Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-10-23

The Worlds fair will close officially on
Monday, October 80, but 1t will be some
time before the exhibitors remove their
goods, the beauty and glory of the build
ipgs will remain, and the managers will
refuse nobody who wants to pay fifty cents
to 90 into jackson park and see what Is to
be seen after October 80. If the attend
ance is sufficient music and other attrac-
tions will be offered.
Some interesting experiments have been
conducted within the last twelve years re-
garding the durability of Indian timber.
The tests were made by the Forest school
of Dehra, and ont of forty different speci-
mems of the trunks fixed in the ground as
posts only three have survived ths attacks
of rot snd white ants. These were the
Himalayan cypress, teak and an jan, which
have been exposed for ten, nine and seven
years respectively.
In one of his remarkable lectures Tesla
states that most scientific men now look
upon the various forms of manifestations
of energy, which are generally designed
"electric," as energy manifestations of the
came nature ss those of radiant heat and
light. The phenomena of light and heat,
and others besides, may therefore be
called electrical phenomena, and thus 1t Is
that electrical science has become the
mother science of all and its study all-im-
portsnt. The day when we shall know
exactly what electricity is will chronicle an
event probably greater and of more moment
than any other recorded in the history of
the human race.
According to Bradstreet's total of 567
banks and banking institutions and houses
have failed In the United States during the
nine months ending Oot. 1. OF these 142
have resumed. The total liabilities aggre-
gate $16s, SIS, ,219, and the assets $1Sl, ,592,
0S1. Several details of the part taken by
the different sections of the country in
those failures may be referred to. The
failures in New England aggregated 10, in
the Middle States %, in the West 200, In
Northwestern States 146, Southern SO,
TdCluC ft huu Ill lIc 46ILltOLlCo AAAC. 1Ac
majority of the failed private banks were
in the West. The Northwest had large
percentage of trust company failures.
The Western States saw many national
banks close their doors, and about the
same proportion of State banks. The
liabilities are figured at the greatest bulk
in the Northwest.
Rice is nice, clean food. These are the
directions for boiling 4. sent out by the
Louisiana Rice Exhibit of New Orleans:
Pick your rice clean and wash 1t in two
cold waters, not draining off the last wa
ter until you are ready to put the rics on
the FIRE. Prepare saucepan with water
and little salt. When 1t boils, sprinkle In
the rice gradually 60 as not to stop the boil
ing. Boil hard for twenty minutes, keep
ing the pot covered. Then take 1t from the
back of the ere and pour of the water, af-
ter which set the pot on the back of the
stove to ALLOW the rice to dry and the grains
to separate. Remember to boil rapidly
from the time you cover the pot until you
take 1t off; this allows esch grain to swell
to three times it's normal size, and the mo-
ton prevents the grains from sticking to-
gether. Don't stir 1t, as this will cause 1t
to fall to the bottom and burn. When
properly boiled, rice should be snowy
white, perfectly dry, soft, and every grain
separate.
The last representation of the famous
Russian family of Mentschikoff died short
time ago IN Baden Baden. The founder
of the family was Prince Alexander Dapil-
| ovitch Mentschikoff, who was the son of a
stsbleman and the apprentice of q baker.
The boy attracted the attention of General
Lefort, who introduced him to Peter the
Great. Owing to his extraordinary olev-
erness, he obtained great influence over
the Car and coon advanced to the highest
places in the empire. In time he became
the most important and the most feared
/ man of Russia. In 1927, however, he fell
suddenly into disfavor and was bsnished
to Siberia, his Immense fortune being CON
| fiscsted by the Grown. He became insane
there from broodiug over his fall and loss
es, and died in 1880. His son was restored
to favor, however, and the family quickly
regained its prominence. The fortune Of
the last Mentsohikoa, running into the
millions, will go to a distant relative, Prince
Ssgarln.