Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-08


 clerks, and nobody seems to be sorry. The number of suicides has rapidly in- creased lately. It seems to be getting harder to live or else people care less about living. Hon. John H. Perry, of Fairfield, seems to ! have plain sailing in his course toward the speakership of the House, the only competi- | tor he has had having withdrawn. Mir. Per- | " is a graduate of Yale 70 and lawyer whose professional training was received at | the Columbia Law school. He will make an 1 efficient speaker.
 There is a German newspaper published in l Jerusalem and it says that the city is growing in size and population at remarkable rate, which is surprising, because neither it's situs- 1 tion nor it's trade is favorable to A rapid in- ! crease. The Jews take the lead in building. | followed by the Russians and Germans. The l Greeks and Armenians are also busy building 1 cafes, bazaars and shops.
 The new governor of South Carolina frank I ly sets forth in his inaugural address the se- l cret of the solidity of the South. It is the l determination of the white men 10 retain the ruling power and never to submit again to ! negro domination. Every other consider ation is to be postponed to that end and any menace of intervention to reverse existing | conditions will only postpone the possibility of break in the solid South.
 1 One of the interesting paragraphs in Attor- f ney General Garlsnds report is that which refers to the French spoiation claims. It I appears that 6,569 cases have been nearly disposed of by the department of justice, and that about $30, ,000,00 in claims have been admitted to be correct and due the claim ants. The money cannot be paid until Con- greSs appropriates it. Nearly 200 Oonnec- ticut people are interested in these claims, l which should have been paid long ago. l Money to considerable amount has been given by Bostonians in aid of the establish- m ent of the Confederate veterans home in Texas. The Atlanta Constitution says of this: When Boston goes enthusiastically to work to aid the Texans in establishing con- federate home, it is useless for few politi- clans to attempt to revive the old war feeling between the sections. The people, North and South, have buried their old anta gonisms, and they regard the man who would revive them as cranky demagogue or public enemy.
 Professor Wollery, of Munich, has lately been conducting experiments upon the action l of an electric current on vegetation. The soil experimented on WAS divided into plots
 four meters square, plates of zinc thirty cen.
 timeters broad and two meters long being
 placed at opposite ends of each square. The
 line was carefully insulated, and five Meidin. ger cells were inserted in the circuit. The
 tests were kept up from seed time to harvest
 but neither corn, potatoes nor any other vege
 table or cereal were affected in the slightes
 degree.
 The reopening of the Mercha nts' woolen
 mill at Dedhanl, Mass, is rather notable
 occurrence. The owner of the miI is Charles
 Harding, millionaire of Cambridge. The mill was shut down soon after election ir 1884 and has remained so ever since, to the considerable damage of the 500 employees
 who formerly worked in it, and to the town. of which was the chief industry, Mr. Hard- ing is said to have declared wheri he shut
 down that it was due to Democratic success l in the election and that he would not starr lup again so long as that party re remained fl
 control of affairs.
 Tn a bath house in Paris the following
 notice is posted for the benefit of Englisl
 customers: sAs for the broths, liquid or an, lbrsakfaat, and, in one word, all other thing