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Show j Trench Thrift. I H')ton Herald. j 'The thrifty character of the French: people is now illustrated again, as it has been so many times before, li, eagerness with which they struggle for j the privilege of lending their saving, i;, the government. The time pt! ; nt ( j for the opening of the subscriptions f,r the new government loan found the of ! tices of ihe new minister of linaneu j surnunded by a vast crowd of ,(...,,; I of all classes and conditions, e;.g,-rlv ' awaiting their turn. Workingmen it,! blouses and woikingwonieu with cans! stood out in the snow all night in order not to lose their opportunity. Sm-h ' demonstrations as this speaks volumes I not only for the economical habits' of the people of France, but for their j splendid faith in their government i |