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Show A Strange Short Cut. It will certainly bo news to most 1 people, says tho London Olobc, that Now York is a short cut for telegrams between London and Pails and between be-tween London and Ilerlln. However, ' tho fact i3 vouched for. Tho messages nro received at an ngreod address In New York and nro Immediately pas3-I pas3-I cd on for London, Paris or Ilerlln, as tho caso may bo. Tho reason for this amazing roundabout to save tlmo is curious. Now York tlmo bo-I bo-I lng about six hours behind European tlmo, Its wire connections with Eu-' Eu-' ropo nro almost nlwnys unoccupied during tho London foienoon, whllo during the samo tlmo European wires nro often congested. Via Now York, thorcforo, Is a "short cut," hut oxpen-sivo. |