The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-08-02
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 A new enemy to the crops has appear ed in Wisconsin. 1t is announced to be . worm an inch long with stripe down it's side, and creating much havoc" Truly with wheat at such low figures and the corn crop half ruined. the western farmers lot is not happy one.
 Take a look at the proposed changes in New Ravens city charter given in another column. It will be seen that radical alterations are recommended by the committee who have had this deli cate and important subject in hand.The movement certainly is in the right d. rection.
 All is not gold that glitters. An an- cient bell dug out of the ruins of an In- dian church at Albuquerque was pro- nounced by local experts to contain gold worth s11,0O0. After the Denver mint worked on it for forty-eight hours the discoverers were handed a neat brass brick worth s4.25.
 Most of the states have had system of communication for good behavior of prisoners. Massachusetts is just put ting that kind of ticket-of-leave law in force. The first subject for clemency is a man now in the thirties, splendid specimen physically, who fourteen years ago was given an eighten year sentence for burglary. He has been a model pris- pner and means to begin life anew.
 A steel rail costs twice as much as an iron one, but the universal use of the former means millions to the far mers in the west. It has enabled rail roads to use larger and heavier cars, and the results are cheaper freights and quicker transportation. And the price of steel rails has fallen to very low figures compared with the old prices, all owing to republican encouragement of home Industry.
 In another column a lady makes a very timely and useful suggestion in behalf of New Haven's beautiful elms and other trees on about our old green. Upon the trees myriads of white CO., coons are to be seen from which an army of devouring insects may soon proceed bent upon destructive work. The attention of the authorities whose business it is to care for the trees is sailed to this threatening danger.
 There seems to be great deal of sweating of one kind or another in get ting gold, whether it is sweat of muscle pr head. And now it appears that gold Itself "sweats." An exchange says: 'Eold in transit across the Atlantic 'gweats' no matter how tightly it may be packed. It is usually sent in stout kegs and squeezed in as tight as possi- ble, but there is 8 regular allowance for loss by attrition upon the voyage,an in the course ofsyears this loss to the com mercial world amounts to large sum-"
 Deaths by starvation are perhaps commoner among the rich than among the poor. The cancellation that comes uf chronic indigestion simply proclaims m ill-nourished body, starving with out hunger. Every physician in New York, from whatever social circle his patients are drawn, treats many such cases of starvation. The milk diet, SC much talked of for the past twenty years, and so little understood, is really . device to feed these starving men and women who perish for lack of nourish. ment in the presence of plenty.
 Running birds are now about, winged Jewels, with wings that seem but a feathery mist when the bird is in flight Their fearlessnessSis remarkable, and their acrobatic performances are of the most fascinating character. The birds must weigh next to nothing, for you may see one seize the stem of deli. cate flower and hang by it while draw. ing nectar from the depths of the bios. sem. It is noteworty that these birds often fly late in the afternoon, toward sunset, and even when dusk is coming on. They rarely alight. and when they do the tiny body hides the delicate claws that clutch the tiny bough.
 English antiquaries are exciting themselves about the whereabouts oi Charles ITS crown. When he was brought back a new crown was made for him at the cost of about s1oo, 900, and this was used for his own corona ton aud for his successor until