Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1882-08-04

which is especially fatal in summer.
Some Canadian politicians might possibly
be able to give some of the politicians across
the border points" One of them is charged
with having promised to buy wedding dresses
for some young ladies in his constituency,
and, 'lest he should forget to make the pur-
chases," with having deposited the necessary
funds with the parents of the damsels, re-
questing. at the same time, that the ballots
of the parents be marked in his favor
Fishermen who live along the Mediterra-
mean shores say that the digging of the
Panama and Corinth canals is likely to in Ru-
ence the future character of the finny tribes
in the waters which those canals will join.
They point to their own experience since the
Sues undertaking was completed. Not a
single shark was formerly known in the Med
iterranean, fact which made the fish supply
migrate into it freely from the Red Sea and
Indian Ocean, and make sad havoc of fish
that have a market value.
A protective association of BARRIERS in
Philadelphia is ''making it hot'' for BARRIERS
who TX Sunday. law passed in 1894 is
used e association keeps a close watch on
all has practically put a stop to
Sunday sA ing. On Monday of this week
thirteen arrests were made for violations OF
the law. The fine usually imposed is 81 fol
each chair, and in default of payment the
magistrate may commit the offender to the
of ,ot Lob fha lou
prescribing that in such case the only food
shall be bread and water.
1t is interesting to compare the public e1
penditures of this country with those of the
| leading nations Of Europe. The appropria
lions made by the present Congress for the
coming year amount to 1924, 51s, $50. The
expenditures of the prominent nations OF
Europe in fiscal years of which statistics are
available were as follows: England, $415,
| 500, 500; Russia, 1863, 121, 1874; Austria
| S447, 238, 1922; France, $547, 341, 1866; Ger
many, 1914 ,299, 725; Italy, $2s3, $50, 800
We do not have a great army and navy te
! support, nor do we have the enormous bur
| dens of royalty, but we do have the Rive,
and Harbor bill, and q few other little
| ''grabs."
Lieutenant Thomas W. Symons, in an ar
ticle on the Indian question in the Unitec
| Ser0ice, makes a suggestion worth notice
He says: washington Territory is now az
itating for admission into the Union of States
and it will certainly be admitted in q shor
time. I would suggest that when it is Sc
admitted the Indian question SHOULD
be given full consideration, and the
Constitution and laws should be sc
framed as to give to the Indians full citizen
| ship in the new State under wise but liberia
| conditions. Hereafter no other Territory
| should be admitted into the Union without
giving full rights to the Indians-the sam.
rights that are granted to all other person,
| and classes born ON the soil.'
| The trial of novel and amusing lawsuit
involving the maintenance of nine pug dogs
was recently begun at Frankfort on the
Main. The plaintiff is Mrs. Drummer, who
had contracted to take care of the dogs, ant
the defendants are the Marquise Henristte d,
Balado and the Baron M. Matthias. The Join
owners of the pampered pugs left them /,
the care of Mrs. Drummer for fourteen days