add that tbe empress made a thorough Investiga­ tion of this queer entry. Finally, by the aid of an antiquarian, she at last reached tbe original entry. A century or so before the Imperial physician bad prescribed for tbe Nae- lednik of tbe period, “on account of a violent toothache, a teaspoonful of rum. to bo taken with sugar." Thia dose was given for several days In succession, and tbe nurse In charge bad deemed It more fitting to tbe Im­ perial dignity, as wsll as more profit­ able to herself, to purchase a new bot­ tle of rum each day. No one bad ever given tbe order to discontinue tbe pur­ chase. and It bad gone on for a era tury. tbe rum having constituted one of the perquisite« of tbe court ours«. When Bismarck during tbe term of bls mission as ambassador at fit Petersburg was walking one after noon in tbe summer garden be met tbe emperor wbo Invited the diplomatist to continue bls stroll with him Koon Rlsmank noticed a sentry stationed In tbe middle of a large grass plot He asked wbat tbe soldier was doing there The czar did not know Tlte aid decamp did not know Ko Inquiry was made of tbe sentry himself “It la ordered," was bis reply. Every official gave the same an pwer. “It is ordered." bnt nobody knew by whom A sentry had always stood guard In the middle of that Is norent gras« plot The archives were searched, bat in vain. Finally an aged official was found who gave tbe ex I planation. He had had It from hie | father tbat tbe Empress Cathertae | bad once seen a snowdrop ready te bloom In that plot aod had ordered a sentry to stand guard aod allow «s one to pluck IL For more than a cen tury the watch bad been maintained tec*use “It was ordered” *nd l*r»nae no one toad ever dreamed of dlaoi eying tbs order or questioning any <>ne as te therefor.—New fork Prase. CHANGING A QUARTER. THE OLD BATES HOUSE. What Yau May Do With a Twonty-fiue Cant Piec* In Tangiar. Tbe traveler wbo goes ashore at Tangier la likely. If be wanders about alone, to meet himself coming back to the same starting place. His souvenir postal cards may be mailed at four separate postotfices, with different stamps on each. Or, writes Mr. E. A. Forbes In "Tbe Land of the White Hel­ met,” at a British hotel be may ex­ change French money for Spanish postage and mail bls letter in a Ger­ man postotfiee. But he may not put British, French, German and Spanish stamps on the same letter, for that might lead to International compli­ cations. He may also do coin tricks equal to those of the prestidigitators. Let him take an Americau quarter dollar and exchange it for English money. He now hus a shilling and a ha'penny over. He may exchange the shilling for a French frauc and receive 3J or 49 centimes iu change. Tbe franc may be traded for a Spanish peseta, plus 20 centimos In copper. The Spanish peseta may now be converted Into a Moorish peseta, “hassanl." with • handful of copper to boot. He now has his pockets weighted down with English. French. Spanish nnd Moorish copper, yet he can buy just as much from a Moor with his hassanl peseta as he could have bought with his original quarter. In a thoughtless moment one day 1 held out a hassanl peseta to the Ameri­ can vice consul genernl at Tangier «nd asked him how much it was worth. “A hassanl peseta,” he replied glib ly. “is worth ten dbtrems or twenty half dhlrems.” “And twenty half dhlrems equal"— “Two or three cents less than a Spanish peseta,” he answered. "But you must remember that tbe valuation of Moorish silver fluctuates from day to day; at times it Is officially worth only a third of its face value.” "Today Is Thursday,” I said in des­ peration. “The hour is 1:45 p. m. Would you mind telling me how much this hassanl is worth In American cents at this moment?" “I'll figure It all out for you," he answered. At 2:30 he was still figuring, so 1 crept softly out and wandered into a Moorish tea house. There 1 spent the hassaul In riotous living. A Hotel That One* Startled Indianape- 'i* With it* Innovations. I remember tbat when Indianapolis became u great railroad center and • city of enormous proportions—popula­ tion from 15,000 to 20,000, according to the creative capacity of tbe imagina­ tion making the estimate—a wonderful hotel was built there and called tbe Bates House. Its splendors were the subject of woudcrlug commeut throughout the wesL It had washstands with decorat­ ed pottery on them in all its more ex­ pensive rooms so that a guest *ojouru- Ing there ne>-d not go down to tbe commou washroom for his morning ablution and dry bls hands and face on a jack towel. There were combs and brushes In tbe rooms, too, so tbat If one wanted to smooth bis hair be was not obliged (o resort to tbe uppllances of that sort tbat were hung by chains to tbe wash­ room walls. Moreover. It a man golug to the Bates House for u sojourn chose to pay a trifle extra be might have a room all to himself. But all these subjects of wonder­ ment shrink to nothingness by com- parisou when tbe proprietors of the Bates House printed op tbelr break­ fast bills of fare an announcenu ut that thereafter each guest's breakfast would be cooked after bls order for It was given, together with an apiwnl for patleuce ou tbe part of tbe breakfast- era—a patience that the proprietors promised to reward with hot and fresh­ ly prepared dishes. This Innovation was so radical tbat It excited discussion hotter even than tbe Bates Hou^e breakfasts. Opinion* differed a* to the right of a hotel keeper to