Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-09-25

victory In favor of making manual train
ing part of its public school system" And
this isn't as far out of the way as Il may
seem to some resders.
In everybody's mind potatoes and the
Irish are connected, but statistics show
that the Germans and the Belgisns are both
ahead of the Irish in the consumption of
potatoes. The consumption In these two
countries annually exceeds !, 900 pounds a
head per annum.
A Greek peasant, living on the leland of
Egina, recently discovered q magnificent
statue buried in the ground, upon which
had been q small plantation, and which he
had cleared. The statue was sold to a
bric.s-brac dealer, who cent 1t 10 London,
where Ii has just been bought by the
British government for the sum Of e6, 500.
An anti japanese sentiment lie strongly
manifesting itself on the Pacific coset, fol-
lowing in the same lines as the anti
Chinese crusades. The hop harvest, which
affords employment to many thousands Of
pickers IN the several Pacific States, is now
on, and the white pickers strongly oppose
the employment of Jsps In the hop yards.
In several parts of Washington the growers
have been warned by the white p!ckers
that Jsps would not be allowed to work,
and the feeling against them is spreading.
Occasionally trsmp is useful A vsga-
bond working his passage on a buffer be-
tween cars was the only man who stood
out beside the track and saw the express
robbery at Kendallville, Indiana. At the
Centralia attack q discharged brakeman,
stealing a ride, had q pet shotgun, with
which he stepped off the train, snd mixing
in the fight. used his weapon with such eff
feet that the full charge of shot went into
the abdomen of the mos. sotiEe robber,
who fell bleeding torrent as his pals ran
from the scene. 1t is suggested that train
guards of trsmps he employed by the rail
road and express companies to protect their
property.
President Samuel B. Capsn, of the Bos-
tOA oSAOO4 bphAby III n iCSCht 1oiC"C4A dNA-
dress ssid: All through the country the
teaching of manual training in our els
mentsry schools Is being introduced, and
1t has already been demonstrated that edu-
cationally 1t is q great success. In multi
tudes of cases 1t is found tha. the brain
can bs reached and developed through the
hands better than in any other way. We
need now a supplement to sll this in our
great cities. In brief, we need trade
schools. The establishment of such
Pratt in Brooklyn, DFexsl in Philadelphia,
Armour in Chicago and other wealthy men
all over the country, will do very much
towsrd bridging over the gulf between :he
rich and the poor, giving new illustrations
that all wealth is not selfish and that it
does bslieve In the brotherhood of man.
A Cooper institute is far greater monu-
ment to leave a city when one is gone than
a Cooper building would bs filled with
Offices. One serves humanity, the other
ones family pride.
There are some wisely generous people
In this world. The New York Sun tells of
one of NewYork's philauthrop!c merchants
who spends thousands of dollars each year
In aiding the poor, but none of his bsRei-
Charles ever gets cent in cash. His idea
is that money giving demoralizes the recip
lent. He will buy groceries and pay rent
for distressed family and secure employ
msnt for the wage earners. Once they are
at work he tells them that he considers 1t
a moral obligation for them to refund, at
any convenient season, the sum he has ex-
pended. II they do he regards the caas as
a triumph of self-respect; If they don't he
finds soms excuse for thsm in bis own
mind and keeps right on at his self-
appointed task. Last wiG:er he hired
hall in the Hebrew district down town, en-
gagged competent teacher and provided a
number of Jewish girls with free instruc-
ton. No proselytiug WAS attempted. In
deed, not word was said about religion.
The girls bscame greatly interested, and
their brothers begged for and obtained sd-
mittance. Similar classes are to be estAb-
lished this winter. The merchant allows
himself an income of s., 200 per year. All
the rest of the money he makes is devoted
to the aid OF others.