Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-07-06

say nothing of irresistible brandies, out of
barley, without SO much as a suspicion of
| grape juice in them. The consumers of
these beverages keep up bygons traditions
by still speaking knowingly of vintages
and bouquets and aromas and styles and
/ so on.
M. Specimen, Russian agriculturist,
electrified the seeds of peas, beans and
rye for two minutes by passing current
| through them. The result was that the
plants which sprang from the seeds thus
| treated were much more vigorous than
those from unelectrifed seeds. He also
| electrified the soil by burying plates of
| zinc aud copper in it so as to make what
is called an ''earth battery" The plates
| were connected above ground by an iron
wire. The result was an astonishing
crop. A radish grew over seventeen inches
in length and five and one-half inches
thick; carrot grew ten and one-half
inches in diameter and weighed six and
one-half pounds.
Money talks, and it makes people talk
A man arrested at Berlin for theft pre-
tended to be insane and replied to all ques-
tions by saying " don't know" Professor
Mendel, specialist, was deputed to examine
him. The professor took mark out of
his purse and asked how much it was. ''I
don't know" he answered, as before. The
professor then asked for the prisoners
purse, out of which he took a mark, and
once more the man declared that he didn't
know it's value, whereupon Professor Men
del put agroschen into the prisonsr's purse,
transferring the mark to his owna "Why,
DOCTOR" said the patient hastily, "you
have made mistake i" The imposture
was made bare and the fellow convicted.
What is known as the company store
bill in Pennsylvania having become law
it will be interesting to watch its working
1t is designed to break up the custom on
the part of mining and manufacturing cor
porations in Pennsylvania of keeping |
company stores" from which their oper-
atives are supplied with food, clothing and |
almost every other necessity and comfort |
which comes into their homes in the course |
VI lno gSai. 1ho SyotSLA haS
made way for evils of various sorts, chief |
among them the practically absolute de- |
pendence of the employe upon his employ
er and the consequent injustice too often
experienced. There are many ways in |
which a powerful corporation can gain
control over its men with such a system in |
vogue.
On the whole number of lines in Shakes
peare's comedies and the number of hope
lessly obscure lines in them, DIR. Horace
Furness of Philadelphia says: 'I have
wasted the time to count roughly the lines
which go to make up the comedies. There
are over 80 ,0OO Now, how many are the
lines in this number where, through some
error or printers blunder, the sense is
perverted In view of the outcry that is
made over the obscurity and the corrup-
ton of Shakespeare's text, think you
would be justified in making the very
modest guess of 500. Surely, there ought
to be 500 to justify the clamoring and |
hammering editors. But no, you are far
astray. Then half the 500 Still far, far |
wide. As a matter of fact, out of the &c.
157 lines in the comedies, the lines that |
are beyond the power of assured healing |
are just nineteen"