Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-08-22

sspphires inexpsnsively, and as for rubies
he can produce them at IS per pound, and
of kind to excel the genuine In beauty.
The city authorities of St. Paul lately
asked the corporation attorney for his
opinion as to whether they could lawfully
furnish the county almshouse and City
Hospital with newspapers; and the at
torney's opinion Is that they may, for he
holds that newspapers are necessities of
life. Which is quite true.
In London police court recently two
little girls, Ethel and Gertrude Hedger,
were arraigned as vagrants. They are
wards in chancery and heiresses to $780,
600 each. Their fortunes are so securely
locked up in chsncery, however, that by
no process of law can any of the money be
obtained until the children are of age.
They are at present practically destitute
and unable to procure decent surround
inge, clothing or education.
An English rainmaker now operating In
India has an apparatus consisting of a
rocket capable of rising to height OF
mile, containing reservoir of ether. In
it's descent 1t opens parachute, which
causes 1t to come down slowly. The ether
is thrown out In fine spray, and Its ao-
sorption of heat is Haid to lower the tenn
perature about 1t sufficiently to condense
the vapor and produce limited shower.
Glass curtains are a novelty in art in
dustry for house furnishing. They are
shown in Paris and have the effect Of
stained glass when hung. They are made
up of little squares of colored glass, each
set In a small frame of zinc, the squares
ioined to each other at the four corners by
email hooke. This hinging of the pieces
gives them a certain pliability, In effect, at
least, and they have the virtue of easy
clesneing and simple adjustment to various
sizes of windows by incTessisg OF decrsAs-
| ing the number of squares.
There is good deal of education in
Massachusetts,, but here Ia an extract from
the report of the board of health of
| town rot a dozen miles from Boston
| Every person who is confined In hous'
| owing to sickness and contagious disesse'
should at all times be thoroughly covered
with dissnfectants, both exsernslly and In
ternslly, to insure safety to themselye
and to others, as in my mind spread Q
the same Is caused By csrelessness on tn
part of the people who know 1t all, AM
l 10 tnlI ht,r nF HVnHTtEncf.
Count Chardonner come years ago In
vented process for the manufacture o
elk from wood pulp by method simiis
to that employed for converting wood int
paper. Large works were built at Besar
con, and some remarkable specimens c
silk were shown. but 1t was found that th
fabric could not be woven successfully !
large pieces, and that 1t WAS SO highly In
Hammable S. to be source of danger
The experiments were dropped, but a CON
pany has now been organized at 5
Etienns and is at work with the object
making the process practical
No wonder the country feels littl
better. Blood TO- the Brides Waite, c
Colorado, eaye: We of the West do nc
intend to wade in blood or anything of III
kind. We believe in the priceless prime
pies on which our constitution and inssit'
. tions were builded But I say to you th'
let this oppression go on, let this persecI
ton on the part of the East continue, tn
attitude of striking the West because yo
a have the power, and let any candidate I
, your old parties 60 before the people
1 1896 on a platform of protection, whit
Y the West has no protection, and he W
v not receive an electoral vote west of 4
n Ohio or south of the Potomac.
The Chinese dragon is still pracd'
obstruction to railroad building. I
Tartar general in command at Monkde
"a the capital of Manchuris, when the surv
IL was made for railroad by the town,
the local ssges investigate the matt
n They reported that the yertebrc OF
h dragon which encircles the holy city
=. Nonkden would be broken If the long na
= OF the railway sleepers wers driven IL
st the ground. Upon the streDgth OF u
az the general ordered the engineers to car
k the line away from the city and ovel
n. very marahy route. When the matter v
le brought to Ii Hong Chang he commend
m the general for his interest in the drag
ir but still expressed an opinion that
"a Mopkden route was the best for b
" dragon and country. The affair wo
nd have to be reported to the Emper
us Whersupon the general had line
NO down a few hundred feet from the forr
ar one. and the cages snnonounced 1t