make his guest* wait tor the cook­ ing of their breakfasts. To some minds tbe thing presented Itself as an In­ vasion of personal liberty and there­ fore cf tbe constitutional rights of the citizen. — Edward Eggleston’s "ltecol- lectlous." A FRAGRANT TRAIN. Cut Flower Limited Expr*** a Unique Feeturo In Francs. Every night during the winter months a special train, popularly call­ ed the “Raplde des Fleurs'*—the cut flower limited express-of ten cars, leaves Toulon for Parts over tbe line of tbo Paris, Lyons and Medlterraueau railway, carrying cut flower* In I .as­ ked« and cardboard boxes from all stations on the line from Nice to Tou­ lon to tbe Pari* markets Certain car* are switched off to Frankfort. Berlin nnd Munich; other* continue to Brussels and others to Calais, where tbelr perishable freight Is rushed to lhe tnnrkel* of I-ondon and Mae- Chester. Certnln shipment* reach Bt Peters­ burg and Vienna, nnd lhe facilities thus offered the flower growers of southern France are unique In the triins|H>rtatl<>n world A special train crew sorts tlie*e tells of thousands of parcels en route, lhe eight or len sorter* handling the basket* a* care­ fully us Hie mail* are handled Tile cut Hower industry of souther« Frame Itegtlli with the luipetiis first given by Alphonse Karr, the wrtval« Jnrdlnler. a* *.e wu* known «lieu IM M*itle«l in HL Raphael In th* latter pari of the Inst century Today tbe violet* of 11 yere*, like tha rones and carnation* of Antibes and tbe narcissus and R-uiuin hyacinths of Ollloules. Le I’radet and Carqnleranno. are found In the shops of Paris scarce eighteen houra after tbej were grow­ ing In tbe often air on the Mediterra­ nean shores GRANT WAS JESTING. But th* Plucky Southern Woman Wti In Deadly Earne*t. During his Virginia campaign Gen erul Graut found it necessary one day to encamp some of bls troops on the beautiful pro|M'rty of a Mrs. Btouton nnd also to take a room In the house for his own accommodation. He did so, however, with great tact and gentleness, quite winning tbe heart of the estimable lady. As be prepared to depart be turned to ber. •'Now. Mrs. Btouton. we've enjoyed your hospitality very much. nnd I'm prepared to pity the bill.*’ said Grant. Sbe protested, but the geuerul assur­ ed her that It was a business transac­ tion and she wns entitled to fair com peusatlon for tbe supplies they had consumed nnd the comfort they bad enjoyed. Sbe named the amount, and then the general said, with a roguish twinkle in the eye: "Now. Mr*. Btouton. would you like it In United States banknotes or In Confederate money?” She pressed her lips together, her eyes flashed Are. and without a mo meat's hesitation she said: "In Confederate money," Grant looked at her with admlrtt tlon. “I was only Jesting,” be began softly "I was not,” sbe quickly Interrupted. “I am In earnest—deadly earnest I've made my choice, and I'll abide by the consequences.” And Grant, with bls eyes full of ad miration for the pluck of the southern woman, paid her In Confederate money —Ladle»' Home Journal. A Q*noral’* Last Order. It Is over a hundred years since Gen eral Mallet wns shot for a conspiracy ■ gainst Napoleon The circumstances of hl* denth (told by Mr. G. Duval In “Shadow* of Old Paris”) were curious He had nsked that in consideration of hl* past services to tbe nation he might give the command to Are to the soldiers wbo were to execute him "As they lifted tbelr muskets to take alm the general's practiced eye discovered a want of unison In their movements which be reproved, ordering them to repeat it properly, and with tbe word •Fire!* on hl* ll|>* he fell, pierced bj tbe bullets of twenty muskets." Praci**. “1 Jump up and down when I'ni happy." declare«! tbe small girl from New York. and. according to the Untie rille Courier Journal, the Bouton child looked at ber gravely and replied “I can Imagine your j'imping up. but I think tbe law of gravitation must Ire responsible for the alternating de fr-ent.” Cut*n*M of Madmen. 1« Mr William Butler's autobiog­ raphy there is sn amusing story about six insane soldier* wbo escnited while tbe con*oral wbo had brought them on beard tbe trooper was leaving at Dur­ ban and who mingled with the I .SOO sane men on tbe decks. Tbe prob­ lem of the voyage waa to find who were tbe six madmen By tbe time tbe boat reached Cape Town twenty- six men were officially under observe- tioa. and not ooe of the six waa among them In tbe end the crazed half doseu were Identlffed aa those wbo had taken an especially eager part In tbe lunatk- UunL I I I I Net Hie Language. Lord Bebeou, at the dinner of the (Mamorgan «octety. told lhe story of a Welsh witness In a Glamorganslilrw eaae wbo. having been sworn to »|mak tbe troth, the whole truth anil nothing but tbe truth, was a«k«^i if tie <<>u!«*- ■'What do you think of our patient?" Lion Tamer (to assistant.-Tott've asked one alienist. •■Wholly Irresponsible.*' replied the left hie rage often again One of these day* some one will come along and other “Mentally or In money mattera?"- «teal him.-Ixundon Upluloe Washlngton Hl ar Mor* Like a Lever Mis* Sweet —My brother I* wedded A Fiend Mrs Mnnlch- Wedded? Mr» Gramercy-It's awful to have te bl* art Nonsense* He’s perfectly devoted to a husband with whom you're quarrel Ing all the time Mrs Park- Mine 1» , IL—Exchange worse He’s get to tbat stage where I be abaoiulely refaaes to quarrel.-New i One life, a little gleam of time he- tween two »temiti*« -Cartyla York Time«