Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-05-02

way of feathering his nest. He advertises
in French papers a lottery in which the
great prize will be himself and his title.
Five thousand tickets are to be issued at
20 francs each, which will bring him In
over SEQ, 1000. The lady who draws the
lucky number will have the choice of two
alternatives. She may marry the viscount
with his fortune or she may share this
capital sum, but must first forego all right
to his hand.
Information has come to the two import
ant scientific bureaus In Washington, the
geological survey and the Smithsonian in
stitution, of absolutely inexhaustible de-
poaits of bauxite ores in Alabama and
Georgis, which give promise of solving
the chief difficulty heretofore encountered
in the cheap production of aluminium for
commercial purposes. Specimen Jumps of
these ores, recently analysed at the Smith
sonian institution, show 4S per cent. of
pure aluminium in the light tints and ~
per cent. in the brown shades, whereas
ordinary clay contains on an average only
33 per cent. Bauxite derives its name
from the fact that 1t was discovered first
near Baux, or Beaus, near Aries, France.
In the present publication of the Imperial
Geographical Society of Russia Is the sur
prising announcement that the Chewsures
a race of 1000 people-in the Depart
ment of Troust, Government of Tifis,
know nothing of the use of money as a
medium of exchange. The unit of valua-
ton among the primitive people is the COW.
A horse is valued at three COWS and a stall
lion at six. If Chewsure becomes en-
ragged and cracks his neighbours skull he is
obliged to pay sixteen COWS. If he break
q bone of his neighbours arm Ave COWS will
rehabilitate him in the eyes of society. A
wound in the forehead calls for three
calves. If one cuts another in the part of
of the face usually covered by the beard
the punishment is comparatively severe.
The "doctor" places as many grains of
wheat along the cut as possible. For each
grain of wheat 80 used the criminal must
give up cow. Wounds in the beardless
part of the face call for third as many
COWS only. The man who injures neigh
boris hand surrenders sixteen COWS. Thirty
COWS even will pay for the loss of an eye.
The people are said to be happy and con-
tented. No misers exist among them.
The Telephone News of Pesth is already
the object of several libel suits and Hun
garian lawyers are curious to know how
they will be decided. One day, for in
stance, the subscribers were told by tele-
phone that the proprietor of a well known
coffee-house had failed, a report which was
entirely false. Another time report of
society scandal was promulgated. This
time the main fact was correct; but the
names were mixed, and thus 1t happened
that subscriber heard himself telephon-
ically libelled, and brought suit for dam
ages. The enterprise has to face other diff
fculties. 1t is uncertain whether the pro-
visional rights granted to the company by
the Minister of Commerce will be con-
frmed, as the military and civil authori
ties object to the whole system, owing to
the increased facilities it affords for spread
ing false information without the control
that it is still possible in the case of
printed newspapers and written despatch
es. 1t must be remembered that this
telephone newspaper has subscribers in
every town in Hungary which possesses a
telephonio system, and under favorable
circumstances all the subscribers are able
to hear the same piece of information at
one and the same time.