The director of the Transcaucaslan
railway. Colonel Neigdmuer, has Is?
sued the following curious order: "In
the course of lil months of the current
year thirty officials of tbe Transcau?
casia!! linc have perished by violent
deaths. Ten among them were of the
highest ranks In the service and twen?
ty In the Invest ranks. Although it
has now become customary to ascribe
these a| ; 'M'.'.'-t murders to revolution- ^^^~
arv ns. there are grounflf'-*^^?
for suspecting a majority have been
caused by a desire to see situations
vacant, lu eider that such villainous
proceedings may bring no profit to
their authors. I have found lt necessary
to order that all vacancies ou the line
which have resulted from officials hav?
ered violent death shall not be
filled by candidates from among local
officials, hut by persons transferred
from the railways lu European Rus?
sia. I hive this notice as a guide to
future action."?Aruot;aut.
Explanation Was Necessary.
As the Pratts' dog was at last de?
tached from the trousers leg of the
new milkman by Mr. Pratt's vigorous
efforts the victim of the onslaught be?
gan to express his mind with consider?
able freedom.
"I wouldn't 'Keep a dog like that," he
said indignantly, but Mr. Pratt broke
in before he had lime to say more.
"H.-'s only playful, that's all," he In?
sisted, and at the same time he pressed
something Into the new milkman's
band.
The man danced ut the wad of
green, and then as he transferred It to
a safe [imket his expression changed.
