Notes Of The Day

Germán coal from Westphalia is now elng shipped at a proflt trom the Rhlni ;owns to London. Slnce the new excise law went into effect the number of hotels In New ifork city has been tripled. Most of the medieval kings wore and jsed signet rings because they were jnable to wrlte their names. The Munich opera-house has a new rotating stage by which any scène can be changed in twelve seconds. All of the corned beef and plckled pork for European armies and navies goes by way of Canada and crosses the border at Vanceboro, Me. The coal fields of the United States have an area of nearly 200,000 square tulles, or ten times that of all other coal-producing countries in the world. New York state has a new law, Just passed making it a misdemeanor for iny man to wear the badge or regalia of any society of which he is uot a member. A Cambric shirt worn by Louis XVI. on the day before hls death realiied $.",70 and the napkin used at mass on the morning of nis execution $390, at a recent London sale. A "chameleon flower" has been introduced into Europe from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. The blossoms of this newly discovered plant are white in the morning, changing to red at noon and again to blue in the evening. Last year thirty-seven towns In Connecticut were engaged in improving their roads, and now eighty towns are reported to have Joined in the movement. The improvement made is thorough and sclentiflc. The cost is borne equally by the state, the county and the municipality.