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The French are experimenting
with o single track temporary rail-
road that can be laid on country
road or across the fields. They ex-
pect to use 1t 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 Is the
great dlminution OF friction.
A PROFESSIONAL beggar who sue
cumbed to the heat in New York was
found to have on an overcoat, three
coats. three shirts, three vests, two
pairs of trousers and heavy under
clothing. In his pockets were found
$lO6 in bills, q 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 reduc-
tion in the number of lawyers in
France. By recent law each one
must take out o yearly license. for
which he pays an amount equal to
about II 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 of
the roll, among them M. Fallieres,
formerly prime minister and minis
ter of justice, and Senator Berenger,
author OF the law remitting the pen
atty for first oifenses, and also noted
for his efforts to improve French
morality.
VESSELS passing through the new
Baltic-North Sea canal will pay ~
cents q ton for the first 600 net
register tons il laden, and cents for
each additional ton vessels in ballast
will pay s cents q ton, and the mini
mum charge will be 50. so by the tariff
just issued by the German Govern
ment. From October to March the
charges will be 25 per cent. higher.
Sailing vessels will be towed at the
rate of 10 or 81 cents ton up to 200
tons, and u or cents o ton for all
above that, according as they are
laden or in ballast.
RECENT returns show that 1850. :
600 acres of land are planted with
cork trees in Spain. 1t is just one
hundred years ago since q cork fac
tory was started in Corona, and the
manufacture of cork is now one of
the chief industries of the country.
Over / 400, 600, 600 corks for bottles,
representing value OF ~, zoe. 600,
are produced annually, and about
IL, 600 men are engaged in cork work.
1t is difficult to calculate the income
derived from cork. as statistics in
Spain are very faulty, and no account
is kept Of the cork used in the coun-
try itself. 1t is estimated, however,
that during the present year $5. 800, :
was paid for the cork exported.
The carriagemakers, blacksmiths,
hackmen and others of Quebec have
joined in protest to the Mayor
against the new electric street rail-
way, which it is proposed to operate
there. They declared that it would
be extremely dangerous to life, and
that it 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, as it
would have to keep up with tho pro-
cession or fall into the background
altogether. He said that the old
city had already suffered no little
through it's reputation for backward
ness, and that it 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 so great that the Woman's
Board has been compelled to ask for
an appropriation for an annex. The
matter has received the favorable
consideration of the Finance Com
mttee, 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
meht are phenomenal, considering
the means at their disposal, and the
results attained so far are more than
astonishing. They have stirred so
much interest in most of the States
that an overwhelming demand for
space has been made upon the man
agement.
A STRANGE attempt to enforce me.
dieval penance ended in a row re-
Gently at Blisland, in Cornwall. near
the Lands End. Two young men
who had assaulted q girl in the
churchyard were told by the rector
that he would absolve them if they
would openly confess their crime and
distribute $40 worth OF bread at the
church gate as penance. The scene
within the church was impressive;
the rector admonished the culprits
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 for
them. When they went out with the
bread, however, the crowd jeered at