French Veterans Diminishing

Before very long it is expected that tho Hotel des Invalides, the gilt dome of which forras snob a couspicnous landmark in Paris, will have oeaaed to exist, at all eveiitK as what mny lia ralled the home of tho Frenoh Chelsea poisioners. By degrees the uximber of pensiouers lodged there has diminis-hcil imtil they are a mere handful. U seems that old soldiers do not care to continue to live in barrac&e after their retirement, but that they prefer a ponsioij ontside, be it f vi ■ so