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Show ODD LA S OF TOWNS. ITRANOERR MUST SUBMIT TO SOME QUEER RULES. Ilea Village toaapal Ihe Aldareaaa lo I'leae Onl Ih llralna I'araonally Keiere reeling fede Vienna - fennllr lesnl Mules. With the Increased pieniaat Ivi a ol lnte yeara to munlilpalltlea there have been some rreasitn uevcniiniif um In tbe theiiiy of government. Almiml every mnii-lvolile Idea of urban n-trnl n-trnl ha been put on Irlal Cranks (if high ami low degree have alltreeded III diluting tlii'lr notions upon the controlling con-trolling sitaeinhlloa. and " a riinae-oueuce riinae-oueuce there have been aome alartlllig changce In the milwurd aapecta of the cltlea. Nil detnll haa escaped, hut the entire body politic, animate and Inanimate, Inani-mate, has been niscle lo feel Ihe effect nt Innovations. Although as a rule English and American cities have ea-caped ea-caped the (reeks, there are exceptional Instances In which Ihe hand of the erank Is visible. Even Miuiion, main and Minservatlve aa a general thing, ran show one or two curious enactments. enact-ments. For Inatsnre, It Is an offens In the city lo unload casks of beer between certain hours. Perhaps th reader will asy there la nothing very remarkable about this. The odd psrt of the by-law In question la that It aaya nothing about cask of any other beverage. Preaiimably. therefore, caska of alnxer beer may block the pave ments at any and all times. Another bit of legislation or which probably rew people ar aware Is contained In a notice lately Issued by the Holborn board of worka. which die certain pains and penaltlea for tho offense of strewing paper about the streets. Olaa-gow Olaa-gow recently enacted that no (lower sellers should be allowed In the streets on Sunday, and the town ot Dunoon will not permit traveler or holiday makers to land on Ita pier on th flrat day or the week. Colcbnater haa very aevere by-lnws dealing with thoa wbo trespass on Ita oystorbeds, and wi botlde the unlucky yachtsman who Ignorsntly allows hla craft to ground upon th shingle banks on which ths young spat grow. Recently an old sailor waa fined a sovereign for picking pick-ing up thre oyster at low tide. Lllanfylln Is a small town In Montgomeryshire. Mont-gomeryshire. Ita town council was recently horrified at th suggestion that a dramatic license should b granted to a 1-ondon agent for tn tits ot th town hall to glv tber aome musical play. Only on councilor I dared to support th auggcatlon, which waa negatived by an overwhelming majority. Padsworth, a village near Pangboiirne, haa a council whoa example ex-ample la worthy of all prala. To keep down tbe local rate It haa been de-elded de-elded by tbat body that wherever It Is possible any municipal work should b carried out by the round lora themselves. them-selves. Four member wer recently observed clearing out a drain underneath under-neath a public footpath crossing tha mill meadows, so It Is evlilsnt this I no case of preaching without practice. Nothing, however, to lie found In th United Kingdom compsre In eccentricity eccen-tricity with some of th regulations laid down by foreign city authorltlaa. Ems, (or instance, the Osrman health resort, enacted as lately as Msy last that ladle living or staying In th town muat not wear trains In tha streets. The objection to this practice prac-tice la that It makea th dust fly. I Kielihee mil men smoks In nubile dur ing th hours when Invalids ar taking their walks. Another Important German Ger-man town, Carlsbad, haa promulgated all sort or pain and penaltlea agalnat parsons wbo dig holee or any kind without express permission from th city surveyor. Ther I mora wisdom In this regulation than at first appears, for tbs whole town I built upon th lid of a gigantic underground oauldrnn, known aa th Sprude Kessel, from which istus th hot spring which hava given tb place lie fame as a health resort. This lid one broken through, a boiling geyaer and scalding flood would b th probabl consequence. conse-quence. Vienna has th severest cycling cy-cling cods ot any city In Europe. No one may ride a bicycle In the street without a certificate of proficiency. Thla applies especially to lady cyclists. cy-clists. Ladle bav to mount and dismount dis-mount from both aldea of their wheels, show that they can turn corner and ride In and out between a number of dummies. All cyclists ar photographed photo-graphed by the police, and this photograph photo-graph la fitted Into a lit lis book containing con-taining th rules and regulations for cycling In th city. Chicago Chronicle. |
