Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1894-04-25
their temples against discharges of stmos-
pheric electricity, and that franklin mere
" reinvented the same device.

their temples against discharges of stmos-
pherio electricity, and that franklin mere
ly reinvsnted the same device.
General Granite Memoirs, which Mark
Twain's firm published, are said to have
returned larger reward than any other
book ever written in this country. Up to
the present time the Grant family have re-
ceived $44O, 900 in royalties from the pub.
fishers of the work, while the sale still
continues good, and as cheaper edition
is room to appear it is within the range of
probability that the Memoirs may finally
yield $3.50. 900.
Baltimore Ia still sgitating tbs question
of ship canal across the Maryland and
Delaware peninsula to shorten her route to
the sea 200 miles. It Ii urged that the
canal should be 100 feet wide and carry 81
feet of water throughout. The existing
Chesapeake and Delaware canal, connect
ing the heads of the bays, is one of the
deepest canals In the country. and II short
ems the water route from Philadslphia to
Baltimore by at least $50 miles.
Prussisn income tax lists seem to show
that there are two men richer than the
famous Rothschild. One is Krupp, the
Essen gun-maksr, who stands second on
the list, and the other Is an unnamed
Cresus who lives in Dsrtmund. This
Dartmunder is shown to have an annual
income of 81, 900, 900, Krupp's is put at
90, 600, 900 and Rothschild's at 81 ,2l0, 900.
Baron Rleichroeder of Berlin had an in
come of $1,000, 900. but since his death
the richest citizen of the capital draws
only 81, 100, 600. In all Prussia there are
but 1888 persons whose incomes exceed
$25, 900 year, according to this years
list. Last year there were 40 more than
that.
The Denver (Oolorado) Rational Dress
Club is circulating pledge among the ad-
vanced women of that city, and as soon as
ahundred signatures are obtained the mem
bers and their converts will proceed at once
and all together to carry their ideas into
practice. "The signers," explains q Dem
yer contemporary, "pledge themselves to
put on the rational dress and wear It in
doors and outdoors. The cardinal features
of the reform are the discarding of corssts
and whslebone and the adoption Of the d.
vided skirt. The waist Ia left to the dis
cretion of the wesrer, every woman being
allowed to choose the style most becoming
to her figure, whether zouave or blazer,
Empire or Greek"
The Manchester chamber of commerce
has been making some practical suggss-
tions to the chief secretary for Ireland with
regard to the development of the dairy in
dustry in that country. There is already
q government officer known ss dairy in
structor, but It seems that hitherto he has
devoted most of his attention to the cream
sries. The Manchester board, In Its official
letter to the secretary, says: It is earnestly
hoped that the advantage of similar ssrv-
Ices may be extended to the much larger
number of farmers who make butter in
Jumps, as in Normandy, or in the form of
salt frkin butter, which Is prepared for
keeping purposes. 1t is desired, in short,
tnat tine euorte OF the lnstructore enOulQ pe
directed equally to all classes of producers.
1t is further recommended that, in
addition to the good work which is being
done ct Glasnevin and in the Munster
dairy school at Cork, itinerant dairies
should be organized and lectures given
Systematically at various places where
farmers could conveniently attend. to wit
ness the practical demonstrations given by
lecturers. Such methods are already
adopted by the English county councils,
and If similar machinery be employed in
in the great dairying
province of Munster-much permanent
advantage will certainly accrue to every
one connected with the Irish butter trade.
The board is of opinion, too, that every
should be given to dairy
men and dsirywomen to pass through the
dairy school course Of instruction, in or
der that they may disseminate at their
homes q knowledge of the best methods of
butter making.