Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-07-22
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1ect1les an hour, and that no fort or iron
clad can Withstand 1t.
In China there is profession for
women. 1t is carried on by elderly ladies,
who go from house to house of rich people,
beating drum and offering their services
to amuse the hostess of the house. This
offer accepted, they sis down and tell her
the latest scandal and on dts. In this
country we omit the drum.
Travellers in Arctic regions say the phys
ical effect of cold there are about as fol-
lowe: Fifteen degrees above, unpleasantly
warm: zero, mild; 10 degrees below, brac-
ing; 20 degrees below, sharp, but not
severely cold; 80 degrees below, very cold;
40 degrees below, intensely cold; so de-
grees below, struggle for life.
No sentiment in business is the motto of
Philadelphia undertaken, who refuses to
bury the body of q woman which had been
committed to his care, on the ground that
his bill has not been paid. He says that
if the payment isnot forthcoming he will
sell the body for dissecting purposes. The
woman's husband has brought an action of
repleyin to recover the body and the law
yers' fees are likely to amount to more
than the undertaker's bill. The case will
not be beard till August 7, and in the
meantime the respective rights of the par
ties to this peculiar action will interest the
lawyers.
A Paris restaurant keeper recently died
and left $50, 900 francs to two nephews on
condition that instead of melancholy
memories, that no one would believe, they
should for one year each day affix a copy
of one of his culinary recipes to his grave
stone, 80 that even after his death he
might benefit his f5llow men. No less
than 365 prescriptions were found among
his papers. Unfortunately, the Paris
tombstone commission, which examines
and decides upon the inscriptions to be
placed upon cemeterial monuments, re-
fused to admit the ful6llment of the Gull
nary philsnthropist's last wishes. What
sggravates the nephews' grief Is the un-
pleasant fact that the court has now de-
cided that they cannot get those 100000
francs their uncle left them under certain
conditions.
The Hebrew colony in southern New Jer-
sey lie said to be prospering. This is one of
the colonies established through the munif-
the high road to SUCCESS which is bringing
proportionate benefit to the surrounding
country. Under the supervision of the
committee delegated to apply the Hirsch
fund picked colonists wsre two years ago
established there on five thousand acres of
rough land. In the brief time between
then and now they have cleared the land,
laid out pleasant town site, erected one
hundred and fifty houses, established sew
eral factories, planted viney ards and orch
ards, and are now beginning to reap the
rewards CT their well-dire c.ed industry in
substantial crops and profitable employ
ment for artisans and mechanics, while, of
course, all the region round about, with It's
native population, is experiencing new act
ivity in all branches of industry and trade.
OF late years there has been q constant
diminution of the area under tobacco cul
tivation in Germany, and the industry
seems to be threatened with extinction.
The British consul at Mannheim in a re-
port on the subject says that the public
taste demands better quality of tobacco
than can be produced in the country,
which is, therefore, becoming more and
more dependent upon foreign growshs.
Tobacco, moreover, is an expensive plant
to grow, requiring not only heavy manur-
ing, but much skill and labor. 1t is very
likely 20 suffer from the weather. and even
when harvested, and after the leaves have
been hung up in the barns to dry, ths
herb still remains dependent upon the
temperature and upon proper treatment.
In short, its value depends upon varsity
of factors, and to be renumerstive its cul-
tivstion must bs rewarded by good
price Whatever the market price there is
always the excise duty to bs paid, and
then there is the competition of the for
| eign tobacco, which, although often not
very good in quality, ia generally very
cheap in spite of the duty upon it. For
| the cheapest description of cigars, and for
the peasant and workman, German tobacco
| would always find market if it could bs
proftabiy raised, but this seems to be al
most impossible without reducing the ex
else duty or raising the import duty.
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