Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1894-02-23

L brooklyn raised rel1eI IunQ Oh several
thousand dollars. OF this no small part
was contributed by the lsboring classes
and those dependent upon salaries. 1t sp
pears that not all Of the amount contrib.
uted wss needed and the balance of s., 900,
| which now remains In the bank to the
| credit of the relief committee, will be used
for the unemployed poor of Brooklyn It.
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The caprice of the moment In Paris is
Chinese soup. In this sharks Fms are the
chief ingredient. Only the high Glars
grocsrs have them, and put up as they are,
beaded on pink wool, In little glass boxes,
they look at frst glance like some goodie
from the eonfectioner's. Another dish
seen now ct fashionable dinners In the
French capital is young roast peacock,
served with truffi 20, and the most affected
ice for the same feasts is favored with
hazel nuts and called "Bombs Avelane''-
q souvenir of the recently visiting Rus
SLAMS, who, though lost to sight, are still
evidently to memory dear.
Youthful criminals who 60 to the re-
formatory at Mansfield, Ohio, will have .
fine house to live In. While the state
psnitentiary at Columbus, holding over
1900 prisoners, cost but $450, 900, the
Mansfield rsformstory il to cost over ST.
a50, 900, and will accommodate only 75o
prisoners. The walls are of solid lime
stone and the susrd-room ceiling il sup
ported with polished granite columns Is
feet high. In addition to the usual heat
ing apparatus the place is to be made
cozy and cheerful with open 6res. Some
of the items of expense are beginning to
cause . little grumbling among the
people.
There has been q peculiar contest for the
possession of the little girl Sidonie, the
mothsrless daughter of the anarchist Vail
liant. Philanthropic persons by the hun
dreds have offered to adopt her, the most
prominent among them being the Duchess
d'Uzss, who partly arranged with Vaillant's
counsel to take care of the child In mem
ory of her late son. Then at least 100 per-
sons asked the duchess for her option on
Sidonie. Several red republican deputies
and one notable naval officer made similar
requests. Now, however, the anarchists
are clsmoring against the child being
turned over to an sristocrat, and declare
they will provide for her future and bring
her up according to their own principles.
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charity are combined In q peculiar manner
during these hard times. Every morning
Q public service Is held, aud the attendance
of shabbily dressed men 10 so large as to
surprise the casual visitor who is In ignor-
anoe of what is to follow. After the regu-
lar service professions of faith are in order,
and they come ont with unwonted resdi-
ness, If not earneetness. Then the clergy
man asks those who have bean brought to
their present condition of poverty by the
saloons to hold up their hands. The air
becomes thick with hands, aud the owners
of them respond very promptly when a
general invitation to dinner In the base
ment is extended. A local paper remarks:
"How large proportion of these people
who gather at these meetings are sincere
and honest no one can tell, but If 1t lie only
Is or 90 per cent. of the number the work
will pay"
The royal people of Europe believe In
life int rance. 1t is announced that the
king of Portugal has just taken out q
5000 600 policy on his life, but that Is an
insignificant investment compared with
these of some of the other potentates. The
late Emperor Frederick of Germany was
insured for 1000. 600. The queen regent
of Spain has her life insured for o large
amount, In behalf of her two little daugh-
ters, following the example of her hus-
band, whose death mulcted the various
companies in which he was insured for
IS, ,000,0 900. King Leopold of Belgium's
life is heavily insured, as is also that of
Queen Victoria. The queens husband,
the late prince consort, was insured for
close upon Sc, 900. 900, the income of which
has been enjoyed by his widow. About
the only sovereign In Earops who is not
insured is the czar of Rus.is, the compa-
nies regarding him as too unsafe risk on
account of the Nihilists.