Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1892-10-08

ments, on the opportunities given to vii
lage usurere, the abandonment of stock
raising and the cutting off of timber
which used to protect large tracts of black
soil country.
An interesting and pathetic custom still
prevails in Munich. Every destitute
child found begging in the strsets is ar
rested and carried to charitable institu-
tion. On his arrival he is photographed
dirt, rags and all. After being maintained
and educated, when he quits the institu-
ton to begin life the before mentioned
photo is given him, and he is required to
make a solemn declaration that he will
keep 1t as reminder of the wretched state
from which he was saved and the kindness
shown. The charity has received many
gifts from its reclaimed waits.
At late fair in Brittany, France, q
monk from the Friestine monastery exhib-
tied plain-looking table with an inlAid
chess board on Its surface. The inventor,
or anyone so disposed. sets the pieces for
game and then sits along at one side of the
table. However cautiously he plays he is
frequently checkmated by the pieces from
the opposite side, which move automatic
ally across the board. No matter how sci
entifcslly the player play the ghost-moved
pieces frequently come out ahead. No
mechanism is apparent; to all iutent the
table is solid board.
The finances of the great State Of New
York are in about as good shape as those
of Connecticut For the first time in over
half century the State is practically free
from debt. The only obligations now out
standing amount to less than half million
dollars, which can easily bs cancelled, and
there is large cash balance in the treas
ury. During the past ten years the State
debt has been paid at the rate of 81, l,000,-
900 per year, the rate of taxation has
steadily decreased, and during the last two
years it was the lowest known in the pres
ent generation of taxpayers. During the
same period the revenues have constantly
increased, until last year they were the
largest in the history of the State.
An effort is to be made in Cape Colony
to prevent the threatened determination of
that curious but useful quadruped the
aardvark, or ant bear, which is one of the
very best friends of the white colonists,
although they have onIS lately been in
duced to believe it. Its food is the white
ant, which does enormous mischief to the
crops. Against these pests the bear wages
ceaseless warfare, digging out their nests
and destroying them in countless numbers.
Unfortunately the natives are especially
fond of ant bear meat, which resembles a
very good quality of pork, and also hunt 1t
for its hide, which is worth about 81 in the
market. Not only this, but the white colo
| nists have chosen to classify the
hunting of the unhappy beast under
the head of "sport," which con-
sists in drowning him out of his hole
and then killing him with dogs, or drown
| ing him in it and then jgnominiously dig
ging out his carcass. Time, however, is
| already beginning to work out the aard-
| vark's revenge. The white ant is iucreas-
| ing with ominous rapidity, and the farm
ers' associations are in state of consider
| able alarm. They are demanding protec'
| ton for the ant bear