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Show Count as a Beggar. A fatal cycling nccldent near Beolla has brought to light a strango typo of Italian mondlcant. Tho dead mnn Is Count Francesco Avogadro dl Vag-llano, Vag-llano, a member-of ono of tho oldest nnd noblest families In Italy, and a yubllc mendicant. Ho might, had bo '.'liosen, havo drawn an annuity suftl-cient suftl-cient for his frugal support, but from Romo perverse sontlmont ho preferred to beg In tho streets, miserably clad. Ho was a woll-known flguro at Beella. Tho other day ho was tramping to his native district of "Vagllnno, when ho was knocked down by a cyclist and killed. His family aro now about to glvo him a funoral w'orthy of their rank. |