Morning journal and courier., 1893-10-19
HAVEN CONN, THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 8, 1893

next, with ,421 votes. Plain William was selected by 46s people, Ralph by 426 and John by Ar.
 There are several ways to look at things. The Rev. J. N. Palmer told the members of the African Methodist Epis- copal Ministerial association in Philadel- phia last week that ss the word Adam meant clay, or red earth, he WAS of the firm belief that the first man had com plexion between that of white and black. He also said that the Bible made no refer ence at all to white men. Nearly all his hearers seemed quite eager to agree with him in the opinion that the co(ored man can boast of an ancient ancestry.
 The act creating the State liquor selling system of South Carolina has been pro- nounced unconstitutional by Judge Hud- son of the State circuit court His ruling was that the State ''has no right to trans fer from citizan to the government the exclusive right to traffic in intoxicating liquors; that 1t is not legitimate exercise of police power, nor does it rest upon the plan that usually supports that construc- tion of absolutely prohibit'ry laws" The persons brought before the court charged with selling liquors in violation of law, were discharged and the indictments against them were qusshed.
 Malaria is responsible for half the deaths of all mankind, according to an English physician. From his experience in India he learns that malaria Is not confined to rich, low-lyipg soils, but Ia found even in sandy deserts. The negroes of the grain coast of western Africa and the Taurus of northern India are the only races proof against it. Both modern medicine and sanitation are powerless in dealing with 1t. Suggested preventives are the flooding of swamp lands and the planting of trees that will retain water and shade the soil such as the plantain and bana ns, but not the eucalyptus.
 Those who use much ink know how poor most of the ink is. Nearly all the inks in common use contain organic matter as a part of the coloring matter. The great majority of them are principally combln- ation of iron with gallic and tannic acids, both of which are organic acids and quite readily decomposed. The action of mois- turs, light and other agents will, after a while, decompose these salts of iron, leav- ing only the almost invisible oxide of iron to show where the writing has been. The only really permanent ink Is that prepared from some form of carbon, such as lamp black, of which the Chinese of India ink is composed. Carbon resists destructive in- fuences to remarkable degree, and writ ings made with such ink will last as long as the paper on which they arc written.
 Mir. H. H. Fowler, president of the Local Government Board of England, in recent speech gave some interesting figures in re- gard to local self government, local indebt, edness, and local resources In England. In 1918, when the population was below 12, ,000, 900, and when the country was very much less rich than it Is now, it spent some 97,750, 900 on poor relief. Now, with population just under 30, 900, 900 and vastly increased resources, 1t spends only .eS,500,000 sterling on the poor. In 1903. the poor rate, pure and simple, was 3 shillings 4 pence; now it Is 1 chilling II pence. The present total local debt is e200, 0O0,000. Of this, 31,0O0.0 900 repre- sent harbors and docks, e3S, ,000, GOO water supply, 15,0oO,OoO lighting, e5,OOO, 900 markets, e1 100000 tramways. All these are productive items. Again, .e19, 900, 900 stands for schools, e20, 900, 900 for sewer age, e7,000,000 for hospitals, asylums and cemeterieu, e6,0OO, 900 for libraries, parks and baths, S, 5,OOO,OOO for artisans' dwell ings, and aaa, ,OOO, ,OOO for public improve ments The local and national deot to- gether are less than the national debt after Waterloo. The local assets have greatly increased. In 1918 the ratahle value of the country was e4O,O00,OOO It is now e152 .0O0 900. Such figures as these, Mr. Fowler declared, proved that local govern ment was success.