Morning journal and courier., 1893-12-12
NEW HAVEN, CONN, MORNING, DECEMBER 2,

over that of the year before, and more than three times the catch of 1890. This does not, however, indicate the steady growth of the industry, for the size of the catch fuotuAtes greatly. In 1880 in was over 40,000 barrels, and fell to between 1s, 900 and 900 the two succeeding sea- sons.
 There are several kinds of pride. A house servant In Vienna says he committed his various crimes, including robbery and attempted murder, because of the madden ing effect of being required to shave off his moustachs. The woman who engaged him made 1t a condition that his upper lip should be clean shaven, and the man agreed under protest. After five years he had been discovered to be 8 criminal, and in his confession he says that his motive was to revenge himself on his mistress for the wound she gave his manhood.
 A method of treating the most stubborn and refractory cases of malaria, suggested by an Italian physician, M. 3ibilis, con- sists in the hypoderpaic injection of qui- nine until 1t produces an abscess. The theory of this treatment is that an abscess draws to 1t all the infectious germs in the system and annihilates them by means of its suppuration. An artificial abscess would thus naturally serve to drain from the blood the organisms which cause msls- ria. Dr. Xibilia had tried his method upon several patients with malarial com plsints that had resisted all ordinary treatment, and it Is reported he has ob- tained excellent results from this singular treatment.
 The heathen ought to be thankful for some things that are done for them. The other evening the members of Philsdel- phia Christian Endeavor society gave 8 Question Bee" for the benefit of the heathen. Ten Presbyterian girls under the command of Miss Belle Scott were arrayed against ten Rpiscopalian girls led by Miss Ella Taylor. The questions-relatipg to the civil and religious history of Japan had been prepared by committee of which Miss Ida Scott, Belle's sister, was a member. It speedily became apparent that the pretty young churchwomen were com pletely outclasssd. Finally one of them burst into tears, exolaiming that the whole thing had been 'cooked up," and left the room. Then Miss Ida burst into tears, too, and Miss Belle tainted.
 A large specimen of the egg of the fabled "roc" of the "Arabian Nights" or Apy- ornis, as the extinct gigantic bird of Mada- gascar is called, has recently been secured by J. Proctor, of Tamstave and London. It was discovered by some natives about twenty miles to the southwsrd of St. Au- gustine's bay, on the southwest coast of Madagascar. The egg, which is whity- brown in color and unbroken, is a fine specimen, 33i inches by 2S inches, and an even higher value is placed upon it than upon the egg of the great suk, which lived within the memory of man. The Brob- dignsgian proportions of the egg are better demonstrated by comparison with the eggs of the ostrich and crocodile. An ostrich's egg Is about F inches by 15 inches, and the contents of six such are only equal to one egg of the Rpyornis. It would re- quire the contents of sixteen and one-half emu's eggs to equal the contents of this great egg, or 148 eggs of the homely fowl, or 30, 900 of the humming bird. The last egg of the kind disposed of In London sold for f100, though cracked.
 It Is a sign of the times that the French socialists are about to establish course of revolutionary socialist instruction. Most of the professors are members of the French Chamber. NM. Desille, ,Allemsnd, Brousse, Fourniere, Guesde, Jaures. Lss- are, and Valiant are to gather about them the youth of the Latin Quarter and to dis course on such subjects as Socialism, the Revolution, Internstionslism, the Evolu- ton of Social Forms, Collectivism, Trade Unions, and Socialist action. For the second term are announced such subjects ss the Socialist movement in Germany, Spain, Holland. Roumania, and Russia. N. Lsvisse, the historian, has created some surprise by his comment upon this an nouncement. He says: "The group of h. ternstional Revolutionary Socialistic stu dents offers to Its comrades of the schools 8 regular organized instruction, and It does we'll. It does well because several of the masters whose names figure on the list of professors are giving sincere and serious instruction; it does we'll, too, because il foycaa us to radect u