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Show I LARGEST SCHOOL ON EARTH. 1 Ilobrowi of London Support an Inatltu- I tlou with Thlrty-IMvo Hundred 1'uplU. ' The largest school in the world is I located in the heart of London's vilest 1 slums. Thirty-five hundred Jewish I children constitute its clientele, and a 1 peer of tha realm Lord Rothschild-r I presides over it destinies. It is no or- 1 dinary place of learning, says the New 1 York Journal. The children are a.s poor 1 as church mice, and if it were not, iW 1 the Rothschild munificence there would 1 , be no school there at all. Every April, 1 " about the time of the Jewish passovei, I each boy is presented with a suit of 1 clothca aud a pair of boots, each girl 1 with a dresrt and'a pair of shoeo. When 1 it comes October, it the. April boot.i are 1 worn out and poverty prevents the I youngster from having another pair, Lord Rothsehlld sees to it that th want is supplied, In connection with this I school there Is a savings bank dopnrt-I dopnrt-I ment. The interest allowed on depo I its is ten per cent, porcununi, although I the amount of individual savings on I which this interest is paid is not to e- ceed five pounds. Tho teuehers in th ci,r,i mnv nlso avnil themselves of tli" benefit of the bank, but the maximum . individual savings in this instance aro limited to . 15 per annum. H Couioli Soldiers. The Cossack soldier in tho wintci H time is obliged to sacrifice overy other consideration to that of Assisting 'the deadly cold of tho steppes. There is a belief among them that their entrance H to heaven will be easier if they aro H personally .clean, so that u scrupulous H toilet is mado boforo any chance of an H encouutor, but this neatness is not np-H np-H parent at first glance, for they are H ' bundled up in great coats of sheepskin or goatskin, with a great pointed hood. H Clumsy mittens conceal their hands, H and wisps of straw aro bound uround H their feet. Tho ofiicer looks exactly H liko tho private, Tho CossacltH mado H their first campaign with Russian sol-H sol-H diers in 15P.3. Tho Cossacks now in tho H Russian army number 19,448, exclusive Wk of thoso incorporated with tho fiold H troops. |
