Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-01-04
wholesalers, or the Illicit dealers, whose
name Is legion.

There will be rything that is interest
ing at the great chow at Chicago. The
flying machine men are to have a confer
ence during the fair ''to bring about the
discussion of some of the scientific prob
lens involved; to collste the result of the
latest researches; to procure an inter-
change of ideas, and to promote concert of
action among the students of the inchoate
subject"
| Joseph elliott, member of the we'll
known firm of makers of steel pens, is now
in this country and has been giving q tip
about the use of pens. he says a steel pen
will last for months with careful use, but
the important thing is this: 'Tf your pen
| gets scratchy and doesn't write well, don't
cast 1t aside for a new one. That is folly.
The pen is not worn out, but simply tired.
Give 1t a rest for a day or two; then hold
1t in gaslight for perhaps fifteen seconds,
not longer, and resume your writing. If
You are not pleasantly surprised at the re-
suits, I'll set myself down as a poor
prophet"
papers are seriously discussing the desira-
bility and possibility of introducing the
kangaroo into those regions. Much is
urged as to Its utility, because of its econ
omic value in "fesh, fur and foot wear"
and some little about the novel sport 1t
would afford, taking in this particular the
place of the defunct buffalo. 1t is said
that the kangaroo would do well in regions
altogether unfit for other stock. Some
say 1t would be more profitable to raise
kangaroos than steers. Ostriches are big
success in California; ksngsroos might be
more widely profitable.
Experts are predicting. and by no means
without reason, that tho books of to-day
will fall to pieces before the middle of the
next century. The paper in the books that
have survived two or three centuries was
made by hand of honest rags and without
the use of strong chemicals, while the ink
was made of nut gals. To-day much of
the paper for books Is made, at least in
part, of wood pulp, treated with powerful
acids, while the ink is compound Of va
rious substances naturally at war with the
fimsy paper upon which it is laid. The
printing of two centuries ago has improved
with age; that of to-day, 1t is feared, will
within fifty years have eaten its way
through the pages upon which 1t is i'm
pressed.
The island of Caprera, for which 1t is
SAID Gal;beldI paid less than 5000, was
sold to the italian government, which
wanted 1t for fortifcstion purposes, for
100000. Among the heirs was the Gen
erals daughter Teresits. in whose behalf
her husband, General Csnzio, signed the
deed of sale. Tereeita now claims that che
did not authorize General Canzio to deed
away her rights, and that as her own sig
nature was not affixed to the deed the saie
is void. She has brought suit against the
government, aud the case will be tried in
the Supreme court of Sardinia. The gov
eminent will claim that as under italian
law the fortune of the wife goes to the hus-
band in the absence of any provision In
the marriage contract to the contrary, the
governments title is perfect. The case is
attracting great interest throughout Italy.
The British consul at St Petersburg Ia
q report just published points out that
famines are by no means uncommon in
Russia, although the latest one was the
most extensive on record. The first con-
siderable famine of the present century oc-
Cured in 1888, and it is said to have cost
the government and people el0, ,000, 900,
thousands of the population becoming
hopelessly involved in debt and many
landed proprietors being ruined. A dis
ease broke out in the southern parts of
the country closely resembling scurvy,
produced by the consumption of acorns,
chaff, aud the insuficIency of sour
cabbage and kvsss, which are anti-scor-
butios, and constitute regular articles of
diet of the Russian population. In the
provinces of the Tsurids, Ekaterinoslav,
and In some of the districts of the prov
inces of Ssrstoff, as also in the country of
the Don Cossscks from two-thirds to nine
tenths of the cattle died from want of
| fodder. The area of the winter crops
was reduced to one-third of its previous
| proportions, owing to q scarcity of seed,
! which the Government only supplied in
the course of the following spring. This
| famine was succeeded after an interval of
only seven years by a similar calamity
which affected as large an extent of the
country. The famine of 1S43 spread over
10 provinces, the chief sufferers being the
| provinces of Tsmboff, Riazsn, Tuls and
! Kslugs. A serious famine visited the
provinces of vitebsk, Moghilev, Minsk,
Pskov, wilma, Kovno. Smolensk, and
Petersburg in the years 1874 and 1916.
The measures taken for relief were the
same as those adopted in previous fam
ines, and the cost to the Government was
81, ,G90.0 900. During the last thirty years
more or less considerable famines took
place in 1867 6S and in 1872 73. These vista
tions now are sscribed not SO much to
natural causes as to the deforestation of
| the country and the ignorance of the peas