Show A STRANGE STORY paris papers report the following strange story which sounds like a tal tale e from thousand and one nights about a year ago ago the general mirthel Mi rihel ribel while en engaged aged in hunting i met act Bon tons the manager of the recent collapsed union Gener Gm erale alc that consolidation of catholic capital the military man in the course of conversation inquired of oatlie tile capital about the most advisable investment for n sum of francs I which he maribel miribel Mi ribel happened to have in his possession just the then ll 11 bon boux replied give me the fres ill invest them in about six months the fortunate financier remitted to the surprised eon son of mars a capital of about fici arcay tho the proceeds of a lucky i investment n of the but the most sin singular ular feature of this affair remains to be told when tho calamitous collapse of the union generals generale occurred general Bli maribel miribel ribel sent back to the manafred mana manager frer of the doomed concern the million and a halt half of previous profits retaining only the fro of his original origin and own investment VIM VICTOR HUGOS history of a a crime ahne the thrilling narrative of the atrocious action by which napoleon in III demolished the republic of 1848 in december 1851 and alid paved his road to the throne with tile corpses of the slain defenders rs of the peoples liberty has spread a correct knowledge of those sanguinary scenes among all english Engli sli readers it now appears tb that at the government of the third P french republic is willing lin to indemnify the heirs of the n martyrs I of the second As muchas much as francs lias hns been appropriated for those who suffered through 41 the d betat tardy tartly but just retribution PETER LAw norr the nihilist recently expelled from france F rance was once a colonel in tho the russian artillery later inter an academic lecturer and writer on military topics until he lie became infected with the prevailing revolutionary ideas and cx ex ted himself to france where lie entered into close connection with the most radical red reds oven even taking an active part in the insurrection of tile commune march to may 1871 I EMPRESS buciu arn the relict of napoleon III is said to be walking again on matrimonial paths her intended being tho the marquis of westminster eugenic eugenie always was wa s of an all amative temperament but borsian her spanish descent and french education account for that although Z one would have thought that 10 years of ifeng E nc lish air would have tempered I her ier blood blo od |