Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1884-04-19
are considered doubtful STATES a,s practically
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| They are learninghow to advertise in Paris.
curious scene was Witnessed the other day
| in fashionable quarter. A fashionably
| dressed young man walked into . well-known
cafe; then, having managed to attract some
| attention, he sauntersd up and down the
garden, finally seating himself at small ta-
BILE. To him came q person who, from his
conversation, proved to be q taller, and who
accused him in warm words of being migrate
full, stating that he had dressed him on credit
for five years. The young fellow fred mp
and declared himself insulted. crowd
gathered and eager ears listened to the high
words. Finally, to convince his quondam
tailor that another house was cheaper and
better, the late client pulled out the bill for
the garments he wore. The name, price, ad-
dress, etc., were read aloud, and the open
mouthed crowd drank it in. The enterpris-
ing tailor who got up this little drama found
his profit.
Receatly, in experimental f. ing at Siren
sail. England, Aajor-General Cameron
finally ordered battalion to FIRE at a range
of dummy soldiers, with both eyes open and
as rapidly as possible, not looking along the
barrel of the rife. but keeping their eyeS
fixed on the enemy, who was supposed to be
making rush on the position defended by
the Volunteers. Eight rounds we're so fred
in sixty-seven seconds, and the result COM
pletely bore out recent arguments, no less
than 80 per cent. of the shots having struck
the dummy figures. Considering the rapid
ty of the fire, these results are every good.
Drawn up in line against an enemy in the
same formation, 1000 man would thus deliver
z, 600 shots in about a minute, with some
z, 500 hits
The sacred flag, blessed by the Mahdi, |
which was captured at Tokar and In about to |
be presented to Queen Victoria, is made of |
two pieces of coarse silk sewn together, each |
about seven feet long and three feet broad,
one buff and the other red. On the two |
sides are Arabic Inscriptions, one of which |
reads: with the blessing of the Enlighten- |
ed Prophet without compare, the Noble |
Master of the Wisdom of the Age, Seyid |
Ahmed Ibim 1dris, the only Saviour, to the |
Seyid Ibrahim Alraachid, the father of Ma |
homet of the Bynmes." On the othsr side is |
inscribed 'SThere is no God but God, and |
Mahomet is the Prophet of God, and at all /
times every one processes the knewledge of /
God, - and in the corners of this inscription /
are the names of Mahomet's great generals, |
Omar, Abu Vekir, Ali, and Osnan.
At the solicitation of representatives OF the /
leading trade and industrial organisations in 1
the United States, circular has been pre-
pared by direction of the Secretary of \
State which is to be sent to our consular /
officers with view to ascertaining the con-
dition of the laboring people in all the
principal countries of the world. A series of /
questions has been framed for the purpose of I
directing attention to the subjects which |
should be covered by the inquiry. These
questions cover the rates of wages paid to
try; the costs of the neeessariss ef life; the |
habits of the working classes; the relation
between laborers and theirS employ ers; the
preyalency of strikes and the mode of set
tling disputes as to the rates of wages; the
practical working of cooperate societies, and
many kindred matters. One division of the |
nq uiry relates entirely to the labor of women
and children; the compensation which they
receive; the provision made by employers for
preserving their health; the eject of the en-
oloyment of women on the wages of men,
,tc. These inquiries ought to and probably
will be productive of much useful and inter-
ssting Information,