Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-01-06
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Philadelphia eats in the course of year
200, 900, 900 eggs.


Philadelphia eats in the course of year
200,000,000 eggs.
The intelligent pupil is widely distributed
He has appeared in Maine, where he gave the
following definitions: "Exile: part of a
wagon; byword, word that has gone by;
mermaid, kind of maid; turmoil, kind
of oil; repast, to pass by"
theatrical agent who knows his busi-
ness is hard to overcome. The clergy of
Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, waxed indignant
the other day at some pictorial advertise
ments of, travelling company, and they
threatened to tear them down. Hearing of
this, the lessees of the Opera house i'm
mediately had every female figure in the
bills covered with an apron. Thus the claims
of decency were recognized, and the show
got tremendous advertisement, which re-
suited in packing the house.
: The cooperative idea continues to find
favor. Mayor w. L. Douglass of Brockton,
Massachusetts,, has announced his purpose Of
transforming his large shoe business into a
stock company, the shares to be held, as far
as desired, by his employees. He says of his
plan: 81 think, also, that my employees should
have chance to get portion of the profits
of the business, also voice in the manage
ment; and it is my intention that the officers
will be made up from my leading men," Mr..
Douglass will retain controlling interest in
the concern as long as he lives.
The electric light has found curious use
in Russia, viz, for Illuminating sanity
images in cathedrals. Thus magnificent
figure of the Madonna, just placed in the
Alexander Newsky Monastery, loaded with
precious metals and gems of immense value
stands glitteringly in the focus Of an electric
beam, which is also the case with the "Ka
san" Madonna in st. Petersburg. From
near and afar thousands make pilgrimages te
these shrines. It has been decided to so IL
Illuminate the ancient monastery of st. Or
| sula, ct Olmutz, the first instance on rec
ord of its use exclu sively in monastery.
The Glasgow Herald publishes return
from all the principal shipbuilding center
throughout the United Kingdom. The out
put during 1889 is the largest on record
In 1888, the year when the last ehipbuildinl
"boom" was at its height, the total outpu
| throughout the country was 1.250, 600 tons
This year the vessels launched approacl
very closely to 1,27s, 900 tons. The Clyd
heads the list with total tonnage of 1856,
POI tons. Next comes the Tyne, with 281,
71O tons. The Wear is third on the list
with 217, 1886 tons. Then the Tees, witt
110,4 tons. The shipbuilding yards Il
Belfast have launched tonnage to tn
amount of $1,000. There are now on ham
in the various shipyards on the river Clyde
and in different stages of construction, yes
sells aggregating 300,629 tons. Last yea
there were 81 the same time vessels on han
having total of 2s3, ,3O1 tons.
Prof. Haddon, the English naturalist, VIII
has just spent some months on the island
south of New Guinea, says there will neve
again be 30 good time as now to study th
natives and mako anthropological collection,
a. the Papuans there are dying out fast an
are still more rapidly discarding their natiy
arts, prefsrring to buy the merchandise tn.
! the whites bring among them. Recent tras
elsrs in the Congo basin say the introducing
OF European manufactures il playing