Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 June 1906 — ENGLISH ETCHINGS. [ARTICLE]

ENGLISH ETCHINGS.

Linotype machines are being installed at the Bank of England, and in future the addresses on the dividend notices sent out will be printed Instead of w ritten by hand. The management of the London Olympia is giving away SSO nightly to the memliers of the audience who most nearly estimate the number of people in the building at 8:30 p. in. The first prize is $25. In some respects London Is very much behind many English villages. Practically every rural police station has its telephone, but Scotland Yard, the bead and center of London’s criminal detective system, still holds out against this means of communication. Buses and cars cease running in London at 12:30 a. m„ and one of the reasons why the labor men In the house of commons want earlier sittings is that they have no autos or broughams and cannot afford cabs and so would have to walk home in all weathers if the house sat late. A bill is before the English parliament for the revision of certain ancient Scottish laws. Among them are: “That na Scottisman bring in the realme ony Inglismen;” "that all personis sail cum to Courtis in sobyr and quiet maner;” “that na Inglishman have benefice within Scotlande.”