Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-08-25

Africa Is all right. There are thirteen
Chautauqus circles In Ii.

AAfioa ID hlt IlSnt. Inere are thirteen
Chautauqus circles In 1t.
Local kilograms are now transmitted
through pneumatic tubes In most or the
principal cities of Great Britain. At pres
ent about fifty miles of such tutes are In
operation, requiring an aggregate of 400
horse power and transmitting a daily
average of 10000 messages, or 80. .OOO, 600
annually.
The latest things in paper are feet. Paper
stockings have appeared In the trade in
Berlin. 1t is claimed for them that they
maintain an equal temperature in the shoes
and are therefore great preventive of
colds, while they absorb the moisture of
perspiring feet and thu. keep the feet
always warm and dry.
In the cold air freezing machines now
employed on board chips for the transport
of meat from Australia, New Zealand and
America the meat is placed in large cham
bers, the walls Of which are double, the
interspsce being filed with wood charcoal
as q nonconducting material. A jet of
intensely cold air is delivered into the
chamber ct each stroke of the piston of
the expansion cylinder, and the tempers-
ture of the chamber Is thus kept at or
near the freezing point during the whole
voyage.
The exports of grain from this country
during the Ave weeks ending August IS
were 8.211, ,352 bushels. During the cor
responding weeks of 1891, when the famine
In Russia caused an extraordinary demand,
the grain exports were 90. 433, S67 bushels.
The increase of exports over 1891 Is there
fore 5,777. .465 bushels. The increase in
the foreign demand for American corn has
been even more remarkable. In the past
five weeks s, ,039, $50 bushels were exported.
In 1891 the exports of corn for the came
period were 2, ,626, ,977 bushels. This is an
increase of 5.412, ,4O5 bushels, or q gain of
more than three to one.
Don't worry because you csn't get money.
A French scientist has been using his mi
croscope recently on the bank and national
notes of the various countries and finds
that they are the home of great numbers
OF little organisms. These, he says, may
be dangerous to health, and he counsels the
fortunate possessors of the pspsr money
against placing 1t In the mouth under any
On come of the notes were
bacteria and bscilli In considerable num-
bers. The professor declares that the bills
are dangerous medium for the spread of
diseases, and highly praises the
system of destroying returned bills adopted
By the Bank of Eugisnd-although for an
other purpose.
Great Britain has undertaken big job
in Africa. This is ths establishment Of 8
telegraph line from Alexandria to Cape
Town, through the very hesrt of the coni-
nsut. Il will traverse Egypt, the Soudan,
The region of the great lakes, and the East
Africa company's territory, German East
Africa, the Portuguese possessions, Mash
onslsnd, Khamas country, Bechusnslsnd,
Cape Colony. Contracts have already
been signed for constructing the line for
more than half the distance, and work is
being rapidly pushed, so that the whole is
to be in working order early next
year. At this rate the title Ozark Cont
nent" will soon be a misnomer.
Speaking of wind, the origin of the fan
in China is said to have eprupg from the
incident: a royal princess, very
was assisting at a feast of Ian
terms, her face covered with mask as was
usual. The excessive hest compelled her
10 remove 1t, and In order to guard her
1t quickly to and fro In front of her face,
thus simultaneously hiding her charms
and cooling her brow. The Idea was at
once adopted throughout the kingdom.
Catharine de Medici carried the first fan
from Italy ever ssea in France, and in the
time of Louis XIV. the fan, covered with
jewels was worth q small fortune.
The facts furnished by the secretary Ct
the treasury about the importation of drugs
into the United States last year are some
what startling. 1t appears that the nation
of 1 ,392, 437 pounds of nux vom-
lea, but whether for tonicsl purposes or
for impaired digestion or to kill dogs, these
being among the various uses to which the
drug Is put, Ia matter of conjecture.
The importation of 2,6s6,677 ounces of
sulphate of quinine indicates that mslaris
still racks the bones of Americans, and the
presence of 5s7, 121 pounds of opium on
the list excites suspicion about the In
crease of the morphine habit. OF ipecac
the importation was small, duties having
been paid on cnly IS, ,329 pounds of this old
fashioned medicsment.
The beet sugar industry seems to be
prosperipg in California. The estimated
yield for the 6scal year ending jane 80,
1894, as returned by the Federal Sugar In
spector as basis for Congressional appro-
priation, is 40, 900. 900 pounds. on which tie
bounty will amount TO $40, 600. The actual
production for the year ending June 80.
1892, was 8, ,624, Ss2, and for the year ending
JUuS OO, 1880 II Was S1,COIl lCC@. OHc VI
the largest sugar factories is that at Chino,
to supply which there are 5000 acres of
beets, the yield of which is about $4,000
tons. Last year the beets gave an average
of 10 per cent. sugar. The capacity of
this factory is 220, 900 pounds every TWEEN
ty-four hours. About $50, 900 gallons of
syrup were left over from last year, but 1t
is doubtful If this can be polsrized and
satisfy the tests 1t is customary to sell
this syrup to manufacturers of vinegar at
a nominal price. Hitherto the actual yield
of sugar has fallen from Is to 25 per cent
below the advance estimate, but this has
been In O measure due to lack of prepara-
ton for handling the beet crep at the
proper time. This year the working will
be closer to the estimate than in past years.
FASHION NOTES.