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Show crTsp CONDENSATIONS. Tolstoi's Krentzer Sonata has been frobidden in Austria as "dangerous to the state." The bits of carbon removed from arc lights are believed by some credulous persons to have rheumatism curing qualities. qual-ities. The government history of the American Ameri-can war can not be completed for at least ten years yet. It will cost $33,000 a volume. , , One of the features of military drill iu the Russian army is the training of soldiers sol-diers to swim in battalions, at the same time using their weapons. There are 27,000,000 acres of land in the United Kingdom which at present are waste, but which are admirably adapted for free cultivation. Six dollars and a quarter a month, "with the privilege of dining in the house," was the wages paid to a governess gov-erness iu Yorkshire, England. The largest 6heep ranch in the world is in the counties of Webb and Dimnet in Texas. It contains upward of 400,-000 400,-000 acres and vearlv nastnrc sno.uOO sheep. A curious fashion has come into vogue in Paris. In all the cemeteries metal boxes with a slit iu the lid are placed on the tombstones to receive the cards of visitors. A company has been formed to rent out steamer chairs for $1 a trip across the ocean. The chairs are supplied with little tables designed to hoid a plate, tumbler and a bottle. The cigarette habit is flourishing tremendously tre-mendously in Austria. The number cf cigars smoked in that country during the post year was 1,085,000,000, showing a reduction of 72,000,000 on the previous year. On the other hand the consumption consump-tion of cigarettes rose to 693,000,000, or an increase of 17,000,000. |