Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1892-01-13

| sus, states that the cost of the census up
to the date of his report to the Secretary
of the Interior has been CTS cents per
capita against 9.93 cents ten years ago,
but goes on to show that it will be
work of the Office is completed, and that
by that time the expenditures will have
run up to eleven cents per capita or even
more. This increase, says the superin-
| tendent. is about one cent moro for each
/! person enumerated than the cost of the
tenth census.
Some interesting and rather surprising
facts concerning the use of the telephone
in European countries have been collected.
In London, the greatest commercial city
in the world, only 1.5 persons in, 1000
use the telephone. The telephone is used
mostly in countries where the service is
owned or controlled by the State. In Ger
many, Switzerland, Norway and Sweden
from 100 to 400 persons in every 100, 900
Of the population are subscribers. In
Great Britain only SO persons in 100, 900
use the telephone. In Berlin II and in
Paris AZ out of every 1 200 inhabitants use
the telephone.
Brother Totten has q disciple, or rival,
in Boston. Doctor o. B. Kinnear, of that
city says that the great battle of Armaged-
don may be expected to occur in 1890. I'm
mediately thereafter all the cities of the
nations except those inhabited by ''Isrsel"
II a hy {ba ,,sorIa of Hr..k pr;&a;r A.
British colonies and the United States.-are |
to perish in the "fnsl great earthquake" |
Then (probably) the curse is to be lifted |
from the earth, which will again blossom |
like the rose, and mems lives are to be |
greatly heightened. "We British and |
Americans) are protected within our bor-
ders," says DR.. Kinnear, "until the fnal
cleansing FIRE is sent on the race, after the
fight with Cog"
A pleasant little anecdote of Browning's
courtesy il told in Temple Bar. On one
occasion Mr.. Browning's son had hired
room in . neighboring house in which to
exhibit his pictures, and during the tenn
porary absence of the artist Mr.. Browning
was doing the honors to q roomful of
fashionable friends. He was standing
itor made her appearance. Mr.. Browning
Immediately shook hands with her, when
she exclaimed: "Oh, beg your pardon,
but please, sir, Pm the cook. Mr.. Barrett
asked me to come and see his pictures"
"And am very glad to see you," said
Mr.. Browning with ready courtesy. ''Take
my arm and I will shcw you around"
Says Daniel Earl of Sydney. Australia,
an extensive dealer in precious stones:
The finest opals in the world are found
in Australia, those found in Mexico being
of an inferior quality. Tho most perfect
emeralds heretofore have come from Bra
zil and Siberia, but those we are finding
in Australia now are fine stones, although
than we would like to have them. This is
explained, however, in the theory that
those We have mined were found in the
earth at a distance down of only thirty or
forty feet, while in Brazil and Siberia they
are found at distance down of $50 feet. |
We believe that by going that distance we
shall be able to find as fine emeralds
in Australia as anywhere. Sapphires
I buy in Ceylon, and it's fact not gener-
ally known that they are of all colors, and
not by any means only blue. The reason
that take diamonds back to Australia is | {
that the people there are not at all as par
ocular with regard to the quality of dia-
nond as they are in the United States and
Europe. In the latter countries dia-
nond must be perfect or approximately SO,
while in Europe size is paid more atten- {
lion to than quality. It's really ludi-
,rous thing, but when you are trying to
'ell diamond ring or pin to an Austral-
an their question is not concerning the
purity of the stone, but whether the set
ing is 1S-karat gold. If the setting is all 9
right, then the stone must be, according to ;
heir way of thinking. 6