Morning journal and courier., 1893-12-04

also show decrease, while four times as
much cocoa Ia now used as In 1859.
The days of winter races, pool rooms,
gambling and general decentralization
seem to be ended so far as Gloucester,
New Jersey, is concerned. Mayor jackson
of that city has determined to enforce the
laws against the nefarious business that
has brought the good name of that city
into disrepute, and the parties most in in
terest are convinced that he both can and
will do 1t, and have made up their minds
to acQuiesce In the inevitable. Mayor
Jackson's example is good one to follow
wherever the pool room gamblers try to
work.
A piece of property on the northwest
corner of State and Washington streets,
Chicago, has just been leased for ninety
nine years. at rental that establishes the
value of the land at $127 square foot to-
day, $145 foot after 1901, and $1s9 q
square foot after 1905. This Ia the highest
valuation of Chicago land yet established.
A number of corner lots in the business
district have lately changed hands at valu-
ations of from 500 to $144 square foot.
The lot frst mentioned, valued at 81, ,400,-
600 on the basis of $169 square foot, was
bought by General Stewart, to whose es-
tate 1T now belongs. for $500 in 1884.
A curious and foolish boycott has been
going on in Denver for about two months.
The Tabor Grand Opera house owned by
ex-senator q. A. W. Tabor ''ratted" the
orchestra at the beginning of the season
and ever since that time the Musical Pro-
tective union has been fighting the house.
Almost every night at 8 O'Clock and every
Saturday afternoon at 2, the union marches
past the theater playing a funeral marsh
and displaying transparencies with the in
scriptions, "The Tabor Employs Scab
Music" "Keep Away from the Tabor"
"Help Us and We'n Help You" As soon
as they pass the house the dirge changes to
a lively air and the band marches off. The
theater declares that the boycott does not
affect the receipts.
It has been a custom among the liquor
dealers of New York to give bottles of
whisky and other drinkables as Christmas
and New Years gifts to their customers.
But the Liquor dealers association has de-
cided to shut down on this custom. 1t Ia
estimated that about $4,000 gallons of
liquor are given away during the holidays
each year, and the cost of this "oharity"
is very considerable. President TeKulsky
giving away the liquor, it would be much
better to give the money cost of the liquor
to some charitable institution. The police
complain that the evil of drunkenness Is
greatly aggravated during the holidays by
the custom of giving away liquor, and the
saloon keepers acknowledge that 1t is a
great nuisance to treat the gangs that coms
to them for their "Christmss."
The Duchess of Bedford recently told
girls needlework society in Mile End,
England, that the bonnet which the queen
wore at the jubilee service was practically
made by the Princess of Wales. 'It was
sent home," said her grace, Cooking
heavy and ugly. Nobody dared return 1t
to the milliner without the queens orders,
and nobody liked to ask her majesty for
such instructions. So the ladies in wait
ing showed It to the Princess of Wales,
knowing how clever she is in all such
matters, and her royal highness with her
own hands altered 1t and twisted 1t till 1t
became the becoming and tasteful head
dress which we all admired on that memor-
able occasion. Everybody who saw 1t
thought that the queen had never had a
prettier bonnet, but how 1t came to be 30
pretty Is news of to-day"