Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-06-08

neighbours arm Eve Cows will rehabilitate
him In the eyes of society. A wound In
the forehead calls for three calves.

The bicycle has made ita way. In Eng.
land 1900 bicycles are turned out an.
nually. In Coventry IL, 900 workmen are
employed In the business. In France,
where the machine first appeared, its use
was limited through prejudice; people
laughed at 1t. Now there is an army Of
100000 proprietary wheelmen In that
country, without counting the immense
number of amateurs who hire machines.
In 1899 the Paris police authorities issued
$4,000 licenses to wheelnen, now the
number of wheelmen is estimated at some
thing over $4,000. In 1928, 90, 600 ma
chimes were sold, and 1t Ia believed that at
least one-haf of them are used in the city
alone.
Nathan Straus of New York Is a practi-
cal philanthropist. He furnished coal to
the poor last winter at actual cost, and he
has undertaken a summer charity, which
is sure to be popular. He has established
a milk depot on one of the piers and made
contracts for 1000 quarts of milk daily
from an Orange county farm, which he
will sell to the poor at four cents q quart,
or two cents pint. A stsrilizing system
has been provided and pure, hsalthful
milk for babes will be dispensed In air
tight battles. Mr.. Strsus has expended
much money and labor upon this philan-
thropic scheme, and is already enjoying
the gratitude of hundreds of poor people.
The Boston Traveller tells of two SUBJ
scribers to certain weekly journal who
wrote to ask the editor his remedy for
their respective troubles. No. I, happy
father of twins, wrote to inquire the best
way to get them safely over their teething,
and No. 2 wanted to know how to protect
his orchard from the myriads of grass
hoppers. The editor framed his answers
upon the orthodox lines, but unfortunate
ly trausposed their two names, with the
result that No. 1, who was blessed with
the twins, read in reply to his query:
"Cover them carefully with straw and set
fire to them, and the little pests, after
jumping about in the flames few minutes,
will speedily be settled" No. 3, plagued
with grasshoppers, was told to ''Give q lit
tie castor oil and rub their gums gently
with bone ring"
Another big..bridge is planned. 1t is pro-
posed to build an immense bridge over the
Mersey to connect Liverpool with Birken-
head. The bridge will be of the arched
type, in three spans, the road
way being suspended from an arch instead
of the usual chain. Each span will have
clear waterway of 1,100 feet, the center
span having a clear headway of $50 feet
above high water of ordinary spring tides.
Possibly 1t may be considered advisable to
have one large central span of 1,500 or
/ 900 feet with two smaller side spans, so
as to give more room for maneuvring
large ship not under absolute control. The
plans allow for clear roadway 40 feet in
width, sufficient for at least four lines of
wheel traffic, and two outer footways, each
7 feet 8 inches wide. The promoters fur
ther claim that an overhead electric tram
way can be constructed along the center of
the road, supported on center columns in
a somewhat similar manner to the New
York elevated railroad. The total esti-
mated cost of the bridge and Its approach
es. including a sufficient sum for the
purchase of property aud compensation
to owners, but exclusive of additional sp-
prosches and the overhesd tramway, is
Ell ,730, 600. 1t is stated that at present
there is paid for the conveyance of goods
and passengers across the river by lighters,
ferry steamers and the tunnel e195. 900
year, of which f105, 900 is paid for goods
traffic alone. The promoters estimate that
the income of the bridge would be not less
than e165 900 year.