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Woodsall: "There is mote mght lite in that little town of 100 000 people this Shere is fn 'all 'Paris. 1a. one of the gambling houses. thore I saw as much as $100,000 staked on the turn of a card a doson times in an évuenin 1 Monte Car some of the x In the ing bott per bot never dresse Lic re pikers compared with ¥ 'citizend of Irkutsk. afes | sw ay parties drink. after" bottle of 'wine at $20 In all 'my travels 1 have 150 many beautiful and well nep=-and women of all na ities. e opera there fs alinost as bril- liant as the opera fu Paris. Duels, sni- cides, murdersysare. of 'weekly jogenr- rence, but a fotmal reception at 'St. Petersburg eould® not: bo off any more culture tif is t8 be'tound of a smart entertainment in one of the fashionable 'homes .in this Siberian itv. dl any i nes New York is awift; a visit to frkutsk will open his "Epes. © The uistesscnce of vice lsito nd Vira kutsk has wide strevta, lined with Among ils citizens fins buildings. these are more milliondires than in any city of its' size in the world and thes have to apend. their money in Irkutsk, for the réason that they are not allowed to: leave the provinge. Mast of them--especially the rich ones ~are convicts or the descendants of oqnvriets who hive amassed fortunes in gold mininz. The Baikal moun- tains, pear Irkotsk, are filled with rich veins of gold 8nd it is no exag- eration 40 say that thousands of wen' n this compuratively small town ia the heart uf Ribera tive become righ -avarioa... The has 'naturally stiracted of the world snd, as wsusl, the Jusuries' have brought vies: i "The monastery of "St. Innocent. which cost upward of §7.000.000, 'is one 'of the fipest specimens of srehi- tecture in the wor The place has more public'institutions than any eity of its size im the world. Its cathe. drals' vie with any to be found in Busgia. Bt. Basil's alone excepted. Its opera hone is eclipsed only! by Affe opera in Paris. With these re- finsments eame gorgeous hotels and cafes. Whe principal cafa in Irkutsk j<" a3 grand" ss anything in London pnd its prices ere at least four times i All the delicacies of 'the fd. ba had, including the rarest wines, and at p that would stagy © ordinary millionaires. "As/the e¢ity is a capital, it ls well stocked with officials, the governor gencral and civil governor having .onoh pa less than three substitGtes. Gilded youths from St. Petersburg and Moscow are sent there for discipline and the demi-mode {rom all.over. E apd Asis sre also there in large 8 Sime bo: thes: soldiers, es 3 to A ell Cannot Leave Provinge. dos Why, the gamblers al 'os ' sticks, -ig to they make arrasts by the wiiole: city has a better right] my 'be par i energy, ir of concentration, discouragement tell of the netvous systema. and hol serious 3 ap] r, box, 6 boxds or $3:507 all Edousony Butes & Co. To & Old 'Bpankh Story Has a Pertinent Mors) 'Vacked On. ed thinkd to take dnothet tn » oft in his turn taken'in Two townsmen and a counfryman on 8 pligrimage to Mecca to aijard provisions $ill they should redeh' Mecea. But 'the vietnals "ran" short, 60' they Had nothing loft but a litde flour, enough to meke a loaf. And the townsmen, seeing that, said one to the other: "We bavé but little food, and oir companion cats mmich. Haw shall 'we bring about. that he 'shall eat mone 'of bréad and. that we alone 'eat "1tP* 'And they took "this counsel--they would make the loaf and while if was baking should all go to sleep mud "whoever dreamed the most marvelous thing in that me shold alone eat the bread, This they did, thinking to "betray the simple rustie, aud they 'made thé Joa! and put it in io Bake and then lay down to sleep. $ the custie sew. throiigh their treachery ad when the eompan- lone pers slecpink took the half-baked bread, cat it and tummed to sleep. Then one of the townsmen awoke as one dreamiug aud afraid and called to 5s" companion, "snd the other sald, "What Last thou?" tho Law a marvelous nslon} Me: | | ought two angels the gates of heaven aud bore Be Deore the fate of God." And bis: companion: sald: "Marvel- i dreamed Iv, one amazed, repliod, i ye that are calling me?" ; _ Thay. replied, "We ate thy sompan- SONA. And he said, "H © returned?' And they' sald, ence wouldst thou have us return?" An 'the rustic said, "But now me- thought T saw twb angels take the one of you to héavén 'and then two other angels took the other to bell, and. seeing this and thinking you would ficliior return, 1 got up and ate the oul." sit ob mgeigg Actor Forgets That Censor Exdets. Mr. Hemmerde, (K.C., has glways token an interest in dromn. aud som years ago. under the psendonym of Edward Denby, he wrote 'a play call ed "A Maid of Honor." In connection with the latter thors was a singular happening. When "A Maid: of H * was submitted to At a Dance Wi h Lord Dalmeny, the eldest 0) Earl of Rosebery, hi as 'a magistrute Tor Bucking] His Jordship is well-known? y. Cricket Chub wane irk ties in 1004, ho played with cess that he was selected the 'three succeeding' year while he_ecuntered Parlianien 1905 election ve Libosel M.P. othian. ; In addition to being a