Morning journal and courier., 1893-12-02

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deaths of the former were A per 1000, of
the moderate drinkers 23 per 1000, and
of the abstainers only II per 1000,
An old negro applied at the Louisville
county court few days since for a mar
riage icente The clerk told him 1t would
cost 50. "Ubl" said the old darky, straight
ening up and opening his eyes in great
surprise. Then he scratched his head,
shook it refectively and smbled to the
door, declaring he could ''get terruble lot
of -four for dat money, terruble lot, fo
sho'." And he never came back.
Mr.. George G. Crocker, q Boston lawyer,
has petitionsd the Harvard overseers to do
something about football, aud they have
instructed their committee on physical
training and athletic sports to investigate
football and to report whether 1t is prac-
tieable by judicious notifications to lessen
the perils thereof. The committee num-
bers among its members Charles Francis
Adams, 2d, and Augustus Hemenway.
a oOAN0ASioA VI RooSh SAo"oho "A DoAo
ware sums up the result of the enormous
peach crop of this year in the announce
ment that after taking out freights and
commissions the grower received 81 cents
a basket for the fruit. out of this he paid
cents for the basket, and there was but
16 cents lsft to cover cultivation, picking
and transportation to the nearest wharf or
railroad station Thus farmer whose or
chard of 10000 trees should yield one
basket of peaches per tree would receive
only 81 900 to cover all these items and
yield him profit. Small peach growers
say that the business does not pay at this
rate.
Mr.. Lawaon TAit, the well known EGG
lish surgeon, says that the sugar in Ger
tain fruits becomes changed into alcohol
during the process of decay, and that
wasps sometimes get very drunk thereon.
On grapes and certain plums he says "you
will see them get very drunk, crawl away
in a semi .somnolent condition, and repose
in the grass for some time till they get
over the bout and then they will go at 1t
again" Moreover, Mr.. TAFT declares "that
they do their worst in stinging, both In the
virulent nature of the stroke and the
utterly unprovoked assaults of which they
are guilty. I was stung last year by q
drunken waep and suffered severely from
symptoms of nerve poison for several
Tn al, 1for r{f kbax
resemble their human contemporaries"
There sre probably $50 schools for cook
ing in Germany and Austria. the best of
which are at Vienna, Berlin and Lsipsic.
A man who wishes to become chef must
begin at the very bottom of the ladder-st
peeling potatoes-and work up, round by
round, to the top. A course of schooling
as strict as that of any polytechnic school
in this country must bs followed for four
years before the student can get diploma.
Every year competitive examinations are
given, In which as many as 200 chefs take
part. The chef who was employed at the
White House by Grover Cleveland during
his first term has gold medal which was
presented to him by the Empress Frederick
for excellence in cooking, silver medal
given by the King of Saxony, diploma
from the Empress of Austria, and numer-
ous other marks of appreciation and honor
won in competitive contests in cooking.
What is supposed to be the only frostless
belt in the United States lies between Los
Angeles and the Pacific Ocean. 1t traverses
the foothills of the Cahuepga range and
has anael= vation of between two and four
hundred feet. In breadth It is perhaps
three miles. The waters of the Pacific are
visible from 1t, and the proximity of the
ocean has of course something to do with
bsnishing frosts. During the winter sea-
son this tract produces tomatoes, peas,
beans and other tender vegetables, and
here the lemon fourishes, tree that is
peculiarly susceptible to cold. Tropical
trees may be alec cultivated with success,
and in connection with this fact it is inter
esting to know that part of the favored
territory has bsen acquired by Los Angeles
fer park purposes, and 1t is only question
of time when the city will have the unique
distinction of possessing the only tropical
park in the United States. Strange to say,
only the mid way region of the Cahuenga
range is free from frost, and the lower part
of the valley being occasionally visited.
The output of the Witmsterstrandi
South Africs) gold mines is still increas.
ing. The October product was 1856, ,6Ss
ounces, against 1873, 5S5 ounces in Septem
Der and 112, 1877 ounces in September, 1892
The increase in October over the month
before was nearly 81 per cent, and the in
crease over September last year was nearly
% per cent. The output in October was a
the rate of about $35, ,000,0 year. If i
continues to increase ss 1t has done re
Gently, and as 1t probably will, the yielc
for the twelve months ending next Octobe
will be over $50, 900, 900. 1t is believed b.
| those who are informed In regard to tn
movements in progress for the more rapi'
| development of the new field that this fig
ure will be largely exceeded and that tn
output may reach $4,000. 900. In add
to this new finds are reported from Aus
tralia and elsewhere, while our own mine