Morning journal and courier., 1894-01-06
iNEW CONN, SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 6,
by train whil. walking .lons r.,lro.d

by . train while walking along . railroad
 track with him near St Joseph haa
 brought claim for $10 damages against
 the company, pathetically pleading: .she
 was good wife and her cooking could
 not bs equalled in the State of Missouri.
 She was worth all of that to me, and ]
 think you ought to pay"
 Sir Benjamin Richardson, in an address on ''athletic hfe," says that abstinence from alcoholic fluid is absolutely necss. sary. GAS long ss you are in course of training don't touch the hurtful thing. It will undermine ell the qualities on which you depend for success, will ipjurs your precision. your decision. your presence of mind and your endurance"
 A Widowers' association has been formed in Dresden. No man can join unless his wife is dead, and If he marries again he becomes an honorary member merely. One of the chief purposes of the association is to help newly made widowers by looking oAhoH tuc4H W4vCo 1ohc1okb n31u ChEluk IOE their children. Members will also meet for mutual sympathyg I'd entertainment There are at present fly members.
 An aluminium violin, invented and pat ented by Cincinnati musician, is highly epoksn of, both by players and critics. It is made in the same shape as the ordinary violin, but looks, of course, like silver, and Is exceedingly light. Many advantages over wooden violins are claimed for 1t. One was used in a concert in Indianapolis @ few days ego, and q newspaper critic comments that, while 1t seemed to lack in vibratory power, 1t had peculiar qualities which added greatly to the brilliancy of tone.
 The reclamation of the arid wastes of southwestern desert lands proceeds mar vellously apsce. Another reclamation com psny was incorporated at San Bsrnsrdino, California, few days ago with capital stock of g. 500. 900. A dam Is to be erect ed at Victor Narrows, on the Mojave river, in San Bernardino county, 15O feet in height, which will make e lake nine miles long and about three wide, whose waters will be used to irrigate about 200, 900 acres of land on tho Mojsvs desert, which will then bs especially adapted for growing raj sin grapes and slfalfs.
 Investigation at the free food agencies in Chicago shows that either tho number of individuals suffering from hunger is greatly diminished or charity was much imposed on in the early winter. Con ditions point to the latter. At one soup kitchen 460 men were given breakfast Tuesday morning. In each case protest against receiving charity was made and @ willingness to obtain work expressed. The men were told where c few hours' work could be obtained for which they would receive tickets entitling them to more food in the evening. Not one returned. The following morning only fftesn men applied for breakfast on the condition that meal meant work.
 The Chicago Tribune has compiled rec ord of the tragedies, shocking accidents and big fires of the year 1893, and the list is a startling one. The property loss by fire amounted to $1s3, ,356, 94O, which is $32, ,000, 900 more than in 1892, and 1917 people are reported to have been burned to death. Explosions caused the death of 777 persons, and mining disasters were re- sponsible for 558 victims. Over 6, ,000 peo- pie were murdered and 4, ,438 took their own lives. It Is significant that while there were only 126 legal executions dur ing the year there were 900 successful lynchings. There were 133 lynchings in the Southern states and seventeen in the West, leaving the East with . clear record in this respect. While there was an in- crease of 576 in the number of suicides as compared with the year 1892, there was a considerable decrease in the number of murders.
 A London correspondent in St. Peters, burg writes that the policy of "Russis for the Russians" has never been more strik- ingly illustrated than by the decision of 8 special commission that henceforth the State Bank of Russia shall not discount the bills of foreign subjects except by special permission obtained in each case from the minister of finance, whatev CT be the amount of the bill to be discounted. Tho commission in question consisted of the governor of the State Bank, the di- rector of the Trade Department of the Ministry of Finance, and others. At first there was a division of opi aion among the members, who were rather in favor of foreigners, but finally they adopted the resolution on the grounds that the State Bank, which Is now undergoing reform, if required to asaist the development of only Russian trade and industry, and that the bills discounted for foreigners during the first half of December amounted to 23,. 000, 900 rubles-