Morning journal and courier., 1894-06-14
NEW HAVEN. CONN., THURSDAY MORNING. JUNE IA, 1894
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The announcement that Muley Hssssn, sultan of Morocco. has ''entered into rest" gains force from the statement that he left two thousand wives.
 It is reported that the Rev. Ar. Moody is holding revival meetings at Richmond, Virginia, "for whites only" If this Is true it probably means that Brother Moody feels that the whites are badly in need of salvation.
 A London secondhand bookseller re- gently advertised little book of religious consolation. It was published in 1880, and bears the consolatory title, "A Hand kerchief for Parents' Wet Eyes Upon the Death of Children"
 And now bacteria have been discovered in telephones. A New York chemist found them. He thinks that there is great danger in the use of these machines, and gays that they may be held accountable for some of the diseases which have been epi. demio during the past few years.
 4 rainmsker in India has 8 apparatus con.istips of 8 rocket capable of rising to the height of mile, containing reservoir of ether. In its descent 1t opens para chute, which causes 1t to come down slow Iy. The ether is thrown out in fne spray, and Its absorption of heat is said to lower the temperature about 1t sufficiently to condense the vapor and produce limited shower.
 Municipal bonds and the money of in- vestors gre hsrmonizipg extensively nowa- days. Municipal bond issues marketed in the month of May, as recorded by the Fiji naneial Chronicle of New York, amounted to S14 .349. 410-ths largest amount report ed in any month since the Chronicle began to keep record. For May, 1893, the sales aggregated only about s4, GOO. 900, and for May, 1892, s7,s56,0OO.
 It Is good news that the De Lssseps fam fly appear to be coming out of their sea of troubles in fairly good shape after all, thanks to the bounty of the Suez Canal company, which has not only reelected Charles de Lesseps director, but voted the madame a pension of SIP 900 year and a handsome sum to each of the thir- teen children, enough at least to keep the Panama and other wolves away from the door.
 Ocean steamship lines report tha. the number of immigrants booked by them this season is 60 per cent. less than at this time last year, and official figures show that the number entering the port of New York during the past three months was F, ,767 less than the corresponding period of last year. Dull times and strictness in enforcing the immigration lave are credited with this decline, which the country can we'll endure.
 An interesting tree Is reported by N. Basiaux, who is travelling in South Africa. The wood ia a sort of ebony, and is so ex- ceedingly hard that 1t cannot be cut or worked iu the ordinary manner, except when green. When mature and dry, 1t resists every known tool, and either blunts or breaks the fneet tempered steel. It Is, apparently, almost impregnsble against fire, as 1t required fortnights constant burning to reduce the trunk of one of the trees to ashes. The wood, although heavy, is considerably lighter than iron or steel. If 1t should be discovered to exist in any quantity, and satisfactory means of work ing it can be discovered, 1t Is thought that 1t may find an extensive application in the arts.