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Show GOLD TO HIT I111E1D. Ths Baak of Trance Holding on to the Tsllow Metal for the Purpose of Buying American Wheat. ABOUT $100,000,000 18 NEEDED. The Gjvernor of the Bank, However , Baji That the Scarcity of Gold it . No Occasion for Alarm. Paths, Aug. 22. The Hank of France is trying ti keep gold in the country with which to mriut the purchases of American whe.it. The governor, in an interrtew, estimated the payment for wheat' at 20, DIM), 0OO pounds, but lie urge! ur-ge! that such a scarcity of gold frequently fre-quently happens and may eudure but the public has no cause for fear. CrrEKI.Mi I.N TUB ( RAL Na Railroads to Tuns Hallef to That Provinces or th flustian Emplt. Sr. Pf.TEiwHtm;, Aug. 22. Tho I'ral provinces are tho most affected by the failure of the harvest, whii'h was in the greater part devoured by locusts. Owing: to the fact that thero are no railroads leading to that part of the empire the Russian government is unable un-able to relieve the inhabitants who are suffering great privations. ' Crop Prospects in India, Lohpon. Aug. 22. An official telegram tele-gram from India announce that the rains have ceased and the crop prospects pros-pects are again growing worse. |