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But the secret of the conduct of the diplomacy of Kuehlmann consisted in that that gentleman was sincerely convinced of our readiness to play a four-handed game with him. His way of reasoning was approximately as follows: Russia needs peace. The Bolsheviki got the power because of their struggle for peace.

After a bit of puzzling Chick ran across a yellow patch marked with some strange characters which, upon examination, were translated in some unknown manner within his subconscious mind, to "D'Hartia." Another was lettered "Kospia." Assuming that these were land and there were a few other, smaller ones, of the same shade then the land area covered approximately three-fifths of the globe.

Even the numerical proportions of the three classes of subjects relatively to each other and to the full burgesses, can no longer be determined even approximately; and in like manner the geographical distribution of the several categories over Italy is but imperfectly known.

The German fleet thus turned over to Admiral Beatty consisted of approximately one hundred and fifty vessels of all classes, including dreadnaughts, battleships, cruisers and destroyers. Slowly these giant vessels fell into line now and steamed toward Harwich, the British ships, still cleared for action, accompanying them and watching carefully for the signs of treachery.

Request that this be given to the press and especially to Detroit and Chicago papers to allay any unnecessary anxiety." He was approximately correct in his statements. His intent was a perfectly worthy one. But it was not believed by the wildly excited people back home.

It is made in the form of two boxes, A, B, open at the ends, which are secured together by means of longitudinal bars, C, that extends from one to the other, so that they are held apart a distance, approximately, equal to the length of one of the boxes. Hargreave Kite.

There are now 12,812 depositories at which patrons of the system may open accounts. The number of depositors is 300,000 and the amount of their deposits is approximately $28,000,000, not including $1,314,140 which has been with drawn by depositors for the purpose of buying postal savings bonds.

There are in the United States of children from 6 to 16 years of age, approximately thirty-three millions. Behind the work of the children's librarians there is a fine spirit of optimism not blind to difficulties, but courageous, ardent and hopeful.

In the text-books of the period it was stated as a settled principle that, in order to obtain the maximum work out of a set of batteries, the internal resistance must approximately equal the resistance of the exterior circuit. This principle and its application in practice were quite correct as regards chemical batteries, but not as regards dynamo machines.

Among the latter was a doctor who left an authoritative account of the proceedings, from which we can approximately surmise the height of La Dame de Beauté, and verify the record of her abundant fair hair. The exterior coffin of oak was only 5 feet 6 inches long.