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Show RED TAPE iN FRANCE. While Officials Arc Tied Up With It the Statue of Pucet Is Minns a Nose. British red tapeism is bad to beat, but the record just now is with Paris. There the front of tho Ecole cies Beaux Art3 is adorned with a statce of Paget, the once famous tenor. Four years ago a passerby made the discovery that the Btatue's nose had come off. He called the attention of the policeman on duty to the fact. The policeman reported to his brigadier, -who reported to tho com-misnary com-misnary of tho quarter, who reported to tho prefecture of police. Tho prefecture 1 of police decided that the nose had dropped drop-ped off the statue and had not been maliciously knocked off. The matter therefore concerned the prefecture of tho Seine. It was then August, 1891. In October a committee of three was appointed ap-pointed to decide which department had to put the nose on again. The committee com-mittee inspected the statue in January, 1892, and reported in December that they wene unable to report In February, 1893, this report reached reach-ed tho department of public works. The head of a room found it in Juno and made tho lives of his subordinates so many burdens to them with it. Some-bow Some-bow or other it got into print that but for this zealous official there would bo hardly a statue in France and in Navarro Na-varro with its nose on. In July he was decorated for special services. Somebody else took up the report. Between January Jan-uary and December, 1894, it had got into parliament. Oh Feb. 25, 1895, the house sat upon it, and MM. Jaures and Carnaud got off some virulent attacks upon the government for its want of publio spirit. Tho next day the same passerby who had reported absence of tho nose happened to pass by again. He discovered that the nose had not been replaced. re-placed. Ho reported to the policeman on duty, who, etc. The nose of Puget is in for another round. Pail Mall Gazette. To 'farmers. The hoard of directors of the Utah CountyFruit & Agricultural society met at their office May 4th and made full arrangements for incorporating, Saturday, Satur-day, May 18th. Tne following were appointed as a committee to canvass subeciibers: Thos. Lenaid, John.Gilliee, A. Halla-day, Halla-day, Evan Wride, F. J. Covert, H. Knudsen, G. dinger, and M. Jorgen-een Jorgen-een of Provo. P. H. Boyer, and Wm. Drury of Spnngville. James Miller, A. W. Johnson, F Lewis and Pleasant Bradford of Spanish Span-ish fork. Wm. Ashby and S. Ashby of Lake Shore. Berry Wride of Payson. U. B. Stewart, J. W. Gordon, W. H, Davis and W. W. Wadley of Pleasant Grove. T. A. Shelly of American Fork. Israel Evans of Lebi. This society is for the exclusive bene" fit of the farmers and eyery farmer ought to help it along. See on e of ttfe committee and take a share or two. |