Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-07-20
NOTES AND COM MgNTs.

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The French ore experimenting
with q single track temporary rail-.
road that can be laid on q country
road or across the fields. They ex-
pect to use It in military operations
and in harvesting crops. The bar.
rows and cars used are on the bicycle
principle and they can be operated
either by hand or horse power. The
gain In the use OF the rail 10 the
great diminution Of friction.
A PROFESSIONAL beggar who sue.
cumbed to the heat In New York was
found to have on IN overcoat, three
coats. three shirts, three vests, two
pairs OF trousers and heavy under.
clothing. In his pockets were found
$1O6 In bills, . quantity Of silver coin
and pennies, several diamond rings,
more than one thousand loose
matches, five candles, seven pipes,
some tobacco and several newspapers.
Yet he was hungry.
THERE will soon be great reduce
ton In the number OF lawyers In
France. BY recent law each one
must take out yearly license. for
which he pays an amount equal to
about IL per cent OF his house rent.
Many persons admitted to the bar.
who are not in active practice, hav
asked to have their names taken Oh
che roll, among them M. Fallleres,
formerly primo minister and minis.
ter Of justice, and Senator Berenger,
author Of the law RENTING the PEN
atty for first offenses, and also noted
for his efforts to improve French
morality.
VESSELS passing through the new
Baltic.North Sea canal will pay IL
cents o ton for the first 600 net
register tons II laden, and 8 cents for
each additional ton vessels In ballast
will pay 8 cents ton, and the mini.
mum charge will be $2.5 by the tariff
Just issued by the German Govern
ment. From October to March the
charges will be rs per cent. higher.
Sailing vessels will be towed ct the
rate Of 10 or 81 cents ton up to 200
tons, and z or cents o ton for oil
above that, according as they are
laden or In ballast.
RECENT returns show thst 1850, &.
900 acres OF land are planted with
cork trees In Spain. II 10 just one
hundred years ago since cork fac.
tory was started In Corona, and the
manufacture Of cork IL now one Of
the chief industries Of the country.
Over /, 400. 600, 600 corks for bottles,
representing . value Of t2,7OO. 600.
are produced annually, and about
$4,000 men ore engaged In cork work.
It 10 difficult to calculate the income
derived from cork. 40 statistics In
Spain are very faulty. and no account
IL kept Of the cork used In the coun.
try itself. II Is estimated, however,
that during the present year Is. 800. :
was paid for the cork exported.
THE carriagemakers. blacksmiths,
hackmen and others OF Quebec hove
Joined In . protest to the Mayor
against the new electric street rail-
way, which 1t 10 proposed to operate
there. They declared that 1t would
be extremely dangerous to life. and
that 1t would ruin their trades. The
Mayor heard the committee to the
end, and then told them that he was
sorry that he could not agree with
them, but that he felt bound to do
all In his power to secure the pro-
posed railroad for the city, % II
would have to keep up with the pro.
cession or fall into the background
altogether. He said that the old
city had already suffered no little
through Its reputation for backward.
ness, and that II was time tn take Q
new departure.
The demand for space In the
Woman's Building at the Cotton
States and international exposition
has been 90 great that the Womsn's
Board hos boon compelled to ask for
an appropriation for an annex. The
matter has received the favorable
consideration OF the Finance Com.
mittee, and will probably be approved
by the Executive Board. The activ.
ity and the amount OF labor per.
formed by the women Of this depart.
ment are phenomenal, considering
the means at their disposal, and the
results attained 90 far are more than
astonishing. They, have stirred %
much interest In most OF the States
that an overwhelming demand fvI
space has been made upon the man
agement.
A STRANGE attempt to enforce me.
dieval penance ended In q row re.
Gently at Blisland, In Cornwall. near
the Lands End. Two young men
who had assaulted o girl In the
churchyard were told by the rector
that he would absolve them II they
would openly confess their crime and
distribute $40 worth of bread at the
church gate us penance. The scene
within the church was impressive
the rector admonlshed the culprit.
and forgave them In behalf OF the
girl; the guilty men, on their knees
then confessed in loud voice and
asked the congregation to pray fol
them. When they went out with thu
bread, however, the crowd jeered al
them and made rush for the loaves