Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1892-09-26

salt for "hesdless Matches" which ignit.
throughout their length, and may be used
repeatedly. The growing scarcity of suit
able wood has led to the use of match
sticks-reported to be excellent-molded
from peat.
An odd question has come up in Provi
dence. R. I.) where father and mother
disagreed as to the naming of a baby
Each gave a name to the child and made G
return to the city registrar. Thus arose
the question which had the right to give
the name and the city solicitor solemnly
decreed the right to the father. But per
haps the decision wont 60 with the
mother.
Mr.. Aubrey Stanhope has advertised
himself and his paper well, but he hasn't
done anything that will amount to any
thing unless it turns out that he has
caught the cholera. The National Zeitung
prints an article concerning his antics in
which it expresses doubt of the conclu-
siveness of the test. 1t says, first, that
hundreds of people have been equally
exposed in Hamburg and have not taken
the disease, though not inoculated. The
writer adds that Mr.. Stsnhope may have
fortified his digestive apparatus. with
slkali or protected himself otherwise, and
suggests that if simple and conclusive
test were all that was wanted he should,
under inspection, have swallowed cholera
bacilh which were readily obtainable where
he was inoculated.
Women drummers have appeared in
Europe, and, while not very numerous,
those that are known are conspicuous for
their ability and success. young Swed-
ish woman travels for Scandinavian firm
of machinists. She travels all over Europe,
and expects to extend her territory. She
recently arrived in London direct from
Moscow, and was then expecting to start
for Melbourne, all in the line of her bust
ness. One London manufacturing hrm
employs several women commercial travel
ers, and several makers of dress goods
have at least one each. They find wo-
mans taste of great value in this especial
line, and it is said would engage moIe wo-
men to travel If they could find them with
the necessary business capacity, good ap-
pearance, good manners and good ply
sique.
When people in this country were sell
ing breweries to English syndicates it was
thought by some shrewd ones that 1t the
sellers ever wanted to get them back they
could do SO oheaply. One of the syndi-
Gates was the English San Francisco brew
cries company, which embraced ten brew
cries for which So, 700, 900 was paid. This
was on a representation made by the usual
expert accountants. etc, that the COM
bined business had been earning about
s670, 900 to s672 900 in net profits year.
Now the fret years operations undel
English capital show nominal profit of
only about s104, 900, but against this Is to
be set discovered generalization of kegs
to no less than $4,000 1t is
found also that the valuation of the actual
plant was placed about one hundred per
cent. too hi1h at the time of the purchase.
In France tr AIDES unionism was first rec
ognized and legalized by the government in
1884 In the seven years which have since
elapsed the number of trade societies has
reached the surprising total of 1884. This
rapid growth is doubtless due in no small
measure to the fact that every trade society
in France is benefit society, and makes
an allowance to each member in case of
sickness. 1t is computed that the number
of trades s-unionists enrolled in these 1924
societies is something like 10000
or about half the laboring classes proper.
The latest step in the recognition of trades
unionism in France is the establishment
in every important industrial center of
labor bureau. This is building-in some
cases specially erected for the purpose
which is placed at the disposal of the dis
trict trade societies by the municipality,
which not only grants the use of the hall
rent free and provides all needful appli-
ancee, but makes an annual grant to cover
working expenses.