That these were b considerable may be gathered from the bills sent in by one of. the chemists now in prison awaiting trial. For the first quarter during which by took part in the genie, his accounts for medicines supplied totalled; -Frs. 5,000. As this was paid without demur, he put in a bill' foy Frys. 25,000 at the end of the second quarter. For~ the third, his charges amounted to Frs. 40,000, and for the fourth, he pus in a claim, a few days before the prosecution was instituted, for Frs. 1,080,000, which. must be about the biggest chemist's bill on record Perhaps the best instance of the consummate effrontery with which war claims are made was furnished the other day in Marseilles by smart: looking negro, wearing an eyeglass, who applied for a pension on the ground that he had been blinded in. the war, had lost a leg, and was suffering from malarial fever and tuberculosis, and all of which troubles were duly mentioned in the pass-books which he produced. This was altogether too much for the official, who consider. ed that a blind man with an eyeglass-was an insult to his inte!- ligence and that, unless the applicant originally possessed three legs, it was absurd to ask anyone to believe that he had lost ome im the war, as he still had two which to all.appearance were perfectly good. The negro, who had probably bought or stolen the passbooks and did not anticipate avy difficulties, was sent to join the other grafters in prison.
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