Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-03-06


. beneficiary named in q policy dies before
the insured, the interests of the policy be-
come vested In the executor of the insured
and not In the next of kin of the benehci-
sry. 1t behooves those who dispose of
their property to be careful In their selec-
ton of an executor.
Hoops are having difficulty In forcing
their way into society in Daden, Tennessee.
A woman wearing them In entering the
church brushed against several persons
and one of them make q remark which 30
reused her ire that she informed her hus-
band. The fight was on In a minute and
when 1t was over there were number of
fainting women and frightened children to
be cared for, besides several broken and
bleeding heads to be bandaged.
A new method has been invented In
Germany of covering tissues of cotton
yarn with q flexible and brilliant deposit
of tin. A clear paste of commercial xino
powder and white of eggs is made and
spread on the tissues with brush, where
1t coagulates after being dried. The tissue
is then placed in bath of pershioride of
tin. This metal is precipitated on the zinc
and the article, after rinsing and drying,
is oalsndered, which operation imparts
brilliancy to the layer of tin.
During cruise of the ships of our
white feet the guns are fred with fall
charges once a month. But 1t costs hun
dreds of dollars to do this, and for pur-
poses of drill between times block is
fitted into the barrel of each gun. This
block Is perforated with bore not much
larger than rife barrel, and to fire
blank cartridge through that costs only a
cent. At the same time all the mechanism
of the gun has to be used, and in firing
heavy charges, go that the sailors get the
benefit of the practice.
The new ballot law adopted recently by
Alabama Is modelled closely after the Massa
chusetts law, providing for blanket ballot
with the names of candidates grouped in
alphabetical order under each Office.
Ample provision is made for illlterates,
who are allowed in marking their ballots
to "have the assistance of an inspector, to
be selected BY the elector, or person ap-
pointed for that purpose by the inspectors
of election" ANY eleotor may also, "be
fore retiring to the booth, have one of the
clerks of election read over to him the
titles of the ofices to be filled and of the
candidates therefor"
While the Reichstag and the German ma
tion in general are considering the cost of
EARNED peace" the former Minister of
State, Sohaefie, well known statistician,
In letter to the Deutache Revue, has fg-
ured out the cost of the inevitable "War of
the Future" The Franco German war, he
says, cost IL, 900, 900 marks; If we consider
the increased war footing OF the armies of
the contending nations, Germany, Austria,
Italy versus France and Russia, We must
calculate on an increase of at least S,000,-
900 in the cost of its successor. This is
the very lowest figure, and 1t means at
per cent. interest $500, ,OOO, 900 yearl
Bill Thompson will not bs pleased with
the following, which appears in the New
ark Advertiser. "Thompson and his
miserable, drunken roues dare to face the
people from Trenton; but the ignorant,
blind fools fell to see enveloping, over
shadowing, supporting those people the
insurmountable grandeur, the immovabls
hrmness, the Irresistible strength of God,
who destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, who
engulfed the whole world. There need be
no violence. There need be no fear of
defeat. Thompson is as surely ruined
now as in the near future, when his very
footmarks will be spat upon. Bill Thomp-
son, you are confronting men and women
whose grandsires were lions at Trenton,
Monmouth and Paulus Hook in the days
of rs"
A new wire quick firing six-inch gun
has just been adopted for the British naval
service. 1t has successfully passed ex-
haustive trials. 1t is long guu of about
40 calibres, and weighs seven tons. 1t
carries an elongated shot of 100 pounds a
distance of 1000 yards, and will strike an
ensmy's ship or fortification four miles dis
tant. It is SO rapid in its action that fred
with oordite, at long range, it has three
or four shots in the air ct the same time.
Each weapon contains several miles OF
wire, 1t having been found that gun made
up of this wire is stronger than when
manufactured of Homogeneous metal.
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of the elastic force of cordite or gun
powder better than iron or steel, while the
long bore enables the whole of the charge
to be consumed.