The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-07-13

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 The most easily dlgested meats, nc
 cording to n scientific journal, range |
 the following order: Cold mutton, nut
 lon chops, venison, tenderloin, sirloii
 steak, lamb chops, roast beef, rabbi
 meat and chicken.
 The sea serpent hasn't yet appeared
 but Maine man recently recovered
 telescope from fisherman who picked
 1t up while in pursuit of his calling, [
 telescope that was lost with his father
 at sea twenty-three years ago.
 Debs appears to be something of {
 capitalist himself. He owns fine house
 and his paper, the organ of the Ameri.
 can Railway Union, has been a very
 profitable concern. As president of this
 hnion Debs draws salary of s3, 900 a
 year.
 His soul is marching on. A monu-
 ment to John Brown on the site of the
 old fort wherein he took refuge at Har- per's Ferry is an early possibility. Cap tain Chambers, an old and respected citizen at that place. has set about get ting subscriptions, and already has se- cured promises of S15, ,OOO for the monu- ment.
 The enthusiasts who predict that the storage battery will supersede steam engines on ocean steamers probably don't know that the Cnmpania's 26, 900 horsepower cannot be furnished by batteries weighing less than 77,:75O tons of 2,24O pounds, or more than four times the entire displacement of the ship. These figures from the Electrical World show that electricians are not expecting to drive the steam engine builders out of business.
 Milk amounts to something. It is stated upon excellent authority that if accurate means were at hand to secure perfect statistics the value of the milk product ill this country would likely prove to be above billion dollars an- nually, more than twice the value of the wheat crop of the entire country. and exceeding the entire banking capi- tai of the United States, which is about b6G5, ,OO0,O0O The entire product of sil- yer bullion is valued annually at about 45,Oo0,OOO the value of pig iron is less than s75 ,OOO, 900 per year; the value of the wool clip is estimated at $50, 900, 900 md the gold production of the entire country reaches only s31, ,OOO, 900 per year. The grand total of these four in- jerests, aggregating $2Ol, 900, 900 annu- ally, represents less than one-fourth of 1he value of the dairy products of the country.
 Louis C. Elson, the musical critic, in . lecture the other day said that "Yan- tee Doodle e. was suggested by the mot | )ey. appearance of the Colonial troops when they mustered for the Indian wars ln 1755. An English wit composed it, Rnd in the slang of that day, "doodle" meant simpleton, and "macaroni. a | dude. Mir. Bison said that "Yankee | Doodle" was the beginning and end of the Revolutionary War, for at Lexing- ton the British played it in derison, and at the surrender of Cornwailis the Americans paid it back with interest, making the British prisoners march by that same tune. At the present time Europe regards 'eHail Columbian as our National anthem, and the first edition of this song was shown by Mr. Bison in Illustrating the crude harmonies with which it was born. The tune had ex- isted for some time as march, but was first sung in Philadelphia by an actor, named Fox, at his benefit The audi enos went wild over it, and it was en- cored eight times. MT. Bison attributed the origin of the music of '"The Star spangled Banner" to an English drink ing song, written in TITO.
 An interesting question in connection with the inequality Of assessments for taxation, which forms a subject for complaint in 50 many places. has been raised in Sussex county, New Jersey, That county contains some of the rich. sst iron and zinc mines in the world. , and some of these mines are in litiga- ton. A trial involving the title to one , ,f them recently resulted in the dis agreement of struck jury at Newton. During this trial a great deal of testi. :, nony was given about the value of the . Sussex county mines, and a taxpayer ' who has been looking into the matter ns communication to the Sussex Inde- figures that according to sworn 4 estimony this value amounts to over '1e, ,ooo, ,00o, or as much as all the farm o 'roRerty in the county whereas the,| |.u z.