Morning journal and courier., 1892-09-12
NEW HAVEN, COMM MONDAY MORNING. sEPTEMBER - 1852

"family ticket passengers" "drawing
roo,u," "milsage passengers" "eleepin,
car, ~ ''dining- ROOM" 'fclergymen, +" "edito
rial," "crews," "commuters." "privat,
CARS" passengers at the request of othe,
railroads, )" "commutations tickets to indi
viduals," ''deadheads," "free passes,'
"separate car for colored people,"
The interesting statement is made by
Mr.. Chapman, publisher of the works of
Dickens, that the sale of his works last
year was four times as large as that of
1869, the year before Dickens died This
statement was called forth by an intima-
ton in an English newspaper that the sales
of the great novelist's works have declined
since his death. Mr.. Chapman adds that
although he no longer has copyright to
protect the "Piekwick Papers," and eleven
publishers have brought out editions, he
still has been able to sell 52l, $50 copies
since the death of their author
The record of the endowment orders Is
sickening. One of the latest to come to
public notice is the American Protective
league, whose members are charged with
squandering and misappropriating the
orders funds. This last Ia hve-yesr
order, and 1t has existed three years.
There are $500 certificates outstanding,
with g, 7s1, 900 due and only $101, ,s7S on
hand to meet the obligation. But 500
of this sum is in Suffolk trust company
stock, which is not only worth nothing,
but involves an obligation of $50, 900, the
company having gone to pieces. Large
sums, it is shown by the accounts, have
been spent by the officers in salaries and
expenses mainly incurred in influencing
legislation.
Cholera appears to be decreasing In
Europe. Thus far 1t has slain about 200,-
600, the most of them in Russia. The
total number of deaths in Europe due to
the cholera epidemic of 1867 was about
SOC, 900, of which 100000 occurred in
Austria, $4,000 in Turkey, $4,000 in
Spain, Al 200 In France, 800 in Bel
gium and IA ,37S in England. In London
there were 5,54S deaths, or Is per 1000
of population; in Paris the death rate was
{. 6, in Brussels 1874, in Berlin SO, in |
Madrid 9, in st. Petersburg 9S, in |
Vienna per 1000. In the epidemic of |
1878 in the United States there were
{, 800 deaths out of 1856 known cases. In |
the epidemic of 1884 sc Europe lost about |
250, 900 lives, of which 1s0, 900 were lost in
Spain alone.
Before aud after. a married couple re- |
Gently appeared at the Southwestern police |
court in London. The lady had signed |
the following document before marriage,
drawn up, che said, at a solicitors Office:
''After our married, during our lifetime,
will never take deed of separation, nor
never put you any kind of blame, or never
eave you, and 1 solemnly promise to look
after you, and give you nice dinners, snd
you require, with my love
and true faith. We will always live in /
one place. and live together, and enjoy
ourselves. If broke this promise after
married, shall not get anything or money
from him" (ner husbsnd). And yet after
sight months of married" the lady wants
, separation and an allowance!
The examination of the brain of Profes- |
sor Bishof, who recently died in St. Peters |
burg, indicated the quality of the men |
who malign women. The professor was |
one of the most ardent opponents of the
of women, aud a thorough
believer in the theory that women are in
terior to men, because their brains, as a
rule, are smaller. In his numerous Ed-
lre.ses upon the subject, he was wont to
,ay that while the average weight of the
male brain was 1850 grame, that of the
female brain Twas only 1,250 grams"
After Bishof's death, his own brain was
weighed and was found to turn the scales
1t l ,245 grams, five grams less than the
average female brain, which had so Often |
,roused his pity, contempt and satire